Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Timeline Question	QUOTE (Drew and Tik @ Nov 10 2007, 06:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> OK, thanks, I'll use the date on the letter, I was using the date it came to me in the mail. Where you fill in your noa1 date for your timeline, there is link at the end of the line showing what date you should use and where you can find it. It's says to use the notice date. http://www.visajourn...es/noa-date.jpg	Maju	Male	Peru	2007-11-10 18:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Help !!!	OK things have gotin more complicated. My fiancee has told me her name won't be change until maybe November. We both can't wait that long. SO, I want to start the K-1/2 Visa. Some documents were submitted to the city hall in Peru. I asked my fiancee to see if this would be a problem. This is what she wrote me in an email. "I will try to get the documents back from the City Hall, I'm not sure it's possible. I asked the City Hall about the Civil Wedding, I wanted to know if they consider that the process is already started since they gave us the wedding edict, but they said it's not considered in the process until the documents are complete .. So, there won't be any record of marriage from us at the city hall. " So should just not say anything about the religous wedding( unless asked )? Or should I submit a paper with the K-1 petition explaining everything? "Who" will and how much looking will "they" do to see if we are already married? THANK YOU	Maju	Male	Peru	2007-07-18 11:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Help !!!	Thank you. I realize she is not my wife legally and is still considered my fiancée. But I did NOT know that I might want to keep the religious wedding a secret. I thought this might have helped.	Maju	Male	Peru	2007-07-16 17:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Help !!!	I just got home from the airport. I was in Peru to get married. We had a "religious" wedding BUT no "civil" wedding. My not yet legal wife needed to have her middle name removed (I won't go into why this had to be done) before we could have the civil wedding. This process of having the name change took a lot longer then expected, so we could not have the civil wedding before I returned home today. Now, what should I do? Go back to Peru in 2 months and get legally married or start the K-1 K-2 ????Which would be the FASTEST way? The main reason we wanted to get married in Peru was so her family could attend the wedding, which they did, as well as my family. So now where we get legally married is not important. Just want to know what might be the fastest way to get her here!!!!	Maju	Male	Peru	2007-07-15 17:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 - when to move?	You're visa will expire in 6 months after the issuance. So, you still have months to settle everything in your place. Once you will arrive in U.S. you need to marry your fiancee and do your AOS before your 1-94 expires.	kroo_joy	Female	Philippines	2009-05-23 00:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Income Tax Transcripts LESSONS LEARNED	I requested a transcript online and i got it 2 weeks after but I didnt waited for the transcript. I did photocopied my original income tax returns for the past three years and submitted it first week of June without any problem at all. I will have my bometrics on July 23.	kroo_joy	Female	Philippines	2012-07-07 01:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Lack of Info?	Thanks for the info guys. If things tend to get a little out of hand I'm going to visit her after Christmas. We were hoping that we'd have a December wedding but the way things are going we're going to have to postpone everything. I already read the "Yes you can visit" forum, and it was good to hear that you can actually visit, it's just a mater of luck. It's good to get some good news once in a while during the process.	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-08-21 19:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Lack of Info?	the package was sent July 24th, anticipating the higher fees, and they were sent over night. What ti said on the USCIS page was just that they had received it. Yeah, we knew that fees were gonna go up just didn't know exactly when. When we found that out we already had 95% of our stuff ready so we managed to get them there before having to pay 400 plus dollars.	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-08-21 18:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Lack of Info?	Hi guys, I'm new here and this is my first post. I'm from Mexico and I'm engaged to an American. Talk about rough process, this K-1 visa is horrendous. Anyway, we sent our papers late July, we got our receipt number soon after that. The USCIS page says they received the papers August 1st, and since then we haven't gotten a single word from them or change in our status, right now it's just "Received and Pending." Should we have gotten word by now about the next step or is this normal? Thanks	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-08-21 18:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Money transfers	Hi guys. Just a quick question. I've been sending my fianceé some moeny every once in a while through wire transfers for things like Doctor's appointments and mechanic, just general stuff. The last one i sent her was to pay for a parking ticket :-P Anyway, I was thinking if it would be a good idea to save these for the interview or for whatever. You guys think it's a good idea or will the immigration officers just think that I'm paying her off? I mean, the largest sum is 100 dlls :-/ Not really a lot of money. Thanks	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-09-05 11:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	reason for the Backlog at the Service Centers	Any news on whether this affects K-1 applications directly?	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-11-23 00:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	reason for the Backlog at the Service Centers	QUOTE (flying @ Nov 22 2007, 10:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So are both of these articles directly affecting K1 & K3's then? I see it is for green cards & naturalization. This is all handled by same department of homeland? Thanks My Fiancée and I applied early to beat the the pay increase. We actually received the receipt pretty quickly and we were becoming excited that soon we'd be getting owrd about our papers... This is really hard to swallow...	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-11-23 00:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Packet 3 came yesterday	Congrats and good luck!	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-11-23 00:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	We Have a Very Important Appointment	That's great news. Congratulations and good luck. I checked your timeline and it says you sent you application in June. Ours was sent late July... I hope I'll get news soon. Cheers	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-11-23 12:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Were Approved!!!	FELICIDADES!!!! And good luck!	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-11-23 23:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Touches on a Sunday?	HA! Got it. Yeah, my bad. I see what your talking about. I was looking for an actual link that would tell me that my case had been touched. The cloumn is right there on my portfolio. Hehehe, sorry for the slip up. And thanks for the help. QUOTE (Jose_A @ Nov 27 2007, 01:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> HA! Got it. Yeah, my bad. I see what your talking about. I was looking for an actual link that would tell me that my case had been touched. The cloumn is right there on my portfolio. Hehehe, sorry for the slip up. I haven't been touched since August... I need to be touched... please... touch me And thanks for the help.	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-11-27 01:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Touches on a Sunday?	QUOTE (Donny @ Nov 27 2007, 12:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Jose_A @ Nov 26 2007, 09:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> How do I check if mine has been "touched"? Visit USCIS.gov site. Register & set up your portfolio using your receipt number. Example of a receipt number: WAC1234567890 Yeah, I just did that. It says "Received and Pending" just like it's said for the past 4 months. Does the "touched" status appear when you check the case status by typing in the receipt number? Sorry, it's just that I've never seen "touched" on my status anywhere and I can't find that "Last Update" column the OP is talking about. Edited by Jose_A, 27 November 2007 - 01:01 AM.	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-11-27 00:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Touches on a Sunday?	How do I check if mine has been "touched"?	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-11-27 00:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 Visa Timeline	Hi guys, So I was wondering if anyone here sent their I-129f around the same time as I did. We sent it early enough to beat the cost raise. USCIS got it on August 1st and we received our NOA1 (receipt) on August 7th, 2007 Anyone else around that same time frame. Just wanted to talk about the situation and if there's been any advancement in your case. Mine's hasn't been touched since August 7th	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-11-27 10:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	APPROVED!!!!!!!	Happy for you!	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-11-26 16:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Error made on I-129F!!!	QUOTE (DMZOCT2005 @ Nov 23 2007, 12:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi All, My Fiance and I realized that we entered the wrong Place of Birth "city" on our I-129F form. She was born in Shan Dong Road (yes, it's a city) in Hong Kong, but we put Kowloon, Hong Kong. We thought it was the same, but now we're panicking. Do we need to resubmit the I-129F form? Is this going to really screw up our processing time? Also, her Birth Certificate name doesn't match her current Passport name, as she is a Japan citizen, but born in HK. There is no official name change, just that she was registered as a child under her Japanese name. What other proof should be get to show she is both people? Thank you for your help. If you check the USCIS page there's a phone number you can call to change residency, though I don't know if it's for that type of mistake or for a change of address to where your papers should be sent. You should check it out. Here's the link... https://egov.uscis.g...i/go?action=coa Hope it helps Jose	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-11-23 00:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Interview Results	Congratulations and good luck to you both.	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-11-27 10:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Medical Exam in Juarez	Anyone know any details on where this is done? Thanks	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-11-28 20:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	My K1 experience	thanks for the info	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-11-28 16:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	January Interviews fast approaching.	QUOTE (myangel2 @ Dec 3 2007, 04:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Am I the only one with butterflies, because the 2nd week of the month is fast approaching... and it's NVC'S time to schedule appointments again. Let's Thank God in advance for the good things instore for us all. Amen God we need your Wait, so they schedule appointments every second week of the month?	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-12-03 20:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	APPROVED!!!	Thanks again to all of you. This is indeed a great day. Ashley and I send everyone our warmest thanks for all the information, support and help you provided. She and I hope all of you will be with your loved ones soon. Thank you/Gracias.	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-12-05 18:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	APPROVED!!!	The last processing action taken on your case Receipt Number: ************* Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E) Current Status: Approval notice sent. On December 5, 2007, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service. If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case status results listed above, or if you have not received a decision from USCIS within the current processing time listed*, please contact USCIS Customer Service at (800) 375-5283. *Current processing times can be found on the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov under Case Status and Processing Dates. *** Please do not respond to this e-mail message. Sincerely, The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) -O- Thanks for everything guys. You've been an amazing help. we're on the home stretch now!!! Woot! Jose	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-12-05 17:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Tracking the NOA2	Ok then. Well how long does it take to receive the NOA2 once it says on the USCIS page that's it's been sent. It says it was sent on December 5th. :-/ Sorry, kinda antsy	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-12-10 18:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Tracking the NOA2	I remember a little while back someone posted how to find and track NOA2's that USCIS sends but I can't find it. Anyone have the link or the 'how to' somewhere? thanks	Jose_A	Male	Mexico	2007-12-10 17:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-129F - question 18 - descrie the circumstanaces under which you met.	I met my fiancee through a chat room in "freindfinder" and later we exchanged e-mails addresses and phone numbers. after making many many phone calls, i decided to meet her in russia. i have the ticket itenerfies,boarding passes, hotel receipts, photos of us together etc. do i have to explain this in any more detail ? under question 18 of I-128 F, can i simply state what i stated above or do i have to provide any other information on how we met ? any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. thanks, i just started at the begining and went from there explaining how we met when we first saw each other and some things we did together.. I didnt want to leave anything out i figure more is better then not enough!...Good Luck!	D & K	Female	Netherlands	2007-05-31 21:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Questions Concerning 1-129F and g-325a forms	Hello everybody, We have a few questions about the process for an I-129F and g-325a form. 1. My fiancee lives in Odessa, Ukraine. On both forms, it asks for the city, province/state, and country. Should we list the oblast in this space (in this case, Odeska oblast), leave it blank, write "NONE" or ??? 2. For the middle name, should we list her Ukrainian patronym (father's name), leave it blank, write NONE, or ??? 3. Her father left her family at an early age. We know his name and the place where he lives now, although there is no contact. We don't know his date or place of birth. Should we write "UNKNOWN," leave it blank, or ??? 4. When I send the materials in my I-129f packet, such as the letter of Intent to Marry and her g-325a, I assume that these should be physical, actual copies sent to me via US mail, and that a scan of the documents sent to me by her would not be sufficient. Am I right? 5. Since she is a Ukrainian citizen, she should not put anything in the US Social Security Number field, right? Should she leave it blank, write "NONE," or ??? She has the Ukrainian equivalent (a 10 digit number but I assume that we do not include that on any of these documents). Thanks for your time and consideration.	Pennsylvania	Male	Ukraine	2010-04-18 14:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Address and Income Questions	Thanks much. This is great information. Just to clarify, are you suggesting that if I put my current address (Apr. 2010) for the place where she will live when she is here, that I can change this address when I have the correct address (definitely by late summer 2010) for where I will then be living? We know the city (I have a job there) but not the place yet. We don't want to delay filing for this reason if we don't have to. A P.S. to this is that she is learning about the city where we will live after my move, not really about where I am living now, and of course we would want them to ask about that city in the interview (it would be just too confusing otherwise and seemingly nonsensical). Sorry if this is confusing but, of course, we want to do this right even if that involves waiting until I have a street address in the new location, but we'd prefer not to wait for that event if we didn't have to.	Pennsylvania	Male	Ukraine	2010-04-23 15:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Address and Income Questions	None of this should be a problem, although the address changes may require some extra time to disclose. There will be a place to attach an explanation with your documents that will answer any questions USCIS or consular may have. Use the address where you live when you apply I think. You can change it later if necessary, and this would look no different than some one who moves around because of say, military service. Current address still means where you live now. It looks like you may need to make several changes to your address along the way - but I think mail forwarding during your summer job migh handle things. There is a procedure for making address changes, and no limit to how many you can make. Remember that the purpose of the initial process (up 'till the interview) is simply to prove that you have met during the past two years and intend to marry. Along the way there is an investigation into your criminal background and fitness to sponsor, and hers to live here. That's it. Later in the process you may need to give more detailed explanations, but probably not. So long as your income on paper meets the requirements, the sporadic nature etc. probably won't be questioned. Thanks much. This is great information. Just to clarify, are you suggesting that if I put my current address (Apr. 2010) for the place where she will live when she is here, that I can change this address when I have the correct address (definitely by late summer 2010) for where I will then be living? We know the city (I have a job there) but not the place yet. We don't want to delay filing for this reason if we don't have to.	Pennsylvania	Male	Ukraine	2010-04-23 15:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Address and Income Questions	Thanks for your help with my previous questions. We have two new questions that result from my particular situation: 1. Income Requirement: I am at a point in my career life where I am just graduating from law school. I was fortunate to have a position as a summer associate last summer at a major law firm, with a summer salary of $30,000. After graduation and bar passage, I will work from approx. late Aug/early Sept this year for one year as a judicial law clerk for a federal judge, with a salary of approx. $50,000 as well as federal benefits. After the conclusion of my year of clerkship (in Aug/Sept 2011), I will return to the firm where I worked as a summer associate for permanent, full-time employment, with a salary in excess of $145,000/year, again with benefits. I have letters from both the judge and the law firm confirming my employment for the respective time frames. I also have a tax return that shows my income from last year, again, around $30,000. At any given time my bank account shows around $8000-10,000, as well as perhaps $1000 in a savings account and $1200 more in savings bonds. Thus, my income, when viewed across this time frame, will be well above the requirements of the poverty line, but does anyone think that the combination of employment records (limited periods of time following each other) and schooling will present any kind of a problem? It is a normal phenomenon in the legal field to have this type of situation, and in fact is an indication of an extremely successful career to come (alleviating concerns of needing public benefits), but would anyone dealing with our K-1 paperwork need clarification about this? 2. Address: The same situation is causing many shifts in my address. Where I live now (near school) is not where I will live when studying for the bar this summer (different state), then working for the judge from 2010-2011 (different city, same state as school) and it is not where I will live when I finish working for the judge and work for the law firm beginning in fall 2011 (different state from school/judge, same state as where I will study for the bar this summer). We have no idea what to do about listing addresses on the forms -- should I put my current address (near school), the address where I will be living when working for the judge, or what? And what should I put for the address where my fiancee will be living? If all is approved and she comes while I'm working for the judge, I will have that address, but I don't have any address yet for where we would be living when I am working for the firm. I don't want to put the wrong addresses down but don't want this to hold up the process if there is an easy answer. Thanks!!!!!!!!	Pennsylvania	Male	Ukraine	2010-04-19 22:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Tracking 129-F Petition Status	VSC = EAC followed by 10 numbers. Its the USCIS website. However its hardly worth tracking unless you want to drive yourself crazy. Typically you'll see an update for the NOA1 and not another till NOA2. Sometimes you may see a touch in between which is pretty meaningless. Your NOA2 will have the EAC number on it when you receive it. We received our NOA2 in the mail 5 days after it was hard dated so "tracking" it on the website was of little value - especially since you never know when they will update. Heck, you might receive the NOA2 in the mail before you see the update on USCIS I went to the website twice while my petition was in process then just decided it was better to expect a 5 month wait rather than go bonkers checking every day. When I got NOA2 in 90 days I was very pleasantly suprised!!! Thanks for the advice. There is no number on the back of the check preceded by EAC, however, nor is any number exactly ten digits. I guess I will have to wait for the mailed NOA-1 to have this number.	Pennsylvania	Male	Ukraine	2010-05-25 09:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Tracking 129-F Petition Status	I received my check back (electronically) today so presume that the NOA-1 is not far behind. I've noticed in the past through these forums that I can track the process of the K-1 visa application through inputting a number from the back of the check into a certain website. Question: Which of the numbers on the check do I use? I saw some previous posts and they said the number is supposed to start with WAC, I don't see any such number on the back of my check. There is a really, really long number at the top (maybe 40 or 50 characters). Then the bank's address on the left with a site number (four digits) and then, under that two numbers on the same line, one 9 digits and one ten digits (starting with a T). Also on the check is an 11 digit number and underneath that a 15 digit number that starts with the letter R. Question: Where is this site to track the number? Thanks for any help!!!!!	Pennsylvania	Male	Ukraine	2010-05-25 08:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Is this possible???	Hello. I mailed out my i129-f K1 Fiance Visa to teh Vermont Service Center and it was received on September 28, 2010. I have not received an approval yet. i called two weeks ago and they were processing filers from September 11, 2010. I called today because I was expecting it to be complete and they told me they were still on September 11, 2010. Here is the major crisis. My wedding is May 29th!!! Two months. My fiance is from the UK. Do you guys honestly think that it will make it in time?? I am overwhelmed and do not know what to do. It is a month over normal processing times for Vermont. WE have spent close to $25,000 for our wedding. Will it be done on time or should I just prepare myself for canceling the wedding?!	jacooper	Female	United Kingdom	2011-03-28 20:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	medical question	So hypothetically u could travel out of uk between medi al an interview? Is that allowed?	jacooper	Female	United Kingdom	2011-03-31 08:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	medical question	Do they keep your passport between the medical anthe interview? also how long is it usually between those two? Thanks.	jacooper	Female	United Kingdom	2011-03-31 08:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Looking for some advice	QUOTE (jhunjhun @ Jan 14 2009, 04:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sorry I don't have answers to your question but anyways, which part of Saskatchewan is your wife currently living? i'm from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Hello! Barb is from Regina. She has quite a few friend up in Saskatoon though.	ndbbm	Male	Canada	2009-01-14 16:14:00