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Diddo that. We had no records of the vaccinations in the United States and went to Dr. Torres' office without an appointment (he doesn't take appointments). We got the I693 filled out after having the minimum necessary shots done for $140 (a great deal in our book having looked into the other Civil Surgeons who had more expensive "requirements". Dr. Torres was friendly and worked out of one of those small offices where you can tell he is there because he likes his work and likes people. Genuine person, and genuine place where me had friendly conversations with others in the waiting room! Thanks for the reccomendation!

Sorry the original link wasn't included but it is Dr. Al Torres, a civil surgeon in Portland, Oregon. 2220 NW Pettygrove st.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/231026-civil-surgeons-who-dont-rip-you-off/page__st__135__p__3963672#entry3963672

Thank you! That was a number that one of the civil surgeon's office gave me as well so That will be our next destination!

We are in the same boat. We have all of the paperwork for the AOS completed except for the vacinations. Vaccination records are somewhere in the Mexico City medical maze but not sure where and we obviously can't go there to find them without the AOS. I guess the lesson to be learned would be get the vaccination records before you arrive on the K-1 visa even though they aren't required at that point. So far the only phone calls to Civil Surgeon's resulted in a response that they have to do a full medical exam as well. Does anyone know of a Civil Surgeon in Oregon who who is resonable about the vaccination requirements and charges for the vaccinations. Thank you!

My wife recently arrived in Oregon on a K-1 visa. I would like to adopt her son however it seems unclear as to weather it is best to do an international adoption or wait to do a standard step parent adoption after 6 months. We are trying to avoid the lawyer fees as it is just money that would be better spent on family stuff. Any advice would be appreciated from those who have gone through this process.

thank you,

Luke

Well 9 days after being approved my fiance and her son got there visa's but her son's visa says "Sunshina" instead of "Sunshine" after P/A? She e-mailed the consulate a few minutes ago but with my experience it may be weeks before hearing back as to weather or not they will run into issues at the POE (San Fransisco). We have already made tentative plans involving other people flying in for a wedding. My question is first has anyone experienced this and secondly will she be OK to keep the scheduled flight with all appropriate documents including birth certificates. Keeping it short because this is just another frustrating thing that should not have been messed up on the consulates end :S

thank you very much for any input,

Luke

Thanks for posting the review! I speak for everyone when i say we appreciate it.

I know you said you felt safe there and never worried but my husband and I are still very nervous about going down in the coming months. I told him we should just stay in the hotel and order food instead of going to movies or out to dinner close by. Did you walk to the consulate & medical building or take the hotel shuttle? Did you feel a police presence in that area or you didn't see them but the area was calm enough that it didn't worry you?

Thanks in advance.

We were two blocks from the consulate and medical buildings. We walked everywhere but took the city bus one time to the parque central and walked the other times. We walked to all the restaurants as well. The consulate and other businesses generally use private security firms and I did see police occasionally but not often. Generally nothing worried me and that particular area of Juarez has been pretty safe over the last 1 1/2 years since one unusual incident happened that I don't think is worth worrying over today to be honest. I would not be nervous but as always when in an unfamiliar area be aware of your surroundings. The biggest thing to worry about is the "lawyers" offer advice at a price near the consulate. If you did all your research about the visa there is nothing that they can offer you that you don't already know. Best of luck

oops I forgot the link: http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/index.php?trim=no&cty=&cnty=Mexico&page=1&dfilter=5

and thanx

Hi posted a review from our Juarez interview process. We (she) was approved I can finally answer some questions if anyone has any for once here is the link to the review and it did get double posted so can anyone tell me how to delete the extra post.

You don't need 350 pages worth. Just choose a sampling that spans the past year. Have any screenshots saved from using the webcam over the years? You could print those out too. If you have any actual snail mail letter and cards, receipts from buying each other Christmas, V-day, birthday gifts, etc., then you could use those as well. The rest of what you have sounds good.

I would not bother to get letters from friends. They don't hold much as weight as evidence.

No need for the engagement ring receipt. It is not even a requirement to have a ring at all. If it makes you feel better, you can go ahead and include a copy of the certification and the statement that shows you made the purchase, but that is up to you.

Relax. Be there across the street sending her your love and good thoughts. That is about all you can do while she is in there. Again, take deep breaths, relax, and good luck!

thanx for the replies and reassurances I guess I originally posted this in the Phillipines forum so maybe I should take breaths and relax!!

Thank you all for your replies. I do plan on being with here the whole time and waiting outside the consulate just in case they want to talk to me also. On a side note I did manage to a copy of the original receipt from Fred Meyer Jewelers. I guess you just have to keep calling different numbers and asking different people until someone can figure it out :s .

Luke

Such a letter is not a requirement.

Do you think it would help though ... and should it be notorized. I haven't seen much info on this so just wondering?

A quick last minute question before flying to Juarez for the K1 interview. Do we need anything in the way of a letter acknowledging our relationship from friends including friends that knew us both 11 years ago? The biggest piece of evidence we have of our relationship is over 700 pages of messenger chat from after her laptop was stolen and after I finally thought it would be smart to save the chats. We also have some pictures and e-mails but neither of us have been big on photos. I also was wondering if a receipt for the ring is neccesary (sounds like a dumb question I'm sure): I bought the ring for her and not to prove anything to anyone else so I probably trashed the reciept as it would do her no good for resizing in Mexico. I know the last question may perplex some people but I really haven't thought much about evidence along the way because we have a long history (i guess its just the way I am wired).

Also we will be in Juarez from this wednsday until the interview on Tuesday. Is there anything I can do while there other than be her support and wait it out since I am not allowed to be at the interview. Sorry if this is similiar to a previous post but it doesn't look like that post went through. Also thanx for all of the great information as well as posts on this forum and wish us luck

Luke

Hi everyone! Sorry this post is going to ramble a bit! We are finally coming up to our interview and I have a couple of questions about providing evidence of our relationship. What we do have is over 350 pages of messenger live chat over the past year (nothing that dates back the past 6 years prior due to her laptop having been stolen a year ago as well as my not seeing the need to save the chats ). I have travelocity itineraries, some photos of us when she was in Portland on a student visa and a few photos from my visits to Mexico, e-mails and a few phone records. I have a couple of questions: Should have friends who knew both of us 10 years ago write character references attesting to our relationship back then as well as references from more recent friends who are familiar with our engagement! Most of our communication other then visits is through live chat and video chat with each other.

Another issue that may or may not be a big deal is the engagement ring. I bought her one a delivered it to Mexico, however I only bought it as a gesture for her not thinking I needed to prove anything to anyone else so I never thought to save the receipt (after all it would due her no good for resizing in Mexico). I can see how some people would be perplexed by this but that is just how I am wired unfortunately. I do have the certification and a bank statement saying I spent money at Fred Meyer that day but FM cannot send me a copy of the receipt or record of the transaction. Should I attatch a document explaining the situation or just leave her with the bare facts and hope the interviewer will understand? Lastly I will be with her in Juarez for the week leading up to the interview and will be accross the street during the interview. Is there anything else I can do at that point other then wait and be there for support. Thanks for all the helpful posts on this forum as well as for making it through this long ramble. I hurriedly put it together before leaving for work in hopes that I may get a couple more last minute ideas that I haven't thought of to strengthen our case.

Luke

ps. wish us luck

Thank you very much for the reply. The link you sent with the phone numbers is great because I got a different phone number off the consolate website which I finally figured out today goes to a 3rd party that just monitor and answers status updates. I will try the other numbers tommorow and look into the reviews of the ASC process. Thank you again

Luke

Hi everyone,

My fiance has filled out all the paperwork and called to schedule an interview however Juarez said that she needs to schedule an interview within the paramaters of the letter (packet 3) sent out to me. I never recieved a packet even after calling an being told to wait till 3 months has past since it was sent. We patiently waited and was told in the meantime that all the info was online and I didn't actually need to have the packet. Apparantly the packet does have "reccomended interview dates"? We took our time because we wanted to make sure the paperwork is all in order before calling for the interview but it is frustrating that we keep getting contradictory info from the consolate in Juarez as well as the New Hampshire office that gave me an invoice number and beneficiary number. I guess my question is do I need to have the packet (all research to date seems to imply that it is not neccesary to have the physical packet sent to me)! The next question is (and I know it is possibly subjective to our details) how do I get the consolate to actually send me the packet or give us the information we need to go forward? Any input would be greatly appreciated and also thanx to the moderators of this forum and all the people making comments for the wealth of information ... props to everyone here

Luke

Thank you all for your replies It looks like the answers are obvious and I am glad to have the clarifications

Luke

Hi everyone,

My fiance has all of her work together and is ready to schedule her interview. My question is this: After we get our anticipated K1 visa, can I marry my fiance in Mexico (not as a replacement for our marriage in the US of course). Her mother would really like to see us get married down there as well and I think that would be awesome. Would this be a risk as far as putting a stop to the process before she actually moves up here? I know if the process started from the begining that would be a whole different visa. It seems like it would take awhile after she moves up here to get approval for international travel until the Change of Status paperwork goes through. Any info would be greatly appreciated!

Also a slightly related question. They don't ask to interview me during the K1 process. I am wondering if I should be volunteering information in some way or ask for an interview just to remove any doubts about our relationship. Just curious since I haven't seen any info on interviewing the US fiance.

thanx,

Luke