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Aztec&Taino Proficient

Aztec&Taino   144

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Dominican Republic
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Thanks to everyone. Will take note of all your comments and suggestions. As you said, K1 should not be legally married and I guess I should just stick to what is legal. Thanks again.

You could have a party where all your family and friends get together, wish you well, etc. Yet, s others have emphasized, if you get married you will be forfeiting your fiancee visa...

Best wishes! (F)

August 23, 2010 - I-129 F package sent via USPS priority mail with delivery confirmation.

August 30, 2010 - Per Department of Homeland Security (DHS) e-mail, petition received and routed to California Service Center for processing. Check cashed. I-797C Notice of Action by mail (NOA 1) - Received date 08/25/2010. Notice date 08/27/2010.

After 150 days of imposed anxious patience...

January 24, 2011 - Per USCIS website, petition approved and notice mailed.

January 31, 2011 - Approval receipt notice (NOA 2) received by mail. Called NVC, given Santo Domingo case number, and informed that petition was sent same day to consulate.

Called Visa Specialist at the Department of State every day for a case update. Informed of interview date on February, 16 2011. Informed that packet was mailed to fiance on February, 15 2011.

February 21, 2011 - Fiance has not yet received packet. Called 1-877-804-5402 (Visa Information Center of the United States Embassy) to request a duplicate packet in person pick-up at the US consulate in Santo Domingo. Packet can be picked-up by fiance on 02/28.

March 1, 2011 - Medical exam completed at Consultorios de Visa in Santo Domingo.

March 9, 2011 at 6 AM - Interview, approved!

March 18, 2011 - POE together. JFK and O'Hare airports. Legal wedding: May 16, 2011.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

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W&M Explorer

W&M   12

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Brazil
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[Have an unregistered ceremony in the PI. If you decide to marry before reaching the states, YES you could very well lose your K1. Did you not know this during the process?

Wally & Malena

Our TimeLine

08/04/2010 In Love and starting the process

10/21/2010 My first trip to Brazil, Wonderful time

11/15/2010 Sent application for K1

11/22/2010 Application received Vermont Service Center

11/24/2010 Back on a plane to Brazil. Just cannot stay away for too long

12/01/2010 Recieved NOA1 The countdown begins

12/30/2010 Back on a plane to Brazil--Spending New Years Eve with my baby :)

05/09/2011 Received NOA2

05/12/2011 NOA2 Hardcopy received

05/17/2011 NVC Received file

05/19/2011 Consulate Received

06/14/2011 Interview-----APPROVED

06/22/2011 POE Aruba, on the way to Washington DC

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raymaga Mentor

raymaga   25

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Canada
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The Site Administrator requires us to comment with each topic we move so that the original poster (OP) will not be confused when they don't see their thread in the forum they originally posted in..... which is why we are also required to leave a marker showing it has been moved.

You can't please ALL of the people ALL of the time!!! Keep up the good work, Krikit!!!!!

"THE SHORT STORY"

KURT & RAYMA (K-1 Visa)

Oct. 9/03... I-129F sent to NSC

June 10/04... K-1 Interview - APPROVED!!!!

July 31/04... Entered U.S.

Aug. 28/04... WEDDING DAY!!!!

Aug. 30/04... I-485, I-765 & I-131 sent to Seattle

Dec. 10/04... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport stamped)

Sept. 9/06... I-751 sent to NSC

May 15/07... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail

Sept. 13/07... N-400 sent to NSC

Aug. 21/08... Interview - PASSED!!!!

Sept. 2/08... Oath Ceremony

Sept. 5/08... Sent in Voter Registration Card

Sept. 9/08... SSA office to change status to "U.S. citizen"

Oct. 8/08... Applied in person for U.S. Passport

Oct. 22/08... U.S. Passport received

DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!!

KAELY (K-2 Visa)

Apr. 6/05... DS-230, Part I faxed to Vancouver Consulate

May 26/05... K-2 Interview - APPROVED!!!!

Sept. 5/05... Entered U.S.

Sept. 7/05... I-485 & I-131 sent to CLB

Feb. 22/06... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport NOT stamped)

Dec. 4/07... I-751 sent to NSC

May 23/08... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail

Mar. 22/11.... N-400 sent to AZ

June 27/11..... Interview - PASSED!!!

July 12/11..... Oath Ceremony

We're NOT lawyers.... just your average folks who had to find their own way!!!!! Anything we post here is simply our own opinions/suggestions/experiences and should not be taken as LAW!!!!

hindustani24 Enthusiast

hindustani24   7

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: India
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Suppose someone gets socially married (without legal registration) in presence of family members and coin it as engagement....will that too considered a fraud???

In india too, the term fiance(e) is not that much well accepted socially...it'd help if ppl get some kind of recognition before leaving the us legal marriage.

As per India, I am 100% sure that socially marriage (or religious marriages) is considered a legal marriage. Registration is just a processes of registering that the marriage has taken place. Any marriage considered legal and binding in the country in which it was performed, is considered legal and binding in the United States.

Don't try it, because if embassy/immigration ever found this out with background checks, or if you post pictures, even at POE something immigration officers just casually ask so when did you guys got married (some people fall for it), you can risk visa ban.

For Indian rules:

http://www.indianetzone.com/27/indian_marriage_acts_indian_wedding.htm

I am almost out of TSC blackhole.

Marriage : 2010-06-27

I-130 NOA1 : 2010-07-14

Transferred to Blackhole : 2010-11-02

NOA2 : Feb 15, 2011

NVC:

2/25/11 - received case number, IIN, and gave e-mail IDs.

2/25/11 - Send DS-3032 E-mail

2/28/11 - I-864 (AOS) bill invoiced and paid

3/01/11 - AOS payment status "PAID"

3/02/11 - DS-3032 : Email accepted

3/04/11 - IV bill invoiced (e-mail at 2:30 AM) and paid

3/07/11 - IV payment status "PAID"

3/08/11 - AOS and IV packet sent

3/22/11 - AOS in the system and reviewed that triggered false RFE for IV packet

3/28/11 - DS-230 in the system and SIF

3/29/11 - Case Completed at NVC

4/13/11 - Interview date assigned

5/17/11 - Interview- Approved

5/18/11 - Passport & Visa Picked up from VFS Delhi

5/31/11 - POE (JFK)

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CBP-SRT Contributor

CBP-SRT   9

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Vietnam (no flag)
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People should stop giving replies to something they are not sure or have no knowledge of it. Having a traditional ceremony is perfectly fine. It's not a lie, it's for the sake of families, distance, and tradition. The only thing that is missing is the marriage certificate. As long as you don't sign that you are NOT LEGALLY married, and there is no record of your marriage in accordance with the law.

W&M Explorer

W&M   12

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Brazil
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People should stop giving replies to something they are not sure or have no knowledge of it. Having a traditional ceremony is perfectly fine. It's not a lie, it's for the sake of families, distance, and tradition. The only thing that is missing is the marriage certificate. As long as you don't sign that you are NOT LEGALLY married, and there is no record of your marriage in accordance with the law.

Yeah, what he said :), Best of luck with your decision!

Wally & Malena

Our TimeLine

08/04/2010 In Love and starting the process

10/21/2010 My first trip to Brazil, Wonderful time

11/15/2010 Sent application for K1

11/22/2010 Application received Vermont Service Center

11/24/2010 Back on a plane to Brazil. Just cannot stay away for too long

12/01/2010 Recieved NOA1 The countdown begins

12/30/2010 Back on a plane to Brazil--Spending New Years Eve with my baby :)

05/09/2011 Received NOA2

05/12/2011 NOA2 Hardcopy received

05/17/2011 NVC Received file

05/19/2011 Consulate Received

06/14/2011 Interview-----APPROVED

06/22/2011 POE Aruba, on the way to Washington DC

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Channah&Aaron Proficient

Channah&Aaron   51

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Netherlands
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; Gosh, read the requirements before filling :pop:

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AOS
August 31th, 2011: applied for SS#
September 6th: received SS#
September 26th, 2011: AOS sent
September 30th, 2011: NOA1
October 6th, 2011: NOA1 hard copy
October 26th,2011: Biometrics
October 28th, 2011: case transferred to California for faster processing
December 5th, 2011: received EAD/AP card
February 22nd, 2012: Green card in production
February 27th, 2012: GREEN CARD in hand, yaaay!!!




November 10th, 2013: ROC

pursegal21 Explorer

pursegal21   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Jamaica
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Are you serious? The whole point of the K-1 visa is to get married in the US. If you wanted to get married in your country you should have gotten married and applied for the K-3. I don't mean to sound mean or short but I can't believe all that is involved in the getting the visa and now that you have it, its still is not good enough. They only suggestion I have is to have a mock ceremony in which you will not really be married or come her get married and go back and have a mock ceremony. Good Luck! (shaking my head)

Milushka Community Regular

Milushka   22

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Russia
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:ot: just wonder how people get through the process with not knowing what its about... just surprised, really

K1 is a fiance visa.

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09/13/10 - i129f sent to Texas

09/15/10 - received and signed

09/20/10 - Touched

09/23/10 - NOA1 via mail dated 09/15

10/03/10 - Touched

03/24/11 - NOA2!!! email/text on 03/29 (after 190 days)

03/29/11 - NVC received

03/31/11 - NOA2 hardcopy in mail

04/05/11 - MOS # assigned

04/12/11 - NVC left

04/15/11 - Consulate received

06/02/11 - Medical

06/03/11 - Interview (after 261 days) Approved !

06/09/11 - Visa in hand

06/10/11 - POE @ JFK

08/19/11 - Married <3 <3 <3

09/01/11 - AOS sent

09/06/11 - NOA1 for AOS packet

10/03/11 - Biometrics

Krikit Grand Master

Krikit   1,166

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As a VJ member, I appreciate the way this is done. It lets us know who moved the topic, why it was moved, and sometimes provides context to comments that were made before the topic was moved that might otherwise seem to not make much sense. :whistle:

A really good point.

You can't please ALL of the people ALL of the time!!! Keep up the good work, Krikit!!!!!

Thanks, Raymaga. :luv:

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frenzyheart Community Regular

frenzyheart   2

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Canada
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Are you serious? The whole point of the K-1 visa is to get married in the US. If you wanted to get married in your country you should have gotten married and applied for the K-3. I don't mean to sound mean or short but I can't believe all that is involved in the getting the visa and now that you have it, its still is not good enough. They only suggestion I have is to have a mock ceremony in which you will not really be married or come her get married and go back and have a mock ceremony. Good Luck! (shaking my head)

Just to note: K3 technically no longer exists. It would be the IR-1/CR-1 process they would have to go through if they chose to go that route.

Edited by frenzyheart

- Tiffanney & Matthew -

K1 VISA: 09/11/09 - 08/10/10

MARRIED: 10/10/10
AOS/EAD/AP: 02/22/11 - 05/04/11

ROC
04/04/13: Mailed off!

04/09/13: NOA1

 
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