NVC to Embassy Timeline 2+ Weeks

[meesu 7]

Hello friends; I'm curious if anyone else is experiencing "delay" regarding their application arriving to the embassy in their country. Almost all sources online, along with the other entries I keep up here, seem to indicate K-1 applications arrive 10-11 days after the NVC sends out the notification that the petition has been sent.  We received our notification on 19th of February, and it's been almost three weeks with no response from the embassy. 

 

We've emailed them, the interview portal, called the embassy, checked on the CEAC website; still looks to be in transit. Does DHL usually take this long? I know we might have a more peculiar situation since we're waiting on the Ankara embassy in Turkiye, and the current events may be making it harder. We're about to file our DS-160 anyway; is this normal? Thank you for reading!

[JeanneAdil 7,498]

after NVC sends the case , feel free to fill out the DS 160,  they confirmation page is needed for interview

 

you probably will not get a notice from embassy before then and hopefully they will send a notice of all the documents needed for the interview after your ds 160 is done 

but the embassy site should tell you so check it 

 

BTW the USC should make sure the 2025 taxes are done as we are too close to the 15th of April to rely on 2024 for the I 134

[meesu 7]

24 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

after NVC sends the case , feel free to fill out the DS 160,  they confirmation page is needed for interview

 

you probably will not get a notice from embassy before then and hopefully they will send a notice of all the documents needed for the interview after your ds 160 is done 

but the embassy site should tell you so check it 

 

BTW the USC should make sure the 2025 taxes are done as we are too close to the 15th of April to rely on 2024 for the I 134

 

Gotcha, thank you so much! I guess we'll hope the DS-160 will be the push needed, then.  Thankfully we filed our taxes assuming that would be the case!

[JeanneAdil 7,498]

following site helps

read under "apply for US visa"  as that is what the  ds 160 is 

all documents needed are there unless Turkey has specfic for that embassy

 

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/family-immigration/nonimmigrant-visa-for-a-fiance-k-1.html#5

[Edward and Jaycel 2,530]

Here's the Department of State "supplements by Post" page for Ankara

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/ANK-Ankara.html

 

[Edward and Jaycel 2,530]

I found this under the K-1 / K-3 section of that website: