Lee Thacket

(1) Has the petitioner got a criminal record? (2) is the petitioner a multiple-filer? (3) do you have good evidence of having met in person in the last two years e.g passport stamps and/or boarding passes? No, no and yes = good chance of approval. (I didn't buy any clothing or jewellery except a ring for my fiancée. The receipt for that and the engagement meal did not form part of the eventually approved I-129F evidence packet.)

Much easier to help if people provide lots of relevant detail!

The way your post was worded implied you were a teenager. Your girlfriend and her family will have to more than "help". They will be totally responsible for you. Think carefully about how everything will be paid for. I don't say that to be harsh. It is a question I have had to consider, in terms of my own situation, over the last few months. I outstayed my welcome with my father and his new wife when I was your age. My solution was to rent a cheap room in some one's home in the neighbouring town. You mentioned not having much money. Something else to consider is you will find it difficult, at least for a few years, to access college loans or vocational training for a trade. You might like to consider staying where you are for two or three years to pursue further training or education. That will help increase your earning potential if you do eventually move to the United States.

Just crack on with getting a summary of your medical records from your GP and scheduling the medical which is valid for six months. The only document that took more than a week to arrive was my police report. Visa Medicals told me it was possible to email it later if I didn't have it again. I presume this would only work if you had no criminal record. To be safe I didn't schedule the medical until I had the physical copy.

I am back home now and have checked my paperwork. I-129F approved January 04th Letter from National Visa Center January 30th Letter from American Embassy February 6th Check out this link for instructions on what to do next: https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/fiancee-2/applying-for-the-visa/

I can only answer from my own experience. Some people have suggested the poster is from the UK. It is difficult meaningful advice when he won't give his location, religion or cultural background.

I had my visa interview last week. The consular officer didn't ask if my family approved.

How will you survive in the United States given you have not got any money and will not be able to work for several months? Remember there will be money needed to pay for a flight, a wedding, adjustment of status and an employment authorisation document. Where do you live?

The letter was helpful as it explained what to do. However, you can get the information elsewhere. Schedule your medical, apply for your police certificate and get a certified birth certificate.

Very quickly if I recall. I will check when I return home tomorrow evening. I renewed my passport as well and was shocked how quickly the new one arrived.

I got a letter, but even without one you have your case number so should be able to fill out the DS-160 application form online and apply for and book an interview.

@Shahadah difrisco my fiancée and I had met in person three times by the time we submitted the I-129F petition. As @Family says it will be extremely difficult for a K-1 visa to be granted without evidence of meeting in person. Can you have others present when you meet? Alternatively, you could get married somewhere other than Saudi Arabia or the United States.

If he cannot travel it would be a waste of money applying for the K-1 fiance visa. Applying for a K-1 visa would not aid him in leaving Saudi Arabia. It sounds worrying that his paperwork cannot be sorted out. I am not familiar with Saudi employment law or immigration regulations. He needs to get advice from who is.

I am not from the Channel Islands, but presumably it would only take a day or two more, if that, for a courier to deliver to Jersey compared to the mainland.

Denmark has certainly become more hard line with regard to immigration over the last few years. I think the main problem will be convincing the Danish government a single woman from the Phillipines has the financial resources to fund her trip. If she says her American fiance is paying that shows them both that she can afford the trip and that will not overstay.

Is your fiancé in Saudi Arabia illegally given his paperwork has not been renewed? You can certainly file a petition for him to come to the United States to marry you. The process is rather long. He won't be able to work after joining you. Could you get married in Saudi Arabia or a third country?

My fiancée and I looked at doing it the other way with her moving to my country. The British government does all visa applications online. The process appears to work reasonably well, though fees are very high. (I am not sure that can be blamed on digitalisation.)

My questions were, as far as I can remember: (1) Have you lived in any country other than the United Kingdom? (2) What are you wedding plans? [I guess this a routine question for everyone applying for a K-1 financial visa.] (3) When did you last meet in person? [My offer to provide proof of our last March meeting was declined.] When I have time I will write a review of my experience on my time line. Don't know whether you have done your medical yet, but I have done a review of that. A question for those who have been members of this forum longer than me, is there any record on these pages of the London embassy actually declining to grant a K-1 Fiance visa?

I had my interview on Tuesday in London, the same day as the fiance of alliejourney! I was a bit worried about the I-134 as well. My fiancée is disabled and her income is only slightly above the federal poverty level for a household of three. We got information from the social security administration, her last six months of bank statements and her 1040 tax return. To be on the safe side I got her aunt to be my co-sponsor. Accompanying her I-134 were three months of bank statements and three years of tax returns. I wondered if I should submit a third I-134 detailing the value of a house I am in the process of selling.... Anyway, the interview was short. The consular officer probably thought he had already given me enough reading through all my paperwork. I am sure you will be fine. If you need any more information they will ask you for it.

Going slightly off topic I investigated getting married in a third country before going down the K-1 fiance visa route. In terms of the bureaucracy, cost and visas Denmark came out very well.

I don't think the Danish or any other EEA government would care if you were applying for a US visa. However, to gain a Schengen visa your fiancée have to confirm how the trip was being funded and that she had medical insurance in place.

That is good to know. I am sure your experience will provide reassurance to others. I was paranoid that I would arrive today for the interview and be told they had not received the medical report. (I emailed Visa Medicals last week for confirmation the report had been sent to the embassy.)

Really? I thought you had to do the medical and then schedule the visa interview at least two weeks afterwards. I arranged a gap of nearly three weeks between the two appointments.

I have just come out of an interview at the London Embassy and was shocked at just how easy it was

Can your mother not help out with I-864 as well? Your fiancé/husband will not be able to work for some months. My fiancée and I talked about living in Washington or Oregon. Although, the minimum wage is relatively high in those states so is the cost of living.