MalloryCat

our NOA2 expired on July 4th but my fiances interview was on July 9th. The topic of it being expired didn't even come up and he was approved on the spot. Most embassies will automatically extend a petition if it is still being pursued. if you scheduled the interview before the NOA2 expired, but it is scheduled for after it is expired, you should be fine. But you can always submit an inquiry to the embassy to confirm with them that your petition will be extended

thats really odd. there are several sites that the officer may request the I-134. so i guess it is just officer discretion? you could submit an inquiry to them to check if they were supposed to collect it. but if they realize they did need it they may contact you to let you know that you need to send it to them

they asked for the I-134 when my fiance had his interview in july at frankfurt they also wanted the W2 from my current job and the 3 years of tax return transcripts they will ask for the I-134, you will have to bring it and the evidence.

you want to include as much proof as possible that your relationship is real. i personally would include those things as well as flight itineraries, hotel bookings, things like that. They like that stuff more than just pictures

you would be better off scanning them into a computer, add them into a word document, and then write a short description of where and when the picture was taken and then printing that to include with your petition. and keep the originals for yourself. USCIS will prefer the pictures just copied onto normal printer paper. mostly for filing purposes.

with how unpredictable flying can be (especially lately), whatever you put for the arrival city really isn't a big deal

I-134 is brought to the K-1 interview I-864 is for adjustment of status, after you get married in the US I signed it and mailed it, but I believe most people will sign it, scan it, and email to the beneficiary for them to print and bring with them. it may depend on the embassy you can have a joint sponsor for the I-134. the beneficiary will bring 2 completed forms + evidence for each to the interview. One for the original petitioner and one for the joint sponsor. the embassy will more than likely want current W2(s), tax return transcripts for the last 3 years, Statement(s) from your employer on business stationery showing: A. Date and nature of employment; B. Salary paid; and C. Whether the position is temporary or permanent. https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-134instr.pdf if having a joint sponsor, this evidence would need to be provided by them as well. both you and a joint sponsor fill out separate I-134 and provide all evidence. please read the I-134 instructions I linked that lists evidence that can be provided. Note: you don't need every bit of evidence they suggest, the 3 things i listed above is more than enough. the biggest take away, the embassy will want to see current salary. you do not need to include any of the financial details for the beneficiary. those areas can be filled in with a 0 or N/A. the beneficiary does not need to sign the form. this would only be done if the beneficiary was going to be supporting themself. and since the beneficiary cannot work right away when they move to the US, they cannot support themselves. the sponsor needs to make 100% of the federal poverty level. it depends on your household size. you include whoever lives in your household that you support. if it is just going to be you and the beneficiary, then you go based off a household size of 2. $20,440, this is before taxes are taken out. Note: when you reach the adjustment of status stage, the sponsor will need to be making 125% of the poverty level the most important factor is current income. what is in your bank account doesn't really matter. the embassy wants to see that you make enough annually to support the beneficiary. this is done through the w2(s) and tax return transcripts. when my fiance had his interview they asked for both.

USCIS only sends cases to the NVC every 2 weeks. so if your case was approved the day after they just sent a batch, your case wouldn't get sent for another 2 weeks. you wont get another letter saying your case has actually been sent. you can usually submit an inquiry to the NVC about 30-60 days after your case is sent. you can check if your case has been sent to the NVC with the USCIS case tracker https://egov.uscis.gov/ or if you have a USCIS account and connected the case to your account, you can check there.

all of the documents (basically everything from your list) i sent my fiance were all signed and dated in May. His interview was July and it wasn't an issue. it should be fine with what you provided

that im not sure of, i dont think my fiances account got locked at any point. from looking at reddit posts from other people who have had their account locked, you have to wait the full 72 hours it looks like. it sounds like you can only visit the site a certain amount of times a day before you get blocked for the 72 hours. but it varies for people. unfortunately you'll have to wait, but I believe you should be fine.

most embassies will automatically extend K-1 petitions if they believe they are still being pursued. if you are able to get back into the account before sept. 30 and schedule the interview you should be fine. even if it ends up being scheduled for after sept. 30 for example, my fiance scheduled his interview in may for july 9th, but our NOA2 expired on july 4th. they didn't even bring up the fact that the NOA2 expired. different embassy but still. if you're still worried you can use the Phnom Penh visa navigator to get the email for who you should contact. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSel63zwtT9qRZTqkg0J4kv7LaLPAG55sLMoiaiCD8CH1mtkKg/viewform if you do go through the form just make sure you select immigrant visas

here is a post where someone posts a template for a potential statement letter from family.

i don't believe there is very accurate tracking for before a case is processed by the NVC but once it is processed by them, and you have received a case number, it can be tracked through the CEAC site https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?App=NIV

for a different visa but my fiances interview appointment was at 8:30am and he got there at 8:10am and there was already a huge line. realistically you probably aren't going to "make" your appointment time. 15-20 minutes before is plenty.

there are some visa types were you do upload documents to the CEAC, the K-1 is just not one of them no problem, good luck on your interview!

for the K-1 visa you don't upload any documents, everything is brought with you to the interview. so printing what the government sent you and bringing it with you to the interview should be fine. I would print at least 2 copies of each. i would also print out a copy of the email that said the pdf would be fine, so you have some kind of written proof that you were told it was fine.

most of this site would 100% agree with you the K-1 visa is one of the few visas left that you cant submit online, so its just much slower. unfortunately the government doesnt really care 😂

according to the state.gov site they just want the last 5 years of international travel history "Dates of your last five visits or trips to the United States, if you have previously travelled to the United States. You may also be asked for your international travel history for the past five years. " https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/forms/ds-160-online-nonimmigrant-visa-application/ds-160-faqs.html if the topic comes up (which honestly it probably wont, the frankfurt embassy didn't ask anything about previous travel to the US other than any previously issued visas), i don't see an issue with you explaining the DS-160 only let you do so many entries. but if they dont ask, no need to tell lol

it all depends on how many cases they are receiving. And with this year being an election year, USCIS is probably getting quite a few more cases. We got our NOA1 only a week after we shipped it, so it could only take that long for you to get your NOA1 at the very least. according to the USCIS processing times for the Texas service center, most cases get approved within 16 months https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ unfortunately the I-129f is not a quick process, so you have quite a few months of waiting. if you don't get an NOA1 within the next 30 days, you could try inquiring with USCIS. but from my experience they are usually quicker with at least the NOA1

have you received your NOA1 yet? this is the letter you'd receive when USCIS acknowledges that they have gotten your petition. it usually takes about a month or so to receive that. time frames vary drastically people have been getting an NOA2 (notice of approval) in as little as 3 months. but it would be anywhere up to a year. you should fill out your timeline https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/intro.php?cfl= and you can compare your process with others

like others have said dont purchase a ticket until she has her passport in hand and everything is correct. but the K-1 visa goes into her Philippines passport. she would have given it to the officer at the embassy at the time of her interview. she wont be receiving a US passport at this stage as she is not a US citizen

correct. for the K-1 visa you submit nothing to the NVC in terms of those documents. the NVC just processes the case for the embassy. There are some visa types where you upload documents to the NVC, but the K-1 visa is not one of them.

Its not that you only have 10 days to book the interview. Your medical exam should be 5-10 days before your interview at the very least. This gives the doctors office enough time to send your medical exam report to the embassy. But you don't want to schedule your interview much later than that because the k-1 visa validity (6 months) is based off the medical exam date not the interview approval date

You'll schedule the medical exam once the embassy has your petition and they have contacted you. you don't want to do the medical exam too early as the validity of the actual k-1 visa(6 months) is based off the date of the medical exam, not the interview approval date. The embassy typically sends the foreign fiance "packet 3" which has all the instructions and the next steps of the process. At this point there are no documents you submit online to anyone. The foreign fiance will bring whatever documents that are listed in the instructions sent by the embassy with them to their interview. This incudes police certificates, birth certificates, form i-134, etc.