Is I-129F an immigrant visa petition?

[conny 0]

I know I-130 is, but what about I-129F (K1 petition)? K1 itself is considered non-immigrant, but I have doubts on how to fill question #36 in DS-156 on another visa (F1) while K1 petition is pending. It reads:

36. Has anyone ever filed an immigrant visa petition on your behalf?

On one hand it's clear what they're trying to find out and it would make sense to tell them about K1 (which my fiance is going to do anyway), but on another hand K1 is non-immigrant and therefore the answer should be No. Am I right?

[milimelo 4,205]

It's a dual-intent visa. As soon as you have your NOA1 you are in the system and they can see what petitions you have open.

[conny 0]

Of course they will see it, we have no intention to hide anything. But technically it's not an immigrant petition then why alert and confuse the consular officer by answering yes?

Edited July 1, 2009 by conny

[Hell0W0rld 10]

the answer should be NO...

36. Has anyone ever filed an immigrant visa petition on your behalf?

this is a past tense question, see the bolded word, its asking you, in your past, did anyone help you file for an immigrant VISA.

[conny 0]

the answer should be NO...

36. Has anyone ever filed an immigrant visa petition on your behalf?

this is a past tense question, see the bolded word, its asking you, in your past, did anyone help you file for an immigrant VISA.

HelloWorld08, you probably misunderstood the situation so I wanted to clarify again - my fiance is not filing for K1 now, he's filing for F1 while our K1 is till pending. So the question is - do they consider my I-129F an immigrant visa petition for the purposes of F1 application or not?

[jamall 1]

go to this side will tell you how to do the DS-156 form

http://www.visajourney.com/examples/Form-DS-156.pdf

Edited July 1, 2009 by jamall

[conny 0]

go to this side will tell you how to do the DS-156 form

http://www.visajourney.com/examples/Form-DS-156.pdf

Unfortunately, jamall, it doesn't - we're not filing for K1, we're filing for F1 now, while K1 was filed long time ago and is still pending.

[Otto 83]

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Edited July 1, 2009 by Otto und Karin

[ThaitoUSA 15]

the answer should be NO...

36. Has anyone ever filed an immigrant visa petition on your behalf?

this is a past tense question, see the bolded word, its asking you, in your past, did anyone help you file for an immigrant VISA.

That is not past, but rather present perfect tense. Past tense indicates a completed action, whereas present perfect tense indicates an action that was initiated in the past, but may still be occuring.

Conny you are correct. It is a non-immigrant visa and therefore you can truthfully answer 'no' to it.

[Hell0W0rld 10]

the answer should be NO...

36. Has anyone ever filed an immigrant visa petition on your behalf?

this is a past tense question, see the bolded word, its asking you, in your past, did anyone help you file for an immigrant VISA.

That is not past, but rather present perfect tense. Past tense indicates a completed action, whereas present perfect tense indicates an action that was initiated in the past, but may still be occuring.

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[Wyld Blu 35]

May I suggest calling the USCIS to ask them? I well know about them being a call center and blah, blah, blah...lol...but this seems like a simple question they could answer.

-Blu-(just to be sure)

[conny 0]

May I suggest calling the USCIS to ask them? I well know about them being a call center and blah, blah, blah...lol...but this seems like a simple question they could answer.

-Blu-(just to be sure)

Which number?

[Otto 83]

May I suggest calling the USCIS to ask them? I well know about them being a call center and blah, blah, blah...lol...but this seems like a simple question they could answer.

-Blu-(just to be sure)

Which number?

1-800-375-5283

[payxibka 10,044]

The I-129f is a petition that determines the eligibility for an alien to apply for a "K" visa. A "K" visa is a NON-immigrant visa.