MADforMEGHAN

Hi everyone, can anybody tell me how they found out that the embassy had logged packet 3 into their system as I sent mine a couple of weeks ago and I’ve still heard nothing (hope it’s not been lost).

Im getting worried because the expiration period for my NOA2 is on the 6th of Feb and I don’t want them to think I’ve abandoned the petition. I was slow gathering the info together and visiting my fiancée for nearly a month

in-between didn’t help. Would phoning them help confirm that we are still perusing the petition?

Had my interview on jan 29th and the visa arrived today - fast processing time!! Flying out to the US next monday, happy days

I hope everyone else who is waiting for their visa doesn't have to wait too much longer!!

Congratulations on your approval, please fill in your time line though its helps the rest of us allot.

how do I change my profile to indicate I have filed for K1?

my controls, then under the Personal Profile select edit profile information, scroll down till you see Immigration Status. select K1

Simples!

hope that helps

Thank you, both of you, that was the simple answer ive been looking for . im glad im not the only one thats been confused by this

So you've posted 4 topics in 3 days...try doing a search?

I have and still cant find a concrete answer, if you know it would have been allot more helpful to tell me, I wouldn’t have needed to post 4 topics in 3days if id had a helpful direct answer from somebody, I though that was what this site was for. im not very good at filling forms at the best of times let alone for something so important to me and my fiancée, all I have is this site! And comment like that isn’t being helpful

Hello everyone does the DS-156 need to be signed when returned to the embassy?

I’ve been trying to get these forms out the door for days now, im just trying to be thorough and get them right first time off. I got to the stage today after allot of reading and several VJposts, that I was ready to send it off today. luckily just as I was sealing the envelope I glanced at the UK embassy info page I had printed from this site and noticed that according to this I send the DS-230-1 signed, the DS-156 x2 un-signed, DS-156k un-signed, and the DS-157 no space for a signature.

The problem is I read on a post yesterday that everything is signed except the DS-156k & DS-157, so I have including the DS-156 which now apparently shouldnt be!!!!

What actually needs signing and what shouldn’t be until the interview

(please only answer if you actually know the answer, unlike the original source of my info!!)

thank you

I'm trying to remember now what I did ----- I think I left the State/province part blank.

Can you remember what packet 3 forms you signed when you sent them back, I was told on a thread yesterday to sign them all except DS-156k which you do at the consulate? But now just before im about to post it out I notice on the Embassy info page here on VJ that you dont sign the DS-156 either. Is that correct?

Easily one of the things I’ll miss the most about England, a beautiful fresh from the bakery still warm un-cut (and un-sugary) white loaf.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

This topic’s making me hungry, but its such a true story America your bread does indeed suck

Yeh, you got that right. At least, that's what I sent and my interview is on Monday so it can't have been that wrong

thanks and good luck with the interview

oh so i doesnt have to have the photo attached when sent of with the checklist? cool that will save alot of time

Q.32 - With Work Authorisation, Employer Unknown

and for the UKPA I'd put London, England, London since you've got no way of knowing which actual office produced it. This the HQ for the UKPA.

many thanks SunDrop, do you know if the photo that has to be supplied has to be U.S. format or can i get away with a uk sized one? it says 50mm x 50mm which i belive is US

Also is it ok to tick yes to intending to work in the u.s. but put unknown for employer (question 32 DS-156)

Was it issued by the UKPA?

Yes

Hello all im having great fun at the moment trying to fill in all the paper work for the embassy . and im now stuck on question 2 of the DS-156 (passport related) it reads as follows:

2. Place of issuance:

city

country

state/province

Now i presuming the city is london, and the country is obvious but what about the state/province bit is it London again??? any help is very much appreciated

Hi UK V.J.ers I was hoping you could help clear something up for me that has been confusing me since preparing packet 3 to be sent back to the embassy. When sending back the IV-15k and check list your meant to return the DS-230 pt.1, DS-156k, DS-156 and the DS-157 (x2) at the same time, right? (Same address as well?)

I presume when the instructions mention "do not send any documents with these forms" they are referring to evidence, photo's etc.. ?

Is that correct?

Thanks for your responses

Hello fellow VJ'ers

What’s the best way to contact the embassy in London regarding a K1? Is there an email address, as I don’t really fancy paying £1.60 per minute or whatever it is to phone them! im not really even sure as to what number to ring as regards finding out about where my packet 3 is, its been quite awhile since it left the NVC im starting to get a bit worried. Especially as there were several other couples who got there NOA2 at the same time as me and now have interviews! What can go wrong between that point and the interview other then it getting lost? Anyhoo im asking 2 many questions in one post.

Thanks for any help

!Yeah that’s fine, that or homemaker your choice. You could put none or N/A and just explain at the interview stage the USCIS and NVC aren’t interested in your employment really unless you said you were a nuclear weapons technician or something

It seems like they're always going on strike....are they really that badly treated or are they being greedy?

No there not treated badly at all ive worked for Royal mail before and its easy going their just being greedy, if they kick up a fuss every now and then Royal mail gives out £1000 incentive bonuses to every member of staff if the overall figures improve and they’ve done this quite a few times now so the staff know if they want a bonus just go on strike or at least the unions do.

I wouldn’t worry to much about the backlog it wont take long to clear, again its all extra money for the staff in overtime + as far as im aware its not a general strike different sorting offices are taking turns so there is a good chance it wont affect anything. As far as getting stuff lost there being a strike wont make any difference it just happens from time to time, There are plenty of other options to use courier wise: TNT, UPS, Parcel force (Part of Royal mail but doesn’t go through the same depots), FedEx, etc.... just google it

I keep reading in this forum about this Igor's List: what is that? and where can I see it?

Thanks for your replies

Igor's list is a page of stats. made up from members timelines, of the two US service centres (Vermont & California) regarding the progress of K1,K3,IR-1 & CR-1 Visas it is useful for tracking the progress of the various petitions that are currently being processed and is also used to build up sats. Regarding historical trends in processing times (i.e. NOA1 - NOA2 average times) and give people estimated dates of approval. As far as im aware that’s basically it, you can find the various statistics and lists under: Immigration Timelines (which is in the blue bar at the top of the page

APPROVAL BABY NOA2 approved yesterday, so it only took 52days! I was hopeful of a quick approval after watching Igor’s list slowly filling up for July and august and my estimated approval time going down, but still but I had no idea when we submitted the I-129F that it would be that quick! Vermont has really pulled their finger out in the last couple of months it seems. So if you’re a July, August filler and your still waiting watch this space I’ve been seeing chunks of approvals every day. Stay positive, it appears to actually works (my fiancé keeps telling me it every day and this pessimist is starting to believe!) your time will come, until then hold it down people

Peace, love, and endless happiness to you all

Is one visit enough to pass the interview at the Philippines. We met online at the end of February 2009. I visited in May 2009 for 10 days. We were together the whole time. We were formally engaged with an engagement party. I gave her a ring. I think i have enough proof of ongoing relationship. YM chat records for everyday, phone bills, emails, and 100's of pictures. I have a limited amount of vacation time. We both thought saving the time for when she arrives to adjust here and get kids enrolled in school would be better use of time than another visit. I plan to make the trip there to bring her back to the USA, and then have a week off. But I'm wondering if I need to make a trip for her interview to make sure there is more than one visit.

Only 6 months chatting online and 'one' 10 day visit. Yes, that's enough to get the petition approved, but I'd say you'd want to visit a few more, times just for your own relationship to develope more than anything else. There's NO substitute for spending face-2-face time together.

True story.

I would have thought you'd wana spend as much face 2 face time with the person your gona be spending the rest of life with as possible + she may not have asked but she might really appreciate you being there for support at the time of her interview if you're able to make the trip

The Immigration timelines are just averages. Your best bet is to get tha petition submitted and maintain your relationship as best you can.

Also no time like now to start to look ahead for what will be required at the interview.

Also no time like now to start to plan when you two are together.

Yeah im just trying to keep my head down and not think about how long its gona take, i just know that if it does take longer then the timeline suggests that is gona really upset my fiancé, part of me wish's that the timeline wasn’t there to tease us