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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Ecuador
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First, RELAX!! If you feel confident you are more likely to do well in everything. :-)

--Review your paperwork, make sure everything is signed and dated. Get a checklist from visajourney or the USCIS website and check it all off. I printed out packet 4 and went through checking everything off as I went. Organize all your documents in the same order as your checklist so it doesn't get confusing.

--Think about what you're going to say- they will almost definitely ask you why your fiance isn't with you, they'll ask you about your relationship, and how you met. Always tell the truth! They'll ask you repetitive questions, if you tell the truth you won't have any trouble keeping your answers straight..

--Rest! Try not to stay up all night stressing! Also, be sure to get to the consulate at least 30 minutes before your appointment time. Bring your paperwork and a jacket, nothing else. They won't let you bring any electronics or anything in your pockets.

Have faith and good luck! If your paperwork is in order and you answer truthfully they should approve you without problems! :thumbs:

I-129F package sent: Jul 7th 2010

Package received at CSC: Jul 9th 2010

NOA1: Jul 16th 2010

NOA2: Nov 30th 2010

Packet 4 letter received: Dec 27th 2010

Medical done: Jan 3rd 2011

Interview: Jan 24th 2011 - APPROVED!!

Passport with K-1 visa received: Jan 29th 2011

POE: Feb 2nd 2011 in Houston, TX - cleared without problems :-)

Married!: May 2nd 2011

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ecuador
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A very few people have been approved, and only recently, with their petitioner not present. There are not enough data to constitute a pattern yet.

Did your fiance provide a letter for you to give to the consul, explaining why he can't be there? Did he get a letter from his employer, stating that he is denied any time off? If there's time, have him FAX one to you or to the consulate as highest priority.

Let us know how your interview goes, including a description of the interviewer(s) and all of the questions that you were asked. Good luck, si man!

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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