Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November '08 K-1 Filers	Hey EnglishFamily! I see you got your Medical and Interview date!! Congrats! Hope all goes well, keep us updated! Hopefully we see some more november approvals coming this week!!	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-18 08:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November '08 K-1 Filers	Yeahh saw another november filer was approved!! Idk if they are in this topic, David and Jenny if u are...CONGRATS!	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-16 08:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November '08 K-1 Filers	QUOTE (MzMo1102 @ Feb 9 2009, 09:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Kevin&Leilei @ Feb 10 2009, 12:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (John and Jeanine @ Feb 9 2009, 02:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah we'll see how much the letter meant, at least they send us something back! We are going to write a cover letter and fax that with our NOA2 today, and prob adding their letter too. Hopefully we all get approved soon! We're in our 4 month of waiting I'll post more if we heard something again but that might take a while < 4 months is well within the processing times. Your congressman will most likely not be able to do anything. That's right....we only contacted them after almost two months of not receiving our NOA1 or our check yet to be cashed. Let us know how it goes nevertheless.... Yeah i dont think they are going to do much, but at least they reacted and asked for our NOA1 even tho we told them already that it was from November 4th...we'll see what happens, we faxed it yesterday. If we hear any news ill post it...	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-10 07:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November '08 K-1 Filers	Yeah we'll see how much the letter meant, at least they send us something back! We are going to write a cover letter and fax that with our NOA2 today, and prob adding their letter too. Hopefully we all get approved soon! We're in our 4 month of waiting I'll post more if we heard something again but that might take a while	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-09 02:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November '08 K-1 Filers	Saw on igors list another November filer was approved!! 3 so far now! Yay VSC approvals keep coming Lets hope ours are coming soon! Btw I emailed our congressman in NJ, and friday we got a letter that they want to help and asked us to send in our NOA1 with the receipt number...idk how much this means but it gives also hope!!	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-08 08:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November '08 K-1 Filers	OOH hopefully not stuck too long there!! But at least u were approved really fast! Seem Vermont is really moving faster the last weeks! Lets hope our approvals come soon! About the birth certificate and police record, can i just get them in Dutch, or they have to be in English? Because i think they give them out in Dutch....not sure if its possible to as for an English one	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-06 03:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November '08 K-1 Filers	Ok thank you!! Ill just make sure we have it, im sure it cant hurt!	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-03 16:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November '08 K-1 Filers	QUOTE (bapacker @ Feb 3 2009, 08:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello, everyone~ I hope you all are doing very well during the waiting. For some reason, I have a really good feeling that many of us will SOON be hearing from VSC for the second time-the NOA2!!! That is why I am getting an early start in preparing the package 3 and 4. I just submitted a request to FBI for the police record, which will take up to 6 weeks. Other documents, e.g. birth certificate, the original and the translated one, my fiance putting together his part, like his w-2 records for the past 3 years, other financial statements, letter of employment. He works for the Board of Education so it can take him forever to get what he asks for from the "system." Anyway, I am just wondering: is anyone else doing the same thing, or it's just me? By the way, I went to the hospital where I was born this afternoon and applied for a copy of my birth certificate. I was told anything before 1980 was no longer tracable (I was born in 1976), which means they do not have any information regarding my birth and thus will not be able to issue the certificate. What should I do? .... Only the USC has to add the birth certificate right? I was thinking about starting already too with getting stuff together because it looks like vermont is going faster! Also about the police record i thought that if the embassy wanted it they request it themselves by the police? maybe im wrong...thought we didnt have to care about the police record as long as they didnt ask for it.	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-03 09:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November '08 K-1 Filers	QUOTE (piotrek @ Jan 31 2009, 12:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello All, My first post here, but I've been lurking . Figured I'd let the November crew know that the VSC is (albeit slowly) looking through the petitions. I got my NOA1 hard copy on November 7th and received my NOA2 e-mail on January 30th. Once I saw that someone else got approved (from November filings on this thread), I started flipping out being worried that something might be wrong (even called USCIS)...until I got the email. To those who are still waiting: Hang tight! It's a pain not knowing what's going on, but VSC is going through the stack... Patience and Good luck! Pete Wow another November filer!! CONGRATS!! Go vermont!! cant wait!	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-01-31 16:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	Where is the november 2008 K1 topic? For some reason can't find it THANKS!	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-01-27 08:55:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Case status online	So you think that our case is forwarded to California? Don't they send u a letter about that? anyway thanks for reacting!	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-01-22 07:14:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Case status online	We send our package already October 28, got our NOA1 November 4th, 2008 and our case is still not updated on the USCIS website....is something wrong? Should we call the USCIS? We keep getting an error message on the case status online website...	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-01-22 05:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	We just got our NOA2!!!	CONGRATS	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-03 08:51:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	FRIDAY THE 13TH	See February 13 isn't always a bad day!! CONGRATS!	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-13 08:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Case status USCIS online	We send our K1 package already October 28, got our NOA1 November 4th, 2008 and our case is still not updated on the USCIS website....is something wrong? Should we call the USCIS? We keep getting an error message on the case status online website... I heard alot of cases are forwarded to VSC. How can you find out if its your case? Thanks for ur help!!	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-01-22 07:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Update Case status Online, Why are they so mean?	I just called the USCIS...picked 1 for english and then option 2 about case status, then picked option 3. I got to talk with a lady and she was kinda nice but she had to forward my call to another person that was going about I129F cases...so i got to talk with a friendly man, (was all happy i had a friendly person on the line), he asked my name, my receipt number and then he said are u the beneficiary...so i said Yes. Then he told me 'i cannot give u any information because I have to speak to the petitioner'...argh!!! So if u call, make sure that the petitioner is calling!! he at least told me that if u want to talk with one of those guys ask for an 'immigration officer' and they will forward ur call to one of them.	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-01-23 12:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	No more holidays!!!	QUOTE (Ken1 @ Jan 26 2009, 06:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Do the consulates in other countries take American holidays, the holidays of the country they are in, or both? For example, will the US consulate in Brazil be off for President's day and Carnaval, or just one or the other? Thanks! Speedy processing to all!!! Yeah most consulates are closed their own holidays and the USA one. I know for sure American embassy in NL is.	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-01-26 10:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Paying by Check	Im not sure if my fiance used his own bank account, but I think as long as you pay the fee its ok. If its only for the case number...that will be on your NOA1 that you'll get in the mail. On the back of the check is the same number printed...so you can just go by your NOA1 Good luck! Have a nice time when he's coming over!!	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-01-29 10:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Death of Fiancee	Condolences from us. This is so sad to read!	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-05 07:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	ha they found my case	I'm so happy for you! Everything i saw u posting i thought wow she stays so positive while her wait has been SOO long already!! Hopefully now things will speed up for you guys!!	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-13 07:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	what do I do pls HELP ME ?	Did you add the check of $455? Did they cash it? Or the only think you got was NOA1? If u didnt add the check I think they will return it to you... Just start getting everything together in case you get it back or an RFE... Good Luck. Jeanine	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-17 05:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I'm just not sure... I need some help...	Was his J1 visa not subject to the Two-Year Foreign Residency Requirement? When i had my J1 visa back in 2006 it was and i had to stay 2 years in NL before i could do anything. So i applied for a waiver for the J1 visa... Was just wondering because if it says that on the visa you should try to get that waived first. Jeanine	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-24 07:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	USCIS account EAC number??	QUOTE (Karin und Otto @ Jan 24 2009, 12:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Lately it's been taking a 'while' for cases to show up on the USCIS site. Doesn't affect processing - just an annoyance. Yeah its def annoying! But i heard ppl that couldn't check their status online, but with the account it worked....not by us:( Its frustrating how slow they are at Vermont! In CSC ppl got approved that filed in November! Ridiculous waiting times...	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-01-24 12:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	USCIS account EAC number??	We made an account at the uscis website for updates on the status of our case.....guess what, I try to insert the Application Receipt number and its not going!! Validation Error(s) You must correct the following error(s) before proceeding: Customer Portfolio Insert Failed Attempting to add a case that does not exist. Check the app receipt number. I used the receipt number from my I 797C Notice of Action in the left upper corner...what did we do wrong? Is something wrong with the case? Thanks....	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-01-24 12:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Working on K1 visa	QUOTE (Karin und Otto @ Jun 5 2009, 05:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> K1 entrant in almost every case is not authorized to work without DHS Authorization - even with a temporary EAD stamp (if that is what you got) - presumably you entered through JFK airport in New York since that is the only POE that issues the stamp any more. You will very likely need your EAD card. There is 2 stamps..one is on the I94 and the other is on the visa..both in red from DHS...i have my SSC and that says valid with DHS authorization only...so if i have the tsamp dus it mean im good to go?	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-06-05 17:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Working on K1 visa	Hey K1 filers, I arrived in the US on my K1 visa and they put a Homeland Department Security stamp on the visa....when i asked if he stamped my visa for being able to work he said..yes for 90 days...so this little red stamp means i can work? Little confused..but im offered a job already and i dont want to let this chance go by... Hope anyboy knows! Thanks, Jeanine	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-06-05 17:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Nebraska Service Center	Isnt this the same question btw... http://www.visajourn...howtopic=167519	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-11 08:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Nebraska Service Center	Lol saying u absolutely can;) just had to kinda laugh when i read that. I would just send it to the address that the guide says, CSC is approving faster than VSC...so there you go! Also when u look at the website from processing times from nebraska they dont show the I129F for k1 visa..so id say go with CSC	John and Jeanine	Female	Netherlands	2009-02-11 08:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	DS-3032 and AOS fee bill	I emailed the NVC my choice of agent and it was accepted a few days before I recieved the DS-3032 by mail. At the end of November it took between 10 and 14 days before the responded to emails. I don't know how it's now. You're probably quicker to use James shortcut, but I wanted to be safe and you probably only gain 5 to 10 days. I'm not completely sure how much time you safe with the shortcuts, but henever you're waiting later on for the DS-230 and you don't mind creating your own barcodes I would advise doing it because most people wait for 3 to 4 weeks before they recieve it (like us).	letty	Female	Netherlands	2008-01-12 03:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Visa as immediate family	I also suggest taking the CR-1 route. That is what I did, and although it took probably longer it is in my option a better way and in the long run less paperwork. We got married in May 2007 in the Netherlands, filed in June 2007 (we had to wait for the international marriage certificate) and was approved early May 2008. Although it took 11 months, we were able to travel back and forth as much as we wanted. Letty	letty	Female	Netherlands	2009-05-29 12:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Can we file IR1/CR1 petition while i am in J-1 residence requirement?	http://frwebgate.acc...e...3&TYPE=TEXT hopefully this gives you some information... Letty	letty	Female	Netherlands	2009-11-11 11:03:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Can we file IR1/CR1 petition while i am in J-1 residence requirement?	Hmm.....if I remember it right you can apply, but at the end the process will be denied if you have not fulfilled the 2-year home stay requirement. I came here on a J-1 in 2004-2005. Filed a petition to have the 2-year residency requirement waived since it was placed on the J-1 by mistake (I still had to pay for the waiver). This process took forever because they kept losing documents. We got married in 2007 so I already had fulfilled the 2-years, but they asked me in 2008 at my interview at the embassy if I had filed a waiver and wanted to see all the documents related to the J-1 visa. I can't remember exactly how it all worked, but I think it tells you on the J-1 itself what the regulations are. Letty	letty	Female	Netherlands	2009-11-11 10:52:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Remove Conditional Residence or Apply for Citizenship	. I have checked the eleigibility requirements for naturalization of spouce of a US citizen and all rules say that my wife needs to have continuous residence in US for 3 years preceding application for naturalization. Since my wife has only been in the US for two years yet, i beleive we are not eleigible for applying for her naturalization. Avneesh Bajaj, You have to wait till she has been 3 years continuously in the USA. I'm in the same boat, got married in May 2007, finally got my greencard in May 2008 (and moved to the USA), and so now I'm removing of conditions to get a 10-year green card. Next year I/we can apply for citizenship if we want to.....so that will be a very expensive 10-year greencard if we use it only 1 year. Letty	letty	Female	Netherlands	2010-03-10 11:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Question	We filed I-130 The above quote is what I read from USCIS I was wondering if they will ask me the Petitioner to get fingerprints by appointment or my husband the beneficiary? How does this part work? (I know husband will get fingerprints later after NVC right? so I was wondering if this refered to me the petitioner.) If someone can clarify this for me that'd be great! Thanks, Jen and Geert I (the Dutchie) went the I-130 route and never got an appointment for the fingerprints neither did my US husband. They will obtain your fingerprints when you finally get your entry permit and you enter the country. At the customs at the airport you are set apart and they take your fingerprints and order your greencard. Letty	letty	Female	Netherlands	2010-05-18 10:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Almost 60days and no NOA1	We never recieved a NOA1. Our case was tranfered from the Texas to the California service center and found our receiptnumber on the check after that was cashed. We called a few times to ask for our NOA1 and got promissed twice to recieve it soon. Our I-130 got approved in November and we did recieve our NOA2 but never NOA1. I also had signed up for the emailservice but never got any emails whenever they touched our case neither when it got approved. Sorry, can't give you any advise in this. Only have experienced that it doesn't mean they don't have your case if you never have recieved the NOA1. Letty	letty	Female	Netherlands	2007-11-25 11:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1/K-3 Netherlands to US	I got married almost a year ago in the Netherlands and applied for a CR-1 visa. I don't advise this if you want to get a visa quick since I barely will make it over there with an appoved visa for our first anniversary. But I like to correct a few things about getting married in the Netherlands. What takes longest is the paper for the IND (dutch immigration service) in which they basically decide if you just get married to recieve a visa for the Netherlands or not. It took us 6 weeks to get the paper appoved and I doubt it will give you much trouble. After that I went back to the courthouse (the paper needs to be filled out by you and send out by the courthouse) to go "in ondertrouw". My husband wasn't able to come with me since he was in the USA so I already had a paper organised which he had signed in which it said he wanted to marry me. We were clearly not living together at that time and that was no problem at all!! You have to wait 2 weeks till you can get married in the Netherlands. There are no (!!!!) other rules to get married, so no income check or whatever. That is all needed for an immigration visa but not to get married in the Netherlands. I'm glad we did, it was nice to have been together with my whole family and friends knowing that I would leave and might not see them all back together.	letty	Female	Netherlands	2008-04-13 15:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Would you let him take a crap on you?	Not sure why nobody mentioned this before, but you probably end up going home for a while but if you want to live in the USA you can look into a student visa, or a work visa (related to a job). A friend of mine did it this way: first was a student, than applied for het H1B visa when she got a job. Although she eventually married a US citizen she never applied for a visa in connection to him. Good luck, Letty	letty	Female	Netherlands	2009-05-29 11:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	will las vegas wedding bite in the future	If you want to have your marriage legalised in the Netherlands, make sure your check first with the county/gemeente if they will accept a Las Vegas marriage, there are a few which don't! Where we live now (in the States) the county doesn't accept our Dutch marriage, but who cares......everybody else here does.	letty	Female	Netherlands	2009-08-06 09:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	MEDICAL EXAMINATION	They do an x-ray at the K-1 medical exams to check for TB. Not only for the K-1, I did the CR-1 route and had the X-ray for TB (tuberculosis) too. Letty	letty	Female	Netherlands	2010-09-22 07:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	MEDICAL EXAMINATION	Hi Channah, I assume you're talking about the medical done in Amsterdam?! Nothing to worry about, you do not have to go naked! They weight you, measure you height, check your bloodpressure and just ask you general questions (have you ever been depressed, on medication etc). Oh yeah, they also take some blood, so if you wear something with short sleeves so they can reach your elbow easy you do not have to take off any clothes. The X-ray is done at a different place (at least when I had to do it) and I did have to take my shirt and bra off. I didn't have a bad experience, nobody touches you and you just have to stand in still for a few minutes and you're done and can dress up again. Letty	letty	Female	Netherlands	2010-09-21 11:25:00