DECEMBER 2018 K-1 NOA2 ----> NVC

[Greenbaum 12,259]

 

17 hours ago, Roxyneu said:

Our visa got conditionally accepted or conditionally denied...they need a joint sponsor because I haven’t filed income taxes or worked for the last two years  officially. We are really upset because I don’t have anyone to help me. Just venting a little here on visa journey  If I went to the US and worked for two years and filed taxes, would I be able to bring her over without a joint sponsor?

Well there is a couple of things you may be able to do.

 

1. Can you file the missing tax years and would the income there be enough to satisfy the income required for the I-129f?

2. Can you find a new job that you can present to the embassy your new salary in a form of a employment letter or even an offer letter may work.

3. Do you have parents or siblings willing to help you out?

 

Just some suggestions, no need to reply if this is getting to personal.

[Roxy and Emmy 43]

16 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

 

Well there is a couple of things you may be able to do.

 

1. Can you file the missing tax years and would the income there be enough to satisfy the income required for the I-129f?

2. Can you find a new job that you can present to the embassy your new salary in a form of a employment letter or even an offer letter may work.

3. Do you have parents or siblings willing to help you out?

 

Just some suggestions, no need to reply if this is getting to personal.

I got a joint sponsor now I’m all set. Thanks a lot for your helpful suggestions

[Liflead 112]

On 2/28/2019 at 1:57 AM, karen & shawn said:

Try to use non-immigrant then put the "AA###" found in your ds160. That's what I did. 😂

Does that mean after the interview, we need to check the status under "Nonimmigrant" and not "Immigrant" anymore?

[Fer Schvarztman 217]

Hi everyone! I created this post in the Argentinian´s group in Visa Journey, but wanted also to share it here as well.  Hope this could help as a guidance for the ones prepairing their packet 3 for the interview. Please have in mind the information added is what the US Embassy requires in Argentina, but in general it may help you to organise your own paper work, mostly if you are doing it by yourself with no immigrant lawers involved, or if you do, just to check if you have information missing on your paclet 3 before sending it out to the embassy. Good luck to everyone! and hope this helps 😃

1) K1/K3 VISA APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS, signed. 
2) Cover Letter with table of contents (This is just the same thing you did on I129F petition packet, to let them know what information they will find on the packet)

3)  BENEFICIARY DOCUMENTS:
A) CSC MRV Receipt. (Also added a copy of the confirmation email of MRV Payment)
B) DS-160 CONFIRMATION
C) BIRTH CERTIFICATE copy (Mine is translated and appostile, because we sent a copy to the USCIS in the I129F Petition, if you don´t have it translated or appostile for packet3 it is ok, you only need to translate documents if they are in another lenguage that is not English or Spanish, but have in mind that to do AOS in the States, you will need to send a copy of the birth certificate and that one must be translated and appostile to be valid overseas)
D) PASSPORT BIO PAGE copy
E) POLICE CLEARANCE from RNR with expetion of ART 51 of the constitution copy.  (This exception means you give total permition to the US goverment to call the Registro Nacional de Reincidencia and investigate if you have any police record of jail, If you´d been judged during the last 10 years or any problem with justice. This is what the RNR rep explained to me) 
F) CERTIFICATE OF NO PREVIOUS MARRIAGE copy. (This is not a MUST, not included in the k1- k3 original instructions, but my fiance and I decided we wanted to show them by a legal paper that we never been married before) 
G) MEDICAL EXAM PICTURE OF CLOSED ENVELOPE (This is to show proof you did your medical exam. In my case, Dr Grillo sent the envelope to the embassy, because the results weren´t ready when I returned to the Trinidad de Palermo. So the embassy sent me an email they received the closed envelope, so I printed out the email and added as a proof I did my medical examination)
H) 2 PASSPORT PICTURES. 

4) PETITIONER DOCUMENTS
A) PETITIONER BIRTH CERTIFICATE copy.
B) PASSPORT BIO PAGE copy
C) CERTIFICATE OF NO PREVIOUS MARRIAGE copy (This is not a MUST, not included in the k1-k3 original instructions, but my fiance and I decided we wanted to show them by a legal paper that we never been married before) 
D) NOA1 copy
E) NOA2 copy
F) NVC email copy (We never received a letter through regular mail, only an Email) 

5) AFFIDAVITS OF SUPPORT 
A) PETITIONER AFFIDAVIT: I-134 FORM; IRS Transcripts; 1040; W2; Employer Letter; Paystubs; Bank Statements copies.
B) CO-SPONSOR AFFIDAVIT: Birth Certificate copy if it is born in the US, If it is an Immigrant, must show Citizenship Document, also Passport bio page in both cases; I-134 FORM; IRS Transcripts; 1040; W2; Employer Letter; Paystubs; Bank Statements copies.

6) EVIDENCE OF RELATIONSHIP
A) FIANCE LETTER OF INTENT copy from I129F original packet with signature and date updated  (This is not a MUST, not included in the k1-k3 original instructions, but my fiance and I wanted to add this information as a confirmation fo our intention to marry)
B) FIANCEE LETTER OF INTENT copy from I129F original packet with signature and date updated (This is not a MUST, not included in the k1-k3 original instructions, but my fiance and I wanted to add this information as a confirmation fo our intention to marry)
C) HOW WE MET SUPPLEMENT copy from I129F original packet with signatures and date updated (This is not a MUST, not included in the k1-k3 original instructions, but my fiance and I wanted to add this information to confirm that we support our statement)
D) PICTURES OF ALL OUR RELATIONSHIP (My fiance and I have a long relationship, so we added pictures since 2011 until our last meet in person in Mexico in 2018. We added different pictures than the ones we added in the I129F Form, with different friends and family, also pictures together alone, added also when and where the picture was taken, who is in the picture and a short description. 
E) Beneficiary and Petitioner Plane Itineraries from our last meet in person within the 7 month waitting period copies.
F) Beneficiary and Petitoner Boarding Passes from our last meet in person copies.
G) Beneficiary and Petitioner Passport Stamps of last meet in person trip copies.
H) Petitioner´s Plane ticket´s reservation for last meet in person copy.
I) Petitioner´s Hotel Reservation for last meet in person copy.
J) Trip Tickets copies. ( We added some of the restaurant, Tour packets, and any tickets that can show which activities you did on your trip together)

7) ON GOING COMMUNICATIONS:   We communicate mostly through what´s app, if you use instagram or skype, add all the sources you use to communicate with your fiance. We decided to add our on going communication since the last time we showed them in the USCIS original packet. For example: We sent the I129F packet in June, so we added communications until May 2018, so for the Packet 3 we added our communications since last weeks of May 2018 until present.)
A) WHATS APP FACETIME CALLS SCREENSHOTS.
B) WHATS APP CALLLOGS SCHREENSHOTS.
C) WHATS APP CHATS
D) ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FIANCE´S FAMILY MMEMBERS, AND MY FIANCE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FAMILY MEMBERS. (This is not a MUST, but as we added this information in the original I129F packet, we decided to show them we continue having a strong bond with eachother´s family members) 
E) FACEBOOK POSTS (We use social media preaty much, so in I129F packet we added facebook posts, to show our relationship is not a secret, and that friends and family know and participate, so we did in the packet 3 as well. This is not a MUST, to add as a proof)

F)  PRESENTS TO ONE ANOTHER:  This is not a MUST, but my fiance sent me a present for my birthday so we added pictures and the currier papers to show proof and also other presents he brought to Mexico when we met in person last year.

G) WEDDING PLANS: We added emails talking about the wedding plans in the US, pictures of the wedding rings we bought in Argentina when we got engaged, and all the wedding plans you may have. 

I kept originals in another binder organised just like all this copies for packet3. I know we added a lot of information, but we just did our packet based in what we did on the I129F original packet. We did not hire any lawers and got approved, so hope we will have luck this time. 

Also as I said, hope this helps all of you as an example of how to assemble the information. There is no specific way  to assemble the packet, so remember to try to add all the proof you may have and all the documents required by the embassy in your country, and all the paperwork that apply to your specific case. Then have the originals at the interview, if they don´t ask you for any originals, fine, but you are ready just in case. 😃
 

Edited March 2, 2019 by Fernanda R Sanz

[met 106]

2 hours ago, Fernanda R Sanz said:

Hi everyone! I created this post in the Argentinian´s group in Visa Journey, but wanted also to share it here as well.  Hope this could help as a guidance for the ones prepairing their packet 3 for the interview. Please have in mind the information added is what the US Embassy requires in Argentina, but in general it may help you to organise your own paper work, mostly if you are doing it by yourself with no immigrant lawers involved, or if you do, just to check if you have information missing on your paclet 3 before sending it out to the embassy. Good luck to everyone! and hope this helps 😃

1) K1/K3 VISA APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS, signed. 
2) Cover Letter with table of contents (This is just the same thing you did on I129F petition packet, to let them know what information they will find on the packet)

3)  BENEFICIARY DOCUMENTS:
A) CSC MRV Receipt. (Also added a copy of the confirmation email of MRV Payment)
B) DS-160 CONFIRMATION
C) BIRTH CERTIFICATE copy (Mine is translated and appostile, because we sent a copy to the USCIS in the I129F Petition, if you don´t have it translated or appostile for packet3 it is ok, you only need to translate documents if they are in another lenguage that is not English or Spanish, but have in mind that to do AOS in the States, you will need to send a copy of the birth certificate and that one must be translated and appostile to be valid overseas)
D) PASSPORT BIO PAGE copy
E) POLICE CLEARANCE from RNR with expetion of ART 51 of the constitution copy.  (This exception means you give total permition to the US goverment to call the Registro Nacional de Reincidencia and investigate if you have any police record of jail, If you´d been judged during the last 10 years or any problem with justice. This is what the RNR rep explained to me) 
F) CERTIFICATE OF NO PREVIOUS MARRIAGE copy. (This is not a MUST, not included in the k1- k3 original instructions, but my fiance and I decided we wanted to show them by a legal paper that we never been married before) 
G) MEDICAL EXAM PICTURE OF CLOSED ENVELOPE (This is to show proof you did your medical exam. In my case, Dr Grillo sent the envelope to the embassy, because the results weren´t ready when I returned to the Trinidad de Palermo. So the embassy sent me an email they received the closed envelope, so I printed out the email and added as a proof I did my medical examination)
H) 2 PASSPORT PICTURES. 

4) PETITIONER DOCUMENTS
A) PETITIONER BIRTH CERTIFICATE copy.
B) PASSPORT BIO PAGE copy
C) CERTIFICATE OF NO PREVIOUS MARRIAGE copy (This is not a MUST, not included in the k1-k3 original instructions, but my fiance and I decided we wanted to show them by a legal paper that we never been married before) 
D) NOA1 copy
E) NOA2 copy
F) NVC email copy (We never received a letter through regular mail, only an Email) 

5) AFFIDAVITS OF SUPPORT 
A) PETITIONER AFFIDAVIT: I-134 FORM; IRS Transcripts; 1040; W2; Employer Letter; Paystubs; Bank Statements copies.
B) CO-SPONSOR AFFIDAVIT: Birth Certificate copy if it is born in the US, If it is an Immigrant, must show Citizenship Document, also Passport bio page in both cases; I-134 FORM; IRS Transcripts; 1040; W2; Employer Letter; Paystubs; Bank Statements copies.

6) EVIDENCE OF RELATIONSHIP
A) FIANCE LETTER OF INTENT copy from I129F original packet with signature and date updated  (This is not a MUST, not included in the k1-k3 original instructions, but my fiance and I wanted to add this information as a confirmation fo our intention to marry)
B) FIANCEE LETTER OF INTENT copy from I129F original packet with signature and date updated (This is not a MUST, not included in the k1-k3 original instructions, but my fiance and I wanted to add this information as a confirmation fo our intention to marry)
C) HOW WE MET SUPPLEMENT copy from I129F original packet with signatures and date updated (This is not a MUST, not included in the k1-k3 original instructions, but my fiance and I wanted to add this information to confirm that we support our statement)
D) PICTURES OF ALL OUR RELATIONSHIP (My fiance and I have a long relationship, so we added pictures since 2011 until our last meet in person in Mexico in 2018. We added different pictures than the ones we added in the I129F Form, with different friends and family, also pictures together alone, added also when and where the picture was taken, who is in the picture and a short description. 
E) Beneficiary and Petitioner Plane Itineraries from our last meet in person within the 7 month waitting period copies.
F) Beneficiary and Petitoner Boarding Passes from our last meet in person copies.
G) Beneficiary and Petitioner Passport Stamps of last meet in person trip copies.
H) Petitioner´s Plane ticket´s reservation for last meet in person copy.
I) Petitioner´s Hotel Reservation for last meet in person copy.
J) Trip Tickets copies. ( We added some of the restaurant, Tour packets, and any tickets that can show which activities you did on your trip together)

7) ON GOING COMMUNICATIONS:   We communicate mostly through what´s app, if you use instagram or skype, add all the sources you use to communicate with your fiance. We decided to add our on going communication since the last time we showed them in the USCIS original packet. For example: We sent the I129F packet in June, so we added communications until May 2018, so for the Packet 3 we added our communications since last weeks of May 2018 until present.)
A) WHATS APP FACETIME CALLS SCREENSHOTS.
B) WHATS APP CALLLOGS SCHREENSHOTS.
C) WHATS APP CHATS
D) ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FIANCE´S FAMILY MMEMBERS, AND MY FIANCE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FAMILY MEMBERS. (This is not a MUST, but as we added this information in the original I129F packet, we decided to show them we continue having a strong bond with eachother´s family members) 
E) FACEBOOK POSTS (We use social media preaty much, so in I129F packet we added facebook posts, to show our relationship is not a secret, and that friends and family know and participate, so we did in the packet 3 as well. This is not a MUST, to add as a proof)

F)  PRESENTS TO ONE ANOTHER:  This is not a MUST, but my fiance sent me a present for my birthday so we added pictures and the currier papers to show proof and also other presents he brought to Mexico when we met in person last year.

G) WEDDING PLANS: We added emails talking about the wedding plans in the US, pictures of the wedding rings we bought in Argentina when we got engaged, and all the wedding plans you may have. 

I kept originals in another binder organised just like all this copies for packet3. I know we added a lot of information, but we just did our packet based in what we did on the I129F original packet. We did not hire any lawers and got approved, so hope we will have luck this time. 

Also as I said, hope this helps all of you as an example of how to assemble the information. There is no specific way  to assemble the packet, so remember to try to add all the proof you may have and all the documents required by the embassy in your country, and all the paperwork that apply to your specific case. Then have the originals at the interview, if they don´t ask you for any originals, fine, but you are ready just in case. 😃
 

is Argentinian Embassy a „hard” one?  That is a lot of ongoing relationship proofs. 

 

 

[Greenbaum 12,259]

18 hours ago, Liflead said:

Does that mean after the interview, we need to check the status under "Nonimmigrant" and not "Immigrant" anymore?

It means that you will not have a complete picture of the status of your path to visa issuance because the "immigrant" select is going to go "dark" with no updates because your visa is now being processed as a "non-immigrant" visa with immigration intent. Here is what is going to happen after the interview while checking your status on CEAC.

 

As a K1, when checking your case online at CEAC.state.gov you have to select "immigrant visa" as it is treated like as such even though it is a "non-immigrant visa".

 

Technically the K-1 is a non-immigrant visa but it is treated like an immigrant visa because of the AOS. It is kind of a ba$tard. Other non-immigrant visas do not usually end up with green cards!  The K-1 on its own is a single entry, short time limit visa that expires 90 days after POE. That is why it is a non-immigrant visa treated like an immigrant visa because of the immigrant intent. 

 

If your having problems with the CEAC site timing out when looking up your case it's because the system is trying to cross reference the immigrant case number with the non immigrant AA number.  You select Non-Immigrant from the drop down menu and select the proper Embassy location. Then you enter the AA number from your DS-160 number and presto...a much quicker and consistent response. The output is the same but you no longer have the problem with the system timing out while doing the search...

____________________________________

Just about everyone goes through this process after their interview.  Based on the discussions I had with the case officer he informed me of the steps that the Embassy takes to complete the processing of your visa:

 

the first AP is the immigration unit doing the paperwork for approving the visa

the first ready is a notice that they are finished and the paperwork is being sent for visa issuance

the second AP is the visa issuance people doing their own paperwork

the second ready is that the visa has been issued and is currently being processed for delivery

 

Then "issue" is posted and the visa has left the BIG house to YOUR house.

 

Once you get that second ready, it should be sent out within a few days.

 

 

[ifeco 21]

6 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

It means that you will not have a complete picture of the status of your path to visa issuance because the "immigrant" select is going to go "dark" with no updates because your visa is now being processed as a "non-immigrant" visa with immigration intent. Here is what is going to happen after the interview while checking your status on CEAC.

 

As a K1, when checking your case online at CEAC.state.gov you have to select "immigrant visa" as it is treated like as such even though it is a "non-immigrant visa".

 

Technically the K-1 is a non-immigrant visa but it is treated like an immigrant visa because of the AOS. It is kind of a ba$tard. Other non-immigrant visas do not usually end up with green cards!  The K-1 on its own is a single entry, short time limit visa that expires 90 days after POE. That is why it is a non-immigrant visa treated like an immigrant visa because of the immigrant intent. 

 

If your having problems with the CEAC site timing out when looking up your case it's because the system is trying to cross reference the immigrant case number with the non immigrant AA number.  You select Non-Immigrant from the drop down menu and select the proper Embassy location. Then you enter the AA number from your DS-160 number and presto...a much quicker and consistent response. The output is the same but you no longer have the problem with the system timing out while doing the search...

____________________________________

Just about everyone goes through this process after their interview.  Based on the discussions I had with the case officer he informed me of the steps that the Embassy takes to complete the processing of your visa:

 

the first AP is the immigration unit doing the paperwork for approving the visa

the first ready is a notice that they are finished and the paperwork is being sent for visa issuance

the second AP is the visa issuance people doing their own paperwork

the second ready is that the visa has been issued and is currently being processed for delivery

 

Then "issue" is posted and the visa has left the BIG house to YOUR house.

 

Once you get that second ready, it should be sent out within a few days.

 

 

@Greenbaum thanks for the explanation but what of those their own changes to non-immigrant  "Application received" after the administrative process, what can you say about that

[Liflead 112]

9 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

It means that you will not have a complete picture of the status of your path to visa issuance because the "immigrant" select is going to go "dark" with no updates because your visa is now being processed as a "non-immigrant" visa with immigration intent. Here is what is going to happen after the interview while checking your status on CEAC.

 

As a K1, when checking your case online at CEAC.state.gov you have to select "immigrant visa" as it is treated like as such even though it is a "non-immigrant visa".

 

Technically the K-1 is a non-immigrant visa but it is treated like an immigrant visa because of the AOS. It is kind of a ba$tard. Other non-immigrant visas do not usually end up with green cards!  The K-1 on its own is a single entry, short time limit visa that expires 90 days after POE. That is why it is a non-immigrant visa treated like an immigrant visa because of the immigrant intent. 

 

If your having problems with the CEAC site timing out when looking up your case it's because the system is trying to cross reference the immigrant case number with the non immigrant AA number.  You select Non-Immigrant from the drop down menu and select the proper Embassy location. Then you enter the AA number from your DS-160 number and presto...a much quicker and consistent response. The output is the same but you no longer have the problem with the system timing out while doing the search...

____________________________________

Just about everyone goes through this process after their interview.  Based on the discussions I had with the case officer he informed me of the steps that the Embassy takes to complete the processing of your visa:

 

the first AP is the immigration unit doing the paperwork for approving the visa

the first ready is a notice that they are finished and the paperwork is being sent for visa issuance

the second AP is the visa issuance people doing their own paperwork

the second ready is that the visa has been issued and is currently being processed for delivery

 

Then "issue" is posted and the visa has left the BIG house to YOUR house.

 

Once you get that second ready, it should be sent out within a few days.

 

 

Thanks @Greenbaum 

[Roxy and Emmy 43]

Hey guys! We can't find substantial information on requirements for certified translation of a no criminal record if it is from abroad (Ecuador). Would a translation and affidavit from a translator from the US be okay, or would it need to be from Ecuador? 

[Greenbaum 12,259]

7 hours ago, ifeco said:

@Greenbaum thanks for the explanation but what of those their own changes to non-immigrant  "Application received" after the administrative process, what can you say about that

At what stage of the process do you see that status at CEAC?

Edited March 3, 2019 by Greenbaum

[Greenbaum 12,259]

1 hour ago, Roxyneu said:

Hey guys! We can't find substantial information on requirements for certified translation of a no criminal record if it is from abroad (Ecuador). Would a translation and affidavit from a translator from the US be okay, or would it need to be from Ecuador? 

It can come from any translator who will certify the documents are true once they finish the translation.

[ifeco 21]

4 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

At what stage of the process do you see that status at CEAC?

Is after the interview at the embassy....changes to AP, and now into Non immigrant "Application received"..

[Greenbaum 12,259]

1 minute ago, ifeco said:

Is after the interview at the embassy....changes to AP, and now into Non immigrant "Application received"..

Then it's mirroring exactly what I penned not 3 or 4 post ago. Yours is normal and processing as it should. Trust the process and you won't worry so much.

[ifeco 21]

7 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

Then it's mirroring exactly what I penned not 3 or 4 post ago. Yours is normal and processing as it should. Trust the process and you won't worry so much.

Ok...thanks so much 

[Roxy and Emmy 43]

11 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

It can come from any translator who will certify the documents are true once they finish the translation.

Sorry to keep heckling 😕 but does this need to be notarized too? Or just their affidavit, stamp and signature will do?