Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	June 2013 FILIERS	We haven't received the NOAT from the transfer on 08/09/2013. What should we do? We do not know where the case has been transferred to or what is going on with the file. What do you guys recommend we do.	iawait	Female	India	2013-09-09 15:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	June 2013 FILIERS	not me either	iawait	Female	India	2013-09-09 12:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	June 2013 FILIERS	Ok Guys, I have said this before and I will say it again. The case processing according to the record that has been made available by members is like this: 1. Approved Expedites 2. August 6th Transfers 3. August 8th Transfers 4. August 9th Transfers Now if you want to see where you stand on your adjudication for NOA2, check your dates. You can update your transfer dates in this thread for June Filers or you can post it to your comments in timeline for everyone to follow. Don't be selfish cause this is for YOU also to check so please update. Do not change your processing center if you were transferred.   Furthermore, like I have tried to explain before, if background checks are needed by DHS from other agencies, it will be a longer wait for the adjudication. Also, agents pick up files in bulks. Some are faster than others. The faster ones work on more case load and the decisions are quicker than the slower ones and also the newer ones. So, be patient and let the adjudicators, the decision makers, do their work and keep your fingers crossed. I think the Comprehensive immigration reform is coming. The speed at which the processes are moving shows that either new people have been hired to do the work or they have been advised to move fast to hand the case and work load after the CIR passes. So, good luck to all   And, once again, be patient and update your timeline.	iawait	Female	India	2013-09-03 12:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	June 2013 FILIERS	Does anyone know if Guatemala would be considered a "high fraud" country?  Was there something special about the way they processed those transferred to TSC on Aug 6th? (extra scrutiny)  Our case was transferred to TSC on Aug 9th... just wondering (and waiting).   Guatemala is not considered a high risk country. But, they do a background check for gang affiliations. So, it is a 50/50.	iawait	Female	India	2013-08-27 12:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	June 2013 FILIERS	What would cause someone to be flagged?   Criminal offenses for the petitioner, deportation for the beneficiary, high fraud country beneficiary, previous petitions by both, etc.	iawait	Female	India	2013-08-27 12:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	June 2013 FILIERS	The August 6th transfers TSC who are flagged in an initial scan will go through a detailed background check with different agencies like DHS, DOS, FBI etc. Also, beneficiaries from a 'high fraud country' have a background check also. These petitions will take the full 5 months of processing even if they get transferred. So, with me fallling in alll these categories, I have to wait. But, I wish you all - All the Best!	iawait	Female	India	2013-08-27 11:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	June 2013 FILIERS	This is my guess after going through list that received NOA2 after VSC to TSC transfers. All the ones responding with "received NOA2" are 6th August transfers. Check it out in the timeline for the ones approved.	iawait	Female	India	2013-08-27 10:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	June 2013 FILIERS	Looks like August 6th transfers are being processed right now. Then it will be August 8th and finally August 9th batch. Good luck all!	iawait	Female	India	2013-08-27 08:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	June 2013 FILIERS	New Week, renewed hopes. Let's all pray for a lot of approvals for our petitions this week. Amen.	iawait	Female	India	2013-08-26 08:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	June 2013 FILIERS	I see a lot of transferred files from May filers are moving now. My NOA1 is June 5th. Maybe I will hear something in a week or two (keeping my fingers crossed). Good luck to us all.	iawait	Female	India	2013-08-24 11:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	June 2013 FILIERS	My case got transferred also. Hopefully, I will hear something soon about the decision. Good luck to all.	iawait	Female	India	2013-08-16 05:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA1 to NOA2 = 29 Days! We Are Blessed!	Congratulations!!!	iawait	Female	India	2014-02-25 11:21:00
Middle East and North Africa	easy couscous recipe?	Ingredients 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter 3/4 cup chopped shallots 3 cups Homemade Chicken Stock, recipe follows, or canned broth 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1 1/2 cups couscous 1/2 cup pignoli nuts, toasted 1/4 cup currants Directions Melt the butter in a large saute pan, add the shallots and cook for 3 minutes over medium heat. Add the chicken stock, salt and pepper, raise the heat to high and bring the stock to a boil. Off the heat and add the couscous. Cover the pan and let it sit for 10 minutes. Add the pignoli nuts and currants to the couscous, stir and serve. Homemade Chicken Stock: 3 (5-pound) chickens 3 large onions, unpeeled and quartered 6 carrots, unpeeled and halved 4 celery stalks with leaves, cut in thirds 4 parsnips, unpeeled and cut in 1/2, optional 20 sprigs fresh flat-leaf parsley 15 sprigs fresh thyme 20 sprigs fresh dill 1 head garlic, unpeeled and cut in 1/2 crosswise 2 tablespoons kosher salt 2 teaspoons whole black peppercorns Place the chickens, onions, carrots, celery, parsnips, parsley, thyme, dill, garlic, salt, and peppercorns in a 16 to 20-quart stockpot with 7 quarts of water and bring to a boil. Skim the surface as needed. Simmer uncovered for 4 hours. Strain the entire contents of the pot through a colander, discarding the chicken and vegetables, and chill. Discard the hardened fat, and then pack the broth in quart containers. Yield: 6 quarts Recipe from foodnetwork	iawait	Female	India	2013-12-21 11:49:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Where to file?!	Your I130 has to be filed by the petitioner who is your wife in the USA. Good luck!	iawait	Female	India	2014-06-29 13:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 affidavit of support	No, this has to be from the petitioner. The petitioner can use a co-sponsor. You, as a non native US person cannot sponsor yourself based on a job. You can though show funds and sponsor yourself. I don't know how much the funds have to be. But, maybe someone else will come along with a more experienced outlook towards your situation. So, good luck!	iawait	Female	India	2014-01-11 14:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Can I send DVD Videos to the embassy as proof of relationship?	You have to show proof of ongoing relationship. You can take frames out of the CDs and DVDs that show family gatherings of her with your family and vice versa and pictures of both of you with friends and family. Date the pictures as they were taken. Submit these with proof of chat logs, emails, phone conversations and hotel receipts and plane tickets. This would do the trick.	iawait	Female	India	2014-03-02 05:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Where to file 129 f if living abroad	How long have you lived in turkey? The fiance visa is for someone who cannot get married in a foreign country due to circumstances. If you have lived in Turkey for more than 6 months continuously, you are eligible to get married and file a DCF on I-130. Please check online with your embassy to make sure that DCF is available (Consulate in Ankara will process U.S. Citizen petitions for spouses and children in Turkey and Iran). Once the petition is granted and visa issued, you will have to establish domicile in the US and have him follow. You can use your parents as co-sponsors for Affidavit of Support. Also, if you were to get married and file for I-130 in the US, it is down to a 6-8 months of wait and takes a little longer than the fiance visa. Good luck on whatever you decide to do.	iawait	Female	India	2014-05-05 23:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Starting process to bring my boyfriend to the US	Did he declare the child with you in his last application? If not, he could be hit with misrepresentation and that is a lifetime ban. So, you need to find out what was filed and what was disclosed before you start this process. Wish you all the best!	iawait	Female	India	2014-09-04 07:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Fiance did not realise he may have overstayed a visa until after the interview...what to do??	Wow, thanks for the quick answers....and although anything could happen it does make me feel better to see some positive responses.    We don't know what was on the I-94 because it is missing from his passport...it could have been anything. He was honestly flabbergasted to hear that such a thing ever existed...just not paying attention.    But he stayed from June 2004 until April 2005 thinking it expired when the B1/B2 validity date expired, which was in June 2005.    I suppose I should ask if anyone knows what the process might be from here...if we just wait to see what happens first or if we should prepare for a long and drawn out process of rectification.    Thanks again!   There is definitely no ban for overstay. But the CO could hit your fiance with a misrepresentation ban which is a lifetime ban. It can be waived with an I601 waiver. But, it is almost a 1 year process. But, it is entirely up to the CO's discretion. Wish you the best of luck and hopefully the CO rules in your favor. Regarding the I-94, it is a piece of paper that you receive at the airport which shows how long your entry is good for. When you depart the US, the airline takes it out of the passport and send it to the CBP sorting facility where it may or may not be entered into the system. Now the CO might just want to see the kind of Visa your fiance received 10 years ago. They might just want to pull up the last visa application that your fiance submitted at that time just to make sure that he hasn't lied in that regarding kids and marital status etc. Ths information might only be available by inputting the last Visa Number into the computer. So, don't stress too much and have faith. Edited by iawait, 10 September 2014 - 06:40 AM.	iawait	Female	India	2014-09-10 06:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Wrong K1 expiration written at POE! Will we have problems?	No problem for AOS, as there is no deadline to file as long as you marry within 90 days of entry with the K-1. You did that.       ~ Moved from K-1 Process to AOS from Family Based Visas - topic is AOS, not K-1 ~   Ditto - what KayDeeCee said. Enjoy!!!	iawait	Female	India	2014-09-24 11:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Need Advice, My Fiance Has Two Identities	I think you should involve an attorney familiar with a case like this and disclose everything to USCIS. She might want to petition her parents in the future or her sibling. A mistake and/or lie now will come back to bite her in the long run.	iawait	Female	India	2014-09-25 09:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Question about i-134 form (K1 visa)	No, you will need these only from the co-sponsor.	iawait	Female	India	2014-09-28 18:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Change of address a day after NOA2	you do not have to inform USCIS just have to inform the Embassy in the UK to keep you astray the package number three happened to me the same thing and that's what they said Thanks for your help, i'll give them a call	Nicola & Matt	Female	United Kingdom	2011-12-19 04:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Change of address a day after NOA2	Hello, I have just been informed by my fiance (US Citizen) that NOA2 has been received and approved. I am moving house this weekend and i need to inform the USCIS of my change of address in the UK. How do i do this? The AR-11 form seems to be for people that have already made the move to the USA but i am still in the UK Please help! Thanks	Nicola & Matt	Female	United Kingdom	2011-12-15 07:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-134	Thank you so much, this information has been so helpful! I am currently working through everything that i need to do. Once again thanks for your help Nicola	Nicola & Matt	Female	United Kingdom	2011-12-30 10:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-134	Thanks for the speedy responses. You have been a great help	Nicola & Matt	Female	United Kingdom	2011-12-30 08:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-134	Hello I am reading through the step by step K1 visa guide (i received my NOA2 mid December) and i have got to the section: - What to send to your fiance(e) once the I-129F is approved (Receive NOA2) One of the things on this list is an I-134 form. The USCIS website doesn't tell you where to file this form as it depends on where the non US citizen resides and which form has been filed. The form we have filed so far is the I-129F and I live in the UK Does my fiance need to complete this and collect all of the evidence and send it to me to take to the interview or does he need to file this himself in the states? Please help! Thanks Nicola	Nicola & Matt	Female	United Kingdom	2011-12-30 07:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	US Sized Passport Pictures in UK	Does anybody know of a good online site where i can get US Sized passport pictures for my interview in London? Thanks Nic	Nicola & Matt	Female	United Kingdom	2012-01-05 08:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Tax Transcripts	My Fiance has requested 3 years Tax transcripts/returns for me to take with me to my interview but the IRS have only sent him 2008,2009 & 2010. If my interview is in April will i need his tax return from 2011? He just tried to request this on the IRS website but they said 2011 isn't available. Sorry i'm not sure how the whole tax thing works in the states so please forgive my ignorance! Any help would be greatly appreciated Nicola	Nicola & Matt	Female	United Kingdom	2012-02-22 07:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 Expiry Date	Thank you so much for all your comments and advice. My mind is now at ease	Nicola & Matt	Female	United Kingdom	2012-08-15 02:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 Expiry Date	90 days after POE as long as youre I-94 will be valid. Thanks, Is this form similar to the ESTA where you have to apply beforehand or is this something that we are given on the plane to complete before we land? Thank you so much for your help	Nicola & Matt	Female	United Kingdom	2012-08-14 07:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 Expiry Date	On 26th March i was accepted at the embassy and was given a K1 visa which expires after 6 months. The expiry date will be 26th September 2012. My flight is booked for 18th September but i have just had a horrible thought that when they say that you have to get married and file for adjustment of status it has to be done before the 6 months are up. Is this the case or do you have a further 90 days from the point you enter the USA? If so do i have until the 18th December to get married and file for AOS? Any help greatly appreciated Nic Edited by Nicola & Matt, 14 August 2012 - 07:20 AM.	Nicola & Matt	Female	United Kingdom	2012-08-14 07:12:00