redpixie

Good advice Rings, thanks!

I'm about 99% sure that it's fine for him to attend over here in Ireland too. Again, I'm going to check just before we get to this stage to make sure.

Just a short one. As most of you who have kept up with my constant worrying know, my fiance and I are living together outside the US. Our home address is in Ireland, and that is the address we used when filing out I-129F. We have used his parent's address in the states as the address we will be moving to when we get the K-1, and the USCIS are using this as the US postal address. My question is if we happen to get the dreaded RFE, will it be sent to us in Ireland or to his folks in Texas? If it is sent to the Texas address, it will take almost two weeks for it to arrive here once his mom has posted it (gotta love the Irish postal service!), so obviously this is going to put more of a delay on things for us.

Also, is the NOA2 going to be sent to our address here as well as his folk's addy?

Okay, one more thing. We signed up for the USCIS online case checking service on Friday. We used my fiance's email address for the updates. We didn't get an email back saying that we registed for email updates, although it says on the site we are registered. Is it normal not to get an initial confirmation and am I worrying about nothing here.

Thanks guys and girls!

Damn, that's a shame . I hope you get it sorted out. Keep us posted and Goodluck.

filafila,

No, you attending the interview is not proof of a bona fide relationship. You may well have been paid to attend in hopes that it would be.

Yodrak

Surely this won't apply to my situation as my fiance and I have been living together for the last two years? Our address is the same and has been stated as being the same on our I-129F.

This is the same question I asked a week or so ago. As my fiance and I live together, he's planning to come to the interview with me. Almost everyone has said that your fiance being with you is the best proof of all that you are in a consistant relationship. So, if your embassy allows, I'd say yes without a shaddow of a doubt!

Good luck.

If you want to get married and file for AOS make sure you do it before he goes back to England. If you wait until he leaves and then returns you would be committing visa fraud because you would already have the intent to marry. But from what I understand from your post you guys weren't intending to marry when he came here the last time and that it was spontaneous. If that's the case I'd recommend filing for AOS now instead of K-1. If I'm wrong ignore everything I said .

That's what I was thinking too but didn't want to say incase I was wrong.

You know, I think that this is the hardest part, getting everything else in order! So I've got at least my son's birth cert copy and mine's on its way. Next I need to get the police checks done. I think that as we have a national data base in the UK, I only have to send off one request for a police report, even though I've lived in two different "police districts" (met and SWP). I also need to get one from the Guardai out here. Then I need to get my son his passport. He's staying with his gran at the moment and can't get that sorted until he gets back here. AND THEN we need to get the meds done. On top of that, my cat is about to have kittens (and I think I am too ).

so here i am, needing some advice. my fiance and i don't know where to begin. but here goes. and i know it's long, but i would really appreciate any advice or just moral support because i know you guys understand what all this feels like.

he came here on a B2 tourist visa last june from england. and as crazy as this seems, he actually came here with his at-the-time girlfriend, who is american/english. it was not their intent to get married or commit any visa fraud. it was sort of on a trial basis that they came "together" as their future was on the rocks anyway. she got an apartment and got on with getting a job and a life here (because she could) and he stayed with me and my family. their relationship ended and now we (best friends) have found ourselves in love, and wanting to spend the rest of our lives together. around the end of may he was offered a job and we thought we were home free (so to speak) but when the company learned about how long these things can take then had to turn him down. so, with a mere 2 weeks before his proposed departure date, we were advised by a lawyer to file for an extention to at least buy us some time, not that it would be a final solution. (i should mention that he went home for christmas and so has not violated any visa terms thus far) so, as we understand it, his status is pending and though his situation is not ideal, there arent going to be any serious consequences. now, as we had been thinking that we would save up and he would go home late august, and we would then begin the K1 process, we are now considering the possibility that we should just get married now, and file for AOS and the MARRIAGE visa as opposed to the fiance visa.

so this seems like problem enough, but this is ontop of the fact that there are very few people on our side with this, for too many reasons to say here. i still live at home (still in college, he's out), but i'm taking the steps to move out as we speak. just getting money in order.

i really guess i don't know what i'm asking for. maybe some reassurance that this situation isn't impossible. i guess the thing is we know that it's not hopeless, and we aren't giving up. he is the best friend i have ever had. i know that everyone goes through difficult times in their lives, but we have both had some especially hard times in the years before we met, and now, for truly the first time, i'm feeling like i have something to wake up for in the morning, and he's the same.

i guess that's a good introduction, i'll be back on to let you know how things are going, anything you can tell me would be great

Hello and welcome to the forum! You're in the right pace for moral support, great help and information as it seems that everyone has faced a lot of similar problems to everyone else, and are only too happy to share their experiences. I've only been here for about a month myself and, in that time I've gained some great, helpful information and have spoken to some really wonderful people who are in the same boat.

I wish I could be of some help with your problem, but my situation is different (I've been living with my fiance for over two years now in the states, uk and ireland). I'm not sure, and will most likely be corrected, but I think the fact that if it is known that he came over to the states with his ex, this could be a problem but as I say, I don't know. I know it is going to be expensive, but I would contact an immigration lawyer and explain the situation to them as they should be best equipped to help with your problem. There's other stuff I want to say, but at the risk of giving you potentially incorrect information and building your hopes up, I won't.

I'm sorry that there's not many people on your side there. Be assured that there are going to be a lot of people here who are going to be on your side and that you can talk to us. It may not be the same as having family and friends being there, but we're a pretty nice group and will do our best to support you through this time. I suggest that it's a case that people around you are looking out for what they consider to be your best interest, but they are not always right.

I am really glad that you have both found love with one another and I hope that you can get this sorted out so you can be together for life. It's a tough journey to go through with applying for visas and what not but hang in there! Regardless of which was you decided to go, you will have a lot of ups, downs and some sleepless nights.

Good luck and keep intouch

Talk to a lawyer in your country, that is not common knowledge and it depends on the legislation of each country.

You have at least 2 issues to deal with: 1) father "unknown" - since it's not on his birth certificate - but still it might depend whether or not the baby was born within a marriage - 2) the issue of the father's agreement (if the father is known). In some countries (like in mine) the agreement of the father is not necessary in order to take the baby out of the country, in case one of the parents has the custody of the child.

So, my advice is to act fast (was the baby on the petition?), talk to a lawyer specialized in family matters, and don't contact the father unless it's really necesary, to avoid being submitted to an emotional blackmail.

Had he been involved in your child's life... that would have been another story, moral & legal implications arising from there as well.

Wishing you good luck, B.

Thanks for getting back to me about this. I think we should be okay as I am the only one with parental responsibility for my son and, as such, his father has no legal rights toward him. I checked that with a family lawyer out here, just to know the situation really.

My son was not born within a marriage. I have never been married and I was only 21 when he was born. His "father" (I hate to use that word for that man) played the usual "I'm too young, I want to have fun" line and I ended up having my son three weeks before going back to start my second year at university. While I was rasing a child and studying for my degree, he wanted to party and do nothing. Ahh well.

Like I say, he's had no involvment in my son's life and my son is now coming up to 9 years of age.

Thanks again:)

Cool, thanks guys. Obviously I just want to double check with you all to make sure there's nothing I'm missing.

I'm so glad I joined this community. You've all been really helpful with every question I have

Thanks again everyone.

Similarish question. My son's going to come over with us when (please when) our K-1 goes through. It says that I need to have permission from his dad, but we've had no contact at all since I was pregnant (he's not a nice guy). Do I need to search him out, or should I just explain that he has never been a part of my son's life. He's not named on my son's birth cert as it is required for the father to be there, or submit documentation, to be named on the cert.

Anyone help?

Okay, I know copies of actual birth certificates are fine, but here's my question. I sent off for copies of both my son and my birth certs from the UK a few weeks back. My son's arrived yesterday, but it wasn't an actual replacement birth cert, but a copy printed on official paper from the gov department. Just to make sure, will this be okay?

We scanned and copied ours from a local internet cafe as we don't have a working printer right now. No problems, so far as we know!

Ktjett,

We're in Ireland and also had notice on the USCIS website that our NOA1 was supposed to have been sent on the same day! What a coincidence!

Good luck!

Timeline pickiness? Come on now!

Thanks guys! I'm glad it's not just us . I called the USCIS and explained the situation a few weeks ago and they said that it might result in an RFE. I was terrified as some nitwit (a general no-body who wasn't even going through this, and no one on here)told us that our case would just be left to rot, but according to the USCIS that's not the case. We've got everything ready to go when/if the RFE arrives.

We're also getting all the other stuff sorted out now. I have had a copy of my son's birth cert sent today and mine should also be on its way. Just need to get the police records, the affidavit and med done now. My fiance needs to contact the tax people as he was a student until recently, so we need to get his tax exemption stuff. His folks are going to be my sponsors. They are so wonderful! They are also allowing us to live with them until we get everything sorted out back there. Not to mention helping with the wedding arrangements.

Anyhow, thanks guys! Goodluck to all .

I know dude I am trying to make us laugh and having a good time together

smoke as i said from begining it well be alright and they well get it...

so Help US GOD

I know. You made me laugh! It really cuts the tension when we can all have a giggle from time to time.

Has anyone ever forgotten to include anything when sending the I-129F, like letters of intent or sent the G325 as opposed to the G325A? If so, what happened? Did you get the RFE?

I find that reading other people's timelines is really helpful as it can help judge how swiftly the process is going. Then again, I'm just nosey

We ended up sending five pics in total, I think . I don't know if they want more info from us as we actually live together and, obviously, have the same address in Ireland. Additionally, my fiance sent a copy of his passport as means of identification. This had entry stamps to the UK and Ireland from when he moved over here to be with me. We also have some of our old flight docs and he has all of my old emails (I lost my old Yahoo email account due to inactivity and, as such, lost the emails he sent to me. That was pretty devistating on a personal level for me). I don't know if you leave messages for one another on things like Myspace or livejournal/blogger, etc. If you do, you can print these off also I believe, especially if they refer to time you have spent together.

No problem . Just hang in there. Goodluck with it all.

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Lol, Behave Reza

It's a pretty worrying time for all of us filers. It'll be okay smoke, you'll see

Congratulations and good luck!

As SqdnGuns said, if you sent a check then the receipt number will be on the back for you to check the progress of the case online. You should also get an NOA1 from the USCIS, although there are a few of us who didn't get one back through the post. If you haven't heard anything back from them in about 4 weeks time, give them a call and tell them that you haven't had any information back. They are really nice at the call center and are only too happy to help.

Until you get either the NOA1, check returned or call in about 4 weeks time, there is no way you can check the progress, so far as I know.

Again, Good Luck and I hope it all goes smoothly for you!

Don't worry about it too much. We didn't get an NOA1 at all, even though the website says it was sent. We ended up calling the USCIS and spoke to a lovely lady who gave us the information we needed. I'd say give them a call and explain that you haven't received the NOA1. They will be able to give you the receipt number for you to check the progress of your case online. Alternatively, if you sent a cheque and it has been cashed, your number will be on the back.

Good luck!

No need to worry, this happened to me and many other people. This is common. It will be signed for in a day or two. Hang in there and good luck. By the way, you did the right thing by sending it to Texas.

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I agree, you did the right thing. The form still says to send it to Texas (we did the same). We sent ours on April 27th and it didn't get to the USCIS until May 15 (though we did send it from Ireland as my fiance and I live here). Don't worry, it will get there.