Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	HELP! COMPLETE change of personality.... :(	i even made up a story that i got snatched I'm thinking of coming here in early May ONLY IF i haven't already found a new one by then... Whatever is the girl thinking?? That she has a good headstart maybe??	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-02-17 12:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	how do I get my to be 24 year old daugter to the usa	Due process for what? Being placed on a watch list, or obtaining PII from the ISP? Read the TOS on the bottom of this page: VisaJourney.com recommends that if any member or user knows directly of someone involved in fraudulent or illegal activity, that they report such activity directly to the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. You can contact ICE via email at Immigration.Reply@dhs.gov or you can telephone ICE at 1-866-347-2423. All reported threads/posts containing reference to immigration fraud or illegal activities will be removed from this board. If you feel that you have found inappropriate content, please let us know by contacting us here with a url link to that content. Thank you. I'm not saying that applies in this case, but it got darn close to the line, especially if someone granted his request. Is there a reward?	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-02-18 16:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	This is really annoying....	Processing times were 5 months when we started this, figured then that anything faster than that was a bonus. Maybe we Brits are just better at queuing	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-02-18 15:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Financial Cost of K1 ...	Well, its all part of the process (which for the most part works). Imagine the rise in fraud and terrorism if you filed the petition for $25 and the next thing they did was to mail the visa to the beneficiary! Not to take away from the validity of your point but several countries do just that including the UK... For the UK that's incorrect and/or illinformed. £810 approx $1300 for Fiance visa UK fees	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-03-02 22:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Should I mention I have his card?	Having his debit card or having a card in your name?? Completely different.	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-03-09 07:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	absolute divorce decree	In England, decree nisi is no evidence or proof that a marriage is/has been dissolved and that either party is free to remarry. It does not end the marriage and is a provisional decree only. A decree absolute is the legal document that ends your marriage. Once you have a decree absolute, you are divorced, no longer married and free to marry again if you wish.	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-02-15 12:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I live in Los Angeles area. Why does this site tell me to send my I-129F to Texas?	Although you are a bit negative and condescending, I thank you for your insight. You think that was condescending? Wow you really are new here FWIW...You have been given good advice already.	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-03-13 23:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Declaration of how you met in person in the last two years..I-129F (question#18)	To be fair, the guides here do say just that..."Declaration of how you met in person in the last two years. This should be a single typed page attachment regarding question 18 of the I-129F. Make sure to sign and date it."	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-03-13 08:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Declaration of how you met in person in the last two years..I-129F (question#18)	Couple of sentences should do it. I usually find that the size of the box is a good indicator of the length of answer required	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-03-12 13:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Wife did not make it past homeland and got k-1 cancelled	Agreed. With my game face on, diplomatic in demeanor and speech, but firmly requesting to speak to the head honcho. No way in hell would I have paid for a return ticket. It's roughly 1:00 PM Eastern -- I sure hope the OP has been burning up the phone lines seeking answers and getting to the bottom of this drama. Seems the white flag was waved rather easily	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-04-26 12:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	December & January Filers	Yes. There is no reason why this should ever take more than 5 months. 5 months should be the absolute longest it should ever require to approve these especially for people that have a very simple petition without any complications. I'll probably start getting things lined up for my Congressman or Senator if I don't have approval in the next 2 weeks. I saw a couple December petitions got left behind at VSC. Always seems like a couple people get neglected when you look a the timelines... Terrible for them. It's very disappointing. There are still 8 out of 51 "left-behind" (whatever that means) at initial review from November 22nd, yes unfortunately including mine	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-05-30 07:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	service request response	So I made a service request last Wednesday (5/23/12). I called the NCSC number after not hearing anything from VSC regarding my RFE (it has been a month at the time since they received my RFE). I figure it wouldn't hurt to ask and expected an answer of "wait full 60 days then call". The customer service rep was very nice and helpful and did a service request for me since I been waiting for 6 months overall since USCIS received my I129F. Also gave me a reference number and told me to call again if I don't hear anything for 15 days. It has been 9 days so far and have not heard anything from VSC. I'm just bit worried because I noticed others receiving service request response within a week. Should I expect service request response by next week? The process is taking it's toll on me and my fiancee... It has become quite the emotional stress... This is what we did - 25th Apr Our 5 months was up. 10th May Called and raised service request, told to wait 15 days and call back. (got no confirmation or response at all) 25th May Called back, told to email vsc.ncscfollowup@dhs.gov wait 21 days for reply then to email SCOPSSCATA@dhs.gov then wait further 10 days before calling on the phone again. 30th May case status checked, changed to PDA I'm not sure if calling made any difference or not, there is no way to tell. I would say get dialling after the 15th day. Good luck.	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-06-01 20:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-129F Delay...well over 5 months	I actually did a service request at 5/23/12 and I got a reply from VSC today. They told me I should have my decision within 30 days...	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-06-04 17:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	priority date?	When you check your case status on USCIS.gov, or on the NOA1, it says "On xx/xx/2012 we received this....." That's your priority date. Your official NOA1 date! Not according to this it isn't....	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-06-18 09:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	What to do now :(?	As frustrating as it will be, I would say no. The USCIS considers normal processing time to be six months. (The normal is 5 months but because that's an average they don't do anything until 30 days after) I really wish people would stop saying this because it's NOT TRUE.	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-06-18 10:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-129F How we met question	Actually your advice is wrong. The 'how did you meet' CLEARLY means how did you come to know each other, under what circumstances were you introduced to each other. Think about it. The next question asks about your meeting in person! Why would they ask you the same question twice. Met = Introduction in this case. So you would simply say 'we met on website _____' or 'I was traveling in Thailand and she was working in restaurant there'. The NEXT question is where you describe your meeting in person! I mean, honestly, if you answered both questions with the SAME ANSWER, then clearly you're misunderstanding one of the question. Why would they ask two questions expecting the same answer? You're wrong. That's all there is to it. Oh dear, if only that were the case. It's actually spot on advice	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-06-26 20:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Hi! We are new here!!	Hi folks,apart from skype,emails,phone calls and visits,we would like to know of some good ideas to pass this long,long,long time....We filed our I-129f on june 8th, received our NOA1 and now we are just waiting our turn! thanks Goalboards are a nice non-USCIS activity. Welcome and good luck with the process Edited by Stu4Lee, 27 June 2012 - 08:01 PM.	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-06-27 19:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Hi! We are new here!!	Not needed for London. Funny how everyone says that, but everyone takes it anyway	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-06-27 19:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 Processing Times	she had to send a money order or whatever there called out there (she took the money to a shop and they gave her like a check or something). we dont have them here in the UK so not sure what it is exactly. Same as a bank draft here in the UK, guaranteed funds, better than a check for the payee anyway.	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-05-31 20:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Can i visit my USC fiance while waiting for the K1?	remember that if they dont let you in US you have to have money to get ticket for the next plain heading back to where you came from... No you don't.	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-06-03 18:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Issues with income/I-134 and other related stuff. Need help!!!	Co-sponsor must be US citizen. Is she? or an LPR	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-07-06 17:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Service request	Just a quick question to people who managed to put in a service request, did you get any reply in a mail/email from USCIS or just got approved after XX days? Cheers! Got no mail or email. Had to call them after 15 days. Still got no mail or email. Approved after 20 days. Good luck!!	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-07-16 10:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	DS-157 expiration date	Hi VJ's I just wanted to ask if DS-156 and DS-157 form has an expiration date. And can anyone send me a link on where to get the form to download. thank you. Here you go....http://travel.state....forms_1342.html The DS-156 must be completed online to generate the barcode.	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-07-17 20:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Do I need second Passport photo after NOA2?	You are the USC petitioner so the answer is no.	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-07-16 07:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Round trip ticket for arrival to US?	I'm just worried that someone at customs, either in Colombia or in the US is going to ask her why she has a round trip ticket when she is flying to the USA to get married on a Fiancee visa. Now I'm worried that this is going to cause a problem, because it specifically says in the K-1 guidelines that you cannot leave the USA for 8 months after being married. I reminded my fiancee of this, and now she's stressed about it too and wondering if she should cancel the return flight (the return flight i told her NOT to get in the first place!) But then if she DOES cancel the return flight, is she going to have to pay some huge exit tax fee that I'm unaware of? Ugh. It seems like she keeps getting advice from people in Colombia and it's the wrong advice. Or maybe I'm the one who is confused here. Can someone give me some advice on all this? Bottom line is if she has a round trip ticket will this cause her problems at customs at either exit or entry? Where specifically does it say this? You can leave whenever you like, it's returning that may be a problem. You MUST remain in the US until you have filed AOS (which you do after you are legally married in the US) and have either received AP (advanced parole) or the GC. If you leave before you have either of those documents you abandon the AOS process and must apply for another visa to return. Single or return ticket makes no difference, no problem, no need to cancel, your choice entirely.	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-07-20 13:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	People make up your mind before bringing someone here!!	Always remember, it takes 2 to tango.... Are you asking?	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-06-04 15:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Facebook CHats	I have done this for approx 45,000 messages, you have several options - 1. Download your entire FB account data, the trouble is you get every message in chronological order to every person, not to an individual, unless you delete all other messages before you do the download. Even then the formatting is dreadful for printing and needs an awful lot of editing. 2. Forward messages to email, downside is "every" single message has to be selected to forward, there is no "forward all" option 3. Copy and paste into, for example, word to print. Only downside, if you can call it that, is you only get a date but not a timestamp. Simplest and quickest option in my opinion. 4. Screenshots, take forever and can only see a small number at any one time. I personally copied and pasted all the messages from my fiance into word then printed, also took 1 or 2 screenshots per month to show date and timestamps. The best option for you will depend on exactly how many messages you are looking to print. Good luck	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-11-21 14:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Facebook Chat---Ongoing relationship	It's not needed for the petition.	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2013-02-04 00:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Facebook Chat---Ongoing relationship	Does facebook chat qualify as the proof of ongoing relationship? Yes absolutely, along with any other other correspondence, cards, emails, phone records etc	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2013-02-04 00:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-129F, Question 18, explanation of meeting in person	The K-1 guides on VJ suggest adding a supplementary sheet for this question. We used one or two sentences at most, similar to StraightShooter above, with no extra sheet. As far as we were concerned, the size of the box on the form was a good indicator of what they wanted. Approved Edited by Stu4Lee, 20 June 2012 - 06:50 PM.	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-06-20 18:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How can a K-1 misrepresentation denial be overturned?	Stu I have seen posts where the CO pulled up BOTH peoples facebook and asked who these friends were or what this post was. I have also heard that a CO questioned a married man about his chats with other women during the first 2 years of him and his wifes (she was just a girlfriend when he was chatting and writing others) 5 year relationship. He knew their names. He then called the wife in the USA and asked her if she knew who these women were. She knew thank God. Cause the couple was honest wih each other. But if he would have hidden those relationaships from his wife, i am sure they would have been denied. Have NO doubts. They can dig up anything they want At the interview?? I'm not going to chance asking the CO to bring up my FB page instead of passing my evidence under the glass tho I have no doubt they can dig all they like, I want them to find "what they want" in order to approve us	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-01-10 19:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How can a K-1 misrepresentation denial be overturned?	When and how would a CO see an "online album" ?	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-01-10 08:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Yes, you can visit!	I visited for 16 days just a matter of weeks before we got NOA2. It was just what we both needed as VSC had come to a virtual standstill and the waiting had become tiresome. Didn't want to risk a longer stay as I have few ties in the UK now. Was only asked how long I was staying, nothing else. Passport was stamped 90 days.....typical Edited by Stu4Lee, 21 June 2012 - 08:42 PM.	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-06-21 20:41:00
India	Which countries can Indian citizens travel visa-free or obtain a visa on arrival?	Try here - http://www.iatatravelcentre.com or here http://en.wikipedia....Indian_citizens	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-01-07 21:49:00
USCIS Service Centers	Vermont Service Center	This is a good read	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-01-29 18:45:00
USCIS Service Centers	Vermont processing time??	I have a feeling....that May's going to be a good month....that may's going to be a good good month....feeling ***Trying to stay positive*** Made me chuckle, I sang along	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-04-30 13:47:00
USCIS Service Centers	USCIS updated the processing volumes and trend	Stats just show the number received and processed in the months indicated--these aren't necessarily for the month itself.	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-04-30 09:13:00
USCIS Service Centers	VSC on a coffee break..for the week	I noticed earlier that there was 1 approval on 26th and 1 denial on 27th. Both of these had same receipt date as myself of 11/22/2011 though	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-06-28 19:39:00
USCIS Service Centers	VSC on a coffee break..for the week	Some people on the message board have figured out a way to search by case number, not a VJ user's timeline. If I understand their efforts correctly, they have taken the EAC numbers they're given, put them into a spreadsheet and manually typed them in on the USCIS website to obtain 500+ numbers of people who have submitted I129Fs. If you type all of those in manually and see that none are approved and they're all from the service center, it's more accurate. Yes it's more accurate but.... Approx 1800 receipts were received in Jan 2012, it was 1809 it's now showing as 1784. The 500+ you mention were noted as being all I-129F receipts between the 3rd and the 20th. That means the other approx 1300 receipts were in only 13 days in the month. Seems highly unlikely, even allowing for daily variances in numbers, don't you think? Just a theory In any case there is a huge difference between processing in order and approving in order, neither of which happen. Edited by Stu4Lee, 28 June 2012 - 07:15 PM.	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-06-28 19:07:00
USCIS Service Centers	any word on VSC	my understanding is that they are suppose to approve my application within 5 months. Your understanding is wrong, there are no promises made anywhere to that effect.	Stu4Lee	Male	England	2012-06-27 20:33:00