gray_cat

Hi Gray Cat, I hope it turns out well for you and no further delays. Did u send a credit card statements showing payments made on the beenficiary's country? I heard they are excellent proofs.

Yes, we did, from different stores but that are located in the same town, from both of us.

We sent the response to the RFE this morning. We got the letter on Friday and they wanted more proofs that we had met in person within the last 2 years, which makes no sense. We sent in the original package passport stamps, boarding passes, photos, etc. So we just sent the same documents and added a few receipts from both.

Btw, the letter said that they don't want copies of emails, texts, skype conversations, phone calls, etc. They don't count as proof.

We got an RFE as well. I guess next week we see what the issue is? Will they tell you explicitly? I hope so.

Good luck on your RFE. We got ours on Monday and we're waiting for the letter. They should say exactly what is missing in it.

Hi Ninatica!

I'm in your same situation, we got an RFE the same day as you, so we can wait together. I can't think of anything we could've missed, we checked and triple checked everything before sending it.

@grey cat, when was your application received?

They received it on the 6th.

Birth certificates of both of you?

Only my fiancé's (U.S. citizen). I don't think they ask for the beneficiary's until the interview.

Did you have a signed letter of intent from both of you?

Yup, we did.

I have no idea what it could be. We did send them pics, copies of passports, plane tickets, etc.

I'll let you guys know when we receive it in the mail.

We're getting an RFE. Hope we receive it in the mail soon and it's easy to fix.

Question: My fiancé (the petitioner) might be out of the country when the NOA2 arrives. Do we get an electronic notification first? Is the hardcopy of the NOA2 essential for the next step? What do we need to do once the hardcopy is received? All this assuming we won't have RFE's (crosses fingers).

Thanks in advance, and good luck to everyone!

Hi, and welcome!

When you got the NOA1 they gave you a number and you can track the status of your case online on the USCIS website. You might also get a text/email notification when it's approved but they don't always send it for some reason. The hardcopy of the NOA2 is important because they will ask for it when you file for AOS.

After you receive the hardcopy, your case is sent to the NVC, which will send it to the embassy. The petitioner needs to gather the documents needed for the I-134 (affidavit of support) as soon as you receive the NOA2 and send them to you, because you'll need them for the interview. Also another letter of intent to marry.

Hope that helps and good luck!

Receive date on NOA1 - October 5

Just received notification that our application has been approved yesterday! 21 days. Amazing.

Wow, that was fast! Congrats! Hope we hear from our case soon. *fingers crossed*

So a question. Looking ahead - once NVC forwards the case to the embassy, can my fiancee contact the embassy after 1 week to see if they received it and schedule an interview asap? Or does she have to wait to receive her packet with instructions from the embassy?

Every embassy works differently, but usually the beneficiary needs to wait for the embassy to contact her/him. You can't schedule an interview before getting and following their instructions.

October 6 - received

October 12 - notice date

October 17 - got physical copy in mail for NOA1

Exact same timeline for us

Todo de golpe? Madre mía, habrá que darse prisa a recoger toda la documentación entonces.

Hola agnesita! Acabo de empezar mi laaargo camino para obtener el visado K-1, así que no tengo todas las respuestas. Probablemente tendrás que ayudarme tú a mí, jeje.

Creo que los únicos documentos que tienes que enviar a la embajada antes de la entrevista son los DS-156, DS-157 y confirmación de que rellenaste el DS-160 online. Tómalo con pinzas porque no estoy segura. Todos los demás documentos (certificado de nacimiento, policía, I-134, fotos, etc) se llevan durante la entrevista. No creo que necesites el NOA2 ni la notificación NVC, tampoco nada de tu prometido, pero si lo traes no está de más.

De todas formas cuando recibas el packet 3 te darán toda la informacion que necesitas. En la página de la embajada también tienes información.

https://spanish.madrid.usembassy.gov/es/visas/no-inmigrante/tipos/prometido.html

Un abrazo y mucha suerte!

Hi all! I'm new here. Our I-129F was delivered on Oct 6th and we got the NOA1 via text and email on the 12th.

Good luck everybody!