Tomoka

Congratulations and I wish you the best luck!

While I was with my fiance in the US, we filled out I-129F and sent it to USCIS.

I'm Japanese and entered the US on the VWP too.

I arrived in the US on April 28, 2010 and left there on May 4, 2010.

We sent I-129F on May 1, 2010.

Well, about #12 on the form, we wrote

*He or she last arrived as a : visitor

*Arrival / Departure Record (I-94) Nomber : ( We wrote the number of form I-94W in my passport).

*Date of Arrival : ( We wrote my arrival date)

*Date authorized stay expired, or will expire as shown on I-94 or I-95 : (We wrote the date stamped in form I-94W).

When we sent I-129F and other documents to USCIS, we enclosed a letter to show that I will leave the US on May 4, 2010.

That's because foreign fiance(e) must be out of the US to apply for the K-1 visa.

This is how I wrote.

Declaration of Stay in the USA within authorized period

(my name)

(my address)

United States Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service

USCIS

California Service Center

P.O.Box 10130

Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-0130

(Date)

I, (my name), do hereby state that I arrived in the USA on (date) and will leave here on (date),

within the authorized period for my entry to the USA with VWP.

I officially got engaged to (my fiance's name), after my entry to the USA.

I will leave the USA to (my country), after my fiance will mail I-129F petition for the K-1 visa.

Yours truly,

(my signature)

(my name)

That's how we did for the petition

Congratulations!

Hi everyone!

I just got a text from my fiance and he said that he got NOA2 on July 16!

I'm very happy!

I will let you guys know when my US fiance will receive NOA2.

Thanks so much for your comments!

I've registered for automatic case status updates by email, so I'm supposed to get the email when the petition is approved.

But I haven't got any emails yet.

I just checked our Case Status on USCIS website now.

The last update was July 12,2010. ( But still Initial Review).

I asked my fiance to check his mailbox everyday

I hope he will recieve NOA2 in a few days!

According to people on vj,most case statuses dnt change automatically,some case statuses are still on initial review whilst their documents are in nvc.I dont think that anythinh is wrong with that.

Thank you. I am relieved now.

I hope my US fiance will get NOA2 soon!

Thank you so much.

Yes I really need to calm down and be patient....

There were a touch both on July 09 and July 10 when I checked my Case Status on the USCIS website.

I hope I'm getting approved soon!

Yes it's very strange....

I tried to log in many times, and our Case Status was always ' Initial Review'....

Hi everyone!

I mailed in I-129F on May 1 and got NOA1 dated on May 4.

When I checked my Case Status (on the website of USCIS) 1 hour ago, it was 'Decision' and it said that USCIS approved the petition and sent a notice.

When I found it, I was very happy.

But when I checked our Case Status again (a few minutes later), it was 'Initial Review' again.....

I was so disppointed.

So what is my Status now....? Still Initial Review?

USCIS changed their mind to approve our petition?

Has enyone had the same situation??????

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The family book is only a local docment and doesn't have anything to do with being legally married in Morocco without having an Islamic marriage.

I'm relievd.

Thank you so much for your help, everyone

Did you get married in Japan and get divorced in Japan?

If the answer to both is yes, all you should need to prove termination of that marriage is a divorce decree from Japan.

If you got married in Morocco the answer may be different.

You are asking about the locations of marriage and divorce, not the law of the country, right?

Yes I got married in Japan ( under the Japanese law) and I also got divorced in Japan ( unser the Japanese law).

But what I am worried about is, my ex-husband has his family book ( issued by the Morrocan government) which contains my name as his wife.

Anyway my answer to the both is YES. So All I need is a divorce decree from Japan.

Thank you for your help.

Were you married in Japan or Morocco?

I was legally married in Japanese law for sure, then I terminated it by submitting a divorce notice in a city hall in Japan.

Now I'm legally divorced in Japanese law.

I and my ex-husband didn't marry in Islamic way.

The Moroccan embassy in Japan said that Islamic marriage (a marriage in mosque) is needed to be legally married in Moroccan law. So it means that I was NOT married to him in Moroccan law.BUT MY EX-HUSBAND GOT HIS FAMILY BOOK WHICH SAYS THAT I AM HIS WIFE.

That's why I am not sure if I was legally married to him or not.

If he doesn't have his family book which contains my name as his wife, it means I was NOT married to him legally in Moroccan law.

In Japan, we don't have the system of FAMILY BOOK. We just have a family register (just paper and it's issued in a city hall)and it's NOT A BOOK.

I hope you understand what I mean.

Thank you.

I'm wondering if there are members in VJ who needed to submit the Divorce Decree from the country of his(or her) ex-spouse, to show that the peritioner is legally free to marry.....

( I think that we're not required to do so... All we need to do is to show the Divorce Decree from the countrie of our nationalities....right?).

I'm really confused.

Please share your experiences, if you have previously married and got K-1 visa.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much for your reply, everyone.

I'm legally divorced in the law of my country, so I can apply for K-1 visa! What a relief!

I wish I will get a K-1 visa soon and will be the one who can give advice to people who have questions in the forum.

Again, thank you so much.

Thank you for your advice, honbako-san

What I'm sure about is that we were legally married in Japanese law.

But I'm not sure if we were legally married in the law of my ex-husband's country (MOROCCO) or not.

We didn't do Islamic Marriage (Marriage in Mosque) but we just got some paper from the Moroccan Embassy in Japan to get his residence permit in Japan. (His residence permit in Japan has already expired and he is not in Japan now).

When I called the Moroccan Embassy in Japan, they said that we're NOT legally married in Moroccan law without doing Islamic Marriage.

But he has got his family book which contains my name as his wife.

So it means that I was LEGALLY MARRIED to my ex-husband in the law of his country too?

In the process to get K-1 visa, all paper needed to show I'm legally free to marry, is FROM MY COUNTRY.

So it doesn't matter if I may be still married in his county's law?

Hi everyone! I really need your help.

I'm applying for K-1 visa soon, and I've got a big worry.

It's said that to qualify for a K-1 visa, the following condition is neccessay.

*Both parties are legally free to marry, that is to say neither party is currently married.

I've been previously married and my ex-husband isn't a citizen of my country.

(We had an International marriage. He is NOT a US citizen).

Our marriage was terminated to submit a divorce notice in a city hall of my country, and now I'm legally divorced in the law of my country.

But I don't know if my husband did a process to terminate our marriage in his country or not.

So what I'm worried about is if it matters that I may be still married in the law of his country or not.

I haven't kept in touch with him since I could finish the process to terminate our marriage in my country.

With I-129F petition, I will submit my Divorce Decree issued in my country ' which says that I'm legally divorced'.

All matters is if I'm legally free to marry in the law of my country?

Please anyone help me. Thank you so much.

OK. So I will write only his First and Last name as they are asked for.

Thanks so much for your help, everyone

Hello, everyone.

I'm Tomoka from Japan. I need your help.

I'm filling out G-325A for K-1 Visa and I have a question about G-325A : Former Husbands or Wives First Name.

I've been previously married and my ex-husband has a Middle name too.

In G-325A: Former Husbands or Wives First Name, I just need to write ONLY HIS FIRST NAME?

Or I need to write his middle name after his first name in a space for the first name?

In a copy of my Divorce Certificate, his First, Middle and Last name is written.

Thank you so much for your help!

Hi everyone. I'm Tomoka from Japan.

I have questions about #18 and #19 in DS-156.

I'm applying for K-1 Visa and my Marital Status is Divorced.

#18 requires Spouse's Full Name (Even if divorced or separated.).

So it means that I should write the name of my ex-husband in #18?

In #19, I should write DOB of my ex-husband too?

But when I read the Step by step instructions of each field in DS-156 ( http://www.***removed***/visas/ds156.html ), it says that about #18 and #19, K-1 visa: Must write 'None' here.

I have no idea what to write in those field.

Please someone help me.

Thanks so much!