In person meeting requirement for k1 visa application

[SalishSea 18,074]

10 hours ago, MarJhi said:

Well since you filed in March of this year, a few months before the 2 year window expired I think you are ok. 

 

We filed about 18 months after our last meeting because I could not get back to the Philippines because they were shut down. 

OP states they filed in March of 2021.

[MarJhi 965]

45 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

OP states they filed in March of 2021.

I misspoke,  thank you for the correction 😁

[Aventrella 4]

On 8/5/2022 at 3:34 AM, AlexHuang said:

Hi everyone. my fiancé and i are currently in the process of obtaining our k1 visa. however, there is something that i am not entirely sure about. as i read through the eligibility of obtaining a k1 visa, the in-person meeting requirement is mentioned. the thing i am not sure is that what does this requirement is meant for?  for filing the petition? or it will affect the final issue of an actual visa?

 

my fiancé and i were physically together from 2019 December till 2020 june, and then we started long distance. from then till now, because of a lot of reasons we didn't schedule to meet, but took action on filing the k1 petition. 

so if the in person meeting requirement is only dictating our eligibility to file the petition, then i guess we are good. but if it also applies to the time period before my visa interview, then i guess we will have a problem. 

 

timeline 

dec 2019-june 2022 physically together 

june 2022- present long distance 

march 2021 petition filed 

march 2022 petition approved 

may 2022 received e-package notifying the beneficiary to begin k1 visa application 

 

we have been waiting for so long, and i am getting really nervous if my visa is denied, so just wanna make sure i get everything right

 

 

thank you 

 

Your petition is approved so you are good to go. It has to be less than 2 years since u filed petition