TundraKnight

To update she called me just now and she has the visa in hand so we're both very happy. The only thing now is that originally she had planned for her son to follow in about December because she wanted him to spend the holidays with her family in the Philippines because it may be a couple years before all 3 of us would go back there to visit. If she comes over now, what will she need from the U.S. before she can go back and get her son and how long does it take? I'll look around on the site, I'm sure someone has asked something similar. I've offered the idea for her to come in late December or even January with her son, but she wants to come here now and start working so we can both save money for our family.

Well I just got back on Saturday and I want to share our interview experience even though things didn't go as normal as they should. Her interview was on Monday the 13th. We got inside the building at around 6:45 waited almost 3 and half hours before my fiancee and her son could get fingerscanned which for some is normal. She was then called up to see a pre-screener. The person was very direct asking for her papers as well as the I-134 to include only my 2006 income tax return. After she collected a few of the pictures we had and then asked for any other supporting evidence. After my fiancee dug out every phone bill, letter, email, western union statement the pre-screeener took one look at all the papers and told my fiancee to just give it to the consular. Afterwards we waited another half hour and she was called up to window 37 where she received her form to pay DELBROS. Now we hadn't spoken to consular yet and found this very strange. We brought it up to the man at the window and he told us that our paperwork was probably given to him by accident. Regardless he just told us to go ahead and pay the fee while he gave her papers to a consular for an interview. We sat back down and held off paying DELBROS, because we were very confused at this point.

She got called to Window 28 and we both sat down with the consular to begin the interview, unfortunetly at this point her son was crying and we couldn't calm him down. The only thing I was asked was if I was a U.S. citizen. I then took her son outside the room so that my fiancee could concentrate on what the consular was asking her. The consular asked my fiancee different questions about the papers she submitted (136, 136K and 137). When asked what she was going to do in the U.S. she responded with " I want to marry my fiancee and be with him forever. " The consular also asked whether she would be working in the U.S. because she had indicated no on her papers. My fiancee explained that she was confused by the question because it asks for a company info. so she put "no" because she wasn't going to work initially but planned to. The consular asked about her son and why her relationship with his father didn't work out. She answered," Because he's married." Please don't ask. The consular seemed shocked from what my fiancee told me later. My fiancee also told her that I was fully planning to support them both and I guess that impressed the consular. No supporting documents of our relationship were ever asked for. The consular told us to go back and wait to be called up to pay for the delivery of our visa. So we sat back down in the waiting area for half hour and one of the workers there noticed us sitting there and asked if we had been helped. We told him our sitiuation about receiving the DELBROS form before the interview and he went to ask someone about what we should do. We then found out that our papers were "mishandled" and "misplaced". We talked to another consular and she explained to us that they can't find our paperwork but since we have the DELBROS form to just go ahead and pay it and we would be done. My fiancee tried to explain that this form was given to us prior to the interview and didn't know if we needed another form because the consular had told us to wait to be called to a window again. We were assured that everything would be okay and they would find our papers. So she went and payed DELBROS and we left after that. Now a couple days later she got a text message stating that DELBROS would deliver her visa within 2 days after tomarrow and to have a valid ID and letter of release otherwise things could be delayed a week. It's now Monday and she still hasn't received anything although there was a major storm in the area so I'm guessing that may have delayed things. She's also worried because we never got a definitive answer whether her visa was approved or not.

We are both hoping and praying that all is well and the visas will be coming soon. I want to thank everyone on this website for the support and help that has been offered. I'm glad I found this webiste as there was much we couldn't have figured out without the help. I wish the best for everyone still going through the process.

BTW I hope what I typed isn't too consfusing I never was a good writer.

I just recently sent a box Fedex with all my important papers. Cost me $97.00 but it got there 5 days just as they had quoted me. I also did it International Express so I'm guessings thats why it costed so much.

I've posted about my financial situation already on this board and have decided to go ahead and ask my parents to co-sponsor. The only question they have is that everything they have is joint account or applied. Taxes, bank, etc. Do they still need to each fill out an I-134 or can my father the primary applicant for their taxes and bank accounts fill out a form on his own that would represent the both of them? I couldn't come up with a definative answer for them. I'm guessing that the government being as picky as they are would still require each of them to file.

Thanks,

David

Me:23

Her:24

Funny bit, when I first started talking to her she asked if she was too old for me being one year older. I got a good laugh.

Sorry, I guess I should've been more specific, my fiancee is the applicant. I don't think I'm supposed to get anything like a packet 4. She does have her CENOMAR though.

Glad some use came out if this topic. Thank you both for the response. I didn't think it was required either but of course I'd rather be safe than sorry.

So my fiancee is currently going through her medical at St. Lukes and of course she talked to others applying for K-1 visa. One of the people she talked to had a certificate of non-marriage from their fiance and now my fiancee wants me to get one as well. As far as I know I don't need to get one and even if I did I wouldn't know where to get one from. I've read and skimmed through the I-129F and even the I-134 but I don't recall either one mentioning this document. Can anyone help clear this up for me? Thank you.

I just used the example form as a guide for how fill out that question. It states: N/A (K1 visa process for permanent residence). Search the forums because from what I've read for K1 question 11 doesn't really apply, some put I do intend some put I don't intend. As for the co-sponsor part I can't help with that. Sorry.

Thank you, I will do that.

I've read through the site to get a good idea how to fill out the I-134, but for me I don't know what to put as annual income. According to my 2006 income tax return I made $18,944.29 but that was as a single military man. As of January 2007 I work for a company and according to my employment letter I will be making $31,200. Do I have to put whats on my 2006 tax return? Or can I state the new salary I'll be making according to employment letter.

Thanks,

David

Yeah that's why I was thinking about just preparing for a co-sponsor so if they ask at least she will have the papers with her. The only problem I have is that I was deployed to Iraq in 2005 and the money I earned is non-taxable so it doesn't show up on the W-2 so it states I only earned $6,000 that year. I don't have any paystubs to show the money I made for that period. Although I do have my DD214 which shows the time frame I was deployed. The only thing I can do is have her explain to the consular is that I was in Iraq in '05 and the money I earned doesn't show on the W-2. Even if he don't believe her hopefully my W-2 for that year won't make a big difference.

I understand looking from the point of the consular they have much to decide on. My current job I just started in January I have an annual salary of $31,200 according to my employment letter. Now I don't know how they compare this to the poverty line, do they account for taxes and such? Both my parents make roughly the same amount of money. Would the consular see that as a total of $90,000 + income between the 3 of us? In my mind of course I don't think she could be a public charge. Being prior military I know it wouldn't be hard to get back in. Under military income so long as you are not reckless with your money they take care of you, housing and food allowance. Of course I'm sure the consulars don't know that though.

I don't know why they just don't give a straight answer on this. My fiancee called the help center last week and I have to get the name of the person she talked too, and was told co-sponsers are not allowed for K1. I wanted to know because initially we'll be living with my parents for the first few months and then getting our own place. So I wanted to know if I needed a co-sponsor from my parents because we were living in their place. I'de call, but I'm sure whoever I talk to would give a different answer. I'm just gonna ask them to do a co-sponsor and if the interviewer asks for it at least my fiancee will have the papers. Play it safe.

Well she always did tell me she has connections, I thought it was just a joke... maybe someones watching me through the window when I'm at home. Time to keep the blinds closed all the time.

I've got to try that sometime and see if it works for me. Although now you got me thinking, when I call or text her on a whim does it mean that I did it because I wanted to or because she made me do it. Either way I'm happy because I get to talk to her.

I'm as careful as can be. I know dreams such as the one my fiancee had can have different meanings behind them. If she had called a day later or so I wouldn't have put much thought to it. Everything is good right now though so I hope it stays that way.

I thought this was funny if not slightly weird. When I went to see my fiancee in October of 2006 she had bought me a necklace with a cross as a gift. We had it blessed and I wore it every day and even when I slept. Well about March of this year I took it off one night because I felt it twisting when I toss and turned and I didn't want to get strangled by my necklace. The next morning I had completly forgot I took it off and about 1-2 PM my fiancee calls. She sounded very worried and asked if my necklace was ok. I touched my neck and remembered then that I had taken it off. I asked why she so worried about it. She told me she just had a bad dream involving my necklace and wanted to make sure nothing happened to it. After assuring her everything was okay I ran back to my room and put it back on. Since then I have yet to remove my necklace. Anyone else have something like this happen?

Well I'm no longer active duty military, although I still have 3 1/2 years of inactive duty. So long as they don't recall me I'll be fine. I'de rather not get called back and have to return to Iraq and leave my fiancee behind . I can't imagine how stressful it would be. When I went the first time it was hard enough to leave behind my family. Having not met in person yet the first time I deployed wasn't as stessful for us, but to be living together and having our own family and have to leave... On a positive note I'll be there for her interview so hopefully that will help us get the approval.

Hey everyone,

My name is David and my fiancee, Analyn, is currently in the stages of getting a K-1. About us, we first started talking to each other through friends back in October of 03. Being in the military and a very low rank at that made it impossible to see her =( . We became boyfriend and girlfriend in December of 03. We talked over the phone for 3 years until I got out of the service in October of 06. I went to see her for the first time after I got out of service. We got engaged and had a wonderful time in the Philippines for 2 months. After returning to the U.S. I started working and began the processing for the I-129F. As of now we are just awaiting her interview. I filled out the timeline for my signature so I hope this helps. I also noticed in the forums about the case status ME - Military Expedite, is this referring to those who are still in the military but need expedited case because of deployment? Also is there anyone else out there who's military or prior who have gone through this whole process? Is it any easier to get an approval? Sorry for all the questions.

Thanks,

David

Hi, my names David and I'm new to the board. My fiancee has an interview coming up in August. Right now she's seriously stressed out over going in for the interview. She has a son and the father is in the Navy. They were never married and in fact at the time she got pregnant he was married though him and his wife were already discussing a divorce. What she's afraid of is the embassy will poke and prod about the biological father of the child and even call him. She doesn't want to bring any trouble to him because he is a filipino and has a lot of connections, or at least thats what he told her and he will take custody of the child from her if he gets in trouble with his command. He is paying child support though so she hopes the embassy will not even bother trying to contact him. Does anyone have any experience with a situation like this? Or know what the Embassy will do?

Thank you