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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresTravelling to America AFTER receiving the K1 Visa
Is your girlfriend planning on staying in Australia until you are ready to come to the US? Otherwise, how is she getting back to the US with her fear of flying?
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-01-22 12:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAsking for advice about tax returns
If it's done before you get to that stage, yes. If not, I wouldn't worry about it.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-01-25 13:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPeople just dont get it, do they?
Well, you could try that explanation approach. I've found that once I go into detail, people usually get this blank look on their face and say something to the effect of "I don't think I could ever love anyone enough to go through all that."
*JG*FemaleJamaica2007-12-03 10:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPeople just dont get it, do they?
Unless they have been through it, they will never understand. People are so accustomed to dating and marrying someone in the same city, that to imagine the horrors of what we go through is just beyond their immagination. They think you can just snap your fingers and it's all said and done.

Don't try to get them to understand or you will just drive yourself crazy. Take what comfort or congratulations they offer and use it as best you can.

Be strong. You can do this. And, I promise when it is all over, it will just be another faded memory that you store away.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2007-12-03 08:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHow did you know your point of entry?
QUOTE (lancerboxtype @ Jan 28 2008, 09:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hello everyone,I'm just curious how did you know your Point of entry? does the USEM assign this to you? I hope you could help me thank you. innocent.gif



It's your choice for the most part. My only limitations where the flights offered by the airlines.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-01-28 12:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresadvised
I look everywhere and anywhere for information, so I'll check it out.

But, yah, VJ is the best so far!
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-01-28 22:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedurestaxes owed to the IRS
As whack as it is that they do not check into your debt load, it will not effect your K-1. In our case, it was a good thing.

I fear one of these days, they will change those rules.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-01-30 10:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresUs Old Folks
QUOTE (Krikit @ Jan 14 2008, 07:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Thanks u2rsobad. Yes, change is definitely certain in this world. laughing.gif It sounds like you're going/have gone through some major ones of your own. Hope all goes well for you.

Jomo's Girl.... I don't want to be presumptuous in thinking that I am one of the people you are speaking about but, really..... just the thought that some people appreciate the information and assistance given makes me feel much better.

It's been interesting reading the posts in this thread. Thank you for sharing, everyone. I wish you all the best. rose.gif



Oh, I would definately say I have learned from you.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-01-15 10:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresUs Old Folks
I'm not quite to your age category yet; but I did want to add a few cents here....

I think patience and a certain amount of wisdom comes with age. The older I become the more I realize it's not the end of the world if something doesn't go as planned. I find a new way around it.

Some of the best advice I have been given on here has been by those of you who are posting on this thread, whether you knew that before today or not. I appreciate the experience and gentle guidance of all of you.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-01-14 16:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNeed advice BADLY
I haven't been there, so I have no advice.

I just wanted to wish you luck in sorting it all out.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-02-01 16:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestions about cancelling
There is no way to cancel the visa once it is issued.

There is no way to stop someone from entering the US after the visa is approved.

Regardless of what happens with the visa, used or unused, you will have a wait and some explaining to do before you are approved for another marriage-based visa.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-01-31 14:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureswedding question
It is a fiance visa.....you MUST get married in the US first and foremost. You can always go back and fake a wedding for relatives after AP or AOS then.

If you marry in England, you chuck that whole K-1 visa and the process up to it and have to start all over again with a K-3 or CR1.

Fiance.......means you MUST enter the US as a fiance.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-02-05 19:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHow In The World Did It Come To This?
QUOTE (WideAwakeInTheUSA @ Feb 5 2008, 08:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Do any of you ever wonder how it is that you are in the position that you are at the mercy of your Government regarding your marriage? Maybe if everyone had to go through a similar process our divorce rate wouldn't be so high.



It is an eye opener, that is for sure.

I wish everyone who made up all the stupid rules, had to actually go through the process. Things written on paper do not always make sense in the real world.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-02-05 10:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureswithout divorce in hand...
We need to put up some sort of general warning............Isn't is kind of common sense that you can't do anything with a new fiance/wife until you are actually free to marry?
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-02-07 09:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDoing the Last Flight...
QUOTE (KimS @ Feb 8 2008, 11:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
So it would be inspected in Portland ? The past few times I have landed there, I haven't gone through any security that checks passports or anything.
Basically just get off the plane and get your luggage.

The reason I am asking this is just to get a more accurate vew of the whole thing.

Connecting in Frankfurt would make my first part of the trip very fast, and then I could basically just sleep the rest of the way or something.



If it is your POE from an international destination, they should closely inspect your passport. If for some reason, they do not, Make sure to question that and get it taken care of.

Miami did not do any processing of Andre when he came through as POE. Luckily, I questioned and they sent us back for further processing. I shudder to think of what would've happened had I not thought to question it.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-02-08 12:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDoing the Last Flight...
Your POE is the first USA city you enter.....can't be Frankfurt by any stretch of the imagination.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-02-08 12:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresEnough Time?!?
I suggest NEVER making concrete wedding plans until you have the visa in hand. So many things happen that are unexpected and time consuming.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-02-11 13:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresfirst timer
Welcome all you newbies. Best of luck to you!
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-02-13 12:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSUBMIT XRAY
Yah, same thing. They didn't ask for Andre's x-ray either. We took it to our doctor on his first visit. He looked at it and gave it back to us. I was thinking WTH do I do with it? Frame it and hang it on the wall????????
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-02-15 15:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresOkay... Let's get started
Good luck to you!
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-01-06 21:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHow Much info to include...
As an example, I put.....I met my fiance when I was vacationing with my children in Jamaica on (dates) at his place of employment. Subsequent phone calls, letters, and (# of visits) later, we are applying for this K-1 so we can be together in the US.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-02-18 12:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAre all travle tickets required as evidence?
Gather everything you can find. There were missing evidence in some of the stuff I stated on paper. As long as the majority of the gathered evidence supports your claims, you will be just fine.

Mostly, they seemed to look at the immigration stamps in my passport as far as the travel went.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-02-18 13:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestions About Support and Divorce
I was in a similar situation as yours with the divorce (and yes, I successfully filed it all by myself!) and had no issues. They scrutinize to see the legitimaticy of the relationship using the proof you offer. They aren't the morals police or anything of that sort.

I did not send any paycheck stubs. I used 1040's. If need be, you can use your employment contract (assuming you have one with them) and copies of the checks as proof.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-02-18 11:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresstart K1 process VS divorce
She has to be legally free to marry when you start the K-1 process. If her states she must wait 60 days to marry, then I would say she isn't legally free to marry until after that 60 days. So, I would not file until that 60 days is up.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-02-18 16:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresReally quick I-129 approval!
Our's was a few days over that; but it was 2 years ago. I thought that speediness was long gone.

Good to see you got lucky. I hope the rest of your journey is just as speedy!
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-02-21 21:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMarriage Fraud
Way too many contradictions in the story. Can't possibly be true.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-02-26 13:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresJust beginning the process
The K-1 was faster for us. So, we went with it.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-02-27 09:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFILING PRESENTATION
I used ACCO clips, 2 hole punched the top of each page, and bound it all in a manila folder. For the passport photos, I used a clear envelope for each set. I organized everything into sections divided by a piece of colored paper and included a front page that told exactly what was where.

I then went to the UPS store and paid $11.00 to make 2 bound copies every single thing I ever sent in, everything my fiance had to collect, color copies of all pictures, 2 to a page, receipts, plane tickets, letters, phone bills, copies of my passport pages..........EVERYTHING.....up until the interview.....1 copy my fiance took to the interview, 1 copy I kept at home.

We added all AOS stuff, and will add LOC and naturalization.

Neat, organized, and ready to produce when asked. My theory is always to overwhelm them with paperwork (turnaround is fair play, right?) It's worked like a charm thus far.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-03-03 20:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresThe distance
Exactly what has time forgotten about Missouri, Marie?
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-03-03 19:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiled for K1 in october, getting married in India in April, is it wise?
Regardless of if it was legal/binding or not, by sending the wedding pictures in with the K-1, you are going to get denied. It will probably take a while to even get that denial. At the very least, you are going to have a lot of explaining to do that will probably end in a denial anyhow.

Might as well marry in April now and send in a K-3 or CR-1.

Please make sure in the future that you check the guides before making any more decisions. It will save you lots of headaches.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-01-31 14:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI thought I'd share what I did and maybe it'll help others
I did pretty much the same thing only I copied everything and made neat notes in my own handwriting on each page. Went as smooth as possible. No RFE's at all.

I do believe neatly organized is always the way to go.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-03-11 10:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresany suggestions???
We were in the same situation.....we were selling my house and moving during AOS; but we didnt' know where. We knew we would be in my cousin's house for a while. So, I filed for AOS, applied for all Andre's stuff, and changed my name and address on everything to my cousin's address. After 2 weeks an apartment just happened to become available right next door to her. We've been there almost 2 years now and I have decided not to change our address in that time. We continue to go by her address and will continue to do so until we buy a house in the near future.

It's harder then it sounds to change addresses on documents....Not harder really; but a pain in the a$$. More then you think.....DL, Bank, all accounts, job(s), green card, etc., etc., etc. It has really been better for us to leave it at my cousin's. I just have to make the trek over there and pick up our mail.



QUOTE (Jomo @ Mar 11 2008, 12:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
We were in the same situation.....we were selling my house and moving during AOS; but we didnt' know where. We knew we would be in my cousin's house for a while. So, I filed for AOS, applied for all Andre's stuff, and changed my name and address on everything to my cousin's address. After 2 weeks an apartment just happened to become available right next door to her. We've been there almost 2 years now and I have decided not to change our address in that time. We continue to go by her address and will continue to do so until we buy a house in the near future.

It's harder then it sounds to change addresses on documents....Not harder really; but a pain in the a$$. More then you think.....DL, Bank, all accounts, job(s), green card, etc., etc., etc. It has really been better for us to leave it at my cousin's. I just have to make the trek over there and pick up our mail.


You can even have the utilities provide service to your apartment and then have you aunt as your billing address.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-03-11 12:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDoes Anyone Know
It should not matter. People move all the time.

Just make sure if you file the petition and then move, you change that address with a call and/or e-mail so all future correspondence can follow you.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-03-11 12:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSupport documents
If you sent actual copies of the 2005 & 2006 tax returns, you also need copies of those W-2's.

Is your salary for those 3 years 125% over the poverty level? If not, you may need supporting proof such as bank statements and such.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-03-20 09:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestion 18 of I-129F, Met on internet not personally
I don't know of a single person who has not met their SO before filing that made it through.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-03-20 08:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresIncluding passport pages?
Copy the passport pages and if they are too illegible to read, put a note with them stating why. I think they might question if the passport pages are not included.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-03-20 08:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAttendance at Interview - may not be able to go
There are plenty of people who go to inteviews without the petitioner and get approval. We did........I didn't go to the interview.

Make sure everything is in order with your proof and required documents.

If you can't go, you can't go. You will be fine.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-03-21 22:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPlanning tentative wedding date
QUOTE (Jesse G @ Mar 21 2008, 09:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Jomo @ Mar 21 2008, 10:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I know people who have had theirs lost between the embassy and the delivery place.

I know people who have had a hurricane batter the embassy.....they were in limbo for almost a month.

I know people who have been told their visa was not approved, when they got the approval at their interview.

And, that's just after approval. There are a million reasons for delays before the actual interview.

Never, ever anything concrete. I've seen lots of people burned with non-refundable plans.


So after reading this, how are people with pending cases supposed to sleep at night? sad.gif



Everyone deals with something unexpected. You survive it.

The thing is, this process is so expensive as it is. Why add more heaches by putting down payments on some date you just aren't positive on?
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-03-21 22:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPlanning tentative wedding date
QUOTE (Jesse G @ Mar 21 2008, 09:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Jomo @ Mar 21 2008, 10:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Believe those of us who have gone through this, seen it first hand and paid attention to what has happened around us. ANYTHING can happen in between now and the time you get your visa in your hands. And, don't even think once you've been approved it will guarentee a time. I've seen visa delivery delayed for such crazy things as natural disasters.

I will tell you every single time someone asks, DO NOT make wedding plans until you are sure you have that visa in hand.



For example, after my fiancee was approved for her visa, the embassy's special visa printers broke... They could not print the visa... Set our plans back only about a week though.



I know people who have had theirs lost between the embassy and the delivery place.

I know people who have had a hurricane batter the embassy.....they were in limbo for almost a month.

I know people who have been told their visa was not approved, when they got the approval at their interview.

And, that's just after approval. There are a million reasons for delays before the actual interview.

Never, ever anything concrete. I've seen lots of people burned with non-refundable plans.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-03-21 22:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPlanning tentative wedding date
QUOTE (Carlawarla @ Mar 17 2008, 06:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I would not plan ANY tenative date until you get that visa in your hot little hands! Plans being scrapped is almost as depressing as the wait times. RFE's, translated documents, police reports...there are so many snags that could happen that would upset any date you've planned. Remember, you have six months to use the visa, then 3 months after entering before having to get married (oops 90 days, not 3 months). Either way, that should give you plenty of time to plan something. Do a search for people that have put serious money down and planned weddings, that didn't dissolve due to embassies and consulates that weren't within the usual timelines. Best to wait...can't stop you from internet looking...dreaming...planning...just don't plan a day!



Believe those of us who have gone through this, seen it first hand and paid attention to what has happened around us. ANYTHING can happen in between now and the time you get your visa in your hands. And, don't even think once you've been approved it will guarentee a time. I've seen visa delivery delayed for such crazy things as natural disasters.

I will tell you every single time someone asks, DO NOT make wedding plans until you are sure you have that visa in hand.
*JG*FemaleJamaica2008-03-21 22:12:00