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If you're referring to the e-notification form G-1145, I've seen so many people - myself included, that this didn't even work for. Everything was correct, no mistakes made, clear and easy to read writing and we received absolutely no notifications via text or email during the entire process. We got the physical noa1 then with the case number continued to track it throughout the process, then when we were approved I found out because every day I manually check/search my case number and one day it just said approved. The noa2 came in the mail around 12 days later. There was no text or email the entire time despite filing the e-notification form. The same thing has happened to so many people I've seen across reddit, this forum and also across the facebook groups and k1 discord. So I wouldn't worry about it too much - you have the tracking number and that's all you need to track the status. !

Ah, I see. All you can do is wait and see then. It's down to the officer who processes your case, whilst we can all give advice, there's nothing that can be done if you've already filed and included this but to wait and see the decision they make. If people here perceive it as formal and ceremonial then it's not far fetched for a USCIS case adjudicator to perceive similar to that. I hope it works out for you!

Just because you're nervous about it, why do you just not include it? I agree with the comment before, it looks very formal and ceremonial. There are many countries etc that use different colors for weddings and related ceremonies/celebrations and it just does give that vibe in that photograph. To me, without context it literally looks like a couples' wedding ceremony photographs. Just because a stereotype associating with wedding dresses is that they're white, doesn't mean it has to be true in all cases. Many people choose other colors and types of dresses for their wedding. So personally I wouldn't include that picture at all, especially if I already was worried about it. Better safe than sorry. Just my opinion.

On the 20th August began many feb 23 approvals, I saw it by searching a feb 23 case number on the case track app, filtering by chronological order and then by i-129f, there's several pages of approvals and RFE from the 20th-30th august showing that they're starting to process that day consistently, presuming they'll resume this week too since the holiday for the US is over now. Keep your head up!

Thank you ! Yeah I assumed as much, I know every case is different but was just feeling a bit antsy haha!

Hi all, was wondering if anyone had any advice on how long the next stage will take? I'm at "approved" and waiting for it to update to "case sent to state". I was approved (noa2) Aug 23rd. Beneficiary UK based. I've heard conflicting things that it can take up to 90 days and others say under a week? Any advice is appreciated !

The app "creator" is listed as "ImmiVision, LLC". The app is available on IOS and Android and it has over 1M downloads with a 4.9 star rating (out of 5), according to the Google Play Store (I have an Android phone). Everyone I know uses it.

The information is directly from trackmyvisanow, they've sent multiple emails to their customers on the subject, explaining the details.

They lost access just like the other websites did; USCIS essentially stopped people from accessing their unofficial API to gain access to their data, now they have to go through a formal approval process/meeting with USCIS directly and present their app/service and how the data will be used, if USCIS agrees/approves them, they will gain access to the official developer API and will be up and running again. Last Friday, tmvn stated their meeting with USCIS is this upcoming Friday, and that hopefully it would result in approval. Even still, it could take a few weeks or more to get back up and running. The only 2 ways that are currently working is 1) casestatusext, as the above comment mentioned BUT it only displays the data for the cases who manually search their case number using that website, so it doesn't show an accurate representation of approvals, or 2) the case track app for USCIS, but you can only search for the 500 cases around your case number, and filter to i-129f applications, then filter by chronological changes.

Thank you!! Yes!! We are so happy and relieved Now just waiting for case to be sent to nvc

This is borderline fraud?? You want to divorce your current spouse and apply for a fiance visa so you can marry them again? That's gonna be so many red flags to USCIS in general. They're gonna see that the beneficiary in the k1 was already married to you and they will know you had a previous cr1 petition. They will know what you're doing lol. Plus it won't be fast.. just because *some* k1s are being approved fast doesn't mean every k1 is fast. USCIS approval can take up to 11 months alone, add extra months for the other stages. Not to mention you're seriously risking a high chance of refusal. You'd have to wait to conclude divorce proceedings. There's too many unknowns and risks here, you really think its worth throwing away an already existing petition over that? Divorcing the person you love and risking being denied for a k1. If people on here read this post and get the thought that it sounds fraudulent and trying to cheat the system lol, imagine what USCIS will think; or even more, what the consular officer will think in the potential interview. Not to mention the cost. No immigration journey is fast, just because one visa type has sped up a little for some people doesn't mean it is for everyone - I know personally so many people who are still waiting from 2023. And the statistics; there's over 2.3k people waiting from January to April 2024. Not to mention the biggest risk; say you do cancel the cr1, divorce, go through with k1, the likeliness of k1 denial is extremely high, and if that happens your chances are extremely diminished after that - they don't take visa fraud lightly and you could even risk your chances of moving to the US in general. Every visa application and especially denials are considered and can impact future applications..

We got approved!! 23rd August!!! Just a week before we would hit 6 months! I knew being patient would pay off!! March 4 filer!

As much as it sucks and I am upset and mad and it's unfair, they do say the process can take up to a year and we personally were prepared for that to be the case when we filed. No one can control USCIS and there's genuinely nothing we can do, it'll happen when it happens. I know we all miss our partners etc but at some point you have to focus on the positive. The official USCIS estimations have reduced; used to be 12 months, then 11.5 months, now it currently displays 10 months. In addition, my inquiry date (filed March 4) is now April 25th 2025, whereas it was originally June 26th 2025. It's reduced 3 times so far and so that's good news. I know a lot of us thought it would be a fast process because it was for the majority of the 2024 filers, but we personally didn't base too much dependency on that happening; USCIS is so unpredictable and even historically you can see that. It's not fair and it's not right, but please remember to put your health first; I'm not saying don't be sad or mad, but being too angry etc it'll only affect your health more. I know it's easier said than done, but I know first hand how bad my mental health was getting in the last few weeks and I really just took a step back & realised that it'll all be okay. I hope you guys will be okay, I worry about people a lot because I know it's such a struggle. Hang in there

Did you guys see the approvals lately? This entire week so far they've been approving June 3rd and 4th cases.. Still no care given about us...

Still waiting for my case (march 4) to get approved, but there were several approvals from Feb 23 (the first of the skipped days) on friday of last week. Waiting to see what happens this week; they also started approving the first day of June (3rd). Also seriously this thread in general is just so comical - complaining the process is "so" fast and you want to slow it down, where's the consideration lol, some of us are STILL waiting and have had to continuously watch people who filed months after us get approved whilst we wait and have no movement for our entire week. talk abut complaining about having it good

1. Ultimately down to you to decide; the entire situation sounds complicated and I personally would have a consultation with a lawyer just to get the initial lay of the land; it's not necessary of course, but there seems to be a lot of things ( age gap, lack of finances) that personally I'd want to be more reassured and informed over. But, to each to their own. It isn't required or a necessity at all. 2. You can use that address, and if you moved, you can also change your address on your application or if you decide to keep that address that's fine too. Just a note, the spousal, the evidence element they do look at shared assets and they want to see evidence the marriage is real etc etc, so in addition to the age gap I'd make sure you have a lot of evidence. 3. I can't speak to specific income or the spousal visa process specifically, as I did k1. I'm sure many more people will be able to give more specific advice in relation to the third question. Good luck!

Yes. Exactly this. For the k1 the beneficiary is interviewed at a US embassy in their country, the officer interviewing you will likely deny you based on the ceremony you had. It happens all the time. Because, yes the process of obtaining a visa is a legal formal process, but, you must meet the eligibility requirements and unfortunately with the k1 there is something considered 'too married'. It's for the US citizen to bring their foreign fiancé to the US to marry, but, if they are considered not free to marry, they are automatically ineligible. So legally, yes,you may not be married, you may not have rights or abilities in certain countries like you previously described, legally you are not married - but - to the immigration and the officer interviewing; they can consider you not eligible for the k1 due to the fact you had a ceremony.

Yes, the fact you had a ceremony of any sorts, officers would considered you "too married". It is not uncommon for k1 denials to occur simply because the petitioner and beneficiary did some variation of a ceremony or celebration, even engagement parties themselves have resulted in denials at the interview stage because, to an officers point of view, they consider that you're " too married ". They do not like to see any type of ceremony or, celebration that looks too much like a wedding. That alone can result in your denial. One of the requirements for the k1 is both individuals are free and willing to marry, and a ceremony essentially voids that requirement. That's why it's a common saying to say " too married " for a k1, not married enough for a cr1, so, like the others have recommended, spousal visa seems best here. K1 has an initial filing fee, (was $535 not sure what it is since increase), then additional fees for medical exam (varies country to country but can often be anywhere between 200 and 500$, maybe even more for some),visa fee of several hundred, then you file adjustment of Status AFTER k1 approval and the beneficiary goes to the US and marries, not to mention the additional fees for any potential children. It's several thousands. Spousal is much cheaper and more appropriate for your situation, and less risk. With a k1 you're so likely to get denied based on this thread so far.

It's normal. It's down to the officer to ask for it or not. Some don't I assume its because they know you'll have the more rigorous and stricter Affidavit during the AoS process. I am in the UK, and have seen dozens of people with the same question as you, and it's considered normal- some officers ask for it, others don't. Just 2 days ago someone asked this on a UK Facebook k1 group, as they were waiting for medical results like you, and then yesterday they got approved. No i-134 requested or seen at all.

Normally I'd agree but it wouldn't make much sense to do that for just 2 months. (April and May) where the majority of the really fast approvals, including the end week of March, but the election is in November. It doesn't make much sense to say hey look how fast we are, when they were only (currently) fast for less than 2 months. There's still hundreds waiting from April and May too. & The fact they haven't begun June and afterwards yet means it wont be that fast either, those filers already waited 2 months + now, and they've shown no signs of beginning June still - yet. In order to actually make themselves look better they'd need to keep it up for longer than what they have. It's realistically probably more likely they did it to attract more filers. USCIS is funded entirely off of visa submission fees, it isn't a tax funded organisation. So by making the processing times seem faster by skewing their data (skipping thousands between Jan and March) in favor of processing April and May at extremely fast rates, the filers from the end of May, June and July and now August, are a lot of the by-product of "omg it is so fast now lets apply and we'll be together in 2 months max". The amount of filers I've seen on reddit that purposely filed recently because they were convinced it'll be fast because of the movement in April and May is actually crazy + their increase in fees = USCIS being very happy right now. Another factor in them slowing down could be the fact they are moving offices in California. The CSC is moving to a different location in California and I'm assuming on some level this would contribute to the slowing down in general of CSC productivity - this was announced in late around June-July, which is where the processing activity really slowed down. They used to process on average 1.7k cases per month, then the end of May hit and now it barely hits an average of 800. But they still haven't processed June - which, for a lot of us in the facebook March filer group, think is a good sign. I hope that skipped period gets processed before September ends. I'll be happy with that still. It's really all dependent on whether they continue to focus on previous months instead of June. Honestly just hope to see approvals from that time soon - even if it isn't our case; I'd just be happy to see the people who are hurting to get approved, like they deserve. Hang in there guys ❤️

This is what I said to my friends! I've been with my partner for over 4 years now, but I said there's so many people who try to do this for the wrong reasons - it isn't for the faint of heart, and it's so worth it in the end, to finally be with your partner and begin your family and life together. Only strong relationships will prevail through that - and that's how it should be in my opinion - it should test you and it will be so much more rewarding when we get out on the other side and say wow, we survived how horrible that was, lengthy etc and it'll just make us stronger :)! + I try to tell people that despite the super speedy approvals lately, the amount of them are so so so small in comparison to the normal / average. USCIS clearly wanted to make it seem faster in some way - maybe to appeal to more people to apply so they can get more funding (it's funded entirely off of visa submission fees) - but the actual truth and average is several months, not just a few. + that brings me closure - it isn't fair, no, but nothing in life is. Keep y'alls head up guys!!

They would be completely ineligible for the fiancé visa, since it is for a fiancé - the USC to petition to bring their foreign fiancé (engaged to be married) to the US to marry each other within the 90 day period. If they are married, they cannot apply for a k1 because you can't bring someone to the US to marry if you're already married. Their only option, if married, is the spousal visa - which can take over a year, for lots of people over 18 months.

Feel exactly the same. March 4 filer here, part of the skipped period, and there is still no movement from our week, only expedite approval cases. The approvals from march and Feb are just dates that are already mostly approved already, not the untouched days. & USCIS doesn't want to acknowledge that at all and just pretends like nothings going on with it. Meanwhile there has been mass approvals in May and a lot of them under 50 days.

Yeah exactly how you said! Everyone else thinks the same, it won't make a difference in the long run. It's just a small temp disruption. naturally still not nice for them to lose their jobs though, but it isn't USCIS' fault.

The original article is here: https://www.ueunion.org/ue-news/2024/service-contract-act-locals-fight-for-jobs-effective-immigration-process?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2Q3vx_D0ESEzAJMgbanb-AQLMKWJ2UVCZVi25QwaXqz-htrOhozxOtvW4_aem_GC8BOOlfRY5Oqo6bNRPG9w But this article is EXTREMELY incorrect and spreading misinformation. UE Local 1008 means contract workers for USCIS not permanent jobs.. Those were not federal case workers. There's a USCIS employee who responded to that original article and said "This article is misleading at best. The workers who were "laid off" are NOT federal employees. They do not adjudicate cases. They are federal contractors. USCIS just opted to not renew the contract and instead hire more officers. Also, officers are not non-union workers. We have our own union." "They were contractors. Not Federal employees. USCIS did not lay off any employees the contracting company did." USCIS didn't fire those employees, they decided not to renew a contract for federal contractors. And that "CSC is moving but it isn't moving to Texas, it is moving to a different office in California" Also for some context USCIS is not a government funded organisation / agency. It is ran entirely off of the fees that people pay to submit their applications. & also those employees that were "laid off" that happened even before USCIS slowed down.