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Starting the K-1 visa FWI-->USA

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Eny Newbie

Eny   0

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Hi everyone,

Im about to start the k1 visa process with my partner.

We are both 26 and have a beautiful 1 year old son. Im from Guadeloupe, French West Indies and he is from Maryland. Our wish is to be together asap so our son can grow up with both his parents.

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TBoneTX Grand Master

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Welcome to VJ!

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01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.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

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ok, maybe this is a good post for me to tag along on. i just joined, and im engaged to a 30 year old indian women-im 23. she lives in india right now. i cant seem to figure out which one i need to do, k1 or k3? im thinking k3 because of this info about it-

"The K-3 nonimmigrant visa is for the foreign-citizen spouse of a United States (U.S.) citizen. This visa category is intended to shorten the physical separation between the foreign-citizen and U.S. citizen spouses by having the option to obtain a nonimmigrant K-3 visa overseas and enter the United States to await approval of the immigrant visa petition. K-3 visa recipients subsequently apply to adjust status to a permanent resident (LPR) with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) upon approval of the petition. Because the spouse of a U.S. citizen applying for a nonimmigrant K-3 visa must have a immigrant visa petition filed on his or her behalf by his or her U.S. citizen spouse and pending approval, a K-3 applicant must meet some of the requirements of an immigrant visa. It should be noted that under U.S. immigration law, a foreign citizen who marries a U.S. citizen outside the U.S. must apply for the K-3 visa in the country where the marriage took place. Learn more in theApplying for a Visa section below."

this leaves soo much to be answered. what if we have not yet met, which is the case? can we even apply for either of these?? we would love to be able to meet in toronto canada, file from there, and actually be able to BOTH come back to salt lake city (my home) while we wait for approval..but i fear deeply that we may both have to go home before we can even begin filing! makes me really sad. do i have to file the k1 first? i read something alone those lines, that a k3 visa was for someone who has alread filed a k1 but was rejected for some reason. last think i want to do is file the wrong things and/or at the wrong time.

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Pitaya Grand Master

Pitaya   2,577

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Welcome to the forum.

Completed: K1/K2 (271 days) - AOS/EAD/AP (134 days) - ROC (279 days)

"Si vis amari, ama" - Seneca

 

 

 

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Eny Newbie

Eny   0

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Thank you all :)

Welcome Eny!

I wish you patience and the best of luck through this K1 Visa journey with your partner.

I am from France and my fiancé is from Maryland too. goofy.gif

This forum is really interesting and helpful: it will provide you all the tips and infos you need to succeed.

Wow! A quel niveau es-tu dans tes démarches?

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