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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsOctober 2008 Filers With The CSC
Yeah, I guess those three Oct. cases were probably special! They haven't even gotten through half of the August petitions let alone September or October! I'm starting to get restless (which is probably why I'm a September filer posting in an October board). I'm sticking my nose into other forums...haha.
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-07 18:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsOctober 2008 Filers With The CSC
QUOTE (cutedolphinn @ Jan 5 2009, 10:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hey Sajori,

I tried to look the link you gave, which one is that? Thanks if you could tell me.


i sent you a PM
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-05 23:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsOctober 2008 Filers With The CSC
hey guys...im a sept. filer...so maybe i'm not allowed here... smile.gif

but i did see some october filers approved

go to : http://www.visajourn...thly_filers.php

this is the new igor's list (generated from the VJ website)


if you change the filters to show 'approved petitions' and scroll down to october, i believe there are already three that have been approved (i think they were expedited) but it's still good news, right?!
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-05 22:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
Hey Everyone!!

I just thought I'd update. I don't log on too often now to VisaJourney, basically because it would drive me crazy:) Kyiv received our papers, but for personal reasons (future plans, etc) we can't do the interview until the end of April (but I did already buy my plane ticket, YAY!!)

So now it's just a waiting game ... and if I'm reading everybody's posts here, it's just going to make me more impatient!!

I hope everything is falling into place for all the other September filers! For the rest of you, good luck!
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-02-18 23:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
well i'm bummed...nvc told me my petition was sent out (or rather picked up by dhl on the 16th). i can't find any packages going to Kyiv. Maybe I just have to wait until next week? If so, that's unfortunate...

have you found yours yet karri? or any other Sept. filers?!?!?
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-18 13:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
update: our case was sent to kyiv!

don't worry benika! as far as i have seen, anyone who has an RFE takes care of the probably easily and within a few weeks has their NOA2!!
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-16 21:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
you know,

all this tracking stuff and status updates, igor's list, timelines, it just makes me more obsessive about this whole process.

but i love every minute of it smile.gif

thanks for the dhl info karri!
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-15 20:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
QUOTE (Karri @ Jan 15 2009, 05:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (dilbert30 @ Jan 15 2009, 12:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Karri - Your tips and tricks will prove useful. Yes, you are right, your positive vibes helped me. Which consulate will Sam go to in India? Delhi,Bby?
Yes Delhi.

Here's the info on NVC they are open from 7:30 am EST to 12 Midnight EST, 603-334-0700 My friend told me to call them when they first open or close for less wait time, but guess what I just called them at 5:!3 pm and only had to wait for one min to speak to someone lol so go figure. They don't have my case yet btw, ugh. I would suggest you wait at least a week after your approval before you contact them. When you follow the prompts on the automated system you'll be connected with an operator. You have to give them the beneficiaries name, and date of birth and the petitioner's name and date of birth.
Questions to ask them:
1) Have you received my case yet? When?
2) If yes, what is the new case #? (this # will stay on the file all the way to the embassy and you need it for Packet 3)
3) Has it left the NVC yet? When?

If they give you a date when it left the NVC I have info on how to potentially track it on the DHL website. Also if you choose not to call them, you can email them instead and they will respond within 2-3 business days. NVCInquiry@state.gov

You will also receive a letter from them when they send it to the Consulate @ Delhi.



karri-

what is this secret way of tracking via dhl that you speak of? please enlighten us!
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-15 18:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
QUOTE (dilbert30 @ Jan 14 2009, 09:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Guys - Finally mine has been approved as well. Karri, Chuck and Grace, Sarjori, etc...thanks for your prayers, positive vibes and wishes.

Guys, Gals and Gurus - advice me how do I proceed further?

I have colelcted, bank statement, tax transcript and employment letter.
Will need pay stubs and I-134. Anything else?

Thanks



CONGRATULATIONS!

just keep hounding nvc to see when they receive and send out your petition to the embassy. my fiance already has most of his documents gathered, passport, international passport, police certificate, school records, immunizations (but i wanted to get a start on that while i was still living with him over there, so ihad an advantage). i would go to the specific embassy website, they all require different things, like we don't have a packet 3 for kyiv,ukraine but others have to do this.

So first, alert your fiance/e as to what they need to start looking for, if it needs to be translated, then get on it. Sometimes police certificates can be hard to get. On your end I would start finding proof of support. For me, we only need to show tax transcripts because my dad's income is above the poverty line (thank god) others need to show a lot of proof because their assets/stocks/bonds put them over the poverty line. then look at the forms (ds-156, ds-156k) and also start getting proof of your continued relationship since you met.

but like i said, i would definitely check out the embassy website, and even contact them if you want you. i wouldn't take anyone's advice as gold, because we all have different situations, and sometimes people make mistakes. good luck!
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-15 07:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers


***UPDATE***

Sooooo

I just called NVC and spoke with a VERY nice guy. He said that they just received our NOA2 today. I'm assuming that means a lot of other Sept. NOA2s should be there today or tomorrow, because we were all approved within 2 or 3 days of one another. Secondly, I've been getting scared reading about all the rumors of "AP" and background checks that can hold up petitions for 6 weeks. So I asked about this as well. He told me that for K1 petitions the NVC doesn't do any sort of background check, and that all the processing is done at the consulate. He said that the NVC usually processes a K1 and sends it off within 7 days. Now...I know some people have been told contradicting things at the call centers...but I sure hope what he told me is true!

SO EXCITED!

and congratulations to the newly approved September filers. It's so great that we'll all be able to ask each other's advice as we go further into the process!

*~Sarah~*
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-14 21:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
QUOTE (Tankgurl38 @ Jan 13 2009, 04:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
We were approved last night.

blush.gif


CONGRATULATIONS!!!
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-13 17:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
QUOTE (dilbert30 @ Jan 12 2009, 01:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Did you guys see a touch before the approval - sept filers - karri, sarjori, etc... I have not seen any touches since 9/30.

Did it come by email or postal mail

I am getting really anxious...I need the NOA2 approval soon...

Thanks.



no touches! good luck
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-12 15:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
UGH. already problems. I called NVC (i know it's a little early) but the woman i spoke with at the NVC said that we should wait 90 days for them to receive the information from immigration?! What the h e l l?!?! 90 days? I have never read that on this site before! I asked...even for a K1 visa? and she said yes. Please tell me this isn't true?
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-12 08:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
QUOTE (madbee626 @ Jan 10 2009, 01:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i wonder how the sept vsc filers are doing hehehe...



oh boy...i get the feeling that is a VEEERRRYYY sore subject for the VSC sept. filers. it's ashame the two centers can't be a little more equal.
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-10 13:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
QUOTE (cakana16 @ Jan 10 2009, 09:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (sajori @ Jan 9 2009, 11:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
because of grad school and other plans we are waiting 3.5 months to do the visa interview, but i'm definitely going back to ukraine for the interview. now i spend my time looking up plane ticket prices! i'm so excited to see my fiance!! (even though it's a long way off) smile.gif


When was the last time you saw your SO? I just got back last week and before the I was there for 3.5 weeks in Oct/Nov.... I can say that has made it much easier dealing with the wait. Anyways, for those of us who haven't yet received the NOA2, we will get them when we are supposed to get them. I believe everything happens for a reason good.gif



Well I lived in Ukraine for two years(for Peace Corps), so we were together a lot at the beginning, then he got a job in Russia and was required to work for 90 days and then come home for a month, after doing that three times, we got used to the long-distance thing. It was definitely hard at the beginning though. I just got back from Ukraine in November and we knew that we had a long wait in between, but I'm only 24 and not yet settled with a career (I'm trying to work & do grad school, making a big move to New York from Michigan). I can't be living with my parents and inviting him over. In the meantime, he's working and saving up money. We know that 6 or 7 months is do-able if we can spend the rest of our lives together! (and yes, i'm going for an optimistic outlook:) )

i know other couples have to wait a lot longer than us, and some have never done the long-distance thing. it's especially hard at the beginning.

Edited by sajori, 10 January 2009 - 11:22 AM.

sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-10 11:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
because of grad school and other plans we are waiting 3.5 months to do the visa interview, but i'm definitely going back to ukraine for the interview. now i spend my time looking up plane ticket prices! i'm so excited to see my fiance!! (even though it's a long way off) smile.gif

what are you newly approved filers doing smile.gif ?
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-10 00:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!

can i please say 'i told you so smile.gif? '

QUOTE (cakana16 @ Jan 9 2009, 07:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Congratulations!!!! Can I be next please?



yes, now it's your turn and dilbert's!!! this is a fun week, isn't it?!

Edited by sajori, 09 January 2009 - 07:39 PM.

sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-09 19:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers


come on CSC!! i feel like it'll be karri & dilbert next wink.gif

i think we should consider ourselves lucky..they haven't even gotten through that many august petitions..just a little over half!
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-09 13:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
QUOTE (madbee626 @ Jan 8 2009, 08:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
oh wow. a touch.



09-22-2008 - sent I129f
09-26-2008 - received NOA1
01-08-2009 - touched



congratulations!! i'm telling you...someone has a box of september i-129s !!!
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-08 20:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
QUOTE (dilbert30 @ Jan 8 2009, 09:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
did you get touches before the approval came? did it come by email?



that's what surprised me...they received my petition on 9/15, NOA 9/16 and I had a touch on 9/17 but nothing since then. I doubt they would have been working on it for that long. also i looked at other september petitions...there were maybe four others around my NOA1 date that had been given an NOA2 but they were all given the NOA2 about a month earlier than mine..so maybe mine just sat around longer? (even though 113 days is a REALLY short time to wait!)

i was worried that they had stopped processing september filers after christmas...i was seeing only july and august filers (and even earlier) but i guess that's not the case. you guys should all be really soon!

if you look at the list of sept. filers on igor's list 2 you can see really clearly who has gotten an RFE ...which makes me think they're already halfway through september...so maybe your files are all waiting on a desk to be taken care of soon!!
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-08 09:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
thanks guys smile.gif now we know someone has gotten to a box of mid-Septembers!!
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-07 21:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers

AHHHHHHHHHH I'm shaking! I JUST checked the site...and did a double take when I saw the date had changed! WE'RE APPROVED!!! This is good news for all us Sept. filers!!








*** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL ***

The last processing action taken on your case

Receipt Number: WAC0824551372

Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On January 7, 2009, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.

If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case status results listed above, or if you have not received a decision from USCIS within the current processing time listed*, please contact USCIS Customer Service at (800) 375-5283.

*Current processing times can be found on the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov under Case Status and Processing Dates.
*** Please do not respond to this e-mail message.


Sincerely,


The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-07 21:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
ok, i probably need to find something better to do with my time than read these boards constantly, but have you guys seen this?

http://www.visajourn...h...;f=80&id=23

it's the new igor's list..and you can filter out petitions, and i filtered to find out how many petitions have been approved each month (it's interesting because the old IL didn't show that) and there have already been 24 September approvals! (and 3 in october...but those were expedited)

-sarah

Edited by sajori, 05 January 2009 - 03:23 PM.

sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-05 15:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
well, it's the start of a new week! we've made it through the holiday season. let's hope for the best, right?

(glad to hear that many of you had the opportunity to spend time with your significant others!)

-sarah

Edited by sajori, 05 January 2009 - 02:04 PM.

sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-05 14:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
Hey guys,

yeah they definitely haven't been processing any NOA2s, but i guess they deserve a holiday too, right?? smile.gif

sounds like you're on top of things dilbert...off the top of my head i can't think of anything we need. you know what makes me nervous? they're starting to process all the ds-156 forms electronically! i'm going to do all that paperwork and i'm hesistant to start on it. i wish they'd just announce when each embassy will be switching over to electronic filing!

let's hope this upcoming week will bring us a few surprises! smile.gif
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-02 18:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
QUOTE (Karri @ Dec 30 2008, 09:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Wis-Can @ Dec 28 2008, 08:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hey Karri I've got my fingers crossed for you...hopefully you'll hear soon.


Thank you! I need all the luck I can get right now. It's so hard to plan the wedding when we don't have a date yet. I am starting to check VJ and the USCIS a lot more now that the noa2 is around the corner possibly. I just wish CSC picked up the pace again. I think they are sleeping or resting at home this week haha.

Where's dilbert? He's been quiet.




Karri,

You seem so optimistic! It's great...I read your posts and now I'm starting to get my hopes up! I just feel like because our(my fiance and I) case is for Ukraine it'll take us longer to get the NOA2. The Ukraine NOA2s seem to take awhile longer (like 160 days) compared to these couples getting o'k 115 days in. I guess we just have to hope for the best. Have a Happy New Year!
sajoriMaleUkraine2008-12-30 22:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
There weren't ANY NOA2s issued today?!?! Maybe I'm jumping the gun... smile.gif
sajoriMaleUkraine2008-12-23 20:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
Congratulations to everyone who is receiving their NOA2s! It's so nice to see they're processing so many before Christmas! And good luck to the rest of us smile.gif Being a 9/16 NOA1 myself, I feel like I have a while longer to wait!

By the way...on the USCIS site it shows that they have the 25th and 26th off...I know it's great to have a 4-day weekend but they even have to work on Christmas Eve! Props to them...
sajoriMaleUkraine2008-12-23 13:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
QUOTE (BabylonFari_K1 @ Dec 21 2008, 09:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (sajori @ Dec 20 2008, 01:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i hope i'm posting this in the right place?!?!

so im one of the mysterious sept 08 filers that never made it to this site, until now! i just spent 27 months in ukraine as a peace corps volunteer and now we're (my fiance and i) doing a k1 visa

9/13 sent petition
9/16 NOA1

now we're just waiting like the rest of you smile.gif good luck

-sarah



Hey Sarah- Welcome! I'm actually a VSC September filer- JEALOUS OF ALL THE CSC SEPTEMBERS GETTING APPROVED!!!!!! But I saw your post and I met my fiancee while I was in the Peace Corps in Guyana- Did your PC staff have problems with yuo hooking up with a "local" too?

Eve




Oh that's great Eve! I figured there'd have to be a good number of volunteers who do the same thing that we're doing! Actually PC staff was fine with it. Now if we had wanted to get married there, I would have needed permission (or something like that) of the country director, but we're doing a K1. They let him come to our COS conference and everything. But Ukraine is a big program (we have almost 400 volunteers in country) and I think about one person from every group ended up marrying a HCN. They actually gave you problems? Did they discourage volunteers from dating? That's a little strange. Two years and they expect us not to get to know the people we live and work with?!?! That's more than a little unreasonable!

-Sarah

sajoriMaleUkraine2008-12-21 13:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 08 K1 fillers
i hope i'm posting this in the right place?!?!

so im one of the mysterious sept 08 filers that never made it to this site, until now! i just spent 27 months in ukraine as a peace corps volunteer and now we're (my fiance and i) doing a k1 visa

9/13 sent petition
9/16 NOA1

now we're just waiting like the rest of you smile.gif good luck

-sarah
sajoriMaleUkraine2008-12-20 01:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports6+ months waiting Club
Hey guys,

I came across your thread and I read it start to finish! I'm not yet a part of this group (but who knows, judging from the rest of you, anyone can get thrown into this category). I know that it isn't worth much, but I'd just like to say my thoughts are with you, and you have the right to whine and complain as much as you want! It's just amazing that the process can drag so much...especially when it's people's lives and futures that hang in the balance. Good luck to all of you!

star_smile.gif Sarah
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-05 16:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedureshardship
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Edited by sajori, 28 December 2008 - 06:42 PM.

sajoriMaleUkraine2008-12-28 18:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhich Service Center to file
I also have heard of many problems involving change-of-address slowing down the process. I would think about it carefully. Besides, one month CSC is faster, a few months later, VSC is going faster. Good luck!
sajoriMaleUkraine2009-01-05 16:53:00