US Embassy Reopening - Update Thread

[Mtu Mzuri 92]

4 hours ago, royyount said:

You and me both.....I struggle every day, and cry like a baby most days.  This has been awful.  But I think we are starting to see signs of hope.  For Mexico, I see that someone is getting a K-1 processed in Mexico City.  This makes me wonder if they will actually begin processing them in more consulates to help ease the back log.   I hope that is the case.   We all need some good news.  I am still hopeful for an appointment before the end of 2020.  PLEASE!!!!

Yes. I see small signs for hope. I keep telling myself soon they will focus on K-1s after addressing a few CR1 AND F1 cases, after all we also had appointments which were cancelled by COVID. So we are in line too. And it just isn't fair. We are humans too lol. Keep hope alive. You know hope can actually keep you alive so it's good to be optimistic 😂

[mryrth 72]

From the embassy in Belgrade, Serbia. It doesn't mention K1's (but no one mentioned us ever), so hopefully we're on the road to an interview soon!

[YuyuNYC 31]

AIT in Taiwan resumed all US visa process now.

[TakeMeHome 43]

Hi guys, please sign to make K1 mission critical.

 

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/letusmarry

[TakeMeHome 43]

I got this reply regarding K-1 visas. It seems they only focus on mission critical visas so we gotta make them make k1 mission critical.

[jesko1869 10]

2 minutes ago, TakeMeHome said:

I got this reply regarding K-1 visas. It seems they only focus on mission critical visas so we gotta make them make k1 mission critical.

I am not quite sure why they are not making K1 Visas Mission Critical. As American Citizens, we have gone about this the correct and legal way. Our needs are very important. We should keep pushing this issue.

 

Thanks for the update.

[TakeMeHome 43]

17 minutes ago, jesko1869 said:

I am not quite sure why they are not making K1 Visas Mission Critical. As American Citizens, we have gone about this the correct and legal way. Our needs are very important. We should keep pushing this issue.

 

Thanks for the update.

Very true. My fiance has spent thousands of dollars on fees for this application, with all that money given, we shouldnt be ignored

 

today US k1ers over twitter are arranging to call their state reps and voice their concerns to make k1 mission critical, here is the link if you guys would like give them a call too: https://t.co/ziuI8k5M1b?amp=1

 

 

[SaraGardy 0]

On 7/30/2020 at 2:26 AM, Celal karataş said:

The ankara embassy gave me an appointment for 7 August but said they would send an instruction mail.  nothing yet.

Was this an expedited appointment? I got approval March 16, 2020 and still waiting for interview date. 

[retheem 568]

On ‎8‎/‎3‎/‎2020 at 8:58 AM, TakeMeHome said:

Very true. My fiance has spent thousands of dollars on fees for this application, with all that money given, we shouldnt be ignored

 

today US k1ers over twitter are arranging to call their state reps and voice their concerns to make k1 mission critical, here is the link if you guys would like give them a call too: https://t.co/ziuI8k5M1b?amp=1

 

 

Good luck with this one. From what it looks like, if you are not the spouse of a US Citizen as evidenced by a marriage certificate,  they will not make your petition mission critical.

Edited August 10, 2020 by retheem

[Derek Scheyer 83]

1 hour ago, retheem said:

Good luck with this one. From what it looks like, if you are not the spouse of a US Citizen as evidenced by a marriage certificate,  they will not make your petition mission critical.

The only reason we aren't spouses is because of this process though. MOST k1 applicants would already be married if it wasn't for this long process. We only did it this way so we'd be able to see our loved ones faster and not have to wait the extra time to be together. Because we love each other. 

[retheem 568]

1 hour ago, Derek Scheyer said:

The only reason we aren't spouses is because of this process though. MOST k1 applicants would already be married if it wasn't for this long process. We only did it this way so we'd be able to see our loved ones faster and not have to wait the extra time to be together. Because we love each other. 

Unfortunately freedom of choice is not equal to freedom from consequences. And this is why it always said, think long term/ the big picture before making a decision. Sorry pal.

[Derek Scheyer 83]

7 minutes ago, retheem said:

Unfortunately freedom of choice is not equal to freedom from consequences. And this is why it always said, think long term/ the big picture before making a decision. Sorry pal.

For some of us the k1 was a better route due to multiple circumstances. All I'm saying is there's no reason it shouldn't be mission critical also. Most if not all of us would already be married if the process didn't take so long.

[OrihimeandIchigo 216]

5 hours ago, retheem said:

Good luck with this one. From what it looks like, if you are not the spouse of a US Citizen as evidenced by a marriage certificate,  they will not make your petition mission critical.

Not even Sweden. A very forgiving liberal country made fiancée and boyfriend/girlfriend not exempted from the entry ban into Sweden. 

[Ní hUisce 24]

3 hours ago, retheem said:

Unfortunately freedom of choice is not equal to freedom from consequences. And this is why it always said, think long term/ the big picture before making a decision. Sorry pal.

Except its not even about thinking long term or the big picture with this situation.

 

Literally nobody seen a pandemic coming and the ensuing travel bans. Obviously there are pros and cons with filing K1 vs IR1/CR1. Nobody would have lumped in Covid-19 with those cons in 2019 because it didn't exist. Obviously now, tragically, we know being a USC's spouse is the better option. We can talk consequences all we want but the reality is we couldn't prepare or consider this when starting our petition back in August, otherwise we would have made a better decision. Unfortunately we're not psychics. 

[CMT 46]

9 hours ago, retheem said:

Unfortunately freedom of choice is not equal to freedom from consequences. And this is why it always said, think long term/ the big picture before making a decision. Sorry pal.

Because everyone saw a pandemic coming when filing for K1 huh? There's also people who were simply not able to marry. My fiancé was working for the DOS and could not marry because of his contract, so we applied for the K1. 

We're already aware that K1's aren't deemed mission critical and that's what we're fighting for. In the end the goal is to be with our loved ones, just like you. Please keep the negativity to yourself.