Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Hello	Hey we are December filers too, and I am also in the UK. Keep us updated on your progress, and good luck!!	Jade & Earl	Female	England	2011-01-08 13:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2 approval beats the average	WOW What awesome news!! You have to think of it like this, even if your interview does take a while, you are going to be waiting so much less time than if your NOA2 had taken 5 months, you already cut almost 4 months out of the wait time. Stay positive, maybe things will move quickly still. Ooh I hope ours is faster than expected!!	Jade & Earl	Female	England	2011-01-13 12:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How long apart?	We first met in person after 5 months, spent one week together then it was ANOTHER 5 months before we saw each other again. We then spent almost 3 months together and I arrived back in the UK 3 days ago. Although I am seeing him again Valentines week, this has been the most difficult goodbye because we got to see what it was like to be a real couple every day, to wake up together, meet each others friends and family and spend just about every waking moment together. To go from that to being apart again is breaking our hearts. Sometimes it hurts so much you wonder how you are ever going to get through it. Just keep the communication going, no one who hasn't gone through this realises how hard it really is, but it takes a very special couple to do it. You know if you an get through this the chances of you having a very happy marriage are high. Take it one day at a time and set aside quality time together. Watch movies in sync over the webcam, text and talk on the phone. You will get through this. Six months is not a lot in the great scheme of things, but it feels like a life time I know. Just remember it will all be worth it in the end. Keep your chin up. Jade	Jade & Earl	Female	England	2011-01-13 10:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2 California Center	Wonderful! Congratulations!!	Jade & Earl	Female	England	2011-01-14 19:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-129f Question 18	Hey David, I'm a fellow Northerner we put our K-1 app in in December, we did it all ourselves too, if you print off the guidance notes and read them carefully you should be fine. I read them over and over lol. We kept ours pretty short too, Just how we had met and when we had met in person. Not sure if you need to mention you stayed in a hotel, personally I'd just keep it relevant. Good luck with your journey!!!	Jade & Earl	Female	England	2011-01-18 17:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Children?	My daughter's father is MIA although he knew all about our plans to move and was never agains, however, he wasn't around to sign anything useful for me to give the embassy. I was asked NO questions about him or for documentations, HOWEVER, I took it upon myself to congact the Court. They confirmed in writing that there is no parental repsonsiblity agreement between us. It costs £60 for them to conduct the search and reply to you. After I received that I complied a Statutory Declaration and signed it before a Notary. That cost me £70. The notary I used was GREAT. She said she could prepare it (would cost extra) for me or I could follow the template which she sent to me. I done it myself. She looked it over and OK'd it. I went to the office and signed the relevant paperwork. Although I was not asked at the interview for anything at all I feel MUCH much better that I have both the Statutory Declaration and the confirmation from the Court just in case. If you need to see what the Statutory Declaration looks like I can send you the template and also a copy of the request to the Court and the contact details. I got the confirmation back from the Court in about a week. It was quick. Also have a look at this thread: Parental Responsibility Oh thank you so much!! This is a huge weight off my mind, this is definitely the route I will take as I don't want to break the law, or complicate things when it comes to my Fiance adopting them. I don't want to contact my youngest sons ex due to the abuse we suffered. I feel that even allowing him any contact details of mine could cause the harrassment to begin once more. I will make the necessary calls asap. The only concern I have is it seems the law changed in 2002, I don't know how old your daughter is but my youngest was born in 2007. But thank you very much for your response! Edited by Jade & Earl, 17 January 2011 - 09:32 PM.	Jade & Earl	Female	England	2011-01-17 21:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Children?	Thank you so much for your replies, I really appreciate your advice. I am going to contact a family solicitor tomorrow and get an interview set up. I am very concerned about how long this will take and how expensive it may be. However I may qualify for legal aid. The police were called on my ex, I presume they will have kept a record of this. I have made no attempts to contact him as he was abusive and he has made no attempts to see his Son. As for the eldest childs Father I have already sent some emails appealing to people who knew him for info on his current whereabouts. I will update once I have spoken to a solicitor for the reference of VJ members. Thanks again	Jade & Earl	Female	England	2011-01-17 20:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Children?	That would depend on your country but most likely not. It is rare, especially in such things as parenthood that anything is "automatic". You would need a COURT ORDER of sole custody OR permission letters from each father that allow you to move the child PERMANENTLY to the UNITED STATES It WILL be problematic if you do not have a court order or letters from the father's. They WILL NOT issue visas for the children without one of those things. This was something we addressed for our sons BEFORE we filed the petition. I would say "get started" on whatever route you think is best. If you go the "letter" route, the letter needs to be notarized and you need to have a copy of the father's passport photo and signature page OR some other government issued ID with photo and signature. Okay I am going to start making calls first thing tomorrow. I think I may be able to track down my eldest sons father but it will be very difficult, I can imagine he would provide consent. However I have absolutley no way of contacting the youngest childs Father, he was abusive to me and the police were notified of this, he would likely contest my decision if he could be found purely out of spite. However not even the CSA have been able to track him down so a court order would be my only option. Do you have an idea how much this would cost to obtain in the UK?	Jade & Earl	Female	England	2011-01-17 19:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Children?	I have two sons from previous relationships, they have different Fathers (there is a large age gap between them -7 years) I know you are meant to obtain both parents permission to be able to move them out of the country, however neither Father's are involved with my Sons lives, the youngest's Father has not been in contact for 2 years (our son is 4) and has no interest in seeing him. The eldest's father used to occassionally email me for photos, however he used a friends email which is no longer active. I have no way of contacting them. Does this count as abandonment and give me automatic full custody? Could this slow down our K-1 process? My Fiance hopes to adopt both children as soon as we are married, does anyone know, will this be problematic under the circumstances? Edited by Jade & Earl, 17 January 2011 - 07:17 PM.	Jade & Earl	Female	England	2011-01-17 19:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I'm new, so hello.	*Waves* Good luck!!!	Jade & Earl	Female	England	2011-01-26 22:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Submitting K1 Petition and Fees from abroad.	We did it from the US, my other half (American citizen) just paid by money order. Pretty sure anyone can get them regardless of Nationality. Wish I could help more..I'm guessing thats gonna be your best way forward though	Jade & Earl	Female	England	2011-01-08 14:28:00