May 2018 K1 Filers

[Sarge2155 4,590]

17 hours ago, WAMER said:

Still waiting. May 31 NOA1. Opened a case status 1 week ago. They have 30 days to respond. 214 days and counting. Yes, there is no option to open a case over the phone but by selecting other options you can get to a real person that you can talk with and open a case.

I'll be curious to see what your results are to your inquiry. I submitted my inquiry online on 12/5/18 USCIS replied via email on 12/19/18. Their answer here it is word for word and I quote:

 

The status of this service request is:

On 12/05/2018, you contacted USCIS concerning your I-129F to notify us that you believe your case is outside of our normal processing time. Below is a summary of what we found and how the issue has been or may be resolved.

Your case is currently being adjudicated. You should receive a notice of action* within 45 days.

*A notice of action may be in a form of Approval Notice, Denial Notice, Transfer Notice, Request for Evidence, or Notice of Intent to Deny.

We hope this information is helpful and appreciate your continued patience.  unquote

 

My NOA1 date is 5/8/18 so I am into day 242. I was told by another person that their reply may or may not be a generic answer as anytime a petitioner or agent inquires about a case USCIS will reply "adjudicated" and if it's a inquiry  from a congress person the reply will be "security checks". I am currently into 28 days into the 45 day time frame USCIS quoted me in their reply. But yes there is always a but notice they said SHOULD receive a notice of action. USCIS word is not gospel and I have understood and read here on VJ where other members have submitted many inquiries to USCIS and they all come back saying within 45 days. This is not perhaps what you want to hear but be advised I am just sharing with you MY experience. Only thing I can say is USCIS did reply within the 30 days they have to reply to your inquiry. BTW it will be 45 days on 2/2/19 and at this point all i can do you guessed it is continue to wait before I attempt my next step at trying to get a straight answer and or resolve this issue. So please let us know how you fared with your inquiry and we can put this to rest about the reply being generic.

[Anna1988 5]

On 10/25/2018 at 8:16 PM, John & Rose said:

Wow!!!  Very similar. We were told by an agency that I should say no since I was expunged. Here is the truth...you should answer YES. The I-129f is all about the petitioner. Just like you, my YES would not have made any difference in the petition. It was a misdemeanor battery arrest that was dropped and later expunged. By court order all digital and paper copies of the arrest were to be destroyed and they were. I do have a copy of the expungement order though. 

 

It seems that lawyers know as much about this as the agencies we pay to help do. If you read the actual directions they specifically says that the petitoner should answer yes if they were ever arrested even if someone tells them to answer no or they were expunged. I have a feeling they have seen this before. I would try to amend the petition but I also have to say that since this happened to me I have heard from at least a dozen people in almost the same situation (answered no when they had an arrest) and they were all approved. Your lawyer and my agency were both wrong. It isn’t the end. If you can amend try that. We were approved by NVC. They took my wife’s and step kids passports and congratulated us at the interview but 48 hours later saw that we were refused. It happened after the interview in AP. At some point try to fix that honest mistake and you will be fine. It is more about the disclosure than the actual arrest. 

Hey,

 

I'm the petitioner. When I filed the I-129f, I had no record. Just this week, my sister and I had an altercation and I was arrested but out on bond. The courts say it will be a misdemeanor for my first offense.

 

Am I supposed to contact NVC or amend the application? Right now, I think it is too far along and I need to cancel all together.

 

What do I do? It seems like the lawyers may misadvise. I just saw someone say that It wouldn't need to be adjusted but I want to confirm.

[John & Rose 7,239]

8 hours ago, Anna1988 said:

Hey,

 

I'm the petitioner. When I filed the I-129f, I had no record. Just this week, my sister and I had an altercation and I was arrested but out on bond. The courts say it will be a misdemeanor for my first offense.

 

Am I supposed to contact NVC or amend the application? Right now, I think it is too far along and I need to cancel all together.

 

What do I do? It seems like the lawyers may misadvise. I just saw someone say that It wouldn't need to be adjusted but I want to confirm.

No. Don’t do anything now. Make sure the beneficiary has all the paperwork with her at the interview. She can explain it there. Don’t worry about changing the petition. Be honest with the CO and you should be fine. 

[Anna1988 5]

2 hours ago, John & Rose said:

No. Don’t do anything now. Make sure the beneficiary has all the paperwork with her at the interview. She can explain it there. Don’t worry about changing the petition. Be honest with the CO and you should be fine. 

Okay. Should I send him my court records and the Court's decision once they make one? And should I send a signed statement?

[John & Rose 7,239]

They will need court certified copies at the interview. It won’t hurt to send what you have now to start getting it all together. 

[WAMER 5]

On 1/5/2019 at 11:25 AM, Sarge2155 said:

I'll be curious to see what your results are to your inquiry. I submitted my inquiry online on 12/5/18 USCIS replied via email on 12/19/18. Their answer here it is word for word and I quote:

 

The status of this service request is:

On 12/05/2018, you contacted USCIS concerning your I-129F to notify us that you believe your case is outside of our normal processing time. Below is a summary of what we found and how the issue has been or may be resolved.

Your case is currently being adjudicated. You should receive a notice of action* within 45 days.

*A notice of action may be in a form of Approval Notice, Denial Notice, Transfer Notice, Request for Evidence, or Notice of Intent to Deny.

We hope this information is helpful and appreciate your continued patience.  unquote

 

My NOA1 date is 5/8/18 so I am into day 242. I was told by another person that their reply may or may not be a generic answer as anytime a petitioner or agent inquires about a case USCIS will reply "adjudicated" and if it's a inquiry  from a congress person the reply will be "security checks". I am currently into 28 days into the 45 day time frame USCIS quoted me in their reply. But yes there is always a but notice they said SHOULD receive a notice of action. USCIS word is not gospel and I have understood and read here on VJ where other members have submitted many inquiries to USCIS and they all come back saying within 45 days. This is not perhaps what you want to hear but be advised I am just sharing with you MY experience. Only thing I can say is USCIS did reply within the 30 days they have to reply to your inquiry. BTW it will be 45 days on 2/2/19 and at this point all i can do you guessed it is continue to wait before I attempt my next step at trying to get a straight answer and or resolve this issue. So please let us know how you fared with your inquiry and we can put this to rest about the reply being generic.

Thank you so much for sharing your details. Much appreciated. I guess I will go through the same process.

[Sabrina02 108]

Hi all, I haven't been on for awhile still waiting at 230 and still counting.  Thanks to the folks who have reached out during the holidays to follow up.  @Sarge2155 we are still here waiting.  I enjoyed our talks and thank you for your advice.  I guess there isn't much to be done at this point but continue to wait.  

 

I know everyone on my May 2018 folks are moving right along.  Continued happiness as we move along. Your experience will be helpful for the remaining so continue to enjoy and move through the process of bringing your loved ones closer.

[Sarge2155 4,590]

21 minutes ago, Sabrina02 said:

Hi all, I haven't been on for awhile still waiting at 230 and still counting.  Thanks to the folks who have reached out during the holidays to follow up.  @Sarge2155 we are still here waiting.  I enjoyed our talks and thank you for your advice.  I guess there isn't much to be done at this point but continue to wait.  

 

I know everyone on my May 2018 folks are moving right along.  Continued happiness as we move along. Your experience will be helpful for the remaining so continue to enjoy and move through the process of bringing your loved ones closer.

Thank you and please consider doing what we discussed, it can't hurt it can ONLY help. Looks like your turtle pooped out I know its been longer than 5 months in. I have to manually update mine every few days can't seem to get it to auto update.

Edited January 8, 2019 by Sarge2155

[sarahlane 2]

Hello, I’m new here. Applied for K-1 visa on May 20 - Got our NOA 1 on May 25 - got NOA 2 on Nov 13 - Got letter from NVC saying our case was forwarded to the Embassy in Montreal, Canada on Dec.26th. Does anyone know how long till I can expect my interview date letter from the embassy? And will the US government closure affect the letter’s arrival?? Any info would be much appreciated!! 

[Greenbaum 12,259]

12 hours ago, sarahlane said:

Hello, I’m new here. Applied for K-1 visa on May 20 - Got our NOA 1 on May 25 - got NOA 2 on Nov 13 - Got letter from NVC saying our case was forwarded to the Embassy in Montreal, Canada on Dec.26th. Does anyone know how long till I can expect my interview date letter from the embassy? 2-4 weeks. And will the US government closure affect the letter’s arrival?? NO Any info would be much appreciated!! 

You can't hurry it along at all. You have to wait for P3 which takes 2-4 weeks from Ready (ceac.state.gov). Comply with what they ask for in P3 (the actual one they send you) by sending them a copy of the signed P3 checklist, your DS-160 confirmation and your Passport Bio. Then they send you P4. Then they tell you to register to schedule and you'll wait some more for interviews to open up, which only happens once a month during the last week of the month for two months ahead UNLESS you are lucky and you scoop up a cancellation. Get your medical appointment first so you can schedule the interview shortly afterwards.

 

Packet 3: https://ca.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2016/07/Packet3Instructions-K1.pdf  And Packet 4 for reference also: https://ca.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2016/03/Packet4-MTL.pdf

 

For all things dealing with the US Consulate in Canada head on over to the sub-forum for Canada where they will answer your questions for the processing of your visa from their personal experience. Link:

 

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/93-canada/

[CandaUSA2 5]

HELP! We recieved our NOA2 Nov 5/18 , got sent to Montreal (Canada) Embassy quite fast, and now its been over a month and still no Packet 3. Have tried to email them the packet 2x already, and emailed asking they simply stated not ready yet and do not send anything yet. 

 

I am wondering if anyone else is close to this timeline. My biggest worry is my NOA2 has an expiry of March 5, 2018 which is coming up. 

 

 

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,093]

On 1/11/2019 at 8:18 PM, sarahlane said:

Hello, I’m new here. Applied for K-1 visa on May 20 - Got our NOA 1 on May 25 - got NOA 2 on Nov 13 - Got letter from NVC saying our case was forwarded to the Embassy in Montreal, Canada on Dec.26th. Does anyone know how long till I can expect my interview date letter from the embassy? And will the US government closure affect the letter’s arrival?? Any info would be much appreciated!! 

The average reported by VJ posters going through Montreal is 57 days from arrival in Montreal to interview. You can check that here: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/stats.php

 

The government shutdown will not affect visa processing; that's funded by all those fees you and/or your fiance(e) are paying. And USPS is self-funding too.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

17 hours ago, CandaUSA2 said:

HELP! We recieved our NOA2 Nov 5/18 , got sent to Montreal (Canada) Embassy quite fast, and now its been over a month and still no Packet 3. Have tried to email them the packet 2x already, and emailed asking they simply stated not ready yet and do not send anything yet. 

 

I am wondering if anyone else is close to this timeline. My biggest worry is my NOA2 has an expiry of March 5, 2018 which is coming up. 

 

 

Montreal Embassy usually takes 30-45 days to send the P3 instructions. So a little more patience.

 

NOA2 does not expire until one year has passed. Your current NOA2 will be automatically extended another 4 months.

 

Relax, you are driving yourself crazy. I recommend that you start hanging out in the Canadian sub-forum and you will have additional up sight as to what you'll need to do to have a successful interview. Link is below in the information I am providing.

 

You can't hurry it along at all. You have to wait for P3 which takes 2-4 weeks from Ready. Comply with what they ask for in P3 (the actual one they send you) by sending them a copy of the signed P3 checklist, your DS-160 confirmation and your Passport Bio. Then they send you P4. Then they tell you to register to schedule and you'll wait some more for interviews to open up, which only happens once a month during the last week of the month for two months ahead UNLESS you are lucky and you scoop up a cancellation. Get your medical appointment first so you can schedule the interview shortly afterwards.

 

Packet 3: https://ca.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2016/07/Packet3Instructions-K1.pdf  And Packet 4 for reference also: https://ca.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2016/03/Packet4-MTL.pdf

 

For all things dealing with the US Consulate in Canada head on over to the sub-forum for Canada where they will answer your questions for the processing of your visa from their personal experience. Link:

 

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/93-canada/

 

[aqb 9]

So I've been tracking our case # since it arrived at NVC. It took a while to go in transit to the US Embassy in Montreal but it seems like it finally arrived. When I used the tracker today on the Visa Status Check it says my case is "READY" and that I can schedule the interview. But I haven't received or done anything relating to Packet 3 yet, no DS-160 yet. Do I just keep waiting? Or can I just start the DS-160 form and schedule my interview?

[Greenbaum 12,259]

3 hours ago, aqb said:

So I've been tracking our case # since it arrived at NVC. It took a while to go in transit to the US Embassy in Montreal but it seems like it finally arrived. When I used the tracker today on the Visa Status Check it says my case is "READY" and that I can schedule the interview. But I haven't received or done anything relating to Packet 3 yet, no DS-160 yet. Do I just keep waiting? Or can I just start the DS-160 form and schedule my interview?

You can't hurry it along at all. You have to wait for P3 which takes 2-4 weeks from Ready. Comply with what they ask for in P3 (the actual one they send you) by sending them a copy of the signed P3 checklist, your DS-160 confirmation and your Passport Bio. Then they send you P4. Then they tell you to register to schedule and you'll wait some more for interviews to open up, which only happens once a month during the last week of the month for two months ahead UNLESS you are lucky and you scoop up a cancellation. Get your medical appointment first so you can schedule the interview shortly afterwards.

 

Packet 3: https://ca.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2016/07/Packet3Instructions-K1.pdf  And Packet 4 for reference also: https://ca.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2016/03/Packet4-MTL.pdf

 

For all things dealing with the US Consulate in Canada head on over to the sub-forum for Canada where they will answer your questions for the processing of your visa from their personal experience. Link:

 

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/93-canada/