May 2016 I-129f Filers (merged)

[Lyafel 0]

Our status on visa changed to 'Issued' today, exactly a week after the interview)
Expecting to get in the next couple of days and hope to fly Friday/Saturday

My Fiance had POE on 9/22 and we are getting married this Saturday.

We will be joining the October 2016 AOS filers soon. Hope I see some of you guys there!

Congrats!!!! So happy to see people finally getting to this awesome day after months of anxiety and stress

[MandyJ 16]

where is everybody??????? No one has any updates to share? POE??? interview?/??

share your experience plz

My POE is on Monday, getting quite nervous/excited now! Feels like there's so much to do!

[ceeeceekins 16]

Hi, I just want to share our interview experience. (We are a same sex couple).

Interview date : September 21, 2016 at 7:40am

As the petitioner I decided to go to Ecuador to be at the interview with my fiance. I think that was the best decision I have ever made. the interview was so hard that I was losing my hope.

We got there around 7:00am (we wait until 8 am outside).

I guy came out and ask the beneficiaries name and then he asked (who are yo) I said the petitioner "we are a couple" then he said ok "go to security with this ticket.

The security lady did not say "Hi or Good morning" she goes like "do you have a cell phone) we said YES she said take them back home and come back. I was like ####### we are going to miss our interview if we do that. (before they used to put the cellphone in a lil box and when you finish the interview they return the phone to you). I called friends to see if they were close by. After all (we decide to ask an stranger who was offering his services for passport photos to hold our phones and we will pay him something. at that point I was like I prefer to lose 2 iPhones and not the interview. (so we thrust him - but he was nice he gave us the phones back and we paid him $20 bucks) thank God he was honest.

Inside they asked for the ticket and they let us in into a waiting area (green Chairs)again a security point. Another security lady asked us to take everything out from our pockets and I asked her "should I take the belt off too" and she said very rude "I said things from your pockets" and then she look at the other guy and she said in Spanish "IS MY SPANISH not understandable" she was mad Ecuadorian by the way. I was looking for her name to report her attitude but I completely forgot after all.

We sat and wait for like 45 minutes a very kind Latina Ecuadorian lady called us and she asked for PASSPORT, 1 PASSPORT PHOTO, THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE and MEDICAL EXAM and also a couple questions like ** Where and when we meet, how long we been together, how many times I went there to visit my fiance she asked me to tell the months and years. then she took my fiance's finger prints and she said Please have a seat somebody else will call you so we sat again.

After around 25 minutes a Man called us to a window and he said "I'm going to start with the interview. Note: I was married before(petitioner)and he start asking me question about my last marriage" I was like #######" I'm here to talk about my fiance and our relationship not about my last relationship. anyway I decide to answer.

Question for Petitioner:

How long have you been married

Where did you meet your ex "smh"

Do you have kids with your ex

Where are you from

Did you get your citizenship through your last marriage

why you get divorce

you and you ex used to live together

is your ex from Ecuador

why do you want to marry him

how long have you been together

when / where did you meet

when did you start your current relationship

how many times have you visit your fiance (explain dates)

why you want to bring him to the US if you can come en visit him

give me a copy of you divorce

where do you work

what do you do for living

why do you want to move to US you can't be with him here? "we said no because of the discrimination that exist".

what kind of discrimination are you talking about? can you explain

have you ever submit a petition for somebody else before

where is you fiance going to live?? "stupid question"

how many years do you have in the US

Question for Fiance

Where and when did you meet

have you ever been in the US

have you traveled to another countries

what do you do for living

where did you work before

how old are you

how old you fiance is

are you single

did you applied for a VISA before? he said YES

why did you put in that application that he was your friend and not your fiance.

why did you lie about it

so you signed the application and you put a lie about your relationship

how many times did you apply for a tourist VISA "3 times in less than a year"

why did you applied so many times for it

how many times your fiance came to visit you

and some more.

At that point I was so ###### tired of the question that I decide to tell him "listen we can not be here together" I want to marry him and live him in the USA.

He was like thinking and thinking looking at the pictures once twice

looking at the paper work "he had the originals that I sent to USCIS".

then he said YOUR VISA HAS BEEN APPROVED. HAVE A GOOD DAY

I was like OMG thank GOD this is over

we were so happy.

he gave us back all the original paper work that we send to USCIS.

on Friday September 23, 2016

my fiance received a phone call from the Consulate

they asked him to go back on Monday September 26, 2016

because the system did not save his finger prints and they need

to take the finger prints again in order to print the VISA

finally he went there and everything was OK

now we are waiting for the visa.

For me it was not a good experience starting from security and then brunch of question that he made some of them stupid.!!

but we got approved I hope this experience can help to others if you applied for a VISA before the interview GET READY they will pull out all the old applications to ask you WHY this and that. get ready with an accurate answer.

Good luck..!!!

Sorry about some typo I'm working and doing this at the same time

Congrats on the approval and thanks for sharing the actual questions. That's very helpful. I'm still waiting to get an interview but this is great practice!!

[natalie123 0]

Hi guys so we moving back home, I have to go back to South Africa and change my interview place. Couldn't schedule an appointment without my birth certificate. Hopefully things won't take too long

[Lyafel 0]

Picked up the visa today

[MandyJ 16]

Picked up the visa today

That's awesome, congrats Did you book your flight?

[jasper383 23]

Picked up the visa today

Congratulations!

[jann29 1]

Just check our status and ........... finally APPROVED OCT.4, 2016!!!! sooo happy!!! After so long wait of our RFE ! Finally, we got approved ! So blessed and happy! Thank you for all the support here!

[Shannenwvd 0]

I'm not sure if someone else can call or not, but Knightsbridge ask for your case number when you call and they go through the documents you need to have before the medical to check you have everything. They asked for an email address too, they sent all the instructions to it with where to go, what to have etc. If you get someone to call make sure they have that info. Saying that when I called I could get an appointment for pretty much the next day if I wanted, so you could wait until you're back home if it's not too far away.

Thank yoh!

[levitude23 1]

Here's my story.

Applied for K1 and my fiancé got scheduled for interview on 22nd Sep.

I personally came for 4 days to accompany her to the interview. Before K1 she had applied twice for F1 with denials, last attempt being in 2014. And also a denial for visitor's visa in 2013.

At the interview, I asked if I can join, he said ok. First question he asked how we met, and I was answering his question but the look on his face was like whatever you say buddy, I'm not gonna believe you. After trying n trying, he says we believe you guys are already married and should apply for CR-1. My fiancé started to argue with him but then he says, look we know it, someone called us and told us!!

Please advise. I'm so irritated.

Thanks in advance

[Randyandyuni 2,682]

Did he say why he feels that way?

[Jasmine&Roni 33]

Point of entry is today!!

[jasper383 23]

Point of entry is today!!

Nice ! Good luck!

[Jasmine&Roni 33]

Nice ! Good luck!

Thanks

[Lyafel 0]

Here's my story.

Applied for K1 and my fiancé got scheduled for interview on 22nd Sep.

I personally came for 4 days to accompany her to the interview. Before K1 she had applied twice for F1 with denials, last attempt being in 2014. And also a denial for visitor's visa in 2013.

At the interview, I asked if I can join, he said ok. First question he asked how we met, and I was answering his question but the look on his face was like whatever you say buddy, I'm not gonna believe you. After trying n trying, he says we believe you guys are already married and should apply for CR-1. My fiancé started to argue with him but then he says, look we know it, someone called us and told us!!

Please advise. I'm so irritated.

Thanks in advance

Oh wow, that's terrible, I'm sorry to hear that.

I don't know about now but if this will not get solved now quickly (I wish it does though), you could both present official documents about that you are both not married, document of civil status. I was required to bring one for my interview.