November 2019 K-1 NOA2 to NVC to EMBASSY

[Haydnator 274]

13 minutes ago, FreyandRyan said:

I’ve been calling the other one. The 0700 line. I’ll have to try that one then. I’m not calling every day though so maybe tomorrow morning. 

*fingers crossed*

[Amaterasu 137]

My fiance called NVC today and got our invoice number and case number! She was also informed to expect an email with any further instructions. Checking our case number on the CEAC site gives this less than helpful message:

 

Please follow the instructions you received from the National Visa Center (NVC) that list the six steps you must take before NVC can schedule your visa interview appointment. This includes submitting to NVC various fees, forms and documents

 

Having done some searching on the forum, it seems this doesn't apply to K1 visas and is just the prompt given due to the K1 being both an immigrant and non immigrant visa.

My question to anyone more experienced in the matter is: Is there anything else we need to do at this stage or is it, as we assume, just a matter of waiting for the embassy to receive it?
 

Edited December 4, 2019 by Amaterasu

[Commish10 427]

2 hours ago, FreyandRyan said:

I’ve been calling the other one. The 0700 line. I’ll have to try that one then. I’m not calling every day though so maybe tomorrow morning. 

I am going to give my first call next Thursday. It will be 3 weeks. 

[Haydnator 274]

1 hour ago, Amaterasu said:

My fiance called NVC today and got our invoice number and case number! She was also informed to expect an email with any further instructions. Checking our case number on the CEAC site gives this less than helpful message:

 

Please follow the instructions you received from the National Visa Center (NVC) that list the six steps you must take before NVC can schedule your visa interview appointment. This includes submitting to NVC various fees, forms and documents

 

Having done some searching on the forum, it seems this doesn't apply to K1 visas and is just the prompt given due to the K1 being both an immigrant and non immigrant visa.

My question to anyone more experienced in the matter is: Is there anything else we need to do at this stage or is it, as we assume, just a matter of waiting for the embassy to receive it?
 

I think all we can mainly do now is wait until it gets sent to the embassy. You could do the Ds-160, although I hear people advise that you should wait until you received Packet 3

[Greenbaum 12,259]

2 hours ago, Amaterasu said:

My fiance called NVC today and got our invoice number and case number! She was also informed to expect an email with any further instructions. Checking our case number on the CEAC site gives this less than helpful message:

 

Please follow the instructions you received from the National Visa Center (NVC) that list the six steps you must take before NVC can schedule your visa interview appointment. This includes submitting to NVC various fees, forms and documents

 

Having done some searching on the forum, it seems this doesn't apply to K1 visas and is just the prompt given due to the K1 being both an immigrant and non immigrant visa.

My question to anyone more experienced in the matter is: Is there anything else we need to do at this stage or is it, as we assume, just a matter of waiting for the embassy to receive it?
 

Well you could determine when your file will ship to your embassy. Then you can use the DHL hack to trace your package to your country. You can now complete the DS-160 as it is tied to nothing except to use the confirmation to schedule your interview and then to present to the CO at your interview.

 

And yes that does not apply to K-1's. 

[Greenbaum 12,259]

2 hours ago, Amaterasu said:

My fiance called NVC today and got our invoice number and case number! She was also informed to expect an email with any further instructions. Checking our case number on the CEAC site gives this less than helpful message:

 

Please follow the instructions you received from the National Visa Center (NVC) that list the six steps you must take before NVC can schedule your visa interview appointment. This includes submitting to NVC various fees, forms and documents

 

Having done some searching on the forum, it seems this doesn't apply to K1 visas and is just the prompt given due to the K1 being both an immigrant and non immigrant visa.

My question to anyone more experienced in the matter is: Is there anything else we need to do at this stage or is it, as we assume, just a matter of waiting for the embassy to receive it?
 

P3 instructions for the UK

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M92AwztXRnkFw6xwUF0ZlntJ6D4-eK2E/view?usp=sharing

 

Embassy Page

https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/fiancee-2/required-documents/

https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/fiancee-2/medical-examination/

 

London Portal here on VJ

http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=United Kingdom&cty=London

 

London sub-forum on VJ

There are experts over in the sub-forum for your country located here http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/99-united-kingdom/  This is where others from your country who are processing or those who have completed their interview and they can guide you on their experience. A TON of information and help there.

 

A fellow VJ'r who just completed their visa interview

 

 

Medical prices including vaccination pricing

http://www.visamedicals.co.uk/us-price.htm

 

Medical questionnaire

https://uk.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2017/05/USA-MEDICAL-QUESTIONNAIRE_IV.pdf

 

From <

 

 

Decreeabsolute with a judges signature. You need to fill in a form, D-160 which is available online to print and send it completed along with your decree absolute to Bury St Edmunds, the divorce court. I actually called the courts and explained my situation. They were most helpful in explaining what I needed to do. Signed certificate will be back within 3 weeks. 

 

Read every link on  https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/fiancee-2/applying-for-the-visa/

and http://www.visamedicals.co.uk/us.htm

 

Ask London specific questions in the UK forum and you won't get answers from another country who may have different procedures at the embassy stage. https://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/99-united-kingdom/

[Amaterasu 137]

1 hour ago, Haydnator said:

I think all we can mainly do now is wait until it gets sent to the embassy. You could do the Ds-160, although I hear people advise that you should wait until you received Packet 3

Good advice. I think we'll wait, just on the off chance the invoice number is written down wrong or anything! 
 

1 hour ago, Greenbaum said:

Well you could determine when your file will ship to your embassy. Then you can use the DHL hack to trace your package to your country. You can now complete the DS-160 as it is tied to nothing except to use the confirmation to schedule your interview and then to present to the CO at your interview.

 

And yes that does not apply to K-1's. 

Awesome, thank you for confirming! I believe it's going to be sent on the 10th December looking at the dates, will be applying the 'hack' then . Some wonderful advice from this forum for this whole process.
 

55 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

P3 instructions for the UK

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M92AwztXRnkFw6xwUF0ZlntJ6D4-eK2E/view?usp=sharing

 

Embassy Page

https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/fiancee-2/required-documents/

https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/fiancee-2/medical-examination/

 

London Portal here on VJ

http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=United Kingdom&cty=London

 

London sub-forum on VJ

There are experts over in the sub-forum for your country located here http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/99-united-kingdom/  This is where others from your country who are processing or those who have completed their interview and they can guide you on their experience. A TON of information and help there.

 

A fellow VJ'r who just completed their visa interview

 

 

Medical prices including vaccination pricing

http://www.visamedicals.co.uk/us-price.htm

 

Medical questionnaire

https://uk.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2017/05/USA-MEDICAL-QUESTIONNAIRE_IV.pdf

 

From <

 

 

Decreeabsolute with a judges signature. You need to fill in a form, D-160 which is available online to print and send it completed along with your decree absolute to Bury St Edmunds, the divorce court. I actually called the courts and explained my situation. They were most helpful in explaining what I needed to do. Signed certificate will be back within 3 weeks. 

 

Read every link on  https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/fiancee-2/applying-for-the-visa/

and http://www.visamedicals.co.uk/us.htm

 

Ask London specific questions in the UK forum and you won't get answers from another country who may have different procedures at the embassy stage. https://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/99-united-kingdom/

Again, thank you so much! I'll take a look through all of these this weekend in preparation. We're planning to start sending everything from my fiance to myself once we've got the confirmation that our case is headed to the consulate.

Really appreciate the work you've put together for myself and others.

[Diego Gutiérrez 5]

So my fiancé and I just got our NOA2 on Nov 26th, sadly he just had a health issue that forced him into quitting his job to start treatment and therapy. He is no able to work right now and when he is able to, he will need to find a new job. The whole therapy and recovery might take a couple of months and we are honestly concerned about the embassy interview and getting denied because he is not employed right now, I will have his tax returns from this year and the previous ones and his dad agreed to be used as a co sponsor (he meets the requirements and his income is above the 125% poverty level), when is the latest we could do the embassy interview with our NOA2 date? We would like to postpone it as much as we can until he is able to have a full time job again, does anybody have any recommendations on what is our best option or what should we do in this current situation?

[Greenbaum 12,259]

9 hours ago, Diego Gutiérrez said:

So my fiancé and I just got our NOA2 on Nov 26th, sadly he just had a health issue that forced him into quitting his job to start treatment and therapy. He is no able to work right now and when he is able to, he will need to find a new job. The whole therapy and recovery might take a couple of months and we are honestly concerned about the embassy interview and getting denied because he is not employed right now, I will have his tax returns from this year and the previous ones and his dad agreed to be used as a co sponsor (he meets the requirements and his income is above the 125% poverty level), when is the latest we could do the embassy interview with our NOA2 date? We would like to postpone it as much as we can until he is able to have a full time job again, does anybody have any recommendations on what is our best option or what should we do in this current situation?

Each embassy is different you may find those from your country/region can help. Find the sub-forum under "forums" tab then 3/4 of the page down you will find the links. A letter from his physician addressed to the embassy would do a lot of good to have your NOA2 extended. The NOA2 is good for one year and the embassy is responsible in extending it in 4 month inquirements. Each embassy is different in how they handle co-sponsors. Some will except where others may not. That would be another question for the country specific thread. Good luck and I hope things work out for you and he.

[EmChris 22]

We got our Noa2 November 21. Should we start calling NVC today? 

Edited December 5, 2019 by EmChris

[FreyandRyan 330]

2 hours ago, EmChris said:

We got our Noa2 November 21. Should we start calling NVC today? 

Doesn’t hurt to try. It’s possible to get some news. We’re 11/21 as well. I’ll be calling later tonight. 

Edited December 5, 2019 by FreyandRyan

[Commish10 427]

2 hours ago, FreyandRyan said:

Doesn’t hurt to try. It’s possible to get some news. We’re 11/21 as well. I’ll be calling later tonight. 

I'm 11/21 too. Just called. They did not have it. They said call back weekly.

Edited December 5, 2019 by Commish10

[KittyKat3072 235]

2 hours ago, Commish10 said:

I'm 11/21 too. Just called. They did not have it. They said call back weekly.

Yeah tbh they told us that we shouldn't bother calling before the 6 week mark when we called on a Friday. Then we called the following Monday morning and we had our case number and such. Turns out it had been assigned that Friday that we called (we called at 7pm est).

It's their normal response/time frame.

I would call tonight and tomorrow if you really want to know.

I mean it doesn't speed things up but it's nice to hear progress on your case.

 

[Commish10 427]

1 minute ago, KittyKat3072 said:

Yeah tbh they told us that we shouldn't bother calling before the 6 week mark when we called on a Friday. Then we called the following Monday morning and we had our case number and such. Turns out it had been assigned that Friday that we called (we called at 7pm est).

It's their normal response/time frame.

I would call tonight and tomorrow if you really want to know.

I mean it doesn't speed things up but it's nice to hear progress on your case.

 

Thanks, Ill try again next week. 

[SimplyComplex 19]

Our NOA2 was Nov 14th, and after calling today was told our case was received at the NVC and assigned our case number on Dec 5th  

 

I'm not sure if that means we'll miss out on the shipment on the 10th? Will there be a shipment on the 24th?