Ecalos

I'm still so confused by the IMBRA RFE... Is that only applicable for petitions filed before a certain date? I tried to do some reading on it and got even more confused

Seems to me like they should open up a temporary processing office and staff it just to handle the overflow. I feel so badly for the people who filed in March and are still waiting. I hope you guys can all hang in there a little longer.

You're right, Canada isn't a part of the VWP, it has something to do with bordering countries. However Canadians may stay in the US for 6 months as opposed to the 3 on the VWP.

It took me a ridiculous amount of time to find that last part out for sure. You would think they would make it easier.

I feel kinda dumb, but if it isn't that's definately news to me. I may have misread it at some point then, but I do know the max limit of stay in the US for a Canadian Citizen is 6 months, and I thought that long of a stay was only permissible on the VWP. After that you have to pay taxes and some other junk that I never really read through.

I know I'd love to hear some congrats after this process is all said and done lol.

As an aside, isn't this site supposed to be help/advice/support for everyone who is going through a K-1/K-3/Other Visa? I think the "we're all in the same boat" kinda thing we have going on here is great, because every time I try and explain any of this to my friends, they either get confused or develop that blank "brain overload" stare It's nice to be able to come online here and get fast, accurate answers to my stupid little neurotic questions

I'm sitting here giggling about the "Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler" comment.

I'm not gonna even pretend I know what half of you are going through, as my 129F was mailed like, an hour ago, but I will say it has me worried because it will be going to CSC via Nebraska, and by the sound of it I'll be sitting here twiddling my thumbs (read: ripping my hair out) come February

if I understand correctly, that was meant as "don't overstay your Visa" since Canada is a part of the Visa Waiver Program. Correct me if I'm wrong though

Thanks so much everyone this helps me a lot. He left to go back to Denver this morning and I miss him so much already

The more I get to see him the better between now and (hopefully) our approval

Wow thanks for all the help! I really appreciate it.

One last question: do I have to tell them at the POE that I'm in the process of applying for the K-1?

Congratulations all! Can't wait til we get there ourselves

Oh good!

I wonder where I got the idea that I couldn't lol.

I'd only likely be going for a week at a time by air so no danger of overstaying the 6 months

What would be considered sufficient proof of ties? And would I have to tell customs anything about the K-1?

I'm from Canada and my USC fiance is in Denver. For some reason I have it stuck in my head that I can't go visit him in the US while my I-129F is processing ( as in I'm not legally allowed to enter the US ).

Thinking back I have no idea where I got this from, but I would like to know if it's correct or not, because it is easier for me to visit him as he's in college and I'm not.

Thanks much

How depressing, when I looked awhile ago NSC was doing so well lol.

Thanks very much for the info, I'll poke around for information on the CSC

So far it says March. So if my app is rec'd mid-August they wont start processing it til December?

Alright thank you for the info

It's a little bit discouraging to find that out because to me it seems like it will take even longer to process if it's being sent to another SC that already has apps of its own to process. Does anyone have any experiece with this and whether or not it's taking longer?

I may have missed this somewhere but I did look all over for an answer before posting. Is the NSC no longer processing the I-129F? I looked at the timeline link above just to get an idea, and it isn't even listed as an option on the list...

I read this and had a little bit of a panic attack because we met online in June/05, met in person in Oct/05 and were engaged in Dec/05

BUT on the other hand, we havent yet filed the I-129F, it's being sent out next week. We decided that we should spent a long period of time with eachother to see if this was really right for us. So in 3 months ago in April I drove to the US to stay with him, and I'm only now leaving and going back home on July 27th. The petition will be filed a few days after I leave the country. I'm hoping that the time we spent building the relationship -after- the engagement will be helpful to our cause

I'm from Canada and have been living with my fiance in Denver USA for 3 months. I go home on Thursday, and we are readying the I-129F to be sent after I leave the country. I'm a little nervous about the whole thing and just wanted to double check/get some reassurance

1. On the G325a I had some job overlap (working two at once when I was in highschool during the summer) so I denoted the overlapping jobs with ** and then explained that they were summer employment at the bottom of the attached sheet (I had to attach one, I worked a lot of small jobs as a student!). Do you think this is an acceptable and understandable way to get around the overlaps?

2. His (he is the US Citizen) State Birth Certificate has nothing on the rear of it. Should we still photocopy both sides?

3. I've been reading the RFE master list and a lot of it was lack of evidence as to having met. We have a 3/4 page letter written briefly describing each meeting. Should I elaborate on where we stayed during that time? Only once did we use a hotel, the rest was lodging with either his family or mine.

4. The two times I crossed into the US (once by plane once by car) to visit him, I never recieved a stamp on my passport either time, so I can't very well use this as evidence. My fiance doesn't have a passport and was admitted to Canada using his Driver's License and Birth Certificate. Will this be an issue?

5. As far as evidence goes we have copies of my travel insurance giving Denver as my destination, e-mail itineraries from Orbitz and the like for flights, a photocopy of a snail-mail itinerary for my flight, boarding passes (unfortunately not the "whole set" - I flew via MSP and the tickets only say Winnipeg to MSP and so on, not actually Winnipeg to Denver. The destination is coded on the ticket and I highlighted that and pointed it out with a post-it note), a Guest Lodging Confirmation letter from the rental we stayed in in the mountains that has his name and address on it, copies of ski-passes with the dates highlighted from our mountain trip, 5 photographs taken in different locations/dates, my engagement ring reciept photocopied, the diamond certificate for my ring photocopied, and finally emails dated from the time we first started talking up til the time I left to come visit him for three monts in April (with the swears edited out with a sharpie!)

I'm hoping this is enough to avoid an RFE, I used tabbed and labelled dividers to make everything easier to navigate, highlighted every bit of pertinent information I possibly could, used post-its gratuitously...

Anyway thanks for taking the time to read this and reply if you do, I appreciate the support immensely!