Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 2009 Filers	QUOTE (roughsweet @ Dec 4 2009, 10:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm here - here I am! lol NEIL GOT APPROVED!!!!!! I tried to get some more sleep (didn't really happen) since I have to work tonight. Neil texted me at 6:30 this morning to tell me! He said it was easy, they only asked a few questions. He was kept entertained by the fact that Martin Kemp from Spandau Ballet was in front of him in line to get a visa. Although, as tired as he is, he may have been hallucinating that part. I have to thank you guys - all of you. Kristin, how sweet to come here and see how much we've been on your mind today, made me feel so good. Marie, you've been such a great friend to me through this whole process. Everyone in this group - don't know how I would have possibly made it without you guys. I truly cannot wait until we are all feeling this moment. Zahid, I'm sorry about your passport. I hope you find a solution soon. I know you will, I know that nothing will stop your love. Congrats!!!	iowaseabee	Male	Germany	2009-12-04 19:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 2009 Filers	QUOTE (M and F @ Nov 30 2009, 01:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm taking a poll: How many times a day did people call NVC? Yes - humor me. Someone told me only call once a day in the evening. Seems kind of hard to do that. I was thinking Morning, Afternoon and Evening (This seems a little OCD - although not surprising for me) I think that their system only updates once a day anyway and it seems to be 24 hours behind ... Or I don't feel like working- So I thought I would write this post. Have a great start of a new week everyone. Should we start calling you Monk?	iowaseabee	Male	Germany	2009-12-01 01:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 2009 Filers	QUOTE (M and F @ Nov 30 2009, 12:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (roughsweet @ Nov 30 2009, 04:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (iowaseabee @ Nov 30 2009, 01:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Starlight95 @ Nov 29 2009, 11:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> M and F - Thank you and wishing you a speedy journey as well. You got the most important thing out of the way, and now it should be a breeze. roughsweet - Thank you and wishing you all the best as well Your interview is in just 5 days. It will be fine I am sure of it, we just have to keep thinking happy thoughts. Congrats to M and F and best wishes for Star and roughsweet on the interviews. I'm hoping everyone at CSC got all rested up on their long weekend and is ready to crank out some more approvals. (mine included lol) Steve Thanks for the kind wishes, Steve. I'll be sending many your way as well. I hate it when they use the "within the 5 month processing time" to cover their butts, as if 5 months is the norm. If it actually TOOK 5 months most of the time, it might be an explanation. But the truth is, it usually doesn't. It just keeps you from being able to do anything about it, which is unfair. Stay on them just like Marie did. She was sending copies of August filers getting approved to her congressman's office at the end. Whether it works or not, it gives you something to do. How frustrating! We will all be sending up strong wishes for your speedy approval. That just shows how neurotic I am! hehehehe Not neurotic, in love!	iowaseabee	Male	Germany	2009-11-30 14:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Boarding plane in a few hours!!!!	Congratulations and have a safe flight Amen!	Rezq n Sarah	Female	Egypt	2011-07-09 15:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	K1 SURVIVAL GUIDE	Yes, it is difficult the waiting but for me, I just keep praying and having faith that when Rezq gets here from Egypt that it will be God's perfect timing. We miss each other terribly. Today I skipped a family reunion because if I had gone, we wouldn't have been able to talk at ease. Saturday is the only day we can without one or the other suffering sleep exhaustion! LOL! My Rezq stays up until 12:30 am every night to talk with me for a few short moments during the week on Skype. Sunday's are usually busy for both of us so Saturday is our only rest day. It takes a little sacrifice to talk with each other, patience when you hear nothing, and for myself since I am a person of faith, a lot of prayer and reading the Word to get through the time apart. Plus as many hours as we can squeeze in to talk face to face each day through Skype. If we didn't have our time together, it would be miserable! I experienced that last Saturday because I went out on Saturday to watch my youngest brother play baseball and didn't get to talk to Rezq at all. I was miserable!! Chin up, my friend. It will all work out as it is supposed to. We just got to keep faith! Blessings to you!!	Rezq n Sarah	Female	Egypt	2011-07-09 15:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	After my whining yesterday...	Congratulations and good luck the rest of the way!! You give the rest of us hope, yeeeeeaahhh!	ashlien	Female	France	2011-08-31 20:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	I hope your wedding days are fabulous, Beth (Friday), Rito (Saturday) and corcor (Sunday)! (By the way, Rito, we're also getting married in Vegas, but not by Elvis - my mom would flip! Did you do the online "pre-registration" for the marriage license?) Caveman, I hope your other half's POE goes smoothly, as well! kristik, have they given you a new interview date yet? You should follow up with them via email (if possible), to try to get them to email you the medical/interview dates. I don't know if your consulate will, but Brazil was always willing to talk with me (the USC petitioner) as well as L when it came to anything relating to our case. Just make sure your email has your name / DOB, his name / DOB, and your NVC case number. I worry that if the first one got lost in the mail, the second one may as well Congrats to thekatokat, whose fiancée interviewed and was approved lostinlove, still in AP? Chi Na, have you gotten your Packet 3 yet? keydymenro, NVC finally got your package? THAT IS SO AWESOME! They're so terrible for taking them FOUR MONTHS to send it to NVC! I'm glad NVC got through it quickly and it's in Honduras FINALLY! I don't know if Honduras does Packet 3/Packet 4, but either way, you're *finally* on your way to your interview. K-1 Visa In Progress: Going through NVC: Chi Na (Vietnam - 30 April) Waiting for consular response: keydymenro (Honduras - 12 May) updated Working on Packet 3: No one! Mailed Packet 3 / has no Packet 3: Ann_Pat (Vietnam - 13 Jan): 1 March (last login: 18 March) ckm8 (Thailand - 31 March): 11 May Jessica&Carl (UK - 3 Feb): 8 May kristik (Albania - 28 Jan): 6 March K-1 Visa Interview Schedule: marentim (Cambodia - 11 Jan): 26 May Leenie (UK - 5 Jan): 8 June Mitch and Bruna (Brazil - 15 Jan): mid June Interview Results! Unknown: heartRN (Brazil, 31 March, last login 8 April) jhay (Philippines, 10 March, last login 16 March) Approved pending further documentation: kalay (Burma - 5 May) Approved pending AP: lostinlove03 (Kenya) Approved (and not yet got a POE planned): Billz (China - 6 May) ] gs619 (India, 11 May) Libertyhuskey (Chile, 19 April) Matt & Chie (Japan, 10 May) thekatocat (Cuba, 12 May) updated! yuliaandray (Russia, 23 March) Welcome to the US!!! Scheduled POEs: Krilli (Lithuania) - 16 June K and L (Brazil) - 26 June lilacvioletiris (Canada/Montreal) - 1 July Actual POEs: LeoLaLit (Philippines - 24 March) TaiwanLover (Tawain - 7 April) OlegAndSveta (Russia - 26 April) cecilia-gary (Philippines - 10 April) Beth and John (Canada/Vancouver - 11 May) Rito (UK - 14 May) update! Caveman Robot (Philippines - 21 May) update! Weddings! Wedding schedule cecilia-gary (Philippines): 1-14 June K and L (Brazil): 7 July lilacvioletiris (Canada/Montreal): 11 July ]Married! Beth and John (Canada/Vancouver, 21 May) updated! corcor (Canada/Montreal, 23 May) update!drdave820 (Brazil, 20 March) Macaroni (Guatemala, 30 April) marialovesisaac (Philippines, 28 March) Rito (UK, 22 May) update! Edited by K and L, 21 May 2010 - 09:32 AM.	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-05-21 09:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	Once she's married, her household size will expand by one (or more, if he's got kids and has custody of them).	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-05-20 08:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	Yay, lots of approvals and POEs lately I-129F Petition: Waiting for NOA2: keydymenro (Honduras - 26 Jan, reissued 9 March -- had to resubmit due to USCIS error) K-1 Visa In Progress: Going through NVC: Chi Na (Vietnam - 30 April) Waiting for consular response: No one! Working on Packet 3: No one! Mailed Packet 3 / has no Packet 3: Ann_Pat (Vietnam - 13 Jan): 1 March (last login: 18 March) ckm8 (Thailand - 31 March): 11 May updated! Jessica&Carl (UK - 3 Feb): 8 May updated! kristik (Albania - 28 Jan): 6 March K-1 Visa Interview Schedule: marentim (Cambodia - 11 Jan): 26 May Leenie (UK - 5 Jan): 8 June Mitch and Bruna (Brazil - 15 Jan): mid June Interview Results! Unknown: heartRN (Brazil, 31 March, last login 8 April) jhay (Philippines, 10 March, last login 16 March) thekatocat (Cuba, 12 May) updated! Approved pending further documentation: kalay (Burma - 5 May) Approved pending AP: lostinlove03 (Kenya) Approved!: Billz (China - 6 May) updated! Caveman Robot (Philippines, 11 May) updated! corcor (Canada/Montreal, 7 May) updated! gs619 (India, 11 May) Libertyhuskey (Chile, 19 April) K and L (Brazil) updated! Krilli (Lithuania, 20 April) lilacvioletiris (Canada/Montreal, 3 May) Matt & Chie (Japan, 10 May) updated! yuliaandray (Russia, 23 March) POE Schedule Actual: LeoLaLit (Philippines) - 24 March TaiwanLover (Tawain) - 7 April OlegAndSveta (Russia) - 26 April updated! cecilia-gary (Philippines): 10 April Beth and John (Canada/Vancouver): 11 May updated! Hopeful: Rito (UK) - 14 May updated! Caveman Robot (Philippines): 21 May updated! Krilli (Lithuania) - 16 June K and L (Brazil) - 26 June lilacvioletiris (Canada/Montreal) - 1 July Wedding schedule Beth and John (Canada/Vancouver): 21 May corcor (Canada/Montreal): 23 May updated! cecilia-gary (Philippines): 1-14 June K and L (Brazil): 7 July updated! lilacvioletiris (Canada/Montreal): 11 July Married! drdave820 (Brazil): 20 March Macaroni (Guatemala): 30 April marialovesisaac (Philippines): 28 March Edited by K and L, 13 May 2010 - 09:28 AM.	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-05-13 09:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	Congrats corcor & gs! (And hopefully, congrats to Matt & Robot & thekatocat as well!) @Leenie: They joke in Brazil that patriotism comes about every four years - during the World Cup. I actually wasn't surprised he asked to delay. But it's ok, when we decided to change the location and date (again ), we decided on a 7/7 wedding ... which happens to be the day of the second semifinals, and if Brazil is in 2G and makes it to the semifinals, that'll be their semifinals. We might end up missing the first half. Oh, and I promised that we won't be in transit the day of the finals, so we'll probably not stop at the Grand Canyon on our way back from Vegas	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-05-11 11:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	Congrats, corcor! And yay for arriving visas, lilacvioletrose, and soon-to-be-arriving fiancés, Leenie! L WAS going to come on the 25th, but then he realized that Brazil's playing the World Cup that day and he implored to delay a day, so he's coming the 26th.	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-05-10 21:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	Ha, I don't have credit cards - I only had one, and when the credit crisis hit, they closed my account because I didn't buy much on it, and paid on time (silly thinking, they had no risk and consistent money coming from me), and even when I had one, I had opted out of the rewards program in exchange for a better interest rate. They're the actual miles I used flying to visit him in Brazil. I flew the same airline every trip (AA), and it's usually the cheapest airline for my primary airport, so it's one I frequently fly on to go elsewhere, too. I do have frequent flier miles with a few other airlines (United/Continental and AirTran), and many of the flights I take that aren't on those four airlines are partnered with one of them, so I'll get my miles applied that way.	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-05-09 15:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	Congrats to both Jessica&Carl and to Michael&Heidi! Good luck next week - and happy mother's day for any mothers in here. L got his visa Friday! We're going to wait til June to buy his tickets, I think. We're using my frequent flier miles for his tickets, so yay on that. He's going to end up going first class, because coach is considered peak and actually costs more miles than first class (which isn't peak)!	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-05-08 23:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	They just need the passport fixed.	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-05-08 02:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	I nearly forgot to post the updated list - there were a toooooon of updates! I hope you hear great news today, Robot, and can get a quick interview. Good luck tomorrow, Billz, and Friday, corcor! Status Unknown: Stopped updating before NOA2: LadyRed (Armenia, NOA1 14 Oct) tommy4cherry (Philippines, NOA1 19 Oct) stmarcus (Netherlands, NOA1 5 Oct) Stopped updating before interview: Cyclone (Canada/Vancouver - NOA2 12 Jan) dawgofwar71 (Philippines - NAO2 12 Jan) scomy (Philippines - NOA2 13 Jan) Stopped updating after interview: heartRN (Brazil, interview 31 March) jhay (Philippines, interview 10 March) I-129F Petition: Waiting for NOA2: keydymenro (Honduras - 26 Jan, reissued 9 March -- had to resubmit due to USCIS error) updated! K-1 Visa In Progress: Going through NVC: Chi Na (Vietnam - 30 April) updated! Waiting for consular response: No one! Working on Packet 3: ckm8 (Thailand - 31 March): 24 April updated! Jessica&Carl (UK - 3 Feb): 22 Feb Mailed Packet 3 / has no Packet 3: Ann_Pat (Vietnam - 13 Jan): 1 March kristik (Albania - 28 Jan): 6 March K-1 Visa Interview Schedule: Billz (China - 7 Jan): 6 May corcor (Canada/Montreal - 13 Jan): 7 May Matt & Chie (Japan - 5 Mar): 10 May gs619 (India - 12 Jan): 11 May updated! thekatocat (Cuba - 11 Jan) : 12 May marentim (Cambodia - 11 Jan): 26 May updated! Leenie (UK - 5 Jan): 8 June updated! Mitch and Bruna (Brazil - 15 Jan): mid June Leenie (UK - 5 Jan): 12 April updated! Rescheduling interviews: Caveman Robot (Philippines - 13 Jan) Interview Results! Unknown: heartRN (Brazil, 31 March) jhay (Philippines, 10 March) Approved pending further documentation:Libertyhuskey (Chile - 19 April) kalay (Burma - 5 May) updated! Approved pending AP: lostinlove03 (Kenya) Approved!: Beth and John (Canada/Vancouver, 12 April) K and L (Brazil) updated! Krilli (Lithuania, 20 April) lilacvioletiris (Canada/Montreal - 3 May) updated! OlegAndSveta (Russia, 8 April) yuliaandray (Russia, 23 March) POE (hopeful and actual) Beth and John (Canada/Vancouver): 11/12 May cecilia-gary (Philippines): 10 April K and L (Brazil) - 26 June Krilli (Lithuania) - 16 June LeoLaLit (Philippines) - 24 March Rito (UK) - 14 May updated! TaiwanLover (Tawain) - 7 April Wedding schedule (hopeful, or actual!) Beth and John (Canada/Vancouver): 21 May cecilia-gary (Philippines): 1-14 June K and L (Brazil): 16 August Married! drdave820 (Brazil): 20 March Macaroni (Guatemala): 30 April marialovesisaac (Philippines): 28 March	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-05-05 10:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	They said "you passed the interview, but need to go fix the passport." So did anybody know did she have to itnerview again? OR just submit the passport and they will stamp the visa. Ultimately, you will need to double check with the consulate (who should have an email address on the website -- just email them with your NVC case number and whatever question you wanted to know). She might need to go back if they have to pay a courier (instead of providing a mailing envelope). She won't need to go for another interview, but may need to schedule a drop off with them once she has the new passport.	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-05-05 10:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	P.S Does anyone know the difference between the Blue piece of paper and the Pink piece of paper they give you after the interview? Brazil does not issue papers after the interview. I 100% believe that (at least in Brazil) they know beforehand what the outcome will be and the whole thing is a formality. The COs already had the cards made for everyone who was approved to take down to the courier service, and a piece of paper for the one girl that was denied -- outside of the interview room, with no communication between the interviewer and the CO that passes things out.	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-05-05 10:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	Good luck kalay! We were approved, no problems (or cosponsorship!) To celebrate, we saw Iron Man 2 at an IMAX theatre - bwuahaha, it was released in Brasil first. And it was AWESOME, and nearly made me late for my plane! I'm in Miami right now, and will update the list tomorrow. Edited by K and L, 05 May 2010 - 04:41 AM.	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-05-05 04:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	Good luck today, lilacvioletiris!	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-05-03 04:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	Congrats, Chi Na! It's about time they approved you guys! Hooray for your interview date, Leenie! Good luck Monday, lilac! I'm actually in transite to Rio right now, for our interview on Tuesday. Epic layover - 9 hours. My laptop's down to 42% so I'm going to sign off for now. We're checking out of the hotel before the interview, I think. I'll update the lists on the 6th or so, and hopefully we'll have Caveman's interview date in there M&H - I'm hopeful that with your negative early tests, your septum tests will also be negative and you can get your interview date keydymenro - any updates? Are you gonna try to make them waive the fee?	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-04-29 18:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	You should see if they will waive the petition fee, since you are having to refile from their error. Also, you should request an expedite, because of your previous filing and two previous approvals.	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-04-24 16:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	Congrats on your approvals, Liberty & Krilli! Congrats on the wedding, Macaroni!! Liberty - I asked my parents as a backup plan. (I make more than enough to be his sponsor, but I have a regular irregular kind of employment - I work full time only 3 months a year, and work part time the other 9.) If they had said no, I don't know what I would have done. Anyway, if the sponsor is an immediate relative, they need to have 3x the value in assets (so, $12,000) and I believe they knock off any debt on the assets before considering them (so, if you have a $100k house that's got a $90k mortgage left, you've only got a $10k asset), which is why some people have problem w/ the assets. If it's NOT an immediate relative, it's 5x the difference ($20,000). I don't know if your immediate relatives count as immediate relatives for the purpoes of sponsorship. If they told you 5x, then probably not. Krilli - keep your cosponsor in mind when filing for AOS. You might not need it, you might. Some consulates only require 100%, not 125%, for the K1, but the AOS does require the 125%. BTW, everyone: if you have target dates for POE/wedding in mind (even if you haven't been approved yet!), add them to your signature or otherwise let me know & I'll add you to the lists Status Unknown: Stopped updating before NOA2: LadyRed (Armenia, NOA1 14 Oct) tommy4cherry (Philippines, NOA1 19 Oct) Stopped updating before interview: Cyclone (Canada/Vancouver - NOA2 12 Jan) dawgofwar71 (Philippines - NAO2 12 Jan) scomy (Philippines - NOA2 13 Jan) Stopped updating after interview: heartRN (Brazil, interview 31 March) jhay (Philippines, interview 10 March) I-129F Petition: Waiting for NOA2: Chi Na (Vietnam): 30 October (reissued NOA1 19 Feb) stmarcus (Netherlands): 5 October (last touched 7 October) K-1 Visa In Progress: Going through NVC: keydymenro (Honduras - 26 Jan, reissued 9 March, reissued ?) Waiting for consular response: ckm8 (Thailand - 31 March) (or should be by now!) Working on Packet 3: Jessica&Carl (UK - 3 Feb): 22 Feb Mailed Packet 3 / has no Packet 3: Ann_Pat (Vietnam - 13 Jan): 1 March gs619 (India - 12 Jan): 16 March kalay (Burma - 12 Mar): 9 April kristik (Albania - 28 Jan): 6 March Leenie (UK - 5 Jan): 12 April updated! marentim (Cambodia - 11 Jan): 30 March K-1 Visa Interview Schedule: lostinlove03 (Kenya -- 19 March): 27 April lilacvioletiris (Canada/Montreal - 8 Jan): 3 May K and L (Brazil - 15 Jan): 4 May Billz (China - 7 Jan): 6 May updated! corcor (Canada/Montreal - 13 Jan): 7 May Matt & Chie (Japan - 5 Mar): 10 May thekatocat (Cuba - 11 Jan) : 12 May [not an update - I misentered!] Rescheduling interviews: Caveman Robot (Philippines - 13 Jan) Mitch and Bruna (Brazil - 15 Jan) Interview Results! Unknown: heartRN (Brazil, 31 March) jhay (Philippines) Approved pending further documentation: Beth and John (Canada/Vancouver, 12 April) updated! Libertyhuskey (Chile - 19 April) updated! Approved!: cecilia-gary (Philippines, 10 March) Krilli (Lithuania, 20 April) updated! OlegAndSveta (Russia, 8 April) updated! Rito (UK, 8 April) yuliaandray (Russia, 23 March) POE (hopeful and actual) Beth and John (Canada/Vancouver, Approved pending): 11/12 May K and L (Brazil, still interviewing) - 26 June Krilli (Lithuania) - 16 June LeoLaLit (Philippines) - 24 March TaiwanLover (Tawain) - 7 April Wedding schedule (hopeful, or actual!) Beth and John (Canada/Vancouver, Approved pending): 21 May K and L (Brazil, still interviewing): 16 August Married! drdave820 (Brazil): 20 March Macaroni (Guatemala): 30 April updated! marialovesisaac (Philippines): 28 March	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-04-20 10:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	Yay! Congrats, Beth! I'm guessing they need the apostille seal version of the decree - you can bring them a non-apostille (but certified) version to the places listed here and pay a dollar to get the seal. It should be super quick and easy if you've got a certified copy of your divorce decree laying around.	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-04-13 12:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Only 1 of the above links gets us to an actual form, and I cannot find the UK procedures on VJ anywhere! I don't know if I'm looking in the wrong places or what, and I'm getting just a tad stressed out! Ugh! And, my parents are going to co sponsor or whatever, and I need to know if it's me or them that has to fill out the 134 form? Help! Please~ Most of those links were links to PDFs, not to electronic forms. The only one that was an electronic form was the DS-156. Right click on the other links and "save as" to save them to your computer. Start with the DS-230 (from the State Department's list of forms -- and you can look at VisaJourney's example form DS-230 if you get stuck). It's two pages long (as you only fill out Part 1), and if you have your fiancé's GS-325 (biographical information) from the I-129F petition, you should be able to fill it out by yourself. Seriously - it's all super basic information until you hit the "all places lived since 16", "all places worked in the last 10 years" and "all educational institutes attended" (for the beneficiary), and some of that will be on the GS-325. There's also previous military service, and a list of times they've come to the US (and what kind of visa they used - VWP or tourist, etc). Whatever you don't know, ask your fiancé. It's the second most involved form (the most is the DS-156) and pretty much once you have that filled out, the majority of the other forms just fall out from there. It's two pages long, but you may need to have extra pages if your fiancé has moved around a lot, attended many schools, that sort of thing. This one may take some time, as there's a bunch of stuff that you may not know about your fiancé. Then, fill out the DS-156 (an online form -- and you can look at VisaJourney's example form DS-156 if you get stuck). It's almost entirely information from the DS-230 Part 1, with some extra information about previous visas and criminal record Then, do the DS-156K (from the State Department's list of forms -- and you can look at VisaJourney's example form DS-156K if you get stuck). It's all info that you needed to put in the DS-230 and GS-325 already, and it's only one page, so it'll be super fast and really easy. Then, fill out the DS-157 (from the State Department's list of forms -- and you can look at VisaJourney's example form DS-157 if you get stuck). Like the DS-156K, it's almost all information from the DS-230, but with a few extra questions about previous travel/visas/passports, explosives and travel arrangements. It's one page and should be fairly fast. Then, download and print off the IV-15K form (which VJ has no examples of, but is seriously just something you put your name on and check things off of before mailing, minimal actual information is involved). You should consider starting a topic in the UK regional forum asking for help as they'll be more assistance than me -- Brazil has different requirements beyond filling out the DS-230 Pt 1, DS-156, DS-156K, DS-157, and I-134 (and then, we don't need that til our interviews). For the I-134, both you AND your parents need to fill it out. Edited by K and L, 11 April 2010 - 06:32 AM.	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-04-11 06:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	We have had a tooooooooooon of updates since I last posted the list! Next up on our schedule: Beth and John and thekatocat, who are both interviewing on the 12th. Good luck, guys!! I-129F Petition: Status Unknown: LadyRed (Armenia): 14 Oct (no timeline, last seen 7 Dec) tommy4cherry (Philippines): 19 October (last updated timeline 21 Oct, last seen 17 Jan) Waiting for NOA2: Chi Na (Vietnam): 30 October (reissued NOA1 19 Feb) stmarcus (Netherlands): 5 October (last touched 7 October) K-1 Visa In Progress: Status unknown Cyclone (Canada/Vancouver - 12 Jan) -- last seen: 28 Feb dawgofwar71 (Philippines - 12 Jan) -- last seen: 2 Feb scomy (Philippines - 13 Jan) -- last update: 7 March Going through NVC: ckm8 (Thailand - 31 March) updated! keydymenro (Honduras - 26 Jan, reissued 9 March, reissued ? April) updated! Waiting for consular response: Nobody! Working on Packet 3: Jessica&Carl (UK - 3 Feb): 22 Feb Leenie (UK - 5 Jan): 22 Jan Mailed Packet 3 / has no Packet 3: Ann_Pat (Vietnam - 13 Jan): 1 March Billz (China - 7 Jan): 15 March gs619 (India - 12 Jan): 16 March kalay (Burma - 12 Mar): 9 April updated! kristik (Albania - 28 Jan): 6 March marentim (Cambodia - 11 Jan): 30 March updated! K-1 Visa Interview Schedule: Beth and John (Canada/Vancouver - 21 Jan): 12 April thekatocat (Cuba - 11 Jan) : 12 April Libertyhuskey (Chile - 3 Feb): 19 Apri Krilli (Lithuania - 14 Jan): 20 April updated! lostinlove03 (Kenya -- 19 March): 27 April updated! lilacvioletiris (Canada/Montreal - 8 Jan): 3 May K and L (Brazil - 15 Jan): 4 May updated! corcor (Canada/Montreal - 13 Jan): 7 May Matt & Chie (Japan - 5 Mar): 10 May updated! Rescheduling interviews: Caveman Robot (Philippines - 13 Jan) Mitch and Bruna (Brazil - 15 Jan) Interview Results! Unknown: heartRN (Brazil - 31 March) updated! OlegAndSveta (Russia - 8 April) updated! Approved!: cecilia-gary (Philippines) drdave820 (Brazil) jhay (Philippines) LeoLaLit (Philippines) Macaroni (Guatemala) marialovesisaac (Philippines) Rito (UK) updated! TaiwanLover (Tawain) yuliaandray (Russia)	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-04-09 07:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	Looks like it is! We ended up getting rescheduled for the 4th of May. Not the greatest date, I have a final on the 6th D:	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-04-08 11:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	Looks like we're going to be rescheduled with the rest of the people who are having to cancel (or were cancelled by the consulate) for the 6th/7th/8th/9th. We've got priority over new petitions, but there's alot of us. Looks like on VJ, last week, they were already scheduling mid-May, so it may be early June for us	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-04-07 16:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	Due to the weather in Rio (96 dead from the rains and flooding so far), SDU is shut down, and it sounds like GIG might be going that way. L tried calling the consulate to find out what the deal was, during their business hours (after his airfare was shut down) and they said they were CLOSED, and his medical was closed, and everything. Fortunately, I was able to get it worked out that I can rebook the rest of my flight, but I'm presently stuck in Miami, bagless, and L's interview is probably gonna be cancelled by the consulate. I am so ###### bummed right now.	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-04-06 20:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	Good luck Rito and OlegandSveta! Our interviews are finally almost here!	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-04-05 18:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	I booked my flight to Brazil ... there's nothing like waiting to the last minute. (Though, in my defense: the airline I normally fly on is having a promotion right now through the end of June, so I knew that I'd be able to get a good fare price even though I'm leaving in just over a week.) I'm so excited to see L next week, and to have our visa interview, and to just move ON to finalizing the wedding plans and starting our life together in three months. So, for those of you who aren't from English-speaking countries: are you getting your things translated before you leave for the AOS and just, life in general? L found a place that's "consulate approved" that's got reasonable rates (compared to prices we found in the US) for the translations -- for about $60US, we'll get everything translated (birth certificate, police clearance, school records). I know the translated bc is needed for the AOS and the school records will be needed when he tries to go to school here. The first place we found in the US was going to charge $50-75 for just the birth certificate, so I figure we're money ahead to just do a blanket translation.	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-03-29 11:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	I think I may have put that in thinking maybe CIS would do it right this time Call the Congressman again already, eh?	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-03-27 13:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	Good deal! There have actually been a toooon of updates in the last few days I-129F Petition: Status Unknown: LadyRed (Armenia): 14 Oct (no timeline, last seen 7 Dec) tommy4cherry (Philippines): 19 October (last updated timeline 21 Oct, last seen 17 Jan) Waiting for NOA2: Chi Na (Vietnam): 30 October (reissued NOA1 19 Feb) ckm8 (Thailand): 22 October stmarcus (Netherlands): 5 October (last touched 7 October) K-1 Visa In Progress: Status unknown Cyclone (Canada/Vancouver - 12 Jan) -- last seen: 28 Feb dawgofwar71 (Philippines - 12 Jan) -- last seen: 2 Feb scomy (Philippines - 13 Jan) -- last update: 7 March Going through NVC: lostinlove03 (Kenya -- 19 March) keydymenro (Honduras - 26 Jan, reissued 9 March) -- rec'd 16 March Waiting for consular response: kalay (Burma - 12 Mar) -- left NVC: 22 March (updated!) Working on Packet 3: Jessica&Carl (UK - 3 Feb): 22 Feb Krilli (Lithuania - 14 Jan): 1 Feb Leenie (UK - 5 Jan): 22 Jan marentim (Cambodia - 11 Jan): 4 Feb Matt & Chie (Japan - 5 Mar): 20 March (updated!) Mailed Packet 3 & waiting for consular response: Ann_Pat (Vietnam - 13 Jan): 1 March Billz (China - 7 Jan): 15 March (updated!) gs619 (India - 12 Jan): 16 March (updated!) kristik (Albania - 28 Jan): 6 March K-1 Visa Interview Schedule: heartRN (Brazil - 9 Feb): 31 March Rito (UK - 8 Jan): 6 April K and L (Brazil - 15 Jan): 8 April OlegAndSveta (Russia - 22 Jan): 8 April Beth and John (Canada/Vancouver - 21 Jan): 12 April thekatocat (Cuba - 11 Jan) : 12 April Libertyhuskey (Chile - 3 Feb): 19 April (updated!) lilacvioletiris (Canada/Montreal - 8 Jan): 3 May corcor (Canada/Montreal - 13 Jan): 7 May Rescheduling interviews: Caveman Robot (Philippines - 13 Jan) Mitch and Bruna (Brazil - 15 Jan) Interview Results! Approved!: cecilia-gary (Philippines) drdave820 (Brazil) jhay (Philippines) LeoLaLit (Philippines) Macaron (Guatemala) marialovesisaac (Philippines) TaiwanLover (Tawain) yuliaandray (Russia) BTW, if anyone sees that I've got them on the list incorrectly (or not at all!), PM me and I'll fix you - though I do try to wait until we have a few updates before posting it again. Also, please remember to update your timeline / signature / status 'cause if you don't post it here, that's where I get my info. Edited by K and L, 25 March 2010 - 12:09 PM.	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-03-25 12:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	congrats, yuliaandray! I-129F Petition: Status Unknown: LadyRed (Armenia): 14 Oct (no timeline, last seen 7 Dec) tommy4cherry (Philippines): 19 October (last updated timeline 21 Oct, last seen 17 Jan) Waiting for NOA2: Chi Na (Vietnam): 30 October (reissued NOA1 19 Feb) ckm8 (Thailand): 22 October stmarcus (Netherlands): 5 October (last touched 7 October) K-1 Visa In Progress: Going through NVC: kalay (Burma - 12 Mar) -- rec'd 19 March lostinlove03 (Kenya -- 19 March) keydymenro (Honduras - 26 Jan, reissued 9 March) -- rec'd 16 March Waiting for consular response / hasn't updated Cyclone (Canada/Vancouver - 12 Jan) -- last seen: 28 Feb dawgofwar71 (Philippines - 12 Jan) -- last seen: 2 Feb gs619 (India - 12 Jan) -- last seen: 15 Feb Libertyhuskey (Chile - 3 Feb) -- last seen: 18 March scomy (Philippines - 13 Jan) -- last update: 7 March Working on Packet 3: Billz (China - 7 Jan): 27 Jan Jessica&Carl (UK - 3 Feb): 22 Feb Krilli (Lithuania - 14 Jan): 1 Feb Leenie (UK - 5 Jan): 22 Jan marentim (Cambodia - 11 Jan): 4 Feb Matt & Chie (Japan - 5 Mar): 20 March Mailed Packet 3 / has no Packet 3: Ann_Pat (Vietnam - 13 Jan): 1 March kristik (Albania - 28 Jan): 6 March K-1 Visa Interview Schedule: Caveman Robot (Philippines - 13 Jan): delayed for septum results (was 11 March) Mitch and Bruna (Brazil - 15 Jan): mid March heartRN (Brazil - 9 Feb): 31 March Rito (UK - 8 Jan): 6 April K and L (Brazil - 15 Jan): 8 April OlegAndSveta (Russia - 22 Jan): 8 April Beth and John (Canada/Vancouver - 21 Jan): 12 April thekatocat (Cuba - 11 Jan) : 12 April lilacvioletiris (Canada/Montreal - 8 Jan): 3 May corcor (Canada/Montreal - 13 Jan): 7 May Interview Results! Approved!: cecilia-gary (Philippines) drdave820 (Brazil) jhay (Philippines) LeoLaLit (Philippines) Macaron (Guatemala) marialovesisaac (Philippines) TaiwanLover (Tawain) yuliaandray (Russia) Edited by K and L, 23 March 2010 - 08:59 AM.	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-03-23 08:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	That's great news, lost & corcor!	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-03-22 16:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	And score! We found someone to translate his birth certificate into English for the AOS for the low, low price of $25US! The prices we found in the US were in the $50-90 range.	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-03-22 09:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay! And hopefully corcor's date won't be soon behind - they filed a week after you did. Best of luck to yuliaandray, whose interview is tomorrow!	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-03-22 08:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	If she didn't give it, they haven't assigned it yet. IIRC, by the time they've assigned it, it's almost on its merry way to the final destination. Call back Wednesday or so and they should give you the number AND the news that it's being sent soon	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-03-19 22:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	Congrats, Taiwan!	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-03-19 08:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	cecilia (or anyone else who knows), what's this CFO and PRISM stuff you're talking about? I finally had the time to redo the list! I-129F Petition: Status Unknown: LadyRed (Armenia): 14 Oct (no timeline, last seen 7 Dec) tommy4cherry (Philippines): 19 October (last updated timeline 21 Oct, last seen 17 Jan) Waiting for NOA2: Chi Na (Vietnam): 30 October (reissued NOA1 19 Feb) ckm8 (Thailand): 22 October lostinlove03 (Kenya): 8 October (last touched 16 March) stmarcus (Netherlands): 5 October (last touched 7 October) K-1 Visa In Progress: Going through NVC: kalay (Burma - 12 Mar) keydymenro (Honduras - 26 Jan, reissued 9 March) Waiting for consular response / hasn't updated Cyclone (Canada/Vancouver - 12 Jan) -- last seen: 28 Feb dawgofwar71 (Philippines - 12 Jan) -- last seen: 2 Feb gs619 (India - 12 Jan) -- last seen: 15 Feb Libertyhuskey (Chile - 3 Feb) -- last seen: 18 March Matt & Chie (Japan - 5 Mar) -- left NVC: 15 March scomy (Philippines - 13 Jan) -- last update: 7 March Working on Packet 3: Billz (China - 7 Jan): 27 Jan Jessica&Carl (UK - 3 Feb): 22 Feb Krilli (Lithuania - 14 Jan): 1 Feb Leenie (UK - 5 Jan): 22 Jan marentim (Cambodia - 11 Jan): 4 Feb Mailed Packet 3 / has no Packet 3: Ann_Pat (Vietnam - 13 Jan): 1 March corcor (Canada/Montreal - 13 Jan): 26 Feb kristik (Albania - 28 Jan): 6 March lilacvioletiris (Canada/Montreal - 8 Jan): 16 Feb K-1 Visa Interview Schedule: Caveman Robot (Philippines - 13 Jan): delayed for septum results (was 11 March) TaiwanLover (Tawain - 1 Feb): 19 March yuliaandray (Russia - 13 Jan): 23 March Mitch and Bruna (Brazil - 15 Jan): mid March heartRN (Brazil - 9 Feb): 31 March Rito (UK - 8 Jan): 6 April K and L (Brazil - 15 Jan): 8 April OlegAndSveta (Russia - 22 Jan): 8 April Beth and John (Canada/Vancouver - 21 Jan): 12 April thekatocat (Cuba - 11 Jan) : 12 April Interview Results! Unknown: jhay (Philippines - 2 March) Approved!: cecilia-gary (Philippines) drdave820 (Brazil) LeoLaLit (Philippines) Macaron (Guatemala) marialovesisaac (Philippines)	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-03-18 16:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2009 K-1 Visa filers	Congrats, Leo! So it has been really nice to read how fast some peoples approval came from the California center. I will be filing there hopefully in April or May. I sure hope it's as speedy as everyone else has been Any advice on what is that best way to send, USPS or UPS...any other delivery services that will get it there sooner? does it matter? Thanks everyone! USPS is better. I went with express for $17, because it's got personal information in it, and the last thing I need is my identity stolen and USPS stays on it like whoa for express, and express requires signatures. That said: Taiwan's absolutely right, there's no chronological order dibs once in the system. It really doesn't matter for the initial petition. HOWEVER, if you get a request for further evidence (RFE), I do recommend overnighting it - RFEs are time sensitive and even priority isn't guaranteed in the window they give; I've had priority mail take 7-10 days to go 110 miles. Edited by K and L, 18 March 2010 - 11:44 AM.	K and L	Female	Brazil	2010-03-18 11:43:00