Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA1,NOA2, NOA2.5, etc	From what I understand a 'touch' is whenever someone accesses your case, sometimes a touch means that something was done with it or sometimes it just means it was opened or moved to someone else to look at etc. I think there's a way you can look online to see what if anything was done during a 'touch'. The way you can tell your case has been touched is if the last accessed date is more recent than the last time you looked. Hope that helps and that it didn't confuse you more	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-08-19 15:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 visa, just starting.	Thanks, I see you're NOVA, I live in the DC/Balt area. Oh, cool! Yep, I live in Manassas	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-08-18 18:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 visa, just starting.	Haha, yes I continually call it an F-1 visa for some reason. I did that too, don't feel bad! Good luck on your K1! I'm also starting the process soon	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-08-18 18:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 QUESTIONS!!	I don't think you need to worry about the I134 right now, you just need to gather the packet for the I129 first Its good to get other paperwork ready ahead of time, but for now just focus on preparing the I129. There's enough to do in that to keep you busy. You have proof you've met in the past two years right?	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-08-23 11:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	what salary level should one be to aviod co-sponsors	100% of the poverty Level is not enough unless Military. The 125% Level is required. Before taxes is Gross Income. In this rough economy even so: $ 10.00 an hour Full time exceeds 125% of that level. ($10.00 an hour x 8 X 40 X 52 weeks = $ 20,800.00) Which exceeds the poverty line for 2 which is about $18, 400.00. Thanks so much <3 <3	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-08-25 10:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Lifetime Ban From Entering the U.S.?	...but you never know what a woman will say. Anyway....all that aside, if she doesn't do drugs that are illegal, its a non-issue, right? Its normal to worry about things but don't get so paranoid you find extra things to worry about when its not necessary	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-08-26 18:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Lease and bills in proving continuing relationship?	We would because that would be way easier but we don't have the 1k+ dollars for the adjustment of status right now Also our families probably wouldn't be happy with us if we got married quickly, my brother did that recently and my sisters have said they will kill me if I did that... They support our relationship but want us to do things "the right way". Believe me I weighed all the options and considered just getting married and adjusting status despite our family's feelings on that, but ultimately I can't afford it and even if I could we just wouldn't feel right getting married without our families around.	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-09-03 10:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Lease and bills in proving continuing relationship?	Ben's J1 visa is running out, and we are filing for the K1. I know we will need to prove continuing relationship at the interview, so would it help to leave his name on my car insurance and on the lease to show that he still has ties to me/the US? Obviously we will have call logs and chats too, but would this be a good thing to do also?	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-09-02 21:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 VISA denied.. Next steps??	Speaking of those crude questions, would it count against someone if they never... with each other? Like if they never at all with anyone for religious reasons, that wouldn't be a red flag would it? Sorry if this is a stupid question, I tend to worry too much about things that could go wrong	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-08-08 23:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I129 Cover letter-revisions?	Barbara J- Thank you so much I'm going to really miss my Aussie man but I know when next he comes here it will be for good so that makes it better. Thanks for looking it over and the kind words, advice and sample <3 AKSinghSingh79- Thank you too!!! That is a good idea, I'll gather everything and go over it a final time before sending and see if it will be better to do it your way, it depends on how much I'll have Yeah he's on a J1 atm but its not subject to the residency requirement, so that's a plus for us. I wish you all the luck and good wishes for your journey as well	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-09-08 18:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I129 Cover letter-revisions?	Please help, I want to get these printed out and in a two pronged holder ready to be sent when we get paid... I don't have much time left with him living here and I'd like us to get it sent off before he leaves :< Sorry if I shouldn't be bumping this :X but I'm not sure if anyone sees things that go off the front page and I'm desperate to make sure I do everything right	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-09-08 16:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I129 Cover letter-revisions?	Ok I'm checking/rechecking all the forms, I have the proof gathered, now we are just making sure everything is set while we wait for payday to send it all off! Regarding the cover letter, here is the body of the letter, any suggestions/alterations are welcome! I just want to make sure I don't make any mistakes! To Whom It May Concern: Enclosed please find my Form I-129F, Petition for K-1 Fiancé Visa for {NAME HERE} and supporting documents. Contents include: - Payment in the amount of $340 USD - I-129F - G-325A and passport style photo (Petitioner) -Additional Page Attached for more detail - G-325A and passport style photo (Beneficiary) - Birth certificate/US Passport/Passport Stamps/Social Security Card (Petitioner) - Birth certificate/Australian Passport/J1visa and Passport stamps (Beneficiary) - Letter certifying intent to marry (Petitioner and Beneficiary) - Proof of having met in person in the past two years -Petitioner’s Feb. 2010 flight itinerary/Boarding passes/Hotel Reservation/ETA -Beneficiary’s Sept. 2010 flight itinerary/Copies of shared residential leases -Pictures of Petitioner and Beneficiary with family, friends and alone, names and dates added - Proof of ongoing relationship -Joint Car insurance and Bank account -Cards/letters/emails between Petitioner and Beneficiary Copies of documents submitted are exact photocopies of unaltered documents and I understand that I may be required to submit original documents to an Immigration or Consular officer at a later date. Signed, {MY NAME HERE} Does this look ok? Am I missing anything do you think? Also for the letters of intent to marry, I followed the sample but I have seen that some people have also given a description of how they met in that letter as well as in the form. Would this be good to do? And as we are together at the moment, would we be able to both sign the same letter of intent, and get it notarised? Should we get them notarised anyway? Thank you in advance. Things are rattling me pretty had right now, I need to say goodbye to Ben soon as his J1 is running out and I know the K1 process takes so long, it will be months before I will see him again. So I'm going through a lot of emotions, logically I know we are taking steps to make sure we can always be together but I will miss him very very much....so I will be a perfectionist worrywart in the meantime	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-09-08 15:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	G-325 question	Ok, since we are sending it off in the same month that he will be returning to Australia, here is what I did, let me know if this looks right. {{Australian Address}} From 9/2011 to present {{American address}} From 6/2011 to 9/2011 {{American address 2}} From 9/2010 to 6/2011 Etc. How is this? And thank you, I will use a separate sheet for the job explanation	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-09-11 13:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	G-325 question	On the I129 under the question that asked Is your fiance currently in the US, if so fill this out, I filled it out since when we mail it he will still be here, thats why I'm unsure of what to put in the G-325. I just really don't want an RFE... Anyone happen to know? I know this isn't the typical case...	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-09-11 09:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	G-325 question	On the I129 under the question that asked Is your fiance currently in the US, if so fill this out, I filled it out since when we mail it he will still be here, thats why I'm unsure of what to put in the G-325. I just really don't want an RFE...	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-09-10 20:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	G-325 question	Just a quick question about the G-325, Ben (the beneficiary) is currently living in the US with me and will be at the time we send the packet off, but in less than two weeks he will be going back to Australia, should we put his current address on the form as his australian one or the one where he is living now in America? Also, he had a couple of temp jobs in australia before he came to America, one of them was working as a drink server at an annual event (the Clipsal 500) which he did for 3 years. But since it wasn't a permanent job would they want that listed on this form as well? Should we include an extra sheet explaining about that job? It was while he was in college, 2008-2010. Thank you	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-09-10 18:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 Visa pics	Thank you all, its good to know that they aren't as picky, I'm just so emotionally invested in this that I am scared to get something wrong and delay Ben from coming back to be with me, thus ruining our plans for the wedding etc (don't worry we haven't booked anything yet lol) I'm a worrier :x	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-10-26 01:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 Visa pics	Cut them out. No reason to write on them. Its a small detail, but USCIS does ask for this. If I remember correctly, attach in a sealed plastic small bag to your 129-F ... The Pictures are necessary. I just cant remember if attached to the 129-F ? I think this is Corrrect. I don't recall the pictures Passport Style being attached for each separate 325-A Forms. I think attach to the 129-F. Do not send anything until another Member(s) confirms this. This is an Original 129-F Petition is'nt it? ( 2 Passport Style Pictures of each of you) Yeah for the I129, we've had a lot of delays so far in sending it out even though right now most of the packet is together, we had to save the money, and no finally the pics coming to us in the right size >.<! So right now if its ok to cut them out then we are finally ready to send it! I'm just so scared to get an RFE lol So in plastic bags, like sandwich ziplock bags?	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-10-25 00:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 Visa pics	Ok, I know the pics are supposed t be 2x2, wrote on the back with pencil or black felt tip pen. Two of them for each person. Ben sent me his about a month ago and when they finally got to me they were the Australian size >.< so we tried again with the right size and these finally got to me today, but they are both in one strip, should I cut them out? The pic itself is the right size, its just both are joined together in a card sort of thing. Is it ok to leave them or should I cut them out?	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-10-24 22:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Questions regarding the K1 Fiance Visa Process	K I don't know all the answers but I'll help out with what I do know 1) it varies, your looking at a few months no matter what however 3) I don't think so, I think its just the fiance, though I don't know how much it costs since it probably also varies by country. 4) a few months, depends on the country and how backlogged they are. yes you should make a copy of the entire packet for your fiance, including the check or money order. for the k1 visa only the fiance gets interviewed, but you'll have an interview with them for the green card (I think). 7) Yes its an affidant of support, you fill it out and it gets looked at right before the interview. You need to make 125% of the baseline poverty level for the # of people in your household (who are your dependents, if you just have him and you and no kids then that is a household of 2) he cannot help you with this #, it has to be you alone, or you can get a cosponsor like a parent etc that is an american as well. Hope that helps I'm sure someone else will gladly fill in the blanks	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-11-04 21:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Errors on I-129F application	Are you saying have another one filled out and ready to go, or to send in another 129F? The latter would be a serious no-no just have another one ready filled the right way, in case the other one is returned to you or you get a RFE. also always make two sets of files.one copy you keep of every thing you send them. based on this I'd assume jkelly meant the former	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-11-07 23:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Oh Boy, I think am going to get an RFE	I'm nervous too, don't worry, but we will get through it and soon be with the ones we love ;D	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-11-08 00:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Oh Boy, I think am going to get an RFE	It's ok, for the initial filing proof of ongoing relationship is optional, you need it for the interview though. For the I129 you just need to show proof of meeting in the past 2 years	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-11-07 23:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How About A $1000 i-129f	But I still find it demoralizing that how many American's have to do this to prove their love under a fine microscope. Could you imagine if people had to do what we choose to do for their loved one? The divorce rate might be cut 90%. All the paperwork, interviews, cost, separation, etc. Could you imagine if they had a mandatory marriage and family class, interpersonal relationships class, morals and ethics class, effects of divorce on children class, etc,etc before getting married? Wow! I really think marriage should be reserved for those who ARE willing to do this very thing, I see so many American couples who can get married easily without having to go through what we all do, and get divorced so quickly, they don't even try to work things out. A lot won't even put forth the time to think, talk and consider the big step they are taking. Gay, straight? Whatever, doesn't matter, as long as they are willing to go through this process to be married, then they deserve it! It weeds out the dedicated from the rest Although I seriously doubt something like that would ever become a law, it would be nice. The ones who really want to be married to that person would be willing to prove it!	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-11-12 10:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How About A $1000 i-129f	Rather than see the long process as an annoyance, I choose to see it as a challenge, I was always taught I could have anything I wanted if I worked hard enough for it, and my fiance shares this value. I worked hard to save up enough, working 2 jobs at 14hrs per day to save up the money to visit him for his birthday in 2010, he worked hard to get the J1 visa to come live with me for the past year, and now we both are working hard at our jobs and the visa while we are apart. It's things like this that test and try relationships, but I also believe the same things that make my heart ache for him and the loneliness we both feel, the longing for each other, only serves to drive us to work harder, make our relationship stronger, and make us appreciate each other even more once we are together again for good. Would I like to be with him faster? Yes yes yes and again yes, I miss him more and more every day that he's not here with me, that I can't hold him close, or laugh at a movie with him by my side. But I also see the value of the struggle, it shows both of us what we are made of, and what dedication we have for each other. We encourage each other every day, reminding each other that at the end of this long journey is the greatest reward of our lives. We become stronger as a couple every day because of this shared journey and I wouldn't trade that for anything. Even though I would be tempted to pay $$$ to make it faster, I feel, imho, that cheapens it, we both like to rise to the challenge and prove to the world and each other that our love conquers all	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-11-12 09:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Police checks for K1 - Sydney, AUS	Thanks for the info to everyone in this thread! I'm a month behind danielle in our timeline but I was also wondering these things Will give this thread to my other half so he will have it too! Also wishing a good luck to danielle, hope all goes well! <3	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-11-12 09:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Reasons for expediting the process	pregnancy is not a reason for expediting and if it was we would all get pregnant... well apart from me that is because im a man... and men cant get pregnant... Jenni could though because shes a woman... and women can get pregnant Your posts are always great!	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-11-18 09:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	i love you phrases cause denial of visa	My heart knew I loved him before we met, my brain was calling me to be cautious, even when I first saw him waiting for me at the bottom of the escalator at the airport I knew I loved him, my heart knew he was my husband to be, but my brain was like Be careful! Make sure you can live togethe before you get carried away!! And now that we had lived together for a year and are engaged, my brain finally caught up with what my heart knew all along so I think you can love someone before you meet them, but it is also a good idea to live with someone before you commit to a lifetime with them imo anyway	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-11-20 09:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	i love you phrases cause denial of visa	Yeah I think that if you are going to, you know, MARRY THE PERSON AND BE WITH THEM FOR LIFE you had BETTER be saying I love you I have lived with my fiance for a year prior to us getting engaged and filing, so they shouldn't be saying anything to me although our friends tell us ewww the mush!!! All the time because we are VERY lovey dovey, our friends say its sweet enough to give people diabetes, so I hope they don't think its a show We are just extremely affectionate :x Edited by Austramerican, 19 November 2011 - 12:41 PM.	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-11-19 12:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Which is better a CR1 or a K1 visa?	Well you can always get married on paper with a small wedding and then have the ceremony and reception once in the US. Me and my fiance are going to have to do that since depending on when he gets here, our target wedding date will be more than 3 months after point of entry, so we plan to just get married once he arrives in the us on paper, and then start the whole AOS process, while we finish planning for our big ceremony/reception with family and friends That way stuff is getting done and we can have the wedding we want too	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-11-21 19:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	The Send Off	Good luck! Making that first leap is sometimes one of the hardest parts, but fortify yourself for whats to come! It's a long road but with a beautiful treasure at the end	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-11-23 10:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Digital Media?	Ok, thanks very much Also, unrelated note, how did you get your visa approved so fast! That is mind boggling lol	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-11-26 12:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Digital Media?	So, partly for fun and partly to stay busy, my fiance and I are making a website for our relationship (which also functions as an rsvp/wedding details website for the wedding) and we are also making a music video of our relationship. Are things like this acceptable when ti comes down to the interview? If we gave them the site url would they look at it or just any papers we had? We also have a video courtesy of one of our friends of our engagement, if we put this on the site or on a DvD would they look at it? Just trying to get some ideas for whenever the interview rolls around Also, its too late for us as we've already sent it off, but would these things also be admissible for the I129-F?	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-11-26 11:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Message from the USCIS:	Oops, nm it worked and still no touch since 11/3 >.<	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-12-05 14:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Message from the USCIS:	The website isn't working for me either :< my fiance tried it too, not working on his end either x.x	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-12-05 14:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Letter Certifying Pregnancy & intent to marry	Wouldn't child support come into play, then? If you defaulted on CS, wouldn't that affect your status? I'm totally going by my own common sense here, not the law or anything... Assuming the man is the beneficiary in this scenario, keep in mind that until he becomes a citizen or until the required working hours is fulfilled, the petitioner is responsible for the beneficiary not becoming a public charge. So if the male beneficiary is a public charge the woman petitioner would have to provide for him, not the other way around with child support. So if the guy has bad intentions (this is all hypothetical btw) then its kinda win win for him.	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-12-07 20:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Legitimate Relationship = $$$	If it cost a million dollars for us to be together, we would work until our fingers bled <3 Money doesn't matter so much as being together	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-12-07 19:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Does he want to have children?	There are two kinds of teacher. One is experience, another is the school of thought (logic u hear from Bible, school teacher, pastor,parents,friend,media,etc.) Statement: Learning through experience is always the hard way = How'd u know? U never tried it. Learning if you would like to be a parent by recklessly becoming one is a bad way to learn however, because 1) if you decide you don't want to be a parent--too late, the kid is there, you can't put it back in the womb and 2) Then you are not only making decisions for your life, but also your childs, it wouldn't be right to toy with the life of a child just because you 'learned through experience' that you don't want to be a parent. Something like this, its a better idea to know for sure if you want to be a parent or not before the child is conceived, best for child and parent	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-12-08 09:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Does he want to have children?	I would totes have that conversation before having sex, and have That convo happened a couple months after the "This can't be just a long distance relationship, if this is going anywhere you'll have to come here" convo we had when we were first starting to date online (I ended up visiting him there for our first meeting but then he got a 1 year visa to spend with me here ) Basically everyone has wants and needs for a relationship, and its unfair for both to not make sure both partners needs are met. I was a total dealbreaker for me if a guy I was dating said he never wanted kids, I've always wanted to be a mom, that was very important to me. And just because you love someone, if you aren't on the same page on the things that matter most, it's just not going to work out. That is definitely one of those convos you HAVE to have before even THINKING about being serious enough to get engaged. Otherwise you are doing your man and yourself a disservice, consider his feelings too and not just your own, so yes, talk to him asap lol good luck!	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-12-07 01:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Will Pregnancy affect K1	If she's not pregnant now I would suggest you hold off until she's actually in the states, that way just in case you get an rfe she won't be stuck having a baby without you, you just never know what could happen. Best laid plans and all that. It won't really speed up your case but as far as hurting it, the only hurt would be if something should happen to delay the process and she ended up having the baby there you would have to file a seperate case for the baby at that point. There might be other country specific things I'm not aware of, but basically it'd be better to wait til she's here imo My dad always told me if its worth doing its also worth waiting for.	Austramerican	Female	Australia	2011-12-14 08:01:00