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https://ceac.state.gov/genniv/default.aspx

Just to be clear...this is where our fiancé applies correct?

Yes, this is the DS160.

Choose "England, London" (I spent ages hunting for United Kingdom on there!) and you can complete it in draft and save it with a security question. It generates a retrieval number and it stays in there for access by you to amend for 30 days. Each time you go in it starts the 30 days again. There is a separate place where you pay for the application.

The DS160 is the actual K1 visa application form. Get coffee and cookies. It takes a while!

Lee & William

8/2/2014 - Sent I-129F Petition with USPS by Express Mail    8/4/2014 - I-129F delivered to dropbox    8/6/2014 - NOA1 Text/E-Mail received    8/11/2014 - Alien Registration Number Changed (Text/E-Mail) / NOA1 Letter received by Mail    3/16/2015 - NOA2 Text/E-Mail received (224 days)    3/20/2015 - Sent to NVC    3/31/2015 - NVC Received    4/1/2015 - Case Number Assigned       4/7/2015 - NVC Sent to Embassy    4/10/2015 - London Embassy Received    4/11/2015 - Medical     4/15/2015 - Packet 3 Received    4/12/2015 - Packet 3 Sent    4/23/2015 - Packet 4 Received    5/18/2015 - Interview - APPROVED     5/30/2015 - Visa collected from courier    6/1/2015 - POE    6/14/2015 - Wedding 💍💍
 
 
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Cool! Thank you. Let's hope the following process will be fast now.

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I think the general consensus on VJ is to wait at least 10 days(business days I believe) before calling NVC and also to ignore the 35 day wait time that is stated in the recorded message when calling.

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The NVC number to call is: 603-334-0700 you will need: SRC receipt number from USCIS Name and Date of Birth of Beneficiary Name and Date of Birth of Petitioner There open until Midnight.

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Yes, this is the DS160.

Choose "England, London" (I spent ages hunting for United Kingdom on there!) and you can complete it in draft and save it with a security question. It generates a retrieval number and it stays in there for access by you to amend for 30 days. Each time you go in it starts the 30 days again. There is a separate place where you pay for the application.

The DS160 is the actual K1 visa application form. Get coffee and cookies. It takes a while!

Thank you so much!! I thought Scott did this and no...he hasn't! Ugh. Oh well...worst part is over

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wbeem   568

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Oh well...worst part is over

It sure is! Let the wedding planning begin :dancing:

Lee & William

8/2/2014 - Sent I-129F Petition with USPS by Express Mail    8/4/2014 - I-129F delivered to dropbox    8/6/2014 - NOA1 Text/E-Mail received    8/11/2014 - Alien Registration Number Changed (Text/E-Mail) / NOA1 Letter received by Mail    3/16/2015 - NOA2 Text/E-Mail received (224 days)    3/20/2015 - Sent to NVC    3/31/2015 - NVC Received    4/1/2015 - Case Number Assigned       4/7/2015 - NVC Sent to Embassy    4/10/2015 - London Embassy Received    4/11/2015 - Medical     4/15/2015 - Packet 3 Received    4/12/2015 - Packet 3 Sent    4/23/2015 - Packet 4 Received    5/18/2015 - Interview - APPROVED     5/30/2015 - Visa collected from courier    6/1/2015 - POE    6/14/2015 - Wedding 💍💍
 
 
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How thoughtful of them..haha. I think the biggest relief for me is that I know where it is.. at last, and it hasn't disappeared in a pile of paper in Texas or Boston. I'm not totally sure how our process works as I've read different things but I called about the medical a couple of weeks ago and they wont do it until I have the instructions from Packet 3.

I guess for once you're almost hoping Monday isn't a holiday !

No holiday today.....mine has been signed for and delivered to the Embassy this morning!

Service Center : Texas Service Center

Consulate : Bolivia

I-129F Sent : 2014-08-08

I-129F NOA1 : 2014-08-14

I-129F NOA2 : 2015-02-20

I-129F NOA2 hard copy recieved: 2015-03-02

USCIS to NVC: 2015-03-02

NVC Received : 2015-03-10

NVC Left : 2015-03-31

Consulate Received : 2015-04-06

Packet 4 Received : 2015-04-09

Interview Date : 2015-04-30

2nd Interview Date : 2015-05-04

Interview Result :

Visa Received :

Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 190 days from your NOA1 date.[/b][/color]

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Hey guys! after the DS 160 fee. What other fee do we have to pay?

Unless you have to pay courier fees for delivery of the visa, the next expense is a bottle of champagne to celebrate your approval after the interview.

Lee & William

8/2/2014 - Sent I-129F Petition with USPS by Express Mail    8/4/2014 - I-129F delivered to dropbox    8/6/2014 - NOA1 Text/E-Mail received    8/11/2014 - Alien Registration Number Changed (Text/E-Mail) / NOA1 Letter received by Mail    3/16/2015 - NOA2 Text/E-Mail received (224 days)    3/20/2015 - Sent to NVC    3/31/2015 - NVC Received    4/1/2015 - Case Number Assigned       4/7/2015 - NVC Sent to Embassy    4/10/2015 - London Embassy Received    4/11/2015 - Medical     4/15/2015 - Packet 3 Received    4/12/2015 - Packet 3 Sent    4/23/2015 - Packet 4 Received    5/18/2015 - Interview - APPROVED     5/30/2015 - Visa collected from courier    6/1/2015 - POE    6/14/2015 - Wedding 💍💍
 
 
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Unless you have to pay courier fees for delivery of the visa, the next expense is a bottle of champagne to celebrate your approval after the interview.

Cannot wait for this! I'm sure you both can't either :)

Michael is currently waiting for his Police report, which should arrive this week (fingers crossed). He also got some of his vaccines on Saturday and will get the remainder this Saturday - they didnt want to vaccinate for 7 things in one day. He got MMR and will get Tdap, as hes already had chicken pox.

So, only thing to wait on now is the NOA2. I've been watching your dates wbeem as we are about a 6 weeks apart in timing :) Still trying to get him here by mid- Aug. Your fast medical date made me happy, and it looks like London moves pretty fast too. Any ideas when you think the interview will be?

(L):) I am the petitioner :)(L)

K-1 Journey:

Petition Sent : 9-18-14

Petition Received: 9-19-14

NOA1: 9-23-14

NOA1 Hardcopy: 9-29-14

RFE: 4-30-15

RFE Response Rec'd: 5-8-15

NOA 2: 5-19-15

NOA2 Hardcopy: 5-26-15

Sent to NVC: 5-29-15

NVC Received : 6-5-15

NVC Case # assigned:6-9-15 (Date received on phone)

Sent to Embassy:6-16-15

Embassy Received:6-19-15

Medical: 6-22-15

Packet 3 Received: Not Received

Packet 3 Sent:6-26-15

Packet 4 Received: Not Received

Interview: 7-27-15 - Approved!!!

POE: 8-20-15

Wedding: 9-12-15

AOS Journey(I-485, I-765, I-131):

Packet Sent: 11-03-2015

Packet Received: 11-04-2015

NOA1: 11-10-2015

Biometrics: 12-01-2015

EAD/AP Approved: 1-25-2016

EAD/AP Mailed:

EAD/AP Received:

AOS Approved: 2-20-16

GC mailed: 2-24-16

GC received:

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Cannot wait for this! I'm sure you both can't either :)

Michael is currently waiting for his Police report, which should arrive this week (fingers crossed). He also got some of his vaccines on Saturday and will get the remainder this Saturday - they didnt want to vaccinate for 7 things in one day. He got MMR and will get Tdap, as hes already had chicken pox.

So, only thing to wait on now is the NOA2. I've been watching your dates wbeem as we are about a 6 weeks apart in timing :) Still trying to get him here by mid- Aug. Your fast medical date made me happy, and it looks like London moves pretty fast too. Any ideas when you think the interview will be?

Quite right! We've all done much more waiting than we should have. It's time to be with our fiance(e)s as soon as possible.

It's good that Michael is getting all these things done now. I actually did ours in December expecting we'd be approved by late January, but we weren't.

As you are in the UK, watching the timescales in signatures and timelines seems to be quite consistent and for once, a reliable guide. I have been following Curlies who is one day ahead of us and so far, all our updates have come a day after theirs. The only variant here is that their case was shipped on Friday and there is a weekend that comes into play in between but otherwise, it's been fairly consistent so far. Same for a few who are a couple of days behind us. It's good to be able to check these boxes on our timeline at last!

Lee & William

8/2/2014 - Sent I-129F Petition with USPS by Express Mail    8/4/2014 - I-129F delivered to dropbox    8/6/2014 - NOA1 Text/E-Mail received    8/11/2014 - Alien Registration Number Changed (Text/E-Mail) / NOA1 Letter received by Mail    3/16/2015 - NOA2 Text/E-Mail received (224 days)    3/20/2015 - Sent to NVC    3/31/2015 - NVC Received    4/1/2015 - Case Number Assigned       4/7/2015 - NVC Sent to Embassy    4/10/2015 - London Embassy Received    4/11/2015 - Medical     4/15/2015 - Packet 3 Received    4/12/2015 - Packet 3 Sent    4/23/2015 - Packet 4 Received    5/18/2015 - Interview - APPROVED     5/30/2015 - Visa collected from courier    6/1/2015 - POE    6/14/2015 - Wedding 💍💍
 
 
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Our pack has had to wait over the long Easter weekend and due for delivery this morning at the embassy. I've never tracked anything with DHL...wow what a system! I checked on the medical a couple of weeks ago and they wont do it without the details from the embassy, but they can do it either same day or the next so that's no problem. So now waiting for the arrival of Pkt 3... I can't believe we are finally at this point.

All the best to everyone for the coming few weeks... lots going on out there. :D

Mar 2011 - After 5mths denied for lost docs - Attempts to follow up failed. Mar 18 2012 - I-129F sent - No sign of NOA1 but they have banked the check...Jul 24 - Update - USCIS has located our file
Infopass Apt - they sorted through everything - our 2011 and 2012 file keep getting mixed up - getting us a Case# (still waiting) Dec- Infopass Appt- expecting to get a case # in about a week ..Still no Case number
Mar 2013 Infopass - advised file was in a box somewhere,and it would be quicker for us to refile. Life gets in the way... New petition submitted July 2014 .
I-129F Sent : Jul 28 2014
TSC received: Aug 04 2014
I-129F NOA1 : Aug 06 2014
I-129F NOA2 : Feb 25 2015 (NOA2 copy rcd: Mar 02)

Sent to NVC: Mar 09 / Left NVC Apr 1 / Arr Embassy Apr 7 / Pkt 3 Rcd Apr 15 / Medical Apr 17 / Pkt 3 sent May 1 / Interview May 12

Left NZ May 15

Married Aug 10

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Our pack has had to wait over the long Easter weekend and due for delivery this morning at the embassy. I've never tracked anything with DHL...wow what a system! I checked on the medical a couple of weeks ago and they wont do it without the details from the embassy, but they can do it either same day or the next so that's no problem. So now waiting for the arrival of Pkt 3... I can't believe we are finally at this point.

All the best to everyone for the coming few weeks... lots going on out there. :D

That's great news, finally!

So it looks like your biggest wait after approval is with NVC and then things move fast. Ours is expected to breeze through NVC but our embassy then takes over and there are usually several weeks between the medical and the interview. They can count on me bugging them daily to step on it though.

So pleased for you after this ridiculously long wait, that things are about to get moving :)

Lee & William

8/2/2014 - Sent I-129F Petition with USPS by Express Mail    8/4/2014 - I-129F delivered to dropbox    8/6/2014 - NOA1 Text/E-Mail received    8/11/2014 - Alien Registration Number Changed (Text/E-Mail) / NOA1 Letter received by Mail    3/16/2015 - NOA2 Text/E-Mail received (224 days)    3/20/2015 - Sent to NVC    3/31/2015 - NVC Received    4/1/2015 - Case Number Assigned       4/7/2015 - NVC Sent to Embassy    4/10/2015 - London Embassy Received    4/11/2015 - Medical     4/15/2015 - Packet 3 Received    4/12/2015 - Packet 3 Sent    4/23/2015 - Packet 4 Received    5/18/2015 - Interview - APPROVED     5/30/2015 - Visa collected from courier    6/1/2015 - POE    6/14/2015 - Wedding 💍💍
 
 
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Unless you have to pay courier fees for delivery of the visa, the next expense is a bottle of champagne to celebrate your approval after the interview.

thank you so much. I can't wait to celebrate with VISA in hand. I just realize the more the time is getting closer the more I am missing him so much ( my love). Does anyone feel the same way? Our case still says "in Transit".
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thank you so much. I can't wait to celebrate with VISA in hand. I just realize the more the time is getting closer the more I am missing him so much ( my love). Does anyone feel the same way? Our case still says "in Transit".

Yes, I feel the same way. I think I've had to freeze my emotions for quite a while now just to get through and once we got Noa2 it became much more difficult, each step seems to take so long, but really its all pretty quick now. I'm watching the tracker get the papers to the embassy today. It sure is a journey.

You'll be together soon... so exciting.

Mar 2011 - After 5mths denied for lost docs - Attempts to follow up failed. Mar 18 2012 - I-129F sent - No sign of NOA1 but they have banked the check...Jul 24 - Update - USCIS has located our file
Infopass Apt - they sorted through everything - our 2011 and 2012 file keep getting mixed up - getting us a Case# (still waiting) Dec- Infopass Appt- expecting to get a case # in about a week ..Still no Case number
Mar 2013 Infopass - advised file was in a box somewhere,and it would be quicker for us to refile. Life gets in the way... New petition submitted July 2014 .
I-129F Sent : Jul 28 2014
TSC received: Aug 04 2014
I-129F NOA1 : Aug 06 2014
I-129F NOA2 : Feb 25 2015 (NOA2 copy rcd: Mar 02)

Sent to NVC: Mar 09 / Left NVC Apr 1 / Arr Embassy Apr 7 / Pkt 3 Rcd Apr 15 / Medical Apr 17 / Pkt 3 sent May 1 / Interview May 12

Left NZ May 15

Married Aug 10

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Hey guys,

Quick question, after it gets shipped to NVC, how long does it take to get your case number, and how do you find out, is it a letter or email? Also, is this the same as your embassy case number?

We called. It took about a week from when it was sent to NVC until they had our case number.

Lee & William

8/2/2014 - Sent I-129F Petition with USPS by Express Mail    8/4/2014 - I-129F delivered to dropbox    8/6/2014 - NOA1 Text/E-Mail received    8/11/2014 - Alien Registration Number Changed (Text/E-Mail) / NOA1 Letter received by Mail    3/16/2015 - NOA2 Text/E-Mail received (224 days)    3/20/2015 - Sent to NVC    3/31/2015 - NVC Received    4/1/2015 - Case Number Assigned       4/7/2015 - NVC Sent to Embassy    4/10/2015 - London Embassy Received    4/11/2015 - Medical     4/15/2015 - Packet 3 Received    4/12/2015 - Packet 3 Sent    4/23/2015 - Packet 4 Received    5/18/2015 - Interview - APPROVED     5/30/2015 - Visa collected from courier    6/1/2015 - POE    6/14/2015 - Wedding 💍💍
 
 
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