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I am from Norway, but also interviewing in Stockholm. Our case got sent to Stockholm last week, but after doing my DS160 I went on to pay and the site for Stockholm told me to wait for an invoice number or something, so I am waiting to see if I hear from them. The case only reached them Thursday, so it makes sense I have not heard anything. NVC sent our case pretty much as soon as they were able to, so Stockholm seems like an embassy without a backlog. 😃

Our case went into transit last tuesday, and by thursday it said "Ready". 😃 But I have not heard from the embassy yet, so even if I filled out my DS160 I have not been able to schedule an interview yet.

Yeah I know, I have found /no one/ that is ahead of me since they made changes last december lol. I have an update thread in the sub forum for this k1 forum, its called progress and something-something. I have been documenting a lot, so if you wanna ask questions or check up on it you can read about it there or message me if you want. 😃 And I think you still have to register? Even with an ESTA? Because you dont do an interview process with the ESTA, they dont take your biometrics and such. But I could be wrong. I know they took mine when I entered the country, so maybe that is enough?

If you are staying a month or more I think you have to look into the new alien registration. https://www.uscis.gov/alienregistration More hoops to jump through. But we do it! 😅 And Finnish applicant go to Stockholm, like me (Norwegian)! And NVC sent my case straight there so I don’t think there is a backlog but I am still waiting for a letter from them. 🙈

I am wondering the same thing now. 🙈😅 How long did it take for you?

Thanks you guys, you are very sweet and supportive. I finished the DS160 today. Phew! But success! Then I logged on to the consulate website, but they told me I need an email from them before moving forward. So I really hope they have the right contact info for me. XD Also checked our NVC case number and it says ready! So I guess it reached the embassy already, that is cool. ^-^

Oh my what a day.. XD Decided to follow your advice and get started on things TB! But I think I misunderstood so I started with the consulate login, and that was a whole mess. I ended up having to make a third account, and a new official looking email address, lol. But I am crafty, and I never give up, so I eventually got it to work.. only to get stuck at needing my DS160 number lol! So.. onwards I went to that part! And I remember telling my fiance that its pretty cool that I get to submit this online, since the i129f was on paper.. ..i regret that, i take it back, please! Let me use paper! XD XD It is very very buggy. And I was very very very overwhelmed. And then the website bugged out and who did not have the retrival number? MOIS! However... like I said I am crafty, because I clicked back in the browser and the application # was showing for like 0.03 seconds so I think to myself... why dont I just screen record it? And pause it on the number I need? Worth a shot! It worked! Lmao. So.. onwards and upwards. My fiance was working late from home so we were both dealing with stuff on a call.. he broke something at work he had to fix and I felt like I was breaking my brain. 🙈 I kept going insane over the buggy website. At one point they asked if I have ever visited the US.. yes? But when I had finally put in all.. I think 11 times I have gone, then it was TOO many filled in fields and I got kicked out. I mean I got kicked out a lot but that one stung a little extra. So I had to delete the two first trips.. one was from 2002 and definitely an estimate so.. its probably fine. But I managed to fit the contents of my I-94 on the form, so that is good. I kept going and going and going.. and now I am at the photo, but I am in no mood to take that so maybe tomorrow! But that is probably at the end... right? XD It has been a frustrating time, but it feels good that everything is moving along (fairly) nicely!

Well I fixed my second account where I could still input Sweden. I got rid of the error message by adding some numbers to my secondary email, because I was using the same one for my second account. That fixed that problem. However, I am very concerned about this name business. My passport has a part where it says my name with two As. My esta has two As because that is how I registered it. My NVC papers only has one.. probably because my fiance wrote it that way on our papers. But the website clearly states: "Applicant's first and last name should match the name mentioned on their passport and cannot be modified after it is entered." So I think i have to make a third account with the double As and Sweden as my country. Sigh.

Yeah, I figured. 😕 Guess I will have to make a third account, because it seems the second one has been banned.

I can still log into the original account, so something obviously went wrong with account number two. Sigh. It is confusing though, the wording says "Country from which you are applying". Can I still use Norway, even if I need to go to Sweden? I mean Im still applying FROM Norway? I feel very... not smart. ;_;

Is this still the right place to post this? Im not sure. Anyway. I went to the Swedish embassy page to continue the application process, and they had me make an account with them. However, I am confused on two fronts: 1. They made a big deal about my name. I have a norwegian letter in it, so I cant use my actual name. The problem is that in my ftp letter they write it with one A, but in my passport it both says the norwegian letter Å but at the bottom with a bunch of numbers it is replaced with two As. An Å is basically two As so that makes sense, but since nvc has my name with an A should I also do that? In the 129f application we wrote it with an A plus in the section where you can add special characters we spelled it correctly. My ESTA however, spells it with two As.. 2. I started off with an account and it asks for my country. So I picked Norway, because it isnt asking for where I want my appointment. But then when I managed to sign in it is stuck on Norway so now I dont even know if I can make an appointment? This is very confusing to me. X_X I am assuming this should be Sweden, since that is where I have to interview? I started off making an account, writing the name like the nvc letter and picking Norway. Then I made another when I realized the mistake. I used a different email, but it might be on file as my second email? Now I cannot log in at all... Should I make a third account? At that point I might need a new email. What a mess. X_X Luckily I havent put in my passport info or anything yet.

I had never heard of orange chicken or general tsos before I visited america. XD We have a nice place in my hometown, but I am picky so I will often do the sweet and sour pork, lol. Closest I have been to real chinese food was eating it in Hong Kong. But they used knuckles in the pork and I was not a fan. 🙈

Time spent in person could also be documented with a print of your travel history, I think it makes a nice addition with photos. 😃 You can get it here: https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/search/history-search

AN ACTUAL UPDATE! I was checking the website, because someone in a fb groupchat said their case moved to in transit. They were about a week ahead of us, but then a little while later my fiance sent me the k-ftp letter so we are also in transit. Now I am not sure what to do. Should I start my application? People have told me it should be fine that I will be getting a new passport between now and when I am doing the interview, but isnt it better to do the application with the new passport? I wont have it until probably the middle of may though. X_X

So happy for all you guys! Hopefully everyone will be approved shortly. ^-^