Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	We got approved today too!	Congratulations	Carola	Female	Venezuela	2006-10-06 00:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Approved!!! 234 day wait!!	Congratulations	Carola	Female	Venezuela	2006-10-27 15:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Guess What!!!	Nice, CONGRATULATIONS	Carola	Female	Venezuela	2006-11-01 01:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	its about time!!	CONGRATS time to celebrate	Carola	Female	Venezuela	2006-11-01 22:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	YEYY!!! NOA2 Finally...APPROVED!!!	Congratulations	Carola	Female	Venezuela	2006-11-01 23:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA "freakin'" 2!!!	Congratulations	Carola	Female	Venezuela	2006-11-01 18:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Nov 2 is a day to celebrate!	YAY!!! CONGRATS!	Carola	Female	Venezuela	2006-11-03 17:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Thank Goodness!	That's what I call WONDERFUL NEWS!!! Congratulations	Carola	Female	Venezuela	2006-11-07 22:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2 baby! Yippeee!	Nice, Congratulations	Carola	Female	Venezuela	2006-11-17 16:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2!!!! Approved!!!! Double WOOOO HOOOOO!!!	Another one, Congrats and best wishes	Carola	Female	Venezuela	2006-11-17 16:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 I129f Waiting for 9 months	9 months something is wrong here	hafiz	Male	Pakistan	2006-06-24 18:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	touched....	Do you think I am close to getting my NOA2 No, but I do think you're close to driving anyone who tries to help you mad. NO ONE KNOWS HOW CLOSE YOU ARE. It's the same answer as in your other thread; just because you may not like it doesn't mean it's not true. If we knew how long it would take don't you think we'd TELL YOU?!?! You may be close to a NOA2 (which yes, means your fiance's petition for you to apply has been approved), you could get thrown into security checks, or you could get denied at the service center. No one knows what may or may not happen and no one knows how long it will take. You *might* get a better estimate if you filled in your timeline, but since you refuse to do even that, there's less help for you than you can even get for yourself.	gwenneh	Female	England	2006-07-12 05:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Confused with the K1	Or could she marry him in the UK and return home and file a K3 - not sure there... Not as easy, as in the UK you need a fiance visa to get married. Period. There is no marrying on the VWP; the best they could do is to apply for a Certificate of Approval to waive those conditions. Personally, I do think the best option is to see if you can get a Certificate of Approval and marry in the UK. When she returns home in August, have her apply for a spousal visa at the local consulate (if he has a reasonable job and can support her, it takes about a week to get the visa if you don't actually go in person, in which case she would get it that day). Then they could wait out the time in the UK until they could DCF; that way, he can work, she can work (spousal vias in the UK conveys that right), and they can file directly. That way the family is split up less. Edited by Gwen666, 13 July 2006 - 10:59 AM.	gwenneh	Female	England	2006-07-13 10:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Confused with the K1	Does anybody know if there is a special circumstance such as my own where i can be aloud into the U.S becuase of my son? or am i going to face facts that legally i will no longer be able to be with my son or fiancee for a considerable ammount of time? Unfortunately, there is no way to expedite your process just because your son is a USC. I wish it wasn't so, but it is. Plenty of trans-atlantic couples are in the same situation; the USCIS doesn't consider children a pressing emergency to expedite cases. Your best bet is to get yourself through this process as fast as possible so you can be re-united. We can help and give advice on that!	gwenneh	Female	England	2006-07-13 10:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Confused with the K1	Does my U.S fiancee have to file the USCIS form I-129F in the States? Yes. You cannot file directly at the consulate unless the USC is a resident of the UK. How much is the whole thing likely to cost? we have a somewhat small budget Several hundred dollars if it's simple. They nickel and dime you to death, be warned. Do i have to go for an immigration interview before i can claim the K1-VISA and if so is it in London? Yes, you will have an interview at the US consulate in London. How long is this process likely to take? i was hoping to work in America under the K1-VISA and i have already arranged work to begin on the 24th of Augest. The process used to take four to six months if the case was straightforward and there were absolutely no problems. At the moment, because of new policies, it is taking slightly longer for even the best cases. ut the way i understand it at the moment is i will be unable to fly out on a K1-VISA because my Fiancee is currently in England with me and would therefore be unable to file the forms in the states. I understand i am not aloud to travel to the states under a waiver VISA and then apply to be married so I'm not quite sure what options we have at the moment considering its important for work reasons i am in the states in Augest (we have a one year old son to support). If we marry in England i understand we can not live together in the U.S because of green card processing times? You are correct. You cannot fly to the states on visa waiver with intent to settle-that is illegal. Even if you had your K-1, you wouldn't be able to work until adjustment of status is complete, another four to six months (again, provided everything is good). If you marry in England (which is difficult to do without a fiance visa for the UK, you will have to file for permission to do that and get a Certificate of Approval, and even then your options are severely limited) then you can file for a K-3 visa (which is not faster than the K-1) or you could always wait it out in the UK, have her get a spousal visa to live with you there for a bit, and then eventually file directly at the consulate-this will take a LOT of extra time (more than a year, at the least) but you will have no gaps in being able to be employed. The truth of the situation is that you will not be able to be working in the US next month. You should begin making alternate plans. If i am unable to complete the VISA in time are we able to travel out together in Augest, stay for 3 months and apply for the VISA the day we arrive? will i still have to go home!!?? i get the feeling this is gonna burn a big hole in my already depleted wallet!! but i know in the end it will all be worth it! You can come here in August, but as per the VWP you will be restricted to a 90 day stay and not be able to work. Yes, you will have to go home. There is no visa which you can apply for and receive in the US, unfortunately. The process is long and complicated, and takes a lot of planning and foresight. Sorry. Edited by Gwen666, 13 July 2006 - 09:44 AM.	gwenneh	Female	England	2006-07-13 09:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 aplicant now married!!!HELP!	Hi there, i really hope i can find an answer for myself. We did apply for K1 visa back in May but looks that will take forever and we have this plan but we dont want to ruin everything. We are planing to get married here and then he will come with me to teh embassy to ask for an immigration visa. We have friends that did it and was smooth with no problems. Our only question is ... we are in a K1 process ... is this going to be a bad thing? Do you think they will know about the K1 application? I called the embassy and the lady said " we don't ask you to cancel your K1 process in order to apply for an immigration visa" and that is true but they might deny our aplication because of it. And we are worryed cos we will loose this K1 and I really want to be there with my fience and the rest of my family. I hope I was clear enough. Thanks alot in advance! If you are married, you are ineligble for the K-1. You will invalidate the process. You cannot enter the country on a K-1 if you are married. The K-1 is the FIANCE visa and if a person is no longer your fiance they cannot use it. You will not be able to adjust status from it should you enter, and you may find yourself charged with fraud. If you marry before receiving the K-1 you will have to file for a different visa (K-3 or DCF if you're eligible) and start again from the beginning. YES, they will know, and YES, it will be a bad thing.	gwenneh	Female	England	2006-07-15 03:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	New Here	Thanks Gwen for the quick reply. We have pictures that show we have been together over different periods from various events on campus and outside of campus. Additionally, we lived in the same dorm for 1 year, had the same group of friends, and have been living (basically together) for the past 2 years. She was here legally on another visa so we basically lived together. Hopefully this helps prove the fact since we have basically been living in the same place for the past 3 years. Well, then, you're good to go! I think that should be more than sufficient to fulfull the USCIS guidelines.	gwenneh	Female	England	2006-07-15 03:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	New Here	Hi I'm pretty new here and joined a few days ago. I haven't sent in the petition yet, but I will be happy to update my timeline when I do. I had a few quick questions -- particularly about the interview process. I've hired immigration lawyers to help with the forms and necessary paperwork as I really want it to go smoothly. Being that I want to be with my fiancee as soon as possible I really just don't want any mistakes. I'm probably the over-paranoid type and would always wonder if I didn't dot the "i" correctly. In any case, my general question is regarding the evidence. My fiancee and I met in a U.S. university and have been in a serious relationship for over 2 years. We've known each other for much longer. We have records of e-mails, phone calls, friends are willing to write letters on our behalf, etc. However, we don't really take many pictures. We have some that we collected from our friends and they are decently substantial. However, we're not the types to ask the waiter to take a picture of us, or bring a camera wherever we go, (e.g. when visiting family for Thanksgiving). Do you think this will be an issue? I can supply whatever else they would like to see and I love her very much, so I just want to be sure that we are preparing in advance for every step of this journey. Thanks to VJ and all its members in advance --- it has been very helpful to have a community of people going through the same issues. Pictures are great ways to prove that you have obviously met in person, but they only help tell part of the story and the USCIS knows that. It is possible to have your petition approved without pictures. However, e-mails and phone calls do not prove that you have satisfied the requirement of having met in person in the last two years, and that is really what the USCIS is looking for. It may very well be an issue, particularly if she was in the US for long periods of time for school rather than visiting you specifically. You will need to think of concrete ways to prove you both met in the last two years. I suggest copies of University transcripts or letters from the dean which prove you were at the same school at the same time may help-did you take any classes together, were you involved in any student groups with each other, that sort of thing? It can but make your case stronger. Good luck!	gwenneh	Female	England	2006-07-15 03:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Business trip with K1 processing	It sounds like you have a very good grasp of what will be needed to clear the POE. A long as you are aware of the potential issues and address them as best yuo can, you should be fine.	gwenneh	Female	England	2006-07-17 04:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Am I being paranoid??	If, as you said, he's allowed to be here for six months and he's only been here for five, then why are you worrying?	gwenneh	Female	England	2006-07-17 03:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Am I being paranoid??	If he's not doing anything illegal, then why are you worrying?	gwenneh	Female	England	2006-07-17 02:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Can B1 travel in US while petitioning K1	Do you have the B-1 visa already?	gwenneh	Female	England	2006-07-18 09:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Issuing SSN or not?????	K visa holders have to go apply for a card in person after entering the country.	gwenneh	Female	England	2006-07-20 13:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Tattoos on medical	Oh, there would have been tons of issues if tattoos were a problem! Hubby'd be the moody one down front...	gwenneh	Female	England	2006-07-22 13:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Our interview!	In London, you're allowed in. It's a big open area, the interview takes place at a little window. The fiance needs to bring the interview letter to get in; the USC must show their passport. They were all very friendly to us at the Embassy on the day of the interview, even though we were all nerves! Relax, it'll be fine! Just be ready for a loooooooooong wait in the queue!	gwenneh	Female	England	2006-08-07 04:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Language Barrier	If you get a hard*** interview officer it may be used against you. There are several cases where the language barrier was used as proof "against" the relationship being valid. Unless this is the case for you, I doubt it will be a problem.	gwenneh	Female	England	2006-08-11 02:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Unemployment for I-129f?	They do not even look at your finances until the interview stage. It will not have any bearing on the initial petition to apply. When you get to the interview stage, as long as you have a co-sponsor which meets all the requirements it should not affect your petition.	gwenneh	Female	England	2006-08-18 04:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Help-Please advise	If she's a legal adult, she doesn't have to disclose anything to her parents. Period. Deception isn't a great way to start a marriage, but that's your issue, not USCIS's. Filing income tax would be a problem, even were you to file seperate returns it still has to be marked as "Married Filing Seperately". Not having pictures of an engagement ceremony probably won't hurt your chances. A passport is sufficient proof that one is a citizen.	gwenneh	Female	England	2006-08-19 06:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	What is Premium Processing?	http://www.uscis.gov...rem_process.htm Premium processing is NOT available for K visas.	gwenneh	Female	England	2006-08-21 18:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Getting married before entering the US?	what if the marriage is just ceremonial...our plan was to get married here in the states and then go back to her home country and do a ceremonial wedding there for all the family. but the way things are working out with the whole delay due to IMBRA we will get to our wedding day in her home country before she gets her visa to marry in the states...can we still do a ceremonial marriage in her home country and have the legal paperwork marriage in the states when she gets her visa(k1)? Many religious ceremonies are recognized as legally binding by the US, so chances are your answer is no. You will need to check; if you're wrong, you could invalidate your visa-I wouldn't chance it.	gwenneh	Female	England	2006-07-14 10:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Getting married before entering the US?	If you marry her, she's no longer your fiance and therefore would be inelgible to use a fiance visa to enter the country. You would need to start again and file for a K-3 (or DCF if it's possible in that country).	gwenneh	Female	England	2006-07-14 10:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	doing the happy dance	Congrats	Angel7422	Female	Egypt	2006-08-30 22:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Here's our update	Welcome Back Bunnygr, After reading your story, I think I may use you when my hubby and I take a flight back to Egypt for a visit. You can be our quarterback or is that linebacker(i dont watch football very often if at all) that way we are assure to make it to the head of the line. Angel7422	Angel7422	Female	Egypt	2006-10-08 15:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Help with my unique situation	Heather, Having a church ceremony only is pretty common in Mexico and in no way considered legal by Mexico and therefore the US doesn't consider it legal either. You have to have a civil ceremony in Mexico in order to be legal. As far as the OP's question, I'd say you'd be much better flying out of Mexico if at all possible to avoid potential disappointment and a cancelled trip of your dreams. Like everyone's said so far, it all depends on who you get at the border, and in all likelihood, you would get turned back at the border. Why risk this at this point?	InLoveInMexico	Not Telling	Mexico	2006-08-05 23:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Give me your advices, please	He can file the paperwork while out of the country - just be sure he has a US mailing address to receive the hard copies of Notice of Action (receipts) or an Request for Evidence. He can use his parent's address if necessary. As long as he has an address in the US and he is a USC, it's fine. (I filed from Mexico - sent everything Fed Ex - and no problems at all). Good luck. I (the USC) also filed the K3 paperwork from Mexico for my husband, I was living there full-time with my husband until he could get his visa. I used my parents' address which the lawyer explained to me was truly my domicile although my residency was in Mexico ( ) and it worked just fine. We had no problems, nor did it ever even come up in the interview. I agonized over the fact the paperwork had my address in the US while I was living in Mexico, but it was needless worrying (something I was really good at thanks to Immigration! ) Good luck!	InLoveInMexico	Not Telling	Mexico	2006-09-29 02:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	lawyer?	Coming from Nigeria I think you are wise to employ a lawyer. Most will tell you not to bother in here but they are from countries that are not generally viewed as high risk. Nigeria is one that is and therefore getting it right first time is always a good idea. Good Luck	Bobkatz	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-04 15:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	i got my NOA2 TODAY	Nice to see someone progress...congrats	Bobkatz	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-08 11:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Touched?	It means that on the USCIS site, where you can look at your case status, they have changed the date it was last worked on. New date = a touch	Bobkatz	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-08 11:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	129f- Question -- Highlights?	It's not necessary to highlight these things, the people looking through your application are used to looking for the significant dates etc Just send the boarding passes anyway and good luck Just one thing though....it says you are doing K1 but you mention your hubby! Is that just a turn of phrase or are you married, c'os if you are it's the K3 you should be doing hubby-to-be!! no longer mere boyfriend! and i just want to confirm i send the copies and bring the originals to the big interview. thanks for your speedy reply! i'm glad i'm not the one trying to make sense of all the stuff! It's not necessary to highlight these things, the people looking through your application are used to looking for the significant dates etc Just send the boarding passes anyway and good luck Just one thing though....it says you are doing K1 but you mention your hubby! Is that just a turn of phrase or are you married, c'os if you are it's the K3 you should be doing I think she said "hubby-to-be". I had the same impression you did, though... There's no need to highlight anything in the forms. What else do you have to send them as proof of having met? ohhh, gosh! many flights between the both of us(at least 7 a year!), a couple planned vacations together, phone records, cancelled postage stamps on envelopes, emails dating back to 2001. a shoebox full of photos, but they're only getting 4. an engagement ring receipt--not the most romantic disclosure, but i squinted as to not look at the price. You are all good on evidence I think	Bobkatz	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-08 14:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	129f- Question -- Highlights?	It's not necessary to highlight these things, the people looking through your application are used to looking for the significant dates etc Just send the boarding passes anyway and good luck Just one thing though....it says you are doing K1 but you mention your hubby! Is that just a turn of phrase or are you married, c'os if you are it's the K3 you should be doing Edited by Bobkatz, 08 August 2006 - 01:42 PM.	Bobkatz	Not Telling	Canada	2006-08-08 13:41:00