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K1 Visa sent to the Vancouver Embassy instead of Montreal Embassy

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fouj Newbie

fouj   0

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Hi there,

Our I-129F was approved last week and I called the NVC today to get our Case Number as well as to confirm receipt. They had received our case and she informed me that after it was processed at the NVC (which she said would take approximately 2-4 weeks) it would be sent to the Vancouver Embassy. The only problem here is that I live in Toronto so it would be FAR more convenient to have my case routed to the Montreal Embassy.

So with this said, I have two main questions:

  1. Does the process at the Vancouver office progress more quickly? Or is Montreal faster at processing K1 Visas?
  2. I've emailed the NVC Inquiry address asking them to change the Embassy for our case. I've been told however that if our case leaves for the Embassy before the NVC sees the request, than I have to petition the Embassy to get them to move my case. This sounds like it would add unnecessary time to the process. Does anyone have experience with this?

Thanks so much!

fouj

October 25, 2012 - sent in I-129F

October 29, 2012 - USCIS received I-129F (NOA1)
April 23, 2013 - USCIS sent RFE
April 29, 2013 - received RFE in the mail
April 30, 2013 - sent RFE response to USCIS
May 6, 2013 - USCIS received RFE response
May 10, 2013 - USCIS sent email approval of I-129F
May 16, 2013 - received hard copy of I-129F in the mail (NOA2)

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Kastrs   723

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Hi there,

Our I-129F was approved last week and I called the NVC today to get our Case Number as well as to confirm receipt. They had received our case and she informed me that after it was processed at the NVC (which she said would take approximately 2-4 weeks) it would be sent to the Vancouver Embassy. The only problem here is that I live in Toronto so it would be FAR more convenient to have my case routed to the Montreal Embassy.

So with this said, I have two main questions:

  1. Does the process at the Vancouver office progress more quickly? Or is Montreal faster at processing K1 Visas?
  2. I've emailed the NVC Inquiry address asking them to change the Embassy for our case. I've been told however that if our case leaves for the Embassy before the NVC sees the request, than I have to petition the Embassy to get them to move my case. This sounds like it would add unnecessary time to the process. Does anyone have experience with this?

Thanks so much!

fouj

please timeline.gif it would be helpful to everyone on this site.

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Married December 19, 2014

I-130 Petition sent January 14, 2015
NOA1 date January 20, 2015 (NSC)

NOA2 date May 28, 2015 :dance::dance::dance:

Mailed to NVC June 4, 2015

NVC Received June 10, 2015

NVC Case Number Assigned June 23, 2015

NVC AoS Invoice via Mail June 24, 2015

NVC Selected Agent Over Phone June 30, 2015 (Unable to logon to CEAC)

NVC IV Invoice via email received July 1, 2015

NVC AoS/IV Package Mailed July 2, 2015

NVC AoS & IV Fee Paid Online (CEAC is working) July 6. 2015

NVC Document Scan Date July 6, 2015

NCV AoS & IV Fee marked as paid in CEAC July, 7 2015

NVC DS 260 Completed July 8, 2015

NVC CC July 30, 2015 (24 days after scan date, about 2 months post NOA2)

Interview Scheduled on August 26, 2015

Interview P4 Email Received August 27, 2015

Medical in Islamabad September 2, 2015

Interview Date September 22, 2015 CANCELLED (Embassy is Over scheduled) :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Interview Scheduled on September 10, 2015

Interview Date October 14, 2015 APPROVED

Visa Issued October 16, 2015, 9 months start to finish

POE JFK October 26, 2015

GC in Hand Jan 8, 2016

RoC I-751 NOA1 August 31, 2017 (Vermont Service Center)

Biometrics October 2, 2017

I551 Stamp in Passport August 2, 2018

18 Month Extension Letter August 3, 2018

Applied for Naturalization N-400 Online July 30, 2018

Biometrics August 23, 2018

10 year GC is in production September 17, 2018

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Inky Grand Master

Inky   1,110

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VAN office is faster than Montreal.

You will have to contact both consuls and request them to move the petition to the correct consul for your living area. Which would be Montreal.

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Your I-129f was approved in 5 days from your NOA1 date.

Your interview took 67 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

AOS was approved in 2 months and 8 days without interview.

ROC was approved in 3 months and 2 days without interview.

I am a Citizen of the United States of America. 04/16/13

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fouj Newbie

fouj   0

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Canada
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My apologies. I've filled in my timeline now!

October 25, 2012 - sent in I-129F

October 29, 2012 - USCIS received I-129F (NOA1)
April 23, 2013 - USCIS sent RFE
April 29, 2013 - received RFE in the mail
April 30, 2013 - sent RFE response to USCIS
May 6, 2013 - USCIS received RFE response
May 10, 2013 - USCIS sent email approval of I-129F
May 16, 2013 - received hard copy of I-129F in the mail (NOA2)

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