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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: India
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Is she older than you? Is she of child bearing age still?

Paying for her child's college is quite a big financial gift that could be of impact to the decision.

No child bearing age. Financial help, I took the responsibility of the tuition fee etc.

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: India
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What did the interviewer focus on when they asked questions?

Was your fiancee denied outright, or given a chance to submit more proof?

CO asked her 3 questions. 1. What is the name and age of my son? 2. What do i do for living? 3. When was the last time she saw me? She answered all those questions right without hesitation. He asked her to wait for few minutes. He returned with a paper of denial reason.

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Wales
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when was the last time you saw her?

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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I am a Sikh. and Hindu marriages are very common. My mother and grandmother were from Hindu family.

religion should not be an issue here. or for anyone else.

Sadly religion can be an issue at interview. If it's common in the area and culture for the two people that want to get married to be of the same religion, they may not believe the relationship is valid if it's against the cultural norm. While multi-religious marriages/Multi-race relationships/Age-gap relationships are normal in the US, if it's not the cultural norm in the place the foreign fiance lives, it can hurt them at the interview.

*More detailed timeline in profile!*
 
Relationship:     Friends since 2010, Together since 2013

 K-1:   2015 Done in 208 days - 212g for Second Cosponsor    

Spoiler

04/27/15- NOA1 Recieved                                                    
06/02/15 - NOA2 Recieved
09/22/15 - Interview       (221g for more documents (a SECOND cosponsor), see profile for more details!)                                            
11/09/15 -  ISSUED!!                                                              
11/10/15 - Passport received                                                
02/20/16 - Wedding!              

                                         
 AOS:   2016 Done in 77 days - No RFE, No Interview                                                                    

Spoiler

04/08/16 - I-485, I-765, I-131 AOS Application recieved by USCIS
04/12/16 - 3 NOA1's received in mail
05/14/16 - Biometrics for AOS and EAD
06/27/16 - I-485 Case to changed to "New Card being produced"  (Day 77)
06/27/16 - I-485 Case changed to Approved! (Day 77)
06/30/16 - I-485 Case changed to "My Card has been mailed to me!"
07/05/16 - Green Card received in mail! 

 


ROC:   2018 - 2019 Done in 326 days - No RFE, No Interview

Spoiler

 

05/09/18 - Mailed out ROC to CSC

05/10/18 - CSC Signed and received ROC package
06/07/28 - NOA1 

06/11/18 - Check cashed

06/15/18 - NOA received in the mail
08/27/18 - 18 month extension received (Courtesy Copy)

09/18/18 - Request for official 18 month extension
10/22/18 - Official 18 month extension received 

02/27/19 - Biometrics waived 

04/29/19 - New card being produced!
05/09/19 - USPS delivered green card! In hand now!

 

Filed: FB-2 Visa Country: Bangladesh
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Yea, a 13-year age difference with the male being older isn't uncommon in that region. I'm not sure if religion has a role to play here because you say you provided pictures of families with each other, which would speak to the fact that the families are accepting regardless of you being sikh and she hindu. For next time, it might be a good idea to also provide affidavits from your families attesting to their acceptance.

F2B

(Helping aunt with cousin's petition)

01/02/2011: PD (Priority Date)
01/04/2011: I-130 NOA1

02/16/2011: I-130 NOA2

08/04/2016: Received DS-261/AOS Bill

08/06/2016: Completed DS-261/Paid AOS Bill

08/16/2016: Received IV Bill

10/11/2016: Submitted AOS/IV documentation

10/11/2016: Paid IV fee bill

10/14/2016: Submitted DS-260

Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Scotland
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such a long relationship for K1? I think it raised a suspicion.

i dont think the length of time they have been together prior to submitting the k1 has anything to do with it.. i say that because i was with my now husband for 3years before we started the k1 process and by the time my interview rolled around we had been together 4 years

April 8th: AOS sent

April 11th: Recieved at Chicago lockbox [Day 0]

April 25th: NOA1 date (never recieved e-notifications) [Day 14]

April 29th: NOA1 hard copy recieved in the mail [Day 18]

May 9th: "Fingerprint fee recieved" [Day 28]

May 12th: Reciept number's start working on USCIS case status website [Day 31]

May 20th: Biometrics letter recieved [Day 39]

June 1st: Biometric appointment [Day 51]

​November 12th: Interview letter received ​[Day 216]

December 1st: Interview day! APPROVED [Day 235]

December 5th: Case status changed from "fingerprint fee received" to "Approved" post dated Dec 1st [Day 239]

Received approval letter in the mail for Green card [Day 239]

December 6th: "Card was mailed to me" [Day 240]

December 8th: Green card received in mail!!! [day 242]

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Brazil
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i dont think the length of time they have been together prior to submitting the k1 has anything to do with it.. i say that because i was with my now husband for 3years before we started the k1 process and by the time my interview rolled around we had been together 4 years

just gave my opinion, each case is different, read again the case in question and will realize several possible red flags, five years of relationship to ask for a K1? , Would not be more logical to marry? after all, who waited five years, you can wait 6 years.



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i dont think the length of time they have been together prior to submitting the k1 has anything to do with it.. i say that because i was with my now husband for 3years before we started the k1 process and by the time my interview rolled around we had been together 4 years

Different countries. In this country its unusual.

:girlwerewolf2xn: Ana (L) Felix :wub:

K1 March Filer 2016

Interview Approved August 19, 2016

POE September 25, 2016

AOS November Filer 2016

DISCLAIMER: Please excuse my ABC & Gramm@r I am not an editor...

Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Scotland
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just gave my opinion, each case is different, read again the case in question and will realize several possible red flags, five years of relationship to ask for a K1? , Would not be more logical to marry? after all, who waited five years, you can wait 6 years.

yes i do agree there is a red flags especially the financial part of it... there was nothing wrong with your comment I wasnt trying to bash what you said or anything i hope you didnt take it that way cause i wasnt meant in that sence.. i just personally didnt see the 5 years being a red flag since my own personal situation was close to the same amount of years in a relationship before my interview

April 8th: AOS sent

April 11th: Recieved at Chicago lockbox [Day 0]

April 25th: NOA1 date (never recieved e-notifications) [Day 14]

April 29th: NOA1 hard copy recieved in the mail [Day 18]

May 9th: "Fingerprint fee recieved" [Day 28]

May 12th: Reciept number's start working on USCIS case status website [Day 31]

May 20th: Biometrics letter recieved [Day 39]

June 1st: Biometric appointment [Day 51]

​November 12th: Interview letter received ​[Day 216]

December 1st: Interview day! APPROVED [Day 235]

December 5th: Case status changed from "fingerprint fee received" to "Approved" post dated Dec 1st [Day 239]

Received approval letter in the mail for Green card [Day 239]

December 6th: "Card was mailed to me" [Day 240]

December 8th: Green card received in mail!!! [day 242]

Posted

just gave my opinion, each case is different, read again the case in question and will realize several possible red flags, five years of relationship to ask for a K1? , Would not be more logical to marry? after all, who waited five years, you can wait 6 years.

Maybe the filed for the K-1 so they could marry without having to be apart afterwards :)

ROC from CR-1 visa (Green Card expiration date was Nov 24th 2016)

 

Link to the evidence I submitted. Be sure to send evidence spanning your entire marriage (especially for K-1) or as far back as you can. Just one or two bank statements will not cut it. I primarily focused on the two years of living here since I came in on a CR-1. If you don't have the fundamentals (i.e. joint accounts/policies), you can explain why in the covering letter. E.g. "While we do not have joint utilities, we both contribute to them from our joint bank account".

 

September 26th 2016: I-751 package sent to CSC

September 28th 2016: Package delivered
September 30th 2016: Check cashed
October 3rd 2016: NOA1 received with receipt date of 09/28/16
November 3rd 2016: Biometrics received with appointment date of 11/14/16.
November 14th 2016: Attended biometrics appointment
October 30th 2017: Infopass appointment to get I-551 stamp
February 26th 2018: I-751 case number (aka the NOA1 receipt number) becomes trackable
March 14th 2018: Submitted service request due to being outside of processing time.

March 15th 2018: ROC approved. 535 days (1 year, 5 months and 17 days)

March 29th 2018: Card being produced

April 4th 2018: Card mailed out

April 6th 2018: Card in hand. Has incorrect "resident since" date. Submitted service request on I-751 case (typographical error on permanent resident card) and an I-90 online.

April 2018 - August 7th 2018: Tons of service requests, emails and now senator involvement to get my corrected green card back because what the heck, USCIS. Also some time in May I sent a letter to Potomac telling them I want to withdraw my I-90 since CSC were handling it.

August 8th 2018: Card in production thanks to the direct involvement of Senator Sherrod Brown's team

August 13th 2018: Card mailed

August 15th 2018: Card in hand with correct date. :joy:

October 31st 2018: Potomac sends out a notice stating they have closed out my I-90 per my request. Yay for no duplicate card drama.

Posted

yes i do agree there is a red flags especially the financial part of it... there was nothing wrong with your comment I wasnt trying to bash what you said or anything i hope you didnt take it that way cause i wasnt meant in that sence.. i just personally didnt see the 5 years being a red flag since my own personal situation was close to the same amount of years in a relationship before my interview

But your in the UK and the standards are different by the country whats ok in the UK may not be in India.

UK has less burdens especially being ESTA country.

:girlwerewolf2xn: Ana (L) Felix :wub:

K1 March Filer 2016

Interview Approved August 19, 2016

POE September 25, 2016

AOS November Filer 2016

DISCLAIMER: Please excuse my ABC & Gramm@r I am not an editor...

 
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