Stolen laptop with k1 files

[Adam & Lovely 0]

Not sure where to post this or if anyone can help me figure out what to do but my place was broken into and my laptop was stolen. It has all of the K1 files on it. Luckily we are past everything and all that's left is medical and interview but still, that laptop has very sensitive information and government files for the petition. Do I need to contact anyone and let them know what's going on because I don't know what to do. Everything petition related is on there. Has this happened to anyone else? Police report has been filed but I don't know if that is enough.

Edited August 3, 2016 by Adam & Lovely

[Dashinka 24,687]

My only advice would be to look into those identity monitoring services since you have very sensitive personal information on the laptop. Even if you get it back, there is a chance your SSN has been compromised, but other than that, not sure what else you can do other than to keep a close eye on your credit rating.

Sorry for your situation. Good Luck!

[Greenbaum 12,259]

The horse is out of the barn so to say but for others using a service like google drive or drop box to save all your immigration files to as a back up would help in situation like this not to mention it's easier to share documents with your fiance during the process.

You need to go to the three credit bureau's and lock down your account. It's easy to do and it's free. That will prevent someone from accessing your credit on file with the bureau.

I hate this happening to you. Good luck.

[Adam & Lovely 0]

This happened the day after I sent the last of the copies to her and printed out my final copies. 3 years at my neighborhood an the last 5 months were k1 months and I feel lucky to have completed everything up to those last few steps. I never planned on keeping the stuff on the laptop for reasons like this but this was so unexpected. Even copies of my passport were on there. I want to report that stolen as well even though it's just copies but all info is on there. I do have all clear identify service. Never had any problems before but hopefully it comes in handy now. I'm hoping they just wiped it clean for selling. I did have password on it but have no idea of there skills.

[C-ma'am 684]

**Post moved from K1 Process and Procedures to K1 Progress Reports. Post is about a situation unrelated to the visa petition/application itself

[squareleg 69]

Use cloud services.