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I am in a total panic!!!! My interview is in London on Tuesday and I was just checking through my paperwork again to ensure I have everything ready. I have only just seen on this forum that the I-134 has to be original and I only have a scanned copy from my fiance. I don't see how he will be able to get it to me in time now as I have to set off Monday lunchtime (I live a long way from London). Is it a given that I will get denied? If so, what happens - can I suppply the original afterwards or do I have to start the process again? This whole process is so stressful and incredibly complicated - it seems like you're destined to get things wrong (.

Hope someome can help here as we're a bit lost!

We've received a RFE relating to dissolution of our previous marriages. For both myself and my fiance, the RFE asks that we provide evidence of the divorce documents being civilly filed.

When making our application, we provided a notice of entry of judgement which was endorsed and filed by a court clerk for my divorce in the US, and we provided a copy of the decree absolute which was stamped by the county court for my fiance's divorce in the UK.

We have been through our paperwork again and have found a further document relating to my divorce which is very similar to the first, but does actually state that the judgement of dissolution has been entered. This document is also endorsed and filed by a court clerk in the US. However, my fiance has no further paperwork relating to her divorce other than the one already provided. She has even checked with her ex-husband and he has no other paperwork relating to the divorce other than what she has. She has a letter from her attorney which was sent with the document stating that this is an important document which she should keep safe because it would be needed in the future if she decided to remarry.

We have rung the USCIS and spoke with the customer services department. They suggested in the first instance that we should employ an immigration attorney. This isn't an option for us as we're both in the UK at present ... UK attorneys deal with immigration to the UK, not emmigration to the US. When we explained this, they suggested that we send the additional paperwork we have relating to my divorce together with the covering letter my fiance has from her attorney explaining the importance of the document already sent as part of the immigration application. They also suggested that we enclose a covering letter explaining that we have no further paperwork other than that supplied.

Ultimately, they advised that the decision about whether this would be sufficient is down to the officer assessing our case and that we would just have to 'give it another try'. They couldn't offer us any reassurance that sending the addtional information would satisfy the person assessing our case. We have already had delays in our application process due to an unexplained and extended period between the submission of our application and the USCIS' receipt of it, and a further delay between an email saying they were requesting further evidence and our actual receipt of it. We would much rather know if what we are sending is likely to be what they are looking for rather than just risking it and having to suffer more delays if this is not the case.

This is incredibly frustrating and very very stressful . Has anyone else been through something similar - has anyone any advice they can offer us please - we would be most grateful. Many thanks in advance.

Many thanks for the reassurance. Our relative, who mailed the package for us, checked and our Application was received and signed for yesterday (phew!). No idea why it took so long to get there, but it's there and that's all that matters. As I said, lets hope everything else goes smoothly for us from here on.

We mailed our K-1 Visa Application on 8th January. We sent it registered delivery but don't have a tracking number. Our check hasn't been cashed and we haven't received a NOA1 yet. Questions - if anyone can give us peace of mind we would be grateful:

1. How long should it take for the check to be cashed?

2. When should we expect to receive the NOA1?

3. How is the NOA1 received - email/post or both?

4. If our check isn't cashed/NOA1 received within the expected time period, what's the next course of action?

We're really worried as it would appear from reading this site that we should have probably received the NOA1 by now. We have concerns about the delay having to resend will cause and that the documents may have fallen into the wrong hands - those application details are like gold dust for anyone engaged in identity theft!

Lets hope this isn't an omen of things to come or perhaps we'll get our bad luck out of the way at the beginning.

Many thanks