Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA2!	CONGRATS	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-02-13 20:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA2 - Stress Relief	Ahahahaha! What a great story! That's awesome. CONGRATS!	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-02-15 21:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	visa interview: PASSED	Awesome	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-01-27 22:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	k1 visa appoved!	Congratulations	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-02-13 20:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	GOT	Woo hoo! Congrats!	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-02-12 17:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Sept VSC Approved!!!	Wow. Congratulations	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-02-19 05:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Any approvals guys?	No action here (I wish it was early enough for action) but, hey, good luck with those touches!	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-01-21 20:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Got my visa today!!!!	WooHoo! Congratulations	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-02-19 17:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I am lowering average	Congratulations	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-02-20 22:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	MY NOBYA IS APPROVED	Amazing CONGRATULATIONS!	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-02-16 23:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	K1 visa approved today!!!!!!!yippee!!!!	Congratulations!	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-02-05 01:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA2 APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!	Weeeee! Congratulations	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-04-17 07:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Medical Done	Woo hoo!	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-05-05 07:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December 2008 K-1 Filers	We filed at VSC but you're not alone. Our Noa1 was dated 12/9. No touches or anything since December & VSC is already approving 12/22. It's kind of depressing. It gets harder to be excited for everyone else when you feel like you've been left behind. I really hope you get yours soon.	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-04-08 19:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	visa approved today...	Congratulations! That's awesome	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-06-16 04:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I FINALLY GOT IT	CONGRATS!! Nvc will be a breeze.	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-06-20 09:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Slow week at VSC?	I wouldn't worry too much. The service centers take turns being the fastest. VSC is also notorious for having weeks of inactivity, but it's usually followed by a healthy spurt of approvals. There's not a whole we can do to speed things up unfortunately, but if you kind of set your mind to the 6 month mark, & try to ignore the hiccups like this you will probably be pleasantly surprised. Good luck	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-06-29 10:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Preparing to be Amazed!!! I-129F Mailed	Woo Hoo! Congrats and good luck!	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-06-14 10:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	February 09 - VSC	Good luck and congratulations! I'm sure the rest of the Feb filers will be piling in now.	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-02-10 09:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	January '09 Vermont K-1 Filers	Don't worry We had 2 touches on ours after it was received and nothing bad. They were probably just putting it on another shelf.	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-02-02 15:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	January '09 Vermont K-1 Filers	Popping in from the December boards to wish all the January filers a speedy process Good luck everyone!	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-01-21 22:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	January '09 Vermont K-1 Filers	Welcome to the wait January filers. Here's hoping it goes fast for all of us.	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-01-13 20:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	Omg! YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy for you guys. Good luck on the next step!	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-07-08 17:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS!!!	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-07-08 15:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY JIM! Congrats	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-06-29 23:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	Woo Hoo! Good news everywhere I look! Congrats to both of you!	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-06-25 09:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	O M G BL2BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats!!!!!! I am so happy for you	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-06-22 21:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	BL2B, GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD LUCK. This is some of the hardest waiting through the whole thing, and knowing someone else controls your destiny sucks - seriously. I hope you guys have a great interview and an easy officer and come straight home and tell us everything!!!	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-06-21 17:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	Joshua, I wish you the best of luck. I had the same fears. I literally made like $400 over the poverty line for a family of 6, which we are. I was terrified. Also, last year I made just under it & when you look at my taxes, I had so much other stuff taken out that reduced my taxable income that it looked scary as hell. I didn't think we were going to make it. You know what? They didn't even look at my proof! I couldn't believe it lol. I hope you get the same kind of luck	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-06-21 17:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	Congrats on the interview	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-06-20 16:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	BL2B...3 days til your interview. I'm so excited for you! Are you freaking out yet?	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-06-19 18:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	YOU WERE TOUCHED! YOU WERE TOUCHED! YOU WERE TOUCHED! Here comes your Noa2 Good luck. You deserve this.	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-06-19 18:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	Yay! Our visa is done and is in transit right now! Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. God. I don't think I will stop holding my breath until he is off the plane and finally here.	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-06-18 21:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	Wow kcrand, that would be so awesome! I really hope you're right. I miss him so much.	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-06-17 06:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	My fiance just submitted his review, so here it is for anyone who's curious My K1 visa journey at Rio: - I stayed at Hotel Formule 1 (R$ 99 daily, about U$ 50), the room is really small and there is no room service, but it works if you just want a place to sleep, it is like 10 minutes from the consulate in a cab and it costs about R$ 7 (U$ 3.50) to get there. Don't expect too much from this part of the city, it is on the center of the downtown, and it is *dirty*. And at night it is really scary, lots of bums getting food from trash on the streets. - When you get at the consulate, there will be a huge line, don't go there! Ask the consulate people about immigration visa, there will be a person there helping people, and she will tell you to go upstairs, to the immigration department. If she is not there (she is the one helping upstairs too), you will have to wait in line. - To get there, you will need to leave all the electronic stuff on the reception, go on the xray, then ask for the immigration room, or just follow the signs. - Upstairs, she will be helping people with the papers, she will give two sheets to everybody, one is a form to fill your name and contact info and the other one is the document order (the same one on the document list of the website, be aware that the website has a link called "IMPORTANT: Order of the documents" that is outdated, look at the "Documents required for visa", i've made all the forms on both of the links tho, just to be sure) - ATTENTION!!! Main problems I saw with other applicants: - Photo not showing ears! - Missing forms - Just one copy of DS-156 (you need two) - Form DS-156 printed from somewhere else. The DS-156 *MUST* be filled online and the result printed, and doing a mistake on this one is a big no, because you can't file it by hand, and your appointment will be rescheduled. * Besides that, the attendant is very nice and allow people to go out to take new photos, copies or get help from relatives (in case they are not there with you already) - Then she will call each person to check if everything is filled and in order and helping (actually she will put it in order for you in case you didn't do it correctly). - After that, each applicant is called in a cabin, but it is not the interview yet, you will get your documents reviewed again by another person, that will take them to prepare for the interview with the consul later. - And the waiting for the interview starts ! If you are nervous, it is a nice time to talk to the other applicants, or to help people that don't know vj and are having trouble preparing the forms - Then after one hour or two, I was called to the consul's cabin. My interview was really fast, it took less than 10 minutes: - First I had to swear I was saying the truth and that everything on the documents were true, then sign the sworn statements on the forms (I think there are two, read the forms so you don't sign the ones you have to sign with the consul). - After the sworn statement, he started with the questions, that in my case, were just a few: he asked how and when I've met my fiancee in person, the dates we've met, when we decided to marry, how much time we've spent together already and when our son was born. - A hint is to stay calm and answer the questions without thinking too much, i was a bit nervous and answered some dates wrong, but I corrected it later and it was OK. Remember it is normal to make confusion with dates, specially if you are a man (LOL ), the most important is to stay calm, tell the truth and act naturally. - Even though he didn't ask for any proof or evidence of my relationship, it is highly recommended to bring proof for the interview, cause the consul usually looks at them. - Then out of the blue, he said "ok, your visa will be approved" , gave me a green paper and told me to talk to the girl outside to finish the process. - With the paper, I just needed to talk to the girl again, go downstairs and pay to get it shipped to my house (it was R$ 39, about U$ 20), I think it depends on where you live, so be sure you have more money with you, because there is no pick up option, you have to pay to get it delivered. - They said it takes between 3-5 business days to have the visa done, and up to 7 business days to get it after it is shipped, this part was kind of scary, I didn't feel too confident in the person saying that, so I don't know, I am waiting to see when it gets here. So be sure you don't go crazy and buy a ticket for the next day, because you will still need to get the visa in hands!	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-06-16 21:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	My fiance is still writing his review of the consulate, but what was really cool was that just before he went I exchanged a messege or two with someone from VJ who also had an interview at that consulate the same day. Turned out they ran into each other there and actually passed the time together so it was a lot less crazy and stressful for him. He was really glad to have had VJ through this all & in the end even up to the last minute to have had that support, & so am I. VJ made this all possible for us & we are so greatful. Edited by Xaenyth, 16 June 2009 - 08:34 PM.	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-06-16 20:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	December '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	Thanks everyone. We are still in shock but really excited.	Avalar	Female	Brazil	2009-06-16 20:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	February 09 - VSC	we got our NOA1! (I suppose I should probably wait until Spoom wakes up and tell him first....but I'm just too darn excited!) Now the fun of *real* waiting! Edited by ScooterMac, 26 February 2009 - 09:35 AM.	ScooterMac	Female	Canada	2009-02-26 09:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	February 09 - VSC	QUOTE (Spoom @ Feb 23 2009, 06:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi folks, We just sent in our I-129F package on Saturday (the 21st). I'm really hoping they don't get slowed down too much because the plan is to have the wedding on January 23, 2010 Does the rest of the waiting go this slow? They haven't even cashed my check yet! (Yes, I know, it's only Wednesday....)	ScooterMac	Female	Canada	2009-02-25 18:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Progress report	My finacee and I waited over 5 months from receiving our NOA 1 until we received our NOA 2. There is ZERO way to speed this process up. Your NOA 2 WILL come you just have to expect it to take up to 6 months We've ALL been where you are and it suks but we all made it and so will you	buster2209	Male	England	2009-05-19 09:59:00