jayjay30

I believe you can file the WOM whenever you want but they may ask for extensions if filed too early?...

Hello everyone! I have been following this thread for the last 6 months. It has really helped my fiancée and I in our K-1 visa process. Here is our experience: Interview at Montreal on 11/3/22. Visa refused and passport kept at the consulate. We were told to submit the correct police certificate and to expect DS-5535 by email. It was emailed to my fiancée in a few hours. We completed both the same day. We tracked the police certificate that was mailed to them and they received it in mid December. The status kept updating online every few days until the end of December. Then, there were no updates for almost 3 months. Contacted PIC and Goldstein around January/February after reading about them here. We liked PIC better and went with them. WOM filed on 3/10/23. We saw a date update around 3/20/23. Then around 3 weeks went by without any activity. The date updated around 3-5 times in mid April. Received an email from the Consulate on 4/25/23 to do another medical. Medical was done on 5/1/23 and sent to the Consulate on 5/4/23. Saw another date update on 5/5/23 but still said 'refused'. After talking to the lawyer on 5/10/23, she/lawyer sent an email to the consulate saying the medical was completed and sent to them. The status changed shortly after this to 'application received'. Today (5/11/23) the status changed to 'approved' and says your visa is in final processing and to contact them if not received in 10 working days. We went into the WOM process with a lot of uncertainty as if it would be a waste of money but glad we did it. We are super excited and can't wait to get the visa in hand. Thanks to all who shared their experiences before. It was very encouraging and kept us going. I wish everyone the best!