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Our K1 Visa has been Approved (NEXT STEP IS ISSUED) on CEAC since February 3rd, we are feeling worried due to no case update. The stone silence is deadly.

Does anyone have any idea how long this can take?

Brownie points if you have a contact for the US Embassy in Jamaica

Hi,

We got an interview in upcoming weeks. My wife and I are wondering to provide what documents we should have with us.

We have already sent the last packet for form i751. Should we do another packet for the interview?

And what do we expect?

Thank you

My husband and I are dual citizens of Mexico and the United States. We have been habitually residing in Mexico for several years.

Our daughter was placed with us in October 2021 through a foster placement by DIF (the local government child welfare agency). The adoption was finalized in a Mexican court in July 2025.

In order to file an I-130 for an adopted child we must demonstrate two years of legal custody and two years of living together abroad.

Our question is about when the two-year period begins to accrue in this type of situation. Would it begin at the time of foster placement in October 2021, or at the time the adoption was finalized in July 2025?

Has anyone had experience with a similar timeline (foster placement through DIF followed by later court finalization) and how USCIS calculated the two-year requirement?

Thank you in advance for any insight.

Has anyone here had to resubmit their K1 petition before? I'm trying to figure out if when it gets to USCIS the processing is any different. My fianc and I had a lawyer submit our petition December '25, however it was rejected because my fianc didn't put the funds on the CC yet because we were told they probably won't try to process it till the following week. However it got to the lockbox the Thursday and they tried processing Friday. A week later our lawyer received the rejected package, my fianc signed a new payment form, however due to multiple issues (both with the lawyer procrastinating and then the new paralegal sending it to the wrong address) it wasn't resubmitted till this past Monday 9th Feb (FedEx confirmation that it was delivered).

Because of how quickly they tried to process the payment the first time, and the fact that we haven't seen the payment be processed yet we're wondering if because it's a resubmission it takes longer or is it known if they only clear the lockbox on certain days maybe.

I'm sorry if my post seems all over the place, we've already had this avoidable 2 month delay and now that it's actually submitted I'm anxious to see that ball rolling (yes I know this is generally a process with a lot of waiting).

Anyway has anyone had any experience with resubmission of the I129F?

My fiancee just finished her medical at SLEC. Her DS-3025 shows the same vaccinations I expected based on the "instructions to panel physicians" except for two: influenza has code F "Flu vaccine not available" which I understand is acceptable, and hepatitis B has code D "Not available in country".

Is it true that in Manila they have no access to Hepatitis B vaccines? I feel like SLEC is just trying to increase profit by not giving the required shots, the cost of which was included in the visa medical package.

I have very good health insurance and Hep B is required for insurance companies to cover, so it's easy for us to pick up the missing shot after marriage. But that won't get it onto the official government form. Has anyone gotten RFE for Manila using code D inappropriately?