K1 visa form G 325 a HELP!!!

[anfo1986 1]

Good afternoon,

I have 2 questions regarding this biographic information ,

1. What happens if I don't know exactly the addresses of the places of residence for the last 5 years as I did move a lot and in Costa Rica and more where I'm from we don't use street numbers or names ?

2. Don't know if somebody had this experience at all , but I'm from Costa Rica but I live in Mexico for the past year and working as well , I'm just worry because for that year I was illegally living here in Mexico , you think that could affect the approval or denied of our K1 visa , I'm going to Costa Rica if we get an interview , but just worries me that , this could be a reason for denial

Any help will be appreciate

Thank you

[Shauneg 762]

Good afternoon,

I have 2 questions regarding this biographic information ,

1. What happens if I don't know exactly the addresses of the places of residence for the last 5 years as I did move a lot and in Costa Rica and more where I'm from we don't use street numbers or names ?

2. Don't know if somebody had this experience at all , but I'm from Costa Rica but I live in Mexico for the past year and working as well , I'm just worry because for that year I was illegally living here in Mexico , you think that could affect the approval or denied of our K1 visa , I'm going to Costa Rica if we get an interview , but just worries me that , this could be a reason for denial

Any help will be appreciate

Thank you

How do you plan on getting the police cert from mexico?

[anfo1986 1]

Right now I'm in process of my fm3 finally !!! So In a month approx I will be legal so I can request it

[Shauneg 762]

Right now I'm in process of my fm3 finally !!! So In a month approx I will be legal so I can request it

Good. As for your original questions. For my fiancées we werent entirely sure of her prior addresses in Malaysia or even the format of addresses there. We just did the best we could with street city province/state and of course country. As for the illegal stay in Mexico.. they aren't concerned with that.

Edited July 23, 2015 by Shauneg

[Pennycat 880]

Good afternoon,

I have 2 questions regarding this biographic information ,

1. What happens if I don't know exactly the addresses of the places of residence for the last 5 years as I did move a lot and in Costa Rica and more where I'm from we don't use street numbers or names ?

2. Don't know if somebody had this experience at all , but I'm from Costa Rica but I live in Mexico for the past year and working as well , I'm just worry because for that year I was illegally living here in Mexico , you think that could affect the approval or denied of our K1 visa , I'm going to Costa Rica if we get an interview , but just worries me that , this could be a reason for denial

Any help will be appreciate

Thank you

Hi there. I gotta say, I had a good chuckle when I saw the combination of Costa Rica and the G325a. That was the biggest pain in the neck EVER and my fiance and I nearly broke up over it (not really---just kidding but man did it feel like it for a minute there). I feel your pain.

Anyway---I can only tell you how we handled it. We're still waiting for our approval so I'm not sure if we will get an RFE (basically, when they ask you for more info or to make edits). But this is what people here told us to do, and hopefully it'll be right

1. Basically, we just did the best possible description. However you'd address an envelope or tell a taxi driver how to get there. We used the Costa Rica style "addresses" (50 m east of the main intersection in Santa Teresa; 100 m north of the mini-super in [neighborhood name]--things like that). My fiance also moved a lot and really couldn't remember exact dates, and the whole thing was a terrible mess. Do it on a separate piece of paper and attach it to the G 325a.

The main thing is to not have any gaps in the timeline--they will for sure ask about that. People told me that USCIS knows that not everywhere in the world has street addresses, and specifically the Consulate in San Jose certainly will know. They see visa applications from Ticos all day every day, and most of them don't have addresses.

2. I don't think that it will effect your application. Just don't lie about it if they ask. You are applying for a visa that will result in you legally residing in the US, so the fact that you have been illegally residing somewhere else may not look *great* about you, it doesn't really influence your immigration to the US--because you are going about it legally.

Are you in Mexico now?

[anfo1986 1]

Jajaja jajaja right !!! Costa Rica is difficult to give addresses !!!!! .... Yes I'm in Mexico ! But I will go back to Costa Rica if is approved to do the interview There !!! , Catherine - A how long have you being waiting already ?? ... Thank you both for the quick response ! I was really worry about it

[Pennycat 880]

Jajaja jajaja right !!! Costa Rica is difficult to give addresses !!!!! .... Yes I'm in Mexico ! But I will go back to Costa Rica if is approved to do the interview There !!! , Catherine - A how long have you being waiting already ?? ... Thank you both for the quick response ! I was really worry about it

Excellent. And you'll be able to get a police certificate from Mexico in a few months?

You need to know that there are two major steps to this:

1. USCIS -- that's part of the Department of Homeland Security that does really basic background checks on you both and makes sure that you meet the minimum requirements for the visa.

2. Consulate -- that's the State Department and are the people you get the police certificates, medical checks and interview for. They say that once you get approved by USCIS, it takes about 3 months for the consulate parts.

The USCIS part is a total random game of luck. It has nothing to do with what country anyone is from, or how well you filled out your application, or how long you've known each other. It all has to do with which Service Center your application gets sent to, and how long of a line they have in front of you at the time. My bad luck, I got sent to Texas Service Center at a time when the line was 7.5 months long We've been waiting 5.5 months so far, and we do hope that they have sped up a bit and made the wait time shorter, but I fully expect to be waiting another 2 months. At the time I applied, the line at the other service center, California, was only 3 weeks long. No one seemed to care or notice except for Texas applicants. It stinks. Big time.

You're bit luckier. Someone did finally notice or decided to care (after months of all of us screaming our heads off about it), so they've been sending all new applicants to the California Service Center ever since late March. That line has gotten a lot longer than it was but it's still pretty fast (like less than 2 months, it seems). When or if they ever start sending applications to Texas again is anyone's guess. If the line at California has gotten 7 months long by now, who knows (probably not). But it seems like if you apply soon, you're probably going to California and you'll probably get approved in 2 months (which is how much longer I expect to be waiting :( ). After that, the 3 or so months for the consulate part.

Oh, also for what it's worth---I've heard that Costa Rica is one of the faster, and more laid-back consulates. So we at least both have that going for us!

Edited July 23, 2015 by CatherineA

[anfo1986 1]

Yes i dont think should be a problem, hopefully ! Thank You for all The information ! Is really helpful