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So today I told my fiance this crazy story And I showed him both signatures. And he couldnt figure out what they mean. Mainly because in Romania, when you write your name it starts with family name, then you have your surname. Usually the same when you sign your name. You just use the family name or a few letters of it. So my new signature didnt really make sense to him... Anyway he suggested I should go change my passport again... I dunno if those people at the police section are gonna believe my crazy story or they will consider it suspicious activity, since I changed my passport 2 weeks ago!!

Gees, I cant believe Im so stupid

Well I dont get it. Isnt it what they want? For me to get married to my fiance? Arent they 'forcing' us to play everything by their crazy rules? Its not like Im already married and Im lying about it.... It will become my married name, yes. Besides, it's just a signature, its not his entire family name... it's just 2 illegible letters. Just like my old signature didnt look anything like my family name.. If its not a good idea, then i'll just tell them I got bored of my old signature and chose a new one Cause I didnt know im not allowed to do it....

I think I did a pretty dumb thing and now I'm freaking out!! I thought since I'm gonna be married soon, I could already practice my new signature , which I like more than my old one I don't know if that's illegal, stupid or whatever but I did it. So I started using it a lot at work and everywhere I guess. A few months ago when we petitioned for K1 I used my old signature on all the forms and I had the same signature on my old passport. Now, I'm getting ready for the interview and I'm filling in forms in package 3 (DS230 I). I used my old signature on this form, cause it made sense to me, but then I realized that I signed my new passport with the new signature. (I changed my passport at the beginning of this month). So basically now I dont know what to do.... Having 2 signatures is obviously insane, if not illegal, so how can I fix this problem??? Please advice! I haven't send back the forms yet cause I dont know what to do.....

In terms of a signature, it doesn't matter. If you can make anything of Alla's signature, I will give you the grad prize! It is the same eligible squiggle before and after marriage. The only thing I would concern myself with is that with a K-1 you CANNOT be married before entering the United States and anything that indicates you have "changed your name" could be questioned. I would be very careful about how you refer to yourself until after your marriage in the USA. Though you can certainly sign something anyway you like

You're right. I dont wanna raise any suspicions. Maybe I didnt make my story very clear. Im not married yet, just engaged and I didnt change my name. I just changed my signature. You know how sometimes very young girls (not my excuse though) dream of getting maried with the guy they are in love with so they try to see what their signature could look like if they would get married to him... So it all started with a silly 'game'... trying to create a new signature for the day when i will be married. In my country you are supposed to use your new signature when you sign your marriage certificate, so I said to myself I should practice before that And I practiced so much that I forgot about my old signature and started using the new one.... It's too tiny on my new passport to figure out if it looks like my fiance's name, so I really hope noone will notice.

We dont use the Cyrillic alphabet in Romania. We use the Roman one.

Ok, thanks for the answers! I feel much better now If anything, I will have to explain them my crazy story at the interview

I think I did a pretty dumb thing and now I'm freaking out!! I thought since I'm gonna be married soon, I could already practice my new signature , which I like more than my old one I don't know if that's illegal, stupid or whatever but I did it. So I started using it a lot at work and everywhere I guess. A few months ago when we petitioned for K1 I used my old signature on all the forms and I had the same signature on my old passport. Now, I'm getting ready for the interview and I'm filling in forms in package 3 (DS230 I). I used my old signature on this form, cause it made sense to me, but then I realized that I signed my new passport with the new signature. (I changed my passport at the beginning of this month). So basically now I dont know what to do.... Having 2 signatures is obviously insane, if not illegal, so how can I fix this problem??? Please advice! I haven't send back the forms yet cause I dont know what to do.....

Hello everyone! I have a question regarding the interview.. I got my NOA2 and a letter from NVC(not a hard copy) already for my K-1 petition.. And my question is that

1. What will i do next? Can we set the interview now?

2. Who will call to set a date for the interview? Are they gonna call me or my fiancee to set it?

3. When should we have the interview? Are we gonna set an appointment in MEdical of my fiancee or will the Embassy take care of it?

Thank you guys and will wait for your answers.

I'm not sure if it's different in every country, but I can tell you what it's like in here.

Your fiancee (the beneficiary) should receive package no. 3 with instructions for the interview. She has to fill in some forms and send them back to the embassy. After sending them she can call the embassy to schedule for an interview or she can wait for the embassy to call her. Your fiancee can schedule for the medical any day from now. She will find all the instructions for the medical in package no. 3.

You should probably ask this question on the Philippinese forum and they can tell you what package no. 3 contains and you can start preparing the papers and forms.

Hope this helped you....

Just got package 3 from my embassy today. They're moving pretty fast... And I'm lucky that I didn't freak out or worry about getting it. We didn't even call NVC and I called my embassy twice... more like out of curiosity than impatience... We're not really ready for an interview yet, so we will probably try to delay it a bit....

Congratulations for the NOA2 DAnne and Gaynto...

and for the interview sched AfWeatherguy, ..

You guys here are absolutely amazing.. Ive been here in this forum since 2006 and the support u extend to everyone here are awesome..

On the 9th of November, .Me and my son will fly to Manila for almost 2 hours and will do the medical this week. and Interview next week. I think im more scared to do the medical exam coz of the vaccination compared to doing the Interview.. My greatest fear by the way are Needles,. lol

GOodluck to all of us here....

WOW.. looking at the list, there are only 9 more of us from VSC in the thread that are waiting! Come on VSC, you can knock out 9 today.. and CSC.. Could you just give us at least ONE! Please???!!!! Then it would really be a big party!!

I've only been on this site since September, but I have read a lot of the other threads for particular months, and I have to agree that the people in this group really are outstanding when it comes to giving support and communicating with each other. Makes me very, very glad to be a September filer!

Ha.. my greatest fear is needles too.. and spiders.. and if I were ever in a doctor's office, and saw a spider while they were giving me a shot, I think that would be the end of me

You're so funny. I used to be soooo scared of shots, that I would lock myself in the bathroom everytime I had to take one. Though I guess i was lucky that my mum is a nurse and was deffinitely better then to have a stranger doing it.... She is a lil obsessesed with taking blood tests to see if everything is ok, so eventually i had to get used to it. And what really helped is to think of my baby, to remember that a shot is a piece of cake compared to all we've been through and to imagine that he is with me holding my hand Oh it always helps!

Morning everybody.

It's way way too early for me to be up. But mom is having her surgery today and I have to take her. I keep thinking that it's just 2 more days until I see Mathew. Or the day after tomorrow, since it sounds quicker!!!

Hoping for good news for you all today! And me! NVC BETTER get my friggin' case or I'm gonna go 564684668 kinds of crazy.

We got NOA2.... Antonio called 5 minutes go! He beat the text message from USCIS by 2 minutes...!!!

VSC WOKE UP GUYS!!! :dance: :dance:

Congratulations!!!!!! Its so good to hear that another one of our crazy september 'gang' got their NOA2.

I deffinitely have no intention to lie or hide anything. I have to admit, i am a little scared now, but not much i can do about it.....

I think the key thing is that if your petitioner intends for you to actually obtain a visa, he'll need to find a qualified co-sponsor.

Yes, you're right. It's a key thing. We think his brother qualifies, but we haven't had the chance to go through all the papers yet, due to some health problems in the family So, right now I just want his dad to get better.

I deffinitely have no intention to lie or hide anything. I have to admit, i am a little scared now, but not much i can do about it.....

Thank you so much for your explicit answer. Now things are finally making sense for me. We will pay attention to all the papers and pray for a positive result at the interview! Thanks again!

My fiance just graduated from college this year and has no job at the moment. He is trying to set up a new business, which could take a while. We are approaching our interview date for K1 visa and we don't know how to handle the affidavit of support situation. We deffinitely need a co-sponsor, but is it enough? I mean we know the co-sponsor requirements and we are sure he will be able to follow them (the poverty line and such). My fiance isn't living on welfare or other government benefits. Would it help if he could prove he is just setting up a new business? What exactly should I say at the interview? Anyone in a similar situation? Couldl I be considered a public charge? Im not sure if I was very coherent. Im trying to read as much as possible about it, but every situation seems different.... Thank you!

Thanks for sharing with us details about your relationships and how you deal with stress and every day problems. All this time I thought its just us, that we are so different from the rest of the couples in here etc etc. So now that i know that everyone is going through pretty much the same problems, i will be even more greatful for what i have and for our relationship. I feel like I might have been too harsh at times...

I also got a question. We got NOA2 by email on the 23rd. Anyone knows how long before we get the hard copy? Besides NOA2 hard copy, will my fiance get some kinda instructions package from NVC?

Finally Congratulations!!

im gonna call them tomorrow.....

I got a question... if anyone can help. Is the H1N1 shot compulsory to take at medical check-out in any country? Has anyone heard about anything like that?

Oh my, our package just got at the embassy 2 hrs ago... Im so nervous... Hope we can get all the papers together before my interview... The package got to Romania and my fiance hasnt even received NOA2 hardcopy...

They said dont leave any gaps in time. I wrote unemployed and our visa was approved..

I-129F instructions - "Make the check or money order payable to U.S. Department of Homeland Security"

Might be good to read these instructions again. There are a few exceptions. You can find them on page 5 of the instructions. Good luck!

Register as applicant customer. You can put either your info or your fiancee's. I'd say fill in your info and your email so you can get email updates. You can also receive updates by cell phone. Just make sure to turn on alerts both for email and mobile phone.

IS THIS REAL ?

Post-Decision Activity

On October 20, 2009, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283.

IS THIS OUR NOA2?

ARE WE APPROVED? SHOULD WE EXPECT HARD COPY SOON?

I JUST CHECK OUR STATUS FEW MINUTES AGO...............

Wowwwwww! You are a very lucky couple! NOA2 in just 14 days!!! Thats amazing!!!! Congrats!

Register as applicant customer. You can put either your info or your fiancee's. I'd say fill in your info and your email so you can get email updates. You can also receive updates by cell phone. Just make sure to turn on alerts both for email and mobile phone.

You can register on USCIS website: https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard.do

There is a 'sign-up for case updates option'. My first update was the date they sent my NOA1 - 09/18/2009.

Then on the 22nd of october, it said last updated on 10/22/2009, so it meant was touched again. Everytime the 'last updated' date changes, it means that your file has been touched. You should create a portfolio on that website, where you add your petition number. And when you click on My Portfolio, you will see when it was last updated. How does it help? JUst to keep track of what is going on with your petition. Keeps you busy while waiting Remember that there was cases when the file hasnt been touched or updated... they just got their NOA2 and it was the only update since NOA1. It doesnt help to get faster approval... Good luck!! Hope my explanations were clear enough..

I kept my promise and prayed for those of you still waiting for NOA2 and i'll keep doing it till u all get approved!

Congratulations to all those who got their noa2. But seriously, don't make me cy here. I haven't even been touched!!! Those who already got their approval should pray for us all who didn't get theirs yet.

Hey, cheer up! I'll be praying for you! Might be tears of happiness tomorrow!!