K1 Visa Questions

[AC1319 0]

(I don't really know the right place to put this, so I'm sorry if this isn't it.)

My fiancé filed for my K1 application back in August (yay!) but throughout the whole I've done a lot of research on different things regarding the K1 process and I have a couple of questions that I can't find a clear answer on. 

1. What family preference does the K1 fall under? 
I remember when the new preference categories came out due to COVID, there was something that mentioned it was part of the F2A category, but I can't find this information again and I wanted to confirm I'm looking at the right boxes when looking at the visa bulletin. 

 

2. This is the big one: We intended to have a ceremony in Canada, we knew that we wouldn't be able to sign a marriage license or complete the legal marriage process in Canada but we wanted to include my family and enjoy the wedding portion of this process. With that in mind we had planned on having a small courthouse wedding when I arrived in the US after our approval where we would complete the legal paperwork and make things official.
However I've since read that even anything that looks like marriage, without any legality to it, could leave me subject to denial of entry. 

I wanted to know how true this is, and what any recommendations might be (outside of the obvious). 

[If it's true we would just have the reception/celebration in Canada and take pictures with family and avoid anything that looks like a ceremony, then have a small ceremony in the US instead.]

 

 

Thanks in advance for the responses! 

[JeanneAdil 6,609]

1. The F2A visa is a US immigrant visa for spouses or minor children of Green Card holders

 

If USC ,,  it is K1 

 

2. and don't do the marriage ceremony in Canada unless u apply for spouse visa 

 

3.  you could have an engagement party in Canada for family 

[powerpuff 6,747]

1. Doesn’t apply to fiancé’s and spouses of US citizens. Is your fiancé a US citizen?
 

2. 

8 minutes ago, AC1319 said:

I wanted to know how true this is, and what any recommendations might be (outside of the obvious

Very true. Best recommendation is don’t do it. 
 

9 minutes ago, AC1319 said:

If it's true we would just have the reception/celebration in Canada and take pictures with family and avoid anything that looks like a ceremony,

Well wouldn’t that still be viewed as a marriage ceremony/celebration? I would view it as such. My only question is why risk? It’s up to you to take that risk of course. If having any sort of marriage ceremony/celebration/reception in Canada is very important, spousal visa (CR1) would have been a better choice.