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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWanna see what a K1 visa looks like?
Thanks meauxna!
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-03-11 15:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWanna see what a K1 visa looks like?

Thats like sticking a chocolate cake under a pregnant womans nose and telling her she has to wait 6 months for a bite! Nice pic by the way!

I didn't mean it like that. :blush: I was always curious what one looked like, and I figured people here might be wondering what one looks like too. I liked seeing the pics of a NOA2 on here so I knew what it would look like when I got it.
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-03-11 11:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWanna see what a K1 visa looks like?

It's a beautiful thing, isn't it?
Congratulations, and best wishes for a long and happy life together. (F)

Thanks! :D

Nice! Just one side thought, I guess the Embassy didn't see the horns as a possible public health risk that could spread like wildfire throughout the U.S. and make us all crazy! ;)

We're already crazy silly! :P

is that a visa sticker thing glued ?
heheh sorry i'm just curious

That's a good question LOL. I'll ask him how it's attached in there when he gets home! :lol:

Congrats. I used to think red horns would raise a red flag but oviously not. Thanks for the tip. Was starting to stress out to for a bit. :whistle:

:lol:
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-03-11 11:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWanna see what a K1 visa looks like?
Oh there is one there? I didn't see it. Oops. I wonder if there's a screenshot of the temp EAD in there? I'd like to know what it looks like so we'll know if he got it or not.

And yeah, I had a little fun with the photo. :innocent: My fiance liked that too! :lol:

Edited by Angilla, 11 March 2007 - 09:30 AM.

RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-03-11 09:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWanna see what a K1 visa looks like?
I always wondered what the K1 visa actually looks like. So just in case you're wondering too, my fiance scanned a copy of his. He e-mailed it to me and I took care of all the sensitive info on it. :) It sure is colorful! Looks like a kid went nuts with crayons. :lol:

Posted Image
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-03-11 09:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSo surreal...
Thank you so much everyone! He's safely home - with the temp EAD. :) He breezed through customs, didn't get asked a single question in JFK. Oddly enough they questioned him in Paris before he boarded the plane. He's inside watching a movie with my dad. I needed some space and figured I'd come in here to give ya'll an update.

I feel like I need to get to know him again... like someone else here said, to fall in love with him in person all over again. He's so mushy, wanting to hold and kiss me all the time, and I find myself pushing him back trying to gently say that I need to adjust first. I feel bad, I don't want to hurt his feelings, but I feel like I need to settle in and get used to it all again.

Anyway, he had his cello case... a 60 pound suitcase... a 40 pound suitcase... and a backpack. He got it all the way here from France, and he and I got it through the train station - where we had to carry it down 3 flights of stairs because there was no elevator or escalator down to the platform... and we had to stand for an hour and a half in a rush hour train shuffling the luggage from one side of the train to the other. We're sore and exhausted! But we're just glad he's here. :) And that we never have to say goodbye again. :)

Edited by Angilla, 23 March 2007 - 06:31 PM.

RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-03-23 18:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSo surreal...
What on earth are you doing up at this time of the morning? I have an excuse, what's yours? :P

Ahem... PROBABLY have both found the love of a good man? :lol: No. Not probably. We have. I love your pictures of you and Wes together, you two are adoreable. I can't believe there were times that we actually considered breaking up because of the stress and fights. I understand now why so many K1 couples don't make it through. It sucks that it has to be this hard to have what so many people take for granted just because he's not a citizen. But yeah, we go through the hurdles and the ####### for the love of a good man. We both have that, and we both will for the rest of our lives.
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-03-23 05:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSo surreal...
Amorcito, I hope she has a safe flight home to you! With the time difference our fiance(e)s will be landing just around the same time. :D Yes, I do pity my fiance - he always found out if it was the wrong time of the month by getting his head snapped off big time. :blush: :lol:

Rebbeccajo, you're cute! :lol: I came right out with it here because I didn't know who the heck else to talk to and I needed to talk to SOMEone who would understand... I figured VJ is full of the only people that would actually understand what I was saying. Yeah, you and bostonparis are right, we're getting too far ahead of ourselves and thinking about too many things. The time off from work can be bumped back if we need it to, but by the time it comes we probably won't WANT it to. One step at a time.

Bora, he actually somehow fit the xray in his carry on. When the officer asked him to open his bags he said he'd rather not because he didn't think he'd be able to get them closed again. The guy looked at the scan he took of the bags and agreed with him. :lol: He had to sit on some of his bags to close them! :lol: But he really wanted the xray crammed in his carry on so he did it. They required to see his brown do not open envelope before he boarded the plane. They didn't open it, they just needed to see that he had it.

ELW, wow, you guys have been apart longer than us. I don't think we would've been able to do it for 20 months. We were just saying last night that we feel SO burned out that we don't think we would've been able to hold on much longer. We would've found a way, but I'm glad we didn't have to. Wow, my heart goes out to you two. (F)


So, the update - his plane is in the air! I talked to him until he boarded the plane half an hour ago, and when I got off the phone I burst into tears hysterically sobbing. :blush: I can't stop crying. And I can't believe I'm awake at 5am on a work day! Leave it to me to be worried about a random terrorist attack that'd take his plane down and I'll never see him again. :blush: I worry WAY too much for my own health. It's a good thing I'm working 1/2 day today or else I'd sit around worrying about his flight.
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-03-23 04:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSo surreal...

With the x-ray,he can carry it on hand luggage if he wants, I didnt...the results are in the medical, not many CBPs are going to be able to read it and understand it, thats why I didn't carry it in my hand luggage, its whatever feels better for him really. *shrug*

We'll have to see if he can fit the xray somewhere. His bags are really jammed! :lol: If it's required we'll make it fit somewhere but if not, umm, well, we'll have to see just what we can do with it. :blink:

I used to keep a shirt with the smell on it too and felt the exact same as you, I forgot how it felt and what it all meant but I DID know that I loved him and we fought alot at times when we were apart but when you see eachother, it'll be great!
At least your understanding about his country, don't ever forget that! :D

We both know that being together again will end - or at least curb - all these fights. Not like we expect to never fight again, but it just won't be this bad... or this ugly. We get really angry and say things to each other that I honestly don't think we'd be able to say to each other's faces. And so many times the solution to a fight would have been a hug, but we don't have that option.

True about being understanding about him leaving his country... I feel bad being the cause for him being torn away from it, honestly. I wish his family would understand that it's his choice, it's not something I forced him into.

I am so excited for you! I definitly know what you mean about fighting! We start doing that once we have been apart for more than 2 months... We rarely fight in person though :) Stupid long distance just gets to you after a while and then you start taking the frustration out on each other! At least thats what we do :) As of tomorrow though you'll no longer be in the long distance class!!! WOO HOO! I hope you both all the best with the move and I hope you have a beautiful and amazing wedding! After 15 months you freaking deserve it!

Yeah, in person we had a single fight. After turning our backs to each other for a while he put his hand on my shoulder and left it there... til I gave in and fell into his arms. It's hard to stay angry in person lol. And yeah, taking the distance frustration out on each other is a good way to describe it. Just crumbling under the stress, really. We both need each other, then I get mad that he's not helping me and he gets mad that I'm not helping him, then we feel like "you're not helping me so therefore you don't love me", and off it goes.

The wedding... we can't even think about it right now. At this point we don't remember what it feels like to be together and we're fighting all the time, so how can we think about getting married? But my approved time off from work for our civil marriage (which I had to apply for 4 months in advance and had to pull a LOT of strings to get) is April 4th - 16th! Our lunches have been cut in half for a month, they won't give me that much time off if I try to push the time back, and we really need a vacation right around now anyway. We're just going to leave it be for a while. If, when the time comes, we REALLY don't feel ready I'll bump back my time off from work. But I have a feeling that a week or two of being together and we won't want to bump it back.

And anyway, I HAVE been thinking an awful lot about that dress... :whistle:

Edited by Angilla, 22 March 2007 - 06:20 PM.

RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-03-22 18:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSo surreal...
Dora_david and bora_bora, how must you wanna bet I'm gonna get you two mixed up? :lol:

Congrats on being together again Meredith! :D I don't even know how to picture tomorrow, you know, just trying to imagine what it's gonna be like. This visa process has made me a planning control freak. :blush: :lol: Too bad I haven't started cleaning my room yet! :lol: And I need to go to bed early, he'll be calling me at 4:30am my time so we can talk a little before he boards his plane. So I really SHOULD be cleaning! But instead I'm sitting here thinking about what tomorrow will be like. :wub:
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-03-22 18:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSo surreal...

I - as many others here do understand how you feel!

We were never apart THAT long but still long enough to forget things...and it all felt surreal for me when we met up again. It will be great and you'll be smiling so much tomorrow!

At least you are now prepared for the AOS part!
congrats!

Oh and by the way, he just needs the envelope, passport ofcourse...thats what I had :D

I feel like I'm missing something. Is the xray in the envelope? I thought I read something about him having the envelope, xray, and passport. *scratches chin* Not like I'm thinking very clearly at the moment. :lol: At this point I'm just trying to think of how we'll carry around his cello, stereo system, computer, etc. etc. through the airport, AirTrain, and rush hour railroad. :lol:

It's so odd, I go from being excited and giddy to crying to numb and back and forth again. I wish we could just smash our two worlds together, France on one side of the street and New York on the other side. So he could just walk across the street and there's his country, his culture, his friends and family, his language... I'd say I wish we had been born in the same country but the two cultures add so much spice to the relationship, and will make life really interesting. So I can't honestly say that. I just wish there were another way...

congats! is cool u ednded this all proces..u should feel happy is all over...is not like that or i understand wrong? did the things changed alot between u 2 in all this time? we will start soon with our proces and i know it would take a while and im nervous about all this time spent appart...do u feel diferite now? did your feelings changed in all this time?

You know, it's strange, in a way I almost wish we had more time before moving him here. More time for him to say goodbye and to spend with his friends and family. But at the same time, of course we don't want that, and we're excited that he's finally moving here. We've been fighting a LOT lately, yes. A LOT. But we still love each other. It's just getting harder and harder to love each other as the months go on. As much as we try to hold onto the memories it's just... I don't know. I kept a shirt of his so I could smell it and remember his smell, and every time I sniffed it I felt him hugging me. But once the smell was lost I couldn't remember the feeling of his hug anymore, and I tried to remember his smell but I couldn't. We choose to love each other, and at times it's been a hard choice, but we always come back to it. And you know, we've considered breaking up a few times... and every time we considered it we hated the idea so much that it brought us closer together.

So yeah, things have changed - we've grown. And I think, in the end, our relationship will benefit from that growth. It's really solidified us, and it's given us a good taste of what it's like to not have each other - so the first time we fight after he moves here we'll think "do we want it to be like that again?" and we'll say no way.

I say... don't worry. See each other as often as you can afford (if possible), talk as often as you can, be honest and communicate, don't hide things from each other, DON'T LIE!, and hold onto that love that you have. You'll make it through. It'll be hard, but people say on this forum all the time that once you're together it all melts away and is just a memory. Honestly, that 15 months didn't feel like 15 months - it's just starting to feel heavy now that it's over, like wow, we really WERE apart for that long!
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-03-22 17:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSo surreal...
So, my baby's comin home tomorrow... after 15 months of being apart it just doesn't feel real. It's been so hard on him, saying his goodbyes and not knowing when he'll return to France. To think that this time tomorrow we'll have been together again for a few hours is just... whoa! What does he need to have on the plane with him again? The brown do not open envelope... isn't there something else?

It's funny, the 15 months we were apart flew by so fast... but now the reality of it is kicking in. The memories we have together are from 2005 - and now it's 2007. It seems (and is) so long ago... I don't remember what his hug feels like anymore... I don't even remember what it feels like to stand there and look up into his eyes. And that all finally ends tomorrow... wow... it's just so many combinations of feelings. Excited and relieved... worried about finances... sad for him having to leave his friends and family... on edge because of all the fighting we've done lately (15 months apart will do that to ya)... burned out because of a few bad weeks in work... combine them all together and I actually sort of feel numb. I don't know which one to feel first lol. I think I'm scheduling us for two back massages this weekend.

Eh, I'm just rambling. It just doesn't feel real that our K1 journey is ending, and then the AOS journey will begin. I guess, after 15 months of reading on the K1 forum, I just got used to being a "preparing to file K1" person. So it really, really doesn't feel real that he'll be flying in on his K1 tomorrow!

Did any of that actually make sense?
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-03-22 17:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresone less petition in front of yours
Congrats! :)
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-04-15 13:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedurespolice record from US?
If it makes you feel any better, my fiance's here and didn't have anything along those lines from when he lived in the USA for a few years. :thumbs: He had his two French police certificates and he was fine. :)
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-04-15 13:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAll's well!
I bet ya'll weren't surprised that I disappeared for a few days! :lol:

First of all, he and I both say thank you to all of the people who helped us along this process... for all the advice, the patience, etc. The whole process was made so much simpler with all the help from you guys. :)

We found an apartment! A family friend that was helping me look for apartments actually ended up having one for rent... she wasn't gonna rent it out because she only wants to rent to people she knows. So she's renting to us! During my April 4th - 16th time off from work we'll be moving in, and also I'll be driving him to interviews hoping to get him a job on his purdy little temp EAD. :D

I wouldn't say it's as though our 15 months apart never happened... it feels almost like a big hole in the history of our relationship. We look back at the fights we had and we just can't believe we said those horrible things to each other. We've already had a fight and it was so much different, much more manageable and it was easier to work through. It wasn't nearly as brutal and never-ending as the long distance fights we had.

I'm much more comfy with the idea of getting married now, and we've agreed to go ring shopping this weekend. I've decided to change my last name, hyphenating Myname-Hisname... which is funny because I was so adament about not changing my last name before he moved here. Like ya'll said, and I knew it too - I just didn't want to admit it, once we'd settled in we both knew what we wanted. All we have left to figure out is what we want in the civil marriage/reception and to set a date. :)

Anyway, I'll stop rambling as I have a fiance to tend to and a plug converter to go out to buy. :) Thanks again guys, and for those of you still waiting - the wait is worth it.
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-03-27 17:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPassed Interview
Congrats! :D
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-02-10 10:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedurestravel to Hawaii allowed?
There's nothing wrong with wanting to make sure what they're doing is okay. It's better to ask and be sure than do something that could cancel out your visa.
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-08-21 18:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresinterview tricky question
I know it's a hard thing to do, but don't worry too much. smile.gif My husband (fiance at the time) and I went through every possible question plus more, too. Has your American fiancee ever lived in Colombia? Does she speak Spanish? Does she like Colombian food, customs, culture, way of living enough to live there for the rest of her life? For us, my husband had lived in the US for 2 years on a different visa. He's fluent in English, familiar with American way of living and American food. Moving to the USA would make him sad to leave his family behind and he'd be a bit sad to leave his country and culture, but it wouldn't be as big of a deal as me moving to France. I don't speak French yet, I'm not a huge fan of French food, I don't know French culture or way of living. For me to move to France would be a huge undertaking, and it would be so terrifying for me, and it would be devastating to my family. But his family's used to it because he had already lived in the USA for 2 years, and he's not as close to his family as I am.

So if, at the interview, they had asked my husband "why don't you just get married and live in France" our answer would have been what I said above. And plus his family are all accustomed to flying trans-atlantic, they could make it to an American wedding. My family is scared silly of planes, they'd never get on a flight to France, but they'd be devastated about missing our wedding.

There's so many reasons that pointed to him moving here. What are the reasons for you?

If you're wondering, at my husband's K-1 interview they asked very few questions and looked at very little of the evidence that I sent (which weighed 2 pounds in its binder). He was in and out of the interview quickly and painlessly. smile.gif

Edited by Angilla, 30 August 2007 - 10:29 AM.

RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-08-30 10:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSevicing Center's
QUOTE (MIDUVIL @ Aug 30 2007, 01:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'm lookin' to meet people in the same situation ( US Petioner - French fiance(e)) combination,
that have filed for an I-129 F petition in June, and that are also waiting for their NOA2,
It would be great to compare notes and help each other, smile.gif

This won't help the K-1 filed in June part, but it'll help the US - French part. smile.gif Under the regional forums there's a spot for all of us France/America couples to talk, click here.
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-08-30 13:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresfaxed I-129F Expedite Request this morning
Congrats! biggrin.gif
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-08-30 10:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWe're so young
When we applied for the K-1 I was 21 and he was 28. They never mentioned age. wink.gif Try not to worry about it.
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-09-03 07:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNVC to consulate question
I got a letter dated 12/29 saying they got our case and it'd be mailed off to the Paris embassy within a week... when I called they told me it had been mailed out to Paris on 12/28! :D

They might be closed on Monday for the holiday, but you could still try. They have live operators there from 7:30am til midnight EST. Their number is 603-334-0700, 1 for English, then 5 to speak with an operator. If they say nobody's available and they're transferring you back to the menu just hang up - if you choose 5 for operator they say try back later and disconnect. I put them on speed dial and, after an hour and 20 minutes of re-dialing, got someone live on the phone at 9:20pm EST lol.
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2007-01-13 16:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSignature question
My husband's signature is 2 bubbles and a scratch. It was no problem, as he signs EVERYTHING this way.

You will be fine, as long as they are consistent.

Edited by MrsBruce5, 08 February 2007 - 12:57 PM.

MrsBruce5FemaleScotland2007-02-08 12:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureswill USC using public benefits hurt our case?
Hi,
Don't worry. It's no problem. It's not you that they are concerned with. You, as the USC are able to use such benefits.
If the immigrant were to use such benefits-that is entirely a different story. You and the co-sponsor (your dad) would be held accountable to repay them the said benefits until 40 quarters (10 years) passes, he naturalizes, leaves the US, or (god forbid) passes away.
Your child is fine, and it won't affect your case.
No worries.

-Rose
MrsBruce5FemaleScotland2006-04-24 23:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-129f sent off...... yayyyy
Congrats, I hope it all goes smoothly for you!

Relax a little bit first and then start preparing for the next steps. Inform your employer of the letter stating your employment that you'll need and ask how long it'll take for you to get it from them, so when the time comes that you need it your employer will already know about it. Click on "embassy info" up top and find your fiance's embassy or consulate. See which forms the embassy will send him in packet 3. Have him download those forms from this website, fill them out, print them, and stash them somewhere safe - then when he gets packet 3 in the mail he can just copy the info over and not have to rush around to gather everything. The DS-230, for example, requires that he list his last 10 years of employment - that could take some time and thinking to put together. It'd be better to take the next few months to do that at a relaxed, no-pressure pace than to rush rush rush later. Write snail mail letters back and forth and keep the envelopes, which show the return address and the postmark with the mailing city and date. Store and organize your e-mails and chat logs. Keep and organize your phone bills. Learn what he'll need to do for the police certificates so that, when the time comes, he already knows what he's doing. Have him get his birth certificate translated into English, if necessary.

You get the point. :lol: Maybe it's just me being paranoid about it all, but me personally... I'd like this process to go as fast as possible. Why sit like a dead duck for this processing time and then not know what to do when the next stage comes when I could use the time to prepare instead? :) Besides, it makes me feel less jittery and helpless about the visa process.

Edited by Angilla, 13 December 2006 - 07:19 PM.

RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2006-12-13 19:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresOMG!! Christmas has come early
Congrats and good luck! :D
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2006-12-14 18:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresGUESS WHAT??!!! NOA2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats! :D
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2006-12-14 18:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresOMG!!! Here they come folks!!!!
Congrats! :D
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2006-12-14 17:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresIt's a Beautiful thing!!!!!!
Congrats! :D
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2006-12-14 17:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresVSC ON SPEED?
Congrats!

So now... your NOA1 date is after mine... so... *pokes VSC* where's mine, oh VSC?

Edited by Angilla, 15 December 2006 - 05:43 PM.

RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2006-12-15 17:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNOA1/NOA2 dates in the timelines

seems simple to me, the NOA1 has a date on it - that's the date.

There's a date on it and then there's the date that you recieve it, it could be either so that's why I asked what people generally have done. ;)

Since it doesn't matter, I changed it to the date on the NOA1 so when I see my NOA2 online I can update my timeline right away without waiting. :P :lol:
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2006-12-16 11:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNOA1/NOA2 dates in the timelines
When you guys filled in your timelines did you put the actual date of the NOA1/NOA2 or the date you recieved it in the mail? The actual date of my NOA1 is 11/24 but I got it in the mail on 11/30, so I put 11/30 in but I'm wondering if I should put the actual date in instead.
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2006-12-16 10:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresKinda sad...

Well I didn't mean you... obviously! I'm not that obsessed with timelines. (Well, ok, I am). ;)

:lol: I was just picking on you. :P
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2006-12-16 12:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresKinda sad...

This thread is full of people without any timelines....

:time:

Not full of people without timelines, mine's filled in. :P
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2006-12-16 11:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresKinda sad...
I know how you feel. Someone with an NOA1 date a week after mine got approved before me. I'm happy for the person and trying not to be jealous... but... it's still hard. I thought the same thing, "Maybe I forgot something, or maybe the way I packaged it made it too confusing for them, or maybe..."

Yeah, it's not fair. Cases should be adjudicated in the order they were recieved. But what is whining and getting depressed gonna accomplish? Nothing. It is, unfortunately, the way it is.

Could you fill in your timeline so we can see when you sent your petition and when your NOA1 was? If you're outside of normal processing times you could get a senator/congressman to light a fire under their butts... but if you're not outside of normal processing times there's really not much you can do.

Edited by Angilla, 16 December 2006 - 08:49 AM.

RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2006-12-16 08:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 Fiancee arrived ill what about extensions?
Dane,

Okay, it's all starting to make more sense now - in my mind, anyway. :)

I think the safest idea would be for you two to get married before her time runs up... you still love her, and there's a darn good chance that the only reason she's not "being herself" is because she's been so sick. Get her to a different doctor ASAP, the poor lady needs to get better. Yes you could always get divorced later - but at least it's not like you're getting married for the sake of marriage fraud. You're getting married because you still love her and she's most likely not being herself because of her sickness. Help her get better. :)

By the way, I was sick for 7 months. October - December, was better but exhausted in January, and sick again from February - May. Not fun. Yes I acted like a completely different person at times - most of which I don't remember but, unfortunately, my fiance does. He stuck through it with me and helped me get better... I'll never forget all that he did to help me out of that terrible time. :)

Edited by Angilla, 17 December 2006 - 12:02 PM.

RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2006-12-17 12:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 Fiancee arrived ill what about extensions?
Dane, I'm a little confused - do you, or don't you, want to marry her? You're talking about her and her son going back, and annuling the marriage later on if you get one now... so I'm guessing you don't want to marry her anymore? But she's too sick to fly and she'd have no place to live, so you want to delay sending her back past the 90 days? :huh: Am I understanding that right or am I way off?

Edited by Angilla, 16 December 2006 - 10:12 PM.

RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2006-12-16 22:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 Fiancee arrived ill what about extensions?
If they chose to sleep in seperate beds that's their perogative and doesn't say anything about the validity of their relationship, it just says something about their values/morals/belief system. Perhaps they'd be living in seperate apartments if things were different, but this visa process and finances usually don't leave too much room to make that possible.

Anyway. Dane, there's no way out of marrying her in the 90 day time period unless you want her to go out of status or to go home. See if you can arrange for someone who can marry you two coming to the home, or see if you can set up a quick courthouse marriage - she can even sit down the whole time. Make it romantic and carry her to and from the car - ok I'm kidding on this one, trying to make you laugh a little. Worry about the big, elegant, romantic ceremony later... for now just do what you need to do to keep her here. If you do still want her to be your wife, that is. :) If you don't, then that's a whole different ballpark all together.
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2006-12-10 13:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresUncertainty ...

For instance, getting hold of a police certificate might take a while - in the UK it takes about 40 days so I (I'm the non-USC fiancee) ordered mine a while ago so that it'll be ready when I need it. It's a good idea to know what's coming so you can be prepared for it and work out if there's any evidence/documents/whatever you need to get hold of!

:o Wow, I didn't realize it could take that long to get. I'll look into that soon to see how long it takes to get in France. Thanks!
RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2006-12-17 15:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresTSC Texas service center
TSC doesn't process K-1 petitions. They recieve the K-1 petitions and then forward them to CSC (California Service Center). So check CSC's processing times. :)

Edited by Angilla, 13 December 2006 - 09:59 PM.

RosaMystica7FemaleFrance2006-12-13 21:58:00