Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Former K1 fiancées that didn’t marry my groom and left US.	The guy has filed three petitions in X# of years. There are real issues with him. Ever think that his past petition was filed BEFORE the IMBRA law went into effect? What difference in the world does that make? None! The fact still remains that her fiance has filed two previous petitions, hasn't done any research on his own regarding filing a third one, and has told her that it's best to lie about it. It makes a difference because the jerk lawyer that advised the USC to lie also probably didnt tell him about the IMBRA law. And for your info. there was only ONE previous approved petition and the reason most hire a lawyer is so they dont have to do "research" on their own. It doesnt make her guy a sneaky criminal as most have tagged him as.....it makes him lucky to have a gal who will find the facts so they can fire this idiot lawyer steering them in the wrong direction.	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-26 10:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Former K1 fiancées that didn’t marry my groom and left US.	No Kidding! Is the guy less of a rat because of the date of a law? Ever think that his past petition was filed BEFORE the IMBRA law went into effect? What difference in the world does that make? None! The fact still remains that her fiance has filed two previous petitions, hasn't done any research on his own regarding filing a third one, and has told her that it's best to lie about it.	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-26 10:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Former K1 fiancées that didn’t marry my groom and left US.	He has 2 prior petitions. one was approved. wondering how much he needs to know from her? My guess is he knows it won't go anywhere. Hence: Run Girl Run from all of us. Sometimes you just have to be real with these things, he is here in US he has every opportunity to explore and find the correct answers, even to the option to come on here as she did. THis is not a game and he must be true to the details to find out whats right and wrong and together they can continue, if shes the only one doing the checking makes it sound as if he doest have much real interest or she is leading him into this, telling him how its done (only my opinion)	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-25 12:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Former K1 fiancées that didn’t marry my groom and left US.	agreed Poor Girl, she was asking a real question and we are all telling her to run. That's the best advice we could give her.	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-25 12:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Former K1 fiancées that didn’t marry my groom and left US.	Poor Girl, she was asking a real question and we are all telling her to run. I would be asking, why are you doing all the question asking and leg work on this filing, is he not the US citizen doing the filing for you, and he needs to be educated in the process. She is asking all the questions because the Petitioner "knows everything". He has multiple filings and failures in a short period of time. And he thinks that more deception is the way to go. This looks and sounds like a disaster in the making. Beneficiary, be careful! RED FLAG!! RED FLAG!! RED FLAG!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-25 11:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Former K1 fiancées that didn’t marry my groom and left US.	I was thinking the exact same thing. Caution! Caution! Caution! Red flags are up. Not to mention he knows everything. I don't want to dump on your dream, but you might ask yourself why your fiance has filed twice in the past for other women?	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-25 10:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	1st post former NSC adjudicator now petitioner	I have been following most of the common threads and have not seen FWAGUY interject politics. Usually he is right there to post helpful information. (i.e. Senator Numbnuts says "CIS - I understand from my consituient - Mr. Hotn'bothered that (according to him) you have been processing his application for his dear fiance' in a less than timely manner. Can you please look into this matter and let my office kow when it will be approved.") System usaully says - "pull and work file immediately" 'Nuff said. Ah, Senator Numbnuts... isn't he the senior Senator from Massachusetts? Oh wait that is Kennedy... sorry Why do some people have to inject partisan politics into any topic? It's just ridiculous.	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-21 23:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	1st post former NSC adjudicator now petitioner	I just said it was frustrating. I never said I didn't understand it. Hopefully one more day and Noa2 is mine. Understanding how it works is awesome. Knowing that we are waiting 90 days for a fifteen minute (in some cases) approval is still very frustrating. At least those guys have job security. It's a numbers game. If a case is easy, that's only 4 approvals one could crank out per hour. A maximum of 28 a day. Think about how many petitions there are in boxes and they just keep coming in. At my job I get tons of one-off requests all day that only take a few minutes each but they add up and the work doesn't stop. You have to punch the clock at some point and some things just have to wait. Clearly USCIS needs more staff and it's good to hear that they are hiring more adjudicators!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-21 22:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	1st post former NSC adjudicator now petitioner	Would be interesting to know the divorce rate of Honey Bunnies.	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-21 22:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	1st post former NSC adjudicator now petitioner	Understanding how it works is awesome. Knowing that we are waiting 90 days for a fifteen minute (in some cases) approval is still very frustrating. At least those guys have job security. [quote name='HUSKERKIEV' post='738506' date='Feb 21 2007, 09:13 PM'][quote name='Augustajim' post='738486' date='Feb 21 2007, 08:57 PM']I bet I don't want to know this...but... How long does a "typical" non-RFE case require to adjudicate I mean its really a numbers game. You have a finite number of adjudicators and X number of backlooged files, with more new files added to the system everyday. The finite number of adjudicators can only process so many cases per day, thus its like a drain that back up but the water is never shut off. Eventually it will overflow. The good news is that I see that the BCIS is in a hiring mode for adjudicators and immigration officers! Thats where the delays come in IMO.[/quote]	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-21 22:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	1st post former NSC adjudicator now petitioner	I knew this 90 wait was really important!!!! lol I bet I don't want to know this...but... How long does a "typical" non-RFE case require to adjudicate? What types of things are "red flags" in someone's file? Why types of things would someone be put on "additional review" for during the petition review process? Does country of birth and residence for the beneficiary (and country of birth for the petitioner) play into this? Well lets see how much I remember... Maybe it might be easier if I just described what I would do to approve a petition - my process. First, I would select a case file/folder. All petitions/files are kept in folders that a have a scanable bar code identifier. This folder has everything that a person submits on the left side of the folder and all the agency generated documents on the right side. They should be in date order, Petition and then most recent from top to bottom. The left side has the pictures on top. You begin by looking at the petition for correctness by checking the information via several databases depending upon what type of petition you are adjudicating. Also if the form was complete and everything was in order. Descrepancies in peoples names from what the database had vs. what the petition said, birth dates, things like that all had to be resolved and could generate a RFE if the adjudicator couldn't figure it out with the tools he had. There were some standard criminal and background type databases that were required for all petitions. A "hit" in any of these databases would flag the petition and it would be sent to a special group who worked to resolve why the "hit" occurred. Sometimes it could be something simple as a similar name of a bad guy, but every hit had to be resolved. I remember that certain surnames would invariably cause a hit, but they could be resolved rather quickly by comparing the applicants background information with those of the "hit" name. There were various ways to do this of course, and it took time. Thats why some applications take longer to process because there are stumbling blocks along the way that must be worked through before approval. Consequently, all the other petitions that the officer was working get set to the side. or, the adjudicator/officer might set the difficult one to the side and work on less complicated ones. Remember it was a production environment where you had to be accurate but fast. Getting a petition kicked back for mistakes to be re-worked hurt your overall stats, so, you tried to be a thorough as you could, but also as quick as you could. After clearing a applicant through the various mandatory database searches, then you could begin to review the various information on the petition. Sometimes there would be stupid mistakes like forgetting to sign it, or using a copy when an original signature was required etc... Kinda careless mistakes or from not really understanding the instructions type of thing. Anyway, these would generate an RFE, and the file's staus would be update in the computer as awaiting repsonse to RFE or something like that, I don't recall the exact terminology. Anyway, instead of sending the newly RFE'd file back to the large file storage area, it would be kept at the officers desk in a holding cue. Then when an RFE reply would come in, I wpuld pull it (the file) off the shelf and rework it. I tried to clear all my answered RFE's out first thing every morning because it was "old" work as compared to the dates I was working at the time. If the RFE had the required information, it would continue to be processed and/or approved and sent on its way. If the RFE did not address the item, then another RFE would be generated and back on the shelf it would go. A word about RFE's. It was my experience that no two officers would always see eye to eye on if an RFE was required. Some officers could or would spend some more time digging around the file or a database to find the information (if they thought it could be found) and others would just as soon rip off an RFE. So it varied. Then there were some times that an RFE was required because of the situation. Again, it depends a lot on who was looking at your case and what the question was / what information was needed. No hard and fast rule. Also, each adjudicator/officer had a master list of RFE "phrases that they could pull off thier computer and plug into a standard RFE form depending upon the situation. Each of these "phrases" could be further "wordsmithed" to suit a particular situation. Again depends on the officer. Thats why you may see some RFE's that are similar but not exact. We would borrow each others RFE phrases to add to our list as we came across one that fit a particular situation. It would be like "Hey, cube mate. I've got this situation, do you have anything in your RFE library that might fit?" answer "Sure, try this one. I'll email it to you". And thats how that worked. You asked about country of birth etc.. Yes and no. There were "watch lists" of certain countries that meant that certain procedures had to be followed when processing petitions from these countries, but it was just a couple more things to check/verify along the approval process. It didn't slow things down dramatically. So, I wouldn't worry about that being a big factor. Additional review. Mainly if you came up as a "hit" for a surname of a bad guy (or gal) that would have to be resolved. Marriage Fraud. Overstaying your visit. Lying. Criminal activity/organized crime, police reports, things that would be outside of a "normal" person's life you might say. So back to the approval process. So if no RFE was needed then i would "approve' the petition, affix my stamp with my identifier # , sign and date it. I would then scan the file, update the status and send it on its wayto the next stop wherever that was. Actually, all the approved petitions/files were placed in a separate box and those were collected as you went along and taken for final disposition/processing. Then you start all over again with the next case... Before I answer your question, I need to say this because I haven't said it already and I wouldn't want to mislead people. I worked other petitions besides the I-129's or (hunny-bunnies as they were affectionately referred to). But the process is the same, same databases, same checks etc... Everything in the system works the same as far as the processes and the flow of work. If you walked through the NSC it's a maze of cubes and everyone has the same type stuff in thier cubes, the same file folders etc.... It's just whats inside the folders that's different. But everything is scanned and routed around the various Service Centers the same. So, Nebraska does itthe same way Vermont does or California or wherever. I can't speak to the District Offices or the Consulates. They may have thier own way of doing things, but as an organization/agency there were standard operating procedures for handling and processing cases. We all use basically the same "system" and "tools". That having been said... I could crank out an "approval" in about 15 minutes depending upon the complexity of the petition. I recall that we'd love to see those large family petitions with the little kids. Why? Because once you clear the mom and dad, the kids went really fast and you could get several "credits" very quickly that way instead of having to do the equal number of "individual" petitions for the same amount of "credits". But you have to be fast and thorough, because its your job to be fast and thorough you might say...	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-21 22:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	1st post former NSC adjudicator now petitioner	I bet I don't want to know this...but... How long does a "typical" non-RFE case require to adjudicate? What types of things are "red flags" in someone's file? Why types of things would someone be put on "additional review" for during the petition review process? Does country of birth and residence for the beneficiary (and country of birth for the petitioner) play into this? Well lets see how much I remember... Maybe it might be easier if I just described what I would do to approve a petition - my process. First, I would select a case file/folder. All petitions/files are kept in folders that a have a scanable bar code identifier. This folder has everything that a person submits on the left side of the folder and all the agency generated documents on the right side. They should be in date order, Petition and then most recent from top to bottom. The left side has the pictures on top. You begin by looking at the petition for correctness by checking the information via several databases depending upon what type of petition you are adjudicating. Also if the form was complete and everything was in order. Descrepancies in peoples names from what the database had vs. what the petition said, birth dates, things like that all had to be resolved and could generate a RFE if the adjudicator couldn't figure it out with the tools he had. There were some standard criminal and background type databases that were required for all petitions. A "hit" in any of these databases would flag the petition and it would be sent to a special group who worked to resolve why the "hit" occurred. Sometimes it could be something simple as a similar name of a bad guy, but every hit had to be resolved. I remember that certain surnames would invariably cause a hit, but they could be resolved rather quickly by comparing the applicants background information with those of the "hit" name. There were various ways to do this of course, and it took time. Thats why some applications take longer to process because there are stumbling blocks along the way that must be worked through before approval. Consequently, all the other petitions that the officer was working get set to the side. or, the adjudicator/officer might set the difficult one to the side and work on less complicated ones. Remember it was a production environment where you had to be accurate but fast. Getting a petition kicked back for mistakes to be re-worked hurt your overall stats, so, you tried to be a thorough as you could, but also as quick as you could. After clearing a applicant through the various mandatory database searches, then you could begin to review the various information on the petition. Sometimes there would be stupid mistakes like forgetting to sign it, or using a copy when an original signature was required etc... Kinda careless mistakes or from not really understanding the instructions type of thing. Anyway, these would generate an RFE, and the file's staus would be update in the computer as awaiting repsonse to RFE or something like that, I don't recall the exact terminology. Anyway, instead of sending the newly RFE'd file back to the large file storage area, it would be kept at the officers desk in a holding cue. Then when an RFE reply would come in, I wpuld pull it (the file) off the shelf and rework it. I tried to clear all my answered RFE's out first thing every morning because it was "old" work as compared to the dates I was working at the time. If the RFE had the required information, it would continue to be processed and/or approved and sent on its way. If the RFE did not address the item, then another RFE would be generated and back on the shelf it would go. A word about RFE's. It was my experience that no two officers would always see eye to eye on if an RFE was required. Some officers could or would spend some more time digging around the file or a database to find the information (if they thought it could be found) and others would just as soon rip off an RFE. So it varied. Then there were some times that an RFE was required because of the situation. Again, it depends a lot on who was looking at your case and what the question was / what information was needed. No hard and fast rule. Also, each adjudicator/officer had a master list of RFE "phrases that they could pull off thier computer and plug into a standard RFE form depending upon the situation. Each of these "phrases" could be further "wordsmithed" to suit a particular situation. Again depends on the officer. Thats why you may see some RFE's that are similar but not exact. We would borrow each others RFE phrases to add to our list as we came across one that fit a particular situation. It would be like "Hey, cube mate. I've got this situation, do you have anything in your RFE library that might fit?" answer "Sure, try this one. I'll email it to you". And thats how that worked. You asked about country of birth etc.. Yes and no. There were "watch lists" of certain countries that meant that certain procedures had to be followed when processing petitions from these countries, but it was just a couple more things to check/verify along the approval process. It didn't slow things down dramatically. So, I wouldn't worry about that being a big factor. Additional review. Mainly if you came up as a "hit" for a surname of a bad guy (or gal) that would have to be resolved. Marriage Fraud. Overstaying your visit. Lying. Criminal activity/organized crime, police reports, things that would be outside of a "normal" person's life you might say. So back to the approval process. So if no RFE was needed then i would "approve' the petition, affix my stamp with my identifier # , sign and date it. I would then scan the file, update the status and send it on its wayto the next stop wherever that was. Actually, all the approved petitions/files were placed in a separate box and those were collected as you went along and taken for final disposition/processing. Then you start all over again with the next case...	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-21 21:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	1st post former NSC adjudicator now petitioner	Welcome Aboard. I hope you don't get run off by all of the questions your going to get swamped with. Jim	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-21 21:28:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	WE PASSED THE VISA INTERVIEW ! ! !	Congrats!!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-16 00:32:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Originals to be sent to fiance(e)?	Visa Journey Guides states that in order to prepare your fiance(e) for the visa interview, you are supposed to: "Send all originals of the documentary proof that you submitted for the I-129F to your fiance(e) for their interview at the embassy. " please note the word Guide. occasionally some common sense must be used in conjunction with literal interpretation. Since the passport is not part of the I-129 i would say nothing is required for it. Just my opinion	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-16 22:59:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	We're Here!!!	Congrats!!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-16 00:43:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Interview on Feb 22, 2007!	Good Luck	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-16 22:49:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Interview Yesterday	congrats	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-21 02:43:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	VISA APPROVED....The waiting is over...	Congrats!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-22 20:39:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Couples Who Met Online	Thats good to hear. I've heard from other VJ members who have finished their journey that Immigration does not frown on couples who meet online. However, they are more concerned when couples were introduced by foreign relatives living in America. It seems that it is normal these days for couples to meet online.	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-20 22:40:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Couples Who Met Online	very curious post, 2 quotes and nothing said??????? I know a large percentage of couples have met online, but I have not seen anyone mention that they were asked about this during their interview. If you met your spouse or fiance online, were you asked about this during the interview? If so, what questions did they ask? Thanks! I know a large percentage of couples have met online, but I have not seen anyone mention that they were asked about this during their interview. If you met your spouse or fiance online, were you asked about this during the interview? If so, what questions did they ask? Thanks!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-20 22:24:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Couples Who Met Online	me too! It is an outstanding question. Are they harder on those of us that met on a world wide dating site? Good question. Look forward to seeing those answers.	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-20 22:19:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Fiancee's child birth certificate	I do not know how it works where she is, but I was able to request a copy of my son's birth certificate because I am the parent. I would not have needed to where he was. Good Luck on this one. My fiancee has a son of which she has not seen in over 8 years and does not know his whereabouts and thus can't locate his birth certificate (LONG STORY). When she goes on her interview, is she required to bring her child's birth certificate or only if the child is to accompany her to the United States?	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-17 00:42:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Interview what to wear?	Does it really matter? I would look nice because I always try too. but.... If all of the documentation is right I would not think appearance was all that critical.	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-27 01:01:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	HEY EVERYBODY- MARIE WAS APPROVED- YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!	Congrats!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-22 20:38:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Called the HCM Consulate again and Packet3 was mailed	Congrats	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-03-11 13:14:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Packet 3 Sent	Well its bittersweet news. The Embassy sent packet 3 on May 16, she never received it since the embassy never updated her new address. OMG what can happen next. Wonder how many more weeks will be lost trying to sort out this mess?	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-06-05 22:41:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	HCM Pkt 3; what is rqd to send in to receive Pkt 4?	your timelime indicates you have received pkt 3. You cite 3 different posts? What did you get in pkt 3? Jim	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2008-07-13 08:01:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	HCM Pkt 3; what is rqd to send in to receive Pkt 4?	Any help on what documents my wife will need to send in to recieve pkt 4 would be greatly appreciated. Also; if anyone knows what she is required to bring to the interview would help us as well. Thank You, Jim and Nhi	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2008-07-12 08:33:00
Canada	Montreal interview Feb. 7	Congrats!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-09 13:20:00
Canada	Interview date for MTL Embassy	Calm down, So you can more excited! Congrats!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-05 14:14:00
Canada	AOS Tuesday	Congrats!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-12 09:48:00
Canada	Valentine's Day Interview	Congrats!!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-16 00:42:00
Canada	We're home!	Congrats!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-19 17:03:00
Canada	New Kitten!!!	Maybe I could borrow the dog to eat the trash can cats. No thanks, 2 is our limit, plus we have a dog!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-25 09:50:00
Canada	New Kitten!!!	I have about ten cats that raid my trash cans everynight, you can have them too!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-25 09:18:00
Canada	APPROVED - THANK YOU EVERYONE!	Congrats	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-28 21:18:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	The wait is finally over! I have my permanent green card!	Congrats!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-19 16:47:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	The wait is finally over! I have my permanent green card!	Congrats!!!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-16 22:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA2 wooo hooooo	I saw a 12-5 NOA2 yesterday. Congratulations! It's December filers turn then! Wooooooooohooooooooooooo!	Augustajim	Male	Vietnam	2007-02-23 09:20:00