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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

if our file is indeed on someones desk, don't you think we'd get a notification on email/text that someone has touched our file? I'm kinda freakin out our file wasn't transferred

I think the reason transfers got 3 separate status updates is something along these lines:
Update 1 - electronic file sent
Update 2 - physical file scanned to be sent from Vermont
Update 3 - physical file scanned once received at Texas

This is just me guesstimating based on how the company I work for transfers files. I could be completely off base.

D + B

Female

Canada

2013-07-14 15:27:00

K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

Thanks

Is there anyone who didn't get their file transferred from the VSC? Kinda getting the feeling that my fiancee and I are the only ones who were left out from the transfer. =(

Lanu, are you able to check your status online? If not, I would definitely call and attempt to speak to a tier 2.

D + B

Female

Canada

2013-07-12 19:58:00

K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

I got my 3rd notice today that my file is being processed at a uscis office. I read on here that that means my file actually is physically at the office on someone's desk with a pile of other ones. Anyone else get the email? I know me and my fiance were excited over this.

I haven't received any emails, but after visiting the forums, I've been checking our status online. I just checked again and it's the third notice now.

I know we should have nothing to worry about, but now I'm starting to get nervous. Lol. Everything seems to be falling into place for us, I'm just hoping that doesn't mean a monkey wrench is going to get thrown our way anytime soon.

D + B

Female

Canada

2013-07-12 19:53:00

K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

Add us to the transferred list. I didn't get an email, but just logged in to check the status. It does say it was transferred to a local office, so I will be curious to see the letter when it arrives.

D + B

Female

Canada

2013-07-10 18:36:00

K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

His Karma - at least you've got the immunizations out the way. He still needs get that, the police certificate and the birth certificate. We really need to get on the ball for this lol.

Hello all April Petitioners,

Me and Dale filed and NOA1 is April 24, and our VJ estimate is August 9-13. WOW.. Someone please give me link to Igor's list which I hear so much post about. Is this what VJ posts?

Thanks all, and God bless you all on your journey,

Brad

To get to igor's list, click Immigration Timelines at the top. In the second column, you'll see a link for igor's list.

D + B

Female

Canada

2013-07-06 06:01:00

K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

Hi all! So I swore I wouldn't be obsessive with checking our status and such. So far I've been pretty good about it, only every other week or so, and only checking in here every so often. But tonight when I checked our timeline, it's showing early October for a possible noa2. Now don't get me wrong I'd be ecstatic if it came athat soon, we have been planning for early November. But I'm wondering if the timeline for Vermont is skewed because of the transfers/approvals from Texas. I've checked igor's list, and the recent approvals do seem to be from the Texas batches. Thoughts?

Also a question for you canucks, has anyone started gathering immunization records? If so how did you go about it? B says that his doctor is no longer in practice, and the records destroyed so I'm at a loss on what he needs to do. I've read about the blood tetre test, but where would he go to get it done?

D + B

Female

Canada

2013-06-28 19:20:00

K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

Tila, I think, I'm not sure, but if you send in something, I would include a copy of the NOA1 and put your case # on all pages. Hannah may be able to help with that since she's done it.

For our packet, I put on photo per page in a word doc and typed out the names of everyone in them, the month/year and place it was taken and the circumstances (ie our first cruise, my dads wedding, Christmas, etc.). I just neglected to add the actual date. Some have gotten rfes for it, some haven't.

As for packet 3/4, that's embassy specific, so you'll need to go to their website and see if its downloadable.

D + B

Female

Canada

2013-05-08 10:19:00

K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

I'm the USC and sent in a copy of my certified birth certificate and a copy of my original bc. Unless I overlooked something, we won't need his until after the noa2.

As for his divorce, we have a certificate of divorce from the court, and like I said, I sent a photocopy of it. I'm hoping that's all that's needed as they paid $500, walked into the court, signed some papers and it was done. I'm still going to make hom get some extras just incase.

I'm really hoping we don't get an rfe, especially just for the dates on the photos, as it said on the paperwork, month/year, but it is the govt.

He's going to start searching his parents house for the vaccination records. According to him, he thinks he has everything listed, but his former doc is retired and the place closed, so he doesn't know where to go to get official records. I'm going to have to do some research on that.

Thanks for the link on the car import. I'll give that a look and figure out what we need to do.

Good luck with the shots! I hate needles, so I'm really glad he's coming here and has to go through it instead of the other way around lol.

D + B

Female

Canada

2013-05-08 09:52:00

K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

This made me laugh. I don't have any family. (that's a long story-but basically I'm disowned). So haven't talked to them in over a year. But every day I work, I get the exact same question from everyone: So how much longer? (I tell them), next day, same thing. It's annoying but at least they're interested lol! And just when you start accepting that it's going to take a LONG time and you're ok with it, then someone says in a negative way: Awww that's so long, I couldn't do it. Then it's depressing lol!

I get the same thing, but it's usually when they ask how long we've been together. It'll be 7 years in July. Honestly though, with the crazy both of us have had to deal with the past couple of years, it wouldn't have been cost effective to do immigration at anytime before now. But now that we are actually doing it, we get the added questions of "are you sure you can live together, you only spend a couple of weeks together a year." Frustrating to no end. Lol. Of course I'm sure, we talk about it all the time, what we each expect, what we are going to do, etc.

Well after reading some of the rfes that have come through, I'm now expecting one. I sent in a photocopy of his divorce certificate instead of the actual one, so now I'm having him go and get 3 more from the court since I'm sure we'll need more. And also on the photos, I only put month/year with names and places instead of month/date/year. The other primary evidence should be good though, as well as the forms. I'm wondering if I should wait for a potential rfe or if I should be proactive and send it now. Thoughts, advice?

As for the next steps, we haven't started packet 3/4 yet, but I've already given him a list of things to do and when to do them lol. He's going to try to start tracking down his vaccination records now, and order his long form birth certificate in a couple of days. Then in October, he'll get the police certificate.

And about importing the car, anyone know the details for Chevy so that we can go ahead and start on that? Do we go through a dealer or the Chevy itself?

And as for the visiting other countries, he's only come here and on 2 cruises with me, so I have all the dates when it comes time for that.

D + B

Female

Canada

2013-05-08 08:32:00

K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

Well, I swore I wouldn't obsess over this process until October, I did enough just preparing the forms and such lol. But here I am again after explaing the process/timeline to family and friends for the millionth time. I feel like printing the flow chart on business cards and just passing them out whenever people ask.

Please tell me I'm not the only one going through this with friends and family. It's like they can't comprehend the time it takes. Me and B have already come to terms with it, so it's things as usual for us, texts most days then Skype 2 or 3 nights a week (3 hr time difference and he works nights).

On the plus side, I finally have a viable job opportunity that will be stable and consistent. The interview is later today. It would be a welcome change to the contract work I do now, and allow me to get to where I want to be for when he does finally get the visa and make the move. The downside will be me not being able to visit again before the interview. Even though we have a relatively easy consulate (Vancouver) it will put my mind at ease to be there. We may be able to swing one more visit for him to come here though, but we are not sure when.

Oh and I read through some of the earlier posts. To update what shows on the forum (what shows under your avatar) go to your profile, click "edit my profile" and scroll down to the bottom. That's where you can select the visa, service center and a few more things.

D + B

Female

Canada

2013-05-07 08:47:00

Well it's finally official. We are April filers. I got the noa1 text and email today, and it happens to be my birthday. So yay! Now its time to sit back, relax and wait 6-8 months. Lol.

D + B

Female

Canada

2013-04-23 17:15:00

Questions & advice needed

B ( the Canadian) and I ( the American) are planning on filing our K1 in a few weeks. I've been doing some research for the past month (aka driving myself crazy) and I think I have most of the process processed. I do have a couple of questions though, some related directly to the K1 and some for after he actually gets here.

1) he's previously married. Do we need a copy of the previous marriage certificate? We already need to get copies of his divorce certificate and birth certificate, so if we will need it at any point in the process I'd rather go ahead and get the trifecta in one go.

2) the dreaded income question. My job is odd. I'm pretty much a contract employee. I wait for a call, go wherever they need me, do the job and get paid very well. However, I can go months between jobs. Jobs can last anywhere from a day to almost two years. However, I'm paid as though I'm a w-2 employee though Im more like I'm a 1099 employee. But again, it's not a steady income. I do this because I like the job, it's always different and I do travel the US a lot. However, I'm not sure how this looks on paper to an immigration officer. I'm under the impression that it doesn't so much matter the amount you make (besides the poverty guidelines) as opposed to the stability of the income. So would it be better if I take a desk job and do the 9-5 for a couple of years to get us together? This is doable, but I just prefer the current to the latter, but would give it up for him to be here.

3) we are planning on Vegas for the wedding. Close family and maybe a few friends in search of the perfect Elvis to do the deed. Anyone else go this route? And if so, any pointers? It will be both of our first times in Vegas. And speaking of weddings, how are/did you guys go about planning when you can't set a date?

4) after he gets here, and before we marry, what does he need to do? Anything? We are planning on waiting until around day 60 or so to hop the flight to Vegas. This is so that we can adjust to us being us, only together instead of a 3 hr time difference through Skype. And before you ask, yes we've spent extended time together, but its always one of us on vacation mode and the other in work mode.

5) after we marry and have the certificate, what do we do? Can someone point me in that direction. I know it's applying for AOS, but I want to see a run down so I know what we need and what to expect.

We are planning on him moving here sometime after the new year. I'm trying to get all our rubber ducks in a row so that we can finally make it happen. I just want to get a clearer picture of the entire process rather than just focusing on getting the visa. That being said, if anyone wants to volunteer to be a hand holder for us, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance! D

D + B

Female

Canada

2013-02-12 20:29:00

Whats the Question 18 about? I working on mys k1

Question 18 is on the I-129f form. It's about how you met within the last two years. Because we had quite a few visits, I didn't have room in the box to write it all out so I took the advice on this forum and typed it out on a separate page and wrote in the box "see attached page".

D + B

Female

Canada

2013-04-15 23:08:00

I believe the certificate of divorce from the courts in Canada is all you need.

You mentioned boarding passes. Do either of you have stamps in your passport from visiting? I know they do not stamp them when crossing the border between the US and Canada, but not sure if they stamp them when traveling on a plane. If they do, send copies of the stamps that correspond to the dates on your boarding passes.

Of our many flights to and from, he only got stamped once in 2008, unfortunately he had to renew his passport and no longer has the old one. I have never been stamped.

As for the 2 passport photos, I swear I read that somewhere, but maybe I just got confused because when you get them, you get 2. So good catch.

D + B

Female

Canada

2013-04-15 18:05:00

And this would be why I posted. I had the letters of intent in the wrong stack of paperwork. Lol. All fixed now.

As for the certificate of divorce, I thought this is what was needed for him. When they officially divorced in 2008, this was the only document he received. If it makes a difference, the divorce was completed without lawyers. They both signed papers and filed them at the court for $500.

D + B

Female

Canada

2013-04-15 14:40:00

Ok, so as the topic says, I'm about to mail the petition and I'm a bit paranoid about forgetting to include something. Can you guys help me out by going through my list with me?

Here's what I got:

Cover letter
Check to homeland security for $340
G-1145
I-129f
Question 18
My G-325a
My 2 passport photos
His G-325a
His 2 passport photos
Copy of my original birth certificate & copy of my certified birth certificate
Copy of his certificate of divorce
Copies of airline boarding passes since Xmas 2009 (wrote full dates of trips on the pages)
1 photo of us from each visit dating back to our first meeting in July 2006 (wrote names, places taken and dates on them)

Is there anything I'm forgetting or need/should include? I know I'm being paranoid, but I like to refer to it as thorough.

D + B

Female

Canada

2013-04-15 14:12:00

Couple questions over G-325a and I-129a

G-325a question:

My family name. My mother remarried when I was younger and is still with the same man, who I consider my father, but he's not my biological father. Do I put him or my biological father in the place for Father?

You would list your biological father

File Number A This is an Alien #, right? Most likely put None?

I wrote "none"

Regarding address, if you're not entirely sure where you stayed and for how long, what should you do? I stayed at a few places years back but for only a few months (these places don't even show up on my credit report). I'm also not sure about the dates. Are these REALLY looked into? I want to be safe.

Im not sure

I-129A question:

State/Country: Is MO/USA (Missouri/USA) and BC/CA (British Columbia/Canada) acceptable?

I used abbreviations, so I hope it's ok

Question 10: There are multiple boxes for Q10 and I'm not exactly sure what applies to me and what doesn't. I was born in the US.

I checked the first box, "birth in the US" and left the rest of the question blank

For the Arrival/Departure Number (I-94), I don't know what this is. There are multiple spaces for obvious numbers. Do I leave this blank?

Im not sure. I think this only applies if they are currently in the US

And question 20, I'm just not understanding what I should fill in there. Is this where the interview will be?

yes, it's the closest one for your fiancée.

I know these are really silly questions, but I'm going to just make sure I'm doing everything right the first time. Thank you.

That's just my two cents. Hopefully someone else can chime in and fill in the blanks. And no question is too silly. Best to ask and do it right the first time

D + B

Female

Canada

2013-04-16 21:50:00

DS-230 - Employment in the last 10 years

For the "under the table" jobs, I would say that if its traceable, then yes include it. If it was simply cash, then no.

I've had similar jobs in the past , some were cash only, but for the majority I got paid with a check and for tax purposes, at the end of the year they sent me a 1099 (non employee compensation box checked) and I had to claim the income on my tax return. In those cases I would include those jobs, but not the cash only ones.

D + B

Female

Canada

2013-04-22 09:00:00

How long?

It's been 7 years for us. We met online in 2005 and finally met in person July 2006. In 2009 we actually started researching for me to move there, but life happens. Family obligations then work kept me here, and family obligations kept him there. Life for both of us finally stabilized and he'll be out of debt and ready to move in October. We just filed, still waiting for noa1, and with timelines and such, he's looking forward to moving in late January so he can have one last Canadian birthday/bachelor/going away party.

But as for shorter times, at least you don't have 7 years of nagging from everyone about when you'll get married, or where you'll live. We were going to keep everything secret and not let anyone know until he showed up and just didn't leave, but I couldn't take the questions anymore. Lol.

Edited by D + B, 22 April 2013 - 07:53 PM.

D + B

Female

Canada

2013-04-22 19:52:00

Few doubts before filing.

I'm not sure what country you're coming from, but from what I understand, you only need to have met once in 2 years. I don't think it matters where you had face to face, so long as you had it (and the documented proof).

As for the check, when you file the I-129f, a payment does have to be made. I do however think it has to be drawn on a US bank.

About the income requirements, again, I think this will have a lot to do with what country you're from. From what I've read, different embassies do and accept different things. But as a general rule, as long as he makes over the poverty limit for his household size, he should be able to sponsor you.

And yes, the addresses are correct. USCIS site

D + B

Female

Canada

2013-04-25 14:55:00

Marriage license in different state than stated K-1 address

Not quite sure what the actual question is but here goes...

You can get married in any state. You'll just need the marriage certificate for adjustment of status after the wedding. Depending on where you get married, processing times for it vary.

As for the address, if you're more comfortable receiving mail at your parents house in NY, use that as your mailing address. You will still need to list your current RI address for the places you've lived.

As for the drivers license, you should check the residency requirements for RI. For example, in Florida youre considered a resident once youve lived/worked in the state 6 months and 1 day. Most states do require you change licenses once you make that state your residence. There are some exclusions for students, but it's been about 10 years since I've been one so I'm not up on those.

D + B

Female

Canada

2013-05-15 11:20:00