FEBRUARY 2022 K1 NOA2 to NVC to EMBASSY

[lb119397 79]

3 hours ago, EatBulaga said:

Keep in mind that at the embassy step, theoretically, the process is for the visa applicant (or the beneficiary). Technically, the CEAC/embassy is notifying so the applicant can complete the process.

 

With that said, my fiancee beneficiary would have a hard time completing the forms and process by herself since she only has her phone.

 

What I did is create an email in my fiancee's (beneficiary) name, and we share the password. And we are using the shared email for the CEAC account for DS-160 and USTRAVELDocs. Right now, the email on record with the NVC is still my email from the original I-129F (petitioner). So unless you add your fiancee's email per my previous post, that is the email CEAC/embassy use for notifications.

 

The only caveat with the shared email method is that some email services might lock your email if it gets logins from different countries' IP addresses in a short period of time because of security purposes. So make sure you set up a good password recovery, or use a VPN and keep track of where you login from, OR just have one person do all the steps and forward the outputs to the other. 

 

So far it is working out for us since I am doing all the work and forwarding her any notifications. 😊 Good luck!

Thanks for your response!
 

I am essentially going to do all of the work as well since he has a similar issue as your fiancée with only having his phone. I have access to his email address, so no need to create an account for both since I can check his anyway if necessary.
 

Since the beneficiary is technically supposed to complete the DS-160, I assume there won’t be an issue if I create the account with his email address even if NVC doesn’t have it on file? I submitted an inquiry to them to add his, but they have not responded due to the delays and I assume it wouldn’t make a difference now that it’s at the embassy. I am not sure how it would appear from their perspective if I also create the account with my email address. 
 

Also, I looked at the sample DS-160 form on the DOS website and they have a section where it asks if they were assisted in completing the form. I assume that it would be okay to indicate yes and include my (petitioner’s) information? Not sure what anyone else has done if they, as petitioners, have been the ones completing the form on the beneficiary’s behalf for one reason or another. 

Edited March 23, 2022 by lb119397

[Oti&Dum 7]

So about the medical exam, the fee will be paid after the exam right? Or we have to pay it online as well?

[SandyR 142]

30 minutes ago, Oti&Dum said:

So about the medical exam, the fee will be paid after the exam right? Or we have to pay it online as well?

That is paid at the exam.  Fees are standard around $200-$250 range no matter the country as they are set by the US government.

[Polly3 18]

How long does it roughly take for the status to change from “at NVC” to “In Transit”? 

Edited March 24, 2022 by Polly3

[charlottewitch 43]

Still waiting "At NVC" myself for 16 days now, antsy for the process to move along, lol... of course, compared to the NOA2 wait, this is nothing, so I should be more patient.

[EatBulaga 315]

8 hours ago, Polly3 said:

How long does it roughly take for the status to change from “at NVC” to “In Transit”? 

The step from NVC case create "at NVC" to leaving NVC "In Transit" is highly dependent on the specific embassy/consulate requesting the case based on their caseload. In our case, it took 7 days as shown in our Timeline. Other embassy/consulate may take over a year. But the average seems to be about 90 days "At NVC" according to this

https://visawhen.com/nvc

 

What you can do is look up similar Timelines to get an idea of how long your embassy/consulate is taking. This is why it is important to fill out your Timeline accurately. Visajourney also uses your Timeline data to update the stats page.

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/stats.php

You can look up Armenia embassy/consulate data which depends on how accurate others have updated their Timelines.

 

Good luck.

Edited March 24, 2022 by EatBulaga

[SandyR 142]

10 hours ago, charlottewitch said:

Still waiting "At NVC" myself for 16 days now, antsy for the process to move along, lol... of course, compared to the NOA2 wait, this is nothing, so I should be more patient.

I'm 20 days at NVC.  cases only ship every week. next ship date is next week.  of course that depends upon your embassy if there are openings.  I see your timeline has no information.  It would be helpful if you filled that out as it is helpful to others along the way.  good luck.

[charlottewitch 43]

1 hour ago, SandyR said:

I'm 20 days at NVC.  cases only ship every week. next ship date is next week.  of course that depends upon your embassy if there are openings.  I see your timeline has no information.  It would be helpful if you filled that out as it is helpful to others along the way.  good luck.

I filled my timeline out a bit what I could and updated my profile a little. My fiance is from Mexico.

If I'm looking at the right page here, it seems like I might be waiting 93 days for "At NVC" to change? I'll hope for some kind of miracle. lol

Edited March 24, 2022 by charlottewitch

[SandyR 142]

2 hours ago, charlottewitch said:

I filled my timeline out a bit what I could and updated my profile a little. My fiance is from Mexico.

If I'm looking at the right page here, it seems like I might be waiting 93 days for "At NVC" to change? I'll hope for some kind of miracle. lol

Thanks for filling out timelines as it really helps when you are doing research!  NVC doesn't send the cases to embassy until requested. Time varies by country. I have heard Mexico takes a long time.  I found this timelines spreadsheet.  You can look at time from NOA2 to Interview to get an idea.  There is one that took about 7 months.  You can look through and get an idea.  You could also try going to the mexico country forum and see what people are saying.  Lastly, you can email NVC and ask if there is a backlog and how long.  I did that for myself but still waiting on a response.  The 29th is the next send date so you can wait and see if yours goes that day otherwise I'd do some inquires and research.  Good luck.

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list.php?cfl=0&op1=3&op2=d&op3=&op4=1&op5=5,6,8,10,11,13,14,15,16,17,18,20,21,22,25,26,27,28,108,110,111,208,210,211&op6=All&op66=All&op7=Mexico&dfile=No&adv=0

[Chancy 6,241]

23 hours ago, SandyR said:

Fees are standard around $200-$250 range no matter the country as they are set by the US government.

 

Visa medical fees are not standard and not set by the US government.  For example, in the Philippines, the only accredited clinic charges $325.  It's even more pricey in the UK, at around $460.

 

[SandyR 142]

1 hour ago, Chancy said:

 

Visa medical fees are not standard and not set by the US government.  For example, in the Philippines, the only accredited clinic charges $325.  It's even more pricey in the UK, at around $460.

 

 

1 hour ago, Chancy said:

 

Visa medical fees are not standard and not set by the US government.  For example, in the Philippines, the only accredited clinic charges $325.  It's even more pricey in the UK, at around $460.

 

I meant standard in the US government has approved drs and you can't go to a cheap place.  I thought fees were around the $200=$300 range based upon what I saw.  but yikes, that is a lot.  

[slavaskii 886]

1 hour ago, SandyR said:

 

I meant standard in the US government has approved drs and you can't go to a cheap place.  I thought fees were around the $200=$300 range based upon what I saw.  but yikes, that is a lot.  

That's wild. In Poland, the information sheet says 300PLN - which is less than $100. However, it doesn't appear to include an x-ray, and we're still waiting on confirmation if we need to schedule that independently beforehand or not. That's pretty standard, I thought? Strange that the approved doctor there doesn't do it, then. 

 

Also want to second your comment above about calling NVC, they may not know local embassy conditions but they are privy to when things begin to get sent out abroad. Also TravelDocs for your country could be helpful too for more 'local' information, they're very nice and responsive over the phone.

Edited March 24, 2022 by slavaskii

[SandyR 142]

1 hour ago, slavaskii said:

That's wild. In Poland, the information sheet says 300PLN - which is less than $100. However, it doesn't appear to include an x-ray, and we're still waiting on confirmation if we need to schedule that independently beforehand or not. That's pretty standard, I thought? Strange that the approved doctor there doesn't do it, then. 

 

Also want to second your comment above about calling NVC, they may not know local embassy conditions but they are privy to when things begin to get sent out abroad. Also TravelDocs for your country could be helpful too for more 'local' information, they're very nice and responsive over the phone.

Well in India you can get a medical for $20 or so but we have to pay $250.  so crazy that we have to pay more than customary for the country.  I can understand UK being so expensive as I'm sure it is expensive anyway just like in the US.

as for NVC inquiry - they told me to email and they would forward email to embassy for answer.  I first tried contacting embassy and they told me to contact NVC!  So called NVC and they told me to submit a request.  But then again, sometimes I think they tell us whatever because maybe they don't know.  I've been told multiple answers to the same question frequently on this journey.  

[EatBulaga 315]

8 hours ago, charlottewitch said:

I filled my timeline out a bit what I could and updated my profile a little. My fiance is from Mexico.

If I'm looking at the right page here, it seems like I might be waiting 93 days for "At NVC" to change? I'll hope for some kind of miracle. lol

Here is my understanding of how to interpret the stat pages to get an idea of the wait time for those at the NVC stage. The major wait times left are the "At NVC" processing and the "Days between Consulate Receiving Information from NVC and Actual Interview", not counting the "In Transit" time, which is usually fairly short and can use the DHL Hack.

 

The "At NVC" processing time has 2 charts:

https://visawhen.com/nvc

which currently shows an AVERAGE of 90 days, and

https://www.visajourney.com/times/k1-fiance-visa-historical/

which currently shows an AVERAGE of 97 days.

The 2 charts are fairly close together so about 90 days is fairly reasonable with visawhen maybe a little more accurate than visajourney.

 

The next major wait time is the "Days between Consulate Receiving Information from NVC and Actual Interview"

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/stats.php

which currently shows for K1 the AVERAGE of 102 days.

 

So summing the 2 averages gives about 199 days = 97 + 102.

 

But, the "Days between Consulate Receiving Information from NVC and Actual Interview" varies greatly depending on the consulate, and it may also correspond to the consulate caseload. Therefore, the longer the "Days between Consulate Receiving Information from NVC and Actual Interview" may correspond to the longer "At NVC" processing time. And similarly, if it was shorter, then "At NVC" is shorter. And keep in mind the "Statistics by Consulate" data is probably more important than the beneficiary "Statistics by Country" data, since it is the consulate requesting cases from the NVC.

 

So for example, the Mexican beneficiary waiting for the Armenia consulate, the Armenia consulate "Receiving to Actual Interview" is 78 days, which is below the AVERAGE 102 day, meaning the "At NVC" wait is probably below 90 days. So the total wait to the interview is about (less than 90 days) + 78 days, which is less than 168 days.

 

For Mumbai, India, the "Receiving to Actual Interview" is 61 days, which is below the AVERAGE 102 day, meaning the "At NVC" wait is probably below 90 days. So the total wait to the interview is about (less than 90 days) + 61 days, which is less than 151 days.

 

I don't know how accurate these predicted wait times are, since this method depends on the accuracy of the Timeline data. And also, we have seen some very speedy processes with certain cases here.

 

As the mutual fund disclaimer goes, past performance is no guarantee of future results. Good luck to everyone. 

Edited March 25, 2022 by EatBulaga

[slavaskii 886]

2 hours ago, EatBulaga said:

I don't know how accurate these predicted wait times are, since this method depends on the accuracy of the Timeline data. And also, we have seen some very speedy processes with certain cases here.

 

As the mutual fund disclaimer goes, past performance is no guarantee of future results. Good luck to everyone. 

I've seen the VisaWhen website posted around but I'm honestly not sure what to take out of it. Exactly as you said, past performance is not indicative of the future, and a lot has changed in the relatively recent past - both good and bad. I think it's important to recognize as well that if you go back half a year on the VJ timelines, it wasn't uncommon at all to see people with 600+ day wait times for K1. Perhaps this will be our next puzzle to solve together