YolyPetra

I wanted to add to my post from yesterday, that YOU WILL NEED SOME PROOF OF INCOME. But if your bank accts are wierd, you could choose to first show them, for example, a letter from your employer.

It is good to have your bank papers in order BUT they may not even look at them.

When we went through Juarez (just over a week ago), they only asked my fiance if I had a job. I have a job offer but I haven't started yet ( I was last year in Mex). They asked for proof and he gave them a letter from my employer and that was that.

We had tax transcripts for the last 4 years, a letter from my bank, bank statements for 12 months, and a co sponsor, but we didn't show nor were asked for any of it. However, it makes sense to go well prepared, because they could just as easily ask you for it!

Yoly

I dunno 'cuz it took us 6 1/2! I'd like to know why we were processed after people who applied later. Still, that wa much faster than we had expected.

Yoly

Um you can add us to the list (Yoly & Valentin). Our NOA was dated 1/22/07. We finally got the visa today (k1- YAY!), but have never received the NOA2. They changed the date of approval to June 27th, which is after the NVC received and processed it and the consulate recieved it and sent us the packet. Go figure. I guess the good news is that some couples cases are being processed albeit that the NOA2's haven't been sent. However we'll all need them eventually for change of status.

Yoly

Thanks!

I've looked all over visa journey and can't find a clear answer to the following questions:

Can my fiance, a k1 visa holder, attend school (a university), during the initial 3 mos and while the AOS is pending?

Does he need an addtl' Visa?

If you've seen that this question has already been answered on Visa Journey, please send me the link.

Yoly

No, we are a bonafide couple and won't have a hard time proving it, we've been living toether for the past year.

I think I'm a combination of scared/worried of the whole process and I had heard age could be a factor.

Also, our age difference was hard for me to accept at first because we are socialized to expect the man to be older, not the woman. Luckily I have friends and family who are more reasonable than I (as well as my fiance) who told me that was a silly thing to deter me from exploring this relationship. Now a year later, it seems silly to me too, but in ths process you are opening yourself up to a lot of 3rd party judgement.

We are by the way 30 and 24, so we are on the young end of the spectrum.

Is there a list of "red-flags" on Visa Journey? Or can someone tell me what they may be? My beau/fiance is 6 years younger than I, is that a red flag?

Yoly

Once again, I'm surprised how similar our cases, questions and problems are. Actually, we still don't have an interview, but it took about 5 months to get an approval, which is much longer than most of the folks on here, even those in Mexico and filing through CSC.

About notary: I think the only thing Vale and I are going to need notarized is the affidavit of support, which I think my folks are going to do anyways, and it sounds like maybe your folks are as well. So they can get it notarized in the US OR you can get it notarized (or something similar) at the consulate.

In Mexico, you will go to the Juarez consulate. I think there is less paperwork than is required for some of the other countries.

About proving you have a relationship: YES! it's really wierd and frustrating! It shouldn't be any harder to prove even tough you don't live together. Letters, even between you and others mentioning the relationship, photos... go to the Juarez consulate page, find the fiance packet info and they have there a list of ideas for proof http://usembassy.state.gov/CiudadJuarez/wwwfcdj430.pdf . For our original app we took fotos infront of movie posters with 2007 to prove we'd seen each other in the last year.

I don't have a birth certificate either, and so far have been using ust my passport.

Since we haven't had our interview yet, I'd still keep asking and looing for answers from members who are more experienced and knowledgable about all this! I would hate to misinfom you.

Yoly

Thank you and CONGRATULATIONS!

Yoly

Two quick questions, I've read the guides and seen the example forms and am still not sure.

Can my fiance put on his 156 that I , his fiancee, will be paying for his trip?

If we have a co-sponsor, my mom and/or stepdad, what do they write for their "relation to applicant"?

Thanks

Yoly

I also did my K1 throuh CSC. I recieved the NOA1 relly quik, but have not recieved the NOA2, even though NVC and the consulate have recieved my apprval back in May. Now on the USCIS web site, they've changed my approval time to the end of June!? Go figure. BUt you can try calling them and ask them to resend it.

THANK YOU!!

I don't have any answers, but some more things for you to think about. We applied in Jan (also from Mex), and we have a lot in common about our situations. I think we will go to the interview in Aug, and I just got back to the US and I am looking for a job.

About the address. I put our Mexican address on our application and my parents address as where my fiance will live. They've been sending the NOA's to my parent's address and the other correspondence to Mexico. Sharing an address helps prove you have a relationship, but Mexican mail is really slow and unreliable and may slow down the process. However, later on, if you say how you lived together, they may wonder if that's true, who knows? I DEFINITELY wouldn't us your brother's address.

About the financial stuff, it appears to me, if you have a signed letter of intent or contract from a future employer, that can work. Personally, I plan to do both: have my forms filled out to be the sponsor, but also have my folks fill one out, ready to go, in case they refuse me as a sponsor. I haven't had an income for over a year but my last year tax return was 29,000 and if I get a job before Aug, I should have a contract I'll be making at minimum over 40,000 in future years. I think for 2 people 125% of the poverty level is about 17,000 right now. I guess it depends what type of work you think you'll find yourself in.

I am glad I'm in the US right now because I have more access to stuff like internet, copiers, my papers, stuff like that that I need for the application/interview, but I also really wish I could talk directly to my beau about this stuff. It's confusing enough with out having to talk over bad phoe and skype connections and through emails and text messages...

I hope everything works out!

Yoly

Do the NOA2's come from USCIS, the NVC, or Juarez? Will it look like the NOA1 (same form different info?)

Thanks for your help!

Yoly

Thanks Etripke,

I did recieve an email from the consulate saying they sent us the packet back in late MAy. We still haven't recieved it. I called USCIS today to see about changing my address and the NOA2( I hadn't read your email, new to this site AND blogging/chatting in general). They said we weren't approved til June 27. Very wierd... Just looking forward to all this being over and getting to be with my fiance again....

Yoly

I don't know why, but we filed our I129F back in January and only just recieved our approval (still no NOA2 though). We have yet to recieve our packet either...

Could someone explain to me this word "touched"?

We filed our k-1 petition back in January. Our NOA1 Notice Date is Jan 30, 2007.

Even though I signed up for the CRIS updates, we never have recieved one and didn't here anything until the end of May when NVC sent us a letter in Mexico that the petition was approved. We still haven't recieved a packet, although via email the consulate in Juarez said they sent it at the end of May.

I NEVER RECIEVED A NOA2. I called the USCIS today about that and the lady said they don't send out an NOA2. Is that true? On this site people are always talking about them and in the guides it says to brig it to the interview.

Also she told me we weren't approved until June 27, when NVC contacted us saying we were approved back in May, and Juarez says they sent our packet in May.

Should I be worried?

What's going on here? I've read all the guides and have searched the NVC, Juarez and USCIS sites. Also the lady told me today it wasn't true we had to be interviewed within 4 mos of the approved petition.

If you help me understand this...

Thanks

Yoly

I'm also a Jan filer with CSC and I've been wondering, WHAT"S TAKING SO LONG? We did recieve a letter our case was approved. I'm not sure if this is considered the NOA2, because it was just a letter and not a form like the NOA1 (which actually said Notice of action). So should we recieve another NOA2?

We got that letter at the end of May and we're still waiting for the packet. I've noticed other couples, even with fiances from Mexico have already had their interviews...

So why is it taking so long with us? Dealing with all this stuff with immigration, the NVC and the consulate is like wrestling with a black hole...

Yoly

THANKS!

That helps a lot!

Yoly

Thanks, that was what I was hoping...

I am a school teacher. I usually earn 40,000 to 55,000 a year. However, last academic year I lived off my savings, so my 2006 taxes are for about 26,000. If I have a new job this school year, with a copy of the contract from my employer, will that be sufficient to be a sponsor, or should I just plan on finding a cosponsor?

thanks,

Yoly

Ok, I know this topic is old, but it appears no one replied to you... My work situation is really similar and I am wondering how it worked out for you?

Hopefully you are still on VJC, and HOPEFULLY all went well with your interview!

Thanks,

Yoly

So a US Passport is enough? I have had a really hard time getting my B.C because I was born in the Netherlands (to US citizen parents). I am the petitioner, USC.

Yoly

ok

Yes, we plan to live in the US. That makes me think of another question, I don't know if you can answer:

After we get the fiance visa do they usually give him his temporary resident status before the fiance visa expires or will he have to go back to Mexico and wait for it?

Thanks so much!

Yoly