This review will only cover the K-1 Visa Course. I completed the I-129F course and "preloading" the proof of relationship made the interview easy. My I-129F ...
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This review will only cover the K-1 Visa Course. I completed the I-129F course and "preloading" the proof of relationship made the interview easy. My I-129F petition was approved in 4 1/2 months as of the end of January 2019. So what now? I had reviewed the materials on the US Embassy web site (for London in my case) but wanted to make sure I didn't miss anything. I felt that the I-129F course prepared my for everything so I didn't hesitate to sign up for the K-1 Interview course. Viewing each video for the next step took the mystery out of the process.
A few comments on my specific experience. After the I-129F petition was approved, it sat at the NVC for approximately 6 weeks before they registered the case. Once registered and processed at NVC, it took about 3 weeks before my finance received the information packet from the embassy. However, once I had the case number, my fiance ordered the police report. In the UK it is all online, and he had the certificate within a few days. Scheduling the medical took another two weeks, since the designated practice only did Visa exams on Saturdays. A new requirement for the medical was a health records summary from your physician, which was not listed as a requirement on the embassy web site. Allowing 5 business days for the medical report to get to the embassy, the interview was scheduled. In the meantime, I prepared my affidavit of support, and included the recommended cover letter, one year's tax return transcript from the IRS, W2, and employment confirmation from my employer. Since I quality on income, I only included income information on the form.
When my fiance arrived for his interview, he was fingerprinted, photographed and turned in all the required documents. They only took the W2 along with the affidavit of support, and returned the other financial documentation. The interview was conducted seated at an open workstation with the agent behind a plexiglass screen like at a bank. The agent had a big file in front of him, which he likely reviewed before calling up my finance. The agent only asked a few questions: How did you meet? How often have you met each other in person? What are you wedding plans? (We have no specific plans, and the agent was ok with this.) Have you met each others' family? No additional information was requested though my finance had more pictures available. The agent told him that he was going to approve the application. The interview lasted no more than 5 minutes. The visa was available for pickup 7 days after the approval. My finance just gave 30-day notice at his job and we are starting to make plans for getting him and his stuff over here!
My advice is to make sure that you have ALL the required documents, and that you are using the correct version of the forms. In closing, the cost of the two courses was the best money ever spent for such an important life event. Don't drive yourself crazy by looking at every web site out there. Prem's approach WORKS and my finance's K1 approval in 8 months is the proof. Good luck to you all!
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