ZachyJoicey

Thanks for all the enlightening responses everyone!

So to summarize as fairly as I think is warranted. The USCIS is ####### and decided that because they are too slow that they'll just create a new category to shove people into and then tack on an 6-9 months or a year or whatever.

In our case we did receive a letter talking about being a potential interview waiver and we were excited about this because we assumed that it meant that we would be moving through the line faster because that makes sense. Clearly that was actually just some kind of deceptive ploy. One thing that I did find different, that what it seems others have stated though, is that on our letter there was nothing about taking additional time to process. They simply have it stated that we would be a potential interview waiver case.

So then I ask, Is there an established timeline for people in this interview waver position? That is, filers from March/April are certainly being considered at this point?

I took a quick survey of other posts to see if anyone was talking about this and it didn't seem like it...

My wife and I applied for adjustment of status shortly after marriage last year and we received our NOA around June 13, 2014. Since then we've moved to Wisconsin around 6 months ago and did an address update. The office processing the case is now the Milwaukee field office and according to the most recent information I've seen either through visa journey or the USCIS directly, there is only or was only 1 other case ahead of our in line. But it's now March and we're still waiting without any communication about what's taking so long. We initiated a service request with the justification of "out of normal processing times" and it took the USCIS 60 days to respond to us even though they are supposed to respond within 30. The letter we received said nothing about our case and simply stated that the USCIS anticipates delays in the processing of our case due to workload factors. I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on what this means? We've been told that 6 months is a typical processing time and now we're coming up on almost a year since we mailed out the package.

Ahhh! I found the block on the I-129F

It says, "NOTE: Designation of a U.S. Embassy or consulate outside the country of your fiancé(e)'s last residence does not guarantee acceptance for processing by that foreign post. Acceptance is at the discretion of the designated embassy or consulate."

In our case that is the Dublin, Ireland embassy. I think that it should be okay because she does have a legal residency in Ireland and she already received a B-2 Tourism visa from this office before. There isn't really any much of a way for me to err on the side of caution besides calling the NVC and working with the lawyer to ensure we can conduct the interview there.

BUT! as it turns out the lawyer was wrong! sort of...

at that... I think I'll just call the embassy to see if I can get some solid facts from them

Hello,

Today I spoke with a lawyer and I learned something which disturbed me quite a bit. I don't want to believe it as necessarily true because this lawyer seemed to be just really busy and recommended that I do a lot of things that are not consistent with the information I've seen on this website. For example, the lawyer wants me to submit my fiancé's birth certificate and an affidavit of support with my I-129F as opposed to submitting those documents at the visa interview. Anyway... on to the disturbing stuff.

I was told that although my fiancé is a Brazilian national who is in Ireland on a student visa, she will have to conduct her interview at the embassy or consulate in Brazil. Is that true? I'm doubting this but I can't say because this wasn't something that either of us had ever considered. It's also not something that we were told the last time I explained it on this forum.

Also, if it's not true then can you point me in the direction of an official source so that I may correct this lawyer. It just so happens that this lawyer is the sole immigration representative for the entire military installation that I'm at. I feel it would be really "bad" if the lawyer wasn't corrected.

Regards, and hoping that the lawyer was wrong!

Edit: also just to clarify it is a K-1 visa.

Also to clarify with the purpose of the letter.
Is it to request and expedition for the request or is it to simply verify the deployment and my involvement with it?

It looks like I'll need to go the route of a letter from the CO. Before I go all crazy and make a random request I think it's probably best for me to try to put some information together. I know there are some obvious pieces, such as 'there is a deployment' and 'I am scheduled for this deployment.' Is there anything in particular that I need to add to this without which I will be denied?

I did find a supplementary thread where they explained these same ideas but there isn't anything that I could specifically use that we know works. Like a template or a letter that's prewritten that we then just adjust to fit our criteria.

As soon as you get your NOA1 with the number of your case you can call the USCIS and tell them that you want to make an expedite request. They will register your request and ask you to wait until they contact you to let you know what documents you need to send to support your request.

That letter you sent with the I-129 they wont read it until the moment they want to check the whole application, so maybe in several months.

1-877-247-4645 that is the USCIS Military line. It's usually faster than the other one.

Hope I'm being clear My English is not the best.

Let me know if you have questions

We just received our NOA1 and I noticed the number you've given me. I was wondering if you could detail what type of documents they would need by chance. Did you mean supporting evidence or something that proves that I'm in the military?

In either case, this is a great help. Thank you!

Hi!

Surely somebody else will come up with a better answer but if you are a Marine that will be getting deployed you can request the USCIS to expedite your case. If they approve your request the process will take less time than usually. We did that and I got my K visa 3 months after sending the I-129.

Hope someone else can tell you something about how to switch to a different Embassy.

Well that just sounds fantastic! I did include a letter requesting the application to be expedited specifically for this purpose but I was unsure if it would be taken seriously or not. I think this is still on point with my purposes here. Is there anything official that I need to do to have the process expedited or should the letter suffice?

Hello,

My fiancé and I have just submitted our I-129F in the post this week and we have been hard at work tackling any potential problems that could slow down our visa processing time. We have it a bit of a snag, which brings me here because it seems that this would be the best place to pull from the wealth of knowledge this community possesses.

At current my fiancé is in Ireland where we are expecting her to conduct her interview in approximately 5 months, hopefully less due to my work in the Marines and the conflicting schedule between a deployment and the need to use the visa.
The issue we foresee is that my fiancé is possibly short on time in Ireland. She is a Brazilian there on a student visa which expires in March of next year around the time we are expecting her interview. If it's possibly we would rather not renew this student visa because of the cost and so are wondering if it is possible switch to a different embassy/consulate in Brazil where she would return?

If it's more simple, the other avenue of approach for her would be to add an extension to her student visa but at this time we don't know if that's possible.

Does anyone have any idea what the best thing to do here is?