Two Year Home Residency and K-1

[L90 1]

Hello,

 

I was on a J-1 visa and I'm currently doing the two year home residency requirement, I have 13 months left until it ends. Is it possible to apply for a K-1 visa now or is it too early? Will applying now result in denial because it's too early?

[payxibka 10,047]

18 minutes ago, L90 said:

Hello,

 

I was on a J-1 visa and I'm currently doing the two year home residency requirement, I have 13 months left until it ends. Is it possible to apply for a K-1 visa now or is it too early? Will applying now result in denial because it's too early?

Petition will not be denied.  The visa would be denied if you interview to early.

[L90 1]

37 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Petition will not be denied.  The visa would be denied if you interview to early.

Thanks! Is it possible to choose when to do the interview? So if they give me an early interview appointment can I postpone it?

[payxibka 10,047]

3 minutes ago, L90 said:

Thanks! Is it possible to choose when to do the interview? So if they give me an early interview appointment can I postpone it?

There is a pandemic and k1s are backlogged all over the world.  You need to identify the country.   Secondly,  k1s typically make there own appointments 

[L90 1]

1 minute ago, payxibka said:

There is a pandemic and k1s are backlogged all over the world.  You need to identify the country.   Secondly,  k1s typically make there own appointments 

The country is Jordan. I don't know how backlogged the visas here, the embassy website says that they have resumed routine work. 

[payxibka 10,047]

17 minutes ago, L90 said:

The country is Jordan. I don't know how backlogged the visas here, the embassy website says that they have resumed routine work. 

The U.S. Embassy in Amman is currently processing a limited number of immigrant visa cases.  While the Embassy aims to process cases as soon as possible, there will be increased wait times due to a substantial backlog. For worldwide operating status updates please see travel.state.gov.

[L90 1]

17 minutes ago, payxibka said:

The U.S. Embassy in Amman is currently processing a limited number of immigrant visa cases.  While the Embassy aims to process cases as soon as possible, there will be increased wait times due to a substantial backlog. For worldwide operating status updates please see travel.state.gov.

Thanks again. I'm not sure if that means that 13 months is a long time or not. 

[payxibka 10,047]

1 minute ago, L90 said:

Thanks again. I'm not sure if that means that 13 months is a long time or not. 

Well,  you need to find the current i129f processing times as that will eat a good chunk of your 13 months.  Then you need to add 4 months onto the processing times,  as that would be the pre pandemic normal. 

 

Then you will see how close you are in a regular world.   

[Ryan H 3,819]

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.