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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresOptions needed

Can you elaborate on the above in bold.


Nope - but I invite you to get into the PI forum here, and read a bit.
DarnellMaleChina2012-12-02 18:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresOptions needed
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working backwards.
file I-130? be legally married ..
be legally married? must meet requirements of that country (here, the PI)
meet the requirements? you're in country for 45 days, waiting on the marriage office, without paying extra monies for bribes and 'go fast' fees.
don't pay extra monies for speed?

well, you have a problem...
DarnellMaleChina2012-12-02 15:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresOptions needed
Phladetroit - you probably are confusing everything with the 28 day visa that a USCitizen is granted when entering the PI. Most USCitizens can't get married in the PI during that duration without paying some monies somewhere else (not at immigration control).

It's not that much money to extend it to 60 days, just pay some monies and get it.

If 'some monies' to extend the visa is really that big of an issue, please have another think, redo your plan.

Edited by Darnell, 02 December 2012 - 03:38 PM.

DarnellMaleChina2012-12-02 15:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-129 quick question
well, there were 2 holidays between today and the date you filed, so
I suggest to wait 2 more weeks,
then if no I-797C formletter showing the receipt #, officially freak out.

Good Luck !
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-09 13:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhen do we pay visa fee?
FYI - for K-1 visa chasers, you can swap 3 and 2 around in that list.

Why? Do the appointment first, you can download the appointment letter and show it around everywhere you need to show the MNL number.

Saves a step and waiting and postage and worry and agitation and unclean underbritches.
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-09 23:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhen do we pay visa fee?
with the MNL # you can schedule your own interview online with Manila IV - have you looked at that yet ?
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-09 23:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresfriend wants help with kids

Email the Embassy and schedule their interviews so a K-2 visa can be issued. Time's a wasting as she only has 3 more months that they are eligible. Get their medicals done....

No need to email about it, as the Manila IV unit has a scheduling portal ONLINE. One simply creates an account, and goes forth.

It really is that straightforward .

Yay Manila IV !

If they were listed as K-2, then the USC is presumably not the father. The mother is an LPR.. Can a USC file an I-130 for kids that are not legally his?

Yup, when married to their mother and if they were under age 18 at time o marriage.
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-11 17:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresfriend wants help with kids
ok - K-2 route might be available for this person -
what's the visa validity dates on the K-1 ?
use the earliest date printed in the visa, add 365 days, and
IF it's more than today, she's eligible to file the K-2s with Manila IV.

The 'how' is easy - she simply gets online and schedules the appointments.
She'll need someone in the PI to pay the fees with BPI,
and someone to handle printing of the interview letters
and someone to walk the kids through the medical exams.
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-10 00:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresfriend wants help with kids
K-2's in Manila, for follow to join,
usually are jumpstarted at the Manila IV unit
by simply paying the fees
and scheduling the interview on the Manila IV online scheduling portal thingie.

It really is that easy.
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-09 23:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresfriend wants help with kids
ya, but I ask, cause the answer makes a difference, aye?

Let's assume it was a K-1, for the nonce, aye?

Now that she's got a green card in hand from a successful AOS casefile,
and she's still married to the same USCitizen,

The USCitizen can file I-130's on the kids (if they are under 18 at time of marriage).

No queues, no lines, no waiting as in the F2A category - it's immediate relative of a USCitizen and it goes fast.

Edited by Darnell, 09 January 2013 - 11:44 PM.

DarnellMaleChina2013-01-09 23:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresfriend wants help with kids
exactly what visa did said friend use to enter the USA?
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-09 23:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSharing a language
ok - disregard anything I've written here.

Good Luck !
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-11 20:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSharing a language

Dude I wish U sucess, I'd go with Darnell advise,post it to youtube then put into her email (I hear CO someetimes reuest to C ones emaol)
get the evaulation done and certified , just be well prepared.

Oh, I wasn't suggesting to prep a video, at this stage,
but rather,
to cover use of language in an evolution of relationship letter, submitted with the I-129F.
The Consular Officers will see it before the interview day, as it travels with the casefile.

OP, have other red flags? write up a letter of attestation on each red flag, include it with the I-129F.

Good Luck !
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-11 20:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSharing a language
Ages past, in China at the Guangzhou IV Unit,
a petitioner would be asked to submit a video of him speaking Mandarin, either alone or with her,
after the interview,
when the visa was denied.

It's been rare, and I've not read of it happening these last two-three years, but ..

Language , and use of language, is best covered in an evolution of relationship letter,
see my example at EOR - http://www.visajourn...dpost&p=3995116

Perhaps you can craft an EOR that covers the language usage between you two?

Edited by Darnell, 09 January 2013 - 04:20 PM.

DarnellMaleChina2013-01-09 16:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures20 year old engaged to 21 year old
what and how would you put the father in an I-129F?
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-11 22:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures20 year old engaged to 21 year old
ya, never mention education or tuition, ever, with USCIS or the IV unit.

so, legal age of consent in the state of Texas is 18 years - so you're fine on the I-129F and subsequent K-1 visa.

Good Luck !
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-11 20:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresApproved after 190 days!!
Congratulations ! Whatcha cooking, to celebrate ?
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-11 22:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresxmas visit to fiance
chicken coops are easy to make - just saying.
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-11 23:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresIs there a requirement for my Fiancee to bring show money?
show money? no.
show timeline? YES ! http://www.visajourn...e.php?id=124376

Please fill out yer timeline, asap ! Thanks !
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-12 00:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWill living together with fiancé in her home country speed up k1 approval?
There's a rumour Matt has decided to get married and file an I-130 via DCF. Yay !

http://www.visajourn...-i-864-for-dcf/
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-12 15:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWill living together with fiancé in her home country speed up k1 approval?
In a word, no. Not a K-1.

IF, by any chance, you two get married this weekend, then file an I-130 with USCIS BeiJing or Guangzhou -
then 'the process' will be sped up, about 3 to 4 months from date of filing.
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-11 18:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSocial security for my fiancee
http://www.visajourn...5546-ssn-howto/

Good Luck !
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-12 02:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRecently Engaged
Jim, yer evil!™.
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-13 14:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRecently Engaged
if your fiance is a USCitizen, you qualify for filing an adjustment of status case,
after marriage. No need to chase a visa of any type, even a K-1 visa, as you are HERE in the USA on a visa type that allows for adjusting to something else.

We've a guide for that - have you found it in the Guides section? Train yer eyeballs up, click the word 'Guides', and go forth.
Best when done on a PC, as handphone webbrowsers SUCK for VJ usage.

Edited by Darnell, 13 January 2013 - 01:10 PM.

DarnellMaleChina2013-01-13 13:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNOA2 question
nope - the process hasn't changed.

It still runs through NVC.

in a bit, call in, get the MNL casefile #, email the # to yer lass,
then read all of Wally's stuff at
http://www.visajourn...ost__p__5263571
for how to get in to the Manila IV portal,

and schedule an appointment online.
Once she has the downloaded appointment letter, she can print it out,
then get to BPI and pay, also get the medical done.
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-12 16:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresBuy your ticket before the interview..
Most folk not in the VWP have this luxury of just jumping on the plane, alas.
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-11 22:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresBuy your ticket before the interview..

You remind me of my fiance. Math and logic!

and bathing !

Hey's some trip-y stuff -
ask him to compute an 89 percent confidence interval on yer visa packet arriving on a specific date (you pick this first) after visa interview.
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-11 19:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresBuy your ticket before the interview..

hello Dear VJ's

is it okay to have plans before the visa petition interview? Like buying ticket, because it is cheaper if we book ahead of time, right?
will it affect the decision of giving you K1 visa?

thank you VJ's family

The only two plans you should have before the visa petition interview are:
1. get the medical done and
2. bathe daily.

That's it.
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-09 23:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHe proposed after a week on first meeting
Hint - figure 3 months AFTER NVC assigns a MNL casefile number, till the day you interview at Manila IV.

Alas, you have no timeline at http://www.visajourn...e.php?id=150426
so I can't forecast anything for you.

VSC is lagged at the moment, so plan on 5 to 8 months from date of NOA-1 till NOA-2, another 3 weeks at NVC for NVC to turn-around and ship to Manila IV.
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-13 10:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHe proposed after a week on first meeting
why two months? you have a visa interview appointment soon?
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-12 08:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHe proposed after a week on first meeting
liking what he looks like, on Skype, is the number 2 thing that the IV unit will look in to, when they adjudicate yer K-1,

so,

that's a PLUS !
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-11 19:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAfter my fiancee come to usa and we marry
http://www.visajourn...5546-ssn-howto/

Read the K-1 section a coupla times, aye??
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-15 19:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduressend "original" documents to my fiancee?
stuff the IV Unit wants, on interview day:

1. certified copies (certified by the issuing authority) of the USCitizen's divorce decrees. Sure, you submitted a photocopy with the I-129F, but certified copies are required on interview day.
2. original signature on an I-134 document.

the rest of it will be any ongoing relationship stuff, and if you not submitted letters of intent on the two of you - well, you should send her an original of that, as well.
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-15 18:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresInterview, Seminar, K 1, Cebu Philippines!
I invite you to come back to VJ on a PC,
and reread all of this:
http://www.visajourn...dpost&p=5913986

twice.

Good Luck !
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-15 22:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPacket 3 Faded
Echo - go to the IV section of the US Embassy / Dublin website, download all of the Packet 3 stuff from there.
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-15 18:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMy Fiancee/Wife overstayed & Pregnant. What do i do?
what age did she return to Mexico ? (Her age, not yours)
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-16 20:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCan a fiançé visa be issue to a non-US cit. who never met his fiançée in person?
The OP has asked lots of questions about various visa types - this one topic is yet another missive, IMO.

Since yer in Syria, it's best to meet up with yer lass in some other country that the two of you can easily get to.

Good Luck, which ever path you two decide.
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-19 15:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCan a fiançé visa be issue to a non-US cit. who never met his fiançée in person?

Can a fiançé visa be issued to a non-US cit. if he never met his US cit. fiançée in person? They only know each other over phone and internet. Also, the non-US cit. has been denied a non-immigrant visitor visa to come to the US to visit her.

In general, no. There are a few exceptions, but is highly unlikely YOU , the USCitizen, would qualify for that waiver.
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-18 14:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedurestax return
ya, be prepared to file 'only via paper' this first year.
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-19 17:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedurestax return

I have SSN but they did not give my son SSN. need to get him EAP first

I like Gary's method, in post #7, better !
DarnellMaleChina2013-01-19 17:31:00