K1 Fiancee Visa From China Taking 8 Months Instead of 6 Months Now?

[notmuch88tosay 21]

Hello,

I was told by an Immigration Attorney that I spoke with that the K1 Fiancee Visa to bring a Chinese woman to the U.S. now takes 8 months on average instead of the previous 6 months that it used to take. Anyone have experience with this and know if it is true or not?

notmuch88tosay

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

Which service center would you be going through?

[notmuch88tosay 21]

Which service center would you be going through?

Thanks for your reply.

I am not sure which service center I would be using.

I have not started the process of filing anything yet.

How would I know which service center I would be using?

notmuch88tosay

[TwoCats 55]

Your service center depends on what state you live in.

Right now, depending on the service center you're at, just getting an approval of your I-129F can take 5-6 months. After that, consider two weeks to a month to get from the service center to NVC and then to the embassy in your fiance(e)'s country. Then time for them to gather and return the paperwork for 'packet 3' and get an interview (varies by country), plus a week or two to get the visa itself once approved.

So, 8 months isn't actually too far off of an estimate.

In general, don't make any plans assuming it will be x-number of months.

[notmuch88tosay 21]

Your service center depends on what state you live in.

Right now, depending on the service center you're at, just getting an approval of your I-129F can take 5-6 months. After that, consider two weeks to a month to get from the service center to NVC and then to the embassy in your fiance(e)'s country. Then time for them to gather and return the paperwork for 'packet 3' and get an interview (varies by country), plus a week or two to get the visa itself once approved.

So, 8 months isn't actually too far off of an estimate.

In general, don't make any plans assuming it will be x-number of months.

Thanks for the info TwoCats.

I do appreciate it.

Who is the Government employee that I hear that everyone is complaining about? You know their name? We have got to expose the creeps and corruption and fraud at the Government God Consulates and other such places. We are legal law-abiding U.S. citizens paying taxes for the purpose of getting the most important thing in our life screwed up by a bunch of ####### Government God goons?

notmuch88tosay

[pushbrk 12,109]

Your service center depends on what state you live in.

Right now, depending on the service center you're at, just getting an approval of your I-129F can take 5-6 months. After that, consider two weeks to a month to get from the service center to NVC and then to the embassy in your fiance(e)'s country. Then time for them to gather and return the paperwork for 'packet 3' and get an interview (varies by country), plus a week or two to get the visa itself once approved.

So, 8 months isn't actually too far off of an estimate.

In general, don't make any plans assuming it will be x-number of months.

Good explanation. I think six months for China would have been optimistic a year ago and eight months is optimistic now. Eight months is certainly possible but only if everything goes smoothly and there are no delays. Better to plan on ten months and be happy if it's faster.

China has a separate delay between leaving NVC and the interview in Guangzhou, so not directly comparable to timelines from other countries.

[JiaYou 22]

I was told 9 months at the consulate in Guangzhou back when we were planning to go the k3 route. Welcome to hell.

[notmuch88tosay 21]

I was told 9 months at the consulate in Guangzhou back when we were planning to go the k3 route. Welcome to hell.

Thanks pushbrk and JiaYou for the info.

Thanks also for the welcome into hell.

Not surprised that miserable Government Gods would make something that is supposed to bring happiness, the most miserable thing ever.

It's obvious that miserable Government God losers get a tingle up their leg each time they can make someone else as miserable as they are.

Because of that, they are of no worth to anyone.

Oh well, live and learn and push on in spite of the creeps and loser Creatures out there.

notmuch88tosay

[Messybrownhair 251]

Initially we were going to file our k1 in China ( I was working in Shanghai at the time) but the lawyer advised us against it because she said they were quite difficult to deal with. I hope the process will be easy for you!

Also, our great lawyer told us that we did not need her and we could file it ourselves, we just need to check on visajourney. She saved us 1500bucks!

[notmuch88tosay 21]

Initially we were going to file our k1 in China ( I was working in Shanghai at the time) but the lawyer advised us against it because she said they were quite difficult to deal with. I hope the process will be easy for you!

Also, our great lawyer told us that we did not need her and we could file it ourselves, we just need to check on visajourney. She saved us 1500bucks!

Thanks for the reply messybrownhair,

Where did you end up filing your K1? And did one of you have to be a resident there to do so?

notmuch88tosay

Edited January 28, 2011 by notmuch88tosay