Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Case Number!!	You can go full speed ahead and fill out the forms plus schedule the interview which is what I did. Depends on how fast you want to go. By the time the interview rolls around the case will be there. I think it is also transmitted electronically. I you are attending the interview then also take a copy of you case with you so if push comes to shove you can give it to them if it has not shown up. Once you pay the fee online you will be allowed to schedule an interview. So its 1) Pay Fee 2) Schedule Interview and 3)Complete forms DS156, DS 156K. There is a packet that you download from the site also that tells all of the items need at the time of the interview. Make sure you download it and read to assure you have everything. Also schedule and appointment for a physical at the office of one of the Doctors listed in the packet. This needs to be done prior to the interview as well as go to the clinic listed for tests. Your Fiance must go to the clinic prior to going to the Doctor. So its 1) Clinic 2) Doctor and 3)Interview. Also get the vaccinations at the Doctors office to avoid any problems of having to get them twice. Its a money thing for the Doctor. My Fiancee only had to get two. Thank you so much for your advice!! We are gonna go ahead and do it! YAY!! I do plan on attending the interview but with the case is that something the embassy will email me with?...or a confirmation number?!	Fede&Kendra	Female	Colombia	2012-02-10 18:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Case Number!!	Hey all! We just received our case number today! Yay! But it has not left NVC, we are ready to make an interview appointment, but he needs to fill out the DS-156 form first then we can make an appt. so here is my question, do we need to wait for the embassy to receive our case to fill out those papers?...or can he just fill it now and make his appt.? Any one from Colombia know how exactly it works? thanks for any help!	Fede&Kendra	Female	Colombia	2012-02-10 15:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	He's not marrying me for my money.....	Thank you both for the fast reply, puts my mind to ease.	Fede&Kendra	Female	Colombia	2012-02-22 00:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	He's not marrying me for my money.....	Hey Vjers, Just curious to know, can we be denied a visa due to insufficient financial funds, I am a full time student, and work barely part time, last year I made 5k, but my mom has agreed to be a co-sponsor, and she makes well over the poverty guidelines, but even though she is our co-sponsor and makes more than enough can they still deny us because I don't make enough?....thanks for any help!	Fede&Kendra	Female	Colombia	2012-02-22 00:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Translation of documents....	Hi all, I have been doing some research on this forum and am getting mixed answers, plus some of the old discussions on this topic are 3 years old, so things may have changed...anyways, do his papers - birth certificate, baptism certificate, police record- need to be translated into English, his native language is Spanish. For the interview, but if not for the interview does he have to have them for sure for AOS. Also he is fluent in both languages so can he translate them him self and get them notorized, I also read he could write a paragraph that states he is fluent in both languages and sign and date it... Thank you for any help/advice! Cheers!	Fede&Kendra	Female	Colombia	2012-02-20 12:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	employee letter....?	that is what my employer put also. Said full time and hourly wage. with recent pay stubs and w-2's it should be plenty of proof. Perfect! Thank you!!	Fede&Kendra	Female	Colombia	2012-02-25 18:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	employee letter....?	Fede&Kendra, I looked at the I134 instructions and it does not say anything specific about how a person gets paid, only to state what your salary is and if the postion is temporary or permanent. I also looked back at a poster that asked this same question and the response was for the employer to put down your hourly wage in the letter. As long as you have the other pieces like your tax return and W-2's and a few recent pay stubs and your income is above the 125% rule, then you should be fine. Maybe someone who has had an interview in Bogota with this same issue will weigh in, otherwise, if you still want further confirmation, then I would call USCIS and ask just to be sure. Jon & Clau Thank you so much for the fast reply! I figured it would be ok....I mean that's all I have, and it's better to make sure then to assume. hahaha.	Fede&Kendra	Female	Colombia	2012-02-25 17:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	employee letter....?	Hey guys!! In the employment letter, I do not make salary, I am paid hourly so it is ok for them to state my hourly wage...thanks for any help!!	Fede&Kendra	Female	Colombia	2012-02-25 16:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-129F petition fiance middle name	My fiance has no middle I put N/A	Fede&Kendra	Female	Colombia	2012-02-25 20:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Bank Info....what do we do?	Hey all!! I am hoping you can help! Ok so in the instructions for the I-134 it says that you need a statement from your bank saying when you opened the account, the number of deposits in that year, and the totally amount that is in your account...so here is where I am confused, I have read that if you make OVER the 125% poverty guidelines you do not need to provide this information, is this true? I do not make over the 125% poverty guidelines- I do not even make over the 100% poverty guidelines, My sponsor on the other hand, makes well over the 125% poverty guidelines so because I do not do I need to provide this information? Does my sponsor need to provide this information? Do we both?...maybe do do it just in case? Thank you for any advice! Cheers!	Fede&Kendra	Female	Colombia	2012-02-27 17:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Affidavit stuff....	They keep everything that is submitted. OK. thank you! so then can I submit copies of them, but still bring the real ones? Edited by Fede&Kendra, 02 March 2012 - 10:05 PM.	Fede&Kendra	Female	Colombia	2012-03-02 22:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Affidavit stuff....	Hey guys! So I know we have to submit our W-2 forms for the affidavit stuff, but I am curious does the embassy keep them or do they just want to see them....? Thank you for any advice!	Fede&Kendra	Female	Colombia	2012-03-02 22:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Help....pleeeease	Yes, co-sponsor does the same for 11, like it is on the example form here. If the income is more than enough by itself, then you do not need to list ANY assets there, including the real estate. Leave it all blank. The income is all that matters, and having enough income means no reason to need to fall back on assets to make up for falling short of the income requirement. Any assets listed need proof provided with them, such as ownership, appraisal value, mortgage/lien info to know how much you still owe on it, etc. Since your co-sponsor has enough income, why bother with all of that? Oh your Wonderful! Thank you so much for your help, so then i don't need to fill out those lines either, i mean the only thing i have is a savings account. Again thank you for your Help!	Fede&Kendra	Female	Colombia	2012-03-03 17:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Help....pleeeease	Follow the guide. Do NOT check either box. Write: N/A (K-1 Visa process for permanent residence) http://www.visajourn.../Form-I-134.pdf Thank you for the reply, does the co sponsor write the same answer? And maybe you can help me, or someone else can help me another question, number 7 if the co sponsor makes more than enough does she need to fill out all the other things in 7, or just the amount made or year and the real estate value. Thanks for any Help!!	Fede&Kendra	Female	Colombia	2012-03-03 16:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Help....pleeeease	Hello my beautiful VJ fam! I really need some help from keeping my hair from going gray...haha. So my stress worry is that haunting question 11 on the I-134 form.... I have read so many answers to the question I don't know what the right or accepted one is anymore, do I just need to follow the example given on this forum or do I select "intend" and state that I intend to provide whatever is necessary to ensure the beneficiary does not become a burden to the public". Or do I selected intend and then write (n/a ki visa for permanent resident) these are all things I have read and I have read it all depends on the embassy they all accept different answers and that this question does not apply to the K-1... And whatever I put does my co-sponsor have to put the same thing? Anyone from Colombia recently have their K-1 interview with an answer to this? Thank you very very much for any help! I really appreciate it all!!	Fede&Kendra	Female	Colombia	2012-02-28 16:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Declaration of how you met. Question 18 of 129F	How does this look? It says on the guide on this site to attach a sheet for this answer and refer to it, so I guess it's acceptable to not be able to get it all in the box?! Myself (Jasmine ***) and Antonio *** met on June 27th 2010 when both of us attended the Vans Warped Tour music festival in Ventura. (See REF1 Included in this package) February 16th 2011, I flew to the UK to stay with Antonio until March 9th 2011 (See REF2) We decided to extend my stay and my return flight was altered to March 29th 2011 (See REF3) June 14th 2011, Antonio flew to Los Angeles, CA to stay with me until June 21st before leaving to tour. (See REF4) June 29th 2011, I travelled to Las Vegas, NV to meet Antonio on the tour for two days. (See REF5) August 16th 2011, Antonio stayed with me at the end of the tour before returning to the UK on August 19th 2011. (See REF4) October 6th 2011, Antonio flew to Los Angeles, CA to stay with me for 90 days, returning to the UK on January 3rd 2012. (See REF6) January 23rd 2012, Antonio flew to Los Angeles, CA to stay with me for 4 days before leaving to tour. (See REF7) February 18th 2012, Antonio stayed with me for 11 days at the end of the tour before returning to the UK on February 29th, 2012. (See REF7) Ours was short and sweet, I put something like, "we meet through his cousin who lives in AZ in May 2010, we began a wonderful Friendship, and In Jan. 2011 I traveled to Colombia we realized we began to have feelings and a beautiful relationship blossomed." that's all, we were approved with no RFE. I think they are more interested in the proof of you meeting.	Fede&Kendra	Female	Colombia	2012-03-20 09:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	For all you Colombians...	Not sure if that is true about not bringing your DS-230 because the latest instructions I have do say to bring DS 230 parts I and II for fiancee and any additional members that may also be coming. Im saying to bring the DS230 form no matter what you read on this forum, I have read lots of reviews and known couples who brought it and the embassy didn't ask for it, so I'm saying it's safer to bring it, the embassy seems to change their minds about whether or not they want it. And on the little paper (the embassy gives you day of interview) with the order they want the papers the DS 230 is not listed, the lady at the first window asked for it. And they ended up keeping it.	Fede&Kendra	Female	Colombia	2012-03-20 18:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	For all you Colombians...	Interview day: Previous to the interview we were really nervous, probably more than necessary haha, so the night before didn't sleep good at all, our appointment was at 7:00 am so we arrived early to the embassy at 5:45am and immediately got in line 3, we waited there until 6:30 when a lady came out, she put a green sticker on both of us, we then passed trough the security and went into the facilities, we recieved a paper with the order of the documents they needed to see and the lady told us to go to line 29, so before going to that line we took our time to order our documents and leave just what they ask for... (This is something we think is important not only for you but also for everybody, just take your time to put everything in order and just follow the instructions of that paper, it makes everything faster and smoother, we saw that all the people in front of us and in other lines didn't follow the instructions and it took way longer than it took for us, so our advice is "Take your time and follow the instructions") ...once in the first window, the lady asked first for the paper with the instructions and then for our documents, she asked me to sign the forms and keep looking at our documents, she gave us back the 129 package that my fiancee sent in the States, and then, suddenly, that lady looked at her computer screen and as my fiancée posted before, she asked us for the DS-230 form, we were never sure if we will need that form but at the end was a very good thing we had it. It only took us like 7 minutes in that window, so easy and short comparing with other people who didn't organize their things. After that the lady told us we had to wait in the chairs behind the cafeteria and wait there until they call us, so we went there and waited for 40 minutes more or less, suddenly they called me, we walked to window 3 holding our hands, very nervous and there was this red head kind of young lady, I picked up the phone and said good morning in spanish, she answered me in spanish too (actually the whole intervie was in spanish, something I wasn't expecting), after that she asked me if certified that everything we had putted down in our papers and everything I was about to say in the interview was 100% true, of course I said yes, then she passed me the forms to sign them and started asking me some questions: -When did you meet your fiance? -When did you see your fiance in person for the first time? -When did you two decided to marry? -What does your fiance do for living? -Where does she live?¿Does she live with her family? -Where are you gonna live in the States? -Do you have intentions to work in the States? -What do you do for living? After those questions she asked me to take the fingerprints and after that she asked me two more questions: -Does your fiance speak spanish or do you speak english? -Where did you learn english? After that I thought she was about to start speaking to me in english but for my surprise she just said: "Your visa has been approved, welcome to the United States", I looked at my fiance with tears in my eyes and a huge smile, when my fiancee saw my face she knew it, we were approved, the consul lady gave me the instructions for the delivering of the visa and gave us back the Affidavit of Support I-134 form and all the economic proofs, something and that was it. The whole interview just took like 5 minutes, everything in spanish and the consul lady didn't ask anything to my fiancée, we walked out of the embassy at 8:45 am in the happiest moment ever, thinking that it was so much easier than we expected and that we shouldn't be as nervous as we were, but we think those nervous are impossible not to feel them. Best luck for everybody and thank you so much for all the advices and the support!!! _______________________________________________________________________________________ Día de la entrevista: Antes de la entrevista estábamos muy nerviosos, tal vez más de lo necesario jeje, así que la noche anterior casi no dormimos, nuestra cita era a las 7:00 am así que llegamos temprano a la embajada, a las 5:45 am e inmediatamente nos formamos en la fila 3, esperamos hasta las 6:30 cuando una señora vino hacía nuestra fila, nos colocó un sticker verde y luego pasamos por la requisa de seguridad e ingresamos a las instalaciones, nos entregaron un papel con el orden de los documentos que ellos necesitaban y la mujer nos dijo que fuéramos a formarnos a las fila 29, así que antes de ir a la fila nos tomamos nuestro tiempo para ordenar los documentos y dejar sólo lo que ellos nos pedían en esas instrucciones... (Esto es algo que nosotros pensamos es importante no sólo para ustedes sino también para todos los que asisten a la embajada, tómense su tiempo para colocar todo en orden y sigan las instrucciones de ese papel, hace que todo sea más rápido y sencillo, nosotros vimos que toda la gente al frente de nosotros y en otras filas no siguieron las instrucciones y les tomó mucho más tiempo que a nosotros, así que nuestro consejo es "Tómense su tiempo y sigan las instrucciones") ...Una vez que estuvimos en la primera ventanilla, la mujer nos pidió primero el papel con las intrucciones y luego nuestros documentos, me pidió que firmara las formas y siguió mirando nuestros documentos, nos devolvió el paquete 129 que mi prometida envió en los Estados Unidos y luego, de repente, esa mujer miró en la pantalla del computador y como ya había posteado mi prometida, nos pidió por la forma DS-230, nunca estuvimos seguros si íbamos a necesitar esa forma pero al final fue muy bueno que la teníamos lista. Sólo nos demoramos como 7 minutos en esa ventanilla, muy fácil y corto comparado con otras personas que no organizaron sus cosas. Después de eso la mujer nos dijo que teníamos que esperar en las sillas detrás de la cafetería y esperar hasta que nos llamaran, así que nos sentamos y esperamos más o menos 40 minutos, me llamaron y caminamos hacia la ventanilla 3 tomados de las manos, muy nerviosos y allí estaba esta mujer peliroja y más o menos joven, levanté el teléfono y le dije buenos días en español y ella me contestó también en español (en realidad toda la entrevista fue en español, algo que no nos esperábamos) después me preguntó si yo corroboraba que todo lo que habíamos escrito en la documentación y que si todo lo que iba a decir en la entrevista era 100% verdad, obviamente respondí que si, luego me pasó las formas para firmarlas y comenzó a hacerme unas preguntas: -¿Cuándo nos conocimos? -¿Cuándo nos conocimos en persona? -¿Cuándo decidimos casarnos? -¿A qué se dedica su prometida? -¿Dónde vive ella?¿Vive con la familia? -¿Dónde va a vivir usted en los Estados Unidos? -¿Tiene usted intenciones de trabajar en los Estados Unidos? -¿A qué se dedica usted? Después de estas preguntas me pidió que me tomará las huellas digitales y luego me hizo dos preguntas: -¿Su prometida habla español o usted habla inglés? -¿Usted dónde aprendió a hablar inglés? Después de esto pensé que ella me iba a empezar a hablar en inglés pero para mi sorpresa ella sólo dijo: "Su visa ha sido aprobada, bienvenido a los Estados Unidos", miré a mi prometida con lágrimas en los ojos y una sonrisa gigante, cuando mi prometida me vio, inmediatamente supo que habíamos aprobado, la cónsul me dio las instrucciones para la entrega de la visa y nos devolvió la I-134 de Sostenimiento Económico y todas las pruebas que lo acompañaban, y eso fue todo. Toda la entrevista sólo tardó como 5 minutos, todo en español y la cónsul ni siquiera le preguntó nada a mi prometida, caminamos afuera de la embajada a las 8:45 am en lo que fue el momento más feliz de nuestras vidas, pensando que todo había sido mucho más fácil de lo esperado y que no debimos habernos puesto tan nerviosos, pero creemos que esos nervios es imposible no sentirlos. La mejor suerte para todos y muchas gracias por todos los consejos y el apoyo!!!	Fede&Kendra	Female	Colombia	2012-03-20 17:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	For all you Colombians...	You may have read on the reviews that the Embassy no longer asks for the the DS230 form, but I just wanted to put it out there that they did ask for my fiance's and kept it, when the Embassy sends you a letter after they received your case they say to fill it out, even though we thought they didn't ask for it, we did anyways. At the Embassy they give you a paper which tells you the order to put your papers in, they don't have the DS230 form on there but, for some reason, the lady at the first window asked for it, thank goodness we had it! And at the end they kept it. Hope that helps, it seems they change their mind about that form often, just be prepared with it.	Fede&Kendra	Female	Colombia	2012-03-20 11:04:00