US Immigration from Australia

Hello all,

Just wondering, when filling out my details on the cgifederal site to apply for my USA K1 visa interview at the Sydney consulate, it is asking for a Case ID and Priority Date.

where do I find these? is the Priority date the date on the USCIS Receipt number? And is the priority date the date the USCIS approved my I-129F petition?

Thankyou :)

Hello,

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Hi all,

For reference I am currently in the US on a K-1 visa and in the process of filing for AOS. I have never worked in the US before.

My question refers to the below section of the I-944:

Where it says...

Would you say 'yes' or 'no' if the tax return was filed in a foreign country? I filed my tax return for 2019 in Australia, so technically I did file a federal tax return but it was an Australian one, not for the US. Or would I select 'no' and then tick 'other' and explain that I filed taxes in Australia and provide evidence of my tax return transcripts?

I understand that at this point most advice is just personal opninion as we are the guinea pigs of this new form, but I welcome your thoughts.

Thanks.

Hi All

We're after some information / anyone with similar experience. So long story short we submitted our RFE reply for affidavit of support on forms with expiration date of March 31, this was a few days ago. Then we realized that USCIS have uploaded an updated form. Even if the forms get there by end of this week and assuming a case officer don't get to it till after March 31 would this trigger another RFE where we have to fill in new forms and send them through again or even potentially denial for sending in outdated forms?

Thank you very much in advance for the help!

Hello All.

I have a situation that I would like some advice on if anyone has ever been in a similar position, or has heard of a similar situation.

First some background. I came to the United States on a K1 VISA in November 2019 after being in a relationship with my partner for over 2 years. We met in Australia, did long distance with visits and also lived in Australia for a year together. We were engaged before she moved home to the USA and then spent 6 months apart before I moved to the USA in November of last year. We married in the USA December 2019. On Thursday 19^th March, I discovered that my wife (US Citizen and Petitioner) has been having an ongoing affair since at least October 2019. After finding this out this devastating news, I decided to leave the United States as soon as I could due to the horrible personal situation that I was now left in, and of course due to the current situation with international travel that is changing every day. I did not want to get stuck in the USA. As on Sunday 23^rd of March, I am now back home in Australia.

In January 2020 the I-485/I-864 & I-765 were submitted and both are still pending. I have done biometrics etc. and was waiting for the applications to be processed. I have now obviously abandoned these applications due to this situation and me leaving the united states. I will be filing for divorce.

Now for my question, will me now abandoning my pending AOS application based off a K1 Visa affect future travel for me to the United States considering I was the victim of this situation? I was completely blindsided by all of this and would hate for this situation to affect my future of ever coming back to the United States as a tourist, or even if hypothetically I ended up being offered to return one day on a business VISA etc., especially considering I was not at all at fault. I am devastated by all of this.

If anyone has any insight into this and the future possible implications to me being able to maybe return one day to the united states. I would appreciate any knowledge. Even if someone could point me in the direction of any forms that I could submit to USCIS.

Thank you.