AlbaEagles<3

We are in the same boat. My fiance had her interview yesterday in Tirana. They gave her a 221g for no good reason. Really, there is absolutely nothing that would put us into a risk category, and we provided 2x more evidence than they requested (we even offered them a DVD of our engagement party). This process just does not make any sense.

We have no clue why they would put us in AP.

Both of us are similar in age, never been married or had any complications, no criminal record, both are well educated. She speaks English very well, has never been to the USA. We provided them with tons of pictures, airplane ticket stubs, we even offered them a DVD with the video from our engagement party in Albania. Letters of intent, affidavit of support.... everything was submitted as requested. She went to the interview dressed very professionally, answered all of their questions with confidence. Albania is NOT on the list of "high risk" countries, actually they just recently got permission to travel to any EU country without a Visa. I can't think of a single reason why they would possibly put us in AP. I am very disappointed with this whole process and I think it is an embarrassment to our country.

The strange thing is, they did not give her the 221g form (which others on this board report receiving), nor did they give her any other documents that request information or explain the situation. They simply verbally told her they would call her back. I'm wondering if this is actually official "Administrative Processing" or whether they just happened to be busy this week and need her to come back next week for the Visa.

Has anyone heard of anything similar?

Thanks,

Martin

Hi all,

My Fiance went for her interview today and she said it went well. She answered every question that they asked her, she provided them with lots of pictures and our letters of intent. When the interview concluded the Embassy representative told her that they would call her with more information because our application is in the administrative process.

From what I hear from others that successfully went through the interview process, they usually take your passport from you and then send it back to you with the visa attached.

Why didn't they ask for my fiance's passport? How long should we expect to wait from now?

Thanks,

Martin

Thanks Andi and Pui, i'll have to try that. Perhaps it will help preempt the RFE.

Baron555, I found this site after submitting the packet, I wish I found out about VJ sooner. In my opinion VJ should be advertised in the I-129F paperwork as the VJ guides are more straight forward than the instructions in the I-129F.

Thanks,

AlbaEagles<3

Thanks Jim

Thanks Barbara. I included tons of evidence that we met, i.e pictures, airplane ticket stubs, passport stamps. I don't really see the letter of intent as an important document in my opinion. I mean, I am stating my intent by filing for the K-1 Visa, and they can ask my fiance about her intent all they want at the interview. I guess they just like having it in writing, but hopefully i'll be ok without one.

Thank you both for your responses.

iampatricias - i'll keep my fingers crossed that an RFE doesn't come.

Kaiser - I was thinking the same exact thing yesterday. The petition alone should be proof that me and my fiance intend to marry, as well as the fact that I flew to the other side of the planet twice in the last 6 months just to visit her. Thanks for putting my fears to rest. I hope my outcome is the same as yours.

In my hurry to get my I-129F in the mail, I must have overlooked the "letter of intent" bullet point, and I didn't realize I needed one until reading through some posts on this forum. Now that I am reviewing what I actually sent it seems that is the only thing missing. I did a very good job with everything else. I have a couple questions:

What are my odds of an RFE?

If I do get an RFE and need to send them letters of intent, how much time can I expect to lose?

Has anyone here forgotten a letter of intent and NOT received an RFE?

Thanks in advance.

AlbaEagle