ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2012 filers
Ladybug, welcome to the thread :) hope this time works perfect for you!
cazzersFemaleRomania2012-10-22 06:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2012 filers
We used express carrier, but we sent it from Romania on the 25th(Europe time) and it arrived on the 27th(USA time). My fiancee(the petitioner) is with me here in Romania, that is why we sent it from here :)
I'm glad you got your NOA1 :)

Edited by cazzers, 04 October 2012 - 07:43 AM.

cazzersFemaleRomania2012-10-04 07:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2012 filers

VJ is way optimistic than us... Lol



Hahaha, so true :rofl:
cazzersFemaleRomania2012-10-03 17:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2012 filers

Does the NOA1 arrive X number of days after it has been sent or X number of days after they have receive it? I have not gotten my NOA1 yet :(


Hmmm, we received already our NOA1 by email on the 1st of October saying the payment has been approved and that the petition has been routed to CSC. Did you filled out G-1145 so that you can receive notifications by email? Cause if you didnt, you'll only receive the hardcopy. don't worry, you'll receive it, as long as everything is ok with the payment :whistle:
cazzersFemaleRomania2012-10-03 16:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2012 filers
http://www.visajourn...er-2012-filers/
:thumbs:
cazzersFemaleRomania2012-10-03 10:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2012 filers

Im actually not sure which center we are filed with. Isnt it automatically based on where you live? So i live in california, thus i would by default be set up with the California Service Center???


From what I know, CSC handles west coast petitions and VSC east coast petitions, depending on where the petitioner lives. From what i've read, when they send NOA1 by mail they give you a case number that starts either with WAC(CSC) or EAC(VSC), and with this case number you can check your status on www.uscis.gov
If Im wrong, someone please correct me :)

This link is helpful https://egov.uscis.g....office_type=SC

Edited by cazzers, 02 October 2012 - 04:39 AM.

cazzersFemaleRomania2012-10-02 04:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2012 filers
Hopefully there won't be any problems cashing the check and we receive NOA1 fast. :innocent: At what center is your application gonna be? CSC or VSC? Nevermind, i just saw on your profile :P

Edited by cazzers, 01 October 2012 - 12:38 PM.

cazzersFemaleRomania2012-10-01 12:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2012 filers

Well, the tracking says the package has arrived, but what is next?


The next step is NOA1. Our package arrived on thursday, we are still waiting for NOA1 :)
cazzersFemaleRomania2012-10-01 12:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2012 filers
I am joining too :) we just send it today, but it should arrive by the end of the week. Ours is at california.
Good luck to all of us and let's hope for a quicker NOA2!
cazzersFemaleRomania2012-09-25 11:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsEasy Part Over - K1 Approved! Hard/fun part about to begin!

Congrats! :dance:


cazzersFemaleRomania2014-05-22 21:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsBig Day

Congrats! :)


cazzersFemaleRomania2014-05-22 21:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsapproved

Congrats! :dance:


cazzersFemaleRomania2014-05-22 17:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsI- 129f filed today! Please wish us luck.

Good luck! :joy:


cazzersFemaleRomania2014-06-11 15:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports5 months no touch !!!

My case is in TSC too, I wait almost 5 months. My fiance called to them 3 times,but only got one answer " Please wait".

I don't know why CSC do this so quickly even some fiancee get visa only spend 3 months. But we still wait NOA2.

Maybe call to them everyday is a good idea. :clock:

 

One explanation why CSC is moving so fast now with the petitions, is because of DACA renewals is approaching fast. That's what happened in 2012 with the initial DACA's..before CSC received the DACA petitions, CSC was approving I129f's in 3 months or less..once DACA came in, I129f's processing came to a complete stop for months in a row.. Some couples back then had to wait 9-10 months for NOA2. I don't know if it's the same case this year, but there is always a chance. http://www.uscis.gov...ss-daca-renewal

 

Good luck to you, TSC filers, hope you get your approval soon enough! :)


cazzersFemaleRomania2014-06-08 01:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsnvc - "its been forwarded to your consulate, your petition didnt go thru us"

My advice is to talk to tier2. I have a friend who got approved, but her case only got to nvc 9 weeks later, because uscis instead of sending it to nvc, they sent it to nrc, which is the record department at uscis, i think. she actually had her senators and congressman involved until they figured out where the file was. I;m not saying it's the same case here, but if your file hasn't reached nvc, then it's still in uscis hands.

 

Good luck!


cazzersFemaleRomania2014-06-18 16:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresG-325A, Need help for 1 question
I saw that after i replied to this one :)
cazzersFemaleRomania2012-11-19 06:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresG-325A, Need help for 1 question
Yes, you have to write unemployed and the dates also. Don't leave any gaps in time.
cazzersFemaleRomania2012-11-19 06:39:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNBC processing time for I 129F
I saw that too...I wonder what that is all about :huh:
cazzersFemaleRomania2013-03-24 16:55:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDo the authorities accept videos on DVD?
No
cazzersFemaleRomania2013-04-10 09:07:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresImmigration Attorneys - Advice?

Do you have a difficult case? Cause if you don't, then I don't see why you would use a lawyer. My fiance has dual citizenship(European and American) and has been living in Europe for the last 10+ years. When we send in the papers he was still in Europe, he got back to USA in November 2012. We didn't used a lawyer and we got approved. We followed the guides here and everything was ok.


cazzersFemaleRomania2013-04-29 05:26:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresHelp with the copies...?

No need to translate it if you got the newest version of the BC which would be the one in Romanian, English and French. I used that at the embassy for my visa interview, and I used it again here for my green card interview, and was accepted just fine :)


cazzersFemaleRomania2014-08-27 12:23:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresExpedited visa! WOW
there are somes that got approval for 2 months,no expedites...

anywhooo...

Congratulationsss
gennyangelFemalePhilippines2009-01-28 00:50:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNBI Clearance question.
QUOTE (ao_cons @ Feb 26 2009, 12:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Has anyone gotten an NBI Clearance from the Philippines without the right thumbprint on the green certificate??!! This is my renewal and it arrived by mail! Why no right thumb print? Do I need to go there or at a Philippine embassy to have my print affixed to it? I already got fingerprinted on ALL fingers at the Embassy!

Help! Did the NBI forget or do I need to go back to the Emabassy?


i got mine the other day,no thumbprint too but it has seal...i was thinking of going back to the NBI branch and do the thumbprint or otherwise get another one
gennyangelFemalePhilippines2009-02-26 00:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNEWLY MARRIED to an American -- WHAT TO DO FIRST?? WHAT VISA TO GET??

Yes, I was a J1 visa holder before.. but me wanting to go back to the US now is purely coincidental, coz I never expected that I'll get married to an American after coming back to the Philippines. Was it the same with you? Did you come back here first, got married and went back to America? If so, is CR1 visa the one you applied for too?

I am a j1 before also. But now I am getting a K1 visa. I came back immediately here in PH after my visa expires. im telling you this is a very different and crazy process compare to our J1. Goodluck to your journey. I will message you in inbox.


MJandJONFemalePhilippines2013-08-29 10:59:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNEWLY MARRIED to an American -- WHAT TO DO FIRST?? WHAT VISA TO GET??

Im Filipina and my husband is American. We met June of last year here in the Philippines when I got back from the US from my one-year hotel internship in Philadelphia, PA. We got married last July 31, 2013 here in the Philippines. He went back to America last August 23 to continue his schooling, as he is still in college. Now, our dilemma is just like most of the newly married Fil-Am couples here: what to do next to be able to bring the Filipina wife to the US to live with her husband. Im only 23 yrs old and my husband is 22, and though we've researched about the K3 and CR1/IR1 visas, we still dont know which route is the best place for us to go. We also have a lot of questions, and our main concern is how long the process will take for us. We want to be together as soon as possible; its hard and painful to be away from your spouse, especially in the first year of marriage. Please help us!

hi sis are you a J1 visa holder before like me?just curious coz you said internship, and your trying to go back? well you guys should get CR1 visa.


MJandJONFemalePhilippines2013-08-29 10:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresLOST MAIL?

My husband recently sent in the ds-230 after a request for him to re-do part 1 was mailed via email with the checklist.
He sent it express on Feb 22 from Jamaica and it was said to have reached and was signed for on Feb 25. They have 20 days to process the mail once it's in there system, so I called on the 19th day only to find out that they are saying the mail never reached??? :help: So now I am frustrated and don't know if there is anything I can do besides resubmit the info and wait another whole month! :crying: Has anyone every dealt with something similar to this and may have advice :blink: Thanks in advance

Scan it and email it.
HawaiianCecilFemaleJamaica2013-03-24 02:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresK1 to CR1

Pick one and stick with it.


:thumbs:
HawaiianCecilFemaleJamaica2013-04-24 20:19:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresUsing someone Else for i-134

If a person isn't working/not making enough money just yet and want to bring their spouse over. Decides to use someone else for affidavit of support ... who exactly would be best to use? And do they have to go through a process also..like interviews and verification. Things of that nature?

Please complete your timeline


HawaiianCecilFemaleJamaica2013-05-01 02:29:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresJamaican Police Record

No, it does not need to stay sealed.


HawaiianCecilFemaleJamaica2013-05-29 23:15:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWill significant age difference pose a problem in interview date? Please help!

Young lady are you joking around or serious? Don't take this the wrong way
I wish you all the best and want to awaken you to the realities of immigrating
you have to get evidences together since you are saying you both been in touch
since 2009.
Its hard for me an outsider to understand it, you have huge red-flags but each post
sends up another, really what young 26 yr old don't love taking pictures , what 73 yr
old on the beach don't want to take pictures, if you tell that to IO ,you deleted his
emails, so can he print some of his and bring to you.If you are an interacial couple
really most Caucasian don't buy/use phone cards they prefer a proper phone plan, do
your family knows him, you keep stressing it was a "private wedding", every post carries
a lame excuse, don't give these lame answers to interviewer.
No offence but you make the scenario seem as if you guys met, he visit often, he wants to
help you out so he says lets get married, and you all just now realize the hoops you have
to go through, the ppl at consulate is taught about each country they go into culture. I
am not saying this is it ok, I am saying get your house in order with the short time you have
maybe its a good idea for him to accompany you to the interview . I hope you are approved.














 

Jawaree - for such a prolific poster - gold member and all, you have no timeline and share no info on what visa you're applying for - update your profile/timeline and level with the rest of us!

 


HawaiianCecilFemaleJamaica2013-04-28 01:49:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWill significant age difference pose a problem in interview date? Please help!

Young lady are you joking around or serious? Don't take this the wrong way
I wish you all the best and want to awaken you to the realities of immigrating
you have to get evidences together since you are saying you both been in touch
since 2009.
Its hard for me an outsider to understand it, you have huge red-flags but each post
sends up another, really what young 26 yr old don't love taking pictures , what 73 yr
old on the beach don't want to take pictures, if you tell that to IO ,you deleted his
emails, so can he print some of his and bring to you.If you are an interacial couple
really most Caucasian don't buy/use phone cards they prefer a proper phone plan, do
your family knows him, you keep stressing it was a "private wedding", every post carries
a lame excuse, don't give these lame answers to interviewer.
No offence but you make the scenario seem as if you guys met, he visit often, he wants to
help you out so he says lets get married, and you all just now realize the hoops you have
to go through, the ppl at consulate is taught about each country they go into culture. I
am not saying this is it ok, I am saying get your house in order with the short time you have
maybe its a good idea for him to accompany you to the interview . I hope you are approved.














 


HawaiianCecilFemaleJamaica2013-04-28 01:47:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresi want to have an idea of the charges

This information can readily be found by searching this forum as well as visiting the USCIS website - do some research before you ask.....


HawaiianCecilFemaleJamaica2013-06-11 02:55:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresFRUSTRATED ABOUT I-130 ISSUES

4 months is nothing - be patient, like the rest of us.... Good luck!


HawaiianCecilFemaleJamaica2013-08-15 03:33:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWhat can i do ? 215 days past for my i130

I am really confused, first because we file ours in Feb 2013 and our k3 in march and nothing but case trasnferred to nebraska two weeks ago.  What I don't understand si I see people on these forums who filed in april and are already approved and have their greencard.  They received it in august, it makes no sense to me that I have not even received NOA2 yet and its november and yet people who filed 3 months after me have already had everything done and are now in the US.  It makes no sense.

The USCIS and the immigration process has not ever and will not ever make any sense. 


HawaiianCecilFemaleJamaica2013-11-12 02:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresQuestion about using assets for the Affidavit of Support (I-864)

We're currently located in Germany and will do DCF in Frankfurt. My spouse already has a U.S. bank account but we're wondering if it's absolutely necessary to transfer all the savings from the European account to the U.S. account (the European savings account generates a better interest rate). We will do it if necessary, but we'd prefer not to. Are there any published guidelines on what USCIS says on this topic?


maeve808FemaleGermany2013-08-19 04:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresQuestion about using assets for the Affidavit of Support (I-864)

Thanks for you reply. What are foreign/non-U.S. based assets? In our case, it would be the savings account of my spouse. But this account is not located in the U.S. It is located in Europe.


maeve808FemaleGermany2013-08-19 03:25:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresQuestion about using assets for the Affidavit of Support (I-864)

I'll be sponsoring my spouse soon for a CR1 visa. I'm self-employed and currently located outside of the U.S. My self-employment income comes from my online business, so it will continue after relocation to the U.S. However, in addition I would like to show personal assets (savings) on the Affidavit of Support (I-864). In the I-864 instructions it says:

"In order to qualify based on the value of your assets, the total value of your assets must equal at least five times the difference between your total household income and the current poverty guidelines for your household size. However, if you are a U.S. citizen and you are sponsoring your spouse or minor child, the total value of your assets must only be equal to at least three times the difference."
 
So far on various forums everybody is always talking about having 5 times the assets. So is it true that for a spouse one only has to show 3 times the assets? So for example, if only using assets that would be 3 times $19,387 (2-person household)?




maeve808FemaleGermany2013-08-19 03:04:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCR1/IR-1 Visa or K3 Visa - we are both living out of USA

Here you will find info about filing back taxes: http://www.irs.gov/I...ual-Tax-Matters

I think filing back taxes for the last 3 years will be required for your wife.

 

More info is here: http://americansabro...ing-abroad-faq/

 


maeve808FemaleGermany2013-12-07 07:59:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresTax return transcript necessary for Affidavit of Support?

Never mind. I just figured out how to get it online and instantly. idea9dv.gif

 

Thanks a lot for this info!


Edited by maeve808, 01 February 2014 - 01:27 PM.

maeve808FemaleGermany2014-02-01 13:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresTax return transcript necessary for Affidavit of Support?

Where can I get the tax transcript online and instantly? The reason why I haven't ordered one yet is because I'm currently located in Europe and I assume that it takes at least a month to order it and receive it via mail.


Edited by maeve808, 01 February 2014 - 01:17 PM.

maeve808FemaleGermany2014-02-01 13:17:00