A recent American Immigration Lawyers Association meeting with consular officers from the Vancouver U.S. consulate yielded the following helpful tips about K-1 fiancee visa processing at the Vancouver office.
- American citizen fiancées are not required to attend. Consular officers would want them present if there were interpretation or assistance needs.
- K-1s are handled like all other visas in terms of the interview.
- Same day processing is not a possibility. Consular officers attempt to process the visas within 24-48 hours for retrieval from DHL 24-48 hours after that.
- The Vancouver office receives the approved petitions from the Kentucky Consular Center. Based on approval stamps, it receives petitions 3-4 weeks after the approval.
- The Vancouver office currently has no backlog. The case is generally delayed by the applicant, as the office waits for their notification that they have collected the necessary documents.
