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Not necessarily.

100%. Of course it's great to envision opportunity in the US, but the focus is on your relationship with your fiance, and the expectation that the USC has the needs of the beneficiary covered. Where you're at in Canada financially is of little consequence.

Trust me, it's not going to be volunteered information. Beneficiaries are asked questions about the petitioner during the interview, and I don't think I've ever seen a question list that didn't ask what the petitioner does for an income. Beneficiary lies, it's fraud. Beneficiary tells the truth, it's denied. It's not about what information is superior. Current pay stubs and a verification letter from the employer stating current salary is extremely relevant.

To be fair, he did say he's not interested in doing a fiance visa. But it begs to ask why we're even discussing this in the K1 forums in the first place. Dude sounds like he's getting played and to some degree is aware of it, so maybe he should follow his gut and let her figure out her own plans to tour the US. He's not needed for this decision at all.

I'm just going to go out on a limb and point out that the visa process, particularly at the embassy phase, IS quite confusing. Add to the fact that Kyiv has its own topical issues. You're very concerned with your fiancee... girlfriend, whatever you'd like to call her-- lying to you, when she might well be trying to navigate all of this as best she can. You say you want to give her the benefit of the doubt, that's what that looks like: trying to assist her by doing some research, but coming in prepared to discover she's a fraud is really not a solid foundation for a marriage. If you two have these levels of mistrust in each other's intentions at this stage, I think it's pretty safe to say, don't get married.

Your fiance's income will be the one to face scrutiny, not yours. You may be asked what you want to do when you get to the US during the visa interview, but this question is not to probe your qualifications; just to get a better understanding of the life you want to have in the US. Some K1 recipients may become homemakers, and some might have careers they want to pick up in the US market once they adjust status and get a work permit/EAP. The one thing you do not want to allude to, is your intention to become a ward of the state and expect to just take out government assistance here, but that's the fiance's responsibility to prove, not yours. If anything, your answer highlights that you're excited for the opportunity to live in America, where welfare is not needed or wanted for yourself. And to me that doesn't seem a bad thing.

You'd do well to review similar timelines on this site for Canada, just to hone expectations to what time you have left after receiving the NOA2. If the turnaround for you to begin scheduling your medical and visa appointment does occur in the initial four month window for most people, you wouldn't necessarily have to cancel this trip, but I personally would shorten it for many reasons, such as saving money for the upcoming visa expenses, closing out any asset sales/work obligations, and not eliciting any red flags for travel into the US that could be perceived as circumventing the wait process. I think if you were only to visit for a week or two, with the understanding that you needed to return to Canada to complete the K1 process, you are more likely to be granted entry. But this is all just gut speculation. Perhaps poke the regional forums for advice from Canadians on anyone who traveled to visit during this stage, and what their experiences were.

If you have a receipt number, that reflects which USCIS center it went to. WAC stands for Western Adjudication Center, aka the California Service Center where all K1s go initially.

If your motivations to marry this person are in any way deviating from the fact that you love this person and can’t live without them, you don’t have a case to prove you’re in a bona fide relationship deserving of a visa of this type. I will leave it there because as someone who has navigated this system with all the respect allowed for a discerning and tough immigration system, I have a few choice words for those who wish to undermine it. And they probably won’t be well received.

Far less than the NOA2 to embassy stage, I'll tell you that. Checking similar timelines here, or TMVN (even the free access) allows to you follow your case to the front of the line. Don't get too comfy though; once the petition is approved, you'll be in much murkier waters, depending on the embassy.

Congratulations! Best of luck to you in the NVC phase.

Also to note, if you and your spouse are in a rental, you may want to make sure you're added to the lease so that your name is displayed on the mailbox. I know, seems rather specific but many USPS workers will not leave mail in a box without the matching name on it. All depends on where you live. As a homeowner, this is not something of any concern. Just wanted to put this on your radar.

Yes, the visa types remain partly a mystery but you’re right, the status of paying fees gives a little bit away. I assume that cases displaying subcases indicate multiple individuals which leads me to believe it’s perhaps a K2 (children) but not positive on that.

Hey all! Big props to @XCindyX on brainstorming shared knowledge to come up with this little additional search method. In the Google Drive information for each monthly timeline post, it was shared how to dissect NVC case numbers. Please correct me if I've misinterpreted this for cases later in the year with three digit Julian dates, but the formula seems to be this: Embassy code + year of case creation + Julian date the case number was assigned, plus 500 + case position. To put into an example, if my case was assigned for the Johannesburg embassy in 2024 on April 1st (Julian date 92), and my case is first to be assigned a number on that day, my case would be JHN2024-592-001 (minus the dashes, just showing how the formula breaks down). Why is this useful to know? Well it may help to understand that all visa cases sent to the embassies from the NVC, fit this formula. It's not just K1/CR1. Since we have the visa statistics from the Department of State website to show just how many visas of each type are processed monthly at each embassy, we can estimate how many a given embassy will accept and issue. Granted it is entirely a guessing game to figure out which days the NVC issued case numbers for any particular embassy but at the very least, I was able to easily figure out what the statuses were for other cases on my day alone. Thinking I was in a good position in eighth for my day (008 at the end of my case), a quick search showed me that there is not 009 or above, meaning my case was in dead last for my date. 😂 Searching my case number and altering the last three digits to 001-007, I additionally learned that I'm not alone in waiting. Initially our three month wait at NVC made me think that there was something specifically wrong with us; at the very least, this confirmed that there were a variety of statuses for the same wait time. Of the eight of us, three cases were ready and two were in transit. Our case and two others (positions 003 and 004) were still sitting at NVC. Again the whole process is incessantly opaque, but what this at least attempts to do is demonstrate how complex the selection process can be. Factoring in all the visa types/priorities/regional quotas, it is difficult to read when a visa case will move out of the NVC. But we're all in this process together, and where our case sits ultimately is at the whims of many factors, all requiring patience and hope that we'll break the line soon. ❤️

I got the same email as well, and was like, I guess they're aware it's taken an unusually long time and it hasn't slipped off a desk by accident 😂

Haha was this Dr. Brauer then? My fiance has talked to the office before but he's not had the pleasure of meeting him yet. Sounds like a solid bloke ❤️

Coming up on three months now since our case was sent to the NVC. I feel for you, OP. It seems trivial and particularly unfair when you see other cases that received approvals for the same embassy, move before you. I have theories as to why this is, but it's all speculative. I would just advise to continue to check in with the NVC for case status every 2 weeks, just to stay on top of it. You'll likely just receive a template reply stating that your case is there, but at least there's documentation of them confirming that. Should it start to take several months, you can reach out to your congressperson in your district or state senator for assistance. Just be clear that you are not asking for your case to be expedited, and that you simply need assistance with communicating to the department of state that your case has exceeded expected wait times. I've got zero confirmation that this does anything, I just see it suggested a lot here. Personally my politicians mistook my request for an expedite, so just from my experience, be very clear on what you're asking.

Happy for them then. But there are a broad range of outcomes on the next stage though, and it's best to stay pragmatic. How lucky is a person really, if they reach one point quickly but have no idea how long the next will take?

Nothing here. Starting to really worry, now that other NVC cases that got their NOA2s after us are in transit to the same embassy as us. I tried the nvcinquiry email and that was a mistake. Got redirected to the inquiry form on the site. Wondering if they've completely garbled NOA2 dates and all the while they're sending us 60 day notices, are actually functioning off the May date now. FML.

TMVN already provides essentially empirical data through its ability to assess status changes and build an algorithm. Your case is a drop in the bucket, my friend. Even still, I fully admit that I invested in a sub just to watch my case advance. At some point though, you go back in the dark and stay there. But enjoy the ride while it's lit and stay pragmatic. ❤️

I don't call anything lucky until you're on US soil 😂 A lot can go awry up until that point

Just FYI, the NOA1 is printed on white paper and the official form is I-797c. That's the one that will have your USCIS receipt number on it, when the lockbox confirms receipt. For your NOA2 they are printed on thicker, green watermarked paper and the official form is I-797, no C. It'll confirm your USCIS receipt number but as powerpuff says, the case number from NVC is different and you can request it after you get your NOA 2. Allow 3-4 weeks before submitting an inquiry to NVC. Congrats!

In an age where cyberattacks happen quite regularly, with specificity on government processes, in addition to immigration being such a hot topic: yeah I think paper is just fine for now. 😂 Feel bad, plant a tree

So nothing on the DHL hack yesterday to today (thus far) yet I noticed that someone with a later NOA2 than us changed their timeline to imply the case left the NVC for Joberg. Might be a misunderstanding, since I'd see some kind of DHL shipment if that were the case... Even still it begs the question: do cases get picked up in order from the embassies? I suspect there's no clear answer on this, but it's still unnerving to think we're getting overlooked. And makes me wonder if I should email the embassy, yet again.

Funny enough, NVC sent us a notice this week after hitting the 60 day mark of our case sitting there. I noticed that they had mistyped my fiance's email address and had to send in a new inquiry form to fix that. I did check my original inquiry, and it was correctly typed for my part. Still unnerving, when we depend on having the right email on file in order for the embassy to reach him. Someone's slipping over at NVC, making these mistakes.