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Congratulations to you! We are still waiting.

Were you the USC? Can you speak to the OP's situation so they can better understand?

That's fair but it takes two seconds to type this from the get go. 100% for K1, BUT expect that increase to 125% for AOS, so aim for that Was that so hard

Has anyone asked if you are a US citizen yet? You have talked a lot about "in my country"... you do know that the sponsor welcoming the fiance into the US, has to be a citizen, right?

Uh Why am I being asked? The question was about the K1. That opens other questions about what the USC needs to provide for AOS, but that wasn't the question at hand. Maybe provide context if that's something you deem relevant to all cases

please not the bathtub, no, that is WAY too much They don't care about age, as long as both are adults and the relationship is bona fide.

Yep, it means you pay fees and submit docs directly to your embassy. NVC has other visas where they take payment or docs; not the K1.

Isn't I-134 lower requirements than I-864 though? It's 100% above federal for K1 I thought

This is extremely useful, great to have a resource who knows the Manila procedures, since embassies are so particular. Dina and Bill take note, and review J.M.'s feedback/timeline closely.

You have submitted the I-129F, which is the petition for the K1 visa Your case is at USCIS. The above chart is for when your petition is approved and sent to NVC.

You don't have to. Nothing is sent to the beneficiary from USCIS. Please read my prior post.

Currently you are at the USCIS stage: you can update addresses on your account dashboard. I as petitioner moved literally days before our NOA2 was sent out, and it got to the right address. This is more important for the petitioner than the beneficiary, since USCIS doesn't send anything physical to the beneficiary. You can amend the address change of a beneficiary when you file the DS-160 through the NVC stage, post NOA2.

What's keeping you from talking to your superior at work about getting a letter? For my work, I just wrote the entire letter and gave it to him to sign.

The best words I can provide for encouragement, is to be patient. The K1 process has sped up considerably over the past few years. There were people right in the middle of scheduling embassy appointments during 2020, when the world shut down and they were forced to wait another year. Take a deep breath. We submitted our petition in August of last year and it was a cut and dry case. We moved to the NVC after seven months and are waiting for the embassy to request our case. Your case is in its infant stage if it's just arrived at the USCIS. You have a long way to go. Try to stay informed, meet the other members on the forums who went through Manila and make preparations for later stages to keep yourself busy. And foster your relationship with your fiance, above all else. This will be a high-stress period. Take care of each other, so it's all worth it.

American visa, American culture. Please read previous discussions you've started. Immigration services is not interested in ceremonies or rings, at any point. They want it made very clear that you declare to marry this person by the parameters set by the fiance visa, and that you have not taken steps to legally marry this person yet. If you would like to use ceremonies or rings as proof, may I recommend the spousal visa, where you get married first?

Your declaration of intent, a required supporting document with the petition, is the only "proof" you need of planning to get married. Your signed declaration is a promise to get married. There is no cultural or legal standard for getting engaged in the US. You simply say that you are. The K1 visa requires you officially make a statement along those lines.

Here we go again... 🤞 Anyone who's still waiting, let's hope this is our week!

The title of your post says "no sticky notes are allowed". This is incorrect. You can absolutely assist with filing your documentation with sticky tabs, which you place along the bottom of the pages. See here from USCIS: More importantly, all the evidence you submit (this does not include your new passport photos) should be copied onto letter sized pages. See here from USCIS: I would advise you read the Tips for Filing Forms by Mail page from the USCIS website carefully. Whatever evidence you elect to use, should be in the provided format. I am not sure how buying a dress strengthens your case for being in a bona fide relationship, by the way. If it is a wedding dress, don't. Any evidence that crosses the line from showing love and affection for one another into "maybe they're already married" may harm you more than help you. The only receipt included in our evidence was the very first Christmas gift he got me, which was four years ago. More importantly, they want to see pictures together, and travel records. Try to strengthen your case for loving this person on more than shop and restaurant receipts.

Correct. Focus on current income of the petitioner.

Congratulations! Be sure to submit a consulate review as this information will be extremely valuable to those using the same embassy on future appointments.

The I-134 is a form applicable to many visa types. For the K1, it is only the petitioner's income and assets that are valid. You will be fine placing everything as 0 or N/A for the beneficiary. Just work on evidence for the petitioner.

Not to be facetious, but never rely on hope with immigration. Hard evidence is great, and yes I will concede that a record of high value savings/assets might carry you through an employment gap. It brings other things into question though, like expenses and cost of living, which I doubt many immigration agents will want to sort through. Might be too problematic. But in the case of taking on a beneficiary, most of us are not millionaires with a crypto portfolio that's going to look shiny enough to these agents. So we can entertain hypotheticals and play with exceptions or we can, in fact, look at the hard evidence and what's going to be the actual scenario. Someone who is unemployed with nothing but tax transcripts from the previous year, is not providing sufficient evidence as the role of sponsor. Just calling a spade a spade.

This is only relevant if either of you have been previously married, and are now either divorced or widowed.

As others have said, you're completely fine. Your fiance's citizen status has been proven and if there's any question about why the cities were different, you now know how to explain what happened to the officer. He assumed the capital city, his mom cleared it up later. Easy peasy. You're going to do great at the interview, so take a deep breath and don't stress. <3

What proof of nationality for the petitioner was submitted with the I-129F? Did your fiance explain to you why the cities are different? Have you asked? Reason for these questions: if it comes into question during your visa appointment interview, then you can clarify. Maybe he guessed it was Springfield because it's the state capital of Illinois, and didn't realized it specifies on the birth certificates the actual city of birth (Decatur). Every state is different in issuance time, but as far as I understand it if your petition was approved without incident/RFE, then the proof of nationality for your fiance was already sufficient.