Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 Medical and Interview	For London, you book your own medical. They don't send that to you. You'll get a letter with an LDN number on it, which you need to be able to call up and book the medical.  For K1 - they do not schedule your interview until they have the results of the medical, so it's in your best interests to book that as soon as you can.  Packet 3 will have what you need.   See this thread (K1 NOA2 to medical to interview thread): http://www.visajourn...terview-thread/ And this thread (about medicals): http://www.visajourn...bridge-doctors/   Yeah, its London.   I should have packet 3 any day now and will get on it as soon as it arrives.   Cheers	Lobaloo	Male	Scotland	2013-05-29 07:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 Medical and Interview	Hi,   We're in the process and just waiting on packet 3 being sent or delivered but looking online, i'm getting conflicting stories about the medical and interview.   Some say....   You will not be given an interview date till your medical is completed and the results have been sent to the Embassy?   Other's have said...  I will get the medical and interview dates at the same time but they will be at least a week apart to allow time for the results to be sent to the Embassy?   Will all the information i need be in packet 3?   Any help or info would be greatly appreciated!   Thanks..	Lobaloo	Male	Scotland	2013-05-29 07:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 Visa - DS 156 & DS 230	Hi,   Filling in forms DS 156 & DS 230 prior to my interview  for the K1 Visa and it asks in both about how many times i have visited the United States. Since the age of 14 I've probably traveled to the US about 30 times but don't remember all of them, as i am now 40!   Do you have to enter or tell them every single visit?     Thanks	Lobaloo	Male	Scotland	2013-05-30 11:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Irish vital records...	thank you very much!  that was helpful.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-02-11 17:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Irish vital records...	good  morning.  I'm curious about something.  I know the US has specific official divorce documents that can be ordered from your state's vital records offices, but I'm wondering, what about Ireland?  I'm not seeing anything on the internet for this, and very new to the K-1 visa process, I'm worried that the divorce documents we each sent in won't be accepted.  They were the actual divorce papers that the judge signed (His Irish, mine from Michigan), but not an official certificate like a birth or death cert.  Is this all we need?  I know that if I was getting married in another country, I'd need a cert with a special seal, so these papers seem like they won't cut it.  What did you all previously married people use?  Thanks in advance!   Tina	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-02-11 14:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I got a job!!!	Congratulations on the job!    Happily, your income will improve, the longer you teach.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-02-16 14:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 Fiance Visa / Green Card Questions and Help	First, and most importantly, I'm a former night elf druid.   Second, yes, GET EVIDENCE of meeting the first time.  Before I came to this site, I threw away my boarding passes (duh!) not realizing this was a really good piece of proof of meeting.  So I scrambled to find receipts, etc that proved when we met (pictures count, but as secondary proof since the pic could be 5 years old).  I have sincerely thought it would be great to have taken a picture together with a newspaper of that same day where the date is readable.  Seriously.    Third, when she comes to visit DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT marry her.  It may be the fun, romantic thing to do, but you will have then committed fraud, and it'll only increase the timeline, if not ruin it.   I love this kind of story.    Good luck!    Tina	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-02-24 15:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Where to set up interview for my fianc'ee	We're in a similar situation.  South African living in Ireland with dual citizenship.  We chose the embassy in Dublin.  It's where he lives.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-03-02 20:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Getting documents collected before interview	This is what we're in the process of doing (also using the Dublin embassy):   ~Police certificate from both Ireland and South Africa (his home country. That one is supposed to take months) ~vaccination records for him from SA and for his son from his son's doctor in Ireland ~My information for the AOS he'll need for the interview (happily, I will be hand delivering this to him in April!) ~starting to go through emails, texts, receipts, letters, pictures, etc for the "this is our bona fide relationship" requirement  ~he's filling out the documents ahead of time that require all his previous addresses, etc.   He's leaving the medical until he has word from the embassy.  While he's here visiting in April, we're getting passport pics taken at the local post office.    I would love to have an answer to your police certificate for the UK, as I have that same question.  We're about a month behind you.  I got our NOA1 on the 7th of Feb.  Good luck!   Tina	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-03-06 21:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	G-325A (All Other Names Used box)	my fiance goes by his middle name, and even though it's not a legal change, we put it in that box anyway.  It's what you'll see on our correspondence, NOT  his legal first name.  I went with the "better safe than sorry" mindset.   Tina	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-03-09 13:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Skype Chat Logs as Evidence	That said, he is also from a low fraud country, so our experiences may not translate as well to a couple from a higher fraud country.   (Honestly, our biggest dilemma over it all was that Australia and the US print on different paper sizes. That irritated our academic OCD natures something fierce.)  Us too!  on both accounts.  I didn't even know there was different sized paper out there until I received his paperwork from Ireland.  What the heck size is that?!?!!  lol	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-03-13 13:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Skype Chat Logs as Evidence	If you go to "info" on a whatsapp chat screen, then scroll to the bottom, you can email transcripts of conversations. I do this every 5 days or so.  it makes it very easy to keep a record of texts.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-03-12 20:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	question about destination weddings...	I don't expect to actually go to any of these places any time soon (apart from maybe Hawaii).  My sister and brother in law have a place on the Big Island); I was just merely brain storming.  My future in-laws all live in South Africa.  I was thinking of possible options that might make long-distance travel easier on them.  I didn't know about the traveling through other countries.  Good to know.   Thank you all for the replies.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-03-14 18:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	question about destination weddings...	http://www.usa.gov/A...rritories.shtml Edited by Tina and Johan, 14 March 2014 - 02:53 PM.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-03-14 14:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	question about destination weddings...	I thought so too, but I got the list off of the US dept of health and human services (while looking for other info), where they were grouped in with Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-03-14 14:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	question about destination weddings...	I know that once my fiance comes to the US on his K1 visa, we will need to get married in the US, but does that include territories: Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau? Or can these places be visited while waiting for the AP once filing for AOS after marriage?  More just curious, but also trying to learn about what we can and cannot do.  thanks in advance!   Tina	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-03-14 14:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Affidavit of Support - Employer Letter	Teacher here too, and I am not getting tenure until the end of this school year.  I hadn't thought of that being an issue at all.  I would see "temporary" as a long-term sub or maybe IF you work at a district that is susceptible to layoffs and you'll be getting a pink slip come March 14th.  But I think if you follow the example above (as I plan to do) then really all you need is what's already stated there. I would think the only way it wouldn't work is if you're on some sort of suspension with your district.  Just to compare notes, are you planning to get this from the district office or your principal?  I'll be doing this in the next few weeks.    Sending positive vibes your way for the interview!	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-03-03 01:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	question about the DS230 addresses since age 16...	I saw it listed on the Dublin embassy link on here.    thanks for the heads up!!    Tina	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-03-22 18:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	question about the DS230 addresses since age 16...	Why are you filling out a DS-230? Did you receive specific instructions from your consulate to do so? You should only need to fill out the DS-160. The DS-160 replaced all other DS forms last Oct.  http://travel.state....ance-k-1.html#6   Ooops.  I feel like I have "research overload."  It's the DS160 I'm asking about.  I looked at your link.  Do we no longer need the addresses since age 16?    What about the police cert for a country you traveled in for more than 6 months, non-consecutively, but were not a resident of?  Should we get that, or is that unnecessary?  Any advice is appreciated!!	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-03-22 18:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	question about the DS230 addresses since age 16...	Here is what the document is asking for:   "List below all places you have lived for at least six months since reaching the age of 16, including places in your country of nationality. Begin with your present residence."   Here is my question: if the person filling out the form traveled back and forth between multiple countries for more than a year, but didn't stay in any one place longer than the 6 months consecutively, does he or she need to mention traveling in those countries?  Can they just put their permanent residence in their home country, and then pick it up again with the next residence he or she lived at for over 6 months?  And also, do they need to get a police certificate for any of those countries if they didn't stay in the country for more than 6 months consecutively, but were there off and on for more than a year?  Between hostiles, and other places to stay, like boarding houses, there are a TON of addresses, and I can't imagine remembering them all.     Can you/should you obtain a police certificate for a country you visited long-term, as a preemptive measure, even if you didn't live there for the required amount of time, in consecutive months, especially if you worked in those countries at all?   This scenario is causing a lot of stress, and any answers from people who have experience with this would be greatly appreciated.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-03-21 17:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Dealing with a previous marriage in a high fraud country.	I know you said that he didn't have internet after 2006, but did you keep in touch at all between then and 2013?  letters sent in actual mail?  This could help prove that you have a bona fide relationship, I would think.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-03-10 14:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Dealing with a previous marriage in a high fraud country.	a marriage contract my fiancé had me sign that is not legal, but is a spiritual contract in Islam.   Would this fall under the "too married" for a K1 visa, but "not married enough" for a spousal visa?  I have limited experience with red flags, etc, but I have seen some people who've had this problem where the embassy considered them "too married" and denied the visa because it was the wrong type.  I imagine someone with that experience will chime in.    On the other hand, if he was legally divorced and free to marry (no time constraints post-divorce), then I wouldn't think that his being married before would be a problem.  Lots of us have been married before.  Good luck!  I'm anxious to know how it goes, as would people filing with Egyptian fiance's, I'm sure.    Tina	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-03-09 22:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	samples letters. Declaration of how you met in person in the last two years.	So i have heard everything from one sentence to the above list.    Does the declaration of meeting go to the HCM Consulate? or is the above in reference to paperwork to take during the interview?   I wondered the same thing.  This seems more like what you'd bring with you to the interview to prove a real relationship.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-03-26 17:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	What happens if...	That process would end (as you'd no longer qualify) and you'd then have to begin the process for bringing over a spouse instead of a fiance.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-03-19 17:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT I-134	This is the example I'm currently using to fill mine out:   http://www.visajourn.../Form-I-134.pdf   It's been very helpful.    Tina	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-04-03 12:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Possibility of ex-spouse creating problems at the Embassy	We have almost the same situation here.  He  has gotten full permission from the court to relocate with his son (before we applied for the K1), and his ex-wife agreed to this, before knowing that we are planning on them moving here to the US.  I'm interested to see how your embassy handles this.  We frontloaded the court documents with our petition, but now I wonder if we'll ALSO need a signed and notarized letter from his ex.    Good luck!    I can't imagine you having problems relocating your children when their father doesn't even live in Portugal.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-04-03 10:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Proof of having met in the past 2 years	Itineraries are not proof of anything other than buying a ticket, it is not evidence. They want physical proof that you boarded the plane with corresponding passport stamps. A printed itinerary means nothing   You CAN, however, contact the airline you used and request a copy of your boarding pass.  My airline did that for me, in the form of a letter, stating that I bought, checked in, and used my airline ticket on the dates listed.  It worked out great.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-04-04 10:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Proof of having met in the past 2 years	If you are talking about needing evidence for meeting within two years of petitioning, then you would include things like boarding passes, hotel receipts, pictures of you two together, passport stamps.  Basically something that will put you in the same place at the same time after April of 2012 (presuming you send it this month).  The "evidence of the relationship" is for the interview at the embassy.  That's when you'd need things like Skype call records (I took screenshots of our chat history), whatsapp texting, Facebook posts, other pics taken between filing and interview, cards, gifts, other receipts, etc.  People sometimes frontload their petitions, but it's not mandatory.   Edited to include:  For our petition, I included these things:  copy of my stamped passport showing entry into Ireland, hotel receipts for the stay and for meals there, pictures from our Dublin ghost tour (pictured in front of the bus which reads, "The Dublin Ghost Tour"), receipt for the tickets purchased for the tour, copy of hockey tickets purchase in his name with a receipt of a hockey jersey I purchased at the game (both showing the same date).  I (foolishly!) threw out my boarding pass, but I was able to contact Aer Lingus and get confirmation from them that I bought and used my airline tickets on my travel dates. Edited by Tina and Johan, 03 April 2014 - 02:14 PM.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-04-03 14:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	HELP: How to pay the $340 fee for the I-129F package?	just include the check or money order when you send in the package.    unlike other parts of the process, you don't pay in advance.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-04-04 11:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How long do you have to respond to an RFE?	I think what Tina is trying to say is that EVERYBODY sending the I-129f sends their application to the Dallas, Texas Lockbox or Lewisville, TX if sending by Express mail. Then, depending on which state you live in (which you are in Indiana like I am so we are sent to CSC) your petition gets sent to a service center. You were not sent to TSC, then transferred to CSC. You were simply just sent to CSC to begin with. It will state this on the NOA1. Hope this helps!   This is my thinking exactly.    My window passed as of Friday.    But I remain ever hopeful! (What I'm really thinking! --->   )   I'm hoping that a. you won't get an RFE at all, and b. if you do, it'll be long before your trip abroad.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-04-06 14:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How long do you have to respond to an RFE?	This is what I am meaning.  Here is my email from USCIS notifying me of my NOA1: " Feb 7 Your case has been accepted and routed to the USCIS California Service Center for processing. Within 7-10 days by standard mail you will receive your official Receipt Notice (Form I-797) with your Receipt Number..."    So, I put this for my timeline: K1 Visa Event Date Service Center : California Service Center Transferred? No     You have this as your timeline:  K1 Visa Event Date Service Center : Texas Service Center Transferred? California Service Center on 2014-02-13     MY question is, did you first get TSC on your NOA1 and then they transferred it to CSC?  Or are you mistakenly putting TSC as your service center because you sent your petition to Texas (like everyone else does)?    Edited to reformat the post. Edited by Tina and Johan, 06 April 2014 - 12:38 AM.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-04-06 00:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How long do you have to respond to an RFE?	My visa timeline has moved my estimated adjudication date from March / April to April / May to now May / June.   Hi there.  I was looking at your timeline and I'm wondering...  did you put Texas service center originally because that's where you mailed it, then put "transferred to the CSC" because that's where it then shipped?  If so, and you fix it, I think you're timeline will adjust accordingly.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-04-06 00:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 Visa Youtube Channel	I haven't seen that one, but we did watch a video about putting together evidence for a bona fide relationship.  That was pretty informative.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-04-10 19:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Photos for proof of meet up	I put ours in a ziploc bag.  and I think I included 2 or 3.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-04-11 20:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Address change just prior to entering the US	Thank you It's on July 3rd in Santa Barbara, can't wait     Nice!  Congrats!  (Santa Barbara county resident   )	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-04-26 20:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Just got approved, needing some answers, please	look at this thread:  http://www.visajourn...-to-us-embassy/   it will show you how to track your petition after the NVC gives you your case number and you see that it's "in transit."  I saw mine today was received at the Dublin Embassy on Friday afternoon.  This is speculation, but it's pretty certain, based on the CEAC status updates and DHL's tracking.    Edited by Tina and Johan, 27 April 2014 - 02:13 PM.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-04-27 14:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Just got approved, needing some answers, please	Right, I've looked at the whole thing about the warsaw us embassy. So basically once I have the new case nr I go online and fill that form ds 160? Is this how I schedule the interview.. And do u think should do it once I arrive in (end of may) or whenever we get the new case nr from the nvc, even when I'm still in America.   I think you can now fill out the DS-160 when you get your case number.  You can do it from the USA or from Poland.  If YOU schedule your interview, as opposed to the embassy scheduling it for you (it varies by embassy), then I'd suggest scheduling it for a time beyond your return, allowing enough time for you to order your police certificate, military records (if any), a copy of your birth certificate (if you don't already have it), etc.  If THEY schedule it, I'd suggest waiting to fill out the DS-160 until you are home and have the above documents ordered or already in your hands.  Until then, though, get your fiance to gather his paperwork for the I-134 for you to take back with you, and also putting together your "proof of relationship" information, whatever you choose to include in that.    A personal  note:  my fiance was here shortly after we received our NOA2, and was here when I got our case number from the NVC.  Our petition is on its way to Dublin right now (I got this information from the CEAC website I linked earlier), and he is waiting to get his police cert before going further with filling out the DS-160 or scheduling his medical exam.  He wants to be 100% ready for the interview so his visa can be issued ASAP afterward.  Good luck with what you decide.    Tina	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-04-26 00:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Just got approved, needing some answers, please	Right. But please just tell me if I got right or not. What we do now is: - call the nvc in about two weeks to find out whether they got our petition and ask for the new case nr Correct? But what do I do after this. After I have the new case nr. How long does it take for our petition to get to my country? This wasn't mentioned anywhere   Correct.    prepare documents mentioned in the checklist and fill online form DS-160 (Which you fill in online at https://ceac.state.g...IV/Default.aspx ). From Poland, you will need to have: birth certificate(English translation if the applicant is not Polish) police report(translation if needed) medical examination results 2 photographs. (passport size) affidavit of support form I-134 with original signature (from the petitioner) Proof of relationship Proof of visa payment   I got this information from the Warsaw embassy link in the "embassy info" link at the top of the page Edited by Tina and Johan, 26 April 2014 - 12:11 AM.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-04-26 00:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Just got approved, needing some answers, please	You will need to finish the process once you go back to Poland, but since you're going back in May, it looks like it'll be decent timing.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-04-25 23:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Just got approved, needing some answers, please	OK, well I'm in America til end of may so I'll probably be here for when we get out case nr.. I'm an alien fiance, so I'll have my fiance call. So from what I understand we do not get anything else in the mail, we are just supposed to call the nvc in about two weeks, correct? Asking for new case nr. So after we get the number, I call us consulate in my country to schedule interview?   This is from the Warsaw, Poland embassy information link I posted:   Approx Waiting Time for interview date from when the Consulate receives the package from the NVC: 3 weeks - 1.5 months (might be less at the moment - everyone has to choose the interview date individually either online or by calling the call center) Issues a Packet 3?   Packet 3 Contains: 1. checklist 2. information about domestic violence and immigrant righs. Form DS-230 is no longer required. You only need to fill DS-160 and keep the confirmation page.   Issues a Packet 4? No Packet 4 contents (if known): Embassy does not send Packet 4 anymore. After receiving Packet 3, you don't need to send anything back. Only prepare documents mentioned in the checklist and fill online form DS-160. What forms should be send back to the Consulate? Checklist DS-230 Part I everything can be faxed/scanned and mailed back to the Consulate (Since October 2013 doesn't require sending any documents back) Other Forms (if any)? DS-160 confirmation page (Which replaced old DS-156 form) birth certificate(english translation if the applicant is not Polish) police report(translation if needed) medical examination results 2 photographs. affidavit of support form I-134 with original signature. Proof of relationship Proof of visa payment Appointment confirmation       That information was added to the embassy's site by VJ members who've already gone through the process.	Tina and Johan	Female	Ireland	2014-04-25 23:55:00