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Has anyone obtained there K1 Visa in 5 months ?

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Al422 Experienced

Al422   221

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Philippines
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The system is flakey, so it is possible for one who did everythng right to need 8 months for NOA2, or one month, or anything in between. The box yours is in calnbe pulled quickly or it can sit around for months. I even heard of a box getting pulled by an adjudicator who then goes on vacation and it sits on his or her desk for 2 weeks.

Flakey? You bet. But that is the system for better or worse.

Allanah and Chris Explorer

Allanah and Chris   8

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Canada
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Goodmorning guys,

I am curious as to I've been following content on here and some timelines seem to have 7 to 9 months processing time. Are these instances where the case may have some issue or missing documents? Has anyone had there K1 within the processing time of 5 months? It would help us to know how we can avoid delays. Our wedding date is already cray5ol.gif

5 months is barely enough to get you to the interview.

ROC:

17-JUN-2016: Filed I-751

24-JUN-2016: VSC NOA

09-JUL-2016: Biometrics appointment Raleigh, NC ASC

AOS:

04-JAN-2014: POE

07-JAN-2014: Filed for SSN

18-JAN-2014: Wedding in Wilmington, NC

31-JAN-2014: Filed for AOS (lockbox received 01-FEB-2014)

05-FEB-2014: NOA1 for I-485, I-765, I-131

04-MAR-2014: Biometrics in Raleigh, NC

09-APR-2014: I-765/I-131 approved

14-APR-2014: EAD/AP Card Received (mailed 11-APR-2014)

14-MAY-2014: Notice of delay in processing, estimated completion NOV-2014 :(

28-JUN-2014: Reception in Wilmington, NC

11-AUG-2014: Card production notice! :)

15-AUG-2014: Hardcopy I-797 Approval of AOS

18-AUG-2014: Card in hand.

K1:

25-DEC-2012: Proposal!

10-JAN-2013: Filed I-129F (lockbox received 12-JAN-2013)

16-JAN-2013: NOA1 VSC (hard copy received 22-JAN-2013)

30-MAY-2013: Transferred from VSC to TSC

24-JUN-2013: NOA2 electronic notification (hard copy received 27-JUN-2013)

16-JUL-2013: USCIS sends to NVC

22-JUL-2013: Case number assigned, sent to MTL. (called DoS instead of NVC)

24-JUL-2013: Case received at MTL. (hard copy received 27-JUL-2013)

08-AUG-2013: Packet 3 mailed to MTL via XPressPost (MTL received 12-AUG-2013)

20-AUG-2013: MTL logs Packet 3 and sends Packet 4 (happy birthday Christopher!)

28-AUG-2013: Medical (Dr. Seiden, results received 03-SEP-2013)

07-OCT-2013: Interview (Approved!)

10-OCT-2013: Visa ready with Loomis! (picked up 17-OCT-2013)

vbtwo Rising Star

vbtwo   54

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Ukraine
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They seem to have sped up considerably recently. You can see in Igor's lists that CSC is now approving petitions in 1-2 months and TSC is 2-3 months. There is no guarantee that this will continue though. They could just as well stop processing all K1s for a month or two or three and then it'll be back to waiting half a year.

As you can see from my timeline, it took us from Jan to Aug to get the visa and that was with no RFEs whatsoever and a really fast consulate (Ukraine).

1/4/13 - I129-F Sent | 1/8/13 - Received by USCIS
1/10/13 - NOA1 to VSC | 1/11/13 - Text/Email | 1/17/13 - Hard Copy Received
1/16/13 - Alien Registration Number changed
5/24/13 or 5/29/13 - Case Transferred to TSC
7/2/13 - NOA2 from TSC! (173 days from NOA1) | 7/6/13 - Hard Copy Received
7/18/13 - Shipped to NVC | 7/26/13 - Received at NVC and case number assigned
7/29/13 - In transit to consulate | 7/31/13 - Received by consulate
8/20/13 - Medical - Passed | 8/21/13 - Interview - Approved!
8/28/13 - Passport with visa ready to pickup from courier
10/17/13 - POE - JFK
10/28/13 - Applied for SSN and marriage license | 11/2/13 - SS card received
11/21/13 - Wedding


12/30/13 - I485/I765/I131 Sent | 1/2/14 - Received by USCIS
1/3/14 - NOA1 to NBC | 1/16/14 - Hard Copy Received
2/4/14 - Biometrics
3/7/14 - AP and EAD approved!
3/11/14 - AP/EAD card mailed | 3/14/14 - Received
4/10/14 - Interview Waiver letter
6/16/14 - Approved! | 6/21/14 - GC Received


5/2/16 - I-751 Sent | 5/5/16 - Received by USCIS
5/6/16 - NOA1 to VSC
6/14/16 - Biometrics

4/19/17 - Approved! | 4/22/17 - Letter received | 5/4/17 - GC Received

Jowsa Contributor

Jowsa   1

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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Goodmorning guys,

I am curious as to I've been following content on here and some timelines seem to have 7 to 9 months processing time. Are these instances where the case may have some issue or missing documents? Has anyone had there K1 within the processing time of 5 months? It would help us to know how we can avoid delays. Our wedding date is already cray5ol.gif

I finished my process within 5 months...I'm already in US...depends on ur case and service center I'm from CSC and the process is so quick ..gudluck
anjans Enthusiast

anjans   21

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Sweden
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They seem to have sped up considerably recently. You can see in Igor's lists that CSC is now approving petitions in 1-2 months and TSC is 2-3 months. There is no guarantee that this will continue though. They could just as well stop processing all K1s for a month or two or three and then it'll be back to waiting half a year.

As you can see from my timeline, it took us from Jan to Aug to get the visa and that was with no RFEs whatsoever and a really fast consulate (Ukraine).

Who is Igor and where can i read this quick approving times you are talking about?

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Timeline for our K-1 Fiance Visa:

09-27-13: Sent to Texas Lockbox

09-30-13: Recieved by USCIS - Confirmation sent by email

10-03-13: NOA1 from USCIS by email

10-15-13: NOA1 , hardcopy recieved

10-24-13: Alien registration nr was changed

11-12-13: NOA2 from USCIS by email

11-18-13: NOA2 , hardcopy recieved

12-04-13: Our case was shipped to NVC

12-10-13: NVC recieved

12-13-13: Got NVC case nr

12-18-13: Case sent to embassy

01-17-14: Medical exam.

01-23-14: Interview appt.

01-27-14: RFE sent

02-04-14: Approved

02-06-14: Recieved my visa

02-10-14: Poe FLL

04-18-14: Got married

Timeline for my AOS:

09-27-14: Sent to Chicago lockbox

10-03-14: Recieved by USCIS - Confirmation sent by email

10-21-14: Recieved an rfe by email

11-19-14: Rfe recieved by USCIS

02-18-15: Recieved a NPIW letter

07-23-15: Greencard is being produced

07-23-15: A welcome letter has been mailed<p>

07-27-15: Received the welcome letter

08-18-15 card was mailed to me

08-20-15 Received greencard in mail

Timeline for my EAD:

09-27-14: Sent to Chicago Lockbox

09-30-14: Recieved by USCIS - Confirmation sent by email

12-02-14: EAD approved

12-01-15: Biometrics appt.

12-01-15: Card in process and are being mailed

20-01-15: EAD card recieved in the mail

clairegie Proficient

clairegie   265

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Philippines
 Timeline
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Who is Igor and where can i read this quick approving times you are talking about?

scroll up and click on Immigration Timelines

and under Predictions & Visa Processing Stats:

click on ball.gif Processing Status: Igor's List

and to answer your question, I have no idea who Igor is. :D

My timeline: http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?cfl=0&id=163489

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Smothfuel Newbie

Smothfuel   0

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
 Timeline
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Our 129f Journey:

04-23-2013 __129f sent to USCIS

04-26-2013----receipt /NOA-1

05-02-2013----ALIEN REG. WAS CHANGED

07-10-2013----TRANSFRRED LOCAL OFFICE FOR PROCESSING

07-25-2013----129F APPROVED

08-14-2013----SHIPPED APPROVED CASE TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR VISA PROCESSING

08-23-2013----CALL NVC=GOT MANILA CASE

FOUR MONTHS ONLY*

10-24-2013----USEM INTERVIEW

GOOD LUCK!

cathyvrph Explorer

cathyvrph   4

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
 Timeline
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my 5th month will be on the 21st of october and i will have my interview tomorrow, i initially answered its highly unlikely to happen but with what has been happening with ours, were hoping we get it sooner than that by a few days. sp its possible, wrote my timeline on my signature for reference, CSC may filer here.

May 15, 2013 - Sent I-129F packet

May 17, 2013 - Recieved Date

May 21, 2013 - NOA1

August 9, 2013 - Petition Approved; NOA2

September 12, 2013 - Got our Manila Case Number

September 13, 2013 - Paid VISA fee through BPI ; scheduled appointment and medicals

September 17, 2013 - Medical at SLEC; passed in one day

September 20, 2013 - done with CFO seminar pre departure orientation seminar

October 7, 2013 - Interview at USEM (Visa Approved)

October 16, 2013 - Visa on hand

October 17, 2013 - went back to CFO for the sticker

November 9, 2013 - Flight to LAX, got to LAX safely

NOvember 11, 2013 - Printed out I-94 online

perksandgrumps Contributor

perksandgrumps   3

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Philippines
 Timeline
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We applied December 2012 (no RFE), received NOA2 on April 2013, interview by May, got the visa first week of June and in the US by July. We're one of the lucky ones smile.png

Edited by perksandgrumps

My K1 Visa Interview Experience: http://perksandgrumps.com/us-embassy-manila-interview-for-k1-visa/

July 13, 2013 = Arrived in the U.S. (Port of Entry: Hawaii)

August 3, 2013 = Got married!

August 29, 2013 = Mailed application for Adjustment of Status

September 7, 2013 = Received NOA1

October 1, 2013 = Biometrics done.

November 20, 2013 = Scheduled interview.

December 2, 2013 = Green Card received! The letter said they approved my application on Nov 22. 

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AOS

Filed = Sept. 3, 2014

NOA 1 = Sept. 7, 2014

Biometrics = October 1, 2014

Interview = October 20, 2014

Green card received = October 22, 2014

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nadsa Contributor

nadsa   1

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Mexico
 Timeline
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Well I'll have my interview on Oct 11 -good wishes please- so that will close up to 6 months since we started the process on April 16, but I strongly advice you to not plan, It could take longer and longer the waiting times between sending the papers to the other offices is too long

 
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