What to do after NOA2 (Sweden)

[Evelina L 0]

Hi!

 

My fiance in the states just recieved a letter saying that our i129f petition has been approved! We're super stoked and have of course read the steps on what to do next probably a million times. I THINK I understand it all, but with all the nerves and excitement I was wondering if someone who's been through the whole proccess, or are further than we are, could tell us step by step what we need to next? 

 

I understand that our case has now been sent to the NVC, and the process there will take around 2-4 weeks. After that if I understand correctly, I will recieve a letter from the U.S Embassy in Sweden with information about what to do next. Is there anything I can do to prepare for the medical exam and the interview? And what exactly do I need to bring to both of them?

 

It would also be nice to know a little bit more about the i134 form. Do we prepare that now? Do I need to bring it to the interview? Etc. 

 

 

I would really really appreciate if someone could help clear these things out, either in the comments under this post or in DMs, to calm our nerves just a little bit! It would be nice if it's someone from Sweden, but any answers are of course super welcome! 

 

Thank you so much in advance! 

 

[Edward and Jaycel 930]

It seems that sometimes lately it is taking 4-8 weeks for USCIS to send approved I-129Fs to the NVC. You will know it's been sent when the I-129F case status changes to "Case Was Sent To The Department of State". Once NVC processes it they will send it to the embassy that will do the interview. At that point, the petitioner will receive an email with a "K1-FTP" letter attached that will have your DoS case number and the date it was sent to your home country's embassy. A few weeks after the USCIS status changes to sent to DoS, you can start making inquiries using the NVC's online inquiry form to get your DoS case number. Once you get that, you can track its status on CEAC.
I will make a suggestion that when you do start making requests on the public inquiry form for NVC, include a scan of your NOA2 in the attachment section and on your first inquiry, after you request your case number say something like, “Please also update the petitioner and beneficiary email addresses as follows:” and give both your email addresses to them. Sometimes when they input the case information from the I-129F, the email addresses get messed up. Jaycel and I did this on our first inquiry and after that we got every email from NVC and the Embassy sent to us without any trouble.

Edited 9 hours ago by Edward and Jaycel

[Nywoek 20]

My embassy is also in Stockholm.

We got our NOA2 January 31st and it was sent to state February 20th. We are sending public inquiries asking for our case number so we can check the NVC website for where we are in the progress.

Finding information about the Stockholm embassy is unfortunately really really difficult, I have been all over the internet looking and no one is at the same point or ahead of me and posting. I found someone from last year, but in december Stockholm took on doing visas for 4 extra countries so... we might be in for a wait. Or not. I have no idea. XD

[Nywoek 20]

Oh, and you can check if your case has been sent to state at the same place you checked on the i129f. That is the last update you will get from there, but it will say that the case has been sent to state.

 

Just for clarity this website:

https://egov.uscis.gov/
 

Mine says this now:

 

On February 20, 2025, we sent your case, Receipt Number (my case number), to the Department of State for visa processing. You can find general information on Consular Processing by visiting our website at www.uscis.gov . The website will provide information on what to do next, who to contact, and how to inform us of any changes in your situation or address.

[Edward and Jaycel 930]

Did you see this site from DoS @Nywoek?

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/STK-Stockholm.html

[Nywoek 20]

1 minute ago, Edward and Jaycel said:

Did you see this site from DoS @Nywoek?

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/STK-Stockholm.html

Yeah, no I have seen that website, I was talking about specific information about the timeline. Evelina here is kinda lucky because we are a little bit ahead of them with our application, so I can tell her how fast things progress or if we get stuck at NVC due to a backlog at the embassy, but none of that information is available online for me, and I have been to reddit, facebook and discord servers for K1s. XD Scandinavia is just... very tiny. I found cases from last year, but then they changed things in december and anyone I have found with applications around mine got their NOA2 after me or are not even there yet. I am quite envious of all the people in the group chat from places like Manila, because they have soooo many other people going through the same thing. 😅