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Hello. I am looking to get married on k1 visa but my mom’s dementia seems to be worsening and my mom misses me a lot. I would like to go back to home country before she forgets me. I honestly don’t think I can afford to wait for the advance parole’s normal processing. Is this a good enough expedite reason re: urgent humanitarian reason? What evidence would I need to submit with expedite request? I do have a doctor’s diagnosis of my mom’s Alzheimers from a year ago. But it doesn’t show the recent progress of her condition. Do I have to get an additional doctor’s note of recent worsening of her condition too? What if I can’t get one?

Hello I wanted to ask if I can schedule the interview once it is "ready" on CEAC? I ask this because I won't be able to get packet 3. I am the K1 beneficiary and my address on I-129F used to be in city A. But I now live in city B, 2.5 hr drive from where I live now. I assume that packet 3 will go to my old address on I-129F (city A). Is this correct? Also, the I-129F form doesn't even have my or USC's email address. I hired a lawyer to do my I-129F. The I-129F form does not have any email address *except for* the lawyer's email. He's rather slow in responding emails so I am worried that the interview slots will fill up until I wait for him to send Packet 3 to me. In sum, the I-129F has 1) my, USC's and lawyer's physical mailing addresses and 2) only the lawyer's email address. In short, 1) Can I schedule interview once my case is "ready" status on CEAC? 2) who will get packet 3 in my case and in what form (physical mail/email) ? Thank you.

Dec 8th 2022 -NOA2 Jan 5th 2023 - NVC received my case Feb 8th 2023 - NVC case # generated Mar 1st 2023 -Notified case was sent to embassy I think my case stayed at NVC a bit longer than other people with similar NOA2 because Seoul Embassy is a bit busy.

It turns out that my case was created on 02/08/2023 but somehow didn’t get included in the Feb 14/15 shipments 😥 The case is still at NVC now according to CEAC tracking NOA2 12/08/2022 NVC received 01/05/2023 or before NVC case number assigned 02/08/2023 At NVC as of 02/16/2023

NVC hasn’t replied to me to my email I sent on 02/08/2023 (7 days ago)…. Starting to get worried 😟 My NOA is 12/08/2022 and my NVC received date is 01/05/2023. As of 02/07/2023, NVC said my case was waiting data entry. Anybody in the same boat?? Am I the only one with the similar received date who’s in limbo (not even NVC number created)? Why is NVC not replying this long?

I have emailed them on Wednesday afternoon and they haven't replied yet. Hoping they are processing mine too now.

I am on the same boat. My case was approved on Dec 8th 2022 and was received at some point before Jan 5th 2023. I emailed NVC research and they replied on Feb 7th 2023 that our case is waiting data entry into their systems. Hopefully I will get something soon.

Good news that NVC is speeding up! I am excited as someone who got a December 8th NOA2. Our case may be able to leave NVC by the end of Feb at this rate! FYI 12/08/2022: NOA2 Sometime btw 12/16/2022-01/05/2023: NVC received our file On 01/30/2023, NVC research replied our case is still waiting for data entry (No NVC case number yet)

There's nothing meritorious about K1 for the foreseeable future... unless they revert back to the old ways / processing time. (*used to* have faster processing time than CR1) I am surprised that people are still filing K1. As a September 2021 I-129F filer, I bitterly regret not opting for a CR1 route. 😂

They didn’t catch up much last week.. 😞 It used to be around 60 days between NVC received date and case creation date. Now it’s 60 days + 1 week.

FYI 12/08/2022: NOA2 12/14/2022: Sent an inquiry on NVC website to update our email addresses. 12/16/2022: askNVC replied that they hadn't received our file yet. 01/04/2023: Sent an inquiry through NVC research to ask about our case's status. 01/05/2023: NVCResearch replied that our file had been recently received and was waiting data entry to their system. No communications in addition to this. I expect a progress between late Feb to early March. I have been getting immunization records for the beneficiary, packet 3 documents (according to the most recent one from Seoul Embassy), and I-134 asset and income documents for both petitioner and beneficiary. I am the beneficiary, a South Korean national and my Embassy is Seoul Embassy.

Your NOA2 (I-129F approval by USCIS) was on Nov 1, 2022? NOA2 and "NVC received" dates are two different things. There is usually one month gap between NOA2 and NVC received dates. (I don't understand why it takes so long for them to mail a single file) So your file was probably received early December. But you are probably in that limbo where your file was received but the NVC case number hasn't been created yet. In my understanding, it currently is taking about two additional months for them to create the case number and hand over the file to the Embassy. So I would wait until early Feb to start worrying about being behind the NVC website timeframe. Of course you can ask NVC research email whether they have received your file correctly in the meantime.

Hello. I am a K1 visa filer and I was wondering when I will be able to travel outside United States after I file AOS and AP together. They say it varies by local field office. Some offices slow, others fast. Does the USCIS main office assign you the field office when you file or can I choose where to file? My USC fiance lives in Arlington, Virginia and USCIS website says the office for my zip code is Washington office in Fairfax, VA. Is this going to be my office or can I still choose? I am willing to travel to Nolfolk, VA or Baltimore for shorter processing time.