Edward and Jaycel

As you can see here, it will still show as Nonimmigrant when it's issued. This was Jaycel's last status in the case.

This is also normal in the process.... When it passes to the NIV Unit for issuance it then shows in the CEAC Tracker as NonImmigrant. Same thing happened to Jaycel's case number.

This is normal.... The K-1 is technically a non-immigrant visa that is processed by the Immigrant Visa unit at the embassy, right up until it is time to be issued. Since it is a non-immigrant visa, it MUST be issued by the Non-Immigrant Visa unit. The case status changes to "Application Received" when the IV Unit passes it to the NIV unit for issuance. This happened in Jaycel's case there in Manila. (We got really nervous too ) I had a former Consular Officer explain this to me some time later. We had met him at a social event and I asked him a few things, this being one of them. Don't worry... The next step is "Approved" and then "Issued". Jaycel's changed from "Application Received" to "Approved" to "Issued" all within a matter of about 2-3 days.

Have you tried asking your congressional representative for their help inquiring with USCIS?

Absolutely send it FedEx

Do you not have a certified copy you can send to her via FedEx?

Same here....

It should say 1040 Tax Return Transcript

You do not need "certified" copies of the tax transcripts. The PDF you download from the irs.gov website is exactly what you will provide to USCIS

Yes you have a choice. USCIS prefers you to send the Tax Return Transcripts so if you have an online account with the IRS or can get one fairly quickly, I would get the transcripts. Yes Online filing is the way to go with the N-400 IMHO and you would scan your evidence into PDF for ease of upload.

If it’s been more than 30 days you can submit an inquiry with the lockbox support email

I am not blocked this time

Couple of other VJ members I'm in contact with outside of the site are blocked too... just like the issue that happened 6-8 months ago

@Captain Ewok the whole main page for Visa Journey is now broken for me

Here's a link to my post when we did our ROM with PCGSF

Fill out the DS-160 --> Schedule the VAC & Interview Appointments (must be scheduled in the same online session) --> Once you have the VAC/Interview Appointments set, then schedule the medical exam. Make it 7-10 days before your interview appointment (SLEC Medical Appointments are pretty easy to get). Then once you get the Visa in hand, schedule the CFO Counseling session.

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Yes the IOE number on your EAD is the case number that they assigned to your I-765 and the IOE on your Green Card is the case number they assigned to your I-485

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Generally yes However some with just you and her family will be good too

I'm going to assume your 2 weeks together coming up will be in the Philippines for the purposes of what I am going to say here: Save every boarding pass, hotel receipt, AirBnb receipt, etc Do things with your fiancée's family and take photos of the two of you with them Find a few "touristy" activities / locations there in the Philippines wherever you guys are going to be and take pictures of the two of you in front of the signs/landmarks, etc. Save those call logs / texts and put together a timeline of the relationship using samples from them Each of you write your story (Jaycel and I did this) - The consular officer doing Jaycel's interview at the embassy mentioned a couple of things from our stories during the interview. "Front-Load" your I-129F with all of this evidence. USCIS just requires proof that you two met in person within the 2 years prior to your filing the petition, your legal eligibility to marry each other and your letters of intent to marry but if you include all of this evidence in the petition, once approved it all gets sent to the embassy. As you can see from the item above, it's all available to the consular officer

Unfortunately she did not have to schedule, cancel and then re-schedule so I can't advise on that

This is the best advice - This is how we got Jaycel's appointment. We figured out that if you log in no more than once per hour, you shouldn't get locked out of the portal. We picked up what we believe was a canceled appointment because when we found it, it was the only slot open for the whole month at the time.

The embassy can… the CFO counselors can’t pull anything on you