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There has been a lot of discussion throughout the threads so you must have missed them. No it will not affect the process currently as your kind donations have so far been enough to keep them open. If they burn through that money you'll here more. Follow the website for USCIS and DOS to see any changes. Of course keep reading here in VJ. If there any changes you will see it talked about.
 
 

1. Completed Form DS-160, Online Nonimmigrant Visa Application. You (and any eligible children applying for K-2 visas) must: (1) complete Form DS-160 and (2) print the DS-160 confirmation page to bring to your interview. 
A passport valid for travel to the United States and with a validity date at least six months beyond your intended period of stay in the U.S. (unless country-specific agreements provide exemptions). Divorce or death certificate(s) of any previous spouse(s) for both you and the U.S. citizen sponsor Police certificates from your present country of residence and all countries where you have lived for six months or more since age 16 (Police certificates are also required for accompanying children age 16 or older) Medical examination (vaccinations are optional, see below) Evidence of financial support (Form I-134, Affidavit of Support, may be requested) Two (2) 2x2 photographs. See the required photo format explained in Photograph Requirements Evidence of relationship with your U.S. citizen fiancé(e) Payment of fees, as explained below Note: The consular officer may ask for additional information, such as photographs and other proof that the relationship with your U.S. citizen fiancé(e) is genuine. Documents in foreign languages, other than the language of the country in which the application takes place, should be translated. Applicants should take to the visa interview clear, legible photocopies of civil documents and translations, such as birth and divorce certificates. Original documents and translations will be returned.
 
These are only the basic items. Please check with your Embassy Instructions for further requirements. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/list-of-posts-k1-k3-visas.html
 
2. To contact a customer service representative, please visit the GSS Contact Us page for full information or use contact information below:
Email: To reach a customer service representative via email, please write to support-Tunisia@ustraveldocs.com. Telephone: Please contact a customer service representative using one of these telephone numbers: Callers in Tunisia: Call +216 74 61 78 20. Callers in the United States: Call 1 703 520 2249. Skype: To use Skype to speak to a customer service representative during regular hours of operation, add a new contact to your Skype account with the Skype name ustraveldocs-tunisia.
3. https://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=Tunisia&cty=Tunis

Approval through snail mail today!
 
NOA1: April 6
NOA2: October 17
 
Finally
 
congrats everyone! 

Approval through snail mail today!
 
NOA1: April 6
NOA2: October 17
 
Finally
 
congrats everyone! 

Approval through snail mail today!
 
NOA1: April 6
NOA2: October 17
 
Finally
 
congrats everyone! 

Approval through snail mail today!
 
NOA1: April 6
NOA2: October 17
 
Finally
 
congrats everyone! 

Approval through snail mail today!
 
NOA1: April 6
NOA2: October 17
 
Finally
 
congrats everyone! 

Approval through snail mail today!
 
NOA1: April 6
NOA2: October 17
 
Finally
 
congrats everyone! 

Approval through snail mail today!
 
NOA1: April 6
NOA2: October 17
 
Finally
 
congrats everyone! 

Approval through snail mail today!
 
NOA1: April 6
NOA2: October 17
 
Finally
 
congrats everyone! 

Approval through snail mail today!
 
NOA1: April 6
NOA2: October 17
 
Finally
 
congrats everyone! 

Approval through snail mail today!
 
NOA1: April 6
NOA2: October 17
 
Finally
 
congrats everyone! 

Approval through snail mail today!
 
NOA1: April 6
NOA2: October 17
 
Finally
 
congrats everyone! 

Approval through snail mail today!
 
NOA1: April 6
NOA2: October 17
 
Finally
 
congrats everyone! 

Sent my rfe back fastest way possible. Guaranteed to arrive Thursday. Resisted the urge to add to it and only sent the signature page they highlighted..and circled haha. Maybe that's cause they knew I was having a blonde moment and needed extra guidance hahaha .. I'm good with that.

Great! Congratulations

It should make you feel better to know it took my mailing from Oct 16th until yesterday to get from California to Portland OR. I think you are right about the turtle delivery... Maybe California USPS uses bike messengers now.

Websites and app still say case received. 

Approval through snail mail today!
 
NOA1: April 6
NOA2: October 17
 
Finally
 
congrats everyone! 

Approval through snail mail today!
 
NOA1: April 6
NOA2: October 17
 
Finally
 
congrats everyone! 

I’m almost wishing I had sent mine in in late April or May at this point.  😢

Approvals will dribble in this week until Friday and then again Monday the flood gates for approval will open as case files will be shipping to Embassy on T/W of that week.

Sucks someone from May has been approved ahead of us 😰
I hope you and the rest of us waiting get approved this week 

OMG someone with NOA1 of 05/03 got approved on 10/19!!! My NOA1 on the document is 05/01, new site 04/30 and old site 04/26. Fingers crosssed! Special prayers for early April family!! ❤️ 

As part of its benefits adjudication process and as required by law, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) conducts background checks on petitioners and applicants (beneficiary) who seek certain immigration benefits. These background checks consist of four separate checks against systems within Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In order to facilitate the collection and transmission of information necessary to complete background check processes, USCIS maintains five information technology electronic systems: the Fingerprint Masthead Notification System (FMNS), the Customer Identity Capture System (CICS), the FD-258 Tracking System - Mainframe (FD-258 MF), the Benefits Biometrics Support System (BBSS), and the Interagency Border Inspection System (IBIS) Manifest. USCIS is conducting this privacy impact assessment (PIA) because FMNS, CICS, FD-258 MF, BBSS, and IBIS Manifest collect, use, and share personally identifiable information (PII). This PIA replaces the previously published USCIS PIA for the "Background Check Service (BCS)" which describes planned background check-related systems that were never implemented. Upon publication of this PIA, the BCS PIA will be retired. 
 
https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/privacy/privacy_pia_uscis_ibbcs.pdf
 
There are background checks at USCIS.
 
As part of its benefits adjudication process and as required by law, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) conducts background checks on petitioners and applicants who seek certain immigration benefits. These background checks consist of four separate checks against systems within Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In order to facilitate the collection and transmission of information necessary to complete background check processes, USCIS maintains five information technology electronic systems: the Fingerprint Masthead Notification System (FMNS), the Customer Identity Capture System (CICS), the FD-258 Tracking System - Mainframe (FD-258 MF), the Benefits Biometrics Support System (BBSS), and the Interagency Border Inspection System (IBIS) Manifest. USCIS is conducting this privacy impact assessment (PIA) because FMNS, CICS, FD-258 MF, BBSS, and IBIS Manifest collect, use, and share personally identifiable information (PII). This PIA replaces the previously published USCIS PIA for the "Background Check Service (BCS)" which describes planned background check-related systems that were never implemented. Upon publication of this PIA, the BCS PIA will be retired.
 
There are checks at NVC.
 
When they receive the approved 129f from USCIS, The check to ensure that it’s been stamped. He said they occasionally receive a petition from USCIS and it does not have the appropriate approval stamp in the upper left-hand corner. They are also checking to make sure that the three criminal questions have been answered. He noted that there are times when the petitioner will forget to complete those questions and those questions are subsequently missed by the adjudicator.  In both of these instances the case will then be sent back to USCIS. He said if one of these things occur NVC would know within the first week of receiving the case. 
 
And there are checks at the Embassy.
 
Embassy will take a biometric (fingerprints) from the beneficiary at the time of the interview. During post interview processing the fingerprint card is scanned and checked against a number of interagency data bases to ensure the true integrity of the individual who is migrating.