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By Robert_y_Leidy in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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Robert_y_Leidy   0

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We submitted a K-1 Fiancee VISA on Oct 29, 2012. My girlfriend is in Medellin Colombia and it has now been almost 15 months and no word yet. The Vermont Service Center has been telling us that the process is on hold pending security checks. This has been the case since May 2013, SEVEN MONTHS. Has anyone else gone through this and can I do anything about this? I just want to know why it is taking so long and what the issue is. We have postponed our wedding a number of times due to this. We just don't know what else to do. To top it all off I can't even get to the second level, i.e. Immigration Officer, anymore. The people I talk to will not connect me and they are stating they (immigration officers) are too busy to talk to anyone and we have to deal with them.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Our government really is unfair sometimes!

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KayDeeCee Grand Master

KayDeeCee   4,896

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They are supposed to escalate your call to a teir 2 IO if you ask and insist they do. Be persistent. Sometimes they are busy and you will be told to leave a number for the IO to call you back, but you should not be refused to even have the call escalated.

Try contacting your congressperson or the ombudsman to look into your long wait time > http://www.dhs.gov/ombudsman-case-assistance

Link to K-1 instructions for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico > https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/K1/CDJ_Ciudad-Juarez-2-22-2021.pdf

TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   46,443

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*** Thread moved from K-1 Process forum to the K-1 Case Progress subforum. ***

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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c12h22oh   11

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Definitively something is not right; I know you know, I visited Colombia 5 times and every times they hold me at the airport , because my name is similar to somebody else that was deported due to a crime from Colombia to USA. The Immigrations department check every person and could be that the name of your Fiance is so commons that they need a next step in he investigations, this is one of the possibilities of so many that can affect you visa K-1

I have my Fiance in USA already and only took me 189 days to the interview in Bogota. like I say Definitively something is not right .....

You can't do nothing about it just write letters asking for answers. I am really sorry for you delay but at the end they have to give you some answers because you have a case number and you are in the system. need to be patient regardless what will be the outcome. be positive and be proactive.... 2014 just start... good luck

 
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