Odd little update to our K1 process

[Syndine 5]

So like many others here our papers had been stuck with USCIS as an approved I-129F for about 2 1/2 months before they finally shipped it to the NVC (approved april 21st, shipped July 1) We then waited 5 weeks before calling NVC (August 5th) instead of making a personal inquery to see if we could get our case number, alas NVC had yet to recieve our papers from USCIS at that date.

Yesterday (August 12th) just a week after we finally get a letter from NVC! Opening it expecting our welcome letter, but nope, it was the notification that our application had been processed and sent on to the embassy here in sweden! It already being done at NVC and shipped.

Since there has been such delays for several people with the USCIS to NVC stage as of late I figured I'd post our situation to give people some hope and send well wishes that others get as lucky with their process as we did.

[Halcy 4]

Thank you for sharing! Good luck and excited to hear more about your next step in Sweden 😍

[MalloryCat 775]

just a tidbit for anyone

the I-129f/K1 visa applicants don't receive a "welcome letter" from the NVC. the welcome letter is for certain types of visas, typically immigrant visas (like the spousal), where all documents are submitted to the NVC and the NVC schedules interviews for those visas.

 

K1 visas are technically nonimmigrant visas, so K1 visa applicants schedule their interview themselves (for the most part) and bring their documents to their embassy at the time of the interview.

 

you'll more than likely get an email or letter from your embassy for next steps.

 

good luck!