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HEAR HEAR. You should not for one moment be convinced that immigration attorneys can do this better than you. Trust the people who have been through this process before and are also personally invested in it. You can do this. For every visa there are checklist/flowcharts, not to mention people who have years of tracking your visa journey AND those who have up to date information based on their own experiences. Ditch the lawyer. We can help you.

Yeah it's normal. If the USCIS agent feels like it, they will ship back originals once they have the copy they need for the case. Sometimes they will scrap it but in most states, people don't sweat this. I sent an "original" because it had the official watermarks. If they trashed it, no skin off my back. We had more issues with mysterious delays at NVC level. But we've seen the case move to the embassy this week, and have an interview scheduled. Other than the slight panic attack from receiving the bc back after a few weeks, USCIS was a well oiled machine.

An invoice number is not needed to check status. CEAC utilizes the immigrant visa check instead of nonimmigrant for K1s. Just need your NVC case number.

This is going to be highly dependent on what airline you guys use, above all else. As far as bringing a cat to the US, it's a lot easier than a dog. Rabies and health certificates are not required for entry of a cat into the US but they MAY be necessary based on the airline you fly with. If I were you I'd make a call to the airline customer service of your choice and verify what their requirements are. Could be a combination of health/vaccination records, pictures/ID of the cat, and verification of the crate dimension if your fiance plans to bring them on as a personal item for storage beneath the seat. There are also organizations such as PetRelocation and IPATA which can assist in shipping the cat separately. Good luck!

It is likely at the embassy already. Unfortunately I do not see your timeline or which embassy you are with. If your status has changed from In Transit to Ready on the CEAC status check, it's arrived.

I94 is a government issued travel record and very easy to look up. You got this! You seemed to start with concerns about meeting family. Ultimately the K1 is provided for bona fide relationships between two people who want to get married. Although it's nice, meeting family is not a requirement.

Congratulations! We're certainly keeping an eye on any activity from our fellow Saffers. My fiance's K1 was finally sent to the embassy on Tuesday so we are anxiously awaiting the interview letter so we can work on getting things scheduled. Will have to poke you when AOS/removal of conditions become our next steps. Best! Heather & Jon

This was answered in another thread; the specifics to how your case will progress and when/how payments are made is heavily based on which embassy your fiance(e) will be using. Please complete your timeline.

Entirely depends on your embassy, how they handle it. Take a moment to fill out your timeline, and maybe someone who used the same embassy can assist you with that.

It's probably best to avoid legal trouble and credit score damage, if possible. I'm curious to see what others have done. My fiance is also male, just FYI lol

So my fiance is preparing to sell his goods and pack up the essentials to move to the US, and the one string creating any amount of concern is the SABC tv license. In South Africa, any resident in possession of a television has to pay the government a little over 200 ZAR a year for the privilege. Although a pittance, if left unchecked there are horror stories of nonpayment schedules affecting credit and adding you to a blacklist. The SABC attests that it is very easy to cancel the license and one needs only to submit an affidavit attesting to you no longer owning a TV, or that you've immigrated to another country. However, depending on the conditions that make you exempt, the varied means of documenting that the license doesn't apply to you is ridiculously complex, and seems to be ignored--unsurprisingly. So, I'd love to hear from Saffers who have immigrated to the US. Did you successfully cancel your license? Have you heard the nightmare scenarios, and just continue to pay the ZA government from abroad just to avoid the headache? Would love to hear what everyone else has done, to mitigate this red-tape nonsense. https://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadcasting/542491-how-to-cancel-your-tv-licence-4.html

Just an update, NVC sent our case to the consulate in Johannesburg today. Status is now in transit and we got the K1-FTP. I feel completely drained after that experience, but am very glad to see some movement again.

Same here, took a total of 17 weeks (4 months, approx 120 days) and an additional NOA2 issued to us. But it finally went today.

Would it kill people to show a little kindness or did that pinned topic become null and void eight years ago If you don't have anything productive to contribute, please leave us alone. Just close the thread, mods, it's not even worth it anymore to ask a damn thing.

It was an honest mistake and a matter of semantics, and I would really appreciate you not picking apart my attempts to work on my case when this is a very painful experience for us. What purpose does it serve? I also didn't petition a minor league baseball team for assistance. Should I clarify that as well, in case people think I'm speaking about a different kind of senator?

Great info, thank you. If I could DM you, maybe I can get some links as to where you sent your letters. Were they online forms or snail mail? I'll pop in your messages, thanks Doesn't seem to be universally applied, even within the same embassy. I'd be content if K1s going to the same embassy were being taken in order. This is very strange.

We don't have a life or death situation... we have just been seated at NVC for four months with other K1s passing us, going to the same embassy. If there's an issue with our case being passed up, we want to know or at least put some pressure on NVC to follow through.

Yeah we've been speaking with the assistant to my senator, who is asking for documentation that proves we need the case expedited. We just want an inquiry. Do we try another rep?

Hi everyone: I'm trying to get my state senator's help with our case being stuck at NVC but I keep being told 'only expedites and only in life or death situations'. We just want some assistance in investigating reasons for the delay. Has anyone talked to their state/district reps to get assistance other than an expedite, or even an expedite OTHER than a medical emergency? How did you go about it? Thank you so much for your advice.

Nope, it did not. To Whom it Concerns: In order to make sure your private information remains protected, please resubmit your inquiry and any attachments using the AskNVC form only. You can find it at https://nvc.state.gov/inquiry. You must provide privacy information to receive case specific information. Please limit your inquiry to one case per submission. If you already submitted this inquiry on the AskNVC form or your issue has been resolved, please disregard these instructions. Thank you. Regards, Ellen | Inquiry Management Department of State CA/VO/DO/NVC LDRM | DTSV | Contractor --- Another contractor. Probably didn't even read it. I have escalated this situation to the office of my senator. Fingers crossed.

It totally does, and it certainly makes me question what kind of hierarchal team structure they have over there. Like, there is no way the NVC director actually sent this. And, as we all know who've sent inquiries via the site, all replies are a template issued by contractors who handle the workload. Nothing is actually addressed with consideration to the specifics of any case. I am hoping NVCResearch proves different.

Well I got the NOA2, that's what I received. The dates were adjusted to a new four month window, beginning in May instead of March. Additionally, about a week later I got this email: To whom it concerns: This notice is to inform you that NVC is currently holding your approved Form I-129F (Petition for Alien Fiance(e)), and it has been at least 60 days since we received it from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS). Your case number is JHNxxxxxxxxxx. Where local conditions and restrictions allow, some embassies and consulates have resumed processing a limited visa workload, including K-1 nonimmigrant visa applications. For embassies and consulates that were unable to resume processing their visa workload, NVC is holding your approved Form I-129F. We cannot predict when routine visa services will resume, and we cannot guarantee or predict when your case will be sent to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate General in Johannesburg. When NVC does forward your case, you will receive another notification. Approved Forms I-129F have a 120-day expiration date from the date of approval by USCIS. Once your designated embassy or consulate resumes normal operations, a consular officer will revalidate your petition for another 120 days. You do not need to take any action for this revalidation to happen, though you may need to provide evidence that you still qualify for the K-1 nonimmigrant visa. For the most up-to-date information about the U.S. Embassy or Consulate General's operating status, visit their website at https://usembassy.gov. Thank you for your patience. Sincerely, National Visa Center Director Totally confusing, as it seems to imply services were paused and scheduled to resume at my embassy: yet, I've seen regular shipments to Johannesburg before and immediately after receiving this letter. Just not our case. I appreciate you again for tipping me off to NVC research. I wrote a succinct yet formal request to have our case reviewed for any delays, and for them to send out K1-FTP if nothing is located. Hoping that makes a dent.

I did not even know of the existence of NVCresearch, so I will definitely be looking into this. I very much appreciate you sharing, and hope in just a few more days, you'll be able to prod them too and get some answers. All the best.

Please stop tagging me multiple times, thank you. In fact, do the case how you want. I'll leave my advice out of this moving forward. Best of luck.