The Third Step - The First Notice of Action

This Took Place Between May 15th and May 20th.

Patience.
It's something I do not have alot of... when it comes to certain things.
Even though some thing my mom printed off ages ago said that people with my name have constant patience, I really do lack it in certain situations.
I mean, I can deal with idiots online no problem... but when it comes to things like sitting around waiting for people who control our future life do their job... that doesn't sit well.

May 8th our petition was sent in. The waiting started.

Time passed, I killed time by doing what I usually do. Watch stuff online and wander around the Visa Journey forums learning more about the K-1 process.

Eventually May 15th rolled around. Matt got the First Notice of Action in the mail. What is the Notice of action, or NOA for short? There is two different NOAs in the process. The first one lets you know that they have your petition and in time it will be looked at and approved.

At the time, and currently, California's service center is faster than Vermont's service center... by about a month. Which is nice. I do feel bad for the people at Vermont, but I guess that's how the cookie crumbles.

It was nice to see something coming from this, even though the check hasn't been cashed.

I decided to sign up for email updates on the USCIS website. You can add cases to your file and see if the dates change.

I signed up and added our case. On May 18th, our case date changed... but nothing else happened.

That is called a "Touch". It means someone physically handled your petition, even if nothing in particular happened.

May 20th rolled around and the check was cashed. Goodbye 455 American dollars. That was like almost 600 Canadian. Goodbye savings account. Haha.
(To be honest, I don't remember the exact cost. It's been too long and I don't really want to look it up again. It's depressing. Lols.)

I later assumed this touch on May 18th was our check being taken out of the package. Makes sense.

AND THUS MORE WAITING HAPPENED.

Yup.

Steps of a K-1 Visa:

• US Petitioner and Foreign Beneficiary Collect Needed Documents
• I-129F Package Sent
• Notice Of Action 1 Received by US Petitioner
• Notice Of Action 2 Received by US Petitioner
• Case Forwarded to the National Visa Center
• Case Forwarded to the Foreign Beneficiary's US Consulate
• Case Received by Foreign Beneficiary's Local US Consulate
• Forms and Checklist Sent to Foreign Beneficiary
• Foreign Beneficiary Compiles Needed Forms
• Foreign Beneficiary Sends Completed Forms to US Consulate
• US Consulate Issues Interview Date
• Interview Conducted at the US Consulate

Legend: Strikethrough + Blue show past steps, Bolded + Red shows current step