imports4me

oh great. i'll quickly go get the SSN taken care of. thanks for all your help and input. i really can't wait until all this visa is final.

Hello everyone,

Its been a long journy for me and now im finally in the US. I have been here since April 10 under a K1 visa. Soon right away my wife and I got married. roughly last month i sent away the change of status I-485 and I-765 (early work permit) I thought that was also how i get my SSN card but now after people are telling me that this is something i have to go to the office and do myself. Are they right? i been searching on the furoms and i read that i had to file for the SSN before my I-94 expires. problem is that i think my I-94 expires on July 6th.

can somone guide me to the right way. also is there a fee for the SSN. i just paid $1070 for the adjustment of status so another fee will be a ouch...

another quick question is that, now that im in the states, and about to get a SSN from the states, dopes that mean i get a new fresh credit or even no credit in USA. i came from Canada.

thanks in advance

i haven't been notified for more AP or anything, i was told 3-4 days aswell but its now been 2 weeks exact and still no update on status.

Hi,

can i please ask where was your interview and what were you filing for? how long did it take from the time of your interview to the time you got your tracking number and then visa in hand.

Reason is that im still waiting for my visa to be sent by the consulate.

Thanks

To the OP, im sorry but im wondering when your interview was? and if you have recieved your visa from DHL yet?

i tried this morning and i wasn't sure i it was the right number....by the time i got to someone she didn't seem to know what i was talkling about....

would you know the number which i can call.....im canadian but my fiance is US citizen and she is the one sponsoring me there.

hi, what is the status of this? its taking a long time for my visa to be given to DHL.

Today is tuesday morning and still nothing yet. no update or anything. anyone one else who got their interviews around the march 22 date and got theirs or still waiting.

also for those who got theirs in the past, what time did your update show up on the visa website?

Hey me too, I was interviewed on the 24th, but she said it could take up to two weeks.. So I dunno

I was on the 22nd. can you let me know when you get it and i will do the same to you. im anxious for this visa as im sure you are too. if only she didn't say 3 days and said like a month i wouldnt be waiting for the status update daily.

thanks

Its Friday morning now and still no update....

thank you, i just thought i share my story thats all.....we are almost done, im now just waiting still for this visa to be given to DHL. i was hoping to be out of canada by now. My fiance and son are here in canada and we will head back together as soon as this visa arrives.

thanks

Just as an update....my interview was last tuesday march 22 and as of today i still haveen't seen any waybill numbers. maybe im one of the unlucky ones. alittle tip to everyone is, nothing is final until the visa is in hand...

Thank you, sorry im just so anxious for this as i have my life on hold for this package.

Hi all,

I just have a question wondering if anyone has some insight on. I had my interview at the consulate in Montreal last tuesday march 22 and was approved. im stil looking on the visa website daily and not seeing any tracking numbers. Im getting very anxious and worried that something might be wrong.

After they saying that we are approve do they just have to send our passport to get the actual visa printed in the passport and then sending it off via DHL? Or does our case go back for review for a final time and then goes off.

Im just worried that my case is getting further review and its taking them more time to get back to me. It just seems very odd that my interview took no longer then 10 mins before they saying im approved and asking very little questions like how we met and stuff like that.

The lady at the front desk told me to check the site after 3 days and there should be a tracking number. i wish she hadnt said that because all week i have been so excited and checking the site every hour.

is there a time frame that the tracking number would be posted? im pretty much checking first thing in the morning and everytime im near a computor during the day and before i sleep. driving me nuts.

Hope i can get some asurrance from some of the members.

Thanks

im comfused....is the OP wondering while its taking so long to recieve his visa from Montreal/DHL after being approved. if so...

Im in the same boat. my interview was last tuesday and im checking the website every hour of the day and still no status change. the lady at the front desk told me it should be leaving within 3 days. i pretty much have my life onhold for this visa...arrghhh

Hello All,

I just wanted to share with you my experience with our K1 Visa. I would just like to start off saying that this site is awesome and very helpful and that too bad i didnt find or know about it until 2 days ago (after my interview aproval). My story to me is really sad and hope no one else is or will go through it. Please bare with me as my wording is not that great.

I was born in Vietnam and have lived in Canada for 25 years now. Iam now a Canadian Citizen. Roughly 3 years ago i took a trip into the states where i met my finace. I have been back and forth via plane and car to visit her over the first year of meeting her. I ended up getting laid off at work over here in Canada and at that time i went to visit her and over stayed my visit. We both came into Canada a number of times and was never hassled coming in or out. On one visit we had our engagement party at my family home and then went back into the states. Last year we found out that she is pregant with our first child. When she was 6 months i had planned a baby shower for her in canada as i had more friends and family over here. We both came into canada mid May 2010 and had our baby shower. When we went back to the states the drive from toronto to windsor/detriot border was 5 hours and we got there at like 3am. I was really tired but anyways the officer ask me where i was going i said that i was driving my FIANCE back to her home and then come back. he ended up making us go into the border office room where we sat there for like 2 hours. They then forced me to give finger prints before even telling me what was going on. After i gave them the finger prints they basically told me that there not letting me into the states as i have no status to be there. they gave me a list of what i needed if i ever wanted to go back into the states. He also clearly said that if i try to enter the states without those things on the list that i can be Barred from coming into the states for a long time. Some of the things on the list was pretty much proof of jobs and house and bills. basically evidence that i live in canada and would want to come back. That day was one of the saddest days of my life. On top of that they didnt even let my fiance come back into canada. so they made her drive home into the states and force me to go back to canada. I had to take a cab to the winsdor bus station and bus it back to toronto.

After many sad days we then looked at our options. We decided to file for a K1 visa. at that time she was almost 7 months pregnant and time was very tight. we didnt even know what the lead time would take, whether 1 month or 1 year or more. she found a lawyer in her town that said he could get me over into the states within 1 month and that our case is easy. he even said he has conections and that he would speed up our case. After we gave him the amount of money he asked for $3000+ and i remember at that time i told my wife to tell him that we would give half and the rest once im over there. The lawyer said thats not the way he works and that he required the full amount before getting started. from our point we had no choice and went ahead a hired him. at first he got the paperwor going filing for us. as it got closer to the time frame that he promised and my fiances due date he said that there is alot of cases ahead of us and that it will take more time. i could sit her and type this all out but i dont want to bore you, basically time went back and the lawyer kept coming up with reasons....and i ended up missing my childs delivery. at first i asked the lawyer if we should claim that we will be having a son and he said he doesn't think that will help our case. i saw it as it wouldnt hurt and if anything it should help. we even requested to expedite our case due to the fact that she was pregnant and that she was living on her own and didnt really have support. that was denied.

So it came to the point where we just waited and did what we needed to do when we were asked on at the letters that were sent to us from the state. every time we sent away documents and hoped it would come back with good news it became weeks and months later so we pretty much gave up on our hopes of being reunited quickly and just waited. The lawyer ended up not even replying to our emails and calls and we had to finsihed the last of the paperwork that was needed to be sent to the consulate oursshelves with the hopes that it was done right and didnt bounce back.

so after a few months of waiting for results of after sending away the last package via dhl to the consulate we recieved a letter to go ahead a book our interview date. OMG i was so happy as this is the only good news we have gotten. that was in jan of this year. we quickly went on the website and paid the fee and it showed the first date alvailible was in june. my heart dropped again as that is 6 months away and i haven't even seen or held my newborn son. My son was born on Sept 29/2010 by the way. i was so sad of the wait time and delay i felt at times just to give up. what i did and i recommend this is keep checking the site for new dates as sometimes better dates come up from people cancelling. I was lucky and got a interview date of March 22. which was good timing because i needed to finalized and finished alot of the required papers they needed me to bring. i also called and booked my medical exam and they gave me that date 2 weeks prior to my interview date.

at this time my fiance came over to to visit me with my newborn son. he is doing well and today is 6 months and 1 day. we went to montreal the night of the 21 of march and stayed at a near by hotel. my appointment was at 930am and i got there at 840. went i got there there was maybe 5 people ahead of me and i thought to myself not bad. some ladies were not aloud in due to their bags or purses being to big. it was pretty much like going through airport security. they told me then to go take the elevator to floor 19 which i did. as soon as the doors open OMG the room was fulled and i was so shocked. we did what they asked and took my number and waited for my turn. they called me roughly every 10 mins for about 3 times i think each time asking for documents and finger printing. after the last time of being called up they told me to go wait again and someone will interview me. that was great news....so i waited and that took a long time. almost 3 hrs i think. i waited like 3 hours and it took 5 mins with the lady who interviewed me who was very nice. i nervous prior to going and thought it would be like a close doors sitting down with someone to talk about my case. it turned out to be standing at a cubicle talk through a glass window like i was a a bank teller.

I passed she said and gave me 3 papers to read one of which says welcome to america. finally this long road has ended and we are about to head back to the states. its been more then a week now and i still havent recieved this dhl tracking number on the website though. im eager to recieve this visa.

well that was my experience. im sure there was more but im just all over the place with this. hope you enjoy and hope this can help someone out there. feel free to ask questions as im happy to help.

Thanks

Mike

My interview was last tuesday and i was approved and im still waiting for my visa. not even my summary on the visa website has changed. im getting alittle anxious. my dhl location is in markham which is 20 mins away from me. im in the same boat as you i supposed. great topic start! Ive been searching this board for others in the same sitution.

thanks

Hello all,

My name is Mike and my fiance (us citizen) have been going through the K1 visa process for almost a year now. finally it is done and i was approved at my interview in montreal last tuesday march 22. I have been looking on the visa site for tracking numbers but nothing has came up yet. im getting alittle worried. Is anyone else still waiting?

I never knew or even heard of a site like this until yesterday, this site is amazing and i wish i knew about it from day one.. there were alot of questions and waiting periods inwhich we did not know and just waited...i only knew about this site from typing in "how long is will it take my visa to get to dhl from montreal" i didn't even think it would work and it lead me to this.

i read a few of the posts looking for answers and the feedback is great. im sorry if i am writing in the wrong section as well. i do have a few questions if anyone can help.

1. its been a full week since my interview (4 business days) is this normal or long? do you see the tracking number first then a few days later seeing that it changes to ready to pick up?

2. they never gave me back my original copies of my immergration papers inwhich i would want back. will that also be in this pacakge?

3. i was sure they lady that interviewed me said i was approved and gave me 3 papers and told me to read them over. when i went out to the desk before leaving the girl gave me another piece of paper. One of them was a Welcome to the states letter. they would give me that unless i was approved right? the thing that is odd is the interview lady also gave me a paper for completing your case via mail. which gives you the steps to send back required documents. but she never mentioned anything about needing more documents. im thinking that this paper is a "just in case".

well, i would just like to say thank you in advance. this long road of ours has finally come to an end once i recieve this package from dhl.

Mike

Hello all,

My name is Mike and my fiance (us citizen) have been going through the K1 visa process for almost a year now. finally it is done and i was approved at my interview in montreal last tuesday march 22. I have been looking on the visa site for tracking numbers but nothing has came up yet. im getting alittle worried. Is anyone else still waiting?

I never knew or even heard of a site like this until yesterday, this site is amazing and i wish i knew about it from day one.. there were alot of questions and waiting periods inwhich we did not know and just waited...i only knew about this site from typing in "how long is will it take my visa to get to dhl from montreal" i didn't even think it would work and it lead me to this.

i read a few of the posts looking for answers and the feedback is great. im sorry if i am writing in the wrong section as well. i do have a few questions if anyone can help.

1. its been a full week since my interview (4 business days) is this normal or long? do you see the tracking number first then a few days later seeing that it changes to ready to pick up?

2. they never gave me back my original copies of my immergration papers inwhich i would back back. will that also be in this pacakge?

3. i was sure they lady that interviewed me said i was approved and gave me 3 papers and told me to read them over. when i went out to the desk before leaving the girl gave me another piece of paper. One of them was a Welcome to the states letter. they would give me that unless i was approved right? the thing that is odd is the interview lady also gave me a paper for completing your case via mail. which gives you the steps to send back required documents. but she never mentioned anything about needing more documents. im thinking that this paper is a "just in case".

well, i would just like to say thank you in advance. this long road of ours has finally come to an end once i recieve this package from dhl.

Mike