A & Amy

We eventually got an email with the instructions (P3.5, P4 they termed it) from the embassy, but we had to call them several times to get it. Our specific instructions included filing the DS-160 form and then emailing the embassy to let them know we had done so, and then given a link to check if there were appointments. (We had to follow up with them to get that response email too). From then it was just checking every single day to see if there were any appointment slots available, which they seem to do so during a short window once a month. That is the short summary of the process we went through. The longer one would say it's quite a frustrating process that you need to be very proactive with as the system does not seem to just flow through the expected steps and frankly anyone you contact for assistance displays no interest in helping you or caring about your case. It almost seems like a deterrent. But, like anything worthwhile, you persevere through the obstacles and keep your eye on the prize. Though we have the K1 wrapped up, we have faced other individual issues with the associated K2 visa so we're stuck in this step until Feb or March. At least after that we will be together while we continue through the next steps.

After almost a month of checking daily, finally able to schedule an interview appointment for October

NOA2 4/14/23, sent an inquiry 6/22 as I did not expect anything earlier based on current timelines. Received the generic form letter today that it has been received "recently". Expecting a case number in 25-30 days at this point. It's a slow, grueling process but every day that passes is one day closer.

You can look at https://www.visajourney.com/times/k1-fiance-visa-historical/, specifically step 3 to get a general sense of processing times and most recently processed, keeping in mind that not all VJ members update their timeline and that processing isn't necessarily happening in chronological order. But at least you can see that 1+ early April member has completed this step and get an overall idea of what the times might look like in the subsequent steps.