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Any Irish citizen that did the K1 Fiance visa??

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jkminney Community Regular

jkminney   30

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Hi,

Anyone from Ireland do the Fiance visa. Just want to know what processing times you had to wait.. An any other info really would be a great help.

Thanks,

My fiance is an Irish citizen but living in England at the moment. We filed back in Sept and at this point have received packet 3 and returned it so the ball is in the London Embassy court right now! Seems to not be taking too long. We had planned on the process taking between 8-9 months so we are ahead of that timeline right now.

10-16-2010 Married

03-17-2011 I-130 sent

03-19-2011 I-130 received

03-23-2011 NOA1

03-25-2011 Touch

06-16-2011 NOA2

07-18-2011 NVC Received

07-19-2011 Emailed DS 3032

07-29-2011 Emailed DS 3032 AGAIN-still no response

08-03-2011 AOS Bill Generated

08-03-2011 AOS Bill Paid

08-03-2011 Emailed DS 3032 Yet Again!!!

08-05-2011 Mailed AOS packet

08-08-2011 AOS packet delivered

08-08-2011 DS 3232 accepted

08-09-2011 IV Bill Generated/Paid

08-10-2011 IV marked PAID

08-10-2011 IV packet Mailed

08-11-2011 IV packet delivered

08-16-2011 AOS package processed

08-22-2011 IV packet processed

08-22-2011 SIF/Case Closed

08-25-2011 Interview date received

10-13-2011 Interview-APPROVED

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oxegen85 Rookie

oxegen85   0

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My fiance is an Irish citizen but living in England at the moment. We filed back in Sept and at this point have received packet 3 and returned it so the ball is in the London Embassy court right now! Seems to not be taking too long. We had planned on the process taking between 8-9 months so we are ahead of that timeline right now.

o thats some good news anyway... havent got the process rolling yet but was thinking it would take bout 8-9months too... thanks for that

Rebecca Jo Experienced

Rebecca Jo   1,962

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My fiance is an Irish citizen but living in England at the moment. We filed back in Sept and at this point have received packet 3 and returned it so the ball is in the London Embassy court right now! Seems to not be taking too long. We had planned on the process taking between 8-9 months so we are ahead of that timeline right now.

If the OP's fiance lives in the Republic the interview will be in Dublin - so their experience would be different than a beneficiary processing through London.

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jkminney Community Regular

jkminney   30

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If the OP's fiance lives in the Republic the interview will be in Dublin - so their experience would be different than a beneficiary processing through London.

Yeah I understand that...but he asked about an Irish experience...I'm giving him one :)

10-16-2010 Married

03-17-2011 I-130 sent

03-19-2011 I-130 received

03-23-2011 NOA1

03-25-2011 Touch

06-16-2011 NOA2

07-18-2011 NVC Received

07-19-2011 Emailed DS 3032

07-29-2011 Emailed DS 3032 AGAIN-still no response

08-03-2011 AOS Bill Generated

08-03-2011 AOS Bill Paid

08-03-2011 Emailed DS 3032 Yet Again!!!

08-05-2011 Mailed AOS packet

08-08-2011 AOS packet delivered

08-08-2011 DS 3232 accepted

08-09-2011 IV Bill Generated/Paid

08-10-2011 IV marked PAID

08-10-2011 IV packet Mailed

08-11-2011 IV packet delivered

08-16-2011 AOS package processed

08-22-2011 IV packet processed

08-22-2011 SIF/Case Closed

08-25-2011 Interview date received

10-13-2011 Interview-APPROVED

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Rebecca Jo Experienced

Rebecca Jo   1,962

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Yeah I understand that...but he asked about an Irish experience...I'm giving him one :)

This reminds me of the old pick-up line "do you have any irish in you" with the response being "want some"?

An "Irish" experience would be at the Dublin consulate, which handles things differently than the "British" consulate in London.

Our journey together on this earth has come to an end.

I will see you one day again, my love.

jkminney Community Regular

jkminney   30

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Thanks Tracy...maybe this will satisfy the "Irish" experience to his standards.

10-16-2010 Married

03-17-2011 I-130 sent

03-19-2011 I-130 received

03-23-2011 NOA1

03-25-2011 Touch

06-16-2011 NOA2

07-18-2011 NVC Received

07-19-2011 Emailed DS 3032

07-29-2011 Emailed DS 3032 AGAIN-still no response

08-03-2011 AOS Bill Generated

08-03-2011 AOS Bill Paid

08-03-2011 Emailed DS 3032 Yet Again!!!

08-05-2011 Mailed AOS packet

08-08-2011 AOS packet delivered

08-08-2011 DS 3232 accepted

08-09-2011 IV Bill Generated/Paid

08-10-2011 IV marked PAID

08-10-2011 IV packet Mailed

08-11-2011 IV packet delivered

08-16-2011 AOS package processed

08-22-2011 IV packet processed

08-22-2011 SIF/Case Closed

08-25-2011 Interview date received

10-13-2011 Interview-APPROVED

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jkminney Community Regular

jkminney   30

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thanks all for the info... i want to get there now but I will have to be patient. Is it also true that if I wanted to marry in Ireland my wife would have to reside there for 6months before I can apply for Spousal Visa???
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We did some research into getting married in Ireland and there are some residency requirements but I dont believe it's six months. If you just google getting married in Ireland requirement it will bring up a couple different sources for info. If you are married she's entitled to be there with you. There's probably something you need to file with the closest Garde. Like I said I'm not 100% sure but it wouldnt take much research to find out!

10-16-2010 Married

03-17-2011 I-130 sent

03-19-2011 I-130 received

03-23-2011 NOA1

03-25-2011 Touch

06-16-2011 NOA2

07-18-2011 NVC Received

07-19-2011 Emailed DS 3032

07-29-2011 Emailed DS 3032 AGAIN-still no response

08-03-2011 AOS Bill Generated

08-03-2011 AOS Bill Paid

08-03-2011 Emailed DS 3032 Yet Again!!!

08-05-2011 Mailed AOS packet

08-08-2011 AOS packet delivered

08-08-2011 DS 3232 accepted

08-09-2011 IV Bill Generated/Paid

08-10-2011 IV marked PAID

08-10-2011 IV packet Mailed

08-11-2011 IV packet delivered

08-16-2011 AOS package processed

08-22-2011 IV packet processed

08-22-2011 SIF/Case Closed

08-25-2011 Interview date received

10-13-2011 Interview-APPROVED

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oxegen85 Rookie

oxegen85   0

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We did some research into getting married in Ireland and there are some residency requirements but I dont believe it's six months. If you just google getting married in Ireland requirement it will bring up a couple different sources for info. If you are married she's entitled to be there with you. There's probably something you need to file with the closest Garde. Like I said I'm not 100% sure but it wouldnt take much research to find out!

Well the wedding part would be ok in terms of residency but a US visa immigration lawyer in Ireland told me that if we married in Ireland that my wife would have to reside there for 6 months before I can appy for spouse visa

swimminupstream Apprentice

swimminupstream   0

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Ireland
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My fiance is Irish. We applied in November and have only recieved NOA1. I believe his interview will be in Dublin. Just playing the waiting game. Doesnt help that I'm impatient by nature :(

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K1 Visa (VSC)

11/25/09 Sent application

11/30/09 Received application at VSC

11/30/09 NOA 1

12/03/09 touch

3/19/2010 NOA 2 (approval) :)

3/25/2010 NVC received case (case is an "expedited case"??)

3/26/2010 NOA 2 hardcopy received in the mail

3/29/2010 NVC forwarded case to Dublin- sent DHL

3/31/2010 Case was signed for at Dublin Consulate

4/13/2010 Packet 3 received

5/07/2010 Sent letter and email to embassy...no word on interview????

5/11/2010 Embassy called saying we did nots ubmit ds 230 with "notice of readiness"

5/11/2010 Mailed in ds 230

5/17/2010 Embassy called stating ds 230 was not the right "version" (got it off this site..fyi)

5/21/2010 Received the "right" version of ds 230/filled it out/sent it back to embassy

6/04/2010 Received interview date!! (finally)

6/08/2010 Interview at U.S Embassy/Dublin!!!!!!***approval pending receipt of a copy of divorce decree :( (one that is a certified copy)

6/17/2010 Visa arrived in the mail!!!!

6/19/2010 Joseph arrives in the U.S. :)

7/02/2010 Married!!! Honeymoon in Sanibel Island, Florida

8/24/2010 Uscis recieved AOS, EAD, AP packet

8/31/2010 NOA-Rejection notice...sent too much money, had to send correct amt

9/16/2010 AOS, EAD, AP recieved by USCIS with correct amt.

9/23/2010 recieved appt for biometrics (10/20)

10/04/2010 recieved RFE, forgot to sign a document. Signed and returned.

10/20/2010 Biometrics appt.

Penguin_ie Grand Master

Penguin_ie   6,002

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ireland
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I can answer the spousal visa bit. To get married in Ireland you need to be resident in the district you want to be married in for 6 weeks, and they are not very strict on requirements- I put my husband on the ESB bill before he got here and that was fine as far as residency for the Irish authorities. As soon as you have the marriage cert, you can apply for a spousal visa (CR-1) to the USA; so you can do this and the US citizen can return back to the USA the day after the wedding. However, if the US citizen spouse is legally resident in Ireland for 6 months before applying for the visa, you can apply directly via the embassy. This is significantly faster than applying via the USA (we are talking around 6 weeks- see my timeline below- whereas applying the"normal" way via the USCIS in the USA takes 6-8 months).

Bye: Penguin

Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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