K1 Visa Process Delays

[DrMHZ 0]

Hi, I checked I-129F WAC numbers around mine. All of them are adjudicated but mine is not. How can I find out what's going on? 

[MalloryCat 268]

USCIS jumps around a lot when processing cases, theres no real way of knowing why they do it they way they do.

 

according to the USCIS processing times I-129f processing is around 8.5 months for 80% of cases to be processed.

you are still within that range if your NOA1 was received in september.

 

with the recent major government changes, everything with immigration is slowing down significantly.

 

you could try contacting USCIS, but they will probably tell you that you are still within the normal processing time.

 

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

Edited 13 hours ago by MalloryCat

[DrMHZ 0]

MalloryCat, Thank you for your reply.  I noticed your timeline. Can you tell me the meaning and what happened for the dates between Consulate received and the interview please?

What is Packet 3? Why did it take from 4/11 to 7/09 for the interview?

Edited 13 hours ago by DrMHZ

[MalloryCat 268]

2 minutes ago, DrMHZ said:

MalloryCat, Thank you for your reply.  I noticed your timeline. Can you tell me the meaning and what happened for the dates between Consulate received and the interview please?

What is Packet 3? Why did it take from 4/11 to 7/09 for the interview?

when the petition leaves the NVC and it arrives at the embassy, the embassy will send a a packet of information (or just a single letter, it depends on the embassy) to the beneficiary. This is typically called packet 3. packet 3 contains information on the next steps of the visa process. usually including what needs to be brought to the interview, how and when to schedule the medical exam, and how and when to schedule the visa interview. and it will sometimes include things that you need to send to the embassy. for us once we got packet 3, we had to fill out his DS-160 and email the confirmation to the embassy. once we did that they emailed him the link to schedule his visa interview.

 

the medical exam should be done at least 2 weeks before the interview, this gives the civil surgeon enough time to send the results of the exam to the embassy. and the soonest my husband (then fiance) was able to get a medical exam wasn't until middle of June. so we scheduled his interview for july, to give the doctor enough time.