where is the hold up?

[Izor 79]

Just got my NOA2 approved, yay:)

They say the K1 process can take up to a year but so far it has been super fast, where is the hold up? what takes the longest?

Will it take longer to get the interview?

SUPER excited but a bit stressed haha.

[TBoneTX 43,434]

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[sumehra29 22]

Everyone is different but now there processing k1 at California which is like a 30 day thing . Nvc took 30 days too . Now just waiting on interview date from embassy it's a process I guess just speaking on my own experience

[Unidentified 2,930]

For some people that is correct, it took me about a year before I was back home with Seve. But for some it is quicker. They just have that "it can take a year" warning so that you're mentally prepared that it could take that long.

For Swedes the longest time are the processing at service centers. People from fraud countries can spend almost more time in Administrative Processing than at the service centers.

In Sweden you can get an interview within 3 days usually so as soon as you get that checklist, start gathering documents If you already know it from the info you've gotten here on VJ you can get a head start.

[Izor 79]

Thats amazing!!! Hoping to not be a nervous wreck at the Interview missing my future hubby like crazy so i do not mind a fast process.

We were dead set on a one year minimum process haha.

[Izor 79]

And yes i have studied all the guides and to do lists here like crazy. Think i have them memorized soon ? i would hate to make a small mistake that holds up the process.

[redstripe54 42]

Congrats on your approval, that is fast. Basically you are very lucky having it dealt with by the California Centre.

There had been awful delays for most of this year at the Texas Centre with people waiting from 170 to 200 days just for the NOA2, initial approval, because of this backlog, all applications were transferred to California at the end of March 2015 to even out the backlog. So that's why it can take a year with people like me waiting 6 months just for NOA2, ours was put in in February 2015.

[Izor 79]

Wow!! I was really lucky then. It has taken us 3 weeks to get the NOA2? from the NOA1 notice.

[redstripe54 42]

Yes you were lucky, the long wait for the Texas filers is very frustrating and costs a lot of money, me for instance made a trip to see my Fiancée to Florida, inbetween NOA1 and NOA2, which was great, but I would have rather used that money for my move there on the K1. Also how can you manage your job, accommodation etc, with no idea when you may have to move, because you don't know when you will eventually get the visa. The only good bit about waiting for so long is that it proves your relationship is genuine and is built on a very strong foundation, because the things you have to go through proves that you love each other deeply and want to be together. So in my case it will probably be just under a year, I'm just waiting for our case to get through NVC and then onto London, so hopefully I will be done in the next couple of months and will be there November/ December, in time for my birthday and Christmas!

[Izor 79]

I wish you all the best

If they are too fast i will have to change the Interview date, i need more time to work and save money:)

[redstripe54 42]

Exactly this process is too fast for some, too quick for others, if you search on VJ you can find all about the Texas filers frustrations on this and how it seems so unfair that is is simply like a lottery of where the petitioners live in the States as to where it gets dealt with.

But anyway enough of all that, I was just trying to explain to you what has happened to others before you applied in July and how the Texas filers were stuck at Texas for an eternity, and so could take a year, anyway I'm positive now and looking forward to being with my fiancée before Christmas. Good luck to you too, thanks ?

[Rich&Ashmani 4]

As stated, the Texas filers are the ones with the year wait. NOA1 --> NOA2 was about 6 months. Now waiting on NVC but very excited just to be done with the longest wait!
Congrats on the NOA2!

[Essiej 42]

Ahh yes Everyone who filed after February this year, got very lucky. They are sending everyones application right trough CSC instead of deviding it between CSC and TSC. And most of us (Well I did) expected that CSC was going to work slower since they have more workload now. But, it seems like they even went to work faster ! Our Noa1 date is 25 of august, our Noa2 is expected this or next week ! If u are an august filer, come join our thread !

[goolia 54]

Just like you, I was lucky to have been forwarded to CSC. Everything moved super fast for me and oddly enough, my longest wait will be from now until my interview (the earliest available appointment was Nov 5).

[Izor 79]

Awesome

i feel very lucky but at the same time a bit stressed. I wasn´t really expecting it haha.

Need to work a bit more and make sure im fully ready, so will try and drag it out.

Thx for your answers!