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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSAWASDEE 2

Congratulations, we're up for monday morning 7am. Can't tell you how nervous I am, I think I'm more nervous than she is and I'm a USC!

Great to hear about your success, good luck in the future..


Dear vj members,

Visa pick up today. Yeaaaa!!! Anyway my fiancee never received a phone call from the Embassy to pick up her visa. I mentioned earlier that her visa was held for a final "computer check" and the Embassy would call her when it was ready.

Well having her flight on the 21st a monday pick up would be the latest to make the flight. my impatience was overflowing. So I e-mailed the Embassy a second time. They e-mailed me back the same day and said that she can pick up her visa tomorrow at 1500.

What I am saying to people is that if anyone in the future gets this type of call back situation--give them a day or so then e-mail them. I was very impressed they replied to me the same day yet very unhappy that they never called her back when everything was ready.

One more hour till pick up.

By the way she was only asked 2 questions at her interview--when did she see me last? and where did we meet?

Take care all
Greg and Nin
Las Vegas bound!!!

:dance: Ken and C
I have a good feeling about you two for Monday morning. I think things will be just fine and you will be celebrating like crazy!
Mike and Jass
malydonNot TellingThailand2006-03-17 20:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSAWASDEE 2

Dear vj members,

Visa pick up today. Yeaaaa!!! Anyway my fiancee never received a phone call from the Embassy to pick up her visa. I mentioned earlier that her visa was held for a final "computer check" and the Embassy would call her when it was ready.

Well having her flight on the 21st a monday pick up would be the latest to make the flight. my impatience was overflowing. So I e-mailed the Embassy a second time. They e-mailed me back the same day and said that she can pick up her visa tomorrow at 1500.

What I am saying to people is that if anyone in the future gets this type of call back situation--give them a day or so then e-mail them. I was very impressed they replied to me the same day yet very unhappy that they never called her back when everything was ready.

One more hour till pick up.

By the way she was only asked 2 questions at her interview--when did she see me last? and where did we meet?

Take care all
Greg and Nin
Las Vegas bound!!!


Congratulations! Greg and Nin

We will be so happy when we have our visa.
Counting the days until April 24th!

Jass is going back to Bumrungrad in BKK next Monday to get her second vaccination shot. She just couldn’t get it any where in Ubon Ratchathani. While she is there she is going to try to get the doctor to transfer the medical data onto the new forms(not-expired). She isn’t to sure if they will do that for her. I spoke to someone on the phone at the hospital about doing it and they just didn’t understand what I wanted. They kept telling me that the medical was good for 6 months. I wish I could make them understand what I am trying to do. Jass tried also but they didn’t listen to her. If only I could speak fluent Thai!

Mike and Jass



Dear vj members,

Visa pick up today. Yeaaaa!!! Anyway my fiancee never received a phone call from the Embassy to pick up her visa. I mentioned earlier that her visa was held for a final "computer check" and the Embassy would call her when it was ready.

Well having her flight on the 21st a monday pick up would be the latest to make the flight. my impatience was overflowing. So I e-mailed the Embassy a second time. They e-mailed me back the same day and said that she can pick up her visa tomorrow at 1500.

What I am saying to people is that if anyone in the future gets this type of call back situation--give them a day or so then e-mail them. I was very impressed they replied to me the same day yet very unhappy that they never called her back when everything was ready.

One more hour till pick up.

By the way she was only asked 2 questions at her interview--when did she see me last? and where did we meet?

Take care all
Greg and Nin
Las Vegas bound!!!


Congratulations! Greg and Nin

We will be so happy when we have our visa.
Counting the days until April 24th!

Jass is going back to Bumrungrad in BKK next Monday to get her second vaccination shot. She just couldn’t get it any where in Ubon Ratchathani. While she is there she is going to try to get the doctor to transfer the medical data onto the new forms(not-expired). She isn’t to sure if they will do that for her. I spoke to someone on the phone at the hospital about doing it and they just didn’t understand what I wanted. They kept telling me that the medical was good for 6 months. I wish I could make them understand what I am trying to do. Jass tried also but they didn’t listen to her. If only I could speak fluent Thai!

Mike and Jass


Please Help
Does anyone know of someone that I can hire to go to the hospital with Jass. Someone that can explain about what we are trying to do with the forms. Someone that can get them to do it. I just refuse to believe that the doctor will make her take the entire medical all over again but if that is what it takes we will do it. I really believe that the person at the desk just doesn't understand

Thanks
Mike
malydonNot TellingThailand2006-03-17 11:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSAWASDEE 2

:crying:

Damn it...so damn close..
I got a dreaded RFE. They said I need to provide more evidence that my fiancee was in Bahrain during the time we met. I sent a damn Good Conduct certificate from the Kingdom of Bahrain that is only issued to people that have lived there and provided her address and work address and phone numbers for when she was in Bahrain.

The only other thing I can send is a copy of her passport (which she got scanned and sent to me via email) I received that today. So I will send that back to California tomorrow.

Anyone else have any ideas??? I hate the thought that this petition could be disapproved if I can't come up with anyother evidence besides her Thai passport. By the way, does anyone know if I need to get the Passport translated??? It's in both Thai and English anyway. :bonk:

Anyother help??? Comments??? Thanks!


I think all they need to see is the pages in her passport that show she was in Bahrain at the "same time" as you.
Good Luck
Mike and Jass
malydonNot TellingThailand2006-03-16 23:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSAWASDEE 2

Tiksman,
Congratulations on receiving your NOA2. I also got mine the same day!!!
So now we need to track our case to the NVC and get the case number.
Let me know how it goes for you.


mylovenin
tiksman
thai2luv

Congrats to all three of you!
mylovenin what were the questions at your interview?

tiksman and thai2luv i hope you interview on the same morning.

Mike and Jass
malydonNot TellingThailand2006-03-16 16:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSAWASDEE 2

Mike,

I don't understand why the travel agent can't sell you a ticket for Jass.

Like George, I bought my round-trip ticket and my wife's one-way ticket directly from the airline (NWA in my case) on-line at their web site. When visa issuance was delayed, we re-scheduled the flights at the NWA office in Bangkok. For a small fee.

Yodrak


I am trying to buy airfare from Boston to Thailand round trip and will need to buy airfare for Jass to join me on the return. The travel agent I use says she can't sell me Jass's ticket. I am concerned that if i don't buy all of the tickets at the same time we could end up on two different planes. Any solutions?

Do you have any travel agents or websites that you have used and can recommend?

Thanks
Mike


I agree... I have no idea why they can't sell me a ticket for Jass. It is some what consistent though. When I was in Thailand I asked a travel agent about being able to buy my round trip ticket from them next time I am coming to Thailand. They told me they couldn't sell me a ticket to come to Thailand. My flight had to originate in Thailand for them to sell it to me.

I looked at the Thai air web site and found prices of $2500.00 and up.
I looked at the Eva web site and found prices of $2030.0.
I finally managed to get two travel agents one in the USA and one in Bangkok to set me up for flights. I paid $945.00(RT) and $990.00 (one way). I am just glad i have the tickets.
Mike
malydonNot TellingThailand2006-03-16 12:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSAWASDEE 2

Hi again!
Well I'm off to Thailand in the morning!!! Wi will have her interview on the 15th, without me :( . But I will be there a few hours afterwards. I will be staying for a few weeks :dance: ,, so we will have the time to wait for the "call" from the embassy to pick up her visa :whistle: . I will try my best to let you guys know how it went and what to expect. We will be returning to South Florida in early April. (L)

Thanks for all your help,
Brent


I realize this isn't the correct thread to post this but you all buy airfare to Thailand so...

I am trying to buy airfare from Boston to Thailand round trip and will need to buy airfare for Jass to join me on the return. The travel agent I use says she can't sell me Jass's ticket. I am concerned that if i don't buy all of the tickets at the same time we could end up on two different planes. Any solutions?

Do you have any travel agents or websites that you have used and can recommend?

Thanks
Mike
malydonNot TellingThailand2006-03-13 18:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSAWASDEE 2


Were you using a web site to do the comparisons of the cost of living...if so i would like to visit it. Please let me know what the address is......
Thanks
Mike


just do a web search for "compare cost of living" it will bring up many COL sites. here are a few:

http://www.bankrate....rm/movecalc.asp
http://cgi.money.cnn...stofliving.html
http://www.bestplaces.net/col/
http://swz.salary.co.../coll_start.asp
http://www.moving.co...Compare2Cities/


Thanks
malydonNot TellingThailand2006-03-13 17:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSAWASDEE 2

i was comparing the cost of living from my hometown and Bangkok and the other city i'v been to in Thailand.. there's not really significant different in food price but salary, rent and property value are qutie different..

i always though it shouldnt have been so much different here too but i was wrong ^^








I love spring...i can take all my plants outside!! (lemon glass, galangal, prik kee noo, holy basil (grow just a little) and kiffir lime tree ^^ )


Were you using a web site to do the comparisons of the cost of living...if so i would like to visit it. Please let me know what the address is......
Thanks
Mike
malydonNot TellingThailand2006-03-12 23:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSAWASDEE 2

Dear Folks of VJ,

After reading much on this thread, I see that people who had there visa approved at the US Embassy in BKK during the interview were invited back the next day to pick it up.

Well, my fiance had her interview today at the US Embassy. She was asked only two questons and went on to do the window work and at the end was told to give her telephone number to embassy. They then said they would call her when to pick up her visa. They kept her passport and was never told of any thing negative about the paperwork,etc. She did ask do I have a visa and they said yes, but she felt like no definative answer.

Now it was Friday--10 Mar--could they have had a lot of visa to catch up on and instead of telling her to come back Mon they will call when they catch up? I don't know. Any way I have a plane ticket for her on the 21st. Here comes the questions.

Has anyone had the "phone back from the embassy" to pick up there K-1 visa? If they have, did they call within the next few business days? Should I change the plane ticket? And if we do not get some notification for her to pick up her visa in the next few days is there any way to call and check on the status?

Up to this point everything had been smooth--US Attorny prepared app--more than enough meeting documents--we've know each other going on 3 yrs. I am a US medical doctor and have no prob with supporting her. Neither of us with any police records and she has never worked in a bar.

Any advice welcome, Thank you to all

Greg and Nin

Please feel free to e-mail
mylovenin@yahoo.com


Greg and Nin
I do not know definitively why they said that they would call her when to pick up her visa…..but I have had a recent correspondence with the Embassy that said that one of the interviewing officers was called up for a brief period of military service and it was causing problems.


Mike
malydonNot TellingThailand2006-03-10 14:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDo I need to hire a lawyer for the K-1 process
A former "K-1er" recommended that I use a company called "Nevesta" (Russian for "Bride"). They are a third the cost of an attorney, and they do much more. My girl is from Ukraine, and speaks Russian. They translated all Russian documents to English (like her Birth Certificate), and they also communicate with her in Russian, to help her with the steps she needs to perform. No expensive attorney would ever do that. They claim to have a 100% approval rate, no Visa has been denied or rejected. I must say that I am very pleased with the service so far. I'm not sure if they only deal with Russian-speaking countries.

Good luck to you on your visa journey...
Scott and IrynaNot TellingUkraine2008-03-12 17:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduressome info on Ukraine
Hello Gary and Alla. Congratulations on your filing. I hope you have speedy approval. I filed on Feb 25th, and I am hoping for the best. I see you are from Vermont. Can I ask where? I am next door, in New Hampshire. It would be great to know somebody nearby, especially if the women will be arriving to the US on roughly the same timeline.

I will also be back in Ukraine in May. Between May 1 and May 12, I will be in Kiev, Sumy, and Kharkov. This period is a VERY BIG holiday in Ukraine, with many celebrations throughout the country. With luck, I will go back again a couple of months later, and bring my Ira home.
Scott and IrynaNot TellingUkraine2008-03-24 11:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRefile vs, Marraige and different route
And why is she nervous about this? Is there a single post on VJ in which someone was denied for "no reason" from the Ukraine Embassy?
Scott and IrynaNot TellingUkraine2008-07-04 18:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFear of it not working out
QUOTE (baxxy @ Jul 28 2008, 02:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I dont think you would be saying that if it came time for a divorce and you have to dish out more money, not to mention what you could lose. So not only would you be losing your "love" but a lot of other stuff that you love too. mad.gif

That's why it is a very smart idea to have a fair prenuptial agreement drawn up.
Scott and IrynaNot TellingUkraine2008-07-28 15:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFear of it not working out
No, this is NOT on topic. We have turned a single ignorant reply into the the NEW topic. Please, there are many, many other threads to deal with all this nonsense. Please, let's all return to the real topic and let this dead dog lie...
QUOTE (KimandRuss @ Jul 26 2008, 12:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I think this discussion is ON TOPIC.... he is telling the OP that he'll be ok because he's marrying a woman from a particular Country. That is simply untrue.

Scott and IrynaNot TellingUkraine2008-07-26 11:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFear of it not working out
Take the full 3 months before getting married.

And as for statistics, detailed answers are hard to come by.
Here is one report, actually issued by the USCIS:
THE "MAIL-ORDER BRIDE" INDUSTRY AND ITS IMPACT ON U.S. IMMIGRATION
This report is also referenced by this Wikipedia article.

Specifically addressing your question about the divorce rate of American men marrying foreign brides:
It is interesting to note that, based largely on data provided by the agencies themselves, marriages arranged through these services would appear to have a lower divorce rate than the nation as a whole, fully 80 percent of these marriages having lasted over the years for which reports are available.

Scott and IrynaNot TellingUkraine2008-07-25 21:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPlease explaine what is the Touched record is.
QUOTE (Svetlana @ Nov 28 2008, 10:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (KimandRuss @ Nov 28 2008, 01:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
laughing.gif Platy

OP... this is touched...



It can mean everything, or nothing... as every adjuticator does not scan the file... not everyone get's 'touched'.

Read more about the process here.


Can you please tell me how I can find this page in USCIS? Thank you


https://egov.uscis.g.../jsps/login.jsp

You will need to register and you need your case #

Good luck!!
dispozoMaleUkraine2008-11-28 22:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK 1 - NOA 2 + Interview Prep
Your evidences looks good.

I would also look at the US Embassy website for Armenia. It may have documents she can download and could tell her about documents she will need for interview (medical, Police Certificate..) and other useful information.

Good Luck
dispozoMaleUkraine2008-12-28 20:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFull Time Student and G-325A
Be truthful......always!

Put the Pizza hut job....for current employment put student
Ashleigh-AuFemale02006-11-21 23:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresBest Type of Visa
I think you would also find that she would be denied a tourist visa.
Ashleigh-AuFemale02006-11-24 23:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAnyone Get Any CSC Touches Today?



I worry more that my ......... hasn't been touched yet my kids have....


That sounds wrong... just wrong.... :D



yeah....when you puy it that way.....oops!! ;)

but you know what I mean.....lol
Ashleigh-AuFemale02006-11-27 21:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAnyone Get Any CSC Touches Today?
My K3 visa petition was never touched.....until approval.....there is no rhyme or reason to any of this process.

I worry more that my AOS application hasn't been touched yet my kids have....
Ashleigh-AuFemale02006-11-27 21:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAnyone Get Any CSC Touches Today?
Got touched today....and last Friday.....on 2 out of 3 of my cases....1 has not been touched since 11/17.
Ashleigh-AuFemale02006-11-27 20:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDivorce certificate
Photocopies are fine for sending in....you will need the originals at the time of the interview tho.

Edited by Ashleigh-Au, 06 December 2006 - 09:14 PM.

Ashleigh-AuFemale02006-12-06 21:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDivorce certificate
you cannot have a notarized copy........a notary witnesses a signature.

What you have is a true copy (maybe that is also a certified copy)....someone signed that it was a true copy of the original
Ashleigh-AuFemale02006-12-06 20:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAlien Registration Number?? G-325A

I see that the G-325A Biographisc Information form asks for an Alien Registration Number. I assume I (being an American) do not have one. My possible fiancee (haven't met in person yet) is in the Philippines. Who gets assigned an Alien Registration Number? Where do you find this number?

Thanks in advance for any replies. I tried to search this topic but didn't find anything.



What do you mean possible fiance??? What did you buy her on the internet or something?
Mate it is people like you that clog up USCIS with your phony internet brides, so people who have a genuine RELATONSHIP have to wait behined people like yourself.
My opinion is that you should not be intitled to any immigration benifits if you have not had an ongoing loving relationship with your so called 'possible fiancee'.


Oh please, go back to your hole. Not everyone does things just like you.



Face reality you idiot, not everyone is genuine. Im just saying what it looks like on face value, and im sure I am pretty close to what the situation is. So why dont you get back to picking your flowers in the perfect world that you live in.
Moron.


You have no idea what their situation is and it is not your place to judge. The OP has a right to ask questions.....and if you cannot help with the answer then why bother posting?
Ashleigh-AuFemale02006-12-10 00:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHELP!!!!!!!!!
You do not have to be together for 2 years...you just have to prove you have met in person within the 2 years before you file.
Ashleigh-AuFemale02006-12-14 13:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 Fiancee arrived ill what about extensions?
but....you are running out of time....if you want to get married to her.and her to you.....just do it!

USCIS will not forgive not marrying within the 90 day time frame. End of story!
Ashleigh-AuFemale02006-12-16 23:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 Fiancee arrived ill what about extensions?
This also sounds very strange to me!

Ill or not.....barring a coma.....if you two wanted to get married you would get married.
Ashleigh-AuFemale02006-12-16 22:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK-1 with children (non K-3)
Yes... you list all children whether they will be applying for a visa or not.
Ashleigh-AuFemale02007-01-25 21:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresForgot to submit G235A now what???

But it should be not too much of a problem to re submit the missing parts right?
I am worried that they will say thats it "case closed"!!!!

Don't worry.....they will keep sending it back until they see you submitted everything.

As you see they shuffle everything up....put it together their way....so just re submit it and I am sure you will be fine.
Ashleigh-AuFemale02007-02-16 16:49:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC timeline on IR-1/CR1 visas
QUOTE
How did you mail it to them? I mean if you used overnight mail, this includes tracking and then at least you know that it was delivered and somebody signed for it

I overnighted it, with signature, etc. They got it August 3 and someone signed for it. So I KNOW they have it. I just don't know why they haven't processed it sad.gif

I'll try going to my branch tomorrow or calling and seeing if they can tell me if the damn thing can be tracked. I didn't think to get it tracked, but I need to know sad.gif And then if it hasn't been paid out, I'll call the NVC and yell at them.

Thanks for the help. I just don't know why it takes so long.
GeistFemaleFinland2007-08-21 22:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC timeline on IR-1/CR1 visas
QUOTE
By the way, if you sent your payment by money order, then depending which company issued the money order, you may be able to track whether it has been paid yet. Look for an 800 number on the receipt stub or go to the company's website.

I keep going back to this but I see no number on my money order that I could call to see if it has been paid yet. I got mine from Bank of America.

I'm so worried about this. No one's has taken this long to process sad.gif
GeistFemaleFinland2007-08-21 20:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC timeline on IR-1/CR1 visas
Yea, I made up my mind to call call and call. I really wasn't expecting the IV Bill to hold us up so much sad.gif This has me really depressed.

Hah, on a side note, I had a dude come into my store where I work today to get passport pictures taken for his citizenship interview smile.gif I wished him good luck and we commiserated about how much USCIS sucks. It was fun.
GeistFemaleFinland2007-08-20 22:04:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC timeline on IR-1/CR1 visas
Sigh

Called the NVC today again. Our IV fee bill has not been processed yet. Now they say it will take 2-3 weeks, up from 10-15 days when I called last Wednesday.

So obviously the DS-230 hasn't been generated yet.

All this boils down to is another week we have to wait.

I hate them so much right now I can't put it into words.
GeistFemaleFinland2007-08-20 08:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC timeline on IR-1/CR1 visas
Damn. My assumption was they'd be as eager as possible to get their hands on the money!
GeistFemaleFinland2007-08-15 20:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC timeline on IR-1/CR1 visas

By the way, if you sent your payment by money order, then depending which company issued the money order, you may be able to track whether it has been paid yet. Look for an 800 number on the receipt stub or go to the company's website.

Okay thanks, I might try that...It seems like the farther along I am with this whole stinking process the less patient I am.

ur automated message still says something about the fact that they sent out the I-864 or whatever back in July. Anyway the operator said they have received our I-864 however they haven't received our IV fee bill yet. She told me the same thing about the 10-15 days to process the payment.

Not really helpful to you, except our dates for sending them back are quite close (I don't know if you sent yours overnight).

Yep, I sent mine overnight too, and it is always helpful to know that others are waiting, too. Thanks!
GeistFemaleFinland2007-08-15 17:07:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC timeline on IR-1/CR1 visas
I called the NVC today because our automated message now says that they're missing some documents, which I'll take to mean that our AoS is a-okay (which is something to celebrate). However, when I talked to the lady she said that no, our DS-230 had not been generated yet. Furthermore, our IV Bill payment hadn't been processed yet. I told her I sent it in in the beginning of August and how long is it supposed to take? She said, 10-15 days. So they should have processed it by the end of this week...but it makes me feel very worried that it's taking them so long. Afterall, I don't usually find $380 lying on the street.

Can anyone here tell me how long it took their IV Bill to be accepted, if they know?
GeistFemaleFinland2007-08-15 09:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC timeline on IR-1/CR1 visas
Well hopefully there will be some action tomorrow :)
GeistFemaleFinland2007-08-13 12:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC timeline on IR-1/CR1 visas
So, how long does it take for the IV fee bill to be generated once they accept the agent of choice thingy?
And RocksAnne, it's awesome that you've got citizenship! You've saved so much time and money...and you get to be with your husband, which is of course the best :)
GeistFemaleFinland2007-07-20 22:23:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC timeline on IR-1/CR1 visas

Not sure who you asked this question, but I will answer it anyway. I just called the automated message system and found out about IV Fee Bill generation. Yes, AOS (I-864) is the only package you have to talk to rep to find out if it has been generated or not. Good Luck

oh, I was asking anyone who felt like answering :) I just wanted to make sure I didn't miss the IV bill being generated because I was assuming it would be announced on the automated system.
GeistFemaleFinland2007-07-18 08:04:00