Abhik30

Will do thank you!!

HI everyone, 
Glad to be a part of this forum. I just sent off my AOS packet and it was delivered today. Does anyone know how much time it takes for USCIS to acknowledge and send receipt numbers etc.?
Excited for the process!!
Thanks in advance!

She did it!!  Well they said she was approved!  I did not sleep last night until 2:30am central.  But the adrenaline and grace received to me will be the fuel to drive my day today.  The KEV case # did not read anything when she was in the interview (yes I was checking it like i would the WAC # on the app, except this was on the ceac site) last night, but I just checked and it says nonimmigrant AP .  And it was created today.  That means the visa should issue in the next couple days.  I will provide her review of the embassy process once we talk.  (It was a true Kyiv winter morning and her mom was there holding her stuff while her and son went into the embassy, so yeah I and they wanted them to be back home ASAP.) 

Well, it depends on what her priorities are.  Some single moms would not want to leave a child back in the PI......some single moms would.  That's why they can go with either the spousal visa route or the adjustment route.   Life is full of choices.....and the consequences of those choices. 

Most Certainly!  The link to update the email is: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html
What you want to put in each box is:

Follow the line of guidance under each box except the "type your question below" box:
Principle applicant = beneficiary
case # = your WAC case #, or if you have one that is not WAC (the other two but as of January on VJ at least i dont think anyone went to the other service centers)
When it asks who you are, answer as either petitioner or beneficiary and make sure to put your email in the box "your email address"
In the "type your question box" I highlighted both sections.  You want to type everything in verbatim and fill in the correct information highlighted.  So petitioner's name (full name as what was put on the I-129F), date of birth, the WAC # again, email address.  The same in the second section with the beneficiary (name as it was written in I-129F, date of birth, WAC #, email address).  
It might not email both of you when the request is complete, but it will email both of you when the case moves.  (I saw Anna's and my email addresses in the "To:" section when they said our case was in transit to the embassy)
Let me know if you need anything else!  

Congrats!
Yeah should be the DS-160. Never heard of the DS-156. Usually you find it on the CEAC site to file. Just of my experience, use Firefox, take your time filling it out, please be aware of not taking too long or else the website times out and you can fill it out again. Save your progress on every page, saves you a lot of struggle lol. Overall took me several hours to complete, because the website gave me too much of a struggle.
 
 
https://ceac.state.gov/ceac/

Well, we found our interview times.  I talk like I am there.  I found interview times for both of them (her and her son) for next week Tuesday.  We were going to do ASAP, but the only times this week are Tuesday and Wednesday.  Both of them have their medical Monday morning so between that and the COVID vaccination, it is better to wait 1 week.  Appointments are scarce in December now (which makes sense because we are approaching the halfway mark of the year) but January is not lacking in appointment days.  The appointment should be scheduled within the next 2 hours today and then it will be me emailing all the paperwork to her, including my reaffirmation with an updated intent to marry.  I am definitely excited about this and I know she is also.  We both are just concentrated on taking this one step at a time but Friday was awesome for her.  We submitted both corrected DS-160s (we had to complete another app for her because I put official for her passport.  It is regular by the way unless the beneficiary or child are diplomatic or government people) with pictures and 1 hour later she went to the banks to withdraw and pay for the MRV.  She provided me the receipt numbers at my lunch break (which was 8 hours later) and I attempted last night (almost 20 hours after she visited the bank) to put in the receipt information.  She told me the bank said the next morning.  I read on the site for 10am the next morning, but I thought it was 10am weekdays only.  I checked this morning, put in the receipt numbers for both of them, and the system accepted them as valid numbers and showed me the available appointments.  So for the appointment thing, just check following morning after the MRV is paid.  Just as with other computer systems, it works 24/7/365 so it does not wait until Monday to open appointments if you pay on a Friday.

Basically you want to think of it this way.  And I tried to type this on my phone earlier but that did not pan out so well.
There is no expiry date, but what I am trying to do is prepare everything right now and make edits later.  For courier stuff for bank statements and the I-134, I would have the petitioner email the embassy, or you can, and ask if originals of I-134 and supporting documents are required.  I only suggest this because in Ukraine, I can email my copies to the beneficiary (Anna) and she can print them out as proof.  If this is the case for Oman, that would save you all some headache in coordinating shipping methods and you would only need to plan a time to print out documents.  
The date is not an issue.  Unless the petitioner signed/emailed the documents directly before going to sleep, the documents will not show the same date.  The goal for the I-134 and supporting documents is to show that at the present time of the interview, the petitioner can support you as the beneficiary.  
The scans I received were 1 week after the petition arrived to the embassy.  You or the petitioner should receive the email within 2 weeks of when the embassy receives it.  If it ships this week, an email with instructions from the embassy should be received by 17.12 or 24.12 (december 17th or 24th) if not earlier.
I am excited for you both!  Especially since it is showing in transit!

@Abhik30 It looks like the petition for you is arriving to Muscat on Tuesday 14.12.  You or the petitioner can use that waybill number to track the petition as it moves along.

I guess that’s the frustrating part. I have searched a lot and only been able to find 1 other case for K1. There is almost no information on my embassy Muscat, Oman. They rarely get K1 cases as per the data from US govt. 
Another case I found for K1 was in April, 2021 and that person got their case from NVC to the embassy in a week. 
 
so yeah just very confusing. I hope we get good news soon so we can hopefully be in our couple for Christmas! 

My application was delivered to the embassy in Warsaw today.  The status in ceac has already changed to "Ready".  Her December interview is looking more promising!

Congratulations on this where the status now shows at NVC.

I keep this in mind because this is how the NVC works.  NVC holds on to your petition until it is requested by the embassy, this is correct.  One thing you have to keep in mind is when an embassy requests a petition, the NVC only sends by post (mail) every other week.  This week (Tuesday 23 November and Wednesday 24 November) are the shipping days for any petition that was requested by the respective embassy.  
My case number was created on 9 November, which the shipping dates were Tuesday 9 November and Wednesday 10 November but my embassy did not request my petition in time to ship out on Wednesday 10 November.  
For you, if your embassy does not request yours Tuesday or Wednesday, expect it to probably ship on Tuesday 7 December or Wednesday 8 December.  This is assuming your embassy is accepting petitions at this time and they are not backlogged (which is what i assumed by what you said above).  Just stay positive because you do have your case number so that means you are only waiting for the embassy to "pick your number" and give it to the NVC to arrange to be shipped the next time NVC ships.
What I posted previously was, check your status either Thursday 25 November or Friday 26 November.  I would check in the evening to be sure you've given the NVC time to update their system.  Thursday will probably reflect any shipments on Tuesday and Friday will reflect Wednesday.  If you see a status change to in transit, then you know your petition should arrive to your respective embassy next week.  You can also post in here if you get an in transit and i can work the DHL hack to give you a better ETA.  
I am hopeful that our petition will ship either Tuesday or Wednesday because there were two tracking numbers on 1 waybill on Wednesday 10 November with a destination to Ukraine.  This way I have something else to celebrate and announce to Anna this week .  Stay positive!

Did you just receive it?  it might take a day to update (overnight cycle as I tell my peers at work).  A huge congratulations and just make sure you are using that # to search and not your WAC accidentally.  But yeah it is probably taking a bit.  Kind of like tracking from FEDEX/UPS where you receive the tracking number at 2pm but it isnt a valid tracking number until 8pm in the system or 6am the next morning.  Everything is still processing, you just cannot see the update at this moment  

If you can, try either calling at 7am Central standard Time or right now at 5:30pm Central standard time.  I called both times and was able to get to the queue for the next customer service rep.  I also called the nonimmigrant visa line versus the immigrant one.  I did not wait on the line for results as my plan is to call Wednesday after work (this same time) or Friday morning as I took that day as paid vacation to get myself licensed and the car registered in Texas.
Pretty much call at opening time or sometime in the evening  to get someone quick.  I think i called around 12pm Central last week and was still able to get someone (it was my lunch break).  

Got my Nvc number and invoice id. Right after two weeks of noa2. I was shocked when they told me they have my case lol

Grats!!!! 

Just got approved! Feb 19 (NOA1)
keep strong!!!

Just got approved! Feb 19 (NOA1)
keep strong!!!

Just got approved! Feb 19 (NOA1)
keep strong!!!

Just got approved! Feb 19 (NOA1)
keep strong!!!

Just got approved! Feb 19 (NOA1)
keep strong!!!

Congratulations!!🍾🎊🎉 Mine was 248 days. 😁 This forum has been a HUGE help!  I hope all the rest of February filers get approved soon!!

Thank you so much, never thought to get so much strength of this forum. Thank all of you for your help and kindness! ❤️

Hey after 249 days or maybe 250 days idk  we finally got approved. Noa1 February 19th, never thought it would take that long. 
So much pain and patience. I wish all the best luck to get approved asap ❤️