US Immigration from Australia

Just curious, what are the people who have recently gotten their k1 visas doing that haven t immigrated to America yet, but aren t from a level 3 country? Are you coming now? Waiting till things calm down? We weren t planning on him moving until May (We have our reasons). We don t know if it s smart for him to fly now (from Australia) or stick to our original May plan. I would think things would be under control by then, but would hate for Australia to become level 3 country as they are getting more covid19 cases. Both independent contractors. I m now not working and he is about to lose his job as well. Really at a loss of what to do. Would love to hear what other people with the same immigration timeline as us are doing.

Hello all,

As I posted in another thread, I'm (not so) patiently waiting for my Australian passport to be returned from the US Consulate in Sydney. It'll be 3 weeks since my interview in 2 days - so really it should be any day now.

I'm interested in opinions on what would be the implications on me travelling to the US on another passport (I'm a dual-citizen) before I receive my AU passport back with visa from the Consulate. Obviously I wouldn't be entering the US on my K1 visa? I currently have a valid ESTA and I have Global Entry through my other passport/citizenship.

I'm just getting concered about President Trump announcing further travel restrictions - namely from Australia. Our wedding is scheduled for the end of this month.

Thanks

C

Hi @Greenbaum

I just wanted to ask how did you answer this question :

Has anyone ever filed an immigrant petition on your behalf with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services?

Is this only about past application or the current application as well?

Thank you!

Hi All..

As you can see from my timeline, we have an approved I130 and are pending our 2nd doc submission at NVC Stage.

We ve had some problems with the acceptance of my criminal background check, basically NVC keep saying it s the incorrect document because it dosent show an old DUI court case from 2003 which was disclosed to them by me, but removed from my records due to its age (auto removed/deleted when 10yrs+). There are no records courts or otherwise, it s been totally wiped other than proof of fine payment.

We also requested an Expidite, basically I was made redundant at the end of March and with the issues at NVC, we tried for an Expidite due to their delay in accepting the correct police certificate and financial hardship due to redundancy in the hope that the embassy would be more understanding but it was declined yesterday, so now we re waiting again for NVC to tell us for a third time it s rejected because it dosent show this old court record.

In addition to the above. Hubby and I got talking about my redundancy, the general cost of living in Aus and the coronavirus travel risks/bans, so we decided that rather than waste a big chunk of my redundancy payout from on living expenses in Aus for the next 2-3 months more more that we d take advantage of the cheap flights, save our money for a deposit on a house and that I d go stay with him with the intent of flying back to Aus for my medical and interview..

but, now, given the Expidite denial, additional coronavirus Tavel bans being introduced today and the prospect of yet another police certificate denial at NVC stage.. we are considering Adjustment of Status options.. the initial thought of a 4-6 week Expidite process was far easier to swallow that what now could go on for another 3 months or longer pushing me out past the 90day ESTA plus additional travel ban risks from this virus and esta expiry in June if I look to come back and visit again while the whole process plays out.

so I guess my question is:

1 - if we do decide to go AOS now what would the process given we re already at NVC stage

2- roughly how much would the AOS process cost

3- roughly how long will it take before I could get Work Authority and SSN

4- can we file it direct at a local office here in NOLA or is it done online/snail mail

any help would be appreciated.