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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHELP some doctors!
It sounds like your situation is a bit complicated... you might have to sit down and carefully consider your options. To an outsider, it sounds like the simplest option is to delay filing the K1 visa until after she's done her exam in the US, since it's so vitally important to her career. Another option is to file now, and to try to get into the US for the exam bringing lots of proof that that's what she's going there for and that she's going right back home to the DR again afterwards...
If you do get her a K1 visa, I hope you realise that the process does not end as soon as she gets to the US - once she is married she will have to apply for AOS and there will be a period of three or four months when she is NOT ELIBLE TO WORK IN THE US... that could seriously bollux up hospital rotations!
Also, if she is eligible to come and work in the US presumably she'll need some kind of visa for that - it's perfectly allowable to come to the US on a work visa and to get married while you're there. It's not breaking any rules if you enter the US on a legal visa and you do what it is that your visa says you're going for (ie.study on a student visa, work on the work visa)...
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-01-30 21:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMore worries!
It doesn't matter a jots you can fit them in the envelope. USCIS has more important things to worry about than what size paper your application is printed on :)
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-01-30 21:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiling Yourself vs. Lawyer?
Getting the visa can be complicated and time-consuming and some people prefer to pay someone else to do it for them... but really unless there is some definite problem that you can forsee it's not hard to do it yourself. You're not at all likely to be denied just because you filled in a form wrong - they'll send you a RFE and ask you to do it again, or tell you that they need X document, or at worst they'll send the original packet back to you right away if you forgot to put the check in with it.
If my fiance could do my paperwork, and I could do my own AOS, anyone can do it and it sure doesn't need to cost five thousand dollars! Just read the guides here carefully and ask on the forum if you have any extra questions and somebody will walk you through it...

Sounds like the guy was trying to scare you into signing on the dotted line to me...
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-01-30 21:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresneed a timeline translation...
It doesn't really mean anything... it's just something else for the #######-retentive types to keep track of! It means that somebody somewhere did SOMETHING to your file, but there's no way to know what. There's been some speculation that it just means it was shuffled from pile A to pile B and back again.
The only way to know if you've been 'touched' or not, is to register your file on the USCIS website and to ask them to send you email updates. It's not compulsory and you'll be approved just fine without it - I use Firefox and it's not compatible with their portfolio management program so I couldn't do it - I just went and manually checked my status every few weeks to see if the message had been changed.
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-01-30 21:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresletter of intent needs to be notarized?
It doesn't need to be notarised. It just needs to be a one-sentence letter signed by your fiance...
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-01-30 21:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresquestion about K-1 and being married before....
I hate to say it, but what the other people said is spot on. YOU CAN ONLY GET MARRIED ONCE! If you're legally married in Siberia or Tibet, it will still be recognised in the US and they won't give you a K1 visa... if you really want to get married in Singapore you'll have to do it first and then apply for a K3 visa.
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-01-30 22:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresinterview visa denied
You did NOT get denied... they said 'we need more information and we can't finish processing the visa until we get it'. That's not a denial... and though it's worrisome for you to have to sit and wait, there's no reason to assume that they will deny your fiance once they get the paperwork. I hope that they get into contact with your fiance soon, but a week is a very short amount of time to wait... it might take a lot longer than that.
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-01-30 21:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNewbie with lots of questions! :)
Since he's here on a legal student visa you don't need to do a K-1 or K-3... you can marry him and then apply to adjust status straight away.
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-02-20 21:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresvisa arrived, but...
Call them tomorrow and ask if it's okay... and if it is then i'd put some tape on the envelope just to make sure it doesn't rip any more.
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-02-20 21:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMarry Now or Marry Later?
Of course she can come to the US and marry you if you so choose... BUT SHE HAS TO GO HOME AGAIN AFTERWARDS. It's perfectly legal to come to the US to marry a USC and then leave the country before your legal stay ends, but it's NOT legal to come to the US, marry a citizen and settle down straight away. Most people do a K-1 because it is quicker to process than a K3 and you'll be together sooner...
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-02-20 21:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-129F to be filed overseas (Interview? Mailing address?)
Look into a process called DCF (Direct Consular Filing) and find out if Romania is one of the countries that allows it. Instead of sending the paperwork into the US, you can file it directly with the Consulate where you are living.
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-02-20 21:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 visa married after 90 days
What everyone else said... once that 90 day clock starts ticking there is NO WAY to slow it down. You can get married at 11.59pm on day 89 if you so wish but you HAVE to be married by the expiry date or the whole visa becomes null and void and you'll have to leave the country or be an illegal alien.
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-02-20 21:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureskeerrchiinnggg!! The price of moving to the US!??
don't forget plane tickets and travel expenses for getting to your visa interview, unless you're lucky enough to live in the same city where they do the interviews - there's only one consulate per country (or in some parts of the world, one per three or four countries!)
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-02-22 13:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresTrouble in the relationship
Your visa is NOT finalised yet sweety... you've still got somewhere between one and three or four months until you actually have it - the 'approval' was when they said 'okay, it looks okay on the US end, now we'll send it to the beneficiery's country and see if it's okay to actually give them the visa'.

Even once you have the visa in your hot little hand, you still have six months to decide whether or not to use it... and once you get to the US you have ninety days to get married. You don't have to rush into anything right away... if you come to the US and decide that it's not going to work out after all, all you have to do is to go home when the 90 days is up.
It sounds to me like the stress of the long-distance thing is really getting to you both, and you might be better off once it's all over and you're together 24/7... You've come this far, so you might as well actually get the visa, and you've still got time to 'work on yourselves' if you so choose.
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-01-30 21:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresdoes a co-sponsor have to be a relative?
Anyone can be your co-sponsor as long as they're a USC and have enough finances to qualify... but the consulate may query it if they think that the person doesn't have enough of a tie to you to follow through - you can't just get some guy walking down the street to sign the paperwork for you.
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-01 11:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresmarriage license
In Florida you get the marriage license from the county court and there is a three day waiting period to get married. I think it can be waived if you are both from out of state...
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-01 12:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedurestravel post marriage
I hate to say it but a)you're posting in the wrong forum... and b)in all practical terms, you ARE a prisoner in the United states from the time you enter on the K1 visa to the day you get your greencard (conditional or otherwise)... If you get an Advance Parole you can leave on overseas trips, but only for short periods of time. Leaving the country for longer than six months constitutes abandonment of status and they assume you have no intention of coming back. When you get your greencard you can apply for a re-entry permit and leave the country for up to a year to travel with your husband's postings... Keeping your house in the US is one way to show your intent to return.

I forgot to say that the greencard does NOT take two years to issue in most places. I got mine in 13 months, and some people get theirs much faster than that, especially with the trend towards CSC transfers and processing without interview. It's quite possible that you will get your greencard inside six months of marriage if you apply for AOS as soon as you possibly can.
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-01 12:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHelpful or Harmful for K1
If I was you I would just hurry up and file for the K1 visa and forget about the tourist visa altogether. You can still be refused entry with a visitor visa if they see that you have a 'K' visa in the works, so it would just be a waste of money. K1s really don't take that long to process in most cases - it may seem like forever apart, but its only about six months and then you'll get to be together again forever...
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-01 11:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSecond marriage to English man.
Everyone has given you good advice... your fiance won't be able to apply for your visa until she is fully and completely divorced from her previous husband. And it doesn't matter which country he is living in, you still have to acknowledge that she sponsored him on the application. You should expect to be asked awkward questions when it comes to your eventual interview too, like why you think that your marriage will be more successful than her first one etc.
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-01 16:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK-2 Question
I don't think the actual format of the letter matters as long as it says that your ex. knows and approves (or permits) the move.
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-02 13:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresEvidence of Relationship
There is no need to send IM or chat records in with the initial petition - evidence that you have talked does not count as evidence that you have MET IN PERSON. For that you want the all-important photos, itineraries, hotel receipts, boarding passes etc.

But they are a form of evidence that you can take to the interview with you... I printed out about ten pages of randomly selected chat transcripts, a bunch of emails, and the complete contents of our electronic 'love letter diary' and took them all along to the interview... only we didn't need to show them ANY of it! They didn't even ask to see a photo from our massive engagement album.

Edited by Kajikit, 02 March 2006 - 01:21 PM.

KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-02 13:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresevidence from another visa
It's not going to speed your petition up, but it's good evidence as long as part of it was within the last two years... just make sure that you explain that she was here on the J1 visa etc. :) and good luck!
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-02 13:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRe-apply for visas in March?
I very much doubt that they'd throw everyone's pending applications into the trashcan and make you start again - just think how much extra paperwork it would mean for them! Whenever they change some other rule or regulation (for example, the annual fee increase) it only applies to visa applications filed after a certain date. I honestly wouldn't expect this to be any different - since you applied in December and you've had your NOA1 you should be safe.

Edited by Kajikit, 02 March 2006 - 01:52 PM.

KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-02 13:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAge difference a problem for K-1 Approval
They may very well give you a hard time because you have a large age difference... so it's up to you to be able to show them how strong a relationship you have, and six years together should be a big help. You need to document everything you possibly can - photos, letters, phone bills etc. to show that you are in constant contact with each other.
This is one case when it is a Very Good Idea to be ready for the worst-case scenario, which is the consulate refusing the visa or putting you into an extremely lengthy Administrative Review process.
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-01 12:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMedical Problems
If you say too much you can buy trouble for yourself... as I found out, being compulsively honest. My medical exam turned into an hour of cross-questioning and then I had to get a letter from my psychiatrist to pass the medical... and then when I was doing my AOS I got a letter from USCIS saying I was required to have a followup medical exam in the US before they'd adjust me!
But in the end it all worked out. I got the visa, came to the US, and got my greencard... I could have saved myself a lot of hassle and worry if I'd brought a statement from my head-shrinker to the initial medical but it never occurred to me that I'd need it.
I don't know if it applies to you, but an accidental overdose does NOT COUNT. I didn't have to tell them in the first place...

If your depression issues have been successfully resolved that's all you need to tell them, but you need a letter from your doctor to back yourself up.

Edited by Kajikit, 06 March 2006 - 08:49 PM.

KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-06 20:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhen can employment start
If he didn't get a temporary EAD on entry to the US, then alas your soon-to-be-husband won't be able to work until you have got married, applied for AOS and obtained an EAD. If the EAD doesn't arrive in 90 days after the application is officially received you can get an interim one, so you could say that the soonest he can work would be 4 months from now allowing time for gathering paperwork etc.
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-08 11:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureswhere to get married first?
If you're living in Argentina with your fiance and you want to get married there go ahead... but then you'll have to apply for a K3 visa before you can both move back to the US.
A K1 is for people who are living in the US and who want to bring their fiance to the US to be married.
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-08 11:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI want to keep it simple
You only have to prove to them that you met ONCE in the last two years so the stuff from last week is just fine and dandy... sure you can tell them that you've spent time together X number of times and there's a remote possibility that they'll ask you for some kind of proof of that but I honestly wouldn't worry about that - a couple of photos is fine.
It doesn't make any difference in granting the visa if you spent five minutes together, or five months. Save the fancy stuff for the interview.
(And don't worry about the six-month gap - it's irrelevant.)

Edited by Kajikit, 09 March 2006 - 03:10 PM.

KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-09 15:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-129 --- Address at which fiance will live?
That's a formality more than anything... it's not legally binding :)
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-09 15:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPOE does it have to be at an airport?
Sounds very romantic and I don't see any reason why you couldn't do it... you can enter the US at any legal entry point and there should be customs people there to take your packet from you :)
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-09 15:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDid this happen to anyone?
So far as any of us know they do not contact any of the employers on your list - just imagine how much work that would be for them! The same bio form is used for more than one kind of visa, so not all the information is relevant to the K visas (eg.if you are getting a student visa then they'll look carefully at the 'education' section, and the 'employment history' is there for the benefit of the working visa types...) No need for paranoia...
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-09 15:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiling for new fiancée
You have to be legally divorced and have the decree absolute in your hands BEFORE you can file for a K1 visa for somebody else... but aside from that there's no definite waiting period after you become a citizen. You were married for seven years so it's not like you just got here yesterday and dumped the wife... Seems like 7 years is a LONG TIME to be married in the US today!
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-09 15:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSupport
That's what the co-sponsor/s are for...
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-09 15:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 - buying the plane ticket?
If I was you I'd be VERY wary of booking a ticket for your fiance so close to the interview... even if they decide to give her a visa on the spot you still have to wait for it to be delivered and there may be some kind of holdup... Seven days really a very short period of time - if you really do want to buy the ticket before the interview I'd leave at least a fortnight in case of delays.
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-09 15:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK-1 X denied touris visas
You got denied your visitor visas for the same reason that MOST people are - they suspected that you might possibly want to stay in the US instead of going home... it's very common and it's no reason to worry about the K1 being refused - a K visa assumes that you ARE going to the US to stay so ties to your home country are irrelevant. All you have to worry about is showing them that you have a genuine relationship with your fiance and that they can support you etc.
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-09 15:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresless is more debate
If you think you have 'too much' evidence be selective about what you send... a hundred love-letters doesn't really prove anything more than two would, except that you have LOTS of time on your hands to write!
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-08 11:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresquestion about the whole visa process?
Yes some people do it... but people do lots of things that they know aren't good for them. Most of those people who go into the US and then get married have never even HEARD of visas, or they were in the US on a student visa or a work permit so their presence was totally legal and they've already done the 'waiting for a visa' thing only in a different category.
I'd say it's more stressful not less because at some point those people have to try to convince USCIS that they didn't intend to break the law and that they have a real relationship and they have to worry about being refused and deported.
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-09 15:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresTo mention the internet or not to mention?
It's a big world out there but it gets smaller every day... no need to be paranoid about having met 'online' - most of us did! Somebody did a poll on the old forum and it was something like 70-30%! So USCIS sees it every day :) The only reason to be remotely worried would be if you met on a board called 'Looking for Love' or 'Have Citizenship, want wife'. lol And even then it's not a bar to getting a visa or there wouldn't BE any marriage brokers for them to regulate...
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-09 15:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresBeginning K1 Visa process
The nailbiting stops when your wife gets her greencard, in about three years from now! (at least that's when I relaxed... I know I still have to do more paperwork but that's not for two years, so I get a break!)

Edited by Kajikit, 17 March 2006 - 09:30 PM.

KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-17 21:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestion on behalf of a friend
I don't think the fingerprints are STORED at all - they use them to check on them once and then discard them - that's why you have to have your prints taken again and again and again... the chopf@cks don't actually have any facility to store the fingerprint files longterm.

As for the visa, a denied tourist visa is irrelevant to a K visa... she just has to tell them that it happened because otherwise they might think she was trying to conceal it.
KajikitFemaleAustralia2006-03-17 21:27:00