Hi,
I am a Dutch citizen who wants to get married to a US citizen.
Last year (2009, til August) I have been in the US on a J1 visa. I have met my fiancee there and now we would like to get married and live in the US.
In February of this year we have filed for a K1 visa in the understanding the two year rule only applied to the same visa I had (so the J1). Obviously this was not the case!
We already got news from the USCIS that everything was approved and we should be married before January 2nd of 2011. When I received my papers from the US consulate in Amsterdam an appointment was scheduled for October 25th. I was really excited thinking we were almost done. However, a week after I received a phone call from the consulate saying that they just saw the two year rule stamp in my passport on the old J1 visa. Now they told me to apply for the J1 waiver. I would like to know how long this will take since the US told us to get married before January 2nd where I thought the K1 visa didnt go in effect until I entered the US.
Will I receive the J1 waiver in time? Is there anything else I need to consider?
We have already sent out the documents to apply for the J1 waiver but I'm worried things won't be done in time.
Tomorrow I have that appointment (October 25th, 2010) at the US consulate in Amsterdam because the lady there told me to still come in for that. I found this weird if they're not going to give me the visa.
If anyone has gone through a similar situation could you please give me some tips or comments.
Any help is much appreciated!!
Thanks in advance, Mark
I am a Dutch citizen who wants to get married to a US citizen.
Last year (2009, til August) I have been in the US on a J1 visa. I have met my fiancee there and now we would like to get married and live in the US.
In February of this year we have filed for a K1 visa in the understanding the two year rule only applied to the same visa I had (so the J1). Obviously this was not the case!
We already got news from the USCIS that everything was approved and we should be married before January 2nd of 2011. When I received my papers from the US consulate in Amsterdam an appointment was scheduled for October 25th. I was really excited thinking we were almost done. However, a week after I received a phone call from the consulate saying that they just saw the two year rule stamp in my passport on the old J1 visa. Now they told me to apply for the J1 waiver. I would like to know how long this will take since the US told us to get married before January 2nd where I thought the K1 visa didnt go in effect until I entered the US.
Will I receive the J1 waiver in time? Is there anything else I need to consider?
We have already sent out the documents to apply for the J1 waiver but I'm worried things won't be done in time.
Tomorrow I have that appointment (October 25th, 2010) at the US consulate in Amsterdam because the lady there told me to still come in for that. I found this weird if they're not going to give me the visa.
If anyone has gone through a similar situation could you please give me some tips or comments.
Any help is much appreciated!!
Thanks in advance, Mark