AbenaKofi

Hehe 👋 
 
This feels like first day of kindergarten 

thaaanks my dear  finally!!!
now i'm waiting for the update of the status and we're on! BAM BAM BAM!!!

guys - the day has come!!!!!!
 
WE GOT OUR NVC CASE NUMBER (AND INVOICE NUMBER?)
 
after calling now with feeling like #######, i started "if i just hear now the sentence of the 8 weeks, i'd prefer to talk to a supervisor as we are running out of patience" and dear Max said "well i can give you your case number, it's just still at NVC so you can't really do more" ....
i apologised for my little temper of course, as it wasn't his fault that i was so upset! he laughed and said it was ok as he can only imagine how
we feel  
 
so let the fun begin!!!! now i hope it will be in transit shortly and arrive at the embassy so we can move forward! bam bam bam
 
my energy is slowly starting to get back
 
 

Okay everyone, here is Reni and I timeline:
 
Medical Exam: April 18th at 8:00 am (Wednesday)
Interview: April 27th at 10:00 am (Friday)
 
Fee paid and DS-160 has been submitted (by Reni) and he has 2 copies of the confirmation page and he also emailed me the confirmation so that I can make additional copies here and bring them with me (I'm OCD so I always believe in the backup to the backup)
 
The interview date MIGHT change only because, the JA Embassy did not allow me to select any dates in May as the calendar was grayed out. Leads me to believe that since we're still in the beginning portion of April, May might not become available until next week, so Reni and I MIGHT change the date to May 4th which is the following Monday and that would be because it would only be 9 days between the medical and interview and although the hospital is right across the street from the Embassy, there's no way in knowing how slow Andrews will be with walking it across the street. In a perfect world, all of this won't matter and it will there because Reni has a clean bill of health and God may give us a break with waiting any longer than necessary since we've waited almost a year to get to this point. I will let you guys know if we change it but worse case scenario, we go to the interview on the 27th and they tell us we're approved contingent on the medical exam and I have to call every day and night to make sure that the medical gets there so they can process the visa. (I'm trying to remain positive that I won't have to do this but....well, you guys already know what I'm gonna say about that, lol).
 
I will be flying down on April 26th to attend the interview (or May 3rd if we change the interview date to May 4th).  Again, in a perfect world, the medical exam will be there and in a SHINIER perfect world, the CO will say that they will expedite processing our visa to allow him to fly back with me. I will probably stay until May 6th if we don't change the date, but if the interview is on May 4th I will have to fly back home early and when he's ready to fly here I will fly back for a quick weekend trip to help him get everything in order so we can fly back together (estimate that would be the weekend of May 20th). I'm hoping and praying things can stay the way they are because May 20th would be 2 days before we filed our fiancé petition a year ago, although I know I gotta find some patience from somewhere.
 
Either way, WE ARE READY TO GO!!!!! 

@Swissmiss82 i was there too. Tomorrow is a different week and hope you get it soon. 

nope - nothing.... 
 
so i hope whoever reads this and feels i'm negative and should give NVC more time, 
will NOW understand why i'm past frustrated after having the file there for 15 days, and seeing others
have NOA2 10-12 days after me, and currently seeing their case got to the embassy already and they already planned 
medical and embassy appointments.. i feel i have the right to be pissed and upset...
 
but yeah... as always - nothing i can do at this point so it is what it is.....

I think his case is with the Ghana embassy not the Benin embassy.

You may want to contact them by phone or email. If you go to the Embassy's website and look at the process for the K1 they have posted information for the CR-1 (married couple) and not the K1 procedures. I guess they don't check their work.
 
Consular Officer: Foley, Timothy J
01 B.P. 2012, Cotonou – Benin
Tel: (229) 21 30 06 50
Fax: (229) 21 30 66 82
Email: IVCotonou@state.gov

My case was expedited to the Embassy and we are still waiting for an appointment. No return emails and people are very unhelpful on the phone. This is like a never ending process

This is becoming a regular feature of this forum - USCs who can't afford tickets for their Filipina fiancées:
 
 
How is he going to feed and house the two of you for months until you can work if he can't even afford a few hundred for a plane ticket? Or can't you buy your own ticket? Maybe he will need to move to the Philippines where at least you can work. 

Why don't you buy yourself the ticket? You can use a credit card if you have one.  Can his family/parents help with the ticket? What is his diagnosis?

If I were you I will call them as soon as my case is transferred from NVC to the embassy to get a feel how things are going workout. You might be lucky. You loose nothing trying so, give them a call.

I think it doesn't apply for our cases
 
"The All Other Nonimmigrant Visa wait time DOES NOT include K or V visa applications, which are processed similar to immigrant visas.  A, G, and NATO applications are excluded from these wait times, as they are processed separately."

Hope so too! Some couples got it by email within 1-2 months, and one couple has been waiting four months 😒.  I’m just hoping for the best - I’ll give it 4-6 weeks before I start harassing the embassy.   Apparently they release interview dates in batches, and we just have to wait. As they say, TIA (this is Africa)!

Happy Friday everyone! We are still hangin’ in there - the NVC sent our case to Ghana on April 3.  Now we’re in limbo - waiting to receive “Packet 3” from the embassy (which never comes for some couples 😫) and also waiting for appointments to open up online (currently no interview appointments available!). I’ll admit I was on the verge of tears after learning that there were no appointments available, but I’m working through it,  and we’ll keep checking 🙂.  Have a good weekend, all!

Happy Friday everyone! We are still hangin’ in there - the NVC sent our case to Ghana on April 3.  Now we’re in limbo - waiting to receive “Packet 3” from the embassy (which never comes for some couples 😫) and also waiting for appointments to open up online (currently no interview appointments available!). I’ll admit I was on the verge of tears after learning that there were no appointments available, but I’m working through it,  and we’ll keep checking 🙂.  Have a good weekend, all!

One of the first things we did before we ever submitted an application (granted we went the K1 route opposed to CR1) was do research to see how Sweden registers in general when it comes to approvals. We wanted to know what we were up against. Fortunately, Sweden is a pretty neutral country. So it's easy for me to say what I would do in a different situation. However, I would like to think if we were dealing with a less than neutral country, such as a high fraud area, we would do our best to prepare for that. Extra research. Extra information. Double checking once, twice, maybe three times that every T is crossed and every I is dotted. Expect pushback. Expect them to be tough on us. But on the other hand, it is easy to go into it knowing your relationship is valid and expect that to speak for itself. Unfortunately, that is not always the case.

Found this website
 
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/wait-times.html

Hello,
 
Yes, we were able to schedule a new interview. I didn't hear back from the traveldocs website about re-using our existing GT Bank fee (since he was turned away at the first interview) until after we paid a new fee, and then when they did reply their response was just basically, "Hey, we see you scheduled a new interview," so there was no real resolution of whether or not they would have allowed us to reschedule using the same fee. Since another person posted they were told a new fee was required (they didn't specify who told them this, but I assume it was the U.S. Embassy) I just figured we might as well do the same thing so we could reschedule as quickly as possible. The only date available when I did schedule was in early May, and I scheduled it a couple of weeks ago, so I have no idea what the nearest date is to schedule one now.
 
I wish you guys the very best of luck too. I hope you get the Package 3 email very soon. Keep an eye on the petitioner's email account as that's where it is sent.
 
After the long wait we will have our answer soon, but I am sure they will clearly see the real and life-long love we have for each other and approve him coming to me. That will be the happiest day in my life.
 
Wallace 

Hmmmm... we have received our receipt from nvc and our case has been ready for almost 4 months now without any mail from the embassy. I have emailed them for several times but they don’t respond. 

It was very safe! Lots of families out at night, super clean. The trains were spotless, way nicer than San Francisco.  We enjoyed ourselves very much, it’s very built up so plenty of malls and attractions but my favorite parts were the excursions into the desert. 

We went to Dubai UAE last month; he did need a visa but it’s a popular destination for West Africans so it wasn’t a big deal.  Hope that helps!

Abena kofi. How long did it take you before you received the packet 3

Hello March-mates
Like our silent NOA2 - my packet arrived yesterday😍 Again there is NO Update via online. I'm a bit worried as most you guys got your nvc case numbers and started to track the status. We haven't read through all the instructions inside the packet yet but we're really happy it came earlier than expected.
For those couples out there with the same case like ours (no update via online at all) I know it's driving you crazy and testing your patience but keep tight and buckle up to your surprise one of these days your packet will be at your doorstep.
 
NOA1 - 11Sep2017
NOA2 - 13Mar2018
Packet Received - 4Apr2018
 

You'll just have to keep checking back until a spot becomes available. The Ghana embassy is a very busy embassy and with only a certain number of interview spots available each day, it can take some time to schedule an interview.