MalloryCat

officers at the embassies don't always give a verbal approval. realistically the verbal approval means nothing. everyone's case goes through another bout of admin processing after the interview, typically much shorter in comparison to the rest of the process. the system being down obviously isn't normal, but what the officer said is. keep an eye on the CEAC tracker, it should update to "approved" or "issued" at some point

They'll send everything (passport and sealed envelope) to whatever address you put for the Document Delivery Location

1. That seems like a fine format. it shows a good timeline for your relationship. 2. I'm not sure about social media posts. The interview may be a little different than when the petition was submitted in the first place. I think you should be fine with bringing just the photos you have of you and your fiance. The officer at the embassy will be able to ask you any questions they have about the photos, unlike when you submitted the petition and may have written an explanation for each photo you submitted. 3. You wouldn't really need those things for this part of the K-1 visa process. They are just looking for whether the relationship is bonafide or not. Which is done through the questions they ask (when did you meet? have you met their family? what do they do for work? where are you going to live in the US? etc.) Things like that to show that you know a good amount of information about your fiance. Things like joint bank accounts and lease agreements will come more into play during the adjustment of status process, where USCIS will want to see more of a commingling of things. Like finances, rental agreements, life insurance, health insurance. things like that.

if you are approved at the time of your interview they keep your passport to put the visa in it. Which can take a few days for them to do. the document delivery location is just where you want your passport to be delivered to you. They will also be sending an additional sealed envelope at the same time that you give to the CBP agent at your POE in the United States.

Mesages similarly to affidavits are also not the best evidence. My fiance and I included screenshots of our messages to each other, but I doubt it had any sway on our petition at all. Really your best evidence is the flight itineraries, hotel bookings etc. and pictures of you together during these outings. I personally don't think messages between you and your sister would help much. There's nothing stopping you from starting the paperwork and gathering together the documents and stuff you'll need, but in my opinion you should wait until you have much more evidence before you submit the petition.

affidavits from friends and family are typically the least compelling evidence. and frankly don't do much good. Cause anyone can write an affidavit and theres nothing to say what they write is true. USCIS wants to see evidence of multiple meetings (flight itineraries, hotel bookings, tickets from outings you've taken together). Pictures as well but those things are better evidence than just pictures. I wouldn't expect an approval with very little evidence that you seem to have. in my opinion you would be better off spending more time together in person, gathering additional evidence, before filing for the K-1 visa. it would save you more time, money, and energy than filing now. for the spousal visa he doesnt have to stay with you for a long period of time. you get married then "consummate" the marriage (which for USCIS just means being together in person either at the time of the marriage or after marriage has taken place). a lot of people utilize the online marriage that Utah has for this. You can live apart during the process. there is still having to prove it is a bonafide relationship. which still requires evidence of such.

https://www.cdc.gov/immigrant-refugee-health/hcp/panel-physicians/vaccination.html#cdc_generic_section_9-covid-19-vaccination-requirement "Applicants must receive one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine if a dose is due at the time of the immigration medical examination. For the purposes of the immigration medical examination only, applicants who have not received a COVID-19 vaccine dose in the 12 months prior to the date of the exam are considered due for a dose." https://www.uscis.gov/tools/designated-civil-surgeons/vaccination-requirements "You must complete the COVID-19 vaccine primary series (for example, 1 or 2 doses, depending on which vaccine, in adults; 2 or 3 doses, depending on age and which vaccine, in children) and provide documentation of vaccination to the civil surgeon in person before completion of the medical examination." "Q. What will happen if I refuse to receive one or all of the required vaccines? A. Tell the civil surgeon if you do not wish to receive the required vaccines or a particular vaccine. You should also tell the civil surgeon the reason you do not wish to receive the vaccine(s). In this case, a waiver may be available to you, but only under the following circumstances: You are opposed to all vaccinations in any form– a waiver may not be granted if you only object to specific vaccinations; Your objection must be based on religious beliefs or moral convictions; and The religious or moral beliefs must be sincere. The form used to apply for a waiver depends on the adjustment category under which you are seeking legal permanent residence status. For example, refugees and asylees seeking adjustment of status should file Form I-602, Application by Refugee for Waiver of Grounds of Excludability. Individuals seeking adjustment of status based on an approved Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, or Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker, are required to file Form I-601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility." I'm not sure if "trying to get pregnant" would count as a moral conviction

your email from the public inquiry that lists your case number should be enough like the person above my fiance was not asked for this letter either. just his DS-160 confirmation page.

I'm not sure that is accurate.. if he has been in New Zealand for more than 5 years he can apply for NZ citizenship. But being a permanent resident and being a citizen are different "Citizenship in New Zealand is superficially similar to permanent residency. Citizens and permanent residents enjoy certain rights and protections, including the right to reside permanently in New Zealand. However, citizenship recognises a particular relationship between the citizen and the state, which does not apply in the same way to permanent residents. The grant of citizenship can be seen as giving three main benefits: a greater sense of national identity; a greater degree of "security of tenure" for being in New Zealand (and, indirectly, Australia), because it removes the need to hold a residency visa; and the right to travel internationally on a New Zealand passport" https://oag.parliament.nz/2013/citizenship/part3.htm his citizenship should 100% be put as Fiji.

of course! not everything single page no the only pages you need to sign are page 10 for the petitioners signature (you don't need to sign the preparers signature section as well if you are the one who puts the packet together, that is only if a third party puts your packet together) if you use any of the additional information pages, you have to sign and date each page that you use, if you use any.

I get that lol you can file the I-129f from abroad and if you wanted to use your mothers address, there is an option on the form to indicate that the mailing address is different than your physical address, if you don't trust that anything from USCIS will make it to your address in the UK

current processing times for the California Service Center where your petition went is currently about 10 months. every petition is different but USCIS likes to jump around when processing petitions and they don't always do them in order. you could try contacting them but I believe you are still within the normal processing time so they may not have any information for you with this being an election year a lot of things are slowing down, USCIS is more than likely getting a lot of petitions. I completely understand your frustration, but nothing about immigration process is quick or easy

have you checked your case status? you can do that here if you haven't https://egov.uscis.gov/ are you sure you haven't received an RFE of any kind?

thank you for all the advice only issue I see is in Germany, at least where my fiance lives, when you pick up a prescribed medication they don't put your name or any kind of prescription label on the medication packages like we do here in the US. they just scan an ID and give the medication. And I've already checked with him, they don't really have a method of putting a label on anything short of just writing it on with a pen. he's gotten a letter that lists the medications but that is about as much information he can get that shows that a doctor prescribed them he's flying out of Frankfurt airport, and their website doesn't list a whole lot of information that I can find other than just needing a note from the doctor lol I wish everyone just did everything the same, it'd be much easier lol

youre welcome! I know, the old instructions are everywhere, it was very confusing for us as well before the interview lol Thank you! good luck, I hope it all works out!

oh ok In the bottom right corner of that document on the first page it says it was last updated in November of 2023 The consolidation of embassies happened in May of 2024 "IV Consolidation Cases from Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Cyprus, and the Netherlands Beginning May 2024, the U.S Embassies Zagreb, Croatia; Bratislava, Slovakia; Ljubljana Slovenia; Nicosia, Cyprus; and the U.S. Consulate General Amsterdam, the Netherlands will cease routine immigrant visa (IV) services. The U.S. Consulate General Frankfurt has been designated to conduct IV services for these posts in the following categories: immediate relative, family preference, employment based, fiancée/fiancé (K), follow-to-join asylees/refugees (V92/V93), and diversity visas (DV)." So you should ignore that document and go off the information from the USTravelDocs site, as that is the most current and up to date information. As far as the passport situation goes, the Frankfurt embassy does process visas very quickly (my fiances was issued 2 days after he was approved at his interview, and someone on this site from the Netherlands also had theirs issued very quickly) I believe there is an option when registering for passport return to pick up the passport at the embassy. So he may not have to wait 2 weeks for it, but spend a couple extra days in Germany. it looks like there is one approved panel physician in Cyprus Nicosia, Cyprus Dr. Lakis C. ANASTASSIADES MD, FACP, FESC, FACC Cardiovascular Diagnostic Centre Corner 22, Kennedy Ave. & 1, Thassos Street 1087 Nicosia, Cyprus Tel: (Assistant-Elena Neatu): 00357-22-760948 Email: lakisanastassiades@gmail.com Assistant's E-mail: elenaneatu74@gmail.com

they can also have their passport sent to an address in their home country. at that same link in the drop down "delivery registration for passport return" "Effective May 8th, 2024, applicants may receive their passport at a delivery address they identify in Croatia, Cyprus, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Slovakia thereby avoiding traveling back to Germany. "

your fiance does not need to have their medical exam in Germany, they can go to an approved panel physician in their country. from your timeline its looks like Croatia is his home country? Here are 2 panel physicians approved by the Frankfurt embassy to give visa medical exams Zagreb, Croatia Prof. Dr. MIJO BERGOVEC Poliklinika Centar Kurelceva 4 10000 Zagreb Tel: +385-98-228-688/ +385-99-481-3780 Email: mijo.bergovec@usa.net Prim. Dr. VESNA GOLDONI Poliklinika Pronatal Tratinska 36/I 10000 Zagreb Tel: +385-98-182-1208 Email: goldoniv@gmail.com Source: https://www.ustraveldocs.com/de/en/immigrant-visa#frankfurt-iv-consolidation-cases scroll to the bottom, it has all the information for the embassies that were consolidated to the Frankfurt embassy but the information about getting the medical exam 2 weeks before the visa interview is correct. but it can be in his home country.

ahh fair enough, i can understand that completely. you could. just fill it out with your name and her phone number. its not a required form, so they probably aren't gonna check that the phone number comes back to you. you could definitely try, theres really not a guarantee that the bank still wont try and flag it. would it be possible for you to order checks from your bank and have them shipped to you? that would be my recommendation to try that first.

if you are already living with your fiance in the UK, it may be better for you to go the spousal visa route instead of K-1. it is a better and cheaper route overall. it is far superior to the K-1 visa as once your partner arrives in the US, they will already be a LPR and be able to work immediately. is there something preventing you from getting married right now? 1. Where do I file this packet? Is it the Lewisville USCIS Lockbox location? Can I file from abroad at all? Yes, if you are mailing it via FedEx, UPS, or DHL it goes to the lewisville address 2. Can I use my mother's phone number/address for any correspondence between us and USCIS? She currently lives in the USA and I believe this would make our ability to get in touch with USCIS and vice versa a bit easier. Would this hurt our chances of the application getting approved seeing as this is not my number/address? You can use your foreign address to receive correspondence from USCIS. and in part 2 where it says "address in the united states where the beneficiary intends to live" you could put your mothers address, if that is where you will be staying once you move back. 3. Can I pay the filing fee with a debit card? Can I fill out the G-1450 form with debit card details even though this form explicitly says credit card? If so, what form do I use. I understand a check is more simple, but I writing a check from abroad might be difficult. To confirm, the debit card I intend to use is from a US bank account. From the USCIS website "You can pay the fee with a money order, personal check, cashier’s check or pay by credit card or debit card using Form G-1450, Authorization for Credit Card Transactions." So yes, you would use the same G-1450 form. But be aware, a lot of times banks will detect these charges as fraud, if that happens USCIS may deny the application "If a credit card is declined, we will not attempt to process the credit card payment again. We may reject your application, petition, or request for lack of payment" https://www.uscis.gov/pay-with-a-credit-card

Hello all, my fiance is going to be moving here to the US on a K-1 visa this November. And we are currently starting to figure out everything he needs to bring/send. He takes a few different prescription medications and the plan was for him to bring a 3 month supply of each medication with him. So he'll have enough to last him until I can add him to my insurance and he can see a doctor here and get new prescriptions. These aren't medications that he needs in case of an emergency where he would have to have them on him, so they would just be in his checked luggage. For anyone who has had to bring a large amount of medication with them, is there anything he should have to show CBP? like a letter from his doctor or something? In case they ask? Or something like a letter to pack with his medication, in case they open his luggage to inspect it? One of his medications is something that is refrigerated, since it'll be November, what are the chances we would need to put that medication with like an ice pack in his checked bag? Or is that something he should carry with him with an ice pack? hes brought medication with him before when he was visiting, but it was only ever about 2 weeks worth so it wasn't something we really thought about. any advice is appreciated!

you shouldn't need a "certified duplicate" the embassy has the petition with the approval stamp on it. it is just recommended that you bring a copy of the I-129f that you submitted to the interview, it doesnt need to have the approval stamp on it. they might not even ask to see the copy you bring, I know they didn't ask my fiance for it at his interview.

you're better off just getting the new photo. i haven't heard of anyone using a photo older than 6 months, but I wouldn't risk it personally. the embassy will have a copy of the I-129f that has the approved stamp, you should just bring a copy of the one you submitted. you bring whatever version of the I-129f you submitted, even if that was the one from before april. they may not even ask for it. I don't believe they asked my fiance for it at his interview. but its better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.

If you mean when can you submit the I-129f after meeting in person, you don't have to wait. You can technically submit it after only meeting in person once, but could result in an RFE for more proof of relationship. If you submit the I-129f say in December 2024, you would have to prove you met in person at least once some time between December 2022 and December 2024. But ideally you want to have proof of multiple meetings, not just one.

You should have received a list from the embassy with instructions on what to bring But typically it is: Police certificate(s) + 1 copy Birth certificate + 1 copy I-134 + the evidence DS-160 confirmation Passport Additional Passport photo Evidence of relationship