Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	About to print everything out and assemble	Thanks for the video! It was super informative! Do most people bind everything together? I think it's a great idea, but I was wondering if it might be trouble for them to receive a binder? Thanks They say not to use Binders or any other fancy sort of binding that cannot be quickly disassembled. What I'm doing is using what they suggest which is ACCO Fasteners (they have ones that are built in to brown folders like you see government documents in on TV). With these you have two hole punches at the top of the page.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-07-16 16:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	About to print everything out and assemble	Ooh thank you! That's a very informative video =)	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-07-16 12:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	About to print everything out and assemble	Thanks everyone. Yeah I figured I'd worry less by including both just to be on the safe side. Oooh one last question, I thought I read somewhere that the G-325A's and the I-129F had to be printed front and back as opposed to on separate sheets, is that correct?	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-07-16 10:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	About to print everything out and assemble	You need a passport photo of both you and your fiancee for the G-325a and it needs to be a american sized one.... follow the link to the K1 guide and it will tell you everything you need, the order to place it in , and examples to show you for the forms and such. http://www.visajourn...content/k1guide Yes I have those, I guess I just forgot to put them on the list =) Thanks!	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-07-16 09:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	About to print everything out and assemble	I want to double check and make sure I haven't forgotten anything before I get all of my packet printed out, would you guys mind taking a look? Cover Page Application Fee - $455 Form I-129F Form I-129F Supplement: Part B, Question 18, explanation of meeting in person Evidence of my U.S. citizenship: -Birth Certificate -passport (every page) Form G-325A and photograph of petitioner Form G-325A Supplement: Employment History Form G-325A and photograph of beneficiary Proof of having met in person within the last 2 years -My (petitioner's) passport stamps -Fiance's (beneficiary's) passport stamps and Visa -My (petitioner's) Irish GNIB card (Visa -Boarding pass plus corresponding passport stamp -1st Joint Lease -2nd joint lease -Gift receipt (showing my name as the recipient and my Fiance as the card holder (also verifying joint mailing address)) -Gift receipt (Verifying overseas address) -3 envelopes addressed to us both (showing cohabitation) -20 Photos of us together Letters of intent to marry, petitioner and beneficiary	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-07-16 08:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	G325A residence questions	You should probably list all of them. I've lived in 7 different houses and apartments over the last five years (one for only 2 months and without a lease) and I listed all of them. I think with this process it's best to be as specific and thorough as possible. For the work at your parent's did you get paid? Did you list this on your taxes? If so then I would say put it on the sheet and maybe add a supplement sheet to explain it's your parent's company that you work for occasionally. Best of luck!	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-07-17 09:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	help filling out the i-129f	For this we put the name of the county in place of "state / province," and the name of the town for "city" since Ireland also doesn't have states/provinces. List England as the country.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-07-25 17:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Are scans ok	For all of my documents I used scans, they seemed like the better way to go since they come out clearer.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-07-26 08:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	So confused with this process :(	Thanks, Coconuts! Just one more thing, this police certificate is it something the both of us need to have or just my fiance? Cause he's the petitioner and i'm just waiting for him to do all that. lol Only the Beneficiary, so that would be the Alien Fiance, needs the police certificate and they have until the interview to get it.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-07-29 11:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Unable to fill out forms for next stage on the computer?	Okay I think that's going to work. I used the program you gave me to turn it into a regular PDF and then used my existing converter program to convert the file into an image file. So I think what I'm going to do is fill out the form in Acrobat and then process it through those two programs to save it. Thanks for your help!	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-02 18:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Unable to fill out forms for next stage on the computer?	Ah well this really sucks then, especially since we are now living in the middle of nowhere and the nearest printer is probably all the way out in Navan! I wonder why I was able to fill in all the previous forms without any troubles. If you can print a document to a regular old paper printer than you can create a pdf out of it. A pdf printer is something that will convert any file into a pdf by using a printer driver. It installs it's own printer driver to do this so that when you are in the document and you go to print it, instead of selecting your regular paper printer, there will be an option to print to the pdf printer and voila! a pdf is made! I find it amazingly useful! Try it out... http://www.primopdf.com/index.aspx Okay that makes sense, I'll give it a go! Thank you!	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-02 17:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Unable to fill out forms for next stage on the computer?	By PDF printer do you mean a program that converts PDF's into image files? I have one of these programs but it's not letting me convert it because it says it is password protected =(	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-02 17:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Unable to fill out forms for next stage on the computer?	We're still anxiously awaiting our NO1 but in the mean time I figured I'd get the next stage of forms out of the way. For some reason when I open and try to write in the forms I downloaded from the Dublin Consulate site it keeps giving me this error message: Cannot Save Form Information Please Note: You cannot save a completed copy of this form on your computer. If you would like a copy for your records, please fill it in and print it. Is this just a fluke, or do they really not want us saving these forms once we've filled them in?	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-02 16:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	finding case number	It took them at least 10 days to cash my check. I think it's faster with money orders, but then you don't get the number on the back of the check..oh wait, you still don't! hahah Aw I wish I'd done a money order then. Oh well, nothing I can do now but wait	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-03 19:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	finding case number	Did you fill out the G-1145 Electronic Notification Form when you filed? I'm hoping I'll get my information this way, though I have still been obsessively checking my status on the site as well =) How long did it take for them to cash your check? Mine has been there for 4 days now but they haven't cashed it yet.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-03 13:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	DS-157	1) Okay 2) Yeah that does make the most sense, and I may just add a brief explanation to this one to help ease over confusion. 3) Okay (at least that info should be easier to find than his EU travel dates ) Yeah I think his passport never got stamped for the other countries because England isn't really strict with Irish nationals flying from Ireland, his EU travels were through EuroStar (train)so I guess no customs there, and when he went to Canada he and his friend just drove through one of the borders and apparently they don't care about stamping either. Thanks for your help!	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-03 20:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	DS-157	Also - He's been to England about 20 times in the last 10 years and they haven't once stamped his passport, we can only make rough estimates, is this going to be okay?	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-03 15:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	DS-157	8). "Full Name and Address of Contact Person or Organization in the United States (Include Telephone Number)" Do I put my name since I'm the petitioner even though I'm not currently living in the US? Or would I put one of my parents who is our sponsor and who has a US address? 9). "List all countries you have entered in the last ten years (give the year of each):" How should this question be filled in for someone that was in the USA several times and lived there on a student visa for three years? Would I just list the year he entered?	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-03 11:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Confused... I-129F and G0325A	I used "None" 99% of the time. Just compare yours to the example forms and if they say use "None" use it, if it says "N/A" then go with that.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-03 19:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Proposed Civil Partnership/ Fiancee visa	Ooh sorry I didn't even notice you were a same sex couple. Yeah I'm pretty sure the others are right, K-1 Visas aren't yet available for same sex couples	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-03 21:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Proposed Civil Partnership/ Fiancee visa	The Petitioner (US citizen) just has to prove that they can support the Benefiary, if they cannot it's no big deal as long as you have a co-sponsor with an income above poverty level. We are using my Dad as a Co-Sponsor since the Irish economy is in the tank (so much so that we've had to move in with his mother until the visa goes through). Everything I've read says the average wait time is 5 months but I've noticed quite a few timelines on here that show it took less than that (I'm crossing my fingers we're one of those cases ). Most people on here go through the process without a lawyer which I too was a little scared to do at first since I had so many questions but the people on this site are very helpful so not to worry. At first it's going to seem very overwhelming but it's not so bad once you get started. Just ask if you need help	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-03 21:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Should I name names?	We were introduced by a mutual friend as well and I named names in our description of meeting. I figured it made it more personal and certainly couldn't hurt.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-03 18:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How should I send the K-1 package? (presentation-wise)	They suggest using ACCO Fasteners with the two holes punched at the top of the page (instead three holes on the side), and divider pages where the tabs are at the bottom. They ask that people don't send binders or anything that will take awhile to dissemble. Hope that helps!	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-03 15:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	being touched	Actually, it could mean someone has started to review your application but in most times it does not. You're petition has a bar code and everytime someones touches your petition they swipe the bar code and the 'last updated' date changes. Sadly, they touch your application to count it, move it, or relocate it. It could mean it has been moved to an adjudicators desk, or it could mean your petition was moved from filing cabinet A to filing cabinet B due to a leaky pipe Don't put to much stock behind touches, some people get heaps of spread out touches during their journey, some get approved with no touches Good luck Oh, haha sorry I was totally off then.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-03 18:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	being touched	I think it means that someone has began to review the application.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-03 17:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Ah I just realised I'm a big idiot!	Thanks!	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-04 19:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Ah I just realised I'm a big idiot!	Haha, okay cool. Hopefully that was the only silly thing I messed up	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-02 21:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Ah I just realised I'm a big idiot!	On the I-129f and the G-325a's I listed our county as the state/province because I forgot Ireland had provinces!(Grr I can't believe my Fiance didn't say anything when I had him look over the forms!) Are we going to get an RFE for this? If they don't notice should I make a note of this mistake on the next set of forms so they don't think I'm providing conflicting information?	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-02 18:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	crucial stage!!! headache)	When you submit your I-129f Petition packet you will need to include the application payment. The medical exam comes after you've sent this in because you'll need the medical results for the interview. For the interview there is a fee as well which I believe you pay when you get there. Good luck!	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-07-16 20:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Time Lines	Australia Statistics The link above may help you. From other people's timelines it looks like the average is about 4 months right now.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-08 15:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Scanned or faxed documents??	All documents that require signatures must be the originals. So anything that you sign will then have to be sent by post to him so he can then add it to the packet.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-08 15:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-129F Petition, Photo Presentation	I over did it a bit with our photos. I pasted between 4 and 6 photos per page onto a Word document and wrote captions with the dates under each photo. We turned in about 25 pictures in all (much more than necessary, I know, but hopefully they won't mind). I was going to print out the photos and put them in an envelope but I figured it would be less bulky and easier for them to go through if they were on paper documents (plus lighter for shipping costs).	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-08 15:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	What did you include as proof of having met and ongoing relationship?	Here's what we included for proof of having met within the last two years : -Pages from both of our passports showing our passport stamps in Ireland and American (mine with a corresponding boarding pass since I was unable to locate my receipt). -My Irish partner's visa -His American student visa -Two leases with our names listed -Envelopes addressed to us both -Pictures -Receipts for gifts he bought me showing we both had the same address We've only gotten past the first step so far but I'm confident we provided plenty of proof and we also have lots more if they would like. Good luck!	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-09 16:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA1	I got my notification through e-mail first (7 days after application was received) and am still waiting for the hard copy to arrive in the mail.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-09 16:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Are there any other document required to be signed by petitioner after sending off the I-129f application	The I-129F is only the first step so he might want to change his address to the one in Hawaii. He will need to be able to receive the NOA1 & NOA2 and be able to fill out the Affidavit of Support form (which he'll need to sign and provide financial documents for).	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-10 06:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How is the Speed of Vermont Now?	So so glad to hear it! And if I can encourage you in any way until you get that NOA2, let me know. I've had a lot of people help me out...and I still have people to talk to as I now go through NVC... That's so nice of you! Thank you Cheers!	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-03 22:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How is the Speed of Vermont Now?	I'm a VSC filer, and my NOA1 notice date is July 1. I just received my NOA2 in the mail today!! We were approved July 28, 27 days later. However, I didn't get an email or a text, even though I'm signed up for both! So if you haven't heard yet, keep the faith... Oh my goodness that's amazing! Congratulations! Yes you're right, reading stuff like this definitely boosts my spirits!	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-03 22:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Evidence of relationship	Just include 1 or 2 in the petition packet; really for this first step what they're looking for is proof that you've seen each other within the last two years. Also from what I've heard (and it makes sense) they are required to read everything you include, so too many unnecessary letters could slow down your application.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-11 13:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	preparing the I-129F	The letters of intent do not need to be notarized. And only the US citizen needs to submit copies of their passport and/or birth certificate.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-11 06:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	PLEASE READ ASAP~*!*!*!*!*	OK.... slightly confused now.....So do I need him to send me his letter of intent, bio form, and pp photos BEFORE I send the petition? Does his info get obtained after APPROVAL....????? As far as I knew I send those things from him along with the petition?!?!?!?! HELP.. Yes all of those things need to be included in your petition packet and all that require the beneficiary's signature will have to be sent to you via post before you submit anything.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-10 19:48:00