Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 Visa and EAD at the same time??	I wasnt planning on entering through JFK, but i have heard that if you enter through JFK in New York, they always give you the EAD work permit stamp? is this true? or are there any forms you can fill prior to arrival so that you can have the EAD upon arrival on the K1 Thanks Definitively, no. If you want immediate EAD you must enter through JFK and get the EAD stamp. Make sure to ask for it or insist on it if necessary. If working right away is that important to you and you can actually work right away if legal, then it is worth it to arrange your entry through JFK making sure not to travel through any foreign airport Dublin for example) where you would clear US Customs before your JFK arrival. Thanks alot Do you know why JFK? Are there any other airports across the states where this policy is also the case?	ddkm	Male	England	2007-05-30 10:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 Visa and EAD at the same time??	EAD can only be applied for after a K-1 enters the USA. Note: Some POE stamp the K-1 visa with the EAD stamp when they enter the USA, JFK airport is one. You then can apply for EAD after marriage and adjust status. Note after July 30 the fee to adjust status will include EAD and Advance Parole. How far along are you on getting the visa? Your timeline tells us nothing. yours: http://www.visajourn...le.php?id=35123 I think i did my timeline thingy...will update it as we go along, i havent filed any forms yet, so im basically at square 1! Thanks for the help everyone	ddkm	Male	England	2007-05-30 10:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 Visa and EAD at the same time??	I wasnt planning on entering through JFK, but i have heard that if you enter through JFK in New York, they always give you the EAD work permit stamp? is this true? or are there any forms you can fill prior to arrival so that you can have the EAD upon arrival on the K1 Thanks ddkm, In other words, your plan is to enter the USA at JFK airport in New York. If that is not your plan you need to change plans. Yodrak Hi everyone, I just found VJ a few days ago and it is extremely insightful and useful! I was wondering if anybody knew whether you are able to apply for EAD at the same time as applying for the K1 visa? My plan is to apply for the K1 and have the EAD so I can start working as soon as i arrive in america on the K1. Thanks!!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-05-30 10:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 Visa and EAD at the same time??	Hi everyone, I just found VJ a few days ago and it is extremely insightful and useful! I was wondering if anybody knew whether you are able to apply for EAD at the same time as applying for the K1 visa? My plan is to apply for the K1 and have the EAD so I can start working as soon as i arrive in america on the K1. Thanks!!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-05-30 10:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	k-1 intitial fee	Id get it in quick so you only have to pay the 170!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-07-08 19:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	RFEs...how common are they?	So im just wondering how common RFEs actually are? I sent in my I129f package exactly as it should be(at least i hope!) with plenty of evidence and photos and things like that, but there is always the worry that an RFE will come our way and slow the whole process down. Any experience of RFEs?	ddkm	Male	England	2007-07-08 23:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	forgot to put submission for k-1 visa on outside envelope	Yeah im sure that wont be a big deal, if it is then i too am in trouble!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-07-12 03:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Preparing Documents - Question	All gathering documents (such as phone bills, photos, plane tickets etc) are supposed to be sent in with the I129f Application Form, not separately. I hope for your sake that this is what you did! Good Luck...now just wait! Edited by ddkm, 14 July 2007 - 11:46 AM.	ddkm	Male	England	2007-07-14 11:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	File K1 Now or Later? Opinions Please!	i would say the sooner the better...$170 or $455 in 10 days or so? and like the others said, the income requirements wont come up for at least a few months yet so best to get the wait underway in the meantime then work on a job...or a joint sponsor	ddkm	Male	England	2007-07-22 04:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 visa - many problems	In my opinion, although there is a risk that if you try to enter usa while the visa is being processed, the general consensus seems to be that as long as you take sufficient proof of ties to UK (such as bank statements, letter from landlords, letter from employers etc) you shouldnt have much of a problem. Of course, it depends on the risk taker in you...most people sit it out and wait for the 6 months or so for the visa to be done, thus not putting their future in any risk. I personally think that being from the UK and being able to do the VWP makes it more likely that you will be allowed to enter the states during the visa processing but again, its going to be slightly risky. My advice...just sit back and wait it out, get a job in UK and save up for the AOS payment! Edit...also, fill out your timeline so others have more info on which to offer advice! Edited by ddkm, 22 July 2007 - 10:37 AM.	ddkm	Male	England	2007-07-22 10:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Check processed but no NOA yet	Its all about being patient!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-07-27 17:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Check processed but no NOA yet	Now you just join the rest of us in the waiting game! I would say expect to receive your NOA1 within about a month, although i think some on VJ have said that they dont even send them out anymore. And yes, having your cheque processed is a good thing...he could look on the back of it for the code to log onto USCIS with, but i really wouldnt worry about this. Good luck with the waiting!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-07-26 03:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	New to Board, filed K-1 received NOA1, have a few questions	the nolo fiancee book is practically my bible lol Fiance & Marriage Visas: A Couple's Guide to U.S. Immigration (Paperback) by Ilona M. Bray (Author), Carl Falstrom (Contributor) http://www.amazon.co...a...1844&sr=8-1 i know other places sell it too but i just used that link because its easiest from amazon. its just really really useful, i got it before i found VJ and it explained everything. some things that i didnt get from VJ the book cleared up for me too. its worth going down to your local book store and having a look through it...it explains practically every way possible for couples to immigrate to the states and if you can get it on the cheap is well worth a read, especially for people still preparing the I129f package and i will definitely have it come in useful when doing the next stage of paperwork, not to mention the AOS	ddkm	Male	England	2007-08-04 16:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	New to Board, filed K-1 received NOA1, have a few questions	heres a few answers i can throw your way (hopefully none will be wrong, though im sure someone will correct me if they are!) 1-touched is when your file gets handled in any way by the service centre. some may say the more the merrier but then i have read of some who dont get any touches for months then find out they have been approved! 2-for the police certificate, this is just background checks on the UK person. just go on your local police website and search for the form. you will need to send it off and then you get it back in 40days, but in UK its good for 12 months so it may be in your best interest to go ahead and find that bad boy soon enough if you get a chance 3-VJ and the Nolo fiancee immigration book have served as our only immigration helpers! I didnt fancy paying up to $2k to a lawyer 4-go to region specific forum on the UK...plenty of info in there from fellow brits! 5-go to guides at the top of the screen and then check out the timeline and the other useful stuff in there 6-this is widely debated on VJ, just depends on the risk you want to take. I will be visiting my SO in AZ soon, flying direct from london. just make sure ties to the home country are brought along just incase they are asked for eg letter from employer, bank statements, pay stubs, bills etc 7-who knows! the fees for K1's I-129f went up from $155 to over 400 on july 31st so the asusmption is that they will get processed quicker, but i really dont know! 8-i dont think so. log onto www.uscis.gov and sign up for email updates is the only advice i can give you there 9-working on your patience and waiting skills. its probably gonna be min 3 months so in the mean time keep in touch and keep all copies of things that show you have kept in touch as you will need to show proof of the continued relationship come the interview. so become a pack rat basically 10-as mentioned, he would probably need to fly into JFK direct (be sure not to go via ireland) and get the EAD stamp there to be able to work for the 90day period. statravel do cheap one way tickets LHR-JFK, worth a look. At the end of the day, its a waiting game from now on...Welcome to the waiting and good luck!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-08-04 05:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	July Filer wishing for advice	I think it depends very much upon the border patrol officer that you go with...when in line i try to look for the nice-looking people and join their lines! I just entered POE through Houston with my K1 pending and was asked fewer questions than before we even started the whole process. They didnt even ask to see a return ticket, which is rare because i have been asked that everytime before. Also, my main piece of advice - dont tell them anything unless they ask. I just answer the questions asked with the most simple response. And when asked who I am visiting, just say friends. If they want to know more they will ask. Try to stay calm too, im sure they can tell if theres something up if you act all nervous. Definitely is a bonus coming from UK though - VWP is a lifesaver! Good Luck	ddkm	Male	England	2007-08-22 15:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	One-way flight OK for K1 visa holders?	QUOTE (darkhorse @ Aug 27 2007, 02:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> round-trip tickets are WAY cheaper! It doesn't matter where you enter the US... (anyone correct me if I'm wrong please.) Round tickets and single tickets normally cost the same, but if you do some simple research you can find one ways that are half the price of the roundtrip. Save the extra dollar and put it towards the AOS!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-08-28 15:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	FIRST TIME POSTING HERE ON VJ	and some further advice...learn to become patient, its crucial!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-08-08 16:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Visiting each other	yes it will be fine for the french person to visit during the process. you could be on the safe side and also bring some forms of evidence of ties to france, such as rent statement, letter from employer, bank statement etc. but thats just to be on the super safe side, normally its not even needed when travelling on vwp	ddkm	Male	England	2007-09-10 13:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Finally filing!!	you dont need birth certificates at this stage if you have the usc passport copied in there somewhere looks all good to me...im so glad we got ours done when it was only $150 or so!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-09-30 13:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Calling the CSC and Wedding talk!!!!	We plan on having the visa January time...6-7 months, not too unrealistic i dont think even with all the backlogs. To reduce the added stress of having a wedding date riding on the progress of a visa processing we are going to have a small civil ceremony right away to do it legally then next summer we will have the proper wedding which has all been booked and sorted (just about!) I figure even if the visa is delayed rediculously then we will still defo have it by june 2008 as that will be 11months. right now all i care about is getting my noa2 though, not really thinking about much else in all honesty	ddkm	Male	England	2007-09-19 12:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How much is the cost of the K1	I'd say the cost is less financial and more emotional!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-10-20 16:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Medical Exam - personal question	Id say maybe it would be best to be honest, but get him to go to his doctor prior to the interview and get a statement from him that it isnt recent and that he is mentally stable etc...surely a better option than lying. Although, if he just keeps quiet nothing may be said about it...?	ddkm	Male	England	2007-11-01 13:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	check cashed	I think it took about a week for me	ddkm	Male	England	2007-11-11 06:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Affidavit Of Support I-134	Whats the contact details to get the 3 years of IRS transcripts? How do we go about getting them - is there some form or something you need? Cheers	ddkm	Male	England	2007-11-11 06:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	noob question: what is "touched"?	Dont worry too much if you dont get any "touches"...many people (Myself included!!)receive their NOA2 without getting touched prior to it, some people seem to have 2 weeks full of touches - only to be landed with an RFE.	ddkm	Male	England	2007-11-11 06:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Student Loan	Does the Student loans company have any way of coming after you when you get to America? I have a few years worth of student loans from them and am moving over to USA in a few months...Im just wondering what will happen if i *forget* to let them know i will be moving!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-11-24 15:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Quick Question....	Thanks!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-11-24 17:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Quick Question....	Hi Guys When NVC receives or sends out your file, do they notify either of us (the USC or beneficiary) by post or email? How do we know that NVC have received it or sent it out to the embassy without calling them? Cheers!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-11-23 02:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	J-1 and 2 year hrr	QUOTE (V&Steve @ Nov 24 2007, 06:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (ddkm @ Nov 24 2007, 03:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I also am getting slightly worried about the J1 2 year home country thing. I never went to school in the states but i did work in Yellowstone National Park Summer 2005 and Summer 2006 on a J1 Visa. Does this mean that i will be subject to the 2 year home residency thing??? I really hope not!! I have visited the states many times since 2005, mainly on the Visa Waiver Programme, but as i said - i have been on a J1 visa summers of 05 and 06. Does anyone have some definitive answers regarding this? Thanks! You can just check on your passport J-1 visa stamp. If it's not applied it should say: "2 year rule does not apply" as well as in your DS-2019 or equivalent document. Best of luck to everyone, - Vanessa. Ok now im really stressing out! I just looked through my passport and the stamps that i got when i entered on my J1 visa are exactly the same as all the other stamps that i have had when going through on the VWP. There is no mention anywhere of "2 year rule does not apply". I really hope that this worry is for nothing...can someone reassure me?!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-11-24 14:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	J-1 and 2 year hrr	I also am getting slightly worried about the J1 2 year home country thing. I never went to school in the states but i did work in Yellowstone National Park Summer 2005 and Summer 2006 on a J1 Visa. Does this mean that i will be subject to the 2 year home residency thing??? I really hope not!! I have visited the states many times since 2005, mainly on the Visa Waiver Programme, but as i said - i have been on a J1 visa summers of 05 and 06. Does anyone have some definitive answers regarding this? Thanks!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-11-24 12:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	noobie here (hello!) ... k1 process sent already	QUOTE (sushiman @ Nov 20 2007, 02:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks All! Glad to be here, and glad to see the support coming through I'll just be waiting a few weeks now and see what happens ..... Until then, good luck to you all also! Mark B. Hey! Welcome to the Journey! It will be at least 4 months until you hear anything relevant back from CSC now since you sent in the i129f, so sit tight and enjoy the ride!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-11-25 13:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Filing in the I-129F (Pease Respond)	yeah dont leave anything blank - N/A or none work good. Thats what we did at least, and we didnt get an RFE so must've done something right! Good Luck!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-12-02 11:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	can i get married in new york then apply for adjustment of status in california?	We'll be getting married in WY but living in AZ, so it shouldnt be a problem!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-12-02 15:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Can I get away with planning a real wedding now?	We booked our wedding roughly 12 months from when we sent in the I-129f. The delays that have come in since June have put a dampener on it, but we will still be together Jan/Feb 08 and have a courthouse ceremony before the wedding June 7th 2008	ddkm	Male	England	2007-12-02 04:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Dictionary of popular terms on the site?	Or some of those things are on the VJWiki	ddkm	Male	England	2007-12-05 03:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	will it cause denial on interview	Chances are they will likely ask for RFE when they get round to it. I cant say for sure though as i have no experience in that!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-12-05 03:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Whats the latest gossip on NOA 2 csc to nvc	Just another little wait unfortunately!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-12-05 03:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Silly questions regarding i-129F form	First rule of Visa Club - when filling in forms, dont leave blanks, use n/a or none	ddkm	Male	England	2007-12-05 03:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	worried:i129f	Just hang in there! Some people waited several months to get the NOA1, but this has no impact on receiving the NOA2	ddkm	Male	England	2007-12-05 03:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NVC Phone Number	I had no trouble getting through really. Got through twice in 10 minutes, first to ask when the case has been received, and then second to ask for the London case number cuz i forgot that the first time round!	ddkm	Male	England	2007-12-05 17:20:00