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IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedureshi everybody
what day is your interview, my fiance is going to interveiw on Dec 19, good luck to you and its natural to be nervious. From what I have read lots dont sleep much the night before the interview so no need to worry about bad dreams. good luck and keep us updated on how your interveiw goes.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-08 07:22:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresafter my case denial i got approved today
That is great news, We are hoping Santa will come down the chimmly at the US Embassy in Manila for us on Dec 19 lolz. Congradulations kicking.gif
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-10 05:23:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresconsul said:Your case is boring!
Congradulations, we are very happy for you.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-17 20:05:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWe Got Approved...Moving Forward!!!
Congradulations
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-20 18:30:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresFinally Approved on Dec 23rd, 2008!!!!!!
Congradulations!!!!
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-25 19:26:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresThe long nightmare is finally over
Congradulations,
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-30 00:54:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresA typical day for a USCIS employee !!
Rofl thats it, how could i have missed that rofl.gif
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-31 21:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresA typical day for a USCIS employee !!
It says they have 16,000 employees but not all of those process applications. some have other jobs;

You have the people at the call center, there job is to make sure most people dont get past the recorded message and if you do to make sure you get someone who doesnt know what is going on.

Then you have the supervisors who check up on the few that are working the applications

Then you have the supervisors supervisors, I really dont know what they do.

Then you have cleaning and maintance workers

You also have the ones that make sure the webite isnt working properly.

So when you narrow it all down, using a highly classified math eqasion that leaves
2 workers at each service center and one is out on sick leave.

Good Luck


RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-31 18:24:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresupdate on my case
thats great news good luck on interview
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2009-01-07 22:42:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCASE COMPLETE
Congradulations
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2009-01-08 17:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCASE COMPLETE
congradulations kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2009-01-09 17:15:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresGot my Interview Date on February 13.
good luck on your interview
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2009-01-07 19:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresConcerning G325a
I just took all the forms with me to the Philippines and we had a form filling party one afternoon there so I had all her signatures and just mades sure I had everything checked and rechecked and checked again before I mailed everything off, Then I still worry I may have missed something but I figured at some point you just have to send it off and see what happnes. lol. I fill out forms at work and review other peoples paperwork but no matter what when you send off something like this you worry about the dot on every i and cross of every t and will waiting you always wonder what you missed, I still go back through the copies I kept of everything to look every now and then to see if I missed something, just a part of waiting. Best of luck to everyoney
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-09-05 18:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPic with G-325A
I went with radz when we have photos made while I was visiting in Davao, and we found out the Photos taken for passport photos in PI are blue background so we had some made at the same time with white background. I had read the requirments before I travled there and we filled out the 325a together, so when i got home I put the package together went over it seems like a 1000 times and finally I put in the mail and sent it Off. IM sure i spent over a week going over every detail and worrying about everything. So im not sure what will happen with the blue background I hope it will be ok for you and wish you the best of luck.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-09-18 15:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedurescontacting uscis
I got Noa1 on June 16 2008 also, and im still waiting, i know its a pain every day checking the email and mail box hoping for notice of action 2 but that is the life we have to live until they get around to processing our applications. Good luck to you, nothing i can say to make it any better, i just try to remain in contact with my fiancee everyday by email, phone and or sms messages. Also via snail mail but that is almost as slow as the processing of I129F lol. Good luck to you
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-09-23 18:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresjust a clarification about proof of meeting in person......
I dont think you will have any problem with 1 week, you have met the requirments for having meet in the last 2 years, I have read about 5000 posts it seems and read all the requirments on USCIS site countless times and no where did I see a time limit on how long the visit must be. Best of Luck to you.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-09-16 07:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWorried again
I did not send a cover sheet and the case went through with no problems. We did however send letter of intent to marry one filled out by each of us. I dont think it will do any good to send it before you get a RFE because I dont think they will get it put with your case. They have so many cases on file until the request information from you it probably will not end up in the correct place. Good Luck
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-11-13 16:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-134 not "obligatory" at K-1 meeting? What does this mean?
The I 134 is to show the petitioner can supporr the beneficiary and that they will not become a public ward, and you are correct it doent matter what kind of job or how much money they make where they live now. I know that sounds crazy but that is the way it works.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-11-13 18:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresGot our NOA2 & question on AOS
It should be your gross just like you put when filling out your taxes.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-11-13 18:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAfter NOA2
After you get NOA2 the packet is sent to NVC where it is assigned a new case number. A K1 visa at NVC usually stays there only a few days before it is sent out to the embassy because all the back ground checks where done at the service center. They send both a electronic file and the case file to the embassy. The standard answer for the embassy getting the pettion I believe is about 2 weeks but I have noticed that usually about 5 to 7 days the embassy has the shipped packet. Now as far as the embassy shipping out the packets it all depends on the individual embassy some are much faster than others. I hope this helps good luck to you smile.gif
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-11-13 17:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresis this a scam? Please help
If he was legit and was going to pay for the hotel reservations, he could to that himself from most any hotels website. When people ask you to do things for them that they can do simply for them self then there is something wrong. Be careful Please
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-11-13 12:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresVJ from Cebu
nice to meet you babykim, and i see nothing wrong with the post, it was very refreshing. Loved the photos to. My finace is from mindanao. Good luck to you and hope to be friends. steve and radz
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-11-27 16:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK-1 Visa/ Affidavit of support
you can also include paycheck stubs from this years employment showing how much you have made this year to date. That should help show how much you are making as of now. Anything you can include that may help like money in savings accounts or properties owned can help also.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-11-30 16:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAnyone ever use "K1 visa journey" services
the way i look at it is, the lawyer has to get all the information to fill out on the forms from you anyway and he is just a likely to make a mistake as you, or maybe more so because he will not realize he put down something wrong, plus you will spend time going back and getting papers to them and if you do get a RFE it goes through the lawyer first so it can take longer to get the information back to USCIS. We fill out everything ourself and had no problems and the others are correct it does not get done any faster using a lawyer once its at the service center it gets put in a box and awaits its turn for a worker to start working the cases in that box. Fedex and DHL are reliable so sending that way from the Philippines is ok, just a little expensive. I have no faith in the Philippines post office, they cant even deliever a letter. I have mailed 14 letters in the last few months 3 were deleivered. Good Luck how every you decide to processed.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-03 19:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureshow much should be prepared after you got the approval?
We filed in June and at the end of Sept I started filling out and geting all the forms ready that were listed to be need at the embassy. My finance also got all her documents ready so when the Noa 2 arrived we would be really but we were a bit ahead of ourselfs, We got Noa2 on Oct 30 so then i sent all the documents to her via Fedex. I had gotten all the forms off the embassy website. The 156k though when she got to the bank with it the bank made her fill out a new one by hand saying the form was a older version, i checked and the one i sent her is still the one you download but thats ok we got the form filled out and validated at the bank Radz had to travel to Davao to get the form validated and pay the embassy fee. I cant remember the bank she went to first but it was listed on the embassy page as to being able to pay at the Main branch in Davao, they no longer took the payments tho and Radz had to go to banco de oro and they were very nice and helped her get evething done. Afer that i called NVC found out our case had been shipped to the embassy and got the MNL number. It took about two weeks from that date before i was able to call and set a interview date. I called after a week but they didnt have the case in there system the second week they did and we got interview date of 12/19 we could have gotten a little sooner but Radz lives in Mindanao so we had to make so arrangments and we built in some spare time to be sure we got all done intime. Well i seem to have gotten long winded. but I hope this helps. Good Luck
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-04 08:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureswhat i need for my interview?
Yep you packet should have what is need from you to bring along to embassy and other requirments. The forms and what is required can be different from one embassy to the next so make sure you find out what is needed at your embassy.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-04 22:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresThis is what im talkin about...
Ken i have heard that USCIS only needs one copy of the G325a also, but I was just following the instructions, I mean why take a chance. I have worked at a Police Officer for over 27 years and have learned that if something ask for so many copies then I would send that many copies even if I know the AG's office only really needed one. I am sure your attonrey is correct on this but I just feel that it ask for 4 the form prints 4 why not send what the instructions call for. I can say I dont always follow the instructions on things. I use to get yelled at by my ex wife for not reading thin instructions on stuff we would by that had to be put together and I will admit sometimes she was correct, but sometimes I got the whole thing put together with out every looking at the instuction sheet. Heck IM at the point now that I forgot the point I was trying to make. But over all I wouldnt worry about it the laywer probably knows.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-04 21:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresThis is what im talkin about...
Use this guide from Visa Journey it will help you with what is needed now to send off you packet and what you need to do later one just click this link i think this will be a great help to you:

http://www.visajourn...mp;page=k1guide
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-04 14:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresThis is what im talkin about...
opss sorry thanks for the correction
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-04 09:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresThis is what im talkin about...
QUOTE (KimandRuss @ Dec 4 2008, 07:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (himher @ Dec 3 2008, 09:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Good grief, a moron can fill the forms out. The instructions are very simple. I never read a "guide" for ANY thing we filed. Somehow we managed to do it. Nothing was delayed or returned and no additional evidence was requested. Each line has an instruction. The required documents for filing an I129F are clearly spelled out for both a fiance or a spouse.

Just follow the directions. Exactly as written. When you are done, THEN check the guides and example forms if you want to and see if there is anything you might have missed.

I guarantee you that if you READ the instructions on the I129F not a dam thing was said about an I134F. Did the instructions ask for one? No? Why are you filling one out then?

http://www.uscis.gov...I-129Finstr.pdf


This is rude and uncalled for. I consider myself a relatively intelligent and educated woman but the forms gave me ageda as well...and I know i'm not the only one. Please try to be a bit more respectful when posting.

OP..I don't think anyone was hassling you for asking about a firm to help you. What we're trying to say is that we often hear of more horror stories than anything here and perhaps it's the frustration on all our parts talking. The process is difficult enough and those who have paid even more only to have someone screw it up have a right to be frustrated. Please don't take offense to others opinions...afterall, you did ask. wink.gif

pushbrk is right.. the example forms are great but the instructions are of utmost importance. You can find some here as well as uscis.gov ...right along with the forms. As he always states.. interpret the questions literally and answer as honestly as possible. If you start thinking about them too much you will start to question yourself.

Please dont be afraid to ask anything... we all had the questions once.

Go through all the links I gave you yesterday and read, read, read..before you fill out anything. wink.gif

oh..and try to smile..in the end, it's all going to be worth it. smile.gif



I didnt mean for my post to be rude and dont see how it was, i was just offering so advise to help sorry if it came out the wrong way
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-04 09:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresThis is what im talkin about...
the main thing to remember is dont be in to big of a rush to get everything done take you time check and recheck everything before you send it off. For the first part you just need to fill out tne 129f and the g 325a (4 copies for each of you) when you fill it out online it will fill up the 4 copies so when you print it there is no problem. Just be patient read or ask for help here on VJ is you need and and follow the intructions.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-04 08:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureslawyer or not?
we didnt use a laywer and I didnt find this site until 2 months after we filed, The only thing i didnt do the site recommeds is put cover sheets on the documents, oh we filed K1 by the way. Well it appears the cover sheets were not needed because we got approved with no RFE's. But I still think the cover sheets are a good idea, and if I was to do it over i would use the cover sheets
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-04 21:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresLeafil Alforque
That is really sad rose.gif prayer for the family and fiance
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-05 18:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 Wait times
It was 141 days before we got our noa2 and that was the online notification, the hard copy didnt arrive for another few days after that, Hang in there and dont get upset about it to soon or you will worry yourself to death. Good Luck
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-07 17:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDoes National Guard belong to Active Army??
If you are in the national guard you are consider active duty military, he still servers one weekend a month and 2 weeks a year.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-04 21:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAfter the NOA2
The letter from Embassy for Radz was delievered by DHL to the address listed on the packet. The delievery person would not let anyone other than Radz touch the package and she had to prove who she was before he would let her have it. if that helps any.


RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-14 19:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresred flag
seems to me he explained it pretty well, I think its always best to be honest and that is what he was doing. It appears he explained how the relationship evloved also. Good Luck on your journey.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-16 19:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhat does a 'touch' after NOA2 mean?
That would be a pretty good guess.
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-17 20:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresdocuments
Radz used the information from the link Haole posted, it helped her a lot and she was approved today at embassy
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-18 23:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestion 36 on the DS-156
There is a guide on this site for filling out the forms. the link for the 156 is

http://www.visajourn...Form-DS-156.pdf
RadzNSteveMalePhilippines2008-12-21 20:42:00