Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Received a confusing email today	Last night I checked the USCIS website and it states my K1 petition was approved. Still have not received an email or sms on the matter. I had emailed the CSC a few days earlier asking for status update, never thinking I would get a response. Well, just now I did receive a response which says I should hear an answer regarding my petition in 21 days. So, this is just another case of someone at the USCIS not knowing what's going on, right? I mean, the website says approved, so it must mean approved. Am I thinking too much into this? No worries, and congrats! You should receive your NOA2 within those 21 days, I guess, but you'll probably get it much sooner than that. Btw, with USCIS, the left hand does not always know what the right one is doing. I remember some people in our K-1 filing group signing up for email alerts and NEVER receiving any alerting them to their status. They simply received their NOA2s in the post. So don't ever freak out unless you receive a letter telling you to (denial, removal, RFE), and even then ... stay calm and know that there are people here to help you when the ish hits the fan. x Edited by John and Camie, 23 May 2012 - 06:13 PM.	John and Camie	Not Telling	England	2012-05-23 18:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	long enough together for the petition?	We would go for the CR-1 but we are in trouble with the time: My fiancé arrived in Munich at the 29th of February and will depart at the 29th of August. So there is no time left to apply for CR1 via DCF in Germany. Should he do it in the U.S. or would that take much longer? What do we do now? Tanja Hi Tanja, My advice: have your fiance file K-1. My hubby and I were together for just three months before we got engaged, so the 8 months we had from engaged to receipt of K-1 visa gave us a lot of time to collect ourselves, build the tools we would need in our marriage (patience, trust, etc.) and have a proper engagement. We figured, if we could survive K-1, we could survive anything, haha. So far, the endurance training we've gotten courtesy of USCIS has kept our little marriage happy through unemployment and all of life's other little disappointments, LOL. Btw, you don't get your EAD (work authorization) until after you file AOS, and then it falls somewhere between Biometrics and We'll Send it To You When We Feel Like It. Hope this helps. Good luck! x	John and Camie	Not Telling	England	2012-05-23 18:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Should I stay or should I go?!	What exactly does he need again to get to the US? Just himself, his passport, the notorious brown envelope from the medical (which goes to Immigration at your fiance's point-of-entry), and his K-1 visa (along with personal items and clothing, of course). When the time comes, Adjustment of Status filing secures his temporary EAD for work. Btw, my husband still keeps his Lloyds account active in the UK, in addition to having a bank account here in the US. If you're in a position to make as much money as possible while your fiance awaits his visa, then I think that's rad. You and your fiance still have the medical and the actual visa to pay out for, and then there's the wedding, and then the civil surgeon for transcribing the medical, and then AOS! But you'll get through it, and look back and wonder how you ever made any of it possible. x	John and Camie	Not Telling	England	2013-01-14 12:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Should I stay or should I go?!	Hi jj80, This K-1 is for your fiance to come to the States, right (sorry if that sounds dumb; trying to get the gist of your question)? If so, his unemployment is irrelevant (my now-husband left his job just prior to coming to the States), but you'll need to secure a sponsor for the Affidavit if you cannot sponsor the petition yourself, and that sponsor would need to provide the paystubs and other supporting documents. As you are a dual citizen, you should have no problem resuming your old job in Florida (entering the country with your US passport). Your fiance, the beneficiary, would remain in England to do the medical and interview. I think some fiance(e)s do come to the US on tourist visas/VWP to sit out some of the process and return to their countries for the rest, but others here are more knowledgeable in that area than I am. My hubby and I spent four months apart from filing to visa. Good luck, hun. Welcome to Visa Journey! x	John and Camie	Not Telling	England	2013-01-12 17:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 Visa - Getting married before the visa comes through	- Clearly from the advice we have been given, we should not have any party or anything that might complicate or concern USCIS or the consulate during the Visa process Have an engagement party! My husband and I had one at his local pub before we came back to the States to get married. - That said, would they frown on making plans? i.e can we buy dresses, consider booking venues etc albeit with the knowledge that we might have to cancel if we run out of time. Go ahead and make all the plans you can. We bought our wedding clothes and rings, etc. Make sure you book a place with a good cancellation policy. - More realistically though we are now thinking it is best to do exactly what you said. Wait till we have the Visa, use it asap because our priority is be in the same place! Then have a small wedding and start planning the big party for some point in 2014. - To answer a few other queries, she is based in the US and I am in the UK, and our application got NOA1 at VSC just before Christmas. - I have seen that VSC is currently processing at 6months on average, hopefully if we dont make many mistakes August-October is a realistic time frame for completing this process therefore. - I noticed some people who applied in July last year got their Visa by November, 4months for the whole thing! What happened since then!!! We were CSC; took us four months from filing to K-1, so keep your chin up, hun.	John and Camie	Not Telling	England	2013-01-08 17:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 Visa - Getting married before the visa comes through	Hi All, My fiance and I submitted our initial K1 petition before the Christmas break. I am the sponsor, UK nationality so going via the US embassy in London. Although we are early in the process we are trying to plan our wedding later in the year (end of August) and had a question about a possible problems that we thought we should check. Owen Oh honey, welcome to USCIS time. Where they do what they want, when they want and how. I would wait until you have visa in hand (or at least an interview date) before making wedding plans. I wouldn't even have a "ceremonial" wedding. Even if you pull it off and get your K-1, you still have to get through AOS. Happy engagement! x	John and Camie	Not Telling	England	2013-01-08 17:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	UPDATE AFTER K1 JOURNEY ENDED	Cancel the petition and also send an email to the Embassy in DR telling them to send it back and why you are canceling ( he got married to another American). That way, you have a clear path to file for someone else someday (if you wish). And honey, I've been dumped on my birthday, too. I didn't realize he was actually really giving me a gift at the time, LOL. I hope you find love again, better than you ever thought was possible. x	John and Camie	Not Telling	England	2013-01-14 12:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Getting Married on a tourist visa	I have friends who have done it that way and they said I was foolish for doing it this way No you weren't. You followed the law, and as a fellow law-follower (lol), my hat is off to you. x Stay strong, Lydia. I know it's hard. x	John and Camie	Not Telling	England	2013-04-26 12:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 fiance visa.....petitioner died	Miya, I'm so sorry for your loss. x	John and Camie	Not Telling	England	2013-05-01 19:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	RFE	Send them the new photos. Even though they're new, at least USCIS can no longer say you haven't met, ha ha. Throw in a few affidavits from family and friends if you can, and I would provide all that other proof you've got as well, even if they didn't ask for it. It wouldn't hurt.   And no worries, honey. RFEs happen to the best of us, but we get up and over. x	John and Camie	Not Telling	England	2013-06-13 17:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Ok, Shots or No Shots????	OP> It is best to get them done at or prior to your K-1 medical so you can have them marked off on the DS-3025. If you get all the required vaccinations for AOS and they are marked off on a properly filled out DS-3025, then you will not need to go through the hassle of trying to find a civil surgeon that will not insist on giving you a new medical and/or overcharging you.   This is so important.	John and Camie	Not Telling	England	2013-07-11 14:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Fiance did not get visa b/c of insufficient evidence	[quote name='4clife' timestamp='1318617547' post='4952936'] Hi everyone!! I need your help. My fiance had his interview today, but did not get his visa because they said he did not have enough evidence. I know my fiance before I came to the US 11 years ago. I went back in 2003 to see him and had picture we took in that year, however, we prove up for no apparent reason,long distance was a challenge. Recently we decided to get back together and take this relationship to another nothch. I visited him July of last year and he proposed to me. I went back to see him April of this year. Financially I'm good b/c I made 35k, plus I have don't have any children. I don't know what's their reason for saying he did not have enough evidence. They told him they are sending the case back to the State, so for those that can help, what happen in a situation like this? Thank You!! It happened to my K1 petition last year too. the deny base on my visit to my wife only 5 days, no engagement ceremony. Base on my experience, you got to front load lots of evidence when you filed for K1 at USCIS. For my case, the deny was on November 2010, I have to wait 4 months for the petition return back to USCIS. however, when the case got to USCIS, it was ex expired because the K1 is only 4 months period for visa. USCIS told me to file new form at my cost. I filed I-130 form on March 2011. My wife will have the interview on this coming November 16, 2011 at Ho Chi Minh city. You have to wait for the case back to USCIS. you might appeal with the deny but as I told you by the time your case get back to USA it will be automatically expired, Good luck for your new file. make sure you have to write your timeline more detail, collect all of your evidences together with your new file to USCIS otherwise they will send you RFE request for more Bona fide marriage relationship. I file I-130 on March 2011, I received RFE for bona fide relationship evidences because USCIS agent told me my wife was approved for K1 by their agency but the CONSULATE at HO CHI MINH city deny base on the evidences we provided are not real at our claimed relationship.	dinhdung	Male	Vietnam	2011-10-14 22:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Letter From Employer When I'm a Contractor	Hi, I am in the same boat. I am a contract recruiter at my company...I have been there for almost 9 months but they could end my contract at any time. Let me know if you find out anything about the co-sponsor if by chance you end up out of work during this process. Thanks and good luck! QUOTE (palilover @ Dec 3 2007, 08:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ok, I have worked onsite for Company A for a year now. I am not on their payroll. I am on an IT recruiter's payroll. However, the issue is that I have worked for 2 IT recruiters BUT AT SAME JOB AND SAME COMPANY for the year. My original idea was to have my boss (at the company) write the letter but state that while I've been onsite, I have been working through contractors. I asked him today and he does not want to get involved. (I think when I mentioned it was for immigration he got scared, I dunno). So he said have the recruiter do it since I am on their payroll anyways. I called the recruiter and they said that they would do it. but now I have to track down the otehr recruiter that I worked for before October and ask them to write the letter as well so I can show that I've been employed steadily. Am I going about this the right way or does anyone have experience with anything similiar? Also this month or next month there is a slight chance they won't renew my contract. If the Aff of support is not filled out before I lose my job (if they don't renew my contract but I hope they will!!) do I automatically need a cosponsor? Thanks	Jodinjames	Female	United Kingdom	2007-12-04 10:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Any May or June Filers Approved?	QUOTE (Eresh @ Sep 9 2007, 10:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My priority date shown on my NOA-2 is April 25, 2007. The date for my NOA-1 is May 21, 2007. I think they go more based on the priority date than on the day either CSC or VSC acknowledges receipt of the application. I got approved right around the time I expected to be approved {90 -120 days of waiting}, not as a 'freak' approval as you say. How do you know if you have been touched? What exactly does this mean and how can I find out? Thanks!! QUOTE (Eresh @ Sep 9 2007, 10:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My priority date shown on my NOA-2 is April 25, 2007. The date for my NOA-1 is May 21, 2007. I think they go more based on the priority date than on the day either CSC or VSC acknowledges receipt of the application. I got approved right around the time I expected to be approved {90 -120 days of waiting}, not as a 'freak' approval as you say.	Jodinjames	Female	United Kingdom	2007-10-18 00:22:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Any May or June Filers Approved?	QUOTE (Eresh @ Sep 9 2007, 10:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My priority date shown on my NOA-2 is April 25, 2007. The date for my NOA-1 is May 21, 2007. I think they go more based on the priority date than on the day either CSC or VSC acknowledges receipt of the application. I got approved right around the time I expected to be approved {90 -120 days of waiting}, not as a 'freak' approval as you say.	Jodinjames	Female	United Kingdom	2007-10-18 00:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	CA Service Center	Well, I was in the same delima....my fiance and I considered getting married but we felt it was too rushed...so opted for the hard way....had we known we would be apart for a year, we both wish we would have gone to vegas! Something to think about....... QUOTE (andrewmeier @ Oct 17 2007, 01:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey guys, Thanks a lot for your thoughts/posts. It does seem like a mess... It's a shame to think of all the pain so many people are having to go through just so the govt. can save/make some $$$ and change procedures as they please. I understand them wanting to make sure a potential marriage is legit, but making a couple wait up to a year to even see eachother again is just outrageous. I'm a student finishing up here (this week) and the main thing I'm trying to figure out is whether to get married now and just file for AOS, or go home and file for K1. It might seem like an obvious choice as the first option would be considerably faster, but I do miss my family and friends (it's been a while), and I don't like the idea of rushing a marriage... Thanks again.	Jodinjames	Female	United Kingdom	2007-10-17 19:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Touched?	Ok so I log on to the USCIS site, put my case number in and it says the same thing, recieved and pending, how the heck do you know if it's been touched? There is no dates stamp on it except for the date it was recieved. Thanks,	Jodinjames	Female	United Kingdom	2007-10-19 01:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Hope for May Filers!!!	Thanks!!! This board is so supportive! QUOTE (eric_and_teresa @ Oct 22 2007, 07:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congratulations!!!	Jodinjames	Female	United Kingdom	2007-10-22 21:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Hope for May Filers!!!	This email does mean they approved us and will be sending the NOA 2 correct? I just read someone elses post who was challenged to say it was just the NOA1 which I never got.....help! I hope this is the real thing! *** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL *** The last processing action taken on your case Receipt Number: WAC Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E) Current Status: Approval notice sent. On October 22, 2007, 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. If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case status results listed above, or if you have not received a decision from USCIS within the current processing time listed*, please contact USCIS Customer Service at (800) 375-5283. *Current processing times can be found on the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov under Case Status and Processing Dates. *** Please do not respond to this e-mail message. Sincerely, The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)	Jodinjames	Female	United Kingdom	2007-10-22 21:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Hope for May Filers!!!	Hi all, I just wanted to let all of you know I just got that email saying we are approved from the CSC!!!!! We have been waiting for just shy of 5 months! I am so happy and hope all the other May filers are right behind us! Filed on 5/25/07 Did not recieve NOA1 10/22/07 approved! NOA 2 mailed out. I sure hope the wait at the NVC isn't as long!	Jodinjames	Female	United Kingdom	2007-10-22 21:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2 approved - NVC has no info - what is wrong with CSC ??	Im in the same boat, got my NOA 2 on 10/22 and we are still waiting for NVC to assign a # and acknowledge they recieved it. I emailed them today, lets see if they respond. QUOTE (sam403 @ Nov 14 2007, 04:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> my K1 was approved 3 weeks ago, after a very long wait. NVC has no info yet. first of all CSC takes too long to process it. it is absurd that they take too long to send it to NVC !!! how long does it take for NVC to get these papers ? i am talking about CSC here. i know they on that "slow path" ? what are my options ? thanks, sam	Jodinjames	Female	United Kingdom	2007-11-14 20:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Letter of Intent, Any examples?	Hi, I am writing my intent to marry letter for my fiance's interview. Does any one have any examples to post? What type of information should I be providing in this letter? Thank You, Jodi	Jodinjames	Female	United Kingdom	2007-12-04 10:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I'm a little confused...	You have to provide two forms of proof that you can support your fiance financially.......letter from your employer and a bank account statement, etc.	Jodinjames	Female	United Kingdom	2007-12-21 20:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Question about Notarization of the Affidavit of Support...	I wouldn't take any chances, get a non family member to notarize it, it's not that much money.	Jodinjames	Female	United Kingdom	2007-12-21 20:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	CASE STATUS AT NVC	Hi, We recieved our NOA2 on Oct 22,2007. I just called the NVC to see if they recieved it and the guy told me to wait 2-4 weeks or up to 90 days! This seems like a long time compared to others just for them to recieve it. It is so frustrating how slow they are moving.	Jodinjames	Female	United Kingdom	2007-11-13 10:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Should we get a website?	If you're just starting your petition you should provide photos and proof that you have met in the last 2 years. Passport stamps, boarding passes are all good evidence. I don't think my fiance and I even included chats in ours. We travel to each other so often and travel to other places together, we were able to give a lot of evidence that we were together (in my city, his city and other parts of the world).    For our interview, I took a tonne of pictures, chat logs and even things for our wedding (our invitation, our own wedding website, contracts in both our names from vendors, and cards addressed to both of us from family members to congratulate us on our engagement). None of these things were looked at (maybe except for 1 or 2 pictures) at the interview. They asked a series of questions and they were very easy, it's things you should know about your fiance and no trick questions.    Edited by Lights, 12 June 2014 - 07:37 PM.	Lights	Not Telling	Canada	2014-06-12 19:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Passport inside the sealed K-1 envelope from embassy	Thank you Nobbie! You're right, it was just the envelope with stamps and another sealed envelope was inside with my passport. I was just scared to open it, in case it was actually the sealed one (Sweden/Norway embassy)	Cemi	Female	Norway	2013-10-08 11:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Passport inside the sealed K-1 envelope from embassy	Hi!   I just got the yellow envelope from the embassy in the mail, but my passport is inside. Wont I need it when I travel to the US? I'm scared to open the envelope, it has a thick tape on it, but it doesnt say 'Do not open'.   What do I do?   Thank you for your answers	Cemi	Female	Norway	2013-10-08 07:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Best way to proof your relationship	Here's one way:  http://ilove.youmorethanyoulove.me/  BOOM!  Shameless self promotion!  Because that's how we roll...	Lexis&Ary	Male	Indonesia	2013-05-10 02:40:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	no insurance, no ss#, past tax issues, please help	After a lot of discussion my German boyfriend and I are thinking it would be financially best for us both to get married in CA then have him go back to Germany and file for CR1. I have concerns about evidence however. 1. I don't have medical insurance so can't place his name on policy I don't have. 2. 3 years past taxes all are joint married to my ex-husband. (Our divorce will be finalized in April 2013 as it takes 6 months in CA for divorces to be finalized). Will this cause problems?? 3. in CA and with my bank, we would need an SS number to add him to my bank account or open a joint one so I can't add him or open one together because he doesn't have an SS number. 4. We want to get married in vegas, a small ceremony with just him and I. We would take photos and stuff but we are not into flashy big wedding thing. 5. He and I have been together for almost 4 years now so we've had ongoing relationship and have spent 4 weeks together here in CA, would this help our case? 6. I do own my own car, is it possible to add him as co-owner? Or would he still require SS number for this? I'm thinking of trying to find lawyer to help because it feels so complicated and we don't want to risk anything going wrong especially after being so long together miles and miles away- we want to be together finally! Any advice would be grately appreciated.	erised1	Not Telling	Germany	2013-03-01 11:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Another CSC K-1 NOA-2!!	Awww, thanks!! John's going to be thrilled!	John and Camie	Not Telling	England	2009-03-26 23:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Another CSC K-1 NOA-2!!	I originally thought I would just hide this news in a few posts (as I get a bit shy), but I'm posting it because reading other CSC Jan/Feb. '09 approvals helped me track how fast the CSC was going through newly filed petitions (in the meantime trying not to get my hopes up, LOL - John and I thought it could just be pure luck), and I'm thinking others might be doing the same. So add another NOA-2 to the list for CSC! We got our NOA-2 one month to the day we got the NOA-1, and received the hard copy in the mail tonight - and btw, no email notification or change in status online. GO CSC!! I always like seeing all the happy posts on VJ ... and now here's mine *blushes* - Camie	John and Camie	Not Telling	England	2009-03-26 23:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	luck	QUOTE (Joe in Jersey @ Mar 29 2009, 07:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good Luck, my fiancee is getting her interview today too! BEST wishes to Joe in Jersey and b_fowler as well!!	John and Camie	Not Telling	England	2009-03-30 02:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	luck	Oh my WORD, you've waited long enough - BEST OF LUCK!!	John and Camie	Not Telling	England	2009-03-29 19:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Approved from CSC!!!	I KNEW IT WAS COMING!!! OMIGOD, CONGRATS YOU GUYS! And Happy Birthday!! I suspect we're gonna have more come in this week. KEEP IT UP, CSC!!	John and Camie	Not Telling	England	2009-03-30 18:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA2 after 203 days!!!!	It's these types of approvals that are emotional to read ... honestly, I don't know how couples can wait for so long without going completely mental. *Absolute respect* and CONGRATULATIONS.	John and Camie	Not Telling	England	2009-03-30 18:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	PRAISE GOD!!!...K1-Visa approved	YAAAAAAY!! Congrats and have a happy reunion (LOL, is there any other kind on VJ?)!!	John and Camie	Not Telling	England	2009-03-30 19:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Visa Just Arrived! Excited and Nervous!	Okay girl, you got me in tears over here ... this site is SO emotional. LOL! Congratulations, wishing you the best life together.	John and Camie	Not Telling	England	2009-04-01 00:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	OMG - Petition Approved Already !!??	CONGRATULATIONS!!	John and Camie	Not Telling	England	2009-03-30 19:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	VISA APPROVED!	Congratulations!	John and Camie	Not Telling	England	2009-04-01 18:49:00