Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	RFE for Letter of Intent but was already given	Yes, I sent a Letter of Intent from myself and she sent one for herself, both signed and dated. Maybe they just got lost in the shuffle. Edited by ChadB, 03 March 2013 - 11:19 AM.	ChadB	Not Telling	0	2013-03-03 11:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	RFE for Letter of Intent but was already given	Thank you both for your response, I know I sound just awful with my anger but this whole process really opened my eyes...	ChadB	Not Telling	0	2013-03-03 11:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	RFE for Letter of Intent but was already given	Good day to everyone long time follower first time poster on the process. We filed for our K-1 back on August 3rd for the Vermont Service Center and just now got our RFE notice stating the lacking evidence is the Fiancee Letter of Intent. But that was sent off signed and dated by my Fiancee using a common format found here such as "I "insert name" do hereby state that I am willing and legally able to marry "insert name here" and am planning to do so before 90 days upon my arrival in the US on the K-1 Visa" We get the notice from them they spelled my Fiancee's name wrong all over this notice, and i just get a general sense of incompetence. But I'm not sure where to go from here, we had one in the packet, signed by her. Do we send that again? What if they didnt like it for whatever reason and want something different? I feel like I'm lacking specifics is there anyway to even get the person working my case on the phone to find out specifically "this was in the packet did you see here on this tab is this not good enough?" I'm a man of details and their lack of it really frustrates me, this is where my tax dollars go? Its worth mentioning when i did a service request they put my Fiancee's name at the top at my US address and said because we were neither the Petitioner or the Applicant that they cant give us any information. So i call them again and told them that how can I call on the phone give them the proper information identify myself at petitioner and get a letter saying I'm not the petitioner on the address for our application? I sent a follow up email expressing my discontent with the lack of overall attention to detail and just general ####### job they did. But rounding back to my issue should i take a chance and resend what we sent before? If that wasnt good enough will they flat out deny me? Do i sent something different? Granted I may of forgotten to put it in the packet i sent off but that seems highly unlikely due to the fact i went page by page over her copy. their copy and my copy.	ChadB	Not Telling	0	2013-03-03 10:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Affadavit of Support	Magic! Thanks for your quick response! I actually just did a bit more digging and found most of this out. But I guess there's no silly questions here. So my Fiancé' has only been in work for 6 months, and before that was unemployed/a student for a couple of years. Her Dad will be sponsoring me, but do they both still have to fill out the form. Many thanks! Floyd.	Floydrienne	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2013-02-05 13:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Affadavit of Support	Hi guys, this is my first post! Myself and Adrienne received out NOA1 on July 27th so I'm hoping we are just weeks away from a decision. I'm in the process of getting together everything needed for the Interview, birth cert', police record etc. I'm wondering though if I will need the I864 because I've read some conflicting posts on here. I've been on the London US embassy site and came across this: What about the fiancé(e) of a U.S. citizen who is applying for a fiancé(e) visa? An I-864 is not required when applying for a fiancé(e) visa. An I-864 will be required at the time the fiancé(e) visa holder applies to adjust his or her status from nonimmigrant to conditional resident with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services(USCIS). Is this correct or has anyone been caught out at the interview for not having one? Any info would be great Keeping our fingers tightly crossed over the next couple of weeks! Cheers. Floyd.	Floydrienne	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2013-02-05 12:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Starting the process to be with my loved one, have a few questions	You can get married in Russia and apply for the i-130 and i129f concurrently. Whichever the NVC process first, you will use that to your advantage. you can bring your spouse here as your spouse, or bring her her as your spouse and await for the interview here. you can also bring her as your fiancee and then marry her here in the U.S. You can definetely use your parents as your sponsor. I was under the same dillema with my wife. What I did was, I went to Brazil and spent the whole time for the immigration process i-130 at the USCIS to be approved. That took 7 months. As the USCIS approved the i-130 form, it sent to the NVC for further process as it takes more time to process immigrant visas. If you have the time to wait or if you just want her to be here, you can go there and marry her or just wait for the USCIS to process the i-129f as it probably is going to take around 4 to 5 months to be processed. Good luck on your endeavour.	Samuel&Amanda	Not Telling	Brazil	2013-01-31 01:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	American citizen not living in the united states	Thanks Gingerpants, that's a great news. Have you been through the entire process of the K1 yet? I have a question for the very first document to send, they ask the address where the wife intend to leave (in the us). As we are both now in french and don't have any address in the us, should we just put the town your goind to move to and leave a note saying we are not currently leaving in the us? We are going to be living with my parents until we have jobs to pay for our own apartment so I listed their address. You're going to need some sort of plan with an address attached to it so start considering this now.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-24 11:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	American citizen not living in the united states	The requirements for the I-129F do not require that you are in the US at the time of filing, however, you may find it to be easier if you have a US mailing address, as the process can take some time. I gave the USCIS option of either posting to my overseas address or using my Parent's address in the US if it would be more convenient for them, and they have sent everything to me directly here in Ireland and it only took a week to arrive. So I don't think this will be an issue for you	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-23 13:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	No engagement Ring	You're welcome	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-24 23:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	No engagement Ring	Just answer truthfully. If you guys just never got around to purchasing one then tell them so, if you don't see the reason to spend money on an expensive material object then tell them that, some cultures don't even have engagement rings. Good luck!	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-24 23:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Question 18 on I-129f	For this I wrote a few paragraphs (a page in length) on how we met and how we came to live together in his country and then signed it at the bottom.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-25 01:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Clueless on K1 Visa and I-864 Affidavit of Support Help	We were wondering though, can we file for K1 visa, even if I was the one who went to the States but he hasn't been to the Philippines yet? Does he have to set foot in my country to file for the petition? Since we heard it takes a bit of time for the processing, anytime we can save is really vital. No. All that matters is that you've seen each other within the last two years. Where can we find the link to the qualifying income that the consulate would be looking at for the affidavit? Is it a table/income bracket for one househould kind of thing? He has 3 kids, two lives with him but the 1 does not? is that 3 people in a household or 4 excluding myself? The number of dependents he has will determine which income requirement he falls under. So for example if he has 4 dependents then he will need an annual income of over 22,050. Poverty Guidelines Chart	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-22 00:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I want to visit fiance now	I guess it all depends on how much time you need in between trips. If you look through the timelines you'll see that California is just now getting started on June NOA2s so it's reasonable to say you may get yours in the next month or two. With that in mind check out the processing times for your consulate to see the average time it takes to get your interview date.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-25 22:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Immigration Phone Call??	That is very strange. I've never heard of the USCIS calling anyone that hadn't called them first with an inquiry. How long has your petition been there?	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-21 22:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	A few questions	For the petition you'll need the USC's birth cert, once the case goes to the consulate you'll need yours. I know it needs to be certified but I'm not sure how since my Fiance had his certified translation done years ago. I highly doubt they'll accept your maternity benefits as income, would you be able to get a co-sponsor?	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-25 18:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Proof of ongoing relationship email trail	Unless you're dealing with a difficult consulate this type of proof isn't necessary until the interview stage. If you want to include some anyways just try not to overwhelm them because this could mean it takes a lot longer for your petition to get read. Just make sure you are including primary and secondary evidence that you've seen each other within the last two years.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-25 17:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Texas Processing Center 129F	Maybe its taking extra time because you live outside the country? Not to worry, living abroad won't affect your processing time. Did you send it registered mail so that you could track it and it would require a signature upon delivery? If you didn't send it first class it will probably have taken a week to get there so it may not be that far out of range.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-25 21:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I live abroad with my fiancee - Can I apply for K1?	YET!!! I haven't gone back and read that part of the forms. BUT with that being said, you've only received a NOA1 thus far and can't be positive what kind of problems you might have! On the top of our packet I placed a typed noticed stating that I was currently living abroad with my fiance and if they would prefer they could use my Parent's US address instead of my address in Ireland. They didn't have any issues with posting to me abroad (which is what would be the most logical reason for them to have a problem with it). Really I see this as only strengthening our case since it shows we have been able to maintain a long term relationship while living together and that we've made sacrifices to be near each other. An additional bonus would be that because I'm here with him in his country (with oodles of proof) there won't be any doubts that we've seen each other with in the last two years.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-27 16:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I live abroad with my fiancee - Can I apply for K1?	Oh and in answer to your other question there's no need to play down your living together, the USCIS isn't the Catholic church so they could care less. And you don't need to mention the co-sponsor until the consulate stage.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-27 16:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I live abroad with my fiancee - Can I apply for K1?	We're living abroad and the USCIS hasn't given us any problems.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-27 15:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	G325A Question	Yes. Remember to leave no gaps. So for any periods of unemployment be sure to list this.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-27 16:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	G325A Question	Write unemployed or if he was still a student at that time you can write unemployed student.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-27 15:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Cost involved for UK to US K-1	I-129f Petition fee = $455 Medical Exam Fee = $350 (200 pounds) Consulate interview fee = $350 (This is just for the K-1, once you're married you'll need to adjust status which will also cost money.) Edited by Gingerpants, 26 August 2010 - 05:03 PM.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-26 17:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	bad news- fiance visa	I received my I797 on MAY 26TH. We have been waitng and i did send the packet in later than the original application . I asked Uscis about his before i did it this way and they said its ok to send the packet later bacuase the processing times are so long. Thank you Okay so I take it this wasn't the reason for your denial then. Definitely find out their reasoning first before doing anything. Was it an immediate denial or was there a RFE first? Can you fill out a timeline so we can see what's been done so far?	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-09-03 07:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	bad news- fiance visa	Are you saying that you sent in just the one form and then later sent in the completed package? I know that you're anxious to get married but unfortunately the process takes a lot longer than 2 months to be completed. Lawyers do not speed up the process, they only help to sort out issues if you have a difficult case.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-09-03 06:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Fiance forgot letter of intent in packet	On a similar note, is it okay to just have two of the same letter with one person signing each? I found the example intent letter here and just basically wrote that with our names plugged in. is that okay or does it need to be some lengthy personalized deal? Nope that's all it needs to be. Just plug in your names and make sure the signatures are the originals.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-09-03 09:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	APPROVED!!!	Congratulations!!!	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-09-03 19:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	notarized intent to marry letter	Nope	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-09-04 12:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Enough income?	Do you have someone that you can ask to co-sponsor you?	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-09-05 19:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	filling out the form	i know that if an address or something dose not fit, you just put that info on another paper and just put see additional sheet, can we abbreviate words like U.S.A. or do we have to spell it out? and if it dont fit that do we have to put that info on the additional sheet as well? because most of the addresses will not fit on he form. Abbreviations are acceptable but if you're still having trouble fitting everything you might try printing it out and writing it on by hand. also, when it asks for her address, i have to put her complete mailing address or just the street name and number? Complete mailing address also i dont know my birth mother, she left me and my dad when i was 6 months old and sent my half brother to his dad (all on the same night), the only thing i have on her is whats on my birth certificate, i asked my dad and he dose not remember her birth day due to that fact that he hasn't seen her in 24 years, how much of a problem is this going to be? is there a way i can get this info, i asked my brother and he has gave me a date but hes not a 100% sure Sorry I'm not sure what to advise on this one. Maybe you could just write unknown and then include a separate sheet explaining your situation?	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-09-05 20:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Request for evidence sent Aug. 19, 2010	It's a general term, only you will know what evidence they are requesting and unfortunately they won't give you the explanation over the phone or e-mail, they make you wait to receive the letter.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-09-06 13:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Request for evidence sent Aug. 19, 2010	They expire after 30 days so you definitely need to call them ASAP and get this sorted. Good luck!	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-09-06 11:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-134	Do you have any dependents? If so how many? If it is just you and your fiance then you will be fine.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-09-06 17:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Which address?	They did, in the end, choose to mail it to me directly since I did leave it up to them which one they would choose. If you definitely want it sent to your US address then you'll want to make that clear, I just did this because I thought they wouldn't want to go through the trouble of overseas postage.	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-09-05 20:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Which address?	Here is what I sent and I put this page right after the check so they would see it before anything else. PLEASE NOTE: The petitioner and her Fiancé are currently living abroad so if correspondents need to be sent to an address within the U.S. the petitioner's parent's address can be used. That address is as follows: Mother and Father's names Street number and street Zip Code City, State	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-09-05 20:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Which address?	List your address abroad on all areas that it is required and then make a note to have things sent to your parent's address in the states since you're living overseas. (This is what we did)	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-09-05 19:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	; TIME INTERVIEW!!!!	Ginger, That link doesn't seem to work! Duchess, Here is a link to reviews of interviews in the Netherlands. http://www.visajourn...&cty=&dfilter=5 You can also find it by going to the top of any VJ page, on the lower blue bar where it says Reviews: Embassy/USCIS &POE, click on "embassy" then you can choose which embassy you'd like to read reviews on from the drop down menu. Ah sorry about that. Thanks for posting the working link Amy!	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-09-06 16:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	; TIME INTERVIEW!!!!	I've heard that with the easy consulates such as ours the interview itself can be quite short (like 5 or 10 minutes). If you go to your country's portal there are reviews on the interview and consulate: Netherlands	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-09-06 14:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	After 20 months my K1 petition journey has ended	We will definitely be back with a new petition as soon as I know the reason what was wrong with the first application. Best of luck to you both, I'm so sorry you have to go through this. Hopefully you'll have answers soon!	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-23 15:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	After 20 months my K1 petition journey has ended	Oh no, I'm so sorry! Did they not send you a letter explaining their reasoning? Are you going to try and refile?	Gingerpants	Female	Ireland	2010-08-22 17:17:00