Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Colombia Club	Hi Parth, Here are the short-cuts, I told you about! They work for Colombia and some other countries, I do not know if it works for India but you could try. Good luck, Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-03-09 17:29:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Colombia Club	The embassy in Bogota received my petition on February 20, 2006. Apparently they sent the package on february 22, 2006. and we never received the package #3 I went to Colombia to spend time with my wife from February23 to March 1st. And We never received nothingggggg. I already faxed and sent thru Servientrega the DS-230 part 1, and DS-2001 along with my wife passport copy, I called the embassy and the told me that I had to send the DS-156. Could somebody tell me was is really in that package #3. Thanks And Good luck to everyone! AngelyLuzmy Hi Angely, Please fill out your timeline so that we can help you and it will help others as well. I have a actual packet 3 & 4 that the U.S. Embassy sends to fiancé(e) in Colombia. If you want them send me a private message (PM) with your e-mail address with some room in the inbox because each packet is about 3 to 4 MB. The packets are in Adobe Acrobat .pdf file. The documents and paperwork that come in packet 3 are; Letter from U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia Instructions (2 pages) OF-169 Instructions on what you need for the K-1 petition (2 pages) DS-230 part 1 (2 pages) DS-156 (2 pages) DS-156K Instructions for I-134 and back-ups I-134 Privacy Act Read my other threads on this section for short-cuts, how to track package though DHL from NVC and other advice. Good luck, Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-03-02 11:13:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Colombia Club	Bogota Hi Craig, You got my e-mail? Did you call the telephone number? What did they say? Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-03-01 23:55:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Colombia Club	Hi Tom, Here are the short-cuts, I told you about! Regards, Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-03-01 20:45:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Colombia Club	Hi Ron, Here are the short-cuts, I told you about! Regards, Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-02-21 19:19:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Colombia Club	Boston05, Here are the instructions I told you about! Regards, Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-02-20 14:56:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Colombia Club		Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-02-16 20:50:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Colombia Club	To: All VJ members going through the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia. I am posting this thread because I have had to explain this process many times so by putting it here it should help everyone. The best of luck to your fiancée and you. You could look at my timeline and get an idea. Remember no two K-1 fiancée visa petitions are exactly the same. After your petition leaves your service center (CSC/TSC, NVC, VSC) it goes to NVC and it might take about two weeks. From NVC it goes to the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá this usually takes about four or five days. There are short-cuts that you can take once the petition gets to Bogotá. But the first thing you do is to call NVC every couple of days to a week. Make sure you speak with a customer service representative and not the automated system, K-1’s stay less than two weeks and they do not put them in the system. When you call NVC, get your case number and ask them when they will sent the petition out. Once you know that date, call back on that date and make sure that they sent it out. Then you track the package through www.dhl.com. I will give you the instruction later. Once the petition gets to the Embassy you or your fiancée faxes and sends by courier (Servientrega); a copy of your fiancées passport, OF-169, DS-2001 and DS-230 part 1. If the Embassy gets these documents before the cut-off date (varies from month to month 16th to the 20th) then you get the interview the following month. If not by the cut-off date you get the interview the month after that. After the NOA2 every thing moves fast so you need to make sure your fiancée and you get all the documents, paperwork, and all other stuff ready and send it to her. Good luck, Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-02-16 20:36:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	What Does This Case Status Notification Mean?	Thats how I would read it too...... congratulations Kezzie That is how I read it also. Congratulations! Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-10-09 10:58:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Anniversary	Happy Anniversary! You are half way through your vacation, enjoy the shorter half coming up. Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-10-23 15:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I got my interview date	Hi Oly, Congratulations, to Didier and you! I wish you the very best of luck. Regards, Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-30 15:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	USCIS CSC email address	Hi Tom UK, The one I used many times was: CSC-XII.129f@dhs.gov Good luck, Peter Miami Edited by Peter Miami, 30 January 2006 - 03:20 PM.	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-30 15:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	SENT MY I-129F today!	Congratulations, and good luck with the rest of your journey. Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-30 15:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	DS-156K Question	Do not sign! Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-30 15:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Tracking DHL	www.dhl.com Track by Reference Reference: (Depends on Embassy) I-730 EXPEDITE NIV SECTION (Maybe Non-Immigrant Visas) EXPEDITE IV SECTION (Maybe Immigrant Visas) CORRESPONDENCE Put the range of dates around the date that NVC gives you as package has been shipped. And there you have it. Good luck, Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-30 16:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 check to which name??? HELP	Hi fllf, Make check payable to “U.S. Department of Homeland Security”. It would be better if you paid by check because that way you could get your cancelled check with the receipt number on the back of the check. If you use a money order you will not get it back, hence you will not have the receipt number. I never got my NOA1 letter by mail. This is why I am telling you this. Good luck, Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-30 15:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA 2	Go to the USCIS section and you can see a list of people in the CSC with the dates for NOA1, RFE's, NOA2. Good luck, Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-30 15:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Filing Yourself vs. Lawyer?	I was quoted ½ to 2/3 less than you were quoted by about 6 lawyers. But a couple of them told me that if my case was simple I should do it myself. A complicated case has overstays, police records, etc. Good luck and the quicker you start the quicker you finish. Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-30 17:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Ouestion	ditto... Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-31 12:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Received interview date in Bangkok!	Congratulations and good luck. Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-31 12:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Forgot to copy I-129 forms	Hey mhymers, Did you get my e-mail responding to your question? Did you understand it? Let me know if you have any questions. Good luck, Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-31 13:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Forgot to copy I-129 forms	Hi mhymers, You sent the original with the I-129F package correct? You should be alright, in any case if you are uneasy about it you can make another one online and send it to your fiance. Good luck, Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-31 13:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	CSC NOA 2 Dates	Check the USCIS section they have a list for CSC. Good luck, Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-30 15:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Original Submission: I-129F	ditto, you only write it on the cover letter. Regards, Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-31 18:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Texas USCIS Processing Time Not Showing I-129F Status	Hey 3AD, You need to come more to this website and read I mean read a lot. TSC has not been processing I-129F for a very long time. You still need to send it to TSC but they will forward it to CSC. Good luck, Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-31 18:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NVC	Hi Melo, Have you e-mail them? E-mail all three or at least USCIS and NVC and stay after them, then call them. They will probably give you a can response but stay on top of them and like that you have documentation in case it takes longer that they say and you get your Congressman, Senator or a review. Good luck, Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-31 18:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NVC	Hi Paul, This might sound like a stupid question but are you speaking with an actual person at NVC? Because if you are using their automated system, K-1 petition never come out through there. K-1 petition are at NVC for a short period of time unless you are under a security review. I hope this helps out if not call and e-mail both places until someone tells you something. Good luck, Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-31 12:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	help! explain the poverty guidelines for the US	Hi Lennie, In a nut shell you take the amount on the table at; http://aspe.os.dhhs....05poverty.shtml. If you live and have no kids that you support and your fiancée has no kids you would look at the number 2 row “Persons on Family Unit”, the amount is $12,830 for most of the U.S. Then you would take that number times 125%. 12,830 x 1.25 = 16,037.50. This means you need to have a gross income of $16,037.50 per year. So you definitely qualify with room to spare, now if there are dependents involve look at that row and do the calculations using the new dollar amount x 1.25. You only worry about savings, property, etc, if you do not meet the qualifications. This guideline are for 2005, the 2006 guidelines are out but I do not know if they are using them yet but there is not much of a change you are still alright at $40k a year. $370 increase from 2005 to 2006 on two people. Good luck, Peter Miami Edited by Peter Miami, 31 January 2006 - 07:13 PM.	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-31 19:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2	Congrats! Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-31 12:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Lawyers are a waiste of time and money!	That is why zyggy is correct for basic functions; like fill out forms, mailing documents, gathering information from their client, etc, they suck most of the time because this is not what they study for, that is their thinking. They just like the easy money part of it. Where they shine if they somewhat value their jobs is in courts, litigations, problem solving, etc. This is not right but it is how it is. No one is going to put time and effort that the actual people involve in it, unless you are paying six figures. There are knowledgeable VJ members that can help you with almost every part of the process. Good luck, Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-31 17:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	letter of intent needs to be notarized?	I did two for my fiancee one in English and the second in Spanish. Sign and notarized. I did the same thing for the one with the newer date for the interview. Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-31 22:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	letter of intent needs to be notarized?	I had my fiancée and mine notarized but you do not have to. Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-30 20:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	This case has been approved!!!	Very interesting. Thanks, Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-31 19:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	This case has been approved!!!	Hi Toria, Congratulations! I am a little confuse you said your fiancé is in Cuba but your timeline has Switzerland? Regards, Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-01-31 18:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Response question	Hi Johnny, How are you and Kelly doing? Thank you and everything is going smooth so far. Johanna and I are very happy; she is starting to get nervous with the interview a month away. I can not wait. I will definitely stay in touch and thank you for the offer on the questions and/or assistance. Regards, Peter	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-02-01 14:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Response question	A new type of canned response! I am shock and impressed they have different types of canned responses. Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-02-01 13:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Packet 3 arrived, what do i send back ?	Hi Johanna, How are you doing? With the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia we fax and sent the checklist and DS-230 part 1, through a courier service. Because there has been cases that people have faxed it but the Embassy said they did not received it. If I was you I would play it safe, fax and send it in, do both. I have seen they do this in other countries also with the exception of Canada and U.K. Good luck, Peter Miami Hi Miranda, Different forms are used in different U.S. Embassy’s. But the forms you are speaking about are the same for most. I am not sure for the U.K. you have to speak with someone going through there but most countries you fax and/or send the checklist and DS-230 part 1. Once you go to the interview you take the DS-156 (2 Copies, 1 for Bank), DS-156K, DS-157 (Males Only), Birth Certificate, Police Records, Medical, Lab Works, etc. Hope this helps. Good luck, Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-02-01 13:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Packet 3 arrived, what do i send back ?	Hi Karvee2005, I do not know for Thailand but for most countries you send the checklist and the DS-230 part 1. Some countries also require a copy of the picture and data section of the passport. Good luck, hope this helps. Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-02-01 13:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	photos to prove we've met	You'll be alright. Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-02-01 13:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Anyone got this email from USCIS???	I will try and look for it, it should be here in the K-1 section. The fiancee was from the Phillippines, I believe. Peter Miami	Peter Miami	Not Telling	Colombia	2006-02-01 18:57:00