Roy and Joanne

Hello all,

On 1 April 2013, the K-1 visa petition for my Australian fiancée was approved. The process took 278 days (9 months, 5 days) from the day USCIS received our petition application on 27 June 2012 until the US Embassy in Australia approved the K-1 visa. I don't have a timeline to update, because somehow my timeline was damaged, and multiple requests to administrators to fix it have gone unanswered.

The entire process—although lengthy—unfolded without incident: no RFEs, no unnecessary delays.

Our approved petition is very likely the result of

1. this forum, which was invaluable at every step in the K-1 petition protocol,

2. Ilona Bray's Fiancé & Marriage Visas (7th Edition), and

3. thorough research.

My fiancée and I believe that others may benefit from our experience. Thus, I will be writing an extensive article about how we prepared the petition for the K-1 dual intent visa. The information will be posted at

http://roy.vanegas.o...ion_experience/

Best wishes to you all, and thank you for all your help.

Hello,

I'm confused about the "Date Submitted" column to question 10 of form I-134. Is this the date of the Notice of Action 1 (NOA1) or the NOA2?

Community,

This afternoon, USCIS---via the Vermont Service Center (VSC)---notified me in a text message that my and my partner's Notice of Action 2, or NOA2, was approved. I'd update my timeline, but months ago this web site introduced a glitch into my timeline that wouldn't allow me to update. Multiple requests to an administrator for help with my timeline have gone unanswered. So, in an effort to aid those who are keeping track of dates, I'm providing my own statistics below:

• Service Center: Vermont
• K-1 petition mailed via USPS certified mail: 25 June 2012
• K-1 petition arrived in Lewisville, Texas: 27 June 2012
• Notification via text message from USCIS that K-1 petition had been received: 29 June 2012
• Fee of $340 debited from bank account: 2 July 2012
• Notification that NOA2 had been approved: 13 December 2012
• Receipt of NOA2: Pending

No Request for Evidence, or RFE, was issued by USCIS between NOA1 and NOA2, and I (the US citizen petitioner) traveled to Melbourne, Australia to visit my Australian fiancée twice in the 170 days between the NOA1 and NOA2. First visit lasted a month between mid-July and mid-August; second visit, ten days during Thanksgiving.

Community,

I filed the K-1 petition (form I129-f) for my fiancée on 27 June 2012, which is over five months ago. My service center is Vermont (VSC). According to the Processing Times section of USCIS's My Case Status web site (https://egov.uscis.g...rd/ProcTimes.do), Vermont is taking 5.6 months to process K-1 petitions, while the national goal is 5.0 months. May I call customer service now, or do I need to wait until 5.6 months have passed? (This would put the wait time on the K-1 to just near Christmas.)

Thanks,

Roy

Thanks for your responses. It turns out that my mistake wasn't as bad as I thought. USCIS sent me a message this afternoon stating that my application was received and was being forwarded to the Vermont Service Center.

Hi,

Earlier this afternoon, I mailed my and my fiancé's K-1 visa petition application to the Lewisville, Texas address, not the post office (PO) box address in Dallas. I sent it via United States Postal Service, adding the options for Priority Mail, registration, insurance, and delivery confirmation. I chose the Lewisville address over the post office box because the application was being sent via Priority Mail and requiring a signature. Should I have mailed it to the post office box instead?

Thanks,

Roy

Hello,

The passport-style photos of my fiancé and I that I am submitting with the application for the K-1 visa petition are supposed to have the name of the people pictured written in "pencil or felt pen" on the back of each photograph. However, I would like to use labels to make sure that nothing gets smudged off in handling. Has anyone done this? Will this generate an RFE (Request for Evidence)?

Thanks,

Roy

Excellent point - we'll scan each page of each of our passports. (Alas, boarding passes have been discarded.)

Thank you.

Hello,

I just printed out many pages of the multiple itineraries from my and my partner's flights to and from New York. In an effort to make the process easier for the USCIS officials handling my K-1 (form I-129F) visa application, and because there are so many pages, I'm considering highlighting my name, my partner's name, and the dates of travel. Has anyone done this? Should I leave the copies untouched? Is highlighting advisable?

Thanks,

Roy