Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
US Citizenship General Discussion	My citizenship interview	First of all congrats on passing. Had the same experience. A decision could not be made but a week later got my oath letter . U should get it soon. Good luck	Carl & Susan	Male	Uganda	2011-04-13 18:51:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	fiance got blue slip in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City	Your case sounds like a friend of mine, and his case got sent back to the US . Make sure your fiancee can answer very detailed question about your life in the US, and make sure your photos show you spent 4 or 5 days *together*, photos that look similar won't be enough to prove that. Your case is very weak, so you need to find every possible way to convince the officer that you are not fake. Just give them what they asked for won't be enough. You may need to reveal a lot more about your life in the US. I don't know for sure if it will work or not, but be prepared to go back to Vietnam for a week or 2 and present your case by yourself to the officer. I heard it helped for some people. So.. get a VISA to Vietnam *now*	Hiep & Thao	Male	Vietnam (no flag)	2009-01-19 22:28:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	K-1 interview questions - how in-depth do they get?	The "ridiculous" questions that they ask seem to be excuses for them to reject your case. If you get asked these questions, it's already 99% hopeless. Anyway, make sure your fiancee knows *everything* about you, your personal, professional, family life. Make sure she has a pretty good picture of how life is going to be once she comes over. There are things that cannot be studied but have to be talked about in normal conversations. My fiancee saw quite a few women bringing in a "cheat sheet" and review it while waiting to be interviewed, like they think the cheat sheets contain the entire person that they're supposed to be in loved with and willing to take that leap of faith to come to a totally strange place with. All that said, make sure your beneficiary answer loud and clear, only when she really understands the questions. Make sure you can describe perfectly clear to the smallest detail how you know eachother, who introduce you two, or if you met online, how did you initiate a conversation (where to click on your nickname etc). Do not try to evade the question, always give direct answers. Photos are important, make sure they all look different, different hair styles, clothings, if many look the same, only present one. Studio shots are not as good as natural photos. Each photo should be labeled clearly time and place right on the front . Organized by the year.	Hiep & Thao	Male	Vietnam (no flag)	2009-04-03 00:14:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Did the USA Embassy make a mistake?	Hi, I think you should call the DOS Office and explain everything to them, they should be able to help you out... here is their phone number in case you don't have it.... 202-663-1225 Good Luck, Sherry	Mrs.Bella	Female	Iran	2012-10-11 23:11:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Done with Administrative Processing!!!!	Thank you so much I'm so Happy it is 2 good to be true...lol	Mrs.Bella	Female	Iran	2012-10-11 15:47:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Done with Administrative Processing!!!!	Mabrook Ahmad.. you must be on cloud 9 just like I am	Mrs.Bella	Female	Iran	2012-10-09 22:47:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Done with Administrative Processing!!!!	Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I'm so Happy ... My Husband is out of AP... Now he just needs to go to the embassy and turn in his passport... I can't believe he is going to meet his son for the first time... God is Good	Mrs.Bella	Female	Iran	2012-10-09 16:16:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Reset in portfolio?	Yes, touches are from the last updated. Clicking the "reset" button just simply refresh the browser. No harm will be taken.	MR2nice	Male	Vietnam (no flag)	2007-11-29 03:05:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	OMG!!!	Just want to send my congratulations!!	MR2nice	Male	Vietnam (no flag)	2007-11-29 00:29:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	A-P-P-R-0-V-E-D	Congratulations!	MR2nice	Male	Vietnam (no flag)	2007-11-29 16:49:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Finally Approved	Congratulations!!	MR2nice	Male	Vietnam (no flag)	2007-11-29 16:50:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	k1 visa question	Depends on where in El Salvador the fiancee is. It may be safer for mother and child to deliver here. I think the OP said he can afford th $10K it would cost. If you have that kind of money, you may also want to look for a midwife and a home birth. It's generally a lot cheaper than the ob/gyn prenatal care and a hospital birth (for a normal pregnancy/healthy mother) and fewer interventions, which are often unnecessary. Good luck!	kc456	Not Telling	Russia	2006-05-30 18:58:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Packet 3 wait	please call or send email to the embassy, im sure they will reply back to u...	Dustin Nila	Male	Cambodia	2007-03-09 20:42:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	k1 interview Casablanca	Congrats!	Dustin Nila	Male	Cambodia	2007-03-09 03:50:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	VISA	Congrats!	Dustin Nila	Male	Cambodia	2007-03-15 19:43:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Got Manila Interview Date set for Petition received last Feb. 28, 2007	Congrats! I checked it online today and got the interview sked on May 22. I asked my fiance to double check it by calling the Dept of State. We are so happy with this good news. Cheers for us ! Congrats! whats the wait time for calling the dept of state? i called to dept of state, she said the embassy received my case on 2-22-2007, but no update on the medical or interview....embassy is the one that schedule the appointments.....dept of state has nothing to do with the appointments....they only updates their system once the embassy updated the case. good lucks to all....keep smiling.	Dustin Nila	Male	Cambodia	2007-03-15 13:24:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Got Manila Interview Date set for Petition received last Feb. 28, 2007	Congrats! I checked it online today and got the interview sked on May 22. I asked my fiance to double check it by calling the Dept of State. We are so happy with this good news. Cheers for us ! Congrats! whats the wait time for calling the dept of state?	Dustin Nila	Male	Cambodia	2007-03-15 13:00:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Got Manila Interview Date set for Petition received last Feb. 28, 2007	Thanks, i will try to call them tomorrow, i hopes it will work for me...	Dustin Nila	Male	Cambodia	2007-03-15 02:33:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Interview Date	Congratz!	Dustin Nila	Male	Cambodia	2007-03-21 17:53:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Interview day!!!!!	Congrats!	Dustin Nila	Male	Cambodia	2007-03-20 14:58:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	interview!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	Good Lucks	Dustin Nila	Male	Cambodia	2007-03-19 22:11:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Guidance?	What is the main difference between the IR-1/CR-1 and the K3? Is there any differences as far as times? My boyfriend is a US citizen and I am Canadian and we are wondering which is a better way to go....or if the K1 is a good solution. We are looking at myself going to the US around the end of September, beginning of October. Can anyone offer some guidance? Thanks! It's not so much a difference between the K3 and the IR/CR. The K3 is an extension of the IR/CR by which your spouse comes to the US (as a visitor, NOT an immigrant) to wait with you for the IR/CR (which is an immigrant visa) to be completed. You can file for an AOS, but that's more money and a whole new wait, so be prepared for that. You file the IR/CR, then if you want, you can *also* file the K3. However, it seems that not many people here (including myself) are benefitting from the K3 process since the IR/CR seems to be moving at about the same speed. I think even if our K3 is approved first, she may still end up staying over there for the extra month or two until her IR/CR interview - it's worth the wait to not have to go through all the hassle again later. Depending on where he is, I think you may have completely missed the boat for a Sept/Oct arrival. We're trying to be realistic and hoping that we'll be together Oct/Nov (I hope that's realistic!), and we filed in January for our CR-1. So ... it may end up being a bit hard to make your timeframe. Keep trying, though! who knows ttyl, mich	phirephly	Male	Philippines	2006-05-22 18:42:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-130 approved	My I-130 has been approved but still no case # from the NVC. The I-129F hasn't been approved yet... I'm from BC too, so I'm going to keep an eye on you. We're waiting for a case # also... at least we have plenty of time to get our papers in order, huh? Good thing an I-864 is good for 6 months! ttyl, mich	phirephly	Male	Philippines	2006-05-22 19:12:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I129-F	Finally, after so many days (84 days) finally My wife's I-129F got approved , I just checked my regular mail and there it was smiling at me our NOA-2 . It was approved on may 17th and never got an email nor is on the USCIS account. congrats! maybe they used up their email quota when they're sending everyone else three copoies of the same email to the same email address before good that they sent the paper ttyl, mich	phirephly	Male	Philippines	2006-05-22 19:13:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-134 and I-864 - good for how long?	The forms are good for a year, however it may be possible that the supporting evidence (current paystub) will need to be from the previous month before submitting the I-864 According to the NVC generated instructions for the I-864, Evidence of current employment or self-employment, such as a recent (within a month prior to the signature date on the I-864) pay statement or a statement from your employer on business stationery, showing beginning date of employment, type of work performed and salary or wages paid. So it appears that the date of the stub just needs to be relative to the signature. However, according to the instructions, section General Filing Instructions: For purposes of this form, a spouse or child is immigrating with an immigrant you are sponsoring if he or she is: 1) listed in Part 3 of this affidavit of support; and 2) applies for an immigrant visa or adjustment of status within 6 months of the date this affidavit of support is originally completed and signed. and The sponsored immigrant must submit the affidavit of support to the Government within 6 months of its signature. For now, it looks like the I-864 is still 6 months. I guess there's talk (or action) about changing it (also reducing the I-864 tax forms to just one year), but until it actually changes, I would (and am) stick(ing) with what the form still says. So it may still be a bit early to get all these signed and notarized. Remember that you still have plenty of time after your NOA2s. It took 3 weeks just to get a case number from the NVC for my CR-1 (to say nothing about how long it will take them to actually generate the form, which is still another step away). It took almost two weeks for the K3 to get through the NVC (we'll see how long it takes my wife to get the packet from the embassy) and will probably take at least another month or two before her interview when she'll actually need the I-134. However, there's nothing stopping you from getting most of it filled out (bio info isn't going to change tomorrow, right?) and leaving things like savings balance empty until you're going to actually sign it. Just a few things I hope you'll find helpful. ttyl, mich	phirephly	Male	Philippines	2006-05-27 06:07:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Electronic DS-156	We haven't had to do this yet, but looking at the form here: https://evisaforms.s...s156.asp?lang=1 I don't really see anything that would make it hostile to K3 people. Looks like it's pretty much just bio data. If their form generates something that looks decent (no words cut off, etc), then why not just keep that it gives you? It looks a bit ugly, but I guess that's what they want. ttyl, mich	phirephly	Male	Philippines	2006-05-27 14:01:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Affidavit of Support: JUST graduating college!	I thought we fixed that in the Guide. It was certainly discussed. There is no Consuate yet to be found that requires I-864 for a k visa. Because that would be against the law? Nope, still there I also see that the FC-029 is also still listed as being required in the I-129f packet for a K3, even though this is apparently no longer the case. I was told that was going to be fixed as well Your final comment intrigues me... why would one AoS be illegal while the other is not? They're both agreements between the USC and the US government. Very curious about that ttyl, mich	phirephly	Male	Philippines	2006-05-29 01:38:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Affidavit of Support: JUST graduating college!	I don't disagree with you that it's a good *assumption*, but from the sound of her post, she hasn't even read the forms yet and she's already asking questions. You never know when you're going to be an exception without a little due diligence... for example, I'm one of the few that has the fun of sending parts I and II of the DS-230 for the CR-1. I did also check to make sure what was required for our K3 (yes, it was an I-134 your assumption would have been right.). I can't name an embassy that matches your description (especially since I don't follow them all), but according to our very own VJ K3 guide (emphasis added in quote), I-134 / I-864 Affidavit of Support form. Ensure it is notarized (by a public notary), with all required supporting evidence. Some consulates may require one or the other forms. You will need to verify with the consulate which they require. You can call or email the consulate to check ahead of time. Additionally, the consulate will notify your fiance(e) via mail correspondence which they prefer. Attempt to start collecting the required information ahead of time, as it can often take several weeks to collect it all. The I-134 is a pretty safe bet, but I don't want to encourage people that are already not reading directions to start assuming things. Extending just a little bit of what I said earlier, these are their rules, and it's our job to follow them, right? All I told her was to check what the rules were so that she makes sure that she's following them. She should already have the Belize embassy website bookmarked, so she can just take a look. ttyl, mich mich, It's a good assumption. If belize is going to have to submit an affidavit of support for her husband's K3 visa application, and she probably will, it will be I-134. Name me a consulate that requires I-864, and will not accept I-134, for a K visa. Yodrak ... It looks like we're assuming that Belize requires a I-134 for a K3. You've checked that this is the case, right? It's different at different embassies. So we have one of each, the I-864 for your CR-1/IR-1 and the I-134 for your K3. .... mich	phirephly	Male	Philippines	2006-05-28 20:08:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Affidavit of Support: JUST graduating college!	Hi, I am just graduating college in June and then flying down to Belize to be with my husband until I start my full-time job in August. Considering I have been a student for the past 3 years, I have not had a full-time job [some part-time, in cash though and all my other work was volunteer]. Now that I have secured a job for August, I am afraid of waiting for "pay stubs" before I can submit the affadavit, as it will hold up the process, right? How much time must pass in between each pay stub? Since I have unusual circumstances, having been a student all this time, is it acceptable for me to just submit a letter from the person who will be my boss in August, stating my position, or do I really need to start the job and then wait in agony for those pay stubs? The tax returns and stuff are all being taken care of by my parents, as they are pulling them up for me to submit....we have already been "apart" for 6 months, so this is important to us. thanks! **Please do not respond suggesting I get a co-sponsor...this is not a possibility for me, nor would I ask anyone to do that for me. I think we're getting things mixed up here in the posts... It looks like we're assuming that Belize requires a I-134 for a K3. You've checked that this is the case, right? It's different at different embassies. So we have one of each, the I-864 for your CR-1/IR-1 and the I-134 for your K3. Judging by my own timeline in the same service center as you, we might guess that your petitions will be NOA2 in the beginning of July. Then maybe another month and a half before you need the I-864 in the IR-1/CR-1 process at the NVC putting that at about mid August. If these numbers come up to be anywhere near accurate (as if we can predict immigration ), then you may just barely be able to use your job if you don't sign the AoS until the very last minute, or even hold onto it for a week or so (the other track in the NVC will take longer anyways). This is the one that wants the pay stub or the letter from your employer. The paystub is supposed to be within a month of signing the AoS, so it would have to be recent anyways (read the NVC generated instructions that are linked in aussie's NVC thread in my sig). I think you could request the letter from your employer about the same time. So you might be able to squeak by with the requirements there, as long as you can show sufficient income and assets (current income and assets, not future) and you time your signature right. It sounds like you should read the forms so you have a more clear understanding what exactly is expected of you. The K3 interview (when you need the I-134) might be 3-4 months (completely depending on your embassy) after the NOA2, which would put it at about October/November. This one just requires duplicate letters from your employer and bank. So you may be ok with these too. Again, check out the forms. I doubt that the NVC or embassy will consider your circumstances as "unusual". There are two cases: 1) you can support the immigrant you are sponsoring 2) you cannot . This affadavit is a sworn statement saying that you fall into the first case: that you can support the immigrant that you are sponsoring. They don't want "circumstances" they don't want "reasons"... they want to see the numbers... "Show me the money", if you will. Your August job may be some help, but I'm guessing that it may raise an eyebrow or two with the people that have to look at it and see that you're promising to support someone for the next few years and all you have to show for it is a job that you will have had for (at most) a couple of months. This seems pretty risky to me, and remember that if you don't want to have a co-sponsor for your I-864, you'll need to show that your 2005 income (and assets if you need) is 125% of poverty - despite college. This may be an uphill battle, and you may want to take the particulars of your finances (which of course you don't want to post on the internet) to a lawyer when the time comes to see how much trouble you might expect - or if there's a way to make it look better (legally, of course). Hopefully this helps a bit... but remember, these are their rules... what we want isn't very relevant to them. ttyl, mich (saving my "poor college student cop out speech" )	phirephly	Male	Philippines	2006-05-28 04:01:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Elections approaching!!!!!!!!!	While her specific concern might fall in the realm of "special interest", i think the bigger issue is definitely a "greater good" issue: underfunded or outdated USCIS and ICE units. 12 million illegal aliens is definitely a problem for the population at large for a number of reasons. For example, while we're constantly beaten over the head with the "border security" thing, think about it in terms of elementary mathematics: these 12 million criminals came here in 20 years. That's 600,000 per year. If one terrorist (knowing this border is incredibly weak) came across the same border the same way each day of the year, that's "only" 400 terrorists, which is 0.06666% of the annual criminal border crossings. Does this sound like what a government would consider an "acceptable risk"? Unfortunately, yes. Which means we could easily have 8,000 terrorists here right now. That's quite a fair number of cities. Even if they don't do massive 9/11-style attacks, 8,000 suicide bombers would definitely shake up a nation and plunge it into chaos - even the US. I'd consider preventing that to be "best for all Americans" One of the news outlets (AP? Reuters? lost the link ) also recently reported that despite misinformation otherwise, illegal immigrants *do* in fact take jobs from citizens. The article cited illegal hispanics often taking residence in areas that are primarily lower-class urban, causing a struggle in the unskilled labor market. The criminals aren't just doing the jobs that nobody wants. In the article, they were consuming unskilled construction jobs that people interviewed would happily take if they could. There were armchair economists saying that it's not the case, but I'll believe the guy that said that his sons can't get work with his employer (or elsewhere) instead and have to collect unemployment before I believe the economist's "theory". Oops... got to speechifying again, huh? better stop now. There are plenty of issues, they just need to be framed properly ttyl, mich There's nothing wrong with the current laws, just the slow moving bureaucracy. If you want new laws, they need to be drafted in context of what's best for all Americans and not just the small group with foreign spouses. Think big picture. Or else we become special-interest-group whiners.	phirephly	Male	Philippines	2006-06-09 21:22:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	hi guys`	my wife had her interview in china june 5. and she passed!! she is flying home to my loving arms june 23. congratulations.	phirephly	Male	Philippines	2006-06-09 20:51:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	hey all, new and confused	hi brittanie and welcome. you should check out your visa options and decide what's best for you. And no, as you'll learn quickly here, you definitely won't be required to live here right away. As a matter of fact, you cannot. You will have to wait for the CR1 visa process to complete, which seems to average about a year. Most of us could only *wish* that we were required to be together immediately. Sounds like you're a lot more patient than a lot of here are Check out the link above, I think it will address most of your concerns/questions, otherwise, post back again. ttyl, mich Hi. You should check the guides under the different types of visas you can pursue. You can create scenarios based on your needs and then decide which route would be best for the two of you. Also, you don't have to immediately use the visa, but there is a certain amount of time that you have to enter. by immediately use the visa, does that mean that once i get married i do not have to immediately live int he usa? cause someone told me that before, because id rather wait til i have a workers permit so that i can make money still and pay for bills and thank you for your response. I was just checking out the possible visas	phirephly	Male	Philippines	2006-06-12 02:58:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	K3 NOA2 Valid Dates?	Update: The nice guy at dhl told me that when it says delivered, then it's definitely delivered, especially if someone signs for it. He said that the "in transit" afterwards was probably a misscan. Just in case anyone has seen something similar. ttyl, mich	phirephly	Male	Philippines	2006-06-13 21:30:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	K3 NOA2 Valid Dates?	I'm very sure I had read (somewhere...) that it was required, but if I'm wrong, I'm completely cool with that. I'm not sure why you'd need it either, especially if you have your interview letter. Isn't that the reason that the K3 guide says to send a copy of the NOA2 to the spouse? That's good to hear (and have confirmed ) that the expiration date isn't as big a deal as I was concerned it would be. Alrighty, I was thinking that things were running a bit slow... even for Manila Thanks for the confirmation on that Yodrak. Yeah, we'll be checking out what's going on there. I've been watching the dhl arrivals, and there's a bit of confusion regarding their site (for some reason packages like 8188058745 are showing that they're "in transit" after they've been delivered and signed for), though I must admit I haven't called them yet to ask about that. Perhaps it's just updating in the wrong order and delivered is delivered. So I'll need to talk to dhl and find out what's up wtih the site and if delivered = delivered, then we'll need to be contacting the embassy shortly (ie immediately). Luckily, the embassy publishes [pdf 241KB] all its interview dates, but unluckily their last list is about a month old, and I don't think there's a way to be able to predict when it will be updated - the last one came out May 11th and it's June 14th there now. ttyl, mich mich, The petition receipt notice is needed to gain entry to the consulate? It's getting about time to begin wondering where the visa application packet is. As long as your fiancee responds within a reasonable amount of time (and my suspicion is that you'll have her responding promptly) the consulate will extend the validity of the petition for as long as it takes to process the visa application. Yodrak Howdy, Surprisingly, I haven't run across an answer to this question yet... so I guess I have to ask myself On the NOA2 for our K3 visa, it listed the embassy and the dates that the NOA2 is valid: May to the beginning of September. Since this document is presented at the embassy to gain entry, the interview must take place before this document expires, correct? Normally I'd just kinda sit on it for a bit and see what happens, but we're now mid June, don't have an interview date (that we know of) for the K3, and have not received any packets from the embassy. So if I'm thinking correctly, we have two months at most for this to complete (or it could be much sooner), and we haven't even received any of the paperwork to do yet. Our CR1 is still making its way through the NVC, so that wouldn't have affected anything, if I understand what I've read correctly. It would only change things when both arrive at the embassy. So is my sense of urgency well-based, or am I completely taknig these dates on the NOA2 out of context and getting concerned for no reason? Some days I can be such a silly boy, but I can't tell if this is one of them. Thanks and ttyl, mich	phirephly	Male	Philippines	2006-06-13 16:21:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	K3 NOA2 Valid Dates?	Howdy, Surprisingly, I haven't run across an answer to this question yet... so I guess I have to ask myself On the NOA2 for our K3 visa, it listed the embassy and the dates that the NOA2 is valid: May to the beginning of September. Since this document is presented at the embassy to gain entry, the interview must take place before this document expires, correct? Normally I'd just kinda sit on it for a bit and see what happens, but we're now mid June, don't have an interview date (that we know of) for the K3, and have not received any packets from the embassy. So if I'm thinking correctly, we have two months at most for this to complete (or it could be much sooner), and we haven't even received any of the paperwork to do yet. Our CR1 is still making its way through the NVC, so that wouldn't have affected anything, if I understand what I've read correctly. It would only change things when both arrive at the embassy. So is my sense of urgency well-based, or am I completely taknig these dates on the NOA2 out of context and getting concerned for no reason? Some days I can be such a silly boy, but I can't tell if this is one of them. Thanks and ttyl, mich	phirephly	Male	Philippines	2006-06-13 13:11:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Letter of Employment	Ditto ditto. Mine started with "Dear Sir or Madam". (Actually, I think I forgot to tell my employer what the letters were even concerning... I think I just said "government paperwork" out of habit. ). I also was trying to be a little clever about it. Since the K3 (I-134) and the IR1/CR1 (I-864) letters are very similar, I combined the requirements for the two and asked for enough copies for both the forms and an extra original for myself. That saves them duplicative work and gets me plenty of letters for both in one shot. It's pretty easy for the employer to just print out 3 or so extra copies of the letter and sign them all in one shot than it is to go back and write the letter multiple times. ttyl, mich Ditto Eva!!!	phirephly	Male	Philippines	2006-06-14 12:41:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Approval of I-130 but not I-129F yet	Just to be clear about this... the I-129f was an application for a K3 nonimmigrant visa. This is not a requirement for her to emigrate here and the K3 is an optional path that you can take that was intended to try to unite your family faster (though it doesn't really seem to work too well anymore). It is only related to your IR1/CR1 in that you have to have filed an IR1/CR1 before you can apply for a K3 - from there, they are separate (unless they both get to the embassy at the same time, then apparently the embassy drops the K3 in favor of the IR1/CR1). The K3 is only a visa to let your wife temporarily come here wait with you while your IR1/CR1 (immigrant visa) is being processed. As many people before me have advised, you might very well be better off letting your K3 fly into the ether and focus your energy and efforts on your IR1/CR1. Though as long as you've invested in the K3, you may as well not manually cancel it just yet. For your IR1/CR1, see my sig for the NVC timesavers thread that you should read and for a link to a thread I started to try to help people get their tax transcripts easily. Good luck on your path through the NVC. ttyl, mich We recieved our approval for our I-130 but not ouir I-129F what can we do now can she come as soon as she sees the embasssy? please help Look at my timeline it has been a long time waiting on the I-129F what should we do	phirephly	Male	Philippines	2006-06-14 13:02:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	K-3	. wrong info. deleted. Edited by phirephly, 14 June 2006 - 07:14 PM.	phirephly	Male	Philippines	2006-06-14 19:12:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	DS-156 question 36	Working on the DS-156 form for our K3 visa. Question 36 asks if anyone has filed an immigrant visa petition on your behalf. So ... since the K3 is an extension of the CR1, does that mean that we don't count the CR1? Or since the K3 is processed separately from the CR1, do we indeed need to note that there is "another" immigrant petition floating around out there? I'm leaning towards the latter, but wanted to get some verification. Thanks folks. ttyl, mich PS - why doesn't the search turn up anything for DS-156 ? I always get no results. I have to go to yahoo! and put in "DS-156 site:visajourney.com" which gives me strange results, but still results.	phirephly	Male	Philippines	2006-07-05 21:14:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-130 for K-3 visa question	Well, not quite. You send two G-325As, one for the petitioner (you) and one (your wife) for the beneficiary. To be clear, each of these forms has 4 identical pages, so you'll just send all four pages of each G-325A form (one form for husband, one form for wife), totalling 8 pages' (4 pages for husband, 4 pages for wife) worth of G-325A material in your petition. You will not send four copies of each G-325A, which would then be 32 pages (16 for husband, 16 for wife). I'm sure Reba meant it the way I explained here, but the way she said it might be confusing to some. ttyl, mich 2- Two filled out G-325a forms, one for me and one for her with our photos attached to respective forms I just wanted to add that I think you're supposed to have 4 copies each of the G325A	phirephly	Male	Philippines	2006-06-13 20:25:00