HondurasGirlMeli

Thanks for the suggestions! Here is what I added:

• MONTHLY statements of bank & cc accounts, utilities since our marriage
• Apartment rental agreement from the first 2 years of marriage
• Car titles & loan info (which were bought after the RFE due to a totaled car).
• Pregnancy evidence - letter from doctor, 6 week baby class, sonogram pics and couple/prego pictures
• Tax Returns from 2011 & 2013
• Letters from sister, husband's boss (who knows both of us) and a close family friend.

The revised packet was received on 7/7/14, approved on 7/11/14 and a new card was received a week later!!!

Hello!

We submitted out I-741 packet 12/26/13 and received a RFE at the beginning of May. We have until July to re-send the packet.

Original packet - We submitted one page/statement (December '13) of each:

• 2 different banks - statements
• credit card statement
• credit card rewards
• donations (church, charity)
• House (appraisal, title, mortgage statement)
• Insurance (car, life, medical)
• Photos (2011: September, October, 2012: March - vacation, July - vow renewal ceremony in Honduras, November, 2013: Jan, April, June - first house, friend's wedding, August - friend's wedding, friend's visit, Color Me Rad 5k race, October - carving pumpkins) Some pictures with friends/family, some with just us.
• Utilities (AT&T, Madison Gas & Electric, Madison Municipal Services)
• Tax Returns 2012

RFE - specifically asked for evidence of joint residency & joint financial responsibility. I'm thinking to gather paperwork for the RFE I should probably add:

• Quarterly statements of all bank, cc, donations, etc since our marriage (July '11)
• Apartment rental agreement from the first 2 years of marriage
• At the time of the RFE the only loan we had was the mortgage & the bank would only put my name on it bc my husband didn't have any credit. Since then I had a car accident - which totaled my car. We've bought two cars since then. We asked to put "Melissa & Juan" on the title, but they put "Melissa or Juan." Now the car loan appears that its in my name with him as a secondary. I need to call I verify that.
• Copy of new car title / registration
• Copy of new car loan
• Copy of husband's renewed driver's permit; it expires 5/28/14.
• Copy of husband's registration to re-take driver's test.
• Pregnancy evidence - suggestions???
• Tax Returns from 2011 & 2013

Anything else I should include in the new packet?

I really appreciate any feedback/suggestions. Thanks all!

OR maybe her parents knows something none of us knows. Why was the post necessary in the 1st place, was it just for venting or advise. So we should be careful of advise given. Is there something culturally involved, b/c it sound as if she needs her parents approval for some reason.

@ATPEACE - I wrote this post for a couple of reasons, #1 - I was afraid. If my dad isn't okay with the situation then he will stop at nothing to deter the relationship. He has implied that he might try calling the embassy. I don't know about you, but the times I've tried calling I can't actually reach a real person. #2 - Venting. & #3 - Advice. I wanted to see what other people know about parental interference.

Regarding what my parents know. They don't actually, and that is part of the problem. They are afraid of every worse case scenario & stereotype. We won't be able to calm those fears until they have actually gotten to know my fiance. We did meet with a pastor who suggested that we do weekly skype calls, after about 10 minutes of arguing my dad finally agreed. We have yet to hold one, but my fiance is very excited to talk with my parents and answer any questions they might have.

One thing I know for sure is that I love my fiance, I want to spend the rest of my life with him and I'm committed to this relationship. I took about 3-4 months to research the different types of visa. I told my parents about the fiance visa and what it entailed and then I filed a year later. We're 7 months into this process and I'm not switching gears. Its my fault that my parents choose to ignore the situation (for a year & a half) and waited until the last minute to do something about the process.

No, my parents are not co-sponsoring.

It does appear that they were hoping that the relationship would just go-away. But, if I've been honest with them throughout the process than its not my fault they ignored the situation. Nor do I feel its my responsibility to change gears (or even consider changing gears) two weeks before our interview. On a side note, we may have to change our interview date back a month b/c we're having trouble getting his ID, passport & med exam.

Hello! My fiancé & I are less than two weeks away from our interview date. We knew from the get-go my parents wouldn't be in agreement but it seems that now they feel if its "God's will" then my fiancé should come to the States on a student or tourist visa, before possibly getting married, instead of a fiancé visa. From everything I've read and stories I've heard, it sounds like the Embassy already knows that we intend to get married so to switch gears now would be nearly impossible. (I.e. they wouldn't give a temporary visa when they already have paperwork in-hand stating that the couple intends to marry)

My fiancé and I have known each other for 5 years and have dated for 3 years. I told my parents about the visa process over a year before submitting the paperwork. But they are convinced that if I just explain to the embassy that it would be better for my fiancé to learn the culture, language and become acclimated before getting married, they will understand. I understand that my family wants time to get to know my fiancé before we get married, but the process only allows a 90 day window to marry.

My fiancé and I want to get married and we are committed to making it work. My parents, on the other hand are convinced that it won't work and it appears that they will go to any lengths to stop us. (They even mentioned calling the embassy themselves and explaining if they would just give my fiancé a tourist visa first that would be best; or not to give us a visa at all). FYI, both my fiancé and I are 28. We're not exactly rushing into this.

Thoughts? Suggestions? Help!

Hi all!

I received a letter from the NVC dated 11/19/10 stating:

"The State Department's National Visa Center has recently received an approved I-129F petition filed on behalf of your fiance. This letter is to let you know that within a week the petition will be forwarded to the appropriate visa-issuing post where your visa interview will take place. Your fiance will soon receive a packet with instructions from the consular section on how to apply for the K1 visa at that post and what documents will be requred. In the meantime, you should visit the Department of State's website at xxx to determine if the processing post has any information of which you should be immediately aware."

I saw from other people's timelines that they had to submit info to the NVC. In looking at my letter it doesn't appear that I need to at this point. I assume I wait to submit the Affadavit, DS-230 & DS-156, etc at the time of the interview? How can I verify that the packet was sent to the embassy in Honduras? (The NVC line is always busy when I try calling.) Will the embassy tell us when the interview date is or do we need to call and set it up?

Thank for your help!

Jorge:

I am very detail oriented myself. I put our entire packet together and then had an experienced lawyer look through everything (which still caught a couple very minor things we changed). Here is what my cover letter looked like. (Hopefully the formatting sticks when I post.)

Contents include:

1. Filing fee: payment in the amount of $455.

2. I-129F

a. I-129F Attachment: (Question 14, 15, 18)

3. G-325A (Petitioner)

a. G-325 Attachment

b. Passport style photo

4. G-325A and passport style photo (Beneficiary)

a. G-325 Attachment

b. Passport style photo

5. Petitioner Identification

a. Birth certificate

b. US Passport

c. Drivers license

6. Beneficiary Identification (including translations)

a. Birth certificate

b. Passport

c. National ID

7. Letter certifying intent to marry (Petitioner and Beneficiary)

8. Proof of having met in person in the past two years & an ongoing relationship

a. Email

b. Evidence of having lived in Honduras:

c. Facebook

d. Phone/Text message records

e. Pictures

f. Plane tickets

g. Reference Letters

h. Skype

i. Snail Mail

j. YouTube

9. Certificate of Accuracy

Then, I created a 'cover sheet' for each piece of evidence which stated: Evidence - Snail Mail; Petitioner: xxxx zzzz; Contents: with a list of what followed next. If I needed to put down specific information, i.e. here is my cell number, here is the beneficiary's cell number (with the 3 numbers he has had listed since we've dated) then I put that info on the evidence cover sheet. Hope this helps!

Hello! I submitted our K-1 visa paperwork on June 19, 2010. I want to go visit my fiance now ... but also think its important to be present for his interview. However, I don't have enough vacation time to do two trips if they are going to be close together. Since there are no guarantees on when the interview might be, how can I plan ahead to visit? Is it possible to visit before the end of the year and for the interview w/o the visits being back-to-back? Ideas?