AFT...Ths

We received case complete at NVC. Does anyone get a feel for how it takes to get an interview date at the Consulate in Mumbai, India.

We withdrew it. We were married and no longer eligible for the I29F.

On the DS-260 the question states:

Have you ever been refused a U.S. Visa, been refused admission to the United States, or withdrawn your application for admission at the port of entry?

If the approved petition was returned to USCIS and then later withdrawn is that considered a refused Visa?

Thanks for any help you can offer.

I've lined out the items you don't need.

OP, while this is technically true, I've seen it posted many times over how people save evidence such as pictures for the interview and try to pass it to the CO only to have the CO immediately pass it back without so much as a glance. While such items should be brought to the interview, even if they are included in the petition, it does not hurt to include them at the outset. Furthermore, including them at the outset makes them part of the file that is reviewed prior to an interview taking place. Ultimately, it is your choice. Since it was brought up through reference to the instructions, USCIS and the Embassy/Consulate will not expect a couple living apart in separate countries to have joint finances, joint leases, or own property together.

I would send the photos, it can never hurt to have more than enough evidence front loaded into the file.

Congratulations

Time for you to read Saylin's wiki here http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process

You can also join the NVC monthly thread here http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/512491-nvc-filers-september-2014/

The wiki and the monthly thread will be of great help to you during this process.

Thank you for these great links, they are bookmarked.

Today, we are approved.

Wings...

Today I feel like I am living in a fairy tale

A magical world of love, lust, & wonder

A dreamspace of wonderful color

Lilke the sky at sunset

I wish I could find wings

I see you at the waters edge

Looking out at the sea

What are you dreaming of

I hope it's about me

I wish I could find wings

I come up behind you

and wrap your world into mine

I kiss your mouth softly

thankful you are mine

I wish I could find wings

I wish I could find wings

but until that day

I will be your Angel

even from so far away

I love you always.

They were in California processing center. Cali is notorious for giving quick approves to its applicants and leaving poor Texas nurslings disappointed

Lucky them, or not so lucky.

Nah, for a while I-129Fs for K-1 visas were being approved lightning fast! It would seem that it isn't the case any longer.

Not according to what I read here on Visa Journey.

I am also wondering how your petition was approved so quickly. I hear others on here complaining about how long their k-1 is taking, you were approved in only 30 days. Maybe something on the part of USCIS was not completed before it being approved and sent off in error to NVC and then the embassy. Just a thought.

I am just going to throw in my 2 cents since my fiance was denied without reason almost a year ago. I think that unless the CO is 99% sure that your relationship is real they do not approve. My fiance and I have been together since 2010, we filed for K-1 after two years and met all the requirements. After the long wait, he showed up at the interview, was asked a few questions, and then handed a white piece of paper saying we are sending your case back to USCIS without reason.

It was awful and heartbreaking for both of us, so I feel your pain. I am truly sorry.

There was no real reason to deny our petition at this stage other than they just didn't believe. The CO did ask why we didn't marry in India, implying that maybe our families didn't approve of our relationship and that we were just doing a K-1 to avoid family issues. The CO's know full well the cultures of their respective countries.

We decided, and after speaking to an immigration attorney that the best option for us was to marry in India and file for an I-130. That's what we did.

After marrying on Christmas in 2013, full blown Manipuri wedding with over 500 people in attendance, we started our I-130 petition. Also, within my cover letter to USCIS for the I-130, we withdrew our k-1 petition. A week later we got a letter in the mail stating that our K-1 has expired and feel free to reapply.

I know it's hard now, but you do have options, and it will all work out.

I feel the same way. :-(

Thank you very much for your reply.

Hi all VJ members,

I filed my I-130 petion with the following support documents for bona-fide marriage:

• Evidence of Bona Fide Marriage
  • Copy of Registered Marriage Certificate from Manipur, India
  • Joint 2013 Tax return with application for ITIN
  • 18 months of phone records
  • Photos evidencing our relationship and marriage ceremony
  • Copies of greeting cards /Wedding Invitation
  • Copies of airline boarding passes and passport stamps for trips to India
  • Affidavit in support of marriage from my mother with photograph of us in Manipuri Clothing. (She was not able to attend)

Since filing the petition we have more documentation in support of our marriage:

• Life Insurance on myself with husband as beneficiary
• My 401K lists husband as beneficiary
• Wills
• Western Union Transfers that I have made to husband

My question is what is the best way to provide new/additional support documents to USCIS or NVC, can I send them to NVC once I start that process? Or should we just plan to have it at interview time.

Based on our past K-1 experience with the US Consulate in Mumbai, I think it would best to have a completed file before NVC sends it to the consulate. Of course when we go to interview I will have all originals / copies / and everything else relevant.

Thanks in advance for your input, comments, suggestions.

Mrs. T

^{SAMETHING HAPPENED TO ME I APPLY K-1 VISA ON AUGUST 3 2012 AND I GOT APPROVED ON 5-20-13 THEN MY FIANCE'S INTERVIEW WAS ON 7-22-13 AND SHE GOT DEINIED, THEY ASK HER SAME TELL YOUR FIANCE COME TO INDIA AND GOT MARRIAGE HERE.. THEN I GOT MARRIED ON 1-1-14 IN INDIA AND I STAY WITH HER 2 MONTHS. NOW IM ON CR1/IR1 ROUTE. MY PD DATE IS 3-4-14 AND NOA1 DATE IS 3-6-14 STILL WAITING NOA2}

Reading what you said is exactly what they said to my fiance when he went to his K-1 interview in Sept 2013. They told him for me to go to India and get married there. Was your fiance's interview in Mumbai? They never put us in AP just sent the file back to USCIS.

We were married on Dec 25, 2013 and now we are on the I-130 route.

We should be hearing about NOAs soon. Good luck to you.

I don't know the answer to the question but I am just wondering if he could, would it not be faster for him to travel back to Ukraine and file directly with the embassy there? Considering the situation, if possible, it might be faster.

I am sorry you had to go through that, the embassy in India did the same to my finance. Treated him with very little respect and at times were rude to him. We were denied our K1 visa too...but they did not keep his passport. I would take it as a good sign they kept your passport. I would provide them whatever they are asking of you, maybe they do just want to do some checking of things.

It doesn't always have to be bad and it can always become positive.

Stay strong.

How long does USCIS approved petition? Got my LIN receipt# no WAC receipt yet.

i think my priority date is last friday when they received it. July 11.tnx

I am really not sure what you are asking, sorry.

I check every morning with my morning coffee. :-)

From what I've read on here, the Philippines requests are still being auto-expedited due to the typhoon last year...

Well that would be a good reason for the expedited approvals, but their is pain and suffereing in every country.

I have been following timelines from Nebraska so I can better gauge when we should receive our NOA2 and it struck me that all IR-1/CR-1 Visa petitions from the Philippines are approved in just over a month.

What is up with that? If it's accurate it's really not fair to every other petitioner filing for their loved ones from other countries.

Kinda upset about this! :-(

Hi Kolewenoik31

thanks for the reply. I couldn't open the links you sent me

Hi Basem,

If you create your timeline it will give you an estimate based on dates you enter.

Good Luck.

Did you apply for a ITIN? You should apply for an ITIN and then file married filing joint.

I may be wrong but I would have thought that you will have to cancel the I-129f first before submitting the I-130. Also congrats on getting married.

Brian

No, I don't believe so.

Hi, as you are on about a I-130 I guess that you have got married.

Yes, we were married in Manipur, IN in December 2013.

Hi Guys,

I am preparing our I-130 packet and I was wondering if I should address that our K-1 petition is still in administrative processing?

Thanks,

Lisa