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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-129F disapproval notice
Usually it happens to people who file it while they are still married.
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-09-22 23:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhat should I do?
American business and government do not shutdown for any length of time during the holidays. A typical business will have about 7 paid days off during the year, most of them are bunched up into the last 3 months of the year, but either way, I'm sure the embassies are fully staffed almost the entire year as well, with only a day or maybe two off for major holidays (even christmas is usually just one day... thanksgiving is often two days).

As far as running out of time before your interview, that's pretty unlikely, and from what I've read it's likely to be extended if the interview can't be scheduled during that time because of the processing times... either way it'd take a HUGE delay to not have an interview date setup by then.
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-10-02 22:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI NEED HELP AND ADVICE PLEASE
Hopefully they got their divorce finalized and filed a K-1... coming back on VWP would be fraud and staying wasn't an option since her divorce wasn't finalized so she couldn't have married during the trip she was on when posting this.
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-10-10 14:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresplease people update your times lines
I don't think those really old noa1 entries are still spending time at this site, if they were, they'd remember to update their timelines. I figure the top 50 is mostly people who have moved on and never came back... with maybe 3 or 4 of them being people who are receiving extra torture due to name checks or something. The good news is igor's does remove those who are outside of the USCIS processing times so the list is not likly to grow much as more inactive poeple fail to update.
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-10-12 11:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWaiting for NOA2
Can you move your surgery back some? Even with an expedite which you might have to do each step of the way, you'd probably still have to move your surgery back some.

There rule with surgery though is there is no minor surgery!
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-10-16 20:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresim just curious about the photo with blue background
I'm also in the "Sent philippines style passport photo's" club, and when I first realized I had made a mistake, I looked around for posts about it and it seemed like people felt that USCIS was likely to let that slide for the NOA2 but propper pictures were likely to be required by the embassy/medical. Either way, you have to wait for an RFE before sending anything, so if you are worried about it, have her send new photo's with the correct background so that IF an RFE comes you can fix it as fast as possible.
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-10-16 20:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresplz i need help
QUOTE (babynursetobe @ Oct 19 2008, 02:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
There are bad people all over the world and just as many good ones. Why are u all making assumptions?? None of us really know what happened and yet some of you jump to conclusions that this guy must be Nigerian and he's scamming?? HMMMM.........WTH?? Sorry but it kind of pisses me off since my husband and his entire family is from Lagos Nigeria.

~M


There are definitely distinctive phrases that are used by people from different locations around the world, I don't need the philippines icon next to a forum posters name to know when I'm reading something written by someone from the philippines, certain grammer rules from tagalog and other langauges spoken there often show up in how they write english, I'm sure the same is true for nigerians though I personally haven't been exposed to enough nigrian-english to spot it. People are suspicious of the OP because things don't add up, I'm assuming nigeria was not picked out of a hat here but I could be wrong.

Edited by maliciant, 19 October 2008 - 03:15 PM.

maliciantMalePhilippines2008-10-19 15:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPls. help me
It probably depends on what he was convicted of, if it involved drugs, then definitely it could be a problem, it's not impossible to deal with but there are definitely some extra step. You'll almost certainly need to provide some kind of details about his conviction for anyone to give accurate advice. Either way, it will almost certainly make it more difficult, depending on the crime it might be impossible (but I think a week of jail time and probation indicates it was likely not murder or drug trafficking at least).
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-10-26 00:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNumber of X Wife's
Three and four X wives (or possibly husbands)? Where do you find the time!?!
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-10-24 10:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMedical in the Philippines
When a divorce is based on the grounds of one of the people not being mentally fit, then maybe... and for those on their 4th marriage... seems like maybe they need someone to take a closer look at why they are racking up so many spouses...

I'm not for USCIS or SLEC doing psych evaluations on everyone who goes through the doors, but when an official document says "declared psychologically incapacitated" it makes sense to possibly screen those people a little more. I assume that the wording is overly strong for the typical person getting an annulment but american has enough crazy people, we don't need to import any more, crazy people is our chief export of the future! Also, I've never been divorced, so it wouldn't bother me personally if they were to do that, other than if such a thing added more time to the process due to extra work done by USCIS (and it'd definitely add some extra cost to the process since the petitioner would surely have to pay for any medical costs of getting the evaluation).
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-10-30 02:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMedical in the Philippines
It makes sense they'd want to see it if it can be an indication that someone may need psychiatric evaluation, but they should definitely say up front you need to have it.
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-10-30 00:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAfter 3 years I finally get a response from VSC
QUOTE (msu17 @ Nov 1 2008, 06:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well hopefully this will help at the interview... If you can wait 3 years, you must be a real couple! blink.gif You had better be put on the top of their stack!


While any real relationship that can last despite the seperation is probably golden... a marriage that was setup just for the sake of getting a visa, assuming both sides realize that in advance, could probably wait indefinitely, someone in it purely for the visa doesn't have their life on hold while waiting for the person they love to finally be able to live in the same country, they can go on dating whoever, and living their life normally and one day there is their chance to move to america... in those cases all the delay really means is not getting married to someone else. This is not in any way intended towards the OP here, just my theory on how the long delays don't weed out fraud in any way, as some people may have thought... I do think it weeds out weaker relationships or impatient people on a regular basis though.

And yeah... after waiting 3 years when they ask for proof of a relationship you should just be allowed to say Look at my NOA1 and NOA2 dates, now shut your hole and give me the visa.... that's what you should be able to do anyway...

Edited by maliciant, 02 November 2008 - 01:55 AM.

maliciantMalePhilippines2008-11-02 01:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAfter 3 years I finally get a response from VSC
QUOTE (deniseg95 @ Oct 31 2008, 09:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Back in January 2005 I mailed my I-129F shortly thereafter I received my first NOA. This application was caught in security clearance. Well, today I received a request for more information. Being that had mailed an old application, I was sent a notice that I had to answer a few more questions that are on the new applications. I am in shock. Three years later and they have touched this application again. Wow!


That's insane... so um... after 3 years of waiting, are you still with your fiance(e)? Have you been waiting apart all this time? It's hard to imagine that after 3 years this would even be the right petition anymore (somewhere around the 2 year mark I'd think relocaiton from the US and marriage would have happened or something). I see you had a post about a year ago so I'm guessing this is still a petition you are pursuing, so good luck, hopefully it'll be smooth sailing from here, 3 years is an insane wait time sad.gif
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-10-31 22:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresStupid Question
She is not a prisoner in her country, she is simply not welcome in ours... she *CAN* go to some other countries. I wish it wasn't next to impossible to get a tourist visa from the philippines to the US, I'd almost certainly be with my fiancee right now if it was, unfortunately I just have to wait until the NOA2 shows up to schedule my next flight over.

Many countries can come to the US much like we can travel to the philippines, basically any country which is significantly poorer than us, represents too high a risk of illegal immigration (or people adjusting status from visitor visa to marriage).
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-11-02 01:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresanyone pregnant applying for k1?
QUOTE (yhen31 @ Nov 2 2008, 03:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
like what kind of documentation do i need to get for the baby if in case i give birth here in the philippines?by the way do u happen to know if i will have my medical exam at st lukes medical center am i going to inform the doctor that i am pregnant and then ofcourse it will show at the record that i am carrying a child so defenitely the embassy at manila will know that i am pregnant.


I'm not in your situation so I don't really know any of the answers for certain, you'll need the birth abroad stuff already mentioned by someone else to indicate that the baby is a USC, and a passport for the baby? There may be a provision that children under a certain age do not need a passport but I'm not sure, that's about all I know. I've also seen reports by people that were pregnant during their medical and they still passed the medical but were not required to get the vaccinations (they'd have to get them before AOS though is what I understood). I only know what I read here so all my information is mostly second hand, and I tend to focus on the things that directly affect me which means I know very little about divorces, annulments, children and babies, born or not, etc.
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-11-02 20:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresanyone pregnant applying for k1?
Bearcat: The baby would have dual citizenship and could travel to america freely with passport, a friend of mine was born on a US base in the philippines and has dual citizenship (I don't think he has filipino ancestry, though I could be wrong about that). Being pregnant and close to due or just having had a baby will most likely affect any plans for travel, if you just had the child, there is at least some risk of complications caused by flying, especially if there was surgery involved (c-section etc) but possibly even if not, if you haven't had the baby, then there is hte possibility that flying could cause you to go into labor, either way you may have to get medical clearance of some kind to board the plane. Also it might take some time to get the documentation for the new born baby before travelling, I don't think it'd take long but you'd need it done before travelling.
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-11-02 01:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWill a new gov't have an effect on K-1 processing speed?
QUOTE (guatetaliana @ Nov 7 2008, 11:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Our best strategy is getting awareness so more of the public understands that simply marrying a USC is not an instant ticket to citizenship.


Marriage isn't an instant ticket to citizenship... it's just faster than the alternatives, but most important, it's practically gaurenteed to be successful, that's the one thing all the other forms of immigration to the US lack, not that I encourage green card seekers to marry USC's but there is some reality to the fact that marriage based immigration is a relatively fast path and has a high rate of success, and no education/technical skills requirements.
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-11-07 14:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWill a new gov't have an effect on K-1 processing speed?
I don't think anyone cares that much about legal immigration, other than those of us involved in it, but on the off chance that obama happens to have some interest in it (it's very possible) nothing changes fast in government, odds are likely that everyone here currently will have been approved before any reform of the immigration process occurs, even if it was a priority (which I'm sure it is not). All I can say is don't make it too big of a habit of falling in love with non-USC's and you won't have to worry too much about immigration torture.
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-11-06 18:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMy story- just beginning...
Welcome to the "fun" part of the process.

Edited by maliciant, 12 November 2008 - 09:22 AM.

maliciantMalePhilippines2008-11-12 09:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMy story- just beginning...
For the k-1 visa you will need a few original documents from here, some American Style passport photo's (there is a pdf file around here saying exactly what that is), the G325 forms filled out with her original signature, and recommended by this site a letter of intent to marry with an original signature. That'll save you some postage when you get home and the time it takes to be shipped. The k-1 guides on this site will give you all the information you need, I just point out that one part because it's easier and faster to take care of those docs while you are there instead of having them sent to you after you go home.
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-11-05 23:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresBad News
I'd request the expedite, the worst case is they say no, but I think there is a good chance they'd say yes.
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-11-11 21:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresmy friends idea
I don't think people marrying on visitors visa's has much to do with the pain in the neck of the K-1 or K-3 visa route, but it definitely has an effect on which countries can participate in VWP.
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-11-07 22:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresis this a scam? Please help
We can't really decide for you, odds are pretty good you are being overly paranoid, some of the things that ran through my head before leaving the US seem so ridiculously crazy now, but at the same time nigeria is world famous for scams, and is potentially dangerous. Asking us to advise you here is like flipping a coin. We don't have enough information to go on, I don't know if english is your primary langauge but a lot of your original post is not very clear, possibly because you aren't sure exactly what he's suggesting either. We have no idea how long you've known your new man, if you've met him in person (seems like no) or anything else. I think given how little we have to go on to decide the fate of your love life, you might get better advice from the coin toss...
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-11-13 11:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhat was the fastest NOA1 to NOA2 for Vermont filers in 2008?
I believe there was one that took only 4 days, a september filer, no expedite, I don't remember if it was 4 days from the NOA1 or 4 days after sending it to the service center, either way I'm sure it's basically the fastest ever... I think the person was in canada, there was also a 21 day approval in about the same time, for a person in japan (VSC did quite a few very fast approvals during that timeframe).

Edited by maliciant, 27 November 2008 - 10:25 AM.

maliciantMalePhilippines2008-11-27 10:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresage diference?
Normally the age difference doesn't seem to matter much, but an example of where it would probably lead to denial is if your fiance turned up pregnant, and it's clear she was pregnant BEFORE turning 18. As I understand it the US is pretty big on prosecuting people for having sex with minors even when it happens outside of the country. The fine line between adult and minors is probably the only thing about this situation that would be any different from the hundreds of other huge age gap situations in the philippines.
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-12-04 10:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedurestotal cost of a visa
The K-1 also involves filing AOS after getting here, it's a seperate fee at a different time but it's still part of the cost because unless you're buying a slave AOS will need to be filed. A k-3 may not have to file the AOS (which is $1010). The K-3 is cheaper long run, but takes longer (I don't know the prices off hand). In either case there is a visa application fee, I don't know if it's the same fee across the board at all countries but it's 131 in the philippines, and I think it is a flat fee regardless of country.

Based on igor's list, people rarely seem to choose the k-3 option over the k-1 option, I believe mostly because it takes longer to process before a visa is issued.
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-12-05 18:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresInterview Rescheduling Help!
Is it that easy? Call the embassy and find out... and then let us know. It really should be that easy, the down side is rescheduling the interview, may put it months down the road or something, but I'm sure that if you ask about rescheduling they aren't going to suddenly decide to punish you or anything, if rescheduling the interview isn't really possible they'll tell you so. It seems like there is some limit on how far back they'll reschedule to too though, so there are limits, but like I said, call and ask, it's that simple.

Personally if I was in the situation I'd say screw christmas, reschedule the tickets to after the interview, and go that route, but you should be able to do what you are wanting instead.
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-12-05 12:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresInterview Rescheduling Help!
Call the embassy and reschedule, it seems like it's fairly easy to schedule interview dates for a later time, it's scheduling them sooner that is difficult.
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-12-05 11:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresso what, exactly, does an NOA2 mean?
The NOA2 is the least challenging step of the process as I understand it, so in that sense, getting it is not much of an accomplishment, success or failure here is very predictable, are you married... then you failed... I think generally most people know if they are married or not, I know in some cases the question of being eligible to marry are a little less obvious but generally yeah, the NOA2 has a low burden of proof.

But in terms of the overall process the NOA2 is generally the bulk of it... somewhere around 70% of the time is waiting on the NOA2, with generally no news, nothing you can do about it, all you can do is wait and to some degree put your life on hold... this is what the big deal is, once this step is over, you are practically done, and, those final steps even if the burden of proof is higher are a lot more in your control or at least, the steps are smaller and you have specific goals to accomplish to get done.

The NOA2 is a big deal, but only because of the time it takes to get the thing... seriously, if you just walked into an office somewhere, plopped down $500 and you walked out the door with the equivelant NOA2... it'd hardly be a cause for celebration...
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-12-09 17:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK-1 worries that turned out to be nothing
Actually... it seems like the biggest worry that is generally not an issue is age differences, limitted number of face to face visits, stuff like that, we see those threads on a daily basis, so much that maybe you overlooked them, they are basically what you are asking about. (Of course it's better if there isn't a large age gap and you've spent months on various occassions with your fiance(e) but most people can't do that and get approved anyway).
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-12-18 15:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresVisa delayed
I'm surprised they'd count an un-concieved child, I wonder if that's more a misunderstanding of some sort or an actual policy.

The bit about not mentioning an intention to work seems strange, it sounds like great advice for someone getting a visitors visa where there is no legal option to work, but for a k-1 visa... that's the start of a life together, and most people will work, I'd be more suspicious if someone planned to come to the US and expected not to work! I guess the real question is how it's asked though, the most immediate thing is of course to get married, but obviously someone will eventually get around to seeing at least some of america and wanting to be able to work sooner or later.
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-12-22 11:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 Interview and 221(g) in Mumbai
Uh, maybe someone should have reminded them you are a K-1 applicant, not a K-3, it's close to impossible to making wedding reservations on short notice in most places, second, no one can make solid plans until an actual visa is issued. The information they are requesting is not something that can reasonably be expected. I wouldn't be surprised if among the list of things on the USCIS website such as don't quit your job before getting a visa, is a note, don't book a wedding chapel... I don't know what your next step is, I'm guessing it's to just make that list happen, but it really seems like the right answer is to contact whoever is in charge at that embassy talk to them, this can't be a reasonable expectation of a k-1, it's like quitting a job before getting a visa...
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-12-11 13:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWe're less than a month from our interview...
QUOTE (Hi Im GOIY @ Jan 2 2009, 10:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Any opinions or input on this scenario will be very greatly appreciated yes.gif His interview is on the 29th of this month and I can't sleep for how anxious I am... What happens if he's denied? What is the procedure for starting over.....?


I know how you feel, I'm getting pretty anxious myself, I don't have the interview date yet but expect to get it assigned next week (I'm hoping maybe this sunday US time), I'm excited but anxious, it's torture, just like the rest of the k-1 process.

As far as what if he's denied... when flying home I knew I wanted to be there when my fiancee made her flight to the US... but pretty quickly afterwards, I started thinking about the risk of being denied... and that's when I decided I HAD to be there for the interview at the risk of not being able to fly home together, it's far too important to me that there isn't a problem, being there probably reduces the risks some and if there is a problem being there maybe I can deal with it right then and there. I'm assuming since your income doesn't meet the poverty line that won't be an option for you (I'm well above the line, live frugally and... this upcoming trip/immigration expenses are going to do horrible horrible things to my bank account). Unless the embassy thinks it's visa fraud they usually seem to allow you to provide more evidence, that'####### and miss, but if it's a result of not meeting the income for example they may deny until a co-sponsor can be found, this wouldn't require starting over but probably would have a limitted time frame to accomplish. Sometimes people are approved despite what their financial situation says. Finally is they actually do deny it outright, typically the advice given here is hire a lawyer in the philippines immediately with goal #1 to keep the petition at the embassy, if it goes back to USCIS it's pretty much over (or involves a 2 year delay).

For the most part though, try not to worry too much until you have a reason. You probably don't have time to beef up your income via a second job or anything, so hopefully your last two paystubs indicate a high enough income to be OK.
maliciantMalePhilippines2009-01-02 17:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 questions, concerns, and worries
Apply now, as the USC you will know what's going on the whole time (at least, you'll know before it's time to worry about the interview dates and stuff, for the most part you won't know what's going on, other than you still have to wait...). If you are able to communication with him then you should be fine to tell him what's going on. The interview can be rescheduled so if he's not able to make the interview date that is set, it can be moved.

Proving your income is not that hard usually, you can get tax transcripts from the IRS which are free, pay stubs, letter from your employer etc. There are poverty guidelines floating around the forums that state how much income you have to make to support X people... your income gives you enough to support something like 8 people probably... for the 3 you mention (you, your son and fiance(e)) you have no worries.

Sadly hiring a lawyer seems to rarely improve the chances of a problem free petition, most of the people here who did hire a lawyer have some horror stories, for k-1 processing all the lawyer really does is fill out the forms for you, the forms themselves are not that hard, you can easily do them following the guides on this site, it's all very overwhleming at first, but read through the guide a time or two to get familiar with it... it'll probably still be a big mystery and intimidating at that point, but once you start to fill in the paperwork you will find it's not so bad. A lawyer usually charges a pretty nifty chunk of change to fill in the forms for you after you... go through all the trouble of getting all the necessary documents together and ready for him (in other words you still get to do all the hard parts... he just fills out a pair of forms for you and charges you extra money, then frustrates you when he doesn't return calls or you start finding out that numerous mistakes were made in the original filings including simple address mistakes or a name miss-spelling etc...).
maliciantMalePhilippines2008-12-31 22:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresLiving together during K1 - it's possible!
Honestly it's not too late to simply marry and go AOS, having him go back to his country would probably put whatever his job is at risk and put him out of work for a few months while waiting on the EAD, you should probably look into this quickly, but I guess what you do may depend on if you already have solid plans and plane tickets etc to do things. (The irony here I guess is that because you get to live with your SO you probably didn't look for ways to avoid having the long waits... when in reality it's easy to avoid in your situation it seems, legally even!).

QUOTE (*Len* @ Jan 12 2009, 01:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Ditto. Why not then get married and go the K-3 route?


Uh, no need for a visa since they are in the same country, they can skip all the k-3 k-1 jive and go straight to AOS...
maliciantMalePhilippines2009-01-12 14:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureshow long should my fiance wait to get her tourist visa?
If she's from a poor country the answer is probably never. If she is from a non-poor country, she should already have it. We definitely have to know which country she is in to have any chance of answering your question. Also it doesn't help if she's from a country we are at war with, have any kind of embargo with, or a host of other things... it's unlikely to happen as well.
maliciantMalePhilippines2009-01-14 13:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestion about "the two people must have met in person within the past two years" rule,
I agree with pushbrk's advice, clearly the OP mis-read that requirement so completely wrong that it may just be advisable for the OP to get the assistance of a lawyer or friend to go through the paperwork.

Those of you being critical and insulting pushbrk because of his advice are being hypocritical as your own advice is not being very constructive either... his advice wasn't necessarily politically correct but it was straight forward, no BS answer. pushbrk *could* have said something like "You need to be more careful while reading the forms and instructions because..." but seriously, not everything in this world needs a sugar coating, and when it comes to things like medicine, that sugar coating is potentially harmful, it makes kids think it's candy... just who the heck are these kid gloves supposed to be protecting anyway?

Just for fun here's an analogy of what just happened in this thread.

A person is so drunk they can't hardly stand and pushbrk see's them getting into a car to drive home, this person who is clearly drunk (they fell down two times trying to get the key in the hole!) yells out "dosh anyone know what time it ish", let's say some other person standing by says it's 2 O'Clock... and another bystander says it's 2:05 AM, you can tell because the little hand is pointing at the two and the big hand is pointing at the 5 minute mark, or if you are reading a digital clock, it will actually say 2:05 but you may have to look for a DOT that indicates AM or PM, not to be confused with the DOT that means the alarm is set... Then pushbrk who has seen the other answers says "Hey, you should seek the help of a professional (taxi driver), friend, or family to get home as you are too drunk to drive". The other bystanders are all pissed off now because the drunk guy didn't asked for that particular advice, and is almost certainly pissed off now because pushbreak called him an alcoholic bum, and that was totally uncalled for... and a riot begins (also this is where my analogy goes off on a tangent), as people lecture pushbrk about how insensitive his advice was to the drunk guy who will probably crash his car into a telephone pole or two on the way home because he didn't carefully read the instructions... also of course his fiancee was in the vehicle and got really mad the second time he hit a telephone pole on the way home and decided it was better to just leave this man because it takes way too long to complete the driving home process...
maliciantMalePhilippines2009-01-16 11:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresnot moving to US
Considering the hassle, it's probably so her fiancee can actually meet some of her family, see a bit of america, etc, which is apparently going to be hard without the k-1 which is already applied and paid for... I don't think it'd be a case of visa fraud to use it to enter the US, and get married... and then leave instead of adjusting status, even though this would be odd.

I suspect in most cases the countries that it's hard to get a visitors visa for a young single person might be easier once they are married, especially to an american, so it'll probably be possible to get a normal visitors visa in the future after marriage in this case (but I'm no expert).
maliciantMalePhilippines2009-01-17 04:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 visa
None of the VJ forms include the instructions, I always thought it was a little odd...
maliciantMalePhilippines2009-01-26 11:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresThe requirement of seeing eachother hasn't happened yet!!
If you can't get a visa... and she can't get on a plane because she has an extreme phobia about it and can get medical documentation stating that's the case... then *maybe* it could be waived, but honestly, you just need to know why she won't leave the US to meet you, honestly though if it's not possible to meet, it's probably not going to be possible to get married either.
maliciantMalePhilippines2009-01-27 11:00:00