K-1 parent in different country than the children.

[Blueguitar 0]

Lawyers, arghhhhh. You can do most, if not all of this, without one unless of course there is a unforseen problem or age-out issue or something beyond a normal petition. I'd bet your lawyer didnt send it to VSC until June-July.

It wasnt clear to me that the US Consulate would require that information about my Fiancee's work permit before they would begin to process her Visa application. It's not mentioned anywhere on the US Consulate Vancouver web site but if you review the I-129F Petition and other material I sent in with it that question would have been answered. In any case, we only lost a couple of weeks. Now, we'll loose another 4 weeks on getting the Police Clearances back from HK and the PHILS but that's the requirement and we'll go along with it. Again, Vancouver has been good to deal with so far.

Also, when a fiancee is working in another country and depending on her/his job, it's not always easy for them to just take off work, gather documents, travel to get fingerprinted, go to the post, open e-mail anytime they want and generally be as pro-active or timely as the Petitioner. It's a lot easier for me to do as much as I can for her from Seattle, follow up with her and drive north accross the border to sheppard the process from time to time.

Yes, stay in touch. Cheers.

We just got our second Notice of Action--just the email that it was sent. So things will be moving faster now. We'll have a wait on the police certificates too since Singapore won't send it without the requisition form the Consulate. I guess there's not really a way to speed that one up ...

At what point were you made aware that they were wanting the proof of Canadian status? Had they sent you the forms checklist, or were they just refusing to do any processing at all? Was there a place at which you could have included it with other forms if you had known? (I guess what I'm asking is, would you recommend that we just have the proof ready to go when they ask, or that we actually get it to the consulate as soon as we can even if they don't ask for it?)

R&R

[Blueguitar 0]

I was also wondering how your contact with the VC consulate began. Did you initiate it? Or did they at some point say OK, you can talk to us now, here's the information.

It's exciting that everything is moving forward.

R&R

[Blueguitar 0]

Wow! We've been reading around here and this is a wonderful forum. OK, bear with me for a little background: our K-1 will likely get through the Vermont Service Center in mid-December. Everything seems to be on track for approval.

The part we are wanting to make sure we keep on top of is the part that involves the two children. Since my sweetheart is in Canada and the her daughters are in the Philippines, we’re not sure how things work with the K-2 visas for them. The girls' names are on the I-129-F form, so we think k-2 will be issued automatically after the consulate interview. Is this right?

We don’t know if the girls’ visas will be issued with my fiancee's K-1 in Canada or be issued directly to them in the Philippines.

We understand we have a year to do so once the K-1 is granted, but we would like to bring the children over as soon as possible. All the documents on both girls are in order, including passports, divorce decree, custody papers, etc ..

We're trying to educate ourselves on this part of the process—particularly what we have to do on the Philippines end of things (so that we don't run into any surprises). We're checking with the embassy and with friends over there.

Anyone know anything about this? We would very much appreciate any insight.

R&R

You have the option of chioosing the PI consulate in Manilla. If possible I would suggest this, then applying for all visas at one time in Manilla. If this is not possible, then the Canadian counsulate will notify the Manilla consulate and you can apply for the K-2s there afterwards. I would suggest doing this BEFORE your fiancee enters the USA with her K-1.

When the petition is approved there is a form you can submit asking for a change of consulate. Easiest route is to request Manilla and for your fiancee to return there, do the interview with the children and get all visas at one time.

If you have nit submitted the I-129f yet, list your fiancee's address in the PIs. I presume she has one, and list her Canadian address as a mailing address or on the G-325a. Try to get this thing steered to PI where she is a citizen, and do it from there.

Gary and Alla,

Is your suggestion for suggesting that we apply to for the K-2s before coming to the US and getting married just that it is good to do it ASAP or that it's good to do while still in Canada? Or some other reason. We're beginning to have a better understand ing of the process, but still we have a lot of questions.

This forum is amazing for that!

R&R

[Blueguitar 0]

Interesting situation! I am not sure how/ where the visas will be issued. How old are the kids? If they are teenagers, they may require their own interview. Was the mother married to the father? She may require written agreement from the biological father to take the children out of the Phillipines, or a curt order allowing same.

She has full custody granted by Canadian courts. Do you think they'll honor that in the Phils?

[Blueguitar 0]

We're going to call in one week to the NVC to see if things are on their way to the US Consulate in Montreal. I think things are going to move a lot faster now.

[Carlawarla 1]

I have nothing to really offer you in terms of information at this time Blueguitar other than best wishes for a speedy approval!

I did want to point you to the Canada Forum however, for further help, information, or emotional support during this process. You'll find lots of information there from others coming from Canada to the U.S. Here's some links for you:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showforum=93

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=191858

[Blueguitar 0]

I have nothing to really offer you in terms of information at this time Blueguitar other than best wishes for a speedy approval!

I did want to point you to the Canada Forum however, for further help, information, or emotional support during this process. You'll find lots of information there from others coming from Canada to the U.S. Here's some links for you:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showforum=93

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=191858

Thanks for the good wishes and the links.

R&R

[Blueguitar 0]

Our case has been sent to the US consulate. The NVC says they probably have it by now. We will start talking to them tomorrow or Monday.