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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI need to be more specific
Also question 14 on the I 129f asks where your fiance intends to live once they get in the US - that would be your physical address (presumably!), which would then correspond with the address on the G 325a.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-10 08:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI need to be more specific
You get mail at one location - that would be your mailing address - and you live at another location which would be your home address. So what's the problem?


TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-10 08:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 petition, add the I-134?
Personally I wouldn't go with what a senator or even the Dept Of State told you - not when folks here dealing with it nearly every day are finding the opposite to be true. The senator wouldn't have a vested interest in the outcome like you would (or anyone here). It's clear that consulate is way outside the norm.

Go to the initial interview.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-10 15:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPetition filed by citizen by birth Vs. that of citizen by naturalization
To my knowledge, they should be able to check on your citizenship status electronically. I think the days are gone of physically having to pull a file to check.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-10 08:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPetition filed by citizen by birth Vs. that of citizen by naturalization
No difference except a naturalized US citizen would have to list their natz certificate number on the I 129f, and generally they submit a copy of it as proof of their US citizenship as well. But you could submit a copy of your US passport as proof of citizenship as well - though you'd still want to list your nats cert number on the I 129f.

Beyond that - a citizen is a citizen in their eyes.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-10 08:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPre K-1 Filing
QUOTE (SunDrop @ Nov 10 2009, 05:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
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The requirement for the I129F initially is that you are a US resident (why you need to have maintained it to file) and you have an intent to marry your fiancee in the US.


Technically, a US citizen , as legal permanent residents cannot petition for fiance visas. I know I'm splitting hairs but... smile.gif
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-10 08:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhy did fees go so high this year?
QUOTE (Gary and Alla @ Nov 11 2009, 03:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Snooty Tracy! Brits can't be snooty can they? I thought they were "snobby".


Yah but I'm the Yank. tongue.gif
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-11 16:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhy did fees go so high this year?
Exactly. I don't make tons and tons of money, but I knew the costs were coming and I did my best to save and have it available when I needed it.

If that makes me 'snooty', then so be it.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-11 16:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhy did fees go so high this year?
QUOTE (bigcasino75 @ Nov 11 2009, 09:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
How else did you think Obama was going to pay for his health care plan? Dont worry we will see more fee increases accrost the board in the future.


That's just ignorant (and I'm no Obama fan). As was previously mentioned in this very thread, USCIS is a self funding agency. They do not receive tax payer funds, hence the fees.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-11 11:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhy did fees go so high this year?
QUOTE (Paul-w @ Nov 11 2009, 08:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Let's be honest. Immigration laws and fees are complete BS. When you have the millions upon millions of hispanic illegals (and yes, i know there are others too) in this country, it's a damn shame that such a burden is put onto those who want to do things the proper way. It should be nothing more than a simple background check and then boom you're in. None of this other red-tape BS.


I'm sorry, but statements like that really irk me. When I look at other countries (the UK comes to mind!) who have little to no controls on their immigration policies - and how they are struggling with all the growing pains that overcrowded cities bring you - I am grateful for our system. Their problems will only get worse - at least we are trying and have SOME controls in place.

Is our system perfect - no - in some ways, far from it. Do I consider it a privilege and not a right to have brought my husband here - yes. That is why the fees don't phase me. It'd be great if they were cheaper, as we are all on tight budgets these days, but I consider it a price worth paying to have the life we want to have.

A simple background check and no other 'B.S'? Personally I don't want people here who are scamming US citizens into relationships for the sake of a green card. The fact that they may be 'otherwise' law abiding doesn't make that any less true for me. Does it put a burden of proof on me and my hubby? Yes. Do I mind proving something that is true? Not in the slightest. If the affidavit of support is one of those 'BS controls' - well, I'd rather not foot the bill for ANY duration of a scammer's life here in the US, but that's just me.

Taking immigration and it's processes as some kind of personal affront to you and your relationship is a lesson in futility. A few bad apples spoil the lot - that's true in life and certainly true in this process. The system does it's best to be fair, and if that happens to cause me to have to present more paperwork, then I don't consider that such a hardship.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-11 10:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhy did fees go so high this year?
QUOTE (SunDrop @ Nov 10 2009, 11:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It's more to do with the fact that the USCIS has to be entirely self-funding. And they're already working with a budgetary deficit this year...


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TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-11 08:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresUK fiancee visa holder applied for US K1
I don't recall ever being asked along the process if you had applied for (or received) a fiance/e visa in another country.

I think you're worrying unnecessarily.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-13 15:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiancee not previously married
That's sort of what the 'free to marry' statement is for (required at petition and interview stage). I believe some countries have some kind of a certificate that proves that, but I don't believe it is the norm by any means.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-16 16:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK-1 Fiance
Agreed. My husband and I met in person before his divorce was final and we had no problems with our K1.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-18 10:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK-1 Fiance
Read the K1 guide to understand the process (if that's the route you decide you want to go).

http://www.visajourn...mp;page=k1guide
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-18 10:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-129F Approval Help sent to Consulate General of Guayaquil, Ecuador??!?!
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TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-10 14:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-129F Approval Help sent to Consulate General of Guayaquil, Ecuador??!?!
You did read those links provided, right?
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-10 14:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPlease help me understand my "non-descript" RFE.
If you say so! Maybe they're changing how they've always done things.

I sincerely doubt that pencil on the back of one photo and a Sharpie on the back of another has anything to do with it. Most likely, they've just lost what you sent (or didn't like the format in which you sent it).
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-10 15:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPlease help me understand my "non-descript" RFE.
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TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-10 08:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPlease help me understand my "non-descript" RFE.
QUOTE (Gary and Alla @ Nov 10 2009, 05:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (thairoller @ Nov 9 2009, 10:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hello,

I received my RFE today. I don't understand what information I am missing. Is it really asking for passport photos? 2x2 passport photos where submitted. It also mentions translating foreign documents, which i did as well.

I'm most confused by the first item. Does this mean i must submit a complete copy of my original submission along with what is missing in this rfe? What am i missing? This all just seems like protocol for how to submit missing items, but i don't see anything specific here.

Thanks!

-dan

Here is the rfe:



Where is page one of the RFE?


We ask again - WHERE IS PAGE 1??
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-10 08:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresguys please help me I-129F
It's got to be a check or a money order drawn on US funds, I'm afraid.

If she had the $ for a money order, why can't she put that money in a bank account and write a check from it?
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-20 15:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 - petitioner got cold feet - final interview Monday (in 3 days in london) - What best to do
She's never going to get a guarantee that it will work, even spending weeks and weeks more with her is still no guarantee of success. LDRs inherently have risk in them, esp. when one person is leaving their homeland for an entirely new life.

Regardless, if your plan is to interview later, you need to be contacting the consulate pronto.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-20 11:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 - petitioner got cold feet - final interview Monday (in 3 days in london) - What best to do
OH right - sorry, I didn't realize that.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-20 10:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 - petitioner got cold feet - final interview Monday (in 3 days in london) - What best to do
I don't believe that an interview will just be rescheduled for a later date if the beneficiary does not show. I cannot be certain (as I've not heard of specific cases), but my assumption is that the consulate would assume that the application is no longer valid.

Personally I'd either try and get it rescheduled (maybe too late at this point), or contact the consulate and tell them that she does not plan to come to the interview and that the relationship is over. I'd even call the DOS stateside and tell them as well.

The only concern I have with that is in the event you all do get back together - then you'll have to start all over again.

FWIW I would have had her go to the interview. Just because she got a visa wouldn't mean she'd have to use it, but now she is painting herself into a corner by essentially terminating the process.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-20 08:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresLength of Validity of Petition?
Yep. London routinely extends the validity with no intervention required on your part. Just have new 'letters of intent' when you arrive at the consulate for the interview (just in case).
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-24 09:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI129F question. Fiancees birth cert?
The alien's birth certificate is not required until the consular interview.

If you followed the guide here on VJ, then what you sent should be fine. I assume neither of you have been married/divorced before?
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-25 13:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNOA running out...
At interview.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-12-01 08:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMy fiancée ended relationship after visa approval - cancel visa?
No worries. I'm sorry this happened to you.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-17 14:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMy fiancée ended relationship after visa approval - cancel visa?
QUOTE (knight_owl @ Nov 17 2009, 12:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
My fiancée decided she did not want to come be with me in my country and has ended the relationship. I suspect she has found another man. Our visa had been approved and sent to the consulate in her country. Should I just contact them to cancel it? Thank you.


No, the visa was not approved. Only a consulate can issue a visa. Your petition was approved and sent to the consulate so your fiancee could apply for a visa. Devil is in the details sometimes so I like to clarify the terms being used. smile.gif

Since the relationship is over and the case is on the way to the consulate, you can do what Minya's wife suggested.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-11-17 14:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHelp need K-1 I129F INFO
No, the interview will be in London. Who told you Belfast?
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-12-01 09:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresno NOA1 (plus other questions)
QUOTE (CaMic @ Dec 7 2009, 07:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (TracyTN @ Dec 7 2009, 01:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (CaMic @ Dec 7 2009, 06:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi all, I have a couple (few) of questions:

4) what other grounds is the AOS commonly refused on? for ease I'd like to sell my house before coming over on the K1 visa, but am worried that I could then be refused a greencard and have nowhere to live on being sent back to the UK if I do that. I've never heard of anyone being denied a green card because they don't have a place to live back in their home country. They really don't care what you have/don't have going on back at home - unless it were some kind of criminal activity, I guess! I think you're grasping at straws on that one.




I wasn't thinking that they'd deny a green card BECAUSE of me not having a home in the UK, was just worried that if they did refuse it on some other grounds that I would have to come back to the UK and live in bed & breakfast accomodation or similar until I could get a job, mortgage/rental etc. My other alternative is to keep the house with all the mortgage, utility and tax bills ongoing until after I get the green card and then return to the UK to sell my home and posessions.

My fiance sent a money order rather than a cheque so we can't use that to check the status.

Does a joint sponsor have to be in employment or can a retired person act as a sponsor? My fiance's stepfather would gladly do it, but he's had bad experiences acting as a guarantor on credit agreements for another of his children's partners and I really don't want to put him in that position so it would be an absolute last resort. Of course if he isn't counted as a household member then I can cover the financial side completely on my own.


That's one of the many risks you take by emigrating, I'm afraid. No one can guarantee you that your AOS will be approved, so the best you can do is to prepare your application to the letter (follow the guide here for help) and roll those dice.

The instructions on the the I 864 (used at AOS) lay out pretty well who can/cannot act as a joint sponsor. Retired individuals can be used so long as they fit the other criteria. You can apply that same criteria to a joint sponsor on the I 134 (used at consular interview).
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-12-07 09:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresno NOA1 (plus other questions)
QUOTE (CaMic @ Dec 7 2009, 06:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi all, I have a couple (few) of questions:

1) Our I129F was sent on 10th November and signed for on 17th November to the Vermont centre and we haven't had an NOA1 yet. I noted that the current average time is 6 days for receipt of NOA1 and am worried that maybe we sent the package to the wrong centre - when going through the notes and USCIS website there was conflicting info on which centre we should use. My fiance, the petitioner, lives in Arkansas. Any help on this would be appreciated. There shouldn't be conflicting information - but if there is for some reason, the instructions for the I 129 f show that those in Arkansas should send their packets to Vermont. Did you send a check for the fee? Has it been cashed? Everyone experiences different NOA times - I wouldn't panic yet.

2) We are both currently unemployed and have been for a while - my fiance has worked but not earned enough to declare for Federal Income tax and often 'cash in hand' - bad boy!! I'm trying to get a job before it comes around to the consular interview and encouraging my fiance to do the same. Although my fiance has no savings or assets, I have enough capital between my savings and equity in my house to meet the required 3x 125% poverty line. Are we likely to be approved or refused at either the consular interview or AOS? No one can tell you for sure whether or not you'll be approved or denied at either stage. Prepare to document what you have asset wise, but I'd also start looking around for a joint sponsor - a USC or LPR who is willing to document their income and go to bat for you as a couple (as it were). Though I'd really try to get that sorted out for yourselves once AOS time rolls around. That form is a bit more binding, and you may have trouble convincing someone to cover you in that instance (aside from wanting to stand on your own two feet).

3) My fiance has 3 children: one aged 13 who is clearly a dependant and twins aged 16 - are they dependants and therefore members of his household even though he never sees them and pays no child maintenance? My fiance currently lives with his stepfather and that is likely where we will file AOS from (should we get to that stage) - does his stepfather count as a member of the houshold for the affidavit of support purposes? (I have enough capital to cover a household of 5 - me, my fiance and his 3 kids, but posssibly not for a household of 6, just depends on what happens with the exchange rates).

4) what other grounds is the AOS commonly refused on? for ease I'd like to sell my house before coming over on the K1 visa, but am worried that I could then be refused a greencard and have nowhere to live on being sent back to the UK if I do that. I've never heard of anyone being denied a green card because they don't have a place to live back in their home country. They really don't care what you have/don't have going on back at home - unless it were some kind of criminal activity, I guess! I think you're grasping at straws on that one.

TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-12-07 08:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp plzz
Why on earth would they not approve you simply for not having pictures of a 'party'? Just make sure all your other evidence is robust and don't sweat it.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-12-08 16:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresupdated guides
The process has not changed - same documentation is still required. The main variances are at the consulates, as Danu pointed out.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-12-10 08:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK-1 with a Caveat
QUOTE (aydi @ Dec 10 2009, 09:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Is it really so hard to believe that a 16 year old can make the decision to marry?


No it isn't. Happens all the time - but is it a decision they end up sticking to, or one that comes to a successful conclusion? Not normally.

I think you have all your immigration bases covered, though I didn't catch your age (you may have said it but I missed it). Relationships where one potential spouse is very young are more scrutinized, even at a relatively 'easy' consulate like London. Any age difference will heighten that scrutiny.

Issues beyond that (moral or otherwise) are bound to be lessons you'll both learn the hard way. It's not going to be easy - even those of us of a more reasonable age have had issues with adjustments for the fiance/e who is emigrating. I can't help but think those will be magnified in your situation.

I wish you luck.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-12-10 11:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 Filing and Previous Marriage Check
QUOTE (Adam & May @ Dec 10 2009, 12:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
We had applied for a tourist visa (since we are still waiting the judge to rule on her "Recognition of Foreign Divorce" case. They denied her but the interviewing officer told her all she needed to do was bring in her Philippine Marriage Certificate and her Japanese Divorce decree and she would be "good".

If there is a requirement to have her Japanese Divorce legally accepted why would the consulate interviewer tell her that? I saw someone post in another of my posts



The requirements for a non immigrant (tourist) visa and an immigrant visa (though the K isn't technically an immigrant visa, it is treated as one by consular sections) are completely different.

Plus, you're getting ahead of yourself. Your case won't get to the consulate until the I 129f petition is approved - thus, you must satisfy those requirements first. Read the instructions on the I 129f itself - 'Who may file this form I 129f' - where it clearly states both parties must be free to marry at the time of filing.

I know this isn't what you want to hear but it is what it is. There really is no gray area. Believe me if there had been, I would have filed MONTHS before I did for (now) hubby's I129f while we waited for his final divorce papers. As would countless others here on VJ.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-12-10 16:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 Filing and Previous Marriage Check
QUOTE (godsgift @ Dec 10 2009, 08:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
uhmmm b4 her interview... but if u will file a k1 petition for her the petition will be approve though she is still married here... but on the interview the CO might learn she is still married here...


Sorry but that is just not the case. You must prove at petition time that both parties are free to marry.
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-12-10 09:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 Filing and Previous Marriage Check
Yes, you must prove that both parties are free to marry at the PETITION phase. So you will need her divorce documents before you submit the I 129f. I'm sure that isn't what you want to hear, but I have heard of cases being denied because all divorce documents being submitted when requested. And I know that isn't the outcome you want!!
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-12-10 08:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresLittle confused about K1 vs K3 filing. Also confused about dates..
Yes, such information could indeed effect the outcome of the interview. Most consulates don't like to hear about ANY ceremony that remotely sounds like a 'wedding' when they are considering issuing a K1 visa.

And yes, you can marry anywhere in the world and then apply for a CR1/K3 (I'd do a CR1).
TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-12-10 16:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresthe sponsor and income
QUOTE (sjr09 @ Dec 8 2009, 11:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (TCC @ Dec 8 2009, 12:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Thanks for your help so far and just have one other issue,, i will go to the Philippines and see fiance come back here to the states and file fiance visa. The issue i have is this---I am on social security Disability {ssd} i have been told immigration does not consider SSD as income, in other words i will be denied to sponsor her because of my income, is this true?? My ssd income barely surpasses the 125% poverty medium. My other question is that when I come back from the Philippines when will I know they will deny me to bring her here because of income? Howmuch money will I throw away before they inform me of denial?? i know of getting another co sponsor but that is not possible.

The process is not as simple as going to the PI and bring her back to the US and file for the K1 visa!

Start by reading the K1 visa Guides on this link
http://www.visajourn...mp;page=k1guide


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TracyTNFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-12-08 14:23:00