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K1 approved after withdrawal, CR-1 pending

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Minkybear   8

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Hi

 

We filed for a K1 in August 2022, but decided to marry and refile for a CR1 in January 2023. We sent a withdrawal letter shortly after, but received no acknowledgement, and two days ago USCIS just approved our K1...

Do we need to contact USCIS about this? Or just carry on and let the K1 "die"?

We really don't understand how ours was pulled out of line from August when they are working on Feb/March cases (with cases prior to that still pending!), and we feel terrible about it!!! 😔 we have never expedited or contacted them about it. We are worried that someone else expedited, but they pulled ours by mistake? Has this happened before?

 

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1 hour ago, Minkybear said:

Hi

 

We filed for a K1 in August 2022, but decided to marry and refile for a CR1 in January 2023. We sent a withdrawal letter shortly after, but received no acknowledgement, and two days ago USCIS just approved our K1...

Do we need to contact USCIS about this? Or just carry on and let the K1 "die"?

We really don't understand how ours was pulled out of line from August when they are working on Feb/March cases (with cases prior to that still pending!), and we feel terrible about it!!! 😔 we have never expedited or contacted them about it. We are worried that someone else expedited, but they pulled ours by mistake? Has this happened before?

 

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Just carry on.  The K-1 is voided.  

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4 hours ago, Minkybear said:

Hi

 

We filed for a K1 in August 2022, but decided to marry and refile for a CR1 in January 2023. We sent a withdrawal letter shortly after, but received no acknowledgement, and two days ago USCIS just approved our K1...

Do we need to contact USCIS about this? Or just carry on and let the K1 "die"?

We really don't understand how ours was pulled out of line from August when they are working on Feb/March cases (with cases prior to that still pending!), and we feel terrible about it!!! 😔 we have never expedited or contacted them about it. We are worried that someone else expedited, but they pulled ours by mistake? Has this happened before?

 

Thanks

Yours was pulled out of line BECAUSE you sent in the withdrawal letter.

Adjudicator looking at your case probably forgot they were supposed to DENY the petition (the reason they were looking at it) and loved your evidence so much they approved it by mistake. 

Don't worry about "jumping the line"... you didn't. And the approved K1 cannot be used because you are married. 

Hope your I-130 approval will soon arrive. And congrats on tying the knot! 

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Minkybear   8

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Thank you everyone.

Panic over then. We will continue being patient and take it as a trial run for the day we get the real notification 😄

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