June 2017 I-129F Filers, Part III

[stellamahoo 179]

DS-160 

 

What do we answer to this question?

 

Has anyone ever filed an immigrant petition on your behalf with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services? 

[vocaledge 3,340]

9 minutes ago, Stemar said:

DS-160 

 

What do we answer to this question?

 

Has anyone ever filed an immigrant petition on your behalf with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services? 

Yes - your fiance has.

[stellamahoo 179]

4 minutes ago, vocaledge said:

Yes - your fiance has.

Even though its a non immigrant?! This is confusing the hell out of me... immigrant / non immigrant 

[Phil & Han 28]

17 minutes ago, Stemar said:

DS-160 

 

What do we answer to this question?

 

Has anyone ever filed an immigrant petition on your behalf with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services? 

 

I'm confused here too

[BVGApeach 288]

I put "Yes" for this question and then explained in the comments that "my fiancee applied for a K1 visa on my behalf in July 2017"

[Paul & Mallory 1,398]

1 hour ago, Lotts said:

Is there a site/app to see if your application has got to the NVC?

Just curiousity, really. NOA2 was dated a week ago. Also trying to kick his derriere into gathering all the stuff we need for the next step. He's chosen now to tinker with his car. 😑😂

Not like he's had 7 months 😂 ohhhh lawd

To my knowledge, there's no such thing. At least, my fiancé says so and he's the gadget/tech person, so I believe everything he says

 

The rule of thumb is 2 weeks after your NOA2 date, you can start calling the NVC. Either beneficiary or petitioner can call, to my understanding. I called (I'm the USC) in our case, and they asked for both our full names, the WAC number, and my fiancé's DOB. I chose the option for verifying receipt of case (I THINK it was Option 3), and I happened to call the day after they'd received our case, so he gave me our case number on the spot. Once you have the NVC case number, you can go ahead and start planning/booking medical requirements while you wait to receive further information.  

[vocaledge 3,340]

11 minutes ago, Stemar said:

Even though its a non immigrant?! This is confusing the hell out of me... immigrant / non immigrant 

Its TECHNICALLY a non-immigrant, but in actual fact, its non-immigrant with the intention of being immigrant...

Tell me, when you're married and adjusted status, are you planning to leave?  No.  You'll be an immigrant.

The actual visa is an immigrant visa, even though because of the 90 days, its regarded as non-immigrant because of the condition of marrying to gain status.

Anyway - the answer is yes :-)

[Lotts 1,433]

6 minutes ago, Paul & Mallory said:

To my knowledge, there's no such thing. At least, my fiancé says so and he's the gadget/tech person, so I believe everything he says

 

The rule of thumb is 2 weeks after your NOA2 date, you can start calling the NVC. Either beneficiary or petitioner can call, to my understanding. I called (I'm the USC) in our case, and they asked for both our full names, the WAC number, and my fiancé's DOB. I chose the option for verifying receipt of case (I THINK it was Option 3), and I happened to call the day after they'd received our case, so he gave me our case number on the spot. Once you have the NVC case number, you can go ahead and start planning/booking medical requirements while you wait to receive further information.  

I'm totally lost with all this now. So, he has to do the D-160 and gather all the stuff to send me so I can take it to the embassy..  Where can I find these phone numbers etc.? The immigrant/non immigrant confusion... 😳

All the nervous farts.

 

Where do these packets come from? What are they? And where have all these other fees come from? There is no bloody way this i-129f lark should have been $500+

 

Oooohhhhhh... So many questions (sorry) 

So excited... My blood pressure is through the roof right now. 😂😑

[Paul & Mallory 1,398]

1 minute ago, Lotts said:

I'm totally lost with all this now. So, he has to do the D-160 and gather all the stuff to send me so I can take it to the embassy..  Where can I find these phone numbers etc.? The immigrant/non immigrant confusion... 😳

All the nervous farts.

 

Where do these packets come from? What are they? And where have all these other fees come from? There is no bloody way this i-129f lark should have been $500+

 

Oooohhhhhh... So many questions (sorry) 

So excited... My blood pressure is through the roof right now. 😂😑

LOL you aren't the only one, don't apologize

 

So, the beneficiary completes the D-160. I want to say my fiancé did that after he received all his info post-NVC. But at this point, the petitioner can go ahead and collect all necessary info (financial docs, etc.) to provide the beneficiary.

 

The telephone number for NVC that I called is 1-603-334-0700. There's probably an international number, but I'm not positive of what that is. My fiancé found that number for me since I'm the American, and I called.

 

Our info came via email. It was sent to him, and I wound up being copied so I got a copy, too. It has all the instructions and info about scheduling an interview. We received it maybe a week after we got our case number. May not have even been that long.

 

Embrace the excitement! Take a deep breath and try not to raise your blood pressure  You are arriving to the home stretch!!!!

[Phil & Han 28]

15 minutes ago, vocaledge said:

Its TECHNICALLY a non-immigrant, but in actual fact, its non-immigrant with the intention of being immigrant...

Tell me, when you're married and adjusted status, are you planning to leave?  No.  You'll be an immigrant.

The actual visa is an immigrant visa, even though because of the 90 days, its regarded as non-immigrant because of the condition of marrying to gain status.

Anyway - the answer is yes :-)

My understanding is that the K1 Visa is a non-Immigrant, however we all obviously have immigrant intent.

 

After we have entered the USA we can adjust our non immigrant status to that of an immigrant and get a Green-card. 

 

As such the petition that was filed on our behalf by our fiancé(e)'s was a non-immigrant one. An immigrant petition would be a CR1 for example.

 

[John & Rose 7,239]

2 minutes ago, Phil & Han said:

My understanding is that the K1 Visa is a non-Immigrant, however we all obviously have immigrant intent.

 

After we have entered the USA we can adjust our non immigrant status to that of an immigrant and get a Green-card. 

 

As such the petition that was filed on our behalf by our fiancé(e)'s was a non-immigrant one. An immigrant petition would be a CR1 for example.

 

I'm with vocaledge on this one.  The only reason it is non-immigrant is the 90 rule.  It become an immigrant visa as soon as you marry.  Say yes and explain the answer on the DS-160.  The K-1 is a non-immigrant visa that is treated as an immigrant visa.  I still say yes since, unless you are not going to get married (visa fraud) it is an immigrant visa.

[Phil & Han 28]

1 minute ago, John & Rose said:

I'm with vocaledge on this one.  The only reason it is non-immigrant is the 90 rule.  It become an immigrant visa as soon as you marry.  Say yes and explain the answer on the DS-160.  The K-1 is a non-immigrant visa that is treated as an immigrant visa.  I still say yes since, unless you are not going to get married (visa fraud) it is an immigrant visa.

Someone from a US gov perspective seriously needs to clarify this immigrant/non-immigrant issue. I've read older posts relating to the same question where everyone has answered "No" and all have been approved without issue - leads me to the question, does it really make a huge difference, they can see it's a K1 and there's obvious confusion surrounding it?

[stellamahoo 179]

@vocaledge @Phil & Han @John & Rose 

thank you all for your input... all of what you guys say makes sense... i am just wondering why they make it even more confusing than what it already is. I saved my DS-160 application for now and will continue tomorrow  

[JayMar2019 2,741]

1 hour ago, John & Rose said:

As far as we know we are a normal case.  She has no job but worked in Korea when she was in her 20s and in Ireland 10 years ago.  Two children both at the top of their classes in private school.  We have all the police certificates and there were no findings.  I work as an engineering consultant for a state agency with Federal Grant money so I had state and federal background checks in order to get the badge for access to confidential information.  I have no record.  There is nothing that we can see that is a red flag.  I have been working in this industry for 39 years and I have excellent credit.  It is a mystery.  Rose is annulled (no divorce in the Philippines) and we have a lot of relationship proof.  I visited her 5 times in 2017 alone.

 

We filed with Rapid Visa and they actually asked for more information from me twice before they allowed the petition to be sent in.  

 

There are still a number of June 6 filers waiting in the same boat as us.  According to the scans (not accurate but an indication) there are still 65 June 6 filers listed as "received".  

 

@Trinab80 is a May 25 filer on Day 264.  No RFEs.  No word at all.  It seems like a few of us get left behind every month.  We must just be lucky.

So the weirdest thing just happened. I'm sitting at work and the USCIS case tracker app sends me a notification saying that my "case status changed". I go to my case and see that I have an alert but when I click on it, all I see that my case status went from "case was received" to "case was received" as of 2:45pm EST. So, now I'm waiting on a callback from Tier 2 because this is the first time this has EVER happened and I'm not sure what to think.

 

Could this mean they are currently reviewing my case right now? As anyone else had this before? I will try to see if I can post a picture of it to show what it is I'm talking about.

[John & Rose 7,239]

1 minute ago, Phil & Han said:

Someone from a US gov perspective seriously needs to clarify this immigrant/non-immigrant issue. I've read older posts relating to the same question where everyone has answered "No" and all have been approved without issue - leads me to the question, does it really make a huge difference, they can see it's a K1 and there's obvious confusion surrounding it?

I believe it falls into the category of the "Priority Date".  It isn't needed with the K-1.  I do not believe you will be penalized for either a "yes" or a "no" on that question.  The people reviewing it know what is going on.  It is not grounds for denial so if they are confused they will request a clarification.  I do not believe that either answer will surprise the CO.