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Passport Photo size?

QUOTE (desert_fox @ Dec 20 2007, 06:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Tell you fiancee to get 5 cm x 5 cm. That is almos 2 in x 2 in
My wife had no problem...all the photo shops seemed to know what american style passport photos were.

I believe 2in x 2in is the correct format.

marryme

Male

Thailand

2007-12-21 00:28:00

Great news!! Just recieved CRIS update:

Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On January 3, 2008, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this
I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E).

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I'd like to thank everyone on this forum for making it possible. With the great help and support, I made it this far.

marryme

Male

Thailand

2008-01-04 01:29:00

QUOTE (jasman0717 @ Dec 7 2007, 09:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Do you have any plane boarding passes, hotel receipts, pictures of you together?

Unfortunatly I didnt save any boarding passes. I threw them all away after I got off the plane. When I stayed at the hotels my Ficance did the booking under her name. I do have pictures of us together.

Today I just recieved another circumstance of meeting request.
I am just getting frustrated. I guess.. when I stated that I met my fiance online and traveled to meet her in person was not enough. I will try to rephrase my letter and re-submit what other info I have left. I already sent them my airline receipts and dont have any copies of it. I am pretty sure they still have what I sent on files still. I will send more pictures of us together. I will be traveling to meet my fiance agian and maybe I can gather more evidence and send it from Thailand. I hope this will pass soon.

Edited by marryme, 08 December 2007 - 03:39 AM.

marryme

Male

Thailand

2007-12-08 03:36:00

I agree with you sunshinegirl but seems it is not enough for now.. I just checked the online status from USCIS and seems they are sending me another request for evidence. I hope that I will have what they request for. I guess will wait to see when I get the letter. Any ways I will be traveling to see my fiance this January. This time I think I will save more evidence.. but I am keeping my fingers crossed and hope for the best.

marryme

Male

Thailand

2007-12-06 23:32:00

QUOTE (babblesgirl @ Oct 28 2007, 05:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (marryme @ Oct 28 2007, 11:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I have a photo printer. Can I add dates on the pitures and print it out?

I personally wouldn't. I think USCIS are aware that dates can be manipulated. It probably makes no difference either way but I would just send the photos as they are.

I think I agree with you. I will just print out a few pictures and send them in.. will just add some notes in the back and cross my fingers.. hope everything I send in willbe ok..

-> Bank Statements of my ATM withdraws in Thailand
-> Flight receipts and Itinerary
-> Pictures of us together
-> and 1 page signed and dated letter about how we met.

marryme

Male

Thailand

2007-10-28 06:18:00

Thank you for the great information.
I lost all my bording passes, good thing I used my Bank Debit card while I was down there.
I think I can print out my bank statents for the time of my travel and show the dates of my withdraws.

and one more question.

I have a photo printer. Can I add dates on the pitures and print it out?

marryme

Male

Thailand

2007-10-28 05:41:00

Hi everyone,

I am new to this forum and have read many good information here.
I just have a few quetions.

We met online and communicated with each other for a few years.
Then when we finally met in person we really hit it off and came really close.
I lived with her for 18 months and we decided to get married.
I came back home to file for the F-129 pettion so we can get married here in the US.
I finally received a NOA on 10/2007 after filing on 06/2007 and seems they are requesting for more evidence.
Unfortunately I lost my passport and cant show the arrival and departure stamps.

They want: Cicumstance of Meeting and Last Meeting evidence.

For circumstance of meeting, do I just write them a letter of how we met?

and for Last Meeting, I have an itinary of our trips together and receipt of my flight to Thailand.

We have photos of us together but none are dated.

Will this be enough?

marryme

Male

Thailand

2007-10-28 02:57:00

???K1 visa petition have some questions...?????

Sorry to read about all the problems. Don't give up! if you go through the process it will be worth it. Don't let it scare you.

marryme

Male

Thailand

2008-01-04 02:09:00

Do past visas speed up process?

QUOTE (us11857 @ Jan 18 2008, 06:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

My fiancee and I just started the process for the K1 visa. Everything I have read makes it sound like six months is pretty standard. She is coming from Brazil, and has been in the US in the past with a H2B visa working various jobs to learn English. She has also been up here with a B1 for work while she was employed as an engineer. And she has been here with a B2 visa when she visited me last summer. My question is does anybody know if having past visas speeds up the K1 process.

Also, it is very very early, I just Fedex'd the package last friday, but the check was cashed already on Wednesday. Is that a good sign or is that pretty standard.

Thanks,
Scott

I don't think past visa will speed things up much..
Seems the CS take their time to do things.
I never received an NOA1 after about 6 months I just received the RFE.
Just wait and good luck to you.

marryme

Male

Thailand

2008-01-18 18:23:00

A BIG Concern.

your finacee can get emancipated from her parents and then it would mean she is an adult..
or you can get a letter of consent from her parents..

marryme

Male

Thailand

2008-01-18 20:01:00

Timeline

It would be hard to say when your application will be approved.. I was hoping mines would get approved within 4 months but it took almost 8 months.. the faster you file will be better for you..

marryme

Male

Thailand

2008-01-19 03:28:00

Discussion with Congressman's Office regarding USCIS K-1, Processing timelines

I think it also depends on the individual cases..
some may take longer then 6 months some faster..
I think they are doing their best over there...
just sometimes they maybe overloaded.

I think it will be faster if you know someone in the Service Center your filing at.
Think ahead and make some friends at the service center before you file ..

marryme

Male

Thailand

2008-01-18 19:54:00

Recieved RFE

QUOTE (raisan29 @ Jan 3 2008, 01:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Alright I recieved my first RFE for more evidence of having met in the past year. I can send a copy of my military orders as evidence as the RFE states, but my problem is that I will have no evidence of my fiancee having been in Korea, she worked there for two years and is from the Philippines. After she returned to the Philippines she had to get a new passport and no longer has the old one that had the stamps in it.

Basically, I've come to the realization that I will have to make a trip to PI to visit her, but I'm curious how that works. Will I have to re-submit a visa application and start this whole process over again? Of course I'm going to have her look in every nook and cranny of her house for a shred of evidence she was in Korea during the same time frame, but barring that I'm thinking it's going to get denied:(

She has to have some kind of proof she was working there or why she was there. The Philippines has to have some kind of record of her going there

Your fiance can request to have her stamps transferred to her new passports. She have to go get a letter from her Embassy to take it to the Korean Immigration so they can do that.

marryme

Male

Thailand

2008-01-04 01:45:00

Packeck 3 not Recieved

It worked!!

I sent the email to visasbkk@state.gov and they replied saying they will resend the packet and also gave a link for the Packet 3 checklist info saying we can use the online forms. Here is the link if any one needs it:

http://bangkok.usemb...structions.html

My fiancee printed them out and will turn them in ASAP.
She got her police records and stuff already and everything seems to go as planned.

Now she just needs to go and do her medical stuff.

marryme

Male

Thailand

2008-02-28 22:52:00

Packeck 3 not Recieved

QUOTE (rin and john @ Feb 27 2008, 09:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Go to this link for the US Embassy in Bangkok. It has the packet 3 instructions and forms. She can print them out at any internet cafe'. We ended up printing most of ours out off the internet anyway as we could fill them in electronically.

http://bangkok.usemb...structions.html

If that does not work, contact the embassy via e-mail and ask them to resend them. Here is the format I used for e-mails to the embassy. They responded within a day everytime.

To: visasbkk@state.gov
Subject: 2nd inquiry BNK2007xxxxxx (rin's full name)

Dear Sir/Madam,

Concerning K-3 Visa petition
Case number BNK2007xxxxxx
Petitioner: (my full name) (DOB xx/xx/xxxx)
Applicant: (rin's full name) (DOB xx/xx/xxxx)

Please notify me at (my e-mail address) whether the Embassy has
received
our Packet 3 checklist (mailed via thai post on 3/13/07) and if an
interview date has been scheduled. Also please advise if packet 4 has
been
sent to the applicant. It has been two weeks since it was returned to
the
Embassy and I am concerned that it may have been lost in the Thai post.

Thank you for your kind assistance.

Best regards,
John

Hope it helps and goodluck!

John

Thank you very much John..
I will try that.

marryme

Male

Thailand

2008-02-27 18:15:00

Packeck 3 not Recieved

I have Problem. Seems the Embassy sent packet 3 on Jan 29 to my Fiancee but she never recieved it. How can I contact the Embassy to resent the packet? Please Help. I tried calling the numbers at the Embassy but don't get any live person to answer my calls.

marryme

Male

Thailand

2008-02-27 04:25:00

DHL

QUOTE (Jer&Cau @ Feb 28 2008, 07:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

it is soo close now... i'm very ansious ... to know the date and buy some plane tickets.. every event makes me more excited ... soo happy to go back home and to my love !!! ...
... but .. i saw at dhl.com ours have a schudele for deliver .. i think maybe is tomorrow .. but we never know.. i have never heard about that !!! ...

Good luck to you.. seems the waiting never ends

marryme

Male

Thailand

2008-02-28 23:24:00

my fiancee was married to an illegal alien?????

As long as the divorce is final and he can show the court papers a proof you will be ok.

marryme

Male

Thailand

2008-02-28 23:35:00

k-1 visa i have to start!

QUOTE (ivka @ Feb 27 2008, 01:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hello!
i am from serbia and my fiance is us citizen.
so u know now what i need!
well, we want to apply for k1 visa so i am so confuse and i dont know what we need to send, where...?
if i am right, my darling and i have to fill I-129F, to send with that statements that we intent to marry in 90 days, proof that we were see each other in past 2 years, that form G-325A ( he and I), passport photos , birth certificate for him. is that it or...?
do i have to send him my birth certificate or i will do that on interview?
please just dont tell me to go on visajourney/ step by step because i need to hear from somebody who is already do that!
i am so desperate!
please HELP ME!

I started my VisaJourney by going to the nearest USCIS office and request for forms that I needed and instructions for submitting the I-129F. And after a few months off doing on my own. I thank fully found this Forum and had a very good help and advise from the members. You should follow the step by step guidelines set be VisaJouney.com many people done it with success.

marryme

Male

Thailand

2008-02-28 23:30:00

Thailand forum/processing times

I filed in July and still waiting for the process to end soon

marryme

Male

Thailand

2008-02-29 20:07:00

K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

Got I-129F Approved! right??

Yay!
Congrats to you both!

pseith

Male

Philippines

2009-08-01 19:44:00

K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

Devasating News

Sorry to hear that girl.... my husband experience like that before abut her fiancee...we are sorry for you to hear about that, i know how much pain you have now knowing your fiancee have been cheating on you while you were doing everything for him to bring him here in the US...but be strong girl..sometimes God really gave us lots of pains before we commit happiness....cheer up

Peter and Joy

pseith

Male

Philippines

2009-12-08 15:45:00

mailing out I-130!!!

I didn't know anything when I sent in the I-130 for my wife and me. I just put everything in the envelope and sent it. I didn't have copies of anything, either. I didn't send a cover letter. I wish I had known then what I know now, but our application was accepted and approved on 8-3. Just save your copies so that if they lose anything you have them to send. I spent months worrying about that. But have faith that they will be processing it in good time. Backup copies are what o need most if they lose anything. I sent a disorganized mess, and they figured it out and didn't lose anything. Hopefully it will work out for you, too.

pseith

Male

Philippines

2009-08-05 17:22:00

denied entry and i 130

Everyone here is giving you good advice. Just be honest. If you lie and are found out, you're in a world of hurt. If you are telling the truth, you have no problems. Her records are that...records that are on permanent file...and available to any Government agency looking into that.

pseith

Male

Philippines

2009-08-05 17:33:00

I-130

OK, I'm the opposite side of the coin from everyone else. I hadn't discovered VJ yet when I sent in our I-130. I didn't even have a cover letter. I just threw all the forms and pictures and documents in an envelope and sent them off. No paper clips or anything. And I didn't know I should make copies of everything, just in case, so I didn't. But we went through in an average amount of time...so it's all good.

pseith

Male

Philippines

2009-08-14 18:08:00

PAID AOS bill, and now?

Call NVC and talk to an operator there. They will ask for your NVC case number, your name and birthdate, and your wife's name and birthdate. Then you can give them your email address and your wife's email address. You and your wife will be emailed a bar-coded DS-3032. She can then fill it out and send it in as a scanned email attachment to NVC. Also have her send you this as an email attachment, and you can print out a hardcopy and overnight it to NVC with the printed cover sheet. They will accept this and it will be very fast. When my wife emailed ours, they accepted it, but it two weeks to process. I sent in the printed out email from her and that went through right away. Good luck! Have a fast journey!

pseith

Male

Philippines

2009-09-09 21:06:00

What happens after AOS (DS3032) is paid?

QUOTE (GinGerGal @ Sep 10 2009, 07:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

So I've received instructions to pay 70 bucks AOS fee and fill out DS-3032. What is next? Do I wait for a package. Do I download something?

Pay the fees they ask for online. You should be able to print out the document cover letter once those are paid. The DS-3032 can be emailed in, but it takes two weeks to process that. Have your other one email you an attachment of that form and print it out and send a hard copy to NVC. They will accept that, and it will be much faster. Just wait for the cover letter from NVC. They have your email address and that of the benificiary? If not, call NVC and give them that info right away.
That will speed things up a lot. The number is (603) 334-0700

Don't rely on AVR, talk to an operator there.

pseith

Male

Philippines

2009-09-10 19:49:00

Question About DS-230

Yeah, Line 39 is for you, the petitioner. You are petitioning for your wife to get a visa and she is the beneficiary of that petition. Just fill in your name, address, telephone number, and email address in that section. And make sure she does not sign Part II, that is done at the interview in Manila.

pseith

Male

Philippines

2009-09-21 18:55:00

Expiration date on approved I-130 sitting in NVC?

QUOTE (Desi27 @ Sep 22 2009, 04:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hello to all my VJ Friends,

On 9-22-09 I got a case status online update stating that my I-130 have been approved. It only took 28 days. I was thinking it would take at least three months. Now, I know USCIS will transfer the I-130 to the NVC.

My question is can I wait 45-60 days before paying the AOS and IV Bill? Is there an expiration date on approved I-130 that is sitting at NVC? Is there a certain time frame within which I need to pay the NVC fees?

FYI - The reason I need 45-60 days is because my wife has some exams in November that will determine her pass/fail degree after four years of college education. I would like to have her interview date in December 09/ January 10.

You friends are great. I appreciate all your help whole heartedly.

No need to slow down the process for you. My wife and I got our I-130 approved on 8-3-09. We just got case completed at NVC yesterday, 9-21-09, and are waiting for an interview date to be set. That will happen in early October and we're hoping for an early November interview date. If you want a December/January interview date, you should be trying to get through NVC as fast as possible, as they seem to be a bit backlogged now. Go to the LingChe NVC ShotCut guide in the wiki section of VJ for the best advice of getting through NVC as fast as possible. Good luck!
Peter

pseith

Male

Philippines

2009-09-23 00:25:00

I-130 approved Aug 05, still no case number as of Sept 21, 2009

QUOTE (christeen @ Sep 23 2009, 12:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (silvertongue @ Sep 23 2009, 01:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I sent an email to NVC the other day..and the response that I got (today) reads..."After searching our records, no
information was found regarding this case. Please contact U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS- formerly known as INS) to
verify the status of this petition." I have one question though...how do i contact USCIS? does anybody here has a phone number that I can call? Thanks!

I believe it is 800 375 5283 and options 1,2,3 to speak to an operator.... I would definetly give them a call and talk to an operator and see what is going on... Perhaps they can put a trace on it... Good luck

Yeah, there's definitely something that's gone wrong with your case if NVC doesn't have it by now. Our NOA2 was 8-3-09, and we completed NVC yesterday. Call USCIS, it seems your case got lost somewhere between USCIS approval and NVC receiving it. Sometimes NVC is slow entering things into their system, but not THAT slow!

pseith

Male

Philippines

2009-09-23 01:20:00

Let's support Paris Heart

It's been 4 days since Paris has posted anything here. Hopefully, it's because of wild celebrating there

! Beth, we are all praying for the best and waiting for the news here.

pseith

Male

Philippines

2009-10-29 15:42:00

Let's support Paris Heart

Paris, I hope all went well with your interview. After all the help you've given everyone here and all you've been through in your journey, you need cause to be having a big celebration now. We're all dying to hear how it went!

pseith

Male

Philippines

2009-10-28 17:51:00