WeatherEmperor

hi all,

yes, I sponsored my ex over in 2004. Then helped her sponsor her parents in mid 2009 (she did not have enough income) when she became US citizen. They came to the states in late January 2010 and I also opened a Nail store as a family business to help them having jobs in Feb 2010. Shortly after they came, we were separated and a divorce was in daily threat (I slept in my car or at the store to avoid further argument or conflict). While depressed, I met my wife on the internet, at first as pen-pal. Then I lost my job in in April (after taking a full week off to set up the Nail store so that it could be open on the good-luck day of Feb as they believed), the divorce was coming in the following week and finalized in May 2010. I then went to VN in August to meet my wife and we married in October 2010. I stayed in VN for 3 months and came back late Nov and filed I-130 for my wife. I wished I could go back there to visit her again but I just got my job back in Feb and it is hard to get off from work with this current downturn in US economy. And here we are...

What could happen to my situation and my case? What other things I could do beside asking Senator/Congressman for help? Please advise. Thanks

The first thing you need to do is let go of the past. You made many mistakes but there is nothing you can do to change that now. Right now, your case is in AP. Honestly, there is almost nothing you can do now except to wait. Yes, you can ask your Senator/Congressman but all they can really do is inquire about your case at the Consulate. They cannot force the Consulate and CO's to do anything. Like I said before, prepare yourself for a long wait. Find a distraction to reduce the stress of waiting. It won't be easy...

Hello,

Welcome to the world of AP. The past cannot be undone. Just move on and accept the reality that you may have to wait several months to get a result from the Consulate. As others have suggested, start doing research on Google on how to contact your Senators/Congressman. They are unlikely to force the Consulate to speed up the processing but at least they can continue to make inquiries on your behalf and let the CO's at the Consulate know that you are still serious about your case.

I recommend that you and your wife find something to do to make time go faster. I went back to school and it is proving to be a pretty good distraction from all the stress. Things are going pretty well for my fiance and I even though we hit a little bump in the road recently. Just prepare yourself for a long and frustrating wait. If you have the time and money, I would say pack up your stuff and visit your wife in VN for a while. Lastly, keep us posted on your progress. Don't be shy. We are all here to help you. Good luck

Forgive me for my ignorance, I thought relatives in the United States was prepared by the beneficiary since they are asking for the beneficiaries relatives, right?

That is correct. They want the relatives of the beneficiary.

I don't know if the blue slip specifies who needs to prepare it but I have seen blue slips that state something like this:

"Please provide full names, dates of birth, and addresses of the Beneficiary's relatives in the US."

I am not sure if it really matters who prepares the document, as long as you create it and submit it to the Consulate according to the instructions given on the blue slip.

Hello,

Is the 10-year residency history request for the petitioner? Or the beneficiary? Or both?

And is the list of relatives in the US for the petitioner? Or the beneficiary? Or both?

Can anyone clarify this for me? Thanks.

The 10 year residency information can be for either the petitioner or beneficiary or both. This document is typically requested on a blue slip. The CO decides if they want it for either or both you and your fiance. The best advice would be to prepare this before the interview and have it ready just in case the CO asks for it.

The list of relatives is a document that has to be prepared by the petitioner. This list should include as many relatives as possible of the beneficiary that are living in the US.

I hope this helps. Good luck

It's been 1 month in AP for us. So far we are hanging in there. I am keeping myself busy with school and Thu is spending time with family. Will be contacting my Congressman very soon to see if that helps. Will update next month

I would prepare the 10 year residency document for yourself and for your wife. I would also prepare a timeline just in case. I only had the timeline for my fiance at her interview. If I had the 10 year residency papers, maybe we could have tried to get the CO to accept it but I guess we will never know.

The 10 year residency for yourself should be made be you and notarized in the US if you can. Most bank branches do notarization for free. I know the UPS Store does it for like $5-$10. Your wife should prepare her own 10 year residency and try to notarize it in VN.

Buy the ticket and I'll deliver it.

haha very funny Roger! It's my fault really. I had to get the darn HTC Evo 3D and now she wants my Blackberry. Ah oh well. I guess I will hold off on this for a while. Thanks guys!

The taxes on items all depends on how much the item cost. If you wanted to save money why don't you just go over there and give it to her personally.

So I gotta spend over $1300 to go and give her the phone? Sounds kind of expensive don't ya think

No seriously, I won't visit her until December. I just figured, if somebody from VJ was already going to VN that maybe they can take the phone for me. I have done this a lot for other people so it's no big deal. I think I know what to do now. Thanks for the help guys

OP - I sent my 1st Gen IPhone to my fiancée and it cost about $40 to sent it.

However, when the phone was delivered my fiancee had to pay a $20 tax on it. This is based on the declared value I suspect.

I used USPS and it's pretty reliable.

Did you use USPS Express Mail International? I heard that one is about 1 week shipping time. Did you also put any insurance on the package and how much did you put for declared value on the shipping paperwork?

Hello everyone,

I am sure this has been answered hundreds of times.......I have a question. I have a Blackberry Tour 9630 that I am no longer using. It is an international phone and it works in VN. I want to airmail it to Thu because I got a new phone.

Am I allowed to ship electronic devices (cell phone) to VN without issues? If so, what taxes could I expect to pay? If anybody is going to VN (HCMC) soon, would it be ok if I had you take it with you?

Prison marriages surprisingly can last for many years.

I submitted my 10 years residency already and currently in AP. I plan to buy a house very soon and would like to move out of my current address. I'm afraid that if I move, then it can cause some more red flags.

Do they verify where I live? I just don't know when they are going to let me know the result.

Thanks

I am in a very similar situation as you are in. I have been in AP for over 3 weeks and I still don't know for sure what to do. In fact, I passed up 2 job offers in Orlando just 1 day after I was put in AP because I was afraid that would create more red flags if I move from Miami to Orlando. We also had to submit the 10 year residency documents. Chances are if they asked for that document specifically, they are going to investigate the address. Some have suggested that if you do decide to move to a new address to give the Consulate an updated 10 year residency document with the new address. I have absolutely no idea if the Consulate will care or if they will make a big deal out of it. I looked in the AP thread to see if others went through the same thing and I was not able to find a good enough sample size to determine if this is a good idea or not. Right now I am clueless on what to do.

As for your case I would say that if it is an extreme emergency that requires you to leave your current home, then go ahead and buy the new house. But if it is not a big deal where you live right now then I would say just stay where you are. No sense in creating more worry in your mind for something like this. That's just what I would do if I were in your shoes. Good luck and please keep me updated on your progress okay?

Bug them until their ears bleed.

When do you think I should start contacting my Congressman? So far it has been just shy of 3 weeks in AP.

You can also try to use print screens. I had Thu take print screens from inside Yahoo Messenger for example showing our Video Calls and our chat conversations. We printed them out for proof she brought to the interview. I hope this helps. Good luck

It was incompleted medical on the first interview, added to that was almost a year wait for the result of the sputum tests from the two Medical. The visa medical staff kept insisting on the sputum tests after her x-ray shows a tiny white spot which they thought it may be TB. Everything was clean, but it did take several months for the test to come back when the medical is only good for 6 months. Our case was on hold, didn't get touch and ran out of time until I showed up at the Consulate several times to request to expedite..2nd medical was done again..same test, same wait..but this time it was approved before the medical expired..Whew

This was all before the new Consulate chief got there..everything was much slower in the previous years.

So..keep in mind the expiration dates for these items: Police Cert. and Interview (1 yr), Medical (6 mons). If you get approved in the first round, then don't worry..but if the case gets delay for some reasons, pay attention to the deadline and press on (ie..Consulate visit, Congressional inquiry) to get the case look at and not going on the merry-go-round.

Good luck to you!!!

I don't want to get off topic but for somebody that is in AP, how often should they make an inquiry to the congressman like senators and representatives? Does this work? I really want to keep inquiring over and over but I worry they will get angry with me. What is your advise?

Hi!

Everything on your list looks good. The only thing is, I would still bring the money transfer receipts but tell your fiance not to voluntarily give it to the CO. I have heard some crazy things about money transfers and K1 visas. Bring it to the interview, but only show the CO if they ask for it. Everything else looks great. Good luck and keep us posted ok?

Wow that is awesome! Maybe I should start pushing my Senators to get me out of AP. Somehow, I don't think I will be as lucky as you though

Dear friends,

After about nine month since we submit the additional paperwork to support our K1 visa, we have a email from US Consulate in HCM to tell us that they are in the process of returning our case back to USCIS for further review/denial--the body of the email as below. Can some one help us what we need to do next please!

"After a thorough review of the facts of this case, a consular officer has recommended that this petition be returned to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) for their further review and possible revocation or denial. The beneficiary’s case is now being prepared for return to the service center at which the petition was filed. The process for returning the case can take several months. Once this process is completed, we will inform and return all personal items submitted in support of the application to the beneficiary."

Thank you for your time!

US-VN

I remember reading some details on your case last year:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/271217-resubmit-additional-paper-work/

I am so sorry that your fiance did not get the K1 approved. I want to ask you some questions. At any time while your case was in AP, did investigators from the Consulate go to your fiance's residence to ask questions? Did they also call you or members of your family in the US for questions?

I think you should PM Scott or Jim to ask what to do next. They know this process well and have been giving me good advice

Please add me to the list.

K1 Visa:

First Blue (May 23, 2011): Timeline, 10 year residency (petitioner), 10 year residency (beneficiary), loe (letter of explanation: for matchmaking agency we used to meet)

Second Blue (June 20, 2011): Additional Processing (AP)

I remember you. Howdy!

The list of stuff they asked for may have just been a stalling tactic while they finished their investigation. If you look in the HCMC AP thread you'll see the odds of ultimately getting approved after AP are better than 50%. Hang in there.

Hello Jim. Yes, I briefly took a look at the AP thread. A few of them were out of AP within 2-3 months even though they were a coin toss between denial and approval. But I see a lot of them between 6-9 months. Oh boy that will be tough. I have a feeling that the waiting will be a lot like the Petition stage with USCIS all over again but this time at the Consulate.

I need your support guys. I can't get through this alone

I was just in doral last week we could have met up before I left. Will be back there end of July if you are around.

Yes I will be here. I live in Kendall. We can meet up when you get back. I feel like I have lost direction. The good thing is that I was warned that this could possibly happen so the pain is not too bad.

I'm in AP as well. We got our second Blue last week.

Oh my gosh. I am sorry to hear that.

I feel so bad because now I am stuck where I am at. I worry I am not allowed by the Consulate to get a new job or move someplace else because I worry they will deny our case from AP. I figure that is why they ask for that stupid 10 year residency document. This is sooo frustrating. I was totally looking to moving to another city

Hello,

I hope you remember me. I left VJ last year because of something stupid.

Long story short: My fiance's ex-boyfriend played a sick joke on me. Long story short: He told my fiance to tell me that she slept with a guy at a party she was at. If she did not do this, he threatened to kill her family. This SOB was taken care of and after some healing, my fiance and proceeded with the K1 journey.

My fiance had her interview on May 23 and got a blue slip requesting the following: Timeline, 10 year residency (petitioner), 10 year residency (beneficiary) and an "loe" (letter of explanation) about the matchmaking agency we used to hook up. It said to submit the documents on June 20. My fiance submits the documents on June 20 and gets another blue slip for AP.

My fiance and I are not divorced. We have no children and were not introduced by family. Our only red flag was meeting at the matchmaking agency in Singapore. We put a lot of proof of all 4 meetings in the I-129F. We also put a short 2 page timeline in it. The interview on May 23 was smooth. She had a nice CO who asked about 20 questions: How did you meet? Where did you meet? How old is he? Where does he go to school? What is his job? etc. The CO never yelled at my fiance. She says it was nice and smooth.

This is so frustrating after what we went through last year with the ex-boyfriend situation.

I wanted to re-located to a different city for a better job but I am now afraid to do so since they are investigating us with the 10 year residency that they asked for. For those of you that went through AP, what is your advise for dealing with it?

I actually may be in a similar situation in a few months. I will actually file my I-129F petition next month but there is a high probability a new job position will open up around Thanksgiving this year. I would love to accept the new position but not at the expense of the K1 visa for my fiance. I would like to others' experience on this issue as well

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