Edward and Jaycel

Great news!! 🎉

I've seen reports on other forums that USCIS is aware there was a problem for January/Early February filers and it appears that they are slowly working their way back through the list of people that filed and had issues. Filing a non-delivery report is good as that should put you on their radar as someone that needs fixed.

Congrats!! 🎉🎉

Stop relying on these sites that tell you about the "People Around You". Those sites are garbage... the only firm data they can give you is from a small subset of cases that also sign up to that site. There are still hundreds of people waiting for approval from July and the months before. You have to understand that USCIS picks a subset of cases to process out of each month to keep their average processing time down. The thing I hate most about those sites is that every case is unique and what happens to the "People around you" has exactly zero bearing on your case. You would be better served becoming an "A Student" on the processes that follow (NVC, Embassy, AOS phases) so that you are well prepared

Scan all your docs into a PDF file and then, save the file. Then in the "File" menu of Adobe there should be an option to "Compress a PDF". This will save it again but as a smaller file size.

About a week before your interview, upload to the "Unsolicited Evidence" option on your online account any evidence of your marital bona fides that you have obtained since you filed (Joint bank account statements, joint utility bills, joint insurance policies, joint lease agreements, etc.) Focus on the evidence that shows that you two have joined your lives financially. A few photos are good too... with those, focus on pics that show you both with friends/family (public life as a couple), not just selfies. To the interview, bring a Cetrified True Copy (CTC) and a photocopy of all civil documents you submitted with the filing. Also bring IDs, Driver Licenses, husband and step daughter's passports with their entry stamp from when they entered the US. Also bring a hard copy of the evidence you upload prior to the interview in case the officer has trouble accessing it for whatever reason. Your Joint I-864 sponsor does not need to attend the interview. If you are at the interview stage, that means that the I-864 was qualified by USCIS during the NBC stage. The field office generally has nothing to do with the I-864 nor do they want to do anything with it. On this note however, if your joint sponsor has filed their 2025 taxes and has access to their Tax Return Transcript, it would be a good idea for you to bring a copy of that with you. Once approved, the Green Card is the work authorization so if your husband and step-daughter's EADs haven't been approved by the time they get the GC approval, those applications will just be administratively closed. Best of luck!

Good... keep your inquiries to the IV unit. They are the ones who will be handling your case all the way to the end when, after it's approved, they transfer it to the NIV unit to actually issue the visa. That's the only time that the NIV touches your file.

I found this under the K-1 / K-3 section of that website:

Here's the Department of State "supplements by Post" page for Ankara https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/ANK-Ankara.html

Oh yes.... they did add the feature a while back that you can't schedule until they validate that you paid

There is no expiration date on it but they should accept it if it was generated within 1 year. That's the standard for most embassies on police reports

It will be via email that they contact you.

The average time for USCIS to process 80% of cases right now is 10 months. Even though USCIS has started processing August filers, there are still many many July filers that haven't been processed yet. Each case is processed individually and there can be many factors as to why some cases are adjudicated before yours. The best thing you can do to preserve your sanity in this process is not compare yourself to the "Cases Around You" as certain websites let you do. Like I said, each case is processed individually. The best thing you can do while you're waiting is to become an "A-Student" on what comes next after the petition is approved (NVC stage, Embassy Stage) so that you understand exactly what you will need to do to navigate it with the least amount of friction. And I will tell you this from personal experience, it is never too early to start thinking about what to do after the beneficiary enters the country and the AOS process.

Good deal! Let us know how it goes!

Yes that's the actual visa application form and the confirmation page is what your fiancée will bring to the interview. The application is actually her application to the embassy. The confirmation number is what you will use when scheduling the interview.

I don't have experience specifically with the Paris Embassy, however in regards to your NOA2 expiry date, do not worry about that. It will not prevent your fiancée from going to the interview. If it is expired at the time of the interview, if the consular officer approves the visa, they will automatically extend the validity date of the NOA2. This happens quite often and it's written right into the Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) that they extend an expired NOA2 upon approval of the K-1 Visa. The only thing I would counsel you to do is to write up new "Letters of Intent to Marry" and have your fiancée bring them to the interview. For yours, you can create it, sign it and scan & send to her to print out and bring.

Generally, historically, if the overseas panel physician doing you medical exam gives you a blanket waiver for a vaccine based on it "not being available in the country at that time", as he should have if it wasn't flu season, then the adjudicating officer won't override that waiver. As long as the vaccine assessment (DS-3025) is marked as "K-Visa applicant voluntarily completed all vaccine requirements" you should be good. The notable exception as of late has been the polio vaccine, but that is a different animal because the CDC changed the age requirements in May 2024. Many overseas medical clinics either didn't get the change notice or ignored it and incorrectly issued a blanket waiver for the vaccine "Not being age appropriate". USCIS, in those instances, has the authority to overrule the panel physician because what they did is an error in direct contravention to the CDC guidelines, and they have been issuing RFEs for applicants to get the vaccine. In the case of the flu vaccine, the blanket waiver given to you by the panel physician was correct and within guidelines at the time of your exam so I think the liklihood of it being required at the interview is extremely low.

There's no way to tell, even after you get your case number when it will be sent to the embassy. It depends on the workload of the embassy and how many cases they tell the NVC they are ready to receive. For us, it took two inquiries to get the case number. The first one, they responded after about 3 or 4 days and said that they had our case but had not entered it into the system yet. I inquired about a week later and they gave us the case number. We did not make the batch shipment the week after and did not get the K-1 FTP and status change to "In Transit" until 3 weeks after getting our case number.

Woo Hoo!! Congratulations!! 🎉🎉

When we were trying to get Jaycel's appointment, we were splitting "shifts" and logging in every hour to check for appointments (that seemed to be the most frequent interval allowed without getting blacklisted for 72 hours). We ended up getting what we believe was someone's cancelation because it was the only appointment showing available on the calendar after having seen none the previous hour's check. It definitely wasn't part of a batch of open appointments released. Anyway... long winded way of saying that you need to check frequently, every day. Let us know how you do!

Second this!

Congrats!!! NVC is currently scheduling interviews in Manila for applicants DQ'd in October so they are about 4 months behind. Keep us all posted 🎉🎉

Any place you lived for more than 6 months after the age 16, you will need a police report when it comes time for the embassy interview stage

The USCIS policy manual states that the interpreter should be a disinterested party: “An applicant may not be fluent in English and may require use of an interpreter for the adjustment interview. At the adjustment interview, the interpreter should: Present his or her valid government-issued identity document and complete an interpreter's oath and privacy release statement; and Translate what the officer and the applicant say word-for-word to the best of his or her ability without adding the interpreter's own opinion, commentary, or answer. In general, a disinterested party should be used as the interpreter. An officer may exercise discretion, however, to allow a friend or relative of the applicant to act as interpreter. If the officer is fluent in the applicant's preferred language, the officer may conduct the examination in that language without use of an interpreter. USCIS reserves the right to disqualify an interpreter provided by the applicant if the officer believes the integrity of the examination is compromised by the interpreter's participation or the officer determines the interpreter is not competent to translate.” You yourself cannot be one as you are a direct party to the application. A friend might be considered to interpret as the officer has discretion to allow it BUT if the officer does not allow it, you will then be forced to make a choice; hold the interview without an interpreter or reschedule the interview. Neither are great options. I would hire a truly disinterested party so that there is no chance you will be forced into one of those choices. Best of luck! Let us know what happens.

Try this… Select Immigrant Visa and put “NA” for the passport number and surname fields