Comments on the K-3 Situation

[Elbereth 0]

I'd just like to point out to all of you that we have word an authentic august K3 approval

Check the end of the AUGUST 2007 thread, it's samira

She said both I-130 and I-129F were approved. and her I-130 was sent on august 13 if i remember correctly.

If that is all true, K3 is alive

[pushbrk 12,276]

I'd just like to point out to all of you that we have word an authentic august K3 approval

Check the end of the AUGUST 2007 thread, it's samira

She said both I-130 and I-129F were approved. and her I-130 was sent on august 13 if i remember correctly.

If that is all true, K3 is alive

It's a good sign that the online status shows "approval letter sent" but we'll only know this particular K3 case lives on when there is a DOS case number assigned by NVC. That would prove the service center actually forwarded the case to NVC. It will also be interesting see if only one or both cases go to NVC.

[b_assif 1]

I'd just like to point out to all of you that we have word an authentic august K3 approval

Check the end of the AUGUST 2007 thread, it's samira

She said both I-130 and I-129F were approved. and her I-130 was sent on august 13 if i remember correctly.

If that is all true, K3 is alive

It's a good sign that the online status shows "approval letter sent" but we'll only know this particular K3 case lives on when there is a DOS case number assigned by NVC. That would prove the service center actually forwarded the case to NVC. It will also be interesting see if only one or both cases go to NVC.

Ok Ive been really trying to decide which to file for and Im trying to find the difference in time for the interview in morocco between the cr1 and the k3 can someone help me figure out the time difference if there is any?

[Elbereth 0]

try your regional discussion forum, maybe?

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showforum=89

Edited March 6, 2008 by Elbereth

[pushbrk 12,276]

I'd just like to point out to all of you that we have word an authentic august K3 approval

Check the end of the AUGUST 2007 thread, it's samira

She said both I-130 and I-129F were approved. and her I-130 was sent on august 13 if i remember correctly.

If that is all true, K3 is alive

It's a good sign that the online status shows "approval letter sent" but we'll only know this particular K3 case lives on when there is a DOS case number assigned by NVC. That would prove the service center actually forwarded the case to NVC. It will also be interesting see if only one or both cases go to NVC.

Ok Ive been really trying to decide which to file for and Im trying to find the difference in time for the interview in morocco between the cr1 and the k3 can someone help me figure out the time difference if there is any?

The first step for either visa process is the same. File the I-130. The question is whether to file the I-129F later or not. At the moment, "not" seems to be the better decision but that's in a state of flux. No need to delay filing the I-130 though.

[kelly1290 0]

I'd just like to point out to all of you that we have word an authentic august K3 approval

Check the end of the AUGUST 2007 thread, it's samira

She said both I-130 and I-129F were approved. and her I-130 was sent on august 13 if i remember correctly.

If that is all true, K3 is alive

Here is another one. I filed my I-129 and it was received at USCIS on Aug. 20. Both I-130 and I-129 were approved at the same time on Jan. 9. It is now March and neither one of my petitions have made it to NVC. I called USCIS to find out what was going on at the beginning of Feb. They ordered my file back from National Records Center and found that my K-3 had never been separated from the folder and forwarded to NVC. They said they would be forwarding to NVC as of the last of Feb. In the mean time, the original adjudicator for my petition decided she would approve my I-130 for a second time so I called again to find out what was going on. She stated she made an error and did not realize it until it was already done. I told her I was not as concerned about the 2nd approval for I-130 as I was in where is my K3 and has it been forwarded to the NVC. She checked for me herself and said that the K3 was in the bin waiting to be mailed to the NVC, and that it would probably be the end of March before it arrives there. I will be checking both petitions to see which one makes it there or if both do and keep everyone posted. At the moment, the only touches my K3 received while it was back at USCIS was twice at the end of February. My I-130 was touched and approved again on FEb. 26 and then there was another touch on March 2, a Sunday. There is a possibility with all the touching going on with the I-130, that this is the petition that they are forwarding and I really hope that isn't the case because of the history Nigeria has in the way they deal with CR1 interviews and visas. I have seen only one VJr make it through one interview and be approved for a CR1.

Deb

[adam75 0]

i sent an e-mail to the US embassy in Indonesia asking about the k-3 status...eventhough i am still not sure about the k-3 situation..

this is my e-mail and their reply:

hi, i am US citizen and my wife live's here she is Indonesian, i want to bring her to the US , but i am so confused about k-3 visa, many people told me that k-3 is canceled, but when i visit the USCIS website there is still insructions about how to file for k-3.

- is k-3 still exist?

- is US embassy in Jakarta the only one that process's immigrant visas? what about US consulat in Surabaya?

thank you in advance for your help.

Adam

RE: visa

"Jakarta, IV" <JakIV@state.

1. K-3 visa is still exist 2. Jakarta is the only embassy in Indonesia that have the ability to process immigrant visa application

Regards,

Immigrant Visa Unit

U.S. Embassy Jakarta

Medan Merdeka Selatan #3-5

Jakarta 10110, Indonesia

[Jimmy and Angela 0]

My personal thought here is.

They are only administratively closing the K-3s that have these 2 conditions

1. Filed I-130 before the fee hike

2. Had the I-129F fee waived.

At least this is what it seems like to me

[kelly1290 0]

Hello everyone,

I am here to let everyone know that my K3 petition has finally made it to NVC as of today, 3/12/08, and was assigned a case number. K-3'S ARE STILL ALIVE!!!!

Deb

[pushbrk 12,276]

Hello everyone,

I am here to let everyone know that my K3 petition has finally made it to NVC as of today, 3/12/08, and was assigned a case number. K-3'S ARE STILL ALIVE!!!!

Deb

Great. Where's your I-130?

Rather than "still alive", I personally prefer to thing of it as the genocide of K3's has stopped.

Edited March 13, 2008 by pushbrk

[kelly1290 0]

Hello everyone,

I am here to let everyone know that my K3 petition has finally made it to NVC as of today, 3/12/08, and was assigned a case number. K-3'S ARE STILL ALIVE!!!!

Deb

Great. Where's your I-130?

It was sent to the National Records Center to await his arrival in the US and AOS.

[pushbrk 12,276]

Hello everyone,

I am here to let everyone know that my K3 petition has finally made it to NVC as of today, 3/12/08, and was assigned a case number. K-3'S ARE STILL ALIVE!!!!

Deb

Great. Where's your I-130?

It was sent to the National Records Center to await his arrival in the US and AOS.

Then your written NOA2 would have said something to the effect that your relative was in the US?

This would be back to the standard procedure, post November 2006, if that's the case.

It's interesting that our conversations have swung from last summer and through the fall, how to keep the CR1 case moving, back to panic over keeping the K3 alive. There are some countries where K3 is a real advantage and then there are the families that only filed one I-130 initially and are counting on K4 visas for children to go with the K3 for their parent, who were really hurt by cancelled K3's. It will be interesting to see how all the cancelled cases end up being resolved.

[irene5269 0]

My I-130 and I-129F were both approved on March 11, 2008. I won't be following up on them to see which gets sent to the NVC because March 10, 2008 I sent a letter of withdrawal to the CSC as you can see below. I just wanted to let you know that mine was not "administratively cancelled" (even though my Senator's office requested it in December, but that's not the point).

[sunshine18 0]

I don't know if anyone has noticed, all recent K-3 approvals seemed to come out of CSC, looks like no K-3 approval from Vermont Service Center. I guess two centers have different K-3 process???

[Z and S 0]

Congratulations Kelly!!! And thank you for posting the information here!! That is just fabulous news (and a big relief) for a lot of us here who want to take the K3 route. However, if I am looking at your timeline right, it took close to two months for your approved petition to get to NVC ?!?! That's a huge disappointment -- I was hoping it would be more like 2-3 weeks. Anyways, congratulations again!!

Shreyans

Hello everyone,

I am here to let everyone know that my K3 petition has finally made it to NVC as of today, 3/12/08, and was assigned a case number. K-3'S ARE STILL ALIVE!!!!

Deb