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[payxibka 10,047]

My fiancee has her interview in Kiev Sept 27th. I sent her 2 copies of my pay stubs for the last 6 months, 2 copies of my W2s for the past two years, 2 copies of my bank statement, 2 copies of employer statement, and the original notarized I-134. She pointed out to me the other day that one of the documents in packet 3, titled "INSTRUCTIONS FOR IMMIGRANT/K VISA APPLICANTS" (filename "KIEV_INSTRUCTIONS_IMMIGRANT.rtf") has a table on page 5, instruction #12.

The table looks kind of like the KEV checklist. Item No. 3 says "Evidence of support from American fiancee (original or copy)" with two columns checked--one for "copy" and one for "original". She's worried that I did not send her a copy of the I-134 stuff, but everything I read elsewhere seems to suggest it won't be needed. Thoughts?

Don't worry about providing just copies of the supporting financial data... they are fine....

[Mariya 0]

Fwaguy,

Another day -another question.

My hubby just got DS-3032... what sould he do with it - mail it to me?

And what does the Choice of agent mean? What kind of agent do they mean? would it be my hubby (since we have no lawyer)?

Edited September 10, 2007 by Mariya

[payxibka 10,047]

Another day -another question.

My hubby just got DS-3032... what sould he do with it - mail it to me?

And what does the Choice of agent mean? What kind of agent do they mean? would it be my hubby (since we have no lawyer)?

You have the ability to appoint anyone you want to act as you "agent" and typically the applicant will appoint the USC in the event of no attorney involvement.

[Mariya 0]

Agent means the person who will be receiving my correspondence (forms and stuff) from NVC?

Guys, is it a normal situation that our petition was approved August, 7th and we haven't received a hard copy of it (NOA2)from USCIS yet. Hubby called USCIS they said "file i-824 for a duplicate if you want ".. but i-824 is $ 340

maybe we should just wait longer?

Edited September 10, 2007 by Mariya

[payxibka 10,047]

Agent means the person who will be receiving my correspondence (forms and stuff) from NVC?

Guys, is it a normal situation that our petition was approved August, 7th and we haven't received a hard copy of it from USCIS yet. Hubby called USCIS they said "file i-824 for a duplicate if you want ".. but i-824 is $ 340

maybe we should just wait longer?

Yes that is what an agent is in this situation...

You will not receive a hard copy of your petition, I assume you mean the approval notice... The USCIS had problems and with approvsal notices.. There is an e-mail address to contact...

Read here...

http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/I7...esCSC071107.pdf

[Mariya 0]

Fwaguy,

You are very helpful... BIG THANK YOU one more time!

[Mariya 0]

Who has already done medical exam in Kiev? How long the whole proces take? Say.. I arrive to the clinic 8 am? Will I be done by 11 am or not?

[payxibka 10,047]

Who has already done medical exam in Kiev? How long the whole proces take? Say.. I arrive to the clinic 8 am? Will I be done by 11 am or not?

I doubt it... My wife arrived at 6 and was the third in line... She was done by 1 and then needed to return after 3 for the results which were available sometime shortly after 4

[bcartr 0]

Who has already done medical exam in Kiev? How long the whole proces take? Say.. I arrive to the clinic 8 am? Will I be done by 11 am or not?

I doubt it... My wife arrived at 6 and was the third in line... She was done by 1 and then needed to return after 3 for the results which were available sometime shortly after 4

Anya stated she was there at 8:10 am and was done at noon, returned at 3:30 pm for the documents.

T

[payxibka 10,047]

Who has already done medical exam in Kiev? How long the whole proces take? Say.. I arrive to the clinic 8 am? Will I be done by 11 am or not?

I doubt it... My wife arrived at 6 and was the third in line... She was done by 1 and then needed to return after 3 for the results which were available sometime shortly after 4

Anya stated she was there at 8:10 am and was done at noon, returned at 3:30 pm for the documents.

T

I am sure total time is all dependant on the daily volume of people being processed. I am sure since now it is only one clinic doing the medicals the times are harder to predict.

[Mariya 0]

And what about vaccinations? I have almost all of them made but hepatitis B and influenzae.

Are hepatitis B and influenzae mandatory? Those who have been to medical - did you have to get any of those vaccinations there in Kiev clinic? And how much was it?

[aikorob 0]

MAriya,

Vaccinations are not required until you file for AOS. It would be much easier for you to get them before you leave (probably cheaper also)

oh wait---I just noticed you were filing CR-1---your rules may be different. I know my statement above is true for K1

[Mariya 0]

Aikorob,

Thanks for your help.

But seems like if one files CR-1 vaccinations are mandatory.

[payxibka 10,047]

And what about vaccinations? I have almost all of them made but hepatitis B and influenzae.

Are hepatitis B and influenzae mandatory? Those who have been to medical - did you have to get any of those vaccinations there in Kiev clinic? And how much was it?

Sveta received one but I don't remember which one and it was 75 hrivna

[TONY and TANYA 0]

I am engaged to a woman from ukraine and i have been living with her since Jan 5th 2007. We have been waiting for the visa interview which is sept 24th in Kiev. Now i am self employed and have assets, however i am still using my father as a co-signer just in case the interviewing officer asks about employment while i have been living abroad for 9 months. I make 100k+ and am using the 1-134, 2006 and 2007 bank statements and my 2006 1040. Aong with my fathers I-134 and his 2006 1040s. On top of the financial issue is that we are pregnant, she is 24 weeks at this moment and yes its my child, remember i have been living with her since jan 2007. So if you ask me i dont think you can ask for a more "real relationship"!!! Of course she is very nervous about the interview and the POE, as most are. I am a little unsure about the interview myself only because of the fact i have been living here for 9 months and not really working 100%, although you would be surprised on how much work you can get done overseas by internet, fax and cell phones. My fiance is a translator and can speak perfect english also. I have some worries myself about the embassy possible asking about my domicile and about financial situation.

When i came here(ukraine) we had been writing emails and had spend thousands of dollars on international cell phone calls already. So i knew ALLOT about her. When i arrived in the Ukraine we fell deeply in love and i could not leave her, there would have been no way i could have a long distance relationship, no way. Of course she was the same way and didnt want me to leave either. So i stayed as i thought the petition and interview process would be done in may and now its going on October. So that goes to show you if you choose to go through with a k-1 it can take 9-10 months easy! I own my own business so i can take time off if i choose, but at the same time i am not 100% working as i would be in the US, so they may ask for more documents or ask more questions about our specific situation. I wish someone would give me some advise or opinions on our situation, i have gone through the whole process with the little help of my hired lawyer(which was useful to a point).

Now for my opinion on lawyers, i have one and he is an #######. However his assistant is useful and friendly. At first i could never have done it without a lawyer. But after doing TONS or reading about this K-1 visa, i have learned a great many things my lawyers never told me. First those lawyers say they have a 100% success rate, and that is only because they tell you do do documents and provide OVERKILL documents. I was told my lawyer that the i-134 is 100% needed and needs to be an original and that it needs to be notarized. Then i was informed by the Embassy in Kiev that it is optional and does not need to be notarized and it does not need to be an original. And a great many other things like that. The lawyers tell you what works for 100% but there are other ways that work also. I wish i would have found this website many many months ago instead here i am posting 1 week before her interview. I would greatly appreciate if someone who has Kiev interview experiences can give me their thoughts about our situation and if we should bring any additional documents.