ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAnyone getting married in Vegas?
Curious about this as well. Honestly, 90 days isn't enough to plan a wedding and we're planning one in Vegas. Looking for ideas and prices, etc.
GuardianOneMalePhilippines2009-08-03 17:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNotice of Action1
I checked online when they cashed the check. It showed cashed under my bank account and a week later I received my NOA1.

My case number is in the system. Curious too how long it takes to know if you'll get a RFE or not.
GuardianOneMalePhilippines2009-08-08 03:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-29 form question...possibly stupid
My fiances first name didn't fit in the box, neither did "Philippines". I had to write in the last letter of her name and the 's' in Philippines on the I-129F. We got our NOA1 with the corrent name on there, so I don't think it will be an issue. Just write it in if it doesn't fit. My hand writing sucks so I only wrote one letter in.

Her middle name shows up as Letter with a period after it, not the full middle name.
GuardianOneMalePhilippines2009-08-09 05:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhat are our options?
Have you got ahold of your senator?
GuardianOneMalePhilippines2009-09-01 04:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhat do you all use to send your applications in?
I used the flat rate priority shipping via USPS with deliver confirmation sent to the USCIS PO Box. No issues, got our NOA1 within a week. It cost under $10.
GuardianOneMalePhilippines2009-09-11 06:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNewbie for K1
As the other two said.

As long as you know how to read instructions, and search here on VJ you will be fine. As long as it's a "typical" case ie; boy meets girl, girl is overseas, boy and girl wants to get married, then there shouldn't be any issues. A lawyer will do nothing but slow down a process you can do yourself if there is nothing that would cause issues. (Her being banned from US, over staying visa, police/court issues/etc.)

The biggest issue is the wait. Fill out the forms, get the documents needed and wait. Everything is easy when you use VJ.
GuardianOneMalePhilippines2009-12-21 19:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNeed help in picking a firm to help prepare K1 VISA

I was thinking of not using a lawyer but one of these companies that assist with the paper work. They charge from $249 to $495. One is called "Filipina Fiancee Visa Service" and they charge $289. I live in San Francisco, CA



They won't make anything faster or easier. Infact, it will take longer since you have to send them everything first.

We knew nothing about the K1 Visa process and in an hour my fiance is landing. I owe it all to research and VJ.
GuardianOneMalePhilippines2010-02-03 13:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPermission letter
QUOTE (anitacastillo @ Jun 7 2009, 07:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Why is taking a child away from their birth father so okay with so many on VJ?? And the child has no say? Only what mom wants.


The child is not legally old enough to have a say. It is up to the mother and father. The father is an abuser of his son, an alcoholic and a drug abuser. He is a known burglar and extortionist. I have the police records to prove it. So you tell me, where is the better life? With a stable emotionally mature loving couple, or with a father that allows his five year old to drink his beer and watch him make love to his prostitutes?? AND WE NEVER SAID we wanted to exclude the father. From the beginning we offered to PAY to allow him to see his son, to forgive his child support payments (which he never pays but is close to going to jail because of failure to pay).

Charles/GabriellaMaleBrazil2009-06-07 11:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPermission letter
I wish I had known Gary's advice before we hit this situation. I think it would have helped a lot. We are in a similar situation, but I think all the ex wants is to make Gabriellas life difficult.
Charles/GabriellaMaleBrazil2009-06-07 02:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresGot The 2nd case status number,.. and then?????
Hello guys,... we got our NOA2 last september 9, 2009 so as our 2nd case status number. kicking.gif

It says that I have to wait for the embassy here in the PI to send me a packet. it's been 2 1/2 weeks.

How long do i actually have to wait for it to come?

I'm excited and nervous and as as silly as it sounds,... I get butterflies in my tummy laughing.gif
XtrmeFdelityFemale02009-09-26 19:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresmedical and interview
QUOTE (Inky @ Nov 16 2009, 01:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Medical before the interview.
Download the Packet from Manila embassy website fill out all requested forms etc
Send your forms in and wait for an interview.
Book and attend medical appointment



oh ok,.. can i schedule my medical in advance?
XtrmeFdelityFemale02009-11-16 14:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresmedical and interview
Hello everyone!

I have a question yet again tongue.gif

Like I said on my last post, I already have my 2nd case status number.
But now I don’t know which will come first,… do I have to have my medical before we schedule the interview or do I have to pay and have the interview scheduled first before I have my medical?

I have all the required papers already and I don’t know what’s next.

Plz. Help.

Thanks!
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XtrmeFdelityFemale02009-11-16 13:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCONNECTING FLIGHTS and LUGGAGES
My flight would be Manila to Nagoya,.. Nagoya to Narita,... Narita to Seattle which is my POE...

I'm flying with Delta air. My fiance is going to call them today about the luggage.

With this kind of connecting flights, Am i suppose to pick the luggage up at the POE?
XtrmeFdelityFemale02010-03-14 13:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCONNECTING FLIGHTS and LUGGAGES
Hello VJ'rs!

I'm not quite sure where to post this thread but anyway i have some questions regarding my flight.

My fiance can't make it here in the PI cos of some job related issues, so anyway, I'm flying in this 17th of march.
I got three connecting flights. So my question is, do I have to take my luggage every time?

My fiance bought the ticket using mileage card so i don't know if I'm entitled to take 2 pieces of 23kls each bags for free.

Please please help me. I'm confuse and this is the first time I'm flying in a long haul flight.
XtrmeFdelityFemale02010-03-14 11:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhat's next?
OK,. so do I apply for SSN now or later after the wedding so we don't have to come back again to change my last name?
XtrmeFdelityFemale02010-03-30 12:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhat's next?
Hello Vj'ers! I'm already here in the US and we are going to have the wedding pretty soon.

So my question is,.. what's next with the paper works after the wedding? :help: and what do i have to provide to get things done?

Thanks alot and again Thank YOU guys for being the light upon our way! CHEERS! (F) (F) (F)
XtrmeFdelityFemale02010-03-28 22:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresi forgot to put our names on the back of the passport photos...
QUOTE (Karin und Otto @ Jun 6 2009, 01:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (torry @ Jun 6 2009, 12:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Karin und Otto @ Jun 6 2009, 09:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It is probably a non-issue, I wouldn't worry about it. good.gif


thank you so much everybody... so does that mean that when i get my nao1 it wont matter... they have actually cashed my check last week but i still havent got an nao1 yet
thank you very much

No - NOA1 (Notice of Action) simply means your petition was accepted and is pending - it won't actually get adjudicated for several months. I still wouldn't worry myself over it. good.gif


thank you very much
Estu and TorryMaleIndonesia2009-06-06 17:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresi forgot to put our names on the back of the passport photos...
QUOTE (Karin und Otto @ Jun 6 2009, 09:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It is probably a non-issue, I wouldn't worry about it. good.gif


thank you so much everybody... so does that mean that when i get my nao1 it wont matter... they have actually cashed my check last week but i still havent got an nao1 yet
thank you very much
Estu and TorryMaleIndonesia2009-06-06 13:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresi forgot to put our names on the back of the passport photos...
i forgot to put our names on the back of the passport photos... but we are doing the visa through a lawyer and everything is sent in about two weeks ago... is it ok? would the lawers catch that??
thank you so much
Estu and TorryMaleIndonesia2009-06-06 11:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureswhy is nao1 taking so long?
QUOTE (L179 @ Jun 12 2009, 10:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Definately, it is just to let you know that they have recieved it. Nothing pertaining to time line or anything related to processing. Your check encashed is also a form of reciept. so no worries.



thank you very much everybody for everything.... so how long will it take to get my nao2? i thought it takes longer to get that?
Estu and TorryMaleIndonesia2009-06-13 13:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureswhy is nao1 taking so long?
QUOTE (Karin und Otto @ Jun 12 2009, 03:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It can take anywhere from a week or so to a month - not very consistent with NOA(1's). Doesn't mean your petition isn't in line with others - just means they're slow/inconsistent sending them out. good.gif


so you are saying that it doesnt mean that they will take longer on our petition it just means they are taking their time to send out the nao1's?

Estu and TorryMaleIndonesia2009-06-12 18:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureswhy is nao1 taking so long?
the firm working on our case sent everything in on may 26 and they cashed the 455 dollar check on the 28th and i still havent got an nao1 yet... what are they doing?? and if my na01 is taking this long does that mean they will take long on processing our case also???
thank you very much
Estu and TorryMaleIndonesia2009-06-12 17:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFINALLY KNOW ABOUT MY NA01
i finally got an email from the lawer representing us and she said that they never sent an na01 letter but i got the case number and they recieved our application one day after it was sent and cashed the check one day after that.... so my question is... what should i put for the date under my timeline... thank you very much
Estu and TorryMaleIndonesia2009-06-30 17:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresquestion for processing
how long does it usually take until they start processing your stuff in california service center... mine has been there for month and half
Estu and TorryMaleIndonesia2009-07-11 17:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureshow long does it take to know when your interview is?
how long does it usually take to know when your interview date is after you recieve your nao2?
Estu and TorryMaleIndonesia2009-07-31 22:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureswhat to do after na02?
QUOTE (Jamaican JNR @ Aug 27 2009, 03:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Estu and Torry @ Aug 27 2009, 06:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
is there a timeline that shows what to do after you recieve na02?

K1 Flowchart has the info


do you know how long it usually takes from now until she will get her interview date or an approximation??
Estu and TorryMaleIndonesia2009-08-27 17:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureswhat to do after na02?
is there a timeline that shows what to do after you recieve na02?
Estu and TorryMaleIndonesia2009-08-27 17:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresneed 3 things
my lawyer said that i need three things...

Original Letter of from Your Employer

Copy of Your Three Months Bank Statements

Original Letter from Your Bank on Bank Letterhead proving the day you opened your account(s) and the account's current balance


but i dont know how to get these things... pls help

thank you
Estu and TorryMaleIndonesia2009-08-27 18:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresdont know what to do about police certificate... PLEASE HELP
QUOTE (mari joe @ Sep 14 2009, 01:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
theck the reciprocity table if you havent done so yet. select the country for which the police cert. is needed and then scroll sown to view the info

http://travel.state....ocity_3272.html

example for Indonesia
Police Records
Unavailable for applicants inside and outside Indonesia. Indonesian police certificates require initial processing at a local or village level, which is nonstandard in nature, can be subject to capricious decisions by officials and may require nonofficial payments to proceed further.”



yay!!! so i dont need a police cert then right?
Estu and TorryMaleIndonesia2009-09-24 18:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresdont know what to do about police certificate... PLEASE HELP
QUOTE (tinyrosie @ Sep 13 2009, 11:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (tinyrosie @ Sep 14 2009, 02:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Just go to the local office where she currently lives and apply for a new KTP. Just tell the office she lost her previous KTP from her hometown (Negara) and now that she lives in her current place she wants to get a new ID from the current place instead. It should be fine.
I lived abroad for years and came back to Indonesia only a couple of months before K-1 petition was sent. At one point when I still lived abroad I lost my Indonesian local ID (KTP) and I asked my parents to get a new one for me on my behalf. No problem at all. So I believe there should be no problem for your fiancee too.



Ooh... PS:
She might want to contact her current RT and RW head to issue a letter to help her getting the new KTP. My parents did that for me.



thank you so much for everything...
of course there is a but again.... she has told me that it is much harder to get a different or new id in a different city in bali or espcially in kuta
Estu and TorryMaleIndonesia2009-09-14 02:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresdont know what to do about police certificate... PLEASE HELP
QUOTE (tinyrosie @ Sep 13 2009, 11:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (tinyrosie @ Sep 14 2009, 02:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Just go to the local office where she currently lives and apply for a new KTP. Just tell the office she lost her previous KTP from her hometown (Negara) and now that she lives in her current place she wants to get a new ID from the current place instead. It should be fine.
I lived abroad for years and came back to Indonesia only a couple of months before K-1 petition was sent. At one point when I still lived abroad I lost my Indonesian local ID (KTP) and I asked my parents to get a new one for me on my behalf. No problem at all. So I believe there should be no problem for your fiancee too.



Ooh... PS:
She might want to contact her current RT and RW head to issue a letter to help her getting the new KTP. My parents did that for me.



thank you so much for everything...
of course there is a but again.... she has told me that it is much harder to get a different or new id in a different city in bali or espcially in kuta
Estu and TorryMaleIndonesia2009-09-14 02:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresdont know what to do about police certificate... PLEASE HELP
QUOTE (tinyrosie @ Sep 13 2009, 11:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It may take awhile to get the new local ID (KTP). I really hate to say this... but... you can speed up the process by "paying extra" (if you know what I mean...). I am not suggesting you doing that (I personally strongly against it...) but if you are running out of time, it's probably your only choice. The good news is, your fiancee needs to get police certificate from POLDA Bali (I believe it is located in Denpasar) instead of MABES POLRI (which is located in Jakarta) since she has lived only in Bali Island since age 16.

Best of luck to you smile.gif


thank you so much
but the problem to begin with is when she went there they told her that she has to have a local id and she does have an id but she got it issued from negara... and she read the information you wrote but she said that the first thing she still has to do is go to the local office where she lives and they already told her no there
Estu and TorryMaleIndonesia2009-09-14 01:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresdont know what to do about police certificate... PLEASE HELP
[quote name='tinyrosie' date='Sep 13 2009, 10:45 PM' post='3307864']
She does need a local ID (KTP) to make police certificate. Depends on where your fiancee has lived within Indonesia since age 16, here's what she should do:

1. If she has lived only in the same province since age 16, she only needs police certificate from provincial level police department (POLDA).
2. If he has lived in different provinces since age 16, she needs police certificate from national level police department (MABES POLRI).

The procedure to get either of those above is the same.
1. She needs to have a local ID (KTP) issued by the village level government office (LURAH) where she currently lives.
2. After she gets her KTP, she should go see head of RT and RW where she lives (just tell her this, she'll understand) to get a letter stating that she really is a local resident.
3. Bring the letter from RT and RW to the village level government office (LURAH) to get the a letter stating that she needs to get a police certificate.
4. After she gets the letter from LURAH, she has to bring the letter to district level police department (POLRES) office to get district-level police certificate (this certificate will be in Indonesian only). Tell the POLRES that she needs the police certificate to get police certificate in English as the requirement to obtain US visa. She should be able to get this certificate on the same day.
5. Bring the police certificate from POLRES to POLDA or to MABES POLRI (refer to my explanation above) to get the police certificate in English.

I know it's alot of things to do, but there is no way to get around this. Better start as soon as possible. Good luck smile.gif

D

thank you so much both of you....
but yes she lives in kuta but her id is negara and she said you have to have local kuta id and that you can only have one id at a time... how much time does this whole process of changing id's take?
Estu and TorryMaleIndonesia2009-09-14 01:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresdont know what to do about police certificate... PLEASE HELP
she is supposed to get her police information for the last year and she went to the police station today to get it but they said that she can not get it in the city she is living... and is the city she is living in now and has been for the last 3 years... they said she needs a local i.d. but she was raised in another city two hours away which is on the same island of bali and that is where she has her i.d. but they told her that since she doesnt have a local i.d. they will not give her a police certificate.... i dont know but that sounds either like the police are really stupid or they just have some weird rules there... it makes no sence!!! but i read the form i got from the jakarta embassy and it says on it "Police Certificate... Each applicant aged 16 or older must have police clearance from any country where the applicant resided for one year or more" and under that it says.. "Police Certificate for Indonesia is not required"?? please help i dont know what to do

Estu and TorryMaleIndonesia2009-09-14 00:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureshow many times can you cancel and rescedule a interview date?
sorry what i mean to say is that we dont want to cancel but we have already resceduled one time because they sceduled the interview 2 days after they emailed us but we want to rescedule one more time for a month later from now instead of a couple weeks
Estu and TorryMaleIndonesia2009-10-15 21:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureshow many times can you cancel and rescedule a interview date?
just curious... how many times can you cancel and rescedule a interview date? thank you
Estu and TorryMaleIndonesia2009-10-15 20:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresUrgent response pls
Get in touch with your senator ASAP...very simple...state your case. it helps!
ShamikeFemaleNigeria2010-05-26 16:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWork permit
How long does it typically take to get the work permit i-765?
ShamikeFemaleNigeria2010-06-16 11:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDealing with Embassy in Ghana! Help!!!
should take to the embassy in her first interview.
bodeyMaleGhana2010-03-20 00:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMailing
no,he have to get an appointment letter through his mail.he will than use the letter to get access to the embassy to collect his package.i think it is every Wednesdays 7.am for such appointment to attend to at the US embassy in ACCRA.please be patient the letter will come and he get the package.my took about a month and a half to received the letter which i used to get my package just last year.
bodeyMaleGhana2010-03-24 15:56:00