National Visa Center letter

[Son of Clyde]

I received a letter dated April 25, 2005 informing me that my petition will be sent to the appropriate visa-issuing post within one week.

TurboGuy, I think I'm catching up but this is not a contest.

I wish everyone who is thinking of filing, has filed, or is still waiting, the best of luck and much success in this endeaver.

I'm not out of the woods yet, there is still the interview to worry about.

I can finally go back to my normal life and start sleeping again. At least for a little while.

 

[wxman]

Congratulations! Your fiancee should be receiving packet 3 from embassy in about 3 weeks. My fiancee was approved April 14th by NVC, and should expect packet 3 this week or next. If she is going to Kiev for interview, then you can download packet 3 from embassy site. Their are 2 forms she will need to fill out. KEV-1 form is the one that must be sent back to embassy, while the other form she brings along to interview. Actually, you can download KEV-1 for her, fill it out, scan it to your computer and send it attached to an email to embassy after she receives packet 3. You can actually select a date you would like for interview on form. If interview date you select is less than 4 weeks after receiving packet 3, you probably won't get that date, but you will probably get one you schedule at least 4 weeks after.

[Son of Clyde]

wxman,

Do you know if she can contact the Embassy soon?

She wants to make sure Packet3 reaches her safely. There are problems with mail delivery at her home address, so she uses a PO Box for letters.

Do you know if the Embassy will make special arrangements for someone to pick up the envelope on behalf of my fiancee? I have a friend in Kiev who might do this for me and hand deliver it to her in Simferopol. 

Thanks for the support.

[Turboguy]

Congratulations Son of Clyde.   My letter was dated April 6th so you are doing fine.   I think you will now pass be up because Kiev seems to have a much smaller backlog than Moscow.  

I think I am glad that I followed the advice of the people here and did not use a lawyer.   It seems to me that among the basic things a lawyer should be expected to do is to make sure all forms are filled out properly and to make sure all required documents are enclosed.    I am sure yours meant well but it seems to me he slipped a little on part two of that.   I am really happy for you.   I hope the rest of the process goes quickly, and you and your bride to be are soon happily sharing life in the USA.

[wxman]

Son of Clyde,

I would wait a week or 2 before emailing them. You have the case number from NVC, and you could send an email on her behalf, but according to the Embassy web site, all parties are notified. This is according to the embassy web site.

VERY IMPORTANT: We send BOTH information packages to ALL of the beneficiaries without exceptions. However, since the Ukrainian mail is slow and unreliable, it is often the case that packets are not delivered to the applicants. To facilitate the process of obtaining information outlining the steps to be taken to apply for a fiancée visa both Packet 3 and 4 are posted on our website. You can download them at any time and use them to prepare for the visa interview. If you do not receive Packet 3 or 4 from us, we strongly recommend that you make use of the website. The downloaded Packets have exactly the same information and validity as the ones that we mail to our applicants.

 

[wxman]

I forgot to add, that on KEV-1 form you can write down your email addresses so that they can email you date of interview after they receive KEV-1. 

[wxman]

One last thing,

I talked to my lawyer this morning and he is going to send out the KEV-1 on monday to embassy, as 3 weeks is long enough of a wait to receive packet 3. Also since he is our attorney, he along with my fiancee will be notified when interview date is. He will put all of our email addresses on form, so I probably will receive notification too. We are planning for the second half of June, and will most likely get date as it is not backed up that far. That is her choice because of school for daughter and getting off from work.

 

SOC,

 Congrats on recent approval of petition.   

BTW: my ladies K1 petition was approved in Nebraska on April 19, 2005

Do not worry about interview. 

 My lady has gone to her clinic for all innoculations, she has applied for police reports..  She will go to photo studio for passport style photos.

I will meet with my lady in Jamaica at end of May and give to her all of finance documents that are required for interview...

Interview is not so casual as walk in park; almost......

[Son of Clyde]

How much work do I need to do at this point in time? I'm too pent up to sit back idly and wait.

I could download the forms from the website but I will need an interpreter to go over the forms with her. This is no problem because we speak on the phone once a week with an interpreter. I can email the English documents to my fiance but the Consulate will send her copy in Ukrainian. 

My affidavitt of support was completed and sent with the petition with current and last 3 tax years. I only need 3 years but I had to use my W-2 for 2004 because my tax return had not been completed yet.

It looks like she has a lot of work to do now with medical exams and police reports.

[Turboguy]

This waiting is a pain, isn't it?   I feel like I should be doing something constructive and there is so little to do. 

I may be wrong but I believe the two forms she has to fill out will come with both an Enlish Version and a Russian one.    I believe one of the forms must be completed in front of the embassy official.    One thing you might think about is you will probably need a translated version of her birth ceritificate and any divorce decrees.  Nothing else should need translated. 

Let me see, I am going to send the notarized affidavit of support, an origional birth certificate,  an original divorce decree with seal.   photos of us together to show we met.   E-mails to show a continuing relationship.  A letter from my bank.  I am also going to enclose a copy of my stock statement.   I letter from my employer who is also my employee.   Some pay stubs.   My W-2 from 2004.  

I am trying to avoid sending tax copies becase it could get me in trouble.    I guess since I said that I will explain.   My businss is a Sub Chapter S corp and profits and losses pass through to my individual return.  In 2003 we hired a new efficiency guru and turned him loose.   He made very sizable investments to increase our efficiency and lower our costs but the money he spent threw me into a small loss ($ 14,000 in 2003).  Of course personally I was drawing my salary every week and was very comfortable and well over any guidelines.     If they went on back to 2002 I had the best year ever and probably looked like tiger paws.   I have never filed without two extensions and file my returns in October.   When my accountant and I get around to 2004 taxes it will show a descent profit, not in tiger paws range, but fine.  

I apologize to someone like son of Clyde who I belive works for the government but I think sometimes these government officials are not too experienced in the real world.   I am afraid if they see a tax return showing a $ 14,000 loss it might set of problems for me.   This is probably the one thing I worry about a bit, but I think it will be fine.

[Son of Clyde]

This waiting is a pain, isn't it?   I feel like I should be doing something constructive and there is so little to do. 

Let me see, I am going to send the notarized affidavit of support, an origional birth certificate,  an original divorce decree with seal.   photos of us together to show we met.   E-mails to show a continuing relationship.  A letter from my bank.  I am also going to enclose a copy of my stock statement.   I letter from my employer who is also my employee.   Some pay stubs.   My W-2 from 2004.   

Seems like we sent a lot of these documents with the K-1 which will be with Packet3.

 Am I correct to assume this? My attorney did not send my letters from employer and bank because he did not feel they were necessary in the early stage of the process. I can send these items to her now.

 She will have a certified copy of my birth certificate from the Department of Vital Records, pictures of us together, a letter of continuing relationship, copies of airline tickets and passport entry and departure stamps.

I was told the Consulate only wants to know we can afford to support her for 90 days and she will not become a ward of the court. When AOS is filed I imagine we will have to go through all this support issue again.

I hope I am correct in these assumptions. Or else my attorney is getting off easy.

[jb]

I was told the Consulate only wants to know we can afford to support her for 90 days and she will not become a ward of the court. When AOS is filed I imagine we will have to go through all this support issue again.

Quite right, Clyde.  The affidavit of support you file with the AOS is a 10 year support agreement.  I believe the 10 years is tied to the 40 quarters required for the SSN, it may also have some bearing on why the GC is only good for 10 years.

[Turboguy]

I was into a discussion about the necessity of the Affidavit of Support on another site and they DO sometimes ask for it on the interview.   At least one of the guys who responded said they asked his girl for it.    I have the impression they tend to ask for it more if the income is lower so you should be fine without it.  The I-134 filed with the K-1 process covers 3 years and isn't worth the powder to blow it up.   In the case of the Ukranian gal I know who's marrige did not work out they said it was a worthless document and she had to pay her own medical bills etc.

My thoughts are that I plan to be in Moscow when she has her interview and I plan to have plane tickets for both of us for about 5 days after the interview.    I do not want to "not have" any single thing they could possibly ask for that would produce a delay.    I may even shock my accountant and do my taxes early.   I will have them with me just for an emergency. 

JB is right, I believe you do sign another affidavit of support with the AOS.

[jb]

It's the I-864, to be more precise.

[Turboguy]

The one I am holding in my hand as part of the K-1 Package says I-134 at the top.  I beleive the 864 is for the AOS.