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CanadaK1 visa stress leading to odd dreams
you weren't tempted to use the golf club ON the officer?! No, I didn't suggeest that ! :D
p&wNot TellingUnited Kingdom2006-02-28 13:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresB2/K1 change
Sorry, here's more info. I am currently in the US, my B2 visa is good until the middle of August. I am a Brit and I'm in the enviable position of working via my computer from wherever I am. So I thought I may as well work from the US, where my Fiance lives. For my job I usually have to go to Europe - usually France. I guess you've answered my question though. Guess I'll just pop down to the local registry office.... Will my application for change of status be more difficult because I came in on a B2?
Many thanks for your help! :thumbs:
p&wNot TellingUnited Kingdom2006-02-27 17:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresB2/K1 change
I currently have a B2 Visa and have been travelling in and out the US alot visiting my Fiance. On my last entry I was told I had used it too much and probably wouldn't be allowed in next time. It was because I had spent several months in the US and would be considered living here.
The problem is I travel as part of my work. I need to exit for Europe in June, returning August, and marry in October. Two weeks later I need to go to Europe again for a short meeting for my job.
I see few options:
1) I can marry now and file for an adjustment of status which I MAY get for June. As I was grilled last time I entered Immigration will have a record I didn't intentionally come in on a B2 to marry, it was events...
2) I can apply for a K1 visa while I am in the US, but will this work? Will I have to go to the UK for my medical? Will I have to exit in the HOPES I will get it?

If I get a K visa an adjustment in status in California is taking 8 months, travel parole 3 months.
Do you have any suggestions how to achieve this? Will I be able to get back into the US if I go to Europe shortly after the wedding?
Many thanks for any help
PS I also posted this on the travel forum, I couldn't even decide where to ask!! :unsure:
p&wNot TellingUnited Kingdom2006-02-27 16:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMedical Info, especially for UK
Just thought I'd share my experience of the medical exam. I am from the UK, have travelled a bit and am healthy. I searched for a medical examiner in the US and found the nearest one was 200 miles away, so I used it as an excuse to go a little further to Las Vegas and drove 270 miles. I wanted to do it in one day, so I went to my local Dept of Health to have my TB test, as I needed to have it "read" 2-3 days later. It reacted and I had to pay for a chest xray. Apparently if you are from the UK, NZ or Australia and had a BCG jab (which I think all teenager girls have) you will react to the TB test. Then I went to my medical which was ridiculously easy - a look in my eyes, ears, mouth, nose, a listen to my chest and pulse and that was IT - oh, apart from more vaccinations. Now I don't like to have more vaccinations than I need so I had got my UK doctor to fax over that I was more than up-to date with my Tetanus at least. However, I still had to have ANOTHER tetanus because in the USA there is no seperate jab for Dipthera, and this is not included in the jab in the UK. Then there was the MMR. Again I didn't want it as I had had the jabs as a child, but after 25 years in the UK your childhood records are destroyed (yes, I did try) So I paid for a seperate blood test to show I had MMR immunity. It showed 2 of 3 were high enough but not Measles. Waiting 3 days for these tests I had gone back "home" in the US. Now I phoned round in a 200 mile radius to find the single vaccine. It was impossible. I did find one place that said they had it - after waiting 2 hours and seeing 2 physicians they just checked I really did want German Measles - NOOO!!!! It is different. Now I'm being charged for that appointment even though I only saw them because they said they had the (wrong) vaccine! The only option I have is to have the combined MMR (which is not recommended, and can lead to joint problems in adults) or drive the 270 miles again to Vegas. Apparently the single vaccine is expensive and only ordered in batches of 10.
So if you have the option, make sure your vaccinations are done in the UK. As this is only the first hurdle in my application process and it has already been a headache, I don't feel confident about the rest of it!!
Good luck
p&wNot TellingUnited Kingdom2006-03-20 11:33:00