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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHELP!!!!!! LONG ROAD AHEAD....
I have gone on living my life, but added eating too much into the mix. And buying stuff for my fiance.

I would not recommend my path as all my pants are really tight or don't fit now!
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-01-15 18:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHelp please,lost NOA2

I can't find our NOA2 anywhere...I want to kill myself right now


hello ms. griselda, welcome back to VJ! You were missed. Follow the above instructions re: lost NOA2. Don~t sweat it

:ot2:
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-01-19 12:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresBankruptcy in the UK
Good luck. There are several other VJ members who have done that or have even run out on their UK debts and had no problems.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-01-26 12:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhat does SO stand for?
I just googled IIRC today. (If I Remember Correctly)
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-01-28 23:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhat does SO stand for?
http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm

Whoever made this site has too much time on their hands.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-01-28 23:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNOA1!
Congrats, and you will need the NOA2 for AOS only. If I were you, I'd want my stuff forwarded to me anyway, but I'm a control freak. ;)
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-01-30 00:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI am starting a prayer brigade for non-stop approval of NOA2s especially for those who have long been waiting and for all other approvals you

I, Vigo, the scourge of Carpathia, the sorrow of Moldavia, command you. On a mountain of skulls in a castle of pain, I sat on a throne of blood. What was will be, what is will be no more. Now is the season of evil. Find me a child that I might live again.

Amen.


LMAO
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2006-12-11 02:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresComplicated situation, please help!
Is there any way you can move up to Canada during her pregnancy?
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-02-01 11:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresComplicated situation, please help!
It is technically possible to do that if she have no intent of marriage when she enters the US and it just happens; it seems your fiancee definitely would be entering with intent to immigrate, so that is illegal. I don't think someone at least six months pregnant is going to have an easy time convincing the gov't that she had no intention of staying and marrying the father of her baby. She might even have a difficult time at the POE as a very pregnant lady.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-02-01 10:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresA newbie with timing concerns!

More to Mo's point, I wouldn't fire him until you have PROOF that he has fed exed the petition to the Nebraska Service Center. Then, boot him!


I agree. Show him you mean business, make him work his little heinie off for you, and then follow through with punishing him.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-01-30 12:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresA newbie with timing concerns!

Your BEST ammunition as you travel this road is RESEARCH. And thoughtful slow consideration. There are many visa options available to you - a K1 visa is not the only horse in the barn. Before you cancel your wedding plans, take a look at the CR1 for already married couples. True, the processing time is longer, but once your husband is finally with you in America, he has greencard in hand. He is done. Something I wish my husband and I had considered when we were so longing to be together and opted for the K1 speed vehicle instead.


Yes. If the big wedding is the priority it is not entirely out of the question! But it would mean waiting til after the wedding to file.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-01-30 10:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresA newbie with timing concerns!
Hang in there Kym. Of course everyone on VJ who has read this is heartbroken for you and wants to throttle the lawyer (at least I know I do. I'd like the #######'s name and address... I might even sue.) But someday it will be clear that there was some reason that this happened. Please keep everyone posted on what's going on and I know everyone here will do their best to help you out. (F)
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-01-30 00:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPlease i need info...extreme hardship, grant or deny?

Why don't you fly to visit him?


I don't think she is going to easily get a tourist visa to the US or Canada. I think the guy needs to put on his big-boy tighty whiteys, take some Valium, and get on the dayum plane.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-01-31 13:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHow useful is the 'Proof of Ongoing Relationship'?

Rida and I use phone cards, but more often we call each other through yahoo messenger. You can archive the calls you make. The call log tells you who the incoming calls are from, who your outgoing calls are to, the date of the call, the time the call was made and the duration fo the call. Best of all, no charge. You will need YM and a headset though. We talk for hours on end that way and we have a record to give during the interview. Hope this helps.


Maybe YM is next for me, after my 3.9 cents a minute card that is -clear as a bell. It seems important to hear well when deciphering a foreign accent and applying it to bureaucrat speak. I heard stress in her voice as we tried to work on the DS-230 Part 1 Biographic Data and letters of intent to marry/how we met.

I tried Skype and may again if I can find out how their records can be downloaded & printed. I just couldn't hear well. I tried a headset, a usb phone, Skype-in, Skype-out. Nothing sounded very clear. Never got customer support either, especially when trying to quit/stop the service charges.

[edit to add]
I wonder if sending money via Western Union would provide a solid record of an ongoing relationship, and evidence of support later too...
Other ways are cheaper, but this would buy a convenient record wouldn't it? (I never have used it)


Oh, I forgot about this. I have sent Kumar money by Western Union a few times online('Money in Minutes') and when I log in it shows a clear transaction history. I will print this out and include it with my I-129F.


I have heard it is supposed to be a bad sign if the USC woman is older and has sent money. Dunno though.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-01-28 20:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWe have started our long journey....

Thank you all! What keeps us going is the pay back in the end. If there was a way to pay more money and speed it up, we would do it. I kind of wish I would have found this place before I sent off the paperwork. I wonder now if I sent enough information that proves our relationship. :unsure:


I'm sure you sent enough, and if not, an RFE barely takes any time in most cases.

Actually if you tell us what you sent, we can probably reassure you you did everything just fine (although every adjudicator/case is different and you can send in a mountain of evidence and the wrong adjudicator will RFE you anyway).

In any case, welcome aboard! :)
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2006-12-07 00:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestion 18 (how you met your fiance) Sample
I took a whole page and told our story. At the interview it was clear that the consular officer had read our how-we-met story that I included so mainly I wrote it for him and anyone else that needed to be convinced of our relationship's validity. It's a chance to show your relationship is real, so I'd write a bit, but that's just me. There are many ways to do it as long as you describe meeting in the last two years.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-02-04 23:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWill Previous Refused Non-immigrant visa affect K1 Visa
Yeah the refused tourist visa thing is very common. Just be prepared to explain what your plans were with the tourist visa, etc.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-03-04 11:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWill Previous Refused Non-immigrant visa affect K1 Visa
Are you British? Why did you need to apply for a visa in the first place? What non-immigrant visa are you talking about?
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-03-04 11:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresk1 info - re: work history
Yes, my husband had his own consulting company in Brazil and worked on about 6 contracts through that company. He got all his paychecks through that company. So, he just listed the company and not all the contracts. It makes sense, doesn't it?
No problem.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-03-04 11:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPrevious Marrages / Age Diffrence
Neither of those things can prevent you from getting the visa but your fiance might be grilled more at his visa interview because of the age difference. The only way it could prevent you from getting the visa would be if some of your previous marriages were to other foreigners.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-03-03 17:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMust you change your name?

I was not sure if this was a women-only thing or if it could go both ways. I thought that John Lennon take Yoko's name, did he?

I actually never in my life heard of a man taking a women's name after marriage, until my guy mentioned it so casually (it is of course unheard of even in his country!). Surely it is legal though, anywhere? I agree that Mr & Mrs ---- would sound better than saying it separately but oh well, how often do we use that introduction anyway!

John took Yoko’s last name as his middle name, but he kept his own last name (John Winston Lennon was changed to John Ono Lennon). I don’t think Yoko changed her name at all? Not sure – we only hear of her as Yoko Ono, then & now. Yea John! Love his music. :D


My dad changed his middle name to my mom's last name. Both start with 'H' so his name was still Charles H blabla. My mom may have taken my dad's name at marriage on paper in addition to hers but she never uses it. She doesn't remember if she did or not.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-03-04 19:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMust you change your name?

I think a woman taking her husband's last name is more tradition then anything else. Legally it doesn't matter what either person's last name is or if they are the same, etc. It's tradition just like a man buying an engagement ring for his fiancee when he proposes to her.

So a woman saying "I love you darling, and I want to marry you and be together with you forever, BUT I don't want to take your last name" is the equivalent of a man saying "I love you darling, and I want to marry you and be together with you forever, BUT I do not plan to buy you an engagement ring!" :innocent:


Works for me. I didn't get an engagement ring, and I avoided being known as A-Rod by not changing my name. perfect.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-03-04 18:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMust you change your name?

Could the man change his last name to the woman's? It's not that I would even think of doing something like that, I am just curious, sorry if this is a dumb question LOL.

Just curious! :blush:


We considered taking each other's names, but in the end, that would leave me with 5 names and the four I've got are all pretty long (no "Lee" or "Smith" anywhere in there). In New York, for example, you have several options for how you can change your names based on the names you already have, but in Minnesota, you can basically change it to anything with no restrictions, and get a free name change. So you can start out Joe Smith and Susan Jones and come out of it with names only Frank Zappa could love.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-03-04 13:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMust you change your name?
It's been said here before that it's not a red flag. Many women keep their own name. I did.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-03-04 11:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresKind of complicated story.. ideas appreciated~
The cost of your coming to the U.S. is going to be high for your boyfriend. If he can pay for that, maybe he can pay for you to continue high school in the U.S. even though your parents were against that. There are a lot of programs for exchange students. You say you know that 16 is too young to get married. Honestly, it pretty much is. Regardless of how mature you are now, you're going to be different later, which is what you don't want to hear, but it's very very true, no matter how bright and articulate you may be. There ARE other solutions besides the K1 and I'd almost rather see you go overstay your VWP in the US than get married (although I would not advise that since it's illegal). Take more time to think about ways to get student visas.

If your fiance really loves you, he will start considering a move to Australia for the next few years as well. Has he considered that at all?

eta: I think Lisa's advice was really spot-on. Either you are a victim of your parents' circumstances (and you are not yet adult) or you are an adult ready for marriage. It can't be both, and personally I think you have every right to be struggling with your home situation and not be past it yet.

Edited by Alex+R, 03 March 2007 - 02:01 PM.

Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-03-03 13:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresEngaged to a Canadian - what are the options?
Threads like this, I'm just like, ugh, this part sucks... the moment you realize immigration is a long and arduous journey that doesn't leave you free for travel or anything like that. Coneyo, hang in there, you'll get this all sorted out eventually.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-01-09 15:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresEngaged to a Canadian - what are the options?

Hi,

My fiance is a Canadian. We plan to get married in April here in the US. After that we'll be spending time in both countries but would like the option of being able to work in both countries. We will be doing quite a bit of traveling both in the US and Canada. Any advice is appreciated but I am very confused as to whether or not to bother to get the finance visa or just wait till we're married and then apply for a green card. It doesn't look like we'll have enough time to get the visa before April. In the time up to April he will be visiting me and making trips back to Canada. This is all very confusing.

Thanks for any replies,
Coney


First, you should read the guides on this website to get an idea of the different visas. Have you already got your wedding planned and everything? If so, you're going to want to get married and then file a K3 for your fiance, who will then have to wait in Canada during processing. During the processing your fiance may or may not be able to get into the US. Please read the guides!!
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-01-09 15:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNeed HELP with your opinions!!!!!!
I know you want to hear something else, but you're clearly posting here because you know this isn't right. She's using you; find someone who loves you for you.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-03-15 17:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPolyamory and K-1 visas

They don't look for proof of love. If they did, there'd be quite a lot of May-December relationships headed for a denial. There's be a lot of cultural differences that would amount to a denial. They don't care if you're happy or in love, just that you intend to get married and not just for immigration benefits.


If you think there's a lack of love in some of the May-December relationships, what is it then that would qualify them as bonafide?


Doesn't just wanting a partnership count? I doubt the guys whose wives die/divorce them and then who get a new younger wife 6 months later are in it for love, but they are definitely in it for marriage. Or did I miss your point?
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-03-26 22:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPolyamory and K-1 visas

Other than the fact that you're actually going to have to *marry* the guy from New Zealand,
I don't see any problems with your boyfriend's sponsoring him. I believe the affidavit of
support form has a question about the sponsor's relationship to the sponsored immigrant,
and you should probably say "friend" rather than "boy-friend" at this time.


I don't think lying is a good idea. One never knows what could come up. I think she should avoid the boyfriend, but I'm not a lawyer.

Anyway, I was thinking about this thread and wondering how two of the members of the relationship being married is going to affect the relationship with the third member... I suppose that's neither here nor there.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-03-26 09:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPolyamory and K-1 visas

Depending on the state you're in - you may already be married in the eyes of the law if it's a Common Law state - which could be an issue somewhere down the road ... since polygamy is illegal.


We've already established that most likely she would have had to ASK for that, more or less.


OP!: please come back and clarify the tax situation. Are you being claimed?
Also, you should probably consult with a lawyer on this one.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-03-26 09:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestions about K1 for Brazilian fiancee

Alex,

His best bet is an American lawyer living and practicing in Rio, someone who is intimately familiar with the US consulate there. Next best would be an American lawyer living and practicing in the USA but who specializes in cases in Brazil or with a lot of experience in Brazil.

Working this case is going to involve more than a good knowledge of the law, it's going to involve knowledge of the particular people who need to be dealt with and how to work with those particular people.

Yodrak

You don't need a lawyer in Rio. You need an AMERICAN lawyer who knows something about the Rio consulate. An immigration lawyer. You need a consultation with one of those.



AFAIK, there aren't any American lawyers practicing in Rio other than corporate lawyers.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-01-12 14:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestions about K1 for Brazilian fiancee

Any recommendations for a lawyer in Rio? What can I expect to pay?


lenster,

You need to be consulting with an attorney, not with an internet discussion group. Your case has serious legal issues.

Yodrak

.....

My original reason for this starting this thread was to get some answers for the K1 visa, not to discuss why I'm in love with a former prostitute. ....


You don't need a lawyer in Rio. You need an AMERICAN lawyer who knows something about the Rio consulate. An immigration lawyer. You need a consultation with one of those.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-01-12 12:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestions about K1 for Brazilian fiancee

First I wanted to point out how amusing it is that I was accused of being a troll when you look at some of the juvenile messages others have posted on this thread.

My original reason for this starting this thread was to get some answers for the K1 visa, not to discuss why I'm in love with a former prostitute. But I didn't mind discussing it since her profession is relevant.

I'm not trying to be stubborn and I do plan to return to Brazil and meet her family. I can't go there for long or very often because of my work. I'll try to learn portuguese but my language skills have never been good. I took french for 3 years and can barely say bonjour. I spoke with her about taking english classes and she is going to start to do that. The reason I'm in a rush is because I think the K1 visa is the only way we'll be able to spend a lot of time together. She can't come here because a tourist visa is impossible, I can't go there that much because of my work. But under the circumstances we do our best to get to know each other including communicating every day (using babelfish, which is actually pretty good, check it out for yourself).


On VJ you will find that almost nobody is going to be very helpful if you say that you want to use the fiance visa to spend time with the person. Someone will eventually say "this is not a dating visa." And indeed, it's a visa for people who already know they want to marry their fiances. If it's true love, you'll wait and visit her more. I'm just trying to warn you of what most people are probably going to tell you if you use that attitude. :thumbs:
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-01-12 12:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestions about K1 for Brazilian fiancee

Ok, you have a problem here. We don't condone lying on the forms, we won't tell you to lie on the forms, that being said, yes, she will have to answer that question about being a prostitute and yes, it will be a problem.

I wouldn't be worried about the process right now but more about knowing who your girl really is. From what you said you met her on the job, you don't speak the same language ... you know what, I've given all the advice I could without being rude.


But think of the brighter side. If they need a little extra money she could easily do a little part-time work ...


Awww poor OP.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-01-12 01:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestions about K1 for Brazilian fiancee

Just noticed also that you said she had mandatory testing for aids. Would the authorities have some type of access to this information? Could they question why she had so many tests for HIV or would she had to have put her profession down to get the tests?

Also, what would she put down for employment if she did this for a year in leu of this? Was she going to school also?

Just wondering and trying to look at from all angles.

Good luck whatever you decide and hope you are making the right decision - again, BE CAREFUL.


I'm not sure. I would imagine that this personal health information would not be disclosed to the authorities, but then this is Brazil, not the US where people have privacy rights so I don't know. But this raises another question. How closely do the consulate officials work with the local (or Brazilian) authorities. Is there really efficient information sharing between the two?


From what I understand Brazilian medical privacy rights are a lot stricter in protecting the patient than U.S. laws. There are a lot fewer situations where they can be disclosed.

*eta that statement was rather negative about Brazil ("but this is Brazil, not the U.S. where people have privacy rights"). You should really take another trip down there so you can see that there are a lot of great things the country has on the U.S.

Edited by Alex+R, 11 January 2007 - 06:48 PM.

Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-01-11 18:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestions about K1 for Brazilian fiancee
Be 100% sure that she's really getting tested. That's not so common in Brazil from what I hear (a policy like that for prostitutes getting tested). Prostitutes in Rio have an extremely high rate of HIV. How can you trust her when you can't even understand a word she says?
Anyway, it's your funeral, but there's no way you're passing that interview without a common language. Learn Portuguese before you file a single paper. Before you even consider the implications her being a prostitute could have on your application.

She was still working when we met, but she never charged me to be with her since what we have is real.


I hope you never have to look back on this and say, 'd'oh! She didn't charge because she wanted to get a foreign husband!" Since usually nobody charges prospective foreign husbands.

I hope you are not being as foolish as you appear to be. (My .02 and I'm sincere in that hope)
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-01-11 17:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestions about K1 for Brazilian fiancee

I would like to go to Brazil a few more times and get to know her better, but my work is in the US and I can't take more than 3-4 weeks off a year. If the whole process takes 9 months I want to get started now and get to know her in the meantime. If I wait until I've known her for a year before I begin the process, it could be two years from now before she can get married. That's a long time to wait.


TROLL.

On the off chance that you aren't a troll, you are not thinking straight at all. Your brother is right and I don't care about the circumstances. If you do not speak any Portuguese and she does not speak any English, then you really should spend your money on an English course for her before anything else. Or buy a Portuguese program. Then GET TO KNOW this woman. You don't even know her if you're speaking through an electronic translator, and that's the truth.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-01-11 00:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresThink it's all over when you're visa arrives???

Alex+R,

I beg your pardon? I think it would be more accurate to say that most of us were lucky enough to get by without a lawyer, because for most of us the process is not so complex and difficult as we make it out to be.

And some of us did consult with a lawyer to be sure that we weren't overlooking anything that could add complexity and create potential problems.

Yodrak

Dear OP,

Most of us were smart enough not to get a lawyer. But you have shown you have no ability to interpret the rules on your own, so you really should have retained a lawyer. Best of luck, but please stop posting incorrect information.



Hehehehe I knew when I posted that I would get exactly this response, and most likely from you since you're around tonight. Not sure why I didn't go back and edit. I just meant most of us were smart enough (and lucky enough) to know when we needed one and when we didn't and I didn't take kindly to the general insults of the OP.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-03-21 20:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresThink it's all over when you're visa arrives???
Dear OP,

Most of us were smart enough not to get a lawyer. But you have shown you have no ability to interpret the rules on your own, so you really should have retained a lawyer. Best of luck, but please stop posting incorrect information.
Alex+RFemaleBrazil2007-03-21 20:13:00