Edward and Jaycel

Friends of ours had their interview on July 29th and no movement since, other than about an hour after they left the interview, their case status changed to "Case Is Being Actively Reviewed By USCIS". I'm in a support chat for folks with cases pending here at the Denver Field Office and some get the approval the next day and many others have waited 60ish days until their case decision.

You can call USCIS but if you show up to a field office without an appointment, you will be turned away.

And keep in mind it is completely dependant on your local field office and what their backlog looks like

How was yours?

Ok just want to be sure you were not talking about the I-765.... I will assume that the K-2 entrant is under 14 years of age since that is the only time the fee reduction applies. This is in interesting situation.... I haven't seen any K-2 AOS applications filed concurrently with the K-1 get rejected so I have no data to pull from. Since you filled out the Filing Category part correctly, it seems to have been rejected in error and my logical brain says that if you include the rejection notice along with the neon green paper and an explanation that it was originally filed concurrently, that they should accept the reduced fee. However, I would defer to longer term members here to get their thoughts as well. @Crazy Cat @TBoneTX @OldUser @Dashinka

Reduced fee for what application?

Under Part 2. Item 2. of the I-485 for the K-2 entrant, did you enter the receipt number from the approved I-129F petition AND under item 3.a. did you check the box next to "Person admitted to the United States as a fiancé(e) or child of a fiancé(e) of a U.S. citizen (K-1/K-2 Nonimmigrant)."?

Yes there absolutely could be a problem. There have been people refused a K-1 visa for being "too married" to qualify for simply having a celebration ceremony in the intending immigrant's home country. I would be very cautious about having any kind of ceremony prior to entering the US on the K-1 visa.

The site has been slow for me all day today as well

We put everything in one file with a cover letter at the beginning that had a table of contents. Our officer remarked how organized we were

Jaycel's status still shows "Card Produced" with tracking number "UNAVAILABLE" and we received it on 8/1/2025 😆

Pakistan has a reputation for long administrative processing times.... 1 month and 13 days is on the very low side of timelines I have seen in the recent past. Please prepare yourself mentally for 2-3 more months of waiting. If it comes sooner than that, then you will be pleasantly surprised.

They can but then you are stuck doing the vaccines here and then hoping you can find a civil surgeon who will do just the vaccine assessment part of the I-693. Most will not do that and you end up doing the whole medical over again. Jaycel and I got really lucky to find one here in Denver to do that for us because she was missing the Polio Vaccine. They were the only one out of roughly 25 that I called that would do just the vaccine assessment,

You are fine with what you have And yes go over the Yes/No questions from the I-485 - Specifically have your husband read them aloud to you. It's very different reading them in your head and answering than it is to hear them asked aloud. This helped Jaycel when it came time at the interview for the officer to ask a bunch of these. Did you scan and upload your evidence into the portal under the "Unsolicited Evidence" section?

This is standard and not optional. You must have the Immigrant Medical Exam or you will not be approved for your K-1 visa

Unless it has changed, there is a "Travel Information" section and it will ask you the purpose of your trip to the US and you will select "FIANCÉ(E) OR SPOUSE OF A U.S. CITIZEN (K)" and under that it will ask you to specify which you will select "FIANCÉE OF A U.S. CITIZEN (K1)". Under that it will ask for your Application/Receipt Number and there you will enter the receipt number from the approved I-129F petition.

Once you finish the online application, the DS-160 is valid for 1 year

Careful of what you "hear" about things at the Manila embassy.... the rumor mill about "blanket" embassy processes in the Philippines is completely out of control and usually overblown and often downright wrong. It is up to the Consular Officer that is conducting the interview whether to require the I-134, if they will accept a joint sponsor, etc. A second I-134 filled out on behalf of your fiancée by your father would be him being a "Joint Sponsor". He does not join on your I-134. All you can do is be prepared with the two I-134s to give to your fiancée to bring to the interview. We did not use two as my income exceeded the requirements.

They normally do not ask but they can ask anyone for it at anytime so I would be prepared and fill one out yourself as the primary sponsor (regardless of your income) and to have a joint sponsor (your father) fill one out as well and have your fiancée bring them to the interview.

Ok good deal! Definitely let us know how it goes

One caveat to this... whether or not they allow her to do the walk-in is completely up to the counselor in charge of that branch of CFO.

Just have her show up on the morning session and request to do a walk-in. (Have her get there at the earliest time that they allow check-ins) Tell her to bring the original appointment notice for the canceled one and proof of the flight reservations on the 22nd and they should allow her to do the appointment on a walk-in basis.

They do not.... Jaycel just got her GC delivered 2 weeks ago and they delivered it to the mailbox. Same with her EAD a few months ago.

We got Jaycel’s green card 2 weeks ago and the status on the portal still says “Card Was Produced” and tracking number is UNAVAILABLE 🤣🤣

Ah ok good... I had to do it a few years ago and they did find it. I guess it depends on your local office