BrockUK

That is actually the reason they might not let you through the POE... you have no idea how many people are fed up with all the wait and decide to go to the US to get married and adjust the status from there...

Yes a letter from the employer plus a contract if you have, a letter from your landlord with a lease contract, bank statement won't do any harm either. That's what I always have while traveling to the US

Wow really? I woulda thought the K1 would have reinforced the fact that you are returing to your country, but what you say does make sense...

Would buying a return ticket instead of a single be enough proof as well?

well I am not sure if you can trust what they say unless you have it in writing. What I would do is go there to see her and you two should try to expedite your petition while you are there... or while you are there find a lawyer and see what are your options... but remember! when you fly to the USA while you have a pending K1 , you have to show ties to your country like job, lease etc

What would be good proof of ties to my country? Letter from my employer? Bank statements? Letter from my landlord etc?

Surely the fact that I applied for the K1 Visa would be a good enough reason to return to my country? Lol!

That's a good idea, see if we can both get our petition expedited as soon as we can. If we stand united it would make our reasoning stronger...

What's the maximum ammount of days I can stay with a normal ESTA?

Damn it! It won't let me edit my posts lol! I think it is a maximum of 90 days. With that in mind I'll book my tickets as soon as I get paid. Better get a return ticket so it seems I am going back to my country, even though I really dont want to.

She did manage to call the USCIS last night. Strange thing is, is that they said that they are preparing the documents to be sent to te US Embassay in London. Why is it strange? Because she has yet to recieve the NOA2 nor NVC. Its great news if it is true, but we only filed the petition at the end of May...

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LOL just beat me to it Sabi!

Well, my cat arrived on in Hawaii on Friday, I booked my ticket to Hawaii on Friday after my fiance pushed me to do both and soon. I've sold all my things. but it seems that the distance has taken a toll and made the heart grow weaker in a matter of days. I never thought this would happen to us. This is the end of the road. May you all stand the test of time, stay in love.

Wha what?! What just happened here seriously?!

Visiting her does not go against your K-1 visa. Do what YOU need to do.

What's the maximum ammount of days I can stay with a normal ESTA?

I am sorry to hear this Brock. If I were you, I would go for a visit to be with her. While there, I would work on getting an expedite based on her medical condition. The USC needs to be the one to request this process. I am not sure if this would be a good time to get married though, because you would want you both the remember the day for a long time and be fully aware of what is happening. I think the most important thing is that you go to her, now.

Oh if only it was that simple Harpa. Her chemo is in a few weeks so I am going to go there for a few weeks to be there by her side. I cant afford to spend too long there otherwise it will go against me with regards to the K1 Visa.

I will call the TN governor and senate to see what advise they can give me or to see if the can inquire about my case.

Thank you all for your support, I will of course keep you posted.

first of all read this USCIS about expedite

I don't think it will harm your case if you try, I would if I was you

The only thing is, it looks like it has to come from your fiancee... You can contact your congress person or a senator but I am not quite sure how can they help... it is usually that the USC wants to expedite the case rather than the other way around... I haven't read anything similar to your case to be honest so it might not be easy... As I said I am not too familiar but you might need to get a lawyer involved...

Thank you for the link, it will prove most useful I believe!!

I just wish it could be both parties (petitioner and alien fiancee) that can get an update or query about the visa, it would make this situation a whole lot better. She is in hospital for a few days, but I just dont wanna stress her out.

Thank you again Sabi for the info!

And thank you for the whole VJ community! I don't except anyone to have a definitive answer for this because it is such a unique senario. However I will keep everyone posted of the outcome.

Thank you and God bless!

Ill do some more research and find out how to contact her local governer and see if he/she could speak to the USCIS about it.

What about contacting her senator or local government authority in the state of TN? Would anyone there be any assistance or know anything about speeding up the K1 visa?

Thank you everyone for expressing your kind words.

It is hard on both of us, especially me when all I want to do is be there with her to tell her that everything will be ok.

I will do whatever it takes, what does it mean to expedite based on her current medical condition?

I don't have any advice, it is way beyond my expertise, but just wanted to say i'm so sorry and you have my deepest sympathy. Good luck to you.

Thank you, I appreciate your kind and warm words

Hi guys,

You probably haven't seen me on here for a while. A lot has happened and I could really need your help and support.

I've been bottling this up for a while so here goes pouring my heart out:

Her condition has gotten so much worse. Her tumours she had in January were benign and were being shrunk with some medicaitons she has been taking. However a lot of stressful things have happened to her (family members dying, criminial accusations, (you name it it probably happened!)).

Because of this the tumours have come back. One benign, two cancerous. All three lodged at the back of her head, spreading and growing quite rapidly. It was diagnosed only 10 days ago and beleive me it got so bad that for three days she couldnt even recognise me. She thought I was this stranger just staring at her on webcam. Seriously, we have known each other for 9 going on 10 years and she couldnt remember me?! It was deverstating for both of us.

Luckily our engagement video gradually made her remember. But you can see how bad this situation is. I mean what if this happens again and she cant remember me and she aborts our petition or something? I tried to contact the USCIS but they were incredibiily rude and inseneitive and can only speak to the petitioner (i.e. my fiancee).

She is in no state of mind to call them, she has enough on her plate. The only thing is what do I do? I mean, is there a way I can get them to understand the situation? Afterall when she was declared officially disabled by the state of TN, they appointed me as her carer. Surely that would carry some weight in this situation?

I just need some advice and some help. Anything would be appreciated!

Thank you VJ community!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Hey guys,

Thank you for all of your kind words and support. They really do mean the world to us.

She had the CAT scan yesterday and the doctors told her that originally she had 5 tumours (we thought it was 3), but 3 of them have returned. Two of them are fortunately benign, one however is cancerous.

She also appeared to have had a mini-stroke on Saturday evening, which is why she had no memory or recollition of what she did Saturday. Thankfully she did remember who I was!

Her next appointment is on Tuesday to discuss what her options are.

I will keep you guys updated. Thank you all for your support they are helping us alot.

Goodluck to those who are still waiting for their K-1 to be processed (which is most of us I beleive lol!)

im sorry to hear Praying for both of you

Thank you, it means a lot to me. Before we did discover this, she did go to a wedding exhibition in TN and she won an $8,000 Christian Dior wedding dress. I was like huh, who is Christian Dior. Let's just say that after asking some ladies at my work, I now know that she is one lucky girl to win that lol.

Trying to keep our strength up for this. I will let you guys know what happens tomorrow...just hope the judge does contact the USCIS asap.

Hi guys,

Sorry that I havent been on for a while. A lot has happened to us recently.

We just found out that some of my fianceé tumours have come back. This time it maybe cancerous. Its just so hard not being there with her, just even to cuddle her or to hold her hand really breaks my heart.

Some good news though, in light of this she has been approved for an increase on her disability income, and the judge who ruled this said he will put my name down as her legal carer, and because of this he will forward this on to the USCIC immediantly so I can be approved.

Her CAT scan is tomorrow. I just hope she pulls it through in time for our wedding...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Looking great!

Have you made an exact copy of this petition just in case they either lose it or you need it as a reference? I made three just to be on the safe side lol!

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Heya!

Well, I only just got my NOA1 like a week ago and the video below expresses how I felt when I got it (God knows how I am going to react when I get approved!), but I want to know how you felt?

The only rule: Find a video on Youtube, post it here! Length is no restriction!

I will go first!

This is how I reacted:

*coughs*

I think we have your record well beaten.

I mailed it on May 7th, got the email notice 9 days later on the 16th, and the hardcopy didn't show up until 20 days after that on June 4th.

I am guessing this is how you reacted, I know I did!

Get a hobby, keep yourself healthy and wait for further instructions!

When you do get that letter, THIS is how you should react!

Hey there!

Welcome to the VJ Community!

I am in the exact same position! I filled in our I-129F petition from the UK, sent it over to my fiancee for her to fill in the rest sent it off. We received our NOA1 around 20 days later.

I myself was concerned due to filing it with A4 paper, but I more or less asked alot of questions based on the fact that I am from the UK. If there are any further questions, please take a look at my thread it might help you out!

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/365630-i-29f-form-assistance-please-helping-my-us-finacee/page__p__5344117#entry5344117

I didn't know it was called a delorean though.

we are talking about that, but both of us are not too keen on something big and fancy, we are deciding between Las Vegas (I have this thing for a wedding officiated by a fake Elvis) or Hawaii - but that was also my fiance's first wedding. It will be winter and kinder to my friends/family to come to Hawaii. I'm contemplating Vegas for us, then tell people to come to Hawaii for a celebration.

Being in NZ is helping the time pass, if I get secured in an assignment here and have to pack up my apartment in Sydney, it will also help. anyway..

I imagine the quick approval was an expedite. I doubt it will happen, but the trends I've looked at from last year is that May filers get approved alot quicker, it all depends on how fast they work on the approvals before us. estimating the 5 months will keep you sane though. don't hope for earlier, if it happens, consider it a blessing. prepare the info for Packet 3, have that plan in place. I wrote that out last night.

OMG can I please come to your wedding that sounds awesome!!!!!

I would love to do something like that, but my fiancee and I are looking for a venue in her state of Tennessee (due to her disability). It's rather challeneging to find something that will cater for her and my family.

But in my mind I'm like "You know what, its our day so we will do what we want! Maybe even do a pirate vs. ninja theme wedding!" LOL coming from a family of lawyers and doctors I don't think that will do down too well!

Erm...don't mean to be stupid but what is Packet 3? Is that before or after NOA2? Who recieves it?

Oh and I know you live in NZ (land of the sheep, no offense!) but do you have any ties to Australia? If so I NEIGHBOURS!!!!!

^^^ I actually took that photo driving down the Freeway here in So Cal a couple months ago.

.............You just made me have an orgasm with that photo!

yep - I'm good at daydreaming about the future.

Yes I've seen them, I was going to ask if it was a time machine.. but I didn't want to make wild assumptions!!

HAHA! I knew you woulda known! Everyone knows about the delorean!!

Why not make that daydream into a reality? (Yes I used to be a salesman many years ago!) Right now I am going through with my fiancee the wedding plans (dress, rings, dudget, venue, flights, flowers, catering etc...) and i tell you that is making the time fly by!

With all the bad news right now about her health problems looking and planning for our future is the only good thing we have going. Randomly saying this but OMG i saw a user on here that got her NOA2 in 16 days!!!!!!! She sent her petition off something like November 11th 2011 and got it on the 27th!

Wish we could be that lucky lol!