US Immigration from Italy

Hi everyone,

My fianc and I have been waiting for an interview for my K1 visa since last April. Our petition was approved in March and currently is at the US Consulate in Italy.

As my partner is a member of the military, he was unable to travel to Europe regardless of travel restrictions.

We decided I should travel to the US (I have an approved ESTA that I used before to visit my fianc ) to see him after being apart for 8 months, so i quarantined in a country outside the Schengen area for two weeks and then entered the US.

The day before entering the US I requested an appointment (under recent guidelines) to have my interview. Considering how he is a military member I was asked to submit evidence, including my passport. After a few weeks my request to have an interview was denied. In the meanwhile, cases in Europe have been increasing dangerously, so my fianc suggested to talk to some lawyers to understand what kind of options we had, and they suggested to get married and file for AOS.

At the same time, my fianc was told that even though I was here, he was not going to be able to see me unless we got married due to military coronavirus related restrictions.
I tried to request an appointment again, submitting evidence of the fact that my fianc couldn t see me unless we decided to get married. Again, I was told no.

Now, my partner wants to get married. I m really undecided, but obviously afraid that if we don t and I get back to Europe I will not be able to see him for a very indefinite long time.

I m aware that if we decide to get married and file for AOS I won t be able to work and travel for a long period of time, and that actually doesn t concern me much. I m a university student and would be able to switch to online classes. I simply don t want to have problems later on down the line when it comes to immigration.

What should I do?

Thank you in advance.

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Thank you in advance