Invoice fee and other questions about the K1 visa

[ALlovesAsh 0]

Hello!

Me and my fiance are struggling a little with our progression.

Just an hour ago i paid the 265$ fee for the interview, I got most of the papers in hand also a completed ds160 and I just need to finish printing our conversations on discord/whatsapp as proof of on going relationship. (just need to set a medical exam appointment and get the stuff from there too)

 

After we were done with setting an appointment which accures in 2/8/2019. We tried to finish the DS260 form as well, but we are required to enter an invoice ID number which we don't have. From my understanding it can be received by the NVC, but we don't know if my fiance (which is the one in the US) needs to call them or i need to contact them by email in my country. We also understood that there is another fee (120$) that needs to be paid in order to get the invoice ID number.

 

I'm not sure if we are doing it in the right order and not sure if it was wise to schedule the interview even tho there's still enough time until it happens. Could anyone confirm if we are doing it correctly? because after i got our I - 129F copy which said approved, i haven't got any other letters at all. It has been around 2 months since we got our petition approved. 

Edited June 16, 2019 by ALlovesAsh

[ALlovesAsh 0]

I just checked our approved I-129F copy and it says March 6th.

Are we good until the interview or is it too late and we need to extend the duration of the I-129F?

Edited June 16, 2019 by ALlovesAsh

[Eva_AJ 80]

Hi  You are doing K1, right? You do NOT need DS260 for that (as far as I know). DS260 is for immigrant visa and as confusing it can be as you are filling your details for tracking K1 as immigrant, K1 is non-immigrant visa (or hybrid visa as some calls it)

[ALlovesAsh 0]

Thank you! I got so worked out because i thought we needed it! omg that's one relieve, but we'll still need to extend our I-129F since it expires on the 5/7/2019 which is very soon. :\

 

 

[Eva_AJ 80]

Why would you do that? Have you received your NOA2? I have never seen my approved copy of I-129f. Why do you think it is supposed to expire? Some people are waiting for their interview date much longer as some embassies are really busy and I don't think anyone had to extend their I-129f.

[ALlovesAsh 0]

29 minutes ago, Eva_AJ said:

Why would you do that? Have you received your NOA2? I have never seen my approved copy of I-129f. Why do you think it is supposed to expire? Some people are waiting for their interview date much longer as some embassies are really busy and I don't think anyone had to extend their I-129f.

I already set up an appointment for the interview which I paid the 265$ fee for which is on the 2nd in august. And also set up a medical exam which will be on the 11th in July. But as you will see in the picture, the NOA says that the approval is valid from 3/6/2019 until 5/7/2019 which is why i'm worried and prob why i need to extend it.

 

Also I don't know for what reason but, they mailed me a copy of the complete form of our I-129F with the "Approved" stamp as you can see in above msg. 

 

I just hope everything will work out smoothly.

 

Edited June 16, 2019 by ALlovesAsh

[Eva_AJ 80]

I haven't even noticed that on my notice, but my interview took a place before the expiration. I googled lil bit and found the below:

 

They mentioned the exact step you should take if you need the extension. It seems you just need to email your embassy  Hopefully this helps.

[ALlovesAsh 0]

Yeah, I think I can even call them since there's a phone number. I've been going mad since when ever I got home from a night shift to search everything that we had left to do. 

 

I'll be calling/emailing them tmr for an extension! Thanks for your help, much appreciated. :-)

[Eva_AJ 80]

Happy to help! Good luck!

 

[Greenbaum 12,259]

3 hours ago, ALlovesAsh said:

Yeah, I think I can even call them since there's a phone number. I've been going mad since when ever I got home from a night shift to search everything that we had left to do. 

 

I'll be calling/emailing them tmr for an extension! Thanks for your help, much appreciated. :-)

 

3 hours ago, Eva_AJ said:

Happy to help! Good luck!

 

The NOA2 can be extended in 4 month increments up to one year. You email your embassy for the extension as they are now responsible for your case. Embassy can refuse but most will extend and some require new letter of intent. 

[ALlovesAsh 0]

Thanks alot! I emailed them and they said that it'll get extended in my interview

[Greenbaum 12,259]

1 hour ago, ALlovesAsh said:

Thanks alot! I emailed them and they said that it'll get extended in my interview

Some embassies will ask for new updated letters of intent from both of you.  Since this is an easy thing to I'd recommend that you bring new letters to the interview.  They can be emailed to the beneficiary and printed locally. This could save you from receiving a 221g. Good luck.

[Ryan H 3,813]

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