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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCan my US fiance just be refused time off for emmigrating/helping me move?

I sure hope I wont have to be dealing with this. Russ says no one will mess with me, once I give them the 'legal eagle' speech lol! Im known to give employers a hard time if they try messing me about... long story... :star:

This just makes me so mad. They offered him the store manager position as his experience far outweighs the position hes in now. But, he refused because he wanted to do a 'simple job' and just get paid for something with little responsibilty for a change (he has run his own company for 22 years prior).

But this woman just makes my blood boil. The things I hear about her drive me crazy... she has completely humiliated staff in that store in front of customers and just done so many bad things (including the incident with the safe - that my fiance is reporting to HR)... I hope Russ finds another job within the next two months. He only applied for this job to meet the poverty guidlines on paper for K1. He had so many job offers before accepting this one. Its ridiculous how bad they are treating everyone there...

Oh and fyi, she is the third general manager to be employed in the last 6 months haha!
Thanks for listening! :star:


I would suggest from your tone and UK background, when you do get here and look for work..... go for a Government position because in the USA many private companies look at you as an employee, simply a person paid x amount to do x amount.
YOur personal life and all that is often meaningless unless you have a life or death situation.

I have worked jobs where the supervisor was "cool" and would bend for me and other jobs where "it's all business", I show up on time or... they get someone else after one warning.

I am rather glad companies have this freedom, the Gov'ts intrusion into how businesses manage people should be limited to issues of heath and safety.
0MaleRussia2010-03-07 14:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCan my US fiance just be refused time off for emmigrating/helping me move?

US employment laws are quite different from Europe, employees have far less rights, especially if not unionised.
I am not sure about NJ, but in Arkansas, an employee cannot take time off unless it suits the organisation, so if other people already have time of booked, or there is training planned or whatever, your husband could not take the time. Unpaid time off is always at the discretion of the employer.


He needs to read up on what the company policy is for taking paid and unpaid time off.

These types of jobs usually are not very flexible and it seems like his requests are in my opinion a bit much.
If I understood correct, three separate vacation requests within a 6 month period? I have worked at places where it would take a major verifiable event to even get one irregular holiday.

Right now there are people knocking down doors to get even a job at petsmart so he might want to be careful about pushing too much.

Another option might be to work sick leave into a holiday weekend to get some time.

Good luck
0MaleRussia2010-03-06 19:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWe forgot to include 'Letters of Intent to Marry'
Thanks everyone....i'm off to the airport in a few hours to fly back to the UK cray5ol.gif At least I know things are moving in the right direction now and its just a matter of time.......hopefully not a long time biggrin.gif
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-09-06 12:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWe forgot to include 'Letters of Intent to Marry'
We're going to hold off sending the letters seperately based on what everyone has said, thanks all. BTW, i'd still like to hear from anyone else if they have ever made the same stupid mistake!
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-09-06 11:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWe forgot to include 'Letters of Intent to Marry'
Thanks, i'm already starting to feel a little better, jut to know they will still start processing it without the letters is a weight off my mind, its taken so long just to get to this point!!
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-09-06 07:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWe forgot to include 'Letters of Intent to Marry'
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Hi, i'm new here but have been using the site for much needed valuable information, so thanks so far!!

We mailed our I-129F yesterday to Vermont but once we got home realised that we forgot to include both of our Letters of Intent to Marry, i'm soooo upset and worried??!! What should we do?? We are going to mail them seperately but as we don't have a File number yet we don't know if they will be able to link them up? Has anyone else been in a similar situation? Does anyone have any advice on the best thing to do? What do you think will happen to our application?

Thank you so much in advance for any help you may be able to offer, i'm distraught! helpsmilie.gif

Best advice is to sit tight - try not to worry - don't send anything to USCIS that they didn't ask for. You'll get to supply a second (or in your case first) letter for the interview. You should be fine. good.gif


Thanks for replying....so don't send them seperately then?? Only thing is, i'm flying back to the UK later today and I want to feel like everything is taken care of! Will we automatically get an RFE?

One other question, when and how will we receive a file number so that we can track the progress of our application online?
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-09-06 07:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWe forgot to include 'Letters of Intent to Marry'
Hi, i'm new here but have been using the site for much needed valuable information, so thanks so far!!

We mailed our I-129F yesterday to Vermont but once we got home realised that we forgot to include both of our Letters of Intent to Marry, i'm soooo upset and worried??!! What should we do?? We are going to mail them seperately but as we don't have a File number yet we don't know if they will be able to link them up? Has anyone else been in a similar situation? Does anyone have any advice on the best thing to do? What do you think will happen to our application?

Thank you so much in advance for any help you may be able to offer, i'm distraught! helpsmilie.gif
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-09-06 06:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresbringing kids to us
Thanks, so all the relevent paperwork is to come. I was unaware my daughter had to come for an interview too....are they usually scheduled on the same day? I'm learning so much on here!!
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-09-14 12:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresbringing kids to us
I was under the impression that all would be taken care of if the child was listed on the I-129F?? Does that not mean its as simple as that? When my K1 is issued will I not automatically get something for my daughter to travel with me for the wedding? Now i'm worried!!
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-09-14 05:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNOA1 received - Should I now send Letters of Intent?
Thanks guys, i'm just super keen to nip it in the bud and tie up what I already know is a loose end right now....I guess we'll wait!
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-09-18 11:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNOA1 received - Should I now send Letters of Intent?
Hi, now that we have our case number, would it be a good idea to send both of our Letters of Intent that we forgot to enclose in our I-129f package rather than wait a few months for a RFE? Do you think they will now link the two together? Thanks!!
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-09-16 14:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresVSC????
I doubt there is anything we can do to speed things up, however, I would dearly love to know why they are apparently approving so few at the moment, what could possibly cause such a decline in NOA2's?? The backlog would only delay things, but that in itself doesn't explain why so few are being approved right now from VSC (at least it would appear that way based on the data from VJ'ers).
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-01-12 15:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRecieved NOA2 but website still says "received and pending"
It seems Vermont is starting to get moving again, congratulations!!!! biggrin.gif
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-01-24 06:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI129F Form and exceeding the space alloted
This happened to me also, but it wasn't just long answers, dates were also obscured. So to clarify we wrote on the cover letter the answers/dates linked to each question on the relevant form in bullet points. We haven't heard back yet so who knows if that was the right thing to do? huh.gif
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-01-31 03:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPLEASE HELP US! K-1 QUESTIONS
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OK, so what happens after he arrives on VW or B1, gets married, goes home and then when they later apply to go back to the States its discovered he got married on a trip he said was a holiday? I only ask to balance this debate...I have had personal experience, as I'm sure many others have, of being grilled and treated like a criminal at POE for my exact purpose of visit. Are you sure in advising them to be economical with the truth that you aren't endangering their future plans?


Nothing untoward would result. Yes, I'm sure. As long as the foreigner doesn't overstay, the fact that they married while visiting is of no more significance than that they visited a library or went to the movies because no special permission or prior disclosure is required for any of those activities.

The US is not the UK. In the UK, you wouldn't be able to accomplish the marriage at all without the appropriate visa. I presume there's a good reason for this, probably some old law conferring rights on a UK citizen's spouse, that predates immigration laws.


Thanks, seems like an easier way of going about things than the K1.........we should probably have done it that way instead laughing.gif
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-02 12:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPLEASE HELP US! K-1 QUESTIONS
OK, so what happens after he arrives on VW or B1, gets married, goes home and then when they later apply to go back to the States its discovered he got married on a trip he said was a holiday? I only ask to balance this debate...I have had personal experience, as I'm sure many others have, of being grilled and treated like a criminal at POE for my exact purpose of visit. Are you sure in advising them to be economical with the truth that you aren't endangering their future plans?
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-02 12:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI just mailed off my I129 F, but I still feel like I left something out.
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Really I do not freaking believe this! mad.gif I told the post office guy to not seal up the box because I still had to put the money order in there. Well he was going to break and said anyone else can help you and he said I will sit your box here. Well as I was filling out the money order, I do not remember what happened, but maybe my phone rang and I answered. At that point the other clerk told me to go to her window and because that brilliant brain closed the box, after I told him not to, I now have the money order in my purse! and I am just totally in shock. Really I could cry. crying.gif


I totally know how you feel, I did something very similar....a few hours after we dropped our petition off at the post office we got back to the house and my fiance asked me about the 'letters of intent to marry that I wanted him to sign as he hadn't seen it!! To my horror I realised that I had forgotten to print them off.....we called the post office to see if we could get it back but it was too late..........that was 5 months ago and we haven't heard anything since the NOA1. You won't have to wait long though...as soon as they open the envelope and see the check is missing they'll send it back wink.gif
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-04 16:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFinding an acceptable excuse (LIE) so that i can escape work for a month ............. HELP
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I made a suggestion, I didn't tell her, I could have suggested she jump off a cliff to get out of work for a month...I doubt she would have done it...mind you, it would probably do the trick. Get off your high horse.


LOLOL Are you flipping serious?!?!?!

Just. Plain. Wrong.

Yeah, you made a suggestion alright, a suggestion to LIE. Smooth move. wacko.gif


You don't learn do you??? Falsely claiming(and getting a doctor to agree with you) that one is physically and/or emotionally impaired in order to claim extended medical leave benefits such as FMLA constitutes FRAUD. As L&N aptly stated above, just.plain.wrong.


I love the way things snowball on here!
For the record, I NEVER said nor implied she should claim benefits and commit fraud! You are being ridiculous and have been carried away with yourself! My comments have always been made form a UK perspective, referring back to one of your previous comments about me qualifying a statement, this I have never tried to hide, one only needs to look to the left to see where I am from and still live.
Anxiety manifests itself in many different ways, and alot of people suffer from it. If this person is suffering from this process and being seperated from their loved one for a prolonged period, which they have implied from their original post, then anxiety is something they may wish to discuss with their Dr. The visa process has caused me some anxiety and no doubt many others before me. This person has made a request for help, a genuine request, to see their loved one after 6/7 months apart. I feel for this person. I believe that life comes before work, an ethos that may not be familiar to those working in America right now perhaps, but we have laws in place here to help sustain a 'work/life' balance. Here, if your personal life is suffering and you put you case to your employer, they have a moral and legal duty to listen to you and if possible make changes to your working life in order to support you. If your employer chooses to ignore these pleas or is unable to help, some people find themselves in an unfortunate position where they may need to make decisions that are not favourable.

I would ask you kindly to stop fueling this ridiculous thread by painting me as some kind of crook looking to encourage fraud. Read things more carefully and don't jump to conclusions.


Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-05 15:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFinding an acceptable excuse (LIE) so that i can escape work for a month ............. HELP
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Anxiety. Theres no way they can prove aren't suffering from it as long as you can get a Dr to write a note. My Dr would be sympathetic and do it wink.gif


#######? STOP ADVOCATING FRAUD. Seriously, VJ is not a place where we advise people to lie their way through things. I find it disgusting that people abuse laws like the FMLA based on bogus claims like this one. The OP needs to grow up an face the music.


Getting out of work and the K1 process are two seperate things. People go off sick all the time.


Being sick is a legitimate excuse for perhaps not going in to work. FMLA is not approved for your common cold...it is for documented long-term illnesses anyways, but others' abuse of the system doesn't give anyone else the green light to do an end-run around the system because he hasn't seen his fiancee in 6 months.
-P


Like I said, no idea what this FMLA business is, in the UK you are allowed time off work for family issues without having to go to the lengths of needing to dream up excuses. The end.



Start learning then - you are moving to the US, better know the laws. And stop telling people to lie. The end.


I made a suggestion, I didn't tell her, I could have suggested she jump off a cliff to get out of work for a month...I doubt she would have done it...mind you, it would probably do the trick. Get off your high horse.

Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-05 14:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFinding an acceptable excuse (LIE) so that i can escape work for a month ............. HELP
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Anxiety. Theres no way they can prove aren't suffering from it as long as you can get a Dr to write a note. My Dr would be sympathetic and do it wink.gif


#######? STOP ADVOCATING FRAUD. Seriously, VJ is not a place where we advise people to lie their way through things. I find it disgusting that people abuse laws like the FMLA based on bogus claims like this one. The OP needs to grow up an face the music.


Getting out of work and the K1 process are two seperate things. People go off sick all the time.


Being sick is a legitimate excuse for perhaps not going in to work. FMLA is not approved for your common cold...it is for documented long-term illnesses anyways, but others' abuse of the system doesn't give anyone else the green light to do an end-run around the system because he hasn't seen his fiancee in 6 months.
-P


Like I said, no idea what this FMLA business is, in the UK you are allowed time off work for family issues without having to go to the lengths of needing to dream up excuses. The end.

Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-05 14:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFinding an acceptable excuse (LIE) so that i can escape work for a month ............. HELP
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Anxiety. Theres no way they can prove aren't suffering from it as long as you can get a Dr to write a note. My Dr would be sympathetic and do it wink.gif


#######? STOP ADVOCATING FRAUD. Seriously, VJ is not a place where we advise people to lie their way through things. I find it disgusting that people abuse laws like the FMLA based on bogus claims like this one. The OP needs to grow up an face the music.


Getting out of work and the K1 process are two seperate things. People go off sick all the time. By the way....this process is enough to give anyone anxiety. And as for the FMLA laws, no idea what you are talking about. It the UK, if you are sick it is not a crime, but then as a country that actually has employment laws and human rights, for the purpose of seeing your fiance or family issues you are most likely to be granted time off one way or another without HAVING to resort to telling white lies.

Edited by Kirsten UK, 05 February 2009 - 01:59 PM.

Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-05 13:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFinding an acceptable excuse (LIE) so that i can escape work for a month ............. HELP
Anxiety. Theres no way they can prove aren't suffering from it as long as you can get a Dr to write a note. My Dr would be sympathetic and do it wink.gif
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-05 13:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiance's birthplace
Yep, i'd do that too!
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-09 16:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiance's birthplace
I'd put the Birth Certificate birthplace, they can't argue with that. Well, they may be able to but its the most 'official' birthplace.

Edited by Kirsten UK, 09 February 2009 - 04:15 PM.

Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-09 16:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiance's birthplace
Yep, i'd do that too!
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-09 16:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiance's birthplace
I'd put the Birth Certificate birthplace, they can't argue with that. Well, they may be able to but its the most 'official' birthplace.

Edited by Kirsten UK, 09 February 2009 - 04:15 PM.

Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-09 16:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCalls to USCIS to check on status: Any suggestions ?
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Calling them is like trying to teach a pig to sing. Their timelines and estimates are specifically sdesigned to discourage you from calling and annoying the pig.
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Oh my you have a way with words, that was sooo funny rofl.gif rofl.gif rofl.gif rofl.gif
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-11 09:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCalls to USCIS to check on status: Any suggestions ?
I too caved in this week and called them. I was given an answer very similar to yours, one thing she did say was that my case has been assigned to an officer? I'm not sure at what stage cases are assigned to officers, it gave me a glimmer of hope that maybe soon I will hear something. Its ludicrous that cases filed months after our own are being approved left right and centre yet some apparently sit collecting dust with no reason given as to why unsure.gif
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-11 04:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresIs it possible to keep the K-1 process a secret from my parents while I'm living with them?
I feel for you. My parents had not met Robbie until shortly after we got engaged, but we had been in a relationship for 5 years by then, so they probably saw it coming. So in answer to your question......my parents took the news of our engagement very well, they were happy...but sad that they will be 'losing' myself and their only grandchild. I personally would tell them about the engagement first, explain the difficulties you are having with bringing your partner here to meet them and ask is there any way they could perhaps travel to meet him and his family?? Obviously that is expecting alot but it may make them feel like they do have the option of meeting him. This international relationship thing is hard no matter what you do.....I'm trying plan a wedding that will almost certainly mean my parents will not be able to attend which will break their hearts too.......its such a hard situation to be in, but as long as you are honest and upfront about everything then you will not have the burden of (possibly??) guilt in excluding them or their hurt that they feel. You can't really win, there is no easy answer. But honesty is always the best policy cray5ol.gif

Kirsten
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-02 04:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresIs it possible to keep the K-1 process a secret from my parents while I'm living with them?
Well, they will find out sooner or later...why not be upfront about it? They may be more hurt that you kept it a secret than they will be once they find out you're leaving wink.gif
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-01-31 14:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHave they misplaced my email address?
We filed in September too through Vermont and have heard nothing since the NOA1 either, no touches, emails or anything! You'll probably get a letter to the same address as before as soon as something changes. There have been many accounts on here of the website not updating or people not getting emails then the NOA2/RFE lands on their doorstep!

Edited by Kirsten UK, 02 February 2009 - 04:38 AM.

Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-02 04:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSigning forms for minors
Thanks, so I just fill out her form and sign it as me, and don't need to fill out question 34? Gotcha!
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-08 14:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSigning forms for minors
Hi, I am just filling out the forms required for the interview and have a question. I have filled out the forms for my 11 year old, but I don't know if she signs the forms or I do? Specifically, on DS-230, under question 25 it asks for signature of applicant? Then in question 34 it asks if you were assisted in filling out the form? I have completed this part appropriately but am unsure of question 25. Does anyone know what i should do? Thanks.
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-08 08:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureshi there everyone
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im still alive pple
just reading all ur comments


Don't ohmy.gif
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-16 06:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureshi there everyone
QUOTE (Gary and Alla @ Feb 12 2009, 05:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Don't listen to them. They are jealous, you have TWO fiances and they only have one. It is no problem. Just write a letter saying you are willing and able to move to the USA and marry, within 90 days, the first guy that can get you a visa. Then send this to each man that offers to file an I-129f for him to submit with his petition. Then the first one that gets the visa WINS and the prize is YOU!!!! Lucky guy. Hey get that letter out now so the first fiance can send it in as a modification to his petition.



You're too funny, I love your posts rofl.gif
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-12 15:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNebraska Service Center
Be sure to follow the USCIS instructions to the letter! If they say California, send it there.
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-11 07:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresThe RFE Master List
Just to let anyone know who's checking on here about letters of intent to marry......we forgot to send ours with the I-129F and got approved without an RFE!!!! Oh, we also put 'N/A' on the G325A forms in boxes that are meant to say 'none' and that didn't matter either!!
Kirsten UKFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-02 01:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedurescertified civil surgeon in jacksonville north carolina
Hi Shian, have you found a civil surgeon already? If yes, can you give me the doc's number too??? I haven't applied for AOS yet but will do soon.
dj1206MalePhilippines2008-03-07 17:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresUrgent Help!! I need to submit more evidence
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Hey all,

I need to have your feedback on this, as we need to prepare the documents in no time.

Basically, we got an RFE for not enough evidence of ongoing relationship. What we had submitted was some 20 pictures. it seems this is considered as secondary evidence. we were never aware that photos are secondary.

Here is what we have, and i want to know from your experience whether it will be enough; problem is that we cannot think of anything else.

- first, the photos we submitted are not "film-dated", we will try getting a couple of film dated pictures to resubmit as secondary evidence. But if we don't find such pictures, do you think non "film-date" pictures are not even considered as secondary evidence? or are the 20 pictures good enough if we submit good primary evidence?

- Second, since we traveled together one year ago, do you think this constitutes a prove of that:
* we still have the e-ticket, showing both of us on the same plane air flight number.
* i don't have the boarding pass anymore, but she still has hers.
* we both have passport stamps of entry and exit with date (i'll need to officially translate the stamp to english).

- if the above i not enough, we are trying to contact the airline company, to send us a signed/official letter certifying that we both boarded on that flight. do you think that will help? is it necessary?

- Finally, she still has the airplane ticket = boarding pass of her coming to Lebanon and we can put the description, that she came from the u.s. to spend time with me. I know this is one is not strong strong evidence.

But all in all, what do you think? I am so worried unsure.gif


*Being* on a plane at the same time doesn't necessarily mean that you met. *Being* in the same country at the same time doesn't either. You will need to demonstrate that you were together. The photos might show you met in person, but without a date does it prove the requirement that you "met in person within the last X number of months? wink.gif Think of the evidentiary requirement as a picture,and your evidence as the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle. What pieces of evidence do you have that can complete the picture?


While a combination of evidence is preferrable and usually available, USCIS will take evidence people were in the same country at the same time as the primary evidence of meeting. Usually there are pictures or other evidence to go with it or multiple evidence of the same thing like boarding passes AND passport stamps. Then if you put pictures of the two together that are good enough to see its the same two people in the passport pictures submitted, it's good enough.


Proof of ongoing fiance/e relationship would be emails, letters, phone logs, engagement ring receipts (ahem!), additional visits to your SO in their country

Proof of traveling and having met your fiance/e within the last two years would be any airline itineraries or ticket stubs, dated photographs, receipts for restaurants or other attractions visited together (you can submit photos that are undeniably of the attraction or the restaurant, with the two of you together in said photo), hotel receipts, and anything else that can place you with your SO within the last two years.

Think of it this way. You are in a court case and you are the defendant. Your whole case hinges on whether you were with your SO at a certain time. The prosecutor has just cast reasonable doubt that you were in a certain location at a certain time with a certain person. You now have the burden of proof, and must prove to a judge that you were with your SO in that time frame. Prove that you are only guilty of being with your SO at that time.
dj1206MalePhilippines2008-06-09 21:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureshelp please
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QUOTE (yamilet @ Jun 11 2008, 07:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
what happens if your fiancee and you get married before the 90 days decided that won't work out. if he stays with da k1 no aos filed, would your citizenship be on the line. and what I'f he leaves back to the origin country. in the future can that person the benneficiary still apply for a visitor visa or anything in the future?


Your citizenship wouldn't be on the line in any event but I can't make heads or tails of what else you're asking. The sentence just isn't put together in a way I can follow.

When foreigners obey US immigration laws they are not penalized.


I can't make heads or tails out of the original question either, but taking the statements literally, it sounds as if you got married before the 90 days was up, then the marriage for whatever reason wasn't working out, and he/she returned to their home country. If they went back to their country after obtaining a K1, they would have to apply for a different visa to come back...K3 or visitor. Whether or not they would be approved depends on what they try to come back on. But without Advance Parole Document, he/she cannot return to the USA with the original K1 visa. The USC's citizenship is not jeapordized as a result of this. Hope this helps somewhat...

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dj1206MalePhilippines2008-06-11 22:02:00