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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWriting Congressmen and Senators - Why?

I've seen these guys in action and they really don't care about your personal waiting problems with the stacks of other problems on their desk. They spend more time in meetings than actually doing work and the congressional support staff doesn't care either. I agree with the post that it is pure and simple coincidence that the case goes forward after the contact.


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-06-24 18:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWriting Congressmen and Senators - Why?

I see so many people writing Senators and Congressmen and I don't understand why? Is it for satisfaction? Hope? Some of them write letters after just four months into the process. I used to work in a congressional office and those letters and faxes just stack up in a corner and collected into a big box (depending on the district). Then some of the staffers read them (if they have time) where the two or three get forwarded to a secretary and the rest go into the round file. Has anyone truly benefit from a letter? If so .... how do they know? The office would contact them if they did.


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-06-18 19:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsI called NVC !! and got a bad news

That timeline sounds Ok ... shouldn't worry about it.


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-06-18 20:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsCRIED- SO SAD

Don't worry, it's nothing to cry over wink.png They just need more evidence/information from you. Wait for the hard copy letter to come in the mail and it will tell you exactly what it is you/your fiance needs to provide. At the very least it's a sign that someone is looking at your case file. smile.png

 

 

crying? ... really? 

 

Just send back what they are requesting.


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-10-31 10:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsinterview questions! (embassy in tunis)

I thought it was funny that my wife (fiancee at the time) was never asked any questions. Once the interviewer found out we met with a call center call she just talked about the people they used to call in the United States (she had also been an agent at one time) and after 15 minutes she walked through approved ---- no questions asked. dancin5hr.gif


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-07 20:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsVisa Approved!!!!! i think LOL

Very rare to see in the philippines a female foreigner (american) applying for a k1 visa for her filipino fiancé...congratulations! And best wishes!

 

 

Very true !


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-18 08:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsvisa interview (approved)

Wow! Your interview was with God? ... Most people need to go to the US Embassy. rofl.gif 

 

Congrats!


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-21 15:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsds 160 signature

From instructions --

 "Failure to sign may result in termination of the application"


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-28 22:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJobless benificiary

Most of the beneficiaries are jobless --- why? --- because we are supporting them. dancin5hr.gif     Plus, it's much easier to visit them so they don't have to take time off from work.


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-12-01 12:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsPlz can anyone tell me what's that mean ?!!!!!!

That was a funny post ... expecting the worse and instead was good news ----


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-29 16:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsImmigration lawyers

I saw this here before but with a different country. Possession is not an automatic denial however trafficing or selling is. I am getting this second hand from a very long post I read about it about 9 months ago. It doesn't have anything to do with our own laws.  I also saw that it's really on the descrecion of the interviewing officer.


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-12-05 21:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWe screwed up and got denied the visa

No woman usually forgets when her fiance actually proposed to her

 

 

I have never read a truer statement in Visa Journey than this one !!


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-12-05 21:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWe screwed up and got denied the visa

Sorry but if I was an immigration officer and I saw all this confusion ... I would red stamp it too.

 

Always helps to just tell the truth -- then you don't have to "rehearse a story together"


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-12-05 11:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsIS THE USCIS CASE STATUS PAGE DOWN?

 

If you find the waste of taxpayer dollars and fees collected by the DHS that are used to run the USCIS website to be well-spent, then that is your right. However, I disagree with you completely and whether you like it or not there are many people who have good reason to question the waste and abuse of the system. I will exercise my right to speak up when I see something that is not right. The case status section of the USCIS website has NEVER worked properly and despite the large sums of money and man-hours spent it remains unfixed. If you disagree with me that's fine, but do everyone a favor and disagree without launching a personal attack. 

 

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SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2014-02-23 16:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsIS THE USCIS CASE STATUS PAGE DOWN?

Does it really matter on a weekend?

 

Most if us IT guys take down a site on the weekends to work on it


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2014-02-23 16:47:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAssemble the I-130 Packet Video

This is a video presentation on assembling the I-130 packet (can also be used for the I-129 criteria too)

Assemble the I-130 Packet Yourself


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-10-30 15:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCR1 VISA denied

I don't want to be a party pooper but I read the same topic before and drug convictions are nearly always denied for everything. I don't think there is a chance here.


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-10-30 15:59:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCan you apply for a Spouse Visa while inside the Philippines?

In fact ... your process will go MUCH faster than the rest of us waiting in the states.


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-04 09:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresmy I-130 has been lost

I am following your post ... did anything ever happen with your paperwork/case?


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-04 15:46:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWe didn't get any request for RFE on my I-130 petition. Does this mean are documents are complete?

You won't know if your documents were complete and correct until you are either issued an RFE or you get your approval.

 

 

This post says it all ---

 

Right now you don't even know if they have even looked at it yet.


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-09 10:51:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresi-130 alone or with document

This is just like a technical support section in other web sites  - No matter how many FAQ's are posted or procedures that are already outlined there is that one person who has to log on and ignore everything that is already outlined for them and ASK that question that has clearly already been answered a million times over. I believe they call that ####### retentive 

 

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SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-09 09:06:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresGet divorced and then (re-)engaged

No offense meant but this is perhaps the most ridiculous idea I've ever read on here. And there's been several.

 

I have read some wacko ideas ... but this one takes the cake!

 

For a May filing?

 

Sorry -- but that isn't the right way to go at all!
 


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-09 18:52:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAm I married or still single in the US (weird question)

Isn't is amazing that The United States has no centralized marriage records? ... once and a while you will see shows where there is some guy married to four different women in different states!! All handled by the local county offices.


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-04 15:42:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresRFE :(

Affidavits are only secondary evidence, if that's all you sent then it is most likely for primary evidence like boarding passes, passport stamps, things that actually prove you have been together in the same place at the same time. There is no way to know for sure until you get the RFE, and no way anyone here can tell you.

 

Yes - good answer
 


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-09 19:12:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresProblems with I-130

Seems to me if it is showing in the case staus window of the website the process is going forward. Why would you care if you get the paper I-797C Notice of Action? You have a case number and that is all that matters -- the hard copy is useless anyways.


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-12-02 19:16:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresA word of advice make sure spouse attends interview

Hiw about philippines?

 

Doesn't make a hill of difference --- you are either trying to scam the system or you are not. If the beneficiary is organized she will be out of there in 20 minutes .

 

They talked more abiout their experiences working in call centers more than the interview. It's nice that people think that it has something to do with it ... like what you wear to the embassy. It really doesn't.


Edited by SoCalMark, 16 December 2013 - 02:26 PM.

SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-12-16 14:25:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresThe Stupid RFE Thread

My stupid RFE was:

 

They could not read the travel stamps on my passport from the scan I sent them. The next one was 11" X 14" and was approved after 6 days delay.  dancin5hr.gif


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-04 15:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresUsing K-1 Visa again for the second time, please I need some infos

We have done almost the same thing - she was here on K1 and then left because her papa became very ill. I went back to the Philippines ... we got married and we just refilled as I-130. Everything is legitimate and we hope to get reapproved soon.


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-07-01 11:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 does she have to leave?

You are the third guy I have seen that married then divorced a Romanian and then went to Filipina ... how strange.


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-04 09:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMy Fiance Overstayed UK W/Student Visa Exp/K-1 Approved Embassy Aware of Expiration

Isn't it amazing that we have to have strict visa laws for Great Britain but not Israel ?? Talk about "back pocket" !!


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-09 18:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHow long do you have to know your fiancee?

Well ... you should know her enough that when she gets here to the US that she isn't going to get her GC and leave your ### in the doorway. So many of those short-term relationships end up that way. The guy always says the same thing too "I never dreamed she would do that to me, we seemed so much in love."


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-25 09:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPossible issue at Port of Entry?

#1 Why would POE even care

#2 You don't show them a boarding pass or itinerary anyways 


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-08 11:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHELP HELP - I Forgot To Include $340 Payment for I-129F Form

Same thing happened to another guy here - they will just send you back all your paperwork and you start over again. 

 

It's like going to a sporting event and you forgot your tickets --- rofl.gif


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-25 09:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresEmergency Situation

 

You know there are hairdressers in the US right? Fly first, do hair later.

 

Zedayn: I just looked at your profile pic when you wrote that .... who is your hairdresser? They do such a fantastic job! kicking.gif


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-21 20:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresEmergency Situation

If the visa expires on the 23rd, it will no longer be valid after that date.  If your flight is for the 24th, she will not be able to enter the US (expired visa).  I suggest you change your flight.

 

Congratulations! Your post was chosen as the best correct answer... dancin5hr.gif


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-21 20:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDivorce Waiting Period?

This is how mine worked well for me -- California judge will stamp your paperwork with six months in advance with a final date, when I was roughly three months close to that date I filed the I129 -- your paperwork takes at least that long anyhow but the STAMPED FINAL DECREE was sent. It was approved without a problem. In other words - "they crossed in the mail".


No, you have to wait the full waiting period after the decree.  There have been denials for this.  You must be 100% free to marry at the time the petition is sent.

 

Sorry ... you are not entirely right.


Edited by SoCalMark, 29 November 2013 - 05:04 PM.

SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-29 17:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK-1 denied for marriage in Philippines

 

Please don't give incorrect, ill-informed advice.  The posts prior to yours already cover how the U.S. views the situation, which is what matters in this case.

 

 

Great point ... I hate to see people guessing based on no solid basis or fact. It really destroys other people's chances.


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-04 11:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK-1 denied for marriage in Philippines

If you were the one (US citizen) that filed for the divorce, it would be recognized in the Philippines. However, if the non-citizen (filipina) was the one that filed the divorce, it will not be recognized and you would need to be annulled in the Philippines.

 

Sorry but this statement not true. I have a friend who married in the PI - divorced in the U.S. and all he had to do was show the divorce decree from United States when he filed with a new I-129F three years later.


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-11-04 09:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDates didnt fit during printing a digit fell off, is this a problem?

I don't know how anyone here would know this -- best you call USCIS for that answer just to make sure you are good.


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2014-01-13 09:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresBuy air ticket before the interview?

My appointment took so long than we expected. I already paid all the visa fees for me and my son (k2). And the availability of the appointment is on April 21, 2014. I don't know if we can still have an earlier appointment since we are planning to spend our son's birthday on Jan. 14, 2014 at Disneyland that we promised to. sad.png

 

unfortunately you are stuck with this plan - you are not the first to do this. I have seen many non-refundable flights get cancelled. Don't forget ... It takes 4 more weeks to get the K2 Visa (yours is delivered in a matter of days). 


SoCalMarkMalePhilippines2013-12-17 20:11:00