Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	January Filers at the CSC - How are you doing?	QUOTE (BlakeandOlha @ Mar 2 2008, 03:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Rachel - like the new avitar, but the hamster was pretty good too. Hehe, thanks! It was a tough decision to make, but I'm a little addicted to the game my current avatar is from at the moment (hey, it passes the time, right?) It's from the fourth Ace Attorney game for the DS. Well...another weekend has passed! I baked a buckwheat and almond cake and generally tidied the house.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-03-02 16:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	January Filers at the CSC - How are you doing?	No problem! Imperial measurements have several advantages and would've been more useful in a pre-digital age. First of all, they're a little easier to relate to in a physical sense. A foot? That's roughly the inside length of an adult's lower arm. A yard was a good measurement to use when buying and selling fabric, and it's also an easy length to pace. A pint? That's a good measurement of drink - a litre is a little bit too much to drink in one go, but a pint of beer feels just right. Baking? Much easier to remember imperial measurements - a basic cake is 4 ounces of flour, 4 ounces of butter, 4 ounces of sugar and 2 large eggs. Also, base units of 10 are harder to divide - a foot, for example, is easily divisible by 2, 3, 4 and 6. This is why we still have 24 hours in a day and 60 minutes in an hour. You can't easily chop 10 into thirds or quarters. Of course, if you're getting into complex mathematics or wanting to build buildings, metric is the way to go, but for every day purposes, it's easy to see why Britain has found it hard to shake the use of imperial measurements! I am glad, though, that we don't deal in shillings, old pennies and old pounds any more - now that really would've been confusing!	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-03-01 17:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	January Filers at the CSC - How are you doing?	QUOTE (Cecile and Bryan @ Feb 29 2008, 07:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Alex & Rachel @ Feb 29 2008, 07:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> home-made food and decorations (I've learned how to make lanterns from willow and tissue paper recently, I'm really tempted to make some). I think I shall have to look at ebay. I wish I could do that! Could you explain to me how to make them? As for conversion, we use the metric system for everything here. At least in UK, it's already messed up, so going from a messed up system to another one shouldn't be too difficult True The lanterns are deceptively simple. You'll need willow sticks (purchasable in bundles online), PVA glue, extra-strong tissue paper, masking tape, a sponge and some clippers! You just soak the willow sticks in water for a few hours, until they are nice and pliable. Then you bend and cut to create your lantern shape and tape joints together using the masking tape. The joints may look a little messy but once the lantern is finished you won't really notice them - it'll be a part of the rustic charm! You can make a lantern in any shape you desire - a very easy thing to do is to create two 2D shapes and then join them together with short connecting sticks. Leave some space at the bottom for the candle to go. I'd also recommend not having too many large spaces for the tissue paper to cover as it's so flimsy. Once you've made your lantern frame the next stage is to cover it in tissue paper! Make a mix in a plastic tub (we used old margarine tubs) of 1/2 water 1/2 PVA glue. Tear the tissue paper into strips (I found this much easier to apply) and dip the sponge in the PVA glue mix and cover one side of the tissue paper. Then place the tissue paper over the frame. All you have to do then is wait for it to dry! I wish I'd taken pictures of the one I made, but it was for this year's Sharrow lantern festival - here's information on last year's: http://thewhiteroseo...-april-1st.html QUOTE (Cecile and Bryan @ Feb 29 2008, 08:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> And that's the exact opposite for me! 10 centimeters of snow, that's ok. 4 inches? no idea... What seems the most annoying is not the conversion between metric and non-metric, it's the fact that the non-metric seems so complicated! it's so easy to have 10 millimeters in 1 centimeters, and 10 centimeters in 1 decimeter, etc. how do you remember how many inches there are in a foot, and how many gallons there are in... whatever is bigger than a gallon? See...I have no idea - the problem with using two systems concurrently in the UK is that no one's really sure what's what! We have pints of milk but litres of petrol, we don't use gallons for anything. I know what a mile is like but not a kilometer, but I have no idea how many feet are in a mile!	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-02-29 16:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	January Filers at the CSC - How are you doing?	Living in the UK can be hard - we give our height in feet, our weight in stones, measure small distances in centimetres and metres but long distances in miles. Food in the supermarkets is usually weighed in grams and kilograms but when I cook at home I use pounds and ounces. Phew! I use online conversions all the time!	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-02-29 14:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	January Filers at the CSC - How are you doing?	The Soviet Union banned some of the best books! Considering several of my favourite authors are either Russian or Ukrainian I shall have to read it one day. And then watch the movie. Thank you for being so positive to everyone, Blake! You're doing a fantastic job keeping us January filers together. And, aw, I received a letter from my paternal grandpa today - he's never written before, and he doesn't speak much, but last year when I was visiting I looked through the book he'd compiled on his WW2 experiences, and discovered that during that time he had spent a few months in America, and when this was mentioned to him he became very enthusiastic and enamoured; it was obvious his time spent in the US had meant a great deal to him. He sounds really delighted that I am going to be moving there! Badrs - have a fantastic time with your fiancé! I'm quite jealous!	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-02-29 14:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	January Filers at the CSC - How are you doing?	Thank you, Blake and Cecile! Yes, I'm trying to persuade my friends and family to visit me - although most of the time they want me to visit for birthday parties and the like! My dad's 50th is next month and he's having a huge party next weekend in my home town plus he wants immediate family to attend a concert in London for his actual birthday! Still, I'll get to see many of my relatives at the party, and after all, I was visiting Alex this Christmas so did not get to see them then. Our wedding will be cheap and small(ish) - many of my friends and family are prepared to fly out, which is very sweet of them, but also has me worrying about the number of people who'll be attending! I'm envisioning lots of home-made food and decorations (I've learned how to make lanterns from willow and tissue paper recently, I'm really tempted to make some). I think I shall have to look at ebay. Yes - the exchange rate does indeed suck. I know Alex would be happy to help with some things but, like you, Cecile, I'm the higher earner (by a narrow margin) and he needs to save all he can for the months when I'll be unable to work. Dr. Zhivago is one of my mother's favourite books, and she has a dog called Lara...does that count for anything?	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-02-29 13:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	January Filers at the CSC - How are you doing?	I just feel really sorry for those who filed in July, August, September and October who have not yet been approved! I wish them all the best. I feel in limbo...there's little point in me starting to pack things up just yet, nor is there any point in cancelling phone/cinema subscription, etc. I can't really do anything to prepare! I just have to continue paying off my credit card; I don't want to start shopping for anything until that's done. I'm really worried about the financial aspect...at this rate I'm not going to afford a wedding dress of any kind, and I'm secretly hoping that my parents will offer to pay some of my moving costs as a birthday present (my birthday's in August - I'm hoping I'll be moving soon afterwards!) I can't exactly earn any more - there's no point switching jobs as no one would employ me for only six months (plus I rather like my job!) Things keep cropping up - and friends and family keep insisting I visit them before I move, although no one's offered to pay for any train tickets! Is this terrible of me? I would never, ever expect to have to rely on my family financially, but I don't earn that much and no one's appearing sensitive to the fact that I'm having to pay for trips to London, a plane ticket, moving costs, and a wedding! Argh! And yes, Igor's lists are huuugely helpful - thank you very much to the mysterious Igor Edited by Alex & Rachel, 29 February 2008 - 11:53 AM.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-02-29 11:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Is it just me or has going through immigration really put wedding planning into perspective?	I actually liked the visa process because neither Alex nor I wanted a big, expensive wedding, and the visa/visa expenses provided the perfect excuse for us to say to our families, 'no!' And yes, weddings really can be cheap. We actually ended up with 60 guests (just Alex's family, and my immediate family, who managed to fly over), and the total cost was still under $2k. Although that was largely because we did things ourselves - I was up until 3 am making desserts, and then Alex was ferrying people to and from the airport at 6 am, while I did the decorations in the morning and ended up with fifteen minutes to get ready. So, uh, perhaps don't do that. Thank goodness we didn't have a photographer, because we both looked awful! Food and alcohol was the most expensive - about $1k. Sandwiches, salads, desserts and cake. There was plenty to go around. Flowers - we ended up getting from Costco, 14 dozen really beautiful roses for under $200. Cabana rental (came with tables and chairs) was $300. Decorations were probably about $100, and the rings were $200. My brother recently had a wedding that cost about $15k - and yet the food (burgers) was scant and guests had to buy their own drinks! But that was because 2/3rds of his budget had been spent on the dress, photographer and band, three things we didn't splash out on.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2011-10-13 13:27:00
Middle East and North Africa	How to Make your husband Happy	Violence towards anyone should never be condoned! It's true that more women than men are likely to end up at the hands of an abusive partner but we have to be careful not to ignore that men can also be physically threatened. I'm always reminded of the description of a couple a friend lived with. She was barely five feet tall and slender and he was over six feet and strongly-built. Whenever they argued she would be very violent towards him - threw objects at him, once hit him over the head with a saucepan and another time cut him with a broken glass. But he never reacted because it is 'wrong to hit women' and, what is worse, people's reactions tended to be that of amusement/disbelief rather than horror, because he was so much bigger than she was. Anyway, going off-topic there. I agree with brnidokiegurl; there is some very good advice in the OP but it is also mostly (hopefully) common sense and how you would treat any partner respectfully. Plus it is indeed interesting how the list for women focuses on excusing her flaws.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-04-22 10:22:00
Middle East and North Africa	Today we lost a MENA jewel	Always tragic to hear of a such a sudden and untimely death like this; my condolences.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-06-18 08:59:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	So I think I've screwed up...	No, you are not reading those wrong. They are sometimes quicker than the K-1 visa; just not always. Over the past few months K-3s at California have been approved at a much quicker rate than K-1s, whereas it is the opposite way round for Vermont. Luck of the draw!	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-08-28 06:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	What Made You Choose The K-1 Visa Instead Of the Spouse Visa?	QUOTE (Kazan @ Jan 8 2008, 06:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Because being engaged apart sucks but being married and apart truly sucks! This, and several other reasons: - K1 process is generally quicker. - We're both fairly young, and while this isn't a problem for us, it's more reassuring to our family and friends. - It allows plenty of time to save up for and plan the wedding/moving (although I'd be more than happy with an extremely simple civil ceremony, our mothers have different ideas and somehow it's snowballing and now might be turning into a rather big occasion!)	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-01-08 08:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Staples or Paper Clips??	A friend suggested I include a photo of kittens. Hey, it'd work on me!	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-01-09 11:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	people, what do you do?	Echoing a few others here: - Keep focused on the end goal! We here are luckier than many people in LDR because we see in an end in sight to ours. The LDRs that are really hard or that fail are nearly always ones where people have no goals. I find it hard sometimes because friends and family can be very negative - they don't understand how your LDR can work. These forums really help as is it full of people who HAVE made it work, and they can give you strength! I also keep a countdown. You might be amazed at how quickly 200 days passes into 100, or 50 into 10. - Keep yourself busy, as mariapoe says. I find it much harder first thing in the morning and last thing at night, when I am waking up or going to sleep in an empty bed. Other than that I have some fantastic friends and I see them - eat meals with them, watch movies - as often as possible. Watching TV shows, movies and reading books and then getting your other half to do the same also gives you something to talk about! It's more fun if you can both discuss a favourite novel or last night's episode. - Plan and prepare! To be honest if I could fly out tomorrow I probably wouldn't, because I actually still have quite a few things to tie up here first. I'd also like to save money and think about what I'm going to be shipping out with me. - Maintain regular contact! (A given, but still). We manage to talk to or message each other every day. But equally, like Jeraly says, don't feel that you HAVE to be in regular communication, or else you'll start to feel resentful. Sometimes conversation may run a little dry. This is when playing a game together (I don't go for MMORPGs, but there are plenty of other options) or watching something while on skype can be a good idea. At the very least I can appreciate texts letting me know that my fiancé is home safe from work, or that he is about to go out somewhere.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-01-10 08:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Hardship for meeting within 2 years	QUOTE (cassi9879 @ Feb 4 2008, 08:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What I can't figure out is why it has to be in person. Nobody seems to be able to explain this part to me. With today's technogolgy why is USCIS so backwards? Benny and I met online in March, started dating in May, and conversed via video chat daily beginning in July. No subject wasn't discussed. We did everything but kitchen and bathroom stuff in each other's presence. It's like the other person's there the whole time. Why is physical presence such a factor in granting a visa? There are a lot of things that you just can't pick up on online. Smell, height, a person's size, how tidy/clean a person is, how their manners are, how they treat others and not just you. Sure, you can get a pretty good picture of a person before you meet, and chatting online for long periods of time can even help you overlook aspects of a character that you thought you may have minded (Alex is a lot shorter and a lot messier than I would have originally considered 'ideal' and although I don't mind that at all now, I do wonder if it would have affected our relationship had we met in person first), but you can never be sure until you meet in person. Smell is very important to me, for example - I would have seriously reconsidered if I had not found Alex to smell lovely (you may think I am weird, but my friends assure me they feel the same way!) How they are socially is another big thing that is hard to gauge. Some people are a lot more confident online and are very good at projecting a persona online that is different from how they appear in real life, even if they are not being deliberately deceptive.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-02-04 17:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How In The World Did It Come To This?	QUOTE (KGSodie @ Feb 5 2008, 02:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think that if everyone had to go through what we do, not only would the divorce rate be lower, so would the marriage rate. But is a lower marriage rate necessarily a bad thing? (I can't work out if you think it is or not!) I agree with zqt3344 when they say: QUOTE (zqt3344 @ Feb 5 2008, 06:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Actually I think all people getting married as two US citizens should have to go through a lot more to get married than what they do currently, it is a total joke, especially for such a serious life long committment. No wonder so many marriages fail or there are so many divorces when so many people should have not been married in the first place! A lot of those divorce rates would decrease and more people would do a much better job of making certain they were truly committed to that other person for their natural born life! It ought to be a federal law! Why not if we have to all go through it why not US citizens? Although I have known couples who have married very quickly and are very happy, a little waiting doesn't do anyone any harm (although it's probably a lot easier for me because I'm relatively young). Is it bad if I admit that I'm not finding the waiting too difficult? Granted, I already endured an 11 month separation last year so I figure I can easily cope with the same length of separation one more time. It's giving me plenty of time to reflect, plan and save up money, which I find very valuable. And at least I do have an end goal. LDRs are far more likely to fail when people have no idea where they're going. In some ways I am surprised by how easy the process is, especially when you consider how many people would love to immigrate to the US and how hard it is to obtain a work visa. It is a fairly lengthy process but also a fairly straightforward process in most cases (especially with the help of these forums!) QUOTE (pushbrk @ Feb 5 2008, 05:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You want to go back in history a bit further, you'll find marrying somebody not of your own home town was significantly more difficult, if only due to the travel involved. These things are choices that come with added difficulties. You make the choice, you deal with the difficulties just like its been throughout history. I am fully appreciative of how fortunate we are to be alive in these times, how easy it is for us to experience a variety different cultures and meet people from all over the world. QUOTE (babybluesusie @ Feb 5 2008, 08:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i did learn a lot about his silly @ss mostly i learned that hes pretty incompetent when it comes to these sorts of things, but i love him anyway Same here - our visa application was delayed by a few months because despite all the ' I miiisssss you' I received Alex was too scared to fill in a few forms. Fortunately I was able to visit and help bail him out. Oh - and so much for this site; it really has helped tremendously. It should be obligatory to put a link to VJ on the initial forms! Edited by Alex & Rachel, 06 February 2008 - 08:30 AM.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-02-06 08:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Comedy for all of us	QUOTE (~Laura and Nick~ @ Feb 29 2008, 06:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (mox @ Feb 29 2008, 01:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The only problem I see here is that you met during a drug bust. Make sure you attach an affidavit that explains they were totally not your drugs and that you were holding them for somebody. Make sure you write "Seriously I am not making this up," or they won't think you're serious and making it up. No no no Mox, I don't see that as a problem at all...my concern is the married to other people bit...but I think they could just go ahead and get married to one another..it would just cancel out the other marriages. QUOTE (dennis777 @ Feb 29 2008, 06:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey, just had super idea! Maybe I could get VSC to push our simple application threw for $ 10,000.00 cash and a years supply of donuts. What do you think ? This is why I love this site	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-02-29 13:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Petition approval times inconsistencies	We can never be entirely sure of the reasons, but reading through the thread posted by a former USCIS worker, it would seem that there are at least a couple things that can have an effect on the speed of your approval. One is if your name is very common or shared with that of a criminal - it can take longer to clear a name-check. Another factor is the different speeds at which the individual workers work - some are simply able to clear more petitions in a day than others (although technically this shouldn't make a real difference). I've never heard of a case where an interview wasn't required...	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-03-03 09:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Disparity Between VSC and CSC and	It's unfair but then, what can we do? I realised CSC would take longer so I accounted for this when I sent the package in (had I been submitting to VSC, I might've delayed it by a couple of months). I really don't believe UK people are being approved faster than anyone else. It annoys me to hear this - some UK people have been waiting a long time, and of the recent VSC approvals only a couple have been UK people - country of origin really doesn't appear to matter.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-03-01 17:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Just filed...now what	Welcome! If by 'support stuff' you mean evidence to provide proof of your relationship then yes, you were supposed to include it. If you mean the affidavit of support then that's not required until the interview, but it probably won't do any harm. Since you filed at California you have quite a wait ahead of you; I wouldn't expect to hear anything for at least 4 months. You might like to post in the March filers thread - http://www.visajourn...howtopic=114732 I'm afraid there's not much to do now except to maybe post and moan along with the rest of us!	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-03-16 16:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Completely new to all this	Um, well, so far as I can tell from the FAQs all of the family-based visas require one of you to be a US citizen, so I'm afraid I can't help in that regard - but hopefully someone else can.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-03-28 10:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Completely new to all this	In order to file for the K1 visa your fiancé would need to be a US citizen - which you say he is not; he is only a green card holder.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-03-28 09:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Honeymoon Cruise / Mexico	Sadly not, no. Things aren't any easier for people from countries participating in the VWP. Is there any possibility of doing a river cruise or a lake cruise? I have no idea if such cruises exist in the US but if they did you'd be able to have your cruise without leaving US territory.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-03-31 09:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	the waiting game...	To be honest, very few people on this site get RFEs (request for further evidence) precisely because, like you, we've all read the forums and have put together the best package possible. Also, those whose who have received RFEs or have their package returned typically only have a delay of around 10 days. The timelines account for this; people who receive a RFE have a different estimated approval date. So, even if you put together the Perfect Package, your petition is still most likely going to be sitting at CSC for a good few months.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-04-03 04:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Declaration of how you met	Yes...what I did was write a few paragraphs sketching out how we met online, then exactly when and where I met in person - I gave as many dates and names of places as I could. It's not exactly clear how much detail is required - if you read the RFE thread, seems some people have been given RFEs for fairly lengthy, detailed letters and others have been absolutely fine with a lot less. I'd just try to be as specific as possible.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-03-06 12:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-129F question 18	Try and be specific, and include dates, locations and the url of any website you may have met on. This is then corroborated by the primary evidence you provide.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-05-01 05:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	A few questions:	Having property and a business in Mexico is a good way to show ties to your country; however they won't have that information in your system, so when you go to cross the border take as much physical evidence - that is, papers, etc. - as you can.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-05-10 17:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Using EMAILS and YAHOO CHATS as PROOF ..... help!	QUOTE (william_wallace @ May 16 2008, 04:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The K1 petition you dont really need chat logs or emails as they dont show proof you have met in person. What the USCIS is after is boarding passes, passport stamps,hotel receipts, photos together, etc. If it makes you more at ease use phone bills and letters with the postage stamp for proof of on going relationship. If you do use the chat logs or emails and there a bit sexuall lol, just stroke them out with a marker pen. Im sure they have seen a few good ones haha. Good luck. I did include a selection of letters and e-mails in my petition; probably wasn't necessary but it made me feel slightly more comfortable. I didn't include many, though, just 3-5 example pages and I used a black marker to block out any sexual stuff.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-05-16 10:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	quick qs!	It's for the NoA2. EDIT: Far too slow! Edited by Alex & Rachel, 25 May 2008 - 06:19 PM.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-05-25 18:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 checklist	A step-by-step of the whole visa process (with checklist) can be found here and examples of how to fill in the various forms can be found here. Edited by Alex & Rachel, 09 June 2008 - 06:00 AM.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-06-09 06:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA1 with incorrect address (data entry issue)	Yes - call to correct it. I believe there is a number listed on the NoA1? I never saw our NoA1, but I know that they misspelt my name on it and Alex had to call to correct it. It took them a month to correct it, by the way, so do not worry if it is not corrected immediately.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-06-08 13:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Can I fill in the I-29F and compile the evidence	Laura - I was in exactly the same boat as you. We put off filing the paperwork, because the very idea of it was stressing my fiancé out, until I was able to go and visit him and do everything for him. All he had to do was sign his name where necessary; our petition was approved okay and we've encountered no problems. Like stardusted I am obsessive about details and would've much preferred to do the paperwork anyway, regardless of how my US fiancé felt. QUOTE (Skeeter211 @ Jun 14 2008, 04:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It doesn't matter who fills it out or gathers the evidence as long as its genuine evidence and he signs the papers. I think the bigger question is....does he really not understand the paperwork, or is he just not ready to make the commitment that paperwork represents? Forgive me, just a question that popped into my head when I read your post. Scott To be honest this concerned me at first. I was slightly irritated with my fiancé's apparent complete lack of interest. However, once I visited him I could see that he really does care, and honestly the paperwork really was stressing him out; it was an alien concept to me (I love forms!) but he is genuinely worried by pdf files. And once the ball was set rolling and our petition was sent out he did manage to fill out the affidavit of support on his own.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-06-26 05:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 - timelines - Do they vary by country?	Yes timelines can vary by country but this is usually at the embassy level, not the petition level. I've not seen any evidence that the country of the beneficiary affects how long it takes for your petition to be approved by the two service centres. The delays occur later; some embassies take a while to set interview dates, and certain countries are much more likely to place you on AP than others.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-07-14 04:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Can anyone explain 'touches'?	My Controls > Edit Avatar Settings.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-08-05 12:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Can anyone explain 'touches'?	CSC rarely 'touch' cases - I wouldn't expect to see a touch on your case until you receive your NoA2.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-08-05 11:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Forms confusion - Initial package - DS-156/DS156K	QUOTE (Gary and Alla @ Aug 15 2008, 04:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> For a K-1 visa your fiancee will complete TWO copies of form DS-156 and ONE copy of DS-156K for the interview, you DO NOT need them for the initial filing. For that you need only the form I-129F and the G-325 biographical data for BOTH of you. You will not need the DS-230 for a K-1 visa. You can go ahead and prepare the DS forms now if you want, DO NOT sign the DS-156K she will do that at the interview and you will be ahead of the game. Gary Actually I believe this varies by consulate. I DID have to fill in the DS-230 for the London embassy. However as Nich-Nick says this was not required for the initial petition and if it is required you'll be informed so by your consulate.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-08-15 10:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Photos	QUOTE (MichelleN @ Aug 21 2008, 06:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Minimum of 5...? Ugh...I sent in 3....cause three was all I had....I hate hate HATE my picture taken...abhor it...so... even finding those three was pushing it Well, guess I can take more pics when he's out here next month in case they want more. Don't fret too much! I only sent in 4, and I was fine. I'm like you - I think we only have 6 colour photos total, and none of those are terribly good!	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-08-21 05:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Already have a tourist visa - worth filing the K1?	You can enter on a tourist visa, marry, leave the country and then file for a spouse visa. You can also enter on a tourist visa without planning to marry, marry spur-of-the-moment, stay and adjust status that way. Personally I'm glad I am doing the fiancé visa. In the first instance, I can't imagine spending the first few months of my marriage separated from my husband. I'd have still have had to spend time and money planning the wedding, so during that time I may as well have filed the fiancé visa. In the second, I can't imagine how hard it must be to tie up all loose ends in your home country from a distance. With the fiancée visa I have the luxury of time when it comes to ending my rent lease, cancelling my subscriptions and memberships, giving my notice in at work, and I have had several months in which to say goodbye to my friends and family and to make all the necessary arrangements for moving. I am not so sure that being able to stay with my fiancé for an extra few months - after all, we have the rest of our lives to spend together - would've been worth all the hassle of trying to finish up business in the UK from a distance and I am sure my family would not have liked it. Anyone who has to do this and go through all the extra scrutiny at adjustment of status has my admiration! So there you go - two big reasons, in my opinion, to file the fiancé visa.	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-08-28 09:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Airplane tickets! Help please!	I was missing a couple of my airplane stubs and the whole e-ticket for one visit, but I printed off my e-tickets for the other visit and made a copy of my passport stamps and those were accepted. Do you have other primary evidence that you could use to back the dates of your trips up? Hotel receipts, etc.?	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2008-08-28 07:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Oh so many questions!	By the way, it is perfectly OK to drive in the US with a foreign driver's license. It is, but in California if you are establishing permanent residence (which her fiancé will be) you are only allowed to drive with your foreign license for ten days' residence. And, as he isn't a US or Canadian citizen, he'll need to take the full road test and written test in able to obtain a California license. socalgal - you are welcome to message me if you like. But the short answer is I am adjusting very well - I love it here!	Alex & Rachel	Female	England	2011-05-04 10:16:00