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CanadaWedding Details
I am going to have a huge issue finding a wedding photographer with me having done like 6 weddings now. I will be so picky!

As good as the wedding photographer is - it helps when the bride is willing to try new things. Maybe I will have to go thru the galleries and see all the shots I love that I took when the bride was unsure but agreed.
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2010-01-19 21:46:00
CanadaWedding Details
QUOTE (Malrothien @ Dec 31 2009, 11:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Ohhh, photographer competition. Must tell my uncle. wink.gif



Hah feel free to pass it on. www.psychophotography.net

I actually normally shoot paintball, weddings as a second (back up). My honey and I met a tournament for it in PHX biggrin.gif
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2010-01-01 04:10:00
CanadaWedding Details
QUOTE (Krikit @ Dec 30 2009, 04:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Love the invites and the hair clips, Starburst and Rhiann!

Ohymygosh, your flowergirl looks so thrilled with her new dress, Scooter. That's so sweet! lol

Ebrech (Persona?), your dress is going to look amazing on. I hope you post pics!

NotYourPsycho.... welcome to VJ! smile.gif I can't believe you read the whole thread, either! You have stamina. laughing.gif


Haha thanks! I read it over a few nights so it's no big deal. Just kind of nice to see the options and all these happy endings.

I will have to agree about wedding photographers - being one myself in WA - I am going to be super picky and mad I have to enjoy the wedding and not take pictures at it. Hah
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2010-01-01 02:15:00
CanadaWedding Details
Wow, I can't believe I read this whole thread, I feel like I know so much about you guys now!

Hopefully sometime we will be added to the list!
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2009-12-30 01:19:00
CanadaWrong gender stamped in K2 visa :(

I am sorry for the delay. I hope it is corrected quickly so you can be together soon> When was your interview? When did you get the passports/ Can you edit your timeline in your profile?
Good Luck I hope you can still be together by the 13th


I just updated my timeline - our interview was on the 13th. He picked up the passports today. Luckily, living so close, I can drive across the border and see him every weekend, so I won't complain, but it's frustrating to be so close and now a little mix up to set us back! I will keep faith and patience however :)
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-12-22 20:09:00
CanadaWrong gender stamped in K2 visa :(
We had our medical and interview on Dec 13th, and all went really well until today when my Fiance picked up the passports in Abbottsford, and noticed that they had stamped his sons passport as a female.

I tried calling and it was mostly automated, with the email contact info, so I have emailed the consulate in order to see what needs to be done to correct it - but what a pain! We were hoping for POE on January 13th. Now, I am not too sure :(


Any other advice or insight?
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-12-22 19:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsPerfect end to a not so perfect start....
Ahhh! Congrats! Hopefully our journey is as successful as yours :)
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-02-28 22:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFirst NOA
Woohoo! :)
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-03-07 19:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsI am a February filer

welcome to the waiting game, but it seems that there's a lot of fillers who got approved recently in less than a month :whistle:


haha thanks! :)
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-03-01 19:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsI am a February filer
I guess I am technically a Feb filer - mailed it off this morning!
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-02-28 15:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2011 Filers..
I'm on the other side up here a bit north of Seattle, WA.

but, I like road trips? haha
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-06-08 15:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2011 Filers..

I came here expecting some more NOA2s! Can't wait to celebrate with you guys when someone gets the next one. :D

All of you whose embassies don't have a backlog, that's awesome! Gives you something to look forward to, a fast process after the NOA2. I'm waiting to be able to call the NVC for my case number (I think I have to wait 1 or 2 weeks?), but I know that once the Montreal embassy gets my petition it'll still be a while before my interview. From what I know, I could wait 2-3 months. I would braid my hair for this part but mine is even shorter than the lovely purple haircut in the engagement party photos! :no:

Hope everyone's having a great Monday so far! It's warm and sunny here...so of course I have to go to work. Oh well!


Guess that makes it me -


WE ARE APPROVED!!

onto the next step :D
wooohhhooo
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-06-06 20:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2011 Filers..

waitting hurts :ot:


I will not complain since I am blessed to live close enough to drive 2 hours and be at my fiance's house - but I hope that you soon will get the good news and make this time go faster! :)
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-04-25 11:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2011 Filers..
Congrats!!
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-04-13 00:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2011 Filers..
Got the text/email tonight about NOA1. The petition arrived in Dallas, March 1st.

Hang in there!
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-03-09 01:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2011 Filers..

we mailed the same day, but we dont have our noa1 :s


Mine was delivered on the 1st of March, and we are also waiting for our NOA1 :)
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-03-07 19:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRFE after almost 5 months.....
I asked the border guys on Sunday and they recommended keeping track and purchasing something small with a credit card when you go thru the border, then when you leave so it matches the time and date. I feel your pain and frustration due to we don't stay at hotels (each other's houses) since we only live an hour and a half apart!
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-02-16 02:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRFE after almost 5 months.....

C,

I filed my petition in November so I am still waiting. I only sent pictures so I know we will get RFE. The instructions for petition say: provide copies of evidence that you and your fiance met in the last two years. I didn't know anything about primary and secondary evidence until I found VJ. It seems like people get approved really fast after you send back what they ask for so don't worry and it may be something else they need.
The problem for us is that I don't have much to send them when we do get RFE. We both drive, I didn't keep any receipts from tolls in the US (doesn't prove anything) or from the bridge and as you know they don't stamp your passport. The only thing I thought of is the possibility of getting a printed list from the border of all the times I have entered and exited the country...this is probably not an option but I don't have much more even though we visit once a month :(


I feel your pain! I am working on putting together mine and asked one of the Sumas border guys about it, and they said they don't print out copies and I would need to keep track myself. We visit eachother atleast 2-3 times a month. Makes it hard to prove with no hotel reciepts, border crossing stamps, boarding passes, etc. I just keep piling what reciepts and pictures we do have in a folder and hope for the best.

Maybe I'll ask this next border guy when I cross back into the US tomorrow.
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-02-12 14:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPlease help us double check our docs.
just saying good luck on your journey! we sent ours off on the same day :)
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-03-01 09:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresk1 fee
Actually, I think the I-129F filing fee is $340.

please correct me if I am wrong
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-03-01 23:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresfiance's child
No - all that is needed at the filing stage is the name on the I-129F form.

I can't say it better then this user did -

If the K1 petition is approved then the K1 applicant will be eligible to apply for a visa. A child of the K1 applicant will automatically become eligible to also apply for a visa. A K2 is a "derivative" visa, meaning eligibility is "derived" from the K1's eligibility.

The child applies for a K2 visa using basically the same process as the K1. Some of the forms may not be the same. For example, K1's might have to submit a DS-156K, but the K2 wouldn't need to submit this form. The K2 will need to have a medical, pay the visa fees, and may also need to attend the interview, depending on the age of the K2. You'll usually get instructions from the consulate about what forms and documents will be required for the K2.

In addition to the visa forms and fees, you'll also need to provide evidence proving the parental relationship between the K1 and K2. At some consulates this is as simple as the child's birth certificate listing the K1 as one of the parents. In countries where a birth certificate can be obtained by nefarious methods (like paying off a government official) you'll need substantially more evidence, like photos of the parent and child at different stages of the child's life, school or church records, or any other documents that only a parent would have.

If the child is under 18 at the time of the interview then you'll probably also need a quit claim from the non-immigrating parent giving permission for the child to permanently immigrate to the United States. In some countries the custodial parent has absolute physical and legal custody, and no separate quit claim will be required. Again, you'll usually get instructions from the consulate about their requirements.

By the way, the main reason it's important to list all children of the K1 on the I-129F is so that the consulate knows that the petitioner is aware of the beneficiary's children, and also aware they will derive eligibility to apply for a visa when the petition is approved. If you don't list the children on the I-129F then the consulate might presume the beneficiary is trying to pull a fast one on the petitioner, and the petitioner might not know the beneficiary has kids who will be eligible for a visa.


NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-03-03 00:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresdeclaration of having met

Get a stamp on your way out of the US. You need to irrefutable evidence that you were in the united states or that they were in Canada with with you. I sent in my application but didn't have a copy of a boarding pass for flight or a copy of a passport stamp to show were in the eachother's countries. But here's also something that a friend of my did when her fiance was in the country they went to a land mark had their picture taken with the current news paper.


I have 0 stamps from crossing the border to Canada over 2 times a month for the past year and a half. I have asked a few times, and they don't. Best thing is to keep receipts from gas/purchases on both sides and keep a list to match.

Good luck!!
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-03-05 23:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresResponse time K1 from Dallas?
Mine was delivered March 1st, we got the text on the 8th that it was received. I would give it a week or two :)
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-03-10 01:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK-1 basic questions!

1. Yes $340 to USCIS but name it completely, dont use the acronym.
2. Yes you will send your k1-packet to Dallas not in Vermont or Cali. It should be Dallax. Though your k1-packet will be routed either to Vermont or Cali depending on where you at.
3. Digital photos are good.
4. Large envelope will do and just label everything. The main thing is, you need to make it neat and easy for anyone who will adjudicate your case.


in note to 1 - On the instructions we printed, it said to make it out to "U.S. Department of Homeland Security", unless living in Guam or the Virgin Islands. Might want to double check that.
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-03-21 18:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNOA-1 after 30 days?
Strange - my time line is in my signature, which it was like a 10 day wait from actually sending it off. Sorry I couldn't be of more help :(

Edited by NotYourPsycho, 23 March 2011 - 09:37 PM.

NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-03-23 21:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresUS Post office EXPRESS mail to Dallas PO Box?
I sent USPS Priority flat rate with Delivery Confirmation to the Dallas PO Box as it said on the instruction sheet. So far so good, it should arrive tomorrow.
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-03-01 22:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPotentially Silly Question
I hope so - welcome to the waiting game! :)
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-04-21 00:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPotentially Silly Question
I dug up my delivery confirmation slip for you - it says 75266 on it. I pulled it up in usps.com and here is how it broke down.

Detailed Results:

Delivered, March 02, 2011, 1:04 pm, DALLAS, TX 75266
Notice Left (No Authorized Recipient Available), March 02, 2011, 8:52 am, DALLAS, TX 75222
Arrival at Post Office, March 02, 2011, 2:25 am, DALLAS, TX 75222
Processed through Sort Facility, March 02, 2011, 2:01 am, DALLAS, TX 75222
Processed through Sort Facility, February 28, 2011, 7:37 pm, KENT, WA 98032
Acceptance, February 28, 2011, 12:41 pm, MOUNT VERNON, WA 98273

Hope that puts your mind at ease :)
NotYourPsychoFemaleCanada2011-04-21 00:19:00