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I'm not sure what "red flags" means these days... but we were approved on 11/30 (he is happily living in the US with me now!) and I really feel it was based on what was proved in the I129f and then how the fiance presents in the interview. But these days and with this current administration - who knows. We had "red flags", so to speak - age gap, I am divorced and have been married on a K3 Visa (England) before, his parents don't approve so I've never met them, he has never left India, we had no wedding plans or invites, I couldn't come to the interview - all the things all the people/forums tell you to have or not to have. He brought $200 worth of printed papers to the interview, not one piece was looked at by that C.O. except for the I129F papers. I just really feel it has to come down to something financial, something missed or off in the I129F, or something off in the interview (when you are nervous). I feel like the "good news" is that the 221g is the time to present as much evidence as you can then. Just go for it. If you have any questions on the $200 worth of printing we did and how (we literally covered it all) - you can message me and I can give you a run down from witness statements, itineraries, zomato and grocery delivery receipts, etc. Anything that had to do with "us" was printed, any photo, any conversation, it didn't matter - they asked for it they were getting it!

BEYOND stressful x1000!!! Thanks for the congrats!!!! Really, feel free to message with any questions. Visa Journey is a nice family!

40 minutes ago, Annie74 said:

@Puneet12, 😮 they need all those as proof too ? I’m thinking of court wedding if not a very simple function at a temple. 

Hi - this post has gotten confusing! In some cases they might ask for proof depending on what your wedding plans are. If you are having a court wedding then there would be no proof or receipts or venue or guest list!  It is my belief that you just can't be wishy washy about it. Don't say that you have a wedding planned but show no proof. We were approved at our interview on Nov 30th and we are having a court wedding, sometime in the 90 days when my fiance arrives. Please let me know if this helps at all or feel free to message me if you have any other questions!

I'm so sorry, this is awful to hear 😢. Don't give up!  What does the 221g say. Are you able to post it here? Do you have a more "complicated" case like age gap, divorce, less visits perhaps? Were you both together at the interview? Any info you can share. You must have been so discouraged 😟

On 10/24/2018 at 11:45 PM, Knome said:

Thanks a lot....we got an RFE for petitioner s passport size photo...which v replied back on 17 th oct...still waiting for NOA2

Hoping the NOA2 comes soon for you both! Fingers crossed. That RFE was pretty "easy" at least!

On 9/29/2018 at 11:25 AM, Knome said:

thanks a lot for sharing your experience and providing info...me n my fiance are same sex couple and v also had previous marriages that too with opposite sex ... idk how our case is going to be now  we are march 19 K1 filers and we havent got any updates on NOA2.... we are jus feeling so restless day by day

Wishing both of you the best of luck!!! This must be doubly hard because there are no other same sex couples here to share stories with. I support you - keep me updated!

18 hours ago, WhatAWait! said:

Well you are right. I too saw that they displayed the available dates on the left side like your screen shot. I wanted to make sure I had my medical appt set before taking the interview date which was my mistake. Now no dates are available. I have called them many times but they only give you generic answer- keep trying and when dates are available it will be displayed.

We too waited to go over our DS 160 "one more time" and then....     I even tweeted (but didn't include Ken Juster the head of it,  I got nervous to include him) and contacted them on FB. Same reply. It would be one thing if you could get past the OFC. But most often you can't even get past that. Let's see if there is another system update this weekend, perhaps? Be ready! I know it's not just K1 experiencing it. All visa applicants sadly. Also, they are closed half of November on Holiday lol. 

Just now, LoriandSwaroop said:

Hi - this is my very 1st time commenting on anything, I have been following so many things for so long. Did anyone notice that things changed after this past weekend? I realize that tons of people are trying to book visa appts at only 5 locations but why does it say that there are OFC openings yet you can't choose any of them?  We were able to somehow book an appointment, with no help from their customer service (how on earth can they be getting the same issue we are, they have no helpdesk to go behind the scenes?) on Monday but only if I did it from the U.S. Now, however, it doesn't work at all (I know, because if you go on reschedule, you can try to choose a new date to see if anything earlier has been released and it won't cancel, just like the screenshots you showed). 

Below, you can see what it looked like before last weekend - it showed the next available date on the lefthand side 

On 10/9/2018 at 9:37 PM, WhatAWait! said:

No we have not received any package-4 from the Embassy. I have been trying to book an appointment for the interview on the ustraveldocs site. For OFC it seems like there are plenty of availability but when you go to confirm it says currently no dates are available- push the back button to select a different dates. I have tried to book an appointment for as far away as December 31st- but nothing seem to be available. I contacted the ustraveldocs in India - They say there are no apt available and I need to keep checking from time to time to see if the embassy has released more slots. That is super frustrating. After paying the fee, I assumed they will atleast give me an option to chose a date no matter how far. Please let me know if you have booked yours yet?

Hi - this is my very 1st time commenting on anything, I have been following so many things for so long. Did anyone notice that things changed after this past weekend? I realize that tons of people are trying to book visa appts at only 5 locations but why does it say that there are OFC openings yet you can't choose any of them?  We were able to somehow book an appointment, with no help from their customer service (how on earth can they be getting the same issue we are, they have no helpdesk to go behind the scenes?) on Monday but only if I did it from the U.S. Now, however, it doesn't work at all (I know, because if you go on reschedule, you can try to choose a new date to see if anything earlier has been released and it won't cancel, just like the screenshots you showed).