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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresGot Packet 3 from the Embassy but I'm confused
The instructions from France were similar. It says:

Step one: Complete the Ds-230 Part I and send it back
Step two: Gather the required documents
Step three: Once you have all the required documents, send back the DS-2001 (if not sent back no interview scheduled).

Thanks to VJ, I knew already which documents were needed, so I got everything ready when I receive the Packet 3.
I sent back the DS-230 Part I and the DS-2001 at the same time.

I don't know how different is it in the Embassy, and if you need to send them back more documents, but follow their instructions. :)
didopageFemaleFrance2012-12-14 19:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresD-230- stupid worry
They are not going to think you are marrying your fiance in order to work in the US, at all! Try to not overthink those questions, just answer simply and truthfully. :)

They want you to work!
didopageFemaleFrance2013-01-25 00:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPacket 4 taking longer than expected
Possible. Although YOU are the applicant to the visa, so it should not be very important. Call the Embassy to know what's going on, I can't believe you waited that long since you mailed back the Packet3!!!

"Switchboard: +33 (0)1 43 12 22 22
Immigration visa department: +33 (0)1 43 12 45 35
Receptionist (say you wish to talk with someone in the Immigration visa department): +33 (0)1 43 28 00 86"

And email them also, but be proactive about it! They probably let your case somewhere and forgot about it. Wake them up!

"email: ParisConIV@state.gov
If you leave your name, a phone number and your case number the embassy should call you back."

Edited by didopage, 18 February 2013 - 04:43 PM.

didopageFemaleFrance2013-02-18 16:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresURGENT! Interview next week!
It's best to have tax returns, yes. Request at least the last one right now through the IRS website. It should take about 10 days for you to receive it. Some couples in Paris got their visa put on hold because the CO wanted to see some tax returns. So request them, so you have them ready to be scanned to your fiancé in case they ask to see some at the interview and that the case is put on hold.

The interview letter from the Embassy is pretty straight forward concerning the checklist of documents needed. There's also a checklist on the VJ Paris Embassy page: http://www.visajourn...rance&cty=Paris

Edited by didopage, 21 February 2013 - 12:28 AM.

didopageFemaleFrance2013-02-21 00:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresG-1145 worth submitting?
It surely does not speed things up.

The online/text notification system is sometimes broken and does not work, but it doesn't hurt to submit it as it doesn't cost anything.

If you don't, you will still be able later to set up email/text notifications through the USCIS.gov website once you got your NOA1 with your receipt number.

Edited by didopage, 21 February 2013 - 01:16 AM.

didopageFemaleFrance2013-02-21 01:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestion About I-129F Question 11
I guess you filed an I-130 petition then, which is one of the form the US citizen files for a spouse already in the US (plus the affidavit of support). The adjustment of status form is filed by the non-US citizen. So you should answer yes to that question because you did file for an alien wife in the past.

You really have no documents about it? You could put at least their names, but it would be answering only partially to the question.

Edited by didopage, 21 February 2013 - 01:35 AM.

didopageFemaleFrance2013-02-21 01:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestion About I-129F Question 11
It's missing part of your story because it's not clear. What do you mean by "I did the same for them"?

Did you file any immigration documents for your ex-wife and her children?
didopageFemaleFrance2013-02-21 00:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-134 question 11 not checked
Congrats Caro! Now time to relax, and hope you will receive your visa quickly!
didopageFemaleFrance2013-02-20 10:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-134 question 11 not checked
I think we all freaked out for something or another right before the interview. :P Especially for little things.
didopageFemaleFrance2013-02-19 16:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-134 question 11 not checked
It doesn't matter because that question is not adapted to a K-1 situation anyway. The affidavit that will matter is the one that your sponsor will fill in for your AOS (I-864).
didopageFemaleFrance2013-02-19 16:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPOE- LAX OR SFO OR DFW
I chose a flight with a layover outside of the US (and not Canada), so I was less worried about missing my second flight in case the US customs were too long. I don't know if that's possible for you though?

FYI, it took me about 1-2 hours to get through customs at SFO (my final destination).
didopageFemaleFrance2013-02-21 00:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresHow long from interview to have the visa in hands-Paris Embassy?
It took 2 long weeks for me, but it highly depends if there are some holidays. It can take from one day to a month! Those 2 extremes happened in the past.

Just take a look at recent French VJ members' timelines.
didopageFemaleFrance2013-02-22 16:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresInitial Review
Nothing good or bad, it happened to a lot of people here.
didopageFemaleFrance2013-02-22 16:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresVisa in the Mail!!! But more Questions...

Hi, my hubby received his visa today,and plans are in order for him to travel tomorrow. we were just talking about the new $165 fee, from what i understand on the USCIS site, it is strongly recommended that the fee be paid before travel, however, it can be paid thereafter, BUT it must be paid before the visa in the passport expires. Please see below from the USCIS site.The visa will not be issued until this fee is paid!


Please pay more attention to the OP's situation because:
- she applied for a Fiancé visa, which is a non-immigrant visa, as contrary as your husband's spouse (immigrant) visa (I guess because you're mentioning your "hubby"?)
- she already paid the visa fee (which is different than the New Immigrant fee), and received her visa
- what you copied and pasted from the USCIS website has already been mentioned by the OP herself.
- she got her answer by calling the DOS.

Edited by didopage, 23 February 2013 - 01:01 AM.

didopageFemaleFrance2013-02-23 01:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresVisa in the Mail!!! But more Questions...

I just sent my I-129F at the end of January, but i remember the woman who helped me file everything, said we would have to pay a Non-immigrante visa fee, that would be when we have our interview...i think she said it was $100, and i could pay it online. It must be that...but now its $165!??


No, that's a different fee, and as said, that new immigrant fee doesn't seem applicable to K-1.

OP already paid the one payable at the consulate stage, which is the visa fee. Each consulate establish their own way of paying the visa fee, and the amount is often different. Sounds like in your country, that visa fee is $240 (http://www.visajourn...xico&cty=Juarez), but members from Mexico should know better than me.

Edited by didopage, 22 February 2013 - 08:04 PM.

didopageFemaleFrance2013-02-22 19:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresVisa in the Mail!!! But more Questions...
Agreed with JensJrny2Ray.

Plus it says:
"Failure to Pay

You will not receive a green card until the required USCIS Immigrant fee is paid.

Failure to pay does not affect your lawful status. You will have your passport stamped showing your lawful admission and permanent resident status. This stamp is valid for one year but it is strongly advised that you pay the immigrant fee as soon as possible to avoid delays in receiving your Permanent Resident Card."

As a K-1, you would NOT receive a green card automatically anyway, even after getting married. You will have to apply for AOS and there's a fee for that.

But as said, call the DOS to be sure. I guess they made a mistake at the embassy by sending you that in your visa package.
didopageFemaleFrance2013-02-22 13:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPOE
Not at all. The Xrays are not needed anymore. The CBP agents are not physicians and they would not know how to look at them anyway. :)

Her other medical results that are important should be in the closed envelope she got from her consulate.

Edited by didopage, 22 February 2013 - 10:04 PM.

didopageFemaleFrance2013-02-22 22:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAP in NVC
Sometimes they run additional background checks on random cases, and yes, it takes longer. Generally a few weeks more than other cases.
didopageFemaleFrance2013-02-22 22:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPost decision activity, question
It may be too early for some documents, yes. Ask your fiance to look at the documents required at the US Embassy in his country (where he will apply for the visa and get his interview), sometimes it says how old it can be. For example, in Paris they don't want french police records that are more than 3 months old at the time of the interview.

The best thing you can do, right now, is to make a list of all the documents you and your fiance will need to gather, how to get them and how long it takes for each of them.
didopageFemaleFrance2013-02-26 12:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresQuestion 20 on I-129F

If it is Canada, then it should be Consulate in Montreal.


No necessarily. There's also Vancouver. I don't know how it is determined though, but canadian members should be able to answer that one. :)
didopageFemaleFrance2013-02-28 17:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresFees confusion

I'm still early in the journey, what exactly is the ROC and when is it due? Thanks


The green card you receive when you AOS from a K-1 is good for 2 years (because the marriage is less than 2 years at the time of AOS, generally). It's a conditional green card, so 3 months before its expiration, you need to file for Removal of Conditions (ROC) to get a 10-year green card.

After that, you either choose to renew your green card every 10 years, or you can apply for citizenship if you are still married to your US citizen spouse, and at least after 3 years of permament residency (so one year after ROC).

New fees involved for sure. :P

Edited by didopage, 01 March 2013 - 07:57 PM.

didopageFemaleFrance2013-03-01 19:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI-134 affidavit of support
I would not provide only that. You can provide tax returns, they are easy to get from the IRS, as well as pay stubs. Those evidences are more appreciated but the embassy/USCIS, and better be safe (particularly when it's easy to get those documents) than sorry.
didopageFemaleFrance2012-09-20 10:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSilly question
Be sure also to check if the State where your fiance will divorce (and marry you) has not a "waiting period" after his divorce to remarry. Some states have a 30 days waiting period where you can't marry after a divorce. If you send your I-129F during that time, you may be denied.

A couple on VJ sent their I-129F during that waiting period, they waited a long long time, until they got a denial because of it.

You both need to be FREE to marry at the time your send the petition.
didopageFemaleFrance2013-03-21 16:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK-1: Need to have same sponsor for affidavits I-134 and I-864?
You will always be the primary sponsor to your fiance/husband, even if you don't make enough money. Then your fiance/husband can have a joint-sponsor or no, for the K-1 and/or for the AOS (adjustment of status).
didopageFemaleFrance2013-03-25 15:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresForm DS-156, question 36
Agreed, a J-1 is a non-immigrant visa.
didopageFemaleFrance2013-03-25 10:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresi29 f
Hmm... it would be best if you could scan the notice, blurry your personal info and post it here. So we can see what it looks like.

Edited by didopage, 25 March 2013 - 05:19 PM.

didopageFemaleFrance2013-03-25 17:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAfter NOA2 ?
Your foreign fiance is the applicant to the visa, not you.
didopageFemaleFrance2013-03-27 11:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMust I visit??

Well I cannot afford the trip so I will probably be getting a lawyer to help with that, and maybe even speed things up. I really do appreciate the advice to go and visit, and if I had the money and vacation time to do it, I would jump on an airplane tomorrow. But I have to be realistic and work with what I've got. It's nice that you are finished with your process, I hope to be where you are some day. :)


If you don't have the money for one trip, how will you get money for the petition, the trip to make her come, the money to pay the visa fee, to pay for her adjustment of status process,... And you want to hire a lawyer to get a waiver because you can't afford to pay one trip? Save the money you want to give to a lawyer, some vacation time, and invest it in a trip to go visit her. I really don't want to bother you but you should seriously think about the fees to come. It's very important.
A waiver in your case has close to no chance to be approved...

Oh, and a lawyer has no power to make speed things up. Lots of time, they even slow things up as some people who hired them got a RFE during their process, because of a missing document( which can be easily avoided if you read carefully all the USCIS instructions by yourself).

Good luck. :)

Edited by didopage, 24 April 2013 - 01:51 AM.

didopageFemaleFrance2013-04-24 01:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures15 days wait at NVC

I have my case number but they said i'm on adnistration review

dont know what to do????/

 

WAIT.


didopageFemaleFrance2013-05-06 11:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresTexas Service Center processing time -- uhhhh?

It is not mentioned in the K-1 guide, other than to say you mail it to the Dallas lockbox. Unless I missed something. It mentions in the flowchart that it will be forwarded from the lockbox for processing. It doesn't say where to.

I too think there should be some kind of sticky about this, or put it in a paragraph at the beginning of the K-1 guide that you mail all petitions to the Dallas lockbox, but this is NOT the TSC, and the TSC does not adjudicate K-1 petitions anyway. It will be sent out from the Dallas lockbox, which intakes the petitions and cashes the checks, to one of only two service centers that adjudicate fiance(e) petitions, Vermont or California.

Perhaps also list about when receiving your NOA1, you will know which service center it is at based on what your case# starts with, EAC(Vermont) or WAC(California).


It is, in a way, mentioned in the K-1 guide.

"Mail the I-129F Package to the USCIS

You should mail the completed form(s) to the USCIS Dallas Lockbox." USCIS Dallas Lockbox is a clickable link which redirect to the USCIS website with the 2 possible addresses of where to mail the package.

Other than that, I completely agree with you. A few more explanation and changes would get people less confused (although there will always be people who won't read the guide and ask without searching/reading a little first?).

Edited by didopage, 14 April 2012 - 05:15 PM.

didopageFemaleFrance2012-04-14 17:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresTexas Service Center processing time -- uhhhh?

:thumbs:

It's right in the VJ K-1 Guide on where to mail it (not to mention the actual I-129F instructions), so I'm not sure why it gets overlooked so often.


My guess is that it's too much reading for some people, and they get discouraged (it's on page 4-5 of the USCIS I-129f instructions pdf, pfiou? 4 FULL pages to read before :D).

My other idea is that people get confused when they see member profiles on VJ topics, it's written "Filing Location:" where it would be better, I think, to have "Service Center:". (for people who ask "I live in Ohio! do I send my petition to Vermont or California?? or maybe Texas?")

About OP, he just thought his petition was process in Texas SC because he (I hope) sent it to the Texas lockbox. Many many people thinks TSC and Texas lockbox is the same place? Unfortunately. :)

Edited by didopage, 14 April 2012 - 02:57 PM.

didopageFemaleFrance2012-04-14 14:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresTexas Service Center processing time -- uhhhh?
Yes, check your NOA1 hardcopy (I-797C Notice of action) if you received it yet, the service center where your petition is will be written at the bottom left of it (or look at the receipt number as Dante&Geor said, if it starts by EAC, it's at Vermont SC, if it starts by WAC, it's at California SC). Texas Service Center is a different place than the Texas lockbox where you sent your petition package (like everybody is instructed to do).
At the lockbox facility, they only open your mail, cash the check and forward your case to either California or Vermont.

Edited by didopage, 14 April 2012 - 06:14 AM.

didopageFemaleFrance2012-04-14 06:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDublin POE

can anybody twll me how to cancel this email notification, its qite complicated
 


Click on the "Unfollow this topic" button at the top right of this topic.

Edited by didopage, 18 May 2013 - 11:25 AM.


didopageFemaleFrance2013-05-18 11:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresprinting the forms
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Edited by didopage, 18 May 2013 - 07:47 PM.

didopageFemaleFrance2013-05-18 19:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhy is it taking Soo long

No, you have to wait in the mail for it.

 

Do you have all the documents ready? It's better to spend time preparing all that than waiting impatiently. :)

 

More infos on the Paris VJ page:

http://www.visajourn...rance&cty=Paris

 

 

Gather:

- Passport (valid for at least 8 months after the issuance date of the visa)
- 2 photos (specific requirements, DO NOT bring usual French format photos)
- Receipt for payment of the 192? fee paid by mandat compte to account 2006L (wait to receive your packet 4 physically before paying this fee, as it tends to change over time!) 
- Military record (if exempted of military service, an official letter stating why the military service wasn't done is still required). JAPD certificate accepted for people who did it instead of the regular military service.
- Medical results in the SEALED envelope (but no need to bring the X-ray)
- Police certificate (request a "casier judiciaire bulletin n°3" at https://www.cjn.just...fr/cjn/b3/eje20 )
- Birth certificate ("copie intégrale de l'acte de naissance")
- I-134 Affidavit of support + related documents (letter from sponsor's employer, bank, sponsor's tax returns, ...)
- (all forms must be unsigned) 2 DS-156, 1 DS-156K, 1 DS-157
- Letter expressing continuing intent and ability to marry from the USC is needed (original)
- Chronopost envelope 1kg (28*36cm) or 2kg (25*36cm) depending on visa (do not forget to write down the routing number to track it!)

- Other police certificates (if any), from all countries where the applicant has resided for at least one year (with exception of the USA)
- Court and prison records (if any)
- Marriage certificate(s) (if previously married)
- Divorce judgment(s) of EACH previous marriage(s) or death or annulment certificate.














 


didopageFemaleFrance2013-05-22 18:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresMedical Exam in France

No, it has to be done with one of the 2 doctors chosen by the Paris Embassy. They are listed in the Packet 4 that she will receive before her interview, or here: http://www.visajourn...rance&cty=Paris

 

Unfortunately, they are both in Paris. Those two doctors know the procedure and the forms to fill in for the medical exam of a US visa application.

 

One good thing to do though, is to make sure all her vaccines are up to date and that she has proof of them. This is especially important for the Adjustment Of Status (AOS) process once she will be in the US and married to you. If everything is up to date, she won't have to see a civil surgeon on the US and spend more money (complete vaccinations are not required to get the K-1 visa, but they are to get a green card).

 

As Montpellier is pretty far from Paris, what most people do is scheduling the medical exam the day before the interview. The medical results are given the same day of the exam. That way, she will only make one trip to Paris.


Edited by didopage, 30 May 2013 - 03:59 PM.

didopageFemaleFrance2013-05-30 15:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 Visa Form I134 or I864

I wanted to know if it is just me (the sponsor) USC and my fiance (Poland)


You or your fiance what? I don't understand. :) Who goes to the interview? It's the beneficiary.

I-134 for the K-1 visa interview, plus supporting documents. I-864 is for the Adjustment Of Status process.

1) and 2) Not sure so I prefer to let other members answer you.

3) Have you already submitted an affidavit of support for someone else? If the answer is yes, write it. If not, put "none".

4) Yes.

This example can help you: http://www.visajourn.../Form-I-134.pdf

Edited by didopage, 22 February 2012 - 05:49 PM.

didopageFemaleFrance2012-02-22 17:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSAN DIEGO as POE
Take a look here: http://www.visajourn...Diego&dfilter=0
didopageFemaleFrance2013-06-08 00:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAfter I129F approval

Yes, be patient at least 2 months more for her interview. Now that your I-129F is approved, your case will be forwarded to the NVC for processing, and then to the embassy. Your fiancee has to wait for the instructions from the Paris Embassy in the mail. Send her by mail the needed document (I-134 and supporting evidences, ...).

 

Your fiancee will be scheduled for an interview, and that's when they will want the documents. Not before.


Edited by didopage, 11 June 2013 - 01:02 AM.

didopageFemaleFrance2013-06-11 00:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNVC CASE # I129F

Don't send anything to the embassy now. And you can't schedule the appointment for a K-1 in Paris. The embassy chooses the date.

 

Your fiancé will receive a letter with instructions from the embassy, it is called "packet 3". If you want to be prepared before receiving that packet, read this link http://www.visajourn...rance&cty=Paris

Look at what the packet 3 contains, and have your fiance start to prepare the documents and forms (forms will be physically in the packet 3 but you can find them online and download them). She/he needs to gather a bunch of documents for the interview (birth certificate, etc). There is a list on the link I gave you.

 

On your side, prepare the I-134 Affidavit of support form, read the form instructions and gather the supporting evidences (tax transcripts, pay stubs, letter from employer...). Also, prepare a freshly dated new letter of intent to marry. Once it's all done, send them to your fiance in France as soon as possible by mail.

 

Once your fiance has all the documents and forms in the list, she/he will have to send back only 2 forms. One is to say she/he is ready for an interview. This is all explained in the packet 3. After those 2 forms are received by the embassy, they will send her/him another packet called 4, which basically contains the interview date, and final instructions. Your fiancé will have to pay the visa fee and buy an envelope at the post office. No need to hurry for those 2, she/he can do it once the packet 4 received. The visa fee amount will be written in the packet 4 (so definitely wait to receive it before paying).

The packet 4 explains the procedure for taking the medical exam also, but you can anticipate and schedule the medical with one of the listed doctor before the packet 4 if you want. The name, address and phone numbers of the 2 doctors are on the link I gave you. Your fiance can choose the one she/he wants between those 2.


Edited by didopage, 24 June 2013 - 07:51 PM.

didopageFemaleFrance2013-06-24 19:49:00