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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresGetting a clue.
I think that the thing that helped me ease my mind the most when I was first starting was to print out the forms and fill them all out. I may have did practice runs on this stuff 5 or 6 times. But each time I did it, the more comfortable I became with the information I put down. Now that I'm getting ready here next week to send my petition in I'm about 99.9% sure I wont get an RFE for this portion of my petition. I've checked over it a thousand times. That doesn't mean that I wont, you never know what will happen, but I feel great about everything.

Spend some time reading through the USCIS website, along with this one. Even if you feel like you don't understand it, keep reading and eventually you'll have that moment of AHA! and you'll be fine. But if not, asking questions here is great too.

Good luck!
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2009-09-12 07:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresG325A Biographical info form
QUOTE (CoffeeMuse @ Sep 22 2009, 03:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Thanks. I'm just chewing though this stuff now putting the package together while my fiancee is here visiting with me.

I also want to include:

Proof we met in past 2 years and proof of ongoing relationship. My fiancee has saved her plane tickets from her April 2009 trip but they are in England. She has ticket stubs from her trip over and I have my plane ticket stubs from my trip over to England (lost my stubs from the return trip).

I don't want to flood them with stuff but want to have sufficient proof. What is considered sufficient? If I submit out stubs from my trip to England and hers from her trip her in August is that sufficient for proof we met? As for ongoing relationship, other than actual visits, most of our communication has be via the internet so proof would be not much other than a few cards mailed.



Include pictures of the two of you as well as your boarding passes and you should be okay, but from what I hear the more the better. I frontloaded mine, so mine has everything under the sun (phone bills, his bank statements with highlighted purchases he made in my town, boarding passes, itineraries, and about 10 pictures). But just because I did it doesn't mean that you have to. Lots of people have sent much less than me and theirs worked out just fine! I only sent my packet out yesterday so we'll see how much good all that did me soon!
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2009-09-22 14:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresG325A Biographical info form
There will be 2 forms filled out. One for you, and one for your fiance. It used to be that you needed 4 copies of each persons G-325A, but according to the USCIS website, that has now changed to 2, one for each person(I just read it like 10 minutes ago). I went ahead and sent in 4 for each to be on the safe side, but to answer your question, one form will be completely for her, and one form will be completely for you. Hope this helps.
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2009-09-22 13:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresG325A
I think that it probably should be okay. Even with the USCIS's new revamped website it says to send in 2--one for the petitioner and one for the beneficiary. I sent in 4 for each, but hopefully they just throw 3 of them away. I would think that when they re-do their entire website that they would correct any mistakes and add new information. If it's not corrected I'm only left to assume it wasn't a mistake for them to say to send 2.

Good luck, I'm praying for no RFE for you or anything else who didn't send in 4 per person! Seems kind of silly if they would since their own website says different!
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2009-09-24 10:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHoneymoon locations in the US
I love Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge(Yay Dollywood!), but since I live so close to it we decided to try somewhere just a little bit further away. So we found this:

http://www.abovebeyondcabin.com/

It`s still in the Smoky Mountains so we decided it was a go! Even took a risk and booked it for our honeymoon week. But they also have instructions that our date could change so they said they`d be flexible with us if we couldn`t make our week.
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2009-11-09 09:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresVisiting Other Half while I-129F being processed...
Heck, I went to visit Canada last month to see Mathew and the border guard gave ME problems. But of course I had all my paperwork and everything so he let me pass, but it was weird for a few seconds.

Take lots of ties to the UK with you. You should be fine. smile.gif
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2009-12-09 18:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI realized I did something wrong
That's great! yay! kicking.gif
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2009-12-14 17:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresblue slip...
Congrats!!!
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2009-12-14 23:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRFE help, suggestions.
Reapply with the same evidence you've got plus LOTS of new evidence. You don't have to make more than one more visit, but take a lot of pictures, make sure to save your boarding passes, receipts, etc.

From here on out you need to start doing more than just emailing and sending cards occasionally. If you truly want to get married then you have to really be serious about this. Remember, this process isn't free. You wouldn't want to waste more than what you've already lost, would you?
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2009-12-14 18:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRFE help, suggestions.
QUOTE (Otto und Karin @ Dec 14 2009, 05:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Kayla*Mathew @ Dec 14 2009, 04:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Until you make another visit and supply them with the information they've requested you will not likely see your case being worked on again.

And P.S., if you flew out tomorrow and came back with new evidence - you'd very likely have to start over since you did not qualify at the time the petition was filed - can't qualify on the run.



That's a perfect point. It doesn't matter if you go visit now. They don't care about now. They care about October 2007- October 2009. This is December.
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2009-12-14 17:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRFE help, suggestions.
QUOTE (Bulex @ Dec 14 2009, 05:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (christeen @ Dec 14 2009, 05:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
One of the basic requirements is to have met in person within the last 2 years... So if that is not the case, then I would say you need to arrange to meet up again and provide photographs, plane tickets etc... A few cards and a couple of e-mails would certainly throw up some red flags... From what you are saying, you do not meet the basic within 2 years requirement. I do not think that a letter saying you had a job will excuse this basic requirement... Do you have phone records or chat logs or anything else proving an ongoing relationship?


thanks for suggesting, yes we do have phone records and some webcam snapshots.



But if you haven't met between October 2007 and October 2009 it wont matter if you have a stack of webcam snapshots and phone records the size of Mt. Everest, because you don't meet their basic requirements. Until you make another visit and supply them with the information they've requested you will not likely see your case being worked on again.
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2009-12-14 17:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRFE help, suggestions.
If you've only been sending greeting cards and emails OCCASIONALLY then your relationship doesn't sound "real" to me. And if it doesn't sound real to just a regular outsider, it's definitely not going to look real to a CO. They're job is this kind of stuff.

If your relationship is an actual relationship, you're going to have to make another trip and bulk up on your evidence. Sounds to me like even if you didn't get an RFE for what you did, you'd still come up with a loss at the interview if you're only emailing each other and sending cards occasionally.
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2009-12-14 17:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureswhat can be next??
Congrats!!!!!!
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2009-12-15 22:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNew to this whole thing
QUOTE (NatPatBen @ Dec 28 2009, 09:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
If you're considering applying for K1 in the future, you may want to bring a few copies of the forms (indicated in the guides) with you on your trip to get her signature.


good.gif This is an excellent idea.
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2009-12-28 21:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNew to this whole thing
Glad to see you made your way over here. smile.gif

This place is full of wonderful people and wonderful advice. I'm sure that you'll find every answer to your questions, and hopefully make some friends here too.

If you're going to go any route I think that your best bet would be the K-1. You haven't really known each other all that long and a K-1 visa would give you time to get to know one another better, get some trips in for your evidence and also gives you 90 days after she's been approved. I don't think that people should use the visa for the purpose of "testing the waters" during those 90 days, but it DOES help a bit.

For now, concentrate on your upcoming visit and make sure to save everything and take lots and lots of pictures!!!

Welcome to VJ!!! kicking.gif
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2009-12-28 20:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 Visa Filing
Yes, you must have met WITHIN the last two years. So that means that you must have met between December 28, 2007-today.

Good luck
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2009-12-28 08:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresjust starting out
You must have relationship evidence, and a ton of it.

I'm not sure if they will look badly on his past denials for a visa. Sorry I can't help on that part.

His income will not be considered. You have to be able to show that you can support him financially. If you can't, you must get a co-sponsor. Your co-sponsor must be a US Citizen and be able to show support for your fiance + their household size.

Good luck
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2009-12-31 20:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresone way to avoid the k-1 hassle
Um...ookkaaayyy
:rofl:
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-01-02 21:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresShould the Petitioner attend the Interview?
I can see no better evidence of a bonafide relationship than a fiance(e) attending the interview. Even if you are not allowed inside, you being there would be good.

I plan on attending Mathew's interview in March.

Edited by Kayla*Mathew, 27 January 2010 - 12:45 PM.

Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-01-27 12:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSomething Missing in VJ K1 Checklist
That birth certificate is not needed right now.

Who fills out the initial packet? The USC, NOT the foreign fiance(e). At the interview is when you will need the other birth certificate, but it is stated in your Packet 3 letter.

So nope, the checklist is just fine.
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-02-02 16:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresThe start please help
As far as I'm aware, she will not be eligible for a visa based on the fact she was a prostitute. She may be able to get a waiver, but it will be a long and hard road for you.

Have you considered moving to her? This may be your best option.
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-02-10 17:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhere is requirement for proof of relationship?

Since no one has actually asked you the question, why are you fighting so hard to NOT submit any evidence of relationship with your I-129F?

Yes, they don't need it for the initial decision making, but how well have you researched the US Embassy in S.A.'s attitude towards evidence introduced at interview, especially when not one drop of it was presented with the initial filing?

Gary's now wife interviewed in Kiev. It's notoriously easy to get through Kiev, by his own admission. Ask anyone interviewing in Casablanca and they'd laugh you out of town for not submitting any evidence of relationship.



This is what I've been wondering all along.

Why fight it? Why not just go with what has worked for everyone else? It's NOT hard to send a few pictures, some plane tickets, etc. Everyone else seems to do it, even if it's a minimum.

Is your fiance not important enough to you to want to do things the right way??? This may not be in the instructions, but if it's worked for everyone so far then I would consider that "the right way".
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-02-10 21:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhere is requirement for proof of relationship?

I think you would be surprised to find that your friend would not falsely place her stamp on a document since if caught she would be fined ... lose any related job (for instance if she worked for a bank) and could go to prison.



Doesn't stop it from happening. I've seen it happen around here for various things.

The point is, USCIS doesn't care about notarized documents. It's moot. They want what they want and questioning it is just about as useless as complaining about the wait times. Either you do it, or your don't get your fiance. Take a pick.
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-02-09 22:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhere is requirement for proof of relationship?
It's also pretty easy to find just some random notary to sign the documents. I know at least 15 in a five mile radius of me, and not all of them are the most honest people. Just because you got a notary to sign the documents does not mean that both people were there at the same time. If my best friend were a notary I'm sure she'd sign whatever I wanted her to.
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-02-09 10:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresTotal fees for K1 just to get here
The I-129F fee is $455. Medical varies from country to country. Visa fee(paid at time of interview or before depending on country), is $131 currently but will be changed to $350 in a short amount of time. AOS(Adjustment of Status) fee paid after the marriage is $1010.

You're lookin at around $1596, not including the medical(I don't know what it is for your country), and without the fee increase. With fee increase it will be $1815ish.

Of course this is not including travel fees, postage fees, etc.
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-01-27 21:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNOA2 received a month earlier than expected...
The people I talked to at NVC were nice. If I remember correctly you have to press 5 to talk to a person because they don't like K-1's in the automated system.

Congrats and good luck!
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-02-24 18:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresfiance visa denial

Hey everyone, let's stop the speculating. Obviously it wasn't a big enough priority for him to attend. Period. Let it go at that or else a Mod will step in and close down the thread.

The OP didn't give much info and for all we know it's a Troll Posting.



Exactly. Everything is speculation. :)
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-03-02 12:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresfiance visa denial

I can't speak for the OP, but perhaps

- because he might be fired if he left work long enough to fly to an interview? If I had to fly to my wife's country,
attend an interview and fly back it would probably take at least three days.
- because he can't afford to go? (At the wrong time of year, it would cost over $1600 for me to fly round trip to Moldova, enough money to pay for the AOS.)



But when you've been requested to go, you know that you being there or not being there can mean the difference between an approval and a denial. That's all I'm saying. The OP said nothing about being fired, or not having enough money. He simply said because of work, which to ME, looks like he just saw the schedule and said "Well oops! I have to work that day!". This may not be the case, but I sincerely doubt that if you asked the day after you found out about your interview(usually a month or two) that you would be fired. As long as you work it out in advance and not leave them hanging. Heck, I'd take an attendance point if it meant I could be there for Mathew's interview, but I'm taking one of my weeks vacations to be there that week with him.

Or maybe I'm spoiled by being union.
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-03-02 10:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresfiance visa denial
I can see nothing more important than getting my fiance here. If they requested you to attend the interview, you should have done it, work or no. The fact that you didn't attend when requested to would put a big ole red flag in any CO's mind. Afterall, if it would better your chances of an approval, why wouldn't you be there???

I don't think her reason for denial is the fact that she didn't know your high school. I think it was because she didn't know some information about you and you didn't show up like they asked you to. If I were a CO I can't say that I wouldn't have done the same thing. When things like that happen it does look like a sham. I'm not saying it is, I'm saying that to a person that's trained to see through sham relationships, from the actions on that day it looks fishy.

Everything is speculation until you see or have her read to you exactly what was on that paper.

If your petition comes back to the US and expires you will have to start all over again, including paying again.
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-03-02 10:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMedical while waiting for NOA2
Take a look at some of the other members around here. Just because you're expecting it, doesn't mean that it will come. You need to at least wait until you've gotten your packet 3. If things are anything like whats at the Montreal Consulate, you have to have either your packet 3 or your interview letter before they will let you make an appointment.

Learn patience. You don't want to go and throw money away. You'll need it later.
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-03-02 16:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAm I being paranoid?
Some people have written one or two lines and gotten an approval.

So yes, I think you're being paranoid. :P

We didn't go into much detail. We just told how we had met for the first time, and then included a timeline of all the other visits we had up until our filing. It wasn't in great detail, and we didn't get an RFE for it.

USCIS doesn't care about the evidence of a relationship. They just want to know that you've met in the past 2 years. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less. Provide that information to them, and you're golden.

Of course, that didn't stop me from frontloading my petition with phone bills, bank statements, hotel receipts, plane ticket stubs, etc. It made me feel better. :)

Good luck!
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-03-09 15:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWe need your advice!!!
I wouldn't even think about booking a ticket until after your visa is issued. Things can go wrong. Nothing is a certainty. No one knows 100% that your visa will be approved, wont go into AP after interview, or that a mess up might cause a delay in the mailing of the visa. I hope that none of these things happen to you, but they've happened to others on this website. It's best to wait.
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-03-30 17:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHow did you send in the petition?
I used USPS Priority Mail in one of the flat rate envelopes. It got there in 2 days and I got to watch it every step of the way.
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-03-29 09:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPlanning the wedding before you get a yes?
We planned for early enough in advance that we thought we'd be finished. Of course it was risky, but we also made sure and had it in writing with our vendors that our date may change and they are all okay with it as long as they have the other date available.

So yeah, what we've done isn't for everyone, but it worked out well.
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-04-03 22:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK-1 Visa application Ready To Send
The I-134 doesn't come yet. You will send that in at after your petition is approved, or your fiance(e) will take it to the interview(this is consulate dependent).

Also, you're missing the check in the amount of $455.

And yes, you must sign the G-325A. And so must your fiance(e). All forms should be dated for the day they were filled out. My fiance and I filled them out together on the same day so all of ours had the same date, but I don't see how a problem could arise from the dates being a few days apart. I could be wrong though.

Good luck.

Edited by Kayla*Mathew, 04 April 2010 - 05:41 PM.

Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-04-04 17:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresInclusion of I-129F Cover Letter and Check
I hole punched the entire thing, separated each section with paper-clips and then used an ACCO clip to hold it all together. I paper-clipped the check and the cover letter to the section that held my I-129F with the check on the main top.
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-03-29 09:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresLost my job.....

The requirement of the I-134 is: "Applicants using the I-134 will need to show that their sponsor's income is 100 percent of federal poverty guidelines as required under Section 212(a)(4) of the INA."
Good Luck....sounds like you are on your way!! :thumbs:
Franc



When it comes to AOS time the 125% will be used, and because of this some consulates go ahead and use it as their guidelines anyway. Besides, if you prove 125% now you aren't in for any surprises when the I-864 is used. This has been discussed many times in many threads about the benefits of using I-864 guidelines over the I-134. :)
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-04-04 22:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresLost my job.....
It's all very stressful and 3 weeks ago I was in your shoes. Instead of bridezilla I was formzilla. I worried so much because I couldn't find my mom's w-2's for 2007, or 2006 and she hasn't filed her taxes for this year yet either. I was so worried they were going to deny us because of it, but the guy spent less than 3 seconds looking at those papers. I'm sure he looked at them before he interviewed us, but still. It's such a stressful situation when you're anticipating it but once it comes it's really not that bad at all. We walked out of the Montreal Consulate after being in the interview room for less than 10 minutes and I felt SO silly for freaking out all the time.

So I know what you're goin through girl. :)

Edited by Kayla*Mathew, 04 April 2010 - 07:01 PM.

Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-04-04 19:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresLost my job.....
That will not be a big problem.

I used a cosponsor, my fiance had his interview on the 23rd resulting in an approval.

No matter what you will be the primary sponsor because you are the petitioner, meaning that you will fill out an I-134. Your co-sponsor will also fill out one.

All in all, your co-sponsor is going to make up for what you lack. You lack the income, and your co-sponsor has enough income to support their household plus your fiance, which in turn means that you wont be denied based on your support documents(this will not always be true for harder consulates).


Relax, it's gonna be fine. :)

Edited by Kayla*Mathew, 04 April 2010 - 06:48 PM.

Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-04-04 18:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresLost my job.....
Your cosponsor will have to prove that they meet the requirements for their family(let's say a family of 3) PLUS your fiance. So that would mean they must meet 125% of the poverty guidelines for a family of 4.

And yes, if you have a cosponsor that meets the eligibility requirements your income doesn't matter. There have been some couples here in which the petitioner was in school and didn't have a job. As long as they've had a cosponsor that met the requirements, they were approved.
Kayla*MathewFemaleCanada2010-04-04 17:47:00