Student visa while waiting for i-129f

[AndyD 0]

I wonder if anyone here had experience getting an F1 student visa while waiting for I-129F approval. I want my fiance to get the student visa and start college here in the US while waiting for fiance visa, so that when she gets approved she goes back to Russia, gets her K1 visa and when she comes back she would continue her education. 

We just don't want her to waste time waiting when she could be studying (and staying with me during that).

 

Thoughts on feasibility of getting approved for F1 while waiting?

[Boiler 45,707]

What does she want to study?

[AndyD 0]

 ESL and web development 

[payxibka 10,045]

1 hour ago, AndyD said:

I wonder if anyone here had experience getting an F1 student visa while waiting for I-129F approval. I want my fiance to get the student visa and start college here in the US while waiting for fiance visa, so that when she gets approved she goes back to Russia, gets her K1 visa and when she comes back she would continue her education. 

We just don't want her to waste time waiting when she could be studying (and staying with me during that).

 

Thoughts on feasibility of getting approved for F1 while waiting?

Essentially none.   A student must not have immigrant intent.   How would she explain that she has no immigrant intent, but has an i129f petition filed on her behalf?

[Just Paul 4,595]

1 hour ago, AndyD said:

Thoughts on feasibility of getting approved for F1 while waiting?

It is even harder to get a student VISA than a B2 VISA after filing for a K1.

 

[JFH 12,190]

How would she continue her education with a K-1? That doesn’t permit formal study. 
 

Also a student visa requires strong evidence of the applicant’s non-immigration intent. That’s going to be as good as impossible with a pending I-129F. The officer is going to strongly suspect she is going to use the student visa to marry and adjust. They see this trick all the time. 

[payxibka 10,045]

2 hours ago, JFH said:

How would she continue her education with a K-1? That doesn’t permit formal study. 

It doesn't explicitly not permit formal study either 

[carmel34 3,639]

14 hours ago, AndyD said:

Thoughts on feasibility of getting approved for F1 while waiting?

Unfortunately the chances are very low because an F1 approval is only given when the officer is convinced that the student will go back to her home country following the completion of the educational program.  With an American fiance there will be perceived immigration intent which is not the purpose of an F1 visa which is only for a temporary stay in the US and then a return to the home country.  I looked into an F1 for my now husband, back when we were considering all options to get him to the US as soon as possible, we looked at K-1, B2, F1, CR-1, and eventually decided that an F1 and B2 would likely be denied because of immigration intent so he didn't even waste time applying.  We eventually chose to get married in his country and file an I-130 petition for a CR-1 visa, because of the many advantages vs. K-1 including the ability to work and travel outside the US immediately upon entry to the US.  Long distance relationships are hard, and US immigration on top of that has limited options and takes SO long to finally be together.  A lot of time apart is normal in these situations, especially with the pandemic.  She can study English and web development in her home country while waiting, at a lot lower cost than in the US.  Good luck with the K-1 process, hopefully you will be together soon!

[Boiler 45,707]

Sort of sounds like a shck up with BF rather than a study situation.

[payxibka 10,045]

39 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Sort of sounds like a shck up with BF rather than a study situation.

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