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I received NOA1 but not the Fiance

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Please start your own thread and post it in the IR1/CR1 visa forum, so you can get better responses. This thread here is about K1 visas. :thumbs:

Yes -- and before posting a thread, look/search for others, and read the Guides.

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06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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CowBoE
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I've been on VJ site for about 9 months now, and every couple of weeks, someone reports complication with wedding plan because they were "guessing" the K1 visa approval date. You can set tentative p

pmakhija
pmakhija

Hello All I had a great opportunity Saturday evening to have dinner with and spend several hours with a director at the VSC. He is currently in charge of the department that handles I-751s among othe

sma1488
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Sorry, but you copied and pasted that (and didn't give credit) from a thread from 2009 pertaining to the Vermont Service Center, which no longer routinely handles I-129F petitions. The circumstances n

kehills Collaborator

kehills   217

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I agree with jaygee011 that a March wedding, while a possibility, is still cutting it close, and delaying the wedding by a few weeks may not provide much added insurance. Keep in mind that Germany participates in the Visa Waiver Program, which allows German citizens to enter the U.S. without having to get a visa. The program is called the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA). I've include a link to the website. http://www.cbp.gov/travel/international-visitors/esta

Worst case scenario, your fiancée could come to the U.S. for the wedding but you would incur the expense of an additional trip to and from the U.S. The only thing I don't know is whether your fiancée's status of applying for the K-1 visa would impact her ability to enter the U.S. under the Visa Waiver Program.

Good luck!!

Please, please don't give advice that's wrong like this, ddtenor2. OP, if your fiancée comes to the US to marry you without a K-1 VISA, then you have to start over with the IR1/CR1 VISA process, which will take an additional year and change, plus more money.

The entire point of the K-1 VISA is that you are entering the United States with the idea of marrying the petitioner after arrival.

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Yes, this is a terrible wait..,..,been there, done that!

I just do not see "visa in hand" by March..,.,it just will not happen according to timelines.

You broken the VJ.com "golden rule".,.,.,.,.never, EVER book anything.,.,.,.NOTHING.,.,until "visa in hand"

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