Edward and Jaycel

Agreed especially with a 20+ year residence history at that one place

Our friend got the text with his receipt number on July 31, 2025 and still has not received the physical receipt in the mail yet. Normally takes from 2-6 weeks though.

When it goes to NVC, do a public inquiry and inform them so that they and the embassy will have the new address with the file

If you have Adobe, you should be able combine it and then go to "File", "Save as Other" and select "Reduced Size PDF"

Make sure you continue to pay attention to the I-129F case status. When it changes to "Case Has Been Sent to the Department of State", give it a couple of weeks and then make the public inquiry with the NVC here: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html When you make the public inquiry with them, there is a button to attach files. Attach the Approval Notice of the I-129F. In that inquiry, ask them for your case number. Then, in the same inquiry, ask them to update the email addresses for you and her by saying something like: "I would also like to make sure you have the petitioner and beneficiary emails listed correctly in your system as follows: Petitioner Name: John Smith Petitioner email: email@email.com Beneficiary Name: Jane Jones Beneficiary email: email@email.com I have also attached the approval notice for my form I-129F for your review."

Has the case status of your I-129F changed to, "Case Was Sent To The Department Of State"? If not, then it hasn't been sent yet. I know @JeanneAdil said to give them a month or so, but lately it has been taking 6 weeks or more just for the status of the I-129F to change to what I quoted above. Then it takes a couple of more weeks at least for NVC to receive it, the a couple more weeks for them to process it. What did you ask them in the inquiry and what was their response?

Yes they do.... my proof? The replies to the 3 inquiries I made with them for a K-1 visa. How are you inquiring with them? What does your case status on the I-129F say?

Generally, not having the welcome letter will not affect the scheduling website. Scheduling a K-1 visa interview appointment is an exercise in patience. We had to go through the "No Slots Available" for 3 weeks before we got lucky and happened upon one that we think was from someone cancelling, because it was the only slot available for the whole month. Just keep trying.

Ah ok.... I wasn't aware of the R visa! Thanks for pointing that out

I think that was just a wording issue - Taking the whole last part of her post in context, I believe what she was trying to say was, "We met at church after he already had his visa - He had no intention of marrying when he came to the US." OP correct me if I'm wrong

Thank you for sharing this!! 🙏

Would you mind sharing the types of evidence you submitted? Jaycel and I will be doing this in about a year and 6 months

Congrats!! 🎉 That's super fast for ROC!

Congrats!🎉!

Oooooh I wish we'd thought of that detail! Good advice!

We wrote in N/A

AOS gets theirs under filing category (c)(9) and it's valid for 5 years when issued. If you are in a spot where you are facing renewing that EAD, you have much bigger issues to worry about, like why has your I-485 not been approved yet

The underlying petition would be the receipt number for the I-129F since your filing category is "Person admitted to the United States as a fiancé(e) or child of a fiancé(e) of a U.S. citizen (K-1/K-2 Nonimmigrant)", but yes there is no priority date.

Nothing has changed.... I know 5 different same sex couples who had their interviews within the last 3 months and all have been approved with no difficulty. Bring updated bonafides of your marriage to the interview (Co-mingled finances, evidence you both live at the same address, joint utility bills, photos of you both with friends/family, wills/medical power of attorney, etc.) Also, scan and upload this evidence to the "Unsolicited Evidence" tab in the portal. The interview notice will tell you the documents to bring but what I listed is a good description. Do not give yourself extra stress by falling into the trap of being afraid of all the "Trump Admin Boogeyman" fear mongering out there. Is this administration enforcing policies and laws that were previously left unenforced? Yes. Are they changing the INA and denying same sex couples adjustment of status that have followed the rules and have no bars to adjustment? Absolutely not. Dedicate your energies to gathering the aforementioned evidence, live your lives and you will be fine.

This 👆 You have to send it to the lockbox physical address not the P.O. Box

Congrats!!! 🎉

I sent those with my original filing. I think those would help for sure!

Congrats! Next step is "Issued"

This is how we did the one we sent for our friend.... Note that we forgot to put the Suite number. Don't do that

While waivers for the in-person meeting requirement are technically on the books (and they are almost exclusively for cultural/religious reasons), in practice they are almost never granted. I have never even read about a successful case of an in-person meeting waiver being granted. I'm sure there are a few unicorns out there but in all of my 3 years of heavily researching these topics, I have never seen one.