Questions about K-1 Visa application Process

[djv-tco 29]

Thank you so much for all of your help!

It keeps saying I have more than one timeline lol I will have to try again tomorrow.

Here it shows the Ottawa embassy but I will have to research further to find out about interviewing http://canada.usembassy.gov/mobile/visas/consulates/ottawa.html

You're welcome!

Yep, definitely check on the K-1 visa interview location.

Good luck!

[NikLR 13,232]

Only Montreal and Vancouver do K1 interviews. Only Montreal does spousal interviews. The friend would have had her interview in Montreal not Ottawa. I had to travel there from Alberta. weeeeeeeeeeeee.... LOL... I spent a week in Montreal because of course the 3 days after the medical does not include weekends and my interview was on a Monday.

As you're from Ottawa you may want to travel to Montreal twice, once to get the medical out of the way at Medisys and scout out the consulate, then you'll have to go there for the interview. There is a bunch of reviews on this website and a Canada forum to help you out. I suggest reading the Montreal guide in the Canada forum, lots of little tips there.

[gingernugget 1]

Only Montreal and Vancouver do K1 interviews. Only Montreal does spousal interviews. The friend would have had her interview in Montreal not Ottawa. I had to travel there from Alberta. weeeeeeeeeeeee.... LOL... I spent a week in Montreal because of course the 3 days after the medical does not include weekends and my interview was on a Monday.

As you're from Ottawa you may want to travel to Montreal twice, once to get the medical out of the way at Medisys and scout out the consulate, then you'll have to go there for the interview. There is a bunch of reviews on this website and a Canada forum to help you out. I suggest reading the Montreal guide in the Canada forum, lots of little tips there.

Oh, really. Darn. Everyone is posting that their wait times are longer . I emailed the Ottawa embassy with no response as of yet. Montreal is approx 2 hrs away so that isn't as bad I suppose lol. I'm used to driving up to 5 hrs every other weekend to visit my fiancé so that should go by quick! I'm not great with French either so this will be interesting....

[gingernugget 1]

Only Montreal and Vancouver do K1 interviews. Only Montreal does spousal interviews. The friend would have had her interview in Montreal not Ottawa. I had to travel there from Alberta. weeeeeeeeeeeee.... LOL... I spent a week in Montreal because of course the 3 days after the medical does not include weekends and my interview was on a Monday.

As you're from Ottawa you may want to travel to Montreal twice, once to get the medical out of the way at Medisys and scout out the consulate, then you'll have to go there for the interview. There is a bunch of reviews on this website and a Canada forum to help you out. I suggest reading the Montreal guide in the Canada forum, lots of little tips there.

Do you possibly know how soon can I schedule my medical examination and my interview? If the waiting times are long in Montreal I want to be on top of this! I have already sent a request for my immunization and will be picking up my criminal record check once the date is closer (I want that to be as up-to-date as possible).

[NikLR 13,232]

Oh, really. Darn. Everyone is posting that their wait times are longer . I emailed the Ottawa embassy with no response as of yet. Montreal is approx 2 hrs away so that isn't as bad I suppose lol. I'm used to driving up to 5 hrs every other weekend to visit my fiancé so that should go by quick! I'm not great with French either so this will be interesting....

downtown Montreal is mostly english. I spent a week there and was fine.

Do you possibly know how soon can I schedule my medical examination and my interview? If the waiting times are long in Montreal I want to be on top of this! I have already sent a request for my immunization and will be picking up my criminal record check once the date is closer (I want that to be as up-to-date as possible).

you can schedule the interview after you get the P4 from Montreal. The medical can be any time after that. The pcc is good for a year at montreal so you can get that any time.

[raven52 233]

I wish you good luck on your journey, and all I can say is if you were going through the Calif. instead of Vermont, I would, just guess, your time might be cut in half.,.,but this changes from time to time.

I would suggest you become very familar with this site, and how to use "Igor's List" to see who is being approved for what type of visa, and YOU, need to get your time line set up on this site so THE experts (not me) on this site can help you, ..,.,YOUR doucmentation cannot "be too good".,.,.follow the sites offerd here and do exactly as they say, would be my advice.,.,.,we came through the Philippines.,.,.,and we could not ge enough "pictures".,.,they wanted to see all we had.,.,.and your finical documentation, will have to be perfect, .,.,i.e..,. tax returns, income.,.,.etc.,.,.,. Good Luck keep us informed.,.,.,.,., we were 10 months and 4 days start to P.O.E. ..,,Alanta.,.,.,.,.so draw your own conclusions.,..,.it may be 5-6 months..,.,or more like ours was, best of luck!

[gingernugget 1]

I wish you good luck on your journey, and all I can say is if you were going through the Calif. instead of Vermont, I would, just guess, your time might be cut in half.,.,but this changes from time to time.

I would suggest you become very familar with this site, and how to use "Igor's List" to see who is being approved for what type of visa, and YOU, need to get your time line set up on this site so THE experts (not me) on this site can help you, ..,.,YOUR doucmentation cannot "be too good".,.,.follow the sites offerd here and do exactly as they say, would be my advice.,.,.,we came through the Philippines.,.,.,and we could not ge enough "pictures".,.,they wanted to see all we had.,.,.and your finical documentation, will have to be perfect, .,.,i.e..,. tax returns, income.,.,.etc.,.,.,. Good Luck keep us informed.,.,.,.,., we were 10 months and 4 days start to P.O.E. ..,,Alanta.,.,.,.,.so draw your own conclusions.,..,.it may be 5-6 months..,.,or more like ours was, best of luck!

I'm starting to worry about the taxes portion because Nicholas (my fiancé) was living in Canada for 4 years and only moved back to the US in October 2012 so he is just starting to get everything together to file his taxes in the US now.... Last year was split between Canada and the US... I'm not sure how this will affect our wait time while they review this. We may need to look into his mother being a co sponsor. But I will definitely keep you updated! Everyone is being such a great help. Still working on why our timeline isn't working at the moment. We have all kinds of photos etc because we have been making sure we see each other at least once/twice a month. However the border crossing never once stamped our passports so I'm going to look into how we get proof of the visits . I only travelled via Amtrack twice so I have those stubs, the rest was via driving our own cars.

[djv-tco 29]

I'm starting to worry about the taxes portion because Nicholas (my fiancé) was living in Canada for 4 years and only moved back to the US in October 2012 so he is just starting to get everything together to file his taxes in the US now.... Last year was split between Canada and the US... I'm not sure how this will affect our wait time while they review this. We may need to look into his mother being a co sponsor. But I will definitely keep you updated! Everyone is being such a great help. Still working on why our timeline isn't working at the moment. We have all kinds of photos etc because we have been making sure we see each other at least once/twice a month. However the border crossing never once stamped our passports so I'm going to look into how we get proof of the visits . I only travelled via Amtrack twice so I have those stubs, the rest was via driving our own cars.

I'm not sure about your fiancé's taxes but in regards to your passport stamps, don't worry too much about it. Most Canadian passports don't get stamped when going through a land border. For proof of meeting in the immediate two years, provide official and dated evidence that places both you and your fiancé in the same place at the same time such as, receipts paid by you in the states or by your fiancé in Canada.

[slowlyman 118]

I'm starting to worry about the taxes portion because Nicholas (my fiancé) was living in Canada for 4 years and only moved back to the US in October 2012 so he is just starting to get everything together to file his taxes in the US now.... Last year was split between Canada and the US... I'm not sure how this will affect our wait time while they review this. We may need to look into his mother being a co sponsor. But I will definitely keep you updated! Everyone is being such a great help. Still working on why our timeline isn't working at the moment. We have all kinds of photos etc because we have been making sure we see each other at least once/twice a month. However the border crossing never once stamped our passports so I'm going to look into how we get proof of the visits . I only travelled via Amtrack twice so I have those stubs, the rest was via driving our own cars.

Regarding taxes, if he moved back in 2012, he should have a full year of US employment. As long as he meets the financial guidelines you should not need a sponsor. Submit the employment letter, bank statements, W-2 etc with the P3 packet. Unless he is self employed he will not need to submit a tax transcript with the 134 affidavit of support. He will however need to submit 1 -3 years of transcripts for the 485 AOS later.

[gingernugget 1]

Regarding taxes, if he moved back in 2012, he should have a full year of US employment. As long as he meets the financial guidelines you should not need a sponsor. Submit the employment letter, bank statements, W-2 etc with the P3 packet. Unless he is self employed he will not need to submit a tax transcript with the 134 affidavit of support. He will however need to submit 1 -3 years of transcripts for the 485 AOS later.

Okay, great. Thank you. No, he isn't self employed and does make more than the required amount now so that portion should be okay.

I'm not sure about your fiancé's taxes but in regards to your passport stamps, don't worry too much about it. Most Canadian passports don't get stamped when going through a land border. For proof of meeting in the immediate two years, provide official and dated evidence that places both you and your fiancé in the same place at the same time such as, receipts paid by you in the states or by your fiancé in Canada.

Thank you, I'm sure we all kinds of that stuff. I'll try to find bank statements and phone bills that shows my usage while I was visiting there and he can find what he has used while he has been here

[ricnally 259]

I went through the California service centre and the Vancouver consulate. My wait time from filing to interview was 10 months. (9 months just to get NOA2). Lots of people are getting through much faster these days but there's no guarantee.