michaelp711

We received a duplicate e-mail reply in concern to the card production today. That makes two for her I485. At least we have received them, which is nice.

In looking at some other experiences posted on here, it seems that we have been approved, and we are overjoyed. Thanks.

Well, yesterday 11/27/2010...we received an email from USCIS stating that in response to our submitted I485 to adjust status, they have started the production of our new card. The only strange part is that we had our Biometrics in September, but never had the subsequent interview. In all, we have gotten our advance parole, EAD, biometrics and now an email stating that we will be receiving our card. When I check USCIS website, it says the same about the card in production.

We just want to be sure before being excited about not having an interview. Any others have a similar experience? Zita and Michael

We are in North Carolina. You are right, I should check and see for sure with the DMV. Thanks for the help.

m-

We just received our email notice that our packet for the AOS I-485 has been received via. When we receive the hard copy NOA1, will that be proof of anything in concern to her status?

We are trying to get a drivers license but with a few days left on her K1 Visa, the office says she isn't eligible for one. I believe that we need to wait to receive the approval of everything first, but not sure if anyone can shed some light on what the NOA1 says.

Thanks.

Michael

Thanks for the fast reply.

We just sent out our I-485 packet along with all of the other goodies required for the Adjustment of Status. What is the normal wait time between when they receive the packet and confirm to you its receipt via e-mail?

We cut it a bit close on time, and I'm worried that although it was received at the Chicago USCIS office via FedEx yesterday at 9:30...I don't want her to fall 'out of status' in the coming days and we have trouble.

Any advice?

Michael

Sorry for the late reply. My fiance didn't receive the 'packet 3' letter once our case was forwarded from the NVC, we just waited 5 weeks from when we received the hard copy NOA2 and used the Ciudad Juarez packet 3 forms link from the internet. Then she just went to the consulate and asked for her open invitation letter. Our proof was a few photos and my passport showing me traveling there 5 times over the past year and a half. I guess that was enough. The questions they asked were just a few. My full name, my job, my place of birth. That was it. Hope it helps.

Although we went through a different Consulate, the fee must be paid prior to the appointment and the receipt is the proof. The DHL is paid after the interview, so bring enough for that. It was 8 USD for us in Mexico. Hope that helps.

Wanted to share the news and timeline about our experience.

Finace leaves for CDJ from Mexico City Monday morning and arrives at the Consulate to request 'open invitation letter' and is pulled out of line by guard asking why she is there. He takes her name and returns 30 minutes later with the letter. She walks to the Medical, which is a block or less away and is 'checked' for about 4 hours moving from one room to another. She arrived after 11am and they were still processing visa people, so I can't say that the information on the website for the medical just being from 7am to 11am is correct, but at least it worked out for us. She leaves medical at 4pm and is told to return at 5:30pm for the results, then goes across street to pay banamex and eats dinner. Returns for results, is reminded via text by me to 'not open' the black envelope. At 7am she returns for the interview, is given a number and once called is sent to a window where she provides the paperwork requested, then waits some more, and more and more (she says). Then the number comes up again, and she is taken to be finger printed, and then is told to wait to be interviewed. and as she tells it...(she waits, and waits and waits). and finally, the officer comes in...asks questions about my name, my job, where I was born...and that was it. Then he congratulated her, she had been approved. She was given a DHL number and must return when all of her paperwork and such it is ready to be picked up. She needs to fly home tonight to go back to work in Mex. City and then fly back once it is ready to be picked up. So, I am overjoyed. A lot of worry, a whole lot of worry...and if I learned anything, it is plan, plan, plan...and diligent paperwork.

She was 'congratulated' by the Officer for receiving her K-1 visa on April 20th, 2010. This process started in October of 2009.

Duplicate thread closed. It isn't necessary to post a topic more than once.

Didn't mean to do it, had system lag. Still looking for anyone's assistance, and the above message might have scared responders away.

A quick one here. I am being advised by my attorney that I need to fill out a questionnaire so that they can prepare my I-134 for me. I already have packet 3 on the way to my Fiance in Mexico, but the attorney told me that I need to send all my supporting documentation to their office, and then they will prepare the form and send it to USCIS in Vermont. Is this correct???

Who is supposed to receive the I-134 and supporting documentation? Please someone clear this up. The way I see it, I prepare the I-134 and all my docs. and send it to my fiance, and at the interview...they will look at the documentation. Is this the correct process? I think my attorney is doing things incorrectly.

Please advise.

Thanks,

Michael

I really hope you all are calling the NVC and speaking with an operator and not listening to the automated message. If the NVC customer service person tell you it hasn't been received, then it hasn't been received, but the automation does not work with K-1's, as mine arrived last week and left yesterday and yet automation still says it hasn't been received.

So, the NVC sent my case today to CDJ and I have started to assemble the information to send to my fiance'. Does anyone have a list of the 'whats needed for CDJ' and tips and hints for going there and getting it done. It seems like we are all going through this, so I am curious to know how you are preparing, or if you have...what 'exactly' you did you get through it. This whole process has me a wreck, and knowledge of the process quells the fear...so lets share.

Oh, and I didn't know...but the NVC's automation doesn't recognize the K1 Visa number, or at least kept telling me it wasn't received, and after I read a post on here to just call, I did...and after getting through and sitting waiting on the next operator, I got a lively young lady named Kat who just wanted to go home for the night and was incredibly helpful...telling me that CDJ will receive the case in a week, and then it is up to us for packet 3. She gave me the number for the embassy at CDJ 011 52 47 77 88 7070 so I could check to see it's status. This is the link to packet 3, and from the above post...if she is criminal record free, no police rap sheet is necessary.

http://ciudadjuarez.usconsulate.gov/fianceforms.html

So, this is all I have...what can you tell me.

Thanks,

Michael

I am in the same boat with you, and also going to the same Embassy, CDJ...and tonight, I found out that my case is on the way there too. So, from what I am told from both my attorney and others on here is that CDJ sends a letter telling you the forms are here http://ciudadjuarez.usconsulate.gov/fianceforms.html and you print them and go there and follow the steps to get the medical and interview. The letter, or 'packet 3' is already online there at that link, so all you need to do is wait until it gets to the Embassy, 3-5 business days...and you should be good. Follow the 'what to give to your lady' after the NAO2 arrives here http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;page=k1guide and that way you know. I need all my stuff together too, but its nice to know someone else out there has that worry in the gut feeling too.

Michael

I love the NVC and it's automation. I wake and work early, so I have found little issue with the 'busy' line of the NVC...but, my notice of NOA2 was February 25, much like a lot of others in this lineup, and as of 5:30AM Friday morning, it has not been received yet. So, I believe all I can do is wait till Monday.

For everyone else waiting on the same thing, how's the list of items to ready for the interview going? Like me, are you thinking about 'packet 3' too much? Ha!!!

Chin up everyone, till Monday.

michael-

Hi, thanks for the information. We had our Visa approved on the same day it seems, February 25th...but, I too contacted the NVC using the number which is always busy, (amazingly making it through) I got through last night to the automation and then tonight as well, with no luck...my application hasn't been received yet. So, I wait...What number did you call with the 202 area code? My Visa is going through Ciudad Juarez in Mexico after the NVC, so there is still some waiting to be had there as well. Either way, good luck.

Michael

I too have this question, and I received my approval the same day, February 25th. I received the hard copy today, and tried last night at the NVC using my NOA2 'Receipt Number', which is the same number I used to track it on the USCIS website, but they hadn't received it yet.

Looking at the time lines and signatures of some individuals, the NVC has the K1 for just a few days. Does the NVC send you something prior to it going to the Embassy? Even on the NOA2 it mentions the paperwork is now going to the 'consulate' and says nothing about the NVC, so I wonder if for some its just a weigh station of sorts on its travel to the Embassy?

Anyway, if anyone can shed light on 100 percent certainty that the NVC acknowledges that they received and process your paperwork, please let us know.

Thanks in advance.

Michael

CDJ has there own distinct processing.... best bet is for you to visit there website.... some of what your attorney is telling does not sound so unreasonable from what I know of CDJ.

Thanks for the quick reply. It just sounds so strange to walk up to the embassy window with so little. I think a lot of it has to do with the mail system in Mexico too, from what I know it isn't very reliable, 'unless' you have a good address...and since my fiance lives in a nice home and a nice neighborhood with a sister who routinely receives mail there from Sun Microsystems, (her employer)...I believe packet 3 will find its way. Why is CDJ so strange? I haven't read too much in concern to how the interview process is there and what routine questions they have for you? Anyone able to shed light on that?

Hello everyone, I am new to this forum...although, I should have been year some time ago. I am currently in the K1 Visa process with my fiance who is from Mexico City, Mexico. We have been engaged for two years, (spent between her visiting me in NC on her tourist visa and me visiting in Mexico), and together for a total of 3 1/2 years. Currently we received our NOA2 approval notice via email, and I am waiting for the hard copy to come in the mail. I have hired an attorney for this process, but have had little luck in concern to the process and my own questions. So, if anyone can shed some light on these concerns, please let me know.

First off, I am being advised by my attorney to send my fiance to Ciudad Juarez with a copy of the internet's 'USCIS approval' in two weeks so that she can have them print out her letter and be able to go to the medical appointment and interview. For me, and from what I have read...this isn't a good strategy. Shouldn't we wait until the Consulate has sent package 3? What forms are available to her if she shows up at the door with only the approval? Also, my attorney tells me that I don't need to be concerned with the I-134 form, since that will be dealt with later. Does that make any sense? I assume they are wrong, as one would think they need the I-134 right away.

Also, since I received the NOA2 and now it should be moving to the NVC, how do I check to see if they have received it? How do I know when they have sent it to Juarez and when do I know Juarez is ready to send her the packet 3? Also, with everyone talking about the mail system in Mexico? How do you get the packet faster? Is it a wives tale that it takes a long time? Most timelines for Juarez looks like a month wait from sending packet 3 until the medical and interview, is this true?

Any help in concern to this matter would be appreciated!!

Thanks,

Michael