Edward and Jaycel

Today's stats: June 15, 2025 23:15 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 10,917 (+287) • Denied: 1325 • FingerprintScheduled: 70 • InterviewCancelled: 469 • InterviewScheduled: 9,006 (-227) • Processing: 19,118 (-87) • Received: 565 • Rejected: 102 • RFE: 418 • Terminated: 198 • Withdrawal: 49 • Others: 30

@Turquoise Sorry for the delayed response... busy weekend. Once the status of your I-129F goes from "Approved" to "Case Has been Sent to The Department of State" you can make an inquiry with the NVC to see if they have input your petition and created a Department of State case number. With this case number you can track the status of your visa application and where it is (At NVC, In Transit, Ready at the Embassy, Approved, Issued, etc.). I would give it about 3-4 weeks after the status changes before you make an inquiry. You will ask if you have a case number yet, attach a scan of the I-129F approval notice to the inquiry and in the first inquiry I would have them verify they they have the correct email addresses for petitioner an beneficiary. Below is an edited version of the first inquiry Jaycel and I made to them: Our I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiancée, was recently approved (June 1, 2024) and we received our I-797 (NOA2) from USCIS and were notified that our case was sent to the Department of State. We haven't received any further communication via mail or email and we were hoping we could obtain our NVC Case Number in order to progress with our application. I have attached our I-797 (NOA2) to this request for your reference. Thank you for any help you could provide. Also requesting if you could verify that our email addresses are correct as listed below: Petitioner: Edward XXXXXXX Petitioner email: email@email.com Beneficiary: Jaycel XXXXXXX Beneficiary email: email@email.com Thank you.

Thank you 😊 I hope so 🤞

Today's stats: June 14, 2025 23:15 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 10,630 (+273) • Denied: 1316 • FingerprintScheduled: 72 • InterviewCancelled: 448 • InterviewScheduled: 9,233 (-227) • Processing: 19,205 (-74) • Received: 568 • Rejected: 102 • RFE: 417 • Terminated: 197 • Withdrawal: 49 • Others: 30

Today's stats: June 13, 2025 23:15 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 10,357 (+285) • Denied: 1301 • FingerprintScheduled: 73 • InterviewCancelled: 429 • InterviewScheduled: 9,460 (-252) • Processing: 19,279 (-63) • Received: 570 • Rejected: 102 • RFE: 423 • Terminated: 196 • Withdrawal: 45 • Others: 31

“At NVC” means they have not shipped your file to the embassy yet. When they send it to the embassy, you will get an email with a K1-FTP letter attached stating it’s enroute to the embassy.

So happy for you @SL2024!! Glad this part of it is behind you now

I though it might because of the status showing “show fingerprint has been taken”. For whatever reason, and this is not set in stone or an absolute truth, all the reading and researching I have been doing since starting this journey shows that MSC cases seem to take a bit longer than IOE. Like I said, a lot of this is anecdotal and from reading other's accounts of their timelines. Don't sweat it too much, it will happen soon enough!

Does her receipt number begin with IOE or MSC?

Ah ok... so you got the acknowledgement email back from them saying they received your request? That's good... it can take them up to a week to respond. Right now they are processing Public Inquiry requests from 6/3/2025 Current Public Inquiry Form response time: As of 9-Jun-25, we are responding to inquiries received on 3-Jun-25.

Very true my friend. LOL

Did you send an email or did you use the public inquiry website?

Do NOT email... They will not give you case details via email. Use the public inquiry link below. In that online form, there is a button to attach files. Attach a scan of you I-129F approval notice and in the body of the request, ask them if your case number is available yet. After that, ask them to make sure they have the current email addresses for the petitioner and beneficiary and then give them both your email addresses. This will ensure that the NVC and then the embassy has both of your email addresses going forward. If they say they haven't created your case file yet, you can inquire every 10 days or so. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html

I can understand this prompting them to request police/FBI reports but the I-129F copy? I don't get that at all

Today's stats: June 12, 2025 23:15 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 10,072 (+243) • Denied: 1293 • FingerprintScheduled: 77 • InterviewCancelled: 396 • InterviewScheduled: 9,712 (-203) • Processing: 19,342 (-69) • Received: 577 • Rejected: 102 • RFE: 424 • Terminated: 196 • Withdrawal: 44 • Others: 32

I would agree with those above that the Spousal Visa is a superior option (This coming from a Phil-Am couple that went the K-1 route ) However, if you do decide to pursue the K-1 route, be sure to disclose your history AND provide court certified disposition of the cases with your filing. It does not seem that any of your past includes violations under the AWA so I would imagine that you will be ok. However, I am not an attorney, this is not legal advice and you may want to pay for a consult with a reputable immigration lawyer and discuss this before filing the I-129F, if you go that route. I had a conviction from when I was a young idiot 30+ years ago. Nothing violent or drug related under the "Special Offenses" listed on the I-129F. I was approved after an RFE for the court docs which I then provided. (I did not read the instructions for the I-129F carefully enough and while I DID disclose my conviction on the petition, I neglected to provide the court documents with the initial filing - Learn from my mistake ) Good luck, stay in the community here at VJ - it's an amazing support group - and let us know how you decide to proceed!

That won't affect you for this.... Since this medical exam is for your current filing it will be good until they adjudicate the I-485

Oh lord.. 2 weeks? Good thing you got right on this. Did they make your wife do the whole exam or did they do just the vaccine assessment? Thanks for reporting back @KoreaninHawaii

That’s so awesome!! We have been uploading unsolicited evidence every month since December and nothing since they requested an interview for us on March 13th.

@hplusj what time did you get the notification?

Woo Hoo!!!! 🎉🎉 So happy for you guys!!

Thanks for explaining this!

That estimated time to case decision is wildly inaccurate and fluctuates often so you can safely ignore it. You can check the case processing times at your local field office here: https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

This happens to everyone's "My Progress" timeline after biometrics... it does not mean your interview is waived. The new policy at USCIS under the Trump Administration is that almost no one gets an interview waiver so it's best to prepare yourself to have to attend one. Best of luck and we hope afor a speedy process for you!

I'd be lying if I said Jaycel and I didn't think this also 🥹 It's so hard watching people get scheduled for interviews 30-60 days after filing. Don't get me wrong, we are super happy for them but when we see the posts and stats on these ones, Jaycel has asked me on more than one occasion if USCIS has forgotten her case. It breaks my heart