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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Brazil
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All right! This a brief description of our case, but i also wanted to know what are the next steps? Can someone point me in the right direction here on VJ! Thanks

I had to travel to Rio to be "present" for my fiancee interview, please do not take my consulate review into consideration due to the fact that our process was way different than any other process here, I am just giving a consulate review, because the staff that works there now, it's very prepared, knowledgeable, and their performance exceeds many others i have seen before, everyone it's very friendly, and as i mentioned before they are capable to distinguish real from fake and everything in between.. we had our K-1 process revoked on 2010, just because my previous marriage in the US was to someone from the same country and for some reason that raised a tremendous red flag.

It was so confusing that the consul herself (a nice lady) capable of doing such a great job, requested that i should be present, and by the time i got there, in the next few days, she conducted a 3 hour interview with the purpose of clarifying our situation, the output of that one on one interview came as expected, her visa was approved, she was very happy and i was super excited.

There are not many immigrant visa cases being processed in Brazil as it was in the past, there use to be more, I honestly don't see why a visa waiver should be approved by the Department of State for Brazil and Chile since these both are the emerging countries in South America right now, with a good economic standing and a great economic potential.

All in all, i am happier with the decision made by the consul herself... She is an Angel.. Thank you Miss Susan

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ecuador
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Congratulations, si man! :) At least RDJ formally requested your presence, rather than hiding the integral need for it, and they accepted your statements, reasoning, & evidence, rather than refusing to accept it and then accusing you of not having brought any.

When your lady gets the visa in her hands, she'll typically have 6 months in which to use it to come to the U.S. (check the "use by" date).

Before she leaves, I recommend that she procure MULTIPLE copies (at least two, perhaps more) of every formal document and record that she can think of: birth certificate (hers & children, if applicable), divorce certificate if applicable, medical records (especially vaccinations), university transcripts, and anything else that would be difficult, expensive, or impossible to procure after she's in the U.S.

Not only for the vaccination requirements but for general reasons of cost, she should get all inoculations & boosters there, and get all desired dental work done, too.

Ideally, her passport is fresh and with a long expiration date. She should also renew her driver's license for the longest possible term; or, if she doesn't have one, she should do everything in her power to earn one.

These are a few of the often-overlooked items that, if handled, can make her life far easier once she's here, si man.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

 
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