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Returning to the UK for funeral without AP

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The AP would be free if he files for AOS

It would depend on how early she goes to get the Emergency AP. If she gets it at a point where she has the case number but they haven't put it into the system yet, they will charge $360. I speak from personal experience. And sometimes you just don't have time to wait for them to put it into the system and you just go for it.





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Lots of good advice here.. In reality we attend funerals for how it makes us feel or to support loved ones who are grieving.. The dead don't care and if my son or daughter left before AOS I think I would come back and haunt them..

Losing anyone is painful. One of my employees left the country for his mother's funeral ( something she would not have wanted him to do) prior to having ajusted status and being here on an overstay.. It has been about 5 years now that the family is trying to get him back here without any luck.. I spent about $7,000 in legal fees to see if we could make a difference and no luck..

Your choice..

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Beefheart   31

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Much appreciated, all. I'm staying put. It's a necessary evil but I'm not going to risk a ten-year ban. Looks like the ashes will be kept until I'm able to return at Christmas, when they'll be scattered.

Live and learn. Thank you.

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Much appreciated, all. I'm staying put. It's a necessary evil but I'm not going to risk a ten-year ban. Looks like the ashes will be kept until I'm able to return at Christmas, when they'll be scattered.

Live and learn. Thank you.

A difficult but wise decision. I'm sorry for your loss.

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An unnecessarily assaultive post and a reply to it have been removed.


Much appreciated, all. I'm staying put. It's a necessary evil but I'm not going to risk a ten-year ban. Looks like the ashes will be kept until I'm able to return at Christmas, when they'll be scattered.
Live and learn. Thank you.

Sorry for your loss and your situation, OP.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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An unnecessarily assaultive post and a reply to it have been removed.

Sorry for your loss and your situation, OP.

The wording of that post may have been unnecessarily harsh but the meaning behind it was valid.

This thread serves as a warning to everyone on a K-1 that it is in their own best interests to file for their AOS as soon as they possibly can.

The OPs personal situation as to why he couldn't file are nobodies business but his own.

But it cannot be denied that this delay in filing has resulted in heartache that could have been avoided.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing and no amount of sympathy can help the OPs situation and criticising can do nothing but bring more pain to an already terrible situation.

But other people reading this thread who are perhaps thinking that there's no rush to start the AOS process could change their minds as a result.

Nobody can predict what life may throw at you.

August 2000: We start e-mailing. I'm in Bosnia, she's in Florida

October 29th 2000: She sends me e-mail asking if I would marry her

October 29th 2000(5 seconds later): I say yes

November 2000: She sends me tickets to Orlando for when I get back

December 6th 2000: Return from Bos

December 11th 2000: Fly to Orlando, she meets me at airport

December 22nd 2000: I fly back to UK

January 3rd 2001: She flies to UK (Good times)

Mid February 2001: Pregnancy test Positive

Mid February 2001: She flies back to US

March 2001: Miscarriage, I fly to US on first flight I can get

May 2001: I leave US before my 90 days are up

June 2001: I fly back to US, stopped at airport for questioning as I had only just left

September 2001: Pregnancy test Positive again

September 2001: She falls sick, I make decision to stay to look after her as I am afraid I may have problems getting back in.

April 16th 2002: Our son is born, we start getting stuff together for his passport

March 6th 2003: We leave US for UK as family

Early April 2003: Family troubles make her return to US, I ask Embassy in London about possibilities of returning to US

April 16th 2003: London Embassy informs me that I will be banned from the Visa Waiver Program for 10 years, my little boys first birthday

June 13th 2006: I-129f sent

August 11th 2006: NOA1 Recieved

After our relationship breaks down she admits to me that she had never bothered to start the application process

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TBoneTX Grand Master

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Your post might impart the same awareness. :)

There is every benefit to filing for AOS at the earliest possible moment, and every couple should have the funds for AOS allocated in advance and placed in a separate, otherwise untouchable account.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Dashinka Grand Master

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Your post might impart the same awareness. :)

There is every benefit to filing for AOS at the earliest possible moment, and every couple should have the funds for AOS allocated in advance and placed in a separate, otherwise untouchable account.

Definitely agree. This is one of the things we did when my fiancé and I decided to do the K1 route. We researched what the next steps would be when we were applying for the K1 and started saving for the AOS when we neared the interview stage.

It might be a good idea to add this suggestion to the K1 tips page under a section "after the K1 is approved" or something like that.

Edited by Bill & Katya

Visa Received : 2014-04-04 (K1 - see timeline for details)

US Entry : 2014-09-12

POE: Detroit

Marriage : 2014-09-27

I-765 Approved: 2015-01-09

I-485 Interview: 2015-03-11

I-485 Approved: 2015-03-13

Green Card Received: 2015-03-24 Yeah!!!

I-751 ROC Submitted: 2016-12-20

I-751 NOA Received:  2016-12-29

I-751 Biometrics Appt.:  2017-01-26

I-751 Interview:  2018-04-10

I-751 Approved:  2018-05-04

N400 Filed:  2018-01-13

N400 Biometrics:  2018-02-22

N400 Interview:  2018-04-10

N400 Approved:  2018-04-10

Oath Ceremony:  2018-06-11 - DONE!!!!!!!

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