Mike E

What were the cruise stops?

Visajourney’s timeline tools are usually helpful https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/

Then I would say 2-3 calendar weeks since there is a U.S. holiday coming up.

https://ir.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/ “ Immigrant visas to the United States are processed for citizens and residents of Iran at the following U.S. embassies: U.S. Embassy Ankara, Turkey U.S. Embassy Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates U.S. Embassy Yerevan, Armenia”

We filed DS-160 immediately after the embassy told us to file. At the time my questions to VJ about the process were mostly if not entirely in vain. I later figured out this was because: * K-1 process varies widely and wildly by consulate and embassy * few K-1s are processed at Rangoon. So few people on VJ who are both interested in posting and know Rangoon will post replies to questions The only consistent rule for K-1s is that NVC never schedules your embassy interview. The rest of the process is embassy specific. You’ve not disclosed your embassy or consulate, as is your right. But until you do the quality of the advice you receive will be low. That’s ok. You will be in the same boat I was in and I managed to figure it all out myself. 2 weeks after I-129F approval, contact embassy for next steps. If you get no response after a week, file DS-160, and contact embassy every week thereafter until it responds. After DS-160 next steps should be: * police certificates. Ideally the embassy tells you which ones to get. IME the embassy just lies and lies. I wish we had known the first lie was a lie. It would have saved thousands of dollars. If your beneficiary has lived in foreign countries, depending on the cost of getting police certificates you might wait until the interview is scheduled and the embassy gives a final list of certificates. My fiancée had to travel thousands of miles to get several certificates and in the end Rangoon said she only needed the police certificate of the town she was currently living in. Remember that because K-1 is a non immigrant visa, the embassy is not required to require you not get police certificates. It’s just that most do, most of the time. * medical examination. In our case the embassy would not schedule an interview until the sealed results were in the hands of the beneficiary. Other embassies have a different process completely.

Travel nonstop or travel through Abu Dhabi (U.S. pre-clearance).

Seems like an error by the CO. The end result is correct, but accepting an I-864 from the petitioner (aka primary sponsor) with foreign, non liquid assets in name of the beneficiary is just bizarre. Only the first I-864 should have been accepted.

Can’t say about Cuba specifically. What did the CO say? Typically 10 working days until the visa and passport are ready for pickup or delivery.

It’s interesting how when we have UFOs that don’t violate the laws of physics how easily they can be shot down.

The extension letter has a return address on the bottom of the page. Send the evidence to that address.

Machine translation: Requirements: 1. Valid passport or identity and travel document that is valid in accordance with international law. 2. FMM duly filled. 3. The foreign person who is a beneficiary of commitments made by the Mexican State, in addition to the documents indicated, must present one of the following documents: a) Document proving permanent residence in Canada, the United States of America, Japan, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, any of the countries that make up the Schengen Area, as well as the member countries of the Pacific Alliance; Machine translation: A foreigner who presents any of the following documents will not require a Mexican visa: a) Document proving permanent residence in Canada, the United States of America, Japan, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, any of the countries that make up the Schengen Area, as well as in the member countries of the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Colombia and Peru). The above is dated November 9, 2012 and updated “4/03/2022”, which presumably means March 4, 2022. When we flew JetBlue last year to Cancun out of SFO, we did have difficulties at check in but ultimately got through. Personally we would have tried another airline or flown to San Diego or El Paso, walked into Mexico, and then flown a domestic airline. There is simply no way I would let United or Delta cause me to lose non refundable hotel reservations. For some reason I never hear of WN rejecting pax with extension letters. I will reiterate my belief that extension letters, I-551 stamps, and endorsed immigration visas are stupid and USCIS should be issuing green cards. This thread has run its course for me. Clearly data points won’t convince people to try and and we’ve enough evidence that extension letters can be accepted or rejected by airlines. Enjoy the travel adventure. I’m out, finishing up another week in Cancun.

No. Travel to America with an expired gc and with a valid extension letter. Just not on United or Delta.

Looks like United has changed policy. With Delta and now United denying boarding it is best to avoid these airlines. We did have difficulty checking in oba Inited flight from the USA to Canada with an extension letter on July 2022, but ultimately were boarded.

Do tell?

And I am out. Cancel your I-129F, and submit your I-130 and a copy of your marriage certificate.

Why? send the photos now as unsolicited evidence. and all air ticket receipts

Racism? All I know is the last time I checked iatatravelcentre.com, Delta was explicitly refuses to board LPRs to Mexico who want to use an extension letter + expired gc as a visa waiver to Mexico.

Interesting. https://clerkandrecorder.elpasoco.com/recording/marriage-licenses/#1512406962302-f6ef52a7-3976 “A couple already married, who wish to renew their marriage vows, may obtain a license by stating that they are married to each other” I knew NY state allowed this. I did not know some states allowed it. So you haven’t broken any laws. Basically you obtained a second lawful change of name document.

You are one year into a process that has 200 more days to go on average (https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/stats.php?history=90). As previously advised: * stop using each other’s surnames * wait for the process to run its course. In addition enter the DV lottery if eligible.

If it comes up expect denial.

That won’t make difference. The same is true in my wife’s country (a country where no one has surnames, just one or more personal names). Nonetheless as an LPR she has expressed interest in using my surname. She is hardly unique so your argument won’t carry weight. This is how it is going to go down assuming you get as far as a visa interview: You will spend 3 hours at the embassy and maybe have 10 minutes in front of the consular officer who will interview you. There won’t be an opportunity to argue your case like you are arguing with me. The officer will either think you are married or not married. If the former, any visions you have of being able to appeal this are fantasies. Ask your fiancé to stop calling you by his surname. Even if you are issued a visa, nothing stops CBP from going though your phone or his phone at the port of entry and then denying you entry. In America, sales people have an expression: when you are explaining you are losing. Your case was was unnecessarily complicated by the evidence and the explanation.

Yes. https://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/Nonimmigrant Class Who Can Study.pdf You need an EAD or I-551 to do that.

Per you are divorcing. Once you file for divorce you need need to inform USCIS to unwise to amend your I-751 to a divorce waiver. Include a copy of the divorcing filing. And get divorced as fast as possible.

There are 100s of countries and within each country upwards of hundreds of jurisdictions where people can be married. The standard of evidence and burden of proof is not like that of US criminal law. Thus as written the immigration law doesn’t put the onus on the U.S. government to prove you are married. The onus is on you to prove you aren’t. Since you cannot prove a negative, once you’ve raised reasonable doubt, you will have to marry and get a different visa. The reason for this is that the U.S. government has been burned too many times by people who are married but try to use the K-1 with its lower burden of entry. Using each others surname is strong evidence that you are married.

Yes