Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	They'd taken my money, but now i finally have something to show for it	First, congrats on your NOA1! That's one step done and hope the rest will go smoothly! About the pictures, they don't require the 3/4 thingie anymore, just 2x2 photo. Good luck on your journey and welcome to the waiting club! David and Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-27 06:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	adendums and supplements	safitu, I did not. Yodrak I signed and dated mine. We signed and dated ours... just to be on the safe side and it won't hurt if you will David	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-27 06:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	RFE Docs	Awww thanks. You seem to be the only person who isn't sick of my incessant whining about the NOA2. Hope it's soon and yours follows suit. Sounds like you did a very thorough job. Best of luck!! Thanks! Hope you get your NOA2 on Monday, and hope I'll be fast behind you! Count me in! Count me in! I'm wishing you good luck on your NOA2! To ELW, looks like you got everything ready to send. You did a wonderful job! Good luck to you too! Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-27 22:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	G325A Error Made - Worried!	I had made a mistake on the G325A (did not send all 4 forms). Sent in the corrected forms with a letter explaining the error. Hey sapa_uscan, congrats on your NOA2! As for you robburnsefc, littles mistakes can happen no matter how hard you tried to avoid it. I'm sure the advices from our fellow VJers will help you a lot. We have minor errors on our G325a when we submitted it and we didn't do anything about it for now hoping they won't notice it. Otherwise, we might receive an RFE but we're keeping our fingers crossed that we won't. Good luck on your journey! Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-27 22:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	A second touch!	I didn't get an NOA2 after the first touch, so I hope a second the next day doesn''t mean an RFE I'm sure everybody's keeping their fingers crossed for you... And I'm sure your NOA2's on its way by now... Good luck!	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-27 06:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Two quickies...	About the form, I did mention in my post that the example in the guides was the one I was looking at. I know that the G325A from can be used for a variety of applications, and in that particular example, it was ticked "naturalization". I guess with a K-1 you aren't filing for naturalization, so I suppose I'll keep my answer the same. The USCIS G-325A had a bug in it causing it to mark naturalization. You would check 'other' then something like 'I-129F petition for fiance' as that is what the G-325A is being submitted with. That made us crazy during the time that we were printing all the forms. We chose Other and wrote I129F (K1 Visa Application) but when it's printed, the 2nd-4th copies were marked Naturalization. We almost missed it but thankfully, we checked everything again and again till we noticed it. We just used white out and marked Other. Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-28 01:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Ready to start - where is the new I-129F form?	Guess you only got two options... either use the old form and submit before 2/18/07 or wait till the new form is released... Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-28 01:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Problem?	If you still have it, printing new forms won't hurt... Otherwise, it's out of your control now. Just hope and pray that things will go smoothly despite minor mistakes. Good luck! Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-28 01:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2 approval - finally!!	Congrats! Isn't it wonderful to celebrate it together? Another November filer! Wooohooooooooooo! Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-27 22:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2 lovin' !!!!!	Congratulations! It's worth all the wait, right? Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-27 05:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2	Congrats! Another October filer! I'm getting excited, I'm getting excited! Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-18 03:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NoA2!	Congratulationsssssssssssssssssss!	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-26 22:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Finally Approved - NOA2 Sent	It was a long (and I'm sure frustrating) wait for you... Congrats and hope the rest will go smoothly! Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-24 23:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	What does SO stand for?	So that's what SO means... This is an interesting thread... I'm learning a lot so keep it coming!	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-28 23:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	OMG I did it!!!!	Congrats! Now that waiting begins... For now, try to relax and get patient! Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-29 05:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	VSC signed for my package	Congrats! It felt good, isn't it? I see that you filed at VSC... you're lucky, they give approvals very quickly Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-30 01:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA1!	Congrats on your NOA1... You're one step closer! Good luck on the rest of the journey! Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-29 21:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Got My Visa!!!!	Congratulations! Keep us posted!	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-30 04:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Thailand Visa Approved!	Congrats!	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-30 01:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Finally!!!!	Congrats Kinsey! We were all praying for you the whole time because you've been feeling down when you thought you're the only one here at VJ who hasn't been approved. Now, it's time for you to celebrate! Good luck on the rest of your journey! David and Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-29 21:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Received NOA 1 !	Congrats and welcome to the waiting club! You're one step closer and we hope the rest of the journey will go smoothly! Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-30 04:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	We are approved!!!	Congrats! Good luck on the rest of your journey! Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-30 01:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	VISA APPROVED AFTER 9 WEEKS ON AR !!!!!!!!!	Congrats!	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-31 06:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2!!!	Congrats! Another approval! Wooohooooo! Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-31 06:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	What is going on?	I turned my I-129F in Oct 12th to the CSC and I still haven't got any word on the NOA2. I know that several other people on the site that have turned their papers in after me have already recieved their approval . I just need to know what is going on and if anybody knows any other information as to what is taking so long and why I haven't recieved any news. Shawn & Drazenka Don't be so sad... I'm sure your NOA2 is on its way... Try to relax. We're keeping our fingers crossed for you and hope you'll receive your NOA2 within this week. Good luck! Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-31 06:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	got PINK!!!!!	Congratulations!	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-02-01 06:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-129F Sent directly to embassy?	So I called USCIS today to inquire about my petition not being at NVC yet after NOA2 and to ask about "and was forwarded to the consular office listed" on NOA2 and they told me that for I-129F they send not to the NVC but directly to the embassy. She didn't really give a normal answer as to whether this was previously the case. Any thoughts? Was this true for anyone here recently? Do their support folks just not know what's going on? Though, the NVC still doesn't have my petition and the Moscow embassy hasn't responded yet. You're not the only one... I've seen cases like yours and you should be happy about it because your petition is on its way to the consulate. Just my .02... I'm sure someone can enlighten you more about this... Good luck!	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-31 22:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Darn! RFE Mailed!	I DO have my airline tickets when I left India in Aug 2005 – and no, I had NOT submitted them with the I-129F. Never thought of it! My father paid for the tickets online in USA and sent them to me via a friend going to India… I have the original emails from Expedia.com confirming the flight (phew! just dug them out!). Geeze I never thought sending those would mean anything. Guess I should send those, in case that’s what the RFE is? Well, if ever your hunch is right about the RFE (insufficient proof of meeting), you can now use the airline tickets that you have. I'm sure it will somehow and maybe you should also include an extra page of letter explaining why you're lacking of evidences. You said going out together in public is a taboo in India. Maybe (just maybe) they will accept it. Good luck! Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-17 02:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Darn! RFE Mailed!	Am I missing something?!?! Photos of you and your fiancee in your apartment means that you have met (perhaps not in the past two years?). Yes, I labled the photos with dates but they might question that! I wonder if anyone else has only had photos as proof of meeting? I know many people show plane tickets and passport stamps - but my passport says I did not leave India at all from 1989-2005 August! The photos that we submitted in our packet has dates printed on it already (we used digital camera) but we still labeled each and wrote a little caption at the back of it. It would have been better if you have other evidences that will prove you've met within 2 years prior to your application. Good thing we were able to save proofs like boarding passes, tickets, itineraries, hotel reciepts/accomodations, passport page with immigration stamps, etc. But like what others have said, maybe you should try not to worry about the RFE until you got the letter. Who knows, it's about something else and not about the pictures. And who knows, after you've submitted what they're asking from you, you'll get the approval right away. I've seen cases like this looking from others' timelines. Anyway, good luck to you and I wish you a speedy approval! Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-17 00:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Certified Copy- Is notary copy OK?	You have no time line. Are you talking about what to send to USCIS with your K-1 I-129F petition? Per USCIS USCIS no longer routinely requires submission of original documents or "certified copies." Instead, ordinary legible photocopies of such documents (including naturalization certificates and alien registration cards) will be acceptable for initial filing and approval of petitions and applications. At the discretion of the officer, original documents may still be required in individual cases. Please be advised that USCIS no longer returns original documents submitted with the exception of Certificates of Naturalization, Forms I-551, Permanent Resident Card, Forms I-94, Arrival/Departure Document, valid passports, or those specifically requested by the officer. Such documents will be returned when they are no longer needed. http://www.uscis.gov...00045f3d6a1RCRD Hi In the fist line I stated I had NOT filed yet. I am asking what type of certified documents they need in manilla? Do the birth/passport etc docs need to be state certified or is a notary copy OK? Notarized Affidavit of Support for the interview... Certified Copy or Original Copy of Divorce Decree/Death Certificate if previously marriage You might want to include your birth certificate (in case they'll ask for it) Original Copies of W2, paystub, latest ITR (for at least recent 3-5 years), bank letter, etc... I think all your questions will be answered if you will refer on the GUIDES... it's very informative.	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-02-02 01:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 approved	Congratulations! I'm sure you're excited to be with your sweetheart for good!	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-02-01 06:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	woo hoo!! NOA2 !!!!	Congrats!	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-01-26 21:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	11/14/06 NOA1 Approved (!!!) 02/02/07	Your thread title confused me - for a minute! Regardless, I'm VERY happy to see someone in mid Nov with an approval!! Congrats! Hey Tracy girl! I'm sure you're getting excited each day I can't wait to see your post regarding your own NOA2! Percival504, congratulations! Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-02-02 21:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	at last NOA2 received!	hi "David-Mae Forever", i can see that you are from Missouri? My fiance is also from there. good luck! Thanks!	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-02-03 01:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	at last NOA2 received!	Woooohooooooo Congrats! I see November filers getting excited day after day... It's wonderful to see that CSC is giving out NOA2s again! If my calculation is right and we won't have problems with our paperwork, we'll get our approval first week of March! Crossing fingers right now...	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-02-02 21:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2!!!	Congratulations! Finally, approvals are seen here in VJ again! Keep on coming!	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-02-02 21:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	G-325A form	Inside the box, you can just write "See attached supplement" and then use additional page for all the details that would not fit to the designated field. Make sure to sign and date each and every extra sheet. Hope this helps you, if not, better read the GUIDES. Mae	David-and-Mae	Female	Philippines	2007-02-03 02:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 approved	A HUGE congrats to you!!!! It is nice to see that this process does go smoothly and in a reasonable time frame for most! You must feel so happy and relieved to have that part behind you. Best wishes to you both in starting your life together!	Kym	Female	Australia	2007-02-02 06:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	A newbie with timing concerns!	Our time line is very similar to yours and we just got through. Even if you got your NOA2 today you still might not make April because you have to wait for it to go through NVC, then to the Sydney Consulate, then packet 3, then packet 4 and interview. That will take up to 3 months. Let me know if I can help in anyway with info. I just went through Sydney Consulate. See my other post "Visa Approved" We know that it is next to impossible that Darryl will be here by April now. We are taking the necessary steps to cancel it all. Not only that, we were in hopes of having our first Valentine's together and then Easter....Maybe we can have a Halloween together...who knows. (We've already spent a Thanksgiving together). I had already seen your "Visa Approved" post and replied to it. Let me say once again....Congratulations...it is great news!	Kym	Female	Australia	2007-02-02 21:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	A newbie with timing concerns!	Exactly what service center sent you NOA1? I would definitely fire that lawyer, they're apparently worthless! You really should have waited this process out to make solid wedding plans like paying anyone, but I guess you don't need me to tell you that. Our I-129F was sent to the National Benefits Center aka, Missouri Service Center. The only thing on the NOA1 that would indicate where it is being sent from is the beginning of our receipt number: msc. I wish I could have picked up on that when I first received it, but how was I to know? However, when I would go into the USCIS website and look at the status, it did indicate there that my petition was at the Missouri Service Center. Yes, I am kicking my self in the rear daily asking myself "WHY did I not pick up on that?" I was naive I realize. I'm trying to not beat myself up too much over this...it was not MY responsitbility to catch this.....(it just goes back to all the "what if's" I keep asking myself). As for waiting to make plans for a wedding. Yes, I agree, we shouldn't have made solid plans. However, neither Darryl nor myself had ever gone through anything like this...we relied on our lawyer's expertise and to guide us...that is why we hired him. He should have NEVER led us to believe that an April wedding should be no problem since we had filed back in June the previous year. I will check out that link....thank you!	Kym	Female	Australia	2007-02-02 21:36:00