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I want to thank everyone for their help. I think the school route will be the easiest. I will try that first and see what happens.

I hope someone here can help me. I brought my wife and youngest stepdaughter he in a K-3 visa. My oldest stepdaughter who was 18 when my wife and I got married ( she is 20 now ) decided that she wanted to come here to. She came on a K-4 visa so my qustion is how long can she stay in the country and how long will it take to get here to be able to stay her permanently?. If anyone has any answers for me they can respond here or reply directly to my email. gosselin546@aol.com Thank you in advance for any help you can give us.

If your daughter came on a k4 visa she can stay as long as her visa is valid.After the visa validity she can adjust for her status to get her permanent residency .correct me if am wrong ppl.

thank you for your response.

can anyone give me advise about what is the quickest was to allow her to stay permanently

I hope someone here can help me. I brought my wife and youngest stepdaughter he in a K-3 visa. My oldest stepdaughter who was 18 when my wife and I got married ( she is 20 now ) decided that she wanted to come here to. She came on a K-4 visa so my qustion is how long can she stay in the country and how long will it take to get here to be able to stay her permanently?. If anyone has any answers for me they can respond here or reply directly to my email. gosselin546@aol.com Thank you in advance for any help you can give us.

Hello everyone. I have a question about my wife and daughers who are here on an I129f visa. We are planning to go back to Romania for a wedding in a few months. I am wondering if this is allowed on I129f. it says on her visa card that she must surrender this card when leaving the country. does this mean she can't come back? Any help would be appreciated

there is no such thing as an I-129F visa... An I-129F resulted in either a K-1 or a K-3 dependant on your circumstances... I will assume K-3 in your situation.

What do you mean by visa card? are you referring to the I-94 arrival/departuer card?

A K-3 is a two year multi entry visa... you can travel until visa expiry... when you surrender the card (I-94) upon departure she would be issued a new one upon arrival.. That is why it is referred to as an arrival/departure card.

thank you for your response. even though my question was very confusing you answered it very well.

Hello everyone. I have a question about my wife and daughers who are here on an I129f visa. We are planning to go back to Romania for a wedding in a few months. I am wondering if this is allowed on I129f. it says on her visa card that she must surrender this card when leaving the country. does this mean she can't come back? Any help would be appreciated

yes it should be filed at thre same time.

I dont know if this will help but I was in the same situation I had been 11 months. I got very frustrated and sent emails with no help. I called my congressman and they were a little help but then I called the white house. they answered the phone and said they could not help me but they transferred my call to the state dept. They saw the transfer from the white house and they were very helpful. they said they would try to help. my papers were approved the next day and my family is here with me now.. it cant hurt to try this. good luck

thank you everyone for your warm wishes and your help through this very long process. A couple of you have asked about the interview. Her first interview did not go very well. where did we meet. ( this was followed by a very rude question. was this a prostutition web site) I have heard from many people that it is very common for them to ask very personal questions so you might prepare your spouse for this. how many times did your husband come to romania. did your husband come to romania this year, does your husband have children? what are their names, have you ever seen his family, proof of relationship, pictures, dates, anything she had to prove relationship. She did not get visa on first visit because we were missing a couple of papers. we got those papers and went back 3 days later and were given visa the same day. Just a note to anyone who has been married before. I sent original papers proving my divorce to immigration but when my wife went for interview they wanted originals again. I suggest when you get certified copies made you get at least 2 copies. Good luck to everyone in their journey. I will check this site even though my family is here so if I can help anyone else I be happy to

My wife and stepdaughters are on a plane as we speak coming home. they will be in miami tonight. it has been almost 1 year since we applied for their visa's and it is our first anniversary on saturday. thank eveyone for their help and support and may you all be reunited with your loved ones very soon

thank you all. I will let you know the results as soon as I have them

I wish I could help you with your qusetions but I dont know the answers. I just wanted to wish you both luck and thank you for serving our country.

after almost 1 year of waiting my wife has her interview in romania tomorrow. when she went for her medical they gave her the results in a brown sealed envelope. Is this normal

Air 21 visa courier of Usem has just sent text message to my cell advised Visa delivery soon. I hope to receive it tomorrow or next day . Praised God. Thanks to all Vjers for all the advise & support & of course the Visa Journey.

mamalou :thumbs: :dance:

congrats

Natasha passed her interview 4 hours ago. She said it was very brief, officer was very nice. She'll get the visa tomorrow after 3 pm Minsk time.

I'll update the VJ timeline later, but for those of you keeping score:

Time from Marriage to Visa: 1 year, 4 days.

Time from I-130 NOA 1 to Visa: 341 days

Time from I-129F NOA 1 to Visa: 334 days

Time from I-130 NOA 2 to Visa: 72 days

Time from I-129F NOA 2 to Visa: 71 days

I'm very happy, but I offer NO thanks to the USCIS system that made this wait so long and the NVC staff who screwed up our package transfer to the embassy, adding an extra six weeks to the wait. YOUR SYSTEM IS BROKEN - HORRIBLY.

Kudos to the Consular staff at American Embassy Minsk. They were awesome, and they did their best to re-assure us and make up for NVC's f-ups.

God knows I hope the Obama administration does something to make this process work better.

And, for any of you who want to defend USCIS and leave a smarmy response about my hammering them (there are a few ususal suspects on here who typically do), I have a message: GO POUND SAND. I don't care what you think.

Finally: Lisa, Narnia, and all of my K3 friends who gave great advice and kept me quasi-sane through this completely insane process, you all deserve the majority of the credit for getting us to this point. For those of you who are finally with your spouses, I'm very happy for you, and for those who are still waiting, I hope it ends soon for you. You deserve it.

-CJ

congrats. I know how you feel it is almost a year for me to. I think she will be here march 13. 1 year since we were married

My wife and stepdaughters passed their medical exam today and have interview in romania on tuesday. thank God and everyone at visajourney. I believe she has everything she needs for interview so we are hoping she will be here for our 1 year anniversary on march 14.

question 5, yes letters from people attending your wedding would be helpful. #6 airline tickets, copies of passport with stamps showing you have visited, pictures are very important, phone records, Copies of email or instant messages basically anything that proves you have an ongoing relationship. Good luck.

congrats. that is when I am expecting my wife to.

I have decided to go with the k3 as well. I called the NVC and they advised me not ot pay anymore fees until after my wife gets here. Then we woulf file for adjustment of status. I would advise you to call the for yourself and they will tell you all your options. 603-334-0700. good luck

I have the same situation. My wife and stepdaughter already have appointments for their medical for I129f. I called to see how long it would take if I used I130 instead and she said it could be weeks or months. It depends on if you wants to wait a little longer for your family to get here. The I130 is better but the I129f is faster.

I just spoke with the NVC today. I am in the same place as you are right now. my wife has her medical exam on tuesday for I129f. Nvc told me it could still be months before my I130 was approved so I am going with the I129f for now. It will cost me more money in the long run but I want my wife here now

I sent letters and faxes as well and got no response. I decided to call the white house and to my surprise they answered the phone. They said they could not help me but they transferred me to the state department and they said they would look into this. my papers were approved and my wife has her medical exam on tuesday. you might want to call if you are outside the timelines

Hey everyone,

lets keep track of our progress with NVC here and help each other

I was approved on the 9th and got my ins receipt #on the 14th. they said my papers would be sent to Romania within 1 week

Hi all,

we tried to check our status online since we got our NOA1 last month but it gives us an error message; it's really frustrating we tried to call USCIS but we only get to the automated messages, we need to talk to a live operator to be sure that the reciept number is correct; please what number should we call and how can we do it????

thanks

the above information is good. I have done this many times. good luck

I got a letter from the state department today just 10 days after my NOA2 was approved saying that the papers for my I129f would be sent to the embassy in Romania within a week. I have not heard about my I130 yet but they were sent to the state department at the same time. I am hoping I will hear about this soon. I am very surprised at how fast the papers went through the state department. I hopw everyone else has the same luck as I did.

K3 usually gets through NVC in a week or so. The INS hasn't existed in years.

yes I know about INS not exisisting anymore I was talking about my INS reciept number on the letter. thanks

I got a letter from the state department today just 10 days after my NOA2 was approved saying that the papers for my I129f would be sent to the embassy in Romania within a week. I have not heard about my I130 yet but they were sent to the state department at the same time. I am hoping I will hear about this soon. I am very surprised at how fast the papers went through the state department. I hopw everyone else has the same luck as I did.