Kiwi_Bdan

For the CR1/IR1 Visa: I got Documentarily Qualified on the 19/05/2023, received NVC email on the 31/08/2023, for an interview set for the 13/10/2023. It took exactly 1 week after this interview to receive my visa in my passport from the courier. It took 3 months to receive an interview date after I was qualified. so unsure how this relates to K1, but they do take a while to give out interviews.

For future reference for anyone, I can confirm that despite stamping my passport as CR1 at the border when entering, the physical Greencard that arrived two months later was changed to IR1. So if you were wrongly confirmed as CR1 in your passport, don't fret! They do change them (at least in my anecdotal experience )

No, I received no confirmation. First I knew they had it was at the consulate on interview day where they confirmed my details right before the wait before the interview and the dude had it in his hand.

When you receive your stamped passport you have to go to USCIS and pay the fee before you enter the States (I think its technically possible to enter and then pay, but advised against). You receive an email from "ELISdonotreply@uscis.dhs.gov" as a receipt and in that email is the following: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Name: USCIS Immigrant Fee Pay.Gov Tracking ID: ************* Agency Tracking ID: ****************** Transaction Type: Credit Card Transaction Amount: $220.00 Payment Date: Oct 24, 2023 Transaction Date: Oct 24, 2023 03:42:16 AM Your payment was applied to the following case(s): #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# THIS IS AN AUTOMATED MESSAGE. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The number you use in https://egov.uscis.gov/ for tracking is the #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# number that Ive redacted here. For the last two months when I used that site It just told me the date of payment. However it recently changed and said they had processed it. 1 and a half weeks later and its changed again to: "On January 23, 2024, we mailed your new card for your Form OS155A, Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration, Receipt Number #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#, to the address you gave us. If you do not receive your card by February 7, 2024, please go to www.uscis.gov/e-request to request that we send your new card to you. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address."

I'm unsure what visa @KK_Shanks is applying for, or if perhaps the process has changed since I had my interview in Mid October 2023. But for the IR1/CR1 visa I had to drop off documents two weeks prior. I attach a list of what documents I included. You can also post this in to the Embassy, rather than physically dropping off, if that Is what @KK_Shanks is referring to. As to questions: How we met how long have we been married when did we get married where is your partner now Just really generic things really that any bonafide couple would just know. If its a legit application this process is smooth as. They also checked my marriage photos. All of the documents listed in the .doc below I also had to upload to the CEAC website where you did your DS-260 and other civil documents. PS. Don't bother with the physical passport photos. They don't use them now that everything is digital. TableOfContents_ONLINE.doc