mmorgan14

My fiancé (boyfriend at the time) were doing the long distance thing for nearly 3 years. He was visiting me here in the US on his visa waiver. During a visit, while going through customs at the airport, the officer told him that he was abusing his visa waiver (which is bullsh*t....we were VERY careful about visit duration and frequency). So we thought "hey, we're going to do the right thing" and have him apply for a regular travel visa so he can't be told he's abusing his waiver. Well, he was denied his visa also because he didn't have enough ties to his own country. Oh and guess what? Because he was denied his visa, he could no longer use his visa waiver to visit me! Awesome!!
Anyways, long story short, we ended up getting engaged and our K1 has been approved and is currently at the NVC. The fact that his travel visa was denied had me VERY worried about our K1 being denied. But after all my research, I've found that LOTS of other people were denied their travel visas and had no problems getting their K1s.
Like everyone has already said, being honest is the only way to go. As long as your relationship is legit and you've got the proof to back it up, you should be golden.

My fiancé (boyfriend at the time) were doing the long distance thing for nearly 3 years. He was visiting me here in the US on his visa waiver. During a visit, while going through customs at the airport, the officer told him that he was abusing his visa waiver (which is bullsh*t....we were VERY careful about visit duration and frequency). So we thought "hey, we're going to do the right thing" and have him apply for a regular travel visa so he can't be told he's abusing his waiver. Well, he was denied his visa also because he didn't have enough ties to his own country. Oh and guess what? Because he was denied his visa, he could no longer use his visa waiver to visit me! Awesome!!
Anyways, long story short, we ended up getting engaged and our K1 has been approved and is currently at the NVC. The fact that his travel visa was denied had me VERY worried about our K1 being denied. But after all my research, I've found that LOTS of other people were denied their travel visas and had no problems getting their K1s.
Like everyone has already said, being honest is the only way to go. As long as your relationship is legit and you've got the proof to back it up, you should be golden.

Short answer, no. you don't *need* to contact NVC and can just wait it out until the consulate contacts the beneficiary.
I'm also a pretty patient person. I actually even had the same mentality as you, thinking that since there's nothing we can do to speed up the process, there's no point in calling. We'll know when the consulate contacts him. However after reading about so many horrible nightmares that people have gone through with their cases never even making it to NVC after several months, I let my worries get the best of me. Knowing the case# doesn't speed up the process. But you are able to [somewhat] accurately track it, so long as the NVC staff do their part and update it in the system.