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7 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

How far is Ulaanbaatar from your fiancés  hometown?   We are far from dealing with any consulate stuff, but if my wife ever decides to petition for her son, that would be a lot closer to Krasnoyarsk than Moscow.

My fiancee is from a small city near Krasnoyarsk. Ulaanbaatar is a two-day train ride from there (there are no convenient flights between those cities). The entire process was fast and easy and the US consulate staff were very helpful and responsive to emails. I highly recommend going thru Ulaanbaatar - good luck!

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Update:   We were approved today for our K-1 visa at Moscow. We finally did. God is great. Слава Богу. Thank you to all who have endured this journey with us and assisted us along the way. Б

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We got an interview date for late May! March or April sounds great, though!

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Dashinka   24,642

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1 hour ago, jspruance said:

My fiancee is from a small city near Krasnoyarsk. Ulaanbaatar is a two-day train ride from there (there are no convenient flights between those cities). The entire process was fast and easy and the US consulate staff were very helpful and responsive to emails. I highly recommend going thru Ulaanbaatar - good luck!

Yes, by train, UB is much closer than Moscow to Krasnoyarsk.  I wonder why you didn’t look at Beijing as there are flights a couple times a week between Yemelyanova and Beijing.  When we go back to visit family there, we normally take that route.

Visa Received : 2014-04-04 (K1 - see timeline for details)

US Entry : 2014-09-12

POE: Detroit

Marriage : 2014-09-27

I-765 Approved: 2015-01-09

I-485 Interview: 2015-03-11

I-485 Approved: 2015-03-13

Green Card Received: 2015-03-24 Yeah!!!

I-751 ROC Submitted: 2016-12-20

I-751 NOA Received:  2016-12-29

I-751 Biometrics Appt.:  2017-01-26

I-751 Interview:  2018-04-10

I-751 Approved:  2018-05-04

N400 Filed:  2018-01-13

N400 Biometrics:  2018-02-22

N400 Interview:  2018-04-10

N400 Approved:  2018-04-10

Oath Ceremony:  2018-06-11 - DONE!!!!!!!

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barashka Community Regular

barashka   97

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Update:

 

We were approved today for our K-1 visa at Moscow. We finally did. God is great. Слава Богу. Thank you to all who have endured this journey with us and assisted us along the way. Благодарю! С наилучшими пожеланиями! ^_^

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TBoneTX Grand Master

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Superb!  Congratulations!

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Dashinka   24,642

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Congratulations!

Visa Received : 2014-04-04 (K1 - see timeline for details)

US Entry : 2014-09-12

POE: Detroit

Marriage : 2014-09-27

I-765 Approved: 2015-01-09

I-485 Interview: 2015-03-11

I-485 Approved: 2015-03-13

Green Card Received: 2015-03-24 Yeah!!!

I-751 ROC Submitted: 2016-12-20

I-751 NOA Received:  2016-12-29

I-751 Biometrics Appt.:  2017-01-26

I-751 Interview:  2018-04-10

I-751 Approved:  2018-05-04

N400 Filed:  2018-01-13

N400 Biometrics:  2018-02-22

N400 Interview:  2018-04-10

N400 Approved:  2018-04-10

Oath Ceremony:  2018-06-11 - DONE!!!!!!!

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DaveAndAnastasia   2,093

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18 minutes ago, Ayna and Chris said:

Hi, I saw your posts, it looks like your interview was 6 months after your NOA2, but isnt the NOA2 valid for 4 months? or can you still schedule an interview even if your NOA2 is expired?

You can renew it, and this may happen automatically if it's due to no interview slots being available (though don't count on it). 

K-1                             AOS                            
NOA1 Notice Date: 2018-05-31    NOA1 Notice Date: 2019-04-11   
NOA2 Date: 2018-11-16           Biometrics Date: 2019-05-10    
Arrived at NVC:  2018-12-03     EAD/AP In Hand: 2019-09-16     
Arrived in Moscow: 2018-12-28   GC Interview Date: 2019-09-25      
Interview date: 2019-02-14      GC In Hand: 2019-10-02
Visa issued: 2019-02-28
POE: 2019-03-11
Wedding: 2019-03-14

ROC                             Naturalization
NOA1 Notice Date: 2021-07-16    Applied Online: 2022-07-09 (biometrics waived)
Approval Date: 2022-04-06       Interview was Scheduled: 2023-01-06
10-year GC In Hand: 2022-04-14  Interview date: 2023-02-13 (passed)
                            	Oath: 2023-02-13

 

barashka Community Regular

barashka   97

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1 hour ago, Ayna and Chris said:

Hi, I saw your posts, it looks like your interview was 6 months after your NOA2, but isnt the NOA2 valid for 4 months? or can you still schedule an interview even if your NOA2 is expired?

I scheduled the interview for my wife (fiancée then) 3 months after her NOA2. The interview itself was 6 months after the NOA2. After we scheduled the interview, we called the embassy directly and they told us that it was taken care of automatically.

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barashka   97

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51 minutes ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

You can renew it, and this may happen automatically if it's due to no interview slots being available (though don't count on it).

This. I called them and they told me they renewed it automatically.

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Karl James Apprentice

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Hello all-- I am trying to schedule my Fiancee's interview and when I choose Moscow NIV it does not list an option for the K1 Fiancee VISA next to all the others; I thought maybe it would be under "Other VISAs" but when I go to the next page it's not there. What does this mean? We did specify Moscow on the I-129F as the place to interview. What are we missing here? I have attached a screenshot. Thank you for your help! 

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DaveAndAnastasia Experienced

DaveAndAnastasia   2,093

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Fiancé(e) visas are in the immigrant section even though they're technically nonimmigrant.

 

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K-1                             AOS                            
NOA1 Notice Date: 2018-05-31    NOA1 Notice Date: 2019-04-11   
NOA2 Date: 2018-11-16           Biometrics Date: 2019-05-10    
Arrived at NVC:  2018-12-03     EAD/AP In Hand: 2019-09-16     
Arrived in Moscow: 2018-12-28   GC Interview Date: 2019-09-25      
Interview date: 2019-02-14      GC In Hand: 2019-10-02
Visa issued: 2019-02-28
POE: 2019-03-11
Wedding: 2019-03-14

ROC                             Naturalization
NOA1 Notice Date: 2021-07-16    Applied Online: 2022-07-09 (biometrics waived)
Approval Date: 2022-04-06       Interview was Scheduled: 2023-01-06
10-year GC In Hand: 2022-04-14  Interview date: 2023-02-13 (passed)
                            	Oath: 2023-02-13

 

TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   45,649

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Dave just above is correct.  The K-1 is a "hybrid" visa -- a nonimmigrant visa with immigrant intent.  The immigrant intent is why the K-1 is processed in the Immigrant Visa units of the consulates.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Karl James Apprentice

Karl James   3

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I paid the Interview fee $265 and requested Moscow, but I got this off message at the end. I know it hasn’t long yet but does anyone know how long it is currently taking to get the Interview Appointment after getting to this point?

 

 

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