Lee Thacket

The letter was helpful as it explained what to do. However, you can get the information elsewhere. Schedule your medical, apply for your police certificate and get a certified birth certificate.

Very quickly if I recall. I will check when I return home tomorrow evening. I renewed my passport as well and was shocked how quickly the new one arrived.

I got a letter, but even without one you have your case number so should be able to fill out the DS-160 application form online and apply for and book an interview.

@Shahadah difrisco my fiancée and I had met in person three times by the time we submitted the I-129F petition. As @Family says it will be extremely difficult for a K-1 visa to be granted without evidence of meeting in person. Can you have others present when you meet? Alternatively, you could get married somewhere other than Saudi Arabia or the United States.

If he cannot travel it would be a waste of money applying for the K-1 fiance visa. Applying for a K-1 visa would not aid him in leaving Saudi Arabia. It sounds worrying that his paperwork cannot be sorted out. I am not familiar with Saudi employment law or immigration regulations. He needs to get advice from who is.

I am not from the Channel Islands, but presumably it would only take a day or two more, if that, for a courier to deliver to Jersey compared to the mainland.

Denmark has certainly become more hard line with regard to immigration over the last few years. I think the main problem will be convincing the Danish government a single woman from the Phillipines has the financial resources to fund her trip. If she says her American fiance is paying that shows them both that she can afford the trip and that will not overstay.

Is your fiancé in Saudi Arabia illegally given his paperwork has not been renewed? You can certainly file a petition for him to come to the United States to marry you. The process is rather long. He won't be able to work after joining you. Could you get married in Saudi Arabia or a third country?

My fiancée and I looked at doing it the other way with her moving to my country. The British government does all visa applications online. The process appears to work reasonably well, though fees are very high. (I am not sure that can be blamed on digitalisation.)

My questions were, as far as I can remember: (1) Have you lived in any country other than the United Kingdom? (2) What are you wedding plans? [I guess this a routine question for everyone applying for a K-1 financial visa.] (3) When did you last meet in person? [My offer to provide proof of our last March meeting was declined.] When I have time I will write a review of my experience on my time line. Don't know whether you have done your medical yet, but I have done a review of that. A question for those who have been members of this forum longer than me, is there any record on these pages of the London embassy actually declining to grant a K-1 Fiance visa?

I had my interview on Tuesday in London, the same day as the fiance of alliejourney! I was a bit worried about the I-134 as well. My fiancée is disabled and her income is only slightly above the federal poverty level for a household of three. We got information from the social security administration, her last six months of bank statements and her 1040 tax return. To be on the safe side I got her aunt to be my co-sponsor. Accompanying her I-134 were three months of bank statements and three years of tax returns. I wondered if I should submit a third I-134 detailing the value of a house I am in the process of selling.... Anyway, the interview was short. The consular officer probably thought he had already given me enough reading through all my paperwork. I am sure you will be fine. If you need any more information they will ask you for it.

Going slightly off topic I investigated getting married in a third country before going down the K-1 fiance visa route. In terms of the bureaucracy, cost and visas Denmark came out very well.

I don't think the Danish or any other EEA government would care if you were applying for a US visa. However, to gain a Schengen visa your fiancée have to confirm how the trip was being funded and that she had medical insurance in place.

That is good to know. I am sure your experience will provide reassurance to others. I was paranoid that I would arrive today for the interview and be told they had not received the medical report. (I emailed Visa Medicals last week for confirmation the report had been sent to the embassy.)

Really? I thought you had to do the medical and then schedule the visa interview at least two weeks afterwards. I arranged a gap of nearly three weeks between the two appointments.

I have just come out of an interview at the London Embassy and was shocked at just how easy it was

Can your mother not help out with I-864 as well? Your fiancé/husband will not be able to work for some months. My fiancée and I talked about living in Washington or Oregon. Although, the minimum wage is relatively high in those states so is the cost of living.

Brilliant. That is probably more than you need. At my medical last month the doctor just wanted an assurance that past problems had been dealt with. The above letter should fulfil that. Visa Medicals "threaten" you, for want of a better word, with the possibility of a second visit if they don't get all the information they require. I think that is really rare if you are honest with them. In terms of travelling to London cheaply, MegaBus has £5 fares on most routes in May. I took a night bus to London last night and had my visa interview this morning.

Slightly off topic, but is your fiancé aware he won't be able to use British student loans to study in the United States? Registering at an American college will be expensive. If he leaves the UK for a few years he may not be eligible for tuition fees at UK resident rates

I had my visa medical in London a couple of weeks ago. The doctor there me about mental health problems. I discussed a period of stress at work a number of years ago. He seemed happy when I told him the problem was resolved. Your medical records will show you have not had any problems for more than five years. Seeing a consultant psychiatrist or clinical psychologist will probably cost several hundred pounds if you want them to write a report about you. See what the doctor at Visa Medicals advises. I am sure you will be fine.

Why such a hurry?

And just as importantly the safety of any step-children or the future children of the couple themselves.

I agree, but one would think a half decent lawyer would take the trouble to explain the rules.

When I go to London I usually try to book a dorm room in a youth hostel. They usually safe, cheap, clean located in convenient locations. Check out yha.org.uk

That lawyer sounds very cynical. Presumably there are sound public policy grounds for preventing convicted sex offenders from trafficking vulnerable people, usually women from the third world who don't speak good English. I can understand why it is difficult to get a waiver. Most members of the public, regardless of their political or ethical views, would probably support that.