Filed I-130, previously had K-1 need help

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Hello all, I had a question in regards to my pending petition.

I filed an I-130 petition on Jan. 29th for my husband. Received a receipt notice on Feb 7th, with a priority date of Jan 29th. I am trying to have the case expedited, due to the fact that my husband is currently back in Yemen where there is an ongoing conflict and extremely troublesome. My question is in regards to:

2 years ago while my husband and I were engaged, we had filed an I-129F petition for Fiancé. It was approved all that was left was to interview, unfortunately the Embassy in Yemen had closed consular services due to the outbreak of conflict. We never heard anything since, so we decided to just meet up in Jordan and get married, and file for the IR1/CR1 later instead. I am just concerned that we might run into a delay due to the fact that we filed for a K-1 prior. I did state in the application for the I-130 I did state that we filed previously...should I be concerned? Also, has anyone had any luck with the expedite process?

[Anh map 2,098]

The previous K1 should not be a problem. As you cited there were embassy issues.

Expediting from Yemen may be slower than the typical expedite as the background check will have to be completed. It's one of those parts of the world where AP is practically a given.

[dwheels76 5,476]

Hello all, I had a question in regards to my pending petition.

I filed an I-130 petition on Jan. 29th for my husband. Received a receipt notice on Feb 7th, with a priority date of Jan 29th. I am trying to have the case expedited, due to the fact that my husband is currently back in Yemen where there is an ongoing conflict and extremely troublesome. My question is in regards to:

2 years ago while my husband and I were engaged, we had filed an I-129F petition for Fiancé. It was approved all that was left was to interview, unfortunately the Embassy in Yemen had closed consular services due to the outbreak of conflict. We never heard anything since, so we decided to just meet up in Jordan and get married, and file for the IR1/CR1 later instead. I am just concerned that we might run into a delay due to the fact that we filed for a K-1 prior. I did state in the application for the I-130 I did state that we filed previously...should I be concerned? Also, has anyone had any luck with the expedite process?

So what embassy did you select Jordon, Egypt, Algeria? No US Embassy in Yemen. As far as expedite. You would have to expedite at USCIS than when you move on to NVC request another expedite and that gets sent to the embassy for them to approve.

The issue I see is you have shown that he can leave Yemen (many people asking for expedite under humanitarian reasons can not). You marrying in Jordon they may just say move there .

You can always try many people daily request expedites. Have your evidence together call USCIS they will tell you what is needed.

Also when you sent in your I-130 did you write a brief cover letter to officially withdraw your petition? It would be expired by now but it just a good way to show you are ending one to start another. But no issues.

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So what embassy did you select Jordon, Egypt, Algeria? No US Embassy in Yemen. As far as expedite. You would have to expedite at USCIS than when you move on to NVC request another expedite and that gets sent to the embassy for them to approve.

The issue I see is you have shown that he can leave Yemen (many people asking for expedite under humanitarian reasons can not). You marrying in Jordon they may just say move there .

You can always try many people daily request expedites. Have your evidence together call USCIS they will tell you what is needed.

Also when you sent in your I-130 did you write a brief cover letter to officially withdraw your petition? It would be expired by now but it just a good way to show you are ending one to start another. But no issues.

Hi dwheels76, I have not selected an Embassy yet, I am still in USCIS processing and I am trying to expedite with them first. We went to Jordan to get married as that was one of the few places that Yemeni people can easily obtain a short term visa. He had to leave because his 3 month visa was about to expire. Also, its a little more difficult to apply for residency in Jordan for Yemeni citizens as so many are entering short-term and then staying illegally.

I did include a cover letter with my I-130 application and let them know that we had applied prior, but that petition approval expired December of 2014. I was just concerned because when I check my previous case status on travel.gov it says K-1 case is ready to interview, but I had never received anything about an interview. I only knew that my case had arrived in Yemen because I was emailing the Embassy in Yemen and they had informed me of that. But less than a month later they had closed.

[dwheels76 5,476]

Hi dwheels76, I have not selected an Embassy yet, I am still in USCIS processing and I am trying to expedite with them first. We went to Jordan to get married as that was one of the few places that Yemeni people can easily obtain a short term visa. He had to leave because his 3 month visa was about to expire. Also, its a little more difficult to apply for residency in Jordan for Yemeni citizens as so many are entering short-term and then staying illegally.

I did include a cover letter with my I-130 application and let them know that we had applied prior, but that petition approval expired December of 2014. I was just concerned because when I check my previous case status on travel.gov it says K-1 case is ready to interview, but I had never received anything about an interview. I only knew that my case had arrived in Yemen because I was emailing the Embassy in Yemen and they had informed me of that. But less than a month later they had closed.

Okay re-look at your I-130 Petition. Question 22 is where you write your embassy of interview. What did you put. Morocco is support fast but I am not sure which embassy Yemini folks can pick.

from the embassy website

"U.S. Embassy Cairo and U.S. Embassy Algiers are the designated immigrant visa (IV) processing posts for Yemeni IV cases as these posts are equipped to accommodate the extra workload and are most easily reached by persons departing from Yemen."

Edited March 14, 2016 by dwheels76

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Okay re-look at your I-130 Petition. Question 22 is where you write your embassy of interview. What did you put. Morocco is support fast but I am not sure which embassy Yemini folks can pick.

from the embassy website

"U.S. Embassy Cairo and U.S. Embassy Algiers are the designated immigrant visa (IV) processing posts for Yemeni IV cases as these posts are equipped to accommodate the extra workload and are most easily reached by persons departing from Yemen."

Oh dang, I'm looking over the copies I made of the I-130 application, and I overlooked question 22 and left it blank! I'm doomed aren't I?

[Ryan H 3,834]

Oh dang, I'm looking over the copies I made of the I-130 application, and I overlooked question 22 and left it blank! I'm doomed aren't I?

To dispatch with the semantics first, the I-130 is a petition form, not an application form.

To answer your question, you are not "doomed" on this; the NVC will route your file based on the residence address of the beneficiary that was provided.