APRIL 2020 K-1 NOA2 to NVC to EMBASSY

[mryrth 72]

Hi @Greenbaum - do you happen to have the P3 for Prague, Czech Republic? I tried searching on VJ but didn't have any luck.

[Chris & Lina 29]

My fiancée had her interview today and was approved! They said her documents should be ready by Christmas!

[werdna 65]

15 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

Looks like another non-plaintiffs saved some money on not being part of the lawsuit.

 

https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/753860-we-got-our-k1-interview-scheduled/

https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/753820-received-our-k1-interview-date/

 

The embassies are moving along.

 

The destruction of reason has seen the triumph of ignorance.  

In Mexico we only got our interviews scheduled because of the lawsuit.  So maybe some countries don't need it but many do.

[sl1pstream 551]

6 minutes ago, werdna said:

In Mexico we only got our interviews scheduled because of the lawsuit.  So maybe some countries don't need it but many do.

"The embassies are moving along" is also a blatant lie because some of the embassies have literally told us that they're not allowed to move along.

[Cheburashka34 228]

3 hours ago, sl1pstream said:

"The embassies are moving along" is also a blatant lie because some of the embassies have literally told us that they're not allowed to move along.

Yeah it looks like Moscow embassy has basically done nothing since March and there's no end in sight

[David and Anna 118]

Update:  Had our interview on December 15 and were told we were approved, CEAC now shows "Issued" status, and the UPS tracking says that my fiance will get the visa tomorrow. (the embassy actually emailed and called us right after the judge's order and asked us when we would like to come for our interview, offering us any week we desired - although they are only doing such interviews on Monday and Tuesday each week.)

 

Warsaw embassy personnel told us they are only processing the cases of plaintiffs in the lawsuit.  They were very helpful to us and made the interview scheduling, paperwork and visit to the embassy very easy. 

Edited December 17, 2020 by David and Anna

[Cheburashka34 228]

So you have to sue in order to get anything done these days? Wow

[sl1pstream 551]

9 hours ago, Cheburashka34 said:

So you have to sue in order to get anything done these days? Wow

Well, no. But they found internal DOS communication that said that they were putting K1 visas at the lowest priority. After looking into it further, it turned out that they weren't working on them at all in proclamation countries.

 

They can't just stop immigration whenever they want for whatever reason they choose, which is reflected in the massive amounts of immigration related lawsuits that the US government has lost over the last few years.

They could've tried immigration reform but instead he just signed a bunch of Executive Orders to attack immigration, which isn't how this works, and which opened him up to a massive amount of lawsuits that they mostly lost, especially over the past year.

[Chris & Lina 29]

My fiancee had her interview Thursday and has visa in hand as of yesterday! That has to be some kind of record.

[mryrth 72]

Our case was transferred from the NVC to the embassy! 

[Greenbaum 12,259]

On 12/17/2020 at 3:21 PM, David and Anna said:

Update:  Had our interview on December 15 and were told we were approved, CEAC now shows "Issued" status, and the UPS tracking says that my fiance will get the visa tomorrow. (the embassy actually emailed and called us right after the judge's order and asked us when we would like to come for our interview, offering us any week we desired - although they are only doing such interviews on Monday and Tuesday each week.)

 

Warsaw embassy personnel told us they are only processing the cases of plaintiffs in the lawsuit.  They were very helpful to us and made the interview scheduling, paperwork and visit to the embassy very easy. 

 

On 12/22/2020 at 6:57 PM, Chris & Lina said:

My fiancee had her interview Thursday and has visa in hand as of yesterday! That has to be some kind of record.

 

Congratulations.

 

Do not sell your house, car, or property, resign from your job, or make non-refundable flight or other travel arrangements until you have received your immigrant visa and you have checked over the visa to be sure there isn't any spelling errors. If there are any errors, contact the Embassy for further instructions. Keep the "do not open" pouch in the plastic and stowed away in her carryon luggage. Luggage does get lost and without the "do not open" packet it will be a difficult problem for her at immigration once she arrives at her POE. Safe travels to both of you.

[Chris & Lina 29]

7 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

 

Congratulations.

 

Do not sell your house, car, or property, resign from your job, or make non-refundable flight or other travel arrangements until you have received your immigrant visa and you have checked over the visa to be sure there isn't any spelling errors. If there are any errors, contact the Embassy for further instructions. Keep the "do not open" pouch in the plastic and stowed away in her carryon luggage. Luggage does get lost and without the "do not open" packet it will be a difficult problem for her at immigration once she arrives at her POE. Safe travels to both of you.

She arrived two weeks ago 😊. Arrival was very smooth... too smooth... The customs officer in Chicago stamped her passport and let her through without ever taking or checking her K-1 packet. We knew they needed it, so we found another customs officer to give the packet to. He said, "Good that you brought this! I'll take care of it. I don't know why he didn't take it when he checked your passport." 🤣 Regardless, we got her I-94 online within a couple of days, got our marriage license, will marry in February, and apply for her SSN and AoS.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

4 minutes ago, Chris & Lina said:

She arrived two weeks ago 😊. Arrival was very smooth... too smooth... The customs officer in Chicago stamped her passport and let her through without ever taking or checking her K-1 packet. We knew they needed it, so we found another customs officer to give the packet to. He said, "Good that you brought this! I'll take care of it. I don't know why he didn't take it when he checked your passport." 🤣 Regardless, we got her I-94 online within a couple of days, got our marriage license, will marry in February, and apply for her SSN and AoS.

 

Good job! BTW, it's better to get the SSN number in her maiden name so it can be used for the comingling of assets for proof of your relationship to the banks etc. Otherwise, you will have a long wait to get it after marriage as there are other forms that come into play that you will not have in your possession that SS will be asking for. There is a thread that speaks directly to the SSN process here on VJ.

Edited January 11, 2021 by Greenbaum

[Jessica & Karl 23]

Hi all, got our visa approved yesterday in London.  So relieved.  Hope to see you all over on the AOS threads.

 

@Greenbaum Just wanted to say a quick thank you for keeping all this running and your patient support, your guidance and experience was invaluable.  

[Greenbaum 12,259]

3 hours ago, Jessica & Karl said:

Hi all, got our visa approved yesterday in London.  So relieved.  Hope to see you all over on the AOS threads.

 

@Greenbaum Just wanted to say a quick thank you for keeping all this running and your patient support, your guidance and experience was invaluable.  

Thank you for your extremely meaningful and kind comment. My best to you and your fiance as you both embark on your journey to a fruitful life together.