Petition Approval to Interview - Average timline

[JoeColonna 0]

Can anyone tell me what the average timeline is from I-129F approval to receiving your interview date?

And when you receive your interview date, is it normally six weeks from when you receive it or not?

Once you have your interview at the embassy and it is approved (fingers crossed for the future) are you then given the fiance visa there and then and able to travel to the USA straight away?

Forgive all the questions, any information would be most appreciated. All experience and knowledge very welcome.

[averageguy6 22]

I think you can look all that up on the timelines here on this website.

Check out the "immigration timelines" section.

Check out how long its taken others from UK to get the various steps done.

From 129F to NVC (and getting your DOS case number) can take a couple weeks to a couple months, shipping it out to the embassy takes a week or so....the rest is specific to the UK embassy....you can filter the timelines by country and see how long its been taking lately...

Once you get your interview you can get your visa in a week..... if everything goes well...... or if there is anything else the CO wants at the interview you might need to mail that in, thus leading to a delay of days to weeks.....or if something is seriously concerning to the CO it could take an indefinite period of time.....

Its all very specific to each persons situation.

Edited August 22, 2014 by averageguy6

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

Can anyone tell me what the average timeline is from I-129F approval to receiving your interview date?

And when you receive your interview date, is it normally six weeks from when you receive it or not?

Once you have your interview at the embassy and it is approved (fingers crossed for the future) are you then given the fiance visa there and then and able to travel to the USA straight away?

Forgive all the questions, any information would be most appreciated. All experience and knowledge very welcome.

A London answer for you--

If you really keep on top of things, then you could estimate an interview about 2.5 months from you NOA2.

London assigns your interview and it averages about 2-3 weeks from when you receive the appointment letter.

The visa is delivered to you by courier 7-10 working days after the interview.

And as was explained to you in the previous post, there is opportunity for delay every step of the way. There is a graph where you can see processing times of everybody who keeps a VJ timeline going through various embassies. It shows not from NOA2, but from the time the case reaches the embassy. Notice how the times change from month to month. You can guess how long yours might take, but it could easily be a month longer and still be normal. There is a graph for London on this page. http://www.visajourney.com/content/consulate-k1-historical

[bunnygirl 86]

I've heard that 3-4 months is pretty normal if you keep on top of the paperwork and submit everything needed in a timely manner.

Mine only took 2 months (NOA2 - 12th June - Interview - 14th August) but I think we were just very very lucky!

[shepeshe 0]

I applied for k1 visa on Sep 2013, NVC approved & sent the package to Abu Dhabi in UAE on Dec 2013 and I ve been waiting for the interview since then. Many calls and emails to get some update about status, no answers or success. Different embassy have different time-line and procedures.

To all fiance visa K1 applicant:

Avoid Abu Dhabi embassy

Avoid Abu Dhabi embassy

Avoid Abu Dhabi embassy

Avoid Abu Dhabi embassy

Avoid Abu Dhabi embassy

Avoid Abu Dhabi embassy

Avoid Abu Dhabi embassy

Avoid Abu Dhabi embassy

[KayDeeCee 4,891]

~ Moved from K-1 Process to UK regional - topic is specific to interviewing in London ~