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5 minutes ago, Shiran said:

I am about 90% positive you will not need birthday certificate for marriage license. We sure as heck didn't need it in CA. Granted, thinks might be different in the lovely state of Bourbon and Horses that is Kentucky, but I doubt it.  See example here: https://fayettecountyclerk.com/web/marriage/marriagerequirements.htm Your passport (International one!) will suffice. 

 

Now, for AoS you do indeed need to submit photocopy of  the original birth certificate, but you also required to submit translation along with it. As long as translation matches, I see no issue. With Ukrainian rules it gets weird Олег in Ukrainian version is Oleh, but in Russian same name would be translitereated Oleg.  I am sure they are used to that insanity by now.

After first panic and a lot of researching now I started thinking that this discrepancy is not a super huge deal just like you said. I will just translate my birth certificate to the way it'll match my passport and forget about it (fixing birth certificate would be a real hell because of where I live).

Thank you soooo much for your replies! I started feeling a lot less worried 😄

46 minutes ago, millefleur said:

I think it gets iffier when it's a non-Latin alphabet and when there are common multiple ways to spell the name. 

 

Regardless, I agree with the mantra what whatever the passport says is what matters. That's what your legal name (and spelling) will be in the US, so for all intents and purposes, that is the person's official name. If the BC has a slightly different transliteration of the same name (that has common spelling variations), I'm assuming it's not that big of a deal and that the Embassy is aware of it. Can't say with certainty but this is my gut feeling, especially when it comes to Russian vs. Ukrainian spellings. 

Embassy did not care about this discrepancy at all! And I would just forget about this after interview but I know that I may need birth certificate for marriage certificate and for AOS. So I'm scared that different names may cause problems. But now I start thinking that probably it will not because it's not written in English.

10 hours ago, Shiran said:

Situation is a bit different when documents are written in completely different alphabet, with transliteration rules open to interpretation. For Ukraine specifically, I filed 129F using "russian" transliteraton of my fiancee, which was apparently different from Ukrainian in her External passport. It was never brought up or mentioned. They issued visa to match the name on passport. Birth certificate is not written in English at all, so when making translation of it you can just translate it to match External passport. They never look at Internal passport at all. 

I had the same idea - I will need birth certificate translation for future so I will have in with name that will match international passport. You said that they never look at Internal passport... What about birth certificate? Will they look at it?

On 5/16/2019 at 11:47 AM, Hypnos said:

Yes, your documents need to match. You will need to get whichever one is wrong corrected.

And if not? Will it create a lot of problems?

I'm just suprised that CO or his assistant did not care about this discrepancy in my interview at all. So apparently it doesn't matter for issuing my visa. But I'm scared that it will create problems with marriage or AOS.

4 hours ago, Shiran said:

What about international passport? The one that spells the name in Latin  and the one that is getting Visa?

International passport matches ukrainian one, but not birth certificate 

7 hours ago, Shiran said:

It won't matter. They will use the name on your international passport. Are you talking about English translation? Or the way name is written in Ukrainian? 

The way it written in Ukrainian. That's the problem. Birth certificate in ukrainian and National passport of Ukraine don't match 😔

4 hours ago, millefleur said:

How different is the spelling? You can also consider the "Other Names Used" field on the DS-160 and other forms. These spelling discrepancies between Russian and Ukrainian are pretty well known by the Embassies. I am not sure how strict they are on enforcing them when it comes to this case...technically your name is still your name, it's just been transliterated differently, as far as I understand.

 

How is it that your (presumably Ukrainian) passport has a different spelling than the birth certificate? Is your Ukrainian passport in Russian but the new BC in Ukrainian? 

 

The general rule of thumb is that whatever is written in your passport is your official name. It seems like overkill to me to have to change your passport merely because your BC has a different transliteration (if this is the case).

 

Thanks for your reply! My names are diferent because I was born in Crimea that had 2 official languages I guess. Birth certificate of me and both of my parents are made in russian (official language back then in Crimea). But our passports were done in Ukrainian so of course name were diferent - transleted to Ukrainian. My original birth certificate was lost so right before interview I made another one. And because now Ukraine has only one official language - birth certificate is in Ukrainian too. But the problem is that in my passport and all documents my namy is actually translated to Ukrainian but this new birth certificate has my name translitereted from russian. 

Hello everyone! 

Today I had my interview and I was approved! Super excited but have a question that bothers me a lot.

I was born in Crimea, so my birth certificate was in Russian language but my parents lost it and I got a new one in Ukrainian language. Problem is this ukrainian birth certificate has another spelling of my given name than passport and every other documents. Will it cause problems down the road? What should I do? I will apreciate help a lot! Please. 

Hello everyone!

I scheduled my interview for K-1 visa for May 16th. Medical exam - May 14th. Closer I get more questions come up to me:

1) I chose clinic for medical exam from 2 that were listed on embassy's site. But then I heard or read somewhere that embassy actually tells you what clinic to choose but it never happened to me. I did everything correct, right?

2) I misspelled few words in original I-129F. Or not misspelled but translated my address, name of my employer and my dad's name differently in I-129F and DS-160. Will I have any problems because of this?

3) Do I need to bring whole petition and all documents that we attached to it to the interview? Or I'll need only most recent photos and Skype talks?

4) When I was filling DS-160 form I still was employed but by the time of interview I'll quit. Can this cause a problem?

Please help me with answers or I'll go crazy 🤣

Things went by so fast! 😀 April 16th case went "in transit" and April 18th it's already "ready"! Even I'm still not ready 😂 Filled DS-160 today and had alot of problems with "session timed out". I hope I'll have visa in a couple weeks.

I'm so confused now... So if I got NVC number, can I already pay fee and fill DS-160? And another question: can someone else pay Visa fee for me? I'm in Crimea with no banks that are good for paying fee. And closest one is like 8 hours away 😢

Finally got NVC number. It took exactly 3 weeks from NOA-2. How long it usually takes to send case from NVC to embassy?

We called to NVC - they still didn't receive our case ☹️ It's been 3 weeks after NOA-2. Is it normal to wait for a NVC number for that long?

Hello guys! We were approved at March 10th and till now we didin't receive anything from NVC. I wrote to them a week ago on site and still no reply. Also wrote directly on email - no reply too. How long you waited till any response from NVC? Should I call them?

18 minutes ago, Loren Y said:

Also if you feel up to it, you can work on getting your CDL license and drive as a husband and wife team drivers

I know that doing that we can make good money but this life style is not for me. And not for my fiance I think that's one of the reasons why he wants to quit job and be home more. Thank you very much for your answer. You definitely gave us some ideas what to do 😉

23 minutes ago, EM_Vandaveer said:

Pretty long ago I remember reading about a K1 fiancée whose USC fiancé was a truck driver, he did not own or rent a home and lived in his truck. She joined him and took care of the paperwork aspects of his job for him. They lived together in the truck. Does your fiancé own his truck? Would this be an option for you?

He does not owe his truck. He leases it. And no, living in a truck is not an option for me. At least not for long. I can do it for few month maximum but I don't have a desire to do that for sure.

1 minute ago, EM_Vandaveer said:

Can you not accompany him when he works?

Yes, I can not go with him. This is what I would prefet to do actually

37 minutes ago, HP+IC said:

The Kiev embassy is not interested in how you will happily live ever after. They are pretty much straightforward and look at facts as laid out in the petition. They took my fiance's I-134 and never cared to look into supporting documents, which were returned immediately. They did not ask me anything about his job, or his future plans. You must be and sound pretty confident about your relationship and you will be fine. To be so please see above.

 

Good luck

Thank you very much. That's what I wanted to know if they'll ask me something about my boyfriend's work plans. Good that the'll not

7 minutes ago, Cryssiekins said:

Agreed with @JFH above.

 

You and your fiancé must figure out the financial aspect of immigration.  If he can quit and still qualify as sponsor, that’s great.  If not, you’d have to find a co-sponsor.  Other option would be him finding a job with less invasive hours than the trucking industry presents.

 

The MOST important thing, is making sure you don’t lie.  If he’s unemployed, you must be truthful about it.

 

Best of luck

Thanks!

He'll definitely will not be unemployed by interview. I was just wondering if CO asks me something about his work (like how I will feel about my future husband being away from me all the time for example) should I tell him/her that he's planning to change job.

4 minutes ago, Chris Duffy said:

What country are you coming from?

 

I have been to a couple of K1 interviews, never had the CO start asking about my job or the what I planned on doing in the future.

Ukraine. That's good! That was my biggest concern.

He is absolutely sure that he'll easily find job that we'll be enough for AOS. Thanks for advise!

I'm not planning to lie at all. We are not sure about anything right now. So basically we'll be fine for interview with what we have now?

1 minute ago, p-ana said:

It’s hard to say without knowing specifics but if his income qualifies on his own, why complicate things and quit? Better guarantee you have your green card first and then go from there

He wants to quit truck driving because he'll never be home if he'll stay. I don't want this too because I want to come to USA to be with my future husband that I love and not be alone while he is driving somewhere 😔 Thank you for your replies! I really need help.

3 minutes ago, p-ana said:

He needs to have sufficient income to file for aos or else get a joint sponsor

So what do you think he should do? Don't quit till filling for AOS?  Quit now and find a new job (this will not be a problem but less money comparing to truck driving)? I'm so confused 😥

Hello guys!

Help me please if you can with my situation.

We already received NOA-2 few weeks ago.

My fiance is truck driver with his own LLC. He wants to quit this job when I'll come to USA so we can be together every day. Now the question: what should I say on interview? Admit that he's planning to change job? Work on the same place for few month after I'll come? I'm afraid that person on interview will not like the fact that soon my fiance will have no job...