Daveykins

The last time I applied for a visitor visa last year, all I had to show was a hotel reservation email confirmation. I then promptly cancelled that reservation and booked a hotel my wife wanted to book instead, lol.

I made a color copy of the certified copy of the certficicate and sent that. No RFE. From what I've read on here sending a certified copy isn't needed and just a really good clear copy is sufficent.

Utility bills I wouldn't say are a red flag, but they definately aren't primary evidence. Financial documents are primary evidence from what I've been told. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Cosigning car loan, mortgage with both names on title, apartment lease with both names, etc.

We filed ours 3 days before the NOA date, but didn't recieve any notification (email, text, or mailed letter) for almost 2 weeks after mailed. Just relax, it'll get there. Next time send it via UPS or Fedex who has much more reliable and accurate tracking! I will never be sending anything this important via USPS again in the future.

The completed medical form is in the sealed envelope that you give to the border agent when you enter the US. My wife's wasn't the actual i-693 but had the DS-2035 which listed all of the vaccines that were given before entering the US. Make sure you have a copy of this as you'll need it to complete the i-693. We had to take that to a civil surgeon to get it transferred to an i-693 and get the second dose of shots that were missing. It was a while so I'm not certain this is correct but I'm sure someone will correct me if not.

Find a civil surgeon, money well spent to avoid a possible RFE. Do a search on here for Civil Surgeon and the town or state that you live in to find one that won't try to rip you off to get a tdap shot and fill out simple paperwork. Ours charged us less than $100 for a couple of shots plus the paperwork.

I wouldn't count on it being back by the 22nd. Ours took several weeks last October 2013, almost a month in fact to get back. If you have it sent to the same day return CITIC bank locations listed on the ustraveldocs site it MIGHT be back within a few days but I wouldn't count on it.

If you're sending bank statements too, the full account number is listed on there as well. I doubt there's much risk.

Good point. Hopefully it's been working better for other couples as well lately, too.

Looks pretty good. What about any investments statements showing you as the sole beneficiary?

What about a joint lease? Mortgage? Other living arrangement contract with both your names on it? I agree it looks light on finaicial comingling. Life insurance with her as the beneficiary? Investment accounts with her as the beneficiary?

You cannot go with her to the interview, but you can be outside for support. There are many on here including A&B above that were there for thier fiancee's interview.

I was also there for support at my wife's interview last August. As was rawlsca, but I don't think he posts on here anymore. It was priceless for me to be there waiting outside at the starbucks around the corner. The trip paid for itself knowing immediately that she passed just by seeing her in the distance walking back. Gave her my passport with the EoR lengthwise that I notorized at US citizen services the day before. Also gave me a chance to see the process as you walk right past the IV unit interview windows on the way out from US citizen services!

Congrats! Sounds very similar to my wife and I's experience through the whole grueling process last year. Glad it's over with now as I'm sure you are, too.

A note about the interview scheduling on US travel docs site. It's a complete joke, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. You were being much too nice about it makes no sense when they release new appointments!

Your significant other in China will have to join a QQ group to have any chance of getting slots. The only way we were able to book an appointment was to find a K-1 visa qq group (QQ team 6 if I remember right) and the ladies in the group take turns checking at specific times every hour each morning China time and when 1 sees slots open they let everyone else know. It's a pain in the ###! Also, they limit how many times you can check every day so have to be careful of that as well. Ugh, thinking about it again is just getting me irritated!

I emailed them, they replied within 2-3 days. Do you know anyone in Singapore that can inquire for you at the police station? Wish I could help more!

Ours took about a month to get back in August, 2013. 2-3 weeks is a good guess.

Good luck!

You got me started, sorry.

Don't expect to hear much back from GUZ if you email them. Their response time for me is only 50% that they actually reply to my inquiries. Or, if they do reply, it's very basic at best and they don't even answer the question. Very frusturating to say the least. So glad I never have to deal with that bs ever again!

Ya, sorry, you walked into the sh|t.

And it's been like that for some time. I did write a bit about contacting CGI/Stanley, getting a human sitting in Guangzhou, and how busted their email inquiry system was (do not get me started, I'll burst a vessel)

CGI/Stanley is a Canadien consortium, another unit of CGI is responsible for the ObamaCare website, and another (CGI/Force) for passport appointment registrations in the USA.

Slacktards, the lot of them.

I do emphathize (sp?) with your plight - IMO it's a boondoggle , but there's a reason Guangzhou has the largest staff of Fraud Prevention Officers in the world (not the USA) attached to the IV Unit.

Just be thankful this isn't a 2 day-slog anymore - it used to be day 1 was the 'drop off paperwork' day, with day 2 being the actual interview.

Send it. Be sure to fill out the AR-11 form after you move if you file before you move to update the beneficiary's address and the i-865 (might be different number) to update the sponsor's address.

thank you all! you think i should be sending my joint car insurance even though its from another state? We are soon planning to move.

As long as he has some photos it shouldn't be an issue. Good luck!

Hey, 3 months is really really good for any visa case! Ours took 10+ months...

Your story sounds very similar to ours scheduling an interview. It's a complete mess and utter joke on the "scheduling" site where it's basically a lottery system and pray you're feeling lucky to get the date that you want. My wife had to join the QQ group 6 to even manage to actually see any interview slots as they filled up in 5 minutes for the entire month of last August.

Good luck at the interview!

Yes, I agree with the previous post. If you have a bon-a-fide relationship you have nothing to worry about. USCIS can be a pain in the US and it's even worse when your case gets to GUZ. It's a total mess right now, and there's no signs that it's going to be fixed any time soon if at all. I think they intentionally make it more difficult than it needs to be to weed out fraud from the beginning.

But, it's only a minor issue in the end. Waiting almost a month after the interview for my wife's passport to be returned to her with the visa in it was agony! If you have front loaded everything and follow the guide on VJ for k-1 visa applicants, then you should be alright. Please don't hire a lawyer, just follow the guides and do it yourself. The lawyer just adds a third party that's really unnecessary.

If you have any questions with the paperwork before you submit I'm sure it's been asked and you can search for your answer with the google search thing at the top of each page on VJ. Came in super handy throughout our entire process.

Best of luck!

Looks good, only thing I can think of is any other kinds of insurance if you have any: life, dental, vision, etc. Good luck!

1. You need to show co-mingling of assets, so showing the credit card statement just in your name isn't useful.

2. Include pictures of the joint cards and statements. With American Express cards, it shows which account the charge was made under which is a big plus as well.

3. If you're sending joint bank account statements then there's no need to include the card copies themselves.

As I said, co-mingling of assets is key. The more, the merrier. Insurance statements (medical, dental, vision, life) that show you as the dependant/beneficiary and him as the policy holder is key.

Also, trip plans/statements can't hurt either. Hope this helps.

The ROC guide on VJ lists all of what I mentioned and then some that I'm sure I've forgotten.

Hi VJs,I have a question.

I have joint credit card where my husband is authorised user,i am gonna include copies of both cards with letter stating he is authorised user.is not used(although it is not used much)

I have credit card which was opened by the help of husband's credit card and joint bank account,but its not joint credit card as that bank does not give joint credit cards.

We have separate debit cards with joint bank account which both of us use a lot.

My question is-

1.should i include copy of statement of my credit card(because statement shows home bills paid by me using that credit card)?

2.If i include statement of my credit card ,do i need to include statement of his credit card as well(i dont see any harm but confused about the purpose its gonna serve,means just to avoid extra useless papers to be sent)

2,should i include copies of both debit cards.(i am conused about the purpose of copy of debit card in ROC because in bank statement debit card number does not show,it just states debit card used,nobody can find out which one)

I am gonna include bank statements every month for entire period.

Any suggestions will be highly appreciated.

It's all done on one day now, fingerprinted, document submission and interview is all within an hour or two at the scheduled time through the CGI stanley site. I'm sure it's still a mess though on the website as it was back last July. Good luck!

If you have a car and the insurance is in both of your names that's good evidence, as is a life insurance policy if he has one with you as the beneficiary. The IO said during our interview that my life insurance policy was great evidence. Oh, and also if you have taken any trips togehter the photos are helpful but not primary evidence, if you have any reciepts or trip schedules from them that's great evidence.