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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresbest month to file
salam everyone!! hope everyone that celebrates EID had a great holiday and may all your prayers be answered and for those that do not celebrate hope you are having an amazing week/weekend!! I am finishing up the organization of my k-1 application to front load it but was curious as to whether i should file as soon as possible or if waiting till the beginning of the year would be better as i know they will close for holidays and whatnot. i know either wai will definitely be a patient battle but didnt know if anyone had any thoughts regarding the timeframes and whatnot. thank you for your input in advance and if any hate or judgmental posts are done i will remove or report them..... :-)
CourtneyAbidineFemaleMorocco2012-10-28 12:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDecember filer
ahhh alhamdulillah!! insha'allah it will be beginning of next week. i checked the tracking and they received the package today!! :-) BTW how do you guys get the timeline countdown thing?? :dancing: :dancing:
CourtneyAbidineFemaleMorocco2012-12-13 09:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDecember filer
so i should expect them to cash the check after i recieve notification of the NOA1? thank you for your post
CourtneyAbidineFemaleMorocco2012-12-13 08:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDecember filer
salam everyone!! hope everyone is doing great and their journeys are going along smoothly!! my question is regarding the check, how long does it usually take for them to cash the check sent in with the fiance visa application? i mailed ours off Dec 10, alhamdulillah, and know with it being the holidays it will def take longer for them to get around to even beginning our process but didnt know if there was a general or relative time when they will cash the check, is it when during NOA1 or NOA2? insha'allah things will go smoothly but thank goodness for this website and all its support and love we give each other :-) hope everyone has a great remainder of the week and weekend!!!!
CourtneyAbidineFemaleMorocco2012-12-13 07:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-134 Annual Income
I submitted out I-129F this afternoon. I just logged our first step in today. I am anxious and excited. MM, We plan to have a court signing for legal.....if Jay is here by then. We wont get married.....customarily/church till January 2013 in Ghana.

Chao

Thanks for your guidance and advice.Could you please let us know who can help in the co-sponsorship(relative or non relative) and the kind of documentation the co-sponsor should give.
JaideeOGHNot TellingGhana2012-03-01 19:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-134 Annual Income
Hi everyone,

I just have to say VJ and every single person who has posted or answered a question is awsome. I almost considered hiring a lawyer!


My questions is,

I graduated with my masters in Dec 2011. Prior to this, I was a full time student; I held a research position that paid a small stipend (Jan-April). I also had a grant to do research and write my thesis. This means I dont really have a true income for 2011.

I have been working full-time (and overtime) at a temp job since the beginning of 2012. With my base rate, I will be making about $18,720 (with the overtime, I'll make about $25,000). I live with family and don't pay rent.

Is 18,720 gross income enough to convince the embassy (of Ghana)?
How do I explain my scenario?

Edited by JaydeeOGH, 28 February 2012 - 09:22 PM.

JaideeOGHNot TellingGhana2012-02-28 21:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresis there a way?
LadyBanks, I would be very careful on how to go about this. People are raising very good points. While the US doesn't care what you do when you are not in the states, little inconsistencies in your application will become a huge deal and you may end up getting denied for reasons that have nothing to do with your biggest concern.

You have several red flags.... You would need to disclose past employment and residential address among others, and if you attempt to conceal any information, you will have to cover it with something else ad infinitum. I think its best if he goes back to GH, stays for some time. The longer he's there, the better it would be.


In the early months, I noticed a few CBO etc available for consultation. This is not a process worth doing twice so take your time and do it right.

Good luck
JaideeOGHNot TellingGhana2012-05-26 14:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresIs there a downside to expedite request?
If you are looking for potential down sides to expediting..... you are in good company. I though of expediting due to certain circumstances myself but determined that on the grand scale of reasons to expedite, where did I stand i.e. was my reason considered genuine or was it one of the repeat issues. I decided to wait...... Im expecting my NOA2 any day now. Consider, ... Some adjudicator pulls your file to determine the validity of you app. He decides you dont deserve one.... He then decides to hold your app in a 'special' pile till he can return it.....or sets it aside waiting on your real date (and forgets it)..... I feel much safer leaving the file where it is and hoping it will be process on the traditional schedule. Theres nothing worse than the added anxiety of wondering how a denied expedition hurts your adjudication date!!!
JaideeOGHNot TellingGhana2012-07-24 10:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCatholic Marriage Abroad
Hi VJ'ers

So now my Jay and I are engaged and have started the K1 process, we are waiting on the higly ellusive NOA2. We have been trying to figure how things would work with getting married and all. I noticed someone posted something on catholic marriages so I figured, we'd hang all to dry.

I'm a USC by birth, however, my family moved back to GH. We intend to have a civil union in the US and a catholic wedding ceremony later in Ghana. Having lived in the US for about 10yrs now, and with Jay moving here, how do we co about pre-cana? Do we work with a priest here or there? Do we inform the priest before the civil union or after? What's the churches consideration on this scenario(pre-marital cohabiting, if in the eyes of the church, the catholic wedding is the real deal?

Hope some people can shed light!

Thanks
JaideeOGHNot TellingGhana2012-07-26 01:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAdvice Please- Should I Change of Address and I'm Unemployed

Hi N&A

 

Speaking from personal experience, I know they do accept co-sponsors. Go ahead and complete your I-134 and add that of your co-sponsor. Attach all the neccesary supporting documents. You may want to add your tax transcripts going back to the last year you had a full time job. You may also add a letter of appointment/employement letter that distinctly shows your salary and the type of position (full/part and temp/permanent). Also, I don't think your move will impact your K1 process untill she needs to do her biometrics here. You still have a whole five to seven months to get employed.


JaideeOGHNot TellingGhana2013-04-30 11:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsIf You Have Been Transferred...Please Post Here (K-1)

Wendy,

Thanks, at least someone read my post and remembered it.,.,.,.,GLAD.,.it helped your hope, hope is coming, not sure when but quicker for sure.

 

Julie+Matt,  Cannot reveal my source, might need to know something else important in the future.

 

Andie,   Have no idea what you are saying.,.,.,.,"I SAID IT".,.,.,., 2 weeks ago!  Duh!

 

Ayla_42,   I predicted two weeks ago through my USCIS source that "what is happening, would happen"..,.,.,.,a speed up in TSC filers.

 

Moderators:  I big thanks to you for your acknowledgements of a "two week ago prediction" of what was going to happen at TSC. NOT!!  Not one moderator said a word!  They are way too busy "s__________g" people, for most of the time "nothing!"

 

CAUTION:  I am not sure how long this will last at TSC, as soon as they are caught up, might go back to the same BS.,.,.,I do not know, it would be the same people working, and an ever increasing work load, we will see!  If I find out, will let you know.

 

Do you happen to know how far along they will go on transfers? will they stop at may?

 

It's nice you have a source there. :D

 

thank you.
 


ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-08-10 23:27:00
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I really dont know..its a good start anyway.  If they clear April/May by forwarding them to CSC or where ever they have gone.. then it means TSC can get on to June/July/August.  I haven't seen this happen before but TSC are definitely way behind and there has been recent pressure for them to do something.  It is really unfair to have such a discrepancy between the two service centers.. so I guess we just have to take this as a major step forward and look out for some serious approvals in the coming weeks..   its good news.. dont know..its a good start anyway.  If they clear April/May by forwarding them to CSC or where ever they have gone.. then it means TSC can get on to June/July/August.  I haven't seen this happen before but TSC are definitely way behind and there has been recent pressure for them to do something.  It is really unfair to have such a discrepancy between the two service centers.. so I guess we just have to take this as a major step forward and look out for some serious approvals in the coming weeks..   its good news.. great news !!!  



Okay so think with me.

Surely then are not gonna send all the cases in that time period (April to May) to other centers. I would assume it would be just enough to let them get back on track.

Would that mean that for the June filers. We could get an faster approval then 5 months maybe??

Edited by ayla_42, 10 August 2014 - 07:14 PM.







ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-08-10 19:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsIf You Have Been Transferred...Please Post Here (K-1)

I think this is the post that was referred to.... hot topic for the last day or so...
 
 
 
 
USCIS has advised several members that their files have been transferred.  So far these seem to be April and May petitioners.  This indicates that they are trying to clear the backlog owing to major delays at TSC.  As far as I am aware they haven't advised where the transfers have been sent, but it is interpreted that they maybe sending them to CSC to clear the backlog.  This would mean that all TSC filers from months following the May files will also be bumped forward and hopefully catch up to CSC.. or closer anyway..  You can look out for the threads talking about it.
 
Its great news for TSC filers !!!...   finally ... 
 
 
 
 
 
 













Ohh thank you!!

Do you think they would do the June filers too? Or would they stick with May as the ending date for the transfers?



ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-08-10 07:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsIf You Have Been Transferred...Please Post Here (K-1)

I read your post Raven and what little hope I had left of getting a decision anytime soon you gave back to me



What post are you referring too.?

I need some hope too ??




ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-08-10 06:04:00
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Same here i don't really see how you could be in the states 2 weeks after NOA2


ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-10-19 08:13:00
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Maybe we can all be together this valentines day. Even though i hate the holiday. After being speretate for so long I wod take that holiday any day ??
ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-10-16 09:01:00
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The more days go by and I see no approvals. The less optimistic I get I was hoping for end of January. But I think it's going to be later then that. The last 2 weeks they did 2 approvals I think.

Every single approval that was made that was after March and said no transfer I emailed and asked them if they where at Cali of transferred.
Every single one was fr CSC. People are just filling in their timelines wrong.

????





ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-10-15 09:10:00
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I already lost my hope of spending christmas together  :cry:


Yeah that's not gonna happen. I hope end of January we will be there.

ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-10-15 09:02:00
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So today the 14th. I expected a few approvals in igor. But there are 3. 2 are transferred to CSC. and one was not. And they where from June!! I emailed the person and asked them if they where transferred. They responded that they where from CSC. not texas. So they filled their timeline in wrong.

So today we have 0 approvals on Igor's list.

What's going on with them!!




ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-10-15 03:27:00
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Same here there are a few in there that are CSC but show as transferred the day they got their NOA1. So they just don't know how to fill in their timeline.

 

And i know one was expedited.

 

So i want to see more before i start believing they are working on june..


ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-10-10 11:51:00
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Really??? I almost fell out of my stool the airport and people we're staring at me!


Lolol I know how you feel ??

ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-10-09 17:31:00
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Im so happy for you! Thanks for letting us know!!

Hope you will be done fast!


ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-10-09 17:14:00
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It's been 10 months and 6 days since i saw him last... i miss him so much

I hope to be back with him by the end of January if we get approved in nov/dev.

 

this is so hard. but thank god we are doing good. our love is stronger then ever en we cant wait to see each other at the airport again.


ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-10-06 13:48:00
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I'm getting very disappointed with the TSC process. It seems like once a week out of a month they decide to go through a ton of petitions, and the rest of the time they aren't touching them at all. I can't believe that people in January and February are still waiting, it is just sickening. I hope they do another round of transfers.



It's so annoying. I get so happy when I see all the approvals. And then next week there is like 1 or 2.
Idk how the transfers will have any effect on us if they keep going this slow.

I don't get how CSC is so fast with approvals. Is all they do sit and drink cofee there?
Very frustrating. They should hire people like us to work there ????






ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-10-02 22:51:00
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I just looked at igors list. And there are a lot approvals for yesterday. They did good lol.

There where some may filers in there too. So if we get lucky we might see random ppl getting approvals from June maybe late October. ????


ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-09-30 13:34:00
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Sooooooo, i looked at igors list today and to my surprise. There where 2 cases aprroved that where not transfererred. (Maybe they forgot to put down that they where transferered)

But anyways they where from the end of April and one was close to the end of May!!

Made me happy so see. If we get a November approval I'm gonna cry ??




ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-09-30 01:08:00
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Yes im thinking and hoping november too. ????????????
ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-09-20 13:59:00
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I'm very happy about the transfers. At least it shouldn't be a 8 month waiting time now.

However igors list was going soooo fast the last 2 weeks. And it looks like things are really slowing down again.. I know it isn't that accurate. I just wish I saw some more approvals on there.


ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-09-10 21:45:00
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Yesterday was a holiday in the US.


Ohh labour day right?

ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-09-02 21:11:00
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Its already september 3rd. And igors list last approval is the 29th... Whats going on.. ????

I don't like this. They where going so fast -_-


ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-09-02 19:09:00
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No stressing we can't do that. It will ruin us. This is so time consuming and so stressful. We should make it as easy as possible for ourself.

Congrats on the baby! That's awesome!
Glad you got to see the fiancé. Must be great. ??
I can't wait to see my man again. Few more months ????

I think it's funny that everyone has such a different time frame in mind. One says December other October. Personally I think it's somewhere in November. Although I would be very very happy with an earlier noa2.






ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-09-01 19:28:00
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We're going on three months since we've filed! Almost there  :joy:


I saw that we have the same noa1 date yeayyy ??????

What is everyone's expectation on receiving our noa2?



ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-09-01 08:39:00
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http://www.visajourn...dicator-q-and-a

This is the interview I was talking about. It's really long. But it's with a guy who used to work there.

Edited by ayla_42, 30 August 2014 - 07:10 PM.



ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-08-30 19:09:00
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Then if that's the case, it should be no excuse for them processing only a handful of petitions a day. I know visajourney isn't everyone who files but I think a good majority of filers are. On the USCIS website, it listed the number of approved K1 filers by country and only so many come from each country. For example, the Philippines has the most at about 5,200 filers a year. But some countries have only 3-500 filers a year. Only a handful of countries have over 1000 filers. So you mean to tell me in the 10 minutes it takes to look over official (or mostly official) documents, run background checks through a computer, and sip your cup of coffee they are only approving roughly 10 - 20 packets a day at 3 service centers??? Maybe even 50 - 75 on a good day or 100 - 125 on a great day? *side eye* Something ain't right in the coffee at these service centers . . . 


I just don't get how California can do it and Texas can not..

Something deff is wrong there.
I can only give them kudos for trying... At least it's not gonna be 7 months. Which I originally anticipated




ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-08-30 19:05:00
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I was expecting it to go faster too.
But I think I hope maybe 2 more months max. ????

I read in an article it takes them 10 minutes to approve the form. 10 minutes. And we wait 6/7 months on 10 minutes.

It's just not fair.

Our future depends in this.

I don't even want to know how many couples can't take the wait and just end up not together just because they are so slow.

It's sad.











ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-08-30 18:42:00
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Losing patience again TSC  :ranting: . . . .


I know what you mean!! I was just. Checking igors list and everything else. Ughhh. I've had the worst day yesterday.

Right now looks like there doing end march and beginning of April.

This is taking sooooo long. ????





ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-08-30 18:28:00
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Not yet i think.

But if you look at igors list they are already doing a lot of april and may filers right now. We cant be far behind!!!!! ????????


ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-08-26 11:22:00
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Yeayyyy positivity all around lol!!

 

We are getting married at the courthouse too.. Nothing special.. We want to have a big wedding in a year i think :D

 

I dont think i would be able to plan a proper wedding without knowing a set date and actually doing it together..


ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-08-22 12:38:00
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You are more optimistic then me! i was thinking november/devember! But i will take sept/oct for sure!! :joy:


ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-08-22 12:20:00
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i wasn't expecting anything to happen! but i'm so happy they finally decided to do something!


Really, April and May filers have all been transfered?!?!?!?

 

OMG! What great news!!!!!!

 

Not all of them but a lot have been transferred! so they will be done with those really really fast :D


ayla_42FemaleNetherlands2014-08-22 12:15:00