Ben&Sara

The interview date is assigned as you receive Packet 3 and 4 altogether in an email from the Sydney consulate. You can ask for a later date by emailing them on support-australia@ustraveldocs.com
Goodluck on your journey ahead

~Moved from K1 Process to Australia/New Zealand Regional Forum~
~At this stage of the process instructions/requirements are often embassy/consulate-specific~

Yes, she completes the I-134 too. On hers, she can put she is unemployed, or student. Her income would be $0, and the assets section left blank. The co-sponsor fills out their own separate I-134 and provides most recent tax transcript, letter from employer and/or recent pay stubs.

I believe you have enough evidence, but I'm also unsure if you're asking about residency in the U.S or residency in his current home. (Yes, they're a little different. Proving residency in the U.S you could use a birth certificate or a passport, proving residency in his current home you would need a drivers license, lease agreement, pay stub, tax records, bank statements or even a letter from his employer. Note, you don't need all of it. what you have should be enough for that.)
No, I don't believe it's frowned upon, as long as you use the visa within the designated timeline you should be fine. If you get questioned I'd be surprised, but in the rare case you do just explain your circumstances and do the best you can to stay calm.
That's good, if you feel uneasy about the border security or your interview just take some receipts (if you have any). If you don't tell them your plans, have the name of the venue ready.
It doesn't matter where you get married, as long as it's legal. (Probably don't go to Vegas though) Church or Court is more than fine.
If it's for an interview, make sure you have everything you need, remember the little things. Run over some practice questions, do your best to remember everything you put in the package just in case they ask.
If it makes you feel any better, it's rare that people don't get accepted. Only those few cases that truly stand out in a terrible way.
I hope I helped, if at all a little bit.
Ben.

Of course there isn't, you're meant to be with who you're meant to be with.
Thank you for the kind words and thank you for sharing your experience!

Well, why wait?
At the age of 18 I am a consenting adult, with emphasis on 'Adult'.
Yes, I am young, but no I'm not immature, I know what I need and what I need is her.
An age is just a number after all, that number shows nothing about the person, or anything about his or her maturity.
If I truly believe (Which I do) that I will spend the rest of my life with my Fiance, why should I wait?
I get I'll be looked down on and judged but at the end of the day, it is my life and only I can know what is best for me and I believe Sara (My Fiance) is best for me.
I get you probably weren't attacking me, but I think it's rude to question ones decision when you know nothing about that person.
Don't take what I'm saying the wrong why, although I understand it's hard to take it any other way.
Thank you for your time and consideration.

There are many helpful people on this forum in case you run into any issues with the paperwork. As long as you take the time to read the guides here and the paperwork from USCIS, there is no reason not to do it yourself. Saves a bunch of $. Good luck!

You will have the same burden of proving your relationship is bona fide as all other applicants. Assuming you provide the evidence for this, which it sounds like you have, there shouldn't be a problem.

Hi, just wanted to mention that the age difference will not really matter, you just have to prove that the relationship is bona fide. My now husband is 12 yrs younger than me and they didn't give us a problem when we did the K-1 visa. So don't psych yourself out about the age difference. The only thing they asked about the age difference was if our families knew about the age difference.
Good Luck.
PS. My husband is Canadian and we have now been married over 1year.

5 years apart is not that unusual especially when both are so young.
I think you will be just fine.
However young people have trouble meeting the income guideline
so are you making above 125% of poverty guideline?
If not, you can always try to get a co-sponsor...like your parents or siblings.
Good luck

My wife is 41 and I am 57. Nobody ever asked about it during the visa process, not once ever.

Your 5 year age difference, even if the woman is older, is not really an issue. Not being able to meet the financial requirements is. An attorney cannot waive any of the USCIS or Dept. of State requirements. How could they? If they told you that, then run from them. They are lying, have no clue about immigration, or both. You need all the requirements listed in the I-129F petition instructions, and then later for the K-1 visa interview, you need all the DoS requirements listed in your consulate's instructions. One of those things will be the I-134 affidavit of support. After entering the US with the K-1 visa and getting married, you will need to provide another affidavit of support, the I-864, when you file for adjustment of status.
I-129F guide > http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1guide
K-1 flowchart > http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1flow
DoS info about getting a K-1 visa > http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/types/family/fiance-k-1.html
An older man with a younger woman is common for the Philippines.

Do yourself a favor, and stay away from legal assistance. When I first started this process, I went for a consult with a lawyer. He charged me 100$ to tell me a bunch of ill-informed garbage. They will cost you money that you do not need to spend, and won't have their heart in it. If you do this yourself, you'll be able to give it the absolute most possible amount of care and precision that you can muster, which should ultimately lead to a speedy process.
The best thing that you can do to help you in all of this, is absolutely scour this site for information. There's a TON to be learned from VJ. My wife and I did everything ourselves (sometimes my wife did more than I did) and we had a very quick case with no RFE's or any other bumps in the road. Read all the guides. Print them out and have them handy when you're making your initial packet. If you have even the tiniest question (sign or not sign/copy or original) look it up.
A word of caution: Do not take what you read as gospel. This is an open user based FREE forum. Some people are not as educated in the immigration process as others. What worked for some people's case, may not hold up in yours. If you find an answer to a question, look at 2 or 3 more threads to verify it.
And finally, don't be afraid to post when you get stuck. There are a lot of people here who are eager to help you.
Good luck!

You Want to hear A Age Difference??.....I am 52 and my Husband is 25...we got married April of 2013, and
have been together 4 years!!....
we got approved our I-130 petition and are no in process for Cr-1 visa, almost at the finish line!!...
True Love and a serious relationship has no age barrier!......
Best Wishes.......(age is nothing but a number)!......

Dont get a lawyer, it's not difficult t do yourself, they cannot waive USCIS requirements, save yourself about $2500, read the guides on here several times, read your own embassy instructions and browse the forums here, let's face it your going to have the time to do so, it's not a quick process.

How could an attorney wave what's required by US immigration?US government wants to ensure that your husband doesn't become a public charge,
and wants to ensure that you and co-sponsors will be financially liable to provide the support,
even in the case of divorce.
My sister's relative is going through this right now.
One of their relative (on the husband side) is going through a divorce,
and soon to be ex-wife doesn't speak English, uneducated, never worked,
and have no intention to work, and divorce lawyer passed the warning to the parent
that co-signed that he could be on the hook to financially provide support to
his son's soon to be ex-wife.
The only way an attorney could help you is by becoming a co-sponsor himself,
but I highly doubt that a law savvy attorney would financially implicate himself to
such no win situation. Especially when considering high divorce rate in US.