Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	extend the fiancée petition	They will extend the date as needed in Columbia...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-03 16:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NVC Timeline	Oh man you need to chill there is no way everyone gets to NVC that quickly. It can take 1-2 weeks so relax it will happen now you just have to wait. it can take over a month.. from time to time, cases are put in AP @ NVC and it can take a month or longer to get the case # and forwarded to the consulate/embassy	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-03 15:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	129F denied?	http://www.visajourn...age-difference/ USCIS did not deny the visa in that case.. the Cairo Embassy did.. far different from the 129F petition being denied... USCIS wont tell why they got denied? They should give them some reason why they denied the case in my opinion. They do tell you.. they just say it in writing...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-03 15:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	129F denied?	I've read one case where K-1 visa was denied during the interview. It was denied because of the age difference between the beneficiary and the petitioner which was 30 years. Show me a link to that... USCIS has specific guidelines the must follow.. Many here have had the petitions denied over the years based on not meeting specific criteria such as having met in person in the past two years (most common)	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-03 14:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 VISA, will the consulate contact my employer	No they don't contact your employer The HCMC consulate called my wifes employer asking questions about me since we met when I was lecturing at the University there and the University was her employer... As Penguin said this is not common and usually only happens when a case is undergoing AP... the odds of it happening before the initial interview is so small that you should not worry.. To make a blanket statement saying they don't is not totally correct as under some circumstances(after the interview) it could happen...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-04 15:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Please help, question about embassy and consualte	Thank you so much. Wielkie dzieki za pomoc Wydaje mi sie ze oni to od razu przesla do Warszawy z NVC. Kazdy udziela innych informacji. W konsulacie w Krakowie powiedzieli ze petycja przyjdzie do nich bo narzeczona mieszak na poludniu a oni pozniej przesla do Warszawy, ale moze ta osoba co to poweidziala sama nie wiedziala. W NVC powiedzieli ze od razu do ambasady wysylaja petycje, czyli to jest Warszawa. Na NOA 2 pisze ze to consulate byla przeslana czyli Krakow. Ech... Jeszcze skubance zbieraja pienaidze za zwyklad informacje. Jak NVC przesle do Polski petycje, to oni dadza mi jakis Tracking Number na DHL zebym mogl sprawdzac gdzie ona jest? Jeszcze raz dziekuje za pomoc. Pozdrawiam. Please stick to English in the non-regional forums...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-07 12:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Need guidance on reopening file on denied fiancée visa	Her ex was based in Nigeria, but had she petitioned for him to come to the US? If so what were the results? I have to agree with everyone who has noted legal consul is advisable in this case and one familiar with Nigeria would be a great help... its not impossible at this point but there are some serious red flags waving already... best of luck...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-05 20:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Need guidance on reopening file on denied fiancée visa	@Belinda63: Thanks a lot for your response. That's a long time for us at this time. Maybe we might consider getting married in Nigeria and then file as a spouse. Do you know if this is faster? @ScottThuy: Thanks for your response. I do recall that the lady at the embassy did say the divorce papers she filed with were "fake". You said it could be a big issue. How big? I would appreciate it if you could give us an idea of what we're up against..and an idea of what to expect. Thanks. If they said that she knowingly submitted falsified documents, then there is a possibility that she could be banned from entry... What did the decision document they gave her say? The wording could really help depending on what section of the code they cited as the reason for denial... if it was just that she was not eligible for a visa because she was not free to marry that could be a good thing...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-04 19:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Need guidance on reopening file on denied fiancée visa	Belinda did 2 & 3 .. here is 1. Your case will depend on the circumstances of the initial denial.. If they say she lied or provided false documents it could be a big issue..	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-04 18:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	worst day ever	Be thankful that they offered you the opportunity to get a cosponsor rather than outright denying the visa.. new tax return? You mean next year? not likely that they will wait that long... it would be best if you obtained a cosponsor in the next few months... the longer you wait the more likely they are to send the file back to the states...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-07 16:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	POE	it depends on your flight.. if that is the first place the flight enters the US then yes..	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-11 20:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 cost break down ???	medical and police certificate fees vary by country	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-11 19:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	DS 260	How frustrating! It sounds like your problems are being caused by the Consulate using a form for a purpose it was not designed to do. the DS 160 is equaly poorly designed	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-13 19:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	DS 260	This is an impossible form since you can not WRITE in anything in this particular field...it is a DROPDOWN MENU...no choice of Fiancee is given. we finally put in spouse... SUPER FRUSTRATING! for some reason they are using DS 260 rather than DS 230... I also noticed the introduction of the DS160 at many consulates .. the fact that it is an E form makes it impossible to select an accurate title....	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-13 18:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	DS-160 for K-1 visa	Just read up on that new form.. its one of two new ones with issues... choose the longest duration...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-13 20:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	DS-160 for K-1 visa	dont you mean DS156?	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-13 17:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Co Sponsor backing out im lost and frustrated	Are you really going to rely on that person's income to help out with your fiance? or just for the record? I'm getting my best friend to do mines....i mean if u have a close friend they might be willing as long as you're about to take responsibility for your fiance financially.... just a thought does Guyana accept cosponsors for K1 visas?	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-13 16:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Co Sponsor backing out im lost and frustrated	You are planning on the Embassy accepting the Co-sponsor if you can get one? Your BIL is spot on.. not worth the risk to his livelyhood... On a K1 there is the potential that they would deny the visa based on insufficient financial support even if BIL agreed... double whammy then.. Many consulates/embassy's do not accept cosponsors at all for K1 visas.. the rest (including PI) accept them in cetain circumstances...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-13 15:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Package in the embassy?!? (Costa Rica)	Got back from the embassy and it was the package with all the instructions on what to do next!!! I asked the lady and she said, well your petition got approved and the most important thing is that the papers are here now, don't mind not getting the note! So now I'm going to run to finish everything quickly! Great news but... Woah..... hold up there a sec... you need to contact NVC ASAP and let them know you did not get the NOA2.... you have to have the NOA2 later on down the line and it will cost you money if you dont address it now... it is possible it is still in the mail on its way to you but dont forget that you need to have it...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-16 16:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Package in the embassy?!? (Costa Rica)	keep us updated as this is not something that is common to the initial stages of the process...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-16 08:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Package in the embassy?!? (Costa Rica)	I think you are approved u just dont know.. Call USCIS and tell them about this, if you are approved tell them to send your noa2. Congrats OP stated that there hasnt been an NOA2 yet... if your SO lives close to the Embassy then have SO go there to see whats up... else call USCIS to find out whats happening.	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-15 18:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	MoneyGram receipts for initial K-1 application.	IMO dont include it.. the only thing that it shows the CO is that she is relying on you financially... read through some of the VN regional discussions as this has been a topic of a few but from the interview standpoint when one is expected to show proof of ongoing... at the initial petition there is no requirement to show proof of ongoing only that you have met in person in the past two years...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-18 23:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Sleepless in South Korea	Only the consulate or Embassy can 'notarize' something overseas... check the consulate or embassy for the times they can do this.. i think you can find people near by the embassy (if you are by Seoul area) . or just google it... -1	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-04-20 11:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Administrative Review	as was said By C&A It is common for A CSR @ NVC to tell someone a case is in AP or AR with no actual review being undergone.. Our case was in AP as they were doing some checks on our case at NVC.. Most take less than a month and recent cases have taken a couple of weeks.. Just keep calling every few days until you get the response that the file is forwarded to the consulate/embassy... dont let this get you down its just a delay.. Edited by ScottThuy, 10 June 2011 - 09:17 PM.	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-10 21:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	married to us citizen with convictions	QUOTE (fairbro @ Oct 7 2009, 09:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (belinda63 @ Oct 6 2009, 09:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have a load of misds. and one felony. Other than asking my fiance a few questions to make sure he was aware of my history there was no problem. You are lucky. If it was the American male petitioner with the felony + misdemeanors, the IMBRA laws would insure that the application would stay in NVC for a long time. Good point. NVC will make sure that the convictions which are red flags in the system, will not prevent the USC from qualifying as the petitioner. Extensive background checks will be performed and they will not rush the process. In the US there is no such thing as a minor Felony. A Felony is a crime that has been considered so serious as to not qualify as a misdemeanor. There are certain degrees of felony, and it may not be a felony of the highest degree..murder for example.. but it was a serious enough crime that it involved possible years in prison as a punishment... A crime that society says is so serious that one should be put away for years cant be considered minor	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2009-10-07 08:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-94 Form Question	departure NA	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-07-21 08:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 Denied	boo hoo hoo better off for the VN girl, as VN women prefer guys with balls that stick with the relationship..	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-07-26 18:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Need another copy of NOA2	Congressional rep just told me since they have the document I should just ask for it back with a G-884 for free.. I dont remember where the case was transfered to when it was fast tracked from NBC without a need for interview... That final processing is where I need to send the G-884... arent they sent to CSC for AOS when there is no interview needed?	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-08-09 12:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Need another copy of NOA2	Thanks, No way I will get it in time before the year expires in Sept. so I am just gonna fight with the consulate until it expires and then file an I130... I know we have everything for that and it will cost about the same... as far as waiting.. we are so used to that already... yep it sucks that I put the wrong one in the file sent to adjust status.. wish it was just a copy...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-08-05 15:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Need another copy of NOA2	We sent the original NOA2 with her AOS filing.. she adjusted but we are doing FTJ and the consulate insists on an original and not a true and accurate two sided color copy that I retained... How do we get a new 'original' NOA2 ASAP?	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-08-05 07:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	packet 3 ?	call DoS and ask for a status update.. they will tell you if it has been sent and when	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-09-09 18:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	police	http://www.visajourn...tupby&uid=60914	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-11-16 22:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	police	She needs to waituntil a few months before the interview... if you look at another member lindal photo section you will see what it looks like... she needs to go to the correct government office in VN to get that document... it takes a little while for them to get it done and back to her.	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-11-10 20:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 Advice Needed	Every Embassy is different but I don't think the age difference will be an issue.. As for your divorce.. They are not the moral police. As long as you arre both free to marry and satisfy the meet in person requirements you should be fine. Vietnam is somewhere I have always wanted to visit. Growing up with the war and having spent so much time as a young infantry officer studying It I would love to visit it one day. Good luck. Where in Vietnam did you visit. I told my wife that next time we go to the Philippines we are going to Vietnam. Please do not rely on the adviceof this poster as the US consulate really looks at recent divorces as a huge red flag... They have been known to ask questions like why did you start a relationship with this person when you were married? They went so far as to call my ex wife and ask her about my current relationship and how things went when I met my now wife...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-12-04 17:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 Advice Needed	A year after we me we filed... 2 months after D.. I made several trips as I am there often, teaching... spent a month with my son and her traveling through VN and then to Singapore... plenty of documentation, but the fact of being married when meeting was a huge red flg..	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-12-07 10:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 Advice Needed	Read through the VH regional for posts regarding recent divorces... the fact that we met long before we filed but filed just after divorce was ahuge red flag that put us in AP for a long time....	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-12-04 17:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 fiancee visa if my divorce isn't final	Depending on the country Divorce followed by a K1 petition can raise red flags... sometimes moving too fast can cause things to take far longer than normal.	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2012-02-09 14:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Child of K1 Visa Holder	Two paths are available depending on if they were documented as FTJ in the K1... as long as they were included in the K1, you only need to contact the Embassy letting them know that you want to start the proccess for the children. The proccess is different form one country to another. The visa must be issued within 1 year... so keep in mind that it takes time from when you let them know until they schedule the interview. We went through this and were told that sine I sent the original I797 in with her AOS that we were out of luck so we are heading down path 2.. FTJ is far cheaper... Path 2: filing an I130... to correct some misinformation provided above, once you get the 2 year GC you can travel using that greencard and can be outside of the US for up to 6 months without causing any issues with YOUR immigration status. So as soon as you get your 2 yr GC you can head back to PI and work on the FTJ...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2012-02-09 14:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Help, I need suggestions and advice	moving to K1 as it appears she is just engaged at this point.. a better starting point than VN regional...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2012-03-05 02:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	PLEASE HELP I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT	Most K1 couples spend the first 4 weeks in bed and shopping... Your case is far from normal... If she truly 'loved' you she would not have been gone for the extended time without some serious issue having come up.. hospitalization etc... at thispoint, it is obvious that you are just a ticket here.. sorry to say it but thats it..	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2012-05-02 11:15:00