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25k??? Holy moly. We used Boundless who had and I think still do have a reduced deal since fees are supposed to get more expensive. Their rate is usually 1k flat + I-129F which is 535$. They're also advertised on this site.

You can expect to hear back anywhere from July 19 and August 29 2023. Of course it can be a little later than that so I personally wouldn't schedule a flight or book anything before you actually have your visa in hand. NVC times are hard to estimate right now and I'm not an expert on how medical exam and Consulate in Vietnam work out. But you can keep that timeframe in mind, including the about 4-6 months for NVC, medical exam and interview.

I remember that article talking about how in Oct 2022 USCIS got those billions of funds to acquire and train new workers. Cases started picking up around January and keep picking up. Maybe it only takes a few months to train?

I think you already got all the answers you needed but I want to share my own experience with this because I've never really come across this before! Since me and my fiance are pretty young (20 & 21) and had been dating 3 years upon applying I was asking myself this question too. Of course we had discussed marriage and the ins and outs, fully aware we needed to marry when I come to the states. But it was still odd because meanwhile being engaged isn't a legal status, suddenly it seemed like we were engaged once we submitted the application but not because I had been proposed to. Due to the distance and the both of us not having super traditional values, it just never actually came up. I'm sure if we didn't have to do K1, we would eventually have gotten married anyway, maybe one or two years later.

From what I've heard and myself having a history of SH and hospitalization: Seek out a therapist, and/or your main practictioner, two is better than just one to prove that you are not a threat to yourself or others. That is the really crucial thing that you want to be able to show the person who will be examining you during the medical. Additionally it wouldn't hurt to express, verbally or confirmed by who is going to write you a letter, that this behaviour has stopped a few years ago and is unlikely to re-occur. Be honest, don't try to hide what happened. The medical examiner will want to know everything and is on your side. They gain nothing from making it harder for you, but you should still come prepared. That also means bringing any documentation from psych evals and hospital visits, surgeries etc. Even if it's not something you struggle with right now and it seems stupid to have to get a therapist or professional just for this letter, it's worth it. I don't know how visible your scars are, but from your disability due to the SH you would have to admit to it anyhow and like I said, you wouldn't want to lie. Like I said, come prepared and then you should be fine. It's something I'm going to have to get through myself but there are stories on here from people with multiple hospital stays for mental well-being, multiple diagnosees and a trail or SH that were honest, and got the letters. And they were fine too. I wish you the best on your journey!

I don't really understand why. There is a lot of negativity in this community and from one side it's understandable because at some point you just become kind of bitter about the whole process. Additionally some people are not capable of being happy for someone else when they had an easier or quicker time getting approved. Another thing I previously saw is a discussion about whether or not USCIS workers being sent to the border is going to slow things down for us. I'm not sure whether or not that is true, since those are asylum cases and should be handled by people different from family-related cases and so on?

So, I'm pretty pooped. Apparently you cannot sign the intent to marry digitally and I did. I didn't and still don't have a printer at the time to print the document, sign, scan and forward to my fiance to send off our package with. Kind of struggling with beating myself up about it and at the same time kind of being upset that we were not being informed about this by the attorney firm we chose. Because really we paid them so that mistakes like these wouldn't happen. I guess I just assumed it would be fine. When I got my passport, I had no choice but to digitally sign that thing either. Maybe it's a different thing because theres a representative sitting across from you watching and it's a device supplied by the town hall I had to go to? Anyway, I e-mailed a representative from the firm about it and they said, yea, most likely it's gonna result in an RFE. Jaw to the floor, since that's kind of my worst fear. Frantically told my fiance who in turn then called them directly. They said, that if they notice, which they might not, it would take us literally minutes to re-submit the document signed by me with a physical signature. It shouldn't put months on our processing. Regardless, it really (removed) sucks. I'm gonna print out and scan the document elsewhere and pay for it in the case, that we do get an RFE. Get it over with as quickly as possible. I guess this was kind of a vent but also to let others know who were not aware of this, to not do what I did lol. Just recently I saw somebody inquiring about it, which led me to e-mail them in the first place. Also, please don't be mean to me about this, I'm beating myself up enough as is.

Hi! Both of us signed it digitally. It should be fine since we would've gotten an RFE already if that was the case, I assume. I'm not sure though, but even for my passport they only do digital signature these days.

Then they are either willing to try, to see if they can make it work or if one is just simply too uncomfortable for it, then unfortunately it can’t work. It should be something discussed priorly though in my opinion, as in the first time they find out about it shouldn’t be literally in bed. Then that gives the man in question some space to think about whether or not he is confident enough in his sexuality to try, or not which would be fine as well. Maybe it’s just something he’s not interested in and knows that before trying. As long as that is communicated respectfully because there are many instances were trans women had their life threatened because they allegedly were being deceiving.

Personally, I don't think so. I personally have never fallen in love with someones genitalia. Or thought of someone as sexually attractive to me because of a specific sex organ. Of course people have preferences but then we would be complicating the whole topic. A different example would be that theres mainly men out there, who specifically seek out trans women because they are specifically attracted to the fact they look like a woman, but have a male sex organ. That's not really a sexuality though more than it is simply a fetish - a degrading one as well to minimize somebody down to their genitalia and for ones own sexual gratification. But if you don't specifically seek out trans women because you are fetishizing them but just happen to fall for a woman and find out she is trans and you can find yourself to be okay with it - then no. You just simply love somebody for who they are, a trans woman. But that's really just how I feel. ✌️

Thanks everyone for the insight! I guess I get a little anxious about the 6-months from the medical exam and hoping the interview will be able to be held soon after so I have a good buffer post-interview to sort things out. Congratulations! I hope everything goes smooth for you and your fiance when you move!

That seems fair. I guess what I forgot to mention as well that we don’t have the “2-weeks notice” here. It’s not really possible to quit on a whim, depending on your contract and time spent in the company it can go up to a “1-month notice” or even “3-month notice” and there is quite a predicament you can get yourself stuck in if you don’t respect your contracts timeline of when to quit til you actually leave the company.

Hello all, this is a pretty broad topic of question and I was just wondering if any others would be interested in sharing how they went about it. My (beneficiary, K1 visa) NOA1 is March 28th, so really recent. I am starting a new job and of course one of the questions in the interview were what my future plans are as in: "if you tell me theres a solid reason you're gonna quit in the next 1-3 years I'm probably not gonna hire you." I'm from Germany and having to lie about this is really common and and recommended, especially because there is nothing that would have you make to submit that information. So, do I bring it up down the line? In my experience anyone I've told that I'm waiting on my visa and trying to explain it to them, they don't understand quite what a long process it is and also how suddenly and quickly things can change and how I only know of a vague time-frame that I can expect to move. Or should I wait for my NOA2 and then just quit without a heads-up? Anyway, I'd be interested if there is anyone in the same boots as me inclined to share how they went about it. Thanks!

Hey guys! I-129F sent March 14th 2023 I-129F received March 28th 2023 (NOA-1) I-129F Notice Date March 30th 2023! From Germany!