Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Hi everybody	Hi Guys I do not know if you still remeber me, it has been a while. Sorry i did not have the chance to type but we were buying a house and then moving and... well you get the idea My wifes AOS petition just got proved on April 15th! I guess the next step will be citizenship It started almost exactly a year ago so i guess it wasn't that bad... But i tell you, I'm happy that it is over.	Obelix	Male	Poland	2008-04-17 14:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	GOT THE VISA IN HAND HOW TO OPEN IT?	it should have a stamp or something saying do not open... But you can open the one that Embassy mailed to you along with your passport .	Obelix	Male	Poland	2008-04-17 15:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	GOT THE VISA IN HAND HOW TO OPEN IT?	yeap it should be sealed. it probably contains information to the immigration officer whether to let you inn or execute you on site Just kidding... Do not open anything that is sealed inside...	Obelix	Male	Poland	2008-04-17 15:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Getting married after K-1 approval...	Hi There When my fiancee arrived we first got the marriage licenses - my state does not require blood test nor ssn for that so it went smoothly. At city hall they also gave me us a list of people who can marry us, here they are called Justice of Peace. I called one nice lady and she married us in my sisters garden The ceremony was for the family and friends, we plan a bigger one once we go back to Poland since our both families leave there.	Obelix	Male	Poland	2008-04-17 16:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Mailed our K1	Good Luck guys. With a bit of luck you should be together within 6 months...	Obelix	Male	Poland	2008-04-17 16:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	ONE..... LAST..... STEP!!!!	it is a small step for you but a giant step for your love Good luck!!!!!!!!!!	Obelix	Male	Poland	2008-04-17 16:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	ONE..... LAST..... STEP!!!!	I'm keeping my fingers crossed have a nice trip My wife got her interview in Warsaw in July last year... If you have all the papers in order it should go smoothly.	Obelix	Male	Poland	2008-04-17 15:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Whats better K1 or K3?	Hi Asi i know that in some countries a police certificate is not obtainable. i do not know if Russia is one of them though	Obelix	Male	Poland	2007-07-30 16:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Honeymoon in Hawaii	Me and my fiance want to go to Hawaii for our honeymoon too!! WOW let me know how it is there after you return. I know its beautiful i can't wait to go!!! Have a great time! AJ1 I went to Hawaii with my family as a child, and I must say, it was the best 8 days I have ever had! It certainly lives up to all the hype and brouhaha! If you can go, go for it! I wish I spent 3 weeks in Poland this March. If I would go to Hawaii now my boss would have removed a vital parts of my anatomy...	Obelix	Male	Poland	2007-07-30 17:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Honeymoon in Hawaii	take me with you!!!!!	Obelix	Male	Poland	2007-07-30 17:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Still waiting NOA1, SOME ADVICE!!!	Yes. We sent our I129F to NSC on 23rd May and we have never received a copy of the NOA1. Hey guys i am asuming you had all the required papers i was using Vermont Center and got NOA1 within 2 weeks. i would give them a call and ask them about the status of your case. you can also register on www.uscis.gov for email updates. good luck, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. here is direct link to case status online: https://egov.uscis.g.../jsps/index.jsp	Obelix	Male	Poland	2007-07-30 16:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 VISA DENIED	I would also ask the new attorney I you should consider legal action against your previous one. He/she was clearly incompetent and negligent. I'm sorry to hear about your troubles. Make sure to write a letter explaining everything in detail with your new aplication.	Obelix	Male	Poland	2007-08-06 16:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Questions about former marriages, etc.	Hi There I would put that she is single and has a child. It is not illegal in US to have a child without beeing married ans she was not legally married. If they ask her on the interview i would say that she had a child with this man and he left her, wnent to Malasia and passed there.	Obelix	Male	Poland	2007-08-12 13:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 vs I-130	I completely agree with my predecessors. I strongly recommend that you meet in real life. Virtual relationship does not quite cut it. Take a trip, spend some time together and get to know each other better. Then make your decision. Haste is recommended only when catching flies . Best of luck to both of you.	Obelix	Male	Poland	2007-08-31 05:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	can i file k-1?	QUOTE (Nini & Bee @ Aug 26 2007, 10:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Jason-Sasha @ Aug 26 2007, 07:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Its funny how so many people think this at first. I remember thinking the same thing in the beginning. I think the wording in the USCIS application about this is a bit confusing, especially if your first language isn't English. If you think USCIS is confusing, try IRS I want to find a voracious, small-minded predator and name it after the IRS. - Robert Bakker	Obelix	Male	Poland	2007-08-31 06:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Greetings and My Situation	QUOTE (South @ Aug 31 2007, 07:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello everyone in the Visa Journey community! I want to first say thanks to everyone involved. The guides and topics have been instrumental in building my confidence to undertake this process. I met my fiancé in December 05 traveling through Cambodia as a tourist. I returned to Cambodia after completing my degree in August 06. I struck up a romantic relationship with her in September 06. This relationship grew and matured as we owned and operated a coffee shop and we took the next big step in July 07 when we were in engaged. We no longer operate the coffee shop, and have decided to move to America, visa permitting. I would like to share some of my concerns for our situation in regards to obtaining a K-1 visa. 1) I have lived in Cambodia since August 06. This means I have plenty of supporting evidence for our ongoing relationship, but it also means I have not worked or maintained a residence in the US in that time period. Will living together even be seen as a positive? Will it be countered by my lack of maintained residence in the US? 2) We are both fairly young: 23 and 19 for myself and my fiancé respectively. Is age used as a determining factor in the process? 3) Since I came here directly after finishing my studies, I have little in the way of assets. My parents are both working professionals, and have volunteered to sponsor my fiancé for the visa process. Is my earning potential (Bachelors in Multinational Business) and sponsorship by my family sufficient or will we be denied due to no assets? Those are my major concerns. I have decided to forego returning to the US until my fiancé gets her visa. We can support ourselves here for as long as the process takes. I don't want to spend a day without her, and hope we can stay together in the States soon. Please feel free to ask for more info. I would just like to get acquainted with the community and hear your take on our situation. Thank you for your time! South Hi There first of all congratulations!!! 1. The fact that you have lived together for a while is definitely a positive thing. It is however rquired to have and U.S. income to sponsor someone's visa (regardless of type). You might want to ask you parents to be your co-sponsor to provide prove of adequate income. 2. I am assuming you are a US citizen. You age most definetly won't be a problem. I am not sure about your fiancee age though, but i think she can legally marry in US and that's the main purpose. You might want to call UCIS on that though. 3. See point 1	Obelix	Male	Poland	2007-08-31 06:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Finally Together!!!!!!!!!!!	Hi Everyone My fiancee is ariving today at 4:50PM EST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wanted to thank everyone on tis forum for help and support. You guys are incredible!!!!!!!	Obelix	Male	Poland	2007-08-31 06:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	im going insane	I would also get that lawyer to pay the difference for a new fee. He or she evidently did not know what he/she was doing. I'm afraid you will have to refile, but i don't think you need a lawyer. Just read the post and read the instructions on the form CAREFULLY!!!! I got my fiancee to get her visa within 5 months (she is flying to Newark today ) all i did is purchase Fiancee visa kit on the net ($50.00) which had sample of filled forms and some additional descriptions. Just make sure the forms included in those kits are up to date, if not, download an updated one form USCIS. I will keep my fingers crossed for you guys.	Obelix	Male	Poland	2007-08-31 06:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	g-325	And if i remember correctly, you have to fill them out, not just copy the first page. Don't worry when you purchasing a firearm they need 5 copies . Long live bureaucracy!!!!	Obelix	Male	Poland	2007-08-31 05:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Passport Expiration	fwaguy is right the passport needs to be valid for at least 6 months after visas expiration date. Since K-1 visa is valid for 6 months a year of the passport life should be enough. If you have to years however i would consider renewing it. You will need a new one when you are in US and sometimes it cost more to get passport from consulate...	Obelix	Male	Poland	2008-04-17 15:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Denied entry VWP	It is kind of strange that from all the countries in the world US is the hardest to get in legally. It's a pity that you couldn't get married while he was here, it would save you about 6 months and $550 I keep my fingers crossed for you.	Obelix	Male	Poland	2008-04-17 13:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	What to send?	It is sad that those "guaranteed" preparers are not controlled by someone. I would give them a call and DEMANDED a refund. I would also contact the Consumer Protection Department in your state. As for the case itself, call USCIS and ask them what to do, i was calling them a few times durning the process and was able to speak to someone after holding no longer than 10 minutes. Also, all the forms have pretty good instructions, read them carefully. As for breaking something, don't brake anything that you will miss later I will keep my fingers crossed for you guys.	Obelix	Male	Poland	2008-04-17 14:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Another K-2 visa question	hmm it is a very specific situation my advice would be to call the embassy and find out. If you can not contact them it would be better for your fiancee's son to go too. Even if they issue him a visa, he does not have to use it	Obelix	Male	Poland	2008-04-17 17:00:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	nvc	I did some research on this topic because my K1 petition is now being processed by the NVC. Go to this website. It is directly at the consulate in Guangzhou. It explains everything about how to contact them about your case. http://guangzhou.usc.../contactiv.html Also, if you have a complaint about the person you've spoken to, you can fill out a form. The following information must be recorded when you do call: 1. The date and time of your call. 2. The name of the customer service representative with whom you speak. 3. The identifying information you gave about yourself. They will retrieve your call with that person from their database and listen to the actual call, thereby rectifying any problem and to help train their staff to "better server you" ! I hope this helps.	David -n- Yuxuan	Male	China	2007-01-05 12:07:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	What is the function of the NVC when the petition arrives?	Ok great. Now I understand. From what I've read, the NVC takes about 1-4 weeks then sends it to Guangzhou. But, as you were saying, "receive" means not as it comes in at the consulate, but it sits around until they can process it. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks!	David -n- Yuxuan	Male	China	2007-01-06 14:03:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	What is the function of the NVC when the petition arrives?	So, if I understand correctly, the NVC really does keep it until the consulate in Guangzhou is ready for it. Thanks for the link to the Candle for Love website. I'll have to explore!	David -n- Yuxuan	Male	China	2007-01-05 22:50:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	What is the function of the NVC when the petition arrives?	After being approved and receiving the NOA2 in the mail, I called the NVC to find out if they've recieved my petition. They received it on December 27th, 2007. Does anyone know exactly what their function is for processing K1 visa petitions?	David -n- Yuxuan	Male	China	2007-01-05 22:06:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	OF-169	[b]can any one tell me where i could find a OF-169 that is fillable on the internet[/siz Here is a link to Packet 3 at the Guangzhou consulate website. http://guangzhou.usc...cket_forms.html The OF-169 looks like it is scanned and converted to PDF. It isn't fillable though.	David -n- Yuxuan	Male	China	2007-01-10 12:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	When to File I-134	I am almost finished with the I-129F package, however I already received my bank letter and the letter from my company. Am I supposed to include this in the I-129F package? Or can I? Or do I have to wait until it is asked for? If I have to wait, will my bank letter/company letter be good by then? Thanks, T. I just received my NOA2 which is the approval of the I-129F from the Vermont Processing Center. I am now working on the I-134F. I got a letter from the bank yesterday and am waiting for a letter from my employer now. Then I will send it and other supporting documentation to my fiancee in China. So, your bank letter and letter from your company would not have to be sent with your I-129F form. But when you receive you NOA2, you will need them for the I-134F as supporting documentation.	David -n- Yuxuan	Male	China	2007-01-04 22:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	My approval Notice expired!	My approval notice expired on 11/24/06, but the interview is scheduled for January 16th! What should I do? I just read somewhere on the site that the Embassies do routinely extend the date of expired approval notices. I just received mine and it's good until April 20th, 2007. So, I will definitely be calling the Embassy when the date approaches if the interview hasn't taken place!	David -n- Yuxuan	Male	China	2007-01-04 22:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Immigration attorney needed ?	I am interested in peoples opinion on whether a Immigration Attorney is needed, or if used would speed up the process. My Fiance is in Hunan China, and that consulate seems to have very long lead times for interviews. I have been reading the support material on this site and generally understand the process, though this is all new to me. Is it worth the ~$2500 for a Lawyer to make sure things are correct ? Do they know any tricks to speed things up ? LarryC I was going to use an immigration attorney before I did a lot of research and found enough information to convince me NOT to use a lawyer. A couple of reasons convinced me. One, our case wouldn't be 'special'. Two, the fact that I had all the information necessary to do the job and follow up on everthing withing their respective times. I've just called the NVC to see if they've received my K1 Petition. They have and are currently processing it before sending it to the Consulate in Guangzhou. As far as processing times goes, there is really nothing a lawyer can do because the rules are set in stone. If you have an emergency or you think your case should be expedited for a GOOD reason, there are standard processes to follow. But, where a lawyer would help, is if you truly had a special case and would need to petition the government through the courts to move your case along faster. That can only be done by a good immigration attorney. Otherwise, our case isn't special and I don't anticipate any emergencies, therefore, I will do the work myself and save the cash! You on the other hand have to decide if you got the time and cash. I guess that is really what it comes to. But, you will still have to hunt for all necessary paperwork, call your bank, get stuff from your employer, etc..., then give these things to your lawyer, at which point he/she would just arrange everything neatly, clarify somethings with you, make copies, and send them off. So the time spent on the lawyers side is negligible, especially when his/her assistant would probably do all the work. I hope this helps. Good luck!	David -n- Yuxuan	Male	China	2007-01-05 11:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Travel Agency	I just bought a ticket from JFK to China through asia.com. The service is excellent! http://www.asia.com	David -n- Yuxuan	Male	China	2007-01-06 03:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-129F	My fiancee is in China and had to do the same, except she lives in China. When the I-129 gets sent to the Consulate in Guangzhou, they will send her information. I assume that they need to have the name and address in Chinese to get the documents to her. That would be the same in your case. But to make sure, you should probably contact the consulate or USCIS that your going through.	David -n- Yuxuan	Male	China	2007-01-06 03:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-134 Bank Statement Question	I am also working on my I-134 and had the same thing happen to me. The bank representative typed a letter with just the date the account was opened and present balance. She told me to go on-line and download the statements that I need. That is what I did. Basically, I downloaded all statements for the past year and every statement has the total deposits made for that statement date. I totaled them up and wrote a small letter showing the total deposits for the year.	David -n- Yuxuan	Male	China	2007-01-05 13:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Translation	Hello, My fiance and I are just getting ready to send off our petition but we are waiting on this one thing. He is in the Netherlands and needs to get his bank statements translated. I have paged through my phone book for translators but have found none. Does anyone have any experience with this? Did you use someone local to you or did you use someone online. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks, Elena Wow, I just realized that your fiance is from the Netherlands! If you look at our picture, you will see the bus for the Netherland soccer team. They were playing in Stuttgart for the World Cup 2006. We were living there at the time and someone took our picture right in front of the bus!	David -n- Yuxuan	Male	China	2007-01-04 22:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Translation	Hello, My fiance and I are just getting ready to send off our petition but we are waiting on this one thing. He is in the Netherlands and needs to get his bank statements translated. I have paged through my phone book for translators but have found none. Does anyone have any experience with this? Did you use someone local to you or did you use someone online. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks, Elena I had to do the same thing for some receipts and travel documents from Turkey and Germany. I did a search on the Internet and found something through the local yellow pages, for myself that is. I also did a search for you and found several in the Chicago Illinois area. I used Chicago arbitrarily, but you can type in whatever city you want. Here is the link that I copied from my search: http://yellowpages.s...;search=Find It Paste this in your browser and you should get the same results as I did. You can also go to google or yahoo and type in "translation services in Illinois" you will get a lot of hits! Also, you can just about send your documents to any company in the US, or world for that matter, that do translation services. They will normally translate your documents withing a day or two and send them back to you right away. Because my translation service was in the area, it took only 3 days. I hope this helps.	David -n- Yuxuan	Male	China	2007-01-04 22:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	pls help about bringing books	Books aren't a problem. It's only when you have a bunch of the same books that could be used for re-sale in the U.S. Then you may have to pay import duty. But normally personal affects won't be questioned.	David -n- Yuxuan	Male	China	2007-01-07 14:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Marrying in USA on a B1	First of all, I've tried to find (legitimate) ways around and K-1 or K-3 Visa are the right ones to use. By coming in on a visitor or student visa and then marrying, you should stay in America and then apply to change the status of your visa from a visitor, student or whatever to the appropriate visa to get married. I also understand that if you get married in the U.S. and then leave, you will of course need to prove that your intention was not deceitful. In other words, the U.S. government sees everyone as a potential immigrant and there are deceitful ways to come to the U.S., such as, come on a visitor visa and then marry. You had to prove that you had good reason to go back to your home country in order to get your visitor visa. Then all of the sudden you get married! That is deceitful in the eyes of the U.S. government. So if you leave the U.S. and try to come back, it will take probably a really long time. I read 6-7 years on one website. But I don't know. Best thing is to use the appropriate visas and follow the rules of the government. And keep in mind, if you try to do anything that could possible look like deception in the eyes of the government, you will have to answer for it. And this could be a real problem.	David -n- Yuxuan	Male	China	2007-01-06 14:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NVC to consulate question	I got a letter dated 12/29 saying they got our case and it'd be mailed off to the Paris embassy within a week... when I called they told me it had been mailed out to Paris on 12/28! They might be closed on Monday for the holiday, but you could still try. They have live operators there from 7:30am til midnight EST. Their number is 603-334-0700, 1 for English, then 5 to speak with an operator. If they say nobody's available and they're transferring you back to the menu just hang up - if you choose 5 for operator they say try back later and disconnect. I put them on speed dial and, after an hour and 20 minutes of re-dialing, got someone live on the phone at 9:20pm EST lol. I had the same problem when calling the NVC. It took me several tries to get an operator but I finally got through. That is how I found out that it arrived at the NVC and how I found out that it left the NVC. But still haven't gotten a letter. Of course, it may be on its way. I just have to be patient.	David -n- Yuxuan	Male	China	2007-01-13 17:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NVC to consulate question	Does the NVC send you information through the mail when your petition is sent to consulate?	David -n- Yuxuan	Male	China	2007-01-13 15:44:00