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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsCurious about how long you've lived with SO.
The thing is, there is no set way to do this to ensure it works out in the end.

Have you seen the stats on divorced people who lived together before marriage? It's no better then those who haven't. It's all a crapshoot.

No, you are not alone.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-03-19 10:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsCurious about how long you've lived with SO.
I guess I should've said I visited my BF/fiance every month for almost two years. I just never stayed for longer then 2 weeks at a time.

There are many different ways to get to know someone.

Uprooting my whole life and then coming back to try and patch it back together were not how I saw myself.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-03-19 10:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsCurious about how long you've lived with SO.
I didn't live with Andre for longer then two weeks at a time before he moved here.

We've been married nearly two years now.

Ignore the hater idiots!
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-03-19 10:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNOT APPROVED YET!!!!!
QUOTE (Chris Future @ Mar 26 2008, 09:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
To all the party-ers:

There are many many many of us, both lagging at VSC and regulars at CSC who are downright cheesed at all the happy jumping around. Thanks for rubbing your good fortune in our faces.

Sorry to burst your bubbles but thats how I FEEL. As do probably many others do, but don't step up and say it.

I won't be back. Thanks for all of your "support"



I hate to see stuff like this.

I'm sorry for your frustrations. I do remember them.

Jealousy at the fact that others are approved faster, beyond anyone's control really, is the wrong reason to be angry at them. They deserve to be happy, just as you will one day.

I hope you get over yourself and learn to be civil again.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-03-27 08:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsworriness to move to the US and marriage
It's just nerves and perfectly natural. Remember why you went through all this. Look at it as a fun adventure with the one you love.

If it were not to work out, you were perfectly capable of taking care of yourself before. Why would it be any different?

Deep breaths......everything will be just fine.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-04-02 09:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsYOU PICK
I would still do the K-1. It was quick and fairly painless. The adjusting of status in the US was also quick and painless.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-04-01 12:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsK1 Interview Part II
I just love stories with happy endings!

Congrats.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-03-29 22:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJust stopping in to lend some support!
Happy Anniversary and welcome back.

See you next year about this time when you are filing LOC.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-04-09 19:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsgetting harder everyday
This is the very reason I always suggest not checking the site every day. All that will do is drive you crazy.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-04-09 13:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWaitting
Waiting is a huge part of this process. Hurry up and wait.

You do what you can to make time fly, no matter where you are in the process. If you are at the beginning or in the middle, you take the time to get all your proof in order. If you are at the end, you prepare for the arrival. I spent a lot of my waiting time keeping busy with a full-time and part-time job, travelling back and forth to see him, phone calls, and making cards and scrapbooks. Anything to keep me busy.

I promise you when it is all over and you get down the road a bit, you will wonder what all the fuss was about. All this waiting, will just be a memory.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-04-14 13:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWe have an interview date!
Wonder what happened?
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-04-14 14:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsGetting my hopes up and smashing them down again
There is no way to accurately predict the time the process will take. Too many unknowns.

I wish you luck on your journey.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-04-14 11:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsCouple of things!!?? Am I scre*ed?
I would say exhaust all avenues in finding his father. If he is that elusive, you may have to hire a P.I.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-04-16 11:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsDo I have any hope at all?
Do you need to cancel by a certain time in order to get your money back?

I would never recommend scheduling anything at all until you have visa in hand. So many thing can (and have) gone wrong in the process.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-04-16 09:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWe PASSED!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-04-24 14:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsand so i had my interview today..
Congrats.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-04-24 10:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsexpedite ???
QUOTE (serdar @ Apr 25 2008, 10:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
she just called and talked very nice lady and she said that they will aswer us in 10 days she got all info about us and everything and she said that you should have called us before and explain and you would not have to wait this longer so I am happy now ..
hopefully everything works fine now ...



I don't see where you have waited overly long, thus far.

Good luck to you. I hope it all works out.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-04-25 10:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsexpedite ???
Good luck. While I think I've heard a million different excuses why someone needs their case expedited, it has been a very VERY rare case that I've actually heard of them expediting.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-04-25 09:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMay the Fourth Be With You
Congrats.

Godspeed on the rest.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-05-04 15:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsOk that tears it
Luck of the draw. And, yes, in the end, I've found it to even out as well.

Hang in there.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-04-24 10:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWedding-planning blues
Welcome to the club. A whole lot of us have been there, done that.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-05-04 17:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsoh people plz plz pray for us
Just hang in there.....the end is in sight.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-05-01 06:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsRFE
Hang in there. I hope it's resolved soon.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-04-29 13:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsThanks God we finally got our NOA2!!!!
Congrats. The end of that part of the journey is near. That's such great news.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-05-03 18:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAlmost there !
Congrats
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-05-28 08:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsI'M NERVOUS !!!
It's usually fairly smooth.....just frustrating in the waiting.

Good luck to you both.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-05-28 12:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMy love arrives today!
Oh, how exciting. Congrats.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-05-30 12:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJust Beginning
QUOTE (fwaguy @ Jun 3 2008, 10:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (jaguar @ Jun 3 2008, 09:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I am a US citizen, my fiancee is a Canadian citizen. We intend to marry in the states as soon as possible. Should we file for a K1 visa or have her come to the states, marry quickly, and then apply for a K3. She wants to start working in the US as soon as possible. We both have college degrees.


Unfortunately, wanting to "marry in the states ASAP" and to "start working in the US ASAP" are oxymorons....



I think ASAP has never been in the USCIS dictionary to begin with!
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-06-03 10:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportshelp need
Confused.........

K1 and wife do not go together.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-06-03 13:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWow this fast??? K-1 Visa NOA2 4 months
QUOTE (Nagishkaw @ May 28 2008, 09:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Jomo @ May 28 2008, 09:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (USA1138 @ May 28 2008, 01:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hello to all,

I filed in January and got my NOA1 on January 22nd. So I kept looking at the processing dates and timelines and was planning on the service center in California to first touch this around the beginning of June.

Well, May 27th my petition for the K-1 visa was approved. Wow! What happened and why was it so fast? I guess the next step after approval is that it is off to the embassay in Manila now.

I got no notices through email that my petition was even being touched or anything. It went from pending to approved. Does that happen a lot?

Here is a snipet of the email I got: Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E) Current Status: Approval notice sent. On May 27, 2008, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.

Am I dreaming? Or is this true that the NOA2 is being mailed? I just am so shocked, surprised, and excited.

~USA1138~



Congrats.

It's always a surprise for me when this doesn't happen. A few years ago, when we went through, this was the norm.

I remember 2006 was the year everyone got held up because of IMBRA.

Anyway, Congratulations on your approval!


Not everyone.....our case was filed January 22, 2006 and my then-fiance arrived in St. Louis on June 15, 2006.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-05-28 09:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWow this fast??? K-1 Visa NOA2 4 months
QUOTE (USA1138 @ May 28 2008, 01:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hello to all,

I filed in January and got my NOA1 on January 22nd. So I kept looking at the processing dates and timelines and was planning on the service center in California to first touch this around the beginning of June.

Well, May 27th my petition for the K-1 visa was approved. Wow! What happened and why was it so fast? I guess the next step after approval is that it is off to the embassay in Manila now.

I got no notices through email that my petition was even being touched or anything. It went from pending to approved. Does that happen a lot?

Here is a snipet of the email I got: Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E) Current Status: Approval notice sent. On May 27, 2008, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.

Am I dreaming? Or is this true that the NOA2 is being mailed? I just am so shocked, surprised, and excited.

~USA1138~



Congrats.

It's always a surprise for me when this doesn't happen. A few years ago, when we went through, this was the norm.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-05-28 09:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsPackage "touched"
Package touched is a funny title for a thread.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-06-19 10:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFinally Getting Somewhere ....
One day at a time......

Good luck.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-06-23 15:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsis it true?? :(
I think those are standard responses everyone gets.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-06-23 10:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsthey killing us
I'm so sorry. Hang in there.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-06-25 10:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsI say Goodbye Visa Journey, Hello USA...
QUOTE (Rodge & Ninfa @ Jul 4 2008, 05:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Another Visa Journey ends today!!!

At 1:20pm, somebody is buzzing the gate, when I checked who was there, its a guy, and I shouted who are you and replied DELBROS Ma'am!!! I run to the gate to open him and let him get inside the office. I get ID and handed to him. I signed on the receiving sheet and he gave me the packet!!!

With so much joy I kissed the packet were I saw my passport. Very careful reading the instructions on how to open and get my passport. And finally I have my passport with the visa on it.

Goodbye VisaJourney and Hello USA for my VISA is already in my hands now!!! kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif

Dear this is what we are waiting...We have it now...And soon we will be TOGETHER FOREVER!!! I love you so much dear!!! heart.gif heart.gif heart.gif heart.gif heart.gif

Thanks to the Good Lord for he is Good all the time!!!

And thanks to all the people her in VJ...Good luck to everybody...

I love you!!!



You are kidding, right? That was just step 1 in this whole journey.

Just wait.....more paperwork fun is just on the horizon!
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-07-04 17:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNEED SOME HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You got your NOA1 or not? You really need to fill in a timeline for us to help you out. There is information there we need to know in order to advise.

If you got your NOA1, I say you have to just hang in there. VSC is a bit slow lately.

If you have not received an NOA1 after 4 months, I think your lawyer failed to actually mail anything in and I would go back to him.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-07-22 09:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsThings are actually moving quicker than what I expected!
Don't get your hopes up too much. Some things move quicker while others slow you down.

Just hang in there. It will soon be all over.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-07-22 09:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsCSC SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hang in there. Praying your time will soon come.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-07-22 07:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSo here's a question...what is longest on record....
I am sure you are not the longest on record. Yet anyhow.

Good luck on a speedier future.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-07-23 13:17:00