Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NVC STILL HAS IT !!	We were held up in AP at NVC for just under 8 weeks on our K1 a couple of years ago. There is a pinned thread here on VJ, in the National Visa Center (Dept of State)forum. While that thread was closed by Captain Ewok it does have a lot of info about what was going on at the time. http://www.visajourn...uck-nvc-for-ap/ We called them almost every day, and towards the last every day. They said we would get further instructions as well, more than once, but none were ever sent. If we hadn't called we would not have known the petition was in Auckland until packet three turned up. Times have come down quite a lot since they started subjecting K1's to extra scrutiny at NVC. We were told it was random. Keep calling, eventually they do send it on.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-10-28 13:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	AOS Case Transferred to CALIFORNIA	Can mean no interview. Doesn't make it quicker all the time. We were transferred and had no interview. As far as quicker, it didn't work out that way for me. People in the group I filed with who didn't get transferred were getting approved and a bunch of us who had transferred were not. Took us from June until November.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-10-31 09:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Get married before the fiancee visa apporved	You are right. You would need to apply for a different visa if you marry first. The K1 is for her to come to the USA and marry. If you marry her there, you would have to apply for a different visa. Edited by cdneh, 24 October 2011 - 03:38 PM.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-10-24 15:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	119 days..	THAT IS THE MOST AWESOME EMOTICON I HAVE EVER SEEN, LOLOLOLOL It's really quite perfect I thought	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-11-03 21:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	119 days..	DAY 193 and still waiting....... tic toc tic toc tic toc.... we need an emoticon of someone throwing a tantrum... ..I would use it often... keep hanging in there. I know it is difficult... Terri This one used to be something I used. lol	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-11-03 12:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Special privileges for lawyers	I have filed a K1 Fiance Visa . USCIS requested additional information 2 months ago . I have filled everything myself. I am just wondering if a immigration lawyer has any special privileges at USCIS that perhaps I do not . I can not get any information from USCIS , and I have spoke to 2 different customer representatives and received 2 different answers. I feel really frustrated at this point. Thanks for any feedback . In our case, the lawyer didn't do any better than we did ourselves when we had a question. I don't think they have privileges the rest of us don't. When we got conflicting information calling NVC, we asked to escalate the call to a Supervisor. You could try that, all we did was repeat that a couple of times to the person we spoke to first.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-11-07 12:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	No NOA2 yet...	From your timeline, down at the very bottom the estimate reads: Based on timeline data, your I129f may be adjudicated between December 27, 2011 and January 1, 2012 They used to be pretty much on the mark, or not far off that.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-11-15 16:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1- interview / France/ Required documents?	Negative. A DD-214 is not valid as any sort of identification. It's a very easy document to forge. It's also not valid proof of US citizenship since a permanent resident can serve in the US military. They weren't interested in it because it's irrelevant. Tell that to the AKL consulate then. I sent them a list of what he had in lieu of the passport and that is what they told me they would accept. They weren't interested in most of what we had, in the main because I don't come from a high fraud country. And sorry, it is very valid when you bowl up to the VA, or any of the other organizations associated with it. In no way is it easy to forge either.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-11-19 10:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1- interview / France/ Required documents?	Question, For the interview will Notarized copies of my DD-214 Military documents be okay for the interview? I didn't know if it would be wise not to have the original out of my possession since its a pain to get another one if it was lost. My husband sent me copies to take to the interview, but they didn't seem interested. However I was not filing at the same consulate as you are, which may make the difference. My husband sent his DD214's to me, as he did not have a passport and the time, and still does not. They were a good Government ID in absence of the passport. I emailed the Consulate to ask, perhaps you could try that?	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-11-18 22:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Called the USCIS Hotline: What do they say about waiting?	. Nonsense. As Kathryn said just above, if you can be helpful post away. If you can't then don't. Edited by Kathryn41, 19 November 2011 - 11:32 AM. to remove inappropriate comment from quote	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-11-19 10:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Called the USCIS Hotline: What do they say about waiting?	The more people call, the less time they will have to process cases.. (that's how I see it!) The people who answer the phones are not the people processing applications. When you call, you are speaking to the call center. They can only tell you very limited information that they are able to see on their screens. Until you are out of usual processing times there isn't really much to be gained by calling. I think this could have been stated here without ridiculing the OP. VJ is meant to be a helpful website. Some people tend to forget that from time to time. OP I wish you all the best and a speedy process.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-11-18 22:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Timeline info	I got the arrived date by phoning NVC. Same place I also got the left for consulate date, after nearly 8 weeks. And they don't release DHL tracking numbers. What people are doing is checking the DHL website, and seeing packages, which may or may not be theirs, going to the country where the other party waits.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-11-27 20:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	INS Making it up as they go along?	As of Nov 22, my i29f app was 5 months in processing. The Goal set by INS and the day I could initiate a service inquiry (finally have someone check what the hold up is). I call on that day, they give me the run around and finally inform me that they can not initiate a service inquiry because target is no longer 5 months. They now have a target date of June 16th apps and they will only do service requests for apps received prior to June 16th. It has been 7 days since I was told this and that should make target date now June 23rd. I called this morning to start my service inquiry and was told target date is still June 16th. WTH?! Do they make this up as they go along. Is this how they make sure there is no recourse for tax paying American Citizens when they don't do there job? What good is are these targets if they keep changing them? The target 'date' of June 16th means that is the oldest, in theory, petition date, and that may not yet be adjudicated. The petition(s) from that date may be ones they are still working on. The target date does not change in the way you thought it would, counting a day every day since you rang them. It changes when the oldest dated petition clears the hurdles. 5 months is average. Some take less, some take more. Every last one is individual and is dealt with on it's own merits.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-11-29 14:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Customs interviw when arriving in USA???	It is not customs that will interview her, it is Immigration that will ask her these questions...at customs she will asked she is bringing and will check for contraband items such as meats, plants, and other such and the value of any items that she may have to pay a duty on to bring into the US. I came through SFO. I used the New Immigrants queue. The very large sign at the rear, behind the inspections desks stated Customs and Immigration. That is where my envelope was handed in.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-06 18:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Customs interviw when arriving in USA???	She gives the big brown envelope to them when she goes through customs. They usually ask a few questions, just conversational really, and make sure you understand that you have to get married in the 90 days. That would be at her first stop, her POE, which would be JFK. Edited by cdneh, 06 December 2011 - 04:50 PM.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-06 16:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 Visa denied, Motion to reopen?	Is this post in the right thread? I cannot find anywhere the OP states he spoke to a human. ™ or otherwise. OK - lets assume for the moment that the Human™ you talked to was full of cr@p. For yer own sanity (or rather, mine) - do please .... Call back 4 times over today and tomorrow, speak with a different Human™ each time, alternating between a CSR and an ISO, record your answers in a log book, then Friday evening, after the 4th call, post yer responses/answers back here and then, maybe, we can give you focused response.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-08 10:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 Visa denied, Motion to reopen?	you didn't have to be so nasty about it.. Exactly.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-07 23:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Something weird with my case at NVC - suggestions?	It was cr1 visa but ive also seen k1 visa happen to also but my friend was cr1 I thought it might be, The ones on AP on CR1's always seem to get held up a lot longer. I don't know why they do that :/ We were stuck in AP for 50 days. Even though they promised several times to inform us when our case was sent on they never did. You must continue to call every few days in order to know when your case has actually been sent on. Its frustrating but its just a delay and your case should proceed normally once released. Hello ! I remember you well from then. We were 53 days when we got sent on, and I remember you were pretty close to us in time. Nice to see you	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-13 13:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Something weird with my case at NVC - suggestions?	A friend of mine was stuck for almost 3 months at nvc but once everything was finished at the interview they received the visa within a couple of weeks after interview.. if nothing else look at it this way.. your doing ap now instead of after the interview... good luck hope it completes soon Was this on a K1 Visa?	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-13 09:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Something weird with my case at NVC - suggestions?	You bet. I'll keep nagging them, and checking with the embassy too (the folks there are very responsive to email inquiries). If nothing else, perhaps the nagging demonstrates the seriousness of the relationship.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-12 22:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Something weird with my case at NVC - suggestions?	You are in AP, they do not discuss it. You will be notified when it is sent on to the consulate. You are going to need a LOT more patience, you haven;t even begun the immigration process yet. This is just the visa, it begins when she arrives. I suggest you stop calling altogether. You will be notified by mail. We were not notified by mail, in anything LIKE a timely fashion. We were advised by the supervisor there at NVC to ring a couple of times a week. And we did. Upon finding that AP was over at the 53 day mark, and being advised by email from the AKL consulate that they had our Electronic copy, I was able to schedule the interview. I was also able to get packet three sent out on the basis of having the AKL number, and complete the medical while they attempted to find out what was up with AP at NVC for K1's. This was not done at the time, there was nothing on VJ to explain it. I had the interview, the Visa, and was here 3 weeks before NVC sent us anything to say they were forwarding our petition. Not counting all the notices we got early on that said they were, when they did not. OP do not wait around. Keep on top of them. As our old thread was pinned, and the spreadsheet hasn't any new entries, all I can say from that, and monitoring present NVC K1 AP, times are down now to something like a couple of weeks.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-12 20:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Something weird with my case at NVC - suggestions?	"Random" is annoying, but at least not troubling, thanks. Very annoying, I thought No worries, I kind of keep my eye open for questions similar to yours, just in case. I'm glad at least that now we know that they can do this. If I can help, let me know.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-12 19:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Something weird with my case at NVC - suggestions?	Calling any call center and asking for a supervisor usually just gets you a coworker (at least according to a friend of mine who worked at one ). I do wish they'd be more transparent about what it is about the petition that triggered this, even if it is pure random chance. I'd like to know if there is some red flag I have to address. I was told at the interview stage it was random. They were as confused as I was at the time, as it was just when we went through there that they just started putting K1's in AP at NVC. There was nothing on Visa Journey about it at the time. That's why we started the thread	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-12 18:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Something weird with my case at NVC - suggestions?	While you can call and ask to speak to a supervisor, you won't hear much more than you already have. For the record the DOS cannot help, and neither can your congressman. Do have a read of the two threads I gave you the links to. We were in AP at NVC for just short of 8 weeks. Times have come down form that now. Edited by cdneh, 12 December 2011 - 06:01 PM.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-12 17:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Something weird with my case at NVC - suggestions?	Go to the NVC forum, and look for the threads "Stuck at NVC", which is pinned, and the new one called Part 2. You are in AP. http://www.visajourn...uck-nvc-for-ap/ http://www.visajourn...-for-ap-part-2/ Edited by cdneh, 12 December 2011 - 05:51 PM.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-12 17:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	REALLY =[ ?? UGHHHH	Of course he will need a passport, when the Visa is issued it is put into his passport. Perhaps he had better apply right away? Maybe by the time the interview rolls around it will have received it?	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-12 17:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-134, co-sponsors and income requirements!	Here is a link to the poverty guidelines. http://www.uscis.gov...form/i-864p.pdf To add, from what I was able to search out on VJ, there are others who have had a retired co sponsor.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-15 14:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-134, co-sponsors and income requirements!	Here is a link to the poverty guidelines. http://www.uscis.gov...form/i-864p.pdf	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-15 13:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NVC	Hello all, Does anyone know if NVC issue a case number once it receives an approved petition? We were approved last week and are waiting for our case to be sent to the London Embassy, however before I can schedule my medical I need an LDN number. Does this get issued by NVC or the Embassy? By NVC.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-15 15:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Opinions Welcome	Hi All,I would like your thoughts on the current situation. I met my fiance on a business trip to Thailand that got extended when I broke my arm in the first few days and decided to spend my sick leave there instead of coming home. We spent a lot of time together over that thirty days and stay in almost constant contact every day (Vonage Phone Service is Great). The separation was hard for both of us and we decided that we wanted to get married. I was anxious to file for the fiance visa and immediately booked a trip back to Thailand the end of February staying through April 6, 2012. The flooding in Thailand kept her from getting to talk to her family, that live in the North, about the two of us getting married and her coming to the States, which she wanted to do before we filed for the Visa. Respecting her wishes, I did not file any paper work and was waiting for her to talk this over with them. The question is: Now that it is getting closer for me to head over there (69 days and counting), would it not make more sense to just take everything with me and hand deliver it to the Embassy in Bangkok? We will be in and out of Bangkok several times while I am there anyway. This would also give me a chance to look over all of her paper work prior to her being ask to send anything in. Your thoughts are welcome and appreciated. Thanks You can't hand deliver it to the Bangkok Embassy. Your petition is processed in the USA. Then it goes to the National Visa Center, and they send in on to Bangkok. By all means keep all of your trip receipts, and get plenty of pics. You can look over what you both need, but you have to file from the USA>	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-16 14:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	RFE	Hi Everyone!!! We received a Request for Evidence (RFE) last Dec 18,2011) concerning my fiancee's DUI's more than 20years ago. They (USCIS) asked him to provide them court dispositions on said DUI's. My fiancee and I has to go through the courts of which those DUI's were committed, glad that the said courts supervisor's were very accomodating enough to help us. We sent them (USCIS) all four of the DUI's court dispositions committed twenty plus years ago. And USCIS received them December 14,2011. Now, for my questions and need badly your opinions on this. Will all the DUI's that were committed twenty plus years ago and my fiancee paid for all those, will this hurt our application? I really need your thoughts on this matter. We started our journey July 2011 got our NOA1. Thank you fellow VJer's and God bless us all. Not that it matters, but I am confused. You say you received your RFE December 18th? That is today, which is Sunday. You also say they received you records back in response to the RFE the 14th, so in effect before the request arrived?	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-18 23:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	RFE	_________ However.... as opposed to most of the other replies to your Q,... I think, if I am a reviewer, THAT Q IS PRETTY DARNED IMPORTANT AND.... if you forgot to answer it AND ONLY IT.... I'm already suspect, upon initial review of your petition. So, I'm going to send some RFE's your way. I wouldn't expect an easy ride, now... until they are satisfied that your past is clear. (or, ... is it???) Of course YOU wouldn't forget to tick a box. YOU wouldn't forget to give all the pertinent information. He made a mistake, can happen to almost anyone, apparently. http://www.visajourn...e-head-mistake/	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-21 10:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	after marriage	You don't have to send it anywhere, just when you file for his Aos. You just have to get married within the 90 day time frame. File for his AOS soon as you can manage.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-25 14:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Birth certificate for interview	He will need it.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-26 22:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Please tell what does this Mean	Well I posted it in the Jamaican forum.. Do exactly what I told you. What you live on Visa journey or something? You sit and look at your computer screen so you can respond to posts to feel like an immigration attorney? Oh please get a life. Most of you people on this site are negative. I respect those who understand and are respectful. No you haven't. Furthermore, you have been given some very good advice by people here who know what they are taking about. You need to pick a story and stick to it. Insulting people who are very knowledgeable, and who are trying to help you will get you nowhere.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-28 21:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Please tell what does this Mean	Was the first guy who was arrested for rape the same guy she was trying to petition in this thread? If so, she is beyond help. And yes, the CO was spot on. Getting him fingerprinted will help a lot in preventing him from using the system some how later on. If not, then she got engaged to another guy in like 90 days? Some one help me out here. As near as I can understand, it's the same man. She said in her previous thread she was cancelling her petition. There wouldn't have been time to meet another man, file, and get to the interview stage in two months. "You are so right and I've been told this by many. However, I cancelled my petition because I've learned that he was charged for rape and indecent behavior. Thank God I dodged a bullet. Hope his #### rots in jail. Next time I wont be so hasty. You really have to get to know a person before making such a drastic step. i feel very relieved." It would seem that she changed her mind, and he went ahead to the interview, and was denied.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-26 23:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Please tell what does this Mean	Is it possible the visa denial has something to do with what you wrote 60 days ago? Did you take action to cancel the petition? Was the Consular Officer aware of the arrest or your intention to cancel the petition? I cancelled my petition because I've learned that he was charged for rape and indecent behavior. Thank God I dodged a bullet. Hope his #### rots in jail. Next time I wont be so hasty. You really have to get to know a person before making such a drastic step. i feel very relieved. Totally confused.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-26 21:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Fiance Visa	Please have a look at the K1 guides. It's an expensive proposition, and it's ongoing.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-29 12:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Fiance Visa	You should not file anything, or begin anything until you have met the person. It will set off flags at USCIS/ DHS!!! Meet first, have the patience to file after meeting. Seriously! Best of Luck. It won't just set off red flags, it won't be allowed. They will take your money, but you will be denied if you have not met.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-29 12:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Fiance Visa	You must have met before you file. It's a requirement.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-29 12:11:00