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Getting the ROM is slow, but don't they give a filing receipt in just a couple weeks? That would prove to CFO that they are not hiding the marriage from the Philippines government.

There's a pretty good indicator of processing times: For us, each of them (up through the "received at consulate" stage) has been within a week. You may still be waiting for USCIS California Service Center to send your packet to NVC. That's now taking them around 82 days after they mail you the NOA2. Two to three weeks after your USCIS online status changes from "Approved" to "Sent to Department of State", you can inquire with NVC for your case number and start checking status with the CEAC tool.

I don't think petitioners, who are US citizens, normally have USCIS accounts... those are for applicants, just like A-numbers. (If he had immigrated himself in the past, he would have an account) Try the contact form and include your WAC receipt number when you write them.

So, our case shows Ready today (a day and a half after it changed to "In Transit"). Yay! But we're not sure what to do next. The VisaJourney details on the Manila embassy say that waiting for contact from the embassy is an unnecessary waste of time. Obviously, we need to submit a DS-160 (we've started filling that out), schedule interview and medical, and pay some fees. I believe things recently changed to require scheduling a biometric appointment at VAC, that used to be done during the interview appointment. But what order should these all be done, and are there dependencies between steps (like needing a fee payment confirmation code or DS-160 submission code to sign up for an appointment?) The K-1 guide jumps straight from USCIS approval to interview and leaves out all the things the beneficiary needs to do -- probably because they are embassy specific. And the embassy-specific guide doesn't distinguish between visa types, and I believe not all visa types are handled the same at Manila (e.g. NVC schedules the interview for some types, but not K-1). So a checklist for Manila K-1 steps, from CEAC Ready until Interview (possibly including documents exclusively needed for CFO, if obtaining them takes longer than return of passport), would be super useful!

I don't have your answer but I'm sure someone here can guide you with some additional information: Did you get married in the Philippines or another country? Did you get AOM (Advisory on Marriage) from PSA? If not, maybe they don't have the marriage in their database yet. Did you list aliases when ordering the NBI report, including maiden and married names? BTW you have a (nearly empty) timeline for K-1 even though your profile says filing for IR-1/CR-1.

I knew the passport will be returned by courier, didn't realize the packets were sent only electronically. Seems that the guides named "K1 Flowchart" and "K1/K2 FAQ" on this site are becoming very outdated. If everything is emailed, that makes me glad that this weekend I sent an NVC inquiry to add my fiancee's email address to the file, since it wasn't requested on the I-129F.

But the embassy does mail the beneficiary so it's best to get it updated while at NVC so the embassy doesn't receive it with a wrong address. Although it may make sense to do that after the case number is assigned, others have recommended to combine the request for case number and updated address into a single inquiry.

Doesn't the beneficiary address need to be corrected so that they physically receive packet 3? I am under the impression that some documents from packet 3 will need to be brought to the medical, documentation review, and/or interview.

Officially, you didn't fill out the I-129F, your petitioner did. Mismatching answers between I-129F and DS-160 is a red flag for *possible* dishonesty between beneficiary and petitioner. Be prepared in case of questions at the interview such as "Does your fiancé(e) know you are a dual citizen?", "When did you tell him/her?", "What was his/her reaction?". You could consider including text messages or emails from the conversation about what your two nationalities mean to you in some of your "evidence of relationship", if you had that conversation in writing. There are many things during the process that won't directly disqualify you, but may create suspicions. Have healthy conversations with your fiancé(e) about such topics; don't let your interviewer raise questions for the first time.

Yes it did change, that fact was mentioned in the post before the one you quoted.

You don't need to write an affidavit letter, IRS will provide one through your personal IRS online portal. Same place where you would get a transcript if you had filed. Because you haven't filed, they provide an official certificate saying they haven't received your return for that year.

I was only able to get results by selected "immigrant visa" (even though K-1 officially is not) and "NA" for both passport and surname. Filling in the form completely gives no search results, same as you show.

Follow what the form says. If it says "petitioner's name and A number", do not use the A number issued on your RFE or RFIE. If it says "beneficiary's name and A-number", do use the A number found on the RFE.

Your registration sticker goes on the inside of the lower corner of your front window (windshield), so that it can be read from outside. "Front" is telling you which window, not which surface of the glass. The sticker isn't made to be outside in the rain and ice.

USCIS under Trump 2.0 is far more strict than is "normal". Expect that if something is in the immigration law passed by Congress, explicit or implied, no matter how many decades ago, it will now be fully enforced.