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It's been 2 months now since we submitted RFE response, and still haven't gotten any updates. Hoping to hear back soon, I'm not sure if "receive a decision within 90 days from RFE response" holds true for AOS.
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7 minutes ago, MissLadyRea said:
failing to see the point
Maybe there's a prize we don't know about -- clearly it's not a speedy visa process, but time will tell!
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8 minutes ago, Mike20090622 said:only long distance separated couples are hopeless and desperate
Canada and the US are both HUGE countries, I'm not sure why you would say that they don't count as long distance? The few Canada -> US couples I know are separated by over 1500km, some are even over 3500km apart. They don't get any more time to visit than people with B-2 visas, and even then, people have obligations that keep them from being able to visit frequently, like work, school, and family. As others have said, they don't have rights to live in America simply by being Canadian. They still have to qualify to move through work or family. If it were that easy, there wouldn't be hundreds of Canadians on VJ waiting on a K-1 or CR-1 just like you are.
It's not fair to tell other couples that have also had to deal with many months of separation and a visa process that they can't feel hopeless and desperate too. It isn't a competition.
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3 minutes ago, prai said:
Thanks. btw did you send the documents by mail or uploaded on the USCIS site?
And also is copy of marriage certificate enough our marriage ?
I uploaded to the USCIS site. I think it is quicker than mailing. It has been a month since we submitted the RFE response and a little over 2 weeks since biometrics and we have not heard back yet.
The official instructions state "you must submit a photocopy of your marriage certificate issued by the appropriate civil authority where the marriage took place", so I believe a copy would be fine.
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3 hours ago, prai said:
Did you put "0" on Part 5. no 3 ? I received RFE to correct the household size .
My RFE was only for Part 5 #8, as I didn't have the right browser extension to edit the PDF. I had to fill in Part 5 by hand, but the auto-filling filled out #8 as "1" and I forgot to correct it.
Your issue is also very common. You are correct, Part 5 #3 should be "0", as you do not have a spouse NOT included in the petition.
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Completed biometrics yesterday!
USCIS received our RFE response for the i-485 on February 21st, hoping to hear back soon.
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Got a RFE for the i-485 a few days ago -- we messed up on the household size because of the auto-filling when completing the PDF on a browser. Was not expecting to hear back so soon, hopefully this means we'll see an approval soon too!
NOA1: Feb 1st, 2022
RFE: Feb 17th, 2022
Nashville, TN
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6 hours ago, ritac23 said:
Thank you! It actually just came in the mail and the visa only expires in June, so 6 months from when it was issued (early January).
Just to clarify since this seems to be a discussion in the thread right now, the visa expires 6 months from your MEDICAL EXAM, as the results are only valid for 6 months. In my husband's case, he had his medical exam in June and his interview in October. Because of this, his K-1 visa was only valid for entry until December. Typically applicants have a short period of time between their medical exam and interview, but be aware that the medical exam date is what determines the validity.
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38 minutes ago, dianacorreia said:
Is everything sorted out with you? Do you have the visa in your passport yet? I HOPE SO!
Yes! My now husband had his interview on the 20th of October. He received his passport with the visa on the 2nd of November, and entered the US 3 days later. We got married on the 27th of November. You can see our timeline and my husband's review of his interview experience here: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=369614
I recommend that you fill out your timeline too -- it really helps those behind you get an idea for what their timeline might be, and it helps for when you would like input on your situation!
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33 minutes ago, dianacorreia said:
I wonder if after we (portuguese applicants) receive the embassy letter with an interview date, we still need to register online booking the interview date?
Yes, you NEED to go online, register, and pay the fee in order to lock in your interview date.
34 minutes ago, dianacorreia said:Shouldn't the embassy letter be enough to have our interview date secured?
I am unsure of what happens if you wait a long time to complete the steps in the online portal, but I do know that you need to pay the fee and complete all of the steps. If you do not do this and you call the embassy, they will not see your interview in the system, nor will they see it if you show up on the day of.
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I am one of the people who had trouble rescheduling. We got our original date within 2 weeks of our case arriving at the consulate, but it took many months to get a new date. By not using our original date, we were pushed to "the back of the line" it seems -- applicants whose cases arrived at the consulate months after ours got interview dates before us. The main issue that I and others here had was that the the only email contact capable of giving a new date was (still is?) extremely unresponsive. K-1 reschedules cannot be done over the phone or through an online portal.
Despite being officially classified as non-immigrant, K-1s are treated as immigrant visas (applicants are told to contact the same email (ParisIVPending) as Immigrant visas, the CEAC tracker requires using the "immigrant" vs "non-immigrant" portal, etc.)... the classification gets a bit tricky.
We are together now in the US and getting married in 2 days so everything worked out in the end, but if we could go back in time we would've forced our original interview date to work. Rescheduling was probably the worst part of the visa process for us.
Edit: I believe the rescheduling issue would be the same for the CR-1, as I was told that K-1s are treated as immigrant visas when it comes to interviews by more than one embassy employee.
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The beneficiary has his K-1 visa in hand and will be entering the US on Friday. He needs to fill out a passenger locator form for transiting in the UK, and it asks for home address. Should he put the US address he will be residing at, or his address in his home country that he is moving from? In other words, at what point does he begin to use the US address he will reside at as his "home address"?
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7 hours ago, ritac23 said:
Not sure if this will help. I picked up my birth certificate from the Registo Civil at Campus da Justiça (Building J) without an appointment. It's mostly in Portuguese but there's a translation key on the back. Then, I walked to building E to get it apostilled, also without needing an appointment. Did you fiancé get the birth certificate translated by a translation company and then notarize that copy? If not, then he can get his birth certificate without an appointment (despite what the security people may tell you at the entrance to the Registo Civil). He can show up, give his name to the security workers, and wait (I waited around 2 hours on a Monday morning).
I believe he was able to get an international birth certificate in English a few months ago in Porto, no separate translation company needed. He needed an appointment, and when he went to book an appointment last month to get another just in case, the only available options were in December. I'll have him check again, maybe they're allowing walk-ins in Porto now? Thank you for your input!
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@JobbinsKnobbins When you received the visa, did you get your birth certificate back? Just now realizing that my fiancé gave the only English certified copy he has to the embassy at the interview, and it was not given back to him at the end. We need one to apply for a marriage license once he arrives and there don't seem to be any appointments available to receive a new one until after his visa expires, so a little worried right now.
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17 minutes ago, ritac23 said:
Just one more message, @JobbinsKnobbinsand @neto-66, did you/your fiancé(e)s have to schedule a medical exam in Paris? I can't find the address/contact details for the doctor in Lisbon...
My fiancé had his exam in Lisbon, with Marta Monteiro.
https://fr.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/Portuguese-panel-physician-letter-2020.pdf
Dra. Marta Monteiro
Clínica do Campo Grande
Campo Grance 54A
1700-093 Lisboa (Portugal)
Telefone: (+351) 21 040 55 00
Fax: (+351) 21 797 44 81
Email : clinica@hslouis.pt
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The timeline start to finish is very country dependent, as at this point the COVID related delays are at the embassy level, not USCIS.
VJ has historical processing times for both:
You can also view country specific timelines of members currently undergoing the process in India:
https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list.php?op6=All&op7=India
For some countries, the CR-1 is quicker right now due to CR-1s receiving more visa appointments. For others, the K-1 is still the quicker option. Neither one, however, is really that "quick" -- you can expect over a year for either option. I know there's a pros/cons list of each visa that gets posted here quite often, and the CR-1 visa is often seen as better for the beneficiary.
If you're insistent on living together in America right at the time you're married, though, K-1 is your only option.
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CEAC status changed to "Issued"! It seems like that means the visa has been printed, and they'll ship it out soon.
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1. What arrived at the embassy is not an approved K-1, it is an approved i-129f, as the K-1 is not approved until the interview.
2. If I'm understanding your post correctly, your case has only been at the embassy for 4 business days. This is NOT very long at all. It often takes 2 weeks or so to hear from any embassy after they receive the case from the NVC. In my situation with the Paris embassy, it took several weeks to get a welcome letter/interview date.
3. It is way too premature to contact a congressman. Even if you did get one to write a letter, they'd get the same response as you would -- be patient.
The only advice anyone could give right now, including the embassy, is be patient. They haven't forgotten about you, visas take time. There is no reason to be concerned yet.
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My fiancé was approved! He was told the visa would be printed today, and he'd receive it "very soon".
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Just posting an update:
My fiancé arrived in Paris today, his interview is tomorrow morning. He stopped at the post office for the Chronopost envelope and they only had a size that is slightly larger than the 25x36cm requested. It was 60 euros! More expensive than his round trip from Porto to Paris.
I saw that some of the French applicants who interviewed on October 6th already got their visas, I'm wondering how long it is taking for Portuguese applicants? With the border opening announced for Nov 8th for vaccinated travelers, flight prices are skyrocketing. We already had a travel voucher from a previous cancelled trip so we booked a flexible flight for late/mid November to try and get ahead of the prices. Hoping we won't have to move it.
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6 days until my fiancé's interview and we haven't heard anything about postponing, so I'm going to assume we're still good for the 20th.
For those who have already interviewed in Paris from Portugal, was your COVID-19 test antigen or PCR? How soon before your interview did you get tested?
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15 minutes ago, ritac23 said:
Could you please recommend an immigration lawyer you found helpful? Still nothing and I want to hurry up this case. Thank you.
I never actually proceeded with a lawyer, the advice I got was nothing more than a first time consultation. During that consultation, I was told that my options were:
1. Continue to email the embassy
2. Individual mandamus (they quoted me $7500)
3. Try to switch embassies (beneficiary is also a Brazilian national, but the embassy in Brazil is even slower right now)
I opted for the first. There was nothing else the lawyer could do that would speed up the process. You could also try to contact stateside congressmen to write a letter to the embassy.
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7 hours ago, JobbinsKnobbins said:
Updating the update: The interview was delayed to 6th October 2021 (they sent the email of the change a week before the 28th September).
Interview done and approved!Congrats!! I'm surprised they changed your interview date on such a short notice, especially coming from Portugal.
Hoping my October 20th date won't get pushed back, I'm not sure that the accommodations or flights we booked are refundable or changeable.
February 2022 - AOS Filers
in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports
Posted
Just received the Employment Authorization card in the mail today!
NOA1: 02/01/2022
Date Approved: 07/01/2022
Card Received: 07/08/2022
No news yet on AP or the i-485.