What Comes After the I-797 (NOA2) in Visa K1 process?

[Adrian L 1]

We are doing the K‑1 visa process. My partner and I received the NOA2 more than two months ago, and we’re not very clear on what the next step is, since we thought the NVC was going to send us an email with more details, but we haven’t received anything yet. What are the next steps after the NOA2? I’m from Peru and she is a U.S. citizen.

Thank you in advance for your response.

Edited yesterday at 05:21 PM by Adrian L

[J.M. 349]

You are correct that NVC should eventually send an email, once they have assigned the case number and sent the petition to Peru.  It might take a month to move from USCIS to NVC, then another month or two before they assign the case number.  It is agonizingly slow or surprisingly fast, and you never know what you will get.

You can request the status at NVC using the Public Inquiry Form.  They will respond in 3-5 days.

[Edward and Jaycel 2,413]

This is what I would recommend based on my experience with our K-1

 

Make an inquiry to the NVC asking for your case number via the public inquiry website:

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

When you make the public inquiry with them, there is a button to attach files. Attach the Approval Notice of the I-129F. In that inquiry, in addition to asking for the case number, you should also ask them to update the email addresses for you and your fiancé(e) by saying something like:

 

I would also like to make sure you have the petitioner and beneficiary emails updated in your system as follows:

Petitioner Name: John Smith

Petitioner email: john.smith@email.com

Beneficiary Name: Jane Jones

Beneficiary: jane.jones@email.com

I have attached the approval notice for my form I-129F for your review.

 

We did this and after that we got our case number (on the 2nd inquiry) and my wife and I got every email from the NVC and the embassy throughout the whole process.