Mickee

Thanks everyone! With moving over a 1000 miles away buying a new house and everything that go's along with that I forgot many of the things I learned on this journey. You folks got me back on track.

Thanks again,

Mike and Ruth

Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this... My wife and are married and she is here with me in U.S. The last update we received is that we might not have to go for an interview to get her Green Card. We moved to another State and let the INS know our new address. My wife wants to get a job but on her SS card states she cannot work without a permit. If anyone can point me in the right direction of how to do this we would be thankful.

Thanks,

Mike and Ruth

Perfect, thank you so much!

Thanks, we have DS-3025 filled out correctly so we won't need to fill out I-693. I'm now filling out I-485 (AOS)... Do I use her born last name or my last name as we are now married? Instructions are unclear.

My wife has already had her physical done before coming to the US and has a CD along with the paperwork. Do we still need to fill out I-693? From what I've read, no. Also, can anyone point me in the direction to find the forms and where to send them for AOS?

Thanks in advance,

How essential are these reports for the process,

Deal breaker if not obtained.

and what could happen if she doesn't get them?

Only an official letter from them stating such would work.

Yep, 100% correct. We got to the interview process and although approved we HAD to show police reports in all names in every country my fiance lived in. It took us about two months to get the documents back from Brazil of her previous married name, even though she used her Brazilian passport with her maiden name to travel there. I wish anyone the best of luck obtaining documents from other parts of the world. Also, note, they need to be written or translated to English.

I'm somewhat in the same boat. I can only tell you what I experienced. My fiancee is originally from Brazil but was married in Canada. She left Canada and went back to Brazil for two years after the marriage fell apart. After we met we went to Canada to get her divorce papers. During our interview was told you are approved but we need a police certificate from the state in Brazil where she resided under her married name. We already had the Fed police report in her maiden name. We went to the Brazilian consulate in Vancouver Canada. They wrote a letter saying she travels to Brazil using her Brazilian passport, there no such record of her married name. Our lawyer said he would take care of it. That was a week ago, we'll see what happens.

Good luck to you

The DS 160 is done and sent electronically to Vancouver, BC I understand they need to be paid, medical done and set up an interview... Been looking around this site, inter-webs and consulate in BC but can't find anywhere how to get this done. Anyone shed some light on this? I'm sure this question has been asked many times but I can't find the answer.

Thanks

I'm going threw the same thing right now. Not sure if this is true for every consulate but this is what Vancouver, Canada wants. If you know how to use photo editing software it's not hard to do. They want a square photo so you will have to turn off the aspect ratio when cropping the photo. You can scan a passport photo and make it work but need to be proficient in scanning images.

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/general/photos/digital-image-requirements.html

Thank you very much! As I'm sure others do, if you look hard enough, you will find something that seems like it won't work.

Thanks again

More than fine. The idea is that you can support her until she can work legally so the government does not need to support her.

They look into multiple factors - that why they do not only let you enter the income but also other assets and investments.

Have some questions about the I-134...

Left my job to get my house ready to sell. So don't have a job right now. My tax returns show 4 times the poverty level for the last 3 years. My soon to be wife and I are moving to another state once she is here in the U.S. We are downsizing and she has the final word on what we keep, sell or donate. I have more than 3 times the poverty level in a saving account. As well as, about $180K in equity in the house and other things I own. I think this should be fine but after poking around I'm not sure... Advise?

Very cool, thank you, she lives near the Vancouver consulate, thanks again.

These posts are older, anyone have a update? Our plan is for me to fly up to Vancouver from the U.S. and attend the interview with my soon to be wife. Also, is the Visa issued right after the interview?

Thanks in advance

Thank you, I don't know the language of visa. They seem to write things as a riddle.

They all go though the NVC first, which is located in NH, not NY. It will be assigned a case# and forwarded to your consulate.

Vancouver states not to call them, but you can mail or email inquires. It seems they will send you a letter when they have your case, and they have the instructions available on their site too > http://vancouver.usconsulate.gov/visas/fiance-visas.html

~ Moved from K-1 Process to K-1 Progress Reports -topic is case status ~

Received (notice of action) Notice type: Approval Notice. In the document it states that the petition has been approved and forwarded to the consulate in Vancouver and to contact them about visa issuance. Checked the Vancouver U.S. consulate website and is says do not contact them about K1 visas...? Do I just wait for them to send me or soon to be wife something? Also, I thought this had to go to NY first and they would send it to Canada?

The letter of intent must be a box immigration has to check off or something. Was sent a RFE because we didn't have one. Went to talk to my lawyer today and he told me that he's never been asked for that before because his writes that we plan to marry in the narrative. Anyway, I found one on this site before the RFE was received, just in case. My lawyer thought is was too basic and wrote a new one for us.

Thanks for the heads up on this Visa Journey

I didn't think of it that way but understand your point. Thanks! Looks like I need to think like the USCIS does. From my peanut brain why would I apply for a K 1 if we didn't plan to marry? But again, I understand your point.

No, living together with her only shows evidence of a relationship. It is not clear at all from your relationship that you actually intend to get married. USCIS needs to be 100% clear that both of you do in fact have intent to marry each other...this is why they need a signed letter of intent.

Fiancé(e) letter of intent is mandatory from both parties, one from the petitioner and one from the beneficiary. They are a typed letter stating you will marry within 90 days of the beneficiary's entry to the U.S. Your Lawyer should have requested this from you both.

When you say she is in Canada, and has U.s. dual citizenship, is she the beneficiary?! If so, why are you applying for a K1??!?

Also, please fill in your timeline!

She has Brazilian and Canadian citizenship.. Sorry, I was unclear about that. We've been dating for two years. First time she came to the US for a week, a year and half ago. Than she went to Canada because her adopted kids didn't want to live in Brazil anymore, they wanted to stay with step dad in Canada. Then she came back to the US to live with me for a few months. We went to immigration in downtown LA to extend her stay. Was told they had no record of her being here and to leave and come back making sure her passport was stamped. She did and they said no, she needs a visa. I flew up to Canada then we flew to Brazil together where I stayed with her for a few months and came back home. I'm a total rookie at all of this stuff and after looking around on the internet, saw that she needed to be out of the US for 6 months or a calender year. I flew back to Brazil to spend the holidays with her and her family. Found out I had cancer on that trip and needed to come back to the US and have half of my left kidney taken out. When we arrived at LAX they told her no, even though she had a plane ticket to go back to Canada so she could get a copy of her divorce papers. They flew her to Canada and every few months I go there so we can see each other. Everything has been documented with pictures, plane tickets, emails, Skype.

Went on the USCIS website today to find a Request for Evidence was sent out 7 days ago but have not received it. Is a Fiance Letter of Intent mandatory? Had a lawyer do the paperwork for us but never saw or signed this letter of intent. I'm going to see her in 11 days again, she lived here with me for the time allowed and I lived with her in Brazil for four months. I think that alone would show intent. This is all very frustrating. I forgot to add she is in Canada right now, has duel citizenship.