The K1 Experience

I have so far kept to just talking about the K1 but after the Presidents address last night I had to say something about immigration in general. And I found a focus around which to vent my feelings from a morning Talk Show I listen to a great deal. The two hosts are usually very sharp and opinionated but that rarely make ill informed statements and normally go through the trouble to view an issue from more than one side. But their statements regarding the plight of illegal immigrants in the US struck me as highly uninformed and as such I took the time to send them an E-mail which I am simply going to paste below. Hello Rick and Bubba , Monkey grass (suppose that works for a first time E-mail as well). I have listened to your show now for about 5 years. In that time I have very much enjoyed the way you cover both the amusing and the serious with a candor and thoughtfulness that is so uncommon in today's media. While I have not always agreed with your positions on some issues I have ...

Well Dec 15th I submitted a form I-129f for fiance visa. On June 9th Suzie has her Interview which means that by June 15th some 6 months later she should have her K-1 visa in hand. It has been a long haul. Our journey through the insane process of immigration certainly is not over once the visa has been issued. But at least we will no longer havae to face it while living 4000 miles apart.

Form I-134. Well this one is a bigger pain than I realized. I need an official Work statment summing up my income. I need a bank statment detailing when My account was opened and activity on it for an extended period of time. Oh yeah... and this all has to be notoraized or witnessed by an official of Homeland Security Immigration services. Yikes. Well on the brighter Side Suzie got her Police forms back already and so the affidavit of support is the last piece of the puzzle before we can request an interview date. In our Case the exact requirements where a statement from my place of work that I am gainfully employed, How long for and and what I currently make on company letter head.... if only that is what I made, looks so much more impressive Pre-Tax. The other piece of information was 12 months of Bank Statements and history of my account such as total deposits, Date Opened Etc... On official bank letterhead. If you have stocks bonds etc... you need that information as well. In addit...