Keith & Xixi

I have 2 questions,

1) I am a US citizen currently living and working in Korea and my fiance who is Chinese, has her interview at the embassy in Guangzhou in 2 days. We have both booked the same flight on December 25th to fly to the US which is the day that I am allowed to return back to the States after my contract is finished here in Korea. Will there be any problem when the interview officer asks my fiance why I am not in the States at the time of her interview? Will she need to show them proof (other than our airline tickets that I am returning?) Will this raise red flags?

2) If they deny my fiance at her interview for reasons like the one above, will she be able to interview again soon or will we have to wait a while? Will they even say why they rejected her if they do? Just a little anxious over this whole thing

Okay I understand what you are saying. Thanks for the reply. I actually called the lawyer today and she said that the packet was sitting on her desk and she wa going to file it today or tomorrow. Then I talked to my fiance who said that she received an email from ur lawyer saying tht the packet was on it's way to the USCIS already. We are getting different stories from her. If the packet is on its way then you are saying I should fire her and then call the USCIS and ask them what to do next right? Any way of getting ahold f the USCIS for issues like this?

Again thanks for all of your help so far! this has been a huge nightmare :/

You can do a few things:

1) Call the lawyer and ask if the petition has been filed, if so, when, and have they received NOA1? If they have not, tell them they're fired and do it yourself.

2) You can tell the lawyer they're fired and demand your paperwork back. Or just fill it out again, it doesn't take that long.

3) If it has already been filed and there is an NOA, ask for that, then call the USCIS and ask them what to do next.

The attorney is not allowed to withhold information about your case from you, nor are they allowed to sabotage your case in any way. You can file a complaint with the state bar in your state if they mess with you.

One of my friends on VJ told me that her fiancé's lawyer got all notifications firsthand and informed them later about the progress.

thanks for that bit of info Girl. Does anyone know how to remove a lawyer from receiving the correspondence from USCIS without hiring another lawyer? basically how do I stop the G-28?

Great thank you so much for the reply!

i am wondering though if the USCIS will be sending approval and NOA1 notices to my lawyer though or to me or to my fiance. I am hoping that we will get them. Do you know who they would mail them to in this case?

Hello.

I started the K1 process with a lawyer who has turned out to be a bigger pain than it would have been doing this all myself. When doing things for the first time I figured it would be better to pay for help, but boy was I wrong. I have a few questions.

On the I129 form at the end there is a section for the lawyer to sign saying that I agree to let the firm handle correspondence for these forms. Does this mean that I will need to use the lawyer all the way through the visa process? I was hoping that after my fiance receives confirmation of her interview that we could just refuse to pay the rest of the lawyer of the fees that are due before we start the interview process and do it ourselves. Can this be done cleanly or can this lawyer make problems for me after the paperwork is filed if she so desires? Does she have any control over the process when the papers are filed?

Question #2: How can I check to make sure that my papers have actually been received by the USCIS??

Thanks in advance!

Hello VJ,

I have a question about the differences in addresses that I will use on my I-129F and G-325A forms. I am the US citizen in this relationship but I am currently living abroad. So for my mailing address on the I-129F I used my parents address which is where me and my fiance will be living when we move back home to America. But on the G-325A it asks where I have been living for the past 5 years with my present address and I have had a few different addresses here in Korea. As well for the past few years I have returned home to America for 2-4 months a year. On the G-325A, If I put a different current address (my address in Korea) from the address that I listed on my I-129F will this matter? Also will the time I spent in the States visiting my family count on the G-325? The trouble is that I need to list a US domicile in order to file the I-129 so I am a bit worried since I am technically not living there right now. It is just my mailing address.

Thank you in advance

keith

Awesome, thank you. sometimes I wonder if it would just be easier to file this stuff myself. It is just a little confusing because I am filing from abroad. So basically I won't need to use my Korean address at all??? Doest that mean that I would have to mail stuff to my parent's house and they would have to mail it to the USCIS? and that my parents would have to then mail any correspondence from the USCIS to me in Korea?

Also how do I edit my post after I posted it. I made a spelling mistake in the title that I want to fi

Hello,

I am going to file for a k1 visa but the trick is that I am living in Korea and my fiance is living in China at the moment. I have been living and working in South Korea for the past 6 years but I have been filing my tax returns with a 2555EZ (foreign income tax credit) every year. I have a few related questions here.]

1) For the financial support affidavit I was told that any forueign income will not work. Is this true even if you have been filing your taxes for the past few years? Will I absolutely need a cosponsor? I had a lawyer tell me that he wants to try and do it without a cosponsor? Is this possible? I don't want him to suddenly say oops I was wrong, $300 more please or sorry but your fiance was denied because we made a mistake.

2) Since I am filing from abroad, which addresses will I use for my current address? My parent's address in the States, or my address in Korea? Basically I am wondering which address on the I-129 do they use to verify your US domicile and which one do they use to mail stuff to?

Thanks in advance!

Hello,

I am going to file for a k1 visa but the trick is that I am living in Korea and my fiance is living in China at the moment. I have been living and working in South Korea for the past 6 years but I have been filing my tax returns with a 2555EZ (foreign income tax credit) every year. I have a few related questions here.]

1) For the financial support affidavit I was told that any forueign income will not work. Is this true even if you have been filing your taxes for the past few years? Will I absolutely need a cosponsor? I had a lawyer tell me that he wants to try and do it without a cosponsor? Is this possible? I don't want him to suddenly say oops I was wrong, $300 more please or sorry but your fiance was denied because we made a mistake.

2) Since I am filing from abroad, which addresses will I use for my current address? My parent's address in the States, or my address in Korea? Basically I am wondering which address on the I-129 do they use to verify your US domicile and which one do they use to mail stuff to?

Thanks in advance

I am seeing that there are quite a few Calvin knickerbockers in immigration law. there is the one in Oregon with Sagaria Law, there is one in California with Ameri Law and when I googled Calvin Knickerbocker K1 visa law in Oregon cam e up too. I am wondering if they are affiliated???