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  1.    WeekendPizzaiolo reacted to a post in a topic: K1 Visa Class B1 TB, no follow up
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  3. TexasRafael
    My spouse was positive for TB in Indonesia and it took a long time to get approval of the K1 because of the treatment. When he entered the US the Houston Health Department reach out to us and came to the house and took a blood test, then he was told to go to the health department and take the sputum test again, which came out negative. In any case, if your health department has not contacted you, do not worry about it. Just go on with your process. Good luck.
  4. TexasRafael
    While my situation was a little different, ( we were a same sex couple,) we had no options but to apply for a K1. My husband is Indonesian and Muslim and I am Catholic. The K1 was approved, he came to the US unfortunately while waiting for the adjustment of status, work permit and advance parole, he had to return to Indonesia, so we started the whole process again with the Spousal Visa. If I had a choice I would have opted for the marriage visa from the start but that was not a choice for us. I do want to comment that on both our applications the process took a VERY long time because the first time he went to Premier Bintaro for the medical he tested positive for TB and had to go into treatment for a very long time. I believe that you can still marry in Indonesia, not a third country, and then work out the spousal visa. Certainly welcome to share our experiences with you. If you have any question, send a message. Good luck.
  5.    BeefedRamen reacted to a post in a topic: For the i864, if I'm currently unable to obtain my 2024 Tax Transcript...
  6. TexasRafael
    Well, my experience on this was the following. I went ahead and filed my tax return married filing joint and entered all 9's for my spouse social security number, (while we applied for an ITIN which actually took a year and a half to get from the IRS.) I had to file 2 years of taxes using all 9's for my spouse social security and both years the IRS processed them and uploaded my transcripts to their page which I was able to use for my I864. Once we obtained the ITIN I did amended returns using the ITIN and after my spouse arrived in the US and received their social security number, I once again did amended returns for those two years.
  7. TexasRafael
    What do you mean financial reasons? The IRS sponsors thousands of locations in the US where they file taxes for free using volunteers. It's called the IRS VITA program. All you do is go into their website and find a VITA location.
  8.    TedsGirl reacted to a post in a topic: UPS, FedEx or USPS?
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  11. TexasRafael
    FedEx, it is more expensive for far worth the extra money for the peace of mind.
  12.    OldUser reacted to a post in a topic: K-1 and timeline of relationship
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  14. TexasRafael
    When I applied for my fiance visa in July 2017, I had only met my now spouse once, however, by the time the interview in the Embassy took place, we had met in person 3 times. Unfortunately it all got delayed because a positive TB test, which required treatment in country and then Covid, so while my K1 visa application was approved in Feb 2018, my now spouse came to the country in June 2021! During that time I travelled 8 times for a total of over six months of visits and the K1 was approved without issue.
  15. TexasRafael
    As stated before you do not have to have any proof of comingled finances if you are not living in the same country. As fees are concerned, there are many money transfer services that have either no fees or small fees like 3.00 to send money overseas. If you want a list of them send me a message.
  16.    Angelneedhelp reacted to a post in a topic: Anyone same sex couple from Pakistan who have been through the K1 process
  17. TexasRafael
    My now husband interviewed at the US Embassy in Jakarta for the K1 visa and the CR1 visa, and both times when he was approved, he requested that the passport be delivered to a local courier in Jakarta, (it is one of the choices that you can select on the online process prior to the interview.) On both times the passport was delivered with the visa stamp in about 5 days after the interview. Because he lived in Sumatra, he just stayed in Jakarta for about 2 weeks after the interview to wait for the delivery.
  18.    TexasRafael reacted to a post in a topic: Passport return mailing time - Indonesia
  19. TexasRafael
    My bad, we met online in October 2016, I went to visit and meet in person in May 2017 and I sent my K1 visa application in July 2017 and it was approved in February 2018.
  20. TexasRafael
    Well, we met on FB and I went to visit 7 months after we met online. When he went to his interview we were on the relationship for 1 year and I had gone to visit 3 times, ( however he tested positive for TB and that added 18 months to the end process until he was cured.) Age gap at the time the K1 was approved, I am 40 years OLDER than my husband. In total I visited Indonesia 8 times between 2017 and 2020, the K1 was approved in June 2021, I believe in total time I spent about 6 months in my visits. Most were 30 day visits.
  21.    SalishSea reacted to a post in a topic: Anyone same sex couple from Pakistan who have been through the K1 process
  22. TexasRafael
    While I have no details about Pakistan, my now husband was approved for a K-1 Visa in Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world, (though as stated whatever prevailing laws in the country are irrelevant to obtain a K-1 Visa for same sex couples in the U.S.) For reasons not important here, he had to leave the U.S. after marriage and before adjustment, so I had to apply for a CR1 visa and that was also approved without issue. Once he arrived in the US we had been married over 2 years so he got the 10 year green card. Good luck.
  23. TexasRafael
    Well, that places you in a much higher tax bracket and I was not willing to pay higher taxes just because he did not have a social security number, I took the gamble of just doing the taxes and entering all 9's for the social security number for 2 years consecutively and never had a problem. Once the ITIN arrived I amended my returns to include the ITIN number and once the social security arrived I amended the returns once again. Having worked as an IRS Volunteer for over 20 years did help because I did it all myself.
  24. TexasRafael
    This is my experience. I got married in July 2021, 9 days after my spouse arrived in the US and unfortunately for reasons he had to go back to Indonesia and then I had to apply for a spousal visa. When I filed my 2021 taxes I filed married filing jointly and just entered all 9's in the place where his social security needed to go, ( he did not have a social security number.) I did proceed to apply for an ITIN in the interim but that took almost two years to accomplish. So when 2022 came around, I once again filed married filing jointly and filled it all 9's in for his social security number. On both times the IRS processed my return, gave me my refund and uploaded the return so I could get a copy to use when doing the paper work for the spousal visa. The money you send is NOT income for your spouse, her income is 0 in the US. He eventually entered in October 2023 with the spousal visa and in one month after arrival he received his social security number. It would be good to have the ITIN but that process takes a long time and they are very slow in handling it. What I would NOT do is file single.
  25. TexasRafael
    Did I miss it, are you flying within the US or international?
  26. TexasRafael
    I had travelled to visit my Fiance 2 times before the interview, and that is how we presented the photos, taped to 81/2 by 11 white pages with description typed at the bottom of each picture. About 12 pictures in all and to be very honest, we really do not know fi they even looked at them. This was at the Jakarta, Indonesia U.S. Embassy and they did not give us any issues in how they were presented.
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