JennaL

I don’t think you will have much of an issue with these things. At this stage with your application, they will be looking to see if you have met in person at least once in the past year, and proof of that meeting (boarding passes for flights, passport stamps, hotel reservations.) I would make sure to have those things and then add a few pictures of you both together. You don’t need to show every communication you’ve had - just put together maybe a couple of snap shots per week or even just a few per month from Messenger, What’s App, email, or whatever you use, using the current saved conversations you do have, just to show that you have regular contact with each other. Also, at the interview stage probably several months from now, you’ll have another chance to show more “proof” from between the time you filed your application until the interview at the embassy (more time to gather additional communications, pictures, details from more trips to see each other...)

1 hour ago, Gina Salinas said:

Hello everyone. they could tell me that validation time has the k1 visa. and they know that this happening I already see some approvals. Are we already in December?

Not quite - if you click on "Immigration Timelines" at the top of the screen, it says mid-November K1's are currently being processed. December coming very soon though, I hope  

1 hour ago, JennaL said:

My fiancé is originally from Iran and speaks Persian - I will ask him and get back to you  

Ok, I heard back about the translation - roughly it says "Happy Birthday, have a wonderful day. May God grant you 100 years."

On ‎4‎/‎29‎/‎2018 at 2:31 PM, Sara & Mark said:

Received this in the mail today, I believe it is written in Persian, can anyone out there tell me what it says?
I can only hope it is positive

My fiancé is originally from Iran and speaks Persian - I will ask him and get back to you  

13 hours ago, Muhammadsheikhale said:

what is the best way to reach out to the justices? do you have an address I can mail a letter? or an email address? please let me know and I would love to send them. 

thanks 

My mother just wrote a letter yesterday - I am planning on doing the same soon. The address we are using is: Supreme Court of the United States, 1 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20543. (We are addressing specifically to Supreme Court Justice Roberts.

1 hour ago, Little_Vixen said:

Ok... Next question... 

 

I am preparing for an RFE as I think I made a mistake 

I never got a signed paper from a judge whenever I got divorced. I got a notification from the lawyer that that the divorce was finalized and a notification from the city that it was recorded. I requested an original documentation from the city to prove that I was divorced which in the Netherlands means my marriage license with divorce date added to it.

 

I am now scared this is not what they needed. So I started digging and through the lawyer I managed to get a copy of the actual signed divorce papers from the judge. I don't have the originals but I will try and get them. But my question: the papers are in Dutch, so I need them translated. Can I do that myself? Do i need an official translator to do this? How do I go about that?

I would have an official translator do this for you. My fiancé had a document translated and the translator added their official stamp stating their name and date and that they were proficient in the English language. I've seen on other threads that the translator's info should look something like this:

The certification format should include the certifier's name, signature, address, and date of certification. A suggested format is:

 Certification by Translator

 I [typed name], certify that I am fluent (conversant) in the English and ________ languages, and that the above/attached document is an accurate translation of the document attached entitled ______________________________.

 Signature_________________________________

 Date Typed Name

 Address
 

On ‎4‎/‎22‎/‎2018 at 2:12 PM, IndiaAnnie said:

Anyone?

 

Here's our timeline as of today:

 

1. April 13, 2018

2. Mumbai, India

3. Unknown  (suspect improper PCC)

4. Pending

5. Pending

6. Pending

This might not help you much, but in the interest of getting legislation passed to create a timeline for Administrative Processing, I'll share anyways. We have a K1 visa going right now (just filed in December '17) and are waiting on our NOA2. However, back in December 2016, my fiancé applied for a visitors visa to come and visit me here in the US. He was put into AP the day of his interview at the embassy in Oslo, Norway and has been stuck there ever since. We have both made several inquires to the embassy and always get the same standard response, and I've gotten my local senators and congressmen to make inquiries on our behalf. They have been receiving the same response from the embassy as my fiancé and I have, so that hasn't seemed to help thus far. I am hoping this won't also become a problem when my fiancé has his K1 interview, hopefully sometime this coming fall. My fiancé was born in Iran, but has been a Norwegian citizen now for quite a few years. I'm pretty sure this is what's is causing the never ending hold up as far as his visitor's visa goes.

12 minutes ago, Abcd1234 said:

Hi all, 

 I am about to file i129f for my fiancee, do i need to send her passport photocopy? If yes then all pages?

  

No, but I would scan a color copy of all pages of your own passport if you are not able to supply them your full-form birth certificate.

13 minutes ago, JGHH said:

Can someone explain what Virgins, touched and excluded mean?   Thanks!

I believe "virgins" means those petitions that have not been looked at yet, "touched" means someone has began looking at your petition, and "approved" means the petition will be getting a NOA2 soon.

8 hours ago, BrandonZA said:

Hi all,

 

My fiancé and I are putting together all the documents and forms suggested in the guides to the K1 visa, and we have seen many situations that the beneficiary of the petition needs to sign. Is it required that the beneficiary sign and then mail those documents from South Africa, or can we use PDF signature technology, whereby he signs using his electronically recorded signature? 

 

If the former is required, is it possible to use the electronic signature and then get all the documents notarized? 

 

The reasoning behind this is 1) Postal service in South Africa is sketchy at best and theres a chance the documents are lost 2) Obviously it would take a number of weeks to have those documents shipped across the world, and we'd prefer to not have to wait so long to begin the petition. 

 

I recall seeing a post by a member of the forums here that they had a friendly dinner with an official who adjudicates on many of these petitions and one of the questions they asked concerned this very subject. The person said that they in particular couldn't care whether the signature is electronic or not, but that some ran their hand over the signature looking for authenticity. Is this basically a gamble?

I asked the same question on another site and got a mix of different answers. Some people sent in copied/scanned signatures and some had their fiancé actually sign in ink and mail back to them. Personally, I just had my fiancé sign the Letter of Intent and then scan/email to me. We only filed a couple of months ago, but no issues yet. I've also heard it just depends on the person reviewing your file and what their preference is, so it's pretty much a gamble like you mentioned. At worst, we would probably just get an RFE requesting any documents be re-signed in ink and sent back to them.

7 minutes ago, Seepia said:

I got a bit worried since I saw quite a few people mention that the handwriting on the form itself should be in black ink and we used blue ink. We only used it for the signature(s) and a few places where the program wouldn't let us write/add a dash or whatever. I remember the instructions mentioning something about the ink but can't remember if it said anything about the color specifically. Is it a problem if blue ink is used instead of black?

Yes, black ink - but I wouldn't worry too much about it, as I've read that others have done the same thing and used blue and didn't have any issues.

30 minutes ago, Src5674 said:

Can the beneficiary section be in my handwriting?  My fiancee will tell me what information and I'll fill in the blanks..I just thought it'd be easier...

Yes, you can fill out the entire form yourself, both info about you as well as info about your fiancé.

3 hours ago, BowseRx said:

Thabk you, that is a good idea! Did you get any acceptance letters yet or not yet? Just curious if this worked out for you!

You’re welcome - I couldn’t think of any other workaround for this so I’m assuming this way will be acceptable. We just applied a couple of months ago, but so far no issues or RFE’s. I also had my fiancé sign and date his address page just to be safe. 

1 hour ago, BowseRx said:

Hello again everyone. I am preparing the I-129f form  and in part Item numbers 49a - 50f, The instructions state to put My fiancé's name and address in her native alphabet. When she tries to type in Japanese in the form, the program crashes. I downloaded a Japanese keyboard to use and it crashes when I do the same as well. I tried typing in English in those fields and it works just fine. Any ideas on how to remedy this?

 

One other quick question I had was that she worked a part time job at a hotel in 2014, for 3 weeks, but she can't find the exact dates she worked. Can I just put unknown for the start and end dates there, or will that result in a RFE?

I had a similar issue, my fiancé's native language is Persian, so I went ahead and just filled in 49a-50f in English and then had my fiancé hand write his address in Persian on a sheet of blank paper and scan/email it to me. I then indicated in Part 8 Additional Information that I was attaching his address hand-written in his native language.

Thanks for the discussion, guys. I almost wish they would just go ahead and deny the visa already instead of keeping us wondering what exactly it is they are waiting on.  Hopefully we’ll hear something either way soon. 

No, he left about 15 years ago and has no plans to return.

Hello,

My fiancé applied for a B2 visa to come and visit me in the US back in December 2016. It has been about 14 months now that it has been in "administrative processing" and we have since become engaged.

We began our K1 fiancé visa process about one month ago, and I understand estimates for that process are now ranging between 9 - 12 months for approval/completion.

In the meantime, we are still holding out hope that his B2 visa will be approved and he will be allowed to come to the US for a visit while we wait on our K1 process. (We've met many times before, but always in a country other than the US.)

He is originally from Iran but has been a Norwegian citizen for over 15 years now. He has a steady job, no criminal record, and owns his own home in Norway, so I'm not sure why the 14 months of administrative processing.

He was also in the US for a visit back in 2012 before a visa was required for him, had no issues, and returned home to Norway as planned.

I am wondering if this has something to do with the fact that he originates from Iran which is now a banned country, even though he is now a citizen of a non-banned country.

We have reached out many times to the embassy where he had his interview and they have never been willing to give us any further information other than to "just wait."

Surely someone at the embassy knows the exact reason his case has been in administrative processing for so long and what it will take to approve or deny it, we just can not get them to tell us that info.

Has anyone else experienced anything similar or know of any other contacts who would be more forthcoming with information for us?

Thunderbolt - G325a no longer required since the updated I-129F form came out as it already has you enter all of the info you would have filled out on the G325a. Just one less form to fill out