Savath

Hello,

That is normal. It is an auto response as you already know. It just tells you what are the requirement for asking into a case.

The real response will come from a human 3 to 4 days later.

Hope this help.

Hello Khmerboy,

Assuming everything is good at NVC, you will receive an appointment e-mail or letter (if you do not have e-mail).

Then you can go to Cambodia and stay until interview if you like.

Common practice is to buy round trip ticket for yourself but leave the return date as open.

Your wife can come to the US anytime after she is granted a visa. Now you can go to travel agency in Phnom Penh and buy one way ticket for your wife and have your return date assigned the same date with your wife.

There should not be problem because the I-134 is already filed and the interview is very soon.

He is just "planning", so do not stress out about it. Besides, as long as he is working and earn enough money to meet the requirement

your friend will be fine.

If he does change the job before interview then she can ask him to send her the new job description and the address of his new employment

and employment letter. If he has enough time he can redo the I-134 to reflect the new job and give to her to take to the interview.

Hope this will help.

I am very sorry to hear about the denial of visa.

Since you have already married with her (even though not legally) you have a huge obligation to make sure she get to the U.S.

Please do not rush your next steps. Spend time and do more research. If you have to marry for real this time then go for it.

From reading in this forum there will be a lot of explanations from you and her in the next interview. I think you should be there again to prove that you care for her. Be prepared for tough questions.

I wish you luck.

Hello All,

Thanks for your inputs.

Hello All,

So many conflicting information regarding the best way to send evidence of meeting photos.

Are they supposed to be in a bag?

Print them on regular white paper?

Put them in photo sheets?

Well, what was your method that got accepted recently ?

Please share.

Thanks

Hello 129FK1,

DS-160 replaces all the forms you mentioned above.

Here is the link to the instruction from the Phnom Penh embassy.

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/cambodia/231771/PDFs/k1_visa_instruction_english_08_16_13.pdf

By the way, how did you send photos to USCIS when you sent in Form 129F. I heard you can put them in a plastic bag, other said to print them in regular paper

I hope you can share your experience.

best of luck

When you send I-134 you have to send proof of incomes with it. this includes tax transcripts and other proof of income if you have any such as bank statements.

Your fiancee need to only bring the second part of the requirements on instruction form OF-169 for her interview.

Heng Heng

Please read the link above carefully. That is instruction from Phnom Penh embassy. It tells you exactly what you need to do.

It gives you the link to fill out your form DS-160 online. By the way, DS-260 is for Married couple. You are K1 and you need DS-160 as instructed by the embassy.

For convenience, here is the link again.

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/cambodia/231771/PDFs/k1_visa_instruction_english_08_16_13.pdf

Wish you luck and please keep posting/sharing the progress of your journey.

To LoveHerForever

Those forms you described above are no longer needed.

You only fill out DS-160 online and print the receipt to mail back to the embassy to get the appointment for interview.

Please click on link below to read the requirements

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/cambodia/231771/PDFs/k1_visa_instruction_english_08_16_13.pdf

Hello Heng Heng

Happy for you.

Hare is the answer I found from Our portal written by X2BW (Nob Jet).

Nob Jet just got K1 visa on 10-24-13. Congrat.

Here it is:

What you need to do now while you wait for the embassy to recieve your case:

Fill out I134 and gather all the document that support that form: employment letter, bank account verification, life insurance if you have it, copy of W2, copies of pay stub for at least 6 months if you have it.

Fill out the other form for your fiancee and make a note on where she needs to sign and date.

Once of have all of the above mail it to her. If she recieves the document prior to you hearing from the embassy then it is OK. Tell her to wait and hold on to it. Then as soon as you find out that the embassy received your case and ready for Packet 3 you can tell your fiancee to sign and date and mail it to the embassy on the same day. No time is wasted.

After the embassy process packet 3 they will issue you your interview date and once you get the interview date is when you go out and do your medical and gather all other documents that is required at the time of interview.

Hello romanticminds,

It is very nice to hear from you, especially the experience you had at Phnom Penh embassy. As you know, not many Khmer people came back to share their stories and give advice to the next couple.

Please accept my sincere congratulations on your marriage and wish you and your wife best of luck.

Hope and Pray,

Please do not waste anymore time. Read carefully all the above help/advice from good people who care to share.

Follow those you think applied to you and your fiance(e) and start doing it now.

You do not have interview date yet ( from your time line) so you have at least 2 months to make call or send email.

Again, read each and every advice above. I think they cover what you need.

Good luck

You still have at least 2 more months before interview to come up with more evidences of continuing relationship.

Start now by writing emails to each other daily or weekly what ever you can. Broken English is OK from Cambodia as long as one can tell the meaning.

Start using Rebtel or other phone service that can give you record of call made to Cambodia. A person in Cambodia can go to internet cafe to call you and ask for a receipt each time or if you have ATT or Tmobil you can print your bill showing incoming call from Cambodia.

You must do it now so that at least you have 2 months of evidences.

Phone cards can not tell anybody anything because one can just pick them up from sidewalk.

Hope this will help.

Hello CalvHob,

I see the discrepancy between CSC and Vermont center (5months for processing F2A).

I saw this happened before around 2002 where cases for CR1 took more than 2 years to be touched. Vermont center at the same time took 7 months.

There is not much you can do.

Hope they will start moving your case soon.

Thanks Aåmïr,

Your link is very helpful.

I hope the recent cases will help write their experiences and keep the topic up to date.

Hello DavidLovesPheap,

Congrats!!!!!!!!

So happy for you and your fiancée.

Cannot wait to see your experience at the interview. The more detail, the better.

I think all member will learn a lot from it.

Once again wish you happiness with your future wife.

Sorry you have all this mess.

I think she should not have problems if , like you said, she used different last name to work in Thailand.

Therefore, she is a complete different person as far as paperwork concerns.

Now, she needs to have her passport that matches her real name on her birth certificate that you send with your application.

If there was fingerprints taken when she entered Thailand then it may be problem.

Hope this helps relieve your anxiety a bit.

Hello ALL,

Need help filling out I-864EZ

Line 18: This I know is my own current income alone, but line 19 is not clear to me.

I am married and filed joint income tax return 2008 and 2009 1040EZ with my husband.

Question:

Line 19 Checked Box

[ I have filed a Federal tax return for each of the three most recent tax years. I have attached the

required photocopy or transcript of my Federal tax return for only the most recent tax year.]

Q: Should I check the box or not since my husband and I filed only 2 years (instead of three) of income tax (2008 and 2009).

We did not have income in 2007 so we did not file. We have worked since 2008 till present.

[ My total income (adjusted gross income on IRS Form 1040EZ) as reported on my Federal tax

returns for the most recent three years was ]

Q: Is this joint income for both of us? and do I have to write a letter to explain that

we had no income for 2007 and therefore no income tax filed for that year?

Thanks

updating biometrics

Pixie-Pooh...........07/07........Biometrics 08/17.....10 yr GC 09/04

kofuku................07/07........Biometrics 08/10.....10 yr GC 09/04

zmyal.................07/17........Biometrics 08/15.....waiting

6901...................07/24........Biometrics 09/12

widge..................07/30........Biometrics 09/12

bsokny 12............07/30........Biometrics 09/08 (completed)

mcutchin..............07/30........Biometrics 09/18

Lugn....................07/30........

Smoothsailing...... 07/31........Biometrics 09/14 but completed on 9/10.

Gene and Maria....07/31........Biometrics 09/10

dcl 766.................07/31........Biometrics 09/13 (completed as scheduled)

pj1959us..............08/15........Biometrics 9/29

ca_babe...............08/17........Biometrics 09/28

Hello ALL

I just checked my case status online and found out that a new card production had been ordered and to wait 30 days for its arrival.

That is SUPER FAST!!!! I cannot believe it! Thanks USCIS California.

bsokny 12............07/30........Biometrics 09/08 (completed)

10ys GC 09/12/07 (on line status ; new card ordered)

My husband and I are so happy!!!

Good luck the rest of you.

Hello all,

I would like to share information so that those who filed at around the same time can have idea what is going on.

7/28/2007 : sent I-751 to NSC

8/20/2007: Received NOA1 from CSC.

8/30/2007: Received appoinment letter for biometric for 9/8/2007 Chicago.

I sent in my I-751 on 7/28/07 to NSC and I got my Notice of Action today 8/20/07 from California Service Center.

The notice date on the receipt was 7/28/07 as well. So I have no idea how the notice date became like that.

The good news is the case is now moving forward.

From reading the previous posts, it seems that most of 7/28/07 applications had been processed by California center.

Good luck everyone.