I129F April 2017 filers

[USC1961 251]

   The way I went about submitting photographs was this.   I went through our pictures together and picked out the 8 best photos.  They were printed out at FedEx office using the Sony Picture Station.  Easy to use because it automatically resizes your pictures to 4 x 6 without any hassle.  You can preview each photo before it prints out for peace of mind.  It's also instant gratification, just step up to the machine and it prints out.     But let's continue....  

 

Instead of writing on the back of each picture, I put together a template in Word.  It has a placeholder for each picture and a typed description next to each photo.  You can fit two, 4 x 6 pictures on a page.  I attached the photos to the pages using 2 sided scotch tape.  The pages went into the plastic page holders I used for the packet binder.  As far as the descriptions go I put the date, place and depending the event.  I didn't bother typing out everyones names, as the adjudicators wouldn't know who they are (or I doubt care) in most cases.          

Picture Template.doc

[krizia 322]

 

   The way I went about submitting photographs was this.   I went through our pictures together and picked out the 8 best photos.  They were printed out at FedEx office using the Sony Picture Station.  Easy to use because it automatically resizes your pictures to 4 x 6 without any hassle.  You can preview each photo before it prints out for peace of mind.  It's also instant gratification, just step up to the machine and it prints out.     But let's continue....  

 

Instead of writing on the back of each picture, I put together a template in Word.  It has a placeholder for each picture and a typed description next to each photo.  You can fit two, 4 x 6 pictures on a page.  I attached the photos to the pages using 2 sided scotch tape.  The pages went into the plastic page holders I used for the packet binder.  As far as the descriptions go I put the date, place and depending the event.  I didn't bother typing out everyones names, as the adjudicators wouldn't know who they are (or I doubt care) in most cases.          

Picture Template.doc

We almost have the same timeline!

[Estibaliz 3,037]

21 hours ago, nexiou said:

Ahah! It seems like we have to learn how to deal with our stress and be patient, that's a good challenge for us!

Hi, nexiou. I just saw someone started the May fillers thread, just in case you want to check that one in the future for people with timelines more similar to yours.

Anyway, you are more than welcome to stay around here or come visit anytime  Let us know if you already sent your package and how things are going  

[nexiou 39]

Hi everybody,

 

So our package for the fiancé visa was almost ready to be sent, we just needed to translate my proof of residency. Today my fiancé had an appointment with a lawyer who is also a translator. He explained her our case and the fact that we'll have to move multiple times during the process.

 

My fiancé is in the military and we are now living in Germany together. He is separating in July and so our plan was for for me to move back to Belgium while I was waiting for the visa. For him, he has to live in one state for three months for his new job before to move definitely to Oregon, where we will live together. Long story short, she said that everytime we will move, the process would start over. I read so many posts about people moving while the visa was processing and I know it would delay the process but not make us start over everytime we move? What do you think?

[Estibaliz 3,037]

13 minutes ago, nexiou said:

Hi everybody,

 

So our package for the fiancé visa was almost ready to be sent, we just needed to translate my proof of residency. Today my fiancé had an appointment with a lawyer who is also a translator. He explained her our case and the fact that we'll have to move multiple times during the process.

 

My fiancé is in the military and we are now living in Germany together. He is separating in July and so our plan was for for me to move back to Belgium while I was waiting for the visa. For him, he has to live in one state for three months for his new job before to move definitely to Oregon, where we will live together. Long story short, she said that everytime we will move, the process would start over. I read so many posts about people moving while the visa was processing and I know it would delay the process but not make us start over everytime we move? What do you think?

That's a tricky question. Hope someone more experienced can help you out with it, but here are my thoughts...

 

First thing, what the lawyer said seems kind of extreme. USCIS has a procedure for people moving to let them know their new address during the process, now while waiting for NOA2 or later during the AOS stage. So it can't be you have to start all over every time.

 

Then one thing is true. When you fill i-129F you have to indicate in which consulate you are having your interview. So that's something to have into account when filling it out. If you are going to move to Belgium soon, then maybe you should wait until you do so... or maybe you should not move and go through the visa process in Germany. I don't really know, kind of lost here...

 

So yes, you have to try and figure out things a bit more maybe before sending the petition so it's as accurate as possible. But no, I don't think you have to start all over every time you move.

 

Also see if this old post can help you out somehow...

Good luck figuring everything out! 

[krizia 322]

56 minutes ago, Estibaliz said:

That's a tricky question. Hope someone more experienced can help you out with it, but here are my thoughts...

 

First thing, what the lawyer said seems kind of extreme. USCIS has a procedure for people moving to let them know their new address during the process, now while waiting for NOA2 or later during the AOS stage. So it can't be you have to start all over every time.

 

Then one thing is true. When you fill i-129F you have to indicate in which consulate you are having your interview. So that's something to have into account when filling it out. If you are going to move to Belgium soon, then maybe you should wait until you do so... or maybe you should not move and go through the visa process in Germany. I don't really know, kind of lost here...

 

So yes, you have to try and figure out things a bit more maybe before sending the petition so it's as accurate as possible. But no, I don't think you have to start all over every time you move.

 

Also see if this old post can help you out somehow...

Good luck figuring everything out! 

I was reading some post on facebook about RFE. I got scared all of a sudden about the 2x2 picture size. 😢 

Mine was different from my fiancé size 

[Estibaliz 3,037]

43 minutes ago, krizia said:

I was reading some post on facebook about RFE. I got scared all of a sudden about the 2x2 picture size. 😢 

Mine was different from my fiancé size 

Sorry to hear that. I'm afraid I've seen other people here getting RFE's because of that same reason.

 

But don't panic yet. Think that's an easy thing to fix if it happens... And you might even get lucky and the officer checking your petition not noticing or thinking it's ok.

 

So be ready to fix it if needed, but not point in worrying too much, because it's done already

[nexiou 39]

2 hours ago, Estibaliz said:

That's a tricky question. Hope someone more experienced can help you out with it, but here are my thoughts...

 

First thing, what the lawyer said seems kind of extreme. USCIS has a procedure for people moving to let them know their new address during the process, now while waiting for NOA2 or later during the AOS stage. So it can't be you have to start all over every time.

 

Then one thing is true. When you fill i-129F you have to indicate in which consulate you are having your interview. So that's something to have into account when filling it out. If you are going to move to Belgium soon, then maybe you should wait until you do so... or maybe you should not move and go through the visa process in Germany. I don't really know, kind of lost here...

 

So yes, you have to try and figure out things a bit more maybe before sending the petition so it's as accurate as possible. But no, I don't think you have to start all over every time you move.

 

Also see if this old post can help you out somehow...

Good luck figuring everything out! 

Thank you for answering and calming me down, as always! I checked on other forums and I never seen that it would start everything over so we are going to coll USCIS in a hour to know exactly if that would be that much a problem. The lawyer even said that we should get married in a court in Germany as soon as possible, we are not doing that!! 

 

I saw your message about the May Fillers Thread, I will definitely join it if we are still good for the Fiancé visa! 

 

Thank you again!

[USC1961 251]

9 hours ago, nexiou said:

Hi everybody,

 

So our package for the fiancé visa was almost ready to be sent, we just needed to translate my proof of residency. Today my fiancé had an appointment with a lawyer who is also a translator. He explained her our case and the fact that we'll have to move multiple times during the process.

 

My fiancé is in the military and we are now living in Germany together. He is separating in July and so our plan was for for me to move back to Belgium while I was waiting for the visa. For him, he has to live in one state for three months for his new job before to move definitely to Oregon, where we will live together. Long story short, she said that everytime we will move, the process would start over. I read so many posts about people moving while the visa was processing and I know it would delay the process but not make us start over everytime we move? What do you think?

 You probably want to post this in the main K-1 forum.  T:here are only a couple of us that actually see these posts.  You will get more experienced and more answers there!  Good luck!

[etteniMTtocs 189]

On 4/26/2017 at 9:33 AM, etteniMTtocs said:

 

All glory to God. My fiance just received text/email of our NOA1. Finally, the long journey of waiting starts. Needs to have a lot of patience 

 

04/17/2017 - I129 packet sent

04/19/2017 - I129 packet delivered

04/24/2017 - NOA1 - Received text/email

04/25/2017 - Encashed cheque

04/28/2017 - NOA1 - Received hardcopy

[SChamb 187]

46 minutes ago, etteniMTtocs said:

All glory to God. My fiance just received text/email of our NOA1. Finally, the long journey of waiting starts. Needs to have a lot of patience 

 

04/17/2017 - I129 packet sent

04/19/2017 - I129 packet delivered

04/24/2017 - NOA1 - Received text/email

04/25/2017 - Encashed cheque

04/28/2017 - NOA1 - Received hardcopy

Congrats!!! We have only been waiting a little over 30 days now but it seems like forever lol.....ofcourse ive not seen her in person since January...thank goodness for skype!!!! Best wishes and God bless on your journey!

[etteniMTtocs 189]

1 hour ago, SChamb said:

Congrats!!! We have only been waiting a little over 30 days now but it seems like forever lol.....ofcourse ive not seen her in person since January...thank goodness for skype!!!! Best wishes and God bless on your journey!

Pretty doing well, the waiting wouldn't lasts forever. . Keep praying and keep the faith. God bless.

[nexiou 39]

13 hours ago, Cruise77 said:

 You probably want to post this in the main K-1 forum.  T:here are only a couple of us that actually see these posts.  You will get more experienced and more answers there!  Good luck!

Thank you!

[Unshakable Faith 493]

On 4/28/2017 at 7:04 AM, nexiou said:

Hi everybody,

 

So our package for the fiancé visa was almost ready to be sent, we just needed to translate my proof of residency. Today my fiancé had an appointment with a lawyer who is also a translator. He explained her our case and the fact that we'll have to move multiple times during the process.

 

My fiancé is in the military and we are now living in Germany together. He is separating in July and so our plan was for for me to move back to Belgium while I was waiting for the visa. For him, he has to live in one state for three months for his new job before to move definitely to Oregon, where we will live together. Long story short, she said that everytime we will move, the process would start over. I read so many posts about people moving while the visa was processing and I know it would delay the process but not make us start over everytime we move? What do you think?

Sounds like the lawyer was misinformed.  The process will continue on the same timeline.  You may only interview in the country of which you have residence.  If you are a legal resident (not just visiting or living for a while) of multiple countries, I believe you may choose. 

Make sure that he has a stable place to receive mail.

[Unshakable Faith 493]

Good (very early morning)!  I'm a 2nd time filer (same fiance).

 

Feel free to ask any questions about the process, I'll be glad to help in any way that I can! 

 

My first K1 was received March 2015 and we were stuck in the Texas Service Center backlog for 8 months (this was before they began routing all I-129F petitions to CSC).  I'm so thankful that petitions are moving so quickly now! 

 

Here's to us! 

Edited April 30, 2017 by Unshakable Faith
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