Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Moved.. How do I change the info? Where?	Are you the US citizen or the foreign fiance(e)? Since your username begins with a 'j' and your timeline indicates that the petitioner is 'j', I'll assume that you are the USC for this discussion. The NVC is at this web page. The phone number is on the page. Did you set up mail forwarding with the post office? If yes, you have no worries. The letter that you receive from the NVC advising that your case has been sent to the consulate, is the last letter that you receive in this stage of the process. G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-11 12:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-129f question	Include 2 or 3 photos of the 2 of you together. Annotate the back of the photos with where and when they were taken. G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-11 12:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Police Certificate	Yep, definitely no police certificates required for the USA. G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-11 12:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How to ?	In order for him to apply for US citizenship, he will need to live here for at least 3 years after he gets his green card PLUS the time that it takes to go through the naturalization process. The naturalization process might take a couple of yeatrs. So, he may have to be here for around 5 years in order to get citizenship. G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-11 12:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Order or Documents required in Interview	That isn't something that I would be concerned about. The important thing is that you have all that you need. Every interviewer is different in regards to the order that you will be asked for things. Focus on having everything needed. Get one of those expandable folders with pockets and put the docs into separate slots then mark the slots accordingly. G Edited by gag54611, 12 April 2006 - 01:52 PM.	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-12 13:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	k-1 and education	Education level plays no role in the K-1 process, so I see a letter from your dad as having no weight on your application, unless you are an employee of your dad. G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-16 08:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	questions about bank statements?	I'm assuming that you are gathering evidence for the I-134. In that case, as Motu satated, if your income exceeds the poverty guidelines, then you don't need to provide anything from your bank. If, on the other hand, you are not employed and can't provide an employer's letter, then you can provide the letter that your bank provided. You do not need to send copies of your statements. G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-16 14:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	noa1 question	All service centers are the same. In order to register for email notification, you need your receipt number. You don't have a receipt number until the NOA1 arrives. G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-19 21:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Quick POE Entry Question (atlanta)	chrisq, You have everything you need to satisfy the Border Control officer. There are 3 primary variables in how you will be handled - the mood/personality of the officer, the competence of the officer in handling K-1s, and your mood/personality. You sound pretty relaxed at the moment, so that's good!! It also seems like you haven't had issues entering in the past, so I don't imagine that you'll have trouble this time. It is likely that you'll be sent to a secondary processing area, so don't get upset or concerned if that happens. It takes a while to get your paperwork in order, so they do that in order to keep the lines moving along. My wife didn't come through Atlanta, so it might be different there, but that's how things were handled in Miami. Best of luck, G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-20 04:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	refillable form DS-230	You'll find a fillable version at this web page. G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-20 05:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	wrong header?	As you say, you found an example. Don't worry about the header, it is the content that's important. My wife and I didn't even put a header on our letters! Best of luck, G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-19 21:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	on K1...yet, lawyer told me to fill up DS-230 as it's needed	After the NVC gets your fiance's petition, they will give it a case number and forward it to the Manila consulate. You will then be sent the so-called Packet 3 by the consulate and then you will need to submit Part 1 of the DS-230 as part of your submission back to the consulate, so it is required. Read the K-1 guide here on VJ, it tells you everything about the process and what forms you need. There are others in addition to the DS-230 that you will need to submit in Manila. Regarding the letter of intent, I read a few days ago that the need for a letter of intent from the foreign fiance(e) had been eliminated. G Edited by gag54611, 21 April 2006 - 05:38 AM.	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-21 05:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	co-sponsor and I-134 questions	To support yourself and your soon-to-be husband, you will require an income exceeding $16,500 per year. Failing that, you can have a co-sponsor, and your father is a good choice. You should both fill out separate I-134s. If you still live at home and receive financial help from your father then you are dependent on him. When he fills out the I-134, section 8 expects him to indicate who is dependent on him (you, your siblings, and your mother for example). It is assumed that your fiance is dependent on his support, otherwise your father wouldn't need to fill out the I-134 in the first place. If you live by yourself, with no financial input from your father, then you are not one of his dependents. With respect to signatures, Part I of the instructions for the I-134 are very clear. Since you are in the UK, it must be witnessed by a consular office. Since your father is in the USA, he can get it notarized. Best of luck, G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-21 11:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	police certificates for K1 interview	You do not require a police certificate from the USA. G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-23 08:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Unusual questions concerning visa preparation in Tokyo, JP	She does not have a K1 visa yet, that is what we are applying for. The issue is that she is a citizen of Vietnam, living in Japan on a student visa. Thus, she is applying for a K1 in a country she is not a permanent resident of. I'm sorry, but the first sentence of your original post says "My fiancee is a Vietnamese citizen, who has been in Japan for a long time on a K1 visa". It seems like you meant to say that she was in Japan on a student visa. I am a little confused by your answer, you say she will be expected to bring originals, then you say she does not need to provide it because it is not itemized. So... which is it? She is expected to bring originals of the documents mentioned in the checklist, not originals of everything that you submitted with the I-129F. I disagree entirely with scy in this regard. This topic has been discussed many times in the past. The beneficiary is not expected to show up at the K-1 interview with the sponsor's passport. Regarding DCF, there are different rules for each consulate regarding what they expect to allow you to file DCF. For example, filing DCF in London requires that the US Citizen has legal residence in the UK. You should check the Tokyo consulate web site to see what their requirements are. It may not apply to you since you are not a legal resident of Japan. Best of luck, G Edited by gag54611, 24 April 2006 - 12:46 PM.	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-24 12:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Unusual questions concerning visa preparation in Tokyo, JP	- My fiancee is a Vietnamese citizen, who has been in Japan for a long time on a K1 visa. Should this cause any complications in obtaining a visa? I have received an NoA2, and she has received paperwork in Japan, with no suggestion so far that she would have to apply in her country of citizenship, but just want to make sure. The only complication so far is that she had to send to Vietnam for someone to get her police certificate... which apparently takes 26 days (give me a break!) So Japan has a K1 visa status as well? What exactly do you mean? Is your Vietnamese fiancee a resident of Japan by virtue of the K1 visa that she holds? - My fiancee keeps insisting that there is some sort of proof that I am NOT been married that will be necessary (no marriages/divorces in the past, for either one of us). Apparently she was told so by a Vietnamese friend or two who have gone through the immigration process. In all the materials I have looked at on this site and the Tokyo Embassy site, there is no suggestion that this is true. Anyone heard of such a thing? I've never heard of such a thing. There is no way for you to prove that you haven't been married before. - Rather than sending a birth certificate, I sent a copy of all my passport pages for the I-129F, and I was planning to send the same to my fiancee. I have read on this site that a copy is OK, however the Tokyo Embassy site states that originals of either birth certificate or passport are necessary. Which is true? The USCIS and the Tokyo consulate are 2 different entities. The USCIS explicitly asks you to send copies. However, when your fiancee goes for her K-1 interview at the Tokyo consulate, she will be expected to bring originals as well as a copy of each original, for the documents that are identified in the Packet 3 checklist. The consulate will inspect the originals, return them to her, and keep the copies. In the case of your passport, she does not need to provide that at the consulate because it is not itemized on the checklist. - I have read on here that it can take up to two months for an interview date. I just had my fiancee fill out a form online requesting an interview date for about a month from now. Any idea the chances that her request will be granted? The saying goes "You don't get what you don't ask for.". You will lose nothing from asking, but don't make any plans based on expecting your request to be granted. - I seem to have thrown away my airline tickets for both the time we were in Japan, and a second time we met in France. Should this be a concern? We have lots of pictures, I sent a copy of the engagement ring receipt, and she's starting to take pics of the video chats we do as well. I presume that you are making this point regarding providing proof of your ongoing relationship at the K-1 interview. Emails, letters, etc should be sufficient. Airline tickets are helpful to show that you continued meeting since filing the I-129F, but if you don't have them, I presume that you've got entry/exit stamps in your passports. Best of luck, G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-23 09:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	police certificate requirement	The State Dept keeps a list of so-called Reciprocity Tables. These tables, sorted by country, show what is needed. Go to this web page for the Mexico table. Actually, the "Police Certificates" section says that they are not available in Mexico. I also found http://www.immihelp.com/immigration/police-certificates.html that indicates that police certificates are not available in Mexico. I don't know if this is accurate or not. If he has lived in multiple countries, go to this web page and choose the country/countries. Best of luck, G Edited by gag54611, 25 April 2006 - 12:15 PM.	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-25 12:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	UKvGB	Technically, "UK" or "United Kingdom" really should be expressed as "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". As was mentioned before, "Great Britain" is Scotland, Wales and England. Jaylen had an interesting idea, but "England" is not a passport issuing authority, just like Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland aren't. That's why she can't put "England"!! I suppose if they ever get around to issuing Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish and English passports, then she can go and get an English one and come back here and change her profile. Best of luck, G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-26 11:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Got a question...	Approval of I-129F = NOA2.	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-26 11:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1, G-325	If you haven't already mailed your application, I would re-do the documents and select "Other" and write/type "I-129F" to the right of "Other". This should be the same on all 4 pages of both your and your fiancee's G-325A. Please note that you need to be very specific in what you type in VJ. For example, your post mentions "I-129" and "G-325". The actual forms are "I-129F" and "G-325A". You must be precise or you will cause confusion, especially since there really are forms titled I-129 and G-325, and neither of them applies to the K-1 application!! Best of luck with your application, G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-27 10:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Hi, I'm new and also extremely worried!	If he has a valid student visa for Italy, then I would presume that he is a valid resident of Italy. In my opinion, the visa indicates that he is allowed to be there. G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-23 08:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	G-325A	The foreign fance(e) should put their last address outside the USA. It is expected that that address would be the same as your current home address. G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-28 16:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	G-325A	If you lived outside the US at any time, put that address. If you didn't live outside the US at any time, then put "None". G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-28 12:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	re police clearance	While you were working for the cruise line, I presume that you had a home where your mail and things went to. I imagine that that location would be considered as your residence during those 1.5 years. G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-04-25 11:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	can i clear something up?	Once you get the hard copy of the NOA2 in the mail, there is a case number and phone number on there for the NVC which you can call and find out the status of your case. If you get the right person, and you're very polite, they will usually give you some info as to whether the case has arrived, is still processing, or has left the NVC for the embassy. Normally, at this stage, you just make sure you gather the necessary documents for the interview (police reports, financial documents, etc), while you're waiting on the packet to arrive at the embassy. Good luck! I think you must be smoking something today!! The NOA2 doesn't have a case number on it, it simply repeats the USCIS receipt number. The 'Case Number' is assigned by the NVC after they receive the approved petition from the service center. Regarding the letter from NVC, as far as I am aware they always send a letter to the sponsor indicating that the petition has been forwarded to the consulate, and they include the Case Number on this letter. If you elect to call the NVC, even when you know your case number, you must speak to a live person to get status information. The NVC does not put K-1 cases onto their voice response system. Best of luck, G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-05-01 16:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-134-Paystub Question	The I-134 only needs the bank letter and the letter from the employer. Forget about the pay slips. G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-05-01 05:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	has anyone lived in the foreign country with fiance?	Nope.	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-05-03 11:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Bank Letter!	What is required is clearly spelled out in the I-134 instructions. I took a copy of the I-134 to the bank and showed it to them. G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-05-05 06:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	freaking out...	I think a letter from your previous employer is meaningless, because the intent is to provide a letter from your current employer!! Your parents can act as co-sponsors. Best of luck, G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-05-06 07:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Packet 4 - What is It?	And the medical details!! London seems to be taking up to 8 weeks to give out an interview date, but there are no guarantees. They might suddenly assign more staff to processing the backlog, but then again they might take longer. Once assigned, it seems that the interview itself is maybe 4 weeks from assignment date. In your case, it seems like your fiance has to be prepared to fly back to the UK at short notice. The only consequence that I can see from this tactic is that the plane ticket may be expensive. Best of luck, G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-05-06 12:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	In a twiddle! Need help and advice.	Martin, You made a reference to DCF not being for you. I agree on that point, since your US Citizen fiancee would have to be a legal resident of the UK for 2 years to be eligible to file for DCF. That incurs a 2-year minimum wait from her arrival in the UK before the 2 of you could live in the USA. You could marry in the USA while you are here, file for a K-3, and then you could leave before your VWP expires. Or you can file for the K-1 now, stay the VWP term, return to the UK to get your documents together, get your police report, take the medical, and have the interview. After a successful interview, you could then come back here and get married. My fiancee got through her K-1 process from initial application to visa approval in just over 3 months. We were lucky I would say. According to the VJ timeline statistics for London, the average K-1 duration is 5.5 months from initial filing to visa approval. But it is closer to 6.5 months for California applicants, which your fiancee is since she lives in LA. I would look at it this way. Whether you file for a K-1 or a K-3 seems to make little difference, according to the VJ statistics. My suggestion would be K-1 simply because your fiancee can get the paperwork submitted tomorrow (to file K-3 you first need to get married, and that takes a bit of arranging, which equals time)!! Then you can stay here for another 2 months or so before returning to the UK. Once you get back there, you'll only have about 3 or 4 months apart before you can get back here. You will need time in the UK anyway to get your paperwork together. Perhaps your fiancee can visit the UK during that time. Just my 2c. Hope it works out for you. G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-03-21 17:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	In a twiddle! Need help and advice.	Martin, It looks like your CBP record may be marked now, so additional visits in the near future may well result in you being refused entry and returned to the UK. If you decide to stay here and get married and then try to adjust status, you might find yourself in a jam, because you'll have a hard job convincing an AOS interviewer that your decision to marry was spontaneous (you've spent a lot of time here and given up your job, hence you have no real ties to the UK). I think your best option would be to put all the papers together for a K-1 fiance visa, send them off to the service center and then return to the UK and wait out the process. From your original post, I'm assuming that you are still in LA. As you can see from my signature, the processing time from start to finish through London is about 4 to 6 months. This is not a long time to wait, and it ensures that you do things the right way and avoid any bans. Whatever else you do, don't overstay your current visa!! Perhaps your fiancee could visit you in the UK while you wait out the process. Best of luck, G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-03-20 18:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	What dates of emails do I put first in my k-1 petition?	Personally, I wouldn't waste time or paper including any emails with your I-129F petition. The requirements for the I-129F are to show that you have met each other in the preceding 2 years. Emails do not prove that. You will need proof of an ongoing relationship at the consulate interview, however, so that is the time to use them. When I submitted for my fiancee last year, this is how I did it. Approval came very rapidly. Best of luck, G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-05-09 06:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Problem!!	I've read a few cases where JAG was relied on for immigration information and they got it completely wrong! With regards to getting your visa issued close tou your fiance's deployment time, maybe you can control that. You won't get an interview date until you return Packet 3 to the consulate. You could delay that while you investigate whether DCF is an option. Best of luck, G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-05-13 07:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	A little help needed!	Technically, you can visit the States, not live here. "Live" implies that the States would be where you are resident. As a Canadian, I believe that you get a bit more latitude from the perspective of how long you can visit for. Maybe that would be an option for you. You cannot work here, however, until you have authorization to do so from the USCIS, and you cannot file for that authorization until after you are married. It then takes about 3 months to get the authorization after applying. So, if you did manage to stay in the States through the process, you would be out of work for 9 to 12 months (6 to 9 months to get the visa, get married, and file for your green card, then another 3 months to get employment authorization). G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-05-14 15:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Big Disappointment...	The forms that you will need for the consulate submission (the so-called Packet 3) are: For your fiance DS-230 Part 1 only DS-156 DS-156K DS-157 For you Typically I-134, but sometimes I-864. Maybe the consulate web site can help to answer this. All of the forms can be downloaded from www.visapro.com. G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-05-21 07:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	rejected!! =(	I agree with aussiewench, you need to wait for the letter from the service center before deciding what your next step is. As has been mentioned, the normal action of the service center is to issue an RFE in a situation where the submission is incomplete. Perhaps the congressman's aide has misunderstood what he/she was told and then told you that you have been denied, when in fact you are getting an RFE. Call the USCIS again and ask them what your status shows as now, and mention what the congressman's office told you. Can you see what your status is on-line? You mentioned that USCIS told you that your prior evidence would be sufficient. Did they give you this information in writing? You mentioned that you cancelled a previous submission. When did you submit that petition? What was the date of meeting that you used in that first petition. Best of luck, G Photos are your secondary evidence. I wondered why they told me this before and I thought about it. The person in the photo could be ANYONE, how would they know searcher, Since you have to submit photos of both parties with the application, it is fairly easy to see that the people in the 'meeting' photos are indeed the sponsor and the beneficiary. Also, these photos will be matched later with official government photos such as from passports. For this reason, I always saw photos as primary evidence.	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-05-21 06:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Postponing the Wedding	Once your fiancee gets the interview appointment date, then you will be in a better position to decide if you need to delay the interview. She will have to arrive in the USA on or before the expiry date of the visa, which date shall be 6 months after issuance by the consulate in Sydney. So, add 6 months to the date of the interview and if that isn't late enough for you, call the Sydney consulate and ask them for another interview date that fits better for you. I have heard of this sort of thing done before, so I feel confident that you won't have any problems. I wouldn't delay anything else at this stage. Get the documents returned to the Sydney consulate as soon as you can. It will be easier to delay the interview than to try and explain why you took a long time to return the packet 3 documents. Whatever else you do, I don't think you should follow misskiya's advice. If your fiancee comes the USA as she suggests, then she will not be able to return to Australia and then return to the USA without an Advanced Parole (AP) document. AP can only be applied for after you get married and file for Adjustment of Status (AOS). Assuming that your AOS submission is submitted shortly after the 'informal wedding' and there are no problems with it, AP takes about 2 months to acquire. This would mean that your fiancee would have to stay in the USA for about 3 months or so after the so-called 'informal wedding'. This doesn't seem like a good course of action for you, given what I can read into your situation. Best of luck, G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-05-21 07:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	DCF and K1 - Marrying in the USA, filing in Ireland	Hmmm, yes, you do sound confused!! This page on the US Consulate (Ireland) web site says To file the I-130 petition at the Embassy, both the petitioner and the beneficiary must be residing in the Republic of Ireland. Proof of residence is required for all petitioners. Since you are in the USA, you are obviously not a legal resident of Ireland. Therefore, DCF is not an option for you. That leaves K-1 (if you want to marry in the USA) or K-3 (if you want to marry in Ireland). And, yes, your assumption is correct, once you get your fiance a K-1/K-3, DCF becomes moot. If you want to get married in the USA, here is what you need to do (I am assuming that you will be successful): 1. File the I-129F here in the USA. 2. Once approved, your fiance will be interviewed at the consulate and get his K-1 visa stamped in his passport. 3. He will have 6 months from the visa issuance date to enter the USA. 4. You will both have 90-days from his arrival to get married. 5. Once married, he will file for AOS. 6. A few months later, he will get his conditional green card. For a K-3, you would need to get married in Ireland (you, as a US citizen might need special permission from the Irish authorities to do this - something for you to check on), then you file for the petition and wait for your fiance's consulate interview. During that waiting time, you could, of course, come back to the USA while your husband waits in Ireland for his visa. K-1 seems to be your best course of action, given that you said that you want to marry in the USA. Best of luck, G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-05-23 17:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	will post office forward noa?	Aha, I threw the envelopes out, so didn't have one to hand. Good info! G	gag54611	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2006-05-26 11:46:00