Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	APPROVED!!!	Yay!!!! Woke up this morning to find out that our case has been approved! Now for the next phase....BRING IT ON!!!!!!	Kelli	Female	Australia	2006-09-22 19:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Finally got the visa!	That is excellent news! Congrats!	Kelli	Female	Australia	2006-09-23 20:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	WE ARE APPROVED!!!! WOOO HOOOO	That is great news!!!! I am so happy for the both of you! I wish you guys the best for the future!!!	Kelli	Female	Australia	2006-09-25 05:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How much evidence is too much?	I put pretty much everything in the package that was relevent, as I was dreading getting a RFE. I only went on ane trip to the US, so I put in: all my boarding passes, itinery etc in there 3 photos of us together copies of letters and the mail bags they were sent in copies of bankcard statements and phone bills IMO it is better to put too much in than not enough. Good luck on your journey!	Kelli	Female	Australia	2006-09-25 04:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2!	That is excellent news! Congrats!!!	Kelli	Female	Australia	2006-09-30 02:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Approved	Great news! Good luck for the rest of your journey!	Kelli	Female	Australia	2006-09-30 02:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	We've reached Day 200!	Wow, what a long wait. Hope the rest of your journey goes smoothly! Best of luck!	Kelli	Female	Australia	2006-09-30 04:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Shaking Like a Leaf--APPROVED!!!	That is great news!!!!!! Congrats and may the rest of the journey go nicely for you both!!!!	Kelli	Female	Australia	2006-10-03 04:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	False Alarm	I hope that you get approved soon.....we all make mistakes!	Kelli	Female	Australia	2006-10-04 04:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	FINALLY got approved NOA2 is no longer a dirty word	Thats great news!!!! Congrats!	Kelli	Female	Australia	2006-11-09 03:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Second k-1 petition	I am going to try to be nice here. However that does not mean I will not be direct. If you came to the states for love, fine. It didnt work out, I am sorry. Now you are asking for someone that could file just to help you into the states..... a) thats immigration fraud. B) that is a slap in the face to those of us going through this process to be with the ones we love. c) there is not a person here that will assist you in doing that. I dont know why it didnt work out, that isnt my business. I will not speculate. However, yes it will flag and it is wrong. You're making assumptions here. Maybe the guy changed his mind after she got here and cancelled the wedding (it happens all too often). Sounds to me like she just wants to know if she can find another guy and try again AFTER she returns to her country. Do you really think your fiance wants to come to the US ONLY because she loves you? Personally, I'd be happy to help her find another guy and start over (not me of course, I'm already taken). It sounds to me like she's not trying to break any laws, she just wants another chance and wants to know what the problems will be. OP's words I don't even know even till today it is unfortunate She only found out today that he wont marry her and is already wanting to know about chances of another petition. Hmmmmm....Wanting to marry only for a green card is not breaking any laws Its fraud.	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-15 15:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Second k-1 petition	I rarely am negative on VJ but this reeks of being after the 'green card'. Sorry.	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-15 15:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Who Filed NEW I-129f? Any great results???	I think that when the facts are looked at there are none that I have seen that were really approved from NOA 1 to NOA 2 in 15 days. Some people get a little confused about the facts. It is certainly possible to happen but not very likely. Dont be disscouraged if you are like most of us that have at least a couple of months or more to wait for the approvals. My I-130 was approved in 63 days and that is amazing in itself, but 15 days is very, very rare, if it eve happens. Rob and Melinda I wouldnt say that. VSC just looks to be back on track with its fast approvals. Pre-IMBRA this was common. There is another just now that has had a very fast approval after filing new I-129F. Even I-130's at VSC were being approved very fast up until christmas. Mine at 45 days was slow compared to some others. It tends to go in waves. Aussie, Look at the time line of the lady that said hers was approved in 15 days. She actually sent her petition in on March 28, 2006, not August 1st! Rob That OP also said the petition that was sent in March didnt go through for whatever reason. Not uncommon either for a petition to get lost in mail etc. We have to take that approval on face value as she states, mainly as it is not uncommon for 12-15 day approvals from VSC. I have seen many out of VSC that where approved within days of NOA1.	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-15 19:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Who Filed NEW I-129f? Any great results???	I think that when the facts are looked at there are none that I have seen that were really approved from NOA 1 to NOA 2 in 15 days. Some people get a little confused about the facts. It is certainly possible to happen but not very likely. Dont be disscouraged if you are like most of us that have at least a couple of months or more to wait for the approvals. My I-130 was approved in 63 days and that is amazing in itself, but 15 days is very, very rare, if it eve happens. Rob and Melinda I wouldnt say that. VSC just looks to be back on track with its fast approvals. Pre-IMBRA this was common. There is another just now that has had a very fast approval after filing new I-129F. Even I-130's at VSC were being approved very fast up until christmas. Mine at 45 days was slow compared to some others. It tends to go in waves. Edited by aussiewench, 15 August 2006 - 07:24 PM.	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-15 19:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA1 received, quick question...	I have a question about what someone said about the I-134.... If I don't make enough money to meet the requirements and am having someone else help me out, only that person needs to fill out an I-134, right? Do I also have to do it? Can anyone who's had experience with this tell me for sure? From US Consulate Seoul website Complete the I-134 This form is filled out by the American partner to demonstrate his/her financial ability to support the fiancé/fiancée. http://seoul.usembassy.gov/wwwh2521.html Among the documents needed are a police check, a medical exam, and an affidavit of support with evidence of current, sustained income (I-134) completed by the petitioner. http://seoul.usembassy.gov/wwwh2500.html#interview	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-16 13:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2 in 15 days????	OK, I know its VSC but is 12 - 15 days from NOA1 to NOA2 for real ???? Congrats if it is!!! I just sent our I-129f last month with the new form and am also wondering how much an affect the new form may have on the time frame. That, and great information from VJ on what the IMBRA form was already asking for. I think I'll start a new thread to find the time line on NEW I-129f's filed and NOA2 approvals. I still pray for the Pre-IMBRA folks VSC is historically known for these types of fast approvals. I also asked the question earlier though as to the actual speed of the approval as I feel that the NOA1 notice date was used instead of the NOA1 receipt/received date. Could be wrong but it is a common mistake.	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-15 18:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2 in 15 days????	Firstly Congratulations Not historically unusual for quick approvals such as this from VSC I would like some clarification though as to just how quick it was, for statistic purposes in the timelines. From your timeline.... I-129F Sent : 2006-07-06 I-129F NOA1 : 2006-07-31 Was this the NOA1 date or the received/receipt date on the NOA1 as it does make a huge difference and it would seem by the timeframe in between that you may possibly have used the NOA1 date which is not the correct date to go by as this is only the date of NOA1 generation not the date it was received and that they go by. It is normal to not receive an RFE....if you (1) submitted the new I-129F containing the IMBRA related questions (2) If everything was complete and didnt require further documentation or evidence. All the best to you for the remainder of your journey Lorelle Hello everybody!!! We've been approved in 15 days! We just feel wonderful but we wonder how could this be possible? Guess what no RFE yet..... Is it normal? Our NOA1 took longer then NOA2. I've learned according to VJ website that people's case approval takes longer then 15 days I've seen that some of them waited more then 60 days. It is really amazing that we've got approved within such a short frame time. I wish everybody would have good luck.	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-15 12:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Vermont?	Is it just me or does Vermont seem to process more quickly than other centers? Prior to IMBRA VSC was in general streaks ahead of other service centers in processing both I-129F's and I-130's. VSC was so fast that they approved the many many cases you can read of that were recalled from consulates etc because they didnt comply with IMBRA. They were way ahead of the eventual implementations put in place at service centers to address IMBRA. Now it seems they may be back on track somewhat to doing same again. They have good leadership, and its just a shame that the other service centers dont have the same.	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-16 10:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	k1 advise	How is it illegal to enter the US, get married, then apply for a K-3 which is what the OP stated? I think the lawyer is not up on all the options that are available but what he suggested is not illegal. Aside from that australians do not need a visa as they come under the VWP. I myself entered the US on VWP, married and then we started the process for my visa. Many here do. Its not illegal to enter the US to get married, whether on a visitors visa or the VWP. What is illegal is intent to immigrant on such. That is not the case here from what the OP has written. We went to an Immigration lawer and he told us that i should come on a vistors visa then marry her and then apply for a spouse visa.. But we dont think his advice was legal or right.. He said he do it all for $3500... I read this as skip the application for a fiance or spousal visa, enter on a visitor visa, get married and then adjust. How does he NOT have intent to immigrate if his fiance has a baby on the way. I didn't see anything about returning to Australia after getting married . . . You dont apply for a visa without having to return. From the first post We went to an Immigration lawer and he told us that i should come on a vistors visa then marry her and then apply for a spouse visa There was no mention of staying. I had intent to marry when I entered, whats the difference. It is up to them to decide at POE if you have intent to immigrate. It is not illegal to enter and marry on a visitors visa nor VWP. Just as it is not illegal to enter the US once you have a petition in process. Edited by aussiewench, 16 August 2006 - 11:04 PM.	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-16 23:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	k1 advise	1) DUMP the lawyer. What he has suggested to you is immigration fraud and could result in your visa being denied and your deportation. In fact, you should ask him to explain to you how you could legally enter on a tourist visa, where you are required to swear that you do not have intent to immigrate, when you obviously have intent to immigrate with a baby on the way. What an ###. Plus, you do not need a lawyer to file for a fiance visa. How is it illegal to enter the US, get married, then apply for a K-3 which is what the OP stated? I think the lawyer is not up on all the options that are available but what he suggested is not illegal. Aside from that australians do not need a visa as they come under the VWP. I myself entered the US on VWP, married and then we started the process for my visa. Many here do. Its not illegal to enter the US to get married, whether on a visitors visa or the VWP. What is illegal is intent to immigrant on such. That is not the case here from what the OP has written. Ian DCF in australia is a cake walk and as easy as 1 2 3. The USC does not have to be a resident of Australia in order to file direct with the consulate. You do however need to be married. Read the DCF guide available in the Guides tab at the top of the page as well as visit the DCF forum.	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-16 22:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	k1 advise	Hello. My name is Ian.. Im an australian.. Ive just come back from the usa.. and me and my Fiance were expecting a child as well.. We want to file for the k1 visa.. And What we want to know is this.. 1) Can i vist the usa while it is proccessing.. 2) Proof of support she does not earn 125% over the poverty line.. 3) could some one a famly member of hers co sponsor me Eg her father.. 4) process time, we will be in virginia I want to be there for the babys birth.. and if we file now and i cant vist were thinking about her coming to australia.. We have known each other 2 years and spent 3 months in the states living together.. We want to do the right thing by the law.. We went to an Immigration lawer and he told us that i should come on a vistors visa then marry her and then apply for a spouse visa.. But we dont think his advice was legal or right.. He said he do it all for $3500... Any advice on what's best would be great were really missing each other.. And love each other very much.. I want to be there for my babys birth.. This is really tough being apart.. Hi Ian and welcome to VJ You should check out the DCF forum for the aussie threads. You can marry your girl, and file here in australia direct with the consulate, saving you a hell of a lot of time. Australia is one of only a couple of consulates that will allow this with the USC not being an australian resident. You wont be disappointed with what you read and many australians opt for this because of its ease.	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-16 22:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Time between I-129F Sent and NOA1	With the processing times we are now seeing, do you think there is any possibility for Jennie to get her interview while I am in the Phils between 10/15 - 11/5? That would be so cool to show up at the interview with her. I don't think there is any better proof than that. Once your petition is approved it is sent off to the consulate via the NVC. The wait time for interviews in Manila are 4-6 months on average currently in themselves, so an Oct/Nov interview is out of the question Im afraid.	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-12 19:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Time between I-129F Sent and NOA1	Mike and Jennie The NOA1 date is the received/receipt date on the NOA1. The date that they also stamp on the petition when they receive it. Hang in there, yours will come. They are running up to 3-4 weeks in many cases at present in sending out the NOA1's.	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-12 00:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Praise God!!! Our petition has been approved within 15 days!!!!!	Well three things using the common logic: (1)>>They had RFE for the first application so instead sending the RFE they filed the new I-129F which brough up the data of first I-129f and that speeded upi the process (2) If the case is approved within this impossible miraclous time then i am wondering embassy would be little reluctant to issue the visa because they can put the application on AR any time. (3) I would be pissed off at the damn USCIS if any application is approved before other application which were filed at the same date and having a crystal clean background. The timeframes are neither miraculous nor uncommon from VSC. This is how so many petitions were approved erroneously, forwarded to consulates and then were recalled due to IMBRA.	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-15 19:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Praise God!!! Our petition has been approved within 15 days!!!!!	Other then the above posts which I was wondering same Congratulations on the approval	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-15 19:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	G-325 Question	To reiterate yodraks response.....a G-325A is not required for a child/children as the I-129F is a petition for a fiance. The child/children are named only on the I-129F.	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-18 11:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Question about visits while in processing...	There is a very good thread discussing this issue HERE. Note in particular posts by imiak (a former CBP officer)	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-18 11:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Does anyone have experience with an illegal immigrant fiancee?	Thanks, guys! That forum and site seem to have more info like I'm looking for. If your fiancee walked across the border and their is no document of him being here, then he should simply walk back (if at all possible). No document of him entering or leaving is better than him being documented and leaving. Waivers are difficult and slow Once he is in Brazil, get married, apply for K3 and come to US and adjust status. By getting a marriage license, it shows ur intent is to marry. So why not just get married and apply K3. I dont knwo why people are waiting for K1s. K1s take longer than K3 and just more hassle. Getting good legal advise is good but remember attorneys often have the habit of complicating cases. Regarding the bolded text above... When did a K-1 start taking longer than a K-3? I was under the impression and been told by others that the K-1 route was quicker. That has usually depended on the service center one had to file the I-129F with, as the NBC where I-129F's for spouse are filed were faster in a lot of cases then I-129F for fiance from eg CSC, TSC or NSC. This of course was happening pre-IMBRA. Now they are about on par with each other in a lot of instances.	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-18 13:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Translation	Sheesh, I wish I had known this.... I had my German police certificate translated by a "certified" translator from the Embassy. It only cost me $25... but in the end, $25 is $25 I could still have in my pocket. What is required by DOS for interviews is totally different then what is required and accepted by USCIS for the filing of a petition.	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-18 17:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Translation	Translations can be done by anyone that is conversant in both the english and foreign language and certify such. Translations do not need to be translated by a certified translated. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?autocom=custom&page=translations	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-18 17:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Evidence of Support	You dont need the affadvit of support which is required for the spouse visa. In k-1 you just submit I-134. In that case you may not need to have poverty line restriction. This poverty line requirment is for I-864 when you apply for AOS or K-3/souse visa. Thanks, that clears it up for me. From DOS site Do the same income requirements apply to all immigrant visa applicants even if they use the I-134? No. The 125 percent minimum income requirement, the need for the most recent year's tax return and other requirements only apply when an I-864 is needed. Applicants using the I-134 will need to show that their sponsor's income is 100 percent of federal poverty guidelines as required under Section 212(a)(4) of the INA. Source Chris Check with the consulate site or with others going through same consulate to see what they require. Some will require that the sponsor is 100% of the poverty guidelines, others 125%. The I-134 is only one thing that a conof may use to determine if the applicant will or wont become a public charge. Hence why in many cases documentation and requirements outside of what is instructed with the I-134 is often needed eg tax returns. Consulates vary. All the best Lorelle	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-19 10:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I got Approval...!!	Seems to be quite a few approvals around today.....great to see CONGRATULATIONS on your approval	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-19 13:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	need help	jabree If you havent already done so.....Here is a link to denials of the waiver of not having met. Makes interesting reading and may give you more of an indication of what you are facing. http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/lawsregs/admindec3/d6/index.htm	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-19 22:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I'm in shock...and loving it	Jourdan A big CONGRATS	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-18 16:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	update of I-129F Form	The I-129F in the example forms is the latest form. You can save this form to your computer. http://www.visajourney.com/examples/INS-Form-I-129F.pdf Edited by aussiewench, 21 August 2006 - 08:53 AM.	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-21 08:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	G-325A question	The petitioner is the applicant on their own G-325A. The beneficiary is the applicant on their own G-325A.	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-21 10:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	IMBRA	If you submitted the form that contained the marriage broker and petitioners' criminal history questions, then you submitted the new form.	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-21 14:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	G-325a Question	My foreign fiancee' is currently filling out his side of the G-325a question. There is a section asking for all residences in the past five years, and then another question underneath it asking for the last residence outside the U.S. Does he have to fill out the second question? If so, I assume that would be his last residence that he stayed at for over 1 year? Also, he lived in another place prior to the five years asked for on the form, but it asks for starting and ending month of residence. What should we do if he cannot find out exactly when they moved to the current residence? Thanks in advance, - Barbara and Harry Once you have listed residences for the past 5 years, you then need to answer the question of the last residence lived at for more than a year outside the US. This address can be one of the ones already listed or other, no matter how long ago that was. If you cant remember exact dates give an approx. Just make sure that when you complete forms later on down the track that they contain same info. You can put 'student' in employment section. I did not see a side for the fiancee to fill out. I filled out all the information based on me and they accepted it right a way. Hope you get some other opinions. 7. G-325A (all four pages) filled out by the US Citizen signed and dated (see example) 9. G-325A (all four pages) filled out by the foreign fiance(e) signed and dated (see example) This is what I'm going off of. It says there needs to be a G-325A form for both of us. Where did you get that list? could you give me a site It is also on the I-129F instructions. 8. What Other Documents Do You Need? Submit a completed and signed Form G-325A(Biographic Information) for you and a completed andsigned Form G-325A for your fiancé(e).	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-21 14:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I know Willie wont make a topic ....	WOOHOOOOOOOO William told ya hahahahaha Really happy for you	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-19 13:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Security checks	Hi everyone, We have a question. We've reading some posts where people say their case is on hold at USCIS level because they are in security checks? Question: How do you know that you are in security checks? Who gives you that information? If a petition is way past processing dates there is a more then pretty good chance it is due to the background/security checks.........that one has had a name hit or there is a security issue. To confirm such, one can request that their congressperson make an enquiry on their behalf.	aussiewench	Female	Australia	2006-08-22 08:58:00