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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureshelp me for interview
All K-1 visa applicants do have an interview at the American consulate in their country. If the Consulate has requested both of you to attend the interview then your fiance should be there. Not all Consulates allow the US partner to attend the interview though. Perhaps someone else from Haiti might be able to give you some advice.

Moving to the K-1 forum

Edited by Kathryn41, 16 August 2009 - 11:22 AM.

Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-16 11:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures4 months limit btwn I-129F approval and obtaining K-1??
Don't worry. The I-129f petition when approved has a validity of 4 months. Most consulates are not able to process the K-1 visas within that 4 month period due to a variety of reasons. Montreal will automatically 'revalidate' the petition so that it remains valid through the whole time of the K-1 visa. It happens automatically - you don't need to do anything:-).

In case you haven't found it yet here is the posted information on VJ about getting visas at the Montreal Consulate. http://www.visajourn...mp;cty=Montreal. They won't have been able to do anything with your visa until you submitted the checklist.

You may want to check out the Canada forum as well where you can get anecdotal information from other Canadians currently working on K-1s from Montreal. http://www.visajourn...hp?showforum=93

Good luck!

Edited by Kathryn41, 16 August 2009 - 04:44 PM.

Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-16 16:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresKI VISA FOR FIANCE--DOES APPLICATION NEED TO BE TOUCHED FIRST
and some cases where the file on line says 'received and pending' and they were approved long ago. Getting a touch is nice but not getting a touch doesn't mean a thing. Good luck - you should be hearing something soon.

Moving to K-1 forum.
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-17 14:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNSEERS
moving to K-1 visa as other K-1 applicants may have similar concerns
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-22 12:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresApply for K-1 have Dual Citizenship UK/South Africa
Moved from US citizenship forum to K-1 visa forum
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-22 21:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresIs this a meeting proof?
moved from K-1 Visa Progress forum to K-1 Visa Process forum
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-23 16:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresIgors List
moved from K! Case Progress Reports to K-1 Process
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-24 16:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK this is silly but............
Keep the red printed copies as your copies and send the ones from the new printer cartridge off to the Service Center.
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-24 16:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMaybe a stupid question...
Unfortunately you don't really get a choice. There are two Consulates only in Canada that process K visas - the Montreal Consulate and the Vancouver Consulate - so your file is sent to the one that has jurisdiction over your part of Canada. Calgary doesn't do K visas so it is a moot point. If you live near Calgary your application will be sent to Vancouver. If you do an immigrant visa such as a CR/IR-1 visa, then there is only one Consulate in Canada that processes those and that is Montreal. Yeah, the need to travel these distances sucks but that is the way it is set up.
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-24 16:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI need some advice/comments/suggestions regarding my situation
Information is power. Good for you for looking at this realistically. You will find that there are a number of individuals on VJ who have taken the longer term approach and waited as well until things were in a better place for them financially, career wise or whatever. It wasn't easy but it was for them at the time, the wise decision. Good luck to the two of you and I hope everything works out well, whatever you decide.

Edited by Kathryn41, 25 August 2009 - 07:09 PM.

Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-25 19:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI need some advice/comments/suggestions regarding my situation
Welcome to VJ, Leslie.

Well, I don't think my news is going to be all that happy for you . . . the immigration process isn't a quick and easy one and there are very specific requirements. There is also a fair degree of financial commitment and time commitment necessary.

First, it is not possible for you to move to the US to live without having a specific visa that allows you to do that. Getting married to an American isn't enough - it doesn't get you anything in the immigration process except an American husband and a reason to apply for a visa. You are allowed to visit the US for a possible maximum 6 months at a time but you need to be prepared to show strong ties to Canada - work responsibilities , property ownership, etc - to the border guards each and every time you visit. Without these ties they will assume you intend to stay in the US and to prevent that happening will turn you back at the border. You are not allowed to work in the US as a visitor.

Second, again, you can't work in the US without a specific visa that gives you permission to work. With an immigrant visa you can apply for permission yourself and work while you wait for the rest of the immigration process to unfold. If you want to move to the US to work, then you need to find an employer before you move to the US and that employer has to initiate the work visa process - generally by first proving there is no American available who can do the job. Work visas are very limited in number and go quickly so that there is often a waiting list for employers hoping to hire foreign workers. Most work visas also require higher education and specific experience/training so I don't see it likely that you would qualify for an employment visa. It is illegal to work in the US without one. .

Third, any immigration process starts with the US citizen filing a petition which is basically requesting permission for the foreign partner to apply for a visa. You can seek either a fiance visa or a spousal visa. In both situations, your American partner needs to prove to US immigration that they are financially able to support you by showing they have an income that meets or exceeds 125% of the poverty level for the US household. If they can't provide this, then they need to provide a co-sponsor who agrees to meet this income commitment for you. The commitment is until the foreign individual earns 40 quarters of employment (10 years), becomes a US citizen (possible in 3 to 5 years), leaves the US or either individual dies.

Fiance visas are taking about 9 months right now to process and require you to be living in Canada during the processing. Spousal visas take about a year and you also need to be living in Canada during the process, but would allow you to work once you arrived in the US.

The immigration process itself is quite expensive. There are fees required and certain steps along the way that need to be completed at certain times so once you start, you need to complete it even if money is scarce or you lose what you have gained up until that stage. You are looking at a 3 to 4 year process over all (possibly longer - ours has taken 6 years to go from filing for the K-1 visa to applying for US citizenship), although you would be together generally after the first year.

An option you might want to consider as a possibility is to look at what is required to get a student visa to a school near where he lives. You would need to be accepted by the school, plus show that you can afford both the tuition and the living expenses while attending school. That way the two of you could be together but you would still have to go through the immigration process for you to remain in the US longer than the time it takes to complete the schooling plus you would need to keep applying for student visas the whole time. I am not sure if you would be allowed to work at the same time as having a student visa so there would definitely be income considerations. $11,000 is a good amount of money to have saved but I doubt it would get you through one year as a student n the US.

To be very honest, you may find it better to wait until he has finished his education. You may wish to pursue yours now while you are in Canada and get as much of it done as you can for the cheaper cost while the two of you plan for when you are more financially stable. Having to deal with immigration issues definitely complicates a relationship.

Edited by Kathryn41, 25 August 2009 - 05:26 PM.

Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-25 17:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresArrested With NO Charges & NO Convictions...
Moved from case filling to K-1 process.

To the OP, you are correct to check yes and to include all of the information. While it may not be evident that they are asking about it at the K-1 level, when you apply for AOS the wording is totally different and includes having been detained, cited, fined or in any way involved with the police. It gets even more detailed at the Removal of Conditions level and at the Citizenship level and the information would have to come out at one of those levels.

I highly doubt it will cause you any problems but make sure you have original records of the disposition of the case. You will need them all along the process.

I was 'stopped' by the RCMP for windsurfing without a lifejacket and had a $10 fine at a court hearing for it. I had to provide the court documents all the way through the process (the ones that say they now have no record of the offense). It did not cause a problem and I was just approved for my citizenship today. The applications along the way though are worded in such a fashion that you will have to disclose the information so you might as well start now so you don't have to explain why you didn't disclose when you get further along the process. Good luck.
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-13 16:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresreturned k-1 application from NVC to USCIS
moved from K-3 forum to K-1 forum
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-09 11:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhat should we expect to take to the interview?
Moved from AOS to K-1 forum
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-26 09:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresBiographical Inforamtion...
duplicate posts merged
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-27 17:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresreligious wedding while waiting for visa aproval
QUOTE (FaridS @ Aug 27 2009, 08:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I have a simple question for you guys about this. I am sort of in the same boat as OP.
How would the consulate know that you are married or not??



The K-1 visa is only the first stage of a 3 stage process that will allow you to live in the US. The K-1 gives you permission to enter the US in order to get married and apply for the 2nd stage - permission to remain in the US. Entering the US on a K-1 only gives you legal status in the US for 90 days whether you get married or not. Once you are married you have to apply to adjust your status from a non-immigrant fiance to an immigrant using the "Adjustment of Status" application. Part of this process includes providing proof of the date of marriage and that proof needs to be from the US and within the 90 days of entry. Telling US immigration that you are still single when you are in fact married is considered misrepresentation and carries a life time bar from entering the US. If you get married before you enter the US and use a K-1 visa to enter the US, then that is considered visa fraud and again, you will find yourself removed from the US for misrepresentation and barred from re-entry. If somehow you 'get away with it' at the AOS stage, after 2 years you have to go back to USCIS and prove the validity of your marriage once again because your status is only conditional for 2 years. If at any stage during the immigration process your lie or your true state of marriage prior to entry on a K-1 is discovered you will be deported and barred from rentry to the US for life, even if you have already become a citizen.

Lying to immigration is one of the most serious offences you can commit and is definitely not worth the consequences. USCIS has ways of knowing and you don't want to risk your marriage or future happiness by trying to play games with them at the start of the process.
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-27 22:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresRefile K1
moved to K-1 process from K-1 case filing reports
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-18 10:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWrath of Creditors
thread closed for review

After review, this thread is re-opened. Insults and personal attacks are a violation of TOS and offending posts - and post quoting same - have been removed.

Edited by Kathryn41, 28 August 2009 - 04:08 PM.

Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-28 15:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWrath of Creditors
Let's stop the name calling and the bickering. None of that is helping the OP and is not what VJ is about. Restrict your comments to the OPs situation and don't direct them at each other.
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-28 11:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWrath of Creditors
duplicate thread removed
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-27 19:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresnewbid saying hello
You will initially need to provide evidence that proves you have physically met within the two years preceding the application. Evidence of this includes passport stamps showing you have visited her country during this time; credit card receipts for purchases made there; if you met in a third country passport stamps from both of your passports showing you were in the same place at the same time; boarding passes showing flight information verifying travel to her country during this time, things like that. Photographs are considered 'secondary' evidence that support the 'primary' evidence of dated official documents like passport stamps, hotel receipts, boarding passes, etc.

One source of good evidence for ongoing relationship is telephone statements showing regular communication between your two numbers. I am sure others will provide you with additional examples.

Good luck with your application, and welcome to Visa Journey.
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-29 14:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureswhat are my requirements to bring on the interview
moved from AOS forum to K-1 forum
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-29 11:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPetition submitted at a foreign embassy
moved from K-1 Case Filing Reports to K-1 Process
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-30 10:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAh Help about Marriage to non-US Citizen J1
Duplicate of same post in forum removed
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-31 18:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresBirth Certificate
my husband's Oregon birth certificate is very fragile, difficult to read in places, and well folded but the seal is still apparent. I had no problems with it.


(duplicate of this thread in this forum has been removed)
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-31 13:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFiancee (USC) has very strict parents.
It will be difficult to keep this from her parents as she lives at home. She needs to tell them before you arrive - and she may find a need to move out on her own if they continue to be non-supportive. Have the two of you looked forward to when you do arrive? Where will you live? What will you live on? You won't be allowed to work right away and you will need to file for permission for you to remain and work in the US. The K-1 is only the first step of a multi-step process, all of which will require further payments to USCIS, including a $1010 payment very soon after your arrival (AOS - filed after you get married which gets you a green card, along with permission to remain and work in the US). Look ahead in the process now and realize what further steps the two of you will face after you arrive. Not having parental support during this process is going to make a difficult process even that much more difficult. It can be done, but you need to know what you are dealing with before you get there if you want to make it work.

Good luck to the two of you.

Edited by Kathryn41, 31 August 2009 - 01:51 PM.

Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-31 13:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhat does the 455 dollars cover?
Topic split to keep the information related to the I-129f petition fee and K-1 visa in the K-1 forum and discussion about what you buy with government services and how well it is done moved to its own thread in Off Topic.

Discussion posts can be found here: http://www.visajourn...p;#entry3274238

Edited by Kathryn41, 01 September 2009 - 07:54 PM.

Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-09-01 19:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureshelp me for decision
QUOTE (D&R @ Sep 1 2009, 03:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (mackenson @ Sep 1 2009, 07:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
went to enbassade U.S. for the interview for my visa k1, the enbassase denied visas because appears your engagement is for immigration purposes only. you are therefore refused the visa help me tell me if I am appealing this decision has
this decision after my fiancee decided to marry me Wednesday when I asked what type of visa that would suit me better


Do I understand you correctly?
You only just asked her to marry you THIS Wednesday?

If so, then they were right to deny you, as the K1 Visa is a "fiance" Visa and she only became your "fiancee" on Wednesday which is months after you completed your I-129F. You signed this form stating that she was your fiancee, and you were engaged when you weren't.

Thus... you lied... it's that's not really looked upon as a good thing to do that good.gif


English is not the OPs first language and it is easy to jump to conclusions based upon their imperfect English. There is another very obvious way the statement can be interpreted: that after the OP was refused the K-1 visa, the couple discussed going ahead and getting married now rather than appealing the K-1 decision. They were not just getting engaged now - they were getting married now.

It is important that you have correct facts before you start casting aspersions on someone's character. Right now, there is enough ambiguity to make it difficult to determine exactly what has happened.

Edited by Kathryn41, 01 September 2009 - 04:40 PM.

Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-09-01 16:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresthe whole process
One important thing to remember when applying for a K-1 - you need to have met face to face sometime during the past two years and be able to prove it. So, if you haven't met yet you will have to arrange to do so. It may be difficult if next to impossible to get a visitor's visa to the US, but you should be able to travel to the Ukraine - or the two of you can arrange to meet in a third country to where both of you can go. Keep copies of your boarding passes, hotel receipts, credit card receipts and passport stamps.
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-09-01 19:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresis this a red flag?
You can correct it on any future forms you fill out - you will have the opportunity - and if you want, at the interview you can say that you need to add another employer to your list that was omitted when you filled it out. It shouldn't be a problem or a red flag but you will want to be completely accurate from here on in when dealing with immigration.

Edited by Kathryn41, 06 September 2009 - 05:41 PM.

Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-09-06 17:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedurespayments and is visa journey a company
Hi Shellshoola,

Many members on Visa Journey don't use a lawyer. Some will have an initial consultation with a lawyer and sometimes that is useful, but again not necessary. If you have a straight forward case (no criminal records, no immigration overstays or violations, etc.) then you are probably fine not using a lawyer. Even if you do use a lawyer you end up doing the majority of the work yourself since you two are the ones who have the information and all of the documents. You gather them together and then send them to the lawyer, who is supposed to organize them and then mail them for you. Many times this just adds an extra layer of complexity that isn't really needed. If you take the time to read over all of the instructions carefully, to read the guides here on VJ, to read the information at the USCIS website on bringing a fiance to the US, and asking questions here on VJ then you will probably be perfectly fine.

I have gone all the way through from the K-1 visa to US citizenship and we never once used a lawyer nor did we have any problems. It all depends on how comfortable you feel doing the work yourself and how much money you want to spend in addition to what is required for the actual immigration. If you will feel more comfortable using a lawyer, then use one; if you feel comfortable doing this on your own, then that is fine too.

Visa Journey is completely volunteer. It is a support group of individuals who have gone or are going through family based immigration themselves and are sharing their experiences and their expertise to help others. Welcome aboard.

Edited by Kathryn41, 09 September 2009 - 10:00 PM.

Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-09-09 21:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNeed confirmation on K1 process in Cuba
duplicate posts moved into same forum and merged
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-09 15:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresinitial evidence?
Ok,

I checked a variety of primary sources. It appears that there have been no changes to the instructions that state ordinary photocopies are acceptable. However, legislation also states that USCIS can request the originals or certified copy at any stage of the process, so it appears that the OP has a over-zealous adjudicator, but that certified copies are not generally required for the original I-129f submission.

A. From the most recent directions for I-129f (expires 01/31/10)

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QUOTE
) D. If either you or your fiancé(e) were married before, give copies of documents showing that each prior marriage was legally terminated.

and under:

9) Copies. Unless specifically required that an original document be filed with an application or petition, an ordinary legible photocopy may be submitted. Original documents submitted when not required will remain a part of the record, even if the submission was not required.

Requests for more information or interview. We may request more information or evidence, or we may request that you appear at a USCIS office for an interview. We may also request that you submit the originals of any copy. We will return these originals when they are no longer required."


I checked back a full year in the USCIS Federal Register announcements and there were no announcements regarding changing requirements to have a certified copy of any document for the I-129f petition.

I also checked the Immigration Policy and Procedural Memoranda back to the beginning of this year and there were no memoranda issued regarding requirements of certified documents for the I-129f petition.

In the Adjudicator's Field Manual - Chapter 11: Evidence:
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(d) Evidentiary Standards . Because the strict rules of evidence used in judicial proceedings do not apply in administrative proceedings, a wide range of oral or documentary evidence may be used in a visa petition proceeding or other immigration benefit application proceeding. A copy of a public record (birth certificate, marriage or divorce certificates, adoption decrees, and similar documents) is admissible if the person having custody over the original records has certified the copy. For example, a copy of a divorce decree is admissible if the clerk of the court has certified the copy. A regulation, 8 CFR 287.6 , provides that a certified copy of a foreign public record (other than a Canadian record) should also be authenticated by a U.S. Foreign Service officer or, if the country is a party to the Hague Convention on abolition of legalization requirements for foreign public records, by a higher-level official of the foreign country. . . . Note, however, that in 1990, the Service announced that, as a matter of policy, it would accept copies of public records that have been certified by the custodian of the records, even if they are not authenticated by a U.S. Foreign Service officer . . . For this reason, only the custodian of the record needs to certify a foreign public record in order for the foreign public record to be admissible.

(e) Best Evidence Rule . In adjudicating a petition or application for a benefit, you will often deal with evidence and facts which are of a documentary nature, such as marriage dates, dates of birth, death, divorce, criminal records, school records, etc. This often brings into play what is known as the "best evidence rule.? While the best evidence rule is not strictly applicable in an administrative proceeding, you should adhere to it as closely as you can. The rule states that where the contents of a document are at issue in a case, the document itself must be introduced rather than secondary evidence as to its content. For example, if an issue in an interview is the date on which a divorce decree became final, the divorce decree itself should be introduced, rather than a letter stating when the decree became final or a second marriage certificate stating the date of the first divorce. As you can see, the rule provides an external basis for verifying claimed facts. In considering the rule, you should be aware of one major exception. When a document is a public document, the contents of that document may be proven by a certified copy. Also, when a document is prepared in carbon or multiple copies (as opposed to photocopies created after the fact), each copy is an "original" for purposes of the rule.



and
QUOTE

(1) Public Documents . Public documents are the official records of legislative, judicial and administrative bodies. Such documents, or copies thereof duly certified by their custodian, are generally admissible as evidence without the testimony of the officer who made the records. In administrative proceedings, such documents are generally admissible.

At 8 CFR 287.6 , regulations indicate the proper method for authenticating public records. As noted, however, the Service announced in 1990 that, as a matter of policy, the Service would no longer require the extra step of the authentication of the certification of a copy of a public record. For both domestic and foreign public records, the certification of the custodian of the record is enough to make the copy admissible. Note that 8 CFR 103.2(cool.gif(4) . permits the submission of copies, rather than the original, of documents. This regulation does NOT mean that public records need not be certified. In the case of domestic or foreign public records, the correct interpretation of 8 CFR 103.2(cool.gif(4) is that:

? The petitioner or applicant MUST obtain a certified copy of the record, but need not have the certification authenticated by a U.S. Foreign Service Officer as described in 8 CFR 287.6(cool.gif or ©;

? The petitioner or applicant may then make a plain copy (i.e., it need not be endorsed as a true copy by a U.S. consular officer, a U.S. Immigration Officer, or an attorney) of the certified copy, and submit the plain copy of the certified copy to USCIS ;

? If the petitioner or applicant submits a plain copy of the certified copy, the petitioner or applicant MUST retain the certified copy and submit it upon the request of the USCIS officer.
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-18 12:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresinitial evidence?
Hmm, I'll take a look at that. I know that when I did the K-1 we did not have to send certified copies of the Divorce Decrees - and my husband had two. I did need to bring the original decrees to the interview, however, and they were carefully examined. The IO even went to get a second opinion about one of them because it was an extract from the Divorce Records by the registrar which is all they had from that far back.

I am not aware of USCIS changing their requirements for the I-129f but will check into it. It may be a case of an overzealous caseworker, though.

Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-08-18 11:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresThai wedding on a K1
Ning, let it go. You are deliberately misinterpreting the warning I included in with my post advising that you need to be clear about what is and isn't a legal marriage. Some foreign posted US Consulate staff are not as educated on local customs as they should be. The case to which I referred caused interesting problems because the US Consulate denied them saying they appeared to be married - but the local government did not recognize them as married. At that stage they were not eligible to apply for a spousal visa and had been denied for a K-1 visa. Instead of fighting the denial, they chose the faster route of getting legally married and pursuing a spousal visa. There is no ambiguity in the statement that if it is not a legal marriage in the country in which the ceremony takes place, then it is not a legal marriage for immigration purposes no matter how much it might look like a wedding.

I think Scandal's post makes it imminently clear that in Thailand the religious ceremony is not considered a legal marriage if it is not registered, and 'does not count' for immigration purposes. They are not misrepresenting themselves nor lying when they say they are not legally married.

So, let it go.

Edited by Kathryn41, 11 September 2009 - 05:08 PM.

Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-09-11 17:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresThai wedding on a K1
moved from Site Discussion forum to K-1 forum
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-09-07 13:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCan't remember ex-wife's birthdate
Moved from Removing Conditions forum.

Your ex-wife's birthday may or may not be listed on the Divorce documents. I know that birth dates of my husband's two ex-wives are not listed on their divorce documents. You will, however, need the Divorce document so if you do not have a certified copy any longer, arrange to get one - and send in copies, not the original with the application. You will need the original again and again throughout this process. Your fiancee will also need to bring the original/certified copy with her to the interview.

Can you remember any part of her birthdate? Do you remember in which month her birthday was? Was it Spring? Fall? Winter? Summer? Was it before yours or after yours? Was it near a holiday, like Thanksgiving or Christmas? That might help you remember the month. How much older or younger than you are was she? That will give you the year. If you have part of the birthdate you can write in what you can remember and put ?? for the rest. If you honestly have no idea any longer, then write in 'unknown - don't remember'. If you don't have the information and have no way of finding it out, then you just don't have the information.

Edited by Kathryn41, 11 September 2009 - 08:01 AM.

Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-09-11 08:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 Life Span
QUOTE (cactuscake @ Sep 14 2009, 09:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (baron555 @ Sep 13 2009, 01:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You should have this AOS fee saved up BEFORE you even start the K-1 process.


Why? So it can sit dormant in an account for the 6-12 months before you need it?


It is a good idea, if you know your fiances are such that you live day to day on what you earn, to start to plan well ahead of the time for an expense like the AOS. $1010 is a lot of money to come up with at one time, so setting aside a specific amount each pay period into a savings account - which can then earn interest (granted, pretty minimal, but still) - will make it easier to accomodate the AOS when it comes due. I don't think it is necessary to have the money ready before you start the K-1 but you do need to be aware that the expense is in the future.

And, if you're letting your money sit 'dormant' in an account, then you have it in the wrong account. Get one with better interest or invest in a short term CD wink.gif . There's nothing wrong with saving money for the future.

Edited by Kathryn41, 14 September 2009 - 11:59 AM.

Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-09-14 11:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresmy k1 visa got denied, need advises ...
If you appeal their decision you will not win - you did not meet one of the primary requirements- that you were physically together during the last 24 months - you were together 25 months ago. You need to visit again and you have the choice of re-filing the I-129f with proof of your recent meeting, or if you wanted to you could get married while there and then sponsor her as your wife using the CR-1 route. The K-3 route really is obsolete right now - when it was established it was to allow people waiting for the CR-1 to be together. The CR-1 is now taking about the same amount of time as the K-3 but the CR-1 will give you a green card upon admission, while with the K-3 you still have to go through the whole AOS process before you get the green card.

The choice is really yours.
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-09-20 18:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCatholic wedding and K1
Nothing to worry about- someone was trying to be 'smart' and failed.
Kathryn41FemaleCanada2009-09-10 15:37:00