I-129F

[Islandgyal 0]

My love and I will be applying for the K1 visa very soon. Question to all the went through this process-

1. when will you have to fill out the D160 form online?

2. Have the wait period ever went pass 9 months  before you are approved?

3. I live in the Bahamas and he lives in Florida has anyone have any experience in these two Countries?

[Scandi 4,166]

The US citizen files the i-129f petition. The foreigner applies for the K-1 visa. The DS-160 is the visa application, you need to have an approved i-129f petition before you can submit the visa application. However, you could fill out the DS-160 anytime you like and then save it on your computer and submit it later on.

 

It took 10 months from when my husband filed the i-129f petition until I had the visa in hand.

 

Florida is not a country.

Edited June 24, 2017 by Scandi

[Islandgyal 0]

Thank you. Bahamas is a Country but you're right Florida is a State.

Oh 10 months- that means I need to inform my job because I do travel at times for work.

[Scandi 4,166]

Some get their visa in as little as 4 months, some wait for a year or more, so it's hard to give an exact time. The average here on VJ seems to be somewhere around 6 to 8 months.

[NicoAndNelle 127]

2 hours ago, Islandgyal said:

My love and I will be applying for the K1 visa very soon. Question to all the went through this process-

1. when will you have to fill out the D160 form online?

2. Have the wait period ever went pass 9 months  before you are approved?

3. I live in the Bahamas and he lives in Florida has anyone have any experience in these two Countries?

For most of the countries on this forum there are Portals that take you to country specific info. Now for some of the countries like ours(Trini here) these portals provide minimal info but what I do is type in my country in the search here on this site and see what comes up. Do it for your country and I am sure you will find a few reviews from people who went through the process

[geowrian 22,337]

K-1s are currently taking 6-8 months on average from filing to approval. Some have it in 5 (and a few in 4), and some are 12-24+ months, depending on how things go with AP. There's no way to predict a definitive timeline, and no firm plans (i.e. decisions that cost money) should be made until the visa is in hand.