US Immigration from Netherlands

Hi all,

I'd like to ask a question about a pending case. Here is my case information:

LPR Husband, Foreign Wife.

Filing category: F2A

Filing date of i130: 15JUL23

Filing center: CSC

Currently the case is pending, and we haven't heard anything since 19OCT23 when the status changed to "USCSI is reviewing your case".

Here are the current processing dates from what I can find:

Current Visa Bulletin (October 2025) F2A Final Action date: 01FEB24

Current CSC i130 case processing according to VJ: 31JUL24

We however have not heard anything yet. Is there another way we can find out where we are in the process or what might be wrong?

I assume I have to wait with filing with the NVC until we get the welcome email/letter, even though our category is current?

Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone,

I m a Spanish citizen and my fianc is an American citizen. We are currently living in the Netherlands and preparing our K-1 petition for me to move to the US. His residence permit in the Netherlands was issued under the Verification against EU law for Union citizen family members , granting him legal status as the unmarried partner of an EU citizen.

As part of our evidence, we want to submit proof of our unmarried partnership under Dutch/EU law:

• IND approval letter for residence as an unmarried partner of an EU citizen
• His residence card showing on the back that he is the unmarried partner of an EU citizen

Both documents are in Dutch. USCIS requires English translations with a translator certification, but I m unsure whether this must be a professional/certified translator, or if a Dutch native-speaker friend can translate these documents.

Has anyone submitted similar documents for a K-1 petition? Did USCIS accept a simple signed translation, or did they require a professional translation?

Any advice or experiences would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

Hi everyone,

I m getting ready to apply for a K-1 visa and want to make sure my passport situation won t cause issues.

• My current passport expires on 1 December 2026.

• I plan to apply for the K-1 (I-129F) in October 2025.

• In my country, I can t renew my passport until December 2025 (one year before expiration).
  

Since the I-129F form asks for my passport number, I d have to use my current passport when we file. By the time the case gets to the NVC/embassy stage, I should already have a new passport.

My questions are:

1. Is it okay to list my current passport on the I-129F, then switch to my new one later for the DS-160 and interview?

2. Do I need to formally notify USCIS/NVC about the new passport, or just bring both old and new passports to the interview?
   

Thanks in advance to anyone who s been through something similar!

Hi guys! I figured I'd type out my experience. Especially since I haven't seen a lot of detailed experiences/reviews, might as well!

Our interview was the 10th of September. 9:30am, bright and early! We arrived at 9:07am and saw a few people arriving. There's a LOT of parking for visitors, so no need to worry about that. We left our phones in the car, but you do not have to. We walked in to the building and had to go through security. Have your appointment letter ready! That's the first thing they ask for. Then you have to put your phone, wallet etc in a little box for the xray thing. Walk through a detector. Then you walk over to a little podium where someone points you to the right window. There were about 4 couples in front of me, not too bad. They took my ID, appointment letter, photo and 2 fingerprints. She then wrote a number on my letter and told us to go upstairs. They'd call us by our names.

We then went up to the next floor and saw quite a few people waiting. I wanna say around 40. I kinda panicked knowing we didn't have our phones. Last time I did my K1 interview in Germany there was about the same amount of people, probably even less, and I waited for about 4-5 hours. Without food, entertainment... So that sent me back there. BUT, I think we waited for less than 15 minutes. We were fooling around checking receipts in our wallets when they called my name.

We then followed the officer to her cubicle/room. She didn't say much, that made me nervous, but I just went with the flow. We got sworn in and she started by confirming our adress. We moved a week before and I had changed it in USCIS, but it hadn't changed on her end. So we confirmed my new one. She then asked How we met/how our relationship started. I started explaining, then my husband started adding information. I think she didn't hear me clearly or didn't listen, because she didn't understand we met online until AFTER my husband added some things to the story. She then asked How did you build your relationship/life since moving? It was something like this. My husband took the lead on this one and was very vague. This made me EXTREMELY nervous because I could tell the answer was not what she was looking for. But she continued with another question before I could add anything. She then asked Did you work unauthorized? I was honest and told her no. I even joked saying I was glad to not have to work for a little bit and just relax at home. She laughed, this put me at ease. She also added I'm a full time dog mom anyway (dog was mentioned in the previous questions+pictures). She asked if I had any new evidence to add, which I did, a new 864 due to a job change. She kinda skimmed it and didn't seem to want to do too much with it. I forgot to give her the paystubs and employer letter, so that sent me in a panic once I realised while we were driving back home.

She then started asking the yes/no questions. She began with the ones I put 'yes' on on the 485. It was 13 and 76 top of my head. It was about overstaying/violating the terms of my visa. I explained that our AOS got rejected twice, and due to the rejections I overstayed/filed AOS too late. She nodded and seemed satisfied with the answer. A few questions were asked, like if I helped traffic people, drugs, if I ever killed someone, stuff like that. At one question, one about government assistance, my husband cleared his throat right after I said no. I looked at him in panic and said Babe now she thinks I'm lying!!!! We all laughed. She mentioned she is sniffly too due to the aircon being on on that side, another officer has a space heater and it trips up the AC. Was kinda funny.

She then asked if we had anything else to add. I said nope. I offered her stuff we brought like my husband's birth certificate, but she didn't need them. We joked about the BC since we had to drive to Oklahoma to get it, so it was a 7h round trip. She said it was a good bonding experience and we laughed.

She then explained that the case would now be reviewed again and once we hear back, it usually takes 30-60 days before you get the card. Something like that. She said a few other things but nothing that really stuck in my mind. I was honestly kind of dissapointed that we weren't approved on the spot. Atleast I thought. We then went to the car and it was 9:52. So that was crazy! I kept checking my USCIS account for news until Edward & Jaycel here told me that the system takes 24h to notify us of any changes. So then I gave up LOL.

The next morning I woke up at 10:30, checked my phone and saw the email. 'We have taken an action on your case'. I quickly logged in, hoping but thinking it would just be the change to 'reviewing'. BUT! It said I got approved!!!! The email arrived 10am, so I'm guessing we were approved on the spot but just not told.

I think that's all? It all feels like a fever dream now LOL.

Hi friends,

We got our invite for the interview, yay. Now my question is, my husband changed jobs since we filed the 864. Is there something we should bring? Should we bring a whole new 864? Or file this online ahead of the interview?

I can't find any information on what to do if your employment changes.