The K-1 portion of the process went (relatively) smoothly and quickly for us, too. I applied in January and he had his interview in April. But even that only went smoothly because of all the extensive research I had done, causing him to be armed with the correct forms, which hadn’t been provided by the consulate! What about the poor person who doesn’t have internet access, or the knowhow to dig through multiple government webpages to find what they need and rely solely on what’s sent to them to complete and they’re sent the wrong forms?
So everything went fine for us up to that point, too. Then, when we decided we were going to Denmark for the holidays, we needed to get Thomas “Advance Parole” so he’d be allowed to reenter the U.S. It’s a relatively simple process – you fill out one form, attach a photo and your fee and they send you back the documentation allowing your reentry. Except that the final official document had an incorrect entry – they’d typed in his “A” number instead of the zip code. Their clerical error, not ours. Knowing how tight-assed the INS can be, he phoned to see if this could possibly cause any problems when he tried to get back into the country. He was told that they don’t answer questions like that over the phone. Fucking HUH?!!!
So he writes them a letter, attaching a copy of the incorrectly completed Advance Parole and asks if he needs to bring it back in for correction or if it’s ok as it is. We’ve still never gotten a reply.
LUCKILY the agent at Immigration either didn’t notice the typo or didn’t care and he got back in just fine. But what if he’d’ve been Arab-looking and they decided to scrutinize every “i” and “t” and decided to detain him because of the error? DON’T think it couldn’t happen. Like I said, I think we were just lucky.
Flash forward a couple of weeks (just a couple of weeks ago) – now we’re at the interview to have his status changed to Conditional Permanent Resident. Read my previous reply to see how they sent us scurrying around at the last second for “suddenly needed” documentation that was NOT required when it was originally submitted with the Fiance Visa application.
So, if you don’t have to leave the country between now and your next interview date, you’ll be fine – there’s nothing more you have to do with the INS. But if you still have your CPR interview to contend with, you may yet experience some difficulty even if you check, double check, triple check and then quadruple check every single solitary little thing before you walk in those doors.
I sincerely wish you the best of luck!