Amyyduck

I'm with mine too in Miami...YAY:thumbs:

Lucky!!

I get to see mine again in 36 days!! woo hoo!!

I generally prefer over, but to be honest I get so excited when anyone else changes the roll at all that I couldn't care less which way it goes.

I'm flying off to see my fiancee tonight. Enjoy your weekends everybody. Hopefully the NOA2's start flowing before I get back

Woo hoo!!! have fun!!

Hey so I'm feeling soooooooooooo much better everyone. Thanks for all your support! It's so nice to have a place you can go to rant and talk to people who are going through the same thing you are!

Can you guys believe we're already basically halfway through October?! Where has the time gone? I swear it was JUST Oct. 1st like yesterday.

I was really hoping to have seen many more July NOA2's though by now We had that little burst of movement and now.. nothing?! What's going on!?

That seems like a waste of time to me. Any responsible adult knows better than to make their facebook profile open to the public. And if you're stupid enough to post incriminating evidence on VJ, then you deserve to get found out and denied for it.

People put way too much stuff out there these days for people to see. Whatever happened to privacy??

I have been touched again on the 11th just now could check it again, the signing in and out worked

YAY

Btw I also didnt sign my evidence Papers,.. there is sometimes even no space to sign them,..I dont think that is the issue, that would mean almost 10 out of us wud get RFE#s .. as long as attachment sheets are signed we shud be okay

Congrats on another touch!

When I was saying I didn't sign everything, I actually meant my supplements, like Q18 about meeting within the past 2 years and stuff. I'm definitely getting an RFE

Is that really all that I can do at this point? Talk to a lawyer? Is there even any reason to wait and see what the police report/subject access records say? Is there any point in continuing on with the K-1 process at all or are we just wasting our time??

Other than what can be found from a google/yelp search, does anyone know any good reputable immigration lawyers in the Boston area?

I can't believe that a simple, underage, petty theft charge could really do this. It's going to devastate my entire life. I'm heartbroken.

So I'm in the process of filing for a K-1 for my English Fiance. I've been reading around on different threads regarding police certificates, subject access reports, CIMTs, waivers, charges of misrep, etc etc.. and I'm becoming increasingly concerned.

My fiance has been arrested twice, both times under the age of 18. The first time was for (I think) some sort of fighting, he was taken into the police station but they didn't take his picture or fingerprints or anything and they just let him go. No charges, convictions, warnings or anything. I don't even know that this would have been put on his record. The second time he was arrested for petty theft. He was with a group of friends, two of which were caught attempting to steal something or other. They were all arrested and I don't know what happened to the others but my Fiance had his picture and fingerprints taken, and was given a caution. He was made to sign a form stating that he consented to accept the caution which I guess is a technical admission of guilt. This arrest is almost certainly on his record.

We've sent off for both his police certificate as well as his subject access reports from ACPO so we're waiting to see what they come back with. The problem is that I guess even petty theft is classified as a CIMT and he's traveled to the US multiple times since then on the VWP. He always unknowingly checked "no" to the question about being arrested/convicted of a CIMT. He has also recently traveled to the US under the ESTA program.

He was never convicted of anything, no charges were made, no punishments were given out, no fines, jail time, or probation. Nothing. This all happened when he was a minor (5 or more years ago) and it's never gotten in the way of him getting a job or anything. On the UK system, it's even been stepped down off his record by now. Neither of us even gave it a second thought.

Now I"m seriously having panic attacks that we're going to get charged with mis-rep because of that stupid, ambiguous CIMT question. I've read some of the waiver threads and I know that I don't really have any grounds to file for a hardship waiver. Does anyone have any advice? Or even just a few reassuring words.. I'd really appreciate it.

I think I just wet myself. I did not sign the supplement sheets either. I also assumed that since they were attached to the I-129F form, that the signature on the form also covers its attachments. I am going to be extremely mad at myself if I get an RFE on this.

I submitted a supplement for question 16 (Fiancee's name and address in her native alphabet) and question 18b (Description of having meet within the last 2 years).

I clearly stated on the top of each sheet "I-129F Supplement - Question XX"

I have no one to blame but myself. I must have read the instructions and guides 50 times, but that one sentence did not stick with me. I just looked back and sure enough it was the third sentence I read.

I really hope that this does not turn into a major delay.

At least it is only the supplements. All other forms and letters have their own signatures.

well I guess we're in this boat together then. I just double checked the instructions, it definitely says to sign and date any extra sheets. I don't have any idea how I missed this. Its frustrating. This whole process is frustrating and it's really stressing me out because I worry too much. For the most part though I've heard that getting an RFE doesn't slow down your process too much. Maybe only 2-3 weeks, especially if you're prepared for it, which, I guess, we are.

The great thing is we get to pool our money together for the big shindig and also doesn't feel left out of the wedding planning because he'll actually be here to participate.

LOL, my fiance is actually thrilled to be "left out" of the wedding planning! There are a few key elements he wants to contribute to, of course, but other than those, in his opinion, the less he has to be involved the better!

I work for a chiropractor and you should see some of the spinal x-rays I develop! People carry around too much stuff and it causes serious problems. Rolling backpacks/suitcases/briefcases really suck, and I completely loathe them (with the exception of at the airport), but I won't deny their usefulness.

Thanks alot! I might be back to ask for more help with this. Would an income of zero really be approved? He is unemployed at the moment but has savings of 12,000. I hope this helps

Hi Aoifemc,

I think you might have misunderstood what JoannaV was trying to say. For the purposes of the K-1 visa, the USC petitioner is ALWAYS the primary sponsor. Even if the USC makes no income whatsoever, the USC is ALWAYS the primary sponsor. If your fiance has savings of $12,000 he can put that on his affidavit of support, but it won't be enough to satisfy the required amount. If you use assets they have to be equal to 5 times as much as you'd need if it were income because the affidavit is in effect for 5 years. You will need a co-sponsor to make up the difference.

Hopefully that made things LESS confusing rather than more, as I know these things can be such a headache.

Good luck on the rest of your journey and if you have any other questions along the way feel free to ask!

Assets are considered at either a 3:1 or 5:1 ratio. Meaning $3 in assets (stocks, savings, investments) = $1 in income.

So which is it? I was under the impression that assets had to be 5x the required amount, not 3? I could be wrong of course..

Why don't you have a quiet wedding in a courthouse if your visa is ready before the 20th of March?

I've thought about this. I won't have to make a decision on it for awhile of course, depending on how things go. But I want my wedding to be my wedding, the waiting sucks but I'm thinking it would maybe be a little more bearable if the visa was all set to go and there were no uncertainties left. I don't know, maybe it would be worse. I guess we'll have to play it by ear.

Edit: for spelling

Hmm... I'll go immediately after the interview with my fiancé. Anyway, yes... sometimes you need to cry, at least... sometimes crying makes me feel better. But lately I do feel better, I'm confident, I don't know what's happening, maybe our NOA2's closer?

LOL, Ella, it's very confusing trying to talk to you in both the August filers thread and the Sept thread as well! You're so fast at responding!!

You're an August Filer, you'll get your approval soon, maybe this month. To be honest, when I received an email that you made a status update, I said to myself: must be her noa2. Well, I expect that to happen anytime soon.

Maybe... maybe not till November though. That's what I'm realistically thinking. Although I'm kind of nervous that I'm going to get an RFE because I didn't realize that you had to sign every supplement. I didn't sign them, and I didn't have my Fiance sign his either. I'm going to be super mad if I do get an RFE about it because first of all, I should have known better, and second of all, if it's an attachment to a form that's already signed the signature should be implied! So we'll see..

I want to see more udpates!! VSC had that weird mass touch and then a few NOA2's and now.. nothing? I'm greedy I want more!! More, more, more!!!

I gotta tell you, sometimes I feel the same. We feel the same, me and my fiance. But he's always stronger than me. I'm trying to learn how to do that from him.

I'm just like you, sometimes I feel so depressed, other times I say to myself: It's going to be fiiine, we have a real relationship. But waiting is killing me(us...), we've been together since 2007 and it was all about waiting all the time. So I'm getting sick of it. There's not so much time left, but well, there are some days when I just can't control myself and I cry like a baby.

But THIS process WILL BE OVER and WE WILL BE WITH OUR LOVED ONES!! Just think about that. I don't know if my reply will help you, but I figured I could at least try...

Thanks, I appreciate your response. Sometimes you just need a good cry, ya know? It's cathartic.

The stupid thing about this though is that even if his visa was approved tomorrow, he couldn't move here until March 20th because thats exactly 90 days before the day we're planning the wedding. Long distance is just so damn hard!!

Ok so mini rant:

I'm having such an awful day. I hate Tuesdays. Some days I feel really in control of myself, patient and rational and confident that this whole visa thing is going to be just fine. Today is unfortunately not one of those days. I know I can't really complain too much about the waiting because it's only been 2 months and I know I'm lucky to be at VSC but sometimes I just get overwhelmed with how sick of this whole thing I am! I feel like my relationship is in such a rut too. It's awful, we both know we love each other and want to be together but the separation is causing our relationship to stagnate. I called my Fiance today on my lunch hour and neither of us had anything to say to each other. We just sort of sat there in silence. It's sad, horrible and pathetic all at the same time. So after we got off the phone I was feeling depressed and went across to street and bought a bag of skittles which just made me feel worse because now I feel nauseous, fat and depressed. Great.

Also, not that this has anything to do with anything, but I somehow managed to turn the clock on my cell phone off and now I can't make it go back on. I think it's broken because even if I switch the clock display setting to "on" the screen is just blank. Ugh. Tuesdays..

Ok, rant over. Sorry!

Haha if anything my date will be june 19th

but our primary date is april 30th and the next one would be june 5th .. or then june 19th.

All 3 are on our save the dates cards so ppl know already, BUT the invites have more time to be send out

I'll cross my fingers for you that you make it for April 30th!

Oh and btw--group fondle haha thats hilarious!

Good to know. And stop saying that, you're not crashing our party. You're more than welcome to stop by anytime you want. We're happy to have you. As for the interview, I'm completely sure that it will be this year. Spring is too far for someone who has filed in August at VSC, which by the way... I've heard it's starting to move. So... I'd be more positive about it!

Ok so I didn't really mean spring, I'm estimating that his interview will be more like in January or February. I'm originally from California but I live in Boston now so I sometimes get confused regarding seasons. February is definitely still winter for most people so I don't really know why I said spring!

Anyway, I'm definitely trying to stay positive! I'm hoping they'll get through the July filers this month, do August filers in November and then you guys will be right around the corner in December. I am a tiny bit apprehensive though about the holidays because I can only imagine things probably slow way down around then. Hopefully it won't do too much damage though.

Yesterday was my two month NOA1 anniversary. Waiting is so hard!!!

Yor input is always welcome, Amyyduck. Just be sure to let us all know when you get your NOA2, so that we can start getting excited about receiving all of ours, God willing, soon after.

I most certainly will!

My Fiance and I are planning our "real" (and only) wedding for right after our K-1. We're booked for June 18th, 2011 and I filed in the beginning of August so hopefully I've given myself plenty of time. *fingers crossed*

We're doing our honeymoon then too, but we planning on just going to Puerto Rico as it still counts as not leaving the US as long as you don't have a connection anywhere outside the US. I'm a tiny bit concerned just because June is the beginning of hurricane season down in Puerto Rico but I'm hoping since its really just the very beginning we'll get lucky. Puerto Rico was neither of our first choices but it's the best we could come up with. We're planning on doing a "second honeymoon" when he gets his green card because then we'll be able to go wherever we want!

Also I'm totally an August filer crashing your Sept filers party, sorry!

Edited to say: Oh yea, and for all of my Fiance's family who can't come to the wedding, we're doing an engagement party sometime next spring in England. We're hoping that I'll be able to fly over, attend the interview with him and then have the party all in one week.

Definitely do not give up hope. Brokenfamily made some good suggestions. Try getting your ex to agree to make the payments directly to you rather than paying your mortgage. Try using any and all assets you and your fiance have. And don't give up on trying to find a co-sponsor. Pull strings, call in favors, do whatever you have to do. Have you tried explaining the situation to them? It's a scary thing to be asked to sign a legal document making you financially responsible for someone else, but they'd only be responsible to reimburse the government if your fiance ever received means tested benefit. It you spell it out that way, it seems a bit less daunting. Maybe it would help. Have you tried asking your boss? Any co-workers? Your friends, relatives, neighbors, church-leaders, your ex, friends of friends, anyone at all?

Does your fiance have a job lined up for when he moves here? If he does, he could have a contract drawn up and I've heard that sometimes that can work to make up the difference for the requirement.

Last and worst case scenario, I don't know your situation, and I'm assuming that this wouldn't be ideal. But have you thought about you moving to the UK to be with your fiance? I don't know for sure the requirements but it could be a possibility, at least to look into if this doesn't work out.

Most of all just don't give up hope. We're all rooting for you!

So yesterday was exactly 2 months from my NOA1 date. I was hoping that since it was 10/10/10 it would mean something lucky would happen.

Nothing yet..

RJI,

They were correct in telling you that as long as you filled out the ESTA thing online, you wouldn't need the I-94 stapled in your passport. It's a new thing, implemented only recently, I think in September of this year. On the I-129F you can probably write that you last entered the US as a vistor on the VWP and then use a supplement to mention that as of recently visitors on the VWP are no longer required to fill out the I-94 so you don't have that information. You should still be able to fill in the arrival date and valid until date as usual.

Welcome to VJ and good luck with the rest of your journey. And also, woo hoo!! Another Boston-UK couple!

Edited to say: I double checked my info here: http://cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/id_visa/business_pleasure/vwp/faq_vwp.xml (click on ESTA and the I-94W)

The only date we can work for both our families is Feb 25th. We've tried discussing an alternate date, but nothing seems to work :-/

Feb 25? It's possible of course, but I would try not to get your hopes up. That seems to be cutting it a little close. I hope you make it though! I'll cross my fingers for you!

Also Feb 25th is my OH's bday so hopefully it'll be lucky for you!