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My fiancee had her K1 interview in Tokyo on April 7. Her application was submitted for Administrative Review and we were very worried. But on April 17, she got her visa in the mail. In between that time I spoke with a lawyer and I wanted to pass on some things that he told me regarding AR. He said that the person conducting the interview generally doesn't even look at your application until your number is called for the interview. If there is anything unusual, it will probably be submitted for AR because the interviewer doesn't have time to look into it right then and there. In our case, my fiancee had been denied an E-2 work visa the previous Spring. Apparently the embassy just wanted to look more closely at the conditions surrounding the denial. I hope this helps some of you who are waiting in Administrative Review.

Does this mean that our case status will no longer be updated on the USCIS site? That would be fine with me, since we are getting close to the end of this process.

I just got an e-mail from my fiancee in Japan saying that she received packet 1 from the embassy. Is this something that happens when our application is received by the embassy in Tokyo? Our case status hasn't been updated on the USCIS site since our NOA2 on Dec. 28. I checked the K1 flowchart, and it doesn't mention packet numbers and I can't do a search on the forums for 'packet 1'. Thanks in advance.

I just got an e-mail stating that my I129f application was approved and the NOA2 is being sent. My NOA1 was dated the middle of July and it has been a tedious 5 and 1/2 months, but I'm so relieved that it's almost over. I'm a huge pessimist and was expecting lots of RFEs, but a straight up approval just made my day.

I just wanted to share my excitement for a minute. Thanks for reading.

I sent my I-129F petition on July 6, and I got my NOA1 on July 13. Now it's all about waiting and hoping that I don't get any RFEs.

I just got a NOA in the mail from the California Service Center regarding an I-129F. It says Notice Type: Receipt Notice. The Received Date is July 9, and the Notice Date is July 13. It also has my case number on it. I thought that you get the NOA1 when they actually open your petition, not just receive it, so I'm wondering if this is the actual NOA1. Any thoughts from past filers?

I sent in my I-129F petition and just had the check cashed. I'm trying to find the case number on the back, but parts of the check are poorly stamped and unreadable. There are some numbers that I can read, but none are 13 digits long, which I believe is the length of a case number. Can I just call USCIS to get my case number? I wanted to ask first before navigating their phone maze.

I just sent in a K-1 visa petition for my fiancee in Japan. We also just found out that she may be able to get an E-2 visa to work in the US. If she does get it, can we just continue the K-1 process normally without any problems, or will we have to take another course of action?

From what I understand, the problem with the I-94 was a question about 'have you ever been denied a visa for entrance into the US'. My fiancee was denied an E-2 work visa 3 weeks earlier, but misunderstood the question, thinking that it was asking 'Are you not allowed to apply for a visa for entrance to the US' (Her English is not 100%) She was traveling with her family and arrived in Seattle without any problems. She entered Canada a few days later, but ran into problems when they tried to return to Seattle. She was detained for 4 hours while the border agents accused her of lying intentionally and threatened her repeatedly with prison. On her passport they wrote a reference to THIS.

From what I understand, they didn't take away her travel visa, they just denied her entrance to the US at that time. I think this is why the lawyer expected red flags to go up when our petition goes in. I'll talk to my fiancee tomorrow to get a little more clarification.

The lawyer I spoke with deals strictly with immigration matters. She mentioned circumstances in several other K-1 visa petitions that she had handled, so I got the impression that she has done this before. At the end of the consultation though, she told me that she estimated there would be a 30% chance of my petition being denied, and that she would be happy to handle the appeal if necessary. I got the feeling that she was trying to scare me a little so that I would use her services. Before the consultation though, I read this forum extensively so that I could ask good questions, and I feel that I can handle the rest of the process on my own. I'm only out $50 for the consultation, so I don't feel too bad about it.

Thanks for all of the responses.

The work visa denial was kind of odd. The interviewer decided that she didn't have enough training for the job, even though she had been working for several months. I can't remember the name of the company, but they make semiconductors.

Thanks for the feedback. My fiancee was recently denied an E-2 work visa, and she was also denied entrance into the US because of a small error on the I-94 she filled out on in Canada. So I know that red flags are going to go up when this petition gets to the USCIS and I want to make sure that I do everything correctly.

I recently spoke with a lawyer about submitting the petition for a K-1. She told me to go all-out as far as getting things notarized--everything from copies of receipts to letters of intent. This seems excessive to me, so I would like some feedback from other US citizen petitioners regarding what forms they got notarized, if any. Thanks in advance.

I also have a question about using 'None' on these forms. For example, in the Former Husbands or Wives section of the G325, can I just put 'None' in the first box, or do I need to put it in every box of that section?

Hello. I am just starting the K-1 visa process for my fiancee in Japan, and I have a quick question. On the G-325A form, in the address and employment sections, if something is too large to fit and must be attached separately, should I leave the entire line blank and put everything on the attachment, or leave the information that does fit and attach only the info that didn't? I hope this isn't confusing. Overall, these forms are pretty straight forward, but I don't want to make a mistake that will require an RFE. Thanks in advance.