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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresplease help! DS-230
1. Never leave anything blank, put 'to be determined' if you want
2. Put the date you are currently filling the form
3. I'd put student

How long did you overstay?

Good luck
canadian_wifeFemaleCanada2012-02-21 16:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 or K3
The K3 is still on the books and USCIS will certainly accept the petition and even approve it.

NVC is the one that will close it down, since February 2010 I think? When we filed, USCIS was processing I130 and I129F petitions 6-8 weeks AFTER stand-alone I130s, even now they are processed at a much slower rate. USCIS will take your I130 out of the queque, marry it up with the I129F petition and place it at the back of the line - losing any time you've gained. Basically your processing time gets reset with the filing of an I129F

Don't forget that the costs include much more than the filing fee; the medical, passport and passport photos, airline tickets, the postage for the packages, getting police certificates and birth certifcates can add hundredes of dollars to this process.

Here are the basic fees (forms only) for the CR-1

I-130 = 420 dollars
DS230 = 404 dollars
I-864 = 88 dollars


Good lcuk
canadian_wifeFemaleCanada2012-02-25 08:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresBuying Ticket Today! Have POE question
Hey "A Very happy Jonathan", I am glad Yulia passed her interview. Congratulations to you guys!

To answer your question, JFK will be Yulia's POE. The first port in the US air space is described as the POE. You do need to leave her plenty of time in JFK so that the CBP can process her K-1 packet. I know how anxious you might be to see her but hey, you have waited for so long, 2 hours will not matter.

You guys have fun and Congratulations once again!

KnR aka slider100
slider100MaleCanada2012-01-17 12:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHelp with this last phase our long journey please!
It must be a typo! I would get a new BC. prolly not gonna see that one again. I seem to remember reading something about not giving them your only photos if you want them back because they may keep them on file. Could be the same with the BC. I hope they get back to you about the interview, and pretty important considering that date will fall on a different day of the week than it did in 2011. :)
GnBnLFemaleCanada2012-01-17 01:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresStarting K-1
Doesn't really matter what address you use. Before you used to send it to the service center, and now it goes to a sorting center first. I think I used the vermont address, but texas is probably fine too. You're not actually sending that letter there, so its really more of a formality. If you're in NY tho, it should be going to VSC. :)

to be clear: you are MAILING it to texas, but they will send it to VSC. sorry, hope I didn't confuse you. :)

Edited by GnBnL, 19 January 2012 - 11:52 PM.

GnBnLFemaleCanada2012-01-19 23:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhat does the K1 visa package contain?

that's yer casefile. Yer USCitizen Petitioner has somehow paid for you to be a personal courier for the Department of State.


:thumbs:
haha yes they have....so better not mess it up! :lol:
GnBnLFemaleCanada2012-01-20 09:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK-1 Process
one of the requirements is that you've met in person within the last two years, so no.
GnBnLFemaleCanada2012-01-21 20:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresShe is HERE and i need help!
make sure you plan ahead before getting married! check out the costs for immigration stuff, and make sure you have the money in place so you don't slow anything down! Do everything in YOUR power to make the process go faster! Congrats to you both and good luck! :)
GnBnLFemaleCanada2012-01-12 23:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSo our petition got denied, what's next?...SAD
yes, just re-file. no point in sending them documents for a case they may or may not have already ditched or lost. Easier to just put it all together yourself again.
GnBnLFemaleCanada2012-01-09 11:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresComputer Help, PLEASE!!!
If you can get access to another computer with a working printer to redo your DS156 then do so. The barcode generated for the DS156 will be regenerated and adjusted when you fill out the new form on another computer. All the barcode does is summarize information for a scanning machine. You'll be fine filling out the form again on another computer if the one you're currently using isn't working.
PiefreFemaleCanada2012-02-13 12:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresProof together in past two years
Thanks so much Jim for clearing everything up for me!!

So the day my fiancé ( the us petitioner) signs the i129f it is 2 years prior to that?

Wow I have my work cut out for me then... Going to try and have everything ready by the end of this month then so birth certificate can count!!
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-05 21:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresProof together in past two years
Very funny! See the problem is its too late I think for any of that.

I've been denied entry into the us. So now I am at home and trying to figure everything out from here.

I am going to try to visit him again once more but fear that they think I am too much of an immigration risk to let me go visit.

I'm really trying to do this the right way..

I'm sure my fiancé has receipts laying around the house corresponding with dates that I have been there visiting.. I'll have him look!!

****** the best thing I have found so far is my NY ez pass statements which indicate every single toll booth I passed with dates and times!! I have these for almost every month of last year!!
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-05 21:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresProof together in past two years
Since my daughter is a us citizen... She doesn't need a visa to go live right?
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-04 20:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresProof together in past two years
Oh also I had made a mistake in writing

What I ment to say was ... The two years starts exactly 2 years prior from the date they look at the file.
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-04 11:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresProof together in past two years
Oh ok. No. She was born in the us and has dual citizenship.

Oh ok. No. She was born in the us and has dual citizenship.
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-04 11:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresProof together in past two years
What is a CRBA first of all???

Just realised that I have had a ez pass for the past year so I'll print out all my monthly bills... They show all the toll booths I've gone through from the border all the way to his house!! It's perfect!!

Ok so a little more clairifying ... The two years starts when they look at my file??? I know I'll be cutting it close but I don't have many pictures of us actually together in the same picture... I have pictures like.. I took a pic of him with baby then he took a pic of me with baby... But that's no good at all even I know hat.
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-04 09:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresProof together in past two years
Yeah, right now I'm just trying to find the right kind of evidence for us.. I don't want to waste any space with unimportant papers... A few bits of evidence scattered throughout the last 2 years is exactly what I'm looking for... But the problem is when does the 2 years start?

From now when I'm getting all this stuff together?? When they recieve the file? When I send it?

I would like to include daughters birth certificate and hospital photos but I'm not sure if I'll have this sent out by her 2nd birthday at the end of the month...

Would it matter if it's just over the 2 year time frame by the time it is sent? Are they that picky??
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-04 00:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresProof together in past two years
Possibly!! I'm sure I can dig up something! Even if it's a minor purchase.... Thanks I wouldn't have even thought of that!

Anything else?
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-03 23:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresProof together in past two years
My fiancé and I are just gathering up evidence of our relationship for the i129F forms and I'm realizing now that we only really have a few photos actually together ( since we mainly take pictures of the baby since she was born) I'm actually really starting to freak out because I have always driven to see him and have no other evidence of our relationship in the past two years than a few photos and our daughter ( also her birth certificate since we both signed it )

But my daughter is almost two already so basically if our forms aren't sent out by her birthday than all the stuff from when she was born is void and doesn't count??

Basically the issue is I always drive to see my fiancé, have very few photos actually together.. ( I always take home movies of the family but highly doubt there is anything of the two of us)

What other kind of evidence is useful in this type of situation where there are no airplane tickets or hotel bills etc..

Actually now that I think about it we did take a trip together after our daughter was born, I should try and find the tickets or something..

Any advise would be great thanks!!
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-03 23:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresk-1 question
My fiancé are in the same boat!!! I'm Canadian he's American and we have a child together. My daughter and I live here in Canada but travel mostly in between the us and Canada like 6 mos here and 6 mos there...

We're going the k1 route since I have been denied entry into the states 2 times for being too much of an immigration risk!!

Cr1 looked good by u get green card as soon as u enter the us.. But k1 is faster and my fiancé and I want to be together as a family for good as soon as possible!!

Hope my story helps you realize that your not alone in your situation

Also, you should file and get baby us passport ( my daughter was born in the us, so I had to do the opposite for Canada)

As far as I know you do not have to renounce citizenship anymore at any age.
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-06 21:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWho will be co-sponsor?
This is still a while away for me to be worrying about now.. But I know I will need a cosponsor as my fiancé did not meet the financial requirements last year...

I am the beneficiary... Can the cosponsor be a close family member of mine who is a USC???? Or does the cosponsor have to be someone from the petitioners family??

Problem with either or is no one lives in the same city or even state as my fiancé!!

My uncle in Florida and his entire family in puerto Rico...

Any recommendations??
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-08 21:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresEmployment last five years
Thing is It looks like I've done nothing when that's far from the truth I was going to school and everything..... Just seems EMPTY to me... Not really an accurate question for everyone I guess
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-10 21:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresEmployment last five years
Ok so here's my dilemma now!

I have been basically unemployed since 2007 because I went to school, then in 2008 I met my fiancé, got pregnant and now I am a full time mom....

I have worked once in a while but nothing at the present time... And it was for a family member.... Can I list it?? Or just leave the first line and put in my one job that was just under the 5 year time frame??
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-10 20:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCurrent address for child
Ok thanks will do!!
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-11 19:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCurrent address for child
Wow.. I feel for you that's tough!!!


.....one more question about present address... There's not enough room to type whole address!! Should I just put half of it like street address and city? Or what??
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-10 11:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCurrent address for child
You got me pegged... I am a MUCHOO OVERTHINKER.... Thanks for clearing that up for me!

It felt like the right thing to, but wasn't sure... So great!!!

And I am pretty lucky that we're so close, but still it's so far... About a 7 hour drive...
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-09 11:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCurrent address for child
Ok so not sure what to put for current address for my daughter...

My fiancé and I have a daughter together and since she has been mainly living in the us.. All her drs. Are there and everything, my fiancé claims her on his taxes and everything.. But now she is in Canada with me pretty much until the k1 process is over, do I write my address in Canada since this is where she is currently? Or keep it her fathers address?

It's a bit confusing, I realize, now. I just want to do everything right.

Pretty sure I should put my address in Canada, but will that create problems in the future? I'm sure it could be easily explained if asked.
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-09 11:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDescribe circumstance when you met
Perfect! So I got 3 paragraphs 1 how we initially met. 1 how we developed long distance relationship and had baby and 1 describing a few circumstances we've been together that I have some proof of. I'm happy now
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-12 14:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDescribe circumstance when you met
Ok. Yep I know I'm just freaking out, making everything so difficult and it doesn't have to be!!!

Ok so I'll say something like we spent our daughters first birthday together on xxx date and got engaged on the same day.
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-12 13:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDescribe circumstance when you met
Ok so about out engagement .. It's more of a mutual agreement that we both came to after talking about it for years so there was no romantic setting down on one knee.... We're more practical and pretty much we both just decided it what we want to do...... How could I explain this??
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-12 13:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDescribe circumstance when you met
Ok. So here's what I'm getting from all the responses.... Definitely mention first in short how we first initially met then go on to describe circumstances where we have been together in the past 2 years... Got it.

Something like....

We met on xxx date at xxx place. Continued a relationship. Had a child together on xxx date at xxx place. Blah blah continued to keep separate households with fiancée and baby visiting often... Spent baby's first birthday together etc...
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-11 19:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDescribe circumstance when you met
Well we've Been together for 4 years so when we first met is not in the two years but I will however describe important incidents where we have been together in the two year timeframe.
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-11 09:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDescribe circumstance when you met
Perfect! Exactly what I was going for. Short and sweet and full of info and dates thanks so much sheesh

Thanks everyone!!!
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-10 20:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDescribe circumstance when you met
Okok so not focusing how how we first met which was almost 4 years ago. Maybe mention how we initially met but then describe circumstances where we have been together in the last two years....

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WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-10 16:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDescribe circumstance when you met
Of course it isn't as complicated as I make it out to be LOL I was jumbling words in my head and had the question all wrong! Thanks
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-10 12:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDescribe circumstance when you met
It does say circumstances... That's where I'm getting confused.... I was trying to go for short and sweet maybe 3 or 4 sentences like you said just stating how we met first then how I travel down there often to visit with baby and had baby down there perhaps?
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-10 11:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDescribe circumstance when you met
Yep it's me again...

My fiancé sees me (beneficiary) all the time should I just say that " my fiancé drives to my house with our daughter and stays for a month at a time?"

Yeah.... Not really sure what to put?

Or should I use a time with a reasoning.. Like I went down for our daughters birthday or spent my birthday there?? Hmmm.....

Describe the "circumstances" ..... Kinda confused....
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-10 11:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNeed co-sponsor or not ? Plz help !!
Isn't it tax time now? Wouldn't it go by your 2011 taxes now... My fiancé just got his taxes back for 2011 and I will need a cosponsor seeing as he made only 11000 this year and we are a family of 4....
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-10 22:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresShould we front load?
I still have a long time to figure this out but if worst comes to worst I'll give my home phone records and print out the call logs from the magic jack... Even if it is not accepted as evidence to the magic jack number I also call long distance to his cell phone everyday if I can't get ahold of him on the magic jack... And have more than enough recorded evidence of calling his cell phone to be sufficient... Also will include Skype logs and I'll start taking screenshots of us on Skype for more evidence... Also could use Facebook messages... But he usually types in Spanish and then I guess I'd have to get a translator and all that fun stuff...
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-14 15:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresShould we front load?
For my proof of ongoing relationship.. I may have encountered a problem..., my fiancé in the us has my computer and we communicate all the time via magicjack.. Now I made the magicjack a local number for me here so there is no long distance charges, I've had this phone and records of calling it everyday for over a year..

How can I prove I'm calling my fiancé at this number???
WitherwingsFemaleCanada2012-02-14 12:14:00