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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSawasdee 4 (Thai K-1s in 2010)
If you are worried about US taxes, I was told that we don't have to claim Teaw's income on my US taxes.
Tom and TeawMaleThailand2011-03-08 09:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSawasdee 4 (Thai K-1s in 2010)
Congrats!!! The age difference really doesn't matter to them at the embassy. I think they understand why the ladies like the older men. I am 62 and Teaw is 34 and they never asked about that. We will be in Thailand 3-12 to 27 and part of the time in Buriram for the wedding party for the family. Enjoy your new life together!!
Tom and TeawMaleThailand2011-03-05 10:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSawasdee 4 (Thai K-1s in 2010)
Wouldn't you know it the Baht takes a dive toward 29 just before we go over to have the wedding party for the family and pay the sinsod!!! Give me a break, will ya???

And it took forever to find our little thread. Thought it had disappeared it was so far back in only 3 days!!
Tom and TeawMaleThailand2011-03-03 09:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSawasdee 4 (Thai K-1s in 2010)
Teaw got her green card in the mail today......a week after we did the interview. I am surprised it was that fast but that's ok with me!!
Tom and TeawMaleThailand2011-02-11 15:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPackage 3 documents

Find the book Thailand Fever on Amazon. Have her find it in Thailand or send her a copy.
I use You Tube to stay connected to Thai shows. There are many & even some videos of her area probably.
When she gets here it would be fine to do something special of course but she would appreciate time to get used to her new area. Everything is so different.
Food is a big deal. She would like to know where she can buy food to prepare at home. She will find people to connect with at those stores.
Locate the local temple to allow her to practice her faith. Again she will find people to relate to there. Hopefully you will have some knowledge of what we do at our temples.
Look into ESL classes at schools near you. She wont want to begin this right away but its a very good idea for many reasons.


Thanks Ning, I will look for that book and some youtube listings. I saw a website (can't remember it now) where she could hopefully watch 6-8 Thai channels. I'm not actually certain they all work, although I did watch one channel for a few minutes. Unfortunately North Carolina doesn't have a big Asian (much less Thai) community. Finding Thai foods in stores will be a challenge but I will look....Latin foods are much easier to find. We do have a few temples so that part is easy. I will find some ESL classes and offer that to her. It may be just for friendships or getting out as she teaches English.

Can anyone comment on their experience learning to drive in the U.S.? My fiance has driven before but not much. Everything here is so spread out we have to drive or move somewhere more convenient.

Mark
Mark&TookMaleThailand2011-12-29 12:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPackage 3 documents

Yes... All the DS forms pertain to your fiance, don't forget the DS-230 from your list! The only documents that will pertain to you are the financial docs. You'll need I-134, letter of employment, recent pay stubs, at least a couple of years tax returns with W-2's, and you'll need updated letter of intent to marry.

Best of luck!


Thanks for the reply. Yes, I have seen the DS-230 as well. I downloaded all the forms to help her fill them out. My understanding is the Bangkok Embassy only wants part 1 of the DS-230. Anyone with recent experience care to comment? I'm getting the documents together now for the I-134....putting it off a few days to get the current year W2. I'm sending her a package soon with copies of all my docs. I hate having all my personal info out there but feel like she might need it during the interview. If she doesn't interview until summer I don't want to send the updated intent letter too early. I'm going to visit her again in April maybe I will just take it all with me then.

Mark
Mark&TookMaleThailand2011-12-29 12:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPackage 3 documents
My fiance and I are getting the package 3 documents together ahead of time. We are waiting on our NOA2 from the VSC (please no RFE's!). She will be interviewing in Bangkok eventually. Can someone confirm the forms DS-156, DS-156k and DS-157 are all for her and none of them apply to me? It all just seems redundant giving them the same info over and over. If anyone is interested I joined the long wait in late Oct 2011. From what I've read so far we have a long way to go. Thanks to the creators and contributors of this site. There is a lot of good info here.

I'll be posting more in the future looking for others who have been through this and might live near me (Raleigh, NC). The country immigrating from is not important. It would be nice for us to have some friends locally who can relate to the process and living in a new country.

I'm also interested on things you have done to make your spouse more comfortable on arrival. I'm currently trying to get my tv hooked up to the internet for watching Thai tv (my Dish provider has a lot of international packages.....except Thailand :(. I've located some Thai restaurants and thought about making a welcome banner with American and Thai flags. Any other ideas?

Mark
Mark&TookMaleThailand2011-12-28 17:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresTimelinessss....
Vermont is advertising 5 months or so. We got ours in 84 days (VSC). Unfortunately I think CSC is taking longer. Good luck!
Mark&TookMaleThailand2012-01-22 20:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNOA2 and what to do?
I have read that for a K1 you will need to speak to a person when you call the NVC to get your case number. The automated line won't give you the info you need. We got our NOA2 approved 1-13-12. I called once last week and they didn't have us in their system yet. I plan on calling again Monday. Good luck.
Mark&TookMaleThailand2012-01-28 15:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPlanning for a K-1 Fiancé visa
I think the only way you can do it, having not met in person, is if there are established religious/cultural reasons for having not met in person. Good luck!
Mark&TookMaleThailand2012-01-22 20:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHelp with forms156, 157, ...
I'm not familiar with Philippines specific info but I don't see why not. I don't think they can tell who filled in the form (probably don't care either) if it is done on a computer and printed out. She will have to put her signature in the required spaces before sending them in. I believe the registrations for Philippine interviews are done online and you will need your MNL case number to do that, so I would think you probably can do that too. Maybe someone from that country will correct me. You'll have to call the NVC and speak to a person to get your MNL number. That could take up to 15 days from NOA2. Good luck.
Mark&TookMaleThailand2012-01-28 15:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhich originals to bring for the K-1 interview?

Thanks Robert&Karen and Allegra!!

I will ask my fiance for the originals that he is ok to send me, otherwise he will send me certified true copies. :)

I remember they are nice at the Paris embassy (went there for my J-1) but they can also ask tricky questions…

Allegra, I don't have any interview date right now, our file is not at the embassy yet. :P

By any chance, does anyone know how does it works for the letter from employer? My fiance works for a big company and we're wondering if a letter from his "closest in rank" manager is ok? (or does he need to ask to HR?) How "official" does it need to be?


I would suggest a letter from someone in the Human Resources Department at his work.....or someone in Payroll.
Mark&TookMaleThailand2012-01-28 15:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresTime-sensitive -- help??!!
That's the point -- my husband didn't even notice it was gone until we opened the passprt today. There is no way it could have fallen out, which means that the officer must have removed it. There are four small hoels in the passport page that looks like staple holes. I do not know how the visa was originally affixed to the page because I never saw it, and my husband doesn't remember.
missing_ronFemaleGermany2010-08-09 16:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresTime-sensitive -- help??!!
It took my husband 20 months to get a K-1 visa. Long story for another day. He entered the US and fileld ouot a visa waiver form because he didn't know what he was doing. The officer at border control removed the K-1 visa from his passport, and placed a visa waiver I-94 in it instead. We just discovered this TODAY, 88 DAYS later. We were going to file for AOS today, but now we can't, because even though we got legally married, he did not ehnter on a K-1 and now we don't evemn have the physical K-1 (for him to leave the country and re-enter.) I have called my seantor's office but they aren't sure if they can help. Anyone have any ideas? We can't get through to anyone at the Germany consulate by phone, and are out of time.
missing_ronFemaleGermany2010-08-09 16:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 Passport Validity
QUOTE (roman1982 @ Apr 28 2009, 06:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi,
Yes, the requirement on the USCIS site says "In place of any of the above, you may give USCIS a copy of your valid, unexpired U.S. passport issued with a validity period of at least five years", so we were reading this as it was a passport that was originally issued with more than 5 years validity on it. Is this wrong? Does anyone know for definite? Thanks.

QUOTE (Bobby_Umit @ Apr 28 2009, 06:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
it's 2009.

your passport expires 2013.

so you have 4 years validity.



From what you said, your passport has been issued in 2004 with validity period of 9 years (strange, normally it is 10 years) and it expires in 2013.
Therefore, it can be used as a proof of US citizenship (the original validity period is more than 5 years).
TygrysMalePoland2009-04-28 20:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureshow exactly does the whole I129F application will look like?
QUOTE (HelloWorld08 @ Apr 29 2009, 07:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i understand your feeling, when i first saw this list, it looked so overwhelming blink.gif , well, i guess good luck to the agent who will be handling this case...


It will be only a mailroom guy/girl who'll get upset... but still, why to make someone's life miserable for no reason?
TygrysMalePoland2009-04-29 18:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureshow exactly does the whole I129F application will look like?
QUOTE (HelloWorld08 @ Apr 29 2009, 06:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
everydoy,please stop quoting the list, it's too long, just reply!!!


That's exactly why I called it an overkill blink.gif
And I am sorry for quoting that list...
TygrysMalePoland2009-04-29 17:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureshow exactly does the whole I129F application will look like?
QUOTE (gf97 @ Apr 29 2009, 11:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
How to make the I-129 F petition folder to send to Immigration: how I did it:

Ok. This is what I had: the US Citizen will be the one doing all the work at this stage. All the foreigner has to do is sign 4 sheets of paper and submit passport pix to the US Citizen, so that the US citizen can start putting the application together.

First, I bought a manila folder, the kind that opens up, like this http://en.wikipedia....iki/File_folder.

On the cover of the folder I glued a sheet of paper that said, " I-129F petition" . And I put our names on it.


Ok, now the inside of the folder:
First I put 2 holes at the top and I two hole punched everything, all the papers.
I fastened everything with the ACCO fasteners—
http://www.instaoffi...992-ctn.0.7.htm


Then I had dividers, the kind you put in a Binder with the colored tabs, they are three hole punched on the sides, but I 2 hole punched the top.. these kind of dividers: http://www.jiffysupp...Dividers/Detail

With these dividers they come with the sheet of paper that allows me to write in what the topic is on the tab.


Ok, so now for assembling—everything I am saying applies to the US Citizen—

A. The first thing you will put in the folder will be the I 129 Cover letter. This letter will look like the following (look below for example - edit it based on your needs. And make sure you put the right USCIS address on it—vermont, Ca, or somewhere else):

US Citizen name,address, number

United States Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Accurate address

Date

Nature of the submission: I-129F ORIGINAL SUBMISSION

To whom it may concern:
Enclosed please find my form I-129F, Petition for K-1 Fiance(e) Visa for (put your fiance(e) name here), and supporting documents.

Contents Include:

-Payment in the amount of $XX – whatever the current amount is—look here--it was 455, but it always increases:
http://www.uscis.gov...00045f3d6a1RCRD

-I-129F Petition
-I-129F Supplement: Part B, Question 18, Explanation of meeting in person
-G-325A and Passport Style photograph (petitioner)
-G-325A and Passport Style Photograph (Beneficiary)
Letter Certifying intent to marry (Petitioner and Beneficiary)
Petitioners Birth Certificate
Petitioners Passport –(copies of passport and all the entry /leave stamps that sghow you visited your persons country)
-Letter Certifying intent to marry (Petitioner and Beneficiary)
-Proof of having met in person in the past two years (state the proof you are including)

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.

Sincerely,

your name, sign it
---------------------

Ok, so lets talk about the contents of the package:
1. The petition –the I-129F petition- you the US Citizen will sign that petition.
2. i-129 F supplement: this is just a brief detail of how you met your honey.thats all—just type it up on a sheet of paper because that box they give you in the petition is too small. Sign it and date it.
3. the G 325 A- the Us Citizen will fill out 4 copies of it and sign each copy. The immigrant also needs to sign four copies of it and sign it. You will see how each copy says something different in the left bottom corner, like consulate, etc. Make sure you, the US Citizen send immigration the copies with the ORIGINAL signatures. So if you need to send the immigrant the forms to sign and then have that person send them back to you in the mail, that is what you will have to do.
Make sure you fill out these forms accurate and accordingly. Look here for
examples of how to fill out the form right.
This website is GOLD!!! Look at it because it gives you EXACT examples of what you will need: Look at how they filled out the I-129F petition and the G-325A.
http://www.visajourn...p;page=examples

4. You and your honeys passport pictures. Write your name in pencil on the back of your passport picture and on the back of the foreigners picture, write their name and " No alien number" on the back of the foreigners pix cuz they probably dot have an alien number... When your foreigner goes to take his/her passport picture , make sure HE/She tells the photographer that it is for a US PASSPORT/Immigration, so that the photographer will give the foreigner the picture in the RIGHT size. It needs to be the right size.
So when you have the picture, and you have written on the back, stick it in a clear Ziploc bag. Zip up the Ziploc bag. Print a sheet of paper that has your name on it. Put the picture in the bag. And staple the bag to the sheet of paper that has your name on it. Do it for both pictures.

Proof of relationship:
You , the US Citizen, can include: used phone cards, copies of envelopes you have been sent through the mail, some emails, some Skype calls, pictures, your plane itinerary when you went to the foreigners country, the boarding pass, the stamps in your passport are proof, receipts of things you may have purchased while in the foreign land, the stickers they stick on your suitcase that show the destination, copies of the money receipts you have sent to the foreigner- like money gram or western union, post office receipts that show you sent something to the foreign country.

On the back of the photos, make sure you write your names, date, and where you were in the photo.


ASSEMBLING
So you will have the manila folder and all your stuff will be 2-hole punched at the top. Don't STAPLE ANYTHING – only staple the Ziploc bag with the picture to a white sheet of paper that has your names on it. So you will only use two-3 staples.

Ok, you have your manila folder:And all your papers, including the dividers that are 2 hole punched at the top
1. get your cover letter , the one that says what is in the folder, example above. Type this letter (US citizen) and date it and sign it. turn it over.
2. get the divider and write i-129F on the white tab that comes with it. Turn it over.
3. get your 1-129F petition form. Make sure it is signed and dated by the US citizen, Hole punch it and turn it over. Take your 1-129F supplement, sign and date it and turn it over
4. get the divider and write G325A. turn it over
5. get the US Citizen G-325 As. There should be 4 with the same exact data,all with the original signatures and all signed. All 2 hole punched at the top . Flip them over
get the US Citizen photo. Write the name in pencil on the back. Stick it in a Ziploc bag. Staple the bag (make sure you don't staple the actual picture) to a sheet of paper that has the US citizens name on it. Flip it over
get the foreigners G-325 As. There should be 4 with the same exact data,all with
the original signatures and all signed. All 2 hole punched at the top . Flip them
over.

Get the foreigners pic. Write the name in pencil on the back and write ,"no alien number". Stick it in a Ziploc bag. Staple the bag (make sure you don't staple the actual picture) to a sheet of paper that simply has the foreigners name on it. Flip it over

6. Get the divider and write : Letter of intent on the tab
7. print out the letter of intent to marry which should have original signatures by both of you. This is simply a three sentence letter stating that you and the other person plan on getting married within 90 days of receiving the K1 visa. The Us citizen can type the letter and email it foreigner. Foreigner prints it, signs it, and sends it through the mail to U S citizen. Then Us citizen gets that letter and signs his/her signature too—this way two signatures will be on the same page. Hole punch this letter and flip it over.

8. Divider – write birth certificate or passport . Flip it over on top of everything else that is flipped over.
9. Us Citizens birth certificate. If you don't have it, you can submit a copy of the pages of your passport (copies- do NOT send the original of these document). On the copies of your passport pages, highlight the stamps which show when you visited the country of your foreign fiancé. Hole punch the copies and flip them over.
10. get divider tab and write : Proof
11. Now, put a sample of your phone cards on a photocopy machine and photocopy the front and back, if you have any. Hole punch, flip over.
B. Print phone records of the times you have called your foreigner or/anf when the foreigner called/texted the US American. Hole punch,flip over
C. Us citizen should photocopy plane itineraries, boarding passes, luggage tags. Hole punch the photocopy and flip over.
D. US Citizen should photocopy envelopes he/she has received from foreigner. Hole punch and flip over.
E. US citizen should photocopy money receipts he/she has sent. Hole punch and flip over.
F. US citizen should photocopy some emails that have been sent to each other. Hole punch and flip over.
G. US Citizen should photocopy receipts from post office showing he/she sent packages/letters to the foreigner.
H. US Citizen should submit pictures of the couple together – at least 2. Make sure you write your names and locations on the back of the pictures..Put these pictures in an envelope or a strong Ziploc bag.Seal the bag and punch two holes in the bag so you can fasten it. Flip it over.

That's it. Now flip everything over and put it on the fasteners – the two pronged fasteners. Get a paperclip and attach your check/money order to the cover sheet in the folder. Everything is in order – make sure your pictures are not backwards. Make sure the check is the right amount.

Now, make two copies of this file—the petitioner and the beneficiary will need EXACT copies of the file. So now you, the US Citizen, will have 3 files which are IDENTICAL. Us citizen keeps one for themselves, foreigner will eventually get the other copy when the US citizen gives it to him/her, and the copy with the live check will go to USCIS.

Send it off in a waterproof enevlope--staples has them. Send it through the post offuice and get some type of signature confirmation so that you know for sure that it was received.

Send it off and wait.




People, don't overkill it...
You package gets to the mailroom. Mailroom person disassembles anything you sent and puts the documents in their own folders (are they "manila"? oh, I don't know). Your folders, your ziplock bags, your dividers land in their trash. An adjudicating agent gets your packages already totally rearranged and never sees how much of that meticulous(ity) you have put into it. As a courtesy to the person who first processes your package, don't staple anything together though.
TygrysMalePoland2009-04-29 17:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPlease sombody help with a K1 visa issue, URGENT!!!!
QUOTE (Gary and Alla @ Apr 28 2009, 11:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (macharara @ Apr 28 2009, 10:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Thanks to everyone for your opinions, i now see no point in lying or hiding the truth from the embassy. I am quite convinced that i should withdraw the application and file K3 but my wife want to take the chance and try to go to the interview and tell them that we got relegious wedding but after we applied for fiance visa and we were only engaged at the time when we applied for the k1 visa and she will not lie about any fact.
In my opinion, that this will not work, i would think that they will reject the visa and tell her since we are married now we have to file for k3 visa and they will make her withdraw the K1 visa. but I am concerned about the worst case scenario, what the worse that could happen in the embassy, if she did the interview and never lied about any fact? is it just visa rejection? does it affect the K3 visa filing afterwards?


If you are honest about it, the visa will be denied and you can start over. There will be no "ban". The only point of this would be to pay the non-refundable visa fee of $131 and give you something to do on May 31st, if you can't think of anything else. They WILL deny the visa. It does not matter you were only engaged when you filed the petition, it is a petition, NOT a visa. Your visa has NOT been approved, your petition has been approved. She must be eligible for the visa when she applies for it at the interview. She is not, she is married and cannot be considered a "fiancee".

You can withdraw now and save yourself some trouble and $131.


Withdraw your K-1 and file for the CR-1. Period.

TygrysMalePoland2009-04-28 19:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDoes Age Matter????
QUOTE (leapoffaith @ May 3 2009, 09:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
22 X 2 + 6 = 51



Check your math
TygrysMalePoland2009-05-03 09:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRejected for non signature.... Help !!!!!
If rejected, they will sent the whole thing back to you, including your check
TygrysMalePoland2009-04-29 18:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 Visa options.... to stop process
QUOTE (muslimlady37 @ May 14 2009, 03:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
If she can't be faithful to you while you was in the states what makes you think she will be faithful to you when you are station in Iraq or ALLAH forbid Afgan? Military life is different from civilian life, and you know better then me that there is no respect when it comes to souldiers sleeping with each others wives when the spouse is on tour somewhere.... Yes she told you about that 1x but how many other times was there or will there be? It's your choice to make and no one is here to judge you. But the hand writting is clearly on the wall!!!!!


So true...
TygrysMalePoland2009-05-16 08:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresany opinion?
QUOTE (HelloWorld08 @ May 15 2009, 10:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
if the guy let's the girl come back in to his life then he is an idiot...


good.gif
TygrysMalePoland2009-05-16 08:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedurescan't find answer
QUOTE (teonshine @ May 12 2009, 04:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
oh hi... just read ur question here... u know here in the phil. u can change all the information on her bc, all u ahve to do is go to the local registrar ofc. where she was born then apply for change of info. on her bc, and then pay for the fee, they will forward it to the nso main ofc. .... then after the process she will have her real b-day date... good.gif


If it is her REAL birthday date. No way for the OP to be sure devil.gif
TygrysMalePoland2009-05-16 09:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCan we get married abroad while K1 pending?
QUOTE (david2 @ May 4 2009, 02:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
HEHE as long as they let you in the U.S.A. as visitor then GOT MARRIED there is nothing ILLEGAL about that.



Yes, it is and it is called an immigration fraud, because you enter US on non-immigrant visa with INTENT to immigrate.
TygrysMalePoland2009-05-17 10:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPassport Phtotos and G-325A
QUOTE (Lisa&Edesio @ May 19 2009, 07:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
For the passport photos do I attach only one photo to the first page of our g-325a or do I need one for each four pages? Thanks for the help.


You need 1 photo of Petitioner and 1 photo of Beneficiary (assuming you're filing G-325 in support of I-129F).

Plese fill in your timeline.
TygrysMalePoland2009-05-19 06:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-129F : Part C. Other information
QUOTE (Ramos01 @ May 19 2009, 08:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi Guys, my K-1 petition is finally all ready to go, however on the I-129F; Part C. Other information;
1. If you are serving overseas in the Armed Forces of the United States, please answer the following: I presently reside or am stationed overseas and my current mailing address is:

I wrote " N/A " is this acceptable? or should i write somthing else?



That's what I wrote, too...
TygrysMalePoland2009-05-19 07:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresChanging address during K1 process
When his mom moves, change the address with USCIS to her new address
TygrysMalePoland2009-05-19 12:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCopies of my passport
BC is sufficient to show your citizenship
TygrysMalePoland2009-05-19 18:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCopies of my passport
BC is sufficient to show your citizenship
TygrysMalePoland2009-05-19 18:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresEMPLOYMENT LETTER
QUOTE (L_0_V_E @ May 19 2009, 07:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Im confused with the employment letter. my fiancee was activated this may (because he was a reserve)... so the only letter he have.. is THE EMPLOYMENT LETTER (for his other 3 civilian jobs) from the military that states that he will be activated and will be deployed to afghanistan this august...


is this enough??? or should we still get the employment letter from his civilian jobs?

thank you



Emplyment letter(s) is/are optional. Not all companies will even issue one.
TygrysMalePoland2009-05-19 19:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresplease help!
he should call or email an embassy to find out
TygrysMalePoland2009-05-19 19:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRFE?
you will be fine
TygrysMalePoland2009-05-19 13:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresg235A changes
QUOTE (chinman @ May 20 2009, 03:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
What if a parent's address changes after filing the 129F?


Nothing. Only Petitioner and Beneficiary addresses are important.
TygrysMalePoland2009-05-20 14:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWedding in Puerto Rico
QUOTE (Victor&Cory @ May 20 2009, 03:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Puerto Rico is part of USA. Not a state though. Same status as Washington DC.

PEACE...........



Beg to differ. The only similarity is both Puerto Rico and DC are not a state.

Status of Purto Rico is the same as that of Guam, American Samoa, or US Virgin Islands - they are territories... more elegant way of describing a colony, I guess.
TygrysMalePoland2009-05-20 14:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWedding in Puerto Rico
I think Puerto Rico is an US territory, not commonwealth... but that's beside the point, really.
You can marry there, can't see any problem with it.
TygrysMalePoland2009-05-20 14:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresObtaining Criminal Record for packet 3
Confused... Who is USC here - you or your fiancee?
TygrysMalePoland2009-05-20 12:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNVC letter, but no NOA2
QUOTE (SomedaySomehow @ May 20 2009, 06:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Thanks smile.gif ... I don't suppose the upcoming Typhoon season in the Philippines will get us a expedite huh hehe


Unless typhoons are a compelling interest of USCIS, I doubt it unsure.gif
TygrysMalePoland2009-05-20 17:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNVC letter, but no NOA2
QUOTE (SomedaySomehow @ May 20 2009, 05:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I was just curious ... what circumstances warrant a petition getting a expedite? I know military deployment is one .. is there any others? Thanks I was just curious



USCIS Expedite Criteria


All expedite requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and are granted at the discretion of the Director. The criteria are as follows:

  • Severe financial loss to company or individual
  • Extreme emergent situation
  • Humanitarian situation
  • Nonprofit status of requesting organization in furtherance of the cultural and social interests of the United States
  • Department of Defense of National Interest Situation (Note: Request must come from official United States Government entity and state that delay will be detrimental to our Government)
  • USCIS error
  • Compelling interest of USCIS
If your case is at a local office at the time you need to make your emergency request, please go to the local office in person to make your request. Please be sure to take all supporting documentation with you.

If your case is at one of our Service Centers or the National Benefits Center, please call customer service at 1-800-375-5283 to receive further instructions on where and how to send your request.




TygrysMalePoland2009-05-20 16:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNVC letter, but no NOA2
Postal Service was much faster in old colonial days jest.gif
TygrysMalePoland2009-05-20 16:33:00