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US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionI-134 - Service Connected Vet

Yes you can use your disability income as income on the I-134

Means Tested Benefits Cannot Be Considered Income

Q: Can a petitioner's or joint sponsor's SSI benefits be counted as income?
A: No. SSI benefits cannot be considered when computing the sufficiency of the I-864 (A sufficient I-864 is one that meets the minimum income requirement).

Q: Can disability benefits be considered as income?
A: Yes.

Q: Can Social Security Benefits (not SSI) be considered as income?
A: Yes.

Q: Can income from unemployment benefits or worker's compensation be considered as income for I-864 purposes?
A: UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS: Unemployment benefits are normally temporary in nature and would not meet the criteria of sustainable income. Such benefits should therefore not be considered for I-864 purposes.
WORKER'S COMPENSATION: If the sponsor can demonstrate that s/he will return to previous employment at the same salary level (or a level that meets public charge concerns) upon completion of medical treatment, worker's compensation could be counted toward the current year's income. Like unemployment benefits, worker's comp is generally of a temporary and finite nature.

http://seoul.usembas...3.html#nineteen



Thank you very much... I looked for a long time and could not find any credible info. That will be one less thing to worry about. :)
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-01-21 22:39:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionI-134 - Service Connected Vet
I am a Veteran with a service connected disability. Last year (2006) I did not work, therefore, my income tax return for 2006 will be for $0.00. I do however, meet the 125% poverty level of income required if you count my tax-free disability pay from the Veterans Administration.

Does anyone know if this will be a problem. Is this income acceptable? Do I need to start delivering Pizzas at night for Dominoes to meet the income requirement? or Possibly use a co-sponsor or alternate sponsor... I just do not want my $0 tax return to throw up a red flag.

Kendall & Suphee :)
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-01-21 09:30:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionVaccinations
[quote name='Yodrak' date='Jan 26 2007, 11:24 AM' post='686114']
Kendall_Suphee,

Would have been a good question to ask at the time she was getting the vaccinations? Or at the medical exam, at which time perhaps she can get the next shot in any that come in a series.

Yodrak



Well... I did... but the "Bangkok Hospital" in Pattaya, supposedly the "good" hospital... has already made mistakes... They signed in the wrong places, (signed for vaccinations she had not had yet) and gave her the polio vaccination 2x... because they gave her the polio vacc alone and then later realized that another vaccination only came paired with the polio vaccine... so, while they have tried to be helpful... they have not inspired much confidence...
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-01-26 21:26:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionVaccinations
I am filing the I-129F for Suphee's K1 visa next week, but I am currently visiting her here in Thailand. She told me that she did not think she had any of the vaccinations on the DS-3025 that I pulled off the US Embassy website for Thailand. So... over the last 4 days, she has had all the vaccinations on the 3025 that I printed from their website...

My question is:
Which of the shots are in a series?

I searched VJ for Vaccinations related RFEs and it looks like others have been required to get a second round of the Td or Tetanus & Diptheria and also the Varicella or Chickenpox. She just had round one ... so I think she needs round 2 for both in 4-6 weeks.

Are there other vaccinations that need another round? I am just trying to help her as much as I can and prepare her for what to expect.... (she was not happy getting these shots) :)

She was just thrilled to hear that she gets to go back in 4-6 weeks for a few more.
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-01-26 06:56:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionAPPROVED!!!!!
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:dance: :dance: CONGRATS :dance: :dance:
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Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-02-11 10:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNo notice between NOA1 and NVC....but it is a good thing :)
Soooo....

I received my NOA1, but never heard anything more from them.... In fact, according to the USCIS, my case has not been updated since the last touch on 5/8/07 yet I received a letter today mailed on 5/24 (from the NVC) saying that they had received the approved I-129F and would be sending it to Bangkok within the week.... so.... I am very happy that I have been approved so far, yet confused why the website was not updated and why I never got an NOA2. One better, I have the email confirmation of my address change from the USCIS, yet the NVC letter went to my old address... oh well.... I am still happy. :)

:dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-05-29 18:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary Filers - Interview Time!!!!!!!!

Howzit Bill..
I just saw your thread. Your timeline looks similiar to me. I received a letter from NVC dated 21 May. I still did not get a copy of NOA2. I see you stated you got yours on SAT. Did you also get the an NVC letter prior to getting your NOA2? If so, I am hoping I get mine this week. This past week I had her send Ds-230 and Ds-2001, passport copy and picture to the consulate. We decided to do this prior to receiving packet 3. I've read that some guys have done this before. I've also read, but don't know if its true, that if they receive it by a cut-off date around the middle of the month, they will assign an interview date for the following month. If not, it will be for the month after. So, we are trying to get one for sometime in JULY rather than August.
Aloha



We never got an NOA2.... or a packet 3 for that matter... I got the same letter from the NVC dated May 24 and contacted the EMbassy in Bangkok around MAY 29 and they said that they had already received the packet from the NVC... you might try contacting the embassy now and ask if they have received it yet... the online update (for me) still says my packet is in California...GOOD LUCK!!!
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-06-14 00:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary Filers - Interview Time!!!!!!!!

Aloha kakou,

Have any fellow February filers received their physical/interview dates yet??

Bill and Joan



YES!!!
JULY 19 :dance: :dance: :dance:
We never received our packet 3... They sent it 2 times but Suphee never received the mail so they finally emailed it to us and she took a bus to the Embassy the next day - but they would not accept it so she mailed it when via DHL when she returned home. The embassy updated the interview website about a week later and we were on it. :) I do not expect to see that packet 4 either... so we will prepare without it.

Best of luck to the rest of the FEB filers!!!
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-06-14 00:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary Filers!

Delivered today but no one was there to sign for it....big surprise, haha. This happens alot at the Texas center, right? I'm thinking it will be okay tomorrow.



I sent mine a while back... and it was forwarded to California... apparently Texas does not handle the I-129F... Mine was received in California about 3 days after Texas signed for it... I still do not have my "snail mail" notice of the NOA1, but I was able to get my "WAC#" from the back of the check (online banking picture) ... so... Best of luck to you.... Looks like we are both waiting in NC :)
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-02-15 23:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary Filers!
:dance: :dance: :dance: Check cashed! :dance: :dance: :dance:

I have never been so happy to see a check cashed....

The funny thing is that I ordered checks just to use for the I-129F... I have not used checks for 7 years...

Maybe NOA1 in a day or 2 :)
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-02-15 00:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary Filers!

Kendall,
That was good thinking.

Good luck to all of you February Filers!



Thanks -

At the time I was really freaking out and kicking myself for missing it... I thought I had read the form 3 or 4 times and had everything... but apparently, I was focusing on the first page of the I-129 and of course the wonderful 325A ....

Best of luck to you!!! :thumbs:
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-02-04 23:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary Filers!
I express mailed my packet on 2/2 so they should have it by noon on Monday...

Let us hope for quick replies.... I was soooo happy when I finally mailed my packet...

My big surprise was on the morning I was going to mail the packet. I had not noticed that it said on page 2 of the I-129 to write the address of your significant other in the native alphabet for their country if they do not use Roman letters....

Guess what... I can not write in THAI! :wacko:

So... after panicking a few minutes and kicking myself for not having Suphee write her address for me a few days earlier when I was still in Thailand, I remembered the local Thai restaurant... they of course congratulated me and said 'Of course one of us would be glad to write the address in Thai for you..."

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Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-02-04 18:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSo it begins.

Well, here is day one. Sent it early this morning. I pray we get no RFE.


Thanks for all the help guys. Hope this goes smooth :)


Francesco y Sonia.



GOOD LUCK! I file in 2 weeks after I return to the USA from visiting my Fiance in Thailand for the last 2 months... It is going to be hard to leave her and wait the 6-8 months... Again -- best of luck to you!
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-01-24 23:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-129F for K1 visa... expires 12/31/06
Thanks... I guess the question should have been:
Is "2/18/07" the filing or post mark date... or the date for the NOA1...?

I can have it sent by 2/18/07, but didn't want to worry about them "getting around to it" after the 2/18 time frame... also figured they would have the mysterious I-129F "2010 expiration" form available somewhere... but I have yet to find it even after clearing the cache on firefox and safari web browsers...
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-01-25 02:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-129F for K1 visa... expires 12/31/06
I am preparing my documents to file for the K1 visa and I started reading and I noticed on the top of the I-129F it reads:

"OMB no. 1615-0001; Expires 12/31/06"

Just above the BOLD LETTERS "I-129F, Petition..."


At the USCIS website it has the following:

Petition for Alien Fiance(e)

Purpose of Form :
This form is used to petition to bring your fiancé(e) and that person's children to the United States for marriage to you or to bring your spouse and that person's children (K-3 and K-4 visas, respectively) to the United States to complete processing for permanent resident status (under the LIFE Act and Amendments of 2000); please see section 12 of the Instructions to the form.
Number of Pages :
7
Edition Date :
11/24/06. Prior edition dated 05/23/06 will be acceptable until 02/18/07.
Where to File :

Service Center
Filing Fee :
$170.00


Anyone else notice this? If I file on Feb 2 or 3... Will I be ok? Is a new form expected? Or should I just ignore this... and file and hope for the best?
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-01-25 00:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresYahoo!!! NOA2 approval

:dance: Just got 3 emails from USCIS that my I129F was approve. I am smiling so hard it hurts. :thumbs:



Congrats! ... I am looking forward to the day! :joy:
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-01-24 23:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 visa approved
:dance:

:dance: Congratulations! :dance:

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Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-01-26 03:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSecond Notice Of Action, wooooo hooooo
:dance:
Congratulations!!!
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Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-01-26 10:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRFE Docs
GOOD LUCK!!! :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-01-27 21:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNOA2 approval - finally!!
:thumbs:
Congrats!!! :dance: :thumbs: :dance:
:thumbs:
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-01-27 13:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNOA2 lovin' !!!!!
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Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-01-27 13:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNOA2
:dance:
Congrats!!! :dance: :dance: :dance:
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Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-01-27 11:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNoA2!
:yes:
Congrats!!! :dance: :dance:
:yes:
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-01-27 13:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHow you met

I think we are just a few weeks behind you in the same process ... I also have similar questions as your posts and am glad to see the advice (and the useful answers are helping me also) that you are getting from the VJ forum, maybe we will cross paths somewhere down the road. Good Luck to you!



Thanks - and good luck to you also...

I am submitting as fast as I can due to the form's "expiration date".... I-129F... supposed to be good until 2/18/07... so I am getting mine in ASAP... watch for the new form.....

Good luck :thumbs:
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-01-28 22:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHow you met

What you wrote is exactly what they are asking for, specific dates, specific places you met IN PERSON. So your paragraph is virtually verbatim what they are asking for, and you just need to make sure your passport stamps match those two meetings, and dig out any documentation for the two trips to Thailand, proof you were in her city, and/or proof you were together at those times. The site guide has a great list of items which suffice for this evidence. Plane tickets, ATM receipts, hotel bills etc. to name a few.

Good luck on your journey! :thumbs:



Thanks, and good luck with the interview! :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-01-28 12:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHow you met
Thanks for the help... I will see if I can fit something similar into the box on the form... One less sheet to lose...

"Joke"
Maybe I should say something like:

"In accordance with the PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT AND PRIVACY ACT NOTICES" - "2005, Thailand, hair salon, we met, we dated, we loved, we want to marry"

Thanks again... one more question answered! :dance:
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-01-28 11:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHow you met
I am assembling my I-129F packet and am trying to follow the K1 guide but was wondering do we really need a full page on the declaration....---->

4. Declaration of how you met in person in the last two years. This should be a single typed page regarding question 18 of the I-129F. Make sure to sign and date it.

My short description seems to fit in the box on the I-129F and was thinking that having an extra attachment is just something else for them to misplace....

Has anyone just said something like:

"I met my fiance in August, 2005 while vacationing in Thailand when I walked into the salon where she worked. After a few days, I asked her to dinner. We dated for 3 months. I returned to the USA to work. We kept in touch. Later, in December of 2006, I returned to Thailand, we were engaged, and now I want her to come to the USA to marry me."

I am not sure what else I am expected to say... Sure, I love her, she is amazing, we have similar interests, we can't wait to be together all the time, blah blah blah... but none of this technically describes how we met...

HELP :help: HELP :help: HELP :help: HELP :help:
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-01-28 10:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresVISA APPROVED AFTER 9 WEEKS ON AR !!!!!!!!!
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Congrats :dance: :dance:
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-01-30 20:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresA very clear guide for K1
...From the link....

First Step -- Filing the Petition

To begin the K-1 process, you file a petition at the Immigration and Naturalization Service (USCIS) office having jurisdiction over your current or intended residence in the U.S.

There is a filing fee of $165 for the petition.


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Correction-



The fee for filing this form is $170.00.
Pay by check or money order in the exact amount. Make
the check or money order payable to the Department of
Homeland Security.

Thanks for posting the link... but be careful about the amount they have listed... The amount should read $170 and looks like it might rise .... see the pinned proposed changes from Captain Ewok at top.
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-02-01 02:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 approved
:dance: :dance: :dance: Congrats! :dance: :dance: :dance:

I begin the journey today! :dance: :dance: :dance:
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-02-02 06:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-129F Birth Certificate Question (line 10)


Learn to write your fiancee's name and address, and her family member's names, in Thai. It will score you points.

You don't have to be able to understand what you wrote, just be able to scratch it out. Or write it with your computer. (Although I have found it handy at times to have learned enough of the Thai alphabet to be able to figure out a few familiar words when I see them written in Thai - such as 'soo-khaa'.)

Yodrak



Now that I have finished the forms... I will have a little free time. :)
This ought to be fun.... :hehe:
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-02-02 13:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-129F Birth Certificate Question (line 10)
Thanks a lot... now for my next trick... hehe

I am filing today... and I thought I had looked through everything thoroughly... I just found on the second page #16... "If your fiance native alphabet uses other than Roman letters, write his or her name and address abroad in the native alphabet.".....

Nice.... I left Thailand where I was visiting Suphee 2 days ago and missed reading this line...

I think I am going to have to make a trip down to our local Thai restaurant and have the owner fill this in for me at lunch...

Ughhhhh

Wish me luck - Thanks again....
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-02-02 07:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-129F Birth Certificate Question (line 10)
Quick question...

On line 10 of the I-129F, it reads "Give number of certificate, date and place it was issued"


My (Florida) birth certificate has date issued "date" but this is only for this specific birth certificate... In other words, when my dad obtained my original birth certificate in 68, it would have a different date issued date.

Years later, I applied for additional copies of the certificate and the date now reads x/x/2002.

If I ask for additional copies of my birth certificate (for records) then I will have yet a third "date issued"...

Am I reading too much into this... or just put the "date issued" that appears on this one in my hand and they understand that the same "certificate number" could be issued repeatedly with different "issue dates"??? :help:

Thanks in advance for any replies....
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-02-02 06:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureswoo hoo!! NOA2 !!!!
:thumbs: congrats!!! :thumbs:
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-01-26 21:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiled I-129F today!
You should be fine....

Congrats on filing...
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-02-04 19:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresJust filed I-129f
I will race you :)

Congrats :dance: :dance: :dance:

I mailed mine Friday...
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-02-04 23:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresVisa Approved
Congrats :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-02-03 23:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMy VISA got approved!
:thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:
:dance: :dance: :dance: CONGRATS :dance: :dance: :dance:
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Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-02-04 19:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-129F Mailed today

Congratulations. I am about to start my journey. Where can I find the new I-129f? Has the G-325 changed as well?



You should always check the USCIS website for your forms to make sure you have the latest version... (or atleast a version that is still acceptable)....


http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis

http://www.uscis.gov...00045f3d6a1RCRD

When I filed a few days ago, the 325 had been around for a while...and it was current...

Best of luck!!!
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-02-06 20:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-129F Mailed today

Hey, I mailed mine today too!
But I used the old I-129F because I read here that it was supposed to be used until Feb 18.
Did I blow it already?



You should be fine... I was planning on using the old one, but yesterday when I was getting ready to fill everything out, I checked and it was available...

It sure feels good to have the packet mailed... I am sure you are happy as well. :dance: :dance: :dance:
Kendall_SupheeMaleThailand2007-02-03 07:47:00