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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 Vermont K-1 Filers
QUOTE (Angela A @ Apr 17 2009, 10:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Congratulations!! I'm starting to worry a bit because we had a "touch" yesterday and I thought for sure that would be the approval but as of right now I haven't received an email or an update to our status on-line. I'm really trying not to panic!


Lots of people get approval without the system ever emailing or updating. I've been religiously checking my mail every day, just incase! smile.gif

ealachanFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-04-17 10:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 Vermont K-1 Filers
Come on, VSC...you were going so fast for a while...let's pick it back up, here. I want to plan our wedding, and I don't dare make any decisions until we get our NOA2.



ealachanFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-16 14:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 Vermont K-1 Filers
QUOTE (firdaus @ Feb 25 2009, 11:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
hey everyone i finally found this thread and im exited to be here.....i sent my i129f on january26 and got my noa1 on january 29-09........i hope we all have a speedy approval....i really dont kno to much but it seems to me like vsc is working much faster and we should all get our approvals in 3-4 months...but anyway thats just what i hope laughing.gif ....good luck to every1 waiting


Yay! You're on pretty much the same timeline as us. Let's do the "Hurry Up VSC" dance every day until we get pushed through! smile.gif
ealachanFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-26 15:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 Vermont K-1 Filers
good, this will give me something to do while I wait...and wait...and wait...lol

ealachanFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-02 16:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 Vermont K-1 Filers
QUOTE (TimandJoyce @ Feb 2 2009, 02:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (TimandJoyce @ Jan 20 2009, 08:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (BL2B @ Jan 20 2009, 05:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (BR_Joshua @ Jan 20 2009, 06:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
so whats this igor's list and how does it work? i keep seeing references to it, can anyone clue me in?


Igor's list can be found here http://www.visajourn...filers.php?cfl=
This is only based on VJ members and not the other 1000's out there that are in the visa process, but it is quite handy, although it can get quite depressing if you dont move in the right direction on the list.

Hope you're still going to visit us in Dec '08 VSC Joshua whistling.gif



Whoo hoo thanks!! I found it...Tim and I are in the top 500!!! LOL LOL LOL!!! 473 to be exact!!

*sits down with good book...cause she's in for a long wait....*



whooo hooooo. Since Jan. 20 at being at 473...sitting at 430 by Feb. 2!! kicking.gif kicking.gif

GO GO GO VSC!!!!!!


How do you determine what spot you started at? I didn't think to look the day I actually filed. I'm sure we haven't moved much in 5 days, though...lol

ealachanFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-02 15:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 Vermont K-1 Filers
QUOTE (Xaenyth @ Feb 2 2009, 03:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Don't worry smile.gif We had 2 touches on ours after it was received and nothing bad. They were probably just putting it on another shelf. good.gif



Hopefully it was a shelf closer to a desk with a person at it who is in a good mood and wants to stamp us approved....biggrin.gif

ealachanFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-02 15:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 Vermont K-1 Filers
Hi Folks -

is it normal that our case would have a touch on it already? They just sent the NOA1 on 1/27, and it's saying the case was last updated 1/31 on the USCIS website. I'm so scared that they found something wrong with it...eeeeek!


ealachanFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-02-02 14:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 Vermont K-1 Filers
I got the hardcopy NOA1 in the mail when I got home...yay!

Now we just have to hope for no RFE's!
ealachanFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-01-30 21:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 Vermont K-1 Filers
QUOTE (Jan&Rachid @ Jan 30 2009, 11:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (ealachan @ Jan 30 2009, 10:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I overnighted our I-129F package on 1/27, VSC receiving it on 1/28 and my check cleared yesterday!! Now I'm going to be checking the mailbox obsessively until I get the NOA1...biggrin.gif

This is exciting, but I'm soooooo impatient...this is going to be the longest year of my life...lol



I am still waiting for my hard copy of NOA1 but it was mailed on 1/23 and my check was cashed on 1/27. I got the receipt number form the back of the copy of my check and registered on USCIS website and now I can see my progress. Slow now, but one day at a time! Good luck and speedy process to all!!


That's what I did too...I got the case number off the back of the check. How were you able to tell when the NOA1 was mailed? the USCIS website isn't saying that for mine. Hopefully we're on the same timeline! smile.gif
ealachanFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-01-30 13:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 Vermont K-1 Filers
I overnighted our I-129F package on 1/27, VSC receiving it on 1/28 and my check cleared yesterday!! Now I'm going to be checking the mailbox obsessively until I get the NOA1...biggrin.gif

This is exciting, but I'm soooooo impatient...this is going to be the longest year of my life...lol

ealachanFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-01-30 10:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 Vermont K-1 Filers
QUOTE (stevew158 @ Jan 7 2009, 10:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
once you get noa1 or in some cases you can get your case number off the back of you check if your bank gives you that information. once you have that number you creat a long in on uscis site https://egov.uscis.g...VEa9pkFb22hq06r you can put your case number in on that link or register at this link https://egov.uscis.g...ectusertype.jsp for updates. Once you have that done you can check the status of your case and sign up for email alerts. When they work on your case as the service center or move the file for some reason they scan the bar code on the folder your case is in. When ever they do this you can see activity, it will only so like a date and will not tell what they were doing but that is what is called a touch. I hope i explained this ok. Good Luck


Awesome...thanks for the info!
ealachanFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-01-08 10:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 Vermont K-1 Filers
QUOTE (BL2B @ Jan 7 2009, 02:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Good luck Jan '09 VJ filers.
There's no better place to be during the 'wait' than on VJ.
Loads of rofl.gif and crying.gif but we're all in the same boat here trying hard to be real patient.

Strongs to you all! star_smile.gif



Just out of curiousity, some of you have signatures with timelines, and sometimes they have a date and say "touched"...what does that mean? This is all new to me...smile.gif

ealachanFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-01-07 15:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 Vermont K-1 Filers
QUOTE (khmerguy @ Jan 6 2009, 02:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I didn't see January'09 K-1 filter. So i decide to create one. Share your thought.

Anyone sent out K-1 in January'09?

I am. sent I-129F on 1/5/09



I'm sending ours in either tomorrow or Friday. Eeeek! Really nervous that I'm going to mess something up.
ealachanFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-01-07 15:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsDecember '08 Vermont K-1 Filers
QUOTE (JimandChristy @ Apr 7 2009, 04:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Thanks smile.gif The long wait is nearly over *crosses fingers* We are truly ecstatic, we've been together for 5 years and soon we will be together in person for the rest of our lives. Touch wood they'll be more approvals coming today. dancin5hr.gif



Congrats! Send a little UK-to-USA luck to us, yeah? smile.gif


ealachanFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-04-07 15:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsgetting imaptient
I got mine in a few days. There will be a delay when if there are any US or UK holidays.
HelenBradleyFemaleScotland2012-07-13 20:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsIntent of marriage

Well some of us had submitted application before meeting VJ so maybe if we knew what we now learned with VJ we would have not been in this situation....



VJ is irrelevant. The information is in the instructions supplied with the forms you filled out. http://www.uscis.gov...i-129finstr.pdf

Each form supplied by USCIS comes with specific instructions, it is really important to read these so you know what they expect you to include.

Best of luck.
HelenBradleyFemaleScotland2012-07-15 11:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsI got my visa.

Went for my interview yesterday and NAILED IT.
not at all as stressful as i thought it would be. the guy who interviewed me was amazingly nice, and even commented on how good we looked together in the photos. it just goes to show that even though the process is tough, these people aren't heartless and are just trying to do their job. love always wins out.
I'm picking up my visa tomorrow afternoon and am flying out on thursday night.

And now our crazy K1 journey is over.
I just want to say thank you to everyone who was so amazing in the time of stress with my fiance's broken femur.
He has been in and out of hospital since, and is there right now with a serious blood clot but i've booked my flight for thursday so I'll be with him soon.
The poor guy won't even be able to do a first dance at our wedding because of the pain. the recovery takes 5 months so we're having a small ceremony to make things legal on september 1st and then a big party in march 2013.

i'm so happy and i can't wait for you all to be feeling the sense of joy and accomplishment i'm feeling.
love conquers all, and at the end of the day, it's all worth it.

good luck and thank you for the support.

c


I am so happy that you got your visa and you will soon be on your way!

Great news! Best of luck!! :)
HelenBradleyFemaleScotland2012-08-01 15:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWho wants to join my angry rant thread?
QUOTE (rebeccajo @ May 3 2009, 11:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Sherri and Matt @ May 3 2009, 09:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
............ no matter how awful you think things are for you, there are always others who have it worse.........


Sherri -

I'm glad to see you say this.

I'm four years down the road from you in this process. You've heard from a lot of other people in this thread who are at varying stages. Some ARE in worse predicaments than you. And some are united now, but went through something worse than what you probably will.

Most get along just fine with no problems - eventually. Some of us get held up at one stage or another (we did) but it passes. And a few..............they are the ones my heart breaks for.

All I can say to you is this.........one day this will seem a distant memory. It will be a part of your 'story' - your journey as a couple and maybe someday as a family. Your courtship will be a different tale than most of the people you know and it will - in time - be a very special testament to your commitment to each other and your marriage.

Believe it or not, there will come days in the future where you will sit together in the same room, not touching or speaking. Maybe reading quietly together or just lounging on the sofa. Your life will become 'normal'. I know this is something you long for desperately now and trust me - that day will come.

But don't ever forget (on those normal days) when you lift your eyes from your distraction to look at that man who came from so far away and gave up everything he knew to be with you - don't ever forget what it took to get you to normalcy. Don't every forget about how you dealt with differences of the clock to find time to communicate. Don't ever forget about the money you spent to visit each other.

Marriage is normal. Life is normal. Your separation one day will pass. But the things you learned while separated - they can actually be a boon to you as an 'old married couple'.

It is for us. We are 'real'. Real life and not a fairy tale. But with just enough of a 'fairy tale' start to our story to make us special to each other. And that's all that really matters.


Thank you for this. Your post is right on and was just what I needed to hear. I was in tears yesterday, mostly because my SO lives in a rural part of a third world country with limited access to the internet and a phone that does not always have a signal at his house. We've been together for 6 years (with about 2.5 of those together) and just celebrated the 1 year anniversary of our engagement, yesterday. All I want is the normalcy that you speak of. I know that all of this is coming to us, and you've helped to put what I already know into sight. If nothing, this process has helped us to build a strong foundation for our relationship.
jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-05-03 20:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsIgor's list, K1 - no approvals in the last 10 days!?? ((
Don't know if this will make you feel better, but I just got my approval letter in the mail yesterday, my petition was filed Nov.3rd. I've updated my time line, but it has not shown up on Igor's list yet.
jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-05-09 09:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsK2 Visas
Thanks Gary and Alla for the info, i'm sure I'll have more questions to come.


QUOTE (Gary and Alla @ Aug 3 2009, 09:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (juleali @ Aug 3 2009, 08:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
One more piece of information, in reading the qualifications for follow to join benefits it says:

Also, for your child to be eligible for following-to-join benefits, he or she must:

* Be unmarried and
* Be under 21 years of age and
* Have been a child from a marriage of yours (the marriage must have existed at the time of your admission to the U.S.) or
* Have been a stepchild from a marriage of yours (the marriage must have existed at the time of your admission to the U.S.) or
* Have been legally adopted prior to your admission to the U.S., and otherwise qualify as an adopted child under the immigration law.

My fiance's son was born while my fiance was dating the mother (they were never married), does he not qualify for follow to join benefits based on this fact?


He qualifies. However in most countries (if not all) the "absent parent" must provide a notarized letter allowing the other parent permission to move the child PERMANENTLY to the USA and include a copy of the absent parent's passport photo page and signature page. Unless the absent parent has died or the custodial parent has sole custody with specific transport rights, there is no exception to this. There is an age limt for this, 16 in some countries, 18 in most countries and up to age 21 in some countries. Check with the consulate website for what is needed for the child.

Bear in mind that ALL requirements for a K-1 apply to a K-2. Affidavit of support, medical exam, visa fees, AOS fees, document requirements, police certificates if over age 16, etc. It is basically a redux of the K-1 application.


jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-08-04 08:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsK2 Visas
My fiance and I did include his son on the I-129f and we did check "will follow" on the packet 3 forms.


QUOTE (Jauque @ Aug 3 2009, 07:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You do not submit a I-129f for the child of your fiance. You do however include him in your fiance's I-129f in the question regarding children of the benficiary. If you included him there than you are fine.

It does not matter that he was unmarried to the mother, it does however matter that the mohter consent or that he has full custody.

When you filled out the forms for packet 3 did you include his son and check "will follow"? That is also important.


jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-08-04 08:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsK2 Visas
One more piece of information, in reading the qualifications for follow to join benefits it says:

Also, for your child to be eligible for following-to-join benefits, he or she must:

* Be unmarried and
* Be under 21 years of age and
* Have been a child from a marriage of yours (the marriage must have existed at the time of your admission to the U.S.) or
* Have been a stepchild from a marriage of yours (the marriage must have existed at the time of your admission to the U.S.) or
* Have been legally adopted prior to your admission to the U.S., and otherwise qualify as an adopted child under the immigration law.

My fiance's son was born while my fiance was dating the mother (they were never married), does he not qualify for follow to join benefits based on this fact?
jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-08-03 19:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsK2 Visas
My fiance and I did not submit a separate I-129f for my fiance's son at the time we applied for my fiance. We thought that a child of a k-1 visa holder could come to the US under the parent's visa for up to a year without filing a separate application.

Now we have been assigned an interview date and don't know what to do. We had planned on having my fiance's son join us in the states within the year, but not travel at the same time. This way we would have some time to get my fiance settled, find him a job, get settled into a home and prepare for his son to arrive and start school/arrange day care.

I am worried that since we did not submit a separate application for my fiance's son, he will not be able to travel to the US within the year and that we may have problems at my fiance's visa interview, scheduled for September 15th. I am also concerned that, as his step-mom and the USC, I cannot apply for him once my fiance and I are married because my fiance will no longer be a k-1 visa holder and that if we wait until my fiance is a LPR that it could take many, many years for his son to come to the states. His son is only 3 and we really want him to be here with us before he is ready to graduate from High School! We also don't want to scrap this petition and re-apply.

Any experience/advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks all
jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-08-03 18:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsApproval date
Hi spendel,
I went through the VSC and it took 6 months and a call to my senator's office for my NOA 2...things are also moving pretty slowly once they arrive in Haiti. We sent our I-129f at the end of October last year and will have our interview in Haiti on September 15th. There is not a ton of advice and support out there for people going through PAP, if you have questions PM us and we'll try to help you out and give you advice based on our experiences. Be patient and expect things to operate differently than the embassy tells you. If you create a time line it will help people to give advice and help you out as things move along.

Good Luck!
juleali


QUOTE (spendel @ Sep 13 2009, 08:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I -129f sent 06/01/2009
NOA1 06/09/2009
Do you guys think my case would be approved by october


jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-09-13 16:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember '08 K-1 Filers
Congrats!

QUOTE (CTRL+ALT+DEL @ Oct 9 2009, 08:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Finally got the visa. Thank God.


jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-10-09 15:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember '08 K-1 Filers
QUOTE (Jeremy&SioTo @ Sep 18 2009, 03:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
US Embassy in Hong Kong finally approved Dora's visa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! kicking.gif

She went through her second interview yesterday, 2 hours, 3 different embassy people interviewed her!

I was literally an inch from giving up on the K1, and going there to marry and start over for a spouse visa.



Congrats!!!
jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-09-18 16:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember '08 K-1 Filers
Thanks!! I can't wait to see them and I can't believe it's real...I have to pinch myself from time to time!

QUOTE (Ellie-and-David @ Sep 16 2009, 06:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (juleali @ Sep 15 2009, 09:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
My fiance and his son had their visa interviews today....and were approved! They can pick up their passports on September 24th!!!!


Congratulations! You had a long wait, I'm so glad it is over for you :-)


jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-09-16 16:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember '08 K-1 Filers
My fiance and his son had their visa interviews today....and were approved! They can pick up their passports on September 24th!!!!
jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-09-15 20:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember '08 K-1 Filers
Just curious... are there any Nov. filers who are still waiting for the interview....It seems that I might just be one of the last ones out there.
jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-08-30 12:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember '08 K-1 Filers
I forgot to ask, on our NOA2 it says that it expires September 5th. Since our interview is not until the 15th, what do we need to do? Thanks for your help.

QUOTE (juleali @ Jul 30 2009, 04:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I just called DOS and they said that they sent my fiance a letter yesterday, his interview will be September 15th.


jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-07-30 15:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember '08 K-1 Filers
I just called DOS and they said that they sent my fiance a letter yesterday, his interview will be September 15th.
jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-07-30 15:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember '08 K-1 Filers
Hey there everyone,
We are still around and still waiting for an appointment date. We've had some hold ups with getting our papers to the messenger service and getting the final police clearance papers, but all looks good now, and we should be able to send them off on Saturday. After that, we should find out in about 10 days when our appointment will be. I am biting my nails at this point and just hope that everything will come together before i have to go back to work at the end of August so I can get there and help him move here!!! Congrats out there to everyone, and I hope the interviews today were excellent!


QUOTE (Jeremy&SioTo @ Jul 16 2009, 08:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Where are all the November folks? It has gotten so quiet around here, everyone out getting married?

Kevin,

Maybe we need a list to track who has made it all the way in to the USA, like we had for when we were all waiting on the NOA2?

I have to get on here and post, as the black hole of AP is really getting me down, there is no way to gauge progress, and no estimated dates!

Ahhhh! wacko.gif


jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-07-16 22:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember '08 K-1 Filers
Hey Guys,
My fiance had his medical appointment on Thursday and has to wait 10 days to pick up the results, we'll be able to send our packet off to the embassy after that and hopefully get an interview date shortly after that!! We are going to book a reception hall on Thursday, a really great theater near my town. I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel!

jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-06-26 22:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember '08 K-1 Filers
Congrats Ellie!

My fiance received his packet 3 yesterday. The mail system in Haiti is pretty crazy, he has probably had it for a week or more and the post office (who is supposed to call when something comes in) never called my fiance...anyway we have it and Jul is going to jump on the medical appointment Monday, get passport pics and get his police clearance papers. I mailed off the Affidavit of support today to a friend that is flying to Haiti (her fiance will bring it to mine), he should receive it next week...I am soooooooo looking forward to the finish line and can't wait for an interview date!!! It sounds like good things are happening for the November family!

jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-06-13 17:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember '08 K-1 Filers
Okay, is this normal, I got home from work and I have packet 3 from the embassy in Haiti in my mail box? Do they send a copy to both of us or is this a mistake?
Thanks everyone

jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-06-08 17:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember '08 K-1 Filers
QUOTE (Kevin&Leilei @ Jun 5 2009, 09:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Interview date scheduled for July 16th.



Good luck, and congrats!
jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-06-05 16:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember '08 K-1 Filers
Hi all,
Just because I'm curious, how long did you have to wait from the time your case was forwarded from the NVC to the time you received packet 3?
Thanks!

jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-05-29 17:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember '08 K-1 Filers
QUOTE (Jenn and Nick @ May 21 2009, 07:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (NatPatBen @ May 20 2009, 11:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Jenn and Nick @ May 20 2009, 05:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
We are finally approved! We received the notice in the mail yesterday with an approval date of May 13th!! I called NVC today and was told that our case was forwarded to London on May 18th! SOOOO HAPPY!!


So glad for you! Does the USCIS website reflect the results?


Thanks! It is such a relief! The website still says pending, but I have the hard copy!!!



Congrats guys! The USCIS website still says pending for us too. We're waiting on packet 3 now and getting things together, we found out it was forwarded from NVC on the 8th, fingers crossed.
jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-05-21 16:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember '08 K-1 Filers
Thanks everyone. I think I am about finished collecting everything on my end now. My fiance has started to get a jump on what he needs before he receives his packet 3. He just realized that he'll have to renew his passport ASAP because it will expire in December and he won't have 6 months left on it when he has his interview, so that is the main mission right now. Hopefully we'll hear something soon and will be able to keep the ball rolling.


jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-05-16 18:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember '08 K-1 Filers
Hi all,

I have a couple of questions, sorry about the length. I am trying to prepare my information for our packet 3 and read this on the U.S. Embassy in PAP website.

Immigrant visas
Pre-Screening System Developed by the Immigrant Visa Unit

The Consular Section in Port-au-Prince interviewed over 40,640 immigrant visa applicants in fiscal year 2000. Only approximately 30% of those applicants qualified for a visa at the initial interview. In an effort to increase the number of applicants who present all essential documents at the interview, and, therefore, reduce the waiting time for the immigrant visa, the Consular Section has developed a pre-appointment document screening system known as Packet 3.5.

In the past, applicants were scheduled for an interview when they reported themselves documentarily qualified to the Consular Section. Even after reporting themselves documentarily qualified, the majority of applicants were still missing required documents; these applicants were refused at the time of the interview and were asked to send the documents to be reconsidered later. Because the majority of applicants reported themselves documentarily qualified as soon as they received the Packet 3, the waiting time for an appointment was typically 12 to 15 months.

In an effort to increase the percentage of applicants who have the necessary documents at the time of the interview and to decrease the waiting time, the Consular Section in Port-au-Prince has developed the Packet 3.5 system to pre-screen applicants. As soon we receive a Packet 3 from the NVC, the Consular Section mails the applicant a Packet 3.5. The Packet 3.5 contains a list of documents that the applicant must present at the time of the interview. The instructions direct the applicant to assemble the documents and deposit them at a local courier service. For a small fee, payable by the applicant, the service assembles a packet for each applicant and delivers the packets to the Consular Section daily.

The Consular Section screens each packet for completeness. If the applicant has included all necessary documents, the Consular Section returns a sealed packet to the courier service with a label informing the applicant when to return for their interview, usually within 2 weeks. If the packet is incomplete, the applicant will be asked to gather the missing documents and return for an interview at a later date, usually within 2 months. This system allows the Consular Section to schedule immediately applicants who are ready for an interview and notify other applicants of the additional documents that they must obtain before their interview.

The Packet 3.5 pre-screening system resulted in more applicants qualifying for an immigrant visa at the initial interview. This, in turn, decreased the number of cases that require reconsideration and, ideally, sped up the entire immigrant visa application process for many applicants. The Packet 3.5 system is just one of many new initiatives being developed by the Consular Section in Port-au-Prince to better serve the public.

My first question - is this how other Embassies work? In reading this, it sounds like I will have to send all of my information to my fiance before he can get his interview date. Is this the practice at the other embassies that you all are going through? If this is the case, I'll have to fly to Haiti to bring the information with me since there is no reliable mail system there and I don't trust sending originals of anything. Even the embassy brings packet 3 to people, hand delivering it.

My second question - I went to my bank today to get a letter stating how much I have in my accounts, when my accounts were opened and how much I have had in deposits over the past year (for the affidavit of support). The bank was able to get all of my information minus the amount of deposits over the past year and wrote a letter stating the information. Is that going to be a problem? Should I make copies of all of my bank statements to include with my bank information?

Any help you can provide will be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks everyone.
jul&aliFemaleHaiti2009-05-14 17:20:00