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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Russia
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I was just wondering if the K1 Fiance Visa Historical Processing Times estimates are accurate. The estimations it gives seem much more optimistic than the ones I'm seeing on any official USCIS page. Granted, the USCIS pages seem to be updated very infrequently. 

 

I'd love to believe that they are processing applications for the month of April (I filed in May), but something tells me this is still wishful thinking. 

 

-Matt

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Yeah, they are decent estimates based on other VJ users' experiences. The posted processing timelines by USCIS are about 2 months out of date when they are posted (check the "as of" text), and update once a month.

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Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

Spoiler

I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Russia
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@geowrian That's great to hear! That'll put the time between our NOA1 & NOA2 at around 4.5 months, which just seemed too good to be true. Thanks for the response!

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7 minutes ago, matthewskin said:

@geowrian That's great to hear! That'll put the time between our NOA1 & NOA2 at around 4.5 months, which just seemed too good to be true. Thanks for the response!

Yup, that's a reasonable estimate. It could be sooner, or it could be 6+ months. But most are taking about 4 months or so right now.

Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

Spoiler

I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Thailand
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From start to NOA2 for me:

3/20 Sent package to USCIS Lockbox in TX

3/28 Received NOA1 text, hard copy on 4/3

NOA2 was processed on 7/28 and I received hard copy 8/3

 

From the time I sent it in to NOA2 was 128 days.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Russia
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1 hour ago, DakotaKid said:

From start to NOA2 for me:

3/20 Sent package to USCIS Lockbox in TX

3/28 Received NOA1 text, hard copy on 4/3

NOA2 was processed on 7/28 and I received hard copy 8/3

 

From the time I sent it in to NOA2 was 128 days.

Congratulations! That's great! We files thinking if was something that would take a few months, then I began reading all of the horror stories about couples who waited a year or more. I'm glad to hear that there are happier stories out there as well.

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