PokuPoku

Whoa! We filled in July. I'm visiting my fiancee in a few days. We might end up getting approved while I'm visiting her! We weren't expecting NOA2 until April the earliest. Crazy to think we could get it any day now.

You'd probably write it the same way as you write your income tax returns. You don't want to send back 2 different forms to the government that describe your job and income differently.

I believe what I read is that income isn't a hard rule, that you can still be denied if you are above the income requirement. So I think providing a few assets is probably a good idea.

We filed in July and still waiting for NOA2. Hoping to get an update in a few months

That sounds unusual. Did you pay by check? If so, was it processed?

Cases are NOT processed in order. Some cases will get processed quicker than others. From what I've seen, its usually a range of around 3 or 4 months that cases get approved. If they are mostly approving cases for early April, then there are likely still several Jan and Feb cases they are working on. You can check your case status here https://egov.uscis.gov/

Its probably a good idea to either download or print out a year or more of your old bank statements either way, before closing the account. If not for this, there may be another reason you need to review old bank transactions.

My fiancee speaks/reads malay and english near perfectly. If you'd like, you can PM me and we help you with the translation and possibly even have her translate and certify it for you. Did you have someone else look at the translation before submitting it? It might be possible something was translated wrong.

you nailed it. She just now called and this is what they said. She will receive a letter soon stating what she needs to provide.

In America. Alabama. First time passport. My dad got his after around 8 weeks. It took 13 weeks for my mom to get her's.

My mom checked the envelope again and there is no note. I guess she should contact the passport office to see whats going on then?

US passports. We are all US citizens by birth.

My parents both applied for a passport at the same time. My dad got his a month ago. My mom got her's today. Her passport expires in 2024. Any clue why this would be? My dad's expires in 10 years like mine does (i got mine in 2021). We're traveling in Feb/March so I don't think it'll be an issue for this trip. (I wasn't too sure where to ask this)

nope, overall. Maybe 8 to 14 months is more accurate, but you can see here, that NOA1 to NOA2 is in free-fall https://www.visajourney.com/times/k1-fiance-visa-historical/ Adding up all the days, its around 480 days. Its very likely to keep coming down too. Someone on these forums linked to this video earlier. Someone analyzed the data and he seemed to think that NOA1 to NOA2 will come down to around ~250 days (removed)

After covid, a huge backlog of k-1 applications developed, but thats changing now since they are catching up on the backlog. If you were to apply today, it should take 6 to 12 months.

You can see the stats here I-129F Processing time has been going down every month

wow! That great to hear

Thanks. I wanted to make sure since I didn't see any discussion about this regarding self employed people. I'm not sure there was another route? She would've had to apply for a visa to visit here, which likely would have been denied (a friend of ours was denied when trying to visit her bf), and we legally can't get married in her country.

My understanding is once we get married, she can fill out form i-765 and that takes 4 to 7 months to process. So roughly ~6 months? What are the specific rules on not being allowed to work until she receives works authorization? We both separately run an online business. Does this mean she can no longer manage or earn money from her online business? What about my business, can she perform work for my business for free? If i'm at a craft fair, and she is behind my table helping me sell merchandise (as an assistant/volunteer, not an employee), is that technically legal or illegal? I work part time for another business that would hire her the moment she is allowed to be employed. Would that help allow her to start working sooner? I know these are very specific questions! I hope I can get some answers so I know what to expect when she arrives next year. Thank you! ❤️

If you show you have around $50k to $60k in cash in your bank, you'd probably be fine.

Thank you, thats what I have been wondering. I emailed who I have insurance with, but they told me to contact the marketplace, so I'll be doing that next. Its still estimated to be around a year until she arrive, so its no rush at least.

well.. not until she is allowed to work. Last I checked it will likely be around ~6 months until she can start working once she arrives due to work authorization and green card applications being slow to process.

I'm self-employed, so that isn't an option for me

Thats what I'm trying to figure out. if I'm able to add her to my current plan with the credits or not. Would adding her mean I no longer will be eligible for the credits? Do you know how?