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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsApproved Petition forwarded to Consulate or Department of State?

We received the same thing. I was thinking that the first notice was stating, "yay your approved, not necessarily meaning your case is being shipped this moment"
second notice stating "yay, your case is now being shipped, time to wait until NVC receives it."


Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2013-12-10 22:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsThe WAIT begins

The process is ridiculously slow, but (at least most of the time) it works.  And there is little or nothing you can do to speed things up.  Just be patient and let the process wind its way through the system.  You will get there, and once you do, the horrendous amount of time you waited will not matter any more.

 

 

 

 

I like your signature.
It made me laugh.

That is all.



Also, congrats on mailing your petition off jjpgy, welcome to the waiting game. :)
I hope this process goes by quick and easy for you.
 









Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2013-12-10 22:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsHelp! Important job related question!!
OK so I have had no luck getting ahold from anyone from IRS. It's all automated and every number I try says they no longer answer questions via live customer assistance. I can't find a proper email to inquire to either. My fiance emailed USCIS, I'll have to read the email but he says according to them he should wait until EAD period. I don't know. I personally see nothing wrong with him still working for Italian company and being paid in italy while waiting in EAD. Ugh. The confusion. Any other advice?
Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2014-01-24 10:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsHelp! Important job related question!!
Thanks for the quick reply. Seems like we have some work to do. I tried calling my local IRS agency, unfotunatly they are closed until1pm local time. No luck contacting the next closest agency. But I will keep trying. So my question to you... Did you continue to work from your forgein company while waiting for your work permit in the states? Or did you wait until permit was received to continue working from said company? Did the company you worked for have to do anything specific? Create new contract or anything? Thanks so much for your input =)
Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2014-01-23 11:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsHelp! Important job related question!!
Thanks for the quick reply. Seems like we have some work to do. I tried calling my local IRS agency, unfotunatly they are closed until1pm local time. No luck contacting the next closest agency. But I will keep trying. So my question to you... Did you continue to work from your forgein company while waiting for your work permit in the states? Or did you wait until permit was received to continue working from
Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2014-01-23 11:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsHelp! Important job related question!!
So I have tried my best researching with not kuch luck. Hopefully someone here can help me out. My fiance has his medical & interview Feb3rd&4th in Naples, Italy. He works as a computer software programer. His employeer wants him to continue working for the company even when he moves to the US. My question is what can we do leagally to allow this to happen? Is he allowed to work for a foreign company while in the US without his EAD? (He will file for his work permit asap) I just don't know about all the technicalities. Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks! :)
Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2014-01-23 08:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsGot a call at 3:30am..

Thank you all very much :)
The anticipation of when the visa will arrive is a killer.


Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2014-02-04 22:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsGot a call at 3:30am..

I got the most anticipated phone call around 3:30 this morning.
Last night was the worst night of sleep I have received in ages.
My fiance was walking back to his hotel in the cold of morning,(9:30) calmly expalins
"well, I am done. I am walking back to the room..."

aaannnnnddddd...........?!

"Oh, yea, we're approved."

The questions asked were:








How did you meet your Fiance?
When did you first meet in person?
Have you met her family?
What does your Fiance do for a living?
What do you do for a living?
Does she have any brothers or sisters?

Apparently I made enough by myself for the affidavit. We had a co-sponser but they did not even want to see their affidavit. We had prepared and prepared for this. So my advice, just be yourself, be honest, and prepare as much as you can anyway, just to be safe.


Wonderful.
So to those who are still waiting, beginning, and/or ending this process, good luck in all your future endeavors.
This site has been phenomenally helpful.
The information gathered from here is what helped up succeed in being approved for our K1 visa.
Thank you all!!


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Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2014-02-04 13:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsK-1 February 2014 Interviews
Got a call from my fiance at 3:30 this morning and.......... Dun dun dun...

We were approved
They are shipping his visa to the Milan embassy. So thankful, so excited. We will post a review in detail later.



Good luck to those who are waiting!!







Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2014-02-04 10:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsK-1 February 2014 Interviews

Fiances interview is in 5 hours.
I'm freaking out. He is sleeping.
AAHHH!

On another note:
Congratulations Mari!!!! :)

Good luck to anyone else with an upcoming interview!!!! <3







Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2014-02-03 20:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsK-1 February 2014 Interviews

Does anyone know if you can pay for the medical with a credit card or does it have to be cash?


Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2014-02-01 17:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsK-1 February 2014 Interviews
Hello everyone. It's getting closer! Good luck to you all!
My fiance has his medical in Naples February 3rd and his interview February 4th. We are double checking our paperwork over the weekend. The closer it gets the more nervous I am, I wish I could be there with him. Anyway. Good luck everyone!!! =)

Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2014-01-31 11:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember 2013 filers?

Update: While vacationing in Rome for the holidays, we received packet 4 on the 2nd of Janurary informing us of our interview date. The medical is scheduled for Feburary 3rd, the interview for Feburary 4th. :)

Happy New Year!!!
Good luck to everyone!



Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2014-01-03 05:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember 2013 filers?

Called NVC just a few minutes ago, expecting to hear "case not received, wait 8 weeks....."
to my surprise, the lady I talked to was super nice in replying that our "petition was received today and will be mailed out to Naples embassy, wait 1 week, and be looking for information from the embassy regarding what to do next."

This is the best Monday ever. Mondays are never good.....
Actually now that I think about it, every update we have gotten EXCEPT NOA1 has been on a Monday.
Crazy.....

Is there anyone here that can suggest what to do while waiting?
I have gotten most everything needed for the interview, minus a few minor things, such as extra pictures, and updating our ongoing relationship, which I will be doing within the next week. I am flying to Italy to spend the holidays with my Fiance, so I have to have everything ready before I leave this Friday.

Putting out  positive vibes and thoughts into the universe, I hope to see more approvals for NOA2's as well as petitions being received by NVC.

<3

 














Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2013-12-16 22:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember 2013 filers?

OK GUYS,
Time for an update :)

We have been waiting for good news before updating you all and it has finally arrived.

So to recap:




Sent off petition- October 25th
NOA1- November 5th
NOA2- November 20th
NOA2-hardcopy- November 26th
Case shipped to DOS-December 9th



We are excited to receive good news. Hopefully things will be moving even quicker at this point. (Actually can't believe things have gone this fast as of now, astonishing.)

Just want to say I hope everyone has a quick, painless, smooth transitioning throughout this visa process.

We have learned a lot by joining this site, and we are both on it daily, for hours at a time.
So we are very thankful for all of you who post daily, updating and informing the rest of us.

I (petitioner) am lucky enough to be flying to Milan, Italy to spend Christmas and New Years with my fiance. I couldn't ask for a better person to spend my life with.
I am ready for this part of our journey to end and a new one begin.
Now, enough of that,
Here's to more petitions being recieved and processed!!!

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Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2013-12-10 00:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember 2013 filers?

I hope the Texas Service Center is doing a good job out there cause I can just see the California center moving so fast that's amazing .I bet I will receive mine before the closing of the holidaysdancin5hr.gif .

Our petition was processed through the Texas center, it took aprox. 15 days, so good luck to you!! :)


Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2013-11-21 18:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember 2013 filers?
Thank you everyone for the congratulations. I hope more and more get approved this fast. It is concerning, in which the length it took. We also wonder if this will cause further delays down the road. Hopefully not, but only time will tell.

Congrats to other approvals as well!

Edited by Rotondi.Josie, 21 November 2013 - 03:10 PM.



Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2013-11-21 15:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember 2013 filers?

Hello guys:)
So, we sent our package off October 25th, it was delivered on October 28th.
We recieved NOA1 on November 5th, A# changed November 6th.

Tonight November 20th our Petition was APPROVED.

Though there is much excitement in the air, we understand we still have a long journey ahead of us (hopefully not too long). We were not expecting this part of the process to move so quickly.
Thank you to everyone on this forum who posts valuable information that allows people to come together.
Good luck to you all!!!
May this process be quick and smooth for everyone.
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Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2013-11-20 22:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMinor ?'s filling I-129F

Thank you so much for the quick response.

:)

 


 


Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2013-10-17 22:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMinor ?'s filling I-129F

Hello everyone! :)
We are on the verge of filing our I-129F, and of course, we have a couple of questions if anyone could help to answer them. We have most everything done, just a few minor things we were not sure of.
O.K. here we go:
1. When filling out the 129F application, do you leave fields blank that require no answer, or do you say ?None??
2. Also in the 129F application, question 2a ? In care of Name? What does this mean?
 




We have enjoyed reading others' posts on this website. It has been informative and rather helpful with our own preparations in the k1-Visa process. So a big Thank You to everyone!! :)

 


Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2013-10-17 21:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-134 question

As would I, We are trying to keep an optimistic attitude about the whole situation.
Will definitely keep all informed when we hear of any news. :)


Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2013-11-26 13:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-134 question

According to the experience of some VJers, Naples hardly ever accepts co-sponsors for K1 visas (run a quick search with the Google tool on top of this page). You might want to reconsider - get married and apply for a CR1 instead. Good luck 

 

Yes, well, we thought that as well. My fiance emailed the Embassy in Naples a few weeks ago (beginning of October), concerned about the approval rate with petitioners having a co-sponsor. They emailed him back saying that they can assure him only 10% get denied through Naples, having a co-sponsor, and to try not to worry.
I do NOT want to reconsider at this point. I would rather wait it out,

Thank you for your input. :)
 




Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2013-11-25 22:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-134 question

For your first question:  Yes, Daycare Teacher is fine.  Or "Early Childhood Education"   "Name of Concern" is the name of the business that employs you.

 

Sukie

Thank you for the quick response ma'am. :)


Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2013-11-23 21:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-134 question

Hello guys,

So I am starting to get things together for the next process of k1.

I am filling out the i-134 and am stuck on a question. It may be simple and I am just overthinking it, but I thought I would ask here.

Question 7.
I am employed as or engaged in the business of _______(business type)
with ________(Name of concern).....

I am a Daycare Teacher -- would that go for business type?
Also, I am confused as to what the 'name of concern' means.

I have another question :)

So you have to include w2's -- tax information amoung other documents..
I have only had this job I am currently working for since January, last year I did not file taxes due to I did not make enough money (at least thats what my tax rep said)
Also, the year before I was a Nanny and recieved private pay.
What should I do about the w2's and tax information portion of this process.

I will be using a co-sponser during this process as well.

Thank you in advance for your comments and help :)
 























Rotondi.JosieFemaleItaly2013-11-23 21:18:00