Anyo2016

On 3/17/2022 at 10:34 AM, Anyo2016 said:

My husband's case was approved (WAC).On March 16, 2022, we approved your Form I-751.

March 16, 2022 Case Was Approved

March 15, 2022 We ordered your new card.

July 1, 2021 We received your Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence.

Update: We received the card in the mail today. (03.22.22) 

On 3/17/2022 at 12:21 PM, Anne Richard said:

Wow congratulations under 1 year this is wonderful  🍾 🎊🎉 

Thanks! We received the card today. (03.22.22)

15 hours ago, Aziz 33 said:

No interview?? 

No, we didn’t need to as we did one for the 2 year. We received the card today. (03:22.22)

My husband received the biometrics waiver (Notice Date 10/30/21) today (11/05/21).  Our case is at the California Service Center (WAC). 

On 10/22/2021 at 11:15 AM, SweetPotato said:

Just got the new I-797 letter with 24 month extension! Yay, I guess? (My case is in California Service Center.) Grateful it's not an RFE (yet) and it's just back to the waiting game.

Good Afternoon,

My husband received his 24 month extension letter (Notice date 10/19/21) today. He is also California Service Center (WAC). The waiting game continues, but hopefully soon we hear about the biometrics. 

5 hours ago, tsonggo said:

We had our interview in Honolulu yesterday but didn't get an immediate approval, I checked this morning on the old site and MY Case was APPROVED.. The interview was straightforward but my husband(fiancee) struggled a little on his old addresses and job timeline as we didn't review that information before the interview . Anyway , see you guys in forums again in a couple of years😀

Ignore my comment on your page. We had our interview this morning and did not receive an immediate approval. My husband struggled with the previous address question and dates he lived there. So now it’s a waiting game. 

On 10/3/2018 at 10:09 AM, Justus247 said:

Have been checking online since couple of days to book for k1 visa appointment , it keep saying appointment currently not available ...any experience please share 

Email them LagosIV@state.gov stating your Case Number, USCIS Receipt Number, Principal Applicant Name, Passport Number, DS 160 Confirmation Number, Petitioner Name and expiration date of NOA2. Then let them know you are unable to schedule an appointment online and ask them when will they open up the calendar for the next set of appointments.

K1 Packet.pdf

On 7/22/2018 at 4:09 AM, Ijndchyke said:

Hi everyone! 

 

Ive been receiving MULTIPLE emails about the process I took and how come my own case seems to be going fast and first and fore most I’d like to inform everyone I did a lot of research, was very proactive and was consistent with emailing/calling NVC. So I’ve made notes on the steps and procedures I personally took after receiving my NOA2 and I will post them here for anyone interested. This is for the K1 VISA ONLY. Not the K3 spousal visa. 

 

Please be advised I am not asking anyone to follow my steps, step by step. I am just merely offering information on how I did ours. 

 

 

Thanks and Goodluck! 

    0.   https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/interview.html
this link will provide information about the steps NVC takes once your case is approved by USCIS. 

‭2. (603) 334-0888‬
This is the number for NVC you’ll call to obtain the case and invoice id numbers. You’ll need your USCIS case number, the full name of both the applicant and beneficiary and both birthdays in order to receive any information from them. So have that in handy. Some nvc officers will also ask for email address. If you don’t have one on file with them you can update it at this time. You can also request to add an email address to your case. They have an email address you can email to obtain information but their response time to the emails is terrible. You’d have to wait weeks, even months. 

Note: if you call them and it’s been 2 weeks or more since your case has been approved with USCIS and they’re still telling you they have not received your case, hang up. Call back again then tell the next person you need to expedite your case due to severe financial loss and you were told you needed your case id number to do so. It’ll be better if the petitioner calls NVC for this information. Remember to get both the case and invoice ID number 

    0.   https://ceac.state.gov/ceacstattracker/status.aspx           once you obtain a case number from NVC, this is the link you’ll use to check the status of your case at NVC. It’ll say “At NVC” if NVC is still working on your case. “In Transit” if it is on its way to the consulate. “Ready” once the consulate has received it and this is the time they’d prefer for you to set up your interview. Though they’ll be a slight delay waiting for them. As long as your status changes to ready before your interview date you should be fine. 
    0.   https://ceac.state.gov/GenNIV/Default.aspx This is the link you’ll use to fill out the DS-160. You can either fill this out prior to paying the $265 visa fee at GTBank or after. I’d suggest after so you can set up interview immediately after filing the DS-160. 
    0.   http://www.ustraveldocs.com/   This is the link you’ll use to set up interview. Have this in handy with you when setting up the interview: The confirmation number/visa application number from the DS-160 confirmation page. Your receipt number from the GTBank for the visa fee you paid, the case ID number and the USCIS case number.
    0.   https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/family-immigration/nonimmigrant-visa-for-a-fiance-k-1.html#1 This link provides a guide on the steps and procedures for the K1 visa. It’ll give you information on the documentation you need to have ready, an overview or much more. 
    0.   https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/iv-dv-supplemental/LGS-Lagos.pdf this link will provide you with the steps to take for medical exam. It’ll also have the pre-interview checklist and list of approved physicians. Please call them or rather go see them to make inquiries because the information the consulate gives online is inaccurate to what actually happens. Their hours of operation for medical exam is not what it says online. They are not open from 8am-5pm. They’re only open from 8am-10am. Make inquiries first! Call, go there! Don’t assume. 
    0.    Here’s the information on how to obtain the police certificate : Applicants need to contact the Deputy Inspector General, Criminal Investigation Department, Nigeria Police Force, Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria.  The applicant should bring information regarding their full name, place and date of birth, nationality, passport number, date and place of issuance (for current passport or passport used during applicant's stay in Nigeria), exact periods of residence in Nigeria and addresses where applicant resided.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Nigeria.html  This is link I got the information from. 
    0.    You’ll need your original birth certificate and a photo copy for the interview. Also I’d advise getting the declaration of age and having that handy. My uncle said you’ll need that once you migrate here. You can obtain your birth certificate from the local government/hospital you were born in. Make sure the name on the application filed with uscis matches the name on the birth certificate. I don’t know anything about name changes so you might have to make inquiries on your own about name changes. You can obtain the declaration of age at the National Population Commission. Here’s their link with their contact info, location e.t.c http://population.gov.ng/contact-us/
    0.    For anything that you do throughout this process, I’d suggest having your international passport with you when you go make inquiries or go to these appointments. Get new passport photos. Remember they are only valid if you’ve gotten them done within 6 months and has not passed the 6 months gap. Also, make photocopies and also have the originals of every single document you are taking with you to your interview. People often get confused so let me elaborate on this, the DS-260 is for people filing spousal K3 visa. Their process is different. The K1 visa applicants fill out the DS-160. On the affidavit of support. The I-864 is for k3 visas/family based visas. The I-134 is for K1 visas, b1/b2 visas etc. 

 

I hope this information helps! Good luck on your process and I wish you all the best. 

Hello again,

I have a few questions about scheduling the interview. We keep running into there are no available appts.

1. How long did it take you? They received our file on 09/18 and we email them on last week. They sent us the information packet including the medical forms.
2. How often did you check for appts? When's the best time to check?  I check and call everyday, but all I'm getting is the scripted speech.
3. Since you got approved. Did you buy your ticket yet? if so, did you purchase one way or roundtrip? 

Thanks so much

1 hour ago, sunshinefemi2014 said:

me and my fiance have been noticing appointments some weeks to months after the consulate receives the case, my question is are those appointments the first available? i know some people may not have medicals or police report done, i have read that those are needed to schedule the interview but someone stated they did the medical and police while their case was at NVC and had an appointment 3 weeks after consulate received. i was hoping to go to the interview and spend christmas with his family again. please share any experiences

Good Afternoon,

I'm sorry, but I wish I knew the answers. My fiance and I are having trouble scheduling his interview. It states that there are no current appointments available. We have emailed them and no answer so far. He called them yesterday and they said we have to schedule interview ourselves because I thought maybe they would since we couldn't online. He's done everything except the medical and police. He called one of the Dr. Offices and they said he will need the interview letter before he can be seen. FYI. I'm not sure you can attend the interview from my research you will be seated outside of the embassy. I would email them for an actual answer. 

7 hours ago, Bure said:

done everything except medicals. Interview date is first week in November.  How I wish I could bring it closer😥

Good Afternoon Bure,

How and when did you schedule your appointment? I tried and it said There are no available appts. This is the 2nd day. Should I have my fiance call the embassy? He's completed the DS 160 and paid the fee; he needs to do the medical and police cert.

On 7/22/2018 at 4:09 AM, Ijndchyke said:

Hi everyone! 

 

Ive been receiving MULTIPLE emails about the process I took and how come my own case seems to be going fast and first and fore most I’d like to inform everyone I did a lot of research, was very proactive and was consistent with emailing/calling NVC. So I’ve made notes on the steps and procedures I personally took after receiving my NOA2 and I will post them here for anyone interested. This is for the K1 VISA ONLY. Not the K3 spousal visa. 

 

Please be advised I am not asking anyone to follow my steps, step by step. I am just merely offering information on how I did ours. 

 

 

Thanks and Goodluck! 

    0.   https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/interview.html
this link will provide information about the steps NVC takes once your case is approved by USCIS. 

‭2. (603) 334-0888‬
This is the number for NVC you’ll call to obtain the case and invoice id numbers. You’ll need your USCIS case number, the full name of both the applicant and beneficiary and both birthdays in order to receive any information from them. So have that in handy. Some nvc officers will also ask for email address. If you don’t have one on file with them you can update it at this time. You can also request to add an email address to your case. They have an email address you can email to obtain information but their response time to the emails is terrible. You’d have to wait weeks, even months. 

Note: if you call them and it’s been 2 weeks or more since your case has been approved with USCIS and they’re still telling you they have not received your case, hang up. Call back again then tell the next person you need to expedite your case due to severe financial loss and you were told you needed your case id number to do so. It’ll be better if the petitioner calls NVC for this information. Remember to get both the case and invoice ID number 

    0.   https://ceac.state.gov/ceacstattracker/status.aspx           once you obtain a case number from NVC, this is the link you’ll use to check the status of your case at NVC. It’ll say “At NVC” if NVC is still working on your case. “In Transit” if it is on its way to the consulate. “Ready” once the consulate has received it and this is the time they’d prefer for you to set up your interview. Though they’ll be a slight delay waiting for them. As long as your status changes to ready before your interview date you should be fine. 
    0.   https://ceac.state.gov/GenNIV/Default.aspx This is the link you’ll use to fill out the DS-160. You can either fill this out prior to paying the $265 visa fee at GTBank or after. I’d suggest after so you can set up interview immediately after filing the DS-160. 
    0.   http://www.ustraveldocs.com/   This is the link you’ll use to set up interview. Have this in handy with you when setting up the interview: The confirmation number/visa application number from the DS-160 confirmation page. Your receipt number from the GTBank for the visa fee you paid, the case ID number and the USCIS case number.
    0.   https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/family-immigration/nonimmigrant-visa-for-a-fiance-k-1.html#1 This link provides a guide on the steps and procedures for the K1 visa. It’ll give you information on the documentation you need to have ready, an overview or much more. 
    0.   https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/iv-dv-supplemental/LGS-Lagos.pdf this link will provide you with the steps to take for medical exam. It’ll also have the pre-interview checklist and list of approved physicians. Please call them or rather go see them to make inquiries because the information the consulate gives online is inaccurate to what actually happens. Their hours of operation for medical exam is not what it says online. They are not open from 8am-5pm. They’re only open from 8am-10am. Make inquiries first! Call, go there! Don’t assume. 
    0.    Here’s the information on how to obtain the police certificate : Applicants need to contact the Deputy Inspector General, Criminal Investigation Department, Nigeria Police Force, Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria.  The applicant should bring information regarding their full name, place and date of birth, nationality, passport number, date and place of issuance (for current passport or passport used during applicant's stay in Nigeria), exact periods of residence in Nigeria and addresses where applicant resided.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Nigeria.html  This is link I got the information from. 
    0.    You’ll need your original birth certificate and a photo copy for the interview. Also I’d advise getting the declaration of age and having that handy. My uncle said you’ll need that once you migrate here. You can obtain your birth certificate from the local government/hospital you were born in. Make sure the name on the application filed with uscis matches the name on the birth certificate. I don’t know anything about name changes so you might have to make inquiries on your own about name changes. You can obtain the declaration of age at the National Population Commission. Here’s their link with their contact info, location e.t.c http://population.gov.ng/contact-us/
    0.    For anything that you do throughout this process, I’d suggest having your international passport with you when you go make inquiries or go to these appointments. Get new passport photos. Remember they are only valid if you’ve gotten them done within 6 months and has not passed the 6 months gap. Also, make photocopies and also have the originals of every single document you are taking with you to your interview. People often get confused so let me elaborate on this, the DS-260 is for people filing spousal K3 visa. Their process is different. The K1 visa applicants fill out the DS-160. On the affidavit of support. The I-864 is for k3 visas/family based visas. The I-134 is for K1 visas, b1/b2 visas etc. 

 

I hope this information helps! Good luck on your process and I wish you all the best. 

Good Afternoon, 

Please could you let me know if the I-134 Form requires a wet signature or could I scan the documents to my fiance?