ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresComplete view of March to June timelines for CSC
I think this is the time when all of us affected should wirte toour congressman/woman. They ahve just changed their timelines for the K-1 to Feb 23rd!!! this will make it appear as if they are doing their job with marchers and aprilers...which we know they are not.
I think this is the time for all of us to fight back...



also, it would be nice to have the approval list of those that filed after the whole IMBRA mess, it would show how fast they are approving the post Imbra applications and the unfairness of it all...
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2006-08-26 09:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresApproved
Congrats , I think its great they work on weekends...sundays should be in there too...jejej
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2006-08-26 09:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCSC has changed it's processing date for I-129Fs
Well I don't know about you guys but I am beginning to get used to getting screwed by these people...I guess we called too much, they got tired, and decided "oh well lets change this thing and see if this will shut them up..."
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2006-08-25 22:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhat have you learned from all this?
I lived in Venezuela for almost 20 years. I am very used to government officials not being accountable for what they do, in fact one of the reasons i decided to move to the states (I am venezuelan and American) was because I got fed up with it.
This whole K-1 visa has opened my eyes, at least when it comes to immigration this government is a bad as any third world country in being prepotent and unaccountable for. How is it possible that in the USA I cannot get ANY information on what is going on with my application? in fact the only option we have is to ask our congressman to ask them so that USCIS can give him the same ####### it give us!!! No one is accountable!!!
I am amazed on the fact that there is absolutely nothing we can do!!! we have been royally screwed in the name of "homeland security"...
At least in Venezuela you can bribe someone to get your stuff done, here you are screwed period...I am kind of dissapointed in the system as a whole, the whole "guilty until proven innocent" ####### gets my blood boiling...
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2006-08-24 21:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresProcessing location moved from Nebraska to California
Je jeje welcome to the club my friend. To answer your questions: no you did not lost two months, you still have the same receipt date and priority than before (although CSC has been so messed up lately that really the receipt date has not mattered much). Also, yes, you can call the USCIS but the info they will give is absolutely useless, these people really know nothing on what is going on with your application. My advice: patience...
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2006-08-27 12:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresanyone over 200 days?
I asked a few lawyers about having my fiancee visit (she has a tourist visa), they advised me not to do it because she had already declared an intent to stay in the US by filing a K-1. Anybody has any thoughs on this? I would really like her to come...
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2006-08-25 17:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCSC Approval on Aug 24
Great another approval, maybe they are getting their act together...
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2006-08-26 10:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAPPROVED!!!!!
I am so happy to see march approvals!!!!

Could you please post the letter you sent to your congressman?? I think I might do the same....

Thanks,
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2006-08-25 17:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAnyone K-1 over 100 days from CSC?
I am in the club also...my RFE receipt date is July 17th. Since then nothing...
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2006-08-19 10:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCongressional Inquiry Request Letter
Thanks for providing the letter you sent. I will defenitely use it shortly, I'll keep you posted to se what happens...
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2006-08-25 21:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresInteresting Statistics
Thanks, that helps!! And yes, us marchers did get screwed!!!
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2006-08-29 18:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMarch 6th NSC, approved in CSC August 30th
Finally some of us marchers getting approved...!!! keep it coming..
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2006-08-30 18:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresApproved! ....but no USCIS website status change
Wooohhooo another marcher!! keep them coming...
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2006-08-30 23:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFormal call for immigration reform...
Vartan, it is very nice to defend USCIS when you got approved in two months. The perception, of course, changes for those of us waiting for 5 months for approvals.
What makes me mad me is not the amount of time, is NOT KNOWING nor being able to know what is going on. It also makes me mad that nobody at USICS cared to review the laws that they are supposed to enforce to include a simple requirement on a form in a timely manner. This to me is unnaceptable. For example, if the government changes a tax law, I as a citizen am expected to comply with it as soon as it comes into effect. Why couldn't they comply with IMBRA on time? if you look at the new form they added 3 more questions, seriously how hard is it to do that in a timely manner? to me that is just plain incompetence and lack of professionalism. In my book, the person responsible for this mess should be fired.
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2006-08-25 22:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFormal call for immigration reform...
I believe the problem is the amount of resources aimed at processing legal immigration petitions and the way the process is managed. The process in itself is not bad, is just the way they handle it. RFE should be sent only when it is really necessary (a missing picture, no documentation of citizenship, etc).
I believe 6 months to process a K-1 is too much. Here is an idea, we'll pay a higher fee for the petition, they hire more people to review them and make it simpler so that no one has to hire a lawyer to go through the whole process. I would gladly pay more for better service. At least make it an option (premium sevice or something like that).
Also, there has to be accountability. If the petition is not ready in X time, one should be able to complain and get real answers. At this time customer service is a joke, they know nothing...
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2006-08-25 17:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresYeehaaa!! finally my petition has been approved!! (NOA2)
Guys , by the looks of today forum i think they have finally started doing marchers!! i ahve seen at least 4 approvals today...
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2006-09-01 17:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresYeehaaa!! finally my petition has been approved!! (NOA2)
Finally, my petition has been approved. Thank to all of you guys for the support and the very useful information, if it wasn't for this forum i would have gone insane long ago. I also hope that all marchers will be soon approved (hey look at all the approvals today!!). It feels great to move on to better things!!!

Again, thanks to you all
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2006-09-01 17:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAssembling 1-129F Packet
Please note: DO NOT send original documents such as birth certificate, divorce decrees, plane tickets, etc. Do send original of the stuff they ask you to send such as letters of intent, I-129F etc.
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2006-08-26 20:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestions about k-1 visa, special case
She also just got her italian passport, could she be denied entry with the visa waiver program also??
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2007-10-10 07:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestions about k-1 visa, special case
Hello, I was an active memeber of the visajourney forum about a year ago and have come back for some help.
Here is my story, we got the K-1 and basically backed out at the last minute and decided to return to Venezuela (I am a us citizen but have lived most of my life in venezuela, thus that is the reason we "both"returned)
Now she has applied for a tourist visa once again (the one she had got cancelled when she got the k-1). Today her tourist visa got rejected because she has an american fiancee (isn´t it ironic, we went through the whole k-1 thing and did not stay in the US and now they think she is at risk of staying!!!)
Any thoughts on what to do in this case? is she now banned from the US forever? we still plan to get married (I know we are complicated I guess) does it mean I cannot take my wife to visit the US even if I am an american citizen?

Thanks for the help once again,

Leopoldo Vasquez
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2007-10-09 22:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCan anyone recommend a good Visa service for K1
I would not spend any money at all...I made a few of the so called "mistakes" and got approved anyways. As long as the info is there and there aren;t any red flags you should be able to do it yourself. Look at the examples in visajourney and that should be enough
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2006-09-05 18:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresThe RFE Master List
Has anybody gotten an RFE for writting N/A instead of "None"? this seems stupid, but I wrote N/A on several answers and I am beginning to worry.

Thanks,
lvasquezNot TellingVenezuela2006-08-08 22:43:00
IndiaK1 Procedures after NOA2 for New Delhi

@@AKukreti

 

I have received my NOA2 recently and my embassy is New Delhi.

NVC will be contacting you any time for the next steps.

 

 

Gajanan


gsinamdarMaleIndia2014-04-09 10:34:00
IndiaMedical Examination: Appointment procedure

Thank you all for their responses.

 

I have scheduled my medical examination at Mumbai

 

Gajanan


gsinamdarMaleIndia2014-08-23 03:09:00
IndiaMedical Examination: Appointment procedure

Hi Friends,

 

I recently called the NVC and they said that I am scheduled for my medical examination (for CR-1 visa).

Could anyone tell me the procedure to obtain an appointment, I mean site where it can be done.

 

 

Kind regards

 

Gajanan:)


gsinamdarMaleIndia2014-08-15 12:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsI-130 Processing time in Nebraska Service Center

It usually takes 5-8 months to get the process going. Some times even more. This varies from case to case. So be patient.

Regarding your baby, please see what experts have to say about it.

 

Good luck


gsinamdarMaleIndia2014-05-13 08:40:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresTEMP. BUSINESS PLEASURE VISITOR (B) After CR-1 Filing
@dwheels76

 

Your word were inspiration!

 

Thanks a lot

 

Gajanan


gsinamdarMaleIndia2014-01-09 10:55:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresTEMP. BUSINESS PLEASURE VISITOR (B) After CR-1 Filing

Dear Friends,

 

I am glad to inform you, I got my B1/B2 visa for ten year duration today.

 

 

Thanks a lot for your kind replies.

 

Gajanan


gsinamdarMaleIndia2014-01-09 08:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresTEMP. BUSINESS PLEASURE VISITOR (B) After CR-1 Filing

Friends,

 

Thank you all for your kind replies.

Appreciate your time

 

Gajanan


gsinamdarMaleIndia2013-12-30 08:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresTEMP. BUSINESS PLEASURE VISITOR (B) After CR-1 Filing

The options on the visa application site has the following type of visitor visa under the category Temp. Business Pleasure visitor (B)

 

1] Business and Tourism (temporary visitor) B1/B2

 

2] Business Conference (B1)

 

3] Tourism and Medical Treatment (B2)

 

So it is either 1] or 3]

 

For me its for pleasure and tourism so it has to be option 1] of the list.

 

Please correct if I am wrong.

 

Thanks again

 

Gajanan 


gsinamdarMaleIndia2013-12-28 22:46:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresTEMP. BUSINESS PLEASURE VISITOR (B) After CR-1 Filing

@britishdakota Thank you for you kind reply!


gsinamdarMaleIndia2013-12-28 12:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresTEMP. BUSINESS PLEASURE VISITOR (B) After CR-1 Filing

Yes, I am a resident of India. My wife stays in the USA. It is about 3 months we have received our NOA1 for  the CR1 application. I want to visit my spouse in the US for 2 weeks for a family get-together. I think I have read post on a similar topic and a reply to it stated one can apply but the application may be rejected a the individual is intending to immigrate to the US.

 

Thanks for your patients,

 

Gajanan


gsinamdarMaleIndia2013-12-28 12:19:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresTEMP. BUSINESS PLEASURE VISITOR (B) After CR-1 Filing

Dear Friends,

 

Is it a good idea to apply for Temp. Business Pleasure Visitor (B) visa after filing of CR-1 Visa application and the process has begun (NOA1 received)

 

Thank you

 

Gajanan


gsinamdarMaleIndia2013-12-28 11:55:00
United KingdomQuestion about sending paperwork to the London Consulate

See it wasn't at all clear about which DS forms we should actually send early. The stuff she found said to send only the DS230pt1 and the Ds2001 readyness form. Should she send the other ones now as well?


BaronsamNot Telling02013-09-03 15:52:00
United KingdomQuestion about sending paperwork to the London Consulate

Yeah we have everything so she is gonna send the Readyness form as well as the DS 230 pt. 1 tomorrow.


BaronsamNot Telling02013-09-03 15:39:00
United KingdomQuestion about sending paperwork to the London Consulate

She has her medical tomorrow. Should she still wait another week or so then and see if we get something from them first?


BaronsamNot Telling02013-09-03 14:17:00
United KingdomQuestion about sending paperwork to the London Consulate

Great thanks that helps a lot. Yes we have an LND number and the status on the site says the application was touched at the Embassy on the 28th of August.


BaronsamNot Telling02013-09-03 14:04:00
United KingdomQuestion about sending paperwork to the London Consulate

Hi, I'm trying to figure out if my fiance in London can send her paperwork to the consulate without first receiving the packet 3 and checklist in the mail or if she needs to wait for that first. I realize this has probably been answered somewhere already but I'm having trouble locating a clear answer on the order of events. Thanks for the help!


BaronsamNot Telling02013-09-03 12:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFiling for a J-1 while waiting for a K-1?
So I filed a K-1 for my fiance earlier this month and now I'm concerned that it won't even come through in time for her to be back in the country for our regular summer job together. We both work at a summer camp in Connecticut, which is where we first met, and camp starts at the end of June. If we start to get close to that point are their any options for her to enter the country and work at camp while we wait for her to have to go back and interview, or if things take that long will she have to just miss working there for the summer and wait in London? That would be really tragic for both of us, so any advice on how to avoid that would be much appreciated. I realize this is mostly just a waiting game, I'm just so surprised that there doesn't seem to be any way for her to come back to do a job she has been doing for years now.
BaronsamNot Telling02013-01-21 23:08:00