September 2009 K-1 Visa Filers

[kjenkins86 5]

OK a few things...

# 1 Where is Seb and where is Kayla? I feel bad when I can't get on here every day, but I see I am not the only one.

#2. Kayla.. visa yet???

#3. Krystle .. Kayla.... what's up with the baby dust? Any news?

#4. When we get to the point that we have to close this thread, let's move to one for AOS regardless of WHAT MONTH everyone ends up filing. We can call it the September 2009 K1 visa Filers AOS Thread... and just move over there. But I say let's stay here as long as we can.

Alright.. now the news....

Are you ready????

Are you sitting down????

Kayla.. I already sent you a PM about this, but you never responded so either you didn't see it or you were so shocked you couldn't responde.

Are you sure you are ready?

Fuat and I got married on March 30th. YOU are the first people I have told. My mother doesn't even know yet.

We didn't plan on it.. the day we got the marriage license, we decided to go to the mosque to see the Imam ( muslim version of a priest) to see if he would do the religious muslim marraige, so that we were not living in "sin". This was really bothering Fuat and his family.. and in Turkey, the muslim marriage and the legal marriage are two seperate things, so I agreed to go ahead and do this part right away.

So... we went there... and part way through all this we find out that not only would it be the religious wedding.. but also the legal one and he refused to do just the religous one, because of the "laws" of the particular mosque and making sure that we were legitimtly married and there could not be poligomy ( as is still allowed in some muslim countries.. not Turkey ).

Anway, we had a choice.. stop everything right there, or continue with what we were doing and get offically married. It was so important to him that we be able to live together without going against his religous beliefs... and I was torn, because my family would be CRUSHED.. but we decided to go ahead and do it.

So, we were married in the IMam's office.. in jeans.. no rings.. not planning on anything.. but when I took his hand to say my part of the "vows".. felt his hands shaking, and looked into his eyes it was really beautiful.

We were both a little shell shocked and almost crashed the car trying to leave the parking lot

So.. we are offically married but haven't told anyone... EXCEPT FOR ALL OF YOU ( and the millions of other people that could read this page )

We are planning a "wedding" for my family on Saturday, May 1st ( Yeah Krsytle.. great day for both of us). We'll do the dress and rings, etc... still planning on doing it at home as well.

In Turkey, the rings are tied together on a ribbon, placed on our fingers and then the ribbon is cut.. we are going to have my mom place the rigns on our fingers and cut the ribbon.

The whole thing will basically be for the benefit of my family, but it will be nice for us too... we weren't planning on getting married when we did, so were not prepared and we'll consider the May 1 event our actualy wedding.

Aren't you all lucky to be the first to know :)

Now.. if I can just get over the guilt of not telling my family all this I'll be fine

NO! Not offended at all.. just don't want people thinking I am freaking out about the little things any more than I actually am

We all know you're busy so don't feel bad that yoy can't make it on here everyday.

Don't know where is Seb, but we do know he's enjoying his time with Joana!

No, still no baby news yet, going to the dic on tuesday.

Oh congratulation Mrs!!!!

I understand what you mean about doing it that way, don't worry!

[kjenkins86 5]

meant doc not dic!

[Maggie_Kenyth 1]

Jenn!!! omg!!!! omg!!!!!!!!! I literally got tears in my eyes when I read your last post. I AM SO VERY HAPPY FOR YOU BOTH AND CONGRATS ON THE MARRIAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jenn and Fuat 2]

THE REST OF MY POST:

...don't know whay that happens.

Okay, NOT to pick at you BUT if I'm not mistaken a few months ago we were all talking about the EAD stamp that JFK gives and you specifically said that someone at your job came with the EAD stamp and they weren't allowed to work, and you went on to explain that the EAD stamp was no longer a form of work permit. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Soory to hear how he's being treated, we Americans can be very mean or harsh at times and don't even recognize it.

Glad the cat situation is working out.

At first when I saw the word late, I thought you were gonna say you're pregnant I was ready to say CONGRATS

Yes sweetie, May 1st, so happy!

Hate suspension, not nice. Can't wait to hear what it is.

Enjoy your weekend!

If you go back and read my posts.. It said that we had someone come with the stamp and we DID let him work... some people say it's not an EAD some people say it is..The jury is still out on that, but since the previous employee had no problem adjusting status and our legal team says it is still acceptalbe we put him to work... according to one of the pages I was on recently, the K1 does not need an EAD to work but an employer can require one. THat pages was updated beginning of March 2010. I tried to find it to show the SSA Person, but couldn't locate it when I wanted it most...

[AandD 20]

OK a few things...

# 1 Where is Seb and where is Kayla? I feel bad when I can't get on here every day, but I see I am not the only one.

#2. Kayla.. visa yet???

#3. Krystle .. Kayla.... what's up with the baby dust? Any news?

#4. When we get to the point that we have to close this thread, let's move to one for AOS regardless of WHAT MONTH everyone ends up filing. We can call it the September 2009 K1 visa Filers AOS Thread... and just move over there. But I say let's stay here as long as we can.

Alright.. now the news....

Are you ready????

Are you sitting down????

Kayla.. I already sent you a PM about this, but you never responded so either you didn't see it or you were so shocked you couldn't responde.

Are you sure you are ready?

Fuat and I got married on March 30th. YOU are the first people I have told. My mother doesn't even know yet.

We didn't plan on it.. the day we got the marriage license, we decided to go to the mosque to see the Imam ( muslim version of a priest) to see if he would do the religious muslim marraige, so that we were not living in "sin". This was really bothering Fuat and his family.. and in Turkey, the muslim marriage and the legal marriage are two seperate things, so I agreed to go ahead and do this part right away.

So... we went there... and part way through all this we find out that not only would it be the religious wedding.. but also the legal one and he refused to do just the religous one, because of the "laws" of the particular mosque and making sure that we were legitimtly married and there could not be poligomy ( as is still allowed in some muslim countries.. not Turkey ).

Anway, we had a choice.. stop everything right there, or continue with what we were doing and get offically married. It was so important to him that we be able to live together without going against his religous beliefs... and I was torn, because my family would be CRUSHED.. but we decided to go ahead and do it.

So, we were married in the IMam's office.. in jeans.. no rings.. not planning on anything.. but when I took his hand to say my part of the "vows".. felt his hands shaking, and looked into his eyes it was really beautiful.

We were both a little shell shocked and almost crashed the car trying to leave the parking lot

So.. we are offically married but haven't told anyone... EXCEPT FOR ALL OF YOU ( and the millions of other people that could read this page )

We are planning a "wedding" for my family on Saturday, May 1st ( Yeah Krsytle.. great day for both of us). We'll do the dress and rings, etc... still planning on doing it at home as well.

In Turkey, the rings are tied together on a ribbon, placed on our fingers and then the ribbon is cut.. we are going to have my mom place the rigns on our fingers and cut the ribbon.

The whole thing will basically be for the benefit of my family, but it will be nice for us too... we weren't planning on getting married when we did, so were not prepared and we'll consider the May 1 event our actualy wedding.

Aren't you all lucky to be the first to know :)

Now.. if I can just get over the guilt of not telling my family all this I'll be fine

NO! Not offended at all.. just don't want people thinking I am freaking out about the little things any more than I actually am

Jenn, Im so happy for you...you can't imagine.

I wish you all: love, happiness, and a nice family life with your husband...I think that you have chosen the right way to express your love and deep connection between both of you. You are the most important persons to each other, and you have shown that...this is your life, not the life of anybody else in your family and from this point on you have become One.

[brightskte 18]

Jenn I did see your message but for some reason it wouldn't let me reply and I was in too much shock to realize that I could have just started a new message, LOL. But I'm so very very happy for you and Fuat!!!

Still no visa. I called my congressmans office on Friday but the girl who handles the immigration stuff was off until Monday so I'll have to call back monday. According to Montreals website the visa should have been here in 5-7 business days and we are almost at 15 business days.

I did end up getting my monthly bill, but it is so weird that I'm still thinking I could be pregnant. I took a Pregnancy test on Friday and it said negative but I'll take another one in about a week to make sure. If it says no again I'll probably go to the doctor just to make sure that it's not a tubal pregnancy. I want to be on the safe side and not end up like one of those girls on I Didn't Know I was Pregnant, LOL.

[kjenkins86 5]

If you go back and read my posts.. It said that we had someone come with the stamp and we DID let him work... some people say it's not an EAD some people say it is..The jury is still out on that, but since the previous employee had no problem adjusting status and our legal team says it is still acceptalbe we put him to work... according to one of the pages I was on recently, the K1 does not need an EAD to work but an employer can require one. THat pages was updated beginning of March 2010. I tried to find it to show the SSA Person, but couldn't locate it when I wanted it most...

Oh ok my apology, as I said before wasdn't picking on you, just wanted to know since I would like for my honey to start job searching. I guess we will never know if the EAD stamp is a legit work permit or not so with that said, end of conversation on that topic and again I apologize.

Jenn I did see your message but for some reason it wouldn't let me reply and I was in too much shock to realize that I could have just started a new message, LOL. But I'm so very very happy for you and Fuat!!!

Still no visa. I called my congressmans office on Friday but the girl who handles the immigration stuff was off until Monday so I'll have to call back monday. According to Montreals website the visa should have been here in 5-7 business days and we are almost at 15 business days.

I did end up getting my monthly bill, but it is so weird that I'm still thinking I could be pregnant. I took a Pregnancy test on Friday and it said negative but I'll take another one in about a week to make sure. If it says no again I'll probably go to the doctor just to make sure that it's not a tubal pregnancy. I want to be on the safe side and not end up like one of those girls on I Didn't Know I was Pregnant, LOL.

Oh no, hopefully by the time you call the congressman's office it'll be delivered because I don't see why it'd be printed but taking so long to be delivered. Lets see what happens with Maggie's...

I agree with you on testing again but keep in mind that not all pregnancies comes out positive on a urine test so you might want to go to the doctor regardless. I still haven't gotten my monthly bill yet...

[Maggie_Kenyth 1]

gosh dont scare me with the visa thing... I need it in time to get married

[brightskte 18]

Don't worry Maggie. I think I soaked up all of the bad luck in this group. None left for you!

[frenzyheart 2]

Awww, Kayla! I really hope you get it soon! I keep my fingers crossed for you whenever our mailman shows up in hopes that his will bring his visa to him!

I just got back from getting my grandfather's signature on the I-134 form. We have all the stuff we need (with the exception of the medical exam, that is.) and ... wow. It's like this huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Now the anxious month wait until our interview!!! (Maybe I should use that time to catch up on my schoolwork, since the two teachers I have left after dropping Philosophy both stated that they'd work with me. I have 3 papers for Composition II to do! )

[4lovewelive 0]

Hey, girls! I'm really sorry for disappearing again. I really feel bad about it. Im glad to see that you are still here and that this topic got to 240 pages. Thats great. I will be joining you from now on, no matter what. No more excuses. I still havent had the chance to read all that I missed but the first thing I read when I got here was about Jenn getting married. Congratulations Jenn! May you have a wonderful life together! The religious ceremony is separate from the legal one in Romania, as well. The religious one is a big deal to me, but Im afraid I wont be able to get married in an orthodox church in here... So, Im sure it meant alot for Fuat to do it according to their tradition.

So who else got married? I hope everyone on the forum is ok.

I have been trying to find my place in here... It is getting hard to stay home all day with no job, no driving license... I cant walk anywhere, cant go anywhere by myself. My fiance is trying to get a job and its not going to good. Alot of scammers these days....

I am a little stressed about the whole wedding thing. I dont even know if we can afford any kind of wedding and I keep asking myself if that matters or not... I just know that ur mum would love to see me wearing a white dress and having a little wedding even if she cannot be a part of it. I have no idea whats gonna happen... I guess I'll just wait and see...

So, hope to hear good news from all of you every day!

Roxy

[Ney 0]

CONGRATS TO JENN AND FAUT!!!!

Maggie, I'm so happy that everything is on track for you.

Kayla, I hope you get the visa soon.

Kjenkins, May 1st will be a beautiful day!!!

Frenzy, I think it's great that you both are choosing to wait.

4Love, I hope everything falls into place for quickly.

We have been through two wedding this week, one on the 7th with the Iman, and then the Cinderella wedding yesteday. They are officially husband and wife in both countries now (Iran doesn't recognize a union that has not been done in the muslim way).

[katie & sifa 25]

Congrats Jenn on the wedding!

Sifa & I got married yesterday - a small ceremony with 8 guests (all family) in my parents' house, ceremony performed by the minister whose church I went to growing up. It was perfect Now we just wait for the marriage certificate so we can file AOS!

[Seb928s 2]

Hey everybody! Hope everyone is doing well. We are so busy with my vacation ending tomorrow. We went to the Keys and for a few days. Sad news came from Poland on Saturday morning as most of you probably heard by now. We are without a President and many very important people. Katyn forest has claimed more Polish souls.

We have planned our wedding date on June 5th and we bought our wedding bands last night.

Question is she has until June 18th to get married so if we file all the paper work a few days after would that cause any problems? I'm pretty sure we will get everything in the mail by June 18th but I just want to make sure it would be ok if it gets sent after. We will be married on June 5th so that's not the issue.

[kjenkins86 5]

gosh dont scare me with the visa thing... I need it in time to get married

Oh you'll be fine

Don't worry Maggie. I think I soaked up all of the bad luck in this group. None left for you!

Don't say that Kayla, things always work out forr us all. Goodluck Be glad you're waiting for the visa to be delivered and not your package being sent back to NVC...

Hey, girls! I'm really sorry for disappearing again. I really feel bad about it. Im glad to see that you are still here and that this topic got to 240 pages. Thats great. I will be joining you from now on, no matter what. No more excuses. I still havent had the chance to read all that I missed but the first thing I read when I got here was about Jenn getting married. Congratulations Jenn! May you have a wonderful life together! The religious ceremony is separate from the legal one in Romania, as well. The religious one is a big deal to me, but Im afraid I wont be able to get married in an orthodox church in here... So, Im sure it meant alot for Fuat to do it according to their tradition.

So who else got married? I hope everyone on the forum is ok.

I have been trying to find my place in here... It is getting hard to stay home all day with no job, no driving license... I cant walk anywhere, cant go anywhere by myself. My fiance is trying to get a job and its not going to good. Alot of scammers these days....

I am a little stressed about the whole wedding thing. I dont even know if we can afford any kind of wedding and I keep asking myself if that matters or not... I just know that ur mum would love to see me wearing a white dress and having a little wedding even if she cannot be a part of it. I have no idea whats gonna happen... I guess I'll just wait and see...

So, hope to hear good news from all of you every day!

Roxy

Don't forget that you MUST marry within 90 days of arrival in the US, so you have until around May 1st. Goodluck!

CONGRATS TO JENN AND FAUT!!!!

Maggie, I'm so happy that everything is on track for you.

Kayla, I hope you get the visa soon.

Kjenkins, May 1st will be a beautiful day!!!

Frenzy, I think it's great that you both are choosing to wait.

4Love, I hope everything falls into place for quickly.

We have been through two wedding this week, one on the 7th with the Iman, and then the Cinderella wedding yesteday. They are officially husband and wife in both countries now (Iran doesn't recognize a union that has not been done in the muslim way).

May 1st will be a beautiful day, it'll be mine and Jenn's wedding day!

Congrats Jenn on the wedding!

Sifa & I got married yesterday - a small ceremony with 8 guests (all family) in my parents' house, ceremony performed by the minister whose church I went to growing up. It was perfect Now we just wait for the marriage certificate so we can file AOS!

Congratulations!!!

Hey everybody! Hope everyone is doing well. We are so busy with my vacation ending tomorrow. We went to the Keys and for a few days. Sad news came from Poland on Saturday morning as most of you probably heard by now. We are without a President and many very important people. Katyn forest has claimed more Polish souls.

We have planned our wedding date on June 5th and we bought our wedding bands last night.

Question is she has until June 18th to get married so if we file all the paper work a few days after would that cause any problems? I'm pretty sure we will get everything in the mail by June 18th but I just want to make sure it would be ok if it gets sent after. We will be married on June 5th so that's not the issue.

Hey Seb, congrats on the wedding bands!

AOS does not have to be filed within 90 days but you MUST marry within 90 days. USCIS advises us to file for AOS asap but it's not mandatory.