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Meric,

Thanks for the help!

I've been talking to Emily (EminTX) for a long time now (facebook friends, too) and never thought to look on her profile signature.

Big help! I downloaded each page.

Question: On page 1 where it has the interview date "March 2012" it doesn't have the date, just the month and year. Where is the date?

Also, you are right about the mail. My fiancee used her parents address because that's where she lived back in February. But the mail takes forever and that's if she even gets the mail! I've sent many cards that never arrived.

I will email the embassy like you said.

Question: Do you still have their email address you used? May I have it? I may just email them with our case number when we get it instead of waiting for it to arrive at her parents, which may never happen.

Thanks again!

Scott

Both you and the joint sponsor will complete a form I-134 and include all supporting documentation. This will be submitted at the interview.

We're preparing the I-134, so looks like we're headed in the right direction. I hope that packet provides enough information that arrives in Peru.

I'm following the guidelines in the I-134 instructions at the USCIS.gov website for whats needed financially-speaking.

Thanks for your response.

Hello all,

Soon my fiancee in Peru will be having her visa interview at the U.S. Embassy.

I do not currently make enough money that is required for the 125% above poverty level to support her. I have a joint sponsor who is willing to help us. Will I need to provide his information to the interview? We have been approved with the NOA2, but we are still waiting for our case number.

Since my fiancee has not received the instructions on what to provide, (we know that the police reports and medical vaccination will be provided) we are not sure on the financial information and what my joint sponsor needs to provide - and if he needs to provide it now or wait until adjustment of status.

Thank you!

Here is something that answered some of my questions:

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After the NOA2, USCIS sends the package to NVC, NVC then forwards it onto the consulate in the beneficiary's home country. The consulate will then contact the beneficiary with steps on what needs to be provided prior to the interview.

Your fiance should have made a copy of the package and sent it to you so that you know the contents of it.

For you, since it's been over a month since it was approved, there's no harm in calling NVC to see where it is. They can tell you if they've assigned a case number to it and forwarded it to the consulate. No harm in calling.

So it sounds like I don't need to call the NVC at all. I just wait until my foreign fiancee receives the instructions in her mailbox, which sounds like it may take up to a month.

Congrats to everyone with an approved NOA2!

I was approved Friday, June 29th, 2012. (Last week)

Today I received the NOA2 in the mail, so four business days after it was approved. From what I've read, my next step is to call the NVC and retrieve the case number. Once I have that ... well, I'm in the dark.

Question #1: What is the number to call the NVC?

Fact #1: If I don't have one soon, I can email them at nvcresearch@state.gov to have them research my case for me.

Question #2: When do I send the information on my affidavit of support and proof of an ongoing relationship?

Question #3: Where do I send that information to?

Huge thanks to everyone helping me out!

Hang in there - it's almost over =)

-Scott

Thanks everyone !! Now i feel like what next ?? SO many things to do now !! Gotta get my paperwork together to send him by the end of this week, hopefully.

That's right - so get right to it! And while your doing that, make mental note to remember what your doing.

Because my Valentine's gift was being able to send in the I-129F today! Woo!

So hopefully in 3 months from now I'm where you are today.

And I'll have much to ask you!

Congratulations!

I just put see attachment and added a similar layout list that I made in ms word.

That's what I'm doing with my employment history. They want the last 5 years and I have more than the provided lines for the number of employers I've had.

Was your I-129F approved?

You caught my error! My apologies

Thanks for clearing that up.

-Scott

I've prepared a modified version of the G-325A PDF that uses Times New Roman as the input font rather than Courier New. It should give you significantly more room for the information you're trying to enter. See my signature for more information and the link.

That is AWESOME. However, can you send me a copy of that in the new format? New format edited 11/12 by USCIS. Your format is 2009. I checked USCIS and it reads, "11/23/10; (06/14/10; 02/19/10 editions also accepted)". 2009 version is not listed.

I actually listed only the name of my employeer. I forgot the address. They approve us anyway.

My wife never recieved anything by mail....only via email. I do not think the address is an issue.

Regards,

Magnus

Cool - Thanks.

One less thing to worry about.

-Scott

I've got two simple questions! (Just not simple enough that I know the answer)

1. Question
   

On the G325A where it asks employer name & address, if I write "See Attachment titled, G325A, Q. Employment last five years, Part B" in the blanks without ANY OTHER information,

and complete the question on a separate sheet, using the required title as suggested in the Example Forms,

is that enough?

1. Question
   

I will be using a lot of abreviations in my alien fiancee's home address. We are worried that where it says, "City" and "Province" and "Strete Number" we may not be applying the correct names listed.

I will provide the complete address on a Post-It, in the form I use when I mail her letters.

Your advice and experience is greatly appreciated!

My cousin had an RFE b/c he put a "N/A" wheroule a "No" should go.

Make sure you are following the example forms that this website provides.

They are there for a reason!

Here is my To-Avoid-an-RFE Question:

I am writing my work history on the G-325A on a separate sheet of paper. The full name of my employers and their addresses are too long to fit into the blanks.

However, to avoid sending in blank boxes, Do you have any advice? Am I being too picky?

Thank you!

Awesome!

We will be sending ours within a couple weeks.

I will let you know via this post.

The church in Peru (my experience is with the Anglican and Catholic churches, so disregard if you're a member of a different faith) will not do a religious wedding without first having the civil marriage prior or on the same day.

Her Dad is a pastor of a Nazarene church. Sounds like they know about the law you described, but may not know how strict the U.S. is when it comes to following rules.

Very appreciated! Thank you.

Check out the example in "Example Forms" at the top. You will fill one out and your fiance will fill one out. As for the address, I put the Dallas Lockbox since that is where all I-129F documents are sent.

You wrote the letter of intent correctly. Now have your fiance write one, too. I am sending my fiancee' in Peru her copy by email and she will print, sign and she will snail mail the copy back to me. This is what will take the longest before I can submit the I-129F - which I will have finished by this coming week.

Remember to also have the foreign fiance/fiancee fill out/sign G325A and provide 3 passport photos. One for the I-129F, one as a back-up copy in case of an RFE and one for the 2nd copy which you will include in the packet you will send back to the foreign fiance/fiancee for the interview.

Just read this site as much as you can, including the example forms and guides.

Good Luck!

replace 'EAD' with 'AP', and yer logic makes sense.

! Understood!

When you apply for AOS after your legal wedding in the US, you can apply for Advance Parole (for free). Once approved, then yes, you can travel to Peru for a religious wedding. It usually comes as a combo card with the EAD, in less than three months. Good luck!

That's exactly what I was looking for. Those will be the plans so far!

Many Thanks!

My fiancee' and I wondering how soon we can travel back to Peru once she arrives here via the K-1 Visa to have the religious wedding with her parents and friends.

Once she receives her EAD (3 months), can we travel back to Peru for 1-2 weeks to have a religious wedding/honey moon?

Or do we have to wait an addt'l 4 months once she receives her GC?

Her family wants her to have a religious wedding as soon as she receives her visa and THEN come to the states the following day or week. I want to do this legally without any risks and have her here and perform the legal wedding first.

Peruvian religious weddings are the confirmation a bride has been wed. When my fiancee' arrives here, even after the civil wedding, she will not consider us married (including everything that goes along with being married ) until we perform the religious wedding, which she wants in Peru.

I want to avoid a denial upon her entry into the states at all risks!

P.S. Marriage visa is not in question, so disregard that option.

Hello Everyone,

I'm from Canton, Ohio and my fiancee is from Lima, Peru.

I just returned two days ago from seeing her for the 3rd time in 2 years (4 times total since 2009)

We will be starting the visa soon. Here are a few questions I have:

1.) I will be using a close friend as a sponsor for financial support in our visa.

What information will he be required to provide?

Also, since he is my sponsor, do I need to include information on my employer and bank papers? What if I am currently collecting unemployment?

2.) I am looking into hiring a K-1 Visa Agency to help in the document assistance. Any recommendations?

3.) My fiancee, once she receives the visa in Peru, would like me to travel to Peru, marry her in a church and travel with her to the states to perform the legal wedding. Is this a possibility?

Thank you soooo much!!!

Sincerely,

Scott - Ohio

&

Dina - Lima, Peru

Dear Visa Journey Friends,

My fiancee lives in Peru and we're currently interested in the K1-Visa, however, I recently graduated college and I'm still looking for a job that pays over 125% poverty rate.

I've see my fiancee, Dina, three times so far, in 2009, and twice in 2010. I'm writing to ask your opinion on my fiancee applying for a tourist visa to visit her aunt and cousins in Miami, Florida. I would drive to Miami and see her.

Dina's mom was approved for the tourist visa to visit her sister and Dina's dad has a missionaries visa to visit the states. Unfortunately, Dina is 30 and w/o children so we know it won't be as easy for her, though, she has a full-time job.

We understand if she is rejected it could raise some red flags during the K1-Visa process, but we'd like to give it a shot. What is your opinion on the risk we're taking on the future hopes of a K1-Visa?

It stinks because it would be so great to have her meet my parents!

Thank you so much.

Sincerely,

Scott Barr

Hello,

My fiancee had to get her third tetanus shot for her workplace. I was wondering if that shot was required for the fiancee visa in Peru.

More importantly, what are the required vaccinations that she will need?

We are wondering in advance so while she is visiting her doctor she can start recording her shots and to ask for her vaccination history.

Thank you so much,

Scott Barr, Canton, Ohio & Dina Anton, Lima, Peru

Holas.

Can someone please tell me what the required vaccinations for the K1-Visa are for my fiancee in Peru?

She just got her 3rd Tetanus shot and she's not sure if the doctor has been keeping her shots on record. So we're hoping we can start collecting the records now if we know which vaccinations she will need when we're able to start the visa.

Thank you a lot for this,

Scott Barr, Canton, Ohio & Dina Anton, Lima, Peru

I've read many times that this it true as well. I don't think you'll have a problem.

My fiancee was in Tawain working when we started the K-1 process, even though she is Philippine citizen. She did move home shortly after we started the process, so it's not the same as you. But the USCIS messed things up and assigned the Taiwan US Embassy even though I specifically filled out the I-129F for the Manila USEM. Apparently they had no problem with her using the USEM in Taiwan even as a Philippine citizen. Too bad they did that though. It added a whole nother week or two to our never ending process in order to get it changed back to Manila.

-James

I'll tell my fiancee', thanks. Also, I like how you added the timeline of your relationship. I'll have to do the same.

Hi Everyone,

Background:

My fiance is from Peru and I met her on a mission trip in 2009. She was our translator and it's been an amazing story since. I returned this past summer in 2010 and worked as the head chef for the same organization from May to July. Then I returned to Peru again this November of 2010, stayed wit her family for two weeks and proposed. Now I'm looking for a GREAT job here in the states. I graduated college last May, so I'm seeking something that basically will support us (not asking for much right now!). So, of course, we have yet to start the K1-Visa.

Question:

My fiance is considering working outside her native country. A former employer is moving his business to Columbia. It will be great for her to make some decent money. That would help her with some of the costs of the visa. However, I'm wondering if that's a bad move since she will not be a citizen of Columbia, only of Peru her native country, and how that would affect the visa process once we begin the paperwork.

Thank you so much for your input,

Scott & Dina,

March 3, 2011

Hi Everyone,

Background:

My fiance is from Peru and I met her on a mission trip in June of 2009. She was our translator and it's been an amazing story since. I returned this past summer in 2010 and worked as the head chef for the same organization from May to July. Then I returned to Peru again this November of 2010, stayed with her family for two weeks and proposed. Now I'm looking for a GREAT job here in the states. I graduated college last May, so I'm seeking something that basically will support us (not asking for much right now!). So, of course, we have yet to start the K1-Visa.

Question:

My fiance is considering to work outside her native country. A former employer is moving his business to Columbia. It will be great for her to make some decent money. That would help her with some of the costs of the visa. However, I'm wondering if that's a bad move since she will not be a citizen of Columbia, only of Peru her native country, and how that would affect the visa process once we begin the paperwork.

Thank you so much for your input,

Scott & Dina,

March 3, 2011