JUNE 2022 K1 NOA2 to NVC to EMBASSY

[Ako & Rich 50]

46 minutes ago, Ninjaturtur said:

Hey guys. I’m so confused please help me out. 
On my embassy website, it says I have to submit my DS-260 online in order to take my medical exam. 
However, when I try to login to DS-260, it asks me for an invoice ID number. 
My fiancé got an email from the NVC informing our case number, but it says nothing about invoice ID. 

I looked it up and some people even say k1 doesn’t get an invoice number. 
Am I missing something here??

 

For those of you wondering about my timeline, here it is:)

NOA1: April 22, 2021

RFE: June 7, 2022

NOA2: Aug 1, 2022

NVC Email: sep 27, 2022

https://www.ustraveldocs.com/jp/jp-niv-typek.asp

According to this website (see Step 4), I think we need to submit "DS-160", not DS-260. 

 

Also, 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/forms/ds-160-online-nonimmigrant-visa-application.html

Edited September 28, 2022 by Ako & Rich

[Ninjaturtur 9]

13 minutes ago, Ako & Rich said:

https://www.ustraveldocs.com/jp/jp-niv-typek.asp

According to this website (see Step 4), I think we need to submit "DS-160", not DS-260. 

 

Also, 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/forms/ds-160-online-nonimmigrant-visa-application.html

Hi @Ako & Rich! Thank you for your reply. 

I believe I have to do both ds160 and ds260…

Screenshot is from the official site of my embassy. 
Could that be a typo??
did anyone else applying for k1 receive an invoice ID from NVC? 
and did anyone else submit their ds260 to get their medical exam? 

 

[Ako & Rich 50]

13 minutes ago, Ninjaturtur said:

Hi @Ako & Rich! Thank you for your reply. 

I believe I have to do both ds160 and ds260…

Screenshot is from the official site of my embassy. 
Could that be a typo??
did anyone else applying for k1 receive an invoice ID from NVC? 
and did anyone else submit their ds260 to get their medical exam? 

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/family-immigration/nonimmigrant-visa-for-a-fiance-k-1.html

I don’t think we need to submit DS-260 (which is for immigrant visas).

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/all-visa-categories.html

K1 is categorised as an immigrant visa on this page, but Important Notes (scroll down the page and see *) explains K1. 

 

https://www.ustraveldocs.com/jp/jp-niv-visatypeinfo.asp#niv

And K1 is categorised as a non-immigrant visa on the U.S. embassy website.

 

So probably it will be a mistake by the embassy.

[Ako & Rich 50]

12 minutes ago, Ako & Rich said:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/family-immigration/nonimmigrant-visa-for-a-fiance-k-1.html

I don’t think we need to submit DS-260 (which is for immigrant visas).

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/all-visa-categories.html

K1 is categorised as an immigrant visa on this page, but Important Notes (scroll down the page and see *) explains K1. 

 

https://www.ustraveldocs.com/jp/jp-niv-visatypeinfo.asp#niv

And K1 is categorised as a non-immigrant visa on the U.S. embassy website.

 

So probably it will be a mistake by the embassy.

I couldn’t edit my comment, so I add it here;

 

I think the instruction (screenshot mentioning DS-260) is for immigrant visas, but K1 isn't technically an immigrant visa. (this is why the instruction says "immigrant/fiancée") So the instruction should have explained DS-160 for a K1 visa... 

[Ako & Rich 50]

45 minutes ago, Ninjaturtur said:

Hi @Ako & Rich! Thank you for your reply. 

I believe I have to do both ds160 and ds260…

Screenshot is from the official site of my embassy. 
Could that be a typo??
did anyone else applying for k1 receive an invoice ID from NVC? 
and did anyone else submit their ds260 to get their medical exam? 

 

https://vn.usembassy.gov/visas/fiancefaq/

 

It's not the embassy Tokyo but Vietnam.

They answered about DS-260 and DS-160.

Please click the question 4 "I understand that most immigrant visa..." 

[Ninjaturtur 9]

29 minutes ago, Ako & Rich said:

https://vn.usembassy.gov/visas/fiancefaq/

 

It's not the embassy Tokyo but Vietnam.

They answered about DS-260 and DS-160.

Please click the question 4 "I understand that most immigrant visa..." 

@Ako & Rich

thank you for looking into it for me!

even on the hospital website, it says I need to bring the confirmation page of ds260 so it’s a mystery. 
but I will look into it and find out! Thank you for your help!!

[Etherial 267]

6 hours ago, Ninjaturtur said:

@Ako & Rich

thank you for looking into it for me!

even on the hospital website, it says I need to bring the confirmation page of ds260 so it’s a mystery. 
but I will look into it and find out! Thank you for your help!!

Dont get confused over nothing

You ONLY need to submit ds160. Ds 260 is for spousal visa and their replies are from a template that is why they ask for ds160/ds260

[Emerick 32]

12 hours ago, Ninjaturtur said:

Hey guys. I’m so confused please help me out. 
On my embassy website, it says I have to submit my DS-260 online in order to take my medical exam. 
However, when I try to login to DS-260, it asks me for an invoice ID number. 
My fiancé got an email from the NVC informing our case number, but it says nothing about invoice ID. 

I looked it up and some people even say k1 doesn’t get an invoice number. 
Am I missing something here??

 

For those of you wondering about my timeline, here it is:)

NOA1: April 22, 2021

RFE: June 7, 2022

NOA2: Aug 1, 2022

NVC Email: sep 27, 2022

K1 visas use ds 160 and it didnt ask us for a invoice # to complete it or start it. Our embassy contacted my fiancé about the fees he had to pay before he could schedule an interview or the medical exam which he just completed the medical Monday. We needed the NVC # to submit the ds 160

[Ninjaturtur 9]

6 hours ago, Emerick said:

K1 visas use ds 160 and it didnt ask us for a invoice # to complete it or start it. Our embassy contacted my fiancé about the fees he had to pay before he could schedule an interview or the medical exam which he just completed the medical Monday. We needed the NVC # to submit the ds 160

@Etherial @Emerick

Hi guys thank you!

I already filled ds160 and I’ll proceed with it. Thank you for all your replies!

 

[Emerick 32]

Hey guys I am filing out the I-134 form and I wanted to know if there was a guide or walkthrough

[CJPinEcuador 396]

Finally got a case # from NVC yesterday.
 

Current timeline: 

NOA1: April 20, 2021
NOA2: June 27, 2022
NVC received: Sept 14, 2022
NVC case # created: October 5, 2022
Received case number: October 20, 2022
Current status: At NVC 

 

Today is 549 days since we started. I guess we’ll see if we can finish this up before day 600. 

 

I also tried to update my timeline on here, but it keeps giving me an error message about my dates being too far apart. I agree timeline, I totally agree. 

[CJPinEcuador 396]

On 10/21/2022 at 4:13 AM, CJPinEcuador said:

Finally got a case # from NVC yesterday.
 

Current timeline: 

NOA1: April 20, 2021
NOA2: June 27, 2022
NVC received: Sept 14, 2022
NVC case # created: October 5, 2022
Received case number: October 20, 2022
Current status: At NVC 

In transit on October 25, 2022. 553 days after NOA1 and 120 days after USCIS approval. 

[Emerick 32]

Just an update, our Interview went great you can see my timeline for details and the visa was approved. Checking the ceac website and it took several days for us for it to change to approved whereas another person who interviewed the same day and had issues with her documents was changed immediately. So the 19th was the interview, the 26th it changed to approved and then the 28th it changed to issued and we received an email from dhl advising us of the tracking#

[Linda & Luis 0]

On 7/9/2022 at 12:18 AM, Etherial said:

On your guide you suggest we contact greenbaum for a copy of the p3 

You have a Link to his profile by any chance

 

[CJPinEcuador 396]

Final update and post in this forum. Approved this morning! Guayaquil, Ecuador

 

Timeline: 

NOA1: April 20, 2021
NOA2: June 27, 2022
NVC received: Sept 14, 2022
NVC case # created: October 5, 2022
Received case number: October 20, 2022
In Transit: October 25, 2022 

Case Ready and Welcome letter from Embassy: November 6, 2022

Email from embassy with approval to schedule interview: November 7, 2022

Medical: November 24, 2022

Interview day 1: December 1, 2022 (turn in evidence and biometrics)

Interview day 2: December 2, 2022 (actual interview)

CEAC status changed to Approved: December 2, 2022

 

Just waiting on the visa to be set to my fiance. It was a long 591 days, but we are just so glad to be done!!!