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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: England
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There's so much that goes on with this process & so many forms & abbreviations that I'm just...confused. I brought Matt over on a k1. We got married in April, I filed the i485 in July. He got his EAD card a few months ago & just got his permanent resident card a week ago. The process we just went through is AOS (adjustment of status) yes? So, we can sit tight for about a year & a half before filing paperwork for ROC (removal of conditions), am I correct? He didn't have an interview to get the temporary card, but in the timeline it asks about an interview date, so I've gotten myself thoroughly confused.

I'm sorry, I'm sure this stuff has been asked hundreds of times, I just want to make sure I'm understanding correctly. I'm also assuming we need to compile evidence or something over the next year that we are truly together? Is ROC as easy as filing for AOS was?

I am the petitioner.

K1 Visa Timeline

Service Center: Texas Service Center

Transfer: California Service Center (2014-08-11)

Consulate: London, UK

NOA 1: 2014-04-23

NOA 2: 2014-09-15

NVC Case # Assigned: 2014-10-07

Consulate Received: 2014-10-10

Readiness Form Sent: 2014-10-30

Medical: 2014-11-10

Interview: 2014-12-19

Interview Result: missing paperwork. Took a few weeks for them to get back to his case because of the holidays.

K-1 Approval: 2015-01-15

Visa Received: 2015-01-21

US Entry: 2015-01-29

Marriage: 2015-04-23

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ireland
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You are doing fine.

Some people do not get an interview for AOS; it will make it more likely that you will have one for ROC, but not guaranteed.

Yes, the next process is ROC, file 90 days before the 2 year anniversary date of his greencard. It is quite easy to file, the main thing to prove will be that you live together (joint bills, stuff addressed to both of you), and co-mingling of finances (joint bank account etc).

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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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Mexico
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It doesn't really make it more likely to be interviewed for ROC if your AOS interview was waived. The ROC interview stats are still around the same as ever, which is a very small amount. Many people never interview for AOS or ROC when entering with a K-1. Of course, things could change if they really do start to make changes to the K-1 visa process in light of recent events.

Link to K-1 instructions for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico > https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/K1/CDJ_Ciudad-Juarez-2-22-2021.pdf

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ireland
Timeline
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It doesn't really make it more likely to be interviewed for ROC if your AOS interview was waived. The ROC interview stats are still around the same as ever, which is a very small amount. Many people never interview for AOS or ROC when entering with a K-1. Of course, things could change if they really do start to make changes to the K-1 visa process in light of recent events.

Interesting, thank you! I know it used to be the "two interview rule", ie you most likely had two interviews between filing for a visa and the ten year card, but that could well be old info.

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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It is very rare to interview for ROC, even if you skipped the AOS interview.

The application is easy, but I will say that the evidence was the most loaded application we sent. Start saving things right now so you have samples from dates in 2015. Save your earliest joint bank statement for example and your earliest car insurance form that has both names...things you might otherwise discard as no longer needed.

For you timeline, just leave the AOS interview date blank. You can leave CIS office blank if you didn't go to one for an interview.

England.gifENGLAND ---

K-1 Timeline 4 months, 19 days 03-10-08 VSC to 7-29-08 Interview London

10-05-08 Married

AOS Timeline 5 months, 14 days 10-9-08 to 3-23-09 No interview

Removing Conditions Timeline 5 months, 20 days12-27-10 to 06-10-11 No interview

Citizenship Timeline 3 months, 26 days 12-31-11 Dallas to 4-26-12 Interview Houston

05-16-12 Oath ceremony

The journey from Fiancé to US citizenship:

4 years, 2 months, 6 days

243 pages of forms/documents submitted

No RFEs

 
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