AlienAmerican

Thank you for the help Newacct.

Hey everyone. It has been a long time since I've been here. My wife and step daughter came here on the fiance visa in 2012, we got married withing the 90 day period as per the requirement. My question: we just had our 4 year anniversary, and we are finally at a place financially where we can start the adjustment of status for her and my step daughter.

Since we've already been married 4 years, is there anything different I need to be aware of?

I feel like I'm starting from scratch here, I used to have all of this memorized, now I'm relearning the process.

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Yeah Brother, relax. If you're overwhelmed by "everything" just do a section at a time. I went nuts on my package, it was almost 6 inches thick, the person that interviewed my fiance (Manila) said he'd never seen a package so thick. I know I sent much more than was necessary, but being an engineer used to dealing with government bureaucracies, I wanted to overwhelm them with information. Your embassy should not be as difficult as ours was.

Well, we used them. Besides a little disagreement on what exchange rate to use, and some initial communication difficulties, it went pretty smoothly. Fiance and daughter leave manila on the 20th. So, pending any mishaps at the airport, I'd recommend St. Raphaels. Cost of TWO 1 way tickets from Manila to San Francisco purchased 3 weeks before flight, $1204 USD.

That was the price after all taxes and fees.

I can book for you if you want, I am ticketing and reservation officer of Jupiter Travel & Tours, small office but lower price than big company.

Where are you located?

I have read several people suggesting the use of St. Raphaels Travel Agency for tickets to the US. However, I cannot seem to find anyone actually saying they used the service. I have found several people saying that they did use St. Raphaels Travel Agency, and had bad experiences. Does anyone here that has something good to say about the company actually used them?

CAPITALIZE the #$&^#^^%&^%%& "letters" in the passport number, holy ####### that was frustrating. Found it out on the 13284578245246th attempt at scheduling.

another tip: if passport number has xx in front of the number....it has to be in capital letters. I could not figure out what was wrong when trying to scheduled the interview.

Good call!!

Hello Wally and Rene,

Thanks for all the response. This sure helped a lot.

Best,

Yvorry

Hello VJ members,

I received my Letter of Eligibility for the visa interview August of last year. However, reading through the Ki guides and FAQ's here, it appears that I was also supposed to receive some forms from the embassy. This is not the case though.

How should I proceed from here? I plan to schedule my medical and interview on the 2nd week of Feb.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Yvorry (K1 Applicant)

Don't know what you're so worked up about. You see, being mixed raced, you now have free license to make fun of what ever race you want. And you have the top three, Asian, Black, and White, you can say anything you want. On a serious note, just lighten up, who cares?

I used the term "wife" thousands of times in my chats with the fiance. We never had an issue. The only thing I blocked out were a few account numbers and passwords we've shared.

Not sure if you all want to test your luck like I did, but anything I needed my fiance to sign, She signed it in the Philippines, then just scanned it and emailed for me to print. I did not send anything with her original signature, just scanned copies. NOA2 was received in about 90 days.

My "time line adjudication" was very accurate. within a few days. Here is another way to track the time: http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/igor/vjdata/default.aspx

(high five) got mine today also. hmmm, now What? Hurry up and wait for NVC....oh well.

So excited, got approved to the day: 3 months, boooyeah!!!

"Post Decision Activity

On July 11, 2011, 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.

For approved applications/petitions, post-decision activity may include USCIS sending notification of the approved application/petition to the National Visa Center or the Department of State. For denied applications/petitions, post-decision activity may include the processing of an appeal and/or motions to reopen or reconsider and revocations."

Can someone give me an air knuckle bump, hooteehoo.

I saw this, and my heart skipped:

"Processing

Estimates/Stats : Based on timeline data, your I129f may be adjudicated between July 16, 2011 and July 30, 2011*. "

This puts our timeline at a little over 12 weeks for the NOA 2. I would like to know, if the Visa Journey timeline has been accurate for anyone else.

@baron555, thanks for the suggestion. My fiancée's calling them now.

Thanks, guys for the replies. We're still on the 30+ days count but I just wanna be prepared for when we get the NOA2. I hadn't done much (or any) research at all. My fiancée's doing all that. But this seems so real now and so i decided to pitch in.

I would appreciate any updates or info that could shed light into my situation.

Am I missing something? I'm trying to add a few photos of my fiance and I, but I seem to be unable to create our own album. The photos that I uploaded I think, went into a pool with all the user photos in the "over seas" album, it was the only that seemed to work. Are we not able to add photos to our specific profile?

Thanks for the quick response! However, the father's permission would be an issue since we've lost touch for 8 years now. We've never gotten married and I have no means of finding him.

Hi everyone, got a question regarding visa fees. I'm taking my kid with me and would like to know we'll be paying twice -- one for me, and one for my lil girl.

Also, the father's info is not included in the kid's birth certificate. Considering this, will there still be a need to provide the following documents: 1) a court order from a court in the children's country of residence allowing the children to immigrate to the US; or 2) a notarized letter from the father allowing the children to immigrate to the US.

Thanks!!