APRIL 2022 K1 NOA2 to NVC to EMBASSY

[Ninjaturtur 9]

On 4/27/2022 at 12:16 AM, keickhoff said:

We received our NOA2 on 4/7. I talked to NVC and some bad news, good news.  Bad news it can taking up to 60 days for receipt of case from the service center, the good news is if your Foreign embassy is accepting the applications they are going immediately to the consulate there for processing and interview

Hi I know it’s been a while since you posted it. But does this mean USCIS is sending our applications straight to our consulates instead of sending it to NVC?

I just got my NOA1 approved and I am concerned that it’s gonna take forever from here..

[keickhoff 104]

Sorry, what I meant is from what I understand the NVC will not send the application to the consulate until they are ready to accept it and schedule an interview.  They will hold it at the NVC until the consulate is ready to accept

[nas100 5]

42 minutes ago, keickhoff said:

Sorry, what I meant is from what I understand the NVC will not send the application to the consulate until they are ready to accept it and schedule an interview.  They will hold it at the NVC until the consulate is ready to accept

Do they automatically send it at 60 days regardless? Mine got sent at 55 days. But they won't tell me how far their backlogs are at the consulate. I hope I won't have to wait too long for an interview. I miss my fiance

[keickhoff 104]

I don't know that answer, I only know when the NVC was still taking phone calls, the agent told me that we were fortunate, the Buenos Aires consulate was accepting applications for immediate processing so ours were be sent immediately, the next week it went.  It is so unfortunate that the NVC quit taking calls as they were the only source of communication, during the entire process.

[Chancy 6,243]

8 hours ago, nas100 said:

Do they automatically send it at 60 days regardless?

 

No automatic sending after 60 days.  As mentioned above, NVC will only send when the consulate is ready to accept.  In my home country, for example, there is huge backlog of K1 cases.  There were many cases with I-129F approved in late 2019 and early 2020, but were transferred to the consulate only this year.  Almost 2 year wait from NOA2 to interview.

 

[Ninjaturtur 9]

15 hours ago, keickhoff said:

Sorry, what I meant is from what I understand the NVC will not send the application to the consulate until they are ready to accept it and schedule an interview.  They will hold it at the NVC until the consulate is ready to accept

Thank you!!

I hope the consulates and the NVC communicate well since we can’t even call NVC to inquire about our cases nor the process  now:( 

[To_the_moon 94]

19 hours ago, Chancy said:

 

No automatic sending after 60 days.  As mentioned above, NVC will only send when the consulate is ready to accept.  In my home country, for example, there is huge backlog of K1 cases.  There were many cases with I-129F approved in late 2019 and early 2020, but were transferred to the consulate only this year.  Almost 2 year wait from NOA2 to interview.

 

Does it only apply for consulates without the self-scheduling option? I mean if you are able to schedule your appointment will they still only send it when the consulate thinks they are ready to accept? 

[keickhoff 104]

I don't think so Argentina embassy is self scheduling.  We were only able to submit or DS form, were not allowed to pay fees or make a medical appointment until after we scheduled the interview 

[nas100 5]

My embassy/consulate is self scheduling. My fiancé sent in the packet 3 a few days ago. I wonder how long it takes for them to review everything? I haven't received word back yet.

[keickhoff 104]

There does not seem to be a lot of consistency between consulates.  We never received or returned a packet.  We filed our DS online and everything else was presented at the time of the interview 🤷

[sourumeboshi 61]

On 8/2/2022 at 4:21 PM, nas100 said:

Thank you! No interview date yet. They want to review our paperwork first, then they will let us make an appointment. I hope their backlogs aren't too long. I wish there was a way to check that but there only is for nonimmigrant visas that exclude fiance visas. 

Hey I just wanted to check. I didn't think that the Auckland consulate required you to send stuff in for the k1? I thought everything was bought in together after completing the ds160 and then scheduling the interview. 

[nas100 5]

They might have changed it during the pandemic. I had to gather everything then send it in. This was in accordance to the packet three email they sent me. No interview date yet. I thought it was as you thought too. I have been communicating with them, so potentially they only do some cases that way? Unsure.

2 hours ago, sourumeboshi said:

Hey I just wanted to check. I didn't think that the Auckland consulate required you to send stuff in for the k1? I thought everything was bought in together after completing the ds160 and then scheduling the interview. 

 

 

[Chancy 6,243]

19 hours ago, To_the_moon said:

Does it only apply for consulates without the self-scheduling option? I mean if you are able to schedule your appointment will they still only send it when the consulate thinks they are ready to accept? 

 

Only K1 cases already transferred or in transit to the consulate would be eligible for self-scheduling.  Many consulates' online schedulers disable the appointment booking feature or will not accept bookings for case numbers not already in their systems.

 

[Chancy 6,243]

9 hours ago, sourumeboshi said:

I didn't think that the Auckland consulate required you to send stuff in for the k1? I thought everything was bought in together after completing the ds160 and then scheduling the interview.

 

Auckland is one of the few consulates that require K1 visa applicants to send in required documents prior to their interview.

 

Edited August 4, 2022 by Chancy
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[To_the_moon 94]

1 hour ago, Chancy said:

 

Only K1 cases already transferred or in transit to the consulate would be eligible for self-scheduling.  Many consulates' online schedulers disable the appointment booking feature or will not accept bookings for case numbers not already in their systems.

 

I was able to pay the fee and schedule our appointment for February at the Warsaw consulate, though I haven't received our NVC case number yet.