Venezuela Anyone filing for K fiancé

[KennyG 6]

There is no reason for me to worry. I did not attend the interview it went fine just know the phone number to your fiancé know the address know everything and if you know everything it is approved. My fiancé and I are together right now. It does take a couple hours but you will be approved.

[neyla_romero 2]

There is no reason for me to worry. I did not attend the interview it went fine just know the phone number to your fiancé know the address know everything and if you know everything it is approved. My fiancé and I are together right now. It does take a couple hours but you will be approved.

. Wow kenny congrats It's great to see that this is actually possible. My fiance and I are both young and because of the dumb thing with visas for the US citizens he won't be able to come to the interview and that scares me to death!!! Edited October 18, 2015 by neyla_romero

[Meggers 0]

I'm so scared about this too, My fiance was planning to come to Venezuela to go to the interview with me but the whole tourist visa for US citizens is making it impossible. I'm so scared to go alone to the interview, please if anybody have some advices for this I would appreciate it

Our case hasn't arrived in Caracas yet, but we will be sure to update our experience with the consulate as soon as he has his interview. I know he has been there in the past once for a work visa and another time for a visitor's visa. From what he has told me in the past there doesn't seem to be anything to worry about with that particular consulate and I haven't seen any reviews that would suggest that people are having difficulty with the consular officers in that location.

Good luck to you and we will be sure to share our experience with everyone else as soon as we can.

[neyla_romero 2]

Our case hasn't arrived in Caracas yet, but we will be sure to update our experience with the consulate as soon as he has his interview. I know he has been there in the past once for a work visa and another time for a visitor's visa. From what he has told me in the past there doesn't seem to be anything to worry about with that particular consulate and I haven't seen any reviews that would suggest that people are having difficulty with the consular officers in that location.

Good luck to you and we will be sure to share our experience with everyone else as soon as we can.

. Thank you meggs!!!!!

[Meggers 0]

To keep some up to date info on the K1 visa going through Venezuela I wanted to let you guys know our progress so far and if anyone has any new news about their application I would love to hear it.

According to the CEAS Tracker website our case has been received by Caracas and was ready to schedule an interview on October 19th. We attempted to create a profile on the US Travel Docs website however we are running into a problem getting a CGI receipt so that the fiance can pay the fee. I have been told that this website causes problems for many people. Emailed the embassy and they just gave us a generic reply email directing us to the venezuelan US Travel Doc website. I have attempted calling the USA phone number and only received an automated recording. The fiance called the embassy and was told that the case must not be ready yet. So it is possible we just got too excited and tried to pay the fee too soon. We will wait another week and see if anything has changed. If not we will be calling the embassy again to figure out the status of his case.

To the people who have set up their interview or paid the fee for the K1 visa. How long did it take for the embassy to process your case from the time that it arrived at the consulate?

[neyla_romero 2]

I wanted to make this in order to help anyone that needs a Venezuelan visa.

The Goverment of Venezuela made a statement in March this year, that all US citizens will need a visa to enter Venezuela. In order to go with me to the K-1 visa interview in Caracas, my fiancé did the best he could to get a visa to be with me the day of the interview. So here I'll tell my fiancé's experience with the Venezuelan consulate in New York:


The documents you'll need (have in mind that this might vary):

1. Completed visa application.
2.Photocopy of your last pay stub.
3.Notarized letter stating that you are currently employed. (If you're a full time student, like my fiancé, you'll need a proof of enrollment instead. It must be an official document with the school seal.)
4. Passport.
5. Flat-rate (cardboard) priority mail envelope.
6.$5.75 stamp for international mail.
7.Photocopy of deed of your house.
8.If you're not a homeowner, a notarized letter from the homeowner stating that you live there now and the foreseeable future.
9.Latest bank statement showing your balance and account history.
10. $30 money order made payable to: Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
11. Copy of flight itinerary. (Or a reservation of a flight. We called to American Airlines and made a reservation for a flight and we cancelled it after he got the visa approved, no charges for the reservation).
12. Copies of passport pages that shows personal information.
13. Two recent passport style photo. (2x2)
14. Copy of your green card (if you're not a US citizen)

If they feel like it that day, they may ask you for these things. Bring them just in case:

15. Photocpy of the title of your car.
16. Photocopy of your drivers license, front and back.
17. Photocopy of your birth certificate, front and back.


None of the 5 venezuelan consulates in the US will pick up the phone, so don't count on making a call to get information, sending an e-mail won't help either, they'll never answer. My fiance lives in NJ, so every time he went to NY, he paid $28 on train tickets, but it was the only way to get a visa. We got all the documents that the Venezuelan website asked to get a visa ( http://eeuu.embajada.gob.ve/index.php?lang=en This website is in English ), so my fiance went to NY to consulate to get the process started. In the moment he got there he took a number a waited for not too long, but when one of the worker helped him, she told him that he needed 3 more documents that weren't in the website, on top of that, the consulate closes at 1:00 pm, so he couldn't just go to get the documents and comeback, so that was the first trip without succeed. In the second trip he made to NY, he went with the 3 douments that they asked before, and when one of the workers reviewed the documents, he said that one of them needed to be notarized, something that they never said before. So he had to comeback a third time on a different day with the notarized letter, and finally after a lot of frustation they approved his visa.
The consulate retains your passport and sends it to you after 5 bussiness days plus the shipment time.

NY Venezuelan Consulate:
7 E 51st street, Manhattan
9:00-1:00 Monday-Friday

Most of the workers are not exactly nice to people, depending on who is helping you they might ask for more or less documents. You need to have a lot of patience through this process, it's very frustrating.

Good luck to everyone who's trying.

[Meggers 0]

I wanted to make this in order to help anyone that needs a Venezuelan visa.

The Goverment of Venezuela made a statement in March this year, that all US citizens will need a visa to enter Venezuela. In order to go with me to the K-1 visa interview in Caracas, my fiancé did the best he could to get a visa to be with me the day of the interview. So here I'll tell my fiancé's experience with the Venezuelan consulate in New York:

The documents you'll need (have in mind that this might vary):

1. Completed visa application.

2.Photocopy of your last pay stub.

3.Notarized letter stating that you are currently employed. (If you're a full time student, like my fiancé, you'll need a proof of enrollment instead. It must be an official document with the school seal.)

4. Passport.

5. Flat-rate (cardboard) priority mail envelope.

6.$5.75 stamp for international mail.

7.Photocopy of deed of your house.

8.If you're not a homeowner, a notarized letter from the homeowner stating that you live there now and the foreseeable future.

9.Latest bank statement showing your balance and account history.

10. $30 money order made payable to: Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

11. Copy of flight itinerary. (Or a reservation of a flight. We called to American Airlines and made a reservation for a flight and we cancelled it after he got the visa approved, no charges for the reservation).

12. Copies of passport pages that shows personal information.

13. Two recent passport style photo. (2x2)

14. Copy of your green card (if you're not a US citizen)

If they feel like it that day, they may ask you for these things. Bring them just in case:

15. Photocpy of the title of your car.

16. Photocopy of your drivers license, front and back.

17. Photocopy of your birth certificate, front and back.

None of the 5 venezuelan consulates in the US will pick up the phone, so don't count on making a call to get information, sending an e-mail won't help either, they'll never answer. My fiance lives in NJ, so every time he went to NY, he paid $28 on train tickets, but it was the only way to get a visa. We got all the documents that the Venezuelan website asked to get a visa ( http://eeuu.embajada.gob.ve/index.php?lang=en This website is in English ), so my fiance went to NY to consulate to get the process started. In the moment he got there he took a number a waited for not too long, but when one of the worker helped him, she told him that he needed 3 more documents that weren't in the website, on top of that, the consulate closes at 1:00 pm, so he couldn't just go to get the documents and comeback, so that was the first trip without succeed. In the second trip he made to NY, he went with the 3 douments that they asked before, and when one of the workers reviewed the documents, he said that one of them needed to be notarized, something that they never said before. So he had to comeback a third time on a different day with the notarized letter, and finally after a lot of frustation they approved his visa.

The consulate retains your passport and sends it to you after 5 bussiness days plus the shipment time.

NY Venezuelan Consulate:

7 E 51st street, Manhattan

9:00-1:00 Monday-Friday

Most of the workers are not exactly nice to people, depending on who is helping you they might ask for more or less documents. You need to have a lot of patience through this process, it's very frustrating.

Good luck to everyone who's trying.

Thank you so much for sharing this. I've been wondering about the process. Good luck with the K1 interview.

[neyla_romero 2]

Thank you so much for sharing this. I've been wondering about the process. Good luck with the K1 interview.

not a problem, if you have any doubts please feel free to ask me. And thank you! We hope everything goes well from here.

[KennyG 6]

Hola como estan todos por aqui??

Cualquier duda que puedan tener, sientanse libres de preguntarnos, estamos aqui para ayudarnos y pues felices porque estamos juntos!!!!

[neyla_romero 2]

This post is about our experience with the K-1 visa interview at the US Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.

In September of this year (2015), we received our NOA2 saying that our application was approved and that I was eligible for a fiancé visa. About a month after that, we got an NVC letter with our case number saying that our case was sent to the US Embassy in Caracas. We waited 3 weeks after the NVC letter arrived and my fiance emailed the US Embassy in Caracas explaining our situation and asking for a date for the interview. He also added our USCIS receipt number, NVC case number, and both of our names, so they could have full information of our case (ImmigrantCaracas@state.gov). The US Embassy in Caracas won’t send you a package like other embassies, you must email them. A day after sending the email we got an email saying that our visa interview was scheduled for November 24 (36 days after the email was send). This email also has instructions of the documents you need to bring and information about the medical exams you need to do before the interview.

My fiancé came to Venezuela in order to be with me during the interview. There’s another post in my profile about how to get the Venezuelan tourist visa (any US citizen needs a tourist visa to go into Venezuela).

The documents we brought to the interview (also some advices of how get them):

- The confirmation letter that the US Embassy sent you with the date of your interview: They’ll send you this letter attached to the email where they tell you that your interview has a date.
- DS- 160 confirmation sheet (Beneficiary): You must fill in this form and bring it to the embassy, it is very important; you won’t be able to go in without it.
- NOA1, NOA2, NVC letters: They don’t ask for these letters but we included it in our binder in order to have proof of everything.
- Forms I-134/ I-864 Affidavit of Support: You need to fill in the form I-134 and bring it to the interview. If you don’t have a job or if you are not above the poverty line, then you will need a co-sponsor. This co-sponsor must fill out form I-864. Even if you have a co-sponsor, you must fill out the I-134 form.
- Form 1040 Individual income Tax Return (Petitionary): If you don’t have a job or if you don’t pay taxes then you’ll need the income tax form from your co-sponsor.
- Legalized birth certificate (Beneficiary): The beneficiary will need copies of his/her birth certificate. This birth certificate needs to be legalized by the principal register of the zone when he/her was born (in case you’re Venezuelan). In my case, I had to go to the principal register of Caracas (Registro principal de Caracas, Av. Urdaneta), you’ll need to bring to the register a copy of your birth certificate, it costs 1.700 BsF. You’ll have to wait 4 business days before you can have it.
- Peticionary’s birth certificate (copies, front and back).
- Police Certificate – Antecedentes Penales (Beneficiary): You’ll need a police certificate, this expires after 3 months so make sure you know when your interview will be so your certificate don’t expires before that day. My mom had a friend who helped her to get this certificate so I don’t have much information about it, you’ll need to go to the Ministerio de Relaciones Interiores, Justicia y Paz website and find the information for this (http://www.mpprij.gob.ve/).
- Medical Exams (Beneficiary): The US Embassy will send you in the email the options of the doctors that are authorized to give you these exams. You may NOT open the exams; the US Embassy has to open it. It’s expensive (10.000 BsF) and because of the situation of the country it’ll probably get more expensive so be prepared. If you need to, the Dr. might send you to get some vaccines. I went to the Sanity building in La Urbina (Calle 5 con calle 11, Edificio Anibrum. La Urbina). These vaccines are free, and you must have the international card and the certificate of vaccines so you can give them to the doctor.
- Fiance Letter of intent (Petitionary and Beneficiary): These letters are very similar to the ones you sent with the I-129F application, you must say that you’re still willing to marry to your fiance in the 90 days after your arrival to the US.
- Evidence of the relationship: You’ll need to bring any kind of evidence that you have of your relationship. We brought copies of boarding passes, tickets to places we went, receipts of places we went, pictures together, screenshot of skype video chats showing how long the conversations are, text messages and letters.
- We also attached a letter explaining how our relationship were in the past 9 months since the I-129F petition was send but they didn’t read it.
- Cash to pay the visa fees: You’ll have to pay the visa fees even if your visa is not approved, you can pay in US dollars or in Bolivares. ($265 or 1.669 BsF)

The day of the interview:

We arrived at 7:30 am, the visa interviews is in order of arrival. You’ll have to listen to one of the works that says all the rules in the embassy, there’s a lot of prohibit articles that you can’t bring in, including your cellphones. Women can go in with their bags but they have to make sure that they don’t have any prohibited articles in there. You can leave your phones in a small locker that’s in the entrance of the parking lot. You’ll have to pay 200 BsF per locker. Also you can’t bring binders that aren’t see through, we had a black binder and we had to throw it out before going in the embassy. After you listen to the worker explain the rules, you’ll start doing the line to go in. First they’ll check the letter where you have the date of your interview and they’ll give you a ticket. After this a security guard will check your bag and pockets to make sure you don’t have prohibited articles. Then you’ll wait on another line where a worker will check your passport and the DS-160 confirmation sheet. He’ll tell you to go straight to security without doing line because you’re going to immigration. Security is like an airport security, you’ll have to take off your jewelry and belts. After that you’ll go to the room where they do interviews with everybody, tourist visas and immigrant visas. In that room you’ll go near where window 12 is and you’ll take a number, after that you can sit down. After having the number we waited about an hour to an hour and a half before they called us.

The first interview (a Venezuelan lady that spoke English too):

She asked me in Spanish:

-How old are you?
-When is your birthday
-What’s your fiancé’s phone number
-Where do you live?
She had all of this information in front of her, so she was probably asking me these questions just to make sure that I am who I say I am.
-Do you speak Spanish? (To my fiance)
-Is this the first time you've seen each other?
-How long have you been together?
-How did you meet?
-Oh, you know his family? (She was looking at the pictures we brought, one of them were with all my fiancé’s family. This was a very important photo. She fixated on it before pulling it out and keeping it for the decision process.)
-What’s your fiancé’s address in the US?
-What’s your civil status?
-Have you married before?
-Has your fiance married before?
-How old are you? (To my Fiance)

This lady was nice, she was just doing her routine job, she took some of the pictures we brought including the ones with the family of my fiancé and the ones where we got engaged. This interview lasted about 17 minutes. After this, she told us to go to pay the visa fees and that after that another officer will call us to keep going with the interview.

The second interview (an American citizen):

We both said to him "Good morning".

He asked (in English):

-You both speak English?
-When did you get here? (To my fiance)
-Do you have a ticket go back? (To my fiance)
-Do you have a ticket to go to the US with him? (We said no because we don't want to buy a ticket until the visa gets approved.)
-Please put your left fingers here. That’s it guys, your visa is approved.

This officer was very nice to us, he smiled to us and he barely asked any questions. He had our case in his hand and he didn’t even open it. We feel that the fact that my fiance was there helped to get the visa approved without so many questions. This interview lasted less than two minutes.
After this you’ll have instructions to open a profile in a website to set an address where they can send you the passport and all your documents.

We really hope that this post helps you guys a lot, and if you have any question, please ask us. We’ll be very happy to help to all the in love couples out there.

[meganscott 0]

Neyla, thank you so much for posting this incredibly detailed breakdown of what to bring and do! My fiance and I got our letter from the NVC last week and according to the online tracker it looks like our petition is already in Caracas. I never got the NOA2 letter so I'm a little behind on document prep, but this list is going to help me so much.

I do have a couple of questions --

1. You said that you had your co-sponsor fill out the I-864, but I thought they were supposed to use the I-134 just like me (the main sponsor). Is that a special request from Caracas? I'm already so confused about what to include for this part.

2. Is the tax return also a special request from Caracas? (It doesn't say I need it in the I-134 instructions but I've seen that some consulates require them). I started my job in July and didn't file taxes last year so I guess I would have my co-sponsor send in hers. Then do I need a written explanation of why I didn't file taxes last year?

3. Did your fiance bring you all the paperwork when he came for the interview? I've been trying to figure out how to mail the packet to my fiance -- it seems like DHL might be the way to go. Does anyone know how long it might take to get there (he lives in Merida)? I'm afraid for him to email the embassy to schedule the interview before I mail the package just because I know that mail is not always reliable.

Thank you again for all your help!

Edited November 29, 2015 by meganscott

[Marielys&Jeta 5]

YES YES YES. In my case, I was required to bring i-864, not i-134 for main sponsor. So it was 2 i-864 instead.

Neyla, thank you so much for posting this incredibly detailed breakdown of what to bring and do! My fiance and I got our letter from the NVC last week and according to the online tracker it looks like our petition is already in Caracas. I never got the NOA2 letter so I'm a little behind on document prep, but this list is going to help me so much.

I do have a couple of questions --

1. You said that you had your co-sponsor fill out the I-864, but I thought they were supposed to use the I-134 just like me (the main sponsor). Is that a special request from Caracas? I'm already so confused about what to include for this part.

2. Is the tax return also a special request from Caracas? (It doesn't say I need it in the I-134 instructions but I've seen that some consulates require them). I started my job in July and didn't file taxes last year so I guess I would have my co-sponsor send in hers. Then do I need a written explanation of why I didn't file taxes last year?

3. Did your fiance bring you all the paperwork when he came for the interview? I've been trying to figure out how to mail the packet to my fiance -- it seems like DHL might be the way to go. Does anyone know how long it might take to get there (he lives in Merida)? I'm afraid for him to email the embassy to schedule the interview before I mail the package just because I know that mail is not always reliable.

Thank you again for all your help!

[Dama&Carlos 0]

Hola chicos de Venezuela, un placer saber que hay mas personas de aqui con experiencia en el tramite de la visa k1... mi prometido y yo estamos esperando por nuestro NOA2, la primera notificacion nos llego el 19 de noviembre y nuestro caso esta en california por lo que hipoteticamente si todo sale bien deberiamos de recibir algun tipo de respuesta a finales de diciembre o principios de enero... es aun un poco temprano para preocuparnos por eso pero mi prometido y yo queremos que el este aqui el dia de la entrevista, el asunto es que el es venezolano nacionalizado en los estados unidos, pero su pasaporte de venezuela tiene muchisimos años vencido y para entrar con el pasaporte americano seguro le pediran visa. Lo que queria preguntarles es si alguna persona de aqui sabe si el puede entrar con su pasaporte vencido, el tiene su partida de nacimiento y su cedula vigente ya que se la saco el año pasado aqui en Venezuela antes de que el presidente que tenemos comenzara a pedir visas... se que si se pudiera el problema seria para salir de aqui con el pasaporte vencido, pero estamos pensado pedirle una cita en el Saime mas o menos para cuando sepamos que tenemos la entrevista, ese mismo mes y asi renovar su pasaporte. No se que piensen ustedes, yo estoy bastante nerviosa de ir sola ya que en el pasado tuve una mala experiencia con una visa de turista, se que no es lo mismo pero de igual manera apreciaria sus opiniones al respecto y acepto cualquier consejo que me puedan dar. Felicidades a todos y gracias anticipadas

[PilsenC 33]

Hola Dama2302

Lamento informarte que no puede ingresar con el pasaporte vencido. Te recomendaría que pidiera uno en alguna de los consulados inservibles en usa. Pero no se si los tiempos le servirá recuerda igual que aún cuando te aprueben entre diciembre y enero, aún puedes aplazar un poco la entrevista, organicen y pidan el pasaporte por allá (usa) . No pierden nada intentarlo. Mandame un inbox si tienes más dudas =d. Si va?

[andrea85 2]

Hola chicos de Venezuela, un placer saber que hay mas personas de aqui con experiencia en el tramite de la visa k1... mi prometido y yo estamos esperando por nuestro NOA2, la primera notificacion nos llego el 19 de noviembre y nuestro caso esta en california por lo que hipoteticamente si todo sale bien deberiamos de recibir algun tipo de respuesta a finales de diciembre o principios de enero... es aun un poco temprano para preocuparnos por eso pero mi prometido y yo queremos que el este aqui el dia de la entrevista, el asunto es que el es venezolano nacionalizado en los estados unidos, pero su pasaporte de venezuela tiene muchisimos años vencido y para entrar con el pasaporte americano seguro le pediran visa. Lo que queria preguntarles es si alguna persona de aqui sabe si el puede entrar con su pasaporte vencido, el tiene su partida de nacimiento y su cedula vigente ya que se la saco el año pasado aqui en Venezuela antes de que el presidente que tenemos comenzara a pedir visas... se que si se pudiera el problema seria para salir de aqui con el pasaporte vencido, pero estamos pensado pedirle una cita en el Saime mas o menos para cuando sepamos que tenemos la entrevista, ese mismo mes y asi renovar su pasaporte. No se que piensen ustedes, yo estoy bastante nerviosa de ir sola ya que en el pasado tuve una mala experiencia con una visa de turista, se que no es lo mismo pero de igual manera apreciaria sus opiniones al respecto y acepto cualquier consejo que me puedan dar. Felicidades a todos y gracias anticipadas

Hola Dama2302,

tu prometdo todavia tiene tiempo de sacar su pasaporte venezolano si la hace desde ahora puede hacer la cita en el consulado Venezolano del estado donde viva aqui en los Estados Unidos y no es muy complicado yo tambien soy venezolana nacionalizada aqui en los Estados Unidos y saque mi pasaporte Venezolano antes de irme para Venezuela el ano pasado lo hice como 2 meses antes dile q baje la cita desde ahora, pero sin su pasaporte vigente no puede entrar.. suerte