October 2009 K-1 Visa filers

[Rito 28]

yes. I used the track by reference on dhl.

Any hints on how to do that? I've been putting in combinations of the case number and INS receipt number to Track by Reference and no juice.

[K and L 27]

Tell me about it, Beth! D:

But I suppose on the bright side, it will be much harder for them to say we don't have a bonafide relationship - unless they're going to imply I was sleeping with other people while I was in Brazil, and I don't think they'd get thaaaaat low. [With the nearly 10 yr age difference, with me as the older one, I've been concerned that we'll get tossed into AP for it.]

Edited January 22, 2010 by K and L

[lilacvioletiris 11]

Ok, I am going to keep calling NVC. I really want to know what day my package got sent out. Seems like Montreal gets a package every day. Some are heavier than others. I clicked on one that was going to Manila once, though, it was about 72 pounds or something. The biggest I have seen go to Montreal was around 9 pounds. Now to keep hitting redial on my cell phone!

[lilacvioletiris 11]

Go to dhl.com

Go to track by reference.

Put in the following

EXP 20 JAN 2010A

and change the date to whatever date the NVC tells you your package was sent out. If it was sent out today, it may not show up in the computer system until next week, but you can at least take a look.

Have fun.

[lilacvioletiris 11]

I am on hold at the NVC! Yeah!

[lilacvioletiris 11]

And the woman said "Now you do know that it was sent to the Montreal Embassy on Tuesday, Jan. 19?" Well, no, I didn't but that makes my weekend! Now to check DHL.com to see if it was delivered!

[Beth and John 7]

And the woman said "Now you do know that it was sent to the Montreal Embassy on Tuesday, Jan. 19?" Well, no, I didn't but that makes my weekend! Now to check DHL.com to see if it was delivered!

YAY!

[Rito 28]

Go to dhl.com

Have fun.

Whew, thank you! Looks like ours arrived in London on January 19. And, last week, I sent a pack of paperwork to the fiance ($16 shipping) with the support letters, evidence, entire I-129F packet, etc. I guess I'm done for now! Time to sit back, crack open a beer, and let him take over the process.

[K and L 27]

I think I found lilac's - a 4lb one sent on the 19th and accepted on the 20th! I also may have found mine, as 2-3lb sounds about right for my package, and if that was in fact mine, it's left Miami and is on its way to Brazil.

ETA: But I had to screw with the date to get it. EXP 15 JAN 2010A was the one I used.

Edited January 22, 2010 by K and L

[lilacvioletiris 11]

Well, there was no Montreal shipment on EXP 19 JAN 2010A but there is one for EXP 20 JAN 2010A, and it is "with delivery courier" as of 11:56 a.m. this morning. I wonder if it will get delivered today or not? Hum.

edit: Looks like a shipment that was delivered on 1/20/10 was signed for at 4:23 p.m. so there is still hope it makes it there today! Yeah!

Edited January 22, 2010 by lilacvioletiris

[lilacvioletiris 11]

I believe the packages contain more than just us K-1 petitions. It is any petitions that are being sent to a particular consulate. I know MY PETITION wasn't more than a pound all by itself, unless USCIS has it in some huge folder or something. I am betting my package is more likely the one that went out Jan. 20 though, because on Tuesday morning, the people at NVC said that my petition wasn't complete in their computer systems. It is all a guess anyway because we don't know FOR SURE what package our petitions are in, but it gives me some hope about when they arrive!

[Rito 28]

I believe the packages contain more than just us K-1 petitions.

I'm sure they send more than one petition at once, for one thing. "My" package was 11 pounds, and my little petition would've had to put on a lot of weight for that to be true.

[lilacvioletiris 11]

YEAH! Shipment delivered at 4:20 p.m. , signed by Harold in Montreal Canada!

Now the wait for Packet 3 begins! I am hoping my fiance' it in his hands in 21 days or less (seems to be the going rate for Montreal interview prospects with K-1's) so according to the date calculator I use Add or Subtract from a Calendar Date he should have the package 3 list of documents to fill out and return by Friday, Feb. 12, 2010. That would be perfect. There is an online form with a bar code thing that I didn't want to fill out and print for him until he had his packet 3 list. He has all the other paper forms and has been handwriting in the responses so I can type them up and print them (since he doesn't have a printer).

[lilacvioletiris 11]

I can't believe I dialed the NVC 53 times just to get through! Just deleted all the calls from my cell phone list.

[Beth and John 7]

I can't believe I dialed the NVC 53 times just to get through! Just deleted all the calls from my cell phone list.

Holy COW!!! Glad you got through though!!!