Nywoek
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US embassies instructed to prepare for staff reductions
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My embassy has already had to take on cases from a lot of new countries starting recently, so I am worried that I won’t be able to schedule my interview for months and months once my case reaches them. >_< -
the form is pretty straightforward. we looked up a youtube video about the documentation, it was very useful because the instructions are not as set in stone. help making a packet, putting together photos and such. but always refer to official websites and quadruple check the info everywhere!
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JANUARY 2025 K1 to NOA2 to NVC to EMBASSY
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We got January 31st! No emails yet though, I only know because we paid for trackmyvisa. I know my fiance added the email thing to the application, but he says he has never gotten any emails so maybe it didnt work.
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Montreal
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Nywoek reacted to a post in a topic:
I need a new passport
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My fiance shops at Hannafords, although when we stayed with him for the summer we sometimes would go to Marked Basket instead. I love trying things from Trader Joes. ^^
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What happens if the embassy does not have the medical report at the K1 visa interview? (London)
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Hmm, maybe I can make that work then. There is only one hospital in all of Norway that I can go to, I emailed them last month to ask about their wait times and they just told me to try to book as early as possible, but since we just got our NOA2 and the case still needs to be sent to state and then the embassy I have no idea the timeline and I cannot make any appointments yet. But it would be nice to be able to try to schedule an appointment so that I could travel here - oslo - stockholm - oslo - back home instead of two completely separate trips, especially because I have family in Oslo I can stay with while I wait or something, to give it a few days. Do you have any information about booking interview slots in Stockholm? Someone mentioned to me that they had to pick a date a few months into the future. I am really hoping we can move this summer, but if I have to wait a couple of months just to get my case number and then wait a few months to get an appointment that is looking less likely. Mostly I want it because I have two kids that are school aged, and it would be nice if they got some time to "land" stateside before starting school in the fall.
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Sometimes not even that, I gotta go to another country for mine. XD
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Oh wow. XD I am norwegian, so I have to go to Oslo for my medical and then Stockholm for the interview. I have to take a plane to Oslo, so it would obviously be easier (and cheaper) if I could go to Oslo, stay a few days, go straight to Stockholm to my interview, but I am too worried about them not having the results to do that. XD
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So my norwegian passport expires in november 2025. My passport number is registered in my application, and I still have an active ESTA that is good until july this year. I will be visiting for 2 weeks in april, but the passport still has more than 6 months left at that time, so I assume that will be fine. My best bet is probably to get a new passport right as I get back, and luckily it will probably arrive pretty quickly after, I have had it in hand after a week previously. Is changing the passport number at this point going to mess with my application or delay anything? The way I understand it I obviously have to bring it and leave it when I go to my interview in Stockholm, and then they put a physical thing in it to show my K1 visa, right? I probably should have done this last year before I even applied for the visa, that was an oversight on my part. 😕
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Hi. 😃 Hopefully I put this in the right area of the forums. I am moving to the USA on a K1 hopefully sometime later this year. My kids are about to get american passports and ssns beause their dad is an american and they will be dual citizens. We are moving together to live with my partner in the USA, and I just wanted to ask if anyone had any experience with what sort of documentation I should bring from their dad, showing that he consents to the move? How does it work with insurance and taxes over there? Their father is american, but he does not live in the US and has not for many many years, and I have full custody of the children. Would a translated version of our custody agreement and a signed consent letter be enough? He lives far away at the moment so getting things signed is kinda hard, but the kids are going to the american embassy in Norway this month to get their papers, so I have a chance to get him to sign stuff and would like to prepare for that as much as possible. Would I be better off paying for an online notary service for these things? Thanks.
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Next steps after NOA2
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Next steps after NOA2
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Next steps after NOA2
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Next steps after NOA2
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Nywoek reacted to a post in a topic:
Next steps after NOA2
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Thank you guys for your input, that is very helpful! Our case got approved today, but the estimates sound like they will work out the way we want them to, so I guess we will just see how long it takes to get to Sweden. XD
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Nywoek reacted to a post in a topic:
Next steps after NOA2
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I know that it will take a few weeks or more for the papers to be sent to state and get the case number and all that, but is there a timeline for when you /should/ send in the DS-160 and schedule medical/interview? We seem to be closing in on them getting to the application (i know something might delay this, but all signs point to things happening within the next month or so). The reason I ask is that I have a trip coming up early in april, and I wonder if maybe I should wait to schedule things until after? Or maybe I am being silly, I dont know. I wish there was more data on how fast I will be able to get an interview in sweden, but there are not a lot of scandis on this site. 😅
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Our first update!
Nywoek replied to Nywoek's topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports
Currently there are 698 cases between you and the front of the line. When you started, there were 8 697! Look at where we are, look at where we started! XD -
Yes, you can visit!
Nywoek replied to Michele and Adam's topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures
I have a trip coming up in April. The one in october was supposed to be my last, but it was absolutely thrown off because he lost his job while I was there, so we did not get to do a lot of preparations. I am almost nervous about it, since things seem to be speeding up, but with a house, job and two kids at home I hope I can make the case that I obviously do not plan to just stay when we are getting close to getting the visa. 😅 -
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Reasons people fail the medical.
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Nywoek reacted to a post in a topic:
Reasons people fail the medical.
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What are some reasons people fail the medical? A danger to yourself or others, illegal drug use, highly contagious diseases like TB, those are pretty straight forward, but are there any gray areas? For instance, after my abrupt separation in 2020, where my ex husband left me and my kids and moved far away in the early pandemic, I seeked help through a therapist and was put on sick leave. I went to therapy for a few years, and I suppose I technically still have a general anxiety and depression diagnosis on record, but I am not medicated or suicidal. I never went back to my old work, but I am currently enrolled in school to find a job better suited to me. Are these things that can become a problem? Like I said, I ended therapy and I am getting through school just fine, but I receive money from the state for this, until I can get another job. Also other things.. like general health, are there things people get in trouble for?
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Scandi reacted to a post in a topic:
Our first update!
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Our first update!
Nywoek replied to Nywoek's topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports
It took a bit, but I have an update! My fiance got another job with the same pay and benefits, so we are back to the original plan, full force! We bought a month of trackmyvisa, and it does look like this might take a while, longer than we first anticipated. Estimates were saying NOA2 by december-january, but the website is showing february-march. So that is a shame. But I have a lot of work to do: finish school (only a few weeks left), sell or rent my house, do some more research on homeschooling my youngest. Things have been tough, but we made it through and I am very happy that he is coming here to spend christmas with us and staying until my birthday in january. ^-^ Edit: I made a thread somewhere else and forgot I didnt update this one, but he lost his job and things were looking bad because obviously we could not keep up with the application. But luckily it worked out. ^-^