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Wishing you the best of luck!

I don't think that's accurate, the blank pages to a passport are not needed. In fact, for ours I neglected to even include my fiance's visa stamp. The I94 served as proof of travel. They simply want a government issued ID, which the bio page of a passport provides. Packaging though ABSOLUTELY makes a difference, and I'm sure aureliano agrees. We were both very lucky to have such great turnaround on the petitions and a big part of this is for all petitioners to be conscientious of how they package their paperwork. Adding sleeves, binders, staples ALL adds time to case filing, and if everyone added these things then it would drastically slow up the number of cases processed per day. Keep packaging as minimal as possible, follow USCIS instructions. It's the kind thing to do in order to keep the processing time down for all.

I'm not sure about photos because I followed the instructions on USCIS and scanned them all to 8 1/2 x 11 letter size pages for easy filing, but I will tell you, that I sent an original copy of my birth certificate and USCIS mailed it back to me.. cannot guarantee the same for photos. Hopefully they were not extremely sentimental or you have digital copies, because USCIS warns that they may destroy photos sent to them. "When providing photos or other attachments, please provide your name at the top of the page or on the back of any photos. If you send original photos with your form, they may become part of the record or be destroyed."

Here's the checklist my fiance and I used (it formatted weirdly, sorry in advance): Form G-1450: Authorization for Credit Card Transactions Form G-1145: e-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance Form I-129F: K-1 Fiancé Visa Petition Supporting documentation/proof of nationality: Proof of petitioner's citizenship (I used my birth certificate, but passport works) Copy of beneficiary's passport Supporting documentation/proof of legitimate relationship: Photos Any additional evidence (letters/emails, etc) Supporting documentation/proof of visit in last 2 years: Photos Travel documents Copy of Form I-94 Signed declarations of intent to marry from both parties One passport-style color photo of both petitioner and beneficiary (take within 30 days of filing) $267.50 USD each for filing fee (the total is $535 if you don't need to split it up) No need. It'll be the DS-160 and you've got probably around 6+ months until you have to worry about that. First need to get the petition approved and passed from USCIS to the National Visa Center, then on to the embassy. See checklist! I put N/A for anything that did not apply. Place of birth still applies even for deceased parents but current residence would not. It's going to require birth parents (or adoptive) in order to determine your fiancee's current nationality. Provide as much information as is known. Communicate with her family and track that info down. You'll be able to submit changes of address through USCIS at any time during processing. Keep it accurate, update as needed. Nope. Just write legibly. For any address history, I used each box for each address. The USCIS website will have information on providing additional pages for the I-129F. Let me know if you have trouble finding it. Congratulations and good luck!

Looks comprehensive, just a few things I would suggest, to make the USCIS processing as expedient as possible: - Review https://www.uscis.gov/forms/filing-guidance/tips-for-filing-forms-by-mail for recommendations on filing order and methods. For the lockbox I did sticky tabs, but made them the restickable kind and put them along the bottoms of the pages, per USCIS request. With your amount of paperwork, this might help in segmenting the supporting docs by trip. - Consider providing evidence of legitimacy of bone fide relationship separate from evidence of travel. That's a question I keep hearing coming out of the visa interview: where/when did you two meet? If your evidence starts with travel, you're missing the part of the application where it explains how you got to that point. For us, it was a lot of Discord screenshots since we met online. For one page of supporting evidence I picked a random month from each year and shared all the timestamps for Discord calls we did together, showing the length of the call. I provided the math at the bottom for perspective: each month drawn, we had on average spent 15% of the full time in a call together. That's 30-31 days of 24 hour cycles. Every couple is different in proving how they got to the point where they needed and wanted to travel to each other. Giving that background in a section prior to the travel, fleshes it out. -Do you have I-94s for any of the trips? We included some boarding passes for domestic travel once he was in the US, but the entry/exits to the US I found were easier justified with a I-94. https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/#/recent-search -Make sure all submitted evidence aside from the original passport photos are scanned to 8 1/2 x 11 letter size pages: one sided, and clear. -Make sure letters of intent are signed by their respective parties. That's my two cents. Best of luck! edit: also, hard to say which service center you'll be assigned. I would've thought I'd be Nebraska but my understanding is from the USCIS lockbox in Texas, the workload shared between service centers is what dictates which one gets your case, not location proximity.

Which embassy are you trying to schedule at? Have you tried contacting them? (filling out your timeline helps people on the forum to assist you easier)

You don't have a timeline and it says you filed for naturalization. This is a forum related to the process for the K-1 fiance visa. There is not enough information about your situation to help you, or to know if you're in the right place.

100%. I tried the DHL hack but I'm starting to think I'm looking too soon to know if it's actually a functional tool to use. I do know in checking similar timelines to mine out of South Africa that we maybe should've seen some email out of the embassy this shipment, but no status update from NVC yet. Oh well, just gotta remain patient! Will give ti another go later this month.

Side note: if anyone saw their case status switch from "At NVC" today, I'd like to know. No changes here! Maybe tomorrow's workload?

I actually ran across this snag as well, through various links. However I found that the invoice number is not needed at all to begin the DS160. https://ceac.state.gov/GenNIV/Default.aspx It was entirely possible to file the DS160 this way, even while the case is at the NVC. Hope this helps! edit: I just noticed you weren't talking about the DS160, and you got that figured out as well. IGNORE ME! lol, we'll both just have to wait it out from our respective embassies.

Focus on proof of your own income. The I-134 is used for a variety of visas and the beneficiary income is of no consequence. N/A it all. It is your job as the sponsor to provide evidence of lasting support. It's trickier with self employment but getting tax transcripts from the IRS is a good place to start. Bank statements would also be useful.

I just figured out a couple days ago that it was possible to start on the DS-160 simply with the case number. That was probably the most frustrating part of this whole process: time wasted while our NOA2 was sent to NVC, when after two weeks we could've submitted an inquiry for a case number and gotten to work. A month later, I figured it out and requested the number. We should be in the caseload sent to embassies this week though! Our DS-160 is completed and submitted as well, pending passport photos, which we will simply bring to the interview as stated when we bypassed them. Also, per advice on this site I sent another inquiry to add my fiance's email as beneficiary to the case, just so the embassy can contact him directly (I hear South Africa will send out packets 3/4 by email to him). Good luck to you!

Hi all- For the question Do you have documentation to establish that you have received vaccinations in accordance with U.S. law? on the DS160, is it advised you put it as Yes, even if you haven't yet attended the medical appointment to review vax records and get the required ones?

Non issue, as in, I should get insurance anyway?

Do invoice numbers get assigned once NVC forwards cases to the embassies? We got a case number because I submitted an inquiry; however, no invoice number means we aren't able to sign in and start on paperwork. Thanks for the info on NVC shipments though! We hope our status will change from "At NVC" this week then. It's been like that for almost a month (sent to Dept of State: Mar 8th).

I'm also a bit concerned about this issue. We received the NOA2 the same month I received a new job offer in a different state. Although I've relocated and am eligible for insurance through the Affordable Care Act until my employer offers me insurance (after 12 months), I',m hesitant to get coverage because it will overlap the interview/arrival of my fiance. We also have family planning to consider, but the window of time to be able to get government coverage only exists for I think 60 days after my move. I'm risking going without health insurance for a year, but I need to look at the bigger picture and make sure the interview goes well. Unless I am missing something? I'm not willing to risk hoping that the "totality of the circumstances" will be favorable.

Thanks for replying. They didn't ask about finances at the interview then? I'm scared that they'll ask my fiance, and the missing information on the I-134 will disqualify us.

Hi everyone: As USCIS just approved our K-1 petition and I received NOA2 this month, I'm trying to gather any supporting evidence for my fiance's interview. Working on the I-134, I'm confident with my income being enough but I also moved states and the position is new, also as of this month. I should be able to acquire pay stubs and a letter from my new employer, not worried about that. However, the move took a serious hit on my savings, so the part about providing bank information is freaking me out. Is the bank information needed, or just the income? I don't want to send up any red flags as I'm trying to recover from the expenses all the while planning a wedding in the fall. Additionally, I asked this in another thread but I'll ask here: the request for beneficiary assets has a space for banking accounts for my fiance. Would it be helpful to include those assets to offset my current bank situation? Or does that complicate things? Also, the balances are expected to increase as my fiance sells other irrelevant assets such as his vehicle, so they may not be accurate as to what he'll be bringing with him to the US. So the supporting evidence provided for the form will be less than what it actually will be at the time of his move, though it should still be significant. Thanks in advance for any advice.

What about the assets part? Surely it'll raise eyebrows if we don't include his bank account balances. I realize that it might be less of a hassle, but my understanding is that we should be as honest as possible. Should a checking account balance be included, and what supporting docs are needed for that if so?