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USCIS Service CentersQuestion on DHS-7001 Form
Help! I'm stumped on the very first fill-in-the-blank! Name of Subject: it says it's the person who is seeking the immigration benefit. So I assume I am not the subject, in this case, and should fill it out for my foreign fiance? But then the bummer is, HE would have to sign this.... has anyone in the USA filled this out naming yourself (not your foreign fiance) as the Name of Subject? Thanks everyone!
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-05-04 17:46:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)Trouble obtaining Tax Year 2010 Transcript?
Magical, hellraiser, manavv, Harsh, Jeanne and Adil, and everyone, thanks for your input. Yeah, I was hoping to make it a "clean sweep" with all transcripts - nice and neat - but guess I'll have to do the other method for last year's taxes. Thanks everyone, very much. Good luck to you all!
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-05-27 14:52:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)Trouble obtaining Tax Year 2010 Transcript?
Hi fellow VJ'ers,
Wondering if anyone else has had not been able to obtain their 2010 tax transcript. I've checked twice now and the recording says it's not available. My taxes were sent in end of March. Possible that it needs to clear 2 months before I can get them? Anyone else have this trouble? Thanks!
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-05-26 14:02:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionOriginals? copies? to send fiance
My mind has gone numb. Please help! I will be sending my fiance the copy of the first package we sent in initially, petitioning for the K1 Fiance visa. Since I already sent the original signed G-325A, I send my fiance the photocopy, correct? I mean, they don't expect me to print out and sign another (real ink, as opposed to photocopy) do they?

This may sound like a dumb question, but I'm trying to avoid doing something dumb that would only hurt our cause. I can't think anymore LOL. THANKS guys for your input! I will send original photos, ticket stubs, things that I never sent in as originals in the first packet, but I'm going bonkers on the G-325A..... help me please! LOL
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-07-04 17:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsExpress K1 packet re-routed to Dallas
All I could think was "Express" so put it in that category, rather than US Post Office mailings. I'm lucky they forwarded it on for me. Thanks for pointing this out to me. I wonder what other mistakes I made :wacko:
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2010-10-13 14:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsExpress K1 packet re-routed to Dallas
Hi all - I'm new to the visajourney forums, though have been reading posts and gathering info.

I just sent in my Express mail K1 Fiance visa package Saturday - Monday being holiday figured they'd receive it Tuesday. Tuesday says was mis-addressed and is being forwarded to Dallas. Dallas has received it today (October 13, 2010). Does this sound like normal procedure to any of you who've done this recently? thanks! ~ Kathy
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2010-10-13 13:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWell done visa approuved
That's wonderful news. I'm very happy for you and your fiancee! Gives me hope too. Congrulations to you both and I wish you both a long and happy life together.
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2010-10-14 05:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsK-1 visa finally started
I just got notification our package arrived in texas too! and we're wondering how you can track it and where. we sent away the electronic tracking form but not sure if you have to wait for an email from USCIS before you can do anything about it. it's very exciting and so confusing!!

*****

I'm the same. They received my K1 in Texas on the 12th, so we can compare if you want! I'm located in California... good luck to you with everything, by the way! This is an exciting, scary process! :yes: (L) :yes: ~ Kathy
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2010-10-16 17:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWe got our NOA2 today I am so happy even cant describe how I am hapy guys ohh Allah thank you so much
Uhhhh actually I sent it in October. oops! wishful thinking here!
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2010-12-19 10:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWe got our NOA2 today I am so happy even cant describe how I am hapy guys ohh Allah thank you so much
That is GREAT news. Gives me hope too! My first packet was sent in September, so I have aways to go ....
Just wanted to say hooray for you and congratulations! A BIG step forward!!! :star: :yes:
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2010-12-19 10:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsPersonal Problems
This process does take a toll. I feel similar to you all, the being apart and not knowing when some strangers - at their whim - will allow us to start our lives together in the U.S. or not. And we could be waiting 5 or so months, then find out "they" want us to jump a few more jumps and hop through a few more hoops, to please them. It's like a very long nightmare. Of course I understand why our embassies/governments have their concerns - rightly so - but for us that just have pure intentions, it is pretty hellish! I've regained a lot of weight that I had so proudly and determinedly lost. I'm gonna blame it all on the K1 Visa process, too! lol (gotta laugh) And some days are way harder than others. Today we lost our internet connection (at my end) and due to a few things written just before, he took it I'd signed off angry at him :( and this won't be corrected til same time, tomorrow, given we have a good internet connection. This is a VERY HARD process!

I wish you all with loving hearts longing for your SO to be with you, the very very best of everything. My fiance has said several times, "the problem between us is distance." YES YES YES. So please Uncle Sam, be nice to your nieces and nephews. Please? LOL

Have a good rest of your day and night, everyone!!!! I'm gonna really try!
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-02-06 17:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsToday sending required documents to Ankara so exciting!!!!
Great job and I wish the best to you two!! :thumbs:
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-02-08 13:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsI'm a February filer!
Congratulations!! It's a great feeling when we finally get it into the mail, and oh-so-sweet when we have proof it's been received at the Texas center. YAY for you!!! Good luck - best to you and your significant other :)
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-02-10 12:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsOctober filer's (VSC)
Me too ... I've been feeling more jazzed up lately. After all these months, it's like I'm waking up from hibernation and see everything is starting to bloom - Spring is almost here - I just feel this awakening in the air and I hope we all have good news very very soon. Good luck to us all ! It's exciting times!!
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-02-18 06:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAPPROVED VISAA!!!
Hooray for you!!!!! Good going!! May you two continue to have good stuff headed your way in the days and years to come :o)
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-02-17 22:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsINTERVIEW TODAY..AND APPROVED!!!
:) Yayyyy!!!! Enjoy your new lives together (at last!). Congratulations
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-02-28 23:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsVisa on hand! Thank you guys for support and help!
I wish you both all the best in your future! Congratulations :star:
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-03-03 23:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsK1 filed first week of October 2010 waiting for NOA2
I filed the week after you did, and I'm too still waiting. I think we're okay - no need to panic just yet! (I'm planning to wait about 4 more weeks before I go into full panic mode lol) But seriously, I think we're okay for awhile ...
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-03-06 05:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsK1 filed first week of October 2010 waiting for NOA2
I filed a week after you, and I'm still waiting to hear also. I think I'll give 'em 3 - 4 weeks more, then I'll start to get worried ... though I shouldn't ..... but at least worrying is doing SOMEthing lol. Hang in there!
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-03-06 05:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsBig small step
It is a GREAT feeling getting that package on its way to Texas. It feels like the beginning of a whole new exciting life, and it IS. Best to both of you!
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-03-09 01:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJourney Starts Today
Hooorayyyyy! and congratulations! It is the BEST feeling to get that 1st packet in the mail. Good luck to you both :)
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-03-09 01:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAnyone else getting realllyyy ticked off?
I had had amazing patience up til now (we're right at our 5 month mark after the NOA1. Still no NOA2, and it's getting harder each day for me now. I didn't think it would take a toll on our relationship, but this is a weird twisted ugly thing that happens and gets between us. He's having his upset and frustrations and me too, and I have found myself tending towards starting fights with him (or at least bringing up unhappy issues rather than spending our limited time together chatting on better happier things that would make us feel closer). I never thought I'd be reacting in this way. I need to get a grip cuz it's a loooooong trip (hey I'm a poet lol) Good luck everyone. Like another posted in this thread - we must continue to try to focus on other aspects of our lives right now, not focus on this agonizing process. Think of the good think of the good. I read in an online group I'm in too it helps to set mini-goals - anything at all - to feel like you're getting somewhere and accomplishing things and have your life in your own hands. Let's get to it! (and please let us be with our loved ones soon)
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-03-20 11:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports6 Months Waiting
I understand there is a backlog if you're ordering this t-shirt. Normal processing times are 3 months, but due to the back-log, you can expect your t-shirt 7 months and 13 days from the date of ordering :P
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-03-28 13:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportscsc is already in dec files :(
I'm a CSC filer - filed in October of last year, and I'm still waiting to get my NOA2 - haven't had a "touch" since October last year. Talk about anxiety-producing and nerve-wracking and hard to live through! Hang in there, because I'm sure we'll all have our day coming up! :yes:
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-04-06 17:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsoctober filer
Me too - I'm an October filer and though I've been happy for those who've gotten their NOA2's, here's little old me saying "but what about ME????!!!" It's tough to go through this process.
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-04-16 07:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsANXIOUS!!!!!
I put in a service request a week ago now. I should hear within FORTY-FIVE DAYS. omg this process is killing me.
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-05-04 17:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsANXIOUS!!!!!
I filed for me and my fiance October last year. USCIS received it October 15. Still no word. I've now emailed one of my congresswomen, faxed over a release form (I think it was) to my senator's office to inquire about our case on our behalf, and USCIS now has a service request by me. Nothing yet .... it's kind of scary. Maybe this is how it feels for animals running in herds, when they get separated from the rest of the herd, targeted for the hungry lion's next meal. Forgive me, my mind REALLY wanders late at night when I wake up worrying about our case and why it is still stuck in "Initial Review" God I've gotten to hate that little blue button on the USCIS case status page :o( out of curiosity I plugged in the Receipt numbers immediately following our own, and the 2 cases that were apparently received in order right after ours - they are also still in Initial Review. On either side of the pocket of us 3 sad couples, others are onto the next step(s). It is so painful, this process.
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-05-02 04:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAFTER 7 MONTHS ...215 DAYS.....
It is SO GREAT getting that NOA2. I too was getting really discouraged. Seemed everybody was getting their NOA2, and we were stuck at square one. Then us too, after 7 months, we got it! Good luck to you 2 :thumbs: :thumbs: :yes:
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-06-14 19:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAPPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Congratulations and best wishes for you two in your lives together :):)
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-06-28 18:44:00
Middle East and North AfricaHow did you learn Arabic?
I've purchased a couple of books on the Moroccan dialect of Arabic (called Darija). I truly think, though, that hearing it, say - from instructional CD's/DVD's - and even better taking classes in person would be better - the interaction and questions/answers getting addressed right away. I was an exchange student years ago in Brazil, and learned most of my Portuguese by living with a family who knew almost no English, and only watching Brazilian soap operas and t.v. shows lol. Total immersion! I too have a burning desire to learn my fiance's language, to be able to communicate with his family. It's so frustrating to only be able to smile and nod and say the same 3 phrases over and over lol
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-02-08 13:12:00
Middle East and North AfricaMENA Men Being "Men"
I am SO GLAD to know my SO isn't the only mirror preener! LOL Now I feel better about it. Cuz in all other regards, I don't have a single complaint. I agree with much of what you ladies have posted - my guy is "THE MAN" - he adores his own mom and does things she would traditionally do, cuz he doesn't want her to over-exert. He forced me to sit while he hung up laundry, while I was there (I was chomping at the bit to help) but he just said, "rest". Yes yes yes he is sensitive as well, and yet, he's a man. I too am an independent sort cuz that's the way we women have been raised, yet I so appreciate and love that Mohamed is the man in our relationship. It feels "right" and I am so blessed we found each other. It is heaven on earth to have the guy take charge in a manly way!! Good topic :thumbs: Here's to our guys! :star:
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-03-02 15:42:00
Middle East and North AfricaCasablanca, Morocco Interview Approved!!
Hooray! Congratulations!! That is the BEST news!!! Congrats to you two!!!! :star: :star: :yes: (L) (L)
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-03-07 07:40:00
Middle East and North Africanewbie in the group
Very sorry you guys got this denial. Me and my fiance haven't had the interview yet. We have lots of things "against" us, the age being one of them. I too want to add my "good luck" from here on out. A summer together ahhhh sounds like just what the doctor ordered! Good luck, really. I hope all will resolve in the best possible way for you!
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-03-07 23:05:00
Middle East and North AfricaJust my 2 cents...
Tany, thanks so much for sharing your experience. I wish you and your hubby continued strength to forge ahead. I am so sorry for the setbacks you two have been dealt. Don't know how you keep on keeping on. Here I am not even yet to the NOA2, and I'm weak in the knees with worry and apprehension and negativity and doubt! Good for you guys for rising above this unfair system and keeping your love and relationship uppermost in mind. Your eyes on the prize!!! So much of this visa process is not fair by any means, and I'm sorry you're going through it. It's unbelievable the questions they ask. I don't even remember names and dates, and for my guy to know these things?! I think it's ridiculous. May things turn around for you both and soon you can enjoy your lives living together as one. Thanks again for your good advice, and best of luck and strength for you two to continue on til you win!

Edited by LoveMyMohamed, 08 April 2011 - 02:35 AM.

LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-04-08 02:32:00
Middle East and North AfricaPassport, birth certificate translations?
Thanks Sunny, Adil and Jeanne. Huh - didn't know that about the 2 police certificates. Thanks for the info and your good wishes :)
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-05-29 10:32:00
Middle East and North AfricaPassport, birth certificate translations?
Hi all,

Soon my fiance will have his interview in Casablanca, Morocco. He hasn't yet gotten word from the consulate, or mail from them. Do you know which items he will need translated when he goes for his interview? Does his passport, birth certificate or police certificate need to be translated into English? (since I'm in the USA and he's - God willing - coming here!)

Thanks everyone................... ~ Kathy and Mohamed
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-05-27 18:03:00
Middle East and North AfricaTranslator at interview in Morocco?
Hey Kim! Yep still there, although more active in a couple Facebook groups now for women in multicultural relationships or Moroccan relationships. Would you care to join :) haven't spoken with you in ages! Thanks for your ideas and suggestions. I just don't know how to advise Mohamed.

Karim, thank you very much too. I really appreciate your thoughts on this!!!

Thank you both!!!

Edited by LoveMyMohamed, 29 May 2011 - 10:14 PM.

LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-05-29 22:13:00
Middle East and North AfricaTranslator at interview in Morocco?
Hi all,
When my fiance has his interview in Casablanca, he will probably need translator. At what point does he request this prior to interview, or do they offer a translator right away? Thanks!
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-05-29 10:06:00
Middle East and North AfricaFiance sent DS-230 in his packet for consulate
Hi Lisa! Yep, can you believe it? It seems a lifetime ago we filed (and I mean us AND you guys too) ... July 18th - one day and a year after I landed back in the USA from returning from Morocco!
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-06-09 19:47:00
Middle East and North AfricaFiance sent DS-230 in his packet for consulate
THANKS Ambermarie! thank you for the good luck wishes too :o)
LoveMyMohamedFemaleMorocco2011-06-08 21:36:00