Edward and Jaycel

I have seen on many forums that they were having an issue with getting receipt notices out to people that filed in January/February - Especially those who filed online.

A friend of ours who we helped file his K-1, had his received on July 31, 2025 and it just got approved a few days ago. Waiting is super rough, believe me I know but hang in there, it'll come.

Congrats!!! 🎉 From what I hear, the Denver field office in Centennial is pretty efficient with oath ceremonies. They apparently dedicate the whole office to the ceremonies 2 days a month. I would love to hear from you how it is, as Jaycel and I will hopefully be there in a couple of years for her Oath Ceremony

"Application Received" is the step when the Immigrant Visa Unit (who handles the K-1 processing, interview and approval) sends it to the NonImmigrant Visa Unit for Issuance (Because the K-1 is technically a nonimmigrant visa, it has to be issued by the NIV Unit). This status means the NIV Unit has received the application and will be processing the it for issuance.

What are the first 3 letters of the case number?

Go here and fill out the online form: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html

Have you tried doing a public inquiry with NVC pointing out that the AOMs you submitted to CEAC remain in "Submitted" state and not approved and that you have not received your IL yet?

Congrats!!! Glad it went well for you guys!! 🎉🎉 Hopefully you will have the approval today, that's what happened to us. Our officer said that when they do something in their system on a case, it takes 24 hours for it to show up on our portal and we got our approval almost exactly 25 hours after we walked out of the building.

Pretty unappreciative to the people like myself that took time out of their busy lives to do some research and tried to help you - Good luck

So you created a profile on https://www.usvisascheduling.com/ (which is linked from the ustraveldocs website), did everything below and you're saying there's no option to select the payment for a K-1 visa? Step 2 Select the “Start Application” option on the left-hand side of your screen, and proceed in answering the questions provided. We advise that you read carefully and respond accordingly to the questions. Step 3 On the Payment Options page, read the Disclaimer Notification AND verify that the number and amount of visa fees you are paying for are correct and that they match the number of applicants in your profile and the visa type you are applying for before selecting the “Submit” button. Step 4 Print the payment instruction page and bring a copy to RCBC branch. Hand over the copy to RCBC branch and make your consular visa application fee payment. After making the payment and before leaving RCBC branch, please check the validated receipt issued by RCBC and make sure the reference number and amount paid matches the details in your payment instruction copy. If incorrect please ask RCBC to have it corrected right away.

And also there is no welcome letter issued by the NVC to K-1 cases... only the K1-FTP letter when it is sent to the embassy. @REO-Sparks what site are you on that it is asking for an invoice number? Can you share a screen shot (with any personally identifiable information blacked out)?

Fantastic news!!! 🎉🎉

NVC does not issue a receipt number for K-1 visa cases. They are only issued for Immigrant Visa cases.

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There is no invoice number assigned to a K-1 case by the NVC

Great news!! 🎉🎉

I do not know the answer on this with any certainty.... I would reach out to their support. I think once you have the appointment scheduled, you have to cancel it and close that case on the website and start a new one and then select option one to just schedule the OFC appointment.

Your wife is likely going to be told she cannot attend the interview on the 12th.... I saw a story from Manila on another forum about this. Trying to find the details for you.

Are you selecting Option 1 which says something like (Biometrics appointment for a previously scheduled interview appointment"? Or are you selecting the option to schedule an appointment for "IR-1/CR-1....."? If you have an appointment already scheduled by NVC, you have to use option 1.

Is the passport inside the plastic wrap around the envelope of documents?

You will have to contact the CFO office and ask them to de-schedule that appointment. You will not be able to change the existing one and she can't go before the visa is issued

When the NVC sends it to the embassy, if they have yours and your fiancé(e)'s email addresses correct, you will both get an email letting you know that the file has been sent, with a K1-FTP letter attached to the email. While the case is sitting there at NVC, I highly recommend that you send them a Public Inquiry on their PI web page and ask that they verify that they have both of your email addresses in their system. This wiull ensure you both get any emails either from NVC or the embassy going forward. This is especially important as most communications from both entities come via email nowadays. I would word it something like: CEAC Case Number: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX I would like to make sure you have the petitioner and beneficiary emails updated in your system as follows: Petitioner Name: John Smith Petitioner email: john.smith@email.com Beneficiary Name: Jane Jones Beneficiary: jane.jones@email.com

Leave section 20 blank until you go before a Notary Public. At that time, the Notary will have you sign your names in ink and they will fill out the rest of that section (The part after "SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN....) That's how we did it and our ROM was accepted with no issues. The part about no hand-written forms is about the rest of the form.... the Notary part has to be hand-written

I don't know if it is Manila Embassy specific, but we tried this and the IV Unit responded with "K-1 Petition Approval Notices are only extended at the time of the interview by the Consular Officer and not before. If your approval notice is past its date of validity on the day of your interview and the Consular Officer approves your application, they will automatically extend the validity of the approval." OP I would suggest this, no matter when the interview occurs, bring updated Letters of Intent to Marry from both parties to the interview. This is good practice no matter what AND if the approval is nearing to the end of its validity date, according to the FSM, the consular officer can ask for updated letters prior to approving the visa.

Due to the gravity of a denied I-751 (USCIS no longer considers you a Lawful Permanent Resident) I would highly recommend that you consult a reputable immigration attorney. Preferably one who is a member of AILA.