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Vicmvarela   0

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Hello everyone. I have been engaged to my Russian fiancé for two years and was waiting for her to finish school. Now that she is done we are ready to take the next step and get that k-1 visa for her. Any advice? Does anyone know the wait time from beginning to end? Is it wise to use an agency like rapidvisa? I'm a complete noob who is in love... Sorry for the cheesiness.

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Also, I was divorced a few years ago. Will I need the actual divorce decree or will a copy do? I took it with me on my last visit to Russia and left it hoping that I would return and marry her there but things are very complicated that way.

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Hello everyone. I have been engaged to my Russian fiancé for two years and was waiting for her to finish school. Now that she is done we are ready to take the next step and get that k-1 visa for her. Any advice? Does anyone know the wait time from beginning to end? Is it wise to use an agency like rapidvisa? I'm a complete noob who is in love... Sorry for the cheesiness.

Vic

Hi, welcome to VJ.

I am happy to say you are in the right place now. My advise is keep reading, searching, and ask on the forum. Here the guide for very first step. You can post onto K-1 visa forum also sub-forum RUB (Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus) to get more insight about country where the beneficiary comes from.

I am in relationship with my fiance for more than 5 years now. I think patience is very important to going through this waiting game process. We just filed last August and got approved on October 11, 2013. The waiting time may vary for individual. It says on the website usually take 3-6 months for I-129F approval. But as you can see now, I-129F approvals so fast lately. So I think you are on the right path.

Anything you can ask here related to immigration to US. Good luck!.

Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat

- Sun Tzu-

It doesn't matter how slow you go as long as you don't stop

-Confucius-

 

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                                       Lifting Condition (I-751)

 

*Mailed I-751 package (06/21/2017) to CSC

*NOA-1 date (06/23/2017)

*NOA-1 received (06/28/2017)

*Check cashed (06/27/2017)

*Biometric Received (07/10/2017)

*Biometric Appointment (07/20/2017)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Vicmvarela   0

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Thank you both. It warms me that there is a community to help through this crazy process. The help so far is awesome, without it I don't know how anyone gets this done since researching independently on other sites seem to have contradicting information.

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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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Welcome!

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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Vicmvarela   0

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Can someone please help?? I'm reading some people saying that ALL fields should be marked NA if not applicable, others are saying leave them blank, including the example k-1 app on this site. Anyone know for sure the correct answer?

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shell20   746

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Hi Im new to this site too.. I have just received my NOA2 in record time. We did hire a lawyer and I looked at our old emails from our lawyer regarding evidence. They said to us don't send your original divorce certificate as the chances are USCIS wont return them.. Hope that helps. Good luck.

Removal of Conditions..  TICK TOCK, TICK TOCK

 

Time to reset the tick tock clock again.   Roll my eyes.

 

GC  Conditional date:  05/26/2015

N400.  Application:      02/28/2018       

Biometrics:                    02/22/2018

 

Waiting............    Roll my eyes again :(

 

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