K-1 USCIS/NVC limbo.. Help!! (merged)

[Al&Ran 1]

My fiancé and I applied for the K-1 visa with USCIS in December of 2021. The NOA2 was issued on 02/10/2023 and it arrived in the mail on 02/15/2023. I inquired with the NVC on 03/10/2023 regarding the receipt of the USCIS approval and I received a response today 03/13/2023 that no records of the  case were received (NVC was nice and requested a copy of the I-797 to advocate to USCIS on my behalf). I then called USCIS to find out if the approval of the I-129F was remitted to the NVC and was told to wait 120 days before inquiring about the status of the file transfer 😰

Any recommendations on how to follow up to ensure that USCIS remits the file to the NVC? What can one expect about the file transfer from USCIS to NVC? Thank you for any input on this

Edited March 14, 2023 by Al&Ran

[Jamie and Richard 26]

The only advice and input is to wait out the 120 days per their correspondence. Most files are taking between 45-90 days to be transferred from USCIS to NVC. You can try inquiring with the NVC on a weekly basis to see if it has been received. This will give you an estimate of when it was received. Based off that estimate, you will get an idea of when the case number is going to be created  and transferred to your fiancée’s local embassy. I inquired every week until I received the email that “your case has recently been received”. That is the best thing you can do at this time. There is no fast track to this since they are having to physically mail these cases from CSC to the NVC, and they are mailed in batches. 

[MarJhi 958]

We got our NOA2 on 10/27/22 and the only correspondence received from NVC was 96 days later when we got an email saying it was being transferred to the embassy. It was complete silence while it was at NVC, but the timelines on VJ were pretty accurate as far as when I could expect it to be shipped to the embassy.

 

Judging from your 2/10 NOA2 date, I would expect you will hear some around mid-May about it going to the embassy/consulate. Try to be patient, good luck!

Edited March 14, 2023 by MarJhi

[Al&Ran 1]

Thank you so much for your recommendations😃

[Al&Ran 1]

We received notification that USCIS generated the NOA2 02/09/2023. We have been contacting NVC to check on the status of the remittance of the case since 3/10/2023 Today we received an email from Asknvc indicating our case number, invoice ID and beneficiary ID and that the visa petition was forwarded to the Embassy today. The Consular Electronic Application Center indicates that "K visas are nonimmigrant visas that assist spouses or future spouses of American citizens in entering the United States. As with all nonimmigrant visa applicants, a DS-160 must be filled out in order for a consular section to process the case."

 

Should we email the local embassy at this point or should we fill out a DS-160? 

 

Thanks for your recommendations.

[NorthByNorthwest 346]

1 hour ago, Al&Ran said:

We received notification that USCIS generated the NOA2 02/09/2023. We have been contacting NVC to check on the status of the remittance of the case since 3/10/2023 Today we received an email from Asknvc indicating our case number, invoice ID and beneficiary ID and that the visa petition was forwarded to the Embassy today. The Consular Electronic Application Center indicates that "K visas are nonimmigrant visas that assist spouses or future spouses of American citizens in entering the United States. As with all nonimmigrant visa applicants, a DS-160 must be filled out in order for a consular section to process the case."

 

Should we email the local embassy at this point or should we fill out a DS-160? 

 

Thanks for your recommendations.

There is nothing for you to do until notified by the embassy. Processing times at the embassy will range from 1-3 months in most cases, that's when you'll file the DS-160.

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[Al&Ran 1]

Today we received the letter from the NVC (dated 3/28/2023) indicating that the case was forwarded to the local embassy. We also checked the Visa Status Check on CEAC's website and as of today 4/3/2023, the case is "Ready". How does a local embassy typically communicate with petitioner/fiance? Is an email to the local embassy helpful?

 

Are K1 interview appointments set up by the embassy or do applicants have to do this?

[Al&Ran 1]

Things move rather quickly with NVC and the local embassy. Today we got an email with instructions and required documents from the embassy (police certificate, medical exam) in order to set up an interview date.

 

Does anyone know the time validity of medical examinations? We are worried that we might get a date far down this year.

Edited April 4, 2023 by Al&Ran
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[meladee 160]

Here are all the details for the medical in Paraguay: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/ASN-Asuncion.html

 

As it says, "The medical report must be less than six (6) months old when you enter the United States as an immigrant."

[Al&Ran 1]

Thank you so much for your input. The embassy in Paraguay requires us to provide confirmation that all of the documents have been gathered, including the medical exam prior to being able to pay the fee and set up a date. Hopefully it isn't beyond the six months