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We answered "N/A- K1 for permanent visa"

So the correct answer for K-1 filers is to leave the box unchecked and write in "N/A K-1 for permanent visa".

If I checked "Do not intend", should I send another one over? I still have an hour before the drop dead to get the thing to her before she leaves for GUZ.

I wrote "Do not Intend", on account that Iwas going to pay everything. I guess it needs to go out again.

Please, please, help!!! As I write this I am being harangued by my fiance, and I need to know what to do!!!!

Interview is on the 24th, fiance flies out for the interview on the 20th. I may have done this wrong. I am in full panic mode here. Darnell? Anyone?

Do I check "Intend" or "do not intend", and if I check "Intend", what do I write below? The way I read the question, when you are paying for everything, that is not a specific contribution. Please advise.

Please, please, help!!! As I write this I am being harangued by my fiance, and I need to know what to do!!!!

Do I check "Intend" or "do not intend", and if I check "Intend", what do I write below? The way I read the question, when you are paying for everything, that is not a specific contribution. Please advise.

Bring it with you to the interview.

Again, the only thing USCIS is concerned with is whether or not you have physically met within the last 2 years. Everything else is considered by the consular officer at the embassy.

If the VO feels like they want to deny the visa application, they must do so on the basis of information previously not available to USCIS.

Everything you send with the petition, goes to the consulate, and they see it before the P3 is sent out.

So the more proof of relationship information you include, the less latitude Visa Officers have to make stuff up out of whole cloth ,,,

"Not a bona fide relationship" sometimes seems as if it includes "Visa office woke up on the wrong side of the bed today". So if the application were to get white-slipped and the petition sent back to the Service Center, strong proof of relationship makes it easy to challenge the denial, and avoid having to overcome your fiance being permanently blacklisted from entering the US.

I included 6 pictures from the 2nd trip, including one of a slightly haggard me kissing her on the cheek while she beamed into the camera.

No emails, we aren't big emailers, we'd have had to write fake emails (I venture to guess that most people who include reams of emails, are using translation services).

Also included all pages of my passport, but that shows an earlier trip from before our first communtications.

I included 6 pictures from the 2nd trip, including one of a slightly haggard me kissing her on the cheek while she beamed into the camera.

No emails, we aren't big emailers, we'd have had to write fake emails (I venture to guess that most people who include reams of emails, are using translation services).

Hi, we got our interview date, June 24, about 9 months to the day from when I sent in the application. Almost 6 months of nothing, then P2, and shortly thereafter P3 and P4.

Friday I'll be sending off an express mail letter with an I-134, a 2010 W-2, some originals of my tax transcripts for 2008 and 2009 (she has faxes now, these are more readable), relationship evolution letter, and a debit card so she can withdraw money from my bank accounts to pay for fees & hotel.

My biggest concern is that I was only able to include good evidence of my second visit to be with her. After we applied, she found among her things my undated boarding pass to Dalian and her return trip train ticket, and Dalian hotel receipts showing my name but not hers.

The other issue is that NingNings hard drive crashed and took out her Skype history. So I had to transcribe 14 months of Skype call log by hand because Skype for Linux only shows the time and date for the currently selected item in the call history (let that be a lesson to you guys). I found some forensic software that helped, but the output was incomplete and needed much adjustment.

So I am concerned that the VO will think that we've only met once, consider the call log questionable at best, not bother asking for any other evidence and give her a white slip.

Her interview is on Friday, June 24th, I am afraid that gives them the whole weekend (considering they have Chinese employees who might work Saturdays) to ship the file back out to CSC.

Should I put a lawyer with an offices in Guangzhou on retainer, or wait until the white slip?

PS. Yes, I know this is closing the barn door after the horse escapes. If you don't have constructive advice kindly don't chime in.

It's my understanding that accompanying my fiance to Guangzhou for her visa interview would make the chance of pink more likely.

Only thing is, if I fly over on short notice the price of a ticket might be very high. So bing able to postpone the interview to a time 6 or 7 weeks out rather than 3 or 4 weeks out would save a few hundred, and we'd be fine with waiting an extra month.

But over on 001, they are telling her if we try to postpone, we'd end up waiting 2 or 3 months, and my fiance and I would not want to wait so long.

The 001 girls have been wrong before, so I'm hoping they are wrong again ... can we get the interview postponed just 2 or 3 weeks?

My fiance is filling out the DS-230, and hesitates to put her job information because she is afraid

the consulate will call her office and coworkers will find out and volunteer bad information to the

Guangzhou office.

She doesn't have a bad bone in her body, and she's done nothing to cause problems for other

people, but she worries.

She's doing very will for herself in her hometown and will do even better if she stays, because

she's making her employer a lot of money. So some people in her life are thinking she would

be better off without me. For that reason, there is considerable opposition from her aunt and

uncle, and other people she's told outside her office.

Is there a means by which other people could cause problems for her? If she has to, she'll quit

her job to avoid this, but I think work is good for her morale.

Thanks.

It you have the GUZ number already then it's too late to send anything in an attempt to front load. Front loading for the K-1 process is sent along with the I-129F. The email for the consulate is for questions only they don't care or will not accept any documents via email. The only thing you can do now is let your fiancee bring in any additional documents you want to show during the interview. It may or may not be needed. Only answer or give what is requested by the VO, never offer anything information or documents, it might mess everything up...

I'm told when they send the application electronically, they just scan the forms and a minimum of the evidence. Front loading in this context is damn near impossible.

I'm having to contend with a 20 year age difference. On the other hand, she's not from a high-fraud area of the PRC, I've been over to see her 4 times, and I have a high enough income that I don't need the cash a snakehead would give me for a fraudulent visa application.

Besides I-129F, you'll be asked to fill your employment in the last 10 years in DS-230 later. And for the interview, you need to show them your most rencent 3 years' tax return and w-2 (though on the instruction it is 1 year's, VO will ask you to show them 3 years').

Tax transcripts are much preferable to tax returns in terms of personal privacy, etc. I gave my honey a copy of my 2010 return and W-2, but for 2008 and 2009, tax transcripts mailed by the IRS.

Varying levels of operator competence and usefulness are a given.

Our application was sent to Guangzhou April 13th. Until just now, I was under the impression that it was sent by DHL, not electronically.

To get a DHL tracking number and give myself something to make myself feel like I have some control over the Visa Fates, I called DOS today using this handy-dandy guide.

I was pleased to find out that it had been indeed sent electornically, and in fact the P3 had been sent almost a week ago.

But I am ticked off that NVC told me it was sent by DHL. I'm going to have to finish out the I-134 tonight and send it out tomorrow, instead of having a few more weeks to handle it. Oh well, what's one more night this week with 4 hours sleep?

Also, I was under the impression that case files sent to GUZ electronically got a new GZO case number assigned to them. This is not true for K-1 Visas at least.

When you call in, they won't tell you squat until you tell them your Fiance's name and birthday. They are really strict about this. You're majorly hozered if they entered it wrong, I guess.

Regarding proof of relationship materials, I sent in my application just before I went out to see her a third time, and will be going out to see her again Wednesday, with 4 days in her little industrial hellhole hometown in LiaoNing scheduled.

Is there a way of getting that data in front of the VO for consideration in our application? I came across a post from last June by Bleauwolf regarding front loading the application while it's being brocessed at the NVC.

But this is a K-1, and NVC has given us a case number as of the 14th, and will be sending our stuff out any day. I don't know if we are going out via SAFEFILE or not, I have a GUZ case number. So there will be no time to do it through NVC, we'd have to use the NVCGuangZhou@state.gov email address to front load it, or could we send it in along with the DS-230 from the P3?

PS.I seem to be lucky; my fiance seems to trust me. I didn't catch a bunch of flack for suggesting she only listen to the girls on 001 posting from the US ... and even then they might not know everything.

Regarding proof of relationship materials, I sent in my application just before I went out to see her a third time, and will be going out to see her again Wednesday, with 4 days in her little industrial hellhole hometown in LiaoNing scheduled.

Is there a way of getting that data in front of the VO for consideration in our application? I came across a post from last June by Bleauwolf regarding front loading the application while it's being brocessed at the NVC.

But this is a K-1, and NVC has given us a case number as of the 14th, and will be sending our stuff out any day. I don't know if we are going out via SAFEFILE or not, I have a GUZ case number. So there will be no time to do it through NVC, we'd have to use the NVCGuangZhou@state.gov email address to front load it, or could we send it in along with the DS-230 from the P3?

PS.I seem to be lucky; my fiance seems to trust me. I didn't catch a bunch of flack for suggesting she only listen to the girls on 001 posting from the US ... and even then they might not know everything.

Now that the NOA2 has come through, my fiance is spending increasing amounts of time on 001, trying to get her stuff together. As far as I know, all I need for the P3 is an I-134 and supporting documentation. However, she'ssaying she needs a rental agreement and utility bills, basic proof of domicile stuff. As far as I know, this won't be needed for P3, P4 or the interview, right?

Got my NOA2 2 weeks ago (by the way, the case number still shows processing RFE on uscis.gov). NVC does not recognize the USCIS case number on the AVR yet.

As I understand it, to opt in to electronic processing, I have my finace fill out, sign and scan the DS-3032, and email it is. Is that about right?

Personally, in my opinion, a third party verifiable report is much more relevant than a letter stating "Bob currently is an active employee at ABC company with income XX,XXX. - Signed John"

Many companies including mine utilize the work number. The report ends up being generated on company letterhead and is authorized and approved via electronic signature.

When I follow my work's "Immigration Verification" this is what I get. This along with the pay stubs and tax transcripts should do the trick. It might not be needed but I'm taking it with me just the same. It takes less than a minute to generate the report.

I havent found any links for immigration verification on my company intranet. I'll call our HR departments 800 number Monday.

Use recent pay stubs instead?

Direct deposit, and my pay stubs are web pages on the company intranet.

Howdy,

since I'm feeling pretty good about our NOA 2 happening pretty soon, I am scrounging up all the stuff my fiance will need for the P3.

I was looking at my company's intranet, and the only way they offer employment verification is via an online service, http://www.theworknumber.com. There is no way to get a paper letter.

Do we have to get a letter on paper?

Christopher

Of all things, I got a text today, saying that my RFE response was being reviewed.

Case status page was updated to reflect that.

This is the day after they got the response which I sent via USPS Express Mail.

Sigh. NOA2 please come Real Soon Now.

Someone just the other day stated that the Website isn't run by USCIS but an outside contractor. This person also pointed out that the website hadn't showed them any touches since the one after NOA1 and they already had their interview date.

In other words, the case status page is a waste of taxpayer money.

Got it.

I just hope we don't have to wait a full 60 days for our RFE to get handled. I see some people getting their P2 a week or so after they send in their RFE information. I just hope that holds for us.

Christopher

I got an RFE Friday, and turned it around as fast as I could, took a half day off work yesterday to print some photos and send the response out to CSC by USPS Express Mail.

However, the web page where I can login in at www.uscis.gov shows my application was last touched 10/18/2010. But if I got an RFE mailed to me on 3/14, that can't be correct.

Is there a precedent for this? Should I delete that account, and chew my fingernails instead of checking it obsessively for updates?