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K-1 jitters, could use some support

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Patrick-LiuNa   4

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Hi all,

I am just waiting for my divorce decree to arrive in the mail so that I can fill out all my paperwork with correct dates and file for K-1 for my fiance to come from China. I separated from my wife in 2006 and we only got divorced in 2015 (long story), anyway in about 2 weeks my divorce will become final. That being said I am very nervous about messing up the paper work. I have been involved with my wife to be for over a year now and have visited her twice. We speak daily using WeChat and also using ooVoo for video calls as well. Would someone be willing to look over my stuff, and maybe provide some tips for me before I fill near the end of the month. I do not want to be away from her any longer than I have to be and I am very scared of missing something and having it be delayed.

Thank you all in advance.

Patrick

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baron555   934

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Your stuff is not the issue. Your Embassy is not an easy one for K-1s. Go to the regional forum and get learned.

Phil (Lockport, near Chicago) and Alla (Lobnya, near Moscow)

As of Dec 7, 2009, now Zero miles apart (literally)!

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Your stuff is not the issue. Your Embassy is not an easy one for K-1s. Go to the regional forum and get learned.

what do you mean my Embassy is not an easy one for K-1's? Which embassy and what is the issue? I will go to the regional and sniff around but if you could be a little more specific that would be wonderful

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Your Embassy is not an easy one for K-1s. Yes do your homework on the regional forum.

Phil (Lockport, near Chicago) and Alla (Lobnya, near Moscow)

As of Dec 7, 2009, now Zero miles apart (literally)!

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Your consulate is Guangzhou. Threads about it are in the China regional forum. In addition (in fact, first), go atop any VJ page, click "Embassy Info" and "Reviews: Embassy," and pay attention to both the information needed and the very worst interview stories.

This information will help you to front-load your I-129F package with information and enclosures that the consular officers will find valuable. USCIS will not care about this extra material for its own purposes but will pass it on to the consulate when your I-129F petition is eventually approved.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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what do you mean my Embassy is not an easy one for K-1's? Which embassy and what is the issue?

There's only one and K-1 visas are hard to come by from your country.

I will go to the regional and sniff around but if you could be a little more specific that would be wonderful

Marrying first may be easier. For some Embassies, the K-1 is a slam dunk, for others, like yours, nothing is guaranteed.

You need to read up on your own since your country is not my wife's so I don't pay too much attention to the details, but I do know what I read here on VJ. K-1s from China are not a slam dunk. Many denials.

Phil (Lockport, near Chicago) and Alla (Lobnya, near Moscow)

As of Dec 7, 2009, now Zero miles apart (literally)!

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