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Hi all, was wondering if anyone had any advice on how long the next stage will take? I'm at "approved" and waiting for it to update to "case sent to state". I was approved (noa2) Aug 23rd. Beneficiary UK based. I've heard conflicting things that it can take up to 90 days and others say under a week? Any advice is appreciated !

Thank you!! Yes!! We are so happy and relieved Now just waiting for case to be sent to nvc

This is borderline fraud?? You want to divorce your current spouse and apply for a fiance visa so you can marry them again? That's gonna be so many red flags to USCIS in general. They're gonna see that the beneficiary in the k1 was already married to you and they will know you had a previous cr1 petition. They will know what you're doing lol. Plus it won't be fast.. just because *some* k1s are being approved fast doesn't mean every k1 is fast. USCIS approval can take up to 11 months alone, add extra months for the other stages. Not to mention you're seriously risking a high chance of refusal. You'd have to wait to conclude divorce proceedings. There's too many unknowns and risks here, you really think its worth throwing away an already existing petition over that? Divorcing the person you love and risking being denied for a k1. If people on here read this post and get the thought that it sounds fraudulent and trying to cheat the system lol, imagine what USCIS will think; or even more, what the consular officer will think in the potential interview. Not to mention the cost. No immigration journey is fast, just because one visa type has sped up a little for some people doesn't mean it is for everyone - I know personally so many people who are still waiting from 2023. And the statistics; there's over 2.3k people waiting from January to April 2024. Not to mention the biggest risk; say you do cancel the cr1, divorce, go through with k1, the likeliness of k1 denial is extremely high, and if that happens your chances are extremely diminished after that - they don't take visa fraud lightly and you could even risk your chances of moving to the US in general. Every visa application and especially denials are considered and can impact future applications..

Still waiting for my case (march 4) to get approved, but there were several approvals from Feb 23 (the first of the skipped days) on friday of last week. Waiting to see what happens this week; they also started approving the first day of June (3rd). Also seriously this thread in general is just so comical - complaining the process is "so" fast and you want to slow it down, where's the consideration lol, some of us are STILL waiting and have had to continuously watch people who filed months after us get approved whilst we wait and have no movement for our entire week. talk abut complaining about having it good

1. Ultimately down to you to decide; the entire situation sounds complicated and I personally would have a consultation with a lawyer just to get the initial lay of the land; it's not necessary of course, but there seems to be a lot of things ( age gap, lack of finances) that personally I'd want to be more reassured and informed over. But, to each to their own. It isn't required or a necessity at all. 2. You can use that address, and if you moved, you can also change your address on your application or if you decide to keep that address that's fine too. Just a note, the spousal, the evidence element they do look at shared assets and they want to see evidence the marriage is real etc etc, so in addition to the age gap I'd make sure you have a lot of evidence. 3. I can't speak to specific income or the spousal visa process specifically, as I did k1. I'm sure many more people will be able to give more specific advice in relation to the third question. Good luck!

Yes. Exactly this. For the k1 the beneficiary is interviewed at a US embassy in their country, the officer interviewing you will likely deny you based on the ceremony you had. It happens all the time. Because, yes the process of obtaining a visa is a legal formal process, but, you must meet the eligibility requirements and unfortunately with the k1 there is something considered 'too married'. It's for the US citizen to bring their foreign fiancé to the US to marry, but, if they are considered not free to marry, they are automatically ineligible. So legally, yes,you may not be married, you may not have rights or abilities in certain countries like you previously described, legally you are not married - but - to the immigration and the officer interviewing; they can consider you not eligible for the k1 due to the fact you had a ceremony.

Yes, the fact you had a ceremony of any sorts, officers would considered you "too married". It is not uncommon for k1 denials to occur simply because the petitioner and beneficiary did some variation of a ceremony or celebration, even engagement parties themselves have resulted in denials at the interview stage because, to an officers point of view, they consider that you're " too married ". They do not like to see any type of ceremony or, celebration that looks too much like a wedding. That alone can result in your denial. One of the requirements for the k1 is both individuals are free and willing to marry, and a ceremony essentially voids that requirement. That's why it's a common saying to say " too married " for a k1, not married enough for a cr1, so, like the others have recommended, spousal visa seems best here. K1 has an initial filing fee, (was $535 not sure what it is since increase), then additional fees for medical exam (varies country to country but can often be anywhere between 200 and 500$, maybe even more for some),visa fee of several hundred, then you file adjustment of Status AFTER k1 approval and the beneficiary goes to the US and marries, not to mention the additional fees for any potential children. It's several thousands. Spousal is much cheaper and more appropriate for your situation, and less risk. With a k1 you're so likely to get denied based on this thread so far.

It's normal. It's down to the officer to ask for it or not. Some don't I assume its because they know you'll have the more rigorous and stricter Affidavit during the AoS process. I am in the UK, and have seen dozens of people with the same question as you, and it's considered normal- some officers ask for it, others don't. Just 2 days ago someone asked this on a UK Facebook k1 group, as they were waiting for medical results like you, and then yesterday they got approved. No i-134 requested or seen at all.

They would be completely ineligible for the fiancé visa, since it is for a fiancé - the USC to petition to bring their foreign fiancé (engaged to be married) to the US to marry each other within the 90 day period. If they are married, they cannot apply for a k1 because you can't bring someone to the US to marry if you're already married. Their only option, if married, is the spousal visa - which can take over a year, for lots of people over 18 months.

Feel exactly the same. March 4 filer here, part of the skipped period, and there is still no movement from our week, only expedite approval cases. The approvals from march and Feb are just dates that are already mostly approved already, not the untouched days. & USCIS doesn't want to acknowledge that at all and just pretends like nothings going on with it. Meanwhile there has been mass approvals in May and a lot of them under 50 days.

Yeah exactly how you said! Everyone else thinks the same, it won't make a difference in the long run. It's just a small temp disruption. naturally still not nice for them to lose their jobs though, but it isn't USCIS' fault.

The original article is here: https://www.ueunion.org/ue-news/2024/service-contract-act-locals-fight-for-jobs-effective-immigration-process?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2Q3vx_D0ESEzAJMgbanb-AQLMKWJ2UVCZVi25QwaXqz-htrOhozxOtvW4_aem_GC8BOOlfRY5Oqo6bNRPG9w But this article is EXTREMELY incorrect and spreading misinformation. UE Local 1008 means contract workers for USCIS not permanent jobs.. Those were not federal case workers. There's a USCIS employee who responded to that original article and said "This article is misleading at best. The workers who were "laid off" are NOT federal employees. They do not adjudicate cases. They are federal contractors. USCIS just opted to not renew the contract and instead hire more officers. Also, officers are not non-union workers. We have our own union." "They were contractors. Not Federal employees. USCIS did not lay off any employees the contracting company did." USCIS didn't fire those employees, they decided not to renew a contract for federal contractors. And that "CSC is moving but it isn't moving to Texas, it is moving to a different office in California" Also for some context USCIS is not a government funded organisation / agency. It is ran entirely off of the fees that people pay to submit their applications. & also those employees that were "laid off" that happened even before USCIS slowed down.

We've been waiting since 4 March. They've skipped cases between Feb 23 and March 6th. They've stalled / slowed down on approving cases around end of May for some reason, many of us thought it was to go back and approved the skipped period (over 2.3k cases) but in the last few weeks there has still been barely any movement (around 5 case approvals across the 2 week skipped period in total, 3 of them expedites). It's been a 143 days for us. Our friend filed Feb 27 and still waiting.. tmvn and none of the other visa sites were helpful or accurate with any of us during that 2 week period. They just skipped us.

Thank you, I already watched it when it was first posted. The people who use tmvn, and those within that date range (feb 23 to march 6th) get their subscriptions for free indefinitely until they are approved. The owner of tmvn is a really good guy and made the decision to not charge any of us anymore because of how things have gone for us whilst using tmvn. Unfortunately as of yet they still haven't touched my day nor week. Hopefully soon.

Just use it with caution as naturally they are estimations and guesses based on data, and it isn't going to be accurate for everyone - there are hundreds of cases from each month of filers who it isn't accurate for - I have come across October and Nov filers who used it and obviously it wasn't accurate they are still waiting. It also isn't accurate for me either - a March 4th Filer. Said I'd hear back between May 15th and June 21st and still waiting. So the best advice is, it's a great little service to use, gives you something to look at, but either way take it with a grain of salt and keep in your mind that USCIS activity in approvals is an extremely unpredictable thing - they can jump, skip, go back to whatever month or day they want to, it doesn't really seem to have a pattern to and there are still thousands of cases that it won't be accurate for because USCIS behaviour is so unpredictable. Not everyone will fall into the estimations - they are estimations! Good luck!

I recently (3rd June) entered the States from the UK whilst having a k1 in process. No issues what so ever, I even prepared proof of employment ties to UK etc and the officer didn't ask for anything at all. Varies officer to officer. My stay is only a month long. I would expect them to be very cautious of your stay length, 88 days is seriously cutting it close & risky. More likely that they'll want to see ties to your home country than in my case.