MichaelSutisien

Thank you very much for your quick responce. I just received today my I-797 Notice of Action that my Petition was approved.

How long do you think that it will take for our Jakarta Embassy email me the Packet 3 and 4?

Quick question.

My DS-230 Form that I downloaded has the term "Spouse" instead of Fiancee.

Did I download the correct form?

Can someone explain the precise steps when it comes to Packet 3. I can find tons of step by step helps concerning filling out and assembling an i129f package, but I can find very little information concerning Package 3 and I definitely cannot find any step by step detailed instruction concerning Package 3. My beloved Sutisien petition was approved by the USCIS yesterday and I want to get a head start in filling out and assembling Package 3. Because I am working in the dark here so to speak I would be most grateful and most thankful for any detail step by step help that anyone has the time to give me. (hopeful smile)

Thank you all (smile)

Can someone tell me if the Indonesian Embassy will email us Packet 3 and 4 or will it arrive by postal?

Can someone tell me how long the i-129f medical exam is good for in Indonesia, Jakarta. The reason that I am asking is because I am planning on going to my Fiancee's interview with her in Jakarta and I have to plan my vacation time from Hawaii carefully. I know that the minimum time is one week, but what is the maximum time allowed?

Thanks

And you to Battalion9 and and Bust. What would acutally be most helpful to me is to find someone who was in the same situation that I am in learn from their actually experience concerning Indonesia. Does anyone know of anyone? I will be filing my Petition by June 3rd. It would be nice to hear from someone who has completeed the Indonesian journey from start to finish so that I can know what to expect when I attend the interview with her in Jakarta.

Much Thanks.

That you for the advice and warning Skiptex. I am most grateful. (smile)

Thanks Penguin. I guess that I am a very trusting fellow, huh? (smile)

Thanks Billious.

MVH

Thanks Kay. You don't know how hard it been for Us to get an answer to that question. (smile)

Now tell me. Do I need four (4) G235a forms for each of us or only 1 each. There seems to be some confusion on this.

Thanks

Opps I meant G325a. Silly me. (smile)

My Indonesian Fiancee only has one name. How should i list her name on the 129f form?

My Fiancee who live in Indonesia only has one legal name "Sutisien" which is stated on her Birth Certificate. Because of this she has no legal last name. So my question is now do I list her name on the 129f form since it requires a last name? Also I am about to do her petition on my own but I need to understand the proper "order" to assembling her petition. Is there a exact "pictorial" guild anywhere so that I can see exactly how the petition should be assembled?

Thank you for your replies. To answer your question unlike the USA it is somewhat complex to get married in Indonesia. I wanted us to wait for a legal marriage in Hawaii where I lived. We had the Indonesian-Chinese Commitment Wedding because it would be impossible for her family to get visas to come to the USA to attend our legal marriage. This was the next best thing for them and it was also my understanding that I could still be able to bring her here on a K1 Visa since the USCIS would still consider her as "single". My only concern is making certain that the USCIS fully understand that we had a non-legal Indonesian wedding ceremony and not a legal one. To me it was like a "betrothal" marriage like Joseph and Mary had in the Bible so I was in full agreement to the Ceremony because it was better then just having an American style formal engagement in Indonesia. We are both Christians but all of her family and relatives are Chinese Buddhists. We also did not have a legal marriage in Indonesia because our Social Wedding happened on my first visit to her and I already knew that Immigration usually frowns on couples getting married on their first visit to each other, thus the Commitment Ceremony seemed like a good logical compromise because her family and relatives and friends and 117 other guests would get to see her in a "absolutely serious" relationship to a foreign American Man and I could also get legally married to her in the USA. Unfortunately the Indonesian government expects all pre-married couples to have an Official Formal Engagement Announcement thus I am hesitant to hide our Commitment Ceremony in case the Jakarta Consulate decides to call one of her friends or relatives to verify our "serious relationship" for everyone there accepts ss as being married in accordance to Indonesian social customs even though it is unregistered and non-legal. I think that we will most likely not have any problems with the Jakarta Consulate since (I'm guessing) that they would understand these things. It is the first filing with the USCIS for the K1 Visa in America that is my greatest concern when it comes to misunderstandings. I don't want them to think that I am filing the wrong type of visa and since our wedding was a non-legal one then a Spousal Visa is an impossibility. I don't even know about "Indonesian Commitment Ceremonies" until I discussed getting engaged to her. I thought at first our engagement would be old fashion American style i.e. private romantic dinner, getting on one knee and asking her to marry me in America and so on. But Indonesia takes engagements very serious and formality seems a must thus her parent thought that it would be better for us having a social Indonesian-Chinese Wedding instead of an American style engagement since they would not be able to attend our legal wedding-marriage in Hawaii. Has anyone from Indonesia or America been in a similar situation when it comes to non-legal social Indonesian commitment ceremonies?

Greetings,

I am new to this site and will begin starting a K1 Visa for my Indonesian-Chinese Fiancee. I believe that everything will go smoothly with Immigration, but I do have one concern. I am a US citizen and my Fiancee is a Indonesian citizen who is Chinese. We had a non-legal Social Wedding or what she calls a Chinese Wedding (non0legal) or otherwise known as a Commitment Ceremony according to Indonesian standards. We are both Christians and because of the Chinese Ceremony her family and Church accepts me as her husband even though the Indonesian government still considers her "Single" since our Chinese Wedding was a non-legal one and not registered with the Indonesian government. In our hearts we consider ourselves as husband and wife even though out Wedding/Marriage was not a legal one. My fear is the I am afraid that the USCIS might think that I am filing for the wrong type of Visa. How do I adviad this misunderstand to prevent any delays with my K1 filing? Our commitment to each other is real to the point that most of our emails we refer to each other as husband and wife. I know that I can still bring her to the USA on a K1 Visa. I just want to advoid any misunderstanding which might cause delays with Immigration. Any suggestions?

Michael Vernon Harper

Greetings,

I had a Chinese Wedding in Indonesia which is not registered. It was basically a Commitment Ceremony. Because of this I am planning on filing a K1 Visa. What do I need to do so the the USCIS does not think that I am filing the wrong type of Visa since the Indonesia Government still considers her "single"?