Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	k-1 visa denied! Help............	So sorry to hear your bad news. But yes,,,,,I agree with the other members that you should "appeal" if you are now fully employed and have a good income. Otherwise you would have to start the entire process over again at a later date. Good Luck to you both,,, Pim and Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-04-01 21:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Is there an expiration on Thailand Doc's?	Joe, The interview is more than 2 months away. In the recent past the time between the consulate recieving both DS-230-I and the signed checklist certification has been 2 months (used to be 3 months). I don't know how fast the CSC is going 'on average' these days, and there's no way of knowing how quickly your petition will be completed until it has been, but it's possible that the interview is as much as 6 months or so away. And if the consular officer processing Pim's visa application wants a new police certificate or medical exam, they'll tell her. Yodrak My Thai fiance already had her medical check done, and police background check completed. I am concerned there could be an "expiration" on her doc's if the interview is still possibly 2 or more months away. We just received our NOA1, so we are just starting the K1 process. But we wanted to get as much done in advance as is possible to speed things along. Comments? Thanks Yodrak for your helpful information! We will brace ourselves for a long wait! JOE	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-02-16 18:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Is there an expiration on Thailand Doc's?	Thanks for the reply Robert! Greetings from Sin City! Yes, I do need to keep my timeline current. Good luck to you! JOE	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-02-15 21:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Is there an expiration on Thailand Doc's?	Thank you for your reply! All information is greatly appreciated! JOE	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-02-15 19:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Is there an expiration on Thailand Doc's?	My Thai fiance already had her medical check done, and police background check completed. I am concerned there could be an "expiration" on her doc's if the interview is still possibly 2 or more months away. We just received our NOA1, so we are just starting the K1 process. But we wanted to get as much done in advance as is possible to speed things along. Comments?	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-02-15 18:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Sad Update	Fionna, I feel just awful reading about what you went thru! What makes a person want to do something so horrible as to what you have endured? Don't give up on love. Keep searching and smiling! Pim and Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-02-16 19:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	California Processing K1's to Dec 31, 2005!!	How about THAT good news! Wow! We jumped over a month and a half wait time in just a day! Thought the group would like the good news if you haven't already seen it! JOE & PIM	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-02-23 17:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	WE GOT IT!!!!! AFTER 6 MONTHS, NOA2!!!!!	After crying last nite and feeling there was no light at the end of all this, i checked my email this morning, WE GOT IT!!!!!! NOA2!!!!!! AR and Background checks all completed. In the 6 months since our NOA1 i have felt different emotions, but i swore i would never give up. Anyone who is still waiting, please hold on, it will happen, thank you all for your support.. Irishgirl, english sammy and all others. Contacting my congressman did help... Thank you to Congressman Inhofe, for all your help. CONGRATULATIONS!!!! THE WAIT IS ALMOST OVER! PIM & JOE	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-04 16:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2 Arrives Via Email	whooo hoo got the NOA2 Via Email... this morning. Good luck to everyone. CONGRATS TO YOU! THE "ORDEAL" IS ALMOST OVER NOW! PIM AND JOE	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-08 12:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Interview Scheduled!!	After not hearing from the Vancouver consulate for a bit... my fiance finally got a human on the phone today who told us our interview date is scheduled for April 10th at 10am!! I'm SO excited... I can't believe we're almost there! Congrats to you both! It won't be long now! Pim and Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-14 23:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2.....APPROVED	I received a e-mail from USCIS ...... Our case was approved I'm so happy and I want to thank you all for your support. I'll still be around here to tell you about the interview and to ask "stupid" question Congrats to you both! The long ordeal is almost over and your new life together is about to start! Pim and Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-15 13:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Visa Approved!	[quote name='rdou0494' date='Mar 14 2006, 09:13 AM' post='75076'] Hi All, Just wanted to let you know that my fiancee picked up her visa from the embassy today. The interview went very well except for a problem with one of her documents. When she initially turned in the documents before her interview, she was told she needed to bring a document proving she has custody of her son to the interview. We discussed whether we should have that document translated, but according to the instructions they sent her, it said "All documents must be translated into English except if in Indonesian language". Since this document was over 20 pages long, I advised her it should be ok as it is. Obviously, it was not, even though their instructions said that it was. So, I guess every embassy is different but my advice would be to get ALL orginal documents translated to English, even if the instructions tell you different. Anyway, that being said, my fiancee should be arriving at JFK the end of March Thanks for everyone's help in here. We couldn't have done this without you Now, I'll be moving to the AOS section. Rick and Lena [/quote Congrats to you both! The long wait is about over at last! Best of luck,,,,, Pim and Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-15 18:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Beginning K1 Visa process	Hello everyone. Just want to say this is an incredible website. I've got some good information from here so I figured I better do whats right and get my timeline out there. I'm sure I'll have tons of questions. Were waiting now for her to send to me her documents. We should have done them when I was in Omsk, Russsia but we were having too much fun. Hello and glad to have you join VJ! The information you gain here is very valuable. The members have helped Pim and me considerably since our K1 was filed! Good Luck! Pim & Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-16 15:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Evidences for K-1	I just submitted my I-129F packet. I enclosed a mound of evidence, including color copies of letters with envelopes/stamps, phone bills, calling card account with call detail, chat logs, screen captures of chat and Skype sessions, emails, text messages. All told I probably had 50 pages of evidence. Now I'm worried -- do you think it will look too "staged" with all of that? Did I go overboard? Thanks in advance folks. 3AD I think it is always better to have "too much" info as compared to "not enough"! Our packet was submitted in a notebook binder, with plastic cover sheets for easy handling, complete with detailed cover sheet, photos with descriptions and dates on back,,,etc. I also went ahead and notarized my letter of intent, all financial Doc's, tax returns, phone bill records, and copies of my airline tickets and hotel receipts! On the last page I even included several extra "passport style" photos of both of us, just in case they might be needed! Good Luck! Joe $ Pim	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-18 13:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	What is wrong with NSC???	I just checked the NSC dates. It still hasn't changed!!! I don't think it has moved from Dec 21 in the last 2 updates!! Have they all taken a vacation or something??!! YES it is quite frustrating when the processing dates do not move with the "update". California has not moved in the last 3 updates, but prior to that it jumped a month and a half in one swoop! So lets hope they are catching up! (I wonder why some of the workload is not sent to the Vermont office to help out?) Joe & Pim	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-21 16:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Today is the day! - I finally file the application	Do they accept Federal Express? or should it be registered mail? after I know that, it's ready to be sent! Congrats! Your journey has now started! Fedex told me they do not deliver to a P.O. box, so I sent Postal Service Express Mail and it was delivered the next morning with delivery confirmation. Good Luck! Joe & Pim	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-18 13:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	California Center catching up?	Just saw one of our members with a California K1 NOA1 date of Jan 21st and a NOA2 of March 17th! That is GREAT news! The fiance is from the UK. Maybe the rest of us will start to hear good news very soon as well? Joe & Pim I have to see that for myself, where did you see it? I am to excited to try and find it myself OK ok i had to search for it...the excitement got to much and yes there it was, still cant believe it. Do they go from the NOA1 date or from when they receive the application? I believe they go from the NOA1 date. My NOA1 date is January 4th and my application hasn't even been touched besides the initial check cashing. I wonder what is going on? How come apps from the later part of the month are getting approved but not the early part of the month? Please CSC, give us more good news!!! Yes we know what you mean! We have not received a "touch" notice either!? I am glad you did find the member NOA2 posting I was talking about! Perhaps the backlog is starting to catch up? We can only hope! Pim & Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-22 18:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	California Center catching up?	Just saw one of our members with a California K1 NOA1 date of Jan 21st and a NOA2 of March 17th! That is GREAT news! The fiance is from the UK. Maybe the rest of us will start to hear good news very soon as well? Joe & Pim	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-22 16:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	This case has been approved	Well, here it is, folks. Directly from USCIS online as of 21 March 2006: ---------------------------------------------------------- Application Type: I129F, PETITION FOR FIANCE(E) Current Status: This case has been approved. On March 21, 2006, an approval notice was mailed. If 14 days have passed and you have not received this notice, you may wish to verify or update your address. To update your address, please call the National Customer Service Center at (800) 375-5283. ----------------------------------------------------------- as for the specifics of my case: Contrary to what some may have stated here, sending in lots of picts wasn't the clincher in my case. I submitted only one poor, dark photo of me and fiancee together. The room was poorly lit, and I didn't use the focus on my camera very well. But in fact this was never an issue for the RFE. RFE did ask for additional evidence, though. True, I didn't keep the Cubana airline ticket stubs for evidence, just my connections from a 'gateway' airport. I did have other circumstantial evidence that I used to submit when RFE was sent. The church bulletin from Havana, which I saved when I went to the local church there, it had the date on the front, this was probably very helpful because it would have been difficult to forge this (Cuban paper stock is typically unique in itself). Moral of story: it's probably a good idea of visit a church while you are there in the host country of your fiancee, keep the church bulletin for future evidence. Especially if there are dates on it. I also had my fiancee send me a statement from her friend attesting to my presence on the dates I specified on the application. Didn't hurt, either. As a last resort, I resubmitted some old emails and copies of a airline connection flight and also some emails from company I originally bought the ticket from. I guess a lot of worrying with the RFE is gone now. Although we still have a lot of hurdles to pass, fees to pay, the interview, English lessons, ect, ect., I am now able to focus on the reality of our life together here. Certainly this site has been helpful, although I was never discouraged by the wannabe lawyers out there. Thanks again in any case. Hope to keep the timeline updated. ngant Congrats to you! The long ordeal is almost over now! Pim and Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-22 21:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Approved!! Yay!	Hi Got approved in London today, couldn't be happier!! Full details of the day are on the foreign embassy forum, London Interviews Helen CONGRATS to you both! Pim and Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-23 15:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Is Nebraska really working?	Oh, man!! I'm revolted! I got to see my timeline and the adjuction date now is ... July 6th! I know it's anything official, but it means that almost nobody is receiving 2nd NOA's lately! Ahh, come on! Let's go, Nebraska! We know it is difficult, however try and be patient. Those of us who have to use the Californina office have to wait longer than anyone! Good Luck! Pim and Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-15 13:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	California Center Catching Up!	MORE good news! I just checked the timelines again and another JANUARY NOA1 member has received their NOA2!!! Here are the 3 that I see::::: NOA1 Jan 12th and NOA2 March 21st from China. NOA1 Jan 4th and NOA2 March 21st from Italy. NOA1 Jan 21st and NOA2 March 17th from the UK. Pim and Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-23 17:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	California Center Catching Up!	I now see TWO member postings with a Jan NOA1 that have just received their NOA2's! One is from the UK and the other fiance from Italy! Pim and Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-23 15:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	California-5 JAN NOA1's now NOA2/s !!!	Yes i saw that too. You got me looking every day now lol.... I am watching for your approval as our dates are not to far apart...hopefully we wont have that much longer to wait now OK! We will cross our fingers together! Keep the faith! Pim and Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-24 18:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	California-5 JAN NOA1's now NOA2/s !!!	Can it be???? YES it CAN! 'Just counted 5 January NOA1's that are now NOA2's! WooHoo! They are moving along,,,,even though a bit slow! Pim & Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-24 16:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	i cant believe this....	Congrats to both of you! That is great news! Pim and Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-24 15:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Got Interview Date!!!	Wow! That is just GREAT news! Pim is in Bangkok too, so let us know now the interview goes, OK? How long after your NOA2 was approved until your fiance received packet 3 from the Bangkok embassy? Did you guys call the phone appointment line and pay the ten dollars for your "PIN" to make the interview after you had the NVC assigned number? Or did you just wait for the embasssy to notify you of the date? Congrats again to you both! Pim & Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-24 18:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	OH YEAH NEBRASKA	Yippee we've been approved!!!!!!! I got my noa 2. CONGRATS to you both! The long wait is almost over now! Pim and Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-23 17:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	CSC APPROVED ON MARCH 22	Congrats to you both!!!!! The long wait is almost over! Pim and Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-24 15:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	GOt NOA2 Today!!!!!	Congrats to you both! The long wait is about over! I wish ours could move that fast! Pim and Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-29 12:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	reasons for slow processing??!!!	YES INDEED THE CALIFORNIA CENTER MOVES VERY SLOW. However, as I have posted before, there are several members going thru the CSC that have a January NOA1 and have already received their NOA2's. As to the Dec 31 processing date, don't quote me, but I think the Web Page update is every other Tuesday. It seems to be at any rate. Yes,,,I agree with another member, that the next update will probably reflect a new processing date of January 31st. Lets continue to support each other thru this long ordeal!!!!! Pim and Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-31 22:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	CSC MOOVED TO 31. JANUARY!! YEAH!!! FINALLY	I could be wrong, but I believe the CSC updates every other Tuesday. Yes,,,,I think the next update will reflect a January 31st processing "up to" date! Lets HOPE so! Pim & Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-04-01 15:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	SHE SAID IT WAS A BREEZE!!!!	CONGRATS TO BOTH OF YOU! THE LONG WAIT IS ALMOST OVER. WE HOPE OUR NOA2 IS COMING SOON! JOE AND PIM	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-04-10 14:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	California Center Slowly Catching Up !	one VJ member with january 23 NOA1 got NOA2....... pleeeeeeeease CSC work fast YES----We see it now! Pim and I filed about a week after that so perhaps the next "hurdle" is almost at hand? We can only hope! Pim and Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-04-11 14:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	California Center Slowly Catching Up !	Welllll, the CSC finally updated! The processing date now shows "up to" Jan 13th, but lets hope they are moving along a little faster than that! Lets keep our fingers crossed for each other! Pim and Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-04-11 11:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	California Center Slowly Catching Up !	Hi everyone! I know I never post here, but we just got our NOA2 via email today. It's been 83 days since our NOA1. Be patient and your NOA2s will arrive soon (I know I was starting to get very restless! :-) )!! CONGRATS TO YOU ON THE NOA2!!!!! I HOPE THE REST OF US WILL NOT BE TOO FAR BEHIND YOU! PIM AND JOE	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-04-08 15:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	California Center Slowly Catching Up !	Well,,,we were HOPING that the CSC would update the processing to Jan 31st by now! Can they move ANY slower!? I do see however that about a dozen members with January filing dates have received their NOA2's. The wait for the rest of us is just plain frustrating! Pim and Joe	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-04-06 15:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	California Center Slowly Catching Up !	Lets all HOPE that the new CSC processing "up to" date moves to JAN 31st soon. I thnk maybe by April 4th we could see a change!? Joe & Pim	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-04-03 13:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	California Center Slowly Catching Up !	Just think how the poor people using the VSC feel, now that their processing times are going beyond the TWO WEEK mark!!! Hey there Robert! Yes you are right! The POOR Vermont time is really slowing down........Ha! But ya know,, it makes me wonder if I should have rented a "P.O. Box" in Vermonts' jurisdiction so I could file thru them? Has anyone ever tried this? JOE	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-30 23:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	California Center Slowly Catching Up !	I just counted 7 memeber NOA2 postings that had their NOA1's in January. So lets hope the California Center keeps working! We are as frustrated as the rest of you, regarding the K1 processings at a snails' pace! Pim & Joe I just counted 7 memeber NOA2 postings that had their NOA1's in January. So lets hope the California Center keeps working! We are as frustrated as the rest of you, regarding the K1 processings at a snails' pace! Pim & Joe Ooops! I meant to say "member".....guess I should slow down and read before I posted.	Joe and Pim	Not Telling	Thailand	2006-03-30 15:51:00