Roger & Grace

I would not do it.  Why?  Because they will feel your hiding something.. So what else could you be hiding? = RED FLAG  
 
After the Trump win, they are looking at EVERYTHING.. which I am OK with,  it's needed!  I'm just stating the facts!  How anyone for whatever reason can argue its OK to let massive undocumented illegals into the USA when we file, and wait and do it legally and wait yet again, pay fees, wait and pray daily,  it's beyond me. 
 
They are looking at everything! And FYI, I'm a deplorable, 55 year old white male, divorced, 2 kids, red hat wearing, happy with the choice who is in charge, I was looking for love, and found it,  now I am proud LEGALLY bringing her into the USA !  That's the way its supposed to be! 
 

I don't intent to mention it unless they ask, of course, but I have seen the case of many Brazilians that had they religious wedding in Brazil before they move to US and they had no problems at all. I have just one friend that said they gave her a bit of a had time on the interview for the green card, but she could prove that was not a legal wedding (though it was a big and beautiful wedding), so they understood it and approved her. 

Congrats Akes. Happy to hear that you got your approval. Still waiting for mine. I am a 12/21/2016 received date so hoping that it will be this week. Going by your latest update only 188 cases for that received date yet to be touched. Wish me luck!!!

That would be great. It is serious and ceremony that joins the both of you as husband and wife is frowned up by the embassy whether it be informal or formal. I think it would be safe if you do not mention at your interview about doing the ceremony after you get the visa before you formally enter the states as that could be a red flag. 

Thanks for the advice! wow, really seems dangerous. We will need to cross our fingers and hope for it to be approved prior to the date, otherwise we will need to call off everything. Now it got me even more anxious! 

People here have done things like that and then gotten to the interview and the consular officer has found out about those ceremonies and denied them the visas on the grounds that they are "too married for a K1 and 'not married enough for a CR-1'."
 
There is a very real possibility they could find out, so be prepared to get fully married in that case because if they find out your only recourse will be to marry and file for CR1.

Congratulations! So happy for you and your fiance! 

I hope it is this fast here in Brazil too. Well, actually, we will be having a religious only ceremony in Brazil for my family and friends on July 15th and we hope we can have like a week of honeymoon and then I can go to US with him right away. But, Lord forbid, the visa is not ready yet, at least we have some more time until August 26th. I know everyone here agree that waiting for this visa is just such big headache. Not be able to plan for sure anything and be waiting on this for our lives moving on is very stressful. But I hope we all have approved visas inside time frames!  And this website is great support, thank you all! 

Wow so happy for you
hope all december filers get an approval this week so we are brxt

That's fantastic news! Congratulations for both of you, and thank you for all of the support you're giving to everyone else with the scans and your overall positivity. 

And now the good news: (at least for me and my fiance)
 
WE GOT APPROVED!!! :)))))))))))))))))))))))
 
I can not describe, how happy I am. But right before I had a long talk with my fiance, because he was overthinking and couldn't sleep til 4 am.
And a few mins after hanging up, I checked my mails and realized, that we got the notice while we talked. Now I cannot wake him up, because he's already short at sleep.
BUT I'M SO HAPPY AND NEED TO SHARE THAT FEELING!
 
So for all the lovely couples still waiting: PLEASE DON'T GIVE UP! YOUR TIME WILL COME SOON AS WELL!!! 

Cases for December updated 4/3/2017: 168
Approved: 130
RFEs: 27
Other: 11
*Only cases starting with a receiving date of Dec 1 onward*
 
Details for December only: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1QbA9c-L-c1T3ViT0xFREJFOVE
 

I guess it depends on the embassy but I know some women for instance Filipina overseas workers in Hong Kong after NOA approved recently only take 1 1/2 months.  So we're hoping approved this week or next week and here late May or June in the USA.  
 
Find a good direct flight ASAP and get her here to USA!   And get on with our lives 

I certainly hope you have visa in hand by August.  We will probably be september or october.

102 days of waiting for the NAO2. I'm getting nervous. Maybe we shouldn't but we already have an wedding date. Lots of prayers to have it ready before the wedding (Aug 26th).

Keep checking, ours got there in five days!

Me too. I got the typical "it can take up to six weeks for us to receive case" line.

Same question! Praying for some news this week! My app was received Dec 21 and hardcopy NOA1 received Jan 2.
 
Good luck everyone

Since it's a non immigrant visa on the basis of marriage you would make it for 3 months

Yeah, I learned you project the return date for 3 months.  And projected travel date is just a projection

Hi guys it only asks you to state Intended date of travel not return. And you should just put a random date say a month of two months from when you fill out your DS 160.
This is the link I followed to complete mine and its quite detailed.
https://www.fil-amsociety.com/uploads/1/9/6/8/19688741/ds_160_guide2.pdf

Confirmed. Nvc sent us to immigrant as well when we called (but gave us our case number anyway). My telephone-phobic fiance was freaking out. I later used the non-immigrant side nvc and it couldn't find my case number, while the immigrant side did.

lol I was referring to searching the status of the visa via their website 

So was I with regards the second part of my support. Was just adding the fact that a lot of us are also calling the wrong number, which supports the website fact as well.

Yup the waiting game sucks. Every level of the process is waiting and waiting. 
 
I called NVC today and the guy told me nope its not here yet. 😫