Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	Chris and Mara, any news? Also, do you know if the proceedings of your case against USCIS are available on the court's website? I think it'd be fascinating to see the judge's orders, as well as how USCIS has defended their indefensible conduct.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-27 09:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Dennis&Dane @ Sep 26 2009, 05:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Stephen + Elisha @ Sep 25 2009, 10:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Theglassguy @ Sep 24 2009, 02:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I wonder how long before she gets hard copy and Im on my way to see her?? Im all ready looking at plane tickets online. I may just fly there on the 19th of next month. I wanted to get there early anyway. And Im sure it can not be longer the 30 days after the 1st of next month. What do you guys think?? I had brad tell me his wife got her copy with in 6 to 9 days after he was approved. I'd wait 'til you've cleared NVC. If you're one of the unlucky who gets pulled into additional processing, it can take anywhere from 2 to 7 weeks for your file to reach the embassy. We got NOA2 on 8/27, arrived at NVC on 8/31, and didn't get out until 9/22. yup we are still in AP at NVC since August 25th arghhhhhhh not sure if I should be mad or cry lol Ouch, a month in NVC AP. Have you contacted anyone for help? Spoken to an NVC supervisor? Contacted your representative, senator, or high-ranking official in the State Department?	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-26 21:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Tygrys @ Sep 25 2009, 06:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> APPROVED!!! FANTASTIC!!! Make sure you come share the happy news with the March family!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-25 18:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Theglassguy @ Sep 24 2009, 02:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I wonder how long before she gets hard copy and Im on my way to see her?? Im all ready looking at plane tickets online. I may just fly there on the 19th of next month. I wanted to get there early anyway. And Im sure it can not be longer the 30 days after the 1st of next month. What do you guys think?? I had brad tell me his wife got her copy with in 6 to 9 days after he was approved. I'd wait 'til you've cleared NVC. If you're one of the unlucky who gets pulled into additional processing, it can take anywhere from 2 to 7 weeks for your file to reach the embassy. We got NOA2 on 8/27, arrived at NVC on 8/31, and didn't get out until 9/22.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-25 09:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	USCIS has updated the processing times for the centers. This version of the page says 5 months for I-129Fs at VSC, while this one says April 23. Interesting.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-15 18:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Sam and Ben @ Sep 11 2009, 02:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Receipt Number: EACxxxxxxxxxxx Application Type: I129F, PETITION FOR FIANCE(E) Current Status: Approval notice sent. On September 11, 2009, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service. Oh goodness, I burst into tears when I checked my email... and I'm here at work! Streaks aside, I am so happy! Congrats! May the rest of the process fly by for you!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-11 13:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Sam and Ben @ Sep 9 2009, 02:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (TexPol @ Sep 9 2009, 02:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> USCIS should send out an email whenever a file is touched :-) I am sure that's not a hard thing for them to set up if they wanted to. It's supposed to do that. If you sign up for email updates, it is supposed to send you a message each time the file is updated. Apparently, it's broken. Some get it, some don't. I've always been curious about this. Does the email update go out every time there's a touch, or only when the status changes? Many "touches" don't result in a status change. I have no way of knowing, as our online status didn't reflect any touches from 4/1 (presumably when they stuck it on the shelf to gather dust) until our NOA2 on 8/27.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-09 13:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	Chris and Mara, any word?	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-08 14:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Steve S @ Sep 6 2009, 01:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The people on the phone line at both Tier 1 and Tier 2 (useful shorthand, I like it!) have always been courteous and professional sounding with me. I just get frustrated with Tier 1, because my case status is invisible online and I know that these people will be looking at the same flawed online system as myself. I always try to politely interrupt them, but they insist on going through the same script. When I have just told them that I am calling concerning an I-129F application for K1 fiancee visa, must they immediately turn around and ask "are you calling concerning xxxxx" - an entirely different visa type? They always ask if it has been more than 30 days since my last call, and I always have to go through this explanation that the Tier 2 person said I could check back with them at any time. At Tier 2, they have promised to have my case status visible online, but they have yet to deliver on that promise. Bottom line, they all seem nice over the phone, but I cannot say they have been particularly helpful for me. Every time I called USCIS, without exception, I found the people I spoke with to be Polite. Useless. The Tier 1 reps are contractor personnel who are contractually obligated to stick to the scripts slavishly. The Tier 2 people are actual Immigration Officers, but considering that the entire agency is a useless, incompetent joke, why would the telephone agents be anything different? This is the same agency, remember, that approved several of the 9/11 hijackers' adjustment of status applications—in March 2002.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-06 12:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Chris & Mara @ Sep 5 2009, 09:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Take it from me, doesn't matter how far you go past 5 months, there is very little you can do in the way of making something happen. That is the true wonder that is USCIS, they will take their sweet #### time and do it as they feel, if you call them, you just as likely to get a "your case is being processed" as you are a " You're in security checks call back in 180 days" I am convinced that even USCIS doesn't actually know what they are doing... It's not that they don't know what they're doing, they just don't care. They are accountable to no one?not Congress (as I've learned), not the courts (as you've learned), not anyone?and they are not affected personally by the agony they inflict on others through their lackadaisical, unprofessional, and just plain incompetent manner of handling cases. Why take the time and effort to give an accurate answer regarding case status? They can just rattle off some stock answer?who cares if it bears any relation to reality? no one's going to come back and ask them why they said what they did?and get you off the phone. The whole system is so broken it's not even funny. Edited by Stephen + Elisha, 06 September 2009 - 12:03 PM.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-06 12:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Majid_Anna @ Sep 3 2009, 09:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thank you everyone! I am so excited...I called Majid and he thought I was kidding...lol. What a wonderful way to wake up! Now I need to research on what I need to do next?!?! I know I need to start calling the NVC in a couple of days to be sure they get it...then they give me a different # right? Right. When NVC receives the file, they assign a consular case number to it. Little bit of trivia on the number: QUOTE (Ian and Lisa @ Aug 23 2009, 09:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Fun facts about your NVC case number, if you're interested: Your NVC number is based on EEEYYYYOOOSSS E = 3 digit embassy code (example TKY for Tokyo) Y = 4 digit code for year (example 2008) O= 3 digit code for Ordinal date plus 500 Example I. Aug 28 = 241st ordinal day ADD 500 = 741 Example II. 741 SUBTRACT 500 = 241st ordinal day (Aug. 28) S = Sequence number of the day (if you were the second approval scanned, your code would be 002) Full Example of NVC case number = TKY2008741002 The value of this is that you can determine, for sure, when your package was scanned in at the NVC. You can find ordinal dates by googling "ordinal date" (or just use that link). My "o" numbers were 710, so mine was scanned July 29th. It's something to do.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-03 08:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Theglassguy @ Sep 2 2009, 06:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Okay my lawyer got the paper today!! This is so stupid,They had me sign a paper stating I had never been convicted of a crime!! LOL You mean to tell me they can not look that up??? I have a clean record I havent even had a traffic ticket! My lawyer and i was talking and it could be because my Ex wife turned into a drug dealling crack #######! Maybe because she is my EX they wanted me to sign some thing stating i have never been convicted,but still they should be able to look at my record? They are the government? Dont they have computers??And besides that stuff happened after we splite up!! Thats why we are not together HELLO!!! Anyway my lawyer mailed it out tonight and we should know by the first of next week!! Lets all hope Did it ask you if you'd never been convicted of a crime in general? That wouldn't make sense... only certain crimes render one ineligible to petition for an alien fiancee. You could have stolen as many cars as you wanted and they couldn't deny you. Not that I'm saying you steal cars, I'm just saying if you did... Anyway, was it this text? QUOTE 2. Have you ever been convicted by a court of law (civil or criminal) or court martialed by a military tribunal for any of the following crimes: Domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and neglect, dating violence, elder abuse or stalking. (Please refer to page 3 of the instructions for the full definition of the term "domestic violence.) Homicide, murder, manslaughter, rape, abusive sexual contact, sexual exploitation, incest, torture, trafficking, peonage, holding hostage, involuntary servitude, slave trade, kidnapping, abduction, unlawful criminal restraint, false imprisonment or an attempt to commit any of these crimes, or Three or more convictions for crimes relating to a controlled substance or alcohol not arising from a single act. Answering this question is required even if your records were sealed or otherwise cleared or if anyone, including a judge, law enforcement officer, or attorney, told you that you no longer have a record. Using a separate sheet(s) of paper, attach information relating to the conviction(s), such as crime involved, date of conviction and sentence. That's Part C, #2 on page 3 of the I-129F. A lot of people forget to tick "no," and it generates an RFE. This is a fairly common one, as I understand it. Edited by Stephen + Elisha, 02 September 2009 - 05:27 PM.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-02 17:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Majid_Anna @ Sep 2 2009, 02:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just one last thing to make everyone laugh...after she recited to me the number and type of petition that I had submited, she asked me if I was married?!?!? Well, I suppose that's one way for CIS to reduce their backlog! "Petitioner is ineligible to apply for immigration benefit for an alien fiance as she indicated to the customer service rep that she is already married." Edited by Stephen + Elisha, 02 September 2009 - 01:24 PM.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-02 13:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Tina&Roland @ Sep 2 2009, 02:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Have you tried to e-mail the VSC follow up? I'm trying that now to see if that works. I think that bypasses the call center people. Good luck, but I doubt that'll work—supposedly that's only for escalation after you've gone 30 days without hearing anything on a service referral request made via the call center. Unless you have a referral request number and it actually is more than 30 days old, I suspect you'll get a form letter rejection. But by all means, good luck. You'll have people lined up to buy you drinks if it actually works	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-02 13:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Majid_Anna @ Sep 2 2009, 01:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, I just called the USCIS and was asked questions that had nothing to do with what I was calling for (waste of time). The young lady was obviously reading from a script...so disappointing. Then she proceeded to read the little blip from the USCIS website, and I told her I was reading along with her....what I need is any other info that they might have or be able to obtain about my case. "NO ma'am, noone can help you." That's the point at which you ask to speak to an Immigration Officer. The Tier I customer service reps are just contractor personnel who literally have access to no more information than what you can see on the USCIS website. If you escalate to Tier II, the reps are actual USCIS immigration officers. They can (sometimes, not always) see information in their system that is not showing up on CRIS and hence is not accessible to Tier I CSRs. Ask to speak to an immigration officer, and politely insist when they try to dissuade you. QUOTE Then she looked up the processing time, told me I haven't reached the 5 month mark yet, but that I was welcome to call back in 15 days because they update on the 15th of the month? Not sure what they update, but anyway. The 15th of each month is when USCIS posts "updated" processing times for its service centers and offices. I put "updated" in quotes because the figures are a month and a half old when they post them. For example, the dates on the site right now were posted August 13, and reflect the processing time as of June 30th. Real current, eh? QUOTE I then asked her why someone who filed in May might get approved before me, or why someone in april might get approved before someone in march. She jumbled a little, then told me everyone's case is different. Then I told her, it doesn't get simpler than mine! All in all, it was a total waste of time. To be honest, I feel sorry for the people that work there...I can imagine how many times a day they probably get cussed out. I had to restrain myself. Maybe I should of picked a day to call when I felt a bit better. I hope everyone is having a good day! Yeah... in the end, it usually is useless. USCIS is accountable to no one—they process cases in whatever order they please, and it's rare that even congressmen or senators can wield any influence there, let alone the lowly "customer." That being said, I always felt sorry for their CSRs too. It can't be easy trying to placate hurt, unhappy, impatient people all day.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-02 12:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Sam and Ben @ Aug 31 2009, 06:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good morning everyone, and happy Monday. Hopefully we see a lot more movement through VSC this week. Let's see March and April cleared out. This one goes out to VSC at the beginning of this new week: ("what you started" being March and April, of course!)	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-31 07:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	USCIS National Customer Service Center: 1-800-375-5283 Another tip: When you call, it's sometimes useful to escalate to a second-level agent; the Tier I CSRs are not employees of USCIS, they're just contractor call center agents. They can't see any data different from what you see on the USCIS website. The Tier II "supervisors" are actual USCIS Immigration Information Officers. Sometimes the data they can access is more up-to-date or more accurate than the CRIS info.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-30 15:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	QUOTE (TomandHongyan @ Aug 30 2009, 11:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Third @ Aug 29 2009, 11:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Another week has passed by and nothing. Did they forget to count April 1-15 and early March filers? I am going to wait until Thursday and will call them. Have a good Sunday guys. Please do call them and let them know I am right behind you with a 4-3 filing without a touch, how can this be happening to all of the early April filers. It is like ours is in a box that says "do not touch" Please write and tell me what they say. Tom Believe me, as a late March filer I felt the same way when VSC started jumping hard on the mid and late April cases; the 3/26 NOA1s all got NOA2s or RFEs by mid-August, while none of us 3/27s had even a touch until a bunch of us got approved on 8/27. Anyway, the currently posted processing time is 5 months. As soon as you're 1 day past that, you're outside of current processing times. At that point, it's time to call USCIS and initiate a service referral. Make sure you take down the agent's name or ID number, as well as the service referral request number—you'll need it for the next step if you don't hear back from them, but a couple March filers who had service referrals got responses within a few days. Good luck and hope yours comes soon!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-30 14:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Tina&Roland @ Aug 28 2009, 04:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, my fiance sent the front page, too. I would understand sending blank pages on a passport, but blank page for the back of the cert just doesn't make any sense. Oh well...maybe it's ok. So far, I haven't heard of an RFE for that anyway. So fingers crossed! TiNa Hopefully you won't get RFEd for it, but for future reference: when it says "copy of both sides," send both sides. If one side is blank, write "This page intentionally left blank - single-sided original" or something to that effect on the copy. Also, because vital records are generally printed on security paper, often something will show up when you copy the back. So... best to just give them what they ask for. Edited by Stephen + Elisha, 28 August 2009 - 03:37 PM.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-28 15:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Theglassguy @ Aug 28 2009, 10:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Sam and Ben @ Aug 28 2009, 10:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Theglassguy @ Aug 28 2009, 10:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Victor&Cory @ Aug 28 2009, 09:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What a bummer. Is bad...I'm not going to say otherwise. But at least they are working on your file. And no....they are not going to put you back at the beginning of the queue. They will wait for your response. In the meantime they will work on other files. But hey.....do you have a copy of the I-129F package? Give it a good check. Compare it with the guides here in VJ. Maybe you can find out what was wrong and probably have it ready by the time you get the RFE hardcopy. You will get through this. You will see. PEACE...... I just looked over every thing and the only thing I can see is that there is not a zip code put in the box for her city? Could this hold it up??I mean my lawyer only copyed my plane tickets and a few pictures, thats about it. Hopefully you mean, that the pictures and tickets were the only evidence your lawyer supplied, but that the other requirements for the package were still included: long form birth cert. for you and/or copy of passport, letter of intent to marry from each of you with original signatures, etc etc? Yes all was included,Only thing my lawyer said we need on birtcert, was my passport. So Maybe its that. Hopefully the passport copy was all pages, even the front cover and blank visa pages. If only the info (photo) page was included, that would likely generate an RFE.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-28 09:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	QUOTE (ScottThuy @ Aug 27 2009, 11:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Sam and Ben @ Aug 27 2009, 09:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (soesedout @ Aug 27 2009, 09:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi! I called VSC today and spoke to a nice lady on a phone asking her questions concerning my case. Basically my concerns were about processing times and the inefficiency of approval process due to jumping to later cases rather than earlier. As far as processing times she told me that september is too optimistic for me to get a notice , more likely by Thanksgiving. As far as jumping she told me that every case is different therefore it takes more time to approve some of cases. Not very encouraging conversation. I called my attorney afterwards. He simply told me to stay put and just wait. There is nothing can be done. Even expedite process is impossible. Senators and congressman have no pull in it. Sit and wait. From what I've read from others throughout the forums here, it seems as if the attendants over the phone will most likely give you a worst-case scenario. Don't fret just yet. Congratulations to the new approvals today! They have a script that they are limited to and if they go outside of that script they can get in huge trouble... they have the same info that we have at level 1... and they are supposed to try to keep you from getting to the supervisor who can shed a little more light in some cases but not much. Whoever told em Nov had no clue what they were talking about or were trying to give em really bad news so they would not call back in the near future.... its a shame that they have people working the customer service lines that dont know how the system works or provide misinformation.. especially since the posted processing time is 5 months... April + 5 months = September not November... If you escalate to a Level 2 immigration information officer ("supervisor"), they actually give you a worse processing time estimate than the level 1 CSRs. Level 2 people will tell you that VSC is currently working March 5 cases (which we all know is hooey, except for the poor ones who've been left behind), whereas the Level 1s—who can't see anything more detailed or accurate than what's on the website—say it's 5 months and will offer to put in a service request if you're beyond that.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-27 22:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	QUOTE (RegAl @ Aug 27 2009, 11:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Stephen + Elisha @ Aug 26 2009, 11:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (RegAl @ Aug 26 2009, 11:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey everyone! I got approved today! I rec'd an email from CRIS at 6:30pm today. April is on a roll! ... while we March people rot in VSC hell. Count your blessings, April filers. I'm sorry..yours is coming soon. Keep the faith! Hey, you have nothing to be sorry for. I was having a rotten day and I shouldn't have been raining on the parade in here. Congrats on yours! And thanks for your kind words... they're more than I deserve after that And mine did come today, Deo gratias!!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-27 22:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Tina&Roland @ Aug 27 2009, 06:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think what's going on is that there are a number of "lurkers" here who just read posts and don't get involved and don't update their timelines. Some people just quietly update their timelines without letting anyone else know. I just saw that a May filer got approved (May 11 NOA1 date), and the April filers on VJ have not reached the 50% point yet. If I wasn't keeping track of the Berkeley stats, I wouldn't have known. Not sure what's going, but they may be going into May now. TiNa I'm not so sure about that May NOA1. If you look, they mailed the I-129F on April 20. I'm betting they entered their NOA1 date as the day it showed up in the mail, rather than the date printed on the I-797. It's a common mistake.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-27 17:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	First of all, I apologize for venting my frustrations here last night. I regretted it almost immediately, despite the persistent ill humour USCIS has induced in me of late. Mea maxima culpa! Second, I don't blame anyone other than USCIS for what I'm going through. And I don't begrudge anyone here their happiness or their chance to be with their loved ones. But tell you what: go stand in a long line somewhere, and see if you don't get frustrated if they start helping people who are much further behind you in that line while making you continue to wait. It's frustration that I've expressed in the March thread, not anger or resentment toward any of the people who have gotten their NOA2s. God forbid you should have to share the experience of seeing approval after approval come down the line with NOA1s later then yours. And I do really mean that: God forbid it?I don't wish this on anyone. Sincerest congratulations to all who have been approved. May the rest of yours (and mine) come quickly too! Edited by Stephen + Elisha, 27 August 2009 - 04:45 PM.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-27 16:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2009 Filers	QUOTE (RegAl @ Aug 26 2009, 11:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey everyone! I got approved today! I rec'd an email from CRIS at 6:30pm today. April is on a roll! ... while we March people rot in VSC hell. Count your blessings, April filers.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-26 22:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	gerrymeridamx, I'd advise finding another civil surgeon. If you can't find one locally who will transcribe the vaccinations and sign off on the I-693 for a reasonable fee, there's a doctor in Texas who will do it for about $30. I can't remember the details, but I'm sure you'll be able to find them in the AOS forum - look in the I-693 sticky thread at the top of the forum.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-11-18 13:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Hey, sorry I missed this when you initially directed it to me. Things have been a bit crazy lately! QUOTE (mayandtim @ Nov 16 2009, 09:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (missmissy @ Nov 16 2009, 08:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't quite understand what you are asking - it's okay to be over the minimum requirements. In fact, that's good. Did I misunderstand? hello! missy, i ask for an employment letter from my boss and it is stated there that my pay is just 4$ per hour plus gratuities but on my income tax transcript i make about 30 thousand annual income. i feel that my rate per hour might just be small. what would really matter, is it the rate per hour or the one stated on the income tax??? First of all, understand that the employment letter is optional. You don't need to include it, and in this case you may not want to. That being said, do you have some kind of documentation that shows your current income level? Are your gratuities reported on your pay stubs? If so, then the year-to-date income on the stubs should provide adequate support for the annual income you claim on the I-134. If not, you may need to consider getting a letter from your bank showing the total amount you've deposited over the past 12 months. Your last year's income tax transcript is important, but by itself it doesn't prove current income. Again, I would consider using pay stubs (if they show sufficient income, i.e., including your gratuities) and/or a bank letter.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-11-18 13:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (missmissy @ Nov 13 2009, 10:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> HE GOT IT!!!! QUOTE (missmissy @ Nov 13 2009, 01:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Update! He got a flight out of brazzaville NOW and will be here tomorrow! WOOHOO! Congrats to Missy and Lars!!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-11-13 14:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (missmissy @ Nov 12 2009, 11:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's what I think too but he's not wanting to say he's approved until his has the visa in his hand. I called the embassy and talked to the person he talked to. She told me that they got his prints but it took a long time. Now they are going to run them through the system and if there are no hits then he gets the visa. If there are any hits then they will have to investigate those. It may not take much time or it could take a lot of time, she didn't know. As most of you know, he was denied entry last year for using the Visa Waiver too many times. I asked her if this could be a problem and she didn't think so but would not say anything definite. 24 more hours of waiting - I'm going wig shopping today. I almost don't have any hair left!! Nothing to worry about, Missy—Elisha also had to do her fingerprints twice, and then the fingerprint check took 24 hours to come back. Part of that probably was due to the time difference (Seoul was 13 hours ahead of Washington at that time of year), but the visa was approved the next day. The VWP denial shouldn't have any bearing on his approvability for the K-1. Relax and get ready to celebrate tomorrow!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-11-12 14:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Welcome back, Linda! Are you guys refiling the K-1? Elisha and I are planning on having our civil wedding the day before Thanksgiving.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-11-11 12:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Congrats to all with good news!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-11-09 11:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (missmissy @ Nov 9 2009, 08:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Morning March! Stephen, what kind of car did you get? Didn't get anything yet, still trying to figure everything out. We just started house hunting, and having the car die now couldn't have come at a worse time. :\	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-11-09 11:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (mayandtim @ Nov 6 2009, 11:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hello! richard. i really don't know what to do now, i heard from someone that i still need to send my sign affidavit of support to the national visa center for verification before i send it to my fiancee in the philippines. do i still need to send to the nvc??? No, no, no. NVC only considers affidavits of support for immigrant visa cases. K-1 is technically a nonimmigrant visa, so the affidavit of support is only considered at the embassy. K-1 applicants don't send anything to NVC. QUOTE (indopie @ Nov 6 2009, 09:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello Stephen and also Elisha, did u marry first or apply SSN first? SSN first - our civil marriage is in a couple weeks.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-11-07 10:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Quick update... good news first! Elisha's Social Security card came in the mail today, 8 days after we visited the office to apply. Nice to see a government agency that actually operates quickly and efficiently! Granted, it doesn't hurt that we live so close to Baltimore, where all the cards are printed. Now the bad news... my '99 Taurus bit the dust while I was driving to work yesterday. The transmission just flat-out died while I was cruising down I-66. So it looks like it's off to the car dealership this weekend.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-11-06 15:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	TGIF, March! Congrats to all who've had good news this week!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-11-06 09:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (evanscholly @ Nov 4 2009, 07:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Our visa was approved today. I am so happy finally this step is over Thanks so much for everything. God bless you all and for everyone that is waiting for such a news like this, yours is next. Congrats!!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-11-04 09:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (missmissy @ Nov 2 2009, 11:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Back at cha! So, ya'll married yet?? What's happening? November 17th for us!! Nope, not yet, at least not in the eyes of the law... we'll be making our trip to the courthouse sometime soon, perhaps the day before Thanksgiving.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-11-02 15:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Happy November, March Family!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-11-02 11:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (missmissy @ Oct 31 2009, 06:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I just need to vent for a minute - regarding THIS <----- I am so sick of the generalization of women and then to add Mississippi into that mix.....it just makes my blood boil. I am educated, pretty, in good shape and I am generous and fairly traditional, DAMMIT! Okay, rant over. Now I have to go kick Gary's a$$. He is SUCH a	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-11-01 10:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	TGIF, March family! Any exciting plans for the weekend?	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-10-30 14:23:00