US Immigration from Canada

I filed for a I-129F in July 2021. On September 28 2022, I received NOA2 form I-797 saying it's "Valid From 09/28/2022 to 01/27/2023".

On December 20, 2022, I received an email notice from NVC saying they have forwarded the petition to the Canadian US Consulate in Montreal. However my partner is still waiting to receive the packet from the US Consulate via mail.

Do I need to file an extension on the I-797, since that date is in less than 3 weeks? If that date passes, does USCIS drop the case? I'm finding conflicting information, some saying that it's automatically extended, some saying that it doesn't matter as soon as the NVC processes the case, and both of us worried that we should try to extend it anyway. And I don't know the best way to do that.

Hi there. Has anyone sent out DS160 and the checklist from packet 3 before physically receiving their police clearance back? We received our packet 3 instructions last Friday and I have the DS160 form completed, but I m not getting my police clearance don t until tomorrow (and I m guessing the results will be received in about 2weeks). Can I just go ahead and email Montreal visa center in advance? Thank you.

Hi everyone. My fianc and I are K1 filers. We should be getting our NOA2 any day now. I m Canadian and he s American. I have many friends and family telling us that we could ve gotten married and lived in the US without doing this whole process. However, I feel like we did the right and honest thing by choosing a method by the book . But I m curious, are people really able to use the visitor visa/visa waiver to get married and adjust status without leaving the US? Also, on a spousal visa how long are you able to visit/live with a spouse in the US at a time before getting your green card? I would love to be able to answer how different methods work compared to the k1. Thanks!!

Hi everyone. We are June 2022 filers, 5 months waiting now. My American fianc e (petitioner) worked 3 jobs this year, but 2 of them were largely seasonal and 1 of them she is only per diem right now. We are trying to get more hours at 2 of her jobs so that she can be making more during the off season, but we are not having good luck. Obtaining a new job is not optimal option for us, because it would be hard to get time off to visit each other. She is thinking of applying for partial unemployment, while she still works at 2 of the jobs on the weekends. Does being on partial unemployment for about 5 months (November-April) affect our K1 visa in ANY way at all? And will it affect future things like AOS, etc.? We believe she has made enough to cover the poverty line already, but if not, her mother is a guaranteed co-sponsor.

This may be a waste of effort, but I am curious if there is any faster way to get my spouse-to-be into the US and living with me, as she has been struggling financially. I studied as much as I could the differences between K1 and CR1 (with K3) and was advised by a friend that works in immigration that we should go K1 route. We filed our 129f at the end of July this year and it we got NOA1 that it was received on 1Aug2022 and had begun processing at the California center. The approximate timelines are pretty disheartening. My fiance is a Canadian citizen, if it matters any. I was just curious if we had made a mistake and should have just gotten married over there and filed for the 130. I wasn't sure if there was any way for her to move here while waiting on this processing timeline, had we went the other route. I read that the Biden administration was going to work to get times down to 6 months, I don't know if there has been any change to be hopeful for though. Thanks!