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Cruelty is the purpose.

Stop spreading falsehoods if you're unaware of any of the details of the case. It's going to take, at most, 60 days and will most likely take far less.

I've been year for years, and ready to leave for roughly the same period of time. Fiance feels the same. Let's just say there's a reason people risk life and limb to enter the United States.
 
Anyway, I am not looking for advice on where to live. I want to know to get enter the US with my fiance as soon as possible. Stick with K1 or get married here. That is the only question here. Thanks again.

I am wondering if I should abandon the K1 process and just get married and file for a spouse visa instead.
 
I submitted papers in March. I received the NOA1 and nothing since.
 
I actually live in the foreign country with my fiance. We decided not to get married here because it's a real bureaucratic nightmare involving lots of travel, money and other hassles.
 
Now that things have gotten strange with possibilities of getting even stranger in the US, I am wondering if it is better to just cancel the K1, get married here and then apply for the spousal visa. At the very least, spouses have been specifically excepted from der Führer's immigration ban. It also seems that things may be faster that way, even though I am 3 months into NOA1 territory.
 
Our end goal is to get out of here and into the United States as soon as possible, and stay there permanently. Whatever can get us into the US fastest will be best for us. That is our only real consideration.
 
I appreciate the advice of the esteemed and knowledgeable users of this site.
 
Thank you

I think the major problem is that the K1 visa wasn't clearly mentioned in the EO. Every embassy is interpreting the EO in regards to K1 differently. I wish there was a way to push for this to be clarified globally.  

Our I-129F petition was approved 2 months ago but like so many of you it is now stuck at the NVC. I sent my fiancé's embassy in Croatia an email asking about when we can reasonably expect processing to resume, and I received a response saying they will "not process immigrant visas including K1 until July 1st, provided there will be no other presidential proclamations in regard with temporary cessation of immigrant visa processing".  That to me reads as if they treat K1 non-immigrant visas as immigrant visas, and the presidential proclamation is in fact *the* reason they won't process our case at the embassy, and not merely due the pandemic.
 
Some lawyers say K-1 applicants are exempt from the PP, others say they're not. We don't know who to believe at this point. 
 
What have your personal experiences been? Have any of you gotten word from your respective embassies regarding the reason for why they're not processing your fiancé's visa, and whether it is solely due to the pandemic, or the presidential proclamation?  
 
I think this would be beneficial information for all of us K1 applicants to know
 
Thank you

I called them this morning and received my case number. Thanks for the responses everyone 

I called and got my number anyway. The woman I spoke to was very nice and helpful!

What's great is that you will receive an email with your new case number.  Once you have the case number you will be able to search it via CEAC.

Hello there. Checkout this link Greenbaum, provided this resource for us. here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nfin98c33IEpB0T0FlURERriblYmlm5O/view?usp=sharing 
 
Head over to the NVC to Embassy => 
 
 

You can't use the receipt number on ceac, you need the case number. NVC assigns that to your case.
 
Back in 2016 we called them, sorry if that's not a possibility at this point. NVC should send a letter with once they've assigned you a case number. 

It's rare that a case does not arrive at NVC for case assignment. You can relax without calling that your case will arrive. It normally takes 30 days to NVC from USCIS NOA2 and then another 2-3 weeks from there. When that period has elapsed then you'll know it's time to call NVC for your case number. A link has been posted for you (thank you @Ama_Kwaku) to receive additional information on this process.