Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	k3 vs k1 scheduling for interviews	QUOTE (jasman0717 @ Oct 5 2007, 10:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think there is more verification done up front for the K-3s so the process goes a bit slower. Other than that I have no clue My simple opinion is because the K3 is more like an Immigrant Visa, the process takes longer and as the OP states more documentation and more to review.	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2007-10-05 21:48:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Have any experience with filing for jamaican spouse?	QUOTE (studioface @ Oct 21 2007, 08:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ok thanks much for the advice i will let my wife file the i-130 from there then Best thing to do so that your future with your family will not be jeopardized. It is better to wait 6-12 months for the visa than to do what the lawyer suggests and be banned from US entry for 3-10 years for fraud. I am sure your wife and baby can visit you while your application is being processed. Good luck and remember--patience is a virture. Claire	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2007-10-21 08:34:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Have any experience with filing for jamaican spouse?	QUOTE (studioface @ Oct 20 2007, 01:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good day Sir/Madam, My wife and i we have decided the best way for me is to migrate to the U.S. we have a daughter together just 6 months old and my wife and daugther resides in Florida.but the thing is we are confused in knowing what is the best effective way for me to (note)both my wife and dauther are U.S. legal citizen. #1migrate to the U.S. i already have an B2 visitors visa and we where thinking of me coming to the states on my B2 visa then get a lawyer to sort out my paper works for me to get residence. #2Stay in Jamaica and wait forever for my papers to sort out which i know its going to take over 6 months and more to do that or could i get a lawyer located there in Florida and have them work on my papers for us which would make things a lot quicker. Please let me know what is my best option cause my wife is there with the baby and i want to see my family and help raise and support my child.so if i can get a lawyer to support my case please let me know and how much this would cost and please note we got married in Jamaica.thanks for taking the time to assist me thanks in advance Did you say you were married? If you are your wife will have to file for you as a family based immigrant. Read all the guides here on VJ and try to figure out your status. You can ask all the questions you want and will get straight forward answers.	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2007-10-20 14:00:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Finally Our Case is Complete (I130)	Congrats girl!!	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2007-10-27 14:38:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Packet 4		clairern	Female	Jamaica	2007-11-02 18:27:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	K-3 Approved in Jamaica (13 NOVEMBER 2007)	QUOTE (Mrs. Scott @ Nov 15 2007, 01:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> After one year of blood, sweat and tears- my husband has been approved. Feel free to read my review of the Embassy. Unfortunately, Jamaica does not give visas on the same day. It should arrive by no later than next week. Mrs. Scott, I just read your embassy review and it brought tears to my eyes. I am just so happy for you and feel so relieved that the blood, sweat and tears that you had to endure finally paid off. Sorry to post so much about this but my heart is full of happiness for you. Claire	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2007-11-15 18:14:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	K-3 Approved in Jamaica (13 NOVEMBER 2007)	QUOTE (Mrs. Scott @ Nov 15 2007, 01:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> After one year of blood, sweat and tears- my husband has been approved. Feel free to read my review of the Embassy. Unfortunately, Jamaica does not give visas on the same day. It should arrive by no later than next week. I told you so!!!!! Congrats my dear and I hope he gets the visa soon.	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2007-11-15 17:34:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	approved approved	Congrats	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2007-11-20 21:35:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	single paper	Jamaicans who are petitioned for relatives in the US have to provide a Certificate of No Impediment to Marriage, even if they were previously married and has a copy of their divorce decree. This has to be obtained from the Registrar General's Office, a government agency.	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2007-11-24 10:24:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	K-3 Visa Approved	OMG Mrs. Scott. This is utterly unbelievable. One again the misinformation line is up to its shoddy way of dealing with you again. After all that you've been through, yet again they are screwing with you. What the he!! is going on? The system sucks really bad. I hope this will be resolved ASAP and you will have your SO here with you soon. Continue to pray that soon this ordeal will be over soon. I am sorry I can't offer any advice but to give you my sincere sympathy. Edited by clairern, 25 November 2007 - 11:48 PM.	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2007-11-25 23:46:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	K3 Visa And Travell	I think you have up to six months to travel, if I am not mistaken.	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2007-11-26 10:03:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	APPROVED APPROVED....HAPPY THANKSGIVING!	Congrats!!!	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2007-11-24 10:10:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	PassPort! & Visa?	Congrats!!!!	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2007-12-16 17:22:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	K-3	Packet #3 is the request for the DS-230 and beneficiary's personal documents and what and where to send depending on if your consulate is appointment or standard processing post. Packet #4 is the interview appointment letter which also gives you instructions on completing the medical. Tell your SO to apply for the police certificate (which I believe is good for 6 months) and start gathering his documents. He must have original, certified copies of his birth certificate, divorce documents (if ever been married before), military records (if ever been in the military), any court records if applicable. Someone else might be able to confirm what I stated above. Good luck on the rest of your journey.	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2007-12-26 10:19:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	My Husband got His VISA!	Congrats Tamara. What a great New Years present and a wondeful way to start the year. New Year=new beginnings!!!!	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-01-01 10:17:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Approved K3.	Congrats!!!	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-02-14 03:29:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	A bit confused	Hey Dayna, welcome to VJ and good luck on your journey. Just read the guides up top and post in the regional forum "latin America and the Caribbean" and you will find people there who have gone and are going throiugh the process. In general you will get tons of information. You need to start by getting an original marriage certificate and download the I-130 form and instructions and start there. Post your questions as you go along and they will be answered. This is the best place for you to be right now Claire	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-02-21 22:46:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Embassy got case 2/28, INTERVIEW 3/7!!!!	Congrats on finally getting an interview date and I hope all goes well!!!	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-02-29 11:10:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Finally, we got the noa2 approval for K3 today!	Congratulations!!!	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-03-15 10:57:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	APPROVED	Congrats on your approval!!!!!	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-03-18 11:48:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	K-3 INTERVIEW IN JORDAN COMPLETE!!	QUOTE (AhmadGwen4evr @ Apr 4 2008, 12:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> K-3 INTERVIEW IN JORDAN FINALLY THAT DAY CAME..FINALLY CROSSED THAT BRIDGE.. Thank you Lord.. Thank you Soo much!! Thank you to all of you who helped us thus far! Thank you for your support! Ok.. I haven't had much rest yet..but here's how it went. (Im sure my husband will share more as soon as he's rested) Ahmads appt was set for 7:30am...but as usual we knew it was all about arriving early and then wait..but most important be on time and prepared. So there he is looking like he's ready to move into one of their offices with all his required docs and "supporting evidence". There were a few others there..but they had only a folder or two. This made some of them a little nervous thinking maybe they were supposed to bring more..but for some it just depended on what their exact purpose was for being there. His first interview was with a woman. She asked him only a few questions. For starters she asked "how did you meet?". He told her how and what circumstances led to our meeting online. This brought up my son marrying an arabic woman..which in turn brought up the age questions -My sons, Ahmads and mine. This question gave [u]Ahmad opportunity to share more about our sincere love and the building up of our relationship[/u]. She asked what his parents thought of me (and our relationship). With these questions he offered to show pictures, emails, phone records etc..(which was located in his "luggage" file- 1 large/2 small) She said no..don't need to ..just show some pics. Ahmad said he had so many here due to 3 celebrations/2 visits to Jordan. She said just a few is fine. He brought out a few pix of us together and also me with his parents and family. She asked "When did you see her last?" . He answered with exact dates and time periods She seemed very interested and pleased with the photos..in which her tone and reaction changed greatly when she who I was and how the pics showed my relationship with him & his family (very close/ the pix don't lie). She did ask if he had a copy of the visa stamp in my passport of my visit.. he said he didn't have it but had my boarding pass/luggage tags etc as proof and offered it. She said no..its ok..don't need it. Then she said ok.. I believe you. Now the only thing that would need to be done is to wait outside and the next interviewer would call him..then they would need to get one last security check..after this his passport would be stamped. She was very pleasant and Ahmad felt that if she felt something was wrong or missing that she would tell him. The next interview took place a few minutes after he left her. He met with a man. As he walked in with his "mini" file suitcase ensemble... The man said "Whoa!!.. ok ok..I believe you!! (smiling and jesting with him as he looked at all of what Ahmad carried). Ahmad smiled... remained calm and ready. He was asked to show all docs I-134 and supporting docs. I had this set up in a presentation folder. Ahmad had one- Sponsor "me"..and another folder- Co-sponsor "my dad". The interviewer was impressed bc I also included 2007 tax papers (W-2s/Form 1040- no 2007 transcript). Also I included 2004-2006 transcripts/W-2's. Other documents to support information given on I-134 (employee verif/recent paystubs ....). He took mostly everything from those folders and viewed his screen and said that Ahmad had everythign they asked for and more and this was good. He said this was the end of process..All was completed and acceptable..but they had to follow thru with sending it for one more check. Ahmad questioned "What should I tell my wife about this interview?" He was then told " all is good and completed..just would need to wait for last check (if all is clear), then request for him to send in passport..then it would be stamped with visa. Ahmad continued to ask about how long bc this has been so hard on us..the waiting and being apart..and this is why I had to come back to visit again. The man said that it says up to 3 months..but it could be much much faster and not to worry because everything looked good and it was just a procedure that had to do now.	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-04-04 14:10:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	anyone here got approval last 2 weeks march	QUOTE (dora2X @ Apr 16 2008, 08:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Im wondering if your case already reach the NVC? coz the others who got approval first 2 weeks of march already have interview date in their local consulate . we got approved last march 26th and its been 3 weeks now .we called NVC and then they said to wait up 2 weeks to 90 days. Your case has to be processed and completed before you get an interview. By your signature, it seems as if your case was just approved. You have a bit to go before you get to the case completed and interview stage. Please read the guides and the NVC flowsheet to see what other steps need to be taken before you get to the interview at your consulate.	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-04-16 08:56:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	My husband got his visa!!!!!	Congrats to you both on this grat step. May he continue to bless you all!!!	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-04-16 05:21:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	finally got it....	Congrats on your case being transferred to your embassy. Was your consulate an appointment or standard processing post? This is to determine what you will need at the interview. Did you have to submit any documents to the NVC?	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-03-28 19:40:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	APPROVED!!!!	QUOTE (hopeful1 @ Apr 26 2008, 11:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My wife's visa to come to the USA was approved on 4/24/2008 at the American Embassy in Paris, France The questions were not very complicated, even if she was "sweating bullits" as they say. They asked her my name, how many times we saw each other since meeting, where she had visited in the USA, and some questions to be congeniel. I am a litle confused though, ebcause the immigration woman said that my wife wouldn't be able to leave the USA for awhile, and I thought that with the K-3 Visa, one could leave at any time. F.Y.I. I also filed and was approved for a K-1 Visa. I would appreciate any feedback with this. Congratulations on your successful visa interview and approval. How could you also be approved for a K-1 visa if you are already married? Can you explain exactly what you mean. K-1 is a fiance visa and K-3 is a spousal visa. The same form is used to apply for both (I-129F) but you get the Spousal visa after you submit and get approval for the I-130. To answer your question, I think the K-3 is a multi-entry visa, which means you should be able to leave and re-enter the US without any problems. If I am not correct someone is sure to come along and correct me.	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-04-26 22:46:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Received a letter from NVC	Congrats	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-04-28 20:00:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	The Visa has arrived!!	CONGRATS!!!!	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-04-30 17:04:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Is the consular interview date set by NVC?	If your consulate is an appointment post, NVC assigns the interview dates based on what dates the consulate has available. They have to get available dates from the consulate in order to assign a date to applicants.	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-05-02 17:49:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	VSC & K1'S	QUOTE (Paris Heart @ May 1 2008, 05:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well VSC is again approving K1's 58 days to approval. Glad for them, but sad for us waiting more then 58 days, and for some so much longer. What is wrong with the married folks petitions???? Paris Heart That was my thoughts exactly. No offense to K-1 filers, but why do they get faster approvals than spouses?	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-05-01 17:03:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	July/Aug filer email notification	Congrats and good luck with the rest of your journey!!!!	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-05-14 21:06:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	K3 or IR	His situation sounds complicated and I went back and read his previous posts where he had an attorney who sent his I-130 to Kingston and not USCIS. Hence the reason he is now at a loss as to what is happening to his case. I only hope it is not too late to start corrective procedures.	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-05-27 19:37:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	K3 or IR	If your wife is in the Phillipines, all your paperwork should be directed there after NVC completes your case. If your wife has a Manilla #, your case was probably forwarded to that embassy from Jamaica. The NVC usually collects the documents and process them then schedules the interview then forward the completed case to the embassy in the country of your wife's residence. That is where the interview will take place. Are you a USC or a LPR? You should probably explain your situation a little so we can better understand and try to help you. The petition you filed usually starts with the USCIS who issues the NOAs, then it goes to the NVC after approval. Where overseas are you? Are you Jamaican national or USC or LPR? How long have you been married? Is your wife Jamaican or Phillipino? I am sure when you present your situation more clearly, you will get the answers that best suit your case. Goodluck	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-05-27 19:31:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Question about income	QUOTE (Steve Y Jessica @ Jun 8 2008, 01:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Rajaa @ Jun 8 2008, 10:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> OK not sure where to post this question but I thought i'd post it and the powers that be will find the right home... lol. I just recieved the transcripst for the last three tax years.. I filed joint cause at those times my x and I were married. My question is I had income but not alot until last year (fighting for divorce required me to find good work but cause we were married we filed jointly) will that cause us difficulties that I didn't have enough the third year (2005)?? and that i'll be submitting my tax transcripts with "married filled jointly?" we have 50% custody of the kids so I have to show support of me, my husband and one child?? I have two but cause of 50% custody claim only one. So currently I make enough over poverty line for the three of us.... Oh and BTW since my x is the one who filled the tax returns the transcripts went to him.... even though I called and gave them my address...not cool. I am in the same situation with my tax transcripts as far as married filing joint. However my income was always OK. But it states that only the last years tax transcript is needed. the other two are voluntary. So if your income on the last years taxes was good enough, I would just send in the one. You also include your current paystubs and letter from your employer to prove current income. It is your current income that is important.	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-06-08 12:33:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Imbra laws	QUOTE (pushbrk @ Jun 8 2008, 01:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (clairern @ Jun 8 2008, 10:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Angie Y Shane @ Jun 8 2008, 01:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello my visa friends. I have a very important question for those who would know. Some of you may be aware of my case. I have had my I-130 petition pending for over one year. I have never filed for the K-3 for me and my wife. I never met my wife on a marriage broker site. I met her on a free dating site to meet singles. Will Imbra apply to me? I know on the K-3 i will have to admit to one conviction from 12 years ago. Since then i have proved my self good charector. My wife knows my conviction from the past. It was not a violent act or abuse. My question is should I go ahead and file the K-3 and disclose my history since i alredy feel USCIS knows because its taking over a year since my petition has been pending? I waas thinking is i go ahaed and file the K-3 I can come forward and disclose my past and avoid any possiable denail of the petition. Disclosing your past conviction is going to depend on if you are the petitioner or the beneficiary. The USC petitioner does not have to disclose any prior convictions to the USCIS/NVC. They do if they must answer yes to the specific IMBRA related criminal past question on the new I-129F. Ok. sorry about that, did not know about this IMBRA stuff	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-06-08 13:02:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Imbra laws	QUOTE (Angie Y Shane @ Jun 8 2008, 01:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello my visa friends. I have a very important question for those who would know. Some of you may be aware of my case. I have had my I-130 petition pending for over one year. I have never filed for the K-3 for me and my wife. I never met my wife on a marriage broker site. I met her on a free dating site to meet singles. Will Imbra apply to me? I know on the K-3 i will have to admit to one conviction from 12 years ago. Since then i have proved my self good charector. My wife knows my conviction from the past. It was not a violent act or abuse. My question is should I go ahead and file the K-3 and disclose my history since i alredy feel USCIS knows because its taking over a year since my petition has been pending? I waas thinking is i go ahaed and file the K-3 I can come forward and disclose my past and avoid any possiable denail of the petition. Disclosing your past conviction is going to depend on if you are the petitioner or the beneficiary. The USC petitioner does not have to disclose any prior convictions to the USCIS/NVC.	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-06-08 12:31:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	a possible snag!	QUOTE (Huru_Kai @ Jun 12 2008, 01:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I need some advice. I may have a possible snag. When I married my wife our lawyer told her that she should change her name to mine( she is Colombian I am American). She misunderstood that he meant to only change her ID (cedula) and she changed her name on all her IDs' including (here's the snag) her "birth certificate". Now my question is : since we originally sent in her paperwork with her maiden name will this "snag" be a problem and stop her entry? If this is a problem then how do we remedy it without having to start the whole process over? Will immigration accept this as a misunderstanding and correct the paperwork? Or is it not a problem at all? How was she able to change her name on her birth cert? Did not know that that was possible? Edited by clairern, 12 June 2008 - 06:44 AM.	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-06-12 06:43:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Hubby is coming!!!!	QUOTE (Allen & Sally @ Jun 20 2008, 09:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The feeling right now is overwhelming..Asawa will be coming on thursday to pick me up, then on saturday we'll be leaving..our POE is SAN FRANCISCO..to those who've been there as there POE, what do i need to prepare, im getting excited at the same worried cos i dunno what to expect when i get there..Any suggestion is highly appreciated.. Thank you in advance... Don't know about the POE experience but wanted to wish you guys all the best.	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-06-20 08:25:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-864 Affidavit of Support - What are all fees associated?	The $400 is the actual visa application fee that has to be sent in before she can send in the visa application (DS-230) itself, I was in the same situation where my boyfriend's parents filed for him in 2000 years before I met him, and I was his co-sponsor and I paid the visa application fee because his parents had previously sponsored other family members. Good luck and go ahead and help them as you are on the lucky end. If you had to filed for her you would have had to pay waaaay more than $400 in fees before she gets here. She is also going to incur more expenses before the visa interview also. She has to complete a medical exams and might even have to pay for vaccinations if her records are not available and if she needs additional shots. You can also read the guides about family immigration and the steps one has to go through before the visa is granted.	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-06-21 08:15:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I864 sponsor questions	QUOTE (victormd504 @ Jul 1 2008, 06:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi I am on the I-864 paperwork now for my Japanese wife and the people that are going to do the sponsorship has quite a few questions where can I go to get alot of information on the I-864 paperwork and what my sponsors will be agreeing to if they decide to sponsor my wife. I need any information that explains the comitment they are argee to with the US goverment when they do thisd paperwork Any help is very much appericated The I-864 itself has the agreement at the end of the form that the sponsor has to sign that they are agreeing to do. It explains in detail what their obligation as a sponsor is.	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-07-01 07:25:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	K3 VISA INTER VIEW affidavit of support	QUOTE (kenrick4 @ Jul 25 2008, 01:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hi guys my wife will be getting her pack 3 in a couple days and i wanted to know wish Affidavit of Support form should i use for her interview I-134,I-864 or I 864EZ and do i need another seperate one for her son Hey K, I think because it is a K-visa you only need to fill out and submit the I-134 and include her son on the same form in the section that asks for others accompanying the beneficiary. If I am wrong someone will be sure to come along and correct me. Here is the link to the example form http://www.visajourn.../Form-I-134.pdf Edited by clairern, 25 July 2008 - 12:35 AM.	clairern	Female	Jamaica	2008-07-25 00:32:00