Issue with interview scheduling

[Tom&Angie 2]

Hello everyone. 

I am trying to fill out our profile on the embassy interview scheduling site and it is asking for a priority date. I dont have a clue... Anyone help me out here?

[Tom&Angie 2]

thanks but i figured it out

 

[Tom&Angie 2]

Embarrassing.. I thought I had it figured out but apparently not. Anyone have any advice? I thought priority dates pertained to work type visas.

 

[nelmagriffin 150]

Hello!

Reference: https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/visa-availability-priority-dates

Best regards,

Nelma

Priority Dates for Family-Sponsored Preference Cases

For family-sponsored immigrants, the priority date is the date that the Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, or in certain instances the Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant, is properly filed with USCIS.

 

[payxibka 10,045]

9 hours ago, Tom&Angie said:

Embarrassing.. I thought I had it figured out but apparently not. Anyone have any advice? I thought priority dates pertained to work type visas.

 

K-1 doesn't have a PD in the normal sense since it is not an immigrant visa

 

For all questions regarding Manila Embassy you will find it a lot better to post those questions in the Philippines Regional forum as you will get the correct answer as it relates to Manila versus the General K-1 forum

Edited February 25, 2018 by payxibka

[Tom&Angie 2]

1 hour ago, payxibka said:

K-1 doesn't have a PD in the normal sense since it is not an immigrant visa

 

For all questions regarding Manila Embassy you will find it a lot better to post those questions in the Philippines Regional forum as you will get the correct answer as it relates to Manila versus the General K-1 forum

Thanks for the tip. I appreciate it. I searched and found others had the same issue and the answer was to use your acceptance date on your NOA1 as for K visa the priority date is irrelevant/not applicable. 

The funny thing is that on the US Embassy in Phils site fiance visa is listed as an Immigrant visa. Also on the traveldocs website to set the interview as shown in the pics.

I dont understand why its different. It gets confusing with this kind of misinformation out there.

[payxibka 10,045]

9 minutes ago, Tom&Angie said:

Thanks for the tip. I appreciate it. I searched and found others had the same issue and the answer was to use your acceptance date on your NOA1 as for K visa the priority date is irrelevant/not applicable. 

The funny thing is that on the US Embassy in Phils site fiance visa is listed as an Immigrant visa. Also on the traveldocs website to set the interview as shown in the pics.

I dont understand why its different. It gets confusing with this kind of misinformation out there.

It's not a funny thing but a decision made by the State Department to interview the K-1 in the immigrant visa unit, as compared to the non immigrant visa unit...  Has always been this way

[TBoneTX 45,591]

Country-specific thread is moved from the K-1 Process forum to the Philippines regional forum.

[Hank_ 9,174]

23 hours ago, Tom&Angie said:

Hello everyone. 

I am trying to fill out our profile on the embassy interview scheduling site and it is asking for a priority date. I dont have a clue... Anyone help me out here?

 

You got it figured out I see, just the same the PD is the RECEIVED DATE on the NOA1.  K-1 can use any date, as mentioned by others it isn't used with the K-1, even though it is processed as an immigrant visa (reason being it has immigration intent)

 

May be some helpful info here:  http://www.visaconnection-philippines.com/k-1-visa-application.html

[Greenbaum 12,259]

The K-1 process is quite strange. For a time, it is both a non immigrant and immigrant visa type. That is why the links send you the process for immigrant which would be the I-864 even though it truly is a non immigrant visa requiring I-134. As you go through the stages, within the NVC system you look up your file under immigrant. It stays that way until after approval and ready for issue. At that point, it changes over to non -immigrant. It truly is a non immigrant visa with immigrant intent.

 

I agree also with Hank's explanation. 

[Hank_ 9,174]

With NVC they do treat the K-1 separate from the immigrant visa,  NVC has a separate phone number for the K-1 to call .. listed with the below info.

 

 

You will receive your case file number (MNL) from NVC once they have reviewed your file.
 
After you receive the NOA2 (I-797 Notice Of Action) in the mail it can be another 2-4 weeks for NVC to get your file from USCIS and into their system, then a 2-6 more weeks before NVC assigns the MNL # from USEM.

Call after 4:45 PM or early at 7:05 AM eastern time, M-F, for shorter wait times.   
 
K-1 are processed like an immigrant visa, but are NOT immigrant visas, so they fall into a completely different class of their own.

K-1 visa:  1-603-334-0888 Operator assistance is available Monday through Friday from 7:00 AM to 12:00 AM (Eastern Time) .