preston206

we got our NOA2 from TSC yesterday. NOA1 was in January. Hang in there it'll happen! : )

17 hours ago, Penguin_ie said:

- Are you asking if showing that you two are married, via her official Indonesian passport, will get her into the USA?  If so no, she will need to complete the visa process first.

We're aware that she needs to go through the visa process. In my first sentence I stated that we already received our NOA1. My questions were in reference to when she is approved and flies to the US and attempts to enter, approval in-hand.

17 hours ago, Penguin_ie said:

- Are you asking if adding your name to her passport, rather than officially changing her name and getting a new passport, is enough to convince the CO you are married and give her a visa?  If so, neither is needed- a spouse need not change their name.

So, after her visa is approved, if she flies to the US and attempts to enter with paper work that has her new last name and a passport with her maiden name, it won't be a problem? The CBP will be ok with mis-matching names?

21 hours ago, preston206 said:

What exactly does this entail? Is it a stamp or written? Is there some kind of notarization or something official to show that it was done by someone at the immigration office?

These questions have been answered. She went to the immigration office today in Jakarta. They wrote her full name, containing her new last name (AKA my last name), on page four of her passport. No stamp. It is still her original passport.

Hello, my wife and I recently received our NOA1. We're prepping for the next steps. Right now we are researching her options for name changes on various documents. She has found some details regarding the endorsement page within her passport (page four in an IDN passport). She says that if she goes to the immigration office in Jakarta that she can get my name added to the page to show that she is married to me. What exactly does this entail? Is it a stamp or written? Is there some kind of notarization or something official to show that it was done by someone at the immigration office? And most importantly, is it sufficient at the port of entry to make it into the US? Thank you for any help.

chiming in as we were December filers.

dropped off the packet at the post office on Dec 21st. From Seattle to PHX. Received a bank alert first that my personal check was processed. That was today, January 6th. Then about 30 minutes later I received a text and email from the USCIS.

it's official! Visa process has started. Good luck to everybody and happy new year!

I literally just received a text and email at the same time from the USCIS just now. Wooo! It's official!

I dropped off our CR-1 packet at the post office on December 21st in the afternoon. Phoenix bound from Seattle. Today, January 6th, I received a bank alert stating that my personal check had been processed. I have not received any email nor text message from the USCIS. I did include a G-1145.

This is just a quick message for anybody in a similar situation. Hang in there and be patient! I am guessing the USCIS has been delayed because of holidays. We're all in this together. Just trying to give you guys some hope if you haven't received your first notice yet. Good luck in your journey Selamat tahun baru! Happy new year!

Hello, just married two weeks ago! We're excited to get the CR-1 process started. I'll probably have a ton of questions, but for now just something quick that's been on my mind.

Upon approval, she will enter the US and then receive her Green Card in the mail soon after. This makes her a "Permanent Resident." With that status in the US, does that impact her citizenship in Indonesia? Having a Green Card doesn't make her a U.S. Citizen, correct? So, she would end up with a U.S. Green Card in addition to her Indonesia passport, correct?

When traveling to other countries she would present her Green Card, right?

thank you for the help. I did some searching but I couldn't find these same questions being answered.

Should they find out and you try and sneak this marriage past them your intended could be slapped with material misrepresentation as the fact that you are married would be a reason to deny the visa. She would then be given a lifetime ban from the us. Even if they find out once she is in the us and you are doing the aos they can do this, people have had their citizenship stripped if they find the original visa was given out based on a lie.

excellent response. Thank you. We can close this thread.

ok thank you for the info. I'm aware that it sounds like a dumb question. I am curious about whether the wedding is reported to the US and or the US embassy in Jakarta. If it is not, then the K1 would still work.

Hello, I am a US citizen and my fiancee is an Indonesian citizen. If we were to get married in Indonesia, could I still submit for the K1 from the US? Does the USCIS look into whether there was a wedding abroad? And what about when it comes time for her interview, would the US embassy in Jakarta be aware of the wedding? Thank you for the help.

ok thank you for the response, usmsbow.

I think we found a way around it but we won't know for sure until we try. She made a separate appointment for the same time as mine. I think it might work, but I will update the thread either way, in case someone needs to know in the future.

ok, interesting, thanks. I just feel quite shocked hearing that. It's literally the first I have heard of that. I guess I'll set my sights on the CR1 then.

thanks again, Penguin!

hey Penguin, thanks for moving it and also thanks for the info. I left out some important info about my situation. I guess I assumed everybody could read my mind haha. Our wedding is scheduled for December 2016. So we thought that the K3 was the best route. The K1 won't work for us since we'll be married.

The K3 is obsolete? wow I had no idea. I think on the comparison page you should mention that. That is the firs time I have heard that and I have been researching visa option for about eight months. Would you be able to help me find a few recent threads where the K3 was closed? I would like to read up on that a bit. Do we know the reason why they are closing them? Has the USCIS posted an announcement about it?

So, for a married couple, the CR1 is the only option?

I think I posted this in the wrong section. Could an admin please move it to "K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures?" Thanks

Hello, I have an appointment scheduled at the US Embassy in Jakarta next month, to get my CNI form notarized. Is it possible to bring my fiancee with me into the Embassy? Do we need to register her as a guest or can she just show up with me?

thank you for the help!

Hello, I am new here, but I have been reading a lot. I Stumbled on to something today that I can't make sense of.

On the comparison page, in the table at the top it lists the K3 as taking 16 months. However, in the K3 description it says that it will take 'Roughly 6 months'.

Could I please get some clarification on that? See screenshots below.

Also, I have a couple more processing time related questions:

1) Does the country have anything to do with the amount of time it will take? E.g. my fiancee resides in Jakarta, Indonesia. Would the time it takes to bring her to the US be any different than another country? That is mostly out of curiosity as I'm trying to make sense of the timeline.

2) While I've been researching, I have seen comments like:

'Alternately, if prior to filing for AOS the K-3 Visa Holder has their underlying I-130 petition approved by the USCIS they may instead (of filing for AOS) choose to return to their consulate abroad to interview and obtain an IR-1 / CR-1 Visa. In this case they would abandon their status as a K-3 Visa Holder and re-enter the US as a IR-1 / CR-1 Visa Holder.'

That would potentially extend the time before she is allowed to enter the US, correct? Or would it take about the same time at that point, for the CR1 to process compared to the remaining K3 steps?

thank you for the help!