US Immigration from Czech Republic

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 ?

We just DQ'd at NVC for a CR-I visa, I wondering if anyone has recently gotten an immigrant interview letter or had an interview at the Prague Embassy.

Any information would be really helpful as we need to start making plans to move! Thank you

I have the EB-2 with National Interest Waiver, I have the visa in my passport, what is left to do is arrive to the States and get a job.

I understand I get my SSN after I arrive to the States. Should I wait with job hunting until I get SSN?

I would prefer to get a job offer before I arrive, then arrive, get SSN and start working. I just don't know if that's acceptable in how hiring process goes in the States, and I don't want to spend the time and effort hunting for a job for them to tell me they won't even consider me until I have SSN, or for them to tell me they went with someone else because I don't have SSN yet. I can arrive to the States on short notice once I secure job offer, but with the U.S. job market being kind of wild from what I've read on the internet, I don't know if that will take weeks or months.. which is why I'd prefer to arrive only once I secure job offer. Thoughts or advices on this? How did you do it?

Hey guys,

Long story short: I filed for my AOS (K1 based) on September 8, 2023. Did biometrics TWICE in October 2023. Since then radio silence until this month when they scheduled me for an interview on November 18. Today I checked my USCIS account and under Documents I have "ESB Notice" and it is a biometrics appointment for November 15. Has anyone experienced something like this? I'm sooooo over this freaking process my gosh!!!

TL;DR: How much longer does it take for getting through immigration services as first-time arriving immigrant compared to ESTA visitor on arrival to the U.S. airport?

Me and my son finally got our immigration visas stamped into our passports and immigration packets handed to us from U.S. Embassy. I'm looking to book us a flight. We will arrive most probably to ORD (Chicago O'Hare) airport, which I know well. I need to book us a connecting flight to our destination, but I'm not sure how much time I need to keep for processing to enter the States when arriving on immigration visa?

When we flied on ESTA, we went through queques with all the arriving aliens, which took us typically about 1-2 hrs spent in the waiting lines and a couple minutes talk with immigration officer. I remember there being separate empty lines for Green Card holders - but I am not sure if we count as Green Card holders when we will get the green card mailed only after we arrive to the States? So it could go faster, if we go into Green Card holder line. But also, the immigration packages are kind of bulky, are they going to go through all that paperwork with us? It could go much slower if they do. All together, I may need 1 or 5+ hours for the layover, I have no clue. Any insight and own experiences on first time immigration visa arrival appreciated.

Thank you.

Michaela