xbitterduskx

Hey Everyone!

We filed AOS (485 & 765) in the late fall and December 22 got an RFE for the 693. We completed the RFE and sent it via delivery confirmation January 28th of this year. According to USPS the package is still "in transit" and never got delivered :-(

February 8th they mailed us a letter for our 485 saying it was being forwarded to California for faster processing... But it appears that they haven't even touched his work authorization package since January. Does anyone know, would they have forwarded his 485 if they did not receive our medical information?

3 calls to uscis... 1 lady says "something" was received by them Feb 2nd but would give no details, the other lady says they have no way of knowing if they got our stuff, and the last call told us to resubmit it and hung up lol.

any ideas?

One of my all time favs!

I forget what we were talking about... but it went something like this:

him: I'm sure it will be alright... touch wood.

me: ...wait, WHAT?

He laughed at ME when I said we use the phrase "knock on wood"

ooh! and "pop down to the chemist" when i first heard that one, I was like... You guys have chemists??!!! And they sell Stuff? Little did I know, chemist=pharmacy.

There's so many! I love them all

Thanks for all your fast replies guys, and sorry I posted in the wrong section. I will have him get a copy of this years return to go along with the w2, that should work I assume? Tax paperwork pretty much baffles me, I'm glad I asked about this instead of just giving him the w2 alone

Thanks again.

Right now he can't find a copy of his return. but we do have the w2 for it. Would just the w2 be acceptable you think along with the 2 transcripts?

No - W-2's are simply supporting documents for a Tax Return (one is no good without the other). The 2008 transcript might be available soon - would be worth a call to see - usually takes several weeks to become available in their system when a person recently filed.

Funny how dad misplaced such a recent return though... lol (was only 12 days ago..)

Lol yeah, he found returns from the past 20 years but not this years. We are in the middle of moving at the moment too... So they might be lost in the shuffle of thinks. Thanks for the help! We should be able to get a copy of the return @ the place he files his taxes with then. I should have just assumed to do that anyway I guess he's just super busy with the moving... I hate to bug him with this.

Hi guys! Hopefully this will be my last question regarding the whole financial support part of the K1 process

My dads co sponsoring with me... and I ordered the 3 year tax transcript thing for the both of us. They took forever to get here, like almost a month, and we've been waiting on them as one of the last things on the checklist. but anyway!! Mine are all fine, but my dad didn't file the 2008 taxes til the 15th... so the 2008 transcript says "no record of filing" He DID file, just not in time for the transcript.

Right now he can't find a copy of his return. but we do have the w2 for it. Would just the w2 be acceptable you think along with the 2 transcripts?

Thanks for any help/advice

My fiance and I are filing a k1 visa for me to move with him to the US. We have met online 9 months ago and we meet in person a few weeks ago. I have moved a lot in cities in my country and I had a lot of my mail lost before, so I got a mail box to where I get all my mail near where I currently reside now. While we filled the papers together when he was with me (he hasn't sent the papers yet) i wrote the address where I live now and wrote my mail box address on a piece of paper and asked to receive the visa papers on it. My question is: Is it possible to really receive the visa package to my mail box at the post office? It is serious and we desperately want to be together... Please answer and real life stories about the k1 visa even if not related exactly to my question would be really helpful.

Thank you!

I wasn't sure what to mark down for my address with the petition, because we don't have a mailbox, but i knew they needed a physical address too. So, I gave them both (assuming they'd know why i gave them a PO box address). The mail ended up at my house (thanks to the friendly mailman) and the PO box part was ignored. Later i just did the change of address thing online, and now everything's been coming to my PO box instead. I think you might have better luck where you wrote down a note asking for the mail to be delivered to your po box though

Just keep an eye out for your mail, and if by chance the NOA1 comes to your house, just do a change of address and you should be set. I hope your NOA1 gets sent to the right place and nothing happens to it. Good luck!

Maybe not so germane to the OP's question, and I agree with the other posters suggestions about writing next to / under the actual image, is another use of common day technology.

My Alla, being the intelligent woman she is (and one of the many reasons I love her so), on her flight to Moscow from Kiev, after we had met, did the following.

The Ukraine customs had stamped her boarding pass with the Ukraine stamp but most of it including the date was on the section that the airline would tear off and keep.

So thinking quickly, she took out her digital camera and took a picture of the entire boarding pass prior to the gate.

I then used this image plus a copy of the short stubby piece with part of a stamp on it, as part of our Proof of Meeting section of our K-1 petition.

Just a suggestion.

Phil

That's a neat idea!

On some of my boarding passes, there isn't a year shown, or even a date (since they took the date stub on me a few times).

Is it okay if I write on the photocopies (or next to the photocopied tickets) the dates since it doesn't show it?

I'm unsure if this is a no-no for them or not.

Oh, and during one trip with my fiance we went to Vegas, would you consider hotel reservations for that DURING my trip to see him good proof?

Some of my boarding passes were missing the date on them too (maybe just the year though), for the same reason. I wrote on the photocopies (next to the ticket) the dates they were from. Then, behind that was the supporting evidence of the trip, like some receipts showing that i was there during that time.

So, my advice is just include whatever you can to support that those boarding passes were the valid ones Scans of your passport pages with the stamps from your trip are good to support it.

And yeah, hotel reservations are good proof in my opinion Anything to show that the both of you were in the same place at the same time, within the past 2 years is what they like. So if you have those, and he has some receipts with his credit card or anything from that trip to vegas too... even better.

Fun topic!

My first car was:

Ford Tempo

My dad paid 100 bucks for it, and well, that's about all it was worth lol it died at a toll booth a week later.

my second car, which i got right after.. and lived for almost 1.5 years....

Ford Escort. That poor thing had more dents and bumper stickers! Good times.

My parents were iffy about bank info too, your dad can write a letter to the bank asking for all of the stuff that instructions askfor, but he can put in BOLD that he doesnt want his account number on the letter that they return to him with the requested information. That way, immigration gets what they want/need, and your dad can be more comfortable, and you can get your approval.

The reason why they ask for bank info is because the whole point of the I-134 is to prove that the fiance will not become a public charge. They need to make sure that if you cant make the money, that someone can give it to the intending immigrant so that they will not become a public charge, thus thats why they ask for the bank info.

Yeah, I told him that he could put it in an envelope and seal it if he wanted. I think he's more concerned with me seeing his balance and stuff, rather than the government. Money is a very private thing to him. But like I said, he's willing to do it, was just wondering if it were completely necessary

Forgive me if this has been asked a million times

I'm working on grabbing the last parts of the affidavit of support evidence. My step dads a co-sponsor. The London embassy website asks for:

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* notarized copies of his or her latest federal income tax return;

* a statement from his or her employer showing salary and the length and permanency of employment;

* a statement from an officer of a bank regarding his or her account, the date the account was opened and the present balance;

* any other evidence adequate to establish financial ability to carry out his or her undertaking toward the applicant for what might be an indefinite period of time.

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Is the bank letter only for those using the bank assets as part of meeting the requirement? Or is it needed for everyone? He'd rather not disclose any banking info, but will if needed. I'm just curious if not sending it would cause a problem.

For the record...I plan on using (for the both of us) 3 year tax transcripts, copy of 2008 w2s, employment letters, and some pay stubs.

My NOA2 said the same about being forwarded directly to the consulate. Nothing about the NVC.

I called the NVC about a week later, and they said they had already received and forwarded it to London.

So... yes to the NVC

one more question my fiance is gonna send it today , our expiration date is 7th april could it take more than a week to get to VSC??

I suppose it depends how far away from Vermont it's being sent from, and how it's mailed. Either way, if it's mailed today (Friday) You have 10 days for it to get there (i'm including saturday mail)

plenty of time in my opinion

I had to hand-write a couple parts, it worked out fine

If you're blue

and you don't know

where to go to

why don't you go

where fashion sits...

puttin on the ritz

:dance: :dance:

Ahhh i love hells kitchen

I still haven't been able to pick a favorite yet, I think last seasons was a lot easier to pick from.

World of Warcraft game here

I've looked all over for the answer to that question before... and you're right, there is no solid yes or no answer.

One of the things I read is that it's all dependent on the immigration person when you re enter the US. I guess they see it as there's a big chance you could hop onto the other islands that arent US territories. As long as you can show that you stayed on the island at all times... it should be ok. I don't know from experience though. I would lovelovelove to go there for our honeymoon, but I am to scared to have him turned away at POE. i do know that lots of people DO go there for a honeymoon without a problem... but i also know that some don't get so lucky. It's a risk.

Sorry to not give a yes or no answer, just wanted to share my insight

I AM APPROVED!!! I hope the rest of our group gets approved soon!

Congratulations!!

Maybe Vermont can slap out a few more before the days over

Has anyone else been touched recently? I just checked and..... nope!

We've been touched each day... for the past 3 days.

I keep getting excited for a status change every time i see this... but nothing yet.

The curiosity of a 3 day in a row touch is killing me lol

Ahh! Nice! I bet you'll hear something really soon! That's fantastic!

lol you were right on

I went to check as soon as i read this post...

NOA2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

woo woo!

Has anyone else been touched recently? I just checked and..... nope!

We've been touched each day... for the past 3 days.

I keep getting excited for a status change every time i see this... but nothing yet.

The curiosity of a 3 day in a row touch is killing me lol

Hey! We had a December filer approved today!! Our time is coming!!

I was so happy to see that this afternoon

Even more so because their NOA1 is the same as ours

.....and that we got touched yesterday.....and today! I can't help but to be hopeful.

December approvals, on the way =)

I had no idea that something like that, that might have only been done once ever, could end up with a deny and ban. That is totally lame. Trying something once or twice doesn't make for a bad person or turn someone into a threat to America Especially in a situation where it was years ago... or infrequent. That just baffles me. It's not like Americans get banned for 3 years for doing these things, so why does it matter the other way around?

I am really sorry to hear about the ban, and I wish you two the best of luck working it out!

I would take the same precautions coming to England as people reccomend for those visiting the US and bring evidence of your ties and intentions to return to the US. Our immigration people can be just as pedantic as those in the US.

I know of one instance were they sent back a friends US fiancee. She was coming for a stay of 3 months at the time and had no job back in the US so that may have been a factor. I am also not sure if they had started their K1 at that time.

hehe yeah, the 2 times i have flown there was pretty stressful.. so ideally i would like to avoid as much stress as possible. And, like everyone else here, I'd like to not mess up my chances of seeing my fiance when the visits are so far and few! I will arrive as prepared as i can with helpful documents i guess

I wouldn't worry about travelling to the the UK. I would suggest that you answer their questions at customs, but don't give them any additional information. I've been through their customs before and know how they can hassle you. Make sure you tell them you are enterning as a "tourist". Just a suggestion

Thank you note taken!