DS-160 question for UK beneficiary.

[DktrFaustus 38]

Good evening,

 

Sorry for what is probably a basic question. Getting ready to fill out my DS-160 tonight/imminently. On the tracker the LND case number is allocated under the "IMMIGRANT VISA (IV)" drop down, but the form on the website is "non-immigrant". This is okay/normal, right? Am I right in saying it's a 'hybrid' visa, and this is the normal way it happens?

 

Many thanks.

[Wuozopo 4,293]

51 minutes ago, DktrFaustus said:

Good evening,

 

Sorry for what is probably a basic question. Getting ready to fill out my DS-160 tonight/imminently. On the tracker the LND case number is allocated under the "IMMIGRANT VISA (IV)" drop down, but the form on the website is "non-immigrant". This is okay/normal, right? Am I right in saying it's a 'hybrid' visa, and this is the normal way it happens?

 

Many thanks.

Your interview and paper handling is done by the Immigrant Visa Unit. So you pick the Immigrant thing to check status, use the Immigrant (green page) when scheduling the interview, and get in the Immigrant line when you queue at the embassy. 

 

Your visa isn't so much hybrid. It is non-Immigrant, but you process with the Immigrants in London. Right before your visa issues, your CEAC status will switch to calling you Non-Immigrant. That's your clue your Visa is almost issued.

Edited September 25, 2018 by Wuozopo

[DktrFaustus 38]

6 minutes ago, Wuozopo said:

Your interview and paper handling is done by the Immigrant Visa Unit. So you pick the Immigrant thing to check status, use the Immigrant (green page) when scheduling the interview, and get in the Immigrant line when you queue at the embassy. 

 

Your visa isn't so much hybrid. It is non-Immigrant, but you process with the Immigrants in London. Right before your visa issues, your CEAC status will switch to calling you Non-Immigrant. That's your clue your Visa is almost issued.

But filling in the DS-160 as a non-immigrant visa through their website, as I'm doing now, is okay, right?

[Wuozopo 4,293]

6 minutes ago, DktrFaustus said:

But filling in the DS-160 as a non-immigrant visa through their website, as I'm doing now, is okay, right?

Absolutely. You are nonImmigrant, but you use the Immigrant pages for checking status and such because London wants you in that group for clerical reasons. There's a whole different group who manages the rest of the nonimmigrants and  they are clueless about K1s.

Edited September 25, 2018 by Wuozopo

[DktrFaustus 38]

4 minutes ago, Wuozopo said:

Absolutely. You are nonImmigrant, but you use the Immigrant pages for checking status and such because London wants you in that group for clerical reasons. 

Thank you. One more question, where it says "Has anyone ever filed an immigrant petition on your behalf with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services? " do I answer yes or no? Is it referring to the petition my fiancee made or another one that would have been made prior to that?

[Wuozopo 4,293]

I call K1s the Step-child Visa because you never quite fit in with the masses. Wait until AOS. You are a nothing for a long time. It confuses the hell out of banks, Social Security workers, DMVs, landlords. You are admitted for 90 days only. Your visa is Invalid as soon as you POE. You got nothing on paper saying you get To stay past that 90 day stamp in your passport. It confuses people you deal with. 

[Wuozopo 4,293]

That would be a previous fiancé, spouse, adult American child...not your current petitioner.

but people answer that both ways and it doesn't seem to matter, so no worries on that. 

Edited September 25, 2018 by Wuozopo