Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Frustruated	haven't we been over this before??? you need to give it at least 30, if not 45, days before you become frustrated. just because you are going through the VSC does not guarantee an immediate NOA2.	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-01-28 15:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Is a Lawyer needed?	most people who frequent this website do not use a lawyer. a lawyer is recommended if you have any issues out of the ordinary that would require someone with more knowledge of immigration laws (such as if your fiance(e) had any arrests, overstays in the US, etc). most run of the mill couples, can do it themselves without incurring the extra expense.	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-01-30 21:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Case Status	yuppers!!!! pop the cork!!!!!! woooohoooo!	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-01-28 18:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Cost at interview	no worries!!! here to help!!	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-01-28 16:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Cost at interview	VJ provides embassy information at the links at the top of every page. here is the UK Embassy Info	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-01-28 15:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Prenup...?	I'm thinking of making a prenup, why not. I want to provide my wife with something, so I was thinking of basing my retirement, savings, stocks, mutual funds and what ever assets I have on the length of time we are married. for example, 10% of my holdings for evry year we are married. heheheee! what do you think? so she gets 100% by year 10!?!? sounds like a great pre-nup to me!	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-01-29 21:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Prenup...?	i think if you have considerable financial/residential/business assets you would be a fool not to try and protect them when entering a new marriage. it is all nice and lovely and hollywood to think that love lasts for ever, but reality says that it doesn't for almost 1/2 of us. you also need to consider how you feel now is NOT going to be how you feel, should you be presented with a spouse who wants to divorce you, especially if you then have children involved ... trust me! business is business ... i would definitely present this to your fiancee and have a nice, open discussion about it.	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-01-29 20:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	need a timeline translation...	when ever an ajudicator performs any type of work on your case ... you are 'touched' and you will a date change with your online status. you can register at the site once you have your NOA1 # (also located on the back of your cancelled check). some people are: *never touched and approved *never touched and RFE'd *touched once and then approved *touched several times and approved *touched several times and RFE'd see the pattern here?? unfortunately, there is no way that anyone here on VJ can tell you if you case will or will not be touched and how many times.	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-01-30 20:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	got bad news	then it is YOUR background that they are looking into. regardless if you called them, they would have written that the required investigation into your fiance's background remains ... but they didn't. basically at this stage of the game, they won't be checking too heavily into your fiance ... that happens at the embassy level. Edited by gimygirl, 27 February 2006 - 09:20 AM.	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-02-27 09:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	got bad news	irishgirl ... i may be off base here, but i don't think i am. it's almost apparent by the delay that either your name or his name generated a 'name hit'. as pax said earlier, my husband geoff was denied at the philly airport after being delayed and questioned for 2 hours, fingerprinted, and then sent home. he had used the VWP 3 times in a row ... only having returned to the UK for about 4-7days at a time. we were completely clueless to immigration back then! once he got denied, he went to the embassy for a visitor visa ... you guessed it: denied. he was also told that he could not return to the US without the appropriate visa (K type visa). therein started our visa journey. we received our NOA2 within 41 days without any out of the ordinary delays. after our case was sent to the embassy, geoff received an FBI fingerprint clearance letter and had to go to london to be fingerprinted again. all of the above is pretty routine for someone being turned away and denied entry. no waiver is needed and i don't see one being needed in your case either. the letter you received said (per your account): they can not move forward on my case because the "required investigation into your background remains". was this letter addressed to you or your fiance?? if you, then this sounds more like they are looking into YOUR background. do you have a common surname?	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-02-23 23:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Medical Problems	the first thing you can do is to be honest ... the second is to bring along documentation that you were treated and released at the time of your suicide attempt.	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-03-06 02:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	After K1 approval. How long till it expires	you have 6 months from date of issue in which to use the K1 visa and enter the US. it is a one-time visa.	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-03-10 13:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I should not have checked my mail before I left	is this in relation to the new law that was put into effect about checking into the beneficiary's background?	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-03-16 22:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	petition	as long as you've followed the guides, you'll be all set!	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-03-16 23:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	what do i do for my father to sponser my fiance	have him properly fill out and notarize the I-134. submit his (with the supporting documentation) along with yours.	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-03-16 23:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Describe how we met	no letter is required for the I-129F. simply describe the circumstances in which you met in person ... i stated our's plainly as: met online w/first meeting 4/03 and subsequent meetings 5/03, 8/03, 3/04 & 11/04. that was it. just provide evidence of your meeting. this is not the time to provide an essay of your love. save that for the interview.	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-03-16 23:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Touched twice in the same week?	unfortunately, noone here can tell you anything about your 'touches', whether they are good or bad, RFE or not, etc etc etc .... only time will tell!! good luck to you!	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-03-18 22:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Visa Issued	wow!!! that's really cool!! that's one of the nicest stories i've heard so far here on VJ!!!!!! best of luck to you both!	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-03-18 01:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Child Support-Please help	what state do you live in? there aren't any reciprocal child support agreements between the UK & Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, or the District of Columbia. since you seem to have a grasp on it now and realize that it will be a long drawn out process which will be expensive on her end, the only advice i have to offer is: have him send her a factual, non-emotional certified letter (recorded delivery in the UK) of his circumstances. he should explain that he is legally not able to be employed until he successfully receives employment documentation which can sometimes take up to 4-6 months. i would give a buffer of 4-6 months in case of an RFE and then actually finding a job. once he finds empoyment he will resume his payments of 'x' amount of dollars/pounds ... and for what it's worth he should not send a penny more than he legally has to!! sounds like you have found a great guy!!! best of luck to you!!	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-03-25 13:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	visitor visa denial effect k-1 visa	in the majority of instances, the denial will have no effect on your K1 process, as long as he is honest and reports that he applied and was denied for one. my fiance was denied also because he wanted to visit during the long wait. best of luck to you!	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-03-26 01:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Interview questions	Does anyone know if the consulate can ask questions about my prior marriages? My fiance does not like to discuss my past. The past is the past. true, the past is the past ... but the CO may ask questions about your past. he's not going to get approved if he doesn't know the answers - plain as that. he should know: how many times you were previously married, if you had/have any children, and when/why those marriages broke down. he doesn't need to get into the nitty gritty but he does need to know those answers at the bare minimum.	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-03-27 21:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Arming Myself For The Medical....	fiona ... i have been following your and andrew's case from almost the beginning!! i am totally in your corner and if there is ever anything i can do for either of you ... please don't hesitate to let me know! a nice bit of info for you: Are all physical or mental disorders considered “medically-related grounds of ineligibility”? No. The Civil Surgeon or Panel Physician must determine that there is no harmful behavior associated with the disorder in question. If you have a history of a physical or a mental disorder, there must be a harmful behavior that is likely to recur in order for it to make you ineligible. If your condition has no associated harmful behavior, then you can proceed with your application process. (source) you may want to arm yourself with some sort of information regarding your care once you are in the US. where are you going to live and who is going to provide your care, etc. they may want to know that your disability is not going to lead you into becoming a public charge. <<< all of that is just a guess though! good luck!! when is your medical??	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-03-27 22:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	help mE~	did you email or call them before you received the RFE??? that's their standard response.	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-03-28 00:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Good news	great news anita!!!!!!! but remember ... you are always going to be with your gypsy!!!! it's just going to take a little bit of time!!! expect an interview in july ..... anything sooner will be an absolute bonus!!! in the meantime, do you have everything ready?? police cert, original K1 petition (& documents), I134 (and supporting evidence), etc?	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-03-28 21:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Question About Form I-134 and employer	fiona ... i'm with meauxna on this one as well. i would gather all relevant employer and tax info from your future MIL ... extra copies never hurt. i would also ask the agency who arranges the care (that she gives to her son) to write a letter explaining the situation. send a cover letter and be as thorough as possible as you and andrew have an extremely unique situation.	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-03-28 21:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 for someone previously in US illegally?	that would be lying, sriniv .... not something i would advocate on this website! and roi ... illegal is illegal regardless if you are caught. but thanks for the insight into your character!	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-03-28 13:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Declaration of how you met in person in the last two years.	you can fit it in on the application ... some people want to go into a full fledged dissertation of their love story! while the adjudicator LOVES to read it ... it's not necessary at this point. you need to PROVE that you met and show proof that you have met within the last 2 years. save the extraneous proof of your relationship for the interview!!	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-03-06 02:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Fiance entered via K-1 Visa, she then departed	awesome news!!! thanks for giving us the great update!!!	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-04-25 19:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Divorce certificates only, right?	lisa ... just the divorce decree (with judge's signature and state seal). my previous marriage cert was never needed nor asked for.	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-05-24 09:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	wooow booring	What the?? VJ, always good for a laugh.....! Good place for a psychiatrist to come make a new patient list! Some of us just lose it quicker than others. why do you think i LOVE it here?!?!?	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-05-30 19:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How do I cancel K1 Petition after approval	aha! this must be why cristy is mad today!!!	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-06-04 13:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	overeaction	happy to hear that it was a misunderstanding but what was the problem that caused you to quickly declare it was over??	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-06-04 21:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	breaking up	"The loss of love is not nearly as painful as our resistance to accepting it is." ~Tigress Luv~	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-06-04 19:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NEED PEOPLES OPINION	what are they even writing about you?? what makes your story stand out? how did they get your name?	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-06-09 10:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NEED PEOPLES OPINION	mmhmm .... more information is needed ... Edited by gimygirl, 09 June 2006 - 09:53 AM.	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-06-09 09:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Accused of rape	thank you for not judging me and Jim. ... To all the ones that "have my safety in mind" hey I'm 30 years old ... why are we labeled as judging jim when you are the one who has provided this board with the information? we can only comment on what you have told us ... i certainly didn't bring up anything fictitious in yesterday's post ... it was all gleaned from your previous posts. your righteous indignation seems a bit out of place at this point but then again, you are his fianceé ... who are we to question his indiscretions out of concern for you?	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-06-17 16:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Accused of rape	well im glad you found the man of your dreams ... best of luck!	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-06-17 06:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Accused of rape	natasha ... i'm going to say this as clear as i can ... you sincerely need to rethink making a life with this guy. you're not even together yet but you've had so many problems with jim ... and now THIS!?!??! what else do you need to be hit with before you step back and evaluate this relationship!?!? he thought he was divorced for the past year & a half, bought cable & DSL when it wasn't in the budget, he continued to chat with other women online, he recently lost his job, and NOW a past rape charge against him?? this is coming from someone who can look at your situation without interjecting emotions into it ... again, please make sure this is the right move for you and your 5 yr old son.	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-06-17 00:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	touched	welp ... that's the infamous 'touch'!!!	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-06-15 21:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Hand-written petition	yuppers!!! as long as they can read it ... it should be fine!!	gimygirl	Female	0	2006-06-19 23:19:00