K1Rus2024

My fiancee finally entered the US on Oct 4th. We went to the SSA office yesterday, and when our number got called, we were informed that when my fiancee entered the country, the govt agency automatically applied for her SSN, and it would show up in 6 weeks. That they didn't want to process anything because someone could end up with two SSN numbers. I believe the clerk automatically assumed we were there on a spouse visa, and from what I read, that is the process for CR1 visas. Everything I have read about a K1 visa is that you have to apply 14 days before the I-94 expires or request an SSN when applying for an AoS. I would like to get her SSN number as soon as possible for a dozen reasons. Is it true that it is auto-applied for, or was this clerk poorly trained and misinformed? If I had thought about it while speaking with the clerk, I would have challenged the information and/or asked for a supervisor. On another note, do we need to wait for something to pop up on the SAVE case check website before going? The clerk tried to enter information from the I-94 and said nothing was coming up but I'm not sure which website or program they were using. I'm not sure if that would have solved the issue either and they would have noticed they were wrong. If anyone could please help with these questions so we could get this extremely important step completed. Thanks!

@Infoman what embassies have you requested transfers to so far and are you a K1 or CR1? I've been denied at Almaty and Bangkok. My next transfer request is pending with Tashkent. After that, I'm not sure where I should try. Does anyone have suggestions? Vietnam, China, Philipines, Serbia, Armenia, Tunisia, Uzbekistan etc?

@Tex_44 When did you attempt the transfers? Recently? Has your interview already been scheduled in Warsaw? Have you received a welcome letter from the embassy in Warsaw yet? Did they provide you an invoice ID? How did you contact the embassy in Bangkok to request the transfer? What were the reasons they gave for both denials? Sorry for all the questions, I’m just trying to navigate through this as informed as possible. Thank you for responding.

They replied back to me today @Simplytex They aren’t accepting the transfer. Should I contact them and try again or try a different embassy? I copied your email verbatim.

Ok so I sent that email and I received an automated reply stating they no longer use that email. I needed to use one of two navigators with links. They were simple questions that progressed through and sent you to FAQs or websites and weren't the most helpful but still had good info. I found where I could select to "transfer in" my case to Almaty and it stated I had to send a new email to the same address lol but with a specific subject title and essentially all the same info from before. This was the automated reply from USAKZ@state.gov Ironically soon after I sent the first email I did receive an email from the NVC stating my case is complete and they have forwarded it Warsaw and it could take several weeks. There wasn't an invoice ID on the document though so that must come from the embassy itself? If Warsaw gives me an invoice ID but Almaty accepts the transfer will Almaty provide a new invoice ID or is the one from Warsaw good? I sent a new email following the updated instructions to the same email and this time did not receive an automated reply but I'm waiting for them to respond. I hope they accept the transfer.

Ok so I'm good to reach out to Almaty, Kazakhstan now to try and get the transfer? Thanks for the info. Documentarily qualified is only for spouse visas that's a huge help to know. I did reach out to the NVC Public Inquiry and they told me this "Due to your petition type, you will not receive a request for fee payment or document submission."

Also I haven't sent anything to the NVC, I was NOA 2 of Feb 15 2024. The NVC has my case and is creating the case file and they haven't sent it to Warsaw yet. I'm not sure if it's done or not. I haven't received any official emails or letters. I do not have my invoice ID to create an account on the CEAC website. I only have my case number because I asked about it through the public inquiry tool. So that's where I'm at approximately in my timeline. Just in limbo as the NVC creates/processes/forwards my case.

I actually have your exact email copied and placed in a draft waiting to send but I wasn't sure about what it means to be documentarily qualified. I don't have my documentarily qualified date. I also didn't know if I should wait to send it before Warsaw receives it or after. If it's been transferred already do they still contact the NVC or do they contact Warsaw for the transfer? (An update from the other thread says that being documentarily qualified is only for spouse visas so it doesn't apply to K1). I'll wait for your response but from the sounds of it, I'm good to go ahead and email the Almaty Consulate and request the transfer? I was looking into the Schengen situation and that is one of the major concerns. If I can get a 30-60-90 day Schengen for her and her daughter that would be ideal. She doesn't like the idea of lying about tourism to one country and then leaving for Warsaw and also having her 8-year-old daughter with her in case there are any sort of legal issues. Then possibly having issues receiving a Schengen visa in the future and being able to visit Europe in the future. Also yeah if there are delays and overstaying especially in a country that isn't friendly to Russian citizens and that causes future visa issues. There is a lot of trouble with it and if it's a last resort I guess we will cross that bridge but ideally, we would like to transfer and if it delays us 1-2 months that's far better. It also seemed very complicated to pay for hotels and flights, and then cancel them while she is there and I've read where people had visas canceled after discovering the hotels were canceled etc. So I don' know how all of that stuff works but it seems like a lot of additional work which shouldn't be necessary. The U.S. Govt should assign these cases to another embassy until the situation improves. So if we do have to cross that bridge and go that route I will have a ton more questions lol.

Thank you for such a fast response. I chose K1, California Service Center, and Russia. The timeline I will have to work on later. Yes, there is a K1 and K2. I thought I had to fill out two DS-160 one for each person but for the child, I do not have to pay a fee? Is there a fee for the Support Affidavit? How do I become documentarily qualified? By the embassy? So I should wait until the NVC sends the file to the embassy? They will DQ the documents they receive without me submitting anything additional? Then I can request the transfer? Sorry for all the questions but I have a ton and I'm trying to figure all this out.

I tried posting on the other topic but it's been viewed 200+ times without any help and pushed back to the second page now. I currently have a NOA2 for my I-129F for a K1. I used the NVC Public Inquiry tool to get the case number and it starts with WRW so it is being assigned to Warsaw. I have not received an official letter or email with the case number and/or invoice ID so I can't create my account on the CEAC website. I don't fully understand of the processes and any help would be greatly appreciated. My understanding is Poland is not issuing Schengen visas for Russian citizens. This makes traveling to the interview nearly impossible. It seems like a lot of extra work to attempt to get a Schengen visa in another country and basically lie saying you're traveling for tourism and then sneaking off to Warsaw. I don't know how she would even accomplish it and lying for a visa is not something she wants to do because she doesn't want to have issues receiving Schengen visas in the future. Here young daughter would be traveling with her too which adds to the stress. We would really like to have the case transferred to Almaty, Kazakhstan if possible. When should I initiate the transfer request? When do I become documentarily qualified? Is it after I submit the DS-160 or before? Do I need to wait to fill out the DS-160 after the file is transferred or if I fill it out before is the first one still good? I don't want to pay the fee four times if I only have to pay for it twice (two people). Any assistance please someone help me understand this process and get it transferred and no when to transfer it etc.

My I-129F for a K1 and K2 visa for my fiancee who lives in Russia was NOA2 on Feb 15, 2024. I sent a public inquiry to the NVC a few days ago and received an email yesterday from the NVC with my case number showing the case is being assigned to Warsaw because it starts with WRW. Poland is not issuing Schengen visas to Russian citizens. We would like to transfer the case to Almaty, Kazakhstan. Can anyone assist me with what I need to do? Do I need to wait to be contacted by the NVC to say we are Documentarily Qualified? What does that even mean? As of now Warsaw has not received our case file I believe it's still being created. I need an invoice ID to go along with the case number to create the account on the CEAC website. I do not have that yet. Do I need to fill out both DS-160 before or after I request the transfer and will I be forced to fill out the DS-160 again if it's transferred from Warsaw to Almaty? I'm just really confused about what to do. How long to wait etc. Should I wait until Warsaw receives the case file and then transfer it or have it transferred before then? I've found a few limited resources on this website about it but I still want to make sure I'm doing things correctly before I move forward. This thread and surrounding posts were helpful but still left me confused.