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Any idea what will happen if we register for an appointment before we get Packet 4? I want to save myself a spot...Sent Packet 3 earlier today

I wonder (and hope) if it is just that they are overbooked and still trying to figure that out. It doesn't make sense how they would just stop scheduling interviews, as they just opened up a bunch of spots for the end of January last week.

For the K1, you only need MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), Flu shot (if you're entering states nov-march), and TDAP (tetanus, diptheria, and pertussis). Since you have gotten the flu shot and TDAP, I believe you can go to your doctor and have them test for your MMR immunity, and go from there.

It looks like you're looking ahead to the required vaccines for adjustment of status. Sorry, not sure on that! Hopefully someone in a similar situation can help.

It's disappointing when family can't be supportive and respect your decisions but from how close you said your family was I don't think they are doing it maliciously, they are just worried about you. It is out of love and concern, they don't know him as well so can only judge him in the small amounts of interaction they have had with him, during which he seems to have been defensive.

Maybe when he was talking about saving up money for when you went to the US it came across as he hadnt given you the choice of settling in Canada? If i thought that someone was forcing someone to come to the us with no option of settling in their own country which is a developed country I would think that's controlling.

You are the one who has to make the decision to stay with him or not. But I would advise to listen to your friends and not be angry with them.

I had a friend who met a guy through a mmorpg. Basically he was stoner who was 20 years older than her and convinced her to meet him for the first time by staying alone at his place not telling anyone she had gone to meet him. He became more and more controlling and emotionally manipulative. When she had finally had enough of his controlling ways she dumped him and he promptly threatened to kill himself and was emotionally blackmailing her. We all told her that he wasn't a good idea and to this day she hasn't forgiven me for being the most vocal about my doubts. It sucks as she was a really good friend before him and she has moved on dating wise, but she still bad mouths me for having spoken against him.

Thanks for the insight, you hit the nail right on the head. I understand that they are worried/concerned, but they can still do that while being supportive as well. We've also made plenty of opportunities for them to get to know him better, but they just don't take our offers, and the complain they don't know him at all later! My dad and cousin have their opinions, but they do like my fiance and can see that I am happy. I will definitely stay with him, as their opinions wont change my mind, and I am not mad or hold any grudges against them. I am just sad that they aren't happy for me.

I had mentioned to them earlier this year that we have looked into both options of either him moving here or me moving there, and we decided that we would be better with me moving there because of the better job opportunities and pay for my field down in the states (it was a joint decision). So when he was talking about saving money, people already knew I was trying to move down there.

Most of them are older (50+) as well, and have heard all the horror stories about meeting people over the internet, and they even have their view of the states that guns are everywhere and that its a dangerous place, so that doesn't help.

Fortunately for us, we have been together in person for about 6 months total of all our visits, with them lasting usually 2 weeks, so we have gotten to know how the other person lives and goes about their daily lives. I've also been very open about it to my family, they just havent been receptive. Actually, our first visit was supposed to be December 2014 with me going to see him for 2 weeks, but he insisted that he come up and meet some of my family (mainly my dad) in October, so that they would feel more comfortable with me going down to see him in December, and that I wasn't going down to meet a complete stranger, which I thought was commendable of him.

The situation you explained was similar to my last relationship, where he was manipulative in every way and would try to kill himself when I'd try to break it off, made me feel guilty for leaving the house etc. So I did learn what red flags to look out for in a relationship, and thankfully I haven't seen any with my fiance. It's also been mentioned to me by my cousin that they are afraid of what happened in my last relationship to happen again, and they they would be no matter who I am seeing.

I guess I will just wait it out, and hope they can respect and trust my decision in time.

Thanks again for the reply!

Hello all,

My fiance and I met online in an MMO in May of 2014, and started dating September 2014. Ever since the start people have been against the idea of me dating someone online, and have asked me many times why I don't look for someone local. They had also made some unfounded judgements about him, and have trash talked him before even meeting him. He has come up to visit me in Canada (he's from US) a few more times since then, and we have tried to arrange times for my family to spend some time with us and get to know him better, so that maybe they can feel a little bit more comfortable with our situation. All of these times, no one has really seemed interested in getting to know him more, and as a result they still have some negative feelings towards him.

In August, we got engaged and started the K1 visa process. When he was back up here in October, we told my family we were engaged, and overall got some negative feedback. The overall response was "oh really? I guess we saw that coming, congrats I guess?", which was really off-putting. One thing that was brought up to me recently was that they all think they he is possessive and controlling. I asked them why this is and they said it's because on his last visit when we were telling people about the engagement he made it clear to people that he did really care what they thought because it wouldn't change our decision. He was also talking about how he is saving money and working a lot of overtime to save money for when I get down there. They way he said it may have come across as rude, but I really don't see how people see that as controlling.

He treats me very well, we have great communication about everything, he doesn't stop me from going out with friends or get mad when I do. He is literally the opposite of controlling and possessive. I do admit that he is protective of me, but that is just from a safety standpoint, and he doesn't like it when I tell him that my family has upset me in some way. So he looks out for my wellbeing and doesn't like it when people hurt me, which to me, sounds normal.

We recently told them about our wedding plans. No one has said anything yet (it was a facebook message, explaining the visa process and when we think we will be getting married), and I think everyones reaction is going to be pretty negative. We want people to be there with us, but don't want them being there out of obligation and ruining our day.

The few friends that I have congratulated me right away and said that they're glad and happy for us and that we seem really happy together, which is all I want from my family. We have been a very close family (theres about 10 of us) since as long as I can remember, and all of their negative reactions are honestly pushing me away and making me glad that I am leaving to go the the US soon, but I am also sad that I feel this way. Has anyone gone through something similar? What did you do?

Congrats everyone...what happens if you cannot schedule your interview before the deadline of the date on the NOA2. For example, mine says valid until January 31, 2016. I have a heath issue that might require surgery...

I know that it can be extended. I've seen some say it's automatic, but you may have better luck calling the US embassy you're planning on interviewing at and asking them for an extension.

So I decided to check CEAC website..wasn't expecting an update as our case was just in transit yesterday, but OH MY GOD CEAC SAYS READY!! I didn't expect it to be this fast. Got Packet 3 ready and sent off to Montreal.

Congrats to everyone as well on their NOA2's, it looks like it's been a great week

I thiiiink he said "up to 42 days"... But I'm really not sure if I understood correctly. I was so excited to hear they had it, everything else he said was a blur I like to think I'll wait til Friday buuuttt most likely yes, I'll call tomorrow. I should also mention my call was only 3 minutes!

NVC received our case on the 26th, and we just got our number this morning, so it should only take a few days It was funny, when the lady answered the call our case had literally just been updated haha

The NVC has our petition and I got our #! YaY ? and now to wait (again) for the embassy to receive. This week is very active for a lot of us. BTW- I forgot to ask them when they received it.

Hooray for getting your number! I actually found this link (may have been this thread) of how you can track your petition to the US embassy through DHL, in case you or anyone hasn't seen it.

Link here: http://k1-visa.net/Home/After-Filing-the-K1/TRACK/DHL-Tracking

Just an update for anyone who's wondering...Fiance called NVC today and they have our case, but no number assigned yet

Sorry, didn't read the OP correctly and gave a bad answer haha. Disregard

My NoA2 was October 2nd. I tried to call yesterday, they haven't received yet. The lady was very kind at the phone, she told me it can take up to 35 days for them to receive the case and insert it in the system.

Prolly next week for sure they will have it.

That's good to know. It's nice to know some more concrete numbers, rather than just guessing

I read to call either Thursday's or Friday's and start at 7am on the dot Eastern Standard Time. That is what I did on Friday and was on hold for nearly 30 minutes before a very kind lady answered. I tried the day before during the day just to try and got the recording saying too busy call back then the call got dropped. I get butterflies just thinking about this. Keep us posted on how it works for you. Blessings.

Oh thats good to know, thanks, and will do!

My approval was Oct 1. I called this past Friday and nothing in system there yet at NVC. Trying to be patient and wait till this Friday to try again. Did you try calling?

Yeah, we are trying to be patient as well since I believe the NOA2 said to wait 3 weeks before calling. We haven't tried calling yet, as fiance lost his phone on his last trip back home to the US and wont have a replacement for a few days. Will probably also try calling on Friday as well.

Just wondering if anyone who received their NOA2 around Oct 1 has tried calling the NVC to see if they have a case number yet?

I had the same dilemma. What I ended up doing for the dates I was in school was putting down "unemployed". I had the same employer listed 2 or 3 times for the appropriate dates.

I had a long employer name too (it was a university with a long address), so I just ended up putting down "See attachment “Form G325A, Q: Employment last five years continued (Beneficiary)"" and I made my own table that matched the one on the form, and a stapled that to the back.

Hope that helps!

While I don't know all of the answers you are looking for, I can give you some advice. Since you've been divorced, make sure its a divorce decree with the Judges signature on it. We ended up getting a copy of my fiance's from the county clerk office, and they also had it certified just in case (we mentioned it was for immigration). I've read of a few people get RFEs for not including the right certificate.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by the affidavit. Do you mean the affidavit of support? That is not included in the original application, and is usually taken to the interview at the US Embassy in your country. So no need to worry about that until you get your NOA2, or even the interview date, really. As for the expiry date, on the USCIS website, they indicate that previous versions are accepted, so you should be ok to still use that. Your fiance will just have to sent the the appropriate forms (like tax return and pay stubs, etc.) in the post when you start assembling the papers to take to your interview.

As for your proof of relationship (pictures, boarding passes, etc.) you don't need to worry about not having the return boarding pass in December. My fiance and I assembled out I-129F packet during my last visit before I left, so I didn't have my return for that trip. I don't think I actually had any other boarding passes included, I just photocopied the pages of my passport with the stamps in it. All they really care about id that you have proof of meeting within the last 2 years, and you have that so you should be good

What we did for our proof of meeting/relationship was that we had a page for each visit, listed the dates and a short summary of what we did. Then after that was printed out, we put each photo in its own sandwich baggie and stapled it to the blank space below the description.

Hope that helps!

Were you technically unemployed during your vacations, or were you still employed by the company still while on vacation (just not working)? Personally, if you were still employed by the companies, I wouldn't add in vacation time.

I read on another thread that you would select "No" as the K1 visa is technically a non-immigrant visa. I'm not 100% certain of this though..haven't gotten that far in the process myself.

Me and my Fiance met on an MMO as well. He mentioned it in the attachment. This is what ours looked like:

I, Fiances name (Petitioner) met Lindsay LastName (Beneficiary) online in May 2014 while playing a Major Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, Star Wars: The Old Republic. We began talking more frequently and decided to begin a relationship on September 16, 2014. I booked a Greyhound bus and arrived in Canada on October 10, 2014, and met Lindsay for the first time in person at her school, name of my university. The following weekend was spent in hometown with Lindsay’s family for Thanksgiving dinner. I left on the Greyhound bus October 15, 2014, and returned to the United States on October 16, 2014.

Since then, Lindsay and I have met in person 5 more times, for a total of approximately 3 months:

Then we listed the dates that we've been with each other since. For example:

December 12-26, 2015: Lindsay visited me in Fiances town.

February 13-21, 2015: I visited Lindsay in Town, Ontario during her reading week.

And so on, until the most recent meeting.

We also had a little sentence after that that said "More detail can be found in the “Proof of Meeting Within the Past Two Years and Proof of Ongoing Relationship” section of this package" and explained the visits more in depth and included pictures.

We didn't include the terms of service and had no trouble at all. Hope that helps

Hello please help us my petitioner sent our I-129f package through USCIS on 21/09/2015 and it was reciev on 25/09/2015 though we didn't fill the G-1145 form and we have not get any notifications yet am wondering can someone please help us and my question is How long does it take to get the NOA1 please help us we feel like we are lost please help us

Once you get your NOA1 and case number, you can actually got to the USCIS website and sign up for an account here. Be sure to put in an email address and phone number (I used my fiance's, the petitioner). Once you sign up for an account, you can put in your receipt number (WAC....) and click "add case". It will show up in a chart below, and you can check the box to select it, then below that, click the "E-mail alerts on" and "Mobile alerts on". You'll get an email and text when your case updates.

I hope that helps.

Just got our approval a few minutes ago!!

Sent petition in Aug 31, NOA1 on Sept 4th

As far as I know, all I-129Fs are going to California (CSC) due to the backlog at the other service centers

Thanks everyone, you confirmed what I have thought. I'll just stick with the K1 visa for now and worry about a job later

Hello everyone,

My fiance and I submitted our I-129F on Aug 31, 2015, received our NOA1 on Sept 4, and are currently waiting for our NOA2. I'm from Canada, and in my last semester in university. I have a few connections at a particular university and may have a job opportunity in the US after I graduate. The most likely visa I'd apply for would be the TN visa (the job is under the list of professions). However, I was wondering if this would have a negative effect on our K1 visa application.

My guess would be yes, because the TN visa is a non immigrant work visa. Also, once the K1 visa came though, I'd most likely have to stop working, as I believe I would lose my TN status.

Any one have any input?

Thanks!

I believe you can email the Montreal consulate (Montreal-IV-DV@state.gov) and ask if they have received your case and logged it. If they have you can go ahead and send them your packet 3 (by email).

Here is a link to what Packet 3 is and what it asks for http://photos.state.gov/libraries/canada/303578/montreal/Packet3-K1-MTL.pdf