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IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresI cant track can anyone figure this out ?

Sorry. I tried. I didn't see anything having been sent to Tunisia the later part of July, through 31 AUG. What city is the embassy in? 


ToddBMaleUkraine2014-09-04 20:40:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDS-260 Other Nationality question

Ukrainians who lived in Ukraine when it was under the USSR were citizens of the USSR. They did have a USSR passports, but also in this passport it indicated they're nationality. Living in Ukraine your nationality was whatever "republic" they were from, and what country they listed on the passport forms they filled out when they turned 16. Like most countries...many nationalities exist within its borders. They could have been Moldovan, Lithuanian, Romanian...you get the idea. A Ukrainian with a USSR passport at the time, having always lived in Ukraine was, and is a Ukrainian. BUT your talking about pre-1991. Obviously the USSR is no more. So with that being said no more policies exist from that era. Post 1991 Ukrainians, and other nationalities were awarded Ukrainian citizenship, and received Ukrainian passports.

 

Yes your over thinking things. :)  

 

Good luck.     


ToddBMaleUkraine2014-10-04 15:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestion on I-134

First: Your fiancee will need your ORIGINAL, SIGNED I-134 for her interview, so send it to her.

 

Line 10...yes, your fiancee's name, followed by in parenthesis "(subject of this affidavit)". 

 

Date submitted??? I put date sent to USCIS.


ToddBMaleUkraine2013-12-22 20:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDo I need to put the date we got engaged when applying for K1
1. No... I-129F has no where for this question.
2. I assume your talking about a receipt for a ring, or...????

You could throw that in with the many "proof of relationship" documents you'll have to have, but not required.

Good luck, and read, read, read!!!





ToddBMaleUkraine2014-01-01 13:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresImmigration Lawyer
From someone in the k-1 process right now...If I had to do it again???? I would NOT use a lawyer. Just as people here have said. Unless you feel you may have some special circumstances. DO IT YOURSELF. Everything you need to know is right here.

My lawyer is/was very good, and I would recommend them IF someone does not feel comfortable enough to approach this on their own. BUT, be advised...ALL a lawyer is going to do is assemble your k-1 specific forms, and documents.

You have to send all this to the lawyer...why not do it yourself???

Mine charged a flat fee, and like I said...I would recommend them, no problem. But I will not be using a lawyer for AOS, and there on.

Good luck!!!!








ToddBMaleUkraine2014-01-01 12:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDs-160 Question
I know my fiancee just used the same picture as the ones she submitted with our 1-129F packet. We had them digitally stored on computer.

You can use this link to better understand uploading a photo. Scroll down, picture info is towards the bottom.

http://travel.state....forms_4401.html




ToddBMaleUkraine2014-01-03 15:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRFE - Intent to Marry

 
Nope.  Just use the same Example Form language for both.  There is no requirement and it is not necessary, never has been.

 
Just follow the Example Forms.....no need to bore USCIS with your details....they really don't care about that.  Save it for the interview.
 





Yes, of course. Only do the minimum. No big deal!!!!

ToddBMaleUkraine2014-01-03 11:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRFE - Intent to Marry
Look....your intent to marry. This is a time for you to be heard. Your trying to sell this as a bonifide relationship, right?

Put some heart into it, put some detail into it. Dont be afraid to be a little "mushy".

There isn't the need for the beneficiary's intent to be so in-depth. "I so, and so intended to marry so, and so within 90 days of my stay in the US....blah, blah.

Petitioner...tell when/how you met. When you two fell in love. How you proposed. Got the idea?

Really...just trying to help. This advise was given to me. Our process has gone on smooth as can be.

But by all means....write it as you see fit.










ToddBMaleUkraine2014-01-03 10:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRFE - Intent to Marry

 
There is no such requirement.


Never said it was a requirement. Did you read that in my post? Dont think so.

Should it be???? Yes!!



ToddBMaleUkraine2014-01-03 10:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRFE - Intent to Marry
Above posts are correct. BOTH must provide intent to marry statement. In fact the petitioner's should be more in depth, more detailed than the beneficiary.

Good luck.


ToddBMaleUkraine2014-01-03 06:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresChild to follow

Reading some of the responses above....If you want to save yourselves a mound of frustration...follow the steps above, start K-2 process, and ask us any questions you might have.

 

Like I said...we just did this, and my wife spent hours, and hours figuring out this process that worked beautifully.


ToddBMaleUkraine2014-08-24 13:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresChild to follow

We just did this...son just arrived 4 July. My wife came 21 March. 

 

Since her daughter was listed on I-129F...she has 1 year (from approved K-1 petition) to join her mother as K-2 applicant.  AS LONG AS SHE IS YOUNGER THAN 21. Forget K-3!!!! It can take forever.

 

 Will need:              - to complete DS-160 for her

                              - call and make appointment for medical. Will need mother's notification she got from US embassy that they received her case. Notification should indicate 2 applicants.

                              - after medical...make appointment for interview.

                              - pay visa fee $240

 

She will need to take:

                                  

                              - confirmation page of DS-160

                              - confirmation of interview appointment (printed out when you scheduled appointment) 

                              - certified copy of marriage license

                              - scanned copies of wife's passport pages (bio metric page, visa page with entry stamp)

                              - copy Mother's I-94

                              - copy of NOA2 from I-129F petition

                               

Was daughter listed on I-134 Affidavit of support? She should have been. Anyway...

 

                              - copy of this form (I-134) (as long as she was listed) If not fill out separate I-134 for daughter.

                              - two passport style photos

                              - envelope containing results from medical

                              - international passport

                              - birth certificate

                              - police certificate

 

We had certified translation of birth certificate just in case. Your choice. 

 

If you start now, and all things need...you can accomplish this in 3-4 weeks no problem.

 

When she arrives, and has her I-94...waste no time applying for AOS. 

 

Any question...feel free to ask. Good luck!!!!!

 

 

                             

                           

 

               


ToddBMaleUkraine2014-08-24 13:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFear for my fiance in Ukraine

No doubt events in the east would be cause for major worries. If its any consolation, just remember most of the process is handled here, not abroad, and everything there (medical, and interview) is handled in Kyiv. The east is the hot bed right now. Kyiv still functions as close to normal as possible. My wife had to navigate some of the perils of Maydan when it was at its worst. Embassy was still open everyday even with some protesters outside, not to mention what was happening in the city center.

 

To expedite...yes you can try, and some succeed, but its the government. Realize that for what its worth. Kyiv is ok. the US embassy is ok. This is all you need for visa process to be successful.  

 

WIsh you the best, and God's speed. 


ToddBMaleUkraine2014-08-23 09:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhen to fill DS-160 and schedule Interview

You can't even take medical exam until case is in Kyiv, and you have case number which will start with KEVxxxxxx. The notification is a piece of paper that needs to taken to the clinic at the time of exam 

 

DS-160 can be completed anytime after your receive NOA2 as the receipt number on this form will be needed for the DS-160.

 

After medical, and DS-160 done...then schedule interview.  


ToddBMaleUkraine2014-10-15 19:22:00
CanadaUS Petitioner Status in the USA
We are preparing for our Interview in Montreal and Packet 4 tells me to include a copy of the US Petitioners status in the USA. That wasn't on my Packet 3. I am wondering if Montreal is looking for a copy of the US Petitioner's drivers license and passport? I have documents for the US domicile but this is listed separately so I am unsure what they want!

Thanks!!


Natalie2013Not TellingCanada2013-07-30 20:16:00
CanadaPacket 3 - Montreal Question!
Our packet 3 should have arrived in Montreal on Frida. So I haven't heard anything yet. I can update this when I do.
Natalie2013Not TellingCanada2013-06-24 07:15:00
CanadaPacket 3 - Montreal Question!
Thanks for the feedback...I hope completing the checklist and taking the originals to the interview is good enough! Ours is sent without them via courier today. I guess we'll hear if we needed to include them...and we can send them At that time. Why is this process so confusing? Even our lawyer didn't know what to tell us! I was hoping someone else who had recently done it could give us insight! Here's hoping....!
Natalie2013Not TellingCanada2013-06-20 11:56:00
CanadaPacket 3 - Montreal Question!
Ok, so I am very confused and after calling DC for some help and clarification I'm still not confident I'm doing the right thing.

The DS-156K says to submit the following documentation in order to apply for e fiancé visa: birth certificate, evidence of engagement, evidence if financial support, police certificates...etc.

However, the checklist for the interview says we need those same documents for the interview in their original form and a copy.

So, if I submit the originals with Packet 3 how will we have them for the interview? Do we actually need to pay and wit for another birth certificate and police certificate???

Help please...so confused and don't want to slow this process down!








Natalie2013Not TellingCanada2013-06-18 18:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCan I apply for K-1 visa?
Thank you
pcaNot TellingSouth Africa2013-02-14 08:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCan I apply for K-1 visa?
Ok thanks for that information. I might of phrased my question incorrectly. Fact is I have to return to south africa to avoid paying a huge fine with my agency. I would just like to find out if have to return home in order to start filing paper work or can I start the paperwork while I'm in the USA. I want to know if I can shorten the time apart from my fiance by starting the paper work before I return home.
pcaNot TellingSouth Africa2013-02-14 08:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCan I apply for K-1 visa?
Hey guys, I'm in need of some Info.
I'm currently in the USA on a work visa, my fiance and I plan to get married but my contract requires me to return home after my visa ends. Can I start the paper work while I'm in the USA, or do I have to wait till my current visa is expired and return to my country?

Edited by pca, 14 February 2013 - 08:19 AM.

pcaNot TellingSouth Africa2013-02-14 08:17:00
Australia and New ZealandMy worst fear just came true
that post made me so sad :( i couldnt amagine been banned from a country were someone i loved lived. I think the best advice i can tell you is if you really think he is the one .. you can go to school here our schools are just as good , get a working visa here and u can go to school and live with him . Get married here together and you guys will have a happy life.. Really it would be easier for you to come over here now that its not ment to be for him to go there.. it would be too complicated and another long process.
wish you all the best! cheers
Pamala LycosFemaleAustralia2011-09-06 07:53:00
Australia and New ZealandHow long it takes to receive your visa?
sydney embassy usually send it back and takes 5 working days
Pamala LycosFemaleAustralia2011-09-28 22:15:00
Australia and New ZealandProcessing days for Sydney
How are they stuffing him around?

im going through the K1 process it seems to be smoother than the cr-1
Pamala LycosFemaleAustralia2011-10-13 01:16:00
Australia and New ZealandProcessing days for Sydney
is gc955 living in AUS ? or is he from a different country?
all the sydney consulate reveiws i have read people get there visas in time.They ask you at the interveiw when u want to leave to go to the US so they can send it out in time.
i hope your visa comes this week , Our AUstralian consulate is usually very good! not like other countries
Pamala LycosFemaleAustralia2011-10-09 21:16:00
Australia and New ZealandProcessing days for Sydney
its just a express post envelope platnuim usually anyone can sign for it , as long as someone is home . They just put my express envelopes in the mail box and not evan knock on my door usually
Pamala LycosFemaleAustralia2011-10-08 22:30:00
Australia and New ZealandProcessing days for Sydney
i hope it makes it in time , you can email the embassy they usually reply within 1-2 days , that is how i communicated with them. I have my interview on a tuesday and hoping to fly out on the saturday the same week . They say it takes 2-3 days to get your Visa , im living in SYdney so i should get it the same day or one day after they send it. Good luck with it , you emailed it so usually you would get a quicker reply if you mailed it to them.

Do you have any one that could send the visa to you when your in melbourne if it gets there after you leave?
Pamala LycosFemaleAustralia2011-10-08 19:52:00
Australia and New Zealandmedical questions
im from Adeliade too ,
I got mine dont in sydney Dr waks. I only needed 2 shots one for TB and the other for measles mumps . It will depend on your age what needles u need if u dont have vacication records. yes u can get a blood test at a Gp to see what your ammune to,. Mine cost $410 with the 2 shots
Pamala LycosFemaleAustralia2011-10-18 21:13:00
Australia and New Zealandmedical for my son in melbourne on tue
oh ok i did mine in Sydney and i brang a express post envelope. It got sent to me first then so i could look at it then i posted it to the embassy.Must be different for each state :dance:
Pamala LycosFemaleAustralia2011-10-21 01:02:00
Australia and New Zealandmedical for my son in melbourne on tue
bring express post envelope too
Pamala LycosFemaleAustralia2011-10-20 18:37:00
Australia and New ZealandPolice Check Fee in NSW
How do u do a fingerprint check when you cannot be in Aus to get it ?
Im not sure if a Aus Bank would accept a Us money order. And im not sure if a Us cheque would work either this is a tough one.
Pamala LycosFemaleAustralia2011-10-21 19:19:00
Australia and New ZealandSuperannuation
i was trying to get my super as i am permantly leaving the country so i called my super ( rest) and they told me this under legilation law or some ####### i cannot untill im 55 years old so it will just sit there and have fees put on to it until then, Evan if i become a US citizen i cannot withdrawl the money, its really stupid i mean that money would come in handy i have about 8,000 and been working since i was 17 now 23 and i could use that money to put a deposit on a house in USA. I guess i can understand why they will not let us withdrawl it cause we could come back and worth but i mean its gonna sit there for another 22 years!!! i see no point. And fiancial hardship you have to proove alot! to get that . ITs not so easy. My friend got half of his super cause he was unemployed for more than 6 months. So im not sure if that would come into it if i was unempoloyed IN USA for over 6 months.. Especilally in MICHIGAN when the unemployement rate is so high !
How would we prove hardship living in a different country???
Why did they have to change the law last year.. ?? i know people were taking advatage of it but really i aint coming back to AUS to work i will be coming back to visit family
Pamala LycosFemaleAustralia2011-10-09 21:45:00
Australia and New ZealandWorried, frustrated, need to vent
i know how you feel this hole process sucks i have my interveiw novemeber 1st and im getting anxious and thinking the worst. Bringing all the evidence i can so they dont say i dont have enough evidence and then i have to wait again. Just give it some time. I saw another Aussie have to wait a month to get his visa and passport back cause he didnt have enough evidence but approved him on the day , then said he didnt have enough evidence when he brang it with him on the day of the interveiw.. I just hope it goes all smoothly. I hope emailing helps they usually pretty helpful. And it says 5 working days after approval at interveiw .. but doesnt say how many days if u need to submit more evidence.
Pamala LycosFemaleAustralia2011-10-14 22:56:00
Australia and New ZealandAussies in Augusta GA
i will be living in MICHIGAN USA <3
Pamala LycosFemaleAustralia2011-10-16 06:52:00
Australia and New ZealandHow long does it take to receive PKT 4
usually it takes 5=7 working days before you can get a interveiw date packet 4-
i would email sydney embassy and see if you have given enough evidence to recieve one yet.
thats what i did and i recieved one 24 hrs later. Or atleast get a response and not worry crazy whats going on.
I used a express envelope i dont think platuim is any different it just has to be signed which is safer anyways.
Good luck :thumbs:
Pamala LycosFemaleAustralia2011-10-18 02:44:00
Australia and New ZealandGot 'Packet 4'..
my interveiw was at 9am was oout by 1130am and i got my visa back in 3 days i lived in sydney though.. they will ask u when u are going back to usa and they will try to have it back in time. I told them i was leaving saturday and they had it back to me on friday :) interveiw was tuesday.They print and send visas on thursdays
Pamala LycosFemaleAustralia2011-11-19 19:48:00
Australia and New Zealand2 Police Certificates?!? (CR-!)
You need to send the police check to the US consulate in Sydney when she recieves her packet 3 , which will be emailed to you or her.
Pamala LycosFemaleAustralia2012-08-27 21:06:00
Australia and New ZealandHoping to have NOA2 soon
Here is a list of my Packet 3 that they sent to me last year,

Get these things prepared

Form DS-230 Part I
Form DS-156 : 2 copies
BIRTH CERTIFICATE: Submit the original and one photocopy
AUSTRALIAN POLICE CERTIFICATE: Submit the original and one photocopy. The certificate must be issued on the basis of a fingerprint check.
EVIDENCE OF SUPPORT:
Form I-134 from your fiancé or U.S. sponsor. Original Required.
2010 U.S. Federal Income Tax Returns of your fiancé and/or joint sponsor. Form 1040 can be downloaded from www.irs.gov Copies accepted. Or;
A statement from your petitioning relative stating that s/he was not required to file a tax return and to state
the reasons that s/he was not required to file. Original Required.
Letter from your petitioning relative and/or joint sponsor’s employer verifying date of hire, position, wages or
salary, numbers of hours worked per week and permanency of the employment on company letterhead. Copies
accepted or, most recent pay stub.

PASSPORT: Please submit a photocopy of the biographic page of your passport. The original passport must be brought to your appointment and have at least 8 months validity beyond the issuance date of the visa.

PHOTOGRAPHS: 2 photos USA size
Pamala LycosFemaleAustralia2012-08-27 21:14:00
Australia and New ZealandHoping to have NOA2 soon
Get police check done based on fingerprints this can sometimes take up to 6 weeks.
You usually cant get your medical done without a case number but u can call around.
Get your Vaccinations up to date check the website to see which ones u need with in your age
Pamala LycosFemaleAustralia2012-08-27 21:08:00
Australia and New ZealandContacting the Consulate in Sydney
i always got a response emailing them within 24 hrs
Pamala LycosFemaleAustralia2012-09-11 12:52:00