polishk1

Like the title says. My fiance just received her visa via a shipping service. The embassy is closed for calls until tomorrow and she just realized that they spelled my name wrong (the petitioner). 

I've seen old posts on this, but does any have any recent knowledge or experience with respect to this issue? 

All help is appreciated. Thanks.

14 minutes ago, powerpuff said:

You need to find out if Warsaw has self-scheduling (most consulates have K1s schedule their own interviews). Usually you don’t wait for the instructions, you just go ahead and fill out DS-160.

So here's my timeline and more details. 

"Ready" at embassy - Feb 16 

DS-160 Completed - Feb 17 

Medical - March 8 

Interview - March 27 

Interview Instructions - ??? 

On Tuesday, our congressman received an email from the immigrant visa chief of at the Warsaw embassy saying that they are processing our case and that we shouldn't have scheduled the interview without receiving instructions (the letter only says they're ready for you). If they're not ready for us by March 27, then they will reschedule us. If they are, then we can go ahead with the appointment. 

Two other Warsaw K1 filers also had their received date on February 16. One, like us, has received nothing. The other, received an automated email asking her to fill out the DS-160 (apparently this is typically sent prior to them sending an email saying they're ready for you). 

All of this to say I'm very frustrated and exhausted from all this uncertainty. Based on VJ and others who we have been in contact with who had a K1 at the Warsaw embassy, their cases have not taken more than 2 weeks. Two Feb 2 "ready" filers, had gotten their instructions within 2 weeks. I wish they would be more transparent and helpful. 

4 minutes ago, powerpuff said:

It’s from this website under K1 Flowchart. It was written years ago and is a very general guideline. Processes are different at each consulate and timelines are not the same, especially post pandemic.

Thanks for clarifying.I appreciate it. 

As of tomorrow, it's been three weeks since the Warsaw Embassy received my fiance's petition. They have not sent us any instructions or anything. It seems like I've gotten unlucky as it seems like no one recently that has gone through Warsaw has taken this long for this part of the process. 

On 2/5/2023 at 10:03 PM, Sam Burns said:

The docs elsewhere on this site says:

 

Forms and Checklist sent to foreign Beneficiary (Fiance/e).

*This will be sent out within a week (typically less) from when the embassy processes the received petition. This package will include a checklist of items and paperwork that must be collected. 

 

do we know what is in the package or does it depend on the embassy? If we know, what is it? Our embassy will be Warsaw.

 

thanks!

Where did you see the above (in yellow)? Can you please link me to that? Thanks. 

17 minutes ago, VJ_AJ said:

Congratulations! When did you send the inquiry? I sent an inquiry early Wed morning and am still waiting for a response.

Did you check the status under "immigrant" or "non-immigrant" options? Try https://ceac.state.gov/IV/Login.aspx

I'm still waiting myself and I sent an inquiry on Monday. 

17 minutes ago, biscoito1r said:

I got my case number from NVC. I emailed them on Friday and received the answer today. It still says "At NVC". It was assigned a number on February 1st. Hopefully they'll ship it next week since they are supposed to ship every other week. I'm not holding my breath on that one because they also used to take no more than 6 weeks to create a case.

Can you update your timeline please? It would be helpful to others. Thanks. 

32 minutes ago, Dray3 said:

Gotcha. Thanks for the reply. Im not 100% sure when they received mine but i believe it was in mid January so thats good news that they are working on the Jan cases 

You're welcome. Just to correct myself, I meant January 3 as they were off for new years on January 2. 

5 minutes ago, Dray3 said:

So my K1 visa was approved on Dec 6th 2022 and I know NVC has informed me that they received the case but have not logged my application into their system. Is everyone else on the same boat? I sent them an email 2 days ago still havent heard back.

I wrote to them on Monday and I haven't heard back either. As you can see on my timeline, my noa2 is nov 28 and January 6 received date by the NVC. They're working on cases received on December 30 as of yesterday. I'm assuming they're looking at cases received on January 2 today. 

5 hours ago, Kimberlyn Férnand said:

I received my case number from NVC two days ago. My NOA2 is december 3, I sent an inquiry and three days later they give me my case number.

Amazing. So they told you that your case was received on January 5? Mine was received on the 6th thanks. 

16 minutes ago, EdwinShinobi said:

Hi guys,

 

Just wanted to say I received my Case number today.

 

Hopefully it reaches the consulate soon.

Wow! NVC received my case on January 6 with a noa2 of November 28. Hopefully I'll get my case number soon. Seems as though they've sped up as they updated their site yesterday to say they're working on cases that were received on December 13, and your case was received on December 30. 

37 minutes ago, To_the_moon said:

You can schedule your appointment at any time using your WAC number, even prior to NOA2. I personally did it in July about 4-5 weeks after our NOA2, and the nearest available appointment was for February 2023  So the backlog for non polish residents is huge. But I believe if she is polish she will have a priority and you could get a closer date.

 

I would recommend to at least wait for your NOA2, so you don’t lose your consular fee because you can only reschedule 2 or 3 times.

It’s hard to predict your appointment date before NOA2 because USCIS processing time is unpredictable. 

Thank you so much! We wanted to confirm as we heard from someone we could do it after getting NOA2. This is a tremendous help as we were told the earliest appointment was end of December as of a couple of days ago. We will plan to book our appointment once we get noa2 and allow some time in between for the nvc and then the embassy to receive our information. Glad they didn't have an issue with you doing that. Thank you! 

27 minutes ago, To_the_moon said:

I had my interview scheduled before it was received by the consulate, I just didn’t input it in my timeline. Some embassies allow you to schedule beforehand, you just need to pay the fee. 

Hi, I'm also going to schedule an interview at the Warsaw embassy in the future. My fiance is from Poland, so I know you go through a different portal than we would. 

Could you please let me know when you were able to schedule your interview? I've been told you can technically log on and schedule it with just your WAC number after getting your NOA2. Any advice would be appreciated as when it's our time we would like to book the appointment ASAP. 

Thanks. 

Just now, Boiler said:

Marry and  adjust

I agree 

20 hours ago, slavaskii said:

The date you're estimated by VJ is for the I-129F only. Although because you're going to Poland, I can give you some insight from recent experience. Your case will spend about 1-2 months going from USCIS to NVC to Warsaw after approval. If you have a Polish address, you should get notified from Warsaw quite quickly about your interview being ready to schedule. And, if you're a Polish resident (presuming your fiance is), then your wait is only about a month or so. Resident queue for Warsaw is pretty quick and people cancel all the time, so even if it gets delayed you can always move ahead.

 

Best of luck, and let me know if you have any more questions about the Warsaw leg. 

Thank you so much for your response. My fiance and I are desperate for any information that will help shed light on how much longer this process will take. 

From your experience, could you please elaborate more on how you know all of this? Is there really more of a priority for Polish citizens? We heard someone from Belarus say that there weren't appointments until January of 2023. 

We are just so tired and want to clear this up. Any clarity would help us tremendously. Thanks!