desertrose24

Hi @ahmu83
 
My fiance recently went through the process of the K1 visa at Islamabad embassy. For him, he did not get any confirmation/ letter from the embassy. From what I understand if your status on the CEAC website says "Ready" you can go ahead and submit the DS-160. Once you have submitted your DS-160 and you have paid your visa fee then you can go to ustraveldocs to schedule your interview and then you can also schedule your medical. You will need the confirmation of submitting the DS-160 and also your interview confirmation but you don't need anything specific to be sent from the embassy.  We ended up waiting a little over a month to get something from the embassy and when we didn't get anything I sent an inquiry which simply confirmed that our case was at the embassy. My fiance probably could have submitted the DS-160 a few weeks sooner.
 
Best of luck with the rest of the K1 visa process!
 

I know a lot of people who got their immigrant visas between the time period that you have mentioned. 
If you are correctly following the guidelines there’s no reason for getting a spouse visa rejected. No one hates us that much that they would deliberately want to keep us away from our families. 
if you miss a document, especially the most important ones like tax transcript or your original nikkah nama thats when you’re given a 221 g.
 
Im not here to disagree with anyone, but I just wish we would all hope for the best and get rid of these negative beliefs. Theres no need to believe that us Pakistani are disliked. We aren’t, trust me.
hope for the best and expect good results
 
 
peace. 

People really should! I wish they realised how helpful it would be for other Pakistanis going through the same process.  

I have a pet peeve in that visa applicants/beneficiaries on this site from Pakistan almost NEVER post a timeline. Which means their cases are largely unhelpful for anyone in a similar situation or with a comparable visa. The site is meant to help, explain, and encourage other applicants but when critical information is missing on like applications, there is no way to gauge whether one's own case is reasonably on track or not. I would hope my brothers and sisters from South Asia and Pakistan would reconsider the sharing of information which could be of benefit to us all. 
 
 

NOA 1: 4/5/19
NOA 2: 7/1/19
NVC case number assigned: 7/30/19
 
Just wanted to share my experience. I called NVC and got my case number! I called the number ending in 0888 and got connected right away. I was asked for my receipt number, name, and date of birth. I was told that now my case will be forwarded to the appropriate embassy and the person on the phone confirmed my email address. 
 
I do have a question also. I read that we can check the status of our case on the CEAC website but in order to do so the website asks for an invoice ID, which I didn't get because I didn't know that I needed it. Should I not be checking the status of my case on the CEAC website yet? Just wondering...

NOA 1: 4/5/19
NOA 2: 7/1/19
NVC case number assigned: 7/30/19
 
Just wanted to share my experience. I called NVC and got my case number! I called the number ending in 0888 and got connected right away. I was asked for my receipt number, name, and date of birth. I was told that now my case will be forwarded to the appropriate embassy and the person on the phone confirmed my email address. 
 
I do have a question also. I read that we can check the status of our case on the CEAC website but in order to do so the website asks for an invoice ID, which I didn't get because I didn't know that I needed it. Should I not be checking the status of my case on the CEAC website yet? Just wondering...