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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWanting to marry an Australian and live in the US...HELP!
If you decide for the K-1 and want a non-legal wedding ceremony in Australia for her family..that is no problem at all as long as it is not officially recognized.
I did the same in Germany. As long as you are legally unmarried at the POE, you are fine!
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-27 00:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCan't marry but what about a party?

Not a problem as long as you remember to avoid referring to each other as husband/wife at the visa interview and POE.

If there is no legal paperwork involved, it is not a marriage.

We did a engagement party before returning to the USA on a K-1, not a problem.


Exactly. Had a nice wedding ceremony in Germany right before I left for the US, just nothing legal, didn't sign anything and didn't get announced husband and wife. That was about the only difference to a legal wedding.
(And I took my wedding band off before I went through POE...lol)
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-26 23:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureswould u believe it???
Have you contacted your consulate already?

I don't think you are waiting too long already. Your NOA2 was from June 20, that's just a little over a month. I don't think that is totally unreasonable and maybe your case really got sent to the consulate already and you will get mail from them soon before you get your notice from NVC. Sometimes there are delays...
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-26 23:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRFE "Trick" -- Does it help?
What are you hoping from getting touched?

Calling will not result in a touch!!
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-27 06:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMY FIANCE HAS NO ADDRESS
If he can, I suggest to get a PO Box...and then contact USCIS and tell them about the addresschange

Edited by nane1104, 27 July 2007 - 01:46 PM.

nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-27 13:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresviolations
What kind of violation are you talking about? Please post more info about the situation.
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-29 18:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCancelling K-1 Petition
I am not sure if it would really have an effect on the other visa you want to apply for if you cancel the K-1 process an have a good explanation for your decision (I can totally see your point, just, couldn't you think of that earlier?).
It might just not look good on your part for the reasons, YuandDan already stated: It might look like you are still trying to have her immigrate and were just looking for a faster route to go.
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-30 12:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNEWBIE STARTER KIT!
Three thumbs up for this topic!! :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-27 00:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresk1 visa
You need to apply for one and do so before you I-94 expires!
Take your passport and possibly marriage certificate (if you want your married name on the card) with you.
It's not a big deal..usually.
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-30 14:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHELP!

Hopefully the fact that its the truth will work for me somehow *prays* I can wrap up things back home with a some leeeeeengthy phone calls, explanations and the help of my family over there....


Make sure they keep the needed proof available to you, such as maybe a lease to an appartment that states that you had x months left on it, get something from your employer,...anything that states that you had the intend to go back to your homecountry.

Good luck!
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-30 14:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHELP!
Depending on where you are from origianlly, it doesn't have to take that long for a K-1. Look at my timeline for an example.

Personally I'd advise to go the K-1 route, but that is only a personal preference because I couldn't have just satyed here in the US without properly saying bye to family and friends, quitting my job, taking care of my personal belongings at home,...

But if you plan to stay here...it is possible and I wish you all the best!
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-30 14:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHELP!

Wouldn't it make more sense to go back and give it some time? Don't you have obligations, jobs, family, or other things that would still tie you to your current country you may want to wrap up and get sorted?

I guess if they are both sure about it and get married and apply from here it would also work, but it just seems like a very large decision to make. If I were looking at the adjustment it would be hard to believe the intent was not there if they come in under a different visa type and then get married.

If that is the case, then any country who has access to tourist visas would be wise to take that route. All you would have to say is you were dating for X amount of time and came here to visit and then they proposed and you got married. Then just stay here and file the forms and be together without having to be apart. How can you prove it isn't fraud or it is fraud in these cases?


It is not that you just have to say that you didn't intend to get married here. It's tricky and probably hard to proof, but certainly not impossible.
Proof might be a work contract, lease for an appartment,...= binding ties, that show that you were just visiting the US.

I agree though, I would probably want to go back home first too, get all my stuff in order, have time to say bye to my family and friends,...but that is a personal decision to make.
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-30 14:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHELP!
I agree, you have the option of filing for AOS after geing married here in the US without doing the K-1..or K-3, that's if you had no intentions of immigrating to the US when you came here.
Now that's whre it is getting tricky because you will have to proof that to the USCIS.
If you can, I guess there is nothing that should keep you from going that route, if you want to be safe, take the time for a K-1...it is not taking THAT long and you have time, if neccessary, to get your stuff in order in your homecountry...since you don't know how long it might take until you can travel again.
Just my 2 cents.

Good luck and congratulations!
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-30 14:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCan I Marry Her and then Apply for a K1? =)

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! Filled out the timeline for my fiancee so far and the automated guess on when they will review my case seems to keep getting pushed back.

With the recent massive increase in prices I am sure there must be a flood of people who have been filing to make the deadline and swamping the system with even more of a backlog, but what can we do?


Yepp, you are right on that one!!
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-30 14:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCan I Marry Her and then Apply for a K1? =)
THat shows once again, that you can do it by just reading the guides and posts!
Not that I have never asked stupid questions though...lol

Congrats and all the best on your journey!!!
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-27 14:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCan I Marry Her and then Apply for a K1? =)
THat shows once again, that you can do it by just reading the guides and posts!
Not that I have never asked stupid questions though...lol

Congrats and all the best on your journey!!!
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-27 14:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDoh! I Forgot to Send the Check!
LOL. I think this process is a true eyeopener for many of the USCs on here. I was so shocked that in some Staes you elect with paper and pencil!?!?!
I always have to laugh when people ask me if it is not very overwhelming to come to the US with all its opportunities and new technology and stuff and I have to bite my lips not to ask what they are actually talking about.
Geez, the city I live in right now doesn't even have a functioning drainage/canal system...lol

but thats :ot:
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-30 15:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDoh! I Forgot to Send the Check!
I hear you.
Yes, of course they could do that, as a matter of fact, for all the money they ask for, you could expect a better customer service, but we are talking about the USCIS here...don't expect anything!
I am sure you are mad enough about yourself for forgetting to add the check so no need to get into it even further, I guess things happen for a reason and I hope, there is a good outcome for you in all this.

All the best!
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-30 15:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDoh! I Forgot to Send the Check!

Thanks for the quick responses... Does someone have the phone number I can call???

I hope these bastards don't reject the doggone application. Is it too much to ask for someone to send and email or even call me and say, hey you forgot the check, send to address etc etc...???
There has got to be a a better way...


James


With all respect...you just started the process, why call them "bastards" already?
aaand...
is it too much to ask for you to add the check to your application in the first place? I think the mistake is clearly on your side, why should they take action in your behalf?

I know they make it difficult at times, but if you forget to add your check, sorry, It think there is no reason to get mad at them for not calling you for a reminder.

I hope though that somehow you will get around to pay the higher fees, but I honestly doubt it. From what I have read so far when people have forgotten the check, the application got rejected and they had to resend it. I don't think they have much sympathy for that, not normally and not regarding the fee increase you might face.

Good luck on your journey!!
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-30 12:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures129-f or 130?
That's a tough spot to be in, but I honestly have to say, I don't think it is fair to the woman you have met and think about marrying.
You are not married anymore as you say, but yet you don't want to divorce because of your wifes benefits...umh, sooner or later you will have to do something about the situation, why not now? I think it is much harder to do it later, when you definitley know how you going to do the immigration thing.
I mean,do you really want the reason to cut your wife off of your benefits be another woman? I don't know, it just doesn't sound right to me....because I have been "the other woman" before and it is not a nice spot to be in.
When I met my now husband, he was separated from his wife and that because he wanted to keep her son on his health insurance. Yes, noble from him, but I am happy he realised that it would not be good for our relationship and already by the time we first met in person (we met online as well), he had the divorce in progess and it was finalized by the time I was visiting the first time.
That was a very big relief for me and definitley a sign he was serious about us. And it wasn't that he did it for me, he just realised he had to make a clean cut because I didn't want t come between his former wife and her kid and him. I didn't want to be the reason he would take them off the insurance and benefits.
It is a tough choice to make, but I think if you want to have a future with this woman, you should have a clean cut from your exwife first. I think, "let's see how things go before I do anything" is fair to anyone.
But that's only my very own opinion based on my experience.
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-31 09:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures129-f or 130?

I think the problem is the length of time for either 129 or 130. It's like 6 months to over a year for either one, although K1 is supposed to be a little faster. If you wait and do a LTR and another year passes and you feel you want to marry this woman, then you just start either process then and an entire year has already gone by.

My own take is if you are 80% sure of the intentions of your partner, have a real relationship, truly want to be married again, and have spent enough time getting to know each other and grow a relationship the faster you start the process, the better.

This way if you run into any problems you can correct them, you still have 6-12+ months to judge the relationship and cancel it if things are problematic, but if everything goes well then you should get the visa during the engagement period.

You do have the extra complication of the ex here. Need to get that cleared up ASAP.


Okay, so what your saying is that the K1 is a little faster. More money, but faster. That means if I go there in Sept with papers for her to fill out and i go back to the states with the papers. I get the finalized divorce and send the papers in and they are approved, do I have to go back to the philipines to get her and her child or can I have her fly out here to to be married after k1 gets finalized?
thanks,
martinbr


As far as I know, you have to be divorced (unmarried!) by the time of filing for either one, 129F or 130. So I'd probably finalize the divorce asap so you are free when you want to file for the visa.
My husband had to include the divirce decree in his petition.
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-30 13:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresGoing Back to Denmark Question
I think the OP is asking if they can expect any problems going to Denmark again for 3 months since she has been there already 3 months in the beginning of this year.

I don't know the customs for Denmark, but I don't see a problem here. You are a USC, right?
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-31 16:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestion about evidence (Picture together)
I guess you are good to go then. Don't wait too long with filing...
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-26 16:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestion about evidence (Picture together)
I would not be worried too much about the picture issue. Pictures are only seconday evidence, your boarding passes,...are just as important, if not more important.
Maybe you have pictures of you and her not together but taken at the same location? Phone bills and emails are fine, maybe some copies of letters with their envelopes where you can see when they were postmarked.

I think you should be fine, if not, they will send you an RFE to send in more evidence.
If you feel more comfortable and you have the time, you can wait until November and take pictures together, but as I said before, they are only secondary evidence, supporting your other evidence.
If you file in November and plan a mid 2008 wedding..that sounds reasonable to me.
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-26 13:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCan you file a I-129F and marry the person while waiting?
He is calling her his fiancee...and he said they don't have any documents which I read as they had a non-legal ceremony like many others.
Now I am not sure if he really doesn't have any documents stating they got really married or if he is just withholding them to USCIS, but I Do believe, submitting the wedding pictures, legal or non-legal ceremony, wasn't the smartest one could have done!
If I was a CO, that would definitley rise some red flags...
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-27 10:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCan you file a I-129F and marry the person while waiting?
:whistle:
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-26 23:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCan you file a I-129F and marry the person while waiting?
Some people really amaze me!! What in the world triggers someone to add wedding pictures to your I-129F petition??

I mean, I had a non-legal wedding ceremony in Germany before I entered the US, but I think that's a whole different thing...
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-26 13:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMy petition is moving really fast
Congratulations! It seems, being in the military can be good in some situations..;-) *jk* as a military wife myself I wish you all the best for the deployment and the rest of the visa process. I hope, you guys can be together before you leave.

PS: My hubby was born in Angeles City...just read that in your signature...:-)
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-11-27 18:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresKeeping it a secret from his parents, will our marriage be flagged as fraud?
I remember, when I had my interview, that they asked me about both our families and the relationship we had to the other ones family. Fortunately for me, I knew his parents and he knew mine at this point and everything was fine and dandy, but I think as lomg as you can just truthfully answer why you don't have a relationship with your future-in-laws, there should be no problem.
The relationship with your future husband is what counts!!
nane1104FemaleGermany2008-03-30 19:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresthe brown envelope
QUOTE (orange_n_pink @ Apr 2 2008, 02:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
it sure it tempting when its sealed with tape and stamped DO NOT OPEN! you just want to.. i do anyway innocent.gif


Yeah, I agree. It is tempting and all the time you wonder, but really, at the end it is only your own paperwork...lol

Kinda disappointing when you think about it..LOL
nane1104FemaleGermany2008-04-02 14:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresthe brown envelope
QUOTE (jzoom6 @ Apr 2 2008, 02:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
With a certain amount of free time and access to some technology, I wonder if you could x-ray the enevlope at different levels. Its mostly stuff you see in movies, but I wonder if you were extremely bored and savvy, it could be done wink.gif


But why? THere is nothing secretive about the content of the envelope.
Maybe you want to see the consular office signature again on your visa application?

Other than that.... unsure.gif
nane1104FemaleGermany2008-04-02 14:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresthe brown envelope
All the papers from your K-1 application. So, basically you have seen everything in there at one point or another...
nane1104FemaleGermany2008-04-02 13:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRumor about marriage Time
Yepp, your time runs out when your I-94 expires..which is 90 days technically.

That should give you enough time for some final wedding planning unless you have reasons to marry early within the 90 days.
I got to the US on a sunday, we applied for the license on monday, had the waiting time waived and married on tuesday..lol
(THat was because we started our honeymoon on wednesday and I wanted to get my military ID (which gives you health insurance as well) before we left. I am just paranoid like that, plus my hubby anted to enroll me asap too.
nane1104FemaleGermany2008-04-02 14:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresupdate my time line
QUOTE (raycjs @ Apr 2 2008, 02:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
thank you

i just updated my time line can someone take a look and see if i am filling it out proper.


thank you
ray


Looks good to me but only you know, if the dates are correct...lol
nane1104FemaleGermany2008-04-02 14:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresupdate my time line
Go to "Immigration Timelines" in the menue above, under timeline functions, go to add/edit my timeline. enter your email address and from there you can access your timeline and update your info!

Hope this helps!
nane1104FemaleGermany2008-04-02 13:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI have only dated my fiancee for 1 year!!
I agree with most of the above posters-

*The requirements are you have to have met WITHIN the last two years before filing, the more the better.
*What visa type you chose is totally up to you. We decided to go for the K-1 because I didn't want to be married and then not be able to be with my husband until the visa is granted.
We did have a wedding ceremony in Germany though before I left the country, my fiance came over to "pick me up" in Germany and we had a ceremony with my family before I left, just nothing official/legal, so legally I was still unmarried when I entered the US.
I would always do it again that way and can only recommend doing something like this, specially if the non-US citizen has no option to bring her/his family over to the US for the wedding.
*If your case is not complicated, no issues, I don't think you need a lawyer or any agency at all. The guides on here are awesome and there are always tons of people around to answer any further questions....I say, do it on your own and safe the money for a lawyer and invest it towards your honeymoon :D
nane1104FemaleGermany2007-07-23 06:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK-1 sent in without supporting documents
Read this:

http://www.visajourn.../content/k1flow

You just passed step 4 and are now doing step 5 (your case is getting forwarded to the NVC and then to your embassy)

Also, read this here:

http://www.visajourn...pplication.html

and this:

http://www.visajourn...content/k1guide

You already done most of this but the last section is for your US fiancee to read, paperwork she needs to send to you before your interview.

Again, realx, take a deep breath, read all the material, maybe print out some things so you can make notes in them and check off the things you have completed and if you have more questions, go ahead and ask.

It's not as terrible as it may seem at the first look!
nane1104FemaleGermany2010-04-05 06:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK-1 sent in without supporting documents
Dude, calm down, breeeaaathe!!!! You are giving everyone reading your posts a heartattack!!! LOL

First of all, yes, it seems like you got your petition approved. CONGRATULATIONS!

For the next steps, please read the guides! Everything is very well explained there. Really. Just sit down, read those guides, think about it, read it again. Then, if you have any question, ask them here.

It is really not all that difficult from here. Just make sure you read all the instructions and follow them closely.

Good luck and all the best to you!
nane1104FemaleGermany2010-04-02 05:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresletter intend to live in the US
Go to example forms

http://www.visajourn...ontent/examples, under the K-1 visa related form is an example for the "letter of intend".

That's what we used when we applied. We filled in our personal information, one for me and one for my fiance, printed it out and that was it.
nane1104FemaleGermany2010-04-08 05:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 question - US citizen born abroad
I guess they suggested K-1 for you since you are engaged. If marriage is in your near future, I'd definitley suggest DCF. It's a short, easy process, your spouse will get a gc right away and it will be all taken care of before you even leave the UK.
But: You have to be married.
Also, but I might be wrong, I don't think you need to even deal with co-sponsors. !?


I have a question regarding your dual citizenship: Don't you have to give up one of your citizenships when you are 18? That's what we were told when our son was born who is a dual- us/german citizen
nane1104FemaleGermany2010-04-09 06:33:00