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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Vietnam
Timeline
Posted (edited)
31 minutes ago, TD6886 said:

Nightmare because it does not have an open slot you have to keep checking,  . Do it together mean you login in US and she login in VN to check for the open slot.

But be careful  login too many time the system will lock you out for  72-hours.

Thank you so much for the useful info. I wonder if we submit the timeline and family tree in the interview, they will approve the visa faster. In your case, it took 6 months. That was so long. In my case, they already delayed my fiancé 7 months because USCIS lost the second page of my petition. I am thinking about writing a letter to the white house next month to beg him to ask them expedite my petition. I am not sure what the outcome would be. It is very unfair that they made a mistake and we suffer. 

Edited by VNMH
Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Vietnam
Timeline
Posted
4 minutes ago, VNMH said:

Thank you so much for the useful info. I wonder if we submit the timeline and family tree in the interview, they will approve the visa faster. In your case, it took 6 months. That was so long. In my case, they already delayed my fiancé 7 months because USCIS lost the second page of my petition. I am thinking about writing a letter to the white house next month to beg him to ask them expedite my petition. I am not sure what the outcome would be. It is very unfair that they made a mistake and we suffer. 

Wow that's suck. from what I'm understand USCIS-NVC-CONSULATE have nothing with each other, every department doing their own thing. You will not be able to expedite anything with them (someone here can correct me if I'm wrong)

Timeline and family tree just bring it with you, l almost think 95% case get decision before the interview. I know it is hard that you both been waiting for all these months but you can't do anything at all. The best you can do right is get all the support documents and follow the next step by their rule, there is no shortcut or expedite so don't get yourself stress out.

My case is difference 6-months is fast, some case could see years. 

Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Philippines
Timeline
Posted

And for the K-1 visa you will be filling out the DS-160 not the DS-260

K1 Visa
EventDate

Service Center: California Service Center

Consulate: Manila, Philippines

I-129F NOA1: 2023-09-20

I-129F NOA2: 2024-06-11

Interview Date: 2024-08-13

Interview Result: Approved!!

Visa Received: 2024-08-20

US Entry: 2024-08-30

Marriage: 2024-10-25

 

Adjustment of Status

CIS Office: Denver CO

Date Filed: 2024-11-18

NOA Date: 2024-11-21

RFE(s) :

Bio. Appt.: 2024-12-26

 

Employment Authorization Document

Event/Date

CIS Office: NBC

Date Filed: 2024-11-18

NOA Date: 2024-11-21

Bio. Appt.: 2024-12-26

Approved Date: 2025-01-08

Date Card Received:

Comments:

Processing
Estimates/Stats: 
Your EAD was approved in 51 days.

 

Comments : Phoenix, AZ LockBox - NOA1 Received in mail 12/02/24 - Biometrics Appointment Notification Received 12/20/2024 - Biometrics completed 12/26/24 - EAD Approved 01/08/2025

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Vietnam
Timeline
Posted
On 1/7/2025 at 7:43 AM, TD6886 said:

Nightmare because it does not have an open slot you have to keep checking,  . Do it together mean you login in US and she login in VN to check for the open slot.

But be careful  login too many time the system will lock you out for  72-hours.

Thank you. We will do that together. Will they lock us if we sign in from Vietnam and US?

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Vietnam
Timeline
Posted
9 hours ago, VNMH said:

Thank you. We will do that together. Will they lock us if we sign in from Vietnam and US?

You can login from anywhere, but only 3 or 4 time in 24-hrs. we got locked out a few time LoL.

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Vietnam
Timeline
Posted (edited)

Bring it with you to the interview. They may not even look at it. I stressed out for months because I did not frontload my petition with a relationship timeline or family tree, but they had approved us before they even met us. The C.O. had questions pre-loaded on her computer screen, and she simply asked us those questions and typed out our answers (me in English with my Fiancee in Vietnamese through an interpreter). They didn't even look at any of the evidence that we had brought (which was 3 binders full, and fearing that we would receive a blue slip, I forced stack of our Dinh Hon/engagement photos through the little slot and made her look at them, lol). 

Edited by ToNhi

K-1 Journey:
 

Service Center: California Service Center

Transferred: No
U.S. Consulate: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

I-129F Sent: December 04, 2023 

I-129F Received: December 07, 2023 

I-129F NOA1: December 11, 2023
I-129F RFE(s): None

I-129F NOA2: April 18, 2024
Case Sent to NVC: April 19, 2024 

NVC Case #, IIN, and BIN Assigned: May 7, 2024

Case Left NVC: May 21, 2024 

Consulate Received: May 23, 2024 

Packet 3 Received: June 2, 2024 

Packet 3 Sent: June 3, 2024 

Interview Date: September 30, 2024

Interview Result: Approved! 

Visa Received: October 5, 2024

Posted
8 hours ago, ToNhi said:

Bring it with you to the interview. They may not even look at it. I stressed out for months because I did not frontload my petition with a relationship timeline or family tree, but they had approved us before they even met us. The C.O. had questions pre-loaded on her computer screen, and she simply asked us those questions and typed out our answers (me in English with my Fiancee in Vietnamese through an interpreter). They didn't even look at any of the evidence that we had brought (which was 3 binders full, and fearing that we would receive a blue slip, I forced stack of our Dinh Hon/engagement photos through the little slot and made her look at them, lol). 

They didn't look because you brought it :)

 

The ones who come unprepared are typically asked for evidence.

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Vietnam
Timeline
Posted
On 1/10/2025 at 1:35 AM, ToNhi said:

Bring it with you to the interview. They may not even look at it. I stressed out for months because I did not frontload my petition with a relationship timeline or family tree, but they had approved us before they even met us. The C.O. had questions pre-loaded on her computer screen, and she simply asked us those questions and typed out our answers (me in English with my Fiancee in Vietnamese through an interpreter). They didn't even look at any of the evidence that we had brought (which was 3 binders full, and fearing that we would receive a blue slip, I forced stack of our Dinh Hon/engagement photos through the little slot and made her look at them, lol). 

Thank you for your info and advice. I hope that they will approve my fiancé. They delayed me 7 months because they lost the second page of my petition.

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Vietnam
Timeline
Posted
On 1/9/2025 at 7:42 AM, TD6886 said:

You can login from anywhere, but only 3 or 4 time in 24-hrs. we got locked out a few time LoL.

I see lol. When you scheduled the interview, how far away was the interviews? Weeks or months? What did they ask? 

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Vietnam
Timeline
Posted

I recommend going through the Vietnam forum and looking at past blue slip denial reasons and bringing all of that evidence with you to the future interview (relationship timeline, family tree, chat/message screenshots, photos, engagement party/dinh hon photos, receipts of places visited together, airline tickets, how did you meet, who introduced.) If I could do it all over again, I'd recommend CR-1 over K-1. Trying for a K-1 from HCMC Vietnam was tough. 

K-1 Journey:
 

Service Center: California Service Center

Transferred: No
U.S. Consulate: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

I-129F Sent: December 04, 2023 

I-129F Received: December 07, 2023 

I-129F NOA1: December 11, 2023
I-129F RFE(s): None

I-129F NOA2: April 18, 2024
Case Sent to NVC: April 19, 2024 

NVC Case #, IIN, and BIN Assigned: May 7, 2024

Case Left NVC: May 21, 2024 

Consulate Received: May 23, 2024 

Packet 3 Received: June 2, 2024 

Packet 3 Sent: June 3, 2024 

Interview Date: September 30, 2024

Interview Result: Approved! 

Visa Received: October 5, 2024

 
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