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Update: 

NOA1 June 

Biometrics July 3

Ready to be scheduled for interview August 21

Interview scheduled August 22

Patience paid off! 78 days!

13 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Because there is nothing to change it to until they start looking at the file 

So not everyone's case updates online?

12 minutes ago, geowrian said:

The next update will be when they are ready to schedule the interview, and then when it is scheduled. This likely won't be for months on the low end.

Got it! So not everyone will change for the finger print review complete right?

We filed AOS on June 4th, NOA1 June 6th, and Biometrics appointment on July 3rd. Our status on USCIS never changed. 

Whyyy 😫

17 minutes ago, Rahul thakur said:

U should call to embassy and ask them for this

This may signify they are sending you the request to submit passport. This is exactly what happened to our other India/USA couple and same happened to us. Just look out for the email or call to go pick up "passport". 

13 minutes ago, Tara & Rohit said:

We did choose to pick up so that is good to know! We are hoping to submit everything on Friday at the latest and hear something by the middle of next week. In the perfect world of course!  @kvalam

Woohoo!!

1 minute ago, Tara & Rohit said:

Will the approval notice be an email to both you and your fiance or just one? Will it be an email at all??

The beneficiary will get the email. It's whatever email or phone number you provided on the ds-160.

If you selected delivery then most likely someone will call you. If you chose pick up, you'll get an email. 

3 minutes ago, ujones said:

@kvalam, we just dropped our papers today. They didn’t ask for passport. So now what changes can I see when I track ceac site that tells me it’s moving in the right direction ? How long after we submit the documents does status change ? Also when do they ask for passport ?

Hi! When they approve your case they will email or call you to submit your passport. We submitted our 221g on Jan 25th and our ceac changed dates 2 days in a row. Still under AP. Unfortunately our case had a major glitch because they had sent us an email that our passport was ready for pickup on Jan 29 and again Feb 2 but when we would call they would say it's a glitch. So PAY CLOSE ATTENTION to every email and question them! We sent an email on Feb 13 and got a reply on 14th that we did have a packet at the embassy. We went on 15th and there it was the request to submit our passport. We submitted passport on 15th. Our ceac updated 19th 20th and on 21st it changes to Non immigrant and on 22nd it changed to issued. On 25th our passport tracking site changed to being delivered and 26th we picked up our visa. 

29 minutes ago, KK and UR said:

Hi people we are Indo-American couple planning to start our K1 journey soon and are completely baffled by the process. What we understand so far is the US national will file I129F and submit some supporting documents, while the Indian partner has to wait and gather supporting documents for interview. I had some questions if anyone can answer and help us -

 

1. Intent of marriage letter , do we both need to write it? And if so then should we mail original copy to US or print copy will do?

2. What kind of support documents would you say from experience are good for the packet? We have a lot of travel proofs, pictures, a ring receipt, letters/cards we wrote each other. Would they suffice or we need to attach whatsapp, email and other historical data too?

3. We only fill I-129F and the G-1145 right? Or is there anything else needed for work authorization etc that needs to be taken care of at this point?

4. The section Beneficiary's employment history says give data for all employers for past 5 years, but if the person has been working at the same place for the past 6-7 years, is it ok to only give one employer's detail?

5. Section 47 - Beneficiary's Physical Address above - Is this asking for the current residential address?

6. And section 49 - Beneficiary's name and address in their native alphabet - What does this even mean?????

 

Can anyone help?

 

 

Hi! We can tell you what we did personally. Every case is unique. Do bear in mind India is a high fraud country so it's best to try and prove your case from jump. 

1 We both wrote individual intent to marry letters. I mailed my copy to him. I have heard of others signing the letter in blue ink and email a scanned copy. 

2 we submitted a good size packet for i129f. Although chat and call logs or communication aren't required per what others say, we submitted photos, proof of visit, pictures, anything from our trips to see each other including chat logs and call logs. 

3 Yes 

4 Yes list any job and it's date. If no other then nothing else to do.

5 Yes where they currently reside/live

6 We left it blank (we put n/a) because my fiance speaks English. 

Just now, Rahul thakur said:

They just took my documents they didn't take my passport yet they were saying they 'll email me for passport n I m still waiting 

Same with us. We submitted our documents on Jan 25th and they approved on Jan 29th and requested our passport on Feb 2nd.

2 minutes ago, Rahul thakur said:

On the interview they just asked pics what I show them but on the 221g they asked  list of evidence n thank go my wife was with me on interview n in 2 days we collected everything n submitted 

Then all that's left is to wait. Keep checking your ceac status. And your passport tracker too. They both should change. For us it went from AP to Non immigrant to issued. Then the passport tracker changed from passport is with embassy to preparing for shipping to ready for pick up. Stay positive and best wishes bhai! 

2 minutes ago, Rahul thakur said:

I send them 150 photographs of marriage photographs honeymoon photographs n 200 photo copiesof chat video calls n name of gusta n mob numbers n later booths of us how we met n y we married flight tickets boarding pass hotel reservation address of wrk n home we don't have any evidence of money transfer so we didn't send then this one

Did you take more proof of relationship to the interview? If so submit that. We submitted what we took to the interview and the things I just mentioned. We also included some more chats and call logs. Nothing more. 

1 minute ago, Rahul thakur said:

 they requested for evidence for legally married and a list of Guest is you invited and a list of all wedding vendors and their contact information and evidence of ongoing communication and evidence of shared Finance and evidence of all times you and the petitioner have travel to C one another in including photos tickets boarding pass Hotel reservation and a list of home and work address and neutralize statement from both how you meet and why you decided to get married? The same was urs?

Yes that's what we got. We filed k1. For shared finances we turned in money transfer between each other. It passed. For wedding vendors I went and got 3 basic photographer quotes, I didn't purchase anything. I just asked for their price sheet. I turned it in and it passed. For a guest list I simply got a white sheet of paper wrote names of people who know of both of us their name and phone number only, that's all we submitted for guest list. It passed. 

4 minutes ago, P and R said:

Ohhh thank you so much.

by your answer i can be little relived k when i will submit my needed documents and if they are good to go then they will approve in a short time also right ???

Each case is different but my suggestion is the sooner you submit the better. 

1 minute ago, Rahul thakur said:

Ok bro actually my wife is older then  me but they asked me lots of questions n after that gave me 221g n asked more evidence 

I'm older than my husband. That doesn't matter. As long as you have everything needed to prove your case. 

We filed our visa with no lawyer no rapidvisa no help. We got a 221g requesting more proof of relationship and upon submission we were approved in 3 days. It's all about reading! I'm glad that these posts help others because when we dis receive our 221g there were not much about 221g. I don't know if people are shy or ashamed to post about them. 

2 minutes ago, AMAR786 said:

so your petitioner and sister in law both had low income? please check the income guidelines, did you provide all income tax plus tax transcripts. these days they require transcripts for tax also.

 

Thanks!!

Make sure first and foremost that you meet poverty guidelines. If you do, it could very well be that they are missing documents from you. They won't proceed if anything is missing even if you meet poverty and are missing documents.

2 hours ago, ujones said:

@kvalam, Thankyou. I thought front loading application helps. But lost faith in that too as co was already determined to hand us 221g. Everything they hve asked in 221g except wedding plans were already submitted. It’s so frustrating 

What we submitted for "wedding plans" was 3 quotes from photographers. We never sent anything that showed paid for. On a piece of paper we wrote names and phone numbers of people we might invite to our wedding. 

Just now, ujones said:

@kvalam, we got a 221g & they r asking for relationship proofs. But I had already frontloaded my application & submitted every proof then. Should I just resubmit it again as there’s nothing much new except for phone / chat .. or they only need the new evidences ?

That's what we did since they didn't have the proof we took to the interview on hand, we just printed more chats and call logs and turned them in with what we took to the interview. That passed. 

5 minutes ago, Rahul thakur said:

Hi first of all congratulation for both of you second thing I want to know how long you approved after administrative processing because I am still in administrative processing my interview was 12th February and I'm still waiting please share with me if you have some experience

Our interview was Jan 18th which is the date of the 221g. We submitted our documents on 25th of Jan and were approved 29th. The sad part is India has been having massive glitches! We got the email on 29th stating our passport was ready for pick up but we never left them our passport. We got this email again on Feb 2nd. Both times we called and they would say it's glitch. We finally emailed them Feb 14 and they replied Feb 15 that a packet was there for us since the 2nd!!!! We got the letter asking for our passport. We submitted it on 15th of Feb and had visa in hand Feb 26th. 

Very fast!

This is my last weekend spent without my fiance! He arrives in 5 days. It feels so surreal! A dream come true! PINCH ME!!!

Just now, AAKA said:

Yes probably you are right, I just checked Etihad, it's roughly 2hrs delay reaching Abu Dhabi.

Yes they have to take a different route. Better safe than sorry!

I would like to share that if you are leaving India, you may encounter delays. As we all know the India Pakistan trouble has caused no flights over Pakistan airspace. Our flight may be delayed due to this. 

11 minutes ago, Emily2015 said:

That is only for Premium Processing. We told them we will collect it as we could not wait for 3 days or 2 days for courier. But what does it mean READY after we submitted all the documents and papers today. That means they will be stamping her VISA?

Your ceac needs to say issued. 

We got our visa!!!! ❤ We will pick it up in the morning. Best of luck to all! 

2 minutes ago, Emily2015 said:

Nope, really thank you. i think it will not be possible. Unless they take her passport tomorrow and consider this as a very urgent matter and I know they have so much of work to do and so many other contestants. I am thinking to cancel her ticket by next wednesday and rebook it. I think our plans will be screwed up, but we will see how it goes.

Yeah best be prepared just incase. Either way, you're almost at the end and I'm almost for sure you'll be approved. I bet your wedding is sure to be gorgeous!!