ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
Vietnamtimeline of relationship (part ???)
We made a whole Powerpoint Presentation explaining our story. And included tons of messages. I dont know about other cases but our got aprooved fairly soon. You can check out my timeline. If you want I can send you a copy of it(power point presentation), so you have an idea. sent me your e-mail if you are interested:D

Edited by natasha/willem, 30 March 2011 - 08:10 PM.

natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2011-03-30 20:10:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionK1
just an addition to the note above, I included facebook messages (since Facebook is the big thing right now, and we dont have e-mails, and it worked perfectly fine. The USCIS didn't mind. I would agree, like everything that would show that you too have ongoing relationship. (I didnt had an engagement ring so you dont have to worry about it). Will sent you a template of my Proof of relationship PPoint presentation (that my fiance included in the application, printed out of course) so you can have it like a start thing to get oriented by. Write me A PM If you needed. I hope I can help, I know how hard it is to get everything done properly, but thanks to all this wonderful vjers I am on the right track. Good luck. All best, Natasha
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2010-08-13 00:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMay 2010 K-1 CSC
Guys, I know this is a bummer for all those still expecting a NOA2, but we got our Interview scheduled for 31 of August. I am gonna faint. I wish you all the best guys gonna keep you notified:D GOOD LUCK!!!Sending all of our good luck to you guys.
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2010-07-30 09:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMay 2010 K-1 CSC
Hello. Just got the notivication from NVC.:D It said.
Your fiance will soon receive a packet with instructions from the consular section on how to apply for the K1 VISA at that post and what documents will be required. In the meantime you should visit the Department of State's website at www.travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_4323.html to determine if the processing post has any information of which you should be immediately aware.
The case will be processed at:
Skopje
US Embassy
U1 Samoilova #21
1000 Skopje Macedonia
And also we have an INS number. Does this mean our case its on its way to my embassy? oh I am freaking out:D
I know this is like a punch in the face for all people who are waiting still for NOA2 but I had to share. Advice for all people that are about to apply for a fiance visa. Pre load the application with everything:D GOOD LUCK TO ALL> I hope you are as lucky as I am. I am a dreamer and I believe Love:D Stay positive.
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2010-07-23 23:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMay 2010 K-1 CSC

yay :dance: :dance: :dance:
Celebration!!! :dance: May we all celebrate soon!

Yay. Good luck to all, just dont get annoyed about the uscis web site, they are experiencing some issues, I think:D I hope for more good news next week from all of you may applicants, because we are not that many:D
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2010-07-18 11:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMay 2010 K-1 CSC
Hello, my fiance told me that we got our NOA2 today, by mail. The online case tracking, is still saying that we ahvent been touched since last week. I am sooooo happy. Yay. Good luck to all of you. Updating the timeline:D Good luck:D
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2010-07-17 17:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMay 2010 K-1 CSC
Been touched a week ago. Still nothing. Happy for the guys that got the noa2 though. :D Good luck to all of you outhere. !
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2010-07-16 17:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMay 2010 K-1 CSC
OMG we havent been touched since 12 of may and it says today we have been touched. YAY> Good luck to all. YAY!!!! Havent been touched since the begining. This is first. Hopefully everyone will:D
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2010-07-09 19:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMay 2010 K-1 CSC
Oh, this week has been hell I hate it. And after that the whole visa fee going up thing in the middle of the process. Sucks. :(
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2010-07-09 19:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMay 2010 K-1 CSC
Hey, Its me again! Just checked all timelines registered here for applicants in may @ csc, only one got NOA2 on 30th of June, so I definitely agree, a bit of luck and July is our month:D
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2010-07-07 06:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMay 2010 K-1 CSC
Sorry to join this thread so late, application sent 5 of may, I think, NOA1 on the 10th of May. Hopefully July will be our month:D Oh I dont know but I think it means they started evaluating our case, just cause my fiance started getting this mails (advertisment) for assistance from immigration services for obtaining a green card eventhough he is US citizen, for some reason. Never ever got them before, nor ever registered on sites that could help about it, its all me ( natasha) thats doing that. The only place where he left the e-mail adress was the uscis, and specificaly that e-mail was on the application, so it might be a good sign that gives me hope that our process we'll start unfolding soon. I hope all of yours are:D Good luck my friends, and just remmember, summer goes by a lot faster than the winter does:D
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2010-07-06 12:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsService Request with VSC
You are suppose to get a response within a week. Thats what happen with 2 of my service request. The invoice number aparently doesnt do you much good unless you dont hear from the VSC within 31 days, and then you can call and give the agent the invoice number so they tell you the status of your case. That is what happen to me. Unfortunately I got a RFE in a mean time so it did not help me much. But if you do not have RFE you should get a response of your SR within a week, especially if is : approaching regulatory time frame request. hope this helped you.
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2011-03-30 19:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSerious Stress...
Here is a list of things to do, The Santamarias:
- Before I ever got the NOA2 I tried to stay on top of my game, like RESEARCH : What kind of documents you might need for the embassy interview, cuz for me after NOA2 everything started moving quickly, so you would wanna know what kind of documents should your fiance send you,
- look into how long it takes to get a police certificate, birth certificate etc ( documents you might need for an actual in interview in your embassy)
- the thing about talking online its not about staying together all the time, but it helps just hanging out online before bed ( So many times I have fallen asleep in front of my laptop) facebook games, skype games ( bowling:D ) anything that you would do normaly just do it while you are both online:D its more fun anyways.
- write him a little good morning message, keep it as a practice it make his and your day better. and after that you dont have to be online and on the phone talking so much. when I was looking through the hundreds of pages of messages sent withhin year and a half between us, it was amazing of what kind of written words we have used, phrases that we would never say in our normal lives.
- if you have a wedding to look forward to, grab the opportunity. You will be able to celebrate the happiest day of your life, with your family and friends sooner than 90 percent of the people that went through the immmigration process like you guys did
- talk to your parents more, I started cooking this summer before I came to the US. My mom realized that I am gonna be married and all and she wanted me to know how to make a few dishes that she always made for me. I wish I have learned more.
- If you plan to move together with your fiance, you should look up houses in that area, just have fun.
- Do you wanna drive in the US ? See whats up. How to get your lisence, ask him to send you a driving guide from his state, so when you come over and have your ssn you can go to the dmv and get your learners permit.


there is so much more stuff that when we are alone and apart and suffering we dont really think about, ways to be productive and happy. Its not gonna be like your better half is there, but at least it gives you the oportunity to decide what do you wanna do with your life. And not to forget:
This next couple of months, are your last months being single!!! Go out have fun! You deserve it after so much waiting and stress!!!


Hope this helps at least a bit. \
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2011-03-03 16:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSerious Stress...
Stay positive, look into what you need to do, stay busy. Thats what I did. Take care of all of your documents prior leaving to the states. If you wanna be with your love sooner, you will REALIZE that the time difference doesnt matter, Just see Barbara here ( 16 hours difference? ) and I was 8 hours difference with my now hubby. But things are gonna get better, You cant stop believing that. Yes it will take a long time. Even after you marry, its gonna be horrible for the waiting period ( I have been in the States for 5 months without working) and the frustration that it brings. I still know that one day its all gonna be ok. And an advice, is to spend more time with your family and friends there, because you are gonna miss them dearly for a while before you get your AP/GCard. I wish, I had taken the initiative to spend some time with friends and family from my country that I dont see often:D You think about it later and you see there are so many things that you could have done, while home, which now in the US you cant:D:D:D
DOnt worry, its gonna pass.
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2011-03-02 22:24:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresUSCIS Case Status -- "Touches"
I really think this should be in the dictionary of immigration cuz I had the same question long time ago. "Touches" are the actual updates on your case file once you sign up for an account on the USCIS website and add the case receipt number (: for K1 is the WAC43636936 sth numbers we get, for AOs is the MSCXXXXXXXXx numbers we get etc )to your "portfolio". After you first register, its gonna give you the initial update date on your case, like when did they received the application, and you can check periodically if the date from when your file was last reviewed ( it updates automatically, whenever they review your case) had changed.
This DOES NOT mean that your case its approved, its just means that someone touched it, like actually reviewed your case for something.
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2011-03-03 19:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAfter NVC processing, can I sent the notification to the embassy without waitin the instruction package?
Thanks for the info. I sent the application, and as I checked all the timelines, and the detailed application I HOPE for NOA2 in the nexte couple of weeks, and yes I know that I still have to wait for the NVC processing and stuff, and all of that:D Just hope everything starts to move quicker. And on the lin I posted it says that the instruction package is only for you to comfirm that you have gathered the required document which here are really easy and really quick to get. I dont need a divorce proof,( havent been married and such) and the other docs dont apply to me like the ones for the children, no children clean situation here. its just a notification as I understand, and you can even request them, soon as they get the notification from the NVC or the service center that you got aprooved,to have your interview even without the actual petition being there, ( the herd copy) I dont wanna go that far, I am just concerned, what if they just put it asside and the mailing service in MAcedonia is aweful, letters come 2 weeks after they are sent, maybe I can speed up the process soon as I know that pettition has been delivered to the embasssy here and send the notification, so they can proceed sendint me the other package. Maybe is that one that contains a form for you to attach your docs on it? I thought that all the forms and proofs should be brought with you on the actual interview?
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2010-07-07 08:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAfter NVC processing, can I sent the notification to the embassy without waitin the instruction package?
Hi. I roamed through the topics here, and somewhere I read that you are not necesserily bound to expect the instruction package from the embassy, but as soon as you are sure that your package has arrieved there, you can directly send the notification to them that you have aquired all the dosc necessary for them to proceed with your application and send you the next package. On the embassy site here says that there will be a package that tells you need to collect
-Birth certificate
-Passport
-Police certificate
and some other stuff ( that dont apply to me, so I dont have to send them like, proof of divorce and such), and sent notification to the embassy to confirm you have obtained these documents so they they can proceed. SO IS it really necessary to wait for that package, or as soon as you know or if you can make sure your case is there, you can send this notification?
Here is a like from the embassy page that says it: http://macedonia.use...rocessing2.html
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2010-07-07 07:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCould it be bad for the application, if you send too much information?
Hello thanks for all the advices on my questions, my application is now send, got the NOA1 on 10th of may, and waiting for the NOA 2. based on the timelines I checked from april, should get my NOA2 in the next couple of weeks ( hopefully).Only things that worries me is that havent been "touched since may 12) BUMMER!!! Does that means something?
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2010-07-07 10:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCould it be bad for the application, if you send too much information?
Thanks so much people. Just I have a problem. I misplaced my DS2019 and I hope that wont delay the whole process.But if it helps I have an official transcript from the university where I got the scholarship, I also have a letter of admission coppied and added to the K-1 app. Is that relevant?There is like almost 25 pages and photos for proof of relationship, Itinerary (for both of us, when I went to the states and when he came back to visit),and everything included in details. Me and my fiance, are so frustrated, and trying to make this thing work out cuz, you see by june we will be separated for a year, and as you all probably know, it is very frustrating to do the online chating calling, and not seeing eachoter.It makes me be in a status quo position,for almost a year now. I cant find a steady job, cuz I dont know when I am gonna suppose to leave, and I want it to be sooner. Its so very frustrating as I said and sometimes, the only thing we have to hold on is to eachother. I saw, on this site that the processing time for macedonia is almost a year and there have only been a couple of casses, and Im worried. And at the end I am not really stoked that I am gonna live in the US, just I want to be with my fiance, and due to thefact that he is bound to live in the states for a couple of years he cant move to my country. I hate all the paperwork.:( and I red and I read and could someone please tell me in short words like with arrows, how is the path of a normal application like:
sent the I-129f>noa1>noa2> what happens to the application later? thanks.
and I know that by the time I will have to present the affidavit I will have to get new docs, but I thought it was ok to send coppies since we tried to get them. or is it? Sorry for complaining. And thank you soo much you cleared up things a lot for me.

Edited by natasha/willem, 04 May 2010 - 07:37 PM.

natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2010-05-04 19:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCould it be bad for the application, if you send too much information?
On the visa it says, Not a subject to the 2 yr rule:D I am happy for it.
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2010-05-04 15:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCould it be bad for the application, if you send too much information?
Hi I just discovered this site, after 4 months of preparing the K-1 visa application with my fiance, carefuly reviwing the USCIS site, and even bying a fiance visa kit online, and gather up all the documents. I send my fiance ( he is the american, I am Macedonian) all the sighned forms in febuary, and we even gathered the necesary documents for the I-134 affidavit of support. in the application that we would hopefully send today, at the end there are copies even of the afidavit of support, and plus there are some documents like, my visa to the states from my stay at the us ( I was on a scholarship there when we met) my international birth certificate, and copy of my passport. Is that bad or good for the application? I really need to know this, cuz yesterday when I checked the necessary doc for the a starting application, I realised we might have a little bit too much of irrelevant documents for the uscis. But considering, that that application goes to the US embassy in my country if its aprooved, I figured out that having a little bit of additional info, wouldnt be that bad, or would it? Anyways I have one more question to all of you here that you have already been through all this, does everyone gets NOA1 and if not, after which time aproximately does the NOA2 arrives, considering we are sending the docs at the California service center. Please I need answers asap, cuz my fiance is about to send the app today? Thanks?
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2010-05-04 13:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAny advice for a chilean newbie???
Ask questions, be clear about how procedures go. Find a hobby, job, anything that will keep you away from thinking whats gonna happen now. Be patient dont give up. Stay in touch and hopefully everything is gonna go by really fast:D (if you are applying at the csc check the timelines) Good luck!!
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2010-07-07 09:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNeed help! former J1 holder, 2yr rule does not apply, lost ds2019, NOA2 received at the CSC
Hi, CBM, I saw a previous thread that you started about this whole issue. I was in the us, on an Undergraduate Exchange Program, sponsored by the OPEN SOCIETY institute, NY, and my visa was sponsored by the university of Washington, where I attended the program. I already sent an e-mail to my UW coordinator, and they said they will look into my case, and see whether they have my DS 2019 or not. I am absolutely positive that I sent a copy to my scholarship coordinator at the OSI, but he is no longer a coordinator of the program that I attended. So thats where the problem is. The only person I am positive that can give me a copy of the ds2019 is no longer responsible for that. :( sucks. I have a bit of hope that the University will come up with solution. :D
I am really worried, and I dont know why. Is it absolutely necessary to show your ds 2019 form, to proove that you are not a subject to the 2yr rule, and can you get a K1 VISA without it? I am sure that someone must have knowledge about the issue. Like, we are not the first ones that are going through the process of obtaining a visa after having a J1 earlier...
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2010-07-19 11:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNeed help! former J1 holder, 2yr rule does not apply, lost ds2019, NOA2 received at the CSC
I dont know will I get one. My coordinator has been changed, cuz I was on a fellowship program in 2008/09. I dont know how all this goes, tell me do I really need the ds 2019, and what is gonna happen to my case now. I am broken.
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2010-07-18 16:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNeed help! former J1 holder, 2yr rule does not apply, lost ds2019, NOA2 received at the CSC
So, hello there. I have a little problem. Me and my fiance filed a K1 petition at the USCIS, at the CSC. We just got our NOA2, and the case is going to the NVC. I am a former J1 holder, who's visa expired June 2009,and on the visa itself, it says I am not subject to the 2yr HRR.But I have lost my DS-2019.Also I looked through the websites and my J-1 :
*wasnt sponsored by goverment (US, or my state's goverment)
*and I didnt studied abroad in any field that my country has a lack of skilled people in
*and I wasnt on a grauate program of any kind, nor medicine.or something like that.
As I could understand, those are basically the cases in which you have the 2yr HRR on your J-1. I am pretty positive that my DS-2019 also stated the same thing (that I am not subject to this rule). But I started to worry when I read all the post of some J-1 waivers and about you you need to show your DS-2019 at the interview, or they will not aproove you the K1 visa. My heart stops as I write this, but is it possible that I get rejected just because I dont have my DS-2019 at the interview? Thanks. I would appreciate your help. I havent found a thread that says exactly what should you do in this kind of case, so thats why I wanna be clear.
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2010-07-18 14:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNVC going @the speed of light!
Got the case number in the mail after 5 days. Really it is fast. YAY!!! What now? Have no idea:D
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2010-07-23 23:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNow what?
Wait are you married? Why is this in the K1 forums?
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2011-03-03 20:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNow what?
You might get an NVC notice that they received your application and forward it to your embassy, you might get and RFE from NVC ( Ireally hope you dont), or your case might be directed to the embassy, it really is different for every case.
check your embassy website. after I got an NOA2, I wrote my embassy right away for additional instructions. It depends on the country about how long should you expect a packet 3 to arrive. IN my country for example, we have the packet 3/ packet 4/ sent together.
here is a link to what your embassy says:D
http://morocco.usemb...ance-visas.html



rek pooh, on 04 March 2011 - 02:05 AM, said:
Also it says: Valid from 2/24/2011 to 6/24/2011. What does that mean?


it means if you dont here anything about your case till then, you need to call the uscis, cause for the interview @the embassy you need a valid NOA2 and yours expires on 24th of June. so it is expected that you are gonna have your interview scheduled within that time frame.

Edited by natasha/willem, 03 March 2011 - 08:13 PM.

natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2011-03-03 20:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduressubmitted copies instead of originals ??
you should probably wait. Did you got an NOA1? or you have just sent it? you shouldn't really panic about it...its already sent. If you dont have a case number,there is no way for them to know for which case are you sending additional documents (unless required by them.). I have had the unfortunate case of getting RFE for my AOS and they specifically say "sent only what you are asked for" and give us some time to process it.
I hoped this helped.
natasha/willemFemaleMacedonia2011-03-30 19:21:00