K1 interview

[jsand78 0]

I am fairly new to this website and was reading through the K1 guide, which recommended that the fiance take a complete copy of the K1 petition to the interview. I filed our petition in June and used a visa service to prepare the petition, but they did not recommend that I make a copy before it was submitted (they compiled everything that I submitted to them, all we had to do was sign). My question is, is it really necessary to have the complete copy taken to the interview? I do have copies of most of everything that was in the petition (passport pages, travel proofs, affidavit promising that we would marry within 90 days, pictures of us together) but not the bigraphical forms that we had to sign (the G forms), since the service I hired completed those for us. I wish that I had found this website earlier. I think I could have done everything myself if I had had this information before.

[Otto 83]

Double Post http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=178754

[jsand78 0]

I reposted in this forum because I accidently posted in the wrong section previously! Sorry

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I am fairly new to this website and was reading through the K1 guide, which recommended that the fiance take a complete copy of the K1 petition to the interview. I filed our petition in June and used a visa service to prepare the petition, but they did not recommend that I make a copy before it was submitted (they compiled everything that I submitted to them, all we had to do was sign). My question is, is it really necessary to have the complete copy taken to the interview? I do have copies of most of everything that was in the petition (passport pages, travel proofs, affidavit promising that we would marry within 90 days, pictures of us together) but not the bigraphical forms that we had to sign (the G forms), since the service I hired completed those for us. I wish that I had found this website earlier. I think I could have done everything myself if I had had this information before.

I made a copy and brought it to the interview, it wasn't necessary, but better to have it and not need it.

The visa service (usually preferable to sucm-sucking attorneys) absolutely MADE A COPY. You will need lots of the same information for the AOS when she arrives and the visa interview which the visa service also intends to handle for you for extra dollars and probably hasn't told you that. It is typical for them to do the I-129f for a reasonable fee (more reasonable than an attorney) but then want a much higher fee for the much easier I-485 after she arrives, and since they have all the information, you habe no choice.

DEMAND, immediately and in the future that a copy of all correspone=dence forms etc. be given to you BEFORE you sign or turn over any future documents to you. They can produce ALL forms without any other documents from you. My suggestion to anyone using these services, get the documents they ask you for prepared but do NOT give them anything until they make you copies of everything. The copies you keep for Your files do not have to be signed. So demand a copy, put it in your pocket or brief case and THEN sign the forms they give you. This is something you will need the rest of your life and you MUST have a copy of any and ALL documents, forms or anything you ever send to USCIS.

While I hate immigration attorneys, this process is in no way in need of attorneys, these visa processing firms at least are reasonable in price. Let's face it, as you know, they do very little actual work. You do it all, they just fill in forms and print them. The same forms you can download, anyone can download, and fill in. BUT, if they charge a reasonable fee and you determine that it is worth it for you for them to do something that will take your time (albeit not much time) then it is your decision. The outlandish fees attorneys usually charge is just plain gouging and they also almost always make misleading or fraudulent statements to get your business. They HAVE to, there is NO WAY a normal person would pay such fees if they KNEW the truth.

In all honesty, the time you spend just driving to these services to deliver documents, or to the post office to mail them, is more time than you would spend to complete the forms yourself at your home PC and you save gas to boot. But hey, I am capitalist and don't begrudge anyone an HONEST living for a service provided. I just think they should have to disclose that what they are selling is a service to do something on your behalf for a fee (fill in forms online) and that they can in no way improve the speed of processing (In fact WILL slow it down from what you could do yourself) and that they can in no way do anything you could not do yourself for 1-2 hours of your time.

Make them tell the TRUTH, then you can make an informed decision.

[jsand78 0]

I wish that I had known all of this before. I just was so intimidated by the whole application process that I hired the service because I feared that I would mess something up and experience a lot of delays as a result. My experience with them has been fair, mostly because of the advice and feedback they have given me. But you are right, all they did in terms of the actual petition was type the required forms for me. I will definitely call and request a copy of the petition. Thank you so much for your advice.