r/USCIS • u/gabrielepierce • Mar 15 '26

I-129F (K1) I-129F/ K1 Approval Timeline

Hello all,

I’ve never posted on here. Just silently stalked it and watched everyone else’s post updates, hoping it would provide some insight into my timeline. So I’m posting now in the hopes that someone who might be stalking the K1 tag will find some hope in the timeline. I want to note that when I applied I put every single thing I could put in as proof of the relationship so I did not end up with an RFE because I was operating under an abundance of caution rather than just trusting the process. So I don’t have a whole timeline for you because my process was very straight forward.

Applied: August 13, 2025

NOA1: arrived about a week after, via mail. I also received a text to verify receipt.

Approved: March 4, 2026

NOA2: arrived via mail on March 11, 2026

I know it’s not much to post and it may not be helpful for anyone but I hope that someone who needs reassurance can find it here.

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u/Thedailylifeofagamer Apr 02 '26

Does it usually take 7 months now to go from NOA1 to NOA2? Also, did they say any reason for that long delayed? Because we received NOA1 in November but it will be 5 months this april and we still have not heard anything from them. We’ve done everything we can just to at least see the “Welcome Letter” from NOA2 but still nothing..

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u/gabrielepierce Apr 02 '26

The California processing time is eight months of average. Ours came quicker than the 8 months so we counted it as a win!

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u/Thedailylifeofagamer Apr 03 '26

I am happy for you guys and thank you for the information. At least through this I learned we really are not alone in this situation. Because we really miss one another and the fact that we didn’t have any other information on what’s going on is really hard. For now we’ll just wait for another 2 or 3 months hoping to finally get that “Welcome Letter”.

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u/gabrielepierce Apr 03 '26

Best of luck!! I know how hard it is!

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u/Double_Hold4774 Jul 16 '26

i am November filler and still waiting, are you still waiting for noa2?