ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMontreal K-1 Requirement I-864?
The US consulates in Canada can most certainly issue K-1 visas. I got one. Where the confusion may arise is the division of roles between the two consulates that offer family-based visas - Vancouver and Montreal. Vancouver's visa unit can issue fiance visas to Canadian citizens who reside west of Ontario. Montreal's visa unit provides fiance visas for Canadian citizens living in Ontario or eastward. Additionally, Montreal's visa section is also the only US consulate in Canada that provides spousal visas. So anyone in Canada getting a spousal visa will interview in Montreal. Canadian K-1 visa applicants will interview in either Vancouver or Montreal, depending on where in Canada they live.

Regarding affidavits of support:

The I-134 is the affidavit of support required for non-immigrant visas. The I-864 is the affidavit of support required for immigrant visas. The I-864 is a much stronger (legally speaking) document, makes greater demands on the petitioner, and is much more enforceable than an I-134. It has more "teeth", so to speak.

The I-134 and I-864 both have lists of evidence and documents they need. The I-864 requires almost everything the I-134 does, plus several additional documents.

The advice I received when I was preparing for my K-1 consulate interview was to bring in everything the I-134 required (obviously), PLUS all of the additional material an I-864 would require.

The reason being that the K-1 fiance visa is an odd hybrid between a non-immigrant visa and an immigrant visa. It is a non-immigrant visa that allows immigrant intent. Consequently, some consular officers may feel more comfortable issuing the visa if they can see that the financial requirements for an immigrant visa are also being unambiguously met. Since officer's discretion is a non-trivial part of getting a visa approval, it behooves us to make sure the consular officer feels as comfortable as possible.

Edited by HeatDeath, 08 January 2012 - 04:15 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-01-08 16:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAfter Visa Where can we get married?
You can't get married anywhere except the US. They will ask you, when you go to enter the US using the K-1 visa, if you are free to marry. If you cannot say that you are unmarried and free to marry, they will cancel the visa right then and there, and you will have to start over with a spousal visa.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-01-16 00:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedurescan I start the K1 visa process
If you're a US citizen, and you're both legally free to marry, and she can prove her freedom to marry with a CENOMAR [the consulate will take your word for your freedom to marry, if the wedding is to take place in the US], and you two have been in the same room at the same time sometime in the last 2 years, and can prove it, you're good to file an I-129F.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-08-08 11:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiling for K1 after nikah in Pakistan
USCIS will accept remote- or proxy marriages only if the couple have been physically present together after the marriage took place. A US marine [now deceased]'s family had all sorts of headaches trying to get a GC for his wife. They had been married by proxy but were never physically reunited before he was killed, rendering the marriage invalid by USCIS regs. It took a special act of congress to fix that for her, but that doesn't help anyone else in that situation.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-02-24 11:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiling for K1 after nikah in Pakistan

Religous only

I hope I'm wrong, but that distinction may not exist in Pakistan, or any country that officially observes shariah. Even if that distinction is legally meaningful for marriages between non-Muslims, it may not be when a registered Muslim is involved.

Edited by HeatDeath, 24 February 2011 - 01:57 AM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-02-24 01:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiling for K1 after nikah in Pakistan
My brother married a Muslim girl in Canada. They got a nikah and moved in together months before they went to City Hall and got a secular civil wedding certificate. He downplayed the significance of the nikah to our [whitebread Canadian middle class secular/atheist] parents, calling it "an engagement certificate", but he and I both know that in the eyes of her parents, they were fully married the instant that nikah was signed, and she would never have been comfortable [or even necessarily allowed] to move in with him otherwise.

A nikah issued in a non-shariah country is a religious artifact, of negligible interest to the secular government. A nikah issued in an officially Muslim country, under shariah, is every bit as official and binding as a secular civil-government-issued wedding certificate. The US consulate in Pakistan will take the local interpretation, considering it fully legally binding, and will be very concerned that you were still in a secular marriage at the time it was signed.

It goes without saying that lying about any of this to the US consulate WILL get caught, WILL get your visa application denied, and could even catch your new wife a lifetime ban [for material misrepresentation] on coming to the US, in which case I hope you're prepared to move to Pakistan.

In the worst case scenario, you might have to ceremonially dissolve the nikah and get one reissued with a wedding date set after the divorce is finalized. That might be a tough one for your new wife though. :( Tough situation, all around.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-02-24 01:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWorking in a foreign country without an EAD
That's a good instinct but it probably won't work. The level 1 call centre employees at USCIS are notoriously unreliable. You call them twice and you end up with 3 opinions (which may very well all be wrong! :) ) Immigration lawyers are likely to be just as bad.

This whole question seems to be more than a little bit of a grey area. The US does have certain limitations on the sort of things that can be done on a business trip without an EAD, some of which appear to be somewhat vague or difficult to determine. The pdf Harpa Timsah linked to above is an official USCIS document and is likely to be the most authoritative word you'll find on the subject.

Edited by HeatDeath, 16 May 2011 - 11:46 AM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-05-16 11:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMixed stories about petitioner and affadavit of support,someone please clarify.

Do we write a letter stating that the co sponsor will take on the full responsibility of supporting me or will they automatically assume it ? There are no long time benefits that come from not paying your taxes.Honestly though,he lost his job in 2009 and was unemployed in 2010.. He made extra cash here in there but I wouldnt call it employed.So for 2010 I could say just that.He only owes money for 2011 and tax season is not over yet.

It isn't really the cosponsor "taking the full burden of support", technically. What happens is if your primary sponsor [your husband]'s I-864 shows zero income, and your cosponsor's I-864 shows sufficient income, that's enough for them to say to themselves "Yes, this application meets the Affidavit of Support requirements". If you were to later become a public charge and receive means tested public benefits, they would still go after your husband first for the money - he is still on the hook. They would probably only go after your cosponsor next, after your husband proved he had no ability to pay by declaring bankruptcy.

The effect is the same though - with a cosponsor, they will approve the case, even if the primary sponsor's I-864 is manifestly unqualified. You don't need to write a letter pointing this out - they'll understand it implicitly just from looking at the two I-864s in the package.

Your letter explaining the missing tax returns does not need to unnecessarily reveal any personal info about your situation - the hows, whys, and circumstances of his unemployment. Our letter just said that my wife did not make sufficient income to file taxes for those two years, and that is why we only included the one tax return for her.

Remember though, as I said, every word you send them on every piece of paper, and every word you speak to them at an interview, or even on the phone, MUST be scrupulously, unimpeachably true, so choose your wording very, very carefully. If you say he had insufficient income to file, but he really did have sufficient income to file and merely chose not to, that is material misrepresentation, and would be a cancer in your immigration file just waiting to bubble up to the surface and send you on a one-way trip home. Never, ever, ever lie to USCIS about anything, no matter how small it is, and no matter how much it doesn't seem to be their business. They take material misrepresentation very very seriously.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-04-10 09:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMixed stories about petitioner and affadavit of support,someone please clarify.
Some general principles:

  • A cosponsor can take on the full burden of support. My USC now-wife was unemployed through the entire process. We had a cosponsor with more than sufficient income. We sent an I-864 for my wife, showing zero current income and only one tax return from the preceding 3 years, and an I-864 for our cosponsor, with a full set of tax returns and evidence, and everything worked fine.
  • Everything you send USCIS, including any and all I-864 documentation you send for any I-864 MUST MUST MUST be completely, utterly, unimpeachably true. Any false or misleading documents you introduce into your immigration file are a slowly growing cancer that can surface years later and erase your entire immigration status, even years after you eventually become a US citizen!
  • Looking ahead, you will not be able to get through Removal of Conditions or citizenship unless you can produce, personally, a tax return with your name on it each year. File as "married filing separately" if you must, to keep your tax issues separate from your husbands', but regardless of how you do it you will have to file taxes each year, even if your husband is apparently [or thinks he is] getting away without it.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-04-09 14:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPOVERTY STUFF
My USC now-wife was unemployed through the entire K-1/AOS process, so she didn't even come close to qualifying on her own. Her mother agreed to be a cosponsor, and she made more than enough to qualify for a household including her, her husband, me, and my wife (who was still living at home at the time).

Prior to the K-1 interview we gathered up all of the documentation for both an I-134 and an I-864 for both my now-wife and my now-mother-in-law, and even though my now-wife's stated income was 0 on both her I-134 and I-864, it was no problem at all. We cruised through both the consulate interview and AOS, and the only minor wrinkle was that the consular officer was mildly concerned (but not to the point of considering denial) of how I would keep my diabetes treated without being able to immediately get medical insurance through my now-wife.

Edited by HeatDeath, 22 April 2012 - 04:14 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-04-22 16:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPOVERTY STUFF
+1 above. The minimum income number USCIS need to see (100 or 125% of the federal poverty line, depending on circumstances) is gross annual income - i.e. the number on his W-2 for how much he was paid, in total, before taxes, that year. It's not leftover money after bills or anything like that.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-04-21 13:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK 1 Visa interview country
If anybody in the US government, at any point in the process, has any reason to even suspect that you might actually be married, your K-1 visa process will be canceled, the visa, if it has already been issued, will be voided, and you will have to start over with a CR-1 visa, adding months and months and hundreds and hundreds of dollars to your process.

You are advised, in the strongest POSSIBLE terms, to avoid doing ANYTHING that might give even the SLIGHTEST appearance of actually being married before you are both through Customs and Immigration and on US soil!
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-07-25 21:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK 1 Visa interview country
She can arrange to interview wherever she has legal status. Since she has PR status in SG she should be able to contact the US embassy/consulate in Myanmar and get her case transferred to SG, assuming the SG consulate/embassy has an appropriate visa section.

Once she gets approval, she can arrive in the US from anywhere in the world, as long as she hits a US Point of Entry before the expiry date on her visa. Nobody in the US will care.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-07-23 17:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK-1 Visa and the foreign fiancee has a criminal charge
From what I've just read about stays of removal in Canada, if he was a Canadian permanent resident, and is now under a stay of removal, he may still in fact be a Canadian permanent resident. Not that it matters as far as the US is concerned. He is in Canada on a legal status (either Permanent Residency or Stay of Removal, I'm not sure which) and is therefore still eligible to apply for US visas through the US consulates in Canada.

I stand by what I said earlier: the accident and charges will show up on his police report and background check, so the US consulate will know of them. You still need to answer all the DS-230 questions honestly. I looked over the DS-230 earlier, and while it doesn't seem to ask about crimes in general, it does ask about crimes related to drugs. He will need to check with the consular officer, but I think he can answer that one "No", since Obstruction of Justice isn't a drug charge. So he's probably still admissible to the US. I'm not 100% sure, [and you should probably be asking an American immigration lawyer about this) but I think he's probably still ok to get a US fiance visa.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-07-31 20:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK-1 Visa and the foreign fiancee has a criminal charge
I'm a little confused. Is your fiance a Canadian citizen, or a citizen of another country? Which country did the "accident" occur in? Which country was he ordered deported from? He can't apply to be a "permanent resident or citizen of Canada". What is his current status in Canada? If he's a "normal law abiding citizen" then why will he need to apply for Canadian citizenship?

When he interviews at a US consulate in Canada they will need police reports from any country where he has lived for more than 6 months. His accident, and the resulting charges, will show up on that police report. So yes, he needs to answer every question on the DS-230 honestly, reporting the charge and conviction if the question asks about it.

I don't know how the charge will affect his visa approval. If they determine that the charge involves moral turpitude, it may result in a denial. But he still has to report it, because there is no way he can hide it, and trying to hide it guarantees that he will be denied.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-07-31 17:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresForm I-765: Fee Required for K-1?
The I-765 fee is waived when you file it concurrently (in the same package) with an I-485. Ditto the I-131.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-08-01 17:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresExtremely Stupid question
I emailed the Vancouver consulate about that - they have you fax the form in before they schedule your interview, so I asked whether I should attach the photo for the fax or not. They said attaching it for the fax was unnecessary. I gave them the photos at the interview. I don't know if they attached them to the original form after.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-08-12 23:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCriminal Background Check
When I was doing my K-1 in 2009, I went to the local RCMP detachment and got my criminal records check in January, right after our NOA2 showed up. I didn't end up going for my interview in Vancouver until the end of April, so I was a little curious as to whether I might have to redo the criminal records check, which had an expiration date written on it of 6 months. So I emailed Vancouver about it (VancouverK@state.gov - they will get back to you within 48 hours and were very helpful, if somewhat terse), and they said that criminal records checks are considered valid by the consulate for one year, no matter what they say on them.

I don't think that's likely to have changed, but you could always email them and ask if you're worried.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-11-05 01:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPossible Error at POE
Definitely do NOT try to alter the I-94 yourself. You will need to include a copy of it with your AOS packet, and it will need to be accurate and unaltered or it will badly complicate your AOS. You need a new one, and the Deferred Inspection office at your nearest international airport is the place to get it.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-11-08 20:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPossible Error at POE
You CAN get the I-94 reissued if it is obviously wrong, and an I-94 with your husband's name stapled in your passport is obviously wrong.

Take the passport with the I-94 still in it to the "Deferred Inspection" office of the CBP section at the nearest international airport. They can redo your I-94 and make sure it's all accurate and everything. They may try to charge you $$$ for this but don't pay them and ask for a manager if necessary. They have to replace it if the mistake was theirs.

Edited by HeatDeath, 08 November 2012 - 05:13 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-11-08 17:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWedding Plans (Cancel?)
We sent in our I-129F in October 2008 for a wedding in September 2009. It ended up being plenty of time. Look at my timeline.

Interestingly, we were a little worried when our I-129F was approved in early January 2009. We were expecting it to take longer than that. But working backwards from the wedding date: you have to marry within 90 days of entry, so I had to enter no earlier than early June. You can enter up to 6 months after getting the visa, so I needed to receive the visa no earlier than early January. So everything ended up fine. As it happened, I didn't end up doing the consulate interview until the end of April.

Admittedly, it was a little risky for us to put some deposits down on vendors, but we figured it was ok that far ahead, and we got a significant discount from the venue for booking a 2009 wedding in calendar 2008, which mitigated some of the risk.

Your timeframe is a little more constrained than ours was, but not by much. Of course, anything can happen, and your mileage will vary based on how much risk to your deposits you feel comfortable with, but I think if your case goes normally, you should have plenty of time.

If you're literally losing sleep, however, then you are clearly not comfortable with your perceived amount of risk, and should take steps to either reduce the risk by getting your deposits back and/or pushing the date back, OR study and quantify the risks in detail so you gain confidence that the real risk level is in fact something you are comfortable with. There are few things scarier than an unquantified unknown risk.

Edited by HeatDeath, 08 November 2012 - 12:02 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-11-08 11:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAffidavit of Support question

He does not have to fill out an I-864 yet, but it looks good at the interview and will save time and effort later if you assemble and he brings in any additional evidence the I-864 requires, over and above what the I-134 requires.

 

The additional evidence will serve to even further reassure the consulate officer that he will have adequate support when he moves down, and by gathering the stuff now, you won't have to do another batch of tedious and invasive financial digging to assemble the I-864 evidence when you assemble the AOS packet right before the wedding. (because you surely won't feel like dealing with it after! smile.png ) 


Edited by HeatDeath, 18 June 2013 - 12:50 AM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2013-06-18 00:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresBe honest with profession?:(

Never ever ever lie to the US government about anything, ever. If it's important, they will catch it. That's called "material misrepresentation". If they catch you in a lie about something important, even years later, they can revoke any immigration privileges they've granted up to that point, even citizenship!

 

Never lie on a form or in an interview about anything!

 

That said, I don't even understand why you're worried. Why on earth would they even possibly consider you being a nurse to be a bad thing?? Granted you may probably have to do some extra work to get licensed as a nurse in the US, but why on earth wouldn't you tell them you're working as a nurse now?


HeatDeathMaleCanada2013-06-18 02:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRegarding medical records

Neither USCIS nor the Department of State have the slightest interest in the USC petitioner's medical records, except inasmuch as a debilitating medical condition might tend to increase the likelihood that the beneficiary may become a public charge after they move to the US. But they won't go digging for it independently, I don't believe.

 

The Department of State, during the visa application process, are very interested in the beneficiary's medical status - they obtain that information during the immigration medical. The immigration medical will require the beneficiary to voluntarily disclose any chronic medical conditions, but they don't really get access to any past "medical records" as such, except what the beneficiary brings to the medical exam to document any chronic conditions they are declaring.

 

It goes without saying, of course, that if the beneficiary attempts to hide a materially relevant chronic medical condition, and it is found during the medical, that would constitute grounds for visa denial. Don't lie about or try to hide anything!


HeatDeathMaleCanada2013-06-25 21:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresLegal help. Should I or shouldn't I

A brief search for "Same sex marriage" on USCIS.gov shows: 

 

 


 

Q2:  My spouse and I were married in a U.S. state that recognizes same-sex marriage, but we live in a state that does not.  Can I file an immigrant visa petition for my spouse?

A2: Yes, you can file the petition.  In evaluating the petition, as a general matter, USCIS looks to the law of the place where the marriage took place when determining whether it is valid for immigration law purposes. That general rule is subject to some limited exceptions under which federal immigration agencies historically have considered the law of the state of residence in addition to the law of the state of celebration of the marriage. Whether those exceptions apply may depend on individual, fact-specific circumstances. If necessary, we may provide further guidance on this question going forward.


 

So it seems pretty clear that spousal visas, at least, can be applied for regardless of the marriage laws of the state of residence of the petitioner. I couldn't find anything relating to how USCIS is treating SS fiance visa applications. I suspect they're still working it out themselves.

 

So the safest, least ambiguous course of action, at least for now, would be to obtain a SS marriage in a state that provides them, and then file for a CR-1.


Edited by HeatDeath, 05 July 2013 - 01:14 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2013-07-05 13:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresLegal help. Should I or shouldn't I

The only nuances I'm aware of with SSM immigration processes involves the location of the marriage and where the couple intend to live.

 

In order to qualify for a CR-1 the couple have to be married, which means SS marriages have to be legal wherever the couple married. There may be some ambiguity as yet, but I do not believe USCIS currently consider a "civil union" to be a qualifying marriage for immigration purposes. The process would have to be a full "marriage" under local law.

 

With a K-1, the couple obviously cannot be married yet, but must be able to demonstrate that they will enter into a fully legal SS marriage within the United States within 90 days of the beneficiary's entry to the United States. I am not certain whether the couple can just travel to  state where an SSM can be obtained, or if the petitioner must already be residing in a marriage-equality state, and intend to live there with the beneficiary after the marriage. Somebody who's been following the issues more closely may be able to speak to this.

 

None of this implies that an immigration lawyer will be necessary or even particularly helpful for a normal SSM immigration process. Lawyers are required when there is some kind of court process to establish particular facts and to debate and advocate how the law applies to those facts. Normal immigration processes are more about filling out forms according to precise instructions and mailing them to the correct addresses and waiting. In that context, all a lawyer is really doing is getting information from you and putting it on a [really quite simple] form, possibly introducing errors in the process. 

 

If you're nervous, having a one-time consult to have the lawyer check your forms may help put your mind at ease for a relatively minimum expense, but it's really not worth having a lawyer actually do up the forms themselves.


Edited by HeatDeath, 05 July 2013 - 01:06 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2013-07-05 13:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 Visa for Fiance but her Daughter already has US Citizenship

Because the daughter is a US citizen, a US passport is all she needs to enter the US. No additional medical or financial paperwork or visa is necessary.


HeatDeathMaleCanada2013-07-10 15:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMarriage on the Beach....maybe?

You will submit your AOS forms as soon as humanly possible after your courthouse wedding. 45-90 days after that you'll get his EAD/AP card, as described above. You can go to Jamaica then.

 

He must not leave the US without either his advance parole card or his green card, or he won't be able to reenter the US without taking several months and hundreds of dollars to get a spousal visa.

 

Also, by "citizenship papers" you really mean "green card", which shows that he is a "permanent resident." He will not be a "citizen" for several years yet, and you must watch any papers (drivers license application, etc) he fills out like a hawk to ensure that you never, ever, by commission or ommission, even accidentally, refer to him as a citizen or indicate that he is a citizen. Doing so, even accidentally, can get him deported for life. I'm not even kidding.

 

"Citizen" is one word that must never ever be used in an imprecise manner. He is not a citizen until and unless he takes a citizenship oath in front of a judge.


Edited by HeatDeath, 16 July 2013 - 10:36 AM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2013-07-16 10:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAre police records required if my fiance spent time in a foreign country?

As far as I can recall, you need police reports from any place where you've lived for 6 months or more, regardless of what your status was there.


HeatDeathMaleCanada2013-07-24 12:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK-1 Visa Medical Exam and Past Drug Use

"OP" stands for "Original Poster". It's a conversational convention to direct a comment directly to a thread's originator as opposed to any subsequent contributor.


HeatDeathMaleCanada2013-07-17 15:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK-1 Visa Medical Exam and Past Drug Use

This legal research paper discusses the legalities surrounding revelations of drug use at US immigration medicals, and is remarkably comprehensive and thorough. Read it. Now. I'll wait. :)

 

http://www.wolfsdorf...enson FINAL.pdf

 

The upshot being that if the physician determines you to currently be "a drug user or drug addict" that is a Class A (deniable) medical condition, and will get your visa application denied. The physician also may determine you to have "a mental disorder" that renders you likely to cause harm to yourself or others. This will also get you denied.

 

Alternatively, admitting to past drug use while making a convincing case that there is no current drug use could get you labeled as an addict "in remission", which is a Class B condition and they can, in principle, force you to go to rehab in the US as a condition of your AOS.

 

This matches well with what I've read here of panel physician's treatment of prior drug use in Jamaica, where prior marijuana use is far from unheard of among visa applicants. The current practice (according to a thread I've read here in the last 3 weeks or so) seems to be to fail you, but allow you to reapply in a year. They apparently treat being drug free for a year as a bright-line threshold for determining that no condition of drug use or abuse currently exists. The paper refers to three years being the threshold within which drug use is treated as a deniable condition, but this may have changed recently.

 

A lot of the advice you're getting here is rather muddled. Having any detectable quantities of anything in your system will virtually certainly get you denied and told to come back in a year. Admitting to any use within the last year (or three) - probably the same. Admitting to any use farther back than that is much more murky - it'll be the physician's discretion that determines whether he thinks a condition of drug abuse or addiction, in remission or not, currently exists.

 

And of course you know not to even think about lying. If the lie is ever caught you can get deported, even if you've become a US citizen in the meantime. As far as I know there is no statute of limitations on denaturalization and deportation due to material misrepresentation. 


Edited by HeatDeath, 16 July 2013 - 11:35 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2013-07-16 23:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresLetter of Intent to Marry need notarized

I have never had to notarize anything I have ever sent to USCIS, and all of my applications (I-129F, AOS, RoC, N-400) have gone very smoothly.

 

It seems that, at some point in the past (well before 2009, when we started our immigration process), USCIS (or the old INS) used to ask for notarization of a variety of affidavits and other evidences as a fairly standard part of its processes. This may be why older versions of the instructions, guides based on older versions of the instructions, or lawyers who have been dealing with USCIS/IINS forever, may recommend notarizations.

 

By 2009, USCIS had revised their processes and were no longer requiring notarization for anything, as far as I've ever seen.

 

I wouldn't bother with notarizations. The only exception may be for documents that are country specific and required at the consulate visa application stage to show eligibility to marry, like the PI CENOMAR or similar. For information about those, the local consulate will be the best, most authoritative source of information.


Edited by HeatDeath, 05 July 2013 - 01:25 AM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2013-07-05 01:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresThe RFE Master List

U mean the proof that "PREVIOUS MARRIAGE HAS BEEN TERMINATED"? or "DIVORCE DECREE". If you mean is that, than i could answer that my fiance's application got RFE for not including it in the application's package. Hope it helps.


Thanks for your response. I know I need to include the divorce decree, but I was just wondering about including the previous marriage certificate because the divorce decree uses my former married name and just has a section that officially changes my name back to my maiden name. I can highlight that part, but I didn't know if that was good enough. My first name is unique enough that I should think it would be clear it's the same person, but who knows!
goonergirlFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-07-18 21:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresThe RFE Master List
Hi all! Just wondering if anybody has gotten an RFE for not including the marriage certificate from any previous marriage? My divorce decree has a statement about my name being changed so I'm hoping that is sufficient but thought I'd check. Thanks!
goonergirlFemaleUnited Kingdom2010-07-18 10:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresInterview appointment is already scheduled
hello guys, i want to ask if i can use this letter to request hongkong police clearance? it is same letter na matatanggap ko sa aking packet 3? thanks
daddy'sgirlFemalePhilippines2012-10-11 12:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-129F Denied
i am 25 years old now and i made sure to send to my fiance a certificate from my parents that they are allowing me to marry, we got our noa2 fast and no rfe so i think it really helped...
daddy'sgirlFemalePhilippines2012-10-16 00:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresrequest for foreign police clearance
hello k1 applicants...

are you familiar with this k1 packet instruction guide? http://photos.state..../public/Revised ?????? you think can i use this document to send request to hongkong police cause i lived in hongkogn for few years and im sure i will be needing one but i have read on some comments here they did not receive any packets... and that packet is what i need to request for police clearance in hongkong.. please try to read this and give me your opinion please..

An applicant residing outside Hong Kong must submit the following items. Please note that documents issued in languages other than Chinese or English, must be accompanied by an official transcript, in Chinese or English, endorsed either by the issuing authority or a certified translation services body.

A photocopy of his/her Hong Kong Identity Card or valid travel document;
A photocopy (for each applicant) of the letter from NVC which contains his/her name and the checklist of documents necessary for obtaining a visa (the one that references the need for police certificates);
A photocopy of a document proving his/her relationship with the principal applicant for the visa if item #2 does not contain the applicant's name;

thanks guys.. GOD BLESS!!!
daddy'sgirlFemalePhilippines2012-10-17 07:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresrequest for foreign police clearance
Hi guys, i really need your help with this, i am Filipino but previously living in Hongkong for many years so automatic i need to provide Hongkong police clearance during my interview, but my problem is i read on Hongkong police website i can obtain it after 4 weeks and will need to wait for some notice and document from NVC before i can start applying for hkpolice clearance, im afraid it may delay my interview date or interview waiting since it will take 4 long weeks, if you have experienced on this please i need some advice, thanks and GOD BLESS
daddy'sgirlFemalePhilippines2012-10-04 11:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresInstructions Packet
TUMIRA KASI AKO SA HONGKONG NG ILANG TAON KAYA KAILANGAN KO NANG HONGKONG POLICE CLEARANCE.. MARAMING AVAILABLA SCHEDULE DATES NGAYON KAYA MG PA APPOINT KNA NG INTERVIEW
daddy'sgirlFemalePhilippines2012-10-25 03:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresInstructions Packet
i can relate friend,,, hinihintay ko rin yung packet kasi yun ang kailangan ko para mag request ng police clearance sa hongkong eh medyo ma dedelay nag ako. pero nag schedule na ako ng interview which is nov 16.. if you got your case number already go schedule an interview it wont be a problem as long as you got evrything you need...
daddy'sgirlFemalePhilippines2012-10-23 21:54:00