mugumogu
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Do you know what is in Packet 3? For Mexico, "Packet 3" was just the interview invitation letter that said they were ready for us to go ahead and schedule an interview. If it's the same with your consulate then you're not missing anything as the interview is already scheduled.
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That's most likely a standard response they are required to give regardless of how quickly they are processing things. It may not take that long.
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Hi VJ members,
it is nice to know there is a place like this, cause I ve been stressing out over the whole K-1 process.I pray someone will be there to help put me through. I am new, and in the process of filling the application. My Fiance is in Nigeria and I am hoping to mail my application before the end of this month. My concern are as follows, I went to see him last in August 2010, so we are still in that 2yrs time frame, but it has been over a year, will this become an issue? Also i sent him an invitation later in April 2010 to attend my graduation ceremony and he was denied under the assumption that he wasn't coming back(which i understand)to Nigeria but now that I am applying for K-1 will that be an issue? on the question that asks if you have filled before, is an invitation considered filling?? cause I answered no. Also, from experience how much did you guys have to show as financial support when it came down to showing proof? Do you have to have over $15,000 in your account as some people have said or just show that you have earned that much. I know I am over thinking alot,but I just want to do an accurate assessment prior to starting the process. Also, does/did anyone use that Ibuyphonecard.com service to call?? I ask because their info on phone bill is a local assess # and with what I ve read about Lagos they re very strict. Thank you, and I look forward to reading response/advice. Also, heads up that I will probably be asking more questions. Thank you
Usually people that find this site are over-thinkers so that's normal. We all are. As long as you've met once within the last 2 years, you're OK. My fiancee had her tourist visa cancelled last year when she tried to get back into the US from Mexico and was sent back. I was extremely worried about how that would affect our approval. It's a long story, but it turned out not to be a problem. I doubt your fiance(e)'s denial of a visa will be a problem for your approval, though you will have to check some boxes on some forms that you will fill out later on that say your fiance(e) has previously been denied a visa (if that's what happened - you didn't say what exactly was denied).
When it asks if you have filed before, it's asking if you have previously filed a K-1 fiance(e) visa for someone before so if this is your first, then you have not filed before. For financial support, you have your income, stocks, savings, your car, your house, your retirement accounts, 401k's... you can use all of that to say how much you have. You don't have to have that much in your bank account. You just have to show that you make enough to support your fiance(e).
Good luck!
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Good luck! Hopefully things will go faster than you can expect.
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The employer must fill out an I-9 form which has certain required documents that must be shown in order for the employer to allow you to legally work for them. (I-9 form). There are several options, but you must have either a documnet in List A or documents in List B and List C to prove ID and elgibility to work. List A consists of a US Passport, the GC, the EAD card. List B is for ID and List C is for employement authorization. If you have a stae issued DL AND a SSC you can work, however; the K-1 visa's SSC will have a statment printed on it that says, "NOT VALID FOR WORK WITHOUT DHS AUTHORIZATION" which brings us back to the EAD or GC.
As others have stated, you need to file for AOS and EAD and wait for the EAD card to arrive (ours took 46 days) before accepting a job offer.
Good luck,
Dave
Very good information! Thanks.
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But not until the EAD is received, just to be very specific and clear to the OP.
If you really want, she could apply for an EAD upon arrival but you have to pay the $300 plus application fee (it's free is filed with the AOS) AND the EAD will expire on the same date as her I-94. Since EAD takes about 2 months to process she will still have to wait and then will only have a window if just about a month that she can legally work.
Just file AOS immediately after getting married...
OK, but I have found different answers on whether she can start working after APPLYING for it or whether we have to wait until the paperwork has been processed.
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Pretty straightforward question. We're planning on getting married a week after she enters the United States. Will she be able to start working right away after filing for AOS or do we have to wait until the AOS is complete?
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thanks for all your advice. i never received a call back from my attorney who quoted me. so im going on this one solo. ill start my timeline once i submit my k1 application to keep all posted.
When I first started this process, I felt uncomfortable doing it myself and called a couple of lawyers. I had a consultation with one for $130.00. It was completely worthless. Someone recommended an immigration consultant to me, which is someone who helps you with the process, but isn't a lawyer. She was helpful and charged only $50.00 per visit. Visa Journey is a good consultant too though. You don't need a lawyer.
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My fiancee and I just got back from Juarez last month. We found the area near the consulate to be very safe and enjoyed the hotel amenities and the mall near the consulate while we waited on all of our appointments. Lots of good restaurants around there too! I wrote a whole review on our experience and the safety here: My Review. Check it out and it may answer some of your questions and concerns. I have lots of pictures and video as well.
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Hi,
We just got the NOA2 yesterday, what do we have to do now?? Do I have to wait for something before to set an appoinment for the medical? When do I have to pay the fee? When my fiance has to send me the original doccuments? What else do I have to prepare? how long will it be before to have news??? lots of questions now
Thanks to all for your help!!
I'm not sure whether or not this is a consulate-specific question. After we got our NOA2, we waited for a letter from the NVC that stated they have forwarded the case to the consulate in Juarez and this letter had the case number in it. We then got a letter from Juarez stating that they were ready to process the case and that we could go ahead and schedule our interview and fingerprinting appointments. If this is the same process with your consulate then you would still have a little more waiting to do while the NVC sends you a letter with the case number in it.
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To all of us who are going through this process.. How did yall feel when your spouses/future spouses is at the embassy getting their interview ? I don't know about yall.. I do feel more nervous than I ever have in my life. Part of it is being anxious and other part is being worried too..
I guess it's all normal ? She is in Manila and I wish I could be there with her.My fiancee interviewed in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. I went with her and while she attended the interview, I pretty much paced back in forth in the hotel room and the parking lot. It was hard to sit still, but fortunately, she was done in about 3 hours and was approved! It is a difficult wait.
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There are many different ways to organize your documents. Everyone has their own preference and you can do what you want. This was our file: File
It was a little heavy, but effective. I think the most important thing is to be able to find the documents they ask for. Know your file well and where you put everything.
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Guys,
How long does it take for the visa to be delivered after the interview and approval? My fiancee had her interview a week ago and the officer told her that the visa would be delivered in a week.
Today was a week, but no visa yet.... I guess Pony Express is more like donkey express.... :-)
I had the same thing happen & asked the same question on here! Our interview was September 22nd and the guy told my fiancee she was approved and we would get the visa within 5 business days. Everyone else that interviewed around the time we did got it within 3 so I was worried when we didn't have it after a week. We ended up getting it on October 5th (13 calendar days, 8 business days later). We didn't get the tracking number until the day before (October 4th).
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If your fiance(e) has the proper visa to travel to the US on holiday (or if your country doesn't require a US visa due to the visa waiver program) then he or she has a right to use that visa to come visit. There could potentialy be an issue if the immigration officers determine upon his or her entry that your fiance(e) intends to stay in the US as an immigrant and will not leave after the holidays. That's up to them. If he or she has a round trip ticket showing intention to return home and hasn't made a lot of recent, frequent visits to the US, it should not raise any concerns about your fiance(e) remaining in the US after the holidays.
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Do whatever you want, you're here now! If you're female, you may as well wait till after the wedding to get the SSN so it can have your new name on the SSN card. Sounds like you're not planning on getting married right away or else you would be focused on that instead of trying to keep busy till the wedding.
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Vaccinations are not required for the K-1 visa. You can get the visa without the vaccinations, but you must complete them before the AOS is complete. I'm not sure what vaccinations are required.
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Exciting! Always a good feeling.
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I put in many hours organizing my documents in an accordion-style case picture. As it turned out, true to the above post, the initial consular officer asked my fiancee to hand over specific forms and documents that we had and then told her to go sit back down and wait to be called for the actual interview. She was then called up for the interview and the interviewer was reading primarily off of the petition he already had (the one we sent in) and didn't even look at or open the accordion file that I had prepared. Regardless of how you organize everything for yourselves, I agree that the best thing you can do is to know where everything is within your file. The day before our interview in Juarez, my fiancee and I spent time going through the file and I showed her how I had organized everything when I put it together.
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1. I have gained 18 pounds during this process
2. I have noticed some hairs that appear to be grey
3. I have not cleaned my home in 4 months
4. I am over 6000 miles away from a hug I need the most
5. Someone else is in control of my destiny
6. My phone bill was over 700 dollars this month
7. Egyptian internet connection makes web cam poor
8. I work many hours of overtime to pay my phone bills
9. It is cold where I live in Illinois
10. I miss my husband with each breath that I take.
LOL
I do see the light at the end of my tunnel. It is all worth it to be with my husband forever. I can list many many things I am happy for and they will be the same things many people are happy for. I just thought it would be more fun to post depressing stuff! heeheehe
I will be done with NVC soon and then on to wait the dreaded 6 month wait till Cairo interview date. I am sure most other countries can post they are happy their consulates are not like Cairos.
Good Luck
We will all have a happy ending!
Weird. I haven't cleaned my home as often since I've been going through this process. Strange how it has that affect.
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I found another link with more answers to this question in case anyone has the same question: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/326590-212g2a-blanket-waiver/
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Got the visa today
The tracking number showed up yesterday when DHL received the package from the consulate. -
Got the visa today
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OK so after my ranting yesterday the DHL Waybill number appeared later that afternoon.
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We received our K-1 visa today
there is an annotation in it that says 212(g)(2)(A) Blanket Waiver. Does anyone else have this and what does it mean?
I-134 question
in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures
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You can't have filed income taxes yet for 2011 because the year isn't over. The taxes you filed this year were for 2010. Therefore, the last 3 years tax returns would be 2010, 2009, and 2008. You will file your 2011 income taxes next year. Any info. you put from your tax returns would be from 2010 (most recent) and prior. It would help us if you could tell us what questions you are asking about specifically, we could maybe give you a better idea of how to answer them.