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Community SpotlightFiance or Marriage Visa in 2025 ? Pros and cons?
KandB posted a topic in What Visa Do I Need - Family Based Immigration,
I'm 23F 🇨🇿, my partner is 29M 🇺🇲
We want to get our visa going sometime this year and want to be together as soon as possible but we are still unsure which visa would serve us better. I'd like to get married in my home country but on the other side i wouldn't mind getting married paperwise in the US and waiting for my work permit and etc if it would allow us to be together faster and then save up for and have our dream wedding in my home country.
What do you think ? All of this is so overwhelming and confusing and we just want to do the right thing.
I asked the same question on reddit, so many people recommended me to go with fiance visa, two suggested marriage visa. I need more input and advice from experienced people. Thank you
Ps: is it possible to have dual citizenship so i don't lose one from my home country? How does that work ?-
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Supporting evidence for AOS following K1 marriage?
smilingstone posted a topic in Adjustment of Status (Green Card) from K1 and K3 Family Based Visas,
I entered the US on my K1 last week and we'll be planning to get married over the next few weeks. Throughout the whole K1 process I had in my head that we will need further supporting evidence of our relationship/marriage for the AOS process, such as co-mingling finances, opening joint accounts, health insurance, etc. However, now that I'm revisiting guidance on our next steps, there isn't any mention of this.
I am wondering if I misread something early on and it just stuck in my mind, and that we actually don't need to provide anything like this. VJs AOS guide doesn't make any mention of it, and nor does any other immigration-based sites. Is this something needed for the potential interview (from what I understand not all people get called for AOS interview)?
Can anyone confirm or clarify what we need? A run down of the docs you provided, when filing and/or for interview, would be really helpful.
Thank you-
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Tourist visa denied.. worried this will impact future family visa
mnelove97 posted a topic in Tourist Visas,
Hi, I’ve been thinking about this for a few days and feeling a bit worried. I wanted to have my husband visit me while we await our I-130 as I’ve heard some people have been approved while waiting. However he applied for a tourist visa in Jan 2024 and was denied as he said he was planning on visiting with his brother and had no family members here (true we were just snapping/texting).
We got married in July 2024 and he went in Sept 2024 at his 2nd attempt at a tourist visa - this time mentioning our marriage. The embassy worker didn’t give him a chance to speak and just said he’s “lying” because he mentioned last time he didnt have any family members in US (which he didnt). I’m worried this was written down as fraud and he will never get any visa. I’m not sure what the embassy would have written down for his denial?-
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Wife was denied entry into her interview due to Copy vs Original Doc
Rollie New New posted a topic in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures,
My wife was denied entry into her interview on Dec 20th 2024 because she had a copy of my divorce papers and not the original. Our lawyer tried to argue that the original was not required. But the embassy sent us a link that clearly showed the rule has been in place since 2022. Her new interview date is now Jan 23, 2025-
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Can I Travel to the USA with a Pending I-130 Petition?
Rayman2025 posted a topic in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures,
I have been invited to speak at a conference in the USA. My partner, who is a U.S. citizen, has filed an I-130 petition for me as we plan to move there eventually. I also have a job offer, and the employer is in the process of sponsoring an O-1 visa for me.
1. Can I apply for an ESTA to attend the conference, and am I likely to be admitted?
2. Will traveling to the USA on an ESTA impact my I-130 petition or future O-1 visa application?
Thank you!
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DV Lottery of K1 Visa - Can I file for both?
Petrisaint Mpaka posted a topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures,
I applied for the DV lottery 2025 and hope to be selected this year. My fiancé and I discovered that there is a fiancé visa for the USA. Do you think if we apply for the K1 visa but are selected for the DV lottery that we can stop the fiancé visa process? What are the timelines and options here :)?-
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Recent Immigration DiscussionsWill companies failure to amend my TN visa affect future green card? 8:35 pm today
maplesyrup2022
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4 RepliesI worked off and on in the US from 2020-2023 completing rotations through various divisions within my company. I entered the US on a TN visa as a manufacturing engineer. My visa was approved for three years. I worked in Illinois for parts of 2020 and 2021. For the first half of 2022 I was out of the country for work before reentering the US in July 2022 to work for my companies sales office in Ohio. My company never amended my TN visa to reflect the new position.
My visa expired in 2023 and I moved back to my home country for work. I re-entered the US in September 2024 on an L1 visa. I am in the process of applying for a green card through my husband while on L1 status. Will my companies failure to amend my past TN visa affect the green card process?
I was not aware that my TN visa was never amended until a couple of weeks ago.
I-751 Remove Condition Question Regarding underage step child 6:58 pm today
kemilk
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6 RepliesHello,
I am a USC and working on the I-751 right now for my wife and my 14 year old step daughter.
After reading through the instructions, my step daughter I-751 is confusing to me.
- do I prepare and fill out a separate I-751 for my step daughter?
- If I need to fill out a separate form for her, do I include her package with my wife's package as one package or two separate packages?
- Filing fee - is it $750 per person or $750 for both as one package?
- I-751 page 3, Part 3 Basis for Petition. Do I check box 1b for my step daughter? Why is my step daughter unable to be included in a joint petition?
- do I mail their package separately or can I mail their package together in the same envelop?
Thank you.
Tracking i751 without a USCIS account? 6:45 pm today
Mpowie
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2 RepliesWe sent our i751 package on 1/22 and got delivered at the Carol Stream lockbox on 1/23. I saw some filers getting their receipts/extension letters early via the MyUSCIS platform, but we lost our account # and didn t fill in that part in the i751 form, even if we have an account we can currently access. Now I m worried that i might only receive anything after 4-8 weeks via snail mail, and my green card is expiring mid march! From what I ve read, USCIS texting / emailing is pretty inconsistent too. (We sent in a G-1145 in the package)
is there a way to track an existing application, without the application number on hand, independent of any USCIS notice / texts or email? I was thinking of using the verify your identity tool to maybe link my a-number and it would automatically all linked cases attached to my number, but the tool is no longer available. Help please!
USCIS package 6:20 pm today
Tim1964
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11 RepliesShould I be worried or more patient?
I recently became a US citizen. I mailed a I-130/I-485 package to the address provided by the USCIS website via UPS for my daughter who has been living with me legally under the TPS status for Ukrainian immigrants. She already has a work authorization card. The package was delivered a month ago. I have not yet received any notice nor have they cashed the check I sent. How can I check the status on this?
Thank you.
August 2024 I-130 Filers 3:18 pm today
edmc
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1 RepliesWasn't able to find a topic for August 2024 filers so here we are
Filed on August 1st, 2024!