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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresA little peace of mind
Get a second job, just for now. So it looks all good on paper.

Edited by Alaska2012, 21 January 2013 - 03:34 PM.

Alaska2012FemaleSweden2013-01-21 15:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresVisa Extensions
Also, have in mind he might end up in AP and then there is no telling how long it will take...
Alaska2012FemaleSweden2013-01-22 22:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresVisa Extensions
If he doesn't enter within 6 months you will have to start all over again.
Can't he just quit his job once he gets the visa??
Alaska2012FemaleSweden2013-01-22 22:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMISSED INTERVIEW - WHAT NOW?
You can't email the embassy?
Alaska2012FemaleSweden2013-01-29 02:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSkip K-1 Visa?

I Agree! it is fraudulent to enter the US using either a tourist visa or VWP to enter the US with the intention to get married! It's not like any of us want to be separated from our partners during this journey. We are just trying to do everything the right and LEGAL way.


No it's not a fraud or anything wrong with getting married on a VWP, i did it myself, however you have to go back to your country and wait out the process.

Coming over on a VWP with the intent of getting married AND adjust your status and just stay that is a fraud.
Alaska2012FemaleSweden2013-02-02 15:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSkip K-1 Visa?
What you are thinking about doing is fraud. She could be sent back and get banned.... Is it really worth the risk?
Alaska2012FemaleSweden2013-02-01 20:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-134 questions for Irish beneficiary
You are bringing your fiancé to the states so even without an income you will be the main sponsor and you will need a co-sponsor since you have no income. Your fiancé's income doesn't matter.
Alaska2012FemaleSweden2013-02-05 22:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiling K-1 and Visitation situation (Please help!)

Well he's never visited the states before, and if our K-1 comes up in the questioning, I'm hoping they could take our word for it that we will not be doing anything illegally, including his visitation. He WILL be leaving after his visit, we'd have to be stupid to risk our happiness like that.

But then again most Custom crosses are a gamble it seems.

Also yikes, why is everything going slow?


They are just really back logged, according to the timelines here on VJ people who filed in August are getting their Noa2 right now, so that is about 6 months but then it has to go through NVC before you can schedule your interview. So if all goes smooth these people might have their visas in hand around the 8 months mark.... But there are also a lot of people here on VJ who filed in July and still haven't heard anything so....
Alaska2012FemaleSweden2013-02-18 01:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiling K-1 and Visitation situation (Please help!)

Going back for the medicals and the interview will be no problem, as we'll be able to drive and stay in a hotel. It's the time past his 6 month visitation in the states ( if our K-1 doesn't get approved within that time ) that's worrying me, because when he goes back to Canada he'll have no where to stay thanks to his parents.



Yeah I understand. I've seen lots of cases that have gotten approved within the 6 months, I just don't know if that'll be our case as well. I'm hoping and praying it will be..


6 months is hoping for a miracle at the moment, everything is going super slow right now.

What will he do if the customs won't let him in the us when he goes back with you? If they suspect him moving and not just visiting they might not let him in.
Alaska2012FemaleSweden2013-02-18 00:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiling K-1 and Visitation situation (Please help!)

Of course! I'd never have him overstay. I wouldn't risk our future in such a way, we're doing everything legally.

I'm just trying to figure out at which point he's allowed to stay in the U.S for the rest of the application processing with me.


Well since you don't know how long the process will take there is no way of knowing when he'll be able to stay with you and wait it out, after all he have to go back after 6 months. he will also have to go back for the medicals and the interview.

Also bear in mind that when crossing the border, if they realize that he is doing a K1 they might ask for strong ties to Canada in order to let him in..

Edited by Alaska2012, 18 February 2013 - 12:30 AM.

Alaska2012FemaleSweden2013-02-18 00:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiling K-1 and Visitation situation (Please help!)

Woah woah wait a second, so at which part in the K-1 does the fiance get to stay in the States legally? Is that the NOA2?


He can stay in the us during the k1 application for as long as he is allowed, but over staying is a big no no! He will have to return to Canada when his time is up. Not being able to live with his parents won't be a reason for him to stay longer.

The noa2 is when your I-129 is approved before your file is sent to the NVC.

Edited by Alaska2012, 18 February 2013 - 12:10 AM.

Alaska2012FemaleSweden2013-02-18 00:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 Visa I 134... No tax forms, no income!
You can still file taxes for the last 3 years, if you made under a certain amount while living abroad you don't have to pay taxes in the us but you still file. Look at form 2555 from IRS
With no income you will definitely need a co- sponsor, but you will still be the main head sponsor and you will have to provide various documents, taxes is a part of that.

Choosing K1 or Cr1 these days there really isn't much of a time difference. The benefits with the Cr1 is that once you are in the country you are done! At least for two years. With the K1 you got more paperwork and waiting after you are married before green card is in hand...
Alaska2012FemaleSweden2013-02-19 00:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAffidavit of support question
Why wouldn't they if you work there?

But if they won't do that, show your paystubs....
Alaska2012FemaleSweden2013-02-21 12:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhere is our NOA1?
Well, it looks like I don't have to wait til tomorrow to bug the bank for the image of the check (if they even have it or not), because I just got the email stating my case number and the fact that it was being sent to the California Service Center (which is where I expected it to go). Now the waiting TRULY begins
UK-USA-K1MaleUnited Kingdom2013-02-11 18:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhere is our NOA1?

My Understanding is, if you sent it as a check, they turn it into an electronic debit and just use the numbers to debit your account. then destroy the check. So there won't be a copy of the check. Please correct me if I am wrong, but that is what i have gathered from reading the forms.

Cheers


That was my understanding, that they scan the check electronically, but I wasn't sure if the bank actually gets a scanned copy that would then be posted to my account or what. I'd read on here that people say that they put the case number on the back of the payment and that people can see that through their bank accounts, so I assumed that it was scanned and sent in and then loaded into the bank account similar to how a check is scanned in and visible on my online account. I will reply here to this thread though with whatever I find out. If I don't see a scanned copy by tomorrow I'll call the bank and see if they actually have the image or how that works.
UK-USA-K1MaleUnited Kingdom2013-02-11 12:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhere is our NOA1?
My experience (limited as it may be) could help ease the OP's mind a little.

I did send my package Express to the address in the paperwork which they said to send express packages and it was signed for as received the next day. I sent it on February 5th and they received it on February 6. I also sent in the form for email notification and have not received anything from them as of yet, but this morning, there was notification to my bank that the check was cashed. I still haven't received my NOA1 yet either, but knowing that I sent it express and they are just cashing my check today (Monday February 11), 5 full days after they actually received the I-129F package in Texas using Express mail. If yours was sent standard, I'd give the post office 4 or 5 days for delivery then another 5 days for them to process in the paperwork, so I wouldn't be concerned for a minimum of 2 weeks.


I do have a question though on my own behalf...

As I stated above, I received notification that they cashed my check through my online account this morning (Monday). The bank doesn't have the scanned copy currently available online, so I'm going to wait until tomorrow and see if it just takes a little time between the notification and the loading of the check image, or if they don't load electronically scanned checks. Either way, I was wondering if it means that the NOA1 is imminent since they cashed the check and if I am basically now in the queue for the NOA2, or if there is still a chance it would be sent back to be re-filed for some silly paperwork error?
UK-USA-K1MaleUnited Kingdom2013-02-11 12:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHow did you submit pictures with your K1 Visa Application?

it might help if I explain how you package is prepared by USCIS for adjudication. When the package is received, it is put into a file folder with a two prong clip at the top (hole punched). So the adjudicator will thumb through your file by turning pages that are bound at the top. For this reason, it is best to submit everything attached to 8.5X11 paper. If you did submit some thing in envelopes, not worries but to make it easy for the reviewer, it is best to have everything the same size and organized.


Yes, absolutely the right way to go. I should have been a bit more specific. I used 8-1/2"x11" paper and had (3) 8-1/2"x11" envelopes, and then put them all in a larger envelope for mailing. I had no idea what order they'd want, so I sorted to the envelopes and let them work from there. It didn't seem to slow the process too much. 3 weekdays from receipt of package to notification of it being accepted and sent to CSC seems about normal.
UK-USA-K1MaleUnited Kingdom2013-02-12 20:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHow did you submit pictures with your K1 Visa Application?

Thank you! I have 1 or 2 from each of our trips together.




Thanks. I've included boarding passes, itineraries, baggage tickets, and passport stamps from our trips, as well as receipts from his trips to visit me. (When I'm with him he pays for everything, so I don't have receipts from my trips to Norway, unfortunately.)

Did you organize by trip or by document type? In other words, did you include pictures of you together from trip #1 with boarding passes/itineraries from trip #1? Or did you keep all of your pictures together, separate from the travel documents?



I am not the most ummmm well I'm not really a good organizer. I did the best I could, but I'm not a great example. I just basically made three envelopes, one with the forms filled out and signed, one with all our documentation (boarding passes etc.) and one with pictures (including the passport style) In each envelope I put an index sheet explaining what was in each. I used binder clips to bind the three envelopes and outside those envelopes I made a detail sheet with what was in each numbered envelope so the processor could go to whichever envelope for whatever they were looking for. I then put them all together into a larger envelope and mailed them in. So, the pictures aren't in the same envelope as the documentation, but there is a picture of us together corresponding to each documented trip and this is listed in the indexes.

I'm still very early in the process (I put them in the mail a week ago today) but I did get notification that my file was accepted and sent to the California center for Processing. Hopefully no RFE's will be required, but if they are I'll post that in these forums as well.

Best of Luck to you
UK-USA-K1MaleUnited Kingdom2013-02-12 19:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHow did you submit pictures with your K1 Visa Application?
I have just begun the process, and just received my email saying they were sending my case to the CSC today, so I don't know how well they were received, but when I did mine, I had boarding passes and itineraries of each time we met, and I included at least one photo of us together from each of these time frames with date and place written on the back. I guess I'll know if I get an RFE whether this is sufficient or not. Keeping my fingers crossed this whole time will be difficult :)

Good Luck
UK-USA-K1MaleUnited Kingdom2013-02-11 20:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestions & advice needed
I am a little bored today, so I thought I'd add a couple links for you in regards to your possible Vegas wedding. It may help others plan as well.

http://www.clarkcoun...s/Marriage.aspx

This first link gives the basic steps to getting married in Las Vegas. It also has links to websites that can perform the ceremony.

http://www.clarkcoun...gelicenses.aspx

This second link tell you exactly what is required to get a marriage license.

"To obtain your marriage license, both parties must appear in person before a Clerk at a Clark County Marriage Bureau location.

Applicants must be a biological male and a biological female, at least 18 years of age, and no nearer of kin than second cousins or cousins of half-blood, and not having a husband or wife living."

There is more to it, but the above quote from the page is just an idea of what you will find there.

If you wish to speed up the in person process, they have an online application that you can fill out, so when you show up, all you need to do is show them your ID and get your license.(passports will do, but there is a link to all acceptable forms of ID as well).

The best part of the Vegas wedding idea for K1 people is you can do more "last minute" planning and still have a decent wedding that fits your needs.

Best of luck to you. I hope you and others may find this useful.
UK-USA-K1MaleUnited Kingdom2013-02-13 12:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestions & advice needed
I'll answer what I can...

1) You don't need any marriage certificates for a K-1 visa. If anything they will just add confusion to the mix. They only require that an official divorce decree be sent in.

2) I can't say with certainty as I am not that far, but from what I've read, I'd assume if you can show tax returns over the past 3 years with a consistent income, you may be alright. If possible you may want to line up a secondary person who would qualify just in case. hopefully someone here can answer this better

3) I can't really answer this although I've been to vegas and we have considered it as a possibility once we get through the K1 process. There are enough wedding venues in Vegas and their laws are set up so a quick marriage on short notice should work out quite well. There are numerous websites that can help you research this.

4 & 5) I'll wait and watch for answers to these myself
UK-USA-K1MaleUnited Kingdom2013-02-12 20:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHelp and advice on K 1 procedure

Thanks guys for all the advice, I have started to save everything but it's annoying as my first trip to see him I had to send my boarding cards to the airline as they lost my bags lol, but we have Skype records and we have started emailing daily too and I send him cards and letters.
Also his cousin is getting married in April so I'm going over for the wedding where we will get loads of pics with his family :) so I am trying to keep positive and know that one day we will be together properly :)


If that happens again, make the copies of the boarding passes before you send them to the airline, or see if the airline will accept copies, since the copy has the same information as the boarding pass. Either way you'd still have copies to send in with your application (they don't need the original boarding passes with the application)
UK-USA-K1MaleUnited Kingdom2013-02-13 17:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHelp and advice on K 1 procedure

Thank you for your replies :) I feel a bit better now . I worry about everything so it's good to have some great advice
Ill def do the time line on here and keep u all posted :)


Although it's a logical conclusion from the posts, typing it out might still be helpful so I will.

My best piece of advice at this early stage of the process (pre-process if you will) is to be sure to save everything you have that shows you two have met. Don't use electronic boarding passes on your mobile device when you travel, use and save printed boarding passes.

I didn't think about this during my travel, and used my mobile phone and now cannot print a boarding pass as evidence. Luckily for me, my fiance did save most of her boarding passes for posterity and we had those to file.

Hotel receipts with both of you listed as registered guests are good as well as any boarding passes from possible trips where you may have traveled together showing you seated next to each other can't hurt either.

Most of all, patience is what you'll need the most of. 90% of all applications are approved, so there really should be little to stress over, but the process can take from 6-12 months and varies greatly from one filer to another, so just be ready for the wait (easier said than done as I'm learning right now)
UK-USA-K1MaleUnited Kingdom2013-02-12 15:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDon't Lose your NOA2! Make copies!
I too am in the "scanned everything" departement. I have electronic copies on my work computer, my home computer, two email accounts and a "cloud" server. The one thing I didn't do which I wish I had was mike copies of my (petitioner) signed copies of the I-129F and G-325a forms. I have the filled out versions saved, but I didn't think to scan in the hard copies them, because I had printed them from electronic versions already. I doubt it's a big deal not to have signed copies of those particular documents as long as I have the actual documents though.

But in keeping with this thread....always a good idea to copy, scan and save multiples and backups for your backups. It's alot better to have done too much than not enough
UK-USA-K1MaleUnited Kingdom2013-02-13 17:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresProofs of meeting in person and ongoing relationship

I put together the K-1 petition last night. So I have:

1) email reservation and confirmation of the hotel I stayed at
2) the original boarding passes to and from Colombia. I tried photocopies but some of them didn't show up so I had no choice.
3) our flight reservation for a trip inside Colombia that has both our names and ID#s on it
4) photo copy of my passport with all my entry/exit stamps
5) wire transfers to her bank account from 2009 to 2013 basically every month.
6) Photos of both of us, some light smooching so it is obvious
7) copy of cards she has sent me

I hope that is enough. :wacko:


That actually sounds good as far as evidence is concerned. Just make sure to have everything else the instructions ask for, multiple forms, intent letters etc. and you should be good.

The advice so far in this thread seems pretty spot on, but I wanted to add one thing from your original post that I didn't see being addressed. You said you have pictures of an engagement ceremony. Be very careful to insure that these state engagement ceremony on them. I have seen threads in here of people being denied and having to go through extra RFE's because whomever was looking at their evidence had mistaken engagement ceremonies for Wedding ceremonies. As long as you make sure it's clearly not a wedding ceremony then you should be fine. I just wanted to mention it to save you any possible hassle down the line.
UK-USA-K1MaleUnited Kingdom2013-02-14 13:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPolice Certificate. Help
I really don't know anything at all to help you with your situation, but if you don't find the help you are looking for in this thread, I'm posting a link to the Regional forum that covers topics in most of Africa. There should be some folks there familiar with the process in Nigeria who can help. Good Luck, Hope you get it all figured out.

http://www.visajourn...ca-sub-saharan/
UK-USA-K1MaleUnited Kingdom2013-02-14 18:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureswrong name!!
I would be interested to hear the replies to this as well. My fiance has two last names as she didn't change her name back after she divorced, so when they sent the documentation back, it has just the first name with the two last names and no middle name.

I assumed this was just a normal course of action for double names and I wasn't worried, but since it's being asked, If anyone else went through the process with a double or hyphenated last name, I'd be interested to hear if there was any issues from this
UK-USA-K1MaleUnited Kingdom2013-02-18 12:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDo you need to be OFFICILLY engaed for K1?
You may not have done the "one knee" thing or put the ring on her finger, but technically, and most importantly, by the book for the visa process, when you both wrote up and signed your intent to marry documents, you became engaged. For Visa purposes, there need not be any ceremony or rules by which you become engaged. All they require is the stated intent from each of you to marry. The rest is personal and may be done however you feel is best. Just don't get married before your fiance comes here with the visa.
UK-USA-K1MaleUnited Kingdom2013-02-18 20:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-129F Delivered Sooner Than Expected
I filed earlier this month and the post office delivered my forms on February 6th (Wednesday) at about 11:30 am. They cashed my check February 11th (Monday) First thing. I received my email notification a few hours after that.

If they received your package on the weekend and with Monday being a holiday, they likely won't even see your package until tuesday, so it could be easily as late as Thursday before your check is put through. If you currently have the money in the account then you should be fine
UK-USA-K1MaleUnited Kingdom2013-02-18 13:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPLEASE...what it means???

Ok, so its nothing to worry about. But is it in a sensel.....good news in a way???
I dont know, I'm very new to all this.


It's not really good or bad, just something they seem to do at the beginning of the process. It is likely to still be several months before they actually process your application.

Here's a thread that talks about this very subject in depth. Should give you a better idea.

http://www.visajourn...-to-your-i129f/
UK-USA-K1MaleUnited Kingdom2013-02-19 15:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhere to send?
There are two addresses. If you are sending it regular post, you can send it to the PO Box

USCIS
P.O. Box 660151
Dallas, TX 75266

If you are sending it EXPRESS or FEDEX or UPS, you need to send it direct to their office:

USCIS
Attn: I-129F
2501 South State Highway 121 Business
Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067

These addresses are listed on page 4 of the I-129F instruction form found here:

http://www.uscis.gov...i-129finstr.pdf

Edited by UK-USA-K1, 22 February 2013 - 06:35 PM.

UK-USA-K1MaleUnited Kingdom2013-02-22 18:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhere to find the info Bout how many visas are approved each month/day?
I was looking at the trends link at the USCIS website as linked above, and it's interesting. It seems the past two years, the pattern is very similar and they do fewer K-1 Visas from Sept - Dec than any other part of the year. Things pick up month by month, and May thru August seem to be the peak times for most processed. My guess is that things should continue to pick up each month through the summer if the trends continue then decline again in the fall
UK-USA-K1MaleUnited Kingdom2013-02-22 18:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhere to find the info Bout how many visas are approved each month/day?

IGORS list rocks. It shoudl the last 15 approved and also has a complete list of those who are connected to this site that have applied... I do not know who IGOR is but I am very grateful for the info. Gives me hope..... I have seen the list go from MAY to now September. I have been looking since jan....

http://www.visajourn...tion=3&sortby=2


Thanks for the list, I've seen this list mentioned many times and I've done a search for it, but for some reason I thought it was a forum post and I couldn't find it anywhere.

It's still quite awhile before I need to pay really close attention, but I've now saved the link for future reference.

Thanks again.
UK-USA-K1MaleUnited Kingdom2013-02-22 12:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPolice certificate
My fiancé lived in Japan 5 months and 3 weeks before returning to the phillipines. I don't want to split hairs here, but does she need the police certificate from there since she was not there 6 months or longer. Any advice?

Thanks

Dale
revtech100MalePhilippines2012-05-28 21:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhat is the best way to approach the fiancee visa process?
We hired a consultant. I think it really depends on the time you have. For us, the fee is worth it due to our hectic schedule. So far I'm very happy with them. If I had all the time in the world, I'd do it myself, but I have found that their review is worth it.

Good luck!
revtech100MalePhilippines2012-06-13 09:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresInterview Questions
Bring it all and more. Better safe than sorry.
revtech100MalePhilippines2012-06-17 17:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-129F How we met question

Just write down how you met in the Ukraine - that is the date and time and circumstances when you visited her. And yes this site is not a "marriage broker".


It's not a broker site.
revtech100MalePhilippines2012-06-17 17:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHi! We are new here!!

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Congrats! Start working on the financial support package to. Additional passport pictures, anything like that. Make a list, check it twice and be patient!
revtech100MalePhilippines2012-06-26 21:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRecieveded NOA1,but cash not cashed yet is this normal?

I recieved NOA1 on friday at 5pm but i checked my Bank account's transaction but it doesnt show that they have cash the check yet so is this normal will it take couple of days or its just because of weekend?


It took about 4 days for it to hit my bank after NOA 1.
revtech100MalePhilippines2012-07-01 09:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhat a great site!

Welcome and good luck! Where your papers sent to Vermont or California? I was sent to Vermont my NOA1 date was June 25. :) We will be waiting together.


Ours were sent to California. My only concern now is what the Obama amnesty will do to our timeframes.
revtech100MalePhilippines2012-07-01 22:15:00