ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAP but the case is not in NVC ....When embassy send the case when is on AP
They send it no where... the embassy holds the case on AP until they are finished. The only time its sent back is if you are denied.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-03-22 18:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduressmall income and no co sponsor
The Philippines does not always accept co-sponsors for K-1 petitions. You will also have to be mindful of this.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-03-23 20:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresInitial I-129F packet, proof of having met in the last two years question. Did I include enough evidence?

thanks inky do you think he has enough evidence



Well, Canada has a friendship thing with America.. and even tho they have that I still included a lot more.

25 pictures
Snail Mail cards and package photocopys
Emails
MSN chats
Phone records
Ticket stubs, passport stamps, flight itinerary
Receipts from vacation spots together
intent letter from him and me

All spanning 3 years of dating. Our package was HUGE.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-01-03 23:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresInitial I-129F packet, proof of having met in the last two years question. Did I include enough evidence?
RFE can hold up a case by 2 weeks-ish but everything is backed up already and most people are waiting 6 months or more for approvals instead of the listed 5 months.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-01-03 22:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMy fiancee is pregnant and I'm about to submit the I-129F

Thank you everyone for the warm wishes for our baby :-) Truly he/she is a blessing and God wanted him/her to be with us. :-) We'll find a way with faith, prayer, and a few good letters to a couple of Senators and a Congressman (in the near future because I'm a determined Daddy). :-)



Have a look at the CRBA process and getting a US passport for a baby, good to research it before hand so you are ready when/if you need to do this for the baby if its born in the Ukraine.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-03-24 20:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresnuts and bolts of I-129 package assembly
1) regardless if you go to all the lengths to punch holes and tab and organize. They will take it apart. Throw out your things you paid for to make it fancy and then use their own folders and clips. As well as put it in their own order. Don't spend extra money, get a big mailer, use paper clips! and bull clips( the big black ones for large paper stacks) do a cover page and stuff it in the envelope.

2) no order is " correct " the cover letter should be in the order you wish your papers to be viewed, as ( 1 ) they will take it apart anyways and do it their own order.

3) a) Yes you mail it to texas, the address is in the I-129F instructions. TX is a sorting center that removes the payment repackages your file and sends it onward.

b) Yes just two, one for petitioner and one for beneficiary.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-03-27 16:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresvery strange!! embassy requests DHL to return packet 3 before delivery.
Are ebassys in Egypt open again yet? Could they probably stop it because the embassys are closed?
InkyFemaleCanada2011-03-27 16:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresExtention on APPROVEL?

Oh yes, I'm looking for something. But, I live in a fairly small City with about 280,000 people and the surrounding cites are smaller. Just part-time low wage positions. I would have to get two or three part-time jobs just to get the min UI salary if the other jobs allowed it. The largest city closes to me is the City of Sacramento. About 45 miles north to the county line and I don't have transportation at the moment.



Aw that really sucks! Has she sent in packet 3 yet to the embassy? or is she waiting to send it?
InkyFemaleCanada2011-03-27 18:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresExtention on APPROVEL?
Could you get a job that was just any job, that met the income requirements (just for the paperwork) then after she gets her visa go back to looking for the job you really wanted in your career filed? Just a thought to maybe get past the bump since Philippines doesn't always accept co-sponsors for k-1s.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-03-27 16:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCan you possibly check in which month's file are the working on??
You don't pay to have them look into the case for you. You can look on the USCIS website or you can call them and ask, the may or may not tell you.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-03-27 07:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresIntimate photos/ having sex while Fiance

Here's the thread: http://www.visajourn...55#entry4514755

My interview is in Haiti.. well, my fiance's interview.



This is a stokes interview like i said above, these people had TWO interviews its not common unless they think you are scamming or lying or don't believe your relationship.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-03-13 16:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresIntimate photos/ having sex while Fiance
Maybe your thinking of Stokes interviews? where they ask for every little detail about things?
InkyFemaleCanada2011-03-13 15:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresThoughts on the 90 day ceremony deadline
You would be having 1 legal marriage, and then one large " vow renewal " can be exactly like a real wedding cept no legal aspect because you are already legally married to comply with the 90 days.

My husband and I are doing this, we had our court legal wedding with 2 family members. Then we are going to have a giant family wedding later on in Maine (diff state) which will be a vow renewal wedding with wedding dress, cake, pastor, photographer and all.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-03-27 19:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPacket 3 wait time

Thank you for your response.
Please excuse my ignorance but how do I get to the regional section?

Thank you!!!!


Forums > Regional > Canada.

or this link http://www.visajourn...orum/93-canada/
InkyFemaleCanada2011-03-27 12:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPacket 3 wait time
Should be asked in Canada regional section. Its very common. Montreal is slow. Lots of complaint threads in the Canada regional section.

The only way to contact Montreal is through Email. They often never reply.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-03-27 11:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresaffidavit of support
They only care that you make current income that meets the requirements.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-03-28 21:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHow long until the NOA1????
NOA1 comes after the check is cashed. Watch for your check to be cashed. Usually 2-3 weeks.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-03-29 18:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-1751 ??
I-751

PETITION TO REMOVE CONDITIONS.

No you don't need this right now. You are quite far off from using it.

2 years after the green card - the green card holder files for removal of conditions, before the 2yr card expires. They obtain their 10yr card.

http://www.visajourn...ontent/751guide

http://www.uscis.gov...00045f3d6a1RCRD
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-01 17:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPacket 3 Mailed to wrong address
Keep emailing MTL. They will have to respond sooner or later, or download the forms for packet 3 from USCIS and the MTL website and send them in without P3.


MTL is horrible for contacting people and is horribly slow when they do.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-01 14:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDo you need to be living and working in the USA to file the petition?
Could you not marry and file DCF?
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-02 17:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresadvice from people who received their noa2
1. The NOA2 is sent to the US citizen.

2. You call USCIS to find out if your case was approved.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-02 16:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresVSC Expedite approved, now what?

I am at day 11, but I suspect you mean business days. Also, can I expedite at NVC and embassy stages, and will the expedite request at NVC carry over?


Yes business days. Weekends do not count.

No you cant expect it to. Generally you have to call each stage and inform them you have an approved expedite and need it to keep moving ahead quickly.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-04 14:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresVSC Expedite approved, now what?
Approved expedites at USCIS take usually 5-10 days for response.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-04 14:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHELP- MISSPELLED PETITIONER'S NAME ON VISA

Not an issue.

How would anyone at the POE even know your name ISN'T Osephine? It is not a material issue anyway. If anyone asks, just say "Oh, no kidding, must be a typo"

No need to correct it, EVER. Once he enters the US, the visa is cancelled and replaced by the I-94


What about when you have to send a copy for AOS, the petitioner name will not match the person you married or listed on AOS papers? Would USCIS not see that as an issue?
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-04 20:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHELP- MISSPELLED PETITIONER'S NAME ON VISA
It needs to be corrected before he leaves.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-04 18:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-129F/K1/NZ Fiance/Docs Not Sent
Sending chats and all that other info is called front-loading. You don't need to do this unless the consul/embassy is a very tough one to get through or if the place you are petitioning your fiance(e) from is a high fraud place.

We front loaded ours and I was only from Canada, but that was because we just wanted to include everything in the initial packet. So all bases were covered.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-04 19:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWritten Correspondence
If you want to use anything that is in another language in your petition or for evidence it must be translated to English.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-07 14:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDo I need police certificates form cities in US where I lived ?
No, only foreign country.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-08 05:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresthis is driving me crazy
If you are already feeling like giving up, you may want to think really hard about things. Marrying military means marrying someone that belongs to someone else.

He will be deploying a lot and leaving a lot and gone for long periods of time. It does not get any easier when you marry and are in the USA and he leaves for 6 months deployment. Comes home for a few weeks to a couple months then leaves again.

We did long distance relationship for 3 years before we married, he was deploying A LOT. He still deploys a lot and did so right after we got married in the USA. It sucks, he just got back a few weeks ago from a deployment and hes leaving again soon. Be prepared, military wife is a lonely life, we sacrifice a lot.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-07 11:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresExpired Forms
Fill out the updates ones that you print from the embassy website or the USCIS website. Also fill up the expired forms and bring both to the interview. If they have a problem with 1 of the form sets simply hand them the other set.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-08 18:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNO SHUTDOWN
Well it didn't happen this weekend but it might happen next weekend. There is still the possibility of the Gov shut down.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-09 13:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresTattoo Evidence?
Tattoos can be fake on skin and look real. Photos of tattoos can be faked too easily.

Also anyone can get anyones name tattooed on them don't have to know the person or it could of been another girl with the same name and it just worked out that way.


It wont hurt the case but wont help it really either.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-09 17:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresBooking an interview ?
This is an issue right now with a few other people in the Canada section as well. They also cannot book an interview and it shows as none available since the gov shut down scare. It has not been back up since then.


Have you tried the phone number to call MTL for booking the appointment by phone? ( don't know the number off hand but i have seen it posted in the Canada section)
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-11 18:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiance Visa Vs Spouse Visa

I read that you can apply for an EAP at the same time that you apply for a K-1, and that they would both get approved at the same time (but that the EAP would be for a limited duration, based on the timing of the K-1)

Going to go back and see if I can find the resources for that again.



You mean an EAD, you can only apply for that after entry and its around 400$, it lasts the same duration as the I-94.

You would be applying for the EAD at the time of AOS for free of charge which would make it good for 1 year, if you get your GC before then the EAD is no longer usable. If you do not get your EAD within that time then you would need to renew the EAD card.

You do not apply for it at the same time as the K-1, please do read up on the information.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-12 06:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiance Visa Vs Spouse Visa

As far as I can tell, they both take about the same amount of time and effort.

My fiance and I are going the k1 route, because it looks like if we do k3 we'll have to get married and then spend time back in our own countries while we wait for paperwork. Waiting as newlyweds would be even worse than the waiting is now!



K3 is no longer processed at NVC. You would be filing a CR-1 if you are doing spousal visa.

Spousal visas (CR-1/IR-1)are cheaper and have the green card arrive a few weeks after entry. They can then start working right away.

K-1 visas you have to marry, then file for AOS to get the green card which will take MONTHS of waiting before being able to work.

There are quite a few advantages to CR-1 vs K-1. CR-1 can also travel very soon after entry, K-1 cannot leave the USA until they have AP or the GC, problematic if there is an emergency out of the USA.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-11 21:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhat Documents we have to send to the USCIS for the K1
Yup its already written out one by one.

Maybe you should print out the guide so you can have it right in front of you instead of on the computer. That way you can cross off the items as you collect them.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-12 15:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuick Questions about Tax Transcripts
IRS transcripts are free.

Its not a form, its sheets of the tax return summed up. Ask for a few copys so you have some extras in case something gets lost but also for further down the line as well when you need them again.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-12 21:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 processing
Not sure if your looking for something like this ->

National Processing Volumes and Trends

http://dashboard.usc...e=6&charttype=1
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-14 11:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHow does military status affect the process?
You can get an expedite as active duty military if you are deploying to an active combat zone soon after sending the petition for K-1.

My husband and I did this when we filed our K-1 shortly after he was slated to deploy and we requested expedite.

Other then that it doesn't make a difference as to easier or harder.

Print out this guide and cross things off as you collect them and do them for the K-1 packet
http://www.visajourn...content/k1guide

Here is the K-1 flow chart to give you an idea of all the steps and aprox times for the steps

http://www.visajourn.../content/k1flow
InkyFemaleCanada2011-04-14 16:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiling for a K1 Visa when she is pregnant
If the baby is yours and you are a USC, you would likely not be filing for a visa because the baby would be born to an american parent and there for the parent is able to file for a CRBA (as long as the guidelines are met) and a US passport. The mother would need a K-1 if you are not married.
InkyFemaleCanada2011-02-21 06:55:00