k1 visa RFE for bonafide (merged)

[soufyane lindsey 1]

hello everybody i am doing my interview of k1 visa last wednesday 28 december and consular officer ask me a lot of question but in the end she give paper g221 mean missing papers of explain wedding plane and more evidence of pic + screen shots but she take my passport with photo 5-5 and she tell me send me papers by aramex and we will contact you for you passport my question what that mean ? i am very confused and afraid of denial ? di i have any hope to get visa? please i need answer

Edited January 13, 2017 by Penguin_ie

[Kastrs 723]

It means you should reply with the requested information 

[khtak716 15]

2 hours ago, soufyane lindsey said:

hello everybody i am doing my interview of k1 visa last wednesday 28 december and consular officer ask me a lot of question but in the end she give paper g221 mean missing papers of explain wedding plane and more evidence of pic + screen shots but she take my passport with photo 5-5 and she tell me send me papers by aramex and we will contact you for you passport my question what that mean ? i am very confused and afraid of denial ? di i have any hope to get visa? please i need answer

You still have a chance to give more evidence, which is a good thing.  So just give them everything you've got to prove your relationship is true.  

 

Because we couldn't make definite wedding plans, not knowing when we'll get the visa, we wrote up all the plans we wanted to make (what food/cake we want, where the ceremony will be, decorations, who is invited, etc.) and provided any email communications with caterers, vendors, wedding officiants, etc., that talk about our wedding plans.  We provided a lot of photos (20+ pictures from our 2nd vacation together; the first petition packet we sent had 20+ from our first vacation). We also copied pictures, screenshots from Facebook/IM and Skype, text messages, Skype subscriptions and logs, cell phone logs, etc., into a huge Word file and wrote descriptions about the pictures and conversations and printed that out - 30+ pages. We showed pictures with friends and family, communications that show how we love each other, how often we communicate (everyday), that others know about our relationship, the ways we support each other, vacation plans we were making or had together, etc.  We also provided original plane tickets/boarding passes, copies of passport pages which show stamps/visas for our vacations together - this is the most important documented proof that we traveled to be together.  We included any receipts during our travel/vacations (we didn't have many), money exchange documents, as well as pictures that showed we were at certain locations where we had a receipt (such as at an airport or grocery store).

 

Just take all the evidence you can give them, put it together in an organized way, and give them all information they ask for.  For anything you may not have that they ask for, write a letter of explanation to address why you don't have it. You may want to write up a timeline of your relationship and a story of how you met and have kept the relationship going, to this day.  If you have any receipts for a wedding ring, provide the originals.  Make copies of anything you provide them, for your own files.  Just to note, each packet we provided (original submission and the one taken to the embassy) was 3cm+ thick.  We may have gone overboard, but got an approval on the interview day.  Though you may not have that much info to provide, give them all you can.  Better to over-document than under-document, especially since they want more evidence.  Good luck to you all!!!

[NikLR 13,220]

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[soufyane lindsey 1]

3 hours ago, soufyane lindsey said:

 

 

[soufyane lindsey 1]

hello everybody i am doing my interview of k1 visa last wednesday 28 december and consular officer ask me a lot of question but in the end she give paper g221 mean missing papers of explain wedding plane and screen shots and she get my passport and she tell me we will contact you for your passport after in 3 january i resubmited the papers in vfs global my case was administrative processing from the day of interview 28 december but in 5 januery 2 days after send the papers the status change the update but stay admin processing my question what that mean ? and how many time i wait now to satut change to issued? i am very confused about that  and another question what that mean to take my passport ?

[Ben&Zian 4,397]

Generally is a good sign when they take your passport. Also good you turned in the requested documents. Exactly how long it will take them to process/review those papers, and also complete their own checks during the AP process varies greatly. Could be a week, 3-4 weeks, 1-2 months, or longer... 

 

Perhaps there are some other recent Algeria approvals for K-1s here that can assist with a more accurate time line based on their AP experience. Good luck!

[Beth & Achraf 328]

AP= Additional Processing is normal for people coming from MENA countries.   Back ground checks on Beneficiary (You) is the common reason.

Give it a few weeks, keeping your passport was a good sign.

[Mmagic 127]

Touching your file is a good sign. As far as still being in AP, I would not worry about it. The norm for a case to be in AP before contacting them is 60 days. But since they kept your passport, you sent the documents I will take a wild guess that your CEAC will change between AP and Issued in the next week to two weeks. If you see the case change between AP to ISSUED then AP, don't panic, it is normal. At the end, it will say "ISSUED"  also, notice on CEAC what it says on top  NONE IMMIGRANT VISA  or IMMIGRANTS VISA. If NIV then your visa was issued. 

[Suss&Camm 2,213]

Not to nitpick but AP = Administrative Processing 

Good luck OP, hope it doesn't take too long

[TBoneTX 43,058]

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[soufyane lindsey 1]

hello everybodys i had my interview 28 december 2016 and was given g221 missing papers of evidence of relationship then after in 3 januery i send this papers through vfs global but in 12 january i send an email to the embassy and they respond to me they did not receive the document documents yet once they get them a consular officer review them and contact me with update but my question why vfs global delay to delivre my package to the embassy? is that problem? and i hear from people vfs global very fast to delivre it  is that true ? i am really confused about my documents i don't understand  why is take long 

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

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