K 1 Visa would like some input

[wewillmakeit 11]

12 minutes ago, TexasHeartsIndia said:

P.S. I mean that as an insult to the attorney... That's a horrible thing to tell someone in our situation. I'm sorry that happened to you.

I never been a big fan of them anyways but thank you for your input 

[wewillmakeit 11]

23 minutes ago, Adriana&Marko said:

Aw yes don't plan no more cause you don't no when u can hear from them it sucks 😩

Definitely not going to do anything else but wait & hope I don't pull all my hair out of my head lol

[tevans2 27]

If you have t checked them out yet I would look up the February and march filers threads. I have learned so much about this crazy process through those pages. I've been following each month's thread since November 😳 If you need the link I can send them to you 

[Adriana&Marko 58]

17 minutes ago, justus2017 said:

Definitely not going to do anything else but wait & hope I don't pull all my hair out of my head lol

 

17 minutes ago, justus2017 said:

Definitely not going to do anything else but wait & hope I don't pull all my hair out of my head lol

Lol me and you both I'm going crazy 😞

[Pennycat 880]

56 minutes ago, justus2017 said:

My attorney assistant and a few other ppl who went through this process 

Your best resource for understanding the details of the next steps is right here on Visajourney. Each embassy has a slightly different process and there's 200 or more embassies in the world, and dozens of different visas which each will have slight variations in requirements. Plus, these can and do change. 

 

Even the best attorney in the country doesn't have the time to keep up with all of it. As I said before, use the DR portal here to find some folks who went through K1 in DR recently and see if they'll share the checklist with you or give you tips. 

 

Just little stuff like some embassies require translations others don't. Marriage certificates for CR1 need to be apostilled in some circumstances but not others, and that depends on the embassy. Some will let you get the medical appointment and police clearance *before* the embassy sends you the checklist, others won't. Some (most) allow the finances into the interview, others don't.

 

The way you get stressed and confused is listening to someone who doesn't have a recent version of your embassy's checklist for your visa type in front of their face at that moment. That's how you waste time and money. The way you shave off time, is taking to someone who knows the most up to date and most specific information possible and those people almost always are people who are just a step or two ahead of you in the process. 

 

For what it's worth, if your attorney told you that you wouldn't be allowed in to the interview, I'd treat everything else he tells you as suspect. Trust but verify. I can only think of a handful of embassies where that is true so they really may not know too much about K1 or DR or either. 

[wewillmakeit 11]

1 hour ago, tevans2 said:

If you have t checked them out yet I would look up the February and march filers threads. I have learned so much about this crazy process through those pages. I've been following each month's thread since November 😳 If you need the link I can send them to you 

Please do i will gladly take a look at it i also have to find someone in DR who actually went through the process and got their visa and all to get some information that might be helpful 

[janet3 1,170]

2 hours ago, Adriana&Marko said:

Me too I check I think 50 times a day I'm crazy and still says evidence is received lol unbelievable and it's true who doesn't go through his process has no idea how could u have patients easy to say and my rfe one of what they wanted was wedding preparations so I told the lady at my venue to just write on the contract they will work with a date with me and my fiancé it's hard I want to plan and I can't 😞

It is my understanding that the tracker is not reliably updating  (a lot of people on the February 2017 filers thread have received the NOA2 and it still says "case received") make sure to check your snail mail....that is how everyone is being notified. 

My NOA1 date is 2/6....I have not received the NOA2.....

[Diane and Chris 651]

Even after receiving our NOA2 it still took 2 more months to get visa in hand. Yes, you will be cutting it close. We will keep our fingers crossed for you. Good luck!  😊 We have ALL been through this. 

Edited June 14, 2017 by Diane and Chris

[Adriana&Marko 58]

8 minutes ago, janet3 said:

It is my understanding that the tracker is not reliably updating  (a lot of people on the February 2017 filers thread have received the NOA2 and it still says "case received") make sure to check your snail mail....that is how everyone is being notified. 

My NOA1 date is 2/6....I have not received the NOA2.....

Really how would I find out cause I have the tracker and that's what I check on I don't no if they will email me I don't remember if I have my email to them is that what your taking about ?

[wewillmakeit 11]

10 minutes ago, janet3 said:

It is my understanding that the tracker is not reliably updating  (a lot of people on the February 2017 filers thread have received the NOA2 and it still says "case received") make sure to check your snail mail....that is how everyone is being notified. 

My NOA1 date is 2/6....I have not received the NOA2.....

I have not received any emails not when they received our paperwork nor when I got my NOA1  

[janet3 1,170]

1 minute ago, Adriana&Marko said:

Really how would I find out cause I have the tracker and that's what I check on I don't no if they will email me I don't remember if I have my email to them is that what your taking about ?

It is my understanding that they are not updating electronically (no text, no email, no updates on the website). According to the people on the February 2017 filers.....they are receiving the NOA2 via snail mail....but their case status is still "received the K1 petition" on the tracker....

[janet3 1,170]

2 minutes ago, justus2017 said:

I have not received any emails not when they received our paperwork nor when I got my NOA1  

You can sign up for updates on the USCIS website....but it has been unreliable since the beginning of May

[Adriana&Marko 58]

1 minute ago, janet3 said:

It is my understanding that they are not updating electronically (no text, no email, no updates on the website). According to the people on the February 2017 filers.....they are receiving the NOA2 via snail mail....but their case status is still "received the K1 petition" on the tracker....

Really wow so no more on the tracker so I don't have to keep checking that they send it through mail ?? Why are they doing it like this cause every time I check the tracker it just says received for the last 22 days 

[janet3 1,170]

5 minutes ago, justus2017 said:

I have not received any emails not when they received our paperwork nor when I got my NOA1  

You need to check your snail mail....and sign up for that new program the USPS in offering....informed delivery... (I can't remember what it is called....I do not qualify for it)

[wewillmakeit 11]

6 minutes ago, janet3 said:

You need to check your snail mail....and sign up for that new program the USPS in offering....informed delivery... (I can't remember what it is called....I do not qualify for it)

Snail mail? Looks like I don't know half of the things I can do to track the process. Where do I go to sign up