Damisa123

I got the I-797 approval notice for the I129F on 4/10 and since then no further information or updates, is this normal? The app doesn't have any update past the 4/10 approval.

Long time lurker with 10/10 NOA1. Feel like it's close for me

I am a US citizen and my girlfriend is a Chinese citizen currently in China

She is a medical school graduate who was on a F1 student visa in the US for a few years at one point taking some extra college classes.
She returned to China in February hoping to change to a visitor visa or come back on a student visa again,

but she was denied due to the consulate not being convinced she had strong enough ties in China (despite her parents living there).
She also had bad grades in the college classes she was taking
She also told me the interviewer took "lots of notes" during the student visa interview which worried her
 

Will the student visa denial impact the chances of getting a K1 visa approved? Should we do a K3 or CR1 instead?