K1 Fiance Visa? DO THIS

[beejay 123]

,Most Americans that visit there fiancee abroad soley do so becus they knew or might have tried getting a visiting visa for the person in question

Now, I will openly call you a liar. You are, in fact, making this up. It says a lot about the validity of your intentions with your visa application.

I visited my fiancé the first time because we were friends. It was then that we decided to marry. I visited him last month because I love him and I had the means to visit. I am pretty sure that the majority of folks here can state the same.

Not sure why you're being so defensive but I would say that it is true that most of the beneficieries on this site from non VWP countries have a denied visit visa in their past and that their SO's subsequently went to visit them in their country.

I also wanted to say that I think it is something about the way you worded your original post that has made it seem you were going to retroactively write letters between you and your fiance. It also seemed like you were looking for advice on gathering evidence for your RFE and people were just trying to help. It's the impression I got after reading it.

Anyway very happy for you and this new journey in your life. Best of luck with everything.

[Lynn n Sam 57]

Well like i said,You are very right maybe you never believe you could do it yourself ,maybe somehow you dont like paper works,Maybe you are too busy with work,or maybe the instruction is complicated.......Trust me ,First time user get discourage when they look at the USICS instructions online but the more you read it over and over again with VJ site,You understands it better and see it is easy and well explained.........But all the same,what you is one of the reason for sure but Trust me,what ever is said up there is based on statistics i get online and little experience i get from the people i personally knew that came to US thru family related visas

Even after I've stated my reasons as to why we ascertained an attorney, you still want to ASSume that "perhaps I don't like paperwork or I'm too busy". AGAIN, pretty presumptive of you and quite judgmental. I don't know you, about you or your immigration reasons other than the rant you've posted here, but I am NEVER too busy to complete anything that gets me and my fiance together and to have a life together here in the U.S. -- or any other place in the world if it's not in the cards for us to be here.

And to the OP - my apologies for entertaining the hijacked thread. I was just a little incensed about this poster's comments and I couldn't refrain. Best of luck to you and your fiance and I'm so sorry to hear about your RFE. So far, we've been lucky not to have gotten one - but still have a long way to go as the Mumbai consulate seems to want to take it's merry old time getting paperwork to my fiance and supposedly the "quickest" part of this K1 process is not posing to be very quick for us. It seems some of the other VJers here have some good suggestions which I hope are helpful to you. And I appreciate the "heads up" you've posted as we all could use help at one point or another in this very frustrating process! After all, isn't that why we are all here? I find this forum extremely helpful. Again, my apologies and I feel your frustration and I hope everything from here on until the end of your journey goes much more smoothly!

Take care!

[Gosia & Tito 199]

Um...no one said didley squat about fabricating evidence. My suggestion is for other people who are filing. Especially people who rely mostly on emails and/or Skype for communication may not have any letters or letters that are not good enough to send. The request states to send in letters. You can't submit them if they don't exist. If you are filing, you can do that during your wait time.

Also, I don't get your reference to multitudes of photos. Where did that come from? Certainly not a response to anything I have said!

Your idea that I am planning to be a liar is very insulting.

I wish I would have known to do this before now--in the last 7 months, we could have gotten these things done and I would not be scrambling now.

G&T, thank you so much for your offer. I will see if my fiance can get the affidavits from the people there and then hand them off to you. I'll promise you to a dinner out, if you want, in exchange for helping me out.

As a side note, the RFE is from Vermont, not Texas. I am not sure why.

Dinner not required, very happy to help. I know first hand how excruciating the delays are in this process.

[EminTX 131]

the way you worded your original post that has made it seem you were going to retroactively write letters between you and your fiance....

I never stated that I intend to write any future letters anywhere in that post. I can't see how you would assume that. I simply stated what I received in the RFE and what I suggest for others based on that. I then stated that I don't have any letters that can provide what they want. I also quoted the RFE about supplying affidavits and stated that I am going to try to provide them. Are you assuming that an affidavit is a love letter?

Dinner not required, very happy to help. I know first hand how excruciating the delays are in this process.

It would still be lovely to celebrate our visa milestones here in this great city. If y'all are interested, pm me.

[oscar12 23]

Sorry if i misunderstood you ealier i thought the post was just suggesting and helping....Buat at any rate am sorry if i casue any harm from my post....Just let it go okay.....Best wishes..

[beejay 123]

I never stated that I intend to write any future letters anywhere in that post. I can't see how you would assume that. I simply stated what I received in the RFE and what I suggest for others based on that. I then stated that I don't have any letters that can provide what they want. I also quoted the RFE about supplying affidavits and stated that I am going to try to provide them. Are you assuming that an affidavit is a love letter?

No, I'm not assuming the affidavits are love letters. I was just saying that for some reason on first reading (maybe I skimmed too much) I came away with the impression I first stated and I assume others had the same problem and that's why you were getting so much advice when you didn't want it and why people kept telling you not to recreate letters. In all honesty, I think most people on here were trying to help and you seemed to be getting really worked up about it.

Just trying to bridge the gap and keep the peace.

[EminTX 131]

think most people on here were trying to help and you seemed to be getting really worked up about it.

Just trying to bridge the gap and keep the peace.

This site is such an excellent resource, but there are way too many fluff posts with no actual usefulness in them. Example, I have been wading through the RFE-stickied-thread in this board and it is difficult to actually get any real information because of:

1.) All the "Yeah!" "Me too!" smilies, "I hope I am okay" "Oops!" and other non-contributing comments

2.) People who quote (repost) an entire post without editing. (I can see where that is a bit confusing on this board with the option to reply without doing this below everything else) Folks, you can simply delete what you don't need when posting.

3.) Hijackings

4.) "What should I do because I am too lazy to bother reading for myself before asking a question?" type space-fillers

6.) "I am going to give advice even though I have no experience and I don't have a visa and my advice is contradictory to what is requested by the Department of Immigration"

To be stickied, it really needs to be cleaned up. I have been reading a few pages on this site every day since I discovered it, but those time-suckers really make it like a needle in a haystack most of the time to find any real information or experiences.

My intention was for this to be short and sweet and to give a bit of possible advice. I just really wish I had known about the request for letters with references to specific places and dates 7 months ago. Then we would have legitimately had them. I also wish I had known about the affidavits. I would have had those also. If I would have had them, I would have sent in the stuff for the RFE yesterday. Because I didn't know about them, we will now be delayed maybe a month more while we gather them together. (I know, I know--several more people will suggest that we just ignore that. YOU can ignore whatever you want, we will follow the directions the best way we can and submit as-complete of evidence as possible.)

I get worked up with people who waste my time (or expect me to do all the work/find all the answers for them, or give me outright stupid advice).

Now, I think I have an online Scrabble game to win. Good luck, everybody.

[TBoneTX 45,088]

You don't want or need to include letters or any other type of correspondence unless you're frontloading evidence for the consulate interview.

Si, man... and, if even one such has "esposa" or "esposo" in it and the consulate sees it, you're toast, and perhaps rightfully so. There's nothing that more obviously calls into question your Letters of Intent that affirm that you're qualified to get married.

[EminTX 131]

WOW - that's what is all about - VJ'ers helping others. That is awesome!

You are absolutely correct!

I met with Tito yesterday and he handed off the documents to me personally. He took the time to answer questions about his experiences and to give advice that he has gleaned through his immigration adventures. This means that Tito is officially my hero for November.

Tito--you ROCK!!!

I have copied them and edited my cover letter to include that and paper-clipped a photo of the both of us with one of the writers to one of the affidavits for good measure.

I wrote RFE on the back of the envelope as suggested by another member in a thread here to make it a tiny bit easier for someone sorting this out along with the case number.

Hopefully, this will make the anonymous face that deals with this satisfied and we can move forward with no more stressors than usual.

Good luck to everybody who is in the same boat and congrats to those of you who have "safely landed ashore".

[EminTX 131]

Oh yeah, I wanted to add--Yesterday my printer/copier died outright. I went to get a new one. I got an HP Photosmart 5510. Total setup took me maybe 15 minutes. It uses individual ink cartridges that are around 11$ each at Fry's, and best of all it is wireless so no digging for cables when I wanna print. It was 70$ including taxes.

(I tried to edit that to add this paragraph but I couldn't.)

[Lynn n Sam 57]

Oh yeah, I wanted to add--Yesterday my printer/copier died outright. I went to get a new one. I got an HP Photosmart 5510. Total setup took me maybe 15 minutes. It uses individual ink cartridges that are around 11$ each at Fry's, and best of all it is wireless so no digging for cables when I wanna print. It was 70$ including taxes.

(I tried to edit that to add this paragraph but I couldn't.)

Awesome - as I'm in the market for a new printer so I will definitely look into this one. I current have an HP Photosmart 7660 and I love it, but something broke on it and it's acting up. Thanks for the info!

[Ban Hammer 13,282]

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[EminTX 131]

They state they received our submissions on December 5th, touched it on Dec 6th, and then let it marinade until today when I got this:

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On January 10, 2012, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E).

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Thanks for the encouragement from those who offered it and good luck to others.

[TBoneTX 45,088]

Congratulations, si man!

[bigdog 376]

Hi there....maybe I can be of some assistance....I am going to Lima this coming Sunday and back on the 28th...And as luck has it, I am in Houston. I can probably help with transporting documentation back and forth faster.....

What a great gesture. A buddy of mine took letters to HK and Beijing and mailed them for me.

Congratulations on our approval also.