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Is it okay to apply for K1 visa 5 months before finishing 212e residency requirement?

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cazzalova   0

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My fiancée submitted the I - 129F petition on January. We received NOA 1 on January 25. I read that the process would take about 5 months. I was a J1 visa holder & my home residency requirement will end on June, so it should be coincide with the visa processing time. However I'm worried because we're applying before I finish the home residency & I don't have waiver. Would that affect my chance in getting K1 visa? Do you think i could get the K1 Visa because the time of finishing HRR would be coincide with the visa processing time? I'm trying to go back to the U.S this July & got married there.

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MiiMO-MeLoN   1

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My fiancée submitted the I - 129F petition on January. We received NOA 1 on January 25. I read that the process would take about 5 months. I was a J1 visa holder & my home residency requirement will end on June, so it should be coincide with the visa processing time. However I'm worried because we're applying before I finish the home residency & I don't have waiver. Would that affect my chance in getting K1 visa? Do you think i could get the K1 Visa because the time of finishing HRR would be coincide with the visa processing time? I'm trying to go back to the U.S this July & got married there.

Yes but your need to make sure that it will be over before you are going to interview at USEM.

In my case, my 2HRR will turn on May 2014. Plz see my timelines. I get everything pretty done before i know that i need J-1 visa waiver.

Good Luck

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CR-1 Visa

2012-07-07 : Sent I-130 to Phoenix AZ Lockbox

2012-07-10 : NOA1 case transferred to USCIS California Service Center

2012-08-30 : NOA2 Approved in 51 days

National Visa Center

2012-09-11 : NVC Received

2012-09-20 : Vaccines Injection (1st Dose of Influvac, Tdap-IPV, MMR, Havrix) at Saovabha

2012-09-20 : Received and Replied DS-3032 via e-mail / Received and Pay I-864 Fee online

2012-09-21 : Applied For Police Clearance Certificate

2012-09-25 : AOS Fee Status Shows PAID / Return AOS packet by USPS

2012-09-28 : AOS packet delivered at NVC

2012-09-28 : Receive IV Bill from e-mail / Pay IV Fee online

2012-10-05 : IV Fee Status Shows PAID / Recieved PCC / Return IV packet by DHL(Thailand)

2012-10-22 : Case Completed at NVC in 41 days

2012-10-24 : Medical Exam and Vaccines Injection (2nd dose of Td and MMR) at Bumrungrad Int'l Hospital

2012-11-02 : Interview date assigned / received P4 via e-mail

2012-11-21 : Received P4 hard copy

2012-11-29 : Applied J-1Visa Waiver

2012-12-12 : Interview at USEMBangkok

2012-03-14 : Sent J-1 waiver and passport

2013-03-21 : Visa Received

2013-03-25 : US Entry ALT

My Previous US Visas

Mar-Jun 2008: J-1(Work&Travel Exchange Student).

Jul-Nov 2008: F-1(UWF Student).

Jun-Jul 2009: B1/B2(Visitor).

May 2011-2012: J-1(Internship) {2HRR}

Nov 28, 2012-Mar 4, 2013: J-1 Visa Waiver

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NigeriaorBust   4,087

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The 5 months is for the petition to be approved in the US. It then goes to the embassy and you have to schedule your interview and have your medical. This usually adds a few months to the process of getting a visa in your passport.

This will not be over quickly. You will not enjoy this.

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Harpa Timsah   13,258

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I thought you had to be free to marry and eligible for a visa at the time of the petition.... I would check on that...

AOS for my husband
8/17/10: INTERVIEW DAY (day 123) APPROVED!!

ROC:
5/23/12: Sent out package
2/06/13: APPROVED!

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Penguin_ie   5,994

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*** Moving from AOS from Work visa to K1 fiance visa forum ****

Bye: Penguin

Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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