What to do if K1 visa is issued while fiancé is in US visiting?

[Ellen B 0]

I will be filing an expedite request this week due to medical hardship, and my fiancé is already planning to be here next month for four weeks. I am worried about what might happen if we have his visa approved through the expedite and he’s currently in the US when it happens. Would he be allowed to leave freely to fly home and prep for the move without invalidating the K1?

[Boiler 45,938]

Yes, no exit controls in the US.

[milimelo 4,541]

Well for starters they can approve the expedite but until he interviews and leaves his passport with consular they will not (and cannot) issue the visa. 

[Carlos&Gen 39]

Exactly, no K1 visa will be aproved without consular interview. 

[SteveInBostonI130 3,482]

1 hour ago, Ellen B said:

I will be filing an expedite request this week due to medical hardship, and my fiancé is already planning to be here next month for four weeks. I am worried about what might happen if we have his visa approved through the expedite and he’s currently in the US when it happens. Would he be allowed to leave freely to fly home and prep for the move without invalidating the K1?

Expedite for I-129F approval (USCIS)?  Or expedite for NVC stage?  Or is the petition at the embassy/consulate and you want to expedite the interview date?

 

Assuming it's the first, approved expedite means USCIS will review and (hopefully) approve the petition.  Then it goes to NVC, where it will take 4 weeks or more for the petition to be routed to the embassy/consulate.  Then 4+ weeks for the interview.

 

 

[SalishSea 18,079]

2 hours ago, Ellen B said:

I will be filing an expedite request this week due to medical hardship, and my fiancé is already planning to be here next month for four weeks. I am worried about what might happen if we have his visa approved through the expedite and he’s currently in the US when it happens. Would he be allowed to leave freely to fly home and prep for the move without invalidating the K1?

Do you expect they would issue the K-1 visa without having had an interview, and without a passport to physically put it in?   Even if your expedite is approved, that will not happen.

[Ellen B 0]

Thank you everyone! Makes total sense.