How to set an appointment for the K1 Fiancée Visa Application?

Visa Application Tips: How to set an appointment for the K1 Fiancée Visa Application?

In my experience, I paid the visa application fee at BPI Bank and kept the receipt. When you apply for an appointment it will ask for a reference number which can be found in the receipt. After I scheduled my appointment for my visa interview online through the USIC website, I received a confirmation letter thought e-mail. The letter said that you must bring the confirmation page, passport, evidence of approved I-129F with you at all steps during the application process.

Visa Application Tips: Staple the payment for the visa receipt to the Confirmation Letter.

Visa Application Tips: If you make your appointment via the call center, please bring your bank receipt to the interview.

You’ve got other way too of scheduling your appointment by calling U.S. Embassy in Manila call (632) 982-5555 or (632) 902-8930. The Visa Information and Appointment Service is open Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., except on Philippine and U.S. holidays. Callers may speak with an English-, Tagalog-, Ilocano-, or Cebuano-speaking operator. Applicants, agents or petitioners calling from the United States may also use this service by calling (214) 571-1600.

Visa Application Tips: To schedule for an appointment online you need to register and create a profile. And you need to have some documents or the following information available:

A passport valid for travel to the United States (with validity of at least 6 months)

Your visa application (MRV) fee payment receipt

Your DS-160 confirmation page

Your e-mail address

Approved Petition (Form I-129F) – My husband sent me a scanned copy of the approved petition

Visa Application Tips: You need to complete the Form DS-160 and submit online prior to your interview at the U.S. Embassy/Consulate. The barcode number on the DS-160 confirmation page is required in order to book your interview. It must be submitted online because Embassy does not accept handwritten or typed DS-160 and you will not be permitted in your interview without the DS-160 confirmation page.

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Helpful Link:

Find DS-160 Form and Information about it here: http://www.ustraveldocs.com/ph/ph-niv-ds160info.asp

Visa Application Tips: Proof of Relationship

When applying for a K1 Fiancée Visa. The petitioner (US Citizen) needs to submit the evidence of your relationship or proof of engagement.  And when the beneficiary (Alien Fiancée) applies for the K1 Fiancée Visa in the Philippines she also need to bring the documents or proof of relationship.

Visa Application Tips: You must be prepared to prove to the consular officer that you have a genuine relationship with your petitioner and a clear intention to marry within 90 days of admission into the U.S.

I submitted thefollowing documents as proof of evidence during my interview for the K1 Fiancée Visa Application:

Taoist Temple Cebu, Philippines

Photographs of me and my husband together and with my family

Letters

E-mails (I copy and pasted to a word pad and printed out our email conversations)

Chat Messages (I took a screen shot of our Cam-to-Cam conversation and printed out)

Phone Text Messages or Call Register Records (I did not erase his text messages or call registers in case the consul will ask for it)

Remittance records (Western Union, Xoom)

Letter of Intent to Marry

Sample:

Fiancé Letter of Intent

[Fiancée’s or Petitioner’s name]
[Fiancée’s or Petitioner’s address]

United States Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[ADDRESS OF FILING LOCATION]

United States Department of State
United States Consulate, [name of country where Embassy is located]
[Embassy Address]

(Date mm-dd-yyyy)

Dear Sir:

I, (Fiancée’s or Petitioner’s name), do hereby state that I am legally able and willing to marry (Fiancée’s or Petitioner’s name), and intend to do so within 90 days of my arrival into the US using the K-1 visa.

Yours truly,

(Signature)

(Print name)

I had to put all my documents in a binder to make sure I don’t miss anything. But you have to take it all out of the binder when you hand it to the first consular.

Visa Application Tips: Make an extra copy for you to keep in case you’ll need them in the future.

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K1 Visa Application Timeline

This might help you visualize the entire process. Although the application process may vary from one applicant to another, so please double check the USCIS processing times. Also if your application is past the due date based on the processing time, I would suggest calling USCIS. 

Dec. 5, 2010 - Petition for Alien Fiancée

Dec. 8, 2010 - Notice for Petition received

May 11, 2011 - Petition was approved

Jul. 7, 2011 - Medical Exam at St. Luke

Jul. 15, 2011 - Interview Date

Jul. 19, 2011 - Visa was issued

Aug. 14, 2011 - Arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada

Feb. 13, 2012 - Application for Adjustment of Status (Conditional Permanent Residence)

Feb. 12, 2012- Notice of Application for AOS received

Feb. 27, 2012 - Notification for Biometrics

Mar. 12, 2012- Biometrics

Mar. 17, 2012- Transfer Notice (California Service Center, 2nd Floor, 24000 Avila Rd. Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-0111)

Apr. 23, 2012- EAD received (6 weeks after biometrics)

Apr. 25, 2012- Applied for a Social Security Number

Oct. 02, 2012 - Permanent Residence Card Conditional Status was received

Jul 02, 2014 - Applied to remove condition

Feb. 2015 - Received Permanent Residence Card with no Condition

Visa Application Tips: “You could actually apply for a Social Security Number as soon as you arrive in the United States, just present your I-94 Card (Arrival/Departure Document) with your passport.

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