DeepakChani

5 minutes ago, mr0810 said:

Our case reached NVC on 01/25/2018. Things should move quickly from here on ..... Cant wait.

 

NOA1 - 07/05/2017

NOA2 - 01/11/2018

NVC Receive - 01/25/2018

Now we are talking! 

4 hours ago, Narek.A. said:

My Daily Routine Past Month, " Wake up, Uscis Status check, July Forums news Check, USPS Informed delivery Check, gym, school, work, Reapet." 

I don't always apply for K-1 Visa, but when I do it becomes a lifestyle!! Lol

 

You didn't choose the USCIS life . The USCIS life chose you LOL

29 minutes ago, missileman said:

That is exactly what the poster to whom I was replying, intends to do.

 

" In the case my K-1 doesnt get approved in time, Ill have her come down to the US, do the religious  ceremony and legal court marriage as planned, withdraw the k-1, have her go back to her home country, and file CR-1.  Does this sound good?  "

 

 

This was not the original poster...

For worst case planning, let's say we don't withdraw the K1 and continue on to the interview. The K1 will be denied at the interview because they think we are already married. Once K1 is denied due to that reason, can we instantly after the interview apply for the CR1? 

8 minutes ago, Naes said:

There are still june cases , they do two-three months at a time. 

Any guess when they'll get to Dec? (NOA 1 of Dec 1) 

1 minute ago, Californiansunset said:

"I did a religious Ceremony for marriage in may." ... since you already did the religious ceremony according to your first post, you are already too married for a K1. jfyi

I think you quoted the wrong person lol

1 minute ago, missileman said:

A denied K-1 will have zero effect on a later CR-1......zero....

Thank you! In the case my K-1 doesnt get approved in time, Ill have her come down to the US, do the religious  ceremony and legal court marriage as planned, withdraw the k-1, have her go back to her home country, and file CR-1.  Does this sound good? 

5 hours ago, Going through said:

Sometimes USCIS deems you "too married" for a K1 since, in essence, you had a ceremony overseen by an officiant (the religious scholar you mentioned above).

 

Now, in terms of the CR-1...you need to have a legal wedding ceremony before applying, not just a religious one.

Will having the k1 denied the first time based on them thinking you are married already affect CR-1 in anyway? Do they frown upon K1 denials in the CR-1 world?

2 hours ago, Naes said:

I create them myself, you can also check status information of overall cases using a case tracker app (which lets you check up to 4000 cases per 2 days)

 

Which app would you recommend for tracking? I searched on Google Play Store and there was so many. 

On 1/20/2018 at 2:30 AM, Naes said:

Hellloooooooo Everyone  

 

June and July had a big update of case statuses yesterday.

They updated backdated approvals too. 

 

This is the details of work done in January (only updated cases)

 

 

	June	July	Total
Jan W1	231	4	235
Jan W2	311	22	333
Jan W3	551	323	874
Total	1093	349	1442

 

I'm sure you can see how different it looks when they actually update things online!

We still have lots of cases (dates) that are not updated in the first part of June. 

But here are the latest view into every month!

 

	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
Approved	1317	263	13	6		1		1600
Received	1358	2941	3519	3176	3770	3304	3297	21365
Touched	996	206	139	129	128	67	27	1692
Excluded	370	386	404	287	244	205	185	2081
Total	4041	3796	4075	3598	4142	3577	3509	26738

 

 

The latest date they touched at the moment is July 14.

 

DISCLAIMER: Here on are my personal educated opinion.

 

Now my thoughts on this from watching how it flowed in the past is that hopefully they are going to change processing times to July 1 as of November 31. in order to let the June filers be able to officially start inquiries (I am really hoping of this even though I know it is not correct)

 

July is definitely going stronger than how April, May and June did. by having this much ahead with this many approvals in only 1 week didn't happen for a long time.

Please continue watching around carefully. For those in the September, please still do not put money on anything and watch for when and how August will start.

For everyone else, If I were you, before making firm plans I would watch for how things are going on 3 months ahead of you.

 

Even though there is improvement (looks like it) the improvement is not from a perfect place, this improvement still makes lots of July filers get to 200 days. And June filers are already 200+ days. NVC right now is taking about 40 days (although not for everyone). So when you are planning ahead keep all these in mind and calculate as if K1 will finish in 10-12 months.

 

Basically calculate the worst but hope for the best!! Because your positivity will keep you and your relationship healthy and happy!! But being realistic will save your sanity!

 

I'll be here with any other update if I get anything else during the weekends!

 

Good luck to all of us!

Thanks for the update! 

What does the "excluded" category include/mean? 

12 minutes ago, Naes said:

 

I was at work for 12,5 hours today. I worked for 35 minutes. 

Love it! What was the rest of the time spent on?

I have not had the ceremony but you should take the passport photos just in case. Get them from Costco for cheap. 

14 minutes ago, payxibka said:

What country?

Canada 

6 minutes ago, NikLR said:

As long as you legally need to be in the country to marry.   But at interview spending time with your spouse is better.  Time spent together is the best source of a genuine relationship most people have, and is essential for high fraud country.  

I see you are from Canada, same as my fiancee. I am not sure if Canada is considered a high fraud country but the plan would be for me to go to Canada (on my passport as I am a USC) and get married to her within a week or two of my arrival. Then I wish to come back and file the I-130. I have known my fiancee since July of last year. 

Questions: How long do you have to be in a foreign country before you can get legally married in that country , come back to the US, and file the I-130? 

Does the USCIS look down upon marriages that happen a few days of entry to a foreign country even though you have known your significant other longer that that ? 

44 minutes ago, Naes said:

There is a case tracker app (which lets you also search for other cases easily and do a scan of 500 cases each time, there's a case status app from spinach which in android it gives notifications- in iPhone I really don't know why I even have it.

 

however to check your own case I'd say use uscis website - the case tracker there is where all these apps and we as the scanner gets our information. Because that's the only legit one and everyone should check their case status there, if it doesn't show anything there we don't have it. 

 

 

As for analysis and statistics, it is really hard to do anything right now even though we are trying our best. They are not updating the information, we have a lot of (tons of) rfe and approvals that are not updated in the system. So we cannot actually analyze if it's getting better or not at the moment. Hoping things will pick up soon!  

Question: Does the historical VJ K1 processing Timeline take into consideration those who also got rfes? if so, Wouldn't that inflate (extend) time lines? 

Who here thinks the Trump administration is what is causing such Hugh delays in K1 processing? 

It is interesting to note how after his election, processing times have sky rocketed. All we can do is hope it gets faster.

Just now, iamdegie said:

how far along in the K1 process are you? If your fiancee comes to the US with the intention to stay and remain and adjust that would be fraud. She can enter, you guys get married and then she leaves to wait out the CR1 process back home.

We are waiting for NOA2 now since December. Yes, she will not adjust status here (which is fraud). We would get married here, she would go back to Canada, and wait for the i130. Follow up question would be :Can she visit while i130/cr1 is being processed? 

1 minute ago, missileman said:

Where do you plan to marry?  First you said Canada, now you say here.

I am still planning the best option (marriage either here or the US). I want to make sure if it is here, we don't trigger some 90 day rule even though in the K1 packet we said we have a religious ceremony planned for July (just a ceremony and not a legal marriage). When we legally get married it would be through the court and registered. 

Yes, if we go down this route of marrying here and then doing the i130, we would drop the K1 as it is taking forever for approval. Would that impact anything? 

Hello VJ Community. I have known my Candia fiancee for over a year now. I myself am a USC. We do have a pending K1 but being process times are taking longer than usual, we want to get married. The goal is to have the marriage here in the US and then file I130. If the Canadian-born  fiancee comes and gets married here (enters via passport) within a short period of time (within a month of arrival), will that trigger the 90 day rule that the USCIS looks at for fraud? 

If I go to Canada and get married then file i130 when I get back to America,  does the 90 day rule still apply? 

Thanks everyone for their input. Just hate how long K1 is taking nowadays. anyone else have any input into this? 

Hello VJ Community! So currently, I have a k-1 pending (waiting for NOA2). We have a religious ceremony set for August. My Finace is from Canada and is able to come to America with his passport. Knowing how crazy long the wait times for K-1 approval have become, I have been thinking the following

1) If the K-1 is not approved by the time the religious ceremony is held, my canadian fiancee will come to the states to attend the religious ceremony (it will not be registered with the county/state) 

2) After the religious ceremony, he would return back to Canada to finish the steps for the K-1.

3) If he is denied for the k-1 based on the religious ceremony (most likely), can I go to Canada and do the legal court marriage there and file for cr1 based off that?

Would this cause any issues for cr1 approval? 

Hello all, I have a Canadian fiance and we have a tentative religious ceremony here in the US in August. The K-1 is pending (no NOA2 yet). Is he allowed to come as a visitor and attend the relgious ceremony? After the religious ceremony, he can go back and finish steps required for the K-1. Once he gets here we can do the court marriage. Thoughts? 

For us December 2017 filers, is setting a religious ceremony (in the US) date in Dec 2018, a good call? I doubt it will take 13 months for K1 to get approved. Thoughts?