Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	German people...rührt euch!!	Mädels, brauch mal eure Hilfe, hier die Frage: The brown envelope Thank you!	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-06-27 10:13:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	German people...rührt euch!!	Hallo zusammen, an alle die es interessiert, ich habe jetzt noch mal per email beim Konsulat angefragt, ob das Medical wirklich danach sein muss oder ob davor auch ok ist und die Antwort war folgende: "This is your decision you are able to do the medical examination in advance." Also, ich geh schon davor!	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-05-11 13:56:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	German people...rührt euch!!	QUOTE (HappyOne @ May 10 2009, 05:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> @Meiandra: Herzlich Willkommen! Ich dachte man muss Medical hinter sich haben, bevor man zum Interview kann, weil die medical Sachen doch zum embassy geschickt werden Wuensche allen Muettern ein Happy Mother's Day!!!! :-) Lasst euch verwoehnen!!! :-) Happy Mother's Day! Hey, genau dasselbe dachte ich auch, deshalb war ich sehr verwundert als ich Packet 4 las. Naja, jetzt schreib ich dem FRA Konsulat mal ne email, nur um auf Nummer sicher zu gehen. Mein Verlobter meint ja "You gotta excatly do as they tell you!" Ich würde aber gerne schon 2 Tage vor dem Interview das Medical gemacht bekommen, anstatt danach.	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-05-10 15:19:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	German people...rührt euch!!	@chnst: Glück nicht, Erfolg ja!	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-05-09 06:08:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	German people...rührt euch!!	@Nina+Matt: Danke, werd ich mir notieren.	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-05-08 15:44:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	German people...rührt euch!!	QUOTE (Steffi_H. @ May 8 2009, 06:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> maiandra: ich meine, dass viele am Tag des Intervies auch zum medical gehen. ich glaube, die die am gleichen Tag ein Interview haben, kommen dann als erstes dran bein arzt. Aber wenn ich du wäre, würde ich versuchen das medical noch vorher zu machen, oder wenigstens bei dem arzt anrufen und mich vergewissern, dass ich auch dran komme. Hast du denn überhaupt Zeit noch vorher zum medical zu gehen?? (ich weiß noch mein termin in Frankfurt war ganz früh morgens, da hätte ich es nicht mehr geschafft zum medical zu gehen). ich hatte meins auch vorher in Hamburg gemacht. Wenn du es vorher machst, hat es auch den Vorteil, dass die in Frankfurt schon die Ergebnisse vom medical vorliegen haben und dich somit gleich approven können. Wenn du dein medical am gleichen Tag machst, müssen die für das final approval erst noch auf die Arztergebnise warten. Medical ist eigentlich ganz easy, machen Röntgenaufnahme, Blutabnehmen usw... Hilft das? Ja das hilft mir sehr. Mein Termin ist nämlich um 7:30 Morgens, da hätte ich gar keine Zeit noch vorher zum Medical zu gehen. Mich wundert das total dass sie mich danach erst zum Medical schicken wollen, das ist doch Quatsch. Ich versuche jetzt mal ob ich in München noch nen Termin bekomme für ein Medical, oder ich reise schon früher nach Frankfurt (hab eh Urlaub in der Woche wo das Interview stattfindet) und mach dann alles schon vorher.	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-05-08 11:51:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	German people...rührt euch!!	QUOTE (Milka @ May 8 2009, 06:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> @Maindra: Ich habe glaube schonmal von jemandem gehoert der auch 0:00 als Zeit drauf stehen hatte. Du kannst am gleichen Tag vor dem Interview zum Arzt egal wann. LG Ilka Naja, ich MUSS sozusagen nach dem Interview zum Medical, weil das Interview schon 7:30Uhr ist....	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-05-08 11:39:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	German people...rührt euch!!	Hallo ihr Deutschen, hab da mal ne Frage: Hab grad mein Interviewtermin für Frankfurt bekommen. Bei Visa Appointment steht Tag und Zeit, beim Medical Appointment steht der selbe Tag aber 0:00. Als Anmerkung steht dabei: If the time of your doctors appointment states 0:00 please come to your immigration visa interview first and upon completion of the interview we will send you to the doctor`s office Wer kennt das auch so, ist das Standard in Frankfurt? Und was genau passiert dann nach dem Medical? Grüßle und danke für jegliche Hilfe!	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-05-08 11:06:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Several Police Certificates	Hello everyone, So, I am going through the things on the list that I have to bring to my interview and the stuff that I have to sent back to the consulate. Now I have a a couple of questions: 1. I have lived 2 years in the US as an AuPair, so does that mean I will need a police certificate from the US? And if so, how can I obtain one all the way from Germany? 2. Does the German police certificate has to be also translated in English? Are here any Germans who have an advise where I can get the translation done the quickest way? Or will that cost me an arm and a leg...? 3. The DS 230: The online instructions says I have to sent this back immediately, so I can or have to sent it by itself? I am confused that they say it has to be sent immediatly back, but at the bottom of the "Instruction for Fiancée Visa" the enclosure lists ALL documents together. I will probably receive package 3 this week, even before I get the I-134 sent to me from my fiancé in the US, that's why I wanted to wait till I have everything together. So far these are my only questions, I hope there won't be coming up more...	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-04-20 05:21:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Rescheduling the interview?	QUOTE Is it possible to reschedule an interview? Looking at the timelines, if she gets it for Nov or Dec (if we're lucky) and she can not make it, can she reschedule for Jan or Feb? I emailed the Frankfurt consulate today if I can sent in a letter together with the P3, asking if they can schedule my interview for a specific week of june (since I have a week off then), or if I can reschedule on a visa date. A few hours later the answer was following: "you can give us a week in june where we should schedule you and if it is possible we will do so. If you received the invitation letter and the appointment is not comfortable for you please contact us per email and we will reschedule the appointment." So I guess rescheduling is not a problem, even though I have to say: this is Frankfurt, Germany - all consulates vary, so better ask directly at your consulate. You wanna get in touch with them when you are further into your journey, after you got NOA2, like when the NVC has sent you the form with your new case number. Another thing is: the NOA2 will only be valid a certain time, and in this timeframe you have to get the interview done. When things get delayed there are embassies which extend the timeframe automatically, but keep an eye on the date, in case you have to extend it yourself (don't know, maybe that also varies at every consulate).	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-04-24 11:26:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Received K1 Visa today - Got a question though	QUOTE (Otto und Karin @ Jun 27 2009, 07:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The package must 'breathe'.... QUOTE (Old Dominion @ Jun 28 2009, 01:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Someone needed the corner edge to pick his teeth.	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-06-28 06:56:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Received K1 Visa today - Got a question though	Thanks to everyone for their answers. Now I am relieved that this is "normal"... even though it seems strange. My first thought was "Do they wanna get me into trouble on purpose at the POE?"	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-06-28 06:50:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Received K1 Visa today - Got a question though	QUOTE (Otto und Karin @ Jun 27 2009, 07:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> To the OP - just to clarify - the envelope you're referring to is indeed the one that says "Do Not Open" correct? (I know that may sound obvious but have seen people not open the envelope sent to them from the Embassy/Consulate at all - not realizing their passport and visa were inside and that there was yet another envelope inside.) Yes, yes, I opend the big envelope, and found a piece of paper with the information for the Visa and the AOS, my passport with included Visa and the brown envelope which says that I am not allowed to open.	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-06-28 06:46:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Received K1 Visa today - Got a question though	QUOTE (Eveline @ Jun 27 2009, 06:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Must be a German thing. Mine was cut open too. LoL, that's what I wanted to hear Eveline, I always knew: Germans are special, hehe!	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-06-27 12:20:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Received K1 Visa today - Got a question though	Ok guys, finally received my Visa today, after waiting 2 weeks for it! Quick Question: Why is the brown enevelope on the right bottom corner cut open in a triangle shape? All the documents are visible to me... Is this usual?	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-06-27 09:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	Oh my gosh!!!!!!! We got NOA2 today! Congrats to all the others! Sooooo excited! Never thought it would go THAT fast! WOW!	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-04-08 11:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	I just wanted to let out some EXCITEMENT about December's applications already starting to get NOA2! THIS IS SOOOO COOOL! Gosh, now I actually have to worry - Am I done with the things I wanted to do??? I really should start looking into moving companies now And I need to loose 2,5 pounds and find a wedding dress!!!!!!! Please pinch me someone - a dream is about to come truuuee!	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-03-21 02:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Confused about K1 Validation	QUOTE The visa is valid for 6 months from when you are issued the visa. You must enter the USA within 6 months. When you enter the USA your K-1 visa is CANCELLED (it is sinlge entry only) It is replaced by the I-94 which is valid for 90 days. You must get married and (by law) file for AOS before the I-94 expires 90 days after you enter the USA. Any of the government and consulate websites should explain this. Sometimes they are not all that clear, but thats the deal. Visa validity and I-94 validity do not vary by consulate. Yeah, that is the point, it is not clearly written anywhere! We have started with our process back in November 08, read through all the instructions from USCIS and so on, and applied in December 08. In February 09 I found visajourney, so we applied for the visa without any informations from the visajourney pages (which have great background info's ), only with the instructions that came with the downloaded documents for the application. Anyway, now our documents are already on its way to the consulate. And yesterday I overread that the K1 Visa will have a 6 months validation -we never knew that fact. Somehow we always thought, I get the visa, and that will be valid 90 days from the issued date on. So we already paniced the other day, because things speeding up for us so fast lately, which we didn't expect. But now we can relax again, and plan our wedding without stressing out on dates anymore...puuhh! THANK YOU!	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-04-16 01:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Confused about K1 Validation	QUOTE (pushbrk @ Apr 15 2009, 09:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (maiandra @ Apr 15 2009, 12:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey there everyone, I have searched this forum now for an hour, without finding an answer that helps me. In the K1 Process Flowchart, I found next to step 14 following: "*Must enter the US within (typically) 6 months of the K-1 being issued." I have searched all kinds of goverment webpages to get this anywhere confirmed but all I only find is "You must get married within 90 days of your fiancé(e)’s entry into the United States." It does nowhere state the (typically) six months rule... How long is the visa valid after I receive it? Can anyone please tell me where I can find this on a offical goverment page, like USCIS, NVC, travelstate.gov ???? And does it vary by consulate (mine will be Frankfurt, Germany) or case or what? Thanks for any help in advance! Find the answer here. http://travel.state....ocity_3272.html The visa is valid for one entry within six months of issue. Once used to enter the US, the visa is dead and gone regardless of its expiration date. Your 90 days to marry or go home, starts on the entry date. Cool, that helps! Thank you!	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-04-15 15:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Confused about K1 Validation	QUOTE (S.IS.Hwang @ Apr 15 2009, 09:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It means your K 1 Visa is Only Valid For ONE ENTRY INTO U.S. from the date of issuance. Which is possibly the date you receive your K 1 Visa. You must enter the country. After you enter into the country, you can wait up to 90 days to get married. I know I can enter only once, and then I have to get married within 90 days - but: How much time do I have until I enter?	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-04-15 14:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Confused about K1 Validation	Hey there everyone, I have searched this forum now for an hour, without finding an answer that helps me. In the K1 Process Flowchart, I found next to step 14 following: "*Must enter the US within (typically) 6 months of the K-1 being issued." I have searched all kinds of goverment webpages to get this anywhere confirmed but all I only find is "You must get married within 90 days of your fiancé(e)’s entry into the United States." It does nowhere state the (typically) six months rule... How long is the visa valid after I receive it? Can anyone please tell me where I can find this on a offical goverment page, like USCIS, NVC, travelstate.gov ???? And does it vary by consulate (mine will be Frankfurt, Germany) or case or what? Thanks for any help in advance!	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-04-15 14:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Wondering about dates NOA2 and NVC	QUOTE The above petition has been approved. We have sent the original visa peition to the Department of State National Visa Center (NVC), 32 Rochester Avenue, Portsmouth, NH 03801-2909.......etc Yeah, excatly, that sounds more like what it should sound like. Well, anyway, they're weird... Yesterday my fiance got a letter written on 4/14/09 from NVC with the new case number, and the note that it got forwarded to the Consulate now. We probably don't have to understand USCIS logic, obviously every service person, and service center has different layouts for the NOA2... GOOD LUCK on the rest of your journey!	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-04-17 11:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Wondering about dates NOA2 and NVC	QUOTE the I-129F route after approval is to be sent to the US consulate ...but who do such job is NVC ..it just take the petition from NVC then forward it to the consulate ..so NVC dnt play any rule here only re-routing to the consulate ..thts why the notice state this ... that the procedure .no need to wonder or get worried congratulation of the approval Good Luck in the Interview process I am not worried at all...I am happy that it is on its way , and thank you for the congrats BUT: The people from the service center don't even know yet what the NVC will find out about my background. For example if I would have been in involved in some crime (which I did not ), they would have not forwarded it to the consulate...it would have got stuck there, and probably denied or whatever... Sorry, I am being a little picky about this...lol	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-04-16 10:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Wondering about dates NOA2 and NVC	This is our NOA2... Approval Date: 4/8/2009 Received by Mail: 4/14/2009 Soo...why does it say "The above petition has been approved and forwarded to the listed consulate" ? How can they know that? Because first it has to go to NVC for background check ! I called the NVC on 4/14/2009 (when I called, my fiance in the US had not checked the mail yet, and didn't have the hardcopy of the NOA2 by then) to ask if our petition had gotten there yet. The lady was like "We received it on 4/10/2009 and sent it away to the consulate on 4/13/2009". I know everything is ok with our case, and so on, I just don't get the logic behind it! How can they claim "they" (the USCIS) sent it to the consulate, since it is not even their job!!??? LOL	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-04-16 10:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Can anyone help me to estimate time when I get NOA2?	QUOTE (Han & James @ Feb 19 2009, 08:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi everybody, I'm new here, and really want to receive any help from anyone in this forum. Thank you very much in advance. Everyday I look at processing time on this site. And now, processing time at VSC now is Sep 25, 2008. But I wonder that is exact time because it has not been updated in USCIS site. My fiance has applied petition I-129F on last Dec 2008, our case is submitted at VSC, and we got NOA1 on Dec 12, 2008. Can anyone estimate time when we can get NOA2? Thank you for any explanations very much... Han & James Hello to you, one thing that confuses me is that you say the VSC page says "Sept. 25, 2008" now. I almost got a heartattack, lol. So I checked the processing times, but I still see "April 15, 2008" on there. Are you sure you looked right? Anyways, now I did my own timeline, and I am glad I found a place here to actually have some more information than just the USCIS page. That makes the waiting much more comfortable. :-)) Have a great weekend!	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-02-19 16:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	The RFE Master List	QUOTE (Kirsten UK @ Mar 2 2009, 07:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just to let anyone know who's checking on here about letters of intent to marry......we forgot to send ours with the I-129F and got approved without an RFE!!!! Oh, we also put 'N/A' on the G325A forms in boxes that are meant to say 'none' and that didn't matter either!! Wow, I am sure that was a mistake from the adjudicator...but anyway, congrats on your NOA2! I am sure you will have to bring the letter of intent to the interview though? Edited by maiandra, 02 March 2009 - 02:28 AM.	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-03-02 02:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	The RFE Master List	Hello everyone, on Dec. 15th 2008 my fiancé sent in the Petition for K1, and received NOA1 on Dec. 22nd 2008. I recently just found this page and started to read my way through stuff. I also read again the required forms for the K1 Visa. And there it leaped to my eyes: We forgot the letter that states that we intent to get married withing the 90 days!! So is there any way to sent it to them before getting a RFE, or do we wait until we get a RFE? Somehow we totally read over that part and I am really mad at myself now....	maiandra	Female	Germany	2009-02-20 02:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	New Here, just about to send my package!!	Thank you all very, very much!! I have a lot of support coming from my family (wish I could say the same for Patrick!) and they've made this process a little easier to manage. I'm so glad I found this website, it just helps me double-check everything in my package because I REALLY don't want to have a RFE or something like that!! On a note about the Affidavit of Support: actually, I think make enough that I don't need a co-sponsor. I know I'm 17 but I graduated high school early and I'm now working as a Certified Nursing Assistant. I read that I have to make at least 18,000$ a year to support both of us? As long as that is the case, I'm good. And as long as I don't have to have 18,000$ in my bank account. Because that, I don't have yet.	lastamericangirl	Female	Canada	2010-05-05 10:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	New Here, just about to send my package!!	Hi everyone!! I just discovered VJ, maybe I'm a little late to the party but oh well! First of all I will introduce myself- I'm Lara, an American woman, and my fiancé is Patrick from Montréal, Canada! We met in December 2006 and now we're getting ready to send our package. I wanted to ask, is there anything I'm missing from mine? I'll post a list here of what's inside: -Cover Letter -1-129F -Payment of course -G-325A and passport style photo (Petitioner) - G-325A and passport style photo (Beneficiary) - Birth certificate (Petitioner) - Letter certifying intent to marry (Petitioner and Beneficiary) - Proof of having met in person in the past two years in the form of photos and color-copies of airline and train tickets. Phone bills also offer evidence that the petitioner was in Montreal, QC on three (3) occasions within the last year: July 27-August 6 2009, December 24-December 30 2009, and March 24-March 30 2009. - Proof of ongoing relationship in the form of photos, copies of phone bills dating from March 2009, and copies of dated e-mails. - Affidavit from local court showing consent of legal guardian for Petitioner. Although I will turn 18 in June, we want to send the package ASAP to get the fastest results. Also does anyone have experience with that?? Would it possibly be better to just wait until after my birthday has passed, or will it not affect the USCIS decision? Thanks a lot. -Lara	lastamericangirl	Female	Canada	2010-05-04 21:05:00