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Thanks for the tips. I hope everything goes well for you on the 14th!

Makes sense. Thanks again for your help.

Got it, I now see how the form unfolds. Thank you for your help.

My fiancée and I are getting married later this month and I'm preparing the forms beforehand so I have everything ready to send as soon as we receive the marriage certificate. I have a few questions about how my future wife should fill out form I-130A. -Maybe I'm missing it, but I don't see the option to fill out this one online. If I'm filing the I-130 online, do I then attach the I-130A in the Evidence section? -I understand that since my future spouse lives outside the United States she does not need to sign the form. However, of course we'll have the opportunity for her to do so at our wedding. Is it better if it does in fact have her signature? -One question asks "Last Physical Address Outside the United States of more than a year." She's lived at her current address less than a year, so does this mean the last place where she lived at least one year? She'll of course provide full address history for past 5 years in the supplementary section as instructed. -Is it ok for me to be the person listed as her interpreter, or do we need to have a 3rd party interpret? Thank you.

My fiancée and I are getting married later this month, and I'm starting the I-130 petitions for her and her daughter online now so that I have everything ready to submit as soon as we receive the marriage certificate. On the form for my fiancée's daughter, it has sections to upload "Child's birth certificate" and for "Proof of marriage to the child's mother." The next section is "Proof Of Legal Termination Of Parents' Prior Marriages." My fiancée was never married to her child's father, so we do just leave this blank, or do we need to provide any evidence to prove this? The next section is "Proof of stepparent/stepchild relationship, which again asks for the child's birth certificate, marriage certificate to the parent of the child, and proof of termination of prior marriages. I assume this section is just redundant, and we attach the exact same documents? Thank you for your help.

Got it, I really appreciate your help!

Thank you very much for your responses. That question on the I-130 is actually one I was wondering about, since it actually reads "Has anyone else ever filed a petition for the benificiary?" My thought was that the answer is NO, because I'm the same petitioner, and not someone ELSE. Then in Part 5 it asks if I've ever filed a petition for the same benificiary or someone else, where I would provide that information. Does that make sense?

My fiancée came to the US earlier this year on a K1 visa. Sadly, she experienced a death in the family shortly after arriving, and we made the difficult decision that it was the best thing for her to return to her country to support her extended family during the difficult time, and to start the immigration process over again. We are now planning to get married abroad next month and then file for CR1. Were we supposed to do anything to cancel the K1 process when she left the US? I tried to figure this out at the time but couldn't get any straight answer, and there was so much going on I didn't have much time to dedicate to it. I just want to ensure now that we take care of anything that could complicate re-applying for CR1. Thank you.

Thank you for all of the helpful advise. It definitely is a situation where tough decisions need to be made. In the end I'm hoping that everything turns out ok, however I'm just a person that likes to have as much information as possible to understand what the worst case scenario *could* look like. I'm doing my best to support my fiancée so she can make what she feels is the right decision.

That's what I was afraid of. Thank you.

My fiancée recently arrived here on a K1 visa and we haven't had the chance to get married yet, however she just received devastating news regarding her grandmother back home. Preparing for the worst case scenario, I was trying to figure out if there's any possibility for her to get an Emergency Travel Document (as explained here https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/greencardprocesses/traveldocuments/emergencytravel) to allow her to re-enter on the K1 visa prior to us getting married. The situation is fluid and we live in a state with a waiting period for marriage licenses so I'm preparing for the absolute worst case scenario in that she needs to leave before we can marry and apply for AOS. Does anybody know if this is possible? I'm hoping that she doesn't need to travel, but just wanted to get the information to understand what could happen.

It was about two weeks.

My fiancée had her medical examination prior to the visa appointment, however she is missing her vaccination records so we'll need to see a civil surgeon here anyway. Can this be done prior to us getting married, or does it needed to be dated after the wedding? My goal is to have the entire packet filled out and ready to go, so the same day we receive the completed marriage license we can sign and send of the AOS package to have things processed as soon as possible. Just trying to see if there is any reason this is not possible?

We had the same experience. After about 2 weeks appointments opened up. Good luck!

Thank you very much everybody for all of the great answers! When we got engaged, for a few reasons we planned to get married in the US rather than in my fiancée's country so went the K1 route. At that time I was unaware how long AOS took and the issues with traveling outside the US during that time. If I knew then what I know now we would have gone the spousal visa route, but at this point we're less than a month away from the visa interview and just looking forward to being together.

Hi all, My fiancée is applying for a K1 visa and thinking ahead I'm looking in to how things work once she gets here and applies for AOS. I was under the impression that she could apply for Advance Parole to be able to travel outside the US and this could be used for any reason, it didn't have to be an emergency or humanitarian situation. However, reading the instructions on the form carefully, this doesn't seem to be the case. Specifically, the instructions state: You must complete Part 4. of the form indicating how your intended travel fits within 1 of the 3 purposes below. You must also provide evidence of your reason for travel outside of the United States including the dates of travel and the expected duration outside the United States. If your advance parole application is approved, the validity dates of your Advance Parole Document will be for the duration of the documented need for travel. Below are examples of acceptable evidence: Educational Purposes (a) A letter from a school employee acting in an official capacity describing the purpose of the travel and explaining why travel is required or beneficial; or (b) A document showing enrollment in an educational program requiring travel. Employment Purposes A letter from your employer or a conference host describing the need for the travel. Humanitarian Purposes (a) A letter from your physician explaining the nature of your medical condition, the specific medical treatment to be sought outside of the United States, and a brief explanation why travel outside the U.S. is medically necessary; or (b) Documentation of a family member’s serious illness or death. So if we wanted to travel just for leisure, obviously she wouldn't fit in to any of those categories. Can anybody confirm if this is indeed the case that she must strictly fit in to one of those categories, or if there is some flexibility for leisure travel? Thanks

Hang in there! My fiancée was also in the same situation in Bogotá. After about two weeks of checking the page each day, she was able to schedule an appointment for May. After reading of some other people's experiences at other consulates, I'm grateful it was only 2 weeks!

My fiancée is Colombian so we're going through the embassy in Bogotá. When the embassy first reached out it directed her to a page to make an appointment, but there were no appointments available. It took over a week of checking the site every day before an appointment opened up, which she made for May. I'm not sure how different your experience in Casablanca will be, but I hope things start moving soon for you and your fiancée. Good luck!

You can file the DS-160 now. I was also confused about this, but my fiancée filled it and it gives a confirmation number, which she then entered when making her visa appointment after the embassy reached out I think. In her case the embassy reached out about 6 weeks after getting the notification from NVC, so hopefully it should be soon for you.

Great, thank you!

Hi everybody, I just filled out Form I-134 for my fiancée and wanted to make sure I got some things right: I'm supporting both my fiancée and her minor daughter. When reading the instructions at first it sounded like I need to fill out 2 forms, one for each of them, but then I realized her daughter was listed in the Part 2 #13 as a dependent, so it seems like just 1 form is necessary for my fiancée as the main beneficiary. Anybody know if this is correct, or do I need to fill out another one for my future step daughter as well? In Part 2 #13 I listed both my fiancée and her daughter. Under Total Number of Dependents I put 1 - i.e. my fiancée has 1 dependent. Correct? Or should it be 2, because there are two names on the form? In Part 3 #14 I put that I have 0 dependents, as I currently don't have any dependents living with me in the United States (i.e. my fiancée and her daughter are not my dependents yet). Plus, it says don't include individuals named in part 2. Is this correct? In Part 3 #21 where it asks to explain the contributions you will make to the beneficiary, I just wrote "All expenses for (fiancée's name) and (step daughter's name)." Is this sufficient? Attached to the form, I'll give my fiancée a copy of my US passport, letter from my employer stating my income, and my 2023 tax transcripts Just as extra backup in case anything comes up, I also plan top bring all of my tax transcripts, W2s and 1040s going back 3 years, and all of my paystubs for this year. I know that may be a little hardcore, but I would feel better being over prepared. Anything I'm forgetting? Thanks!

Have your beneficiary email you an electronic copy of their passport photo, then you can attach it. Your beneficiary still needs to be the one to log in and "sign and submit" the application themselves, and at that point they would just fill in your name as the person who helped prepare the form.

If it helps to know, our I129F was approved on December 14 and transferred to the embassy in January, and I just got NOA2 in the mail today. This probably is not typical as I complicated matters by conveniently moving and changing my address immediately after the petition was approved. If your fiancé is already scheduling their interview, it sounds like everything is good. In our case, the email we got from the embassy (Bogota) had several attachments, one of which was the scanned copy of the I129F with a stamp of approval. Of course, we're nowhere near done with this process, so I'll let someone else who knows more comment on if having the NOA2 in your hand is really crucial or not.

Hi everybody, My fiancée I got our NOA2 on December 14 and were notified by NVC that the file was sent on January 16, and we finally got our visa instruction from the US Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia on Monday (February 26). When we logged in to make an appointment, the site said that there are no appointments available and to check back "in a few days." Does anybody have any recent experience with making an appointment in Bogotá and could give us an idea on how often they open new appointments? The info on the embassy page here says the update the open appointments around the 15th of each month, however that page was last updated in 2019 so I'm wondering if anyone has more recent experience. Thanks!

Thank you!