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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresLawyer and ISCIS errors, big delays
Thanks fwaguy for answering my question about "touches". I hope that you are not right about having at least some partial correction of the error on the part of uSCIS. I did call the USCIS the other day and talked to someone and they said give it a month and call again.

Yes, my lawyer is not a genius and I am not her only case. I don't know what type of cases she usually handles but she admitted that fiance visas are not something she does alot of. She did mention that fiance visas from Mexico are not common for her as most Mexicans just cross the border illegally and then marry or whatever bypassing the whole K-1 scene. Since my fiance was able to obtain her Tourist Visa she is with me now. We did consider getting married and petitioning for resident status as this would have been easier and faster. However, it would exclude my fiance's children and we want them in the US ASAP, not a year from now. Getting her children to the USA is where our anguish lies. There are some complications that make it best for my fiance to stay with me right now.

I want to get my timeline posted but it doesn't seem like anything is measurable at this point.


Thank you for all your help and good wishes. MM
MeximanMaleMexico2007-03-09 17:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresLawyer and ISCIS errors, big delays
To clarify my original post;
My lawyer is a friend in my community and only charged me $400. My I-129F petition sat on the shelf for three months and no one sent an notice that anything was wrong with it. When they finally did, we corrected the problem and the NOA1 was promply sent. In studying the timelines on Visajourney it appears that it is fairly standard that the NOA1 is sent in the first few days after all your petition documents are in order. If they are not you are sent a notice stating something is missing. This was not done in my case until 3 months after my petition was received.

When my NOA1 was finally sent I opened an account at USCIS and have been checking it daily. So far, the only information in my file is that on Feb 6 I was sent an I-797 Notice of Action (NOA1) which I have in hand.

However, since the NOA1 was received on Feb 6, I have received two emails saying that my account has been updated, although nothing new has been added. My original question was are these emails "touches"?
MeximanMaleMexico2007-03-09 12:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresLawyer and ISCIS errors, big delays
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Here is the quick and dirty on my I-129f Petition sent at the end of October 2006. I committed to working with an immigration lawyer before I discovered this website. I wanted to work with a lawyer because I wanted no mistakes and the most rapid processing time possible. After a month I had heard nothing from my lawyer despite calling to ask what was being done, this went on through January. I was told that a postal receipt was received for the petition in October but nothing more. Finally, at the end of January we received a notice that I had sent the wrong money amount $190 instead of $170 (my lawyer didn’t notice the error).
At this point in time we are too far along to ditch the lawyer so I am monitoring everything carefully.
So, we immediately sent in the correct amount and received back the FIRST I-797! We are now three months behind schedule!! I protested to my lawyer and a letter was sent asking that, due to the error (no notification of incorrect/missing documents or fee, back in Ocotber when my papers were received) that my case should be expedited. A few days later I received this at my email address.

From : U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

You are subscribed to USCIS.gov Home Page for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. This information has recently been updated, and is now available.

I just received a second one this morning. Neither of these messages showed updated documentation when I checked on their website, only my first I-797.
Are these “touches”? BTW, my lawyer has 10 years of experience but knows nothing of "touches", RFE's, or NOA's, or visajourney.com. She did express interest in what visajourney had to say. Gracias
MeximanMaleMexico2007-03-09 09:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresThe RFE Master List
Hola, I'm new to this forum and want to say that it is wonderful to finally get some realistic answers, situations, and timelines. I am in Iowa and my fiancé is from Mexico. We were able to get her a tourist visa in July 2006 so we have been living together at my home in Iowa. She went back to Mexico in September and must return again in March. The problem is her 2 young children are still with the family in Mexico. It is a long story so do get the wrong idea. We are working on a K-1 Visa and we have hired an immigration lawyer to help. Our I-129 was sent October 20th and so far we've received notice that is was received (postal receipt) but nothing else until about 2 weeks ago when we were informed that our check was returned due to overpayment $190.00 instead of $170.00. I was told $190.00 by my lawyer but they didn't catch it before they sent it out. Isn't that what we have lawyers for? At anyrate, the correct amount was sent immediately and from all this I assume that they must have my information and are processing it. I've heard nothing more from my lawyer. We are hoping to get through all of this by May and have fiancé and children here at last.
I will start a timeline as soon as this starts to make sense.
What is an RFE?
What does "touched" mean? ¡Gracias! Meximan
MeximanMaleMexico2007-02-09 09:44:00
PhilippinesPhillipine Passport
hello! I had my interview last May 14, 2009 and my passport is the green one, the embassy accepted it and had no problem at all. Goodluck!
XcitedMalePhilippines2009-05-21 09:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-129F -- Proof of employment
My new job won't start until March 30th, then I get paid every two weeks. It would work best if we could have my fiancee do her physical and interview in April. In that case I could have only one pay stub to submitt. I can probably get a letter of employment from HR upon my start date, but it will basically say the same thing that is in my offer letter. I should have my tax return by then.


Thanks!!

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All,
We received the NOA2, but I lost my job a few months ago. Now I have found a new job and I am wondering if they will accept my official job offer letter (signed on company letterhead)? Also, I will only have one or two pay stubs at most to send in -- will that be a problem? Thanks everyone for your assistance.



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No problem as long as you have proof of employment plus most recent years tax return.


Shouldn't be a problem, but why can't you get an employment letter? If you will have a couple of pay stubs, you are employed, so why not? If the offer letter states the salary it should be OK also. Employment letters are optional (but nice) but pay stubs are better, really


XcitedMalePhilippines2009-03-12 09:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-129F -- Proof of employment
All,
We received the NOA2, but I lost my job a few months ago. Now I have found a new job and I am wondering if they will accept my official job offer letter (signed on company letterhead)? Also, I will only have one or two pay stubs at most to send in -- will that be a problem? Thanks everyone for your assistance.



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XcitedMalePhilippines2009-03-11 23:04:00