Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Complicated Case - How to File?	It sounds to me like she could get married and then just file for AOS but I am no expert... Maybe someone else has a similar situation?	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-20 09:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NONE or N/A	I'd like to say no but it depends on the person dealing with your case. I sent UK standard photos instead of US standard ones and got no RFE. You should be fine but if you have already sent the forms off then it might be worth you printing some others that are filled out correctly so that should you get an RFE you can send it off right away which should cause minimal delay	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-20 11:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Can we get married over there?	You would have to file for a CR-1/K-3 visa - it is kinda the same sort of process as K-1 but generally takes a while longer. If you are set on getting married in Scotland and living in the US and don't mind waiting a year to be together then go for it but just bear in mind the quicker route tends to be a K-1 where you file then get married in the US when you get the visa All has pretty much the same result (although I believe with a spousal visa you are able to work straight away?) in that you will be together there but they have a few differences and take slightly different amounts of time	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-20 10:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Attachment to I-129F, Question 18	Haha - no problems!!! You can post here in English and we can try to help you or you can scroll down on the main forum page and you'll see a bunch of regional forums - I think there is one for Europe excluding Russia and the UK	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-21 16:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Attachment to I-129F, Question 18	Maybe a mod could move it to the German forum?	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-21 16:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Forgot to make a copy...	I never made a copy either - we didn't realise it was recommended until I foudn this place and then it was too late!! We haven't run into any problems yet so fingers crossed!!	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-22 05:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	frustration	There are lots of July CSC-er still waiting... it really sucks and I don't know what the hold up is	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-23 04:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How important is the Letter of Intent To Marry...?	Yeah you'll prolly get an RFE for not including it but as long as you have it ready to send back when you get the RFE then you can minimise any delays	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-22 05:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	My Story: Help a newbie!	Yeah - defo don't plan for or set your heart on 3rd July for a wedding as it is very possible you won't make that date - of course, you might but I would play it safe (I speak from experience!)	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-23 11:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Travelling to America AFTER receiving the K1 Visa	Also you can remain in your country for (I think) six months after the visa is issued. I am delaying mine as I want to move at the end of June so I can be here for my mum's 50th birthday I just got packet 3 (yay!) and I am due to visit my OH in just under three weeks so I am not going to return it until I get back. Then when I get my visa I am not going to move until the end of June	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-21 12:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2 from CSC	Gratzies!! Glad to see some CSC movement again!! Yippee!!	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-25 03:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Setting a marriage date whilst waiting for the visa	Yeah - I'm the result of being *coughs* super-organised We've come up with a contingency but it is less than ideal	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-24 08:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Setting a marriage date whilst waiting for the visa	Yeah - I think you *should* be ok but I would take out wedding insurance (check the terms) and if you can get a venue that will allow a sliding date then that would be good too - of course that doesn't help your family booking flights. Remember that once you get the visa you have six months before you have to enter the US and then you have 90 days before you have to marry - that is almost 9 months to plan a wedding and more than enough time for your family and friends to boko time off etc I know it really sucks but sometimes it is best to play it safe - you never know what is going to sneak up behind you	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-24 05:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	OCTOBER FILERS?	I wouldn't worry just yet - there are still people waiting from July It took me 152 days to get my NOA2 and I know people who are at 180 days+ I know Vermont are quicker but you really have no cause for concern just yet Keep your chin up	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-23 06:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Purchasing a house with my fiance BEFORE we have started the k1 application...	Thought this might be appropriate to share here http://www.beliefnet...p;WT.mc_id=NL49	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-26 10:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Purchasing a house with my fiance BEFORE we have started the k1 application...	Oh to have a mortgage let alone own my own property without a mortgage let alone own two!!! All in good time I guess No way on earth I could buy in the UK with an average house price of over $500k	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-26 10:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	tourist visa for colombian fiance a good idea?	If you have the intention of marrying while on a tourist visa then this would be visa fraud so I would avoid it like the plague From how it sounds you have a couple of options: go through the K-1 route and get married at the end of it or get married first then apply for the K3/CR1 etc although I think this normally takes the longest and as I am aware the non-USC cannot enter the US until the visa has been granted (I might be wrong on this as I am not so familiar with the spousal visas) Here is the flowchart for the K-1: http://www.visajourn...amp;page=k1flow And here is the flowchart for the K-3: http://www.visajourn...amp;page=k3flow You can find these and more info in the "guides" tab Good luck!	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-24 15:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Cancelling The K-1 Application	Great news! Nice that you'll be able to spend most of the wait together	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-25 13:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA 2 received but USCIS site not updated, worried?	Nah - chill Loads of people had that happen - the paper is the important bit, the site is just a way of keeping track but they don't always update it right away Someone got a NOA2 e-mail and they were already married or something	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-24 14:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Just starting out	Welcome! And good luck - it is nice that someone found this place, read the guides and gained some knowledge before starting out!! Not like me...	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-29 07:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	fast K-1 for my cuban sweetie	That's amazingly fast... it's a pity they can't give the same priority and compassion to those waiting 180 days+ but huuuuuuuuuge gratzies!! You must be really excited!! And it is at least nice to know there are people alive at CSC!!!	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-23 03:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	visa application	I think the best advice I have seen here is to take time for you... You always say that the following relationship isn't a rebound... I've done the same (*many* times ) but it was only really when I told myself that sod it - I am not going to jump from relationship to relationship trying to find "the one", I was going to be single and proud and wait until I found someone who deserved me, that I realised what love was. My OH and I have known each other for six years (just over). We met, tried to have a relationship, failed, gave up, lost contact, exchanged occasional e-mails, started talking more... all over a period of four years. At first I refused to love him - I fought against it, I warned myself that we had tried it before and that it didn't work. I warned myself about how we were going to be together without just rushing into a wedding for the sake of being together in a relationship I was skeptical about at best. I warned myself that we would have to cope with 5500 miles distance, not see each other for months at a time... hell - when I was warning myself we hadn't even met. We didn't know if we would hit it off in person... Jeremy booked a flight to see me and I was freaking. As it happens we did hit it off, we did make a go of it and we did work through things. In a previous relationship I ended up suffering from clinical depression because I could only see my boyfriend once every week!! This process and situation has helped us both grow and develop. Anyway - you can read most of our story on our website. I guess what I am trying to say is that it took me vowing to remain single and truly meaning it to actually take a step back and realise what *I* wanted out of life and my life partner. Our relationship was on *our* terms where neither one of us would back down about what we wanted. We just happened to want the same things Please take some time for you - make new friends by all means but don't get yourself into a situation where you keep repeating past behaviours because you don't know how to break the cycle - took me a while to figure it out but I think everyone is capable of getting there Good luck	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-29 04:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	separation time: which one is the best option?	It means that potentially you can use the CR-1 to enter the states as a spouse (as far as I am aware) but generally the K-1 option is quicker... although if you are with California Service Center I would seriously check the timelines - I am not sure if K3/CR1 visas are taking as long as K1s but it seems to be real slow right now. On a K1 you can visit each other as long as the non-USC shows strong ties to their home country (letter from employer, rental agreement etc). Again, as far as I am aware, this isn't possible with a K3? Someone correct me if I am wrong - we learn by our mistakes	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-24 16:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	POE Question	No - they don't know that you are applying for a visa. From my point of view I am going to take my NOA1/2 with me so if they require I can show them that I am going through the correct channels and that if I wanted to stay and get married then I wouldn't have bothered going through the legal procedure!!!	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-31 11:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	POE Question	I have never lied but have said I was visiting friends - I have visited friends along with my boyfriend before I knew about this site purely because I thought they would turn me away at POE for saying that. This time I am going to say I am visiting my boyfriend because it is best to be honest and tbh sounds better than fiance (which I use rarely as a term anyway because I don't like it).	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-31 08:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	POE Question	Oh I really hope so too!!! I'm not going to have any cash on me at all - only credit cards as I am wiring my cash over to my OH online I just don't know how I could stand up to that level of grilling!!! I just worry that I am not going to have enough evidence to show	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-31 07:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	POE Question	I would have thought so	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-31 06:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	POE Question	Rental agreement would be good as well - sounds like you have everything covered though - I think as long as you are honest and have proof of ties then you should be ok I am flying out next week and I am nervous as hell about it	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-31 06:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Touch question	Yeah - I've noticed from various timelines I have seen that a lot of touches early on post NOA1 tends to not result in anything spectacular... I think I saw someone with an RFE early on due to some kind of spelling mistake on a form or something but don't quote me on that! I doubt it is anything to worry about - like someone said - they prolly can't figure out where they want to put your package right now!!!	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-02-01 06:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	roundtrip ticket, is it okay?	Yep no probs with that at all - in fact you can experiment with the date/airport of the return journey as well to make it even cheaper	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-02-02 10:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Us Old Folks	QUOTE (rebeccajo @ Jan 14 2008, 07:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I actually think it's easier for the 'mature' folks to adjust to the 'small' hassles of immigrating. They seem to have a lot less trouble with things a lot of the youngsters get balled up over - like where to get good cheese, or missing TV shows from home. But that IS important!! How will I live without decent cheese?!?!?! QUOTE (MissYoko @ Jan 14 2008, 07:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ps: i try to imagine Jeraly reading my bad english with her UK accent Prolly better than me trying to read it in a French accent It is really interesting reading these stories Being "younger" I don't have the ties I do that "older" people may have - mortgages, children, lifelong careers etc etc, but I definitely think we find it more challenging as we have to deal with so many new life experiences to the extreme that we may never have coped with before: getting married, becoming independent, living away from home, trying to figure out mortgages, bills etc... I think when you get older you become more "steady" for want of a better word. You've had more life experience and understand better what you want out of life	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-14 16:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Us Old Folks	I find that I have come across more "old folks" than "young 'uns" but then when you share a common interest and lifestyle choice it doesn't really matter. When I get on with someone well I make the (totally wrong) assumption that I am speaking to a female in their mid-20s from the UK. I have to keep reminding myself that I am speaking to people from all over the world who may be male or female of any age Does anyone else do this?! Or am I the only one? (Same with reading books where I always read in my head in an English accent - the characters no matter where they are from always sound English in my head!)	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-14 13:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	i am a july filer also........guidance please	Yes - once you get the letter it will explain what evidence you need to send - *hopefully* once they receive it things will move a bit quicker although this isn't always the case	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-02-02 10:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	i wonder why they doing that in egypt??!!!!	I've had the same thing sending things into the US from the UK - I think if customs have any suspicions about the package then they can open it and make sure it is all ok.. Not great but	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-02-05 05:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How In The World Did It Come To This?	Aww!! congrats!!!	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-02-05 18:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How In The World Did It Come To This?	pushbrk your wife sounds like a sweetheart	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-02-05 15:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How In The World Did It Come To This?	I think that this process, no matter how many of us bemoan it, has taught my OH and myself a lot about our relationship, our strengths, weaknesses and ourselves. We have grown as individuals and as a couple. People might think I am crazy but I love the fact we have had to go through this. Of course I hate it too But it has made me even more certain that this is the man I want to spend the rest of my life with.	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-02-05 15:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Visa K1 approved!!!!!	gratzies!!	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-02-02 10:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Okay... Let's get started	Gratzies on the beginning of your journey and good luck Keep the faith - you'll get there whether you smile or cry - so choose to smile	Jeraly	Female	England	2008-01-07 03:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	In desperate need of HELP	I really honestly think you will be fine as people have prolly got approved after doing worse!! One main one is the photos - they are meant to be US standard (2"x2") but plenty of people have sent in UK standard and been fine Laura/Nick are right - you can prepare by just making sure you get the forms filled in correctly - then at least if there is a problem you have already dealt with it and hopefully it shouldn't delay things much more than the post would normally! Of course with the USPS that might not fill you with hope and joy	Jeraly	Female	England	2007-12-17 15:23:00