October 2009 K-1 Visa filers

[K and L 27]

Yay! Congrats, Beth! I'm guessing they need the apostille seal version of the decree - you can bring them a non-apostille (but certified) version to the places listed here and pay a dollar to get the seal. It should be super quick and easy if you've got a certified copy of your divorce decree laying around.

[kristik 0]

hi everyone!

i apologize for not being able to post lately. since my fiancee got here in the US, we've been really busy running around meeting friends and relatives, going out shopping, planning for our wedding, then more shopping... well, just pretty much starting our lives together...

the past couple of weeks has really been filled with joy and happiness and i just would like to share that with you guys... to let you know that all the hard work, patience and perseverance that you're doing right now will surely pay-off in the end...

anyway, congrats to all the recent approvals and best of luck to all the upcoming interviews!

GO! GO! GO! Octoberians!!!

yay!! nice to hear from you! thank you for the words of encouragement! all the best to you and your fiancee.

[kristik 0]

Ok, so I REALLY want to put "APPROVED" all over the place, but .....

John's Visa is "approved pending further documentation". Apparently they didn't like my divorce documents and want "State seals" on them. ah, well.... it's an easy fix, just more time consuming and delays (having to request the same documents AGAIN and paying for them AGAIN). Doesn't really affect us in the least as John isn't planning to activate his K-1 until May 11th or so, but I just wanted to be done with it!

John said the interview was very easy .... they did not take some of his paperwork (he doesn't remember what exactly ... ) and we think it was because he did D-230 online. The guy interviewing him asked very few questions, did not ask for any supporting evidence of our relationship (no pics, no phone records, nada), just told him to get the certified "with seals" documents to him along with his passport and they will return it to him within two days with his Visa inside. SUPER easy! John also said that there were two other non-immigrant Visa applicants there, another K-1 and a K-3, and they both walked out needing additional documentation as well. The K-1 needed a criminal waiver (ouch!) and the K-3 for divorce documents as well.

congrats!! oh so close!!

so we mailed our packet 3 on march 6 and have not received any word yet. i emailed the embassy in tirana and we are still waiting for a response, its day 4 within their standard 10 day email response period. patience, patience, patience...

have a good day all!

[Leenie 15]

Ok, so I REALLY want to put "APPROVED" all over the place, but .....

John's Visa is "approved pending further documentation". Apparently they didn't like my divorce documents and want "State seals" on them. ah, well.... it's an easy fix, just more time consuming and delays (having to request the same documents AGAIN and paying for them AGAIN). Doesn't really affect us in the least as John isn't planning to activate his K-1 until May 11th or so, but I just wanted to be done with it!

John said the interview was very easy .... they did not take some of his paperwork (he doesn't remember what exactly ... ) and we think it was because he did D-230 online. The guy interviewing him asked very few questions, did not ask for any supporting evidence of our relationship (no pics, no phone records, nada), just told him to get the certified "with seals" documents to him along with his passport and they will return it to him within two days with his Visa inside. SUPER easy! John also said that there were two other non-immigrant Visa applicants there, another K-1 and a K-3, and they both walked out needing additional documentation as well. The K-1 needed a criminal waiver (ouch!) and the K-3 for divorce documents as well.

Congrats, you guys!!

[lilacvioletiris 11]

Ok, so I REALLY want to put "APPROVED" all over the place, but .....

John's Visa is "approved pending further documentation". Apparently they didn't like my divorce documents and want "State seals" on them. ah, well.... it's an easy fix, just more time consuming and delays (having to request the same documents AGAIN and paying for them AGAIN). Doesn't really affect us in the least as John isn't planning to activate his K-1 until May 11th or so, but I just wanted to be done with it!

John said the interview was very easy .... they did not take some of his paperwork (he doesn't remember what exactly ... ) and we think it was because he did D-230 online. The guy interviewing him asked very few questions, did not ask for any supporting evidence of our relationship (no pics, no phone records, nada), just told him to get the certified "with seals" documents to him along with his passport and they will return it to him within two days with his Visa inside. SUPER easy! John also said that there were two other non-immigrant Visa applicants there, another K-1 and a K-3, and they both walked out needing additional documentation as well. The K-1 needed a criminal waiver (ouch!) and the K-3 for divorce documents as well.

Ah, Beth, I hope that you are able to get that paperwork to Vancouver! I will look forward to seeing the "approved" posting soon!

[Beth and John 7]

Ah, Beth, I hope that you are able to get that paperwork to Vancouver! I will look forward to seeing the "approved" posting soon!

Already have one of the two parts that they need in my hot little hands. Just a few more days and it will all be enroute to Vancouver and we will be all set whoop!

[Krili 0]

Hehe, started worry a little bit about up-comming interview. 3 more days of unknowing waitting!! wah!! want it to be over soon!!

[OlegAndSveta 1]

Hi everybody! I have two news one is very good: we were approved, interview went just great and we have visa right now in our hands. One is not so great, though... due to this Iceland volcano explosion we are now stuck in Russia and have to wait for Europe to open its airports. That is not good at all, taking in the account fact that my vacation time is long-long-long gone.

[JohnAnwesha 4]

Hi everybody! I have two news one is very good: we were approved, interview went just great and we have visa right now in our hands. One is not so great, though... due to this Iceland volcano explosion we are now stuck in Russia and have to wait for Europe to open its airports. That is not good at all, taking in the account fact that my vacation time is long-long-long gone.

Congratulations on your successful visa interview

We all hope for everyone's good that the volcanic ashes get cleared soon, it has been an unseen event and a lot of people have got affected.

But well you have a big achievement under your belt already !!!

[Jessica&Carl 1]

Hello all!

Just got back from an amazing 3 week trip to Ireland to see my wonderful Fiance! Hated to say goodbye (again) but it was so wonderful to see him and know this whole process is only 6 months from being over and done with!

Thanks so much for your help with all this paperwork information. It's been such a pain in the you know what. I need just a little more help tho. For some reason, neither my computer or my fiance's computer will let us open up the DS156 (it says my computer does not meet the requirements) or the DS157 (it goes to an official looking embassy page and then says page not found). I've tried the links from both this website and from the london embassy website as well. Is there another way to get them? My fiance is feeling very stressed and overwhelmed.

Thanks again,

Sorry I'm such a pain!

J

[JohnAnwesha 4]

Hello all!

Just got back from an amazing 3 week trip to Ireland to see my wonderful Fiance! Hated to say goodbye (again) but it was so wonderful to see him and know this whole process is only 6 months from being over and done with!

Thanks so much for your help with all this paperwork information. It's been such a pain in the you know what. I need just a little more help tho. For some reason, neither my computer or my fiance's computer will let us open up the DS156 (it says my computer does not meet the requirements) or the DS157 (it goes to an official looking embassy page and then says page not found). I've tried the links from both this website and from the london embassy website as well. Is there another way to get them? My fiance is feeling very stressed and overwhelmed.

Thanks again,

Sorry I'm such a pain!

J

Hi,

You could try this link https://evisaforms.state.gov/ds156.asp on Internet Explorer Version 7 or higher.It worked for most of us.Once you finish filling it up and all,it will generate that barcode for you.

Do let me know if this helps you.All the very best to both of you.

Anwesha

[Jessica&Carl 1]

Hi,

You could try this link https://evisaforms.state.gov/ds156.asp on Internet Explorer Version 7 or higher.It worked for most of us.Once you finish filling it up and all,it will generate that barcode for you.

Do let me know if this helps you.All the very best to both of you.

Anwesha

Thank you. I was really confused about the format of the form. I don't have explorer on my computer at all, so that's why I was having such trouble.

[kristik 0]

Thank you. I was really confused about the format of the form. I don't have explorer on my computer at all, so that's why I was having such trouble.

We used Mozilla Firefox and had no problems. Make sure that you have Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or higher installed on your computer. Good luck!!

[Jessica&Carl 1]

I do have that version of Adobe. Don't know why it's not working. Ugh.

[Juanitajuanes 0]

Congrats to everyone on their approvals/interviews. Nelson had his interview today and was approved pending further documentation due to the I134. I need a sponsor. This is proving to be more difficult than I thought...but I was wondering if anyone could tell me what the guidelines for that are? they said I need a cosponsor based on the fact that I haven't been employed for a year straight (I was in chile for part of last year). I guess I am short 4,000 dollars or something like that. If I were to ask someone to sponsor him what is the timeline? isn't it, if it is not an annual income, the amount available has to be 5 times that of what is missing of the annual income? so I would need either someone that made that difference of 4,000 a year or someone with 20,000 in savings or assets? so it's 5 years? I am going to keep searching on the forums but if anyone knows off hand that would be fantastic. I need to send him this information asap. he might need to forfeit his ticket if I can't get this paperwork to him soon.

Thanks so much and congrats to everyone that is done!! so close!