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Apply for a K1 while non-citizen in US??

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So if I don't get the B2 I won't ever be able to visit the USA without a visa? I have strong career ties but they are with Japan rather than with the UK. My boyfriend is a police officer and is going to send an invitation letter for the B2 stating that I plan to leave after 6 months... This is all so daunting!!

Thank you for your advice

? Not sure why you would apply for a B visa when you have VISA Free travel to US. My guess is the application for the B VISA and the letter from your boyfriend will more than likely end up in the DENIAL pile. Just come on VWP enjoy your stay and go back when you are supposed to. Applying for a VISA with an invitation will just throw up red flags.. or are you applying from UK but not a UK Citizen?

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So if I don't get the B2 I won't ever be able to visit the USA without a visa? I have strong career ties but they are with Japan rather than with the UK. My boyfriend is a police officer and is going to send an invitation letter for the B2 stating that I plan to leave after 6 months... This is all so daunting!!

Thank you for your advice

Unfortunately his invitation does not mean a whole lot. What CO is looking for is you are a British Citizen so why you cannot use VWP and why do you need a B1/2?

What are your ties to your home country means if CO issued you a B1/2 what are the good reason that you would return back to your home country after your trip is over?

Yes once your B1/2 is denied you cannot use VWP anymore, after that if you want to travel to US you will have to apply for visa.

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Unfortunately his invitation does not mean a whole lot. What CO is looking for is you are a British Citizen so why you cannot use VWP and why do you need a B1/2?

What are your ties to your home country means if CO issued you a B1/2 what are the good reason that you would return back to your home country after your trip is over?

Yes once your B1/2 is denied you cannot use VWP anymore, after that if you want to travel to US you will have to apply for visa.

Well I wanted the B visa because I want to stay for six months rather than the 3 which is allowed on the ESTA... My next work contract in Japan wouldn't start until March and I want as much time with my boyfriend as possible before I have to leave again. I didn't realise it would be so difficult. Obviously I'm going to leave once the visa expires because it's illegal not to!! I know that isn't enough of a guarantee for them.. i just wish it was.. Nightmare

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Do b 1/2 visas automatically get the 6 month maximum stay? How and why would you get a 90 day limit on a b 1/2? I am wondering because my girlfriend and I will be going through the same process and I want to make sure to the best possible way that she gets her 6 months limit and not the 90 day limit on her b 1/2 so that she can stay with me longer while we wait for the interview...

She already has a b 1/2 and she will be visiting friends and myself while she is here...

any comments appreciated thanks!

07/2006 - Met in person on a summer study abroad in Brazil

08/2006 to 08/2013 - 7 year long distance relationship with 2.7 years total time together in person during study abroad/work in Brazil and biannual visits

08/2013 - 7 year anniversary

09/16/2013 - Engagement!!!

10/01/2013 - Filed I-129F K-1 petition (Brazilian Beneficiary) to Dallas Service Center - 1st day of 2013 Government Shutdown -

10/09/2013 - Received electronic NOA1 with transfer notice to California Service Center

10/09/2013 - Application Check cashed by USCIS Dallas

10/15/2013 - Received NOA1 I-797C in the mail (notice date 8th of october)

11/18/2013 - Recieved NOA2 I-797 in the mail (notice date 13th of november)

12/12/2013 - NVC sent package to Consulate in Rio de Janeiro

12/17/2013 - Called NVC - Discovered package was sent to Consulate in Rio de Janeiro on the 12th of December, 2013

12/17/2013 - E-mailed Consulate in Rio de Janeiro about status and steps

12/18/2013 - US Consulate in Rio de Janeiro sent out package to benificiary home

01/13/2014 - E-mailed Consulate in Rio de Janeiro again, because package never arrived. Answered immediately with a message stating that the package had been sent on 12/18/13.

02/11/2014 - Interview date!!! (Interview date was included in the Consulate e-mail together with links to documents beneficiary needs to bring)

End of Feb. 2014 - K1 visa arrives in the mail

End of July 2014 - Wedding in the U.S.

09/04/2014 - Adjustment of Status, EAD and AP applied

10/20/2014 - EAD and AP arrive

12/04/2014 - Notice of Action with Green Card Interview Date arrives

01/07/2015 - Green Card Interview Date (approximately 4 months after AOS application)

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*** Thread moved from K-1 Process forum to the Tourist Visas forum -- latest post refers to that. ***

(Organizer hat off)

You've revived a 2-year-old thread. It's better to start your own new topic than to revive an old one, because the latter action can cause confusion when people don't read all the way to the bottom and instead begin answering the stale issue. :)

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

 
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