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hello

I picked up my passport yesterday with visa on it after a long wait,

but then when I checked the package I didn't find any sealed package with my paper and he returned all my papers,

I've done some homework and I found they could send it through email, but they give you annotation and I don't have any annotation in my visa

please help

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Has anyone had experience or know anything about the status administrative processing at the NVC stage, not after the interview?

Recently, we contacted the NVC about the status of our case. We contacted them in many occasions prior to this specific time to figure out our next steps since our case was accepted by the embassy for expedited processing, and this scenario is not common for everyone. We asked questions such as why it s not possible to schedule a medical exam and if our case file was delivered to the embassy. In return, the overall answer is that we need to contact the embassy to inquire our case further. So our assumption is that our case file was sent to the embassy and we would have to reach out to them as per this email from the NVC last month.

We have contacted the embassy many times as well. The last guidance we received from U.S. Visa Information Services is to just wait for that email with instructions. At this point we are confused because it has already been almost a month since our case was expedited, and definitely past the two week mark for the time it could take for our case file to be received by the embassy. So we reached out to the NVC once more to ask where our case is at.

Today we received a reply back from the NVC and they told us that our petition is currently undergoing necessary administrative processing. You will be notified with further instructions when the processing is complete Now we re really confused because how is it that we were told to contact the Embassy for guidance and yet it took us to contact the NVC for a status update?

Our status has not changed on the CEAC portal since then and it still says at NVC . We also checked CEAC s Visa Status Check webpage and it still reads that we have to submit requested documents . It should not have to matter if we submit documents to the NVC because our case is to be handled at the Embassy level at this point. Is this a glitch? Are we missing something here?

We have submitted all documents anyways since May 20th but not DQ. Our understanding is that our case was supposed to be handled by the Embassy from now on since April and the NVC does not have a role in this process anymore. I ve read many forum posts of administrative processing happening after the interview but not during the NVC stage. It is very odd that we had to contact the NVC to find out the status of our case when we were under the impression that the Embassy will be take over at this point. Also that our status on the CEAC website has not changed considering the NVC s email notifying us that our petition is undergoing necessary administrative processing.

Hello,

I am the beneficiary of a K1 visa, and my NVC status currently says in transit to the embassy in Helsinki. I have already completed my DS-160 form and am about to book my medical appointment. I am also in the process of gathering my criminal records. I have a few questions:

1. Petitioner s Paystubs: Does my petitioner s paystubs need to reflect a salary that is close to the interview date?
2. Visa Appointment: Can I book my visa appointment now? What other fees should I expect to pay moving forward with this application?
3. Required Documents: I know I need to fill out the I-134, and take my passport and photos to the interview. What other documents are required?
4. NOA1 Approval: My fianc does not have a second copy of the I-129F filed, and her NOA1 approval only came via text message, not by mail. Is it possible for me to scan the text message?
5. K-FTP Letter: Do I need to present my K-FTP letter at the appointment? What other documents or items will I need to bring?
6. Income Standard: What is the standard for showing income?

Thank you for your assistance!

Feel free to adjust any details if necessary.

hello everyone. our status says "ready" on ceac website. i know the next step is fill up the ds-160 form but im not sure if me the petitioner or the beneficiary will fill up the form. also does anybody know if we can setup our interview after submitting our form? our interview location will be based on manila philippines. thanks

I filed for my fianc e myself (no lawyers). Didn't get one RFE or any other problems. All I did was read the instructions, followed directions, researched the topic online. I want to say that I think most of the advice online is geared toward the worst scenarios or high red flag countries. I did a lot of things that seemed "risky" by others but had no problems. I treated this like feeling out any other government forms. I only gave what was necessary.

1. I only had 4 pictures for my petition at USCIS. A lot of people said you needed a ton of pictures. And pictures were the only proof of relationship I sent. I did state, however, that the reason I didn't have a lot of pictures was because I video recorded most of the time there.

2. I didn't write some long love story for the petition on how we met. I think it was probably 4 sentences.
3. I filed 2 months after meeting in person for the 1st time.

4. My second meeting was the day BEFORE the scheduled interview. So I didn't do a ton of meetings to boost chances.
5. I only added 3 pictures of the same night (in the same clothes) to the interview evidence

6. I added only a screen shot of the 1st few messages a month for a year on Facebook

7. I added receipts of all the money transfers I sent. Many people here say that is bad

8. I added evidence of dowry being paid to the parents. Many people say that is bad, but I think that's only in countries where it's a law that dowry means marriage.

9. I went to chew the embassy out for confusion over the interview (they canceled our interview but rescheduled it the following week over some disorganization on their end. But I was under the impression that they were saying it was a mistake I did.) It's the American way LOL

But I will add that, which I assumed to be logically correct, that we were an "easy" case.

1. A poor country but not a red flag country or even a country were many people immigrant from.

2. We both are never married and never had children

3. Same race (black)

4. 12 year age difference but 29 and 41.


I'm gonna pay it forward and stay on this site to help other people