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Afternoon, Looking for some general advice, or if someone experienced this and how they proceeded. After receiving instructions on how to schedule the visa appointment and the letter with approved doctors we proceeded to try to schedule the medical exam. The beneficiary called to schedule and was told to bring one price (124,000 CFA). The letter from the embassy has the fee schedule for the medical, radiology, blood work and show it will be approximately 67,000 CFA. The additional cost would possibly be for vaccinations. Usually we would have accepted that the difference between the verbal price and the price with additional would be the final cost, but in this case we have gone through this process with this doctor once for my spouse and again for two stepchildren. The additional did not exceed 30,000 CFA in total. Still no where near the price. Just so happens my spouse is in Senegal and I asked him to call the doctor to ask why they are so far above the price the embassy has shown, he calls and the receptionist went even higher on him and said it will be 144,000 CFA. You might already know my question, do i just need to get with the embassy to sort this out? Yes I can select another doctor on the list, but that does not stop the process of abuse that seems to be happening to people just trying to navigate this process. Any advice?

Does anyone have any idea (rough estimate if known) when the appointments slots will open for the next month in the AVITS Dashboard? I was able to pay the $265 visa fee online and immediately redirected to the appointment calendar. Currently September have no more availability and the next three months are greyed out and not allowing me to select them. I am assuming this means that the calendar opens on some date in the future and then I would be able to go in to help schedule a Consulate Appointment. Is this date usually that last few days of the prior month, the first/first week of the next month. Or is this unknown and just have to keep checking back until you get lucky? And I would assume I need to have that appointment scheduled prior to the actual MD honoring and medical appointment scheduling right?

I am asking for K-1 only, nothing to do with my timeline. If I completed the DS-160 but I am unable to move through AVITS website to create the appointment has anyone experienced this issue with Dakar? Was the resolution to open a ticket with the AVITS website help desk? Thank you in advance.

We finally received word via the Public Inquiry request that our case has been sent for interview and that we don't need to put anything online in the NVC portal. As of today the status reads "Ready" but we have not received any letter from NVC. Based on that status I went into the AVITS website to create and appointment but I am unable to do so. Is that because the Consular does not have the case yet, or no appointment is available? Just wondering for planning purposes.

I noticed today the case status with USCIS changed to Case Was Sent To The Department of State as of this week. Does anyone know the approximate processing for Dakar for K-1 at this time?

We just received the NOA 2 from USCIS approving the K-1 this week. I noticed on the NOA under Notice Type it reads the approval is Valid from 04/1/2025 to 08/13/2025. Can anyone provide any insight into this "valid from" meaning. From my understanding we are not able to access the claim to begin any steps in the portal until we receive the case number and other necessary information from NVC. We also need information from NVC to request an appointment date with the Embassy in Dakar. Does anyone have any insight on their current backlog for interviews? Also, what happens if we are not able to get the interview scheduled prior to August 13th due to backlog? Does the claim just expire and we have to pay to go through the process again? Thanks in advance for any insight on these questions above. Please note these are standalone questions and do not have anything to do with my "timeline" and/or the original case I submitted and setup my account for. Thanks again!

I received the NOA1 from CSC in March 2024, and am waiting for NOA2. If CSC if processing NOA1 to NOA2 from roughly 101 days ago, is this accurate? Considering our case would have been received more than 101 days ago.

I am looking for clarification for the K-1 process. Once USCIS sends the NOA2 showing the case was approved June 27, 2024, we now wait for NVC to contact the petitioner and beneficiary, correct? This is where I am confused, do we send documents to NVC for the K-1 to get a "documentarily approved" status, and then the case is forwarded to the embassy to schedule the interview. Or, does NVC just receive the case, assign the case number, and forward on immediately to the embassy where they then contact beneficiary and petitioner with the documents needed and interview scheduling procedure?

Does anyone know how the processing service center is assigned for an I-129F?

I recently filed the I-130’s for both my stephchildren to join my spouse and I here in the US. Previously I filed for my spouse and it required mailing in full packages of documents. This new process was a bit strange just filing the form online and attaching the marriage certs and birth certs. I fee completely deficient with information. Can any provide any advice or tips. We have been through this process before with my spouse, but just would like to know if we should prepare for anything out of the ordinary.