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cici_ortiz   0

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Hello,

We just got our K-1 Visa last week!

I was wondering what the process is to actually crossing thru the border...Ex: what do they ask you, what are the things they ask you to do? and about how long it would take to actully cross there? I will be traveling with people that I am not Comfortable sharing my visa status with and I really don't them to over hear anything personal.

I will be crossing thru the Colombia International Bridgelocated on the US mexican Borderin the city of Laredo, Texas

Thanks!

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Vermont Service Center

Consulate : Juarez, Mexico

I-129F Sent : 08-21-2008

I-129F NOA1 : 08-29-2008

I-129F NOA2 : 01-28-2009

NVC Received : 02-02-2009

NVC Left : 02-02-2009

Consulate Received : 02-02-2009

Packet 3 Sent from Juarez: 03-02-2009

Packet 3 Received : 03-12-2009

Interview Date : 03-25-2009

Visa Received : Approved!!!!!

DHL received: 03-26-2009 around 4

Date of US Entry: 04-15-2009

Date of Wedding: 04-19-2009

I-129f was approved in 152 days from your NOA1 date.

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TBoneTX   45,893

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We just got our K-1 Visa last week!
Si, man! :)
I was wondering what the process is to actually crossing thru the border...Ex: what do they ask you, what are the things they ask you to do? and about how long it would take to actully cross there? I will be traveling with people that I am not Comfortable sharing my visa status with and I really don't them to over hear anything personal.

I will be crossing thru the Colombia International Bridgelocated on the US mexican Borderin the city of Laredo, Texas

For the best information, see this link:

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contact...rts/tx/2304.xml

Scroll down to "Facilities & Crossings" and call the phone number for the appropriate bridge (or, the general phone number at the top of the page). A Customs & Border Protection agent will be happy to tell you everything that you need to know. Among the questions that you already have, ask how best to handle questions at the CBP's inland checkpoints (25-50 miles inside Texas) when you are stopped there, which you WILL be.

Let us know if the above referral pans out for you, and be sure to post what they tell you, for the benefit of others here.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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cici_ortiz   0

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Mexico
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We just got our K-1 Visa last week!
Si, man! :)
I was wondering what the process is to actually crossing thru the border...Ex: what do they ask you, what are the things they ask you to do? and about how long it would take to actully cross there? I will be traveling with people that I am not Comfortable sharing my visa status with and I really don't them to over hear anything personal.

I will be crossing thru the Colombia International Bridgelocated on the US mexican Borderin the city of Laredo, Texas

For the best information, see this link:

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contact...rts/tx/2304.xml

Scroll down to "Facilities & Crossings" and call the phone number for the appropriate bridge (or, the general phone number at the top of the page). A Customs & Border Protection agent will be happy to tell you everything that you need to know. Among the questions that you already have, ask how best to handle questions at the CBP's inland checkpoints (25-50 miles inside Texas) when you are stopped there, which you WILL be.

Let us know if the above referral pans out for you, and be sure to post what they tell you, for the benefit of others here.

Thank you!! I will call then ASAP!!

We just got our K-1 Visa last week!
Si, man! :)
I was wondering what the process is to actually crossing thru the border...Ex: what do they ask you, what are the things they ask you to do? and about how long it would take to actully cross there? I will be traveling with people that I am not Comfortable sharing my visa status with and I really don't them to over hear anything personal.

I will be crossing thru the Colombia International Bridgelocated on the US mexican Borderin the city of Laredo, Texas

For the best information, see this link:

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contact...rts/tx/2304.xml

Scroll down to "Facilities & Crossings" and call the phone number for the appropriate bridge (or, the general phone number at the top of the page). A Customs & Border Protection agent will be happy to tell you everything that you need to know. Among the questions that you already have, ask how best to handle questions at the CBP's inland checkpoints (25-50 miles inside Texas) when you are stopped there, which you WILL be.

Let us know if the above referral pans out for you, and be sure to post what they tell you, for the benefit of others here.

Vermont Service Center

Consulate : Juarez, Mexico

I-129F Sent : 08-21-2008

I-129F NOA1 : 08-29-2008

I-129F NOA2 : 01-28-2009

NVC Received : 02-02-2009

NVC Left : 02-02-2009

Consulate Received : 02-02-2009

Packet 3 Sent from Juarez: 03-02-2009

Packet 3 Received : 03-12-2009

Interview Date : 03-25-2009

Visa Received : Approved!!!!!

DHL received: 03-26-2009 around 4

Date of US Entry: 04-15-2009

Date of Wedding: 04-19-2009

I-129f was approved in 152 days from your NOA1 date.

 
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