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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

Under your circumstances, you should have filed the I-129F petition earlier because, even if you had received a much earlier approval than expected, you could have delayed your Embassy interview and your visa issuance by having the Embassy revalidate your USCIS-approved I-129F petition for another four months. The Embassy routinely revalidates petitions every four months for up to a year. To revalidate the petition, the petitioner simply emails the Embassy and asks them to do so. Then, when the timing was right, you could have set your Embassy interview appointment on a convenient date without having to worry about whether your visa would expire before you were ready to move.

See, that's the kind of stuff i wish they HAD told me at the embassy, or that I'd read on this website before filing :bonk:

cassecouilles

Female

Belgium

2013-03-04 15:11:00

K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

I got my NOA1 on the 25th October. Have we been hearing of any NOA2s for early October yet? I'm with Vermont Service Centre.

We haven't heard anything yet either, NOA1 date is October 2nd. I just wished we had filed sooner. We waited till October because we had a pretty important timing issue and my fiance was deployed abroad and could not return to the US before May. We could also not risk my visa expiring before we could actually get married (legally he can't yet, he's married to the marine corps). So, when I called the consular section and asked when I should apply they said: oh, it takes about 4 months, apply in October and that should give you plenty of time. Yeah right :-p

I will sheepishly admit this: my fiance called today to put in request to have it expedited. They wrote down his reasons for it and said they would contact us within the next five days to let us know whether the expedite request would be accepted. I really hope it does, yet at the same time realize there are others out there also waiting their turn. For me, the main reason is that my boss needs a 2 month notice, and he already told me today that he had found me a replacement and strongly hinted that I wasn't exactly welcome anymore after the end of April. Same with daycare for our one year old son. Under those circumstances it would be incredibly hard to stay after that if I lose my income. Also, as long as we're not married my fiance cannot request housing for us, so we'd lose a lot of money having to move twice, once for him from his home to the base where he'll be stationed, and then again for me to that same base. We don't know if any of those reasons will be sufficient to have our petition expedited, will be sure to let you guys know!

cassecouilles

Female

Belgium

2013-03-04 13:40:00

K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

Not me

cassecouilles

Female

Belgium

2013-02-01 02:14:00

Hi guys! My fiance and I sent our petition in on Oct 1st 2012. Last week we had still not received an NOA1 so my fiance decided to call the USCIS customer service to see what's up. Apparently they've already rerouted our petition to the California Service Center and they stated our NOA1 date as Oct 2nd. I don't really see how that it possible since we only filed on the 1st and the petition was sent from Switzerland but oh well :-p
What I mean to say is that if it seems like an inordinately long time since you've sent your petition and you've still to hear something back just give them a call. They're pretty friendly and if they don't know the answer right away they'll promise to call you back... which they do :-)

cassecouilles

Female

Belgium

2012-11-14 02:55:00

G-325a

Hello everybody! As you can see, total newbie here and JUST got started on the process. My name is Kimberly, from Belgium and am engaged to the most wonderful man that I met while working at the US embassy here in Brussels.

We started getting the documents together yesterday and what do you know, yup, ran accross a problem already :-p I diligently filled out the I-129F form and the g-325a form and sent the whole thing to my fiance who's currently stationed in Switzerland. He noticed right away that the document has an expiration date: 08/31/2012. I thought maybe it was because I had downloaded it a while ago but could not find a new document with a different expiration date. There is no mention at all of this document on the USCIS website... so I was wondering, is this document still necessary? Thanks for the help guys, I really appreciate it!

Cheers,
Kimberly

Edited by cassecouilles, 29 August 2012 - 01:18 AM.

cassecouilles

Female

Belgium

2012-08-29 01:10:00

Proof of relationship

Thank you Celeste that was incredibly helpful! I rather thought that Ian would be sufficient proof in himself ;-)But I guess I'm paranoid and since there's a pretty important timing issue I just wanted to be sure I won't have to contend with an extra RFE. I'll definitely follow your advice on the translation and docs I need!

cassecouilles

Female

Belgium

2012-08-30 15:55:00

Proof of relationship

Hi guys,

I am trying to assemble everything I have for proof of relationship. So far it's print screens of skype, facebook, emails, travel itineraries and hotel confirmations (I never kept actual tickets or boarding cards, think that'll be a problem?), pictures, his orders, etc.

My fiance and I have a 5 months old little boy so I thought to add his birth certificate to the stack because it clearly states that he is our son. However, since Ian was born in Brussels his birth certificate is in French. I translated it once before myself, when we applied for his american citizenship, but never had it translated by a certified translator. Do you think I should when sending the petition? I am perfectly capable of doing it myself as I'm only a couple of classes away from having my degree in translating. By the way, as a benificiary my borth certificate is not required, right? I thought that was a bit strange.

Any opinion is appreciated :-)

cassecouilles

Female

Belgium

2012-08-30 02:12:00

Timing issue

Hi guys,

As my fiance and I were talking about the petition yesterday we realized we might have one really BIG problem.

The plan is to file for the K1 now, so that by the time he leaves his post abroad (he's a marine) in May and starts his last 11 months in the fleet I can tag along. However, he won't know until a few months from now which camp he'll get. He could get Hawaii, California or North Carolina. None of those would be an issue. But what if he gets stationed in Japan? I mean he would still take leave and we would both spend about a month in Michigan, get married, start the paperwork. But if he has to go to Japan and my adjustment of status hasn't happened yet, can I go with him or do I have to stay in the US by myself? Would the base in Japan be considered US territory? Argh, it's so confusing :-p

Any thoughts??

cassecouilles

Female

Belgium

2012-09-04 09:55:00

Question about documents needed once petition is approved

Hi guys,

I'm wondering about the documents needed by the beneficiary once the initial petition is approved. I was checking out the guide but I don't believe they mention those, only the ones the petitioner needs to send to his or her fiance? I'm the beneficiary. Do I need some sort of documents reflecting my financial situation as well?

Thanks!

cassecouilles

Female

Belgium

2012-10-10 15:43:00

Question on I-134

Don't forget his tax return, W-2, recent pay stubs.

Good luck and God bless.

Thanks! Um... what is W-2?? :-p

cassecouilles

Female

Belgium

2012-11-13 06:37:00

Question on I-134

Hi guys,

Just a few doubts I'm hoping you can clear up. My fiance asked me to make him a checklist of all the documents he needs to get together for the interview. We've only just received our NOA1 (well, Oct 2nd according to the USCIS customer service even though we never actually got anything) but we've been told to begin gathering the documents sooner rather than later. Especially since my fiance is abroad on deployment and needs to rely on relatives and mail to get all the documentation he needs.

This far this is what I think we need:

- A copy of the petition sent to the Dallas Lockbox
- 2 passport-type pictures of both him and me
- 2 to 3 copies of his last or recent pay stubs
- a copy of the I-134
- a letter of marriage intent
- 2 copies of the DS-156 form
- 1 copy of the DS-156K form
- 1 copy of the DS-230 form
- proof of relationship

For the I-134 he needs:
1. Statement of an officer of the bank or other financial institution with deposits, identifying the following details regarding the account:
- Date account opened;
- Total amount deposited for the past year; and
- Present balance.
2. Statement of your employer on business stationery showing:
- Date and nature of employment;
- Salaray paid; and
- Whether the position if temporary or permanent

What I was wondering is this: He owns a house back in the states, which he can mention in the I-134 form. Does he need supporting documentation for this and if so, what? Are his tax receipts sufficient or does he need some other form of proof? Do we need anything else?

Just trying to cover all bases here and be sure I have all the requiered info. Since he placed me in the hot seat by making me responsible for getting everything just right, I don't want to give him the chance to go "Aaaay mujer, you suck at paperwork!" :-p

Thanks!

cassecouilles

Female

Belgium

2012-11-13 05:20:00

Wait whyyy do you need a bank statment/?? Do you have to have some kind of savings for you to do a k-1 visa?? I thought all you need was like a paystub to show proof of income?

Check on the embassy website in your country, it might be different. But on the embassy website in Brussels it says you need this:
Statement of an officer of the bank identifying the details of your account(s): date opened; total amount deposited for the past year and present balance.

It's just a quick trip to the bank if you do need it.

cassecouilles

Female

Belgium

2012-11-16 07:59:00

Cass, if you edit your Timeline and add the correct service center, you'll get a more accurate estimated date of approval.

If your receipt number starts with EAC it means Vermont is processing your petition, if it starts with WAC it's being processed by California.

Thanks, I did and now it moved from being approved sometime in March to the end of January ;-) Yay!

cassecouilles

Female

Belgium

2012-11-16 02:12:00

I'd like to know the answer to this as well ... for non-military, that is. (I'm sure the expedition due to military makes things move a lot faster!)

I'm starting to gather my materials for the I-134 and have heard that Chase (my savings bank) might balk about that letter, so I was thinking of going in this or next week to get it started or see if they're going to be nice and easy about it. If they do give me a letter right away in November or December, but our interview doesn't end up being until March ... is that a problem?

We're not having it expedited since we can't risk my visa expiring before he's actually ALLOWED to get married :-) When we started this process we weren't even aware that you could do this.
However, I did call the consulate here in Belgium and they said that such a bank statement is valid for one year. If you do it now it'll be valid till November next year.

cassecouilles

Female

Belgium

2012-11-15 13:08:00

Hi guys,

My fiance has started gathering the documents we'll need for the embassy interview. It's very soon but since he's abroad on deployment and needs to het his documents from the states he wants to be sure there will be no extra delays afterwards. we only just got our NOA1.

Anyway, that statement from the bank that you need to present with your I-134 (I think that's the form don't have it in front of me), how recent does it need to be? If it's dated, say today, and the interview is only in March, will that still be okay? Or is it better to wait at least a couple of months more?

Thanks!

cassecouilles

Female

Belgium

2012-11-15 07:18:00