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Need help! K1 Montreal consulate welcome letter stolen
MalloryCat replied to mara alsun's topic in Canada
i would suggest submitting an inquiry to the embassy. they may be able to email it to you. i would say you think it got lost in the mail/accidentally thrown out by a member of your household. but youre right they more than likely dont have your email address if you fiances email was the one on the e-notification form -
Frankfurt Email (Split topic)
MalloryCat replied to Adventurous-March's topic in Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)
have you received packet 3 yet? packet 3 has all of the information with how to email your DS-160 confirmation. you should wait until you have that before you proceed with the next steps. -
Frankfurt Email (Split topic)
MalloryCat replied to Adventurous-March's topic in Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)
you should start a new thread if you have questions or search through the forums more, there is a lot of information regarding that -
at this point the foreign fiance needs to wait to hear from the embassy with more information this is typically called packet 3 https://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=Indonesia&cty=Jakarta i would suggest looking through the Indonesia forums to get the most updated information from others who are going through the same embassy https://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/90-asia-east-and-pacific/
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Questions on Supporting Evidence for I-134
MalloryCat replied to Rosaly's topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures
my fiance had his interview this morning (APPROVED!!!) and because of the heat he ended up wearing jean shorts. I think as long as you look somewhat put together (no sweatpants 😂) i think you should be fine -
the only "time limit" is the validity date on youre NOA2. technically the approval is valid for 4 months. embassies typically automatically extend the validity dates (4 months at a time for up to a year). if you wont be scheduling the interview until after that validity date, i would suggest contacting the embassy to make sure they will extend your validity date.
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Ds-160 question about pamphlet
MalloryCat replied to summer4042's topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures
the DS-160 is valid for 1 year after being submitted. so you can fill it out and submit it now, just make sure you print out some copies of the confirmation. you need to bring a copy with you to the medical appointment and to the visa interview. if you dont hear anything from the embassy after a month, i would suggest submitting an inquiry to them. they should be sending you "packet 3" that has all the information for the next steps -
NVC to Embassy
MalloryCat replied to DBiddle's topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports
if you havent heard from the nvc yet with your case number (been over 30 days) you can submit an inquiry to them to get the case number. they could have it processed but havent sent it to the embassy yet -
https://www.uscis.gov/tools/designated-civil-surgeons/vaccination-requirements
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Hepatitis B Question
MalloryCat replied to SL2024's topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures
from the USCIS website: "Q. Certain vaccine series can only be completed with multiple visits to the civil surgeon. Am I required to complete the entire series before the civil surgeon can sign the Form I-693? A. You are only required to receive a single dose of each vaccine when you visit the civil surgeon. You are encouraged to follow up with your private health care provider to complete the series." https://www.uscis.gov/tools/designated-civil-surgeons/vaccination-requirements also from the CDC website: " Vaccine series have minimum age requirements and typically require months to years to complete. Therefore, it is usually not possible for applicants to receive all vaccinations for the diseases listed above prior to adjustment of status, and they are instead required to receive from the civil surgeon at least one dose of each age-appropriate vaccine listed in Table 1 for which the applicant is not currently up to date. If the applicant is up to date on the required vaccines listed in Table 1, no additional vaccines are required to be given at the time of the medical exam. " https://www.cdc.gov/immigrant-refugee-health/hcp/civil-surgeons/vaccination.html So no, you dont have to complete the full series in order to adjust status. you just need proof that you have received at least one dose. which would be on form DS-3025 that you should have gotten from the doctor at your medical exam. -
129f approved, what now?
MalloryCat replied to Sara-zm's topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures
I don't blame you I was also very impatient 😂 -
129f approved, what now?
MalloryCat replied to Sara-zm's topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures
USCIS sends petitions to the NVC only on certain days every month (I saw a calendar somewhere on this site that showed that, but i cant find it now. but I believe it was every 2 weeks). So them waiting until the 25th to send yours makes sense. they had probably just sent out a batch a few days before yours was approved -
Joint Sponsorship
MalloryCat replied to mar24's topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports
if he has a permanent full time job where his annual income is more than the poverty guidelines thats what matters. its what he's making now. so a current W-2, recent paystubs, and a letter from his employer confirming his income will be enough. what is the actual likely hood that you'll get sued for something? probably very slim im guessing lol -
packet 3 comes from the embassy. it is a letter that includes information on the next steps of your visa process, sometimes an additional form to fill out (Frankfurt sends an additional form), and in our case a copy of our approved I-129f. packet 3 gets sent to the foreign fiance a few weeks after the case arrives at the embassy. if your case has been at the embassy for over a month (has a "ready" status on the CEAC tracking) then i would suggest contacting the embassy about getting your packet 3 emailed to the foreign fiance. I would use Frankfurts visa navigator so you can correctly email the right people at the embassy https://tinyurl.com/FrankfurtVisas/ but you wont be able to continue forward without emailing your DS-160 confirmation to the embassy. you should wait until the foreign fiance receives packet 3. your submitted DS-160 is good for 1 year, so its not a big deal that is has already been submitted and paid for.
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I-129F Confusion
MalloryCat replied to Dilshad2024's topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports
Realistically they probably only send someone to pick up everything from the lock box once maybe twice a week. It's the government, everything takes long lol -
scheduling the appointment
MalloryCat replied to Sara-zm's topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures
yea it probably recognizes that the subject line doesnt match up with all of their premade ones, so it just auto sends something. i doubt anyone even looks at those lol pretty sure my fiance heard back very quickly once he emailed his DS-160, it might have even been next day i think? i could be wrong though as long as the subject line is right, someone will definitely see and you'll hear back soon, dont stress too much. Scheduling an interview at the Frankfurt embassy is pretty easy and they (usually) have a ton of openings for interviews. -
scheduling the appointment
MalloryCat replied to Sara-zm's topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures
oh im sorry, its been awhile since i looked at my fiances letter. I did however just look at it, and its capital "i"22. (so it should look like I22) not 122 I wish they picked a different font for this letter cause its ridiculous how close the I and 1 look to each other lol (unless they messed up and made a typo lol) if you send another email with the I22, you should be fine -
scheduling the appointment
MalloryCat replied to Sara-zm's topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures
that is strange... the letter definitely doesn't say anything about the visa navigator. as long as you used the email in the letter and the subject line they tell you to use, it should have gone through fine. it should be I77 (capital "i" im pretty sure) but then yea you can send another email -
scheduling the appointment
MalloryCat replied to Sara-zm's topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures
have you received packet 3 yet? the letter in packet 3 tells you exactly what email and what subject line to use when sending them your DS-160 confirmation -
Most people on this site will suggest the CR1 (spouse) visa. As it is cheaper than the K-1 visa. But it entirely depends on your situation. Aspects of the K-1 might aline better with you situation. I would suggest doing a lot of research on both options and go from there. Hiring an immigration attorney won't make the process faster. You don't necessarily need one if your situation is pretty straight forward.
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Form 1-129F Payment of the $675
MalloryCat replied to Gladys O's topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures
you submit the payment with the mailed in form so either with a check or you can use the credit authorization form to be able to charge a credit card, form G-1450 ( https://www.uscis.gov/g-1450 ) -
I129f will expire 2 weeks before interview
MalloryCat replied to Dibblema's topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures
most embassies will automatically extend a petition. you could try calling if email doesn't prove helpful this looks like a contact form that will give you all the phone numbers and such based on where you are, if you haven't used this before. https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=dFDPZv5a0UimkaErISH0Sy1YoH0qhFtLmlsn5fRWtORUMkY5TzJaNjZNSkQ2N0NESUNTQ0hRNlhGWCQlQCN0PWcu but based on the website for the consular in montreal, they list that canada.visas email as like... the main point of contact for K-1 visas. so maybe you need to change the subject line or something? maybe it got redirected to the wrong people because of that https://ca.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/montreal/sections-offices/ -
What is department of state?
MalloryCat replied to Rachel n Tyler's topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures
i wouldn't worry too much about the validity date. most embassies will automatically extend it by another 4 months (for up to a total of 1 year, if it were to come to that) my fiances interview is on July 9th, but our NOA2 says it expires on July 4th. a lot of people on this site have said that they went to their interview after the 4 months and the expiry date didn't even come up. but if you're still worried, when it gets close to the expiration date (i'd say like 2 weeks) you could submit an inquiry to the embassy and confirm with them that your petition validity will be extended.