I-129F December 2015 filing

[USA-K1-Visa-User 0]

I have been filing my K1 visa on my own with my fiancée without a lawyer. We have sent the application the 20th of December 2015. We received our approval on the 9th of February 2016. Then 2 weeks later I received from my consulate a letter to garher information and to schedule appointment. We waited because our wedding date is August 6th and filing already was not wise because of the timeline. We made sure to start all paperwork from that moment onwards and April 22 I filed my application on my side and i had sent in my application scan page to consulate with the appointment schedule paper. Then I got a doctor appointment on June 1st and consulate interview on the 7th of June. I forgot my passport on 7th however i filed all documents and interview is scheduled two days later on 9th of June 2016. Then they approved immediately. It was on a Thursday. Now Friday a week later on 17th no passport back yet. I will call consulate today if i can come get it as I bought my plane ticket for Saturday 18th as they said within 5 business days you have your passport back. But so far my experience and how quick things have been developed. Further no obstacles really. Questions at consulate were not really difficult either.

[A'n'L 735]

Congratulations on your approval!

Has your ceac status changed to issued? What do you do if your passport is in the mail somewhere? I guess it's a reminder for future applicants, no ticket before visa in hand :-)

[USA-K1-Visa-User 0]

I went to the consulate and yes it stated issued. And they prepaired my passport package and got it in my hands right now!

[Boo&Mica 157]

Congratulations !!!

[KASH2011 382]

Congrats!

[USA-K1-Visa-User 0]

Now at Frankfurt airport and checked in for departures. Will update how port of entry went

[USA-K1-Visa-User 0]

I have been at port of entry and i gave them my enveloppe. He opened the enveloppe and asked few generic questions, nice officer to speak to. Again finger prints like everywhere. And i could go in. And i have been here for few days and am now filing for my SSN (Social Security Number). I understand that you ARE able to work with a K1 visa which is great and doesnmt require an EAD form and so safes $380 bucks and time ?

[p-ana 933]

You can only work when you get the ead.

[USA-K1-Visa-User 0]

No that is not true with a K2, K3 and K4 you must, with K1 not: https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0110211530

Check also: www.visajourney.com/content/ssn

[p-ana 933]

The link you posted clearly states you're allowed to work and I didn't say you were not. There is a condition for a k1 to work and that is having authorization from dhs, in form of the ead card.

[USA-K1-Visa-User 0]

And where is that clearly posted as that is not shown anywhere?

[p-ana 933]

As I said, this link https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0110211530, clearly states k1s are allowed to work. BUT there is a condition to do so, and it is having an ead.

The social security card alone doesn't give you the right to work.

K1s will have an annotation in the card "valid for work only with dhs authorization" https://www.ssa.gov/ssnumber/cards.htm

The authorization mentioned is the ead (employment authorization document).

http://www.visajourney.com/content/ssn Read the same in the guide section.

[USA-K1-Visa-User 0]

Got ya! I understand it. Okay thanks for this info!

[Scandi 4,178]

We were finally approved at USCIS on June 22! I was waiting for an RFE for not specifying where we met online, but we didn't. Just got approved straight away after waiting close to 6 months. So happy now!

[Everlast 49]

We were finally approved at USCIS on June 22! I was waiting for an RFE for not specifying where we met online, but we didn't. Just got approved straight away after waiting close to 6 months. So happy now!

Wow! Congrats!