Rosaly

Hi, i just learned that the NOA2 has an expiry date, 4 months after NOA2 date (can be found on the receipt. Apparently, everything can be finished within that timeframe, however, the NOA2 can be extended. Some say this will happen automatically, Others say you need to apply for this (Cant hurt to look in to) It can be extended for a year. Assuming your visa gets approved, it should be valid 180 days starting at day of medical exam! (which is usually 1 or 2 weeks before the interview takes place) When fiance enters, you need to get married within 90 days indeed, and apply for the Adjustment of status (more waiting after that, yay!) Im currently getting all my documents so i can plan my interview and i have been looking into the same things, since i would like to save up as much money as i can (as much is allowed) to bring with me. Im not going to delay everything till t every last moment, but maybe like 2 pays from work and then bye bye 🤭 Hope this helps!

Yeah, that was new to me as well. The info is no where to be found on their website or any other US Gov website, only that they will no longer accept cash😅 I learned Amsterdam will stop visa operations through VJ though, as i follow some other people from the netherlands who also applied for the K1. The person put it in their comments that they received a short mail about it when they received their NVC Letter. Shortly after i received mine as well, indeed transferred to Frankfurt. I am currently waiting on The consulate letter. To me it is not sure at this time if i should fill out and complete the DS-160 now, or wait until all documents are collected and then do everything at once The info on their website states i have to mail all the original documents and a copy to them before i even make an interview appointment, and the letter i found online states to bring it all + copies to the interview🤔 However, they ask to also e-mail them the confirmation page of the DS-160 in that same letter! im going nuts!😂 At this point its maybe good my fiancé hasn't finished the I-134 yet, so i can wait for the actual letter from the consulate.

Hello everyone, hope you are all well! I have been searching high and low on the forum for a topic with a similar question I have now, and I couldn't find it. My apologies in advance, in case I overlooked it. 🙈 A bit of info: My fiancé lives in Florida, I live in the Netherlands. Consulate will be the one in Frankfurt, Germany (Amsterdam stopped Visa operations as of May) Our petition got approved on March 29th. Our Noa2 expiry date is 4 months later, July 28th. Naturally we started collecting needed documents soon after, however, we encounterd some delays in waiting times for those to arrive. Also, the consulate seems to want all original paperwork Plus copies of it send to them in packet 3. Therefor my fiancé has to send me his original I-134 form, with signature in ink. It shouldn't take all too long, I think, so I wasn't worried at first. Today, April 26th, I checked up on the visa status (CEAC) and it said Ready! Overjoyed of course, but now also slightly nervous because I feel we aren't ready in the sense of our documents not being here yet. With that comes that I do not know how long Mailing everything will take from USA to me, and then from me to the consulate, let alone their time needed to review the documents. My question now is this: Do I have to attend my interview before the expiry date? or Can the interview take place after it expired, as long as the appointment was scheduled before it expired? To be clear, I think we will have everything ready well in time, I also know I could apply for the approval to be extended. Is that something I could already do, just to be sure? Thankful for all answers given and any information provided! Love, Rosa

I dont think feeling devestated is necessary, though understandable for now. its a dissappointment and those are never fun. It seems though, that this is an easy one to deal with and solve. The faster she gets this arranged, the faster they can add it to your file and process further. Im from the netherlands, and getting the birthcertificate or at least a copy/extract of it, takes a couple of days here, sending it in may take a few days an dprocessing and reviewing may take the longest, but it will be a few weeks at most. Im sure it wont be all too different in france, maybe slightly longer because in comparison to where i live, Paris is definitly bigger and has more residents, but even so, this will only be a bit of a delay. surely it will not take as long as waiting for the petiton to be approved All and all, i think you can expect a delay of a couple of weeks. Dont worry! You will soon be together!

It also depends on where you are from. Look at the k1 immigration timelines here and set the filter to your country and sort the list to the date when their Noa2 was received to get a general idea on how long the process might take for you. i promise it is rather accurate! For example, I am from the netherlands and i received my Noa2 on march 29th. There was exact 6 months between Noa1 and Noa2 for me. The average for the past year was 8 to 9 months, so mine was even faster than the generic idea i gotten from others timelines! Hope this helps