dakalti

@Butterfly83 - I was in the same situation and I asked this question in this site a few weeks ago and you can check out the responses there. Also here is the logic - if I am applying through the 3yr rule, I might have been living outside the US prior to that and therefore the answers to Date exited the US and Date entered the US, Days spent outside the US are not applicable. If you want some reading material, here you go (https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume12-PartG-Chapter2.html). Feel free to send this to an attorney and verify if you need more clarification. 

If you are applying through the 3 years/marriage route, then you only need to fill out the trips in the last 3 years. 

Doing a walk-in is purely a matter of convenience. I imagine that getting biometrics done a few days early wouldnt make any difference in the immigration. 

I downloaded the biometrics appointment letter from the online account but still havent received the same letter via mail. The experience wasnt anything unique. They did not ask why I was there early but I preemptively told them I was about to travel and will miss the appointment date shown in the letter and therefore I walked in early. They said okay and we proceeded to the actual processing. 5 people in front of me, fingerprint scanning, photo, show green card, stamp the appointment letter and out the door. In and out the door in 20 minutes or less. 

2 minutes ago, nompish said:

what's your local office?

SF

Biometric appointment was for late October (10/29). Did a walk-in and got it done today (10/18). Within a couple of hours case status was updated to "Case Is Being Actively Reviewed By USCIS"

UserName........|GC-Date.|Sent.|Cashd|NOA..|Fprints.|In Line.|Int ltr.|Intrvw..|Oath....|Field Office.....|NBC/IOE
zedkyuu.........|08/29/08|01/22|01/22|01/26|02/15/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|San Francisco, CA|IOE
DandelionSF.....|01/14/08|04/25|04/25|04/28|05/15/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|San Francisco, CA|IOE
littleitaly.....|08/03/15|05/24|05/24|05/24|06/12/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|San Francisco, CA|
Moonski.........|10/27/13|07/30|07/31|05/24|08/20/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|San Francisco, CA|
mitchy_ponsi ...|05/08/14|03/04|03/05|03/16|03/24/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|San Francisco, CA|IOE
ip_84 ..........|03/11/15|08/15|08/15|08/15|09/12/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|San Francisco, CA|IOE
ramu2012........|10/21/13|09/01|09/01|09/02|09/24/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|San Francisco, CA|IOE
dakalti.........|09/15/18|10/01|10/08|10/08|10/29/18|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|--/--/--|San Francisco, CA|IOE

New to this page from SF. I paper-filed on Oct 1 and online status for NOA1 is Oct 8. 

Thanks. My check was just cashed. It took a week. 

Nope. I sent in a paper application with a check. Old school. 

Any guesses on the average time from delivery/submission of N400 to check cashed?

Just to be clear, when they say "they received it" it is just a status update in the system, doesnt mean that is when they physically received it

I mailed out the RFE and exactly after a month, I received notification that "they received it" and after a few days "case was approved". 

5 years ago - mid-2013 to mid-2014 I was living outside the US and during this time traveled to several countries. 

4 years ago - mid-2014 - Immigrated to US and started living here

Now - late-2018 - filing N400 under "3 year rule"

Question -  For the travel outside US in the past 5 years question on N-400, how should I itemize my travel in this situation. 

Specifically how should I answer the question "Day you left the US" and "Day you returned to the US" in this scenario when I had not even immigrated to the US and as a result, the "Day you left US" and "Day you returned to US" is not applicable. 

Should I say:

Day you left the US: N/A

Day you returned to US: N/A

Did trip last 6 months or more: No

Countries you visited: Country A, Country B, Country C, Country D

Total days outside the US: 20 days

Unusually quick - two case status updates on the USCIS website in three days. 

Sep 13 - Status updated to "Response to RFE received"

Sep 15 - Status updated to "New card is being produced"

I dont speculate. Highly recommend making an infopass appointment and clarifying the situation. 

I filed Dec-2016, case was transfered to local office in Feb-2018.

Received RFE in July-2018 and responded in Aug-2018. 

I have a K1 visa appointment date but I am scheduled to travel out of the country (different country) a few days after the visa appointment. Does anyone know if we can request the passport back at the end of the interview irrespective of the visa decision? I have heard that even if the visa decision is positive, you can still request the passport back and after the travels, you can ship to the VFS and they will process the visa.

Can anyone share their experience?

I am neither an attorney nor a consulate officer. But its not hard to see where he is coming from. Below are some of the questions that are not answered and might have run thro the Consul's mind too. Just fyi. Not trying to beat up the petition but trying to close the gaps if any for future interviews. Take it or leave it.

Was the petitioners previous marriage through a K1 visa?

Did the marriage end when the beneficiary obtained the Green Card? Hint: Divorce date and Green card dates are a clue

I see that the Petitioner got his passport just before the I-129F was filed. Does this matter?

Under what circumstances did the couple meet?

I see that the Beneficiary and the Petitioner met once before the I-129F was filed. How long was this meet for? From the timeline, it looks like 6-7 days. Is that sufficient?

The age difference (i know, i know, people say it doesnt matter. It doesnt matter. but it could matter, who knows for sure?)

Petitioners responses in the interview - did they give an indication to the Consul that it might have been a "arranged" relationship.

"Why K1 and not the spouse visa?" - (i know, i know, its ridiculous, but its never stopped the USCIS/Consulates from being ridiculous)

there are more than the above list. I am sure others can chime in.

Good luck with the administrative processing and/or appeal. For the benefit of many more true couples like you''ll please come back to visa journey to post about everything turned out.

updating the timeline......

Application: 4/30/14

Service Center: CSC

NOA 1: 5/05/14

NOA 2: 5/12/14

NVC Rec: 5/22/14

NVC Sent: 5/23/14

Consulate Rec: 5/30/14

Packet 4: 6/02/14

Interview: 6/20/14

so around 10 days between NOA2 and NVC receveing your package? we got our NOA2 on 29 May, when is he suppose to call at NVC? shall pe wait 10 days?

I kept calling NVC everyday from the 3rd or 4th day after USCIS approved it and everday NVC would say "no, not received it". Eventually on the 10th day NVC said "yes" and I got the case number from them.

Wow things move fast for you:) congrats!

So far so good. Thanks to CSC.

Application: 4/30/14

Service Center: CSC

NOA 1: 5/05/14

NOA 2: 5/12/14

NVC Rec: 5/22/14

NVC Sent: 5/23/14

Consulate Rec: 5/30/14

Packet 4: 6/02/14

Hello - I have a question. Can the Biometric appointment and the and actual visa Interview be scheduled in 2 different cities, 2 different consulates within the same country. I will be traveling and scheduling it this way will be ideal? Anyone experience this?

This is what we wrote in the email to support-india@ustraveldocs.com

requesting interview appointment:

"

Hi Mumbai Consulate,

My information is:

Beneficiary Name First Middle Last

Beneficiary Passport # xxxxxxxx

USCIS Receipt # WACxxxxxxxxxx

NVC case # BMBxxxxxxxxxx

DS-160 application id xxxxxxxxxx

Petitioner Name First Middle Last

Interview Location Mumbai (Bombay)

American Consulate General

C-49, G-Block

Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East

Mumbai 400051, India

Beneficiary Email xxx@xxx.com

Beneficiary Phone # xxxxxxxxxx

I am requesting an interview appointment for K1 Fiancee Visa.

Please email or call me with information on how to proceed from now.

Thank you.

"

Whithin a day, the Consulate sent us an email (attached image).MUMBAI_IV.jpg

b_k - when ustraveldocs emailed you with the instructions to set up the appointment aka Packet 4, what was the earliest appointment available?