Her Highness

1 minute ago, Eduh said:

When was your case DQd if you don't mind my asking

June 29, 2021

16 hours ago, Eduh said:

Thank you. This wait times are crazy

 

They’ve actually improved. I was expecting that I’d get a date this month but got it early April.

On 5/10/2022 at 2:06 AM, Eduh said:

What DQ dates from NVC is Nairobi Embassy working on currently? This will help most of us on approximation and expectations. Patience is a virtue that USCIS is teaching us. 

Nov/Dec 2021

2 hours ago, AM 1 said:

Hi all, 

 

anyone know what DQ dates are interviewing in US embassy in Kenya.

 

Thanks,

April to June 2021 DQs received interview letters for April interviews. Possibly some July as well.

Meeting one’s family is one way to try and protect yourself, especially in cultures where traditional marriages and polygamy is recognised. Knowing if someone is married in another country? I’d say a fool’s errand.

11 minutes ago, imsambi said:

Apparently they didn't change her age because I had to call her parents in Cameroon and know the truth. the girl thought about that but she was wrong. Now i know the truth. it was not the age but the name. because before the parents was christian and they convert to islam so they change the name for their kids to muslim name. 

 

I am half indonesia and Cameroon and my wife from Cameroon.  

The rate at which your story keeps changing is alarmingly high. Don’t try that with immigration.

3 hours ago, Edddie&Beatrice said:

3 hours ago, Edddie&Beatrice said:

Trusted source or rumors? 

4 minutes ago, sexyafrican36 said:

instead.  I'm not exactly sure how bad a denial would be on his chances of still getting the k1 interview.

There’ll be no K1 interview to go to once you get married

4 minutes ago, millefleur said:

I think you misunderstood what I was referring to. Sure, if someone has to do immigration for themselves or a family member, being ignorant about the process makes no sense and indeed would be very odd if they just kept being ignorant about it despite it impacting their personal life. I was referring more to the OP's suggestion that the general masses, who have never done immigration personally, are very unaware of basic immigration law and that's understandable because it's not exactly straightforward. Straightforward would be what they think happens, i.e you marry someone and they get citizenship/a green card.

 

Obviously a word like "complicated" is relative, but for me, I would say the spousal visa process is complicated. It involved way more paperwork than I expected, that's for sure. I also didn't expect it to be a 2 part process (more like a 3 part process if you add NVC, that's a part I was lucky enough to skip thanks to DCF), thus I can see why an average Joe American who has never had to go through immigration would be surprized by it and think it's very complicated and different from what they imagined.

Gotcha! It takes one going through the process to know the intricacies. Being on the outside looking in makes it look simple and straightforward.

Government and paperwork seem to be synonymous but hopefully more paperwork will go online with time.

13 minutes ago, millefleur said:

I mean, I'm willing to give people the benefit of the doubt here. Immigration law is complicated. It's not like you can just run through a Wikipedia page and become an expert in a few minutes. I think it's more so because despite the US being "a country of immigrants", in reality, a large portion of Americans have never had to deal with immigration in their lifetime and are thus just ignorant about it because of that.

How is immigration law complicated unless one has a complicated case to begin? It only gets complicated for people who go in blindly, again, without reading/researching on what they are getting into. One can successfully go through the process by following the guidelines and instructions on USCIS and travel state unless of course they can't, which is a different case all together. I mean, even VJ has DIY guides for straight forward cases. Ignorance is never an excuse, not especially in this day and age of vast resources

19 minutes ago, Strawberrymermaid said:

One thing I’ve learned about this process is the average American has absolutely no idea how immigration works at all. I admit too, I didn’t have the best understanding either. 

A few of my faves: 

“Why can’t you just marry your fiancé and he come here right away?” 
“Why can’t he just fly to the US to come see you?”

“Isn’t he a citizen the second he gets married to you?”

”If you hire a lawyer, they could get him here faster” 

“You know that he had to live with you and you have to pay for him for 10 years if you get divorced right? 
 

🥴😒

Mainly because people are generally too lazy to read/research and rely on hearsay. 

6 minutes ago, Orangesapples said:

To be fair, wanting an open relationship is a pretty selfish non negotiable and he might want to reexamine that. 

In his current situation, yes, it's selfish. However, his choice of the type of relationship that he wants is up to him as long as he is upfront with potential partners. Expecting him to re-examine that just because it doesn't fit into what is deemed "proper" is also selfish. 

6 minutes ago, ActiveBarStool said:

I never had much luck with dating before I met her, and not much better luck in the 6 months we were open either.. You're right I'm trying to get her to move toward a future she doesn't want.. but the future she wants (traveling all over the world, random adventures, not worrying about where the money will come from, no plans) goes against everything I value in a "long-term" partner.. it's a shame because I qualified her on all these things and loved these qualities in her when we were casually dating but they're the exact opposite of what I'd want in a long-term partner.

She's told me before that I'm trying to get her to be someone she's not - she doesn't disagree with the host family because they give her food, shelter, pay, gifts, vacations, etc which messes up my schedule constantly; she doesn't have a long-term plan for her future because that's not the type of person she is; she wouldn't want to stay in the US if it weren't for me; I want her to use her time to work & up her earning potential so she can pay for her own student visa, she agreed to do it, then never did because she doesn't believe in herself & seems to have no intention of doing it..;

 

Then she tries to get me to be something I'm not & it makes me resent her: she wants me to always be empathetic to her & on some level put her before myself (which I can't in good conscious do); she wants me to marry her to stay here which goes against my beliefs in marriage (never marry a woman you haven't dated for at least 5-6 years); she suggests I move to Brazil with her to keep things going if she has to leave (which would completely throw off my current life path, that I was happy on before I met her); she wants me to do a long-distance relationship with her (which goes against my views on relationships & I've tried before.. and it was extremely difficult for me, and I eventually caved and broke up with my last long-distance girlfriend); she wanted me to choose between her and other women (because I never saw myself committing to another girl monogamously until I tried having kids after 2 rough experiences with doing it, until I had kids), and I do it because I love her..

It sounds like you need to call your heart and mind for a serious meeting. You seem to already have non negotiables set for your relationships, going against those will end up in you being unhappy. It's cliché but there are lots of fish in the sea. I bet amongst the many fish there's one that actually resonates with what you want in life. Don't give up looking. Good luck!

5 minutes ago, retheem said:

I am here to say that if you want to be very successful in life, have a Nigerian friend lol. They do not know NO as a word

LOL! There's always a cavalry ready to defend any reference to the ban on Nigeria, like it changes the fact

You should answer based on your specific situation. Yes or no answers mean either something exists or doesn't.

11 minutes ago, Duke & Marie said:

and no one has a right to immigration family or otherwise..

I see a lot of reference to immigration being a right in this forum and I'm beginning to wonder if privilege and right is considered one and the same in America.

58 minutes ago, retheem said:

No not yet. They are waiting for BBI to pass😂😂 kidding. Waiting for them to open, provided UK won't disappoint next week

Haha. Corona has replaced BBI for now. I've seen KQ talking about resuming international flights in July. Maybe they have inside info,  I can hope! Is there an active forum for Kenya? I'm only seeing old posts.

@retheemon a different note, when were you at the US embassy in Kenya? Did they e-mail you once they received your case? Things shut down just when my case was ready at the embassy so trying to figure out their normal process. Thanks

That is how VJ searches appear, at least for me. Click the relevant link you want and it will open the VJ topic

Greetings,

We received a letter dated Mar 3 from NVC with our case number and informing us that they were forwarding our petition to the Kenya Embassy, and that the embassy will contact the beneficiary .

The visa status check on CEAC shows ready,  case last updated Mar 13. There's further information that case is ready for interview when scheduled at the U.S Consular and to prepare documents as per appointment letter.

My first question is, does the Kenya embassy communicate via postal mail or e-mail?

Based on the information in the tips, tricks and hacks from the NOA2 to NVC to embassy file, one can complete DS-160 once they have the case number but going to CEAC it requires an invoice number which we never received. My fiancé is planning on calling NVC tomorrow to request for it. In the meantime, is there another way to get it?

My other question is, is there more documentation to submit once we log in to CEAC? I have read and re-read the NVC visa process but I'm still confused as to whether the same process described also applies to K-1 since it appears as immigrant visa in some content and non-immigrant visa in other.

Thanks