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On 6/26/2017 at 1:12 PM, WayneAdoresWendy said:

I MADE A BIG MISTAKE! PLEASE READ CAREFULLY SO MAYBE YOU DO NOT FOLLOW MY ERROR!

 

As soon as I saw "Ready" on CEAC, I completed my Fiance's DS-160 and then scheduled her interview. I had not received the Packet 3 from Ecuador yet.  In the beginning of the DS-160, you are given several options to choose from once you create the account. Such as, "I have received packet from Embassy and need to apply for NON-Immigrant Visa", "I have received packet from Embassy and need to apply for Immigrant Visa" or "Other". I chose "Other" since at that moment, I had not received the Packet yet. I had do my research ahead of time on the Packet 3. The Packet 3 on their website is not the same packet 3 they sent us. Imagine that. 

 

I completed the DS-160 ok and even scheduled the interview. But I was never prompted to pay. Once I received Packet 3, I learned there are 3 ways to pay. I could not figure out the first 2, because of my mistake they were no longer available to me. So I called the Customer Service number 3 times. The 3rd call I had someone to help me. By default, I completed her information through the NON-Immigrant process. For this portion of the process, DS-160 refers to K1 as Immigrant. They had to cancel the interview, let me correct my mistake online and then redo the interview. The interview date was no longer available. I have already purchased a planed ticket and we have scheduled activities based on the first interview date. 

 

I am suppose to call the Embassy back today after 2:00. I am hoping they can give me back the original interview date since it must still be available. I think maybe the system resets at sometime. 

 

As I write this, my Fiance is getting her Medical Exam completed and I haven't told her yet. I am hoping she doesn't get home until after I have an answer about rescheduling the interview. My mistake may cost us 5 days longer to be together and the money to correct my plane ticket. I know is not that huge. But she is counting on me to bring her home and I SCREWED this up!

Hey, thanks for this call-out. I'm hoping to not make the same mistake. I'm not totally clear on what to do though -- can anyone clarify?

 

I received an email today confirming the NVC will forward my case to the US Embassy in my fiancee's country. The email states:

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In the meantime, please have your fiance(e) and his or her children visit http://ceac.state.gov and complete Form DS-160, the online nonimmigrant visa application that is used for a K visa.

Based on your experience, are you suggesting I wait until I have instructions from the embassy to have my fiancee fill out her DS-160? Or is it okay to go ahead and have my fiancee (the beneficiary) 

 

Also, this email refers to it as a "nonimmigrant visa application", but you say:

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By default, I completed her information through the NON-Immigrant process. For this portion of the process, DS-160 refers to K1 as Immigrant.

What did you mean by this? I only see an option for DS-160 nonimmigrant visa on the CEAC website.

 

Thanks for any help you can provide! Really just wondering if my fiancee should go ahead and fill out the DS-160 while we wait for instructions from the embassy to contact us or wait.

WayneAdoresWendy Explorer

WayneAdoresWendy   232

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3 hours ago, prish17 said:

For London the packet 3 is an email. So yes, you can go ahead and book. 

 

It all depends on the consulate :) 

It is true, you can book. BUT BE CAREFUL. Different Embassy's have different processes. If you book before receiving Packet 3/4, like I did, you do not have the information on their guidelines. 

 

I am being very adamant about this because it has caused us many problems because I did not wait. Everyone has waited a long time to get to this stage. Consider wait another 24-48 so you know you are playing with the correct procedures for your Embassy 

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Estibaliz   3,037

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7 minutes ago, kevination said:

Hey, thanks for this call-out. I'm hoping to not make the same mistake. I'm not totally clear on what to do though -- can anyone clarify?

 

I received an email today confirming the NVC will forward my case to the US Embassy in my fiancee's country. The email states:

Based on your experience, are you suggesting I wait until I have instructions from the embassy to have my fiancee fill out her DS-160? Or is it okay to go ahead and have my fiancee (the beneficiary) 

 

Also, this email refers to it as a "nonimmigrant visa application", but you say:

What did you mean by this? I only see an option for DS-160 nonimmigrant visa on the CEAC website.

 

Thanks for any help you can provide! Really just wondering if my fiancee should go ahead and fill out the DS-160 while we wait for instructions from the embassy to contact us or wait.

Not myself at that stage yet, but have been reading quite a lot about that part too. There's people that started working on the DS-160 even before getting their NOA2, and some people also say the form is quite long and detailed in the information you have to provide. So I would say go ahead and start filling it out, just don't submit it until your embassy contacts you for the next step.

You have to make sure you save your application ID written somewhere, so you can retrieve the form to edit it or finally submit it at any moment.

 

Regarding the immigrant/non-immigrant part, DS-160 is non-immigrant, but the K1 is processed by the immigrant visa consular section at the Embassy. When you track it at the ceac website is also listed as immigrant... sorry, not sure what you are asking regarding this part :)

But I think when you are filling the DS-160 it will show you K1 as an option along with immigrant/non-immigrant. Anyway, sure you'll get the answer you are waiting for from Wayne soon.

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30 March 2017 (Thu): i-129f sent

6 April 2017 (Thu): i-129f received- NOA1 RECEIVED DATE

12 April 2017 (Wed): NOA1 email/text confirmation

17 April 2017 (Mon): NOA1 hardcopy

10 August 2017 (Thu): NOA2 Approval date - 14 August 2017 (Mon): NOA2 hardcopy

24 August 2017 (Thu): NVC received and case # assigned (provided through phone call 8/25)

29 August 2017 (Tue): NVC left

30 August 2017 (Wed): Consulate Received (READY at the ceac tracker)

01 September 2017 (Fri): Packet 3 (instructions) received / Packet 3 sent (documents mailed)

02 September 2017 (Sat): NVC letter in the mail

08 September 2017 (Fri): Packet 4 received

11 September 2017 (Mon): Medical exam

21 September 2017 (Thu): Interview- APPROVED

26 September 2017 (Tue): Visa Issued

28 September 2017 (Thu): Visa Delivered (VOH)

20 October 2017 (Fri): POE Dallas Fort Worth

 

AOS/EAD/AP process 

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08 January 2018 (Mon): AOS/EAD/AP package sent

09 January 2018 (Tue): Received date

10 January 2018 (Wed): Notice date

11 January 2018 (Thu): AOS/EAD/AP NOA texts and emails

16 January 2018 (Tue): NOAs hard copies received in the mail

26 January 2018 (Fri): Biometrics appointment in the mail

09 February 2018 (Fri): Biometrics appointment

05 April 2018 (Thu): Green Card Interview scheduled (email and text received 08 April, Sunday)

12 April 2018 (Thu): Green Card Interview appointment letter received in the mail

15 May 2018 (Tue): Green Card Interview: APPROVAL / Card is being produced

19 May 2018 (Sat): 1-797 Approval Notice received

23 May 2018 (Wed): Card was mailed

24 May 2018 (Thu): Post office picked up the mail. Tracking number.

25 May 2018 (Fri): Green Card RECEIVED

 

ROC process 

18 February 2020 (Tue): ROC package sent

19 February 2020 (Wed) Received date (also in Notice)

24 February 2020 (Mon) Notice date / ROC text and email

28 February 2020 (Fri) NOA/ Extension Letter in the mail

13 May 2020 (Wed) Case updated (Fingerprints were taken) - Notification received 18 May (Mon), stating I don't have to appear for a biometrics appointment

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WayneAdoresWendy   232

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10 minutes ago, kevination said:

Hey, thanks for this call-out. I'm hoping to not make the same mistake. I'm not totally clear on what to do though -- can anyone clarify?

 

I received an email today confirming the NVC will forward my case to the US Embassy in my fiancee's country. The email states:

Based on your experience, are you suggesting I wait until I have instructions from the embassy to have my fiancee fill out her DS-160? Or is it okay to go ahead and have my fiancee (the beneficiary) 

 

Also, this email refers to it as a "nonimmigrant visa application", but you say:

What did you mean by this? I only see an option for DS-160 nonimmigrant visa on the CEAC website.

 

Thanks for any help you can provide! Really just wondering if my fiancee should go ahead and fill out the DS-160 while we wait for instructions from the embassy to contact us or wait.

If you complete the DS-160, it can not be changed later. Only takes 20 minutes. Saving 20 minutes now really doesn't get you to the finish line any faster.

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WayneAdoresWendy   232

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26 minutes ago, kevination said:

Okay great. I'll hold off until we have all the info we need. 

Let me explain what this has cost me. First the interview date is now 5 days later. I need to rebook my flight. More $$$$$. 

 

Our original schedule.

7/10 I drive from KY to Cleveland to spend the day with my mom. Plane tickets are $300 cheaper from CLE to GYE.

7/11 Flying to see my Fiancé.

7/12 Interview 

7/13 Vaccination shot for my Fiancé and our last opportunities to go to our favorite beach to celebrate our interview.

7/14 Grocery Shopping with my "Ecuadorian Mommy" for our farewell dinner on 7/15. 

7/15 Farewell dinner with her entire family. Invitations are being printed, family coming from out of town. 

7/16 I get to attend with her as her last worship time at her church.

7/17-7/20 hopefully she has Visa in hand so we can come home.

 

I put all of this at risk by 1 mistake. Right now I am talking daily to the Embassy to allow our interview back to the original time. I am asking them to make an exception. I feel they will. But not sure yet. Everyday now, my Fiancé is asking for updates that I can't provide!

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22 minutes ago, WayneAdoresWendy said:

Let me explain what this has cost me. First the interview date is now 5 days later. I need to rebook my flight. More $$$$$. 

 

Our original schedule.

7/10 I drive from KY to Cleveland to spend the day with my mom. Plane tickets are $300 cheaper from CLE to GYE.

7/11 Flying to see my Fiancé.

7/12 Interview 

7/13 Vaccination shot for my Fiancé and our last opportunities to go to our favorite beach to celebrate our interview.

7/14 Grocery Shopping with my "Ecuadorian Mommy" for our farewell dinner on 7/15. 

7/15 Farewell dinner with her entire family. Invitations are being printed, family coming from out of town. 

7/16 I get to attend with her as her last worship time at her church.

7/17-7/20 hopefully she has Visa in hand so we can come home.

 

I put all of this at risk by 1 mistake. Right now I am talking daily to the Embassy to allow our interview back to the original time. I am asking them to make an exception. I feel they will. But not sure yet. Everyday now, my Fiancé is asking for updates that I can't provide!

I hope everything goes well and get's straightened out.

Click here to see my detailed timeline and experience.

 

 

I-485/I-765 Sent :

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RFIE (Birth Cert, Translation)

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kevinnn   40

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Hate asking this because I know the answer is probably "it varies" but does anyone know the average time it takes for an embassy to email (in our since Rio doesn't physically mail them) the instructions once they have the info from the NVC?

 

 

44 minutes ago, WayneAdoresWendy said:

Let me explain what this has cost me. First the interview date is now 5 days later. I need to rebook my flight. More $$$$$. 

 

Our original schedule.

7/10 I drive from KY to Cleveland to spend the day with my mom. Plane tickets are $300 cheaper from CLE to GYE.

7/11 Flying to see my Fiancé.

7/12 Interview 

7/13 Vaccination shot for my Fiancé and our last opportunities to go to our favorite beach to celebrate our interview.

7/14 Grocery Shopping with my "Ecuadorian Mommy" for our farewell dinner on 7/15. 

7/15 Farewell dinner with her entire family. Invitations are being printed, family coming from out of town. 

7/16 I get to attend with her as her last worship time at her church.

7/17-7/20 hopefully she has Visa in hand so we can come home.

 

I put all of this at risk by 1 mistake. Right now I am talking daily to the Embassy to allow our interview back to the original time. I am asking them to make an exception. I feel they will. But not sure yet. Everyday now, my Fiancé is asking for updates that I can't provide!

Hoping it's smooth sailing from here on out. Best of luck to you!

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V&B   39

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2 hours ago, Chaud18 said:

Oh wow okay. Because I noticed some people say that their case number was assigned the same day it was received 

Wow thats crazy fast! 

From my experience NVC recieved my packet 2 weeks after my NOA2 and assigned a case number about a week after they recieved it. 

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WayneAdoresWendy   232

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4 minutes ago, kevination said:

Hate asking this because I know the answer is probably "it varies" but does anyone know the average time it takes for an embassy to email (in our since Rio doesn't physically mail them) the instructions once they have the info from the NVC?

 

 

Hoping it's smooth sailing from here on out. Best of luck to you!

Everything I have learned. Imagine it is in the mailroom. Once it is delivered to someone's dish for processing it should be relative quickly. 1-2 days. 

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33 minutes ago, V&B said:

Wow thats crazy fast! 

From my experience NVC recieved my packet 2 weeks after my NOA2 and assigned a case number about a week after they recieved it. 

Maybe those who received a case number almost immediately - it took a while for uscis to transfer the case to NVC.

It took 3 weeks for NVC  to receive my case and they assigned a case number the following day. Bringing it to the standard 3 weeks a person would wait from NOA2 to case # assigned. 

Now, I am hoping it will take the standard 5 days or less to get to the embassy.

 

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FlashLG   152

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6 hours ago, prish17 said:

For London the packet 3 is an email. So yes, you can go ahead and book. 

 

It all depends on the consulate :) 

Is the email sent to the filer or the beneficiary? My case is 'ready' at NVC so I assume I just need to wait for the email now?

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