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Hello everybody!

 

Me and my fiancé are getting ready to send in our K-1 packet, however I am currently visiting my fiancé in Mexico and I don't plan on leaving anytime soon. Will it be a problem if we send in our application from Mexico?

 

Thanks!

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8 minutes ago, mamba said:

Hello everybody!

 

Me and my fiancé are getting ready to send in our K-1 packet, however I am currently visiting my fiancé in Mexico and I don't plan on leaving anytime soon. Will it be a problem if we send in our application from Mexico?

 

Thanks!

No.

 

Did Mexico move?  I didn't think Mexico was overseas.

YMMV

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5 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

only thing it hurts is your income which you need to prove for the support agreement

and as long as you intend to stay,  why not marry? 

I'll be starting a job in NYC in September (I just finished law school). I'll only be staying here for the next month or so. Would be okay to send the package to my mom who could then send it from my physical/current address that I list for myself on the I-129F? 

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2 minutes ago, mamba said:

I'll be starting a job in NYC in September (I just finished law school). I'll only be staying here for the next month or so. Would be okay to send the package to my mom who could then send it from my physical/current address that I list for myself on the I-129F? 

No need to send it to your mom first. Mail it directly to the drop box from where you are. You will need be domiciled in the US later in the process, but from the timeline you just described, you will have no problems with that. Good luck!

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@Matrix13 has provided the answer your looking for. I concur with that answer. ^_^

Spoiler

Adjustment of Status

AOS March 5, 2014 Submitted AOS with EAD/AP package to Chicago USICS

Delivered March 8, 2014 AOS packaged delivered to USCIS drop box

Accepted March 19, 2014 Text message with receipt numbers

Biometrics April 16, 2014 Biometrics completed

EAD May 23, 2014 Employment Authorization Document approved and went to card production

TD May 23, 2014 Travel Document approved and went for card production

Receipt EAD/AP May 30, 2014 Received combo card EAD/AP

Green Card Approved July 11, 2014 Approved, no interview. Went to card production.

Green Card received July 17, 2014 GC received without interview

Removal of Conditions

Mailed I-751 Dec 16, 2015 Submitted ROC (removal of conditions)

Received Dec 18, 2015 USPS notification of successful delivery

Check Cashed Dec 21, 2015 Check was cashed

NOA-1 Issued Dec 21, 2015 NOA-1 for ROC issued

NOA-1 Issued Dec 26, 2015 NOA-1 Received

Biometrics Appt. Jan 29, 2016 Biometrics Appointment Scheduled [Completed]

 

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If you are together already, why not marry now and file for a spousal visa? There are so many advantages. The K-1 is ideal for couples who cannot be together anywhere but the USA or where the alien spouse cannot easily visit. If you file for a spousal visa, your wife will be a green card holder the minute she arrives and has all the privileges of that from day one. The K-1 leaves her in a limbo status for many, many months when she arrives. 

Timeline in brief:

Married: September 27, 2014

I-130 filed: February 5, 2016

NOA1: February 8, 2016 Nebraska

NOA2: July 21, 2016

Interview: December 6, 2016 London

POE: December 19, 2016 Las Vegas

N-400 filed: September 30, 2019

Interview: March 22, 2021 Seattle

Oath: March 22, 2021 COVID-style same-day oath

 

Now a US citizen!

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3 hours ago, JFH said:

If you are together already, why not marry now and file for a spousal visa? There are so many advantages. The K-1 is ideal for couples who cannot be together anywhere but the USA or where the alien spouse cannot easily visit. If you file for a spousal visa, your wife will be a green card holder the minute she arrives and has all the privileges of that from day one. The K-1 leaves her in a limbo status for many, many months when she arrives. 

Because including the wait times for interviews in Mexico, the spousal visa will take about two years. Where as the k-1 will take a year (hopefully less) and then she can at least be in the US the rest of the time while we wait to get the green card. I am only in Mexico now because I just graduated school and I am waiting to take the bar exam in September and then start my job.

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10 hours ago, mamba said:

Because including the wait times for interviews in Mexico, the spousal visa will take about two years. Where as the k-1 will take a year (hopefully less) and then she can at least be in the US the rest of the time while we wait to get the green card. I am only in Mexico now because I just graduated school and I am waiting to take the bar exam in September and then start my job.

Your choice, I guess. Personally, the extra few months of waiting was more than worth it for me. 

Timeline in brief:

Married: September 27, 2014

I-130 filed: February 5, 2016

NOA1: February 8, 2016 Nebraska

NOA2: July 21, 2016

Interview: December 6, 2016 London

POE: December 19, 2016 Las Vegas

N-400 filed: September 30, 2019

Interview: March 22, 2021 Seattle

Oath: March 22, 2021 COVID-style same-day oath

 

Now a US citizen!

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12 hours ago, mamba said:

Because including the wait times for interviews in Mexico, the spousal visa will take about two years. Where as the k-1 will take a year (hopefully less) and then she can at least be in the US the rest of the time while we wait to get the green card. I am only in Mexico now because I just graduated school and I am waiting to take the bar exam in September and then start my job.

Hi,

 

Please take a look at the current processing times for the spouse visa.  I thought our process would take 18-24 months total.  But we submitted the I-130 in Feb, got approved in May, and just finished submitting our documents to NVC.  Hopefully the NVC step will be done in a month and my wife can schedule her interview in July or August.  6 months total.

 

K1 is still 9-12 months, then 6-12 months for the AOS period afterwards.  Your fiance will not be able to travel at all after marriage, for on average 6 months for the AP/EAD.   No trips back to Mexico to see family or for you guys to take a short visit to Montreal or Niagara Falls (on the canadian side).   Of course, the trips to Canada would depend on the covid 19 situation.

 

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38 minutes ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

Please take a look at the current processing times for the spouse visa.  I thought our process would take 18-24 months total.  But we submitted the I-130 in Feb, got approved in May, and just finished submitting our documents to NVC.  Hopefully the NVC step will be done in a month and my wife can schedule her interview in July or August.  6 months total.

There aren't a lot of data points here at VJ, but the average NOA2 to interview for Mexico among CR-1/IR-1 applicants who filled out their timelines in the last year is over 18 months (or nearly double Ukraine's average).

There aren't official per-embassy stats for this, I think.

 

See https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/irstats.php?cfl= 

K-1                             AOS                            
NOA1 Notice Date: 2018-05-31    NOA1 Notice Date: 2019-04-11   
NOA2 Date: 2018-11-16           Biometrics Date: 2019-05-10    
Arrived at NVC:  2018-12-03     EAD/AP In Hand: 2019-09-16     
Arrived in Moscow: 2018-12-28   GC Interview Date: 2019-09-25      
Interview date: 2019-02-14      GC In Hand: 2019-10-02
Visa issued: 2019-02-28
POE: 2019-03-11
Wedding: 2019-03-14

ROC                             Naturalization
NOA1 Notice Date: 2021-07-16    Applied Online: 2022-07-09 (biometrics waived)
Approval Date: 2022-04-06       Interview was Scheduled: 2023-01-06
10-year GC In Hand: 2022-04-14  Interview date: 2023-02-13 (passed)
                            	Oath: 2023-02-13

 

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On 6/2/2020 at 4:09 PM, mamba said:

I'll be starting a job in NYC in September (I just finished law school). I'll only be staying here for the next month or so. Would be okay to send the package to my mom who could then send it from my physical/current address that I list for myself on the I-129F? 

no need 

you can send it and list the mothers address as your own if you will be staying there

congratulations on finishing law school and the best for your new job and marriage

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I just want to note that I'm in the same situation! I've been in mexico with my fiance since right when the pandemic started. We're getting ready to send in our K1 materials from here this week. We'll be on a very similar timeline! Cheers!

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On 6/7/2020 at 12:13 PM, Ash C said:

I just want to note that I'm in the same situation! I've been in mexico with my fiance since right when the pandemic started. We're getting ready to send in our K1 materials from here this week. We'll be on a very similar timeline! Cheers!

That's awesome! How long have you been in Mexico? Are you listing a Mexican address as one of your physical addresses? 

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