K1 AWA - AOS - Petitioner Biometrics

[G & P 6]

Hello!

 

I'm a US citizen AWA filer (petitioner). K1 approved October 2016. K1 interview January 2017 & approved. Fiancee enters US in February 2017. We get married and file for AOS. Wife (Applicant) does biometrics, and Interview scheduled for July 2017. Interview cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. Went to the USCIS office anyway, was advised background check still in progress and that they didn't have the file yet.  Today received a letter for me (Petitioner) to do biometrics.

 

Should I be worried that USCIS may re-review the approved i129 and revoke it or something terrible?

 

Thanks for the feedback...

[Genesisfan 10]

What was the outcome? 

Were you successful?

did you get visa approval for your girlfriend?

[Genesisfan 10]

On 7/14/2017 at 3:10 PM, G & P said:

Hello!

 

I'm a US citizen AWA filer (petitioner). K1 approved October 2016. K1 interview January 2017 & approved. Fiancee enters US in February 2017. We get married and file for AOS. Wife (Applicant) does biometrics, and Interview scheduled for July 2017. Interview cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. Went to the USCIS office anyway, was advised background check still in progress and that they didn't have the file yet.  Today received a letter for me (Petitioner) to do biometrics.

 

Should I be worried that USCIS may re-review the approved i129 and revoke it or something terrible?

 

Thanks for the feedback...

 

[Genesisfan 10]

Hello 

my lawyer is filing K-129 Fiancé Visa I am the petioner my fiancé lives in Thailand.

I was convicted 2004 no prison probation 5yrs 288C felony lewd acts she was 16 just touched her breasts.

I onky have this conviction my record is clean no police contact or traffic citations 

Will our fiancé Visa get approval?

can you share about your visa process?

did your girlfriend get permission to enter USA?

Edited November 3, 2017 by Genesisfan
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[G & P 6]

Hello, 

 

Sorry for the delay on getting back to you.  First of all, obtaining the AWA waiver is a tall order.  Before beginning our visa journey, we consulted with several immigration attorneys, all of which had consensus that close to 90% of AWA-type visa applications are denied.  We settled on a high-profile immigration attorney out of New York will extensive experience obtaining AWA waivers ~$10,000.  I'm not here to get into the details of your offense, nor am I going to pass judgment or give you hope.  I will give you the facts based on my wife and I's experience.  At a high-level you MUST hire an immigration attorney that is VERY well-versed in navigating AWA waivers, and you MUST go to the ends of the earth and exhaust every resource to demonstrate that you pose NO RISK to her.  

• My offense was in 2012 and involved a lewd picture sent over the internet to a police officer.  It was a victimless crime w/mitigating circumstances which lessened the negative impact.  I had to do 18 months of probation + counseling.  That said - I take responsibility for my actions and have learned from them, and made myself into a better person. 
• I met my fiancee online and traveled overseas three times to see her and her family, as well as attended her k1 interview with her in Ankara, Turkey. 
• You have to have met in-person at least once or twice in two years to be eligible to apply for the K1. 
• We saved all of our chat/logs from the first day we met, letters, pictures, videos, social media accounts, plane tickets, hotel reservations, mail receipts, etc. etc. to prove our relationship. 
• We had sworn affidavits written from my family, her family, and friends.  Pages-long affidavits supporting that I am "no-risk" to her and that our relationship is bona-fide. 
• We had sworn affidavits written from a minister that we know attesting that I am no risk to her and that our relationship is bona-fide. 
• We wrote sworn affidavits ourselves telling our life story, how much we love each other, attesting that I am no-risk to her and that she understands the crime that I committed that still loves me despite it. 
• We had my counselor write a letter stating that I successfully completed the program and that I am no-risk to her, society, etc. 
• I took two polygraph exams one prior to my counseling, and one after my counseling that demonstrated that I take responsibility for my actions, had committed no subsequent offense, and that I was no risk to her.
• Sent a couple years worth of tax returns, pay stubs, and an employer letter to demonstrate that I meet the financial requirements to support us. 
• We had my probation officer write a letter that I had completed the program with no issues (she wouldn't write anything else because she wasn't allowed to per department policy). 

 

I hope this helps you.  Please remember that every single case is different.  I wish you the best and cannot stress enough that if you try to tackle this alone, or if you fall short in demonstrating that you are no-risk or that your relationship is bona-fide, that it will likely result in a denial. 

 

Regards, and good luck. 

[Genesisfan 10]

Did you fiancée visa get approval?

[Genesisfan 10]

I retained an immigration attorney for our I-129f Fiancé Visa process 

paid $7,500