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Thanks a lot! I was never really clear on that part, and I'm probably one of the rare people that actually wants/needs to wait a little bit before she comes here because of my current situation. Thanks all.

How long can my fiance actually have her visa before using it? I know she has until Sept. 12th to go get the visa, and I know once she comes here with it, we have 90 days to get our stuff done, but I have no idea how long she can hold onto it before using it. A month, 3 months, none? Help! Thanks!

I submitted my petition for a K1 Visa back in January, and I've been waiting for approval since then. Last monday, I was laid off from my work. So, two things:

1. Will I need to update anything with USCIS, now, or when I get a new job?

2. The way I understand it, my fiance won't be able to get the visa until I get a new job (needing the affidavit of support and all), is this true?

Thanks!

Ahhhh!!! I'm going to have an anxiety attack this morning already. My nerves are going wacko. I'm sure everything will go just fine with Aldo's interview...we have prepared really really well, but still, there's that nagging "what if". I gotta try to stay busy today to keep my mind off of it. Keep us in your prayers please! I'll give you all an update as soon as I hear something from Aldo.

So, how's it going? Best of luck to you

My fiancee has an idea, and I'm not sure if it will work or not, so I'm posting here. What we're wondering is if she can come here on her normal visa until we get a response from USCIS about her K1. She'd then go back, do the song and dance packet 3 and packet 4, get the K1 at the embassy, and then come back under her K1? I don't really see any problem with this, but I'm just throwing it out there since you guys know a lot. Thanks!

Just more of the same, if you think you MIGHT need it, then do it. That's really how you should approach most things having to do with this whole process.

Have you given thought to if you can actually support her? I'm not trying to be mean or anything, just asking a honest question. It is marriage, and financial difficulty does often and unfortunately put a lot of stress on marriages. Granted, I have no idea what your situation is, but you should really ask yourself that. I understand she intends to work when she gets here, but with a worsening economy, it is possible she might not be able to get a job, and you really have to take that into account.

From what I've seen, using a tourist visa isn't really a good idea. It works a lot, but from what I gather, unless you can really prove that the other person didn't come here just to marry you, they'll reject you. If rejected, I doubt that makes it any easier to get a K1 or K3.

Mine has no back, so I sent the copies of the passport as well. Doing both can't hurt!

Just read, and keep reading. Read USCIS's page, read everything on this site, browse the forums a lot, and just gather as much information as you can. At the beginning I was pretty intimidated by everything, but I spent a solid 2 weeks just researching in my free time and by the end of it I think I put together a pretty solid petition. You'll undoubtedly find some contradictory information (as I did), but just keep educating yourself and you'll be able to make decisions on your own. Good luck.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;page=k1guide

At the bottom of the page is a good list of things you need to mail to your fiancee.

The timeline here is also pretty helpful: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...amp;page=k1flow

You don't need a police certificate for the I129-F. If you have questions like these, you should really read through the guides, they're very helpful and state pretty clearly what you should be sending in with the form. As far as the translation goes, I'm not really sure, but I hope someone else can help you with that.

From what I understand, there's a way to change your address with USCIS when you move, so it shouldn't be a problem. I can't remember the details though, if I find it I'll post back.

I've read so much stuff in the last week I don't remember where in particular most of it came from

Sorry to do this, but I'm just trying to make sure everything is in order!

1. My fiancee is latina, and has two last names. I use only her first (father's) last name on the forms, as I read somewhere in the guides. On the G325-A, do I do the same for her parents?

2. Also on the G-325A, one of my cities of past residence doesn't fit. Addendum for that? I could write it in, but it'd be really small. It's Huntington Beach, so I was thinking to put "Huntington B." in there (that's all that will fit) and then just have an addendum stating the full name.

3. G-325A again, for nationality for me, USA or American?

4. One more thing, her father is deceased. Should I state that somewhere on the G325-A? It seemed like it would be appropriate in the last section, country of residence, to name the country and say (Deceased) or something, since he's not really living anywhere.

5. Am I worrying too much about small details like these?

I'm sure I'll have more, but I think that's all for now!

You are not worrying too much, it needs to be correct or you will get RFEs which will delay your case.

1. Use her full and correct name on ALL forms, ALWAYS. Every time you enter her name on any form for the USCIS it should match exactly what is on her passport. Same for her parents, full and correct name. It does not matter if it is the same last name. My wife is Ukrainian (Russian) and even brothers and susters and mothers and fathers have different last names, there was never a question asked. Do not worry about other government documents, match the passport. If she used any different last names (married name for example) enter that in the appropriate places where it asks for "other names used" if any, some of the forms you run across in this process will ask that.

2. You will have to attach an addendum either way. Make sure you use a separate sheet for each answer, put your name as petitioner, your fiancees name as beneficiary and clearly state it is "answer to question #____ on form G325 for (your or her name), (beneficiary or petitioner)

3. Your Citizenship is "United States of America"

4. State her father is deceased in the part that asks country of residence

This is your correct answer. Attention to detail is important and USCIS absolutely does care that the forms are complete. If somebody is deceased, then their current place of residence is deceased. Some later forms may ask for the year of death. The DS 230 does, so be prepared for that.

Thanks! So let's see:

1. The information about putting only the first last name was wrong, then? I haven't seen why to only put the first last name, so I was questioning that.

2. Is typing "Huntington B." and then including an addendum for it fine, then? Also, I have two where the town South Burlington. This doesn't fit either. Is So. Burlington fine, or addendum for that, too ><

3. USA ok? United States of America doesn't fit.

4. Mexico (deceased) ok? That seems to make the most sense to me.

Sorry to do this, but I'm just trying to make sure everything is in order!

1. My fiancee is latina, and has two last names. I use only her first (father's) last name on the forms, as I read somewhere in the guides. On the G325-A, do I do the same for her parents?

2. Also on the G-325A, one of my cities of past residence doesn't fit. Addendum for that? I could write it in, but it'd be really small. It's Huntington Beach, so I was thinking to put "Huntington B." in there (that's all that will fit) and then just have an addendum stating the full name.

3. G-325A again, for nationality for me, USA or American?

4. One more thing, her father is deceased. Should I state that somewhere on the G325-A? It seemed like it would be appropriate in the last section, country of residence, to name the country and say (Deceased) or something, since he's not really living anywhere.

5. Am I worrying too much about small details like these?

I'm sure I'll have more, but I think that's all for now!

I actually did look over the example again, and it looks like the proper way is to put only the country in, according to that. There's a spot for state specifically on page 2, so save that for there.

Other than that, just having the fiancee do her part and she's going to UPS air the forms to me, should only take a couple days. Then I think I'm good to go ><

1. Okay, I have to admit that it made me giggle a little bit when you asked this Please don't leave your name as Christophe because your name will go on the files that way Writing your name in ink while the rest of the form is typed is absolutely fine. I had to do that because my hometown wouldn't fit in the space

2-4. Same thing, just write it in by hand as neatly as you can. Make sure it's not too hard to read because they will send you an RFE saying it's illegible. If you're too concerned about it, you could always just send a supplementary sheet numbered with the information that won't fit.

One of my credit cards has me as "Christophe" and I hate it

For 2, I'll just include a supplementary sheet. It's a really long address.

For 3 and 4, it sounds like you're saying to write in the state and country? The first reply said to just write the country, so I'm a little confused!

There's a lot of information about what forms are needed when in the guides, you should check them out.

Thanks a lot. I looked at some examples, but none of them had countries with states, so it wasn't too clear to me what to do. The name thing bugs me too! But thanks!

I have a couple little problems that I'd like to prevent becoming bigger problems. I searched for few minutes but couldn't really find anything relevant, I hope I didn't totally miss anything. This is all regarding the I-129F.

1. My first name doesn't fit on the I-129F when typed! It's Christopher, and the r gets chopped off. Should I just write it out, while leaving the rest of it typed? Or can I leave it as Christophe?

2. My fiance address does not fit into line 2. How do I handle this?

3. For the (State or Country) part of item 2, she has a state and country, however, both won't fit in there. How do I handle that?

4. Item 3a, same thing, it has a (State/Country) box but they both don't really fit in there

Thanks a lot for any help that can be provided!