Kathryn41

Welcome to Visa Journey .
If you are the beneficiary of a K-1 visa petition, your travel history to Europe really isn't going to be a factor in the US Consulate's decision about giving you a K-1 visa. What is going to count is how real your relationship is with your fiance, that you have no criminal past and are healthy, and if he is able to support you financially in the US.
The requirements for a K-1 visa are different than for a visitor's visa. If you were requesting a visitor's visa, the fact that you had received visas for other countries and had honoured their requirements, may or may not be a factor in the US Consulate's decision to grant you a Visitor Visa to the US. There would be other requirements you would need to meet, and a clean past travelling history 'may' help as long as those other requirements were met, but that isn't a guarantee.
So, you also don't need to worry about having received a European visa and not using it. The US is more concerned about whether or not you are a good person, that means you don't have any criminal history nor any use of drugs or similar activities. They do 'security' checks on all applicants and this is one of the things they look for. They are also concerned if you have any illnesses or diseases that could put Americans at risk, so you will also need an Immigration medical exam. If US immigration do not feel you are eligible for a visa because of one of these issues, then they wouldn't grant one.
If they believe you are personally eligible then they will look at the relationship you have with your fiance. US immigration is mainly concerned about people who pretend to be in a relationship just so they can get to the US. They may try to trick beneficiaries into revealing things like this, so it will be important that you and your fiance share a lot of information about each other with each other so you will be able to answer their questions at the interview. You should know if he has any sort of troubles with the law in his past, what type of work he does, the names of his family members, things like this. It will also be important that you have met face to face within the 2 years before starting the K-1 process.
So, good luck on your Visa Journey. It can be a very trying experience while you wait, but once you get the visa and are married to your fiance, it is all definitely worth the wait and the problems.

Bill, while I have removed the copy of your completed form for your personal security, since you are worried, I will say that it looks good and should be fine to include in with your submission.
In the future, if you wish to post any of the documents or forms, please take the time to remove the personally sensitive information from the form - you can make a photocopy of the original and then black out things like full names, birth dates, addresses, case and file numbers, ssn, etc. and then copy that for the site. No one here needs access to information like that, and since you don't have to be a member to view Visa Journey, posting this information here becomes a serious identity fraud risk.
Good luck with your petition .

You can if you restrict yourself to a factual statement rather than a baiting statement. If you had posted "President's Immigration policies unpopular" or something along those lines, it would not have been changed.
We have asked members, when quoting news articles, not to do their editorializing in the topic title but restrict it to the body of their post, and use the title of the article or one of the articles quoted as the title, or as you have asked, a non-coloured factual summary of the contents. The title you chose was derisive and obviously meant to bait for a reactionary response, thus it was changed.

You can if you restrict yourself to a factual statement rather than a baiting statement. If you had posted "President's Immigration policies unpopular" or something along those lines, it would not have been changed.
We have asked members, when quoting news articles, not to do their editorializing in the topic title but restrict it to the body of their post, and use the title of the article or one of the articles quoted as the title, or as you have asked, a non-coloured factual summary of the contents. The title you chose was derisive and obviously meant to bait for a reactionary response, thus it was changed.

MohammednCrystal: Part of common, long-understood courtesy on the Internet is to avoid hijacking other people's threads with unrelated issues.
Another part of long-understood protocol is to be civil toward those who are trying to uphold order in threads in a forum. You're fortunate to be drawing an in-thread warning, rather than more formal administrative action, for your comments, which have been deleted from this thread.
In the future, please avoid violating this, from the VJ Terms of Service:
"Make comments in a Post either direct or implied toward another member that are purposely designed to upset, antagonize, make fun of, belittle, harass, insult, or otherwise instigate an argument that takes away from the personal enjoyment of the Service by other users."
Please review the rest of the Terms of Service and modify your future posting behavior. Thank you.
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Thanks for your comments. I can answer a few of your questions but the Site Administrator, Captain Ewok, handles all of the technical stuff and is best to answer those questions for you.
2. The Site Administrator is Captain Ewok. He will probably respond in this thread shortly.
3. Any member in good standing who has demonstrated an ability to post calmly and accurately in the forums, who has been on the site long enough to become familiar with its many aspects as well as the many different types and processes of visa 'journeys', and who has the time to volunteer their services can be a moderator. The Site Administrator appoints moderators, and the current moderation team maintains a list of possible candidates (which is regularly updated as names are added and removed from the list). When there is a need for new moderators, this list is consulted and the various candidates posting histories researched and discussed by the moderation team and administration, coming back with a preferred candidate who is then 'invited' to become a moderator. Not everyone accepts the invitation as it can be a lot of work.
4. Group is basically an assigned category of membership. It is generally handled by the site software and shows what category of membership you have, determined by your participation. You are a Validating member until you respond to the membership email verifying you are a real person; you then become a new member until you have a certain number of posts. You are a general member then unless you are appointed as an Organizer (move threads when they are posted in the wrong place) or one of the Moderators, or your membership is 'closed' if you are no longer a member.
It would be lovely if we could keep all relevant information in one location, however, the field of immigration is so large and multi-faceted that there really isn't an easy way to do that. Certainly how we are organized now can probably be tweaked and I know Captain Ewok is receptive to any suggestions members have (and help that they offer) on how to improve the site, but no matter what we do, people are always going to have to do some leg work on their own, because that is the nature of the immigration process itself. It doesn't fit into nicely defined little categories but has a lot of overlap so that one aspect can apply to several different processes. The site is organized in general related areas with more specific themes, and there are step by step instructions with forms and such that can be accessed through the menu bar at the top.
No matter how organized a site becomes, however, people are always going to ask questions - and there is really no way that every answer can be posted in a concise format, because every case is individual. Even if everyone is pursuing the same visa, there are still country specific or Consulate specific differences that are best addressed through members asking questions and other members sharing their own personal experiences.
One of the biggest problems we do have and are trying to address is to keep the information about the different processes and forms and such current. These change pretty regularly and we need to keep updating both the general information and the country or consulate specific information, and really rely upon our membership to help with that.
As I said, I am sure Captain Ewok will be along to answer more of your questions, and I know we are always interested in members who are willing to help us keep this site effective, productive and relevant.

Welcome to Visa Journey .
If you are the beneficiary of a K-1 visa petition, your travel history to Europe really isn't going to be a factor in the US Consulate's decision about giving you a K-1 visa. What is going to count is how real your relationship is with your fiance, that you have no criminal past and are healthy, and if he is able to support you financially in the US.
The requirements for a K-1 visa are different than for a visitor's visa. If you were requesting a visitor's visa, the fact that you had received visas for other countries and had honoured their requirements, may or may not be a factor in the US Consulate's decision to grant you a Visitor Visa to the US. There would be other requirements you would need to meet, and a clean past travelling history 'may' help as long as those other requirements were met, but that isn't a guarantee.
So, you also don't need to worry about having received a European visa and not using it. The US is more concerned about whether or not you are a good person, that means you don't have any criminal history nor any use of drugs or similar activities. They do 'security' checks on all applicants and this is one of the things they look for. They are also concerned if you have any illnesses or diseases that could put Americans at risk, so you will also need an Immigration medical exam. If US immigration do not feel you are eligible for a visa because of one of these issues, then they wouldn't grant one.
If they believe you are personally eligible then they will look at the relationship you have with your fiance. US immigration is mainly concerned about people who pretend to be in a relationship just so they can get to the US. They may try to trick beneficiaries into revealing things like this, so it will be important that you and your fiance share a lot of information about each other with each other so you will be able to answer their questions at the interview. You should know if he has any sort of troubles with the law in his past, what type of work he does, the names of his family members, things like this. It will also be important that you have met face to face within the 2 years before starting the K-1 process.
So, good luck on your Visa Journey. It can be a very trying experience while you wait, but once you get the visa and are married to your fiance, it is all definitely worth the wait and the problems.

If they really did take out your K-1 visa, that CBP officer had no clue of proper procedures. Kathryn gave you good advice above. You should go to your nearest deferred inspection site and let them know what happened. You can find a list of the sites here > http://www.cbp.gov/contact/deferred-inspection/overview-deferred-inspection
~ Moved from K-1 Process to AOS from Family Based Visas - topic past K-1 process and at the AOS phase ~

Thanks for your comments. I can answer a few of your questions but the Site Administrator, Captain Ewok, handles all of the technical stuff and is best to answer those questions for you.
2. The Site Administrator is Captain Ewok. He will probably respond in this thread shortly.
3. Any member in good standing who has demonstrated an ability to post calmly and accurately in the forums, who has been on the site long enough to become familiar with its many aspects as well as the many different types and processes of visa 'journeys', and who has the time to volunteer their services can be a moderator. The Site Administrator appoints moderators, and the current moderation team maintains a list of possible candidates (which is regularly updated as names are added and removed from the list). When there is a need for new moderators, this list is consulted and the various candidates posting histories researched and discussed by the moderation team and administration, coming back with a preferred candidate who is then 'invited' to become a moderator. Not everyone accepts the invitation as it can be a lot of work.
4. Group is basically an assigned category of membership. It is generally handled by the site software and shows what category of membership you have, determined by your participation. You are a Validating member until you respond to the membership email verifying you are a real person; you then become a new member until you have a certain number of posts. You are a general member then unless you are appointed as an Organizer (move threads when they are posted in the wrong place) or one of the Moderators, or your membership is 'closed' if you are no longer a member.
It would be lovely if we could keep all relevant information in one location, however, the field of immigration is so large and multi-faceted that there really isn't an easy way to do that. Certainly how we are organized now can probably be tweaked and I know Captain Ewok is receptive to any suggestions members have (and help that they offer) on how to improve the site, but no matter what we do, people are always going to have to do some leg work on their own, because that is the nature of the immigration process itself. It doesn't fit into nicely defined little categories but has a lot of overlap so that one aspect can apply to several different processes. The site is organized in general related areas with more specific themes, and there are step by step instructions with forms and such that can be accessed through the menu bar at the top.
No matter how organized a site becomes, however, people are always going to ask questions - and there is really no way that every answer can be posted in a concise format, because every case is individual. Even if everyone is pursuing the same visa, there are still country specific or Consulate specific differences that are best addressed through members asking questions and other members sharing their own personal experiences.
One of the biggest problems we do have and are trying to address is to keep the information about the different processes and forms and such current. These change pretty regularly and we need to keep updating both the general information and the country or consulate specific information, and really rely upon our membership to help with that.
As I said, I am sure Captain Ewok will be along to answer more of your questions, and I know we are always interested in members who are willing to help us keep this site effective, productive and relevant.

Thanks for your comments. I can answer a few of your questions but the Site Administrator, Captain Ewok, handles all of the technical stuff and is best to answer those questions for you.
2. The Site Administrator is Captain Ewok. He will probably respond in this thread shortly.
3. Any member in good standing who has demonstrated an ability to post calmly and accurately in the forums, who has been on the site long enough to become familiar with its many aspects as well as the many different types and processes of visa 'journeys', and who has the time to volunteer their services can be a moderator. The Site Administrator appoints moderators, and the current moderation team maintains a list of possible candidates (which is regularly updated as names are added and removed from the list). When there is a need for new moderators, this list is consulted and the various candidates posting histories researched and discussed by the moderation team and administration, coming back with a preferred candidate who is then 'invited' to become a moderator. Not everyone accepts the invitation as it can be a lot of work.
4. Group is basically an assigned category of membership. It is generally handled by the site software and shows what category of membership you have, determined by your participation. You are a Validating member until you respond to the membership email verifying you are a real person; you then become a new member until you have a certain number of posts. You are a general member then unless you are appointed as an Organizer (move threads when they are posted in the wrong place) or one of the Moderators, or your membership is 'closed' if you are no longer a member.
It would be lovely if we could keep all relevant information in one location, however, the field of immigration is so large and multi-faceted that there really isn't an easy way to do that. Certainly how we are organized now can probably be tweaked and I know Captain Ewok is receptive to any suggestions members have (and help that they offer) on how to improve the site, but no matter what we do, people are always going to have to do some leg work on their own, because that is the nature of the immigration process itself. It doesn't fit into nicely defined little categories but has a lot of overlap so that one aspect can apply to several different processes. The site is organized in general related areas with more specific themes, and there are step by step instructions with forms and such that can be accessed through the menu bar at the top.
No matter how organized a site becomes, however, people are always going to ask questions - and there is really no way that every answer can be posted in a concise format, because every case is individual. Even if everyone is pursuing the same visa, there are still country specific or Consulate specific differences that are best addressed through members asking questions and other members sharing their own personal experiences.
One of the biggest problems we do have and are trying to address is to keep the information about the different processes and forms and such current. These change pretty regularly and we need to keep updating both the general information and the country or consulate specific information, and really rely upon our membership to help with that.
As I said, I am sure Captain Ewok will be along to answer more of your questions, and I know we are always interested in members who are willing to help us keep this site effective, productive and relevant.

That becomes a very tricky tightrope to walk without it becoming a personal attack.
You make that observation that they don't practice what they preach so why should they expect others to . . . They then take umbrage either at the comment - or more likely, the way the comment was phrased - and respond heatedly to what they perceive as a personal attack. Others join in taking sides, sometimes even piling on to gang up on someone, and everything becomes very polarized and the discussion degenerates to a whole mess of 'oh yeah, well you are etc.,. . .!. " and "Yeah, same back to you, you are etc., . . " and before you know it there are pages of posts that no longer discuss the posted topic but are judgmental commentary on other members which are then reported, a moderator (or two) show up, remove the inappropriate comments, post warnings, and in many cases, either thread ban the protagonists or end up closing the thread several pages later due to repeated TOS violations.
If you can find a way of pointing out hypocrisy without making it personal, you are welcome to do that. The problem with trying to discredit a poster who has posted certain commentary, however, is that you are seldom addressing the content of the post itself and are more involved in character assassination than in refuting or providing factual commentary on the subject matter. That is why I post the warning to 'discuss the post, not the poster'.

~~Post removed with inappropriate language, and those quoting ~~

There should be a passport stamp on a page in the passport that has the K-1 visa on it. The visa is attached right to the page of the passport and the stamp on top of it will show a date 90 days in the future which is the time the K-1 entry is good for. If anyone tore a page out of a passport, that is actually considered illegal by virtually every country in the world, including the US. It invalidates the passport and means that the passport now needs to be replaced by the official issuing country.
If that is indeed what happened, you and your fiance need to go back to the POE as soon as possible and ask to speak with the immigration officer in charge, telling him/her what happened, and geting documentation from them that they removed the K-1 visa from the passport. All visas are supposed to remain in a passport even if they are only good for one entry. They also need to make this good for you because you do need proof of the K-1 entry to continue the next step in the Immigration process.
Good luck to you. I hope that upon checking you will find that the K-1 visa is still attached and something else - although I have no idea what it would be - was removed instead. Still, no pages should be removed from any passport by anyone, ever.

There should be a passport stamp on a page in the passport that has the K-1 visa on it. The visa is attached right to the page of the passport and the stamp on top of it will show a date 90 days in the future which is the time the K-1 entry is good for. If anyone tore a page out of a passport, that is actually considered illegal by virtually every country in the world, including the US. It invalidates the passport and means that the passport now needs to be replaced by the official issuing country.
If that is indeed what happened, you and your fiance need to go back to the POE as soon as possible and ask to speak with the immigration officer in charge, telling him/her what happened, and geting documentation from them that they removed the K-1 visa from the passport. All visas are supposed to remain in a passport even if they are only good for one entry. They also need to make this good for you because you do need proof of the K-1 entry to continue the next step in the Immigration process.
Good luck to you. I hope that upon checking you will find that the K-1 visa is still attached and something else - although I have no idea what it would be - was removed instead. Still, no pages should be removed from any passport by anyone, ever.

working and traveling during US immigration subforum
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/115-working-traveling-during-us-immigration/

Thank you very much! Sorry, I failed. Should have searched! But I was unaware of the existence of the wiki o_O This site is huge!

The I-551 stamp IS the EXACT same thing as a Green Card. The official name for the Green Card is Form I-551. The person you spoke to at the DMV doesn't know what they are talking about. Definitely ask to see a supervisor. You may wish to print off this document from the SSA showing what an I-551 form is and what it means in a passport. https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0110211025
and bring it with you. Item 3. clearly defines the I-551 stamp in a passport as being the same thing as the I-551 card.
You could also let the DMV know that generally someone has either an I-94 meaning they are a non-immigrant or an I-551 meaning they are an immigrant. They don't have both. An expired I-94 may have the I-551 stamped on it, but it is the I-551 that is valid, not the I-94. One cannot be a non-immigrant and an immigrant at the same time.
Good luck!

As the OP has authorized the re-opening of this thread and has requested it to be merged with the new Gardening thread, I am merging the two threads together . . let the gardens grow .
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I just got my package, here is what I got.
The black thing is a blanket. Balloons, folding sun glasses, tattoos, stickers, bottle opener, flag banner and beer cozies.


this is a little square kind rubbery lens cleaner.

1. Find your state laws, go back, ask for a supervisor, show them their own laws and get renewal.
2. Make INFOPASS appointment at your local USCIS, get I-551 stamp in your passport, get renewal.

2 posts containing inappropriate comments have been removed along with one post responding to comments. One poster has also been thread-banned from this discussion.
If you cannot post without resorting to offensive commentary, then do not participate.

You're confused because you keep referring to and thinking of VAWA and domestic violence protection orders as the same thing. VAWA as being discussed on VJ is a process of getting a green card because you've found yourself being abuse by a spouse. One is done through USCIS and one is done through the local courts. They are not even close to being the same thing, other than abuse is alleged to have happened under both. While a DV protection order is evidence of abuse for VAWA, the process is still completely separate. VAWA cannot order someone to stay away from another person. In fact the alleged abuser will not be told anything about a VAWA case. A domestic violence protection order will notify the alleged abuser they are to stay away, and the alleged abuse can defend themselves against those charges.

Spousal Copulation searched and there is no California law using such a term. There is Spousal Rape, California Penal Code 262 PC Spousal Rape, under which charges could be brought if he forced her to have sex by threatening her legal status in the USA, ie divorce and denial of green card. And they do have to prove sex occurred. I think your friend has filled your head with a lot of misinformation which you are now presenting as facts.

One post violating TOS has been removed and several posts edited to remove inappropriate language. The OP has asked for your advice, not your judgment. If you cannot post constructively and provide useful information, then please do not post at all. Any further posts that attack or chastise the OP will be removed.
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