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K-1 Visa Application

Do you think it's a good idea to get an immigration lawyer? Will it help? And on the AOS, do you really need to have some money on your savings??? Thanks!

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-03-21 11:14:00

K-1 Visa Application

Cool! Thanks for reply =)

on the G-325 A form (biographic info), would it matter if I answer "n/a" or "none"?

Not every page will be signed but every form. Some form have several pages but only one page - usually the last will be signed. And yes you can use the 2012 forms if you don't see a newer version.

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-03-19 15:40:00

K-1 Visa Application

Hi Everyone! I've seen a lot of very helpful topics here and am so glad I found this site. I am planning to submit my K-1 Visa packet application this coming April 2013 but am still kinda scared I might miss something. I've been preparing all the stuff needed like forever (lol) but still feels like something's missing or maybe it's just me. I just want to make everything perfect or complete so the process won't take long. You see, I've been waiting for this chance for 9 years already, (I just got my naturalizati0n last 2012), and can't wait to be with my fiancé. So far, I have almost 2 albums of photos from 2004 to feb 2013, some email, a lot of text messages that I copied/pasted to Microsoft word and printed, copy of money sent to my fiancé, copy of calls and a lot of proof which resulted in having 3 short folder compilations -- which I hope is okay to send, coz it's kinda bulky -- what do you think???

Anyway, I would really, really need your help guys.. I still do have a lot of questions.. it's so hard to prepare this on my own huhuhu..

some questions:
1. I've filled out the G-325 A form but noticed that the form expires 08/31/2012, but checked out uscis site but didn't find any new form. can I still use this? and are they strict on the "none" or "n/a" answers since they said not to leave any blank spaces? I just filled the blank spaces with "n/a" like if you have a spouse, and the file number.. but my friend said, we should have answered "none" under the file number? aren't they the same?

2. which forms do I make sure that every page was signed?? by me or both of us?? coz I didn't see any instructions to sign every page, anywhere..

am so confused.. HELP!

thanks!!

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-03-19 15:17:00

K-1 Visa QUESTIONS - Newbie

I've already collected all my proofs and everything.. that was a lot of work :rofl:

but totally worth it.. Anyway, on the G-325 A form (petitioner), there's a FILE NUMBER space on the upper right hand corner of the form and an ALIEN REGISTRATION NUMBER on the right lower corner of the form. Are those the same as my USCIS alien registration number when I first applied for US citizenship? I was just naturalized last sept 2012. So am wondering if I still need to write down my A number there (if that's what it means) ?? I've looked at samples and everyone's been writing NONE but that could be because they were naturally American citizens already??, so I don't know. Thanks guys.. :help:

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-03-26 23:23:00

supplement information

With Goverment documents, it is always advisable to use FULL proper name, which is what will appear on passports, birth certificates, etc.

Thanks

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-04-29 21:25:00

supplement information

Which reminds me.. What kind of signature do we use? The whole name signature in script? Or our shorthand signature?

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-04-28 22:48:00

G-325 A Form Questions

hi there! Pls help..

Am a newly naturalized US citizen and am trying to fill up this G-325 A form for my I-129F K-1 fiance visa petition. I just have 2 simple questions on how to answer the form (am a little paranoid LOL):

1. Applicants last address outside the US - do i put my last foreign address before i came here in the US?

2. Last occupation abroad if not shown above - i was working in the philippines before coming here in the US. ANd it's been 6 years already since I've been here. ANd now am a US citizen. Does this question pertain to my last occupation in the Philippines? do i need to include it here?

Thanks

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-06 05:48:00

paper size

short bond paper

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-06 12:30:00

Starting the K-1 journey

hi there! am starting my K1 journey as well.. Am almost finished doing my package, will try sending it this month.. Anyway, from what I've heard, copy of arrival/departure stamps in your passport and boarding pass really helps.. then some pictures of you together as secondary evidence.. make sure you keep any receipts that you got while visiting her in her country, make sure it would show your name and place your card was used.. if you send money to her or vice versa, save those too.. hotel receipts..

Good Luck to US all!

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-06 12:44:00

K1 questions

hi there! Pls help..

1. Applicants last address outside the US - do i put my last foreign address before i came here in the US?

Thanks

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-06 12:28:00

I was just naturalized as an American citizen.. am I still required to send my birth certificate?? or just the naturalization certificate?? thanks guys

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-08 06:18:00

Thanks Rob&Ann.. I will be following your sample.. Hehe.. Il separate them..

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-04-28 22:59:00

Thank you so much guys! ?? It does make sense.. I guess i was just too nervous so i wanna make sure everything's okay.. Thank you thank you..

By the way, my letter of intent is 2 pages lol.. My friend said i need to put a little history of our love story and on the last paragraph that's where i put my statement that i intend to marry.. Is that okay?

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-04-23 10:25:00

I would like to thank you for appreciating our page. we frontloaded our first packet. we send in all the proofs we have then compile a new one for the interview after sending our I129F up to the date before our interview.Right now we are still waiting for our NOA2. I wish u good luck in your k1 journey too.

Thank You

I would be checking ur site every so often if that's okay with you.. so il know where I stand.. il be sending mine next month.. am just waiting for my fiancé's g-325a and letter of intent to be mailed back to me. this is what am talking about ----

letter of intent to marry

petitioners name
address

United states Dept of homeland security
us citizenship and immigration services
Vermont service center??? or just the Lewisville, tx address??

maybe just the Lewisville address? to be safe? coz like u said, I won't know which service center they will forward it to right? until I get my noa1.. what do u think?

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-04-23 01:01:00

1. Where to File :

File Form I-129F at the USCIS Dallas Lockbox facility:
For U.S. Postal Service (USPS):

USCIS
P.O. Box 660151
Dallas, TX 75266

For USPS Express Mail and courier deliveries:
USCIS
Attn: I-129F
2501 South State Highway 121 Business
Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067

Link

2. once USCIS receives your packet, they will send it to which service center it should be. they will also include it in your NOA1 (telling you which service center they forwarded your packet)

3. there will be 2 address. beneficiary or petitioner's address and address of filling location here's how we did ours. My link

Hi! Thanks a lot for the link.. It was so nice to finally see a sample of an actual package.. before that, I feel so lost.. now I have some guide.. thanks.. I saw on the address u wrote for the letter of intent is addressed to Lewisville, TX.. is that the filing location on my area??

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-04-23 00:33:00

Hello there! Am from Texas and planning to submit my I-129F package this coming May. Am just doing some finishing touches. 1st question - Do I just send it to the Dallas lockbox? 2nd question - what's my service center? am not really sure lol.. and 3rd question - on the fiancé letter of intent, the part where you write the address, what address would I write? my service center (which is where??) or to the Dallas lockbox?

Thanks Thanks Thanks :help:

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-04-22 23:51:00

thanks so much!

another thing.. if that's okay..

on my g-325a, question regarding the last occupation abroad.. do I put my last occupation while I was in the Philippines (that's when am still not a us citizen though)

and question regarding last address outside the united states of more than 1 year.. that would be my Philippine permanent address prior to coming over here.. do I still put that? I was in the impression that this would pertain while am a us citizen already.. am confused.. thanks..

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-08 07:27:00

I just got naturalized as an American citizen.. do I still need to send my birth certificate (from my native country)?? or do I just send them my naturalization certificate?? to prove my citizenship?

and I've seen some people have sent their financial info/affidavit of support/tax returns, etc along with the initial submission of the I-129F packet.. I thought you don't need to send it to them until NOA2 or when it's my fiancé's time for interview.. or am I wrong?

thanks thanks thanks

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-08 06:28:00

Great! Thanks a lot

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-08 10:21:00

send only the naturalization certificate, birth certificate is not needed unless you can prove citizenship with it.

for the original submission you dont need to send in any financial documents..they are only needed at the embassy stage

Good luck!

thanks so much!

another thing.. if that's okay..

on my g-325a, question regarding the last occupation abroad.. do I put my last occupation while I was in the Philippines (that's when am still not a us citizen though)

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-08 07:27:00

I just got naturalized as an American citizen.. do I still need to send my birth certificate (from my native country)?? or do I just send them my naturalization certificate?? to prove my citizenship?

thanks thanks thanks

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-08 06:28:00

Size

It's short bond paper

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-11 09:47:00

HELP ABOUT FORM G325A

thanks B & G!

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-19 12:58:00

HELP ABOUT FORM G325A

Hi.. Just bothered me.. Why can't i have all caps on the form G-325A?

And another thing, how many copies of the form do i need to send? 1 for each? Or 4 for each? Coz i've seen some posts before that they sent 4 copies of G325A each for petitioner and beneficiary.. A little confusing..

Thanks

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-19 10:16:00

It's okay

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-22 11:30:00

If you have ever had dealings with the USCIS and have received an Alien Registration Number (A#) in the past then you of course put in the A# from your previously dealings. If you are just starting the process and do not have an A# yet because you are the foreign born intending immigrant then I would put "NONE". If I was a a USC by birth I would put "N/A".

Reasonings:

     You have an A#, so you include it so USCIS can find your previous file easily.

      You have never had an A#, but soon will as you are asking the USCIS to start a file on you.

       You will never have an A# as you are a USC by birth and therefore this question is not applicable to you ever.

Dave

Thanks Dave.. So I was right then.. whew.. pressure off my chest now.. thanks thanks..

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-22 09:13:00

Yes I am the petitioner, born in the US.

I see.. Maybe that's why you have NONE on the A number coz you were born in the US.. whew.. I doubted myself there for a second.. LoL.. Thanks! (I still hope I was right! haha!)

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-22 08:56:00

"NONE" was put on mine which was prepared by a immigration attorney.

Hi! Are you the petitioner? Naturalized or Born in US? Thanks

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-22 08:36:00

Hmm.. for my case (I am d petitioner),, I was a naturalized citizen and so therefore I have an A number from the first time I came here as a green card holder.. and it showed also on my naturalization certificate.. so I wrote it down.. I hope I was right LoL

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-22 08:30:00

Sending K1 Application (1st step) - Attachments

No not at all they will want up separate everything and if stapled something could get ripped etc and them on 6 months you'd get an RFE.
You get no extra credit for presentation!

Aww.. good thing I found this topic while just browsing.. aarggh.. thanks.. but I didn't use the ACCO fastener.. I used a 3 ring binder with clear sheets, and that's where I placed my papers, no holes on my papers.. and my tabs are attached to the clear sheets (protecting my documents).. is that okay? am planning to send it next week..

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-22 10:34:00

Sending K1 Application (1st step) - Attachments

I wouldn't add any verbiage to any document; you've now altered that document and it is not a true copy of the original.

Use paper clips and binder clips. Include a cover letter that also serves as a table of contents.

Hi! so I can't staple them together? like the I-129F and it's attachments? Thanks..

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-22 08:52:00

More Proof-help

You can take pictures in each location with the front page of a newspaper from each location and make sure the date and name of paper is visible. If possible do it in front of a landmark that is known at each location.

Keep receipts for each day you take the pictures to validate your pictures were in the same place you got receipts.

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-21 19:21:00

Blue or Black Ink??

Hi guys!

I know it's kind of a simple question but I just wanna ask if I can use BLUE Ink to sign some of the forms?? Would it matter?? Or do I only need to use BLACK ink?? ('coz when I signed with black ink, my signature looks like photocopied haha!)

Thanks!

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-05-22 07:32:00

My Visa Journey Help Guide

Comments like this are disheartening. I love that someone is using their time and energy to try to compile information into one concise place, in the hopes it will make life easier for someone else. I remember when I first found VJ, and it was so... vast. This topic is inherently broad, with so many nuances. What the OP is trying to do here is give a simplified breakdown of the most common scenarios, and if I had seen something like this when I first started researching, it would have saved me from asking a lot of stupid questions and would have allowed me to search for information more effectively.

We are here to help each other, each in our own way. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-06-05 23:52:00

My Visa Journey Help Guide

I sent one G-325A in for each of us -- so two total.

Another thing I thought to add: Gabriel and I created a gmail account with a google drive account linked to it. We both have access to this account, and I scan everything I send to USCIS and everything I receive and put it on the google drive. I have all the supporting evidence on there, communication logs, etc. All the electronic notification goes there and everything. This way, in case anything happens and I'm unable to respond promptly to an issue Gabriel can pick up where I left off. It also helps because he gets kept in the loop and always knows what is going on.

thanks

il keep that in mind and will try to do the same..

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-06-05 12:54:00

My Visa Journey Help Guide

by the way, how many G-325A did you send for each?? 1 for petitioner, 1 for beneficiary??

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-06-05 12:38:00

HELP.. Does my fiance' need to send I-134 Affidavit of Support in I-129F package?

Yep! It is not needed for the initial sending of application.. It is needed during your interview..

Edited by HunNee, 04 September 2013 - 03:22 AM.

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-09-04 03:21:00

DS 260 Online (Manila Embassy)

I got poked in the eye telling someone before this if you scroll to the bottom of the http://manila.usemba...v/wwwh3023.html

Notice to K Visa Applicants
The Immigrant Visa Unit only accepts K visa applicants (K1, K2, K3, and K4) who have completed DS-156, DS-156K (for K1 applicants only), DS-157, and DS-230 application forms. Application forms are available at http://manila.usemba...v/wwwh3224.html and should be completed in advance of the appointment. Any K applicant without completed application forms who appears for an interview will be referred to nearby internet cafés to complete the application forms. For your convenience, applicants who can complete the forms and return to the Embassy by 10:00 am will still be interviewed that same day. Applicants who cannot or choose not to return to the Embassy with the completed forms by 10:00 am will be advised to reschedule the interview by visiting the online appointment website at http://www.ustraveldocs.com/ph or by calling the Call Center at (632) 982-5555 or (632) 902-8930.

Thanks! ??

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-09-22 05:59:00

DS 260 Online (Manila Embassy)

[quote name="Hank_" post="6526229" timestamp="1379795479"]

Manila is NOT using the DS-260 with the K-1 visa.

http://manila.usemba...v/wwwh3023.html

scroll down to toward the bottom of the page, this is what it states:

Notice to K Visa Applicants

The Immigrant Visa Unit only accepts K visa applicants (K1, K2, K3, and K4) who have completed DS-156, DS-156K (for K1 applicants only), DS-157, and DS-230 application forms. Application forms are available athttp://manila.usemba...v/wwwh3224.html and should be completed in advance of the appointment. Any K applicant without completed application forms who appears for an interview will be referred to nearby internet cafés to complete the application forms. For your convenience, applicants who can complete the forms and return to the Embassy by 10:00 am will still be interviewed that same day. Applicants who cannot or choose not to return to the Embassy with the completed forms by 10:00 am will be advised to reschedule the interview by visiting the online appointment website at http://www.ustraveldocs.com/ph or by calling the Call Center at (632) 982-5555 or (632) 902-8930.

Thanks hank! I actually read that but for some reason someone told me otherwise.. But now, it's clear.. Guess i just need a second opinion lol.. Thanks again! ??

HunNee

Female

Philippines

2013-09-22 05:56:00