Chris-n-Veronica

This one has all the stamps on it... but your right why take a chance..

I submitted a certified copy of my divorce decree. This was on the checklist for Packet 3 that Joel received, after our K-1 was approved and sent to the embassy from NVC. Might not be a bad idea to have one 'cause you never know, you might need it. My husband (then fiancé) went through the Consulate in Montréal.

I just got my Final Decree of Divorce in pdf format.. For the K-1 filing Do I need to go to the court house and get an original or is the emailed from my Attorney in PDF format good ?? it does say copy on the top right..but then I would think anything I get would be a copy...

Thanks in advance

Hven't filed yet... Hopefully Vica will have the paperwork back to me by next week...then it's being overnighted to Nebraska

Great! I had similar experience, I fell for my Yu in January of this year when we started chatting every day.

I visited Yu July, and brought a completed G-825A with me for her to sign. We had a wonderful time the entire time together.

When I got home and started doing the rest of the paper work, I discovered VJ and the tips in the guides are the best around, every thing needed are here. I noticed the letters of intent and sent a completed one to Yu to sign and date, she then photographed it with a digital camera and sent me the photo. The photo was good enough for the USCIS.

So now the long 6 month wait for NVC and the Consulate. Guangzhou has to be the slowest Consulate.

Good luck on your journey!

Also you may want to update your profile with things like your story, immigration status, place filed at, home office...

Well I'm Chris and I met Vica over a year and half ago on matchdoctor... I finally went to Moldova to meet her in April...that tied the deal... I asked her parents for her hand...after she taught me how to say it in Romanian .. I went back in August for two weeks.... OMG I'm in love.. I never felt this before.. not like this... Well we are working on our K-1 filing... I'm waiting on her to get and sign her 90 day to marry and G-325A and send it back to me.. and the it's in the mail.... I'm not sure how I can wait 5-7 months when I couldn't even last between April to Aug... it was so much easier before we met...hahahahaha...

Chris from Idaho Loves Vica from Moldova

I'm paying for 99% but then she did have me stay at her home when I was there..11 days the first time and 14 days the second... So that has to count for something.. 25 x $50(avg.) = $1250 ..Wow she is paying more then I thought.. So I guess more in the 75% area I'm paying.. and it's PRICELESS

I did. Petitioner male. Happily, I might add.

She is in Moldova 9 hours ahead of me... So I call her at 1pm my time which is 10pm hers...and then again at 11-12pm my time which is 8-9am hers ..I like her going to bed with my voice(huggs and kissses and Sweet Dreams) and waking up to my voice...(Hugggs and Kissses and have a good day and how did you sleep)

I call twice a day anywhere from 5 min to 45 min each time.. Phone Bill app. $200 amonth or PRICELESS

My Male answer

1. How can I get her back into bed a second time today

2. Hell Yes see above

3. Hell No see No.1 & 2

4. Who ???? I can't keep my eyes off your body why in heck do I want to look at her

5. Good question.. mourn...take my time to accept the fact you left before me.. and through time hopefully find someone like you again..because I love everything about you....and last but not least...Never forget you

Here is some good advice for you guys out there....

Valuable advice for all men

Allegedly the 5 questions most feared by men:

1. What are you thinking about?

2. Do you love me?

3. Do I look fat?

4. Do you think she's prettier than me?

5. What would you do if I died?

What makes these questions so difficult is that every

one is Guaranteed to explode into a major argument if

the man answers incorrectly (i.e. tells the truth).

Therefore, as a public service, each question is

analysed below, along with possible responses.

Question # 1: What are you thinking about?

The proper answer to this, of course, is: "I'm sorry

if I've been pensive, my darling. I was just

reflecting on what a warm, wonderful, thoughtful,

caring, intelligent woman you are, and how lucky I am

to have met you."

This response obviously bears no resemblance to the

true answer, which most likely is one of the

following:

a. Football/rugby.

b. Cars/motorbikes.

c. How fat you are.

d. How much prettier she is than you.

e. How I'd spend the insurance money if you died.

Question # 2: Do you love me?

The proper response is: "YES" or, if you feel a more

detailed answer is in order, "Yes, love."

Inappropriate responses include:

a. Oh yeah, sh*t-loads.

b. Would it make you feel better if I said yes?

c. That depends on what you mean by love.

d. Does it matter?

e. Who, me?

Question # 3: Do I look fat?

The correct answer is an emphatic: "Of course not,

don't be ridiculous!"

Among the incorrect answers are:

a. Compared to what?

b. I wouldn't call you fat, but you're not exactly

thin.

c. A little extra weight looks good on you.

d. I've seen fatter.

e. Could you repeat the question? I was just thinking

about how I'd spend the insurance money if you died.

Question # 4: Do you think she's prettier than me?

Once again, the proper response is an emphatic: "Of

course not, you must be joking!"

Incorrect responses include:

a. Yes, but you have a better personality.

b. Not prettier, but definitely thinner.

c. Not as pretty as you when you were her age.

d. Define pretty?

e. Could you repeat the question? I was just thinking

about how I'd spend the insurance money if you died.

Question # 5: What would you do if I died?

A definite no-win question. (The real answer, of

course, is "Buy a Porsche and a boat".) No matter how

you answer this, be prepared for At least an hour of

follow-up questions, usually along these lines:

WOMAN: Would you get married again?

MAN: Definitely not!

WOMAN: Why not, don't you like being married?

MAN: Of course I do!

WOMAN: Then why wouldn't you remarry?

MAN: Okay, I'd get married again.

WOMAN: You would? (With a hurt look)

MAN: (audible groan)

WOMAN: Would you sleep with her in our bed?

MAN: Where else would we sleep?

WOMAN: Would you put away my pictures, and replace

them with her pictures?

MAN: Well, that would seem like the proper thing to

do.

WOMAN: And would you let her use my golf clubs?

MAN: She can't use them; she's left-handed.

WOMAN: - - - silence - - -

MAN: Sh*t!

Yea..I've a ton of books..moved once...wrote a song or two.. I'm in Limbo hell...

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Dang....that PRICELESS Stuff brought a tear to my eyes... I miss my Veronica

I think it's unfair... it has to take so long... and I haven't even started the process..I'm waiting on paperwork to get back from her with her signature...and my Divorce paperwork..But I'd say we'll be filing within the week..

You most certainly can still get temporary EAD at JFK (apparently its best to ask) , but there are very few other POEs that do it. I'm not sure why they stopped doing it.

This is what I'm asking and don't understand about. Why only at JFK (and a few others)? It use to be given out at ALL POES. I know for certain they gave it out at SFO. What changed and when?

Thanks.

We thought about it...but there isn't any advantage I can see... So why not spend a year or two together..learning about each other first...take your time...enjoy life... My first marriage we did that to be able to get married..17 and 16 and our marriage fell apart after the kids left...thats all we knew raising kids..Vacations far in between..work..work..work... Killed the marriage.. So enjoy life for awhile first!!

I will admit we have picked out a name.. whether it's a girl or boy.. and also the good thing is Veronica is serious about only one child.. Who I'm I to argue..

No. You have NO IDEA what will happen. What if you get refused or delayed?

Well, this is a hypothetical scenario of course. Let's say in this case the denial or delay of the VISA has already been discussed many times and she always says she is in love and doesn't care if that happens.

OK, with the K1 VISA taking sometimes a year now (or at least several months) there are probably going to be more pregnancies before couples receive their VISA. So, here's a question for you. Imagine you're the male petioner in the US and your fiance wants to get pregnant right away. She doesn't care if she has to travel to the US pregnant and doesn't even mind if the baby is born in her country before you get the VISA. She is very confident and determined and knows how to take care of herself. This is what she really wants and she is very serious.

Would you agree to that?

Well, at the basis, first, making a baby is a personal decision, and a couple's decision, agreement!!! we do not have to agree or not..But, if you put here the question, what comes to mind first, is this: why the fiancée wants a baby now, in the middle of the process?...why is it right now?

Well, this is a "what if" scenario, but lets say she says she wants a baby with you ASAP, she says never mind the VISA. She says you are the man of her dreams, the one she has been looking for all her life, and she sees no reason to wait. Now, if you apply normal logic to this scenario of course everyone would say it's better to wait until after rhe VISA is granted and she is in the US, but we're talking about a woman in love so we can't expect it to make sense or be logical. She says this would really make her happy, and you love her and want her to be happy, so what would you do?

Ok, what I would do? I would think before doing or acting!..So, what is possible to think from what you asked here...First, the "I" is the hypothetical husband right?...I notice that the OP and after, only reflects the hypothetical's futur mother, and nowhere i see the father included in the decision. It's like the man is asked to do what the woman wants...I am quite sensitive to the fact that nowdays man are often not included in the mother/child fusionned relationship...which makes me sad, because for the futur of the child, a father is nowdays very important. If the father/futur father is ok with the woman's request, then there is no problem. If the man feels something is not quite clear, then, more talking might be useful. In her request, maybe some differentiation might also be useful to think about, for example: making the difference between desire and need...On the other hand, a woman's desire or need of making a baby is a sensitive spot also...If she says, as you put it more than once that she does not care about the conditions of making a baby, i would want to know more, for example..what about the fact that having a baby is a big responsability, including the financial and emotional levels...this takes strong people, couple to do so...Because in the long run, if a mother is worried, the baby will be so also. ..I don't know her character..is she the type of lady who worries...if not, well that's an encouraging thing...And what about the gentleman, does he feel the same as the lady, i.e having a baby right away? If so, then i do not see a problem...only when there are some doubts...even the slimmer doubt, then that's sign more talking might help...Finally, i would worry more of the futur father's state of mind...ready or not for this adventure...having a baby, in any type of situation has to be a wonderful experience, not a painful one...and also thinking of the baby's interests, the most important!...Hope it helps!!!

Also for proof of on going..I use Western Union(I know not the cheapest) I just send money to her for airmailing back some Doc's that needed signed.. I'll use the Western Union email Reciept as one of the proofs of on going relationship..

crow_dio,

If this is what you are looking for, I told you where you can get information based on extensive experience dealing with the Immigrant Visa unit in Bangkok.

Yodrak

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One of my original worries was that the age difference would be a problem due to her particularly young age. The discretion of the screening is really what I was trying to gauge from that question. ....

My filled in automatically after the first

Now what about the check mark boxes close to the bottom..the examples show page 1 ck "Other" page 2-3-4 ck "Naturalization" is this correct ??

You fill out the first and when you print all 4 will be filled.

I go by Chris D?????? but my Legal name is Christopher Allen D?????? I went back and changed everything to match my Birth Cert. and PassPort.. I figure if it matches those two..I'm not giving them any chance to kick it back..

It takes too long to get all that fixed and I'd have to jump through so many hoops on other issues at work if my name is changed now that is why I didn't.

And you think the INS/USCIS is going to cater to you because of your little trouble with changing the records on file when you should have initially given them your legal name in the first place? You and I must live in different worlds.

Do as you wish. I wish you luck. But when you have delays or are denied, don't say you haven't been forewarned.

Junkie, you would do well to listen to those of whom you've asked advice from. NO, the USCIS isn't going to cater to your idea that it's just too much trouble, there are too many hoops to jump through. I'm sorry you don't like your legal name...nevertheless the USCIS doesn't care what you like or don't like.

If you get denied, or your petition is delayed while you sort out this mess, then you can't say you weren't warned.

Even if I changed it with my employer that isn't going to solve the problem of my 2004 and 2005 W-2's having John on it either. And my girls interview is in three weeks, there is no way I can get all this done that fast. Thanks for the help I appreciate your input.

I don't technically use my full legal name either. Just the names I like. I haven't had a major problem yet. My SSN is in that name and so are all my tax records, HR records. Only problem I had was applying for my passport. I had to give them five years worth of public records showing the name I currently use and now my US passport is in that name. I put my name under the other name place on the G325. We got approved so hopefully you won't any issues. If it will make you feel better write a letter and give to your fiance and if, only if they bring it up she can give them the letter.

Yet being the operative word here.

True, that won't solve the problem with the tax returns. Not sure what you'll do. But I'm fairly certain the embassy is going to check this out and see the discrepancy. If you don't like your legal name, why don't you do the legal legwork to change it?

Maybe writing a letter stating that "this is my legal name but I don't like it so I go by this name" might help?

It's not that I don't like my legal name. Trust me if that were the case I would have changed it. It's just that my legal name is asian name and it's not easy to pronounce so I just started using another name at places like work and school but all my legal documents have my real name on there.

I thought about writing a letter saying this is my real name etc etc but I don't see how that would even help.. Either way they have to take my word for it letter or not.

My girl knows fully why there is a descrpency and when she goes to the interview I told her to mention to look at the I-129F and the G-325a from me in my original petiton.. that will show that i disclosed that I go by the different name.

If they put us on AR because they have to check the descrpency on their end then so be it, I'm not worried about a little delay, i've already been waiting long time so a few weeks or so isn't going to kill us. I'm just asking people on this board if they have ever experienced something like this or heard of someone going through this problem and wondering if they still got approved.

All the replies so far are what people think will happen, yes that's what I thought too which is why I'm asking but I'd appreciate some input from someone who actually been through this. THank you all.

19 years,...She loves my child like quailites ..Go figure We did discuss it in length pros and cons..And I have to tell you the Love part won out....

I would vote, but there's no 0-5 option!

ditto ! only 1 year difference between us.

Yep just follow what others have said... but age difference isn't that big of a problem if you go into it fully aware of the little bumps you'll encounter.. Lucky my fiance is mature for her 30 years and I'm still a kid at 49.. So we meet in the middle... And we are both happier then heck...laugh alot..and chase each other around alot...and more love felt then I can ever remember... Good Luck..

second...3 months is not long for them to consider your relationship genuine if you havn't been together for at least two years. once they see she just turned 18 it may raise a little red flag.

I thought one could show proof of the legitimacy of the relationship at the interview stage, regardless of how long they've been in one. Maybe I'm mistaken. I've never heard of the 2-year thing.

Also, the OP wants to file for a K1 and not K3 (although he might consider going for a K3). Either way, the beneficiary has to be old enough for her to be ble to marry according to the laws in her country.

Maybe the two year comment has something to do with parental permission, which I believe is needed in Thailand. True, the OP mentioned the K-1. Someone suggested that he marry her and live there for two years and do DCF.

And yes, ultimately the beneficiary has to be old enough to be married...either in her country or by the laws of the petitioner's state. Either way, she still has to be 18.