K1 Visa NVC Processing

[dys2024 1]

Hello everyone,

My fiance and I were notified that our case was approved by the USCIS on March 6th and the Case was sent to the NVC on April 11th and then on May 20th I received an email from the NVC stating that they received the case and the case was created with the NVC on May 1st. Then on May 21st I received a notification that the case is in the ready status with the NVC. Do we have to wait for the NVC to send the welcome letter before we start doing the DS-160 and paying the fees and scheduling the interview, or can we go ahead and start that process? How long does it usually take to receive the NVC welcome letter because I do hear a lot of varied answers? Also does anyone know about how far the Bogota embassy is booked out till for K1 Visas?

[appleblossom 4,238]

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[Edward and Jaycel 1,803]

The "Ready" status means it is ready at the embassy in Bogota - I would imagine you will receive something from them soon regarding next steps. I do not personally know how Bogota handles K-1s. Maybe someone with recent experience from there can comment. Usually the embassy will send instructions via email. If they do not have the beneficiary's email address, it will go to the email for the petitioner that was entered into the I-129F unless the emails were updated by one of you with the NVC.

[Edward and Jaycel 1,803]

5 minutes ago, dys2024 said:

May 20th I received an email from the NVC stating that they received the case and the case was created with the NVC on May 1st.

Did this email have an attachment of a letter with the case number that said K1-FTP on the top? If so, this is the only "Welcome Letter" you will get from the NVC in the K-1 process

[dys2024 1]

Yes at the top it has K1-FTP and has a case number, but I was under the impression that we also needed an invoice number?

 

[Edward and Jaycel 1,803]

3 minutes ago, dys2024 said:

Yes at the top it has K1-FTP and has a case number, but I was under the impression that we also needed an invoice number?

 

 

Invoice number is issued to Immigrant Visa applicants only. K-1 is technically a Nonimmigrant Visa so you will not receive one. You will get no more communications from NVC. The next should come from the embassy

[dys2024 1]

Oh okay, thank you so much! So there will be no invoice number and we don't have to upload all of our documents to the CEAC? We can just go ahead and do the DS-160, pay the fee and schedule the appointment? Or what communication will we receive from the embassy before then?

[Edward and Jaycel 1,803]

6 minutes ago, dys2024 said:

Oh okay, thank you so much! So there will be no invoice number and we don't have to upload all of our documents to the CEAC? We can just go ahead and do the DS-160, pay the fee and schedule the appointment? Or what communication will we receive from the embassy before then?

 

Correct, there will be no uploading of docs to CEAC for K-1 visas. Unfortunately I do not know the K-1 process in Bogota so I don't know if they make you wait for them to contact you before scheduling the interview. Once you fill out the DS-160 and submit it, that is valid for 1 year. You will also have to do a medical exam, but I would not schedule it too far before the interview because the expiration date of your Visa will be 6 months from the date of the medical exam. I'm trying to find some recent K-1 posts from Bogota for you to look at here on VJ.

Edited May 23 by Edward and Jaycel

[Edward and Jaycel 1,803]

Here's a fairly recent thread on K-1s and Bogota - It sounds like they send you a "Packet 3"

 

 

Edited May 23 by Edward and Jaycel

[dys2024 1]

Thank you so much for your responses and for assisting me, I will definitely take a look at this tread and see what all they are saying. Again thank you so much I appreciate all of your help!