Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Address question	Wow, you are going to have a long road ahead of you especially with no family support, feel free to contact me if you ever need someone to talk to. This is a long and tedious journey. I get through it because I have such a supporting family. I don't know what I would do without them so I cant imagine not having their support. But stay in prayer and if its meant to me cant nobody (not even family) stop God). Inbox if you need to talk.	dap	Female	Jamaica	2011-09-25 13:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Address question	You can have a separate mailing address. There is a question that will ask you what address you all will be residing at so that could help the answers. On a separate note, I think that if you truly love him and this marriage is happening regardless of anyone thoughts or opinions; you need to sit your parents down and be honest. Sneaking around is not going to help your situation. You have to marry him within 90 days of getting here, so waiting until the last minute to spring him on your parents and then them having an awful reaction is not fair to your man. I understand the trust issues and EVRYTHING you are going through.	dap	Female	Jamaica	2011-09-24 17:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	2 months on initial review	From what I am hearing from most people do not focus on the website. I think it will hinder you from allowing time to past also. I am not focusing on the website. I am going to just keep it moving and when I get some information from them I will advise, otherwise you will be addicted and drawn to that computer all day every day	dap	Female	Jamaica	2011-09-24 17:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	fiance daughter	The daughter should have been listed on the I-129F. It doesn't matter if you thought she would be applying for a visa. The form instructions don't ask for that information. It just says list all children - full stop. Same with the DS-156K - it gives you the opportunity to indicate whether the child will accompany the primary beneficiary or follow to join, and you can answer "no" to both questions. He should correct this at the consulate. Fortunately, it's not a material fact. His eligibility for a visa isn't affected by whether or not he's got kids, so they won't accuse of him fraud for not providing the information before. He can simply explain that both of you thought the child didn't need to be listed if she wasn't going to be immigrating. If he doesn't clear this up, and they end up discovering it, then they might crawl up his tailpipe with a microscope (figuratively speaking) to find out what other information he might be trying to conceal. It also wouldn't hurt if you provided a notarized statement from yourself explaining that you're aware of the existence of the daughter, and that you didn't list her on the I-129F because you misunderstood the form requirements. This should prevent the consulate from accusing him of keeping secrets from you. Good advice... but if you know the Kingston embassy they are very suspecting of the littlest thing.	dap	Female	Jamaica	2011-10-09 12:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	fiance daughter	I think you created a mess especially with the Kingston embassy.. Just because you enter them on the application does not indicate they will be traveling, it indicates he has kids. Now you have provided false information. He should be honest from here on out and state that he does have a child and that he does not have contact with her. I think it would be ludacris for him to deny her when I am sure the government knows he is the father. I am not sure how this will play out but I wish the best of luck and God grace! Edited by DandMe, 09 October 2011 - 12:25 PM.	dap	Female	Jamaica	2011-10-09 12:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Fiance did not get visa b/c of insufficient evidence	Have not read this whole post - but as far as D and Me and only having one visit - it is not one visit where they met and decided to file - From reading her profile - they met in the US, and she only has 1 visit since he went back to JA - and there were people on this site in that situation who met in the US, didn't have ANY visits to JA until interview time, and were approved. You got it Thank you!!	dap	Female	Jamaica	2011-10-16 12:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Fiance did not get visa b/c of insufficient evidence	How does he know? He has tons of people around him doing the same thing? Remember each case is so.different and that is what I like. One visit then filing a case is so different than one visit in 2 years. Yeah, matter of fact he does... lol	dap	Female	Jamaica	2011-10-15 22:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Fiance did not get visa b/c of insufficient evidence	Did your fuyure husband give you a list of names so you can contact these people to verify this fact. I have seen or heard of any of those couples on VJ that have gone thru the Kingston embassy that has met that criteria. Good luck on your journey. yes he did about 3 of them. One of them lives in the Miami area to date and he had not even heard of VJ. I talked to another friend from Mexico and she said alot of people get VISA's and do not get on this site. She did just last year for her fiance and never even came to this site.	dap	Female	Jamaica	2011-10-15 22:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Fiance did not get visa b/c of insufficient evidence	I just talk to future husband and he said that tons of people get approved in jamaica off one visa. I think that the OP needs to speak with their significant other and see what questions were asked and what was responded. I feel better now. Thanks all.	dap	Female	Jamaica	2011-10-14 22:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Fiance did not get visa b/c of insufficient evidence	Your post scares me because I have only had one visit with my babe. Mainly becuase of my job and my extreme fear of flying. So in 2 years I have seen him once. Wow! scary.	dap	Female	Jamaica	2011-10-14 19:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	AOS supporting docs	Yep, the embassy kept all our financial forms and supporting documents. So make sure that your fiance, makes copies of the originals.	Charles-n-Erica	Not Telling	Philippines	2011-09-29 20:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	What can I do?	Hi I filed a K-1 application two years ago. My fiance had her interview in Moscow. The Embassy kept her passport while waiting for a tax transcipt from me. While waiting my fiance had to go to Germany for her job. She explained this to the Embassy and they returned her passport. The Embassy then sent our entire K-1 visa package back to the U.S. Fast forward two years and I have filed the same paperwork for the same woman. Only this time it is taking longer than before. After five months of waiting you can request an update on your status. I did that and was told that they are doing some additional investigation and if I don't hear anything in six months, call again. Does anyone have any advice? Thank, Ed	Ruemonst	Male	Russia	2011-10-14 18:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I134	did you have any issues getting a letter from your bank?	Ashlyn&Grevin	Female	Costa Rica	2011-08-22 11:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Interview Very Soon Need Help	I have had some issues getting a bank letter so I was sure to have all the W2's last years tax info and pay check stubs and copies of my car titles and print offs of my bank statements I havent been told yet if that will cause a hindrance though.	Ashlyn&Grevin	Female	Costa Rica	2011-08-22 10:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	where does your APPROVED I-129F go?	Though it does go to the NVC they usually don't have to do anything additional with it besides forwarding it to the consulate. Keep calling the NVC to see if they have received your packet. They will then give you a new # to give to your embassy. It takes around 2 weeks for it to go from USCIS to the NVC.	Ashlyn&Grevin	Female	Costa Rica	2011-08-22 10:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Interview inless than a week... are we missing anything?	My fiance and I have our interview next Thursday and we are checking and double checking to make sure we have everything but I keep having these nightmares that i am forgetting something.... are we? * NOA1 & 2 and copies of each * Copies of our I-129F packet * divorce decree * proof of valid relationship (skype conversations, emails, pictures with names dates and places written on the back) * copies of ticket stubs and flight info for each time I visited him * copies of my families flight info (from when they went down to meet him) and pictures of our families together * Packet 3 with 2 copies of everything * Medical is done * his single cert and police record (clean as a whistle) * updated passports for both of us * Letter of intent (one set signed the other not) * I-134 * pay stubs of both myself and the co-sponsor * tax returns from last year for both the co-sponsor and myself * letters from our employer * signed letters of intent to support my fiance Anything else?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?	Ashlyn&Grevin	Female	Costa Rica	2011-08-26 16:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Please PLEASE Help take my Stress AWAY!!	Deep slow breaths... For the interview you still need an I-134 to at least have on hand (even if they give it back to you it is better to have it and not need it then to need it and not have it) and all the supporting evidence to go along with it. And still carry the I-134 provided by your father. But do keep in mind that the I-864 is a legally binding document that someone who is a US resident/citizen will need to fill out. But for now you have 3 weeks to prep for your interview so good luck!!!	Ashlyn&Grevin	Female	Costa Rica	2011-08-29 07:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Last minute jitters	Any previous marriages? if so don't forget to include divorce decrees. copies of the birth cert is fine. VJ is pretty on the spot for all the paperwork you can except so if you followed what they told you to put in you should be perfect. One piece of advice is to make copies of all the stuff you sent in the I-129F to have on you for future reference. Good luck you are just at the starting line of a very long and stressful process but it will be totally worth it!!	Ashlyn&Grevin	Female	Costa Rica	2011-08-29 07:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	In a nut shell, what are the pros & cons between K-1 & CR-1?	At the end of the day for my Fiance and I it came down to the fact that I wanted my family to be there with me for the wedding ceremony. I was married before and it was a shot-gun thing behind my parents back (I was 19 and I really regret it now) and I really wanted my parents to be there this time because this is true love and the last wedding I will ever have, plus my grandfather is too sick to travel and I love him to death. So my fiance made the sacrifice to allow me to have the first ceremony in the US, and we plan on having a re-commitment/2nd ceremony in Costa Rica for his family. At the end of the day you have to weigh what is important to you and your fiance. A bit cheaper somewhat easier road of the CR-1 with a longer waiting period and getting married in Colombia and spending the first months of your marriage apart, or a more expensive more paperwork wedding in the US where you have only 90 days to put something together sacrificing time away during your engagement but once you say "I Do" you are together road of the K-1... really and physically together. Good luck and as long as you love and support each other then it doesn't really matter what you choose because it will be the right choice for you.	Ashlyn&Grevin	Female	Costa Rica	2011-08-29 08:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Losing US Government Benefits	Will the benefits make up for the money that you would be making? Usually the answer is no.	Ashlyn&Grevin	Female	Costa Rica	2011-08-29 09:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 Interview paranioa	ericanmark: I don't know if it is requirement but I have them just in case. Thanks for all the well wishes!!!	Ashlyn&Grevin	Female	Costa Rica	2011-08-28 03:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 Interview paranioa	My fiance and I have our interview next Thursday and we are checking and double checking to make sure we have everything but I keep having these nightmares that i am forgetting something.... are we? * NOA1 & 2 and copies of each * Copies of our I-129F packet * divorce decree * proof of valid relationship (skype conversations, emails, pictures with names dates and places written on the back) * copies of ticket stubs and flight info for each time I visited him * copies of my families flight info (from when they went down to meet him) and pictures of our families together * Packet 3 with 2 copies of everything * Medical is done * his single cert and police record (clean as a whistle) * updated passports for both of us * Letter of intent (one set signed the other not) * I-134 * pay stubs of both myself and the co-sponsor * tax returns from last year for both the co-sponsor and myself * letters from our employer * signed letters of intent to support my fiance Anything else?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?	Ashlyn&Grevin	Female	Costa Rica	2011-08-26 21:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Affidavit support	This is the email that my Consular in Costa Rica sent me: The documents required for the I-134 is proof of citizenship or legal permanent residency, 1040 and W-2 of the previous year, and pay stubs. If you have a bank account you could include proof of this but it is not mandatory unless you need it to reach the poverty guideline level-(assets). Sincerely, Consular San Jose	Ashlyn&Grevin	Female	Costa Rica	2011-08-26 21:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Proof of meeting each other	It seems like you are really jumping ahead of yourself here and starting to stress out when you haven't even started the process yet which is insanely stressful. As long as you have pictures, and your flight itinerary as well as your passport stamps you will be 100% fine, you could also include phone logs and emails or skype conversations. Enjoy your time together everything else will come with time. As for having a co-sponsor try taking 2 steps back. You won't need that until your interview at the embassy which will be 5-7 months after filing your I-129F. So deep breaths and enjoy being there with your boyfriend.	Ashlyn&Grevin	Female	Costa Rica	2011-09-05 13:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Letter of intent/ Statment of intent to marry	Also if you read part D on the I129-F paperwork there is a paragraph right above your signature stating the same thing. I didn't add the letter as the gov't forms did not list it as a required document.	Mickitwin	Female	England	2008-01-18 22:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	POE Miami-Fiance & I together	We arrived at Miami International and were both directed to go to the United States Citizen line, after I asked the agent where we should go. We arrived August 21st, 2011. It was easy and fast, only international arrival at that time. Thanks for all the posts! Good Luck to all.	Melanie-John	Male	Malaysia	2011-09-20 15:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	POE Miami-Fiance & I together	Thanks again! I too have been through MIA a bunch and seen how it is. If there is a person there I will ask, or I might See if I can ask someone before I leave MIA on my way to Malaysia this evening. Thanks again for the input and wish us luck ! Cannot wait!	Melanie-John	Male	Malaysia	2011-07-31 07:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	POE Miami-Fiance & I together	Thank you!	Melanie-John	Male	Malaysia	2011-07-30 08:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	POE Miami-Fiance & I together	Should we both go through the US Citizen side or visitor side? She will be arriving on the k1 visa and I will be with her. I would like to enter with her through the US Citizen side, might be faster, whichever I will need to go with her. As I have read, I am able to go in either side and must accompany her. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance	Melanie-John	Male	Malaysia	2011-07-30 08:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Fiance denied tourist visa. How can we improve his chances next time?	My fiancee is also Cameroonian but attends college in Malayasia.He tried to apply for a tourist visa back in January of 2011.Was denied for exact same reason,No substantial ties.I emailed and even visited the U.S.Embassy in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia when I had to go visit him.Unless he has a job with contract,own property,it's almost impossible he will be approved.I talked to an immigration lawyer as well and they told me that Tourist Visa's are hard to obtain especially for Africans.My advise is for you to go to him.We are starting our K1 now.Wish we had started sooner.I have been twice to visit him.I actually had a layover in Seoul and got to see a little of it.Korea is a beautiful country what little I got to see.My advise if you are serious and can visit him,the next step would be to file K1.The tourist Visa is going to be impossible for him to obtain.	brooks1380	Female	Cameroon	2011-10-21 13:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Clothing for Interview	What does one wear to the visa interview? I'm assuming just casual attire.	P&L	Female	Lebanon	2011-08-18 13:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Income/Financial Affidavit	You will need to supply a copy of the court order for the child support along with proof that the payments are being received. Wow, interview is on Wednesday, and I'm not sure I can supply that on time. However, even if the interviewer doesn't know it... God knows we will be fine financially, and so I'm praying that He will intervene in this case. I'm going to pray for a miracle. Anyway, my fiance's uncle owns a successful business here, and has guaranteed him a job once he is legally able to work, so finding a job in this economy is the least of our concerns. Thanks for your answers.	P&L	Female	Lebanon	2011-08-18 20:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Income/Financial Affidavit	you should send a statement explaining why you legally did not have to file taxes. Also, you should provide the court order for child support along with the statements showing those deposits to back up the income you are claiming. You need to prove that the child support will be continuing for quite a few years in order to be used to support your fiance/future spouse once they are in the US. You might want to get a co-sponsor lined up, just in case they do not accept the child support as your sole income. I do not have any child-support statements, but I receive an allotment every month, that is all. My ex is in the military, and so I typed a letter to the embassy to go along with the letter from my bank, saying that the child support is enforced by my ex's commanding officer. Also, I don't understand why they don't take in to consideration that once my fiance arrives, and we are married... he will be legally able to work in a few months. He has a BA degree, and is not the type to rely on anyone for support. This should count for something, I am hoping. Anyway, I am currently looking for work, but unfortunately, I don't believe that this will be considered in the interview.	P&L	Female	Lebanon	2011-08-18 07:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Income/Financial Affidavit	I receive a substantial amount of child support every month (above the 125% poverty line), and I pretty much live on this for now. Child support does not need to be filed with the IRS. I have been a full time student for the last few years, and therefore, do not have any tax documents. However, I sent my fiance a letter from my bank, stating all of my deposits for the last year, and also my current balance. I'm wondering if this is sufficient evidence of income. Any advice is appreciated.	P&L	Female	Lebanon	2011-08-18 00:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	chat logs - do read each bit of it, or just skim it?	I sent my fiance an abundance of proof of our relationship, but he is the one who suggested printing out all of our skype/chat conversations, and even finding a way to print our text messages. Even though we have some very personal messages, I told him YES! Let's print it all! I don't care what they read between us... if it means that it will help bring him here, I don't even care if they follow us around for the first few years.	P&L	Female	Lebanon	2011-08-23 19:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Employer won't provide Employment Letter, HELP!	Sure! Employment letters are optional. Ok, thanks!	MollyeAndrea	Female	Italy	2011-10-19 12:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Employer won't provide Employment Letter, HELP!	Use pay stubs and your tax returns. Will pay stubs and tax returns be enough???	MollyeAndrea	Female	Italy	2011-10-19 12:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Employer won't provide Employment Letter, HELP!	I have contacted HR directly and they told me I had to go through www.theworknumber.com. So all i have is a code number to give the consulate so they can look up my verification online. O.o Does anyone have experience with this?? I'm not sure if they will accept this as proper proof of employment. I also have the past 2 years tax transcripts and the past 3 months pay stubs. Thanks! Molly	MollyeAndrea	Female	Italy	2011-10-19 12:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	rfe...letter of intent	help me i want ask about airline tickets they want the original or just copy? A copy will be fine. Also baggage claims are good too.	And_Sam	Female	Egypt	2011-04-29 06:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Visa in Cairo	Please note that the case is still pending consular officer's review. Regards, Consular Section US Embassy Cairo ES this is what i have receive after the interview with my fiance.... I hope this is a positive answer. My problem is K-1 Visa expires next month. What do you guys makes of it with their answer? Thank you so much for all your help.... Hello Dahlia~ It truly sounds like they are putting your SO into AR. You can email the embassy or call and ask directly what do they mean by pending CO review. What do you mean the K1 visa expires next month? Who got the K1 visa? I thought he just had the interview...	And_Sam	Female	Egypt	2011-05-23 07:26:00