Real life timeline experience

[jnguyen1025 2]

I just filed my petition for alien fiance i129F and received my receipt number. I am anxious to have my fiancé in the U.S. With me. Can someone please share their real time experience. How long after you received the receipt number did you have to wait for approval? I see processing time online is 5 months, how accurate is that?

Thanks.

[Ash.1101 1,756]

Usually the wait is about a month.

Mine was about 36 days or something.

[SincerelyMeike 52]

hi I have everything I went through in my signature!! hope it helps!!

Edited November 14, 2015 by SincerelyMeike

[sanityassassin 0]

I just filed my petition for alien fiance i129F and received my receipt number. I am anxious to have my fiancé in the U.S. With me. Can someone please share their real time experience. How long after you received the receipt number did you have to wait for approval? I see processing time online is 5 months, how accurate is that?

Thanks.

it doesn't look like you have created a timeline yet. When you input your NOA1 date, you will get an estimate as to your NOA2 date. I believe all the K1s are being sent to CSC now which is desirable since it takes them about a month to process the paperwork as opposed to TSC taking several months.

Edited November 14, 2015 by sanityassassin

[Elf 146]

All the info in the VJ K-1 timelines list is based on people's real-time experiences! Use the dropdowns at the bottom of the list to filter the results if you want to narrow them down to a specific country or service center.

You might also try reading some of the monthly Filers threads in the K-1 Case Filing And Progress Reports forum; to get a more detailed impression of how long things can take and the different issues and questions than might come up.

[heo luoi 206]

Create your own timeline and then 'view similar timelines' subscribe to them. These will help you monitor the most alike peers as Elf suggests.

[Anh map 2,098]

Petition approval is not the same as visa issuance.

Did you front load your petition with the evidence that is often useful in HCMC? If not, do some reading in the Vietnam forum to learn what you ought to gather up to bring to the interview. HCMC is not like most consulates/embassies. Study what others have experienced there and it will aid you in preparing.

Be patient, there is a long, bumpy ride ahead.

[jnguyen1025 2]

Anh map, I provided all evidence to date...daily FaceTime log, iMessage, emails, FB print screens, proof of my last travel, future travel, hotel confirmations.

I will check out the Vietnam forum to other suggestions to prepare my fiancé for her interview in Saigon.

Thanks.

[Anh map 2,098]

Anh map, I provided all evidence to date...daily FaceTime log, iMessage, emails, FB print screens, proof of my last travel, future travel, hotel confirmations.

I will check out the Vietnam forum to other suggestions to prepare my fiancé for her interview in Saigon.

Thanks.

Evidence of all travel and time spent together. Evidence of a Dam Hoi / Dinh Hon. The problem with bringing it all to the interview is that it may or may not be evaluated. The decision is often make prior to the actual interview so what she brings hopefully fills in any gaps in what the CO wants to see. A timeline of your relationship (a narrative) is also a good idea at HCMC.

It's one of the highest fraud consulates/embassies so the bar is set a lot higher.

Good luck.

[RKX1101 17]

Case sent and getting NOA1 - 4-6 days

Approval NOA2 (CSC) - 30-35 days CSC is going fast these days

NVC recieve and process 20-30 days

In transit 5-7 days

Embassy process - vary depending on the embassy, shouldn't take more than a couple months.

These are just estimates and each case is different but over all this is the pattern. I look around on the K1 timelines regularly and the whole process take around 90-120 days for normal cases.

[sumehra29 22]

Sent petitio June 19 got a approval July 22 received case number August 24 got email from embassy on September 16 for interview October 14 and received visa on November 2

[jnguyen1025 2]

Wow, that sounds real promising. I hope my timeframe will be the same. I can't wait to reunite with my fiancé.

[Sarahnick 19]

We sent our petition in September 2014, got it approved in April, had interview in June and moved to the USA in August.

Our case were being processed in Texas.

[zeta054 111]

From start to visa in hand was about 5 months and 23 days. But that will vary for each individual. Check my timeline and you can get an idea. Hope that helps and good luck.

[TBoneTX 45,966]

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