MalloryCat

Both mine and my fiances letter of intent were physically signed, scanned and printed. So you should be good doing number 1

EAD is the work authorization form. it is form I-765 most people file it along side the I-485 form.

since you're using a mac is it possible that the password is whatever password you use to unlock you computer? thats the only thing I can think of

The only "time frame" you have is the validity date on your NOA2. that is technically when your petition expires. However, most embassies will automatically extend petitions 4 months at a time for up to one year. if your son is coming with you to the United States, you could schedule your interviews for when he is back in september. You could also contact the embassy when your validity date is coming up and just double check with them that your petition validity will be extended. When you do end up scheduling your medicals and interviews, you want to make sure your medical is first and 5-10 days before the interview. That way it has time to make it to the embassy in time for your interview. Also because the 6 months that the K-1 visa is valid (the amount of time you have to move to the US) starts from the date of the medical, not the date the visa is issued. The only thing I would suggest for before you get married is getting a social security number. it makes things like getting a bank account, drivers license, etc. much easier without having to wait for the AOS. Other than filing the actual AOS form, I-485, you would file form I-765 at the same time. I-765 is the work authorization form. But unfortunately theres not much you can do to speed anything up.

while the officer at the embassy may ask questions regarding the timeline if you were to get engaged while waiting for the divorce to be finalized, there is no law that says you cant be engaged. being engaged is not legally binding thing like marriage is. However, you must be legally free to marry at the time the petition is filed. Meaning, if your state requires 6 months after the divorce is finalized before you can re-marry, that means that you can't file the I-129f petition until that 6 months is up. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/family-immigration/nonimmigrant-visa-for-a-fiance-k-1.html "Under U.S. immigration law, a foreign-citizen fiancé(e) of a U.S. citizen is the recipient of an approved Petition for Alien Fiancé(e), Form I-129F, who has been issued a nonimmigrant K-1 visa for travel to the United States in order to marry his or her U.S. citizen fiancé(e). Both the U.S. citizen and the K-1 visa applicant must have been legally free to marry at the time the petition was filed and must have remained so thereafter. The marriage must be legally possible according to laws of the U.S. state in which the marriage will take place."

I believe i checked it next day (so wednesday 7/10) at about 8AM EST, and it said Approved and then the Issued status update showed as the 11th. Since your interview was on a friday, id guess it would update either tuesday or wednesday.

Our case updated to approval next day. And then to issued a day or 2 after that. And my fiance got emailed a tracking number either same day or the day after, and according to tracking should get it Monday. So that's only a week from interview. Frankfurt seems to be pretty quick with the processing lol I know what you mean, I still feel like we were missing something 😅

Did you submit an inquiry to the NVC? if not chances are you won't get an email from them. From my experience they do not use the information on the e-notification form, only USCIS uses that to notify people of approved cases. (I assume this is what you're referring to regarding your email) The NVC will/should send a physical letter to the foreign fiance. If you only just got the approval notice from USCIS, it is taking a while for the NVC to process cases. So it will more than likely be sitting with them for at the very least a month. Unfortunately, despite getting your NOA2 you still a few months of waiting. And that doesn't include the waiting for the embassy, which varies a lot between countries. Also should not plan on scheduling the medical until your case is at the embassy and the foreign fiance has received notice from the embassy that they have your petition and are ready for you to proceed with the next steps. You can submit an inquiry to the NVC after 30 days/4 weeks to see if they have processed your case and get your case number. But another user here did that and were told to contact the NVC again after 60 days if they had not heard anything yet. The NVC is more than likely very backed up with cases since USCIS has been processing cases much faster.

i believe the 60 day quote came from an email response to an inquiry someone made to the NVC. with USCIS processing cases much faster, the NVC is probably experiencing more delays, that is probably why it is taking longer to get a case number. regardless of their timeframes they list.

Despite the K-1 visa being a non-immigrant visa, all of processing of it is handled by the immigrant visas section of the embassy. It is confusing and doesn't make a ton of sense. So for your next steps, proceed under the immigrant visa section. I would disregard any info you got about doing the ds-260 and the i-864. As those are not for the K-1 visa

NVC will only contact the beneficiary (foreign fiance) not the petitioner (USC) through the mail. There is nothing you upload to the NVC. uploading things to the NVC does not apply for the K-1 visa. NVC will process your petition and assign it a case number and then send it to the embassy you listed on your petition. You can contact the NVC after 30days/4 weeks from when USCIS sent your petition to the NVC, if the foreign fiance hasnt received a letter from them with the case number yet you can check the NVC timeframes here https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html yes, once the embassy receives your petition they will send information to the foreign fiance (sometimes referred to as packet 3) with the next steps of the process.

Have you followed the information here? https://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=Canada&cty=Montreal It shows an actually inquiry form for immigrant visas. Or maybe have your fiance try contacting them. Maybe they can get more information

i would suggest submitting an inquiry to the embassy. they may be able to email it to you. i would say you think it got lost in the mail/accidentally thrown out by a member of your household. but youre right they more than likely dont have your email address if you fiances email was the one on the e-notification form

have you received packet 3 yet? packet 3 has all of the information with how to email your DS-160 confirmation. you should wait until you have that before you proceed with the next steps.

you should start a new thread if you have questions or search through the forums more, there is a lot of information regarding that

at this point the foreign fiance needs to wait to hear from the embassy with more information this is typically called packet 3 https://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=Indonesia&cty=Jakarta i would suggest looking through the Indonesia forums to get the most updated information from others who are going through the same embassy https://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/90-asia-east-and-pacific/

my fiance had his interview this morning (APPROVED!!!) and because of the heat he ended up wearing jean shorts. I think as long as you look somewhat put together (no sweatpants 😂) i think you should be fine

the only "time limit" is the validity date on youre NOA2. technically the approval is valid for 4 months. embassies typically automatically extend the validity dates (4 months at a time for up to a year). if you wont be scheduling the interview until after that validity date, i would suggest contacting the embassy to make sure they will extend your validity date.

the DS-160 is valid for 1 year after being submitted. so you can fill it out and submit it now, just make sure you print out some copies of the confirmation. you need to bring a copy with you to the medical appointment and to the visa interview. if you dont hear anything from the embassy after a month, i would suggest submitting an inquiry to them. they should be sending you "packet 3" that has all the information for the next steps

if you havent heard from the nvc yet with your case number (been over 30 days) you can submit an inquiry to them to get the case number. they could have it processed but havent sent it to the embassy yet

https://www.uscis.gov/tools/designated-civil-surgeons/vaccination-requirements

from the USCIS website: "Q. Certain vaccine series can only be completed with multiple visits to the civil surgeon. Am I required to complete the entire series before the civil surgeon can sign the Form I-693? A. You are only required to receive a single dose of each vaccine when you visit the civil surgeon. You are encouraged to follow up with your private health care provider to complete the series." https://www.uscis.gov/tools/designated-civil-surgeons/vaccination-requirements also from the CDC website: " Vaccine series have minimum age requirements and typically require months to years to complete. Therefore, it is usually not possible for applicants to receive all vaccinations for the diseases listed above prior to adjustment of status, and they are instead required to receive from the civil surgeon at least one dose of each age-appropriate vaccine listed in Table 1 for which the applicant is not currently up to date. If the applicant is up to date on the required vaccines listed in Table 1, no additional vaccines are required to be given at the time of the medical exam. " https://www.cdc.gov/immigrant-refugee-health/hcp/civil-surgeons/vaccination.html So no, you dont have to complete the full series in order to adjust status. you just need proof that you have received at least one dose. which would be on form DS-3025 that you should have gotten from the doctor at your medical exam.

I don't blame you I was also very impatient 😂

USCIS sends petitions to the NVC only on certain days every month (I saw a calendar somewhere on this site that showed that, but i cant find it now. but I believe it was every 2 weeks). So them waiting until the 25th to send yours makes sense. they had probably just sent out a batch a few days before yours was approved

if he has a permanent full time job where his annual income is more than the poverty guidelines thats what matters. its what he's making now. so a current W-2, recent paystubs, and a letter from his employer confirming his income will be enough. what is the actual likely hood that you'll get sued for something? probably very slim im guessing lol