US Immigration from Hong Kong

Hello...Welcome!

For those who have just filed your I-129f application with USCIS, this thread has been created for your needs and for you to be with others experiencing different aspects of this journey. This is a place to ask questions and to share experiences. All are here to learn together.

Stay patient because this is a long process currently running 12-16 months for your NOA2 or petition approval by USCIS (first stage). Then your petition will be sent to NVC which runs about 6-8 weeks processing (second stage) and finally your interview at the embassy (third stage). Also, do not compare yourself to others....Some will receive NOA-2 faster than others, some will be stuck at NVC for longer and then finally some will receive interviews fairly quickly at embassy. STAY PATIENT!

Please create the timeline in your profile. Also note that USCIS goes by "Received date" :

Example

I-129 F Sent August 14, 2023

I-129 F Received August 16, 2023 (NOA-1)

I-129 F - Notice Date August 18, 2023

In this example your NOA-1 should be August 16th. This will help you fill out your timeline properly.

Hi to all! I just got DQ last week and as for nvc is now working to transit my documents at embassy. Does any member from hk can share their experience and thoughts on how many months of waiting before it transfer to hk consolate? Please share your experience it will be a big help for me. Thanks and God bless

Hello, due to some family matters I am considering rescheduling my CR1 interview to later in the year. I've read on visajourney that most people just wait until their interview appointment has passed before rescheduling a new interview, however, when I contacted my embassy, they've been giving me conflicting advice.

They first mentioned that "The visa appointment cannot be re-scheduled unless the failure to appear for the interview is due to reasons beyond the applicant s control, such as serious personal illness" and that if I fail to appear at the interview, my case will be cancelled "subject to Section 203(g) of the US immigration and Nationality Act". However, after asking for more information, I was told that I could reschedule my appointment on their online system, and that I should check their schedule periodically for future appointment slots.

Has anyone had experience with rescheduling their interview at a later date, and were there any issues with this? Or is completely depending on each embassy's rules/policies? I'm just very worried of breaking any rules and potentially jeopardizing my visa, and the embassy only allows communication via email so there's been a lot of back and forth communication and the rules are super confusing.

Thank you!

Hi guys

We are applying the IR1 visa and from Hong Kong

And we already got the interview date from the hk Embassy General

However we just saw there s a form #DS-2001, it status that if you have prepared all the documents for interviews you will need to mail this form to the hk Embassy General.

We are wondering if this form is still needed ? As we do not see so much post talking about this recently.

And we also read online need to confirm the interview date one week before the interview, but we didn't find any way we can do the confirmation.. wondering how to do the confirmation?

Appreciate for your advice in advance

Best wishes for all of you!

Hello, I have my CR-1 visa interview in late August and will be travelling to the US in mid September and then going back to my home country at the end of October until around January 2024. I just wanted to check that this would be ok and that my visa would not be affected. Thanks!