K1 fiance visa then I-131 application for Advanced Parole

[studioguitarist 5]

I (a US citizen by birth) am applying for a K1 visa for my fiance from Malaysia. I plan on sending the application at the beginning of February 2014. My fiance's daughter is getting married in Bali, Indonesia November 2014 and her son is graduating from college in Australia December 2014. I have read that my fiance cannot leave the USA and return during the time she will be awaiting her green card unless she is granted "advance parole" by submitting the I-131 form at the same time we apply for her green card. If I understand the process and timing of the entire processes correctly, it looks like it takes about 5 months after you file the I-131 for advance parole before you are told yes or no. Is this correct?

Here is what the timeline seems to me. Please correct me if I am wrong:

1. Feb 2014 send in I-129F
2. Sept 2014 if we are lucky, she gets her interview at the embassy in Malaysia
3. If granted the K1,(and I see no reason why she would be denied), she would probably come to the USA within one month, thus making her arrival be sometime in October.
4. We marry within about 10 days of her arrival.
5. We apply for green card and I-131 advanced parole immediately and we start the waiting for advance parole permission or denial. Which I think takes 5 months or so?
6. Daughter marries in Bali in November and son graduates in Australia in December..mother misses both wonderful events

Maybe I am misunderstanding the timeline on the I-131 application for advance parole. Can anyone tell me?

I suppose the obvious answer would be to say delay sending your I-129F until September since it won't be processed for 8 months anyway -- then the daughter's wedding and son's graduation happen while we are awaiting I-129F processing. I'm sure you all understand how much we want to be together and are not willing to postpone things any longer as we have been in love for 7 years and waiting for her youngest child to go off to college so we can be together without disruption to the youngest son's life and schooling. He is now away at college and we don't want to wait any longer. We are both getting too old.

Thanks for all your help in advance.

[van1234essa 11]

I (a US citizen by birth) am applying for a K1 visa for my fiance from Malaysia. I plan on sending the application at the beginning of February 2014. My fiance's daughter is getting married in Bali, Indonesia November 2014 and her son is graduating from college in Australia December 2014. I have read that my fiance cannot leave the USA and return during the time she will be awaiting her green card unless she is granted "advance parole" by submitting the I-131 form at the same time we apply for her green card. If I understand the process and timing of the entire processes correctly, it looks like it takes about 5 months after you file the I-131 for advance parole before you are told yes or no. Is this correct?

Here is what the timeline seems to me. Please correct me if I am wrong:

• Feb 2014 send in I-129F
• Sept 2014 if we are lucky, she gets her interview at the embassy in Malaysia
• If granted the K1,(and I see no reason why she would be denied), she would probably come to the USA within one month, thus making her arrival be sometime in October.
• We marry within about 10 days of her arrival.
• We apply for green card and I-131 advanced parole immediately and we start the waiting for advance parole permission or denial. Which I think takes 5 months or so?
• Daughter marries in Bali in November and son graduates in Australia in December..mother misses both wonderful events

Maybe I am misunderstanding the timeline on the I-131 application for advance parole. Can anyone tell me?

I suppose the obvious answer would be to say delay sending your I-129F until September since it won't be processed for 8 months anyway -- then the daughter's wedding and son's graduation happen while we are awaiting I-129F processing. I'm sure you all understand how much we want to be together and are not willing to postpone things any longer as we have been in love for 7 years and waiting for her youngest child to go off to college so we can be together without disruption to the youngest son's life and schooling. He is now away at college and we don't want to wait any longer. We are both getting too old.

Thanks for all your help in advance.

I would say go for the k1 in February. If she really gets her visa around September that doesn't mean she gotta leave in October. She has 6 months to use the k1. So get the visa and stretch out the time before she leaves. Now if you get lucky and are approved way earlier than expected have her come to the usa immediately, don't wait a month or so, marry quickly and adjust status along with applying for advanced parole. It takes 3 months tops to get it. But that I would only do if you get the visa super quick. Which I doubt. We're talking about the government here.

That would be my suggestion. It's way easier to wait with visa in hand, than waiting to make the first tiny step of so many.

Good luck!

Edited January 16, 2014 by van1234essa

[slowlyman 118]

We got the AP two months after filing the I-131

[EndlessStory 53]

I would agree with the poster above in submitting your application in Feb 2014. If you get approve later than expected, you can always delay in sending in your Packet 3/readiness for interview. You can drag time till she attends graduation/wedding.

You can always drag time during packet 3. If you get approved earlier and she can go there early. AP takes about 3 months top according to sources on VJ. Not sure how accurate that is since it's not the same all the time.

[C-ma'am 684]

To give you an idea: AP and EAD (usually combo card) get approved within 90 days from the day of filing. It can happen sooner (some of us were approved on 70 days) but you should prepare for those 90.

[Hypnos 6,576]

AP is usually granted (or denied) within 90 days of application.

You have too many variables to be able to say with any certainty when your fiancée's visa will be issued.

[Hank_ 9,174]

I (a US citizen by birth) am applying for a K1 visa for my fiance from Malaysia. I plan on sending the application at the beginning of February 2014. My fiance's daughter is getting married in Bali, Indonesia November 2014 and her son is graduating from college in Australia December 2014. I have read that my fiance cannot leave the USA and return during the time she will be awaiting her green card unless she is granted "advance parole" by submitting the I-131 form at the same time we apply for her green card. If I understand the process and timing of the entire processes correctly, it looks like it takes about 5 months after you file the I-131 for advance parole before you are told yes or no. Is this correct?

Here is what the timeline seems to me. Please correct me if I am wrong:

1. Feb 2014 send in I-129F
2. Sept 2014 if we are lucky, she gets her interview at the embassy in Malaysia
3. If granted the K1,(and I see no reason why she would be denied), she would probably come to the USA within one month, thus making her arrival be sometime in October.
4. We marry within about 10 days of her arrival.
5. We apply for green card and I-131 advanced parole immediately and we start the waiting for advance parole permission or denial. Which I think takes 5 months or so?
6. Daughter marries in Bali in November and son graduates in Australia in December..mother misses both wonderful events

Maybe I am misunderstanding the timeline on the I-131 application for advance parole. Can anyone tell me?

I suppose the obvious answer would be to say delay sending your I-129F until September since it won't be processed for 8 months anyway -- then the daughter's wedding and son's graduation happen while we are awaiting I-129F processing. I'm sure you all understand how much we want to be together and are not willing to postpone things any longer as we have been in love for 7 years and waiting for her youngest child to go off to college so we can be together without disruption to the youngest son's life and schooling. He is now away at college and we don't want to wait any longer. We are both getting too old.

Thanks for all your help in advance.

They say 3-4 months for AP, but my wife got hers within 2 months of filing.

Of course all of that is moot as you have yet to even file the petition.

Now what you could do is delay doing the visa application for a couple months so mom can attend both events. (you have up to a year to complete the visa application after the petition is approved)