J&C

From the many other posts on this topic i think you are in for the wait. I applied yesterday. I wont be holding my breath. It seems 38/39/40 is the usual. Its almost amzing-what do they do? set a timer and the when the alarm goes on the 36th day print the paper and send it 2nd class????? It can't be that hard!

Hi,

Is this really true. I mean what dwar49 says. Can your co-sponser send the documents direct to the embassy. Mine wants to but i was soooo worried that they were going to lose them and delay our case that i just told her to send it in a sealed envelope to me and that i would trust that it was all correct.

She is a distant family member. Happy to help but i know it is a matter of embarassment to her for me to see all of her finances layed out like that.

What do we think? Trust London Embassy to match up the case and the affidavit and not mess up??? Or go with an 'in hand' delivery for luck!!

Cheers!

Hi,

Trying to get ahead with my packet3 forms. I seem to remember reading about a new I-134 form. I have searched but as there is some volume of topics on I-134 i cant find anything i read before.

I remember it saying something about July 21st change and the old form being valid only until October. Is this the case? Is there a whole new form or is it just the requirements for evidence that have changed, i wish my memory was better!

Any help gratfully received.

Jess

Yodrak

The cost is £65 i read on the London website. It may be that the confusion came as the exchange rate is constantly changing. The exact cost is $119 as of today. I now just double everything so $130 was my estimate. Better to overestimate slightly than underestimate. Especially as i havent included the costs of taking a day off work and travelling to the embassy! I am lucky to live in London as travel in the UK is very expensive.

Jess

Thanks guys,

Especially for the projected costs of AOS etc. Its good for me to know as i am in a similar situation to L&L. I'm out of collage and have been working sporadically. My boy and I met travelling and have been eeking it out together for the past year. Thankfullly we have a good co-sposer!!

$600 isnt a lot to some but for us it represtents a significant save so its good to plan ahead a little. I will just concentrate on the happy future and start saving.

Thanks again

Hi All,

Firstly thanks again for all the help i recieved on this site. I am writing mainly because i just discovered that on top of the $170 we had to pay for i-129f i am to expect to pay a further £10 ($20) for police reports, £65 ($130) at the embassy and £160 ($320) for the medical, in London this is.

This is more than $600!! I am already in a state over the whole IMBRA mess and on top of the costs of travelling to be together AND condicting a relationship where when we are together only one of us can work, this is just one more thing that i didnt need.

Of course being together is priceless, but come on. This on top of everything else is just SOOO unfair. Why why should we pay both financially and emotionally for falling love?

Sorry for the rant, my question...are there any more hidden costs i need to budget for?

Thanks,

Jess

PS FYI Applying for K1, through London

Hi,

Just to add my 10 cents worth

I-129f recieved 05/10

NO1 05/20

RFE Email 06/20

BTW I also got the email from Vermont 2 times...strange but YEAY! can't help feeling happy that i finally have been touched and things are moving again. I hope that the other service centers get their act together too, i am thankful my application is at Vermont with their speedy reputation but i know i could just as easily be dealing with one of the others so..fingers crosses for everyone now

J&C

J&C,

I think you misunderstand something - the passport needs to have a total period of validity of at least 5 years from date of issue to date of expiration. This is not the same thing as saying that the passport has to have been issued at least 5 years ago.

US passports are typically issued with a period of validity of 10 years, but in some circumstance a passport with a shorter period of validity may be issued. It is a 'temporary' passport, issued for a period of less than 5 years, that cannot be used for purposes other than travel.

Yodrak

HI,

My Fiancé changed his surname about 10 years ago to the name of his stepfather for personal reasons. This means that he has a birth certificate in his old name. I read that to use his passport it has to have been valid for at least 5 years which it hasnt (only 3 yrs).

So does anyone know what we can do. Is it sufficient to include a copy of both his birth certificate AND the document outlining the name change?

Many thanks

J&C

just re-read it, yes it seems i that i did!! Thank you for clearing that up for me though.

HI,

My Fiancé changed his surname about 10 years ago to the name of his stepfather for personal reasons. This means that he has a birth certificate in his old name. I read that to use his passport it has to have been valid for at least 5 years which it hasnt (only 3 yrs).

So does anyone know what we can do. Is it sufficient to include a copy of both his birth certificate AND the document outlining the name change?

Many thanks

J&C

Hi,

Firstly, i have just registered but have been looking on this site for a while and i wanted to thank you all for the information that you have available here. Its soo helpful and encouraging to know that we are not the only ones in this situation!

Anyway my questions for now-

1) should i refer to my country of citizenship as United Kingdom or Great Britain (this one alway stumps me at immigration!)

I ask because I would use United kingdom but in my passport under 'Nationality' it says 'British citizen'

2) When should none and n/a be used. Do all the boxes have to be filled??

Many thanks,

J&C

PS i am at the very begining, just filling in I-129f