chorosizzle

CONGRATS!!! Only 2.5 months from NOA1 to visa approval. That has got to be record time. Now you can relax for a couple of months.

What a great feeling knowing your loved one will be with you shortly.

Good luck with your AOS.

Thank you!!! Good luck to you too! The end is almost in sight!

Congrats,

Can I ask what the 2 questions were?

Thanks!! they were silly, just "what did your fiancee do in Caracas when she lived here?" and "How did you meet?" ... he said they were very smiley and pleasant.

Got the visa approval today after just 2 interview questions!!!!!!!!!!!!! On cloud nine

Hi,

My fiance has an interview next Tuesday but he lost his police record. It will take 8 days to get a new one issued and he really doesn't want to lose his interview date.

But he has a scanned copy that he made before he misplaced the original. Is it ok to bring that only?

I am sure they'll ask for the original, but can he just bring that back to them 2 days later? Or do you think he would have to wait weeks to interview all over again?

Thanks!!

Also, while my fiance was visiting me for a few months, we got the K1 (129F) petition ready. There's a box you check that basically says "is your fiance visiting you right now in the US" but it doesnt influence the petition from what I've heard. So you submit that once she enters the US, and she can stay with you until she needs to return to interview in CCS.

Well, I guess I'm a little confused now. I thought we didn't have to worry about entering the U.S. with intent to marry as long as we showed she didn't intend to immigrate and would be returning to VE to complete the K3 process?

I think it's just cleaner if you do it abroad. That way there's no question of lying at entry points. But I don't know anyone who's married in US and then applied for a K3.

K-1 is the quickest option, and for us there was less visiting time in the US before he could apply for a work permit after our wedding. So our decision on WHERE to have our wedding was also a financial one (and emotional since being unemployed and newly immigrated can be very lonely!).

So, since K1 is quicker (and you can visit the petitioner while both a K1 and K3 are in process), I don't see why you would choose K3 over K1.

March 3rd! Very excited Now have to rush to get all this I-134 stuff together

I think you'd run less risk if you were to marry her in Vzla, start the visa application process, and then have her come visit you with the proof of intent to return. If they find that she had intent to marry upon entering the US on a tourist visa (I've heard they can read emails, etc.), they can bar her entry for several years. We just did a fiance visa, and though we seemed to just get lucky, it only took us 3.5 months from submitting the packet to his interview date! Buena suerte!

Congratulations!!!!

Can anyone tell me how you notice a 'touch'. I signed up for updates..but have never gotten anything. Does that mean my application is lost?

thanks,

Jeremy

I didn't receive email/text updates for touches or NOA1, only got email/text for the NOA2.

https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/jsps/login.jsp

You can't count on anything's being looked at that's taken to the interview. Can you e-mail the consulate ahead of time? If you have scanned documents to attach in order to bolster your case, you can do that; or, at least provide COMPLETE contact information for people who can vouch for your reasons for not being there, si man.

That's a great idea-- thanks!

Did you all notarize your tax returns as well? I am just including the copies I got from the IRS...

I tried copying it here - hope it helps.

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This is great--thank you!!!

Yep - Gross annual income before taxes and deductions. You can interpolate the current years income but it cannot be proved since it is not "real" income yet and in this economy nothing is for sure.

For factual data, provide your latest years salary. Submit a Letter of Employment from your employer stating your salary or pay rate, hours you work, how long you have been employed, full time / part time, etc... all relevant information and have it signed and dated by a authorized company individual.

Provide a minimum of two years tax returns and w2's, bank statements and pay stubs. Check out the guides here on VJ, they are very helpful.

I included the following:

I-134 cover letter (optional)

Complete signed and dated I-134

Letter of Employment

Most recent 6 months bank statements

Most recent 6 months pay stubs

Copy of Tax returns for 1040, 1040A and W2's (atually I forgot the w2's but there was no problem - whew)

Everything included was outlined on the cover letter including our case number, names, consulate address etc...

Hope that helps.

Thanks! What did your cover letter say?

Would a letter from me explaining why I'm not there help (or even be looked at)?

(BTW I do have a very serious reason why I can't be in Venezuela, it's not work or money issues)

Would a letter from me explaining why I'm not there help (or even be looked at)?

Thanks, and good luck to you. Hopefully I will know soon whether or not it's true. I'll let you know if it takes longer or not.

Would that delay the process for the NOA2 receipt? or after? at what point does the foreign fiance get investigated?

Same here... ours was approved Jan 20th. I heard you are supposed to call the NVC hotline to get your NVC case number at some point (and apparently you can use that to set up an interview date with your embassy?) but I am not sure about any of this!

Can my fiance get his medical exam since we have the list of Embassy doctors already?

I don't know our NVC case number yet, but we got a NOA2 last week.

Thanks!

I got a text message and an email from them simultaneously. The email said the petition was approved and the text said the case had been updated. Then I checked online, and it said basically the same thing as the email (same date/ language).

yeah isn't it amazing!? the email said:

"Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On January 20, 2010, 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."

I actually grumbled when I first saw it b/c I assumed it was an RFE!

Thanks! I have absolutely no idea why it happened so quickly aside from the countless hours we spent preparing it (which everyone does)! Good luck to you all, I'm hoping the best for you and your loved ones!!

We just got our NOA 2!!!! this is ridiculous, it's only been 37 DAYS!!!!!! go VSC!!!! =) =)

Just got our NOA 2 email!!!!!! woohoooooooo!!!! sent the pack on December 14th so it's only been 37 days!!!

Felicidades! Mi Caraquenio and I are waiting for a NOA2... great to hear your good news