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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-134, Affidavit of Support or Form I-864 for K1 Visa?

hey - be a sport,

edit yer profile

and make a timeline,

nowish, please.

 

 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-10 01:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-134, Affidavit of Support or Form I-864 for K1 Visa?

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Go Get Em, and Good Luck!


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-10 01:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-134, Affidavit of Support or Form I-864 for K1 Visa?

what's it say on the IV Unit webpage for K-1 visa chaser document requirements?

 

 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-10 00:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-134, Affidavit of Support or Form I-864 for K1 Visa?

I've read reports of the I-864 being asked for, for a K-1 visa interview,

at 2 IV Units, as a regular thing.

 

Since you not make an official timeline, or even indicate a country in your profile,

 

it's exceptionally difficult to answer you, correctly.

 

What's the IV page of that US Embassy say for K-1 visa chasers?

 

 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-10 00:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPre-EAD Work authorization for K1 Holders? JFK?

Hi everyone,

 

I'm trying to pin down exactly what is the deal with a temporary work authorization for K1 visa holders.  I've learned a lot on these forums, but I'm still not clear on the details.

 

1.  Several people have posted that you can come in, wait 10 days, and then apply for a social security number, with which you can work for as long as your K1 is valid (90 days).  (is this 10 business days or 10 regular days?)

 

2.  Others have talked about getting a work authorization stamp on your 1-94 when you come in on the K1 visa, and a couple of people have mentioned that they only give these stamps at certain POEs (like JFK airport?).

 

3.  Lots of people agree that its a great idea to get married right away and file the EAD + AOS, but that the EAD takes 2-3 months to come through.

 

Does anyone have any information on this?

 

Thanks,

 

Emma

 

Hey Emma !   I've dissected yer post a bit.... Here we go !

 

 

1.  Them folk are stoned , wouldn't rely on their answers, if the summation of what you wrote is covered in bit #1.  The bit in bold is the problem, as a K-1 visa holder without a green card, cannot work without BOTH an EAD and a SSN

 

2.  If any POE still does this, it's a nice loophole, but the CBP staff know not to use that stamp anymore.  Get that stamp?  You ran across a CBP goon, newly hired, short on training, that somehow got to work that day without the shift supervisor giving the daily briefing, and somehow got access to the deprecated EAD stamps in the locked closet.

 

3.  For 2014, this is the way you should roll.

 

A few years back, we had heated debates about an EAD stamp - you can find them with the advanced search tool here.

search terms = 'EAD STAMP jfk'

then click on 'display as posts'

 

Go Get Em, and Good Luck. 
 

[apologies to the stoners, but if you really wrote this and Emma is taking it as gospel, you fellas need to stop for a week]


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-10 01:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNew USCIS $165 fee
from what i could glean out of that uscis notice -
if it's an IR-1/2/5 or CR-1/2
then ya gotta pay before or after hitting a POE

if'n you want to receive a green card in the mail.

For these visa types, the green card is automatically produced after a human runs through a POE.

For a K-1 visa holder (to the best of my knowledge) the only way to get a green card is to file an adjustment of status casefile, and in THOSE fees, the green card production thingie is included.
DarnellMaleChina2012-12-22 02:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 and Childfree

Most Americans have two children by 25. They frequently look at you like a "suspect" if you have no children by 40.

 

So study the Adjudicators Manual and tell me which areas in it you feel the two of you will have issues with,

on interview day.


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-12 22:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI had enough with the petitioner, i want to cancel the petition (merged)

I think there is something else causing his lack of acuity for paperwork processing for you.

 

 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-10 01:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresengaged while was married to USC wife

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Edited by Darnell, 12 January 2014 - 09:50 PM.

DarnellMaleChina2014-01-12 21:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCertified Translation Service

its a great marketing ploy.

 

 please restudy the content from the link posted in post #3. 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-14 02:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures4 misdemeanors( Marijuana paraphernalia)

Is he still using the pot or alcohol?  I'd be more worried about that, at the moment, and his ability to assist you to finish up with the documentation requirements for a K-1 visa.

 

 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-10 01:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresBlue Sheet Question - After K1 Interview

in the stuff you wrote in post #1,

take what the IV Unit told you,

as GOSPEL.   TRUTH.

 

yer good !

 

 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-16 00:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNOA2 ARRIVED! but when should I replace my damaged passport - K1 VISA

I think you'll have about 2 more months till the interview itself,

so you have some time to get a replacement passport.

 

 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-18 15:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresmarriage between first cousins

 

Roger that.  My comment was meant as an addendum to yours. good.gif

 

Ya, we might be friends over a case o beer sometime.   Happy Monday!


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-20 12:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresmarriage between first cousins

but the IV Unit isn't the USCIS, at all.

 

hence my comment.


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-20 12:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresmarriage between first cousins

yup yup - if the USCitizen has clear residency proof of NOT being in Texas, at the time of interview,

and

the beneficiary presents this,

then

 

mischief managed ! 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-20 12:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCan you leave and re-enter the US while on a K1 visa?

Can you leave and re-enter the US while on a K1 visa?

No.

 

K-1 visa is single-entry and is invalidated at first use at a POE.

 

Need to travel, you say?  File the big AOS set after marriage, including the AP form, and chase an expedite after biometrics are done .


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-22 10:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMarrying my fiancee with a fiance(e) visa

so engage with the officiant to provide chaperone services (through someone else or another family).  All of the parents and relatives will understand this.


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-23 19:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMarrying my fiancee with a fiance(e) visa

huh? the wait time in Texas isn't that bad, between

applying for a marriage license

and being issued a marriage license.

 

what's up?  Texas is 72 hours - see

http://www.cclerk.hc...on_FAQs.aspx#Q4

 

 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-23 18:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresstart K1-Visa application process while in the US?

start K1-Visa application process while in the US?

 

No such thing.  beneficiary's location not matter.

Petitioner's location not matter, either.

 

Does anyone know if it's legally allowed to start the K1-Visa application process while still in the US on another visa?   Yes. is legally allowed. 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-23 00:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 visa concern!!!!

so, yer saying that a 20 year age gap was a red flag in your case, the Vice-Consul identified it as a red-flag during the first interview.

 

 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-25 15:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 visa concern!!!!

me? noted, but, no thank you.


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-25 15:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 visa concern!!!!

Another Gem to read:

http://www.visajourn...ot-like-it-tho/

 

 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-25 14:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 visa concern!!!!

if you are not legally divorced, do not file the I-129F.

 

If you are OVER child-bearing age, that's a red flag at CasaBlanca IV.

 

 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-25 11:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCompleted DS-160 now what?

JonJon - the 'save' button is waaaaaaaaaaaaay down at the bottom.  Try again? 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-27 16:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCompleted DS-160 now what?

I beg of you, get on a PC, revisit VJ,

and fill out yer official VJ timeline

over at

http://www.visajourn...e.php?id=177689

http://www.visajourn...e.php?id=177689

http://www.visajourn...e.php?id=177689

and update yer profile to reflect which country yer having an interview at.

 

 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-27 13:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCan you send scanned copies of original documents?

G-325A requires original signature.

 

Don't have it?   can print on bottom, in the sig block 'Beneficiary will sign during Interview at the IV Unit'.  This works, as we've had reports of it working for about 5 years now.

 

 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-25 16:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiance Visa

unsure on how long, must to check the Monthly Visa Bulletin, studying F2A designator there for being 'current'.

 

could be a year, could be 4 years - no one knows and it's a great prognostication game here, to forecast which month/year will be 'current' next month.  

 

'Current' is a moving target...   

 

Homework assignment for you:

1.  study how to chase after spousal visa for F2A category here and

2.  become familar with the Monthly Visa bulletin.

 

 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-19 10:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiance Visa

ok.   unfortunately, a green card holder (as you are reading here) isn't eligible to file a petition, I-129F, for a fiance.

 

You could go back and marry, then file the I-130, chasing after F2A status or

 

wait until you have USA citizenship, then file the I-129F petition to chase a K-1 and K-2 visa. 

 

many people get married prior to submitting the first round of paperwork for the DV, once they confirm they made it into the lottery and were chosen.   This ensures you, your new wife, and new child all have the same status coming in with the DV into the USA.  You skipped that step, for some reason.

 

 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-19 10:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiance Visa

i am sorry, what basis did you enter the USA on?

 

 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-19 09:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiance Visa

pardon - you hold a greencard and you are seeking to bring in a fiance from outside the USA?

 

What basis did you enter the USA on?


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-19 09:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPOE - Visa package

is it a rip or a cut across the corner?

 

 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-28 15:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWorried fiance

adminission is one thing.

visa interview is another.

 

 

child is age-ing out prior to interview.

how to nail the date?  get prior interview.

how to get prior interview? ask for an expedite, citing K-2 age out issue.  It'll get granted.   Monday passed already at Manila IV - what the OP do for the request, already already?

 

Tick Tock Tick Tock, and Tempus Fugit, alas.

 

 


DarnellMaleChina2014-01-27 10:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresfacebook, skype & phone call history

So I'm gathering my Facebook, Skype & phone history for my fiancé. Has anyone been questioned the authenticity of the print outs? I mean it seems like you copy the history and paste it on a word doc? So with some effort and time (which many people seem to have waiting on this whole K1 process) one can just "create" some history on a word doc. Or are people getting "authentic" history?

I have yet to read anyones communications needing to be "authentic". Of course that doesn't men they believe what they read I guess thats why its secondary evidence not such a big deal.

 

I know whatsapp looks so manufacture but they know all this. Just like our pics they know w can photoshop and do whatever they take us at our word also.


dwheels76FemaleNigeria2013-11-27 13:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK-1 denied for marriage in Philippines

I am a US citizen recently divorced. I want to apply for a K-1 for my fiance. She tells me she will get denied because my previous marriage was in the philippines. Can anyone tell me of a similar case where this has or has not happened? And possibly what other options may we have short of getting an annulment.

 

I have asked a lawyer and they assured me that it would not affect the K-1 but I would like to cover all bases.

 

Well how recently divorced are you?

Did your ex-wife get a green card from the process?

 

Do you have a divorce decree to file with your petition?


dwheels76FemaleNigeria2013-11-03 18:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduressearch

Do i need to include my search cause I never been married or just for ppl who.gif divorced to include there divorce ceetificate

 

Whats a search? Sorry don't understand what you are asking?


dwheels76FemaleNigeria2013-12-29 18:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMedical Exam

Hi everyone
I'm Gift. I went to get the medical exam on Dec 4 and I will go interview on Jan 7. Did I do it too early? I read posts and they said its ok within a month. Then I'm very worried.

Pls answer my topic.
Thanks
Gift




 

Nothing to worry about . The requirement just is the medical be done before the interview a month is hardly anything to worry about .


dwheels76FemaleNigeria2013-12-29 18:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNOA2 Confusion

I received my NOA2 today in the mail, with an approval date of 19 Dec 13, and I am really confused on how to proceed at this point.  I figured it would include some information about the NVC, a case number, something in order to continue tracking it. It states that "The above petition has been approved and forwarded to the listed consulate.  Please contact the consulate with any questions about visa issuance."  I saw some copies of what other people's NOA2's look like and they all specifically say that they were sent to the NVC for processing.

 

So, I am confused on whether I need to contact the NVC for a case number and follow that route (once the holidays are over) or if we are good to begin processing all the documentation to setup an interview.  My fiance hasn't received anything yet.

Yes you can start calling NVC to get your case#. Than follow-up with your embassy. Don't be dicouraged when NVC says it takes 8 weeks for your petition to get there. It might but it could be less so call and call till you get that case#.

 

Waiting for them to email you and than the embassy you could very well lose 2 to 4 months waiting on them.

 

Congratulations.


dwheels76FemaleNigeria2013-12-30 10:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiled I-129F before meeting in-person (split topic)

hello; me with my fiancé we file i129f ; before we meet;and uscis recive our package on 8 februry 2013 and later they demand us evidances; we send; again second time demande us on the end of this octobre 2013 more evidances;  so if we send the evidances do they can approve? me with my fiance we didnt meet and file the petition; but we just meet this octobre2013; do some body here have same case?

Are you saying you filed your petition before you meet? Than you meet after and that was the October evidence you sent in?

 

Thi is a denial or did you request a waiver to meet? I doubt but I am asking.

 

You have to havemeet within 2 years BEFORE you file not during or after. Expect a denial letter and than you can refile with the correct evience this time.


dwheels76FemaleNigeria2013-11-04 16:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresUSCIS Denial… pls Advice

Ok, I just made a call to USCIS today and learned my I129f petition is denied. I haven?t gotten the notice yet so, I don?t really know what exactly happen although I could spell based on the scenarios of my petition. 

 

My fiancé and I got to know each other in the past 2 years and we were constantly communicating with each other with all available means.  Originally, both of us are from the same country but I have immigrated to the US a long time ago.  Due to difficulties of me going there and her difficulty of leaving the country, we never got a chance to meet in person in the past two years.  The difficulty is all political related situation in the country. One thing I should add is that my family and hers know our relationship and they took it for granted we are paving our ways into marriage.   After I learned she was able to leave the country, I was excited and I immediately petitioned and asked her to travel to another country so that we could spend time together.  Knowing that she could leave the country, I immediately petitioned for her.   When I filed the petition, I told USCIS we didn?t meet in person because of the difficulty the two of us faced.   Essentially I requested a wavier based on the two conditions provided in the instruction and I truly believed I fall into that category.   The petition was filed and a couple of weeks later I got a chance to meet my fiancé in a neutral country.   On my return, I found an RFE letter demanding evidence for our meeting in the past two years.  I knew USCIS was not convinced with my presentation in the petition.  I know that there was NO way the two of us could have met in person since we started dating but in hindsight though,  all I needed was wait a month and half to have all straighten and then file for petition.  This didn?t happen and I have to face what I should do next.   My understanding is that my petition was rejected b/c I didn?t qualify to petition I129f at the time I petitioned.   Now VJ folks, I seek you advice what I should do next.  Assuming my case was denied based on what I presented above, should I appeal immediately after I receive the notice or should I reapply the petition?  Is there a time delay b/n consecutive i129f petitioning in which case the first one is literally denied based on applicants mistake.  Please give me your advice where I could advance my case in the shortest period of time possible.  Also, I would like to hear if anyone had done a similar mistake like myself.  

 

 Thank you all!

Be sure you thoroughly show you meet and was in the same place at the same time. You don't want to mess this up. More than just stamps and receipts. You need pictures and I pray you have pictures of you at landmarks or places easily identifiable in pic.


dwheels76FemaleNigeria2013-12-17 09:58:00