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Based on your timeline you should be approved sometimes around December... you might get lucky!!! But otherwise do not expect your Visa to be issued before February/March ( Thailand is taking 2.5 months from receiving application to interview: check here)

Good luck!

I always wonder the same thing too!!! Does anyone know??

Thanks, Brian! Unfortunately, it seems email is by far the best way to get in touch with the Naples consulate... It is very hard to get them on the phone, and in any case they would need to send me Packet 3 by email. At the end of August I spoke with Giovanni, another Italian guy who has just moved to the US, and he told me to contact them by email. I'll send them another today, and flood them with emails until they send me those papers. It seems they are nice people anyway, except for this slowness, and that the interview is little more than a formality.

Raffaella,

you can download packet 3 from the consulate's website and then simply fax it back, since you know they have received your stuff. Here it is:

http://italy.usembassy.gov/visa/immigrant/application.asp

You might wanna ask Marco&Shannon as well (they went through the process not too long ago)

Apparently this has been working well for people.

Then , fax out what they ask you to. In 3 weeks just call the 800 number to fix an appointment.

Apparently they dont really send out packet 3 or it gets lost along the way............

let me know if you'd like me to send you packet 3.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I am bringing proofs of ties to home as well as papers stating that I am there to attend a business course and the NOA1 receipt from the K1, as well as my return ticket and everything but still I get concerned reading so much stuff about people getting expedite removal or banned entry that I do not understand the overall reasons for doing that. Does anyone have any more details on the reasons for one or the other option?

The last time I went to the US was in June for 5 days. I never had any problems, but I always worry since I read so many stories on this forum that I dont know what to think!

I think the best way is to contact the embassy as soon as your case is approved... since USCIS never really deals with your address

Your lawyer is either misinformed or knows "too far ahead"......... laws that are not being applied yet. Either way, no good!

Hey guys,

like some of you know and helped me out with this before, I am going to the US for business at the beginning of December for about 2 weeks. My company will be paying for my trip and my expenses. I am travelling under the VWP. I will have 2 weeks of work for the company (until dec 20) and then I plan to stay until the 27 ( since the company doesnt really care when my return trip is as long as it is not too far away) and spend Christmas with Kenny. So, on the VWP , the main purpose of my trip is still "Business", but clearly when asked I wont lie to them if they ask me if I am doing anything afterwards. I will say that since I am in the US for business I planned on staying one week longer and spend Crhistmas with my fiancee.

Is it correct and proper to write Business on the VWP form? or should I write both? I want to do everything right and not take any chance even if that means being paranoid!!

Your lawyer is just trying to suck your money

Go ahead with what your approval and get rid of him

Hey guys,

sorry to sneak in you april filers but I was wondering.... how do you check if the package/group of packages has left NVC for a consulate? I read the instructions somewhere but couldnt make them work

I know I wont need it for a while, but hey!!! I am still educating myself

Teekol, and welcome!!!!

I had a touch Sept 3rd, but I think it is because we called them to fix my first name that was mispelled on our NOA1

That was probably because almost everywhere else in the world but in the US passport pictures have a different size (they are some rectangularsize ), whereas US passport pictures are 2" by 2". post office passport pictures or pharmacy passport pictures are good!!!

Sorry, it is actually 26 and younger. Check this out http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=116959

No, you can just get the first one in Poland and then the rest in the US. Anyway, I am positive you have to take it if you are 25 OR YOUNGER, NOT 24 or older.

It is necessary if you are 25 or younger, not necessary if you're 26 or older. Good luck!

I am done here. Moderator feel free to closed this thread.

Wow! People were trying to help you with their experiences, and you just went off and kept saying "we weren't lying".

CSC goes up, VSC has been going down every day......I started with mid-end of October, and then it kept moving until Nov 5-14, and now back again to Nov 4-11. I would be cool with that

Nelwyin, you can put it in any way you want, but telling a story is actually considered to be a lie when the story is not fully true. Everything else is just "wording".

Thank you

Well, in Italy that is actually considered to be my whole first name.. and sometimes it is written Maria-Cristina... and then i have another middle name! we are funny that way! there are even people with 2 or 3 middle names

You understood right, but you dont really ever "file" a K3 application, and your fiance wont just receive a "receipt" of the I-130. She petitions for you through I-130 and I-129F, and, when those are approved (which will take a while... 3-6 months as of today), the embassy in London will contact you in order to interview you for a K-3 visa (or a CR-1/Ir-1, even the I-130 petition is approved before the I-129F). You might want to look at these guides, they are really helpful:

Guide for K-3 application

or

Guide CR-1/IR-1 application

The K-3 appears to be faster, the CR-1/IR-1 allows you to get a green card right away when you get to the US. Note that when you file for a K-3, youre also needed to file a I-130. So if that gets approved first, you might want to pursue the CR-1/IR-1 road.

I know there is a billion things you will be reading as you learn more about these processes.... but it is all worth it.

you might also want to consider NOT to get married right away and have your fiance just petition for a K-1 visa through the I-129F application... it is probably the fastest option although you guys would have to wait a few more months in order to get married. But since youre planning to get married in the US anyway, you might want to consider it too. here is the guide:

Guide for a K-1 visa

If you're not sure and I have confused you even more , you might wanna look here for a comparison between the possibilities you guys will have:

Compare your options!!

GOOD LUCK

Hey,

so I have this question. Im not even sure im posting under the correct forum... feel free to move the topic wherever you think it belongs

My full first name is Maria Cristina, which is not that strange in Italy or Spanish speaking countries, but not that common in the US. All of my friends call me Cristina, but in the US whenever they see Maria first they call me Maria, and I just never recognized myself in that. So, for example in my US bank account (opened when I was a student), I went under Cristina Maria so people would just call me Cristina. Now I worry that because of this, this bank account (which is still open) will never be recognized as "mine" unless I change the name on it....I know this is really stupid, but I like my name, simply cant stand to be called just Maria. It either has to be Maria Cristina or just Cristina. Has anyone had problems with very long first names, or something like mine?

Curious to know how people dealt with it (I know, it's stupid!, but so long)

Cristina

I didnt need an evaluation as long as youre able to prove you have enough years of schooling... but that depends on the college you wanna go to. So you might wanna ask them as well!

I think each one of you had to sign their own..... at least that is what we did and I am pretty sure that is what is required.... or Im the one who's gonna get RFE!