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Please disregard the above post . My question is : During the first steps in the (K-1 process) they don't ask any questions about your finances? If not , how far into the process is it before they do? NOA 1 or NOA 2 . I will be dealing with the Vermont office. How much time (ball park) will I have ,once I begin the process?

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I might be mistaken ,but don't I have to send my I-134 in when I first start the K-1 Visa process? And would'nt I have to state my yearly income on the I-134? Like I said , I might be wrong , but I thought when first filing (The K-1 ) that I have ao send in the I-129f + G-325A + the Affidavit of Support . Or don't they ask about the Affidavit of Support until after your I-129f is approved? And how many month's does the I-129f approvel or Denial take to recieve?Basically what I am asking is :During the first steps in the (K-1 process) they don't ask any questions about your finances? Thank's ,Matt

That is not required until the interview. If you fill in your timeline, it will give you an estimated date of how long the wait for you NOA2 will be.

I can explain it to you. But I can't understand it for you.

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Please disregard the above post . My question is : During the first steps in the (K-1 process) they don't ask any questions about your finances? If not , how far into the process is it before they do? NOA 1 or NOA 2 . I will be dealing with the Vermont office. How much time (ball park) will I have ,once I begin the process?

Well..ball park...with a NOA1 date of 2009-01-30, the timeline shows "July 11, 2009 and July 25, 2009" About 6 months, if all goes well.

When are you looking at filing?

I can explain it to you. But I can't understand it for you.

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I am looking to begin K-1 in mid April.

Okay...roughly 6 months from NOA1 to NOA2...so October if all goes well. Then you have NVC to clear, and the case gets sent to the embassy. If you look at the link that follows you will see info on that Embassy.

http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/inde...Santo%20Domingo

Here is a link to reviews there:

http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/index.php

I can explain it to you. But I can't understand it for you.

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Thailand
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Please disregard the above post . My question is : During the first steps in the (K-1 process) they don't ask any questions about your finances? If not , how far into the process is it before they do? NOA 1 or NOA 2 . I will be dealing with the Vermont office. How much time (ball park) will I have ,once I begin the process?

You don't need to provide the Affidavit of support or any financial information until your beneficiary receives Packet 3 and is ready to set a date for her interview at the Consulate. You certainly don't need any of that now when filing I-129F.

If you haven't done so already, you should check the timeline at http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...amp;page=k1flow

and the other information in the VJ GUides, they can help you with understanding what documents get filed at which stage of the process.

In any event, you can figure on several months before actually needing to file your Affidavit.

As to your other question regarding how much job history you will need to have when you are ready to file the I-134, I believe you will be fine so long as you can demonstrate the income prior to the filing. In my own case, I resigned from a previous job in August, filed my I-129F in September knowing that I was technically unemployed at that time and effectively had zero income, started my job search in Oct, started working in Dec, and will be filing my I-134 based upon that new job just as soon as we can get our case out of NVC purgatory. I have a letter from my employer stating my earnings and the permanent ongoing status of my job, and I have my first few paystubs. I'm not worried about it - I'm confident that is sufficient. I did feel I was taking a bit of a gamble back in Sept since I wasn't sure how long it would take me to get my new position. Luckily I'm in a field that is in demand, so that didn't turn out to be a problem for me.

By the time your fiancee comes to her interview, f you meet the income requirements, you should be fine as well with a job (or 2nd job) that began in the interim between your I-129F filing and her interview. Or alternatively, a sufficient statement of assets or co-sponsor.

Regarding the minor flamefest previously in this thread - I think that most people will be quite happy to help if you are asking for information. What I objected to (and apparently others as well) was the sends of entitlement that seemed to come from one of your earlier posts. I can understand that you may feel frustrated and angry if you are missing by inches the income threshold. That's legitimate. But you can't blame the system for that. The system is what it is - there are many other frustrating things you are about to discover about it as well. In the case of the income limits, I for one think they are justified. The bar is not set very high, and the system gives several 'easy outs' for those who can't quite make the bar: use assets rather than income, or get a co-sponsor. If none of these is feasible, I would suggest wait until you can put a support package together before filing. It means waiting a bit longer, but many of us are forced to wait months and years for all kinds of reasons not just due to support- we wait for our divorces to go through, for adjudication at CSC/VSC (some arbitrarily longer than others for no rhyme or reason), for Administrative Processing at various stages at USCIS, NVC or consulate (again often for no rhyme or reason), and we wait for factors unrelated to the system (our partners' jobs or education to complete, kids to go off to school, etc.). You will find a lot of sympathy and understanding if you approach us in the knowledge that we, too, are waiting with this drawn-out process. But I, for one, have little sympathy for those who indicate an attitude of wanting instant gratification for their case. I'm not saying that's you - I just felt I caught a whiff of that in your post with the ###### characters.

Peace, and good luck.

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Venezuela
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Regarding the minor flamefest previously in this thread - I think that most people will be quite happy to help if you are asking for information. What I objected to (and apparently others as well) was the sends of entitlement that seemed to come from one of your earlier posts. I can understand that you may feel frustrated and angry if you are missing by inches the income threshold. That's legitimate. But you can't blame the system for that. The system is what it is - there are many other frustrating things you are about to discover about it as well. In the case of the income limits, I for one think they are justified. The bar is not set very high, and the system gives several 'easy outs' for those who can't quite make the bar: use assets rather than income, or get a co-sponsor. If none of these is feasible, I would suggest wait until you can put a support package together before filing. It means waiting a bit longer, but many of us are forced to wait months and years for all kinds of reasons not just due to support- we wait for our divorces to go through, for adjudication at CSC/VSC (some arbitrarily longer than others for no rhyme or reason), for Administrative Processing at various stages at USCIS, NVC or consulate (again often for no rhyme or reason), and we wait for factors unrelated to the system (our partners' jobs or education to complete, kids to go off to school, etc.). You will find a lot of sympathy and understanding if you approach us in the knowledge that we, too, are waiting with this drawn-out process. But I, for one, have little sympathy for those who indicate an attitude of wanting instant gratification for their case. I'm not saying that's you - I just felt I caught a whiff of that in your post with the ###### characters.

Peace, and good luck.

I can understand wanting instant gratification. Especially those that are in long distance relationships whose fiances never had the luxury of being granted a tourist visa to even visit the United States. I also realize there is a reason for making a certain amount of money so that you don't become a public burden. But I, for one, would be lost without this site. And I was completely lost before I(well, my fiance!) found it- it only takes a couple of times being on the phone for 15 minutes listening to automated messages and never having your questions answered, let alone heard by human ears to make one yearn for instant gratification.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ukraine
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I always wonder about people who can't meet the minimum...

Me too. I hope that no one thinks that some wise government agency (an oxymoron in itself) has determined that you will live happily ever after if you make the minimum amount they specify. The purpose of these numbers is simply to assure the government that you will not be collecting welfare (means tested benefits) for your new wife and/or family. Making more than the amount specified disqualifies you for those benefits so the government people can sleep easy knowing that you cannot be asking for any handouts. THAT IS ALL.

To live happily, or at least not "stressfully", ever after you will probably need 5 times the amount specified. Maybe 6 times, and that is just for a normal, provide all you need and a little fun on the side type life.

VERMONT! I Reject Your Reality...and Substitute My Own!

Gary And Alla

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ukraine
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Judgemental? How? Why?

Because I am once more saying that I am no leech and that I am not coming to the US to steal your money? I don't care about it. I'll earn my own. I'm really capable of that much. Seriously. I wasn't born to sit on my ####### and wait for some random American to come and pick me up. I've had a bunch of other things to do for all these years of my life.

I'm really getting sick of this attitude, is all.

I forgot to add - the first child thing.. well, anyone heard of contraception? Y'know, just in case you can't afford one. Or while you can't.

And you think that people that can't figure out the the poverty guidelines aren't enough to live will figure out they should use contraception?

I really don't care what you have, or how you live, and I am not worried about you leeching off me, the poverty guidelines prevent that. What does upset me is a person (alledgedly a man) who comes on here and says the "system" is ####### because he misses the guidelines by $313 and now he has to give up on his future plans for lack of $313 PER YEAR!!!!!!!!! Thats like $6 PER WEEK! It wouldn't buy a daily cup of coffee for his fiancee and he will throw out his future plans and say the SYSTEM is ######## because he cannot scare up $6 per week?

My intent was to point out...truthfully, that there is MUCH more involved to this process than just the visa fees. You are fundementally changing your life and that of at least one other person and if you cannot find a way to raise $6 a week, you better seriously consider what the H-E-LL you are about to do to!

And how is it not being helpful to point out the truth? Maybe I should just say "Oh, poor thing, well, good luck, hope evrything is ok, things have a way of working out" NO THEY DON'T! You MAKE them work out, you KNOW what you need ($6 per week) so you search your soul and devise elaborate plans and somehow, someway to pull off the superhuman feat of increasing your pay $6 per week!!!!!!! And you don't whine and complain about doing what a man should do for his family and blame the "governemnt" for ##### policies which realy should have no effect on your plans if you are prepared.

VERMONT! I Reject Your Reality...and Substitute My Own!

Gary And Alla

Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Croatia
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I have to admit it does not make me angry, at all, when someone, who is new to this, or any other process, comes here, or wherever else and asks questions. It doesn't make me angry, either, when someone gets angry because they learn something they, in fact, dislike. People get frustrated and I don't care if they need to vent.

Nowhere in the OP's post I read anything about him/her not wanting to work. They came here ASKING QUESTIONS and at one point, they ended up venting. Got a problem with it? Move on and let the person be. Mind your own business. Take a deep breath and go for a walk. Zen. Yoga. That kind of thing.

The poverty guidelines prevent nothing, at all. They just exist so that an USC could import their cow (apologies to those who will get offended by this - it's how I call myself, too, and I'm the beneficiary in this case). Why cow? Because that's how this system treats you. So many of us want NOTHING AT ALL but to live in the damn country where our fiance/fiancee is for a reason that's NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, but most definitely isn't leeching off anyone, especially not the person we're marrying. So for whatever or whoever's sake, stop treating us like we're some scum of the earth who can't make any money at all, ever.

There will be just one single period of my life in the US during which I won't be working, or actively seeking a job- ONLY the period when I first come there and CAN NOT WORK LEGALLY. After that, I'll be buying my own bread. I won't come for yours. And my future husband won't exist just so he could feed me either, thank you for asking. I really am capable of doing that on my own. And that's exactly what I will be doing.

So, yes, my fiance makes enough money to import his cow. Once the cow is imported and can work legally, she'll be contributing to the new family. How odd, huh?

I-129F Sent: Aug 20th 2008

Interview Date: April 8th 2009, 10:30 - APPROVED!

K-1 Visa Received: April 9th 2009

POE: Aug 8th 2009, Minneapolis

Wedding: Aug 28th 2009

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Our I-129f was approved in 114 days from our filing date.

Our case spent 52 days being chewed by NVC.

Our interview took 224 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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This is ######. A month and a half ago I made enough ,and now I don't. I just spent like 2 grand to go to see my SO (So that we could get photo's to prove we have been together, letter of intent from her,etc). Now I am going to see her in 18 day's (And I have to explain to her that I am no longer eligable). I can't find a sponser for her. And I do not think I could find a job/survivie in her country. I am very upset. I don't know what to do. $300 is going to keep me from being witht the woman I love.................................any advice?

Wow,You guys are really missing the point."This is ############"This is Refering to his own situation being fraustrated at himself no one else not the system Just his own personal situation.Then he ask "Any Advice?"Hes looking for a way to fix his situation.Hes not throwing it out saying its the systems fault.As already said theres two simple solutions to this situation.Get a part time job to supplement your income.Increase your savings to at least 3 times to what you are short.That would be around $940.

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Depends on where you live.

Well yeah. But I'm okay with just having the minimum as long as I have him. We can shop clearances and make the dollar store our second home.

"And even though we ain't got money, I'm so in love with ya honey,

And everything will bring a chain of love.

And in the morning when I rise, you bring a tear of joy to my eyes,

And tell me everything is gonna be alright. "

Where I live, the only two places you can even *live* at the poverty guidelines with a roof over your head that isn't made of cardboard are called Newark and Camden. Pick your poison.

Timeline of David's Petition to Remove Conditions:

08-01-2009 I-751 Mailed to VSC

09-01-2009 I-751 received at VSC

12-01-2009 Notice of Action/Receipt received

22-01-2009 Biometrics Appointment Notice received

06-02-2009 Biometrics Appointment in Newark, NJ

05-06-2009 Received notice that removal of conditions has been approved!

David's K1 Timeline Available here

David's AOS Timeline Available here

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Also, I'm confused. (it happens often, I assure you!)

If the new federal poverty base for a family of two is $17,900, wouldn't the OP have to make 125% of that amount, which is over $20K? I'm 99% sure that when David came over on his K1, I had to make 125% of the guidelines.

Whoa, did I just put too many numbers in one post? ;)

Timeline of David's Petition to Remove Conditions:

08-01-2009 I-751 Mailed to VSC

09-01-2009 I-751 received at VSC

12-01-2009 Notice of Action/Receipt received

22-01-2009 Biometrics Appointment Notice received

06-02-2009 Biometrics Appointment in Newark, NJ

05-06-2009 Received notice that removal of conditions has been approved!

David's K1 Timeline Available here

David's AOS Timeline Available here

 
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