Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	My fiance just got the pink slip! In Ho CHi Minh City!!!	Congratulations!!! Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2006-06-27 07:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-129F and G325A question re:"native language"	Hachemi is from algeria and the native language is arabic. I just asked him and he said that goes for Morocco too. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2007-02-02 09:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Letters exchanegd snail mail - what to send?	I just copied the envelopes to show the to and from address. Maybe you could just copy the front of the card if you dont want them to read the mushy stuff. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2007-02-15 12:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Medical Bills Assistance	You should be ok, so dont worry. For those interested this is what the USCIS site quoted. Benefits Not Subject to Public Charge Consideration Non-cash benefits and special-purpose cash benefits that are not intended for income maintenance are not subject to public charge consideration. Such benefits include: • Medicaid, • Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), • Food Stamps, • the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), • immunizations, • prenatal care, • testing and treatment of communicable diseases, • emergency medical assistance, • emergency disaster relief, • nutrition programs, • housing assistance, • energy assistance, • child care services, • foster care and adoption assistance, • transportation vouchers, • educational assistance, • job training programs, • and non-cash benefits funded under the TANF program.	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2007-03-12 15:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Medical Bills Assistance	This link was posted in the AOS forum a little while ago. I read it and it says help with medical bills is not a counted against you. An alien will not be considered a "public charge" for using: HEALTH CARE BENEFITS, including programs such as Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), prenatal care, or other free or low-cost medical care at clinics, health centers, or other settings (other than long-term care in a nursing home or similar institution) Click here to visit the website at USCIS about public charge. Meriem Edited by Meriem_setif, 12 March 2007 - 02:45 PM.	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2007-03-12 14:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Ophoto? Whats that?	You can get them printed at any photo lab. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2007-03-13 14:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	FORM G-325A BIOGRAPHIC INFO	IN THIS FORM G-325A, TWO ARE REQUIRED: 1 FOR ME AND 1 FOR MY FIANCEE. I SIGN AND DATE MY SHEET BUT WHAT ABOUT HER PAPER? I FILL IT OUT FOR HER BUT DOES SHE SIGN IT, OR I DO, OR LEAVE IT BLANK??????? You need to have 4 copies of the G-325a for you with original signatures, and 4 copies for her with original signatures. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2007-03-15 07:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Passed Interview	Hachemi and I were wondering about how the interview went today. I am soooo happy for you two. Congratulations!!!!! Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2007-02-10 13:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Pre K-1 Visa filing / trip to U.S. for visit	It is highly unlikely that they will give him a visitor visa if he has no job, has no money in the bank, and does not own property. He has to show significant ties to his county. They will also know he has filed for a K-1 visa. They will think he will not return home. You can try, but I think it will be a waste of time and money. Good luck. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2007-06-17 09:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	WORRIED about the way I assembled I29f petition?	QUOTE (stephandmuz @ Sep 23 2007, 05:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello Everyone, This is my first time posting here, but I read topics from this site daily. My fiance and I mailed our petition at the end of June and it was not received by the California service center until July 5th. My question is this; When I assembled our petition for mailing, I did not use fasteners, clips of any sort to hold the petition and supporting documents together. I simply placed all paper work loosly in a large envelope and mailed it. I did not find this site until after the fact, which is unfortunate. I guess I assumed that the service center would put the petition in the order that they preferred. I am now extremely concerned that parts of the petition could get misplaced, if it hasn't allready. In everyones oppinion, do you think that we have anything to be worried about? I need some sort of peace of mind. I'm an absolute mess over this. Thank You.... I really think it does not matter if it is clipped together or not. They take it apart anyway and rearrange it according to their rules. It is not beyond USCIS to lose something, clipped together or not. I hope that will not happen in your case. Good luck! Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2007-09-23 17:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Fiance'Given X-rays at medical appt.	Some people are given their xrays to keep and some are not. The reason, I guess is to have them on hand as a baseline, if anything comes up in the future, they can compare the new xrays with the original ones. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2007-12-01 15:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	PHOTO's RFE	I wrote our names, the date, city and country on the back with a permanent marker. I could not even remember exact days so i just wrote the month and year. Someone at the service center must have been having a bad day. Sorry for your RFE. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2006-04-29 08:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Marrying First Cousin	QUOTE (Meriem_setif @ Jan 1 2008, 12:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If I am remembering correctly, isn't there a question somewhere on one of the documents that asked if you are related to your fiance? Meriem Found it. Question #17 on the I-129f. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2008-01-01 11:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Marrying First Cousin	If I am remembering correctly, isn't there a question somewhere on one of the documents that asked if you are related to your fiance? Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2008-01-01 11:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	One mor elittle question	My husband is actually starting classes tonight at our local college and he received financial aid. (pell grant and student loan) As soon as your fiance gets her green card, she will be eligible for financial aid. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2008-01-07 07:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Imp law question !! Pls help !!	I am glad you received good news. Good luck. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2008-02-07 13:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Misspelled name on NOA1	This happened to my husband. We called USCIS line and told them exactly like you did. It was never changed and his green card was delivered with the same mistake. I would suggest you make an info pass appointment and make sure it is changed. It was a big headache for us. Good luck. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2009-06-19 19:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	HELP!! Need to apply for K-1 but HAVE NOT met!	I have been to Algeria 3 times. The most recent trip was this past November when my husband and I went to visit his family. I have never been afraid in Algeria and I would hop on a plane to Algeria tomorrow if I had the chance. The people are wonderful and welcoming. There are areas of Algeria that you should not visit and I am sure your fiance will know these areas very well. I have two friends that just got back from visiting there fiances and they had a wonderful time. I know of several American women living in Algeria with their husbands and children. You will have to go meet him in person before filing for the K-1. You just can get around that. Also there is no way he can get a visa to come visit you so you will have to go there. A friend of mine that is married to an Algerian man, met him for the first time in Tunisia. That could be an option and you do not need a visa to visit Tunisia. Good luck! Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-08-06 22:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	MY BABY HAS HIS VISAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA	Congratulations Ginger and Farouk!!!!! Inshallah we will be next. Goooooooo Algeria!!!	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2006-06-18 10:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Questions About Support and Divorce	QUOTE Your last three years tax return with a average of your income over that time will be necessary for the affidavit of support. Uh-oh. I've only had this job since July 2006. At best I have two tax returns that will show income from my job as an independent contractor. And for 2006, it was only half the year (although the rate of pay was the exact same). The year prior, I wasn't working at all; my husband was supporting both of us. Is this going to work like creditors do when deciding to extend a loan - having to have a job for a set amount of time?	SterlingGirl	Female	United Kingdom	2008-02-18 14:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Questions About Support and Divorce	One other question - I've known my fiance since the middle of 2004, we met on a forum not unlike this one. Will USCIS need documented proof of when we MET, or just proof of our relationship? As far as our relationship, will signed letters from friends of ours serve as proof? The thing is, we've known each other over a long period of time, but our relationship (aside from meeting in person) has been entirely electronic - calling overseas would be a ridiculous expense, so we just use voice chat for free. I've had program and disk crashes since we first met and a time or two in between, and I had no idea we'd eventually be getting married, so it didn't occur to me to hang on to every last scrap of history between the two of us. We do have lots of pictures of us from when he visited here, lots of which are affectionate, but it sounds like those would just be proof of our having met - not proof that we have a relationship. He's got copies of text messages (he sends me texts via his email address, I get them on my phone) stored up since September of last year. And I may have a few blog entries talking about his trip out here. Will things like that work? I'm just nervous that, because we don't spend way too much money to actually call overseas to each other or save every scrap of communication between us, we'll be thought of as not a real couple.	SterlingGirl	Female	United Kingdom	2008-02-18 13:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Questions About Support and Divorce	Hi, all. As a bit of background info, I'm a U.S. citizen, born and bred, and my fiance is a native of London. Currently, I'm still legally married, though my ex and I have been separated since April 1, 2007 (different residences; our relationship ended even before that, but we still lived together for financial reasons). My court date for the divorce is this Friday (2/22/08), by which I should be a free woman. Immediately thereafter, I intend to gather everything we need and file the I-129F. Just out of curiosity, does immigration really care when a relationship begins in the wake of a marriage? Our relationship began before I moved out of our home and long before our divorce, obviously - but, emotionally, there was no relationship left when I met my fiance. I never cheated on my ex, he knew I wanted I divorce before things began with my UK guy. It's simply that I prepared all of our divorce papers myself out of an aversion to involving lawyers in any aspect of our divorce, so it took me a little longer to understand the in's and out's and feel confident I was drawing up the correct thing. Then I had to file, and my state has a mandatory 60-day waiting period (I guess hoping people will reconsider). Will USCIS scrutinize this? Can they try to claim that there was some kind of marital infidelity and reject our application on some trumped-up moral basis? I wish I could say I was half-joking, but I'm not. Also - I'm employed as an independent contractor. That's legally (and for tax purposes) my job title, although I really only work for one organization. I get paid the same thing on a monthly basis, I'm just not considered an employee. I receive a desk check in the mail every month, no taxes withheld, etc. So I don't have paystubs. How can I prove my income? Will they accept 1040 tax forms and bank statements, rather than paycheck stubs? Should I start photocopying my checks for the next couple of months? Help!	SterlingGirl	Female	United Kingdom	2008-02-18 11:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Duplicate of I-129F package	Thank you all so much; this must be a very popular board, answers here are so quick! I think what I'm going to do is have an exact copy for me in the event that I need it, and just scan everything into the computer and send it to him via email. He's already having to send me copies of his passport stamp and tickets, his photo, and statements through the post; no telling what the postage would end up looking like if we did everything in paper. If all he needs it for is reference purposes, then a scanned-in copy should do, I think.	SterlingGirl	Female	United Kingdom	2008-02-20 11:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Duplicate of I-129F package	So I've been scouring the guides and have found some really great advice (thanks a million to the people - or person - who compiled all that info!). I notice that, when told to make an exact copy of the I-129F package to eventually send to your fiance abroad, it also includes the check or money order with fees. Not to sound stupid, but does this mean we have to pay the $455 filing fee twice? What exactly is he going to have to do with the duplicate package?	SterlingGirl	Female	United Kingdom	2008-02-20 10:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Biographic Information Form	Actually, my bad, he DOES have his name. My fiance's grandmother GUESSED at his birthdate, but I've got a feeling a guess wouldn't be advisable, needs to be verifiable or nothing at all. The main snag is an address - hasn't seen him a SEVERAL, several years (since he was a child), so he wouldn't have that.	SterlingGirl	Female	United Kingdom	2008-03-05 13:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Biographic Information Form	My fiance is filling out his G-325a, but he knows nothing about his biological father. Can he just put "none" or "unknown"?	SterlingGirl	Female	United Kingdom	2008-03-05 12:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Passport photos	So, my fiance is in the UK, and I'm here in the US, and we both need to gather our photos. However, as could be expected, their passport photos differ in the UK from US photos. Has anyone had experience with having to use photos taken in a different country that don't adhere to the same standards? Do they care as long as the pic is generally compliant (white background, full frontal shot, etc)?	SterlingGirl	Female	United Kingdom	2008-03-06 10:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Filing Fee $455???!!!	At which interview is this $131 due? My fiance's interview at the consulate before he comes over, or our interview together once he's here?	SterlingGirl	Female	United Kingdom	2008-03-26 15:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Odd employment situation	My fiance already technically has an American job - he writes for a website based in Florida and receives his payment through PayPal. I see that it takes awhile between getting married and applying for AOS to get employment authorization. How would we go about doing this legally without his having to stop writing for any length of time? I've heard mention of a temporary work authorization? How and when would one receive that?	SterlingGirl	Female	United Kingdom	2008-03-30 17:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-864 Affadavit of support Question	I'm not sure about the other, but I think I remember reading that they only need your most recent tax return. I could be wrong, though. I hope I'm not. I don't HAVE my return from three years back, only two.	SterlingGirl	Female	United Kingdom	2008-03-30 18:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Yet another I-134 question	I know it's good to have all the evidence you possibly can to send along with any affidavit, but if I'm self-employed (and, for tax purposes, seen as a contractor) then I don't really need a letter from an employer, right? Will the letter from the bank officer, bank statements, and the past year's tax return suffice? (And, judging from the instructions on the current I-134 application, it appears I'd only need one year). Is that about right, or am I missing something?	SterlingGirl	Female	United Kingdom	2008-04-10 15:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Passport stamps?	If you send a passport entry stamp as proof of meeting, do you need to copy ALL pages of the passport or does just the page with the stamp suffice?	SterlingGirl	Female	United Kingdom	2008-04-21 14:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	So, I'm a complete idiot	Well, not really. I have very strong opinions as to the orderliness and accuracy of USCIS's website, however. I just realized that I sent my I-129F to the TSC - which apparently no longer accepts them. I went by the form where you put in your ZIP code and it tells you which center to apply for. Going further, I found a page which specifically listed the I-129F's mailing address for the TSC. I've now discovered that that is no longer accurate. So . . . has anyone else done this in error before? Will they simply send it back, forward it to the correct center or what? At least if they send the whole thing back, I can correct the passport photo issue. However, the address at the top of my fiance's letter of intent is that of the TSC. Should I White-Out that part and put the correct address, or will it compromise the letter to alter it in any way? *kicks USCIS's ill-maintained website* Edited by SterlingGirl, 12 April 2008 - 03:52 AM.	SterlingGirl	Female	United Kingdom	2008-04-12 03:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Noticing an awful lot of people who fly into POE with fiance	Just curious, but I've noticed there are a lot of stories about American fiance/e's flying to their partner's country and flying back in with them to the POE - is this necessary or required? I only ask because of money issues; do they require the American spouse to be there? Our plan was to have him fly in through JFK (to get his EAD) and then fly out here.	SterlingGirl	Female	United Kingdom	2008-06-03 08:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	applying for K1 visa the 2nd time	I have no advice on your present situation, but I'm so sorry to hear about your fiance. That would utterly destroy me.	SterlingGirl	Female	United Kingdom	2008-08-13 08:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	The RFE Master List	Will they send an RFE if you forgot to label your passport photos on the G-325a, or just send the entire thing back? Or have the common sense to know that the photo of the male behind the G-325a bearing a male's name is probably that person? I just realized I forgot to do that one stupid little thing, and I'll be fit to be tied if they send it back over that.	SterlingGirl	Female	United Kingdom	2008-04-10 17:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	The RFE Master List	QUOTE (marash @ Apr 10 2008, 03:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> sounds like you're all good to me. good luck. Thank you SO much. I'm not sure if the US has exit stamps or not. I think it's because we don't often care who leaves (unless they're fleeing prosecution), just who gets in! Got my fingers crossed. I've been surprised at the wait times thus far; not nearly as long as I thought. I'll definitely post here if I get an RFE, though.	SterlingGirl	Female	United Kingdom	2008-04-10 15:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	The RFE Master List	I've read a few things in this thread that have made me nervous - the biggest is that even having boarding passes/stamps/pictures sometimes doesn't seem to convince the adjudicators. I sent them every single boarding pass my fiance had when he visited. The trip went something like this for him: London-NYC-Cinncinati-my airport. I put all of his boarding passes in order of his connecting flights, both for his arrival and his departure. Are they going to look at those connecting flights and decide those passes don't prove he was in my state (even though we HAVE the boarding pass that puts him in the airport in my state). We also had a passport stamp, but I've been hearing about entry/exit stamps. He only had one stamp, with "WT" signed on it. Other than that, there is nothing else on any of the pages of his passport. Was sending just that one stamp for nothing? It's so frustrating thinking of what some people will accept and what others won't accept.	SterlingGirl	Female	United Kingdom	2008-04-10 14:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 visa in Guam: I am at the begining. I want to get started right	According to the I-129F instructions... If you live in Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii or Nevada, mail this petition to: USCIS California Service Center P.O. Box 10130 Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-1013 Thanks jsnearline, I didn't even think to look at the form but I found what you are talking about. Just Like YuAndDan said, Guam is no different that any of the 50 states. That is a BIG relife. I told you all I am very new at this but I am very thankfull for all the help. Travis	TravisAndMichelle	Male	Philippines	2007-01-11 02:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 visa in Guam: I am at the begining. I want to get started right	Sorry I didn't make that clear. We met in Palau where she works. She will be going back home soon. Thanks, and that is great to here that Guam is treated like another state. I was starting to worry because I could not find any guidance on how to file if you are residing in Guam. If anyone has a link or info on the process that would be great! Thanks everyone, I wish you all the very best in all that you do. Travis Edited by TravisAndMichelle, 10 January 2007 - 04:29 PM.	TravisAndMichelle	Male	Philippines	2007-01-10 16:27:00