K-1 NOA2 processing times

[emmyrose 1]

Hi everyone,

 My fiance and I have submitted our I-129F application and received our NOA1 early February, yay! I'm wondering if anyone can tell me why the processing times from NOA1-NOA2 have ramped up so heavily over the last 6 months? I mean it has literally doubled since May 2017. Is this something that happens every year around peak application times or is it just exceptionally long lately? We got an immigration lawyer who told us 5-7 months for the whole thing to be approved. I'd already looked at this page in great detail and felt very skeptical about his estimation. Genuinely curious about why it's been taking so long lately.

Cheers!  

[Ben&Zian 4,397]

1 minute ago, emmyrose said:

Hi everyone,

 My fiance and I have submitted our I-129F application and received our NOA1 early February, yay! I'm wondering if anyone can tell me why the processing times from NOA1-NOA2 have ramped up so heavily over the last 6 months? I mean it has literally doubled since May 2017. Is this something that happens every year around peak application times or is it just exceptionally long lately? We got an immigration lawyer who told us 5-7 months for the whole thing to be approved. I'd already looked at this page in great detail and felt very skeptical about his estimation. Genuinely curious about why it's been taking so long lately.

Cheers!  

 

Could be several varying reasons, all which could apply in some regards. From what I have seen lately it looks like about 8-11 months for total processing, interview and all to be done. The processing of the I-129f petition itself may fall into the 5-7 month time frame though; but then you have NVC stage and embassy level time to add to it.

[emmyrose 1]

4 minutes ago, Ben&Zian said:

 

Could be several varying reasons, all which could apply in some regards. From what I have seen lately it looks like about 8-11 months for total processing, interview and all to be done. The processing of the I-129f petition itself may fall into the 5-7 month time frame though; but then you have NVC stage and embassy level time to add to it.

Cheers for your response. From what I gathered from my fiance's meeting with him, he had thought that would be the time frame until I could physically enter the U.S. We're getting a bit nervous about it since it looks like I'll be turning up in the middle of the grape harvest in that case (we both work in the wine industry). 

[Naes 12,205]

6 minutes ago, emmyrose said:

Cheers for your response. From what I gathered from my fiance's meeting with him, he had thought that would be the time frame until I could physically enter the U.S. We're getting a bit nervous about it since it looks like I'll be turning up in the middle of the grape harvest in that case (we both work in the wine industry). 

Well you can get the visa and wait if necessary.

[EandH0904 1,184]

1 hour ago, emmyrose said:

Hi everyone,

 My fiance and I have submitted our I-129F application and received our NOA1 early February, yay! I'm wondering if anyone can tell me why the processing times from NOA1-NOA2 have ramped up so heavily over the last 6 months? I mean it has literally doubled since May 2017. Is this something that happens every year around peak application times or is it just exceptionally long lately? We got an immigration lawyer who told us 5-7 months for the whole thing to be approved. I'd already looked at this page in great detail and felt very skeptical about his estimation. Genuinely curious about why it's been taking so long lately.

Cheers!  

I agree with the others - that 5-7 months for the "whole thing to be approved" - maybe for your 129F petition to be approved, but not for the NVC/interview. 

Whatever you do - DO NOT make plans based on this lawyers suggestion - you will surely be disappointed if it's not accurate. 

You never know if you could get an RFE or AP or anything else that may delay it too. 

 

If your lawyer gave you the advise of the 5-7 months you never know what else they may be wrong in...