Re: Those First Few Steps.
 

For the I-129F submission, there are two G-325A forms required...one from the USC, and one from the intending immigrant.

The G-325A form itself used to be 4 pages, but now it's just 1 page.

Rene

Re: Those First Few Steps.
 

Update; Officially (06/12/11) Unofficially (10/12/11) ^^

My fiancée, or rather her mother seeing as my fiancée is sitting next to me in the UK, got the long awaited letter saying that the I-129F has been approved :D

I'm assuming that at some point next week a fair amount of paperwork is going to arrive so I can get started on that, not sure exactly what the letter says as I just got home from work (though I'd imagine that they wouldn't send a letter to a US Household if all it said was tell your fiancé to go to the US Embassy... Though the state of things these days it wouldn't surprise me).

Atleast now I know I got that part right and am moving in the right direction :) I'll post more updates as they come in ^^

Thanks to everyone again for their help ... Though I forsee more of the silly questions people are scared to ask coming from me at some point in the future lol :)

Re: Those First Few Steps.
 

It will probably be a few weeks, maybe a month, and you'll get a letter telling you where to find a fair amount of paperwork to go get yourself.

You don't have to wait to get started - what you need is available on the web site of the US embassy in London.

Regards, JEff

Re: Those First Few Steps.
 

After reading this thread I thought I'd throw this idea out there as an option.

You travel to the US and get married to your fiancee. You return to the UK and apply for a CR-1 visa.

The potential advantages:

1. You won't have to pay K-1 visa fees and AOS fees so it will be cheaper (some of this saving will be offset by the cost of your trip out there to get married).

2. You will be authorized to work as soon as you arrive in the US on a CR-1 visa so you won't have to wait for your employment authorization.

3. You will need to deal with the I-864 sooner rather than later so you won't wind up in a situation where you move over there and then start pulling your hair out if you realize that you overlooked something about the sponsorship side of things.

4. You will need to fill out less paperwork overall.

The processing times and paperwork requirements for a CR-1 visa are practically equivalent to the K1 visa. Medical, Police Certificate, etc.

Re: Those First Few Steps.
 

Note that the OP's fiancee has already paid the I-129f petition fee and that petition has been approved. So there's little cost or paperwork saving for switching to an immigrant visa and time for obtaining a K1 visa is already half (or more) over.

Regards, JEff