vuhtran

You might have longer to wait now. As long as the 129F / K1 visa is, it is significantly longer for married couples doing the K3. I would cancel the I-129F as it would be fraud to continue to get a non immigrant Visa because you are already married.

Sorry for the bad news.

Hey team. Live in the US and my fiancee lives in Nikolaev Ukraine. Is there a best / cheapest way to send her a care package from the US? During my trip there, found out that her daughters love the spicy Jack Link's Beef Jerky and some of the US Candy. It was hilarious when I got my fiancee and her daughter to say that the Beef Jerky was actually frog meat to her older daughter after she had a mouthful of it (she hates frogs). It was hilarious the look on her face but that is a story for another time.

Any words of advice would be great.

Thanks.

Hi, I am going through the Fiancee K-1 twice so my comments are based on my limited experience and my interpretations of the forms. First, if going through the K-1 process, you need to fill out the I-134 Affidavit of Support which needs to show with two people, 125% of the poverty level which for two people is $19,662 based on the 2014 guidelines. You can show assets also but it if assets are used :" Assets may supplement income if the immigration officer is convinced that the monetary value of the asset could reasonably be made available to support the sponsored immigrant and converted to cash within one year without undue harm to the sponsor or his or her family members. You may not include an automobile unless you show that you own at least one working automobile that you have not included."

So what it boils down to is the interpretation of the person who is reviewing your file if assets will count. IMHO, it is best to shoot for the 125% of the poverty guideline as that is more of a concrete guideline which can be proven. Assets have to be liquidated into cash which takes time, assuming you can sell it for near what it is worth. If you can't get to the 125% of the poverty level, you have to get a co-sponsor which means the calculation for the minimum income amount will change. Here is a link to the 2014 poverty guidelines:

http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/14poverty.cfm

The calculation is as follows for you and your fiancee: [Poverty guideline for 2 people] x 125% = [$15730] x 125% = $19,662.

If you have someone co-sponsor you and they have 1 dependent, the calculation is as follows: [Poverty guideline for 4 people] x 125% = [$23,850] x 125% = $29,812.

Hope that helps.

Also, for the I-864, it is only used after you get married and are going for an Adjustment Of Status (AOS) for your Fiance to stay in the US. Also remember you need to submit an I-864 for each person so if your Fiance has a child, you have to fill it out also for them.

We are all going through the same process so keep up the faith and yes, your turn will eventually come and the Visa will be approved (I am waiting for that day also).

Vu

Here is a link which contains a template for a letter of consent. Don't know if it will help you or not but if no one replies, it is a place to start.

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/unitedkingdom/164203/cons-acs/sample_letter_of_consent_to_travel.pdf

HI there. I have already gone through the K1 / Green Card / US Citizenship with my ex so my comments are based on my limited history and my interpretation of the rules.

1. The directions on the Federal form for the I-134 Affidavit of Support is very explicit with the requirement for the letter from a bank officer with all the details. Why risk getting your decision delayed if you don't have the correct paperwork (remember this is the Government we are talking about here)? The intent of the letter is to show you have a steady source of income and some savings so you can support your fiance. The people looking at your paperwork want the facts in black and white, from a source that is independent from you, and have no desire to take out a calculator and work on a document. I would recommend getting the bank statement. Just go to the bank and have the manager do it for you while you wait. Only takes 20 minutes or so at the bank.

2. The key criteria here is having income at least 125% of the poverty level so for you, it means showing you have $19,625 in annual income. Assets are nice but they do not make or break this criteria, just income. You will not meet this requirements with your grad student income so you will need a co-sponsor.

3. You not having a copy of the I-129 is not a deal breaker, IMHO. The intent of the copy is that if the original was lost, you could show that you sent all the originals to the Centers (you did send it trackable, right?) and provide a copy of the packet. Also, same thing if your packet was lost to your fiance, you could send them another one. I would recommend that you have your fiance scan in all the paperwork and keep two copies of that or email the scan to them and you. The only bit of advice I can give you is patience patience patience. Your turn will come up.

Good luck in your journey because it is worth it in the end.

Question to the group. I am completing the AOS paperwork for my wife to get her Green Card. However, can someone help me know which forms I need to complete for our four year old daughter (I-325a, I-131, I-485, etc.)

Thanks ahead of time,

Vu

I just bought my fiancee and her daughter the airplane tickets for them to come to the US in October yesterday. I used the exact spelling of the daughter's name as I filed it on the Visa paper work (G325, I129F, etc.). Last night, I emailed my fiancee the email confirmation of the tickets and asked her to look at the names. Sure enough, the Embassy spelled her daughter's name different on the official K-1 Visa different than what was in the Visa paperwork (Ticket name / K-1 paperwork = Camilla , Actual K-1 Visa = Kamilla).

Will I have to change the airplane ticket to match the name on the Visa?

On the bright side, better to find this out now rather than when they are in the airport.

Thanks All

My fiancee never received her Packet 3/4 but did not have any problems getting into the Embassy. All they did was check to see if her name was on the interview list for that day so do not worry about them letting her in.

Now, if you have not received the Packet 3/4 , just fill out all of the paperwork and they will take it from her when she goes into her interview at the window. When the CO actually interview her, they will refer to the paperwork that she gave earlier to ask questions.

My Irina says that the CO was very friendly and nice and passed with flying colors.

My Irina had her K1 approved in Moscow this Friday!!!

Now comes the hard part of waiting for the Visa to be in hand before I can really celebrate. Does anyone know if you can track the DHL Visa letter on the internet?

Thanks everyone for the good feedback. My Irina is now on the train to Moscow and will go to the Medical clinic tomorrow.

My Irina is going for her interview this Friday June 6. The things that we did was to make sure that all of the paperwork was correct and that I gave her all of the sample questions that they could ask at the interview and the answers as it applies to us. She then went to her English teacher and they practiced answering the questions in English.

I have my fingers crossed for all of us going through this process.

Question for the group. My fiance Irina has her interview on June 6 in Moscow BUT, we never received the Packet in teh mail from the embassy. We got a download of all of tghe paperwork required for her interview online and had everything filled out. Talking with my friend John who's wife had gone through the Moscow interview to get her K1, she said that they need the invitation letter that was sent with the packet to get into the Embassy. Needless to say, this is a serious last moment hitch.

So, does anyone know if it is absolutely critical to have the invitation to get into the embassy? We have downloaded the interview schedule and have the paperwork from the NVC which has the case number on it.

Any help is appreciated.

I guess that I got lucky because I applied January 19th, got my NOA2 March 11, and got my Fiancee's Moscow appointment on April 2. The only thing I had going for me was going to the VSC and doing exactly as the many VJ checklists told me to do so luckily, there were no RFEs. Like everyone else said, try to keep patient. If you meditate, now is a good time to do it. If you don't know how to meditate, try to learn it because it may distract you from your current frustration.

Vu

Once you get the NOA2, does the USCIS send the approved I-129 for the K-1 visa directly to the consulate or does it go through the NVC then to the consulate? Many of the VJres here have on their timeline being accepted by the NVC in only 3 days and then being forwarded onto the embassy in another 3 days. It has been 10 days since I got my approval email so I am curious as to what is the current path that for K-1 visas.

Thanks ahead of time.

Thanks everyone for their response to my question. As a follow-up, what department checks up on this? Can you go to that department and request a check be performed on someone ahead of time to know if the system has them red flagged so they can take care of it in advance before trying to leave Russia?

How can this be enforced? Does the consulate run a credit check on everyone before they can be approved?

That is correct. Before they let you leave Russia, they scan your passport to see if anything, like debt that is in litigation, exists. If it does, they will not let you leave. My friend had this done to his wife. He had to pay the $500 to the court to settle a lawsuit she was in.

Hi VJers! I have a question for the people here. My Russian fiance said that she has to pay off her debts before they will allow her out of the country because it is a new law that went into affect this year. While this is somewhat true for debts that have gone to the courts for litigation, is this true for all debts or only certain type of debts? Does it depend on the amount of debt that is due?

Any insight would be appreciated!

Hi VJers! I have a question for the people here. My Russian fiance said that she has to pay off her debts before they will allow her out of the country because it is a new law that went into affect this year. While this is somewhat true for debts that have gone to the courts for litigation, is this true for all debts or only certain type of debts? Does it depend on the amount of debt that is due?

Any insight would be appreciated!

Hi all. I just got my I-129 approved today after only 55 days after I applied!!! Needless to say, I was surprised and happy by the notice. However, as I start to get the paperwork ready for the next portion of this process, I am getting confused. I am filling out the I-134 form to show that I can support my fiancee but am getting confused if I need to fill out the I-864 form for the K-1.

I think that the I-864 is onlyl required for the AOS phase of the journey but I am unsure. Can anyone help me out? I searched in Visa Journey and I think that I only need to fill out the I-134 to give to my fiancee for her Embassy interview.

Thanks ahead of time for any help you guys can give me

Vu