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K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (G&A @ Dec 6 2007, 10:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (My Honey @ Dec 6 2007, 08:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Dec 6 2007, 01:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (My Honey @ Dec 6 2007, 09:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This process is extreme! USCIS is at their own pace which redefines the word wait.... There is no preparing for this painful and heartbreaking process. The entire process is an emotional roller coaster ride from the beginning to the very end and really takes a toll on a person. No matter how hard you try to concentrate on something else; its just impossbile to push it out of your head. But, trying to speed up the process is IMPOSSIBLE! USCIS moves slower than a snail.... I really hope for the rest of the VJ members USCIS hires staffing and begins processing applications within reasonable timeframes like what I was told when we submitted our applications. But, our applications have taken several turns and delays. Unfortunately, you have no control and that was very difficult for me because we are just information on their papers but, to us its our life and family.... Hang in there and your time will come.. Experiencing those approvals takes a little pain away but, this experience I will never forget... Its priceless to have your husband and family by your side. Good luck to everyone waiting and try to keep your chin up because you are dealing with people that you probably never imagined these difficult people existed. They are difficult and they think totally different from how we think.... Thanks My Honey for your words of encouragement. I felt like everyone left me behind to struggle alone on this thread. Everyone but me has their petitions approved and have moved on to the next thread. I don't even think G&A has quit updating the chart. Of course, I am the only one left, I think, anyway, so what is there to update, lol. Maybe by next week I can move on to the "petitions forwarded to NVC" thread. Thanks for coming back and keep me encouraged. Good luck to you, Deb Deb, That is why we are here on the VJ to encourage each other and express our emotions. Man, are those words true!!! With this entire process I have experienced so many emotions from the greatest high to the absolute low... Also, people tell you just a little more longer but, they have no ideal and have never experienced what you have experienced unless they themselves are going thru the process. (I actually hated hearing just a little more longer...) You will get to that next thread. Keep on moving forward and I know what really helped me was planning the future with my husband. All these positive thoughts helps this crazy and uncalled for waiting game... Deb, We have not forgotten you. Keep your hopes up. We are all here for you. Maybe Santa will bring you a nice some nice shiny approvals for Christmas! Dont lose hope. I know how terrible you must feel being the only one left...Lets just USCIS employees get yours done before the Christmas holidays. take care, A Hi A, Thanks for your encouragement also. The lady yesterday told me over the phone that my petition is on someone's desk right now, so I think I will get the Christmas present I want, an approval, lol! As you can see in my timeline, this morning the date on my I-130 has changed to today's date and I-129F was changed to yesterday's date, maybe phone call generated, but I am focusing on the one that shows today's date which I want to believe is the adjudicator working on the case hopefully. My husband is excited because I told him the news this morning when we chatted online. He is having a dinner this Sunday at his mother's house this Sunday in honor of our marriage (traditional celebration) and then he will host another one when I go to Lagos for his interview which I hope will be by January. I have money saved enough to go to Lagos at any given moment, lol, so I hope it gets approved soon so I can celebrate with my husband and his family for an approved interview, lol. Thanks everyone for keeping me encouraged. I really need it right now more than you know. Feeling really depressed. Good luck at the NVC. Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-12-06 11:37:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (My Honey @ Dec 6 2007, 10:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Dec 6 2007, 01:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (My Honey @ Dec 6 2007, 09:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This process is extreme! USCIS is at their own pace which redefines the word wait.... There is no preparing for this painful and heartbreaking process. The entire process is an emotional roller coaster ride from the beginning to the very end and really takes a toll on a person. No matter how hard you try to concentrate on something else; its just impossbile to push it out of your head. But, trying to speed up the process is IMPOSSIBLE! USCIS moves slower than a snail.... I really hope for the rest of the VJ members USCIS hires staffing and begins processing applications within reasonable timeframes like what I was told when we submitted our applications. But, our applications have taken several turns and delays. Unfortunately, you have no control and that was very difficult for me because we are just information on their papers but, to us its our life and family.... Hang in there and your time will come.. Experiencing those approvals takes a little pain away but, this experience I will never forget... Its priceless to have your husband and family by your side. Good luck to everyone waiting and try to keep your chin up because you are dealing with people that you probably never imagined these difficult people existed. They are difficult and they think totally different from how we think.... Thanks My Honey for your words of encouragement. I felt like everyone left me behind to struggle alone on this thread. Everyone but me has their petitions approved and have moved on to the next thread. I don't even think G&A has quit updating the chart. Of course, I am the only one left, I think, anyway, so what is there to update, lol. Maybe by next week I can move on to the "petitions forwarded to NVC" thread. Thanks for coming back and keep me encouraged. Good luck to you, Deb Deb, That is why we are here on the VJ to encourage each other and express our emotions. Man, are those words true!!! With this entire process I have experienced so many emotions from the greatest high to the absolute low... Also, people tell you just a little more longer but, they have no ideal and have never experienced what you have experienced unless they themselves are going thru the process. (I actually hated hearing just a little more longer...) You will get to that next thread. Keep on moving forward and I know what really helped me was planning the future with my husband. All these positive thoughts helps this crazy and uncalled for waiting game... Thanks My Honey! It really helps when there is someone else out there that has gone through the same things as you to keep you feeling like there will be a light at the end of this long, grueling, dark tunnel they keep us in. There are people on VJ who filed in July who are already being approved and here I still sit, not approved, and I filed in May, I should be moving on to the NVC now, but noooooo, they have to make us suffer just a little bit longer. I talked to my husband this morning and explained the situation this morning. We are realling hoping that the change to today's date on I-130 means they are now actively working on our petition. We will stay positive and think that maybe by the end of this week or beginning of next, we will see our approval. Thanks again, Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-12-06 11:26:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (My Honey @ Dec 6 2007, 09:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This process is extreme! USCIS is at their own pace which redefines the word wait.... There is no preparing for this painful and heartbreaking process. The entire process is an emotional roller coaster ride from the beginning to the very end and really takes a toll on a person. No matter how hard you try to concentrate on something else; its just impossbile to push it out of your head. But, trying to speed up the process is IMPOSSIBLE! USCIS moves slower than a snail.... I really hope for the rest of the VJ members USCIS hires staffing and begins processing applications within reasonable timeframes like what I was told when we submitted our applications. But, our applications have taken several turns and delays. Unfortunately, you have no control and that was very difficult for me because we are just information on their papers but, to us its our life and family.... Hang in there and your time will come.. Experiencing those approvals takes a little pain away but, this experience I will never forget... Its priceless to have your husband and family by your side. Good luck to everyone waiting and try to keep your chin up because you are dealing with people that you probably never imagined these difficult people existed. They are difficult and they think totally different from how we think.... Thanks My Honey for your words of encouragement. I felt like everyone left me behind to struggle alone on this thread. Everyone but me has their petitions approved and have moved on to the next thread. I don't even think G&A has quit updating the chart. Of course, I am the only one left, I think, anyway, so what is there to update, lol. Maybe by next week I can move on to the "petitions forwarded to NVC" thread. Thanks for coming back and keep me encouraged. Good luck to you, Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-12-06 11:07:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (socalwaiter @ Dec 6 2007, 09:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (syadira @ Dec 6 2007, 05:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (amoro @ Dec 5 2007, 10:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Dec 5 2007, 05:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello everyone, I hope everyone is having a great week. I don't think too many people are left to write on this thread but me. I am really feeling lonely on this thread since most everyone on this thread has been approved but me . To update everyone, I just called USCIS and she assured me that our petition is now on an adjudicator's desk and of course, they felt the need to tell me that I just called on Nov. 30 and that I should give more time than just three days for them to approve the petition. I let her know that I was calling to find out if it was actually on someone's desk and now that I have that assurance, I am satisfied and will let them do their job. Some have no clue or compassion for the inordinate amount of waiting a couple has already done before they start calling their office. I have never bothered them at all until my petition was past the processing date and now that I know it is on someone's desk, I will leave them alone and wait patiently for their decision. Thanks for listening, Deb Hi Deb, no, I have not been approved until now. Next week on Dec. 12 will be six month since I started to file the I-130. But no answer from USCIS. I am very depressed and angry at the USCIS-Working. I don't know whether I can call them now or not? On next Wednesday is the 6.months over. I am really frustrated now. Last week my case is touched, but my status haven't been changed. Is it a good sign? How is it, can I call the USCIS next week and ask about my status, or should I wait 30 days after this timeframe? I hope our cases will be approved very very soon. I don't now what to do, if I should wait more!?!?! Thanks! Amoro my husband is angered by this situation, we will wait 6 months, this is next Thursday 13 and these day He will call to USCIS and ask for an explanation,I am really frustrated also Hello Deb, I'm there for company. I've been patiently waiting for just about 6 months now. My patience just about running out. Very tired and sad. June 12th - Sent 130 June 19th - NOA1 (Never received NOA1, got WAC number from the check encashed and checked online) 9/20/07 - Touch July 23rd - Sent I-129F Aug 14th - NOA1 9/20/07 - Touch Congrats to all those who have got it approved. Very sad right now... Karthik Hi Karthik, I can sympathize with you. Next week, yours will reach the six-month mark. My is almost a month over the six months. However, I just looked on USCIS website and noticed that the I-130 has a date changed to today and my I-129F has a date of yesterday. I called USCIS yesterday, so yesterday's date probably is generated from my call, but today's date on I-130 looks hopeful. The lady told me that our petition was on someone's desk right now to be adjudicated, so I am hoping by the end of the week or next week to have my approval, so we can finally move on in this process with everyone else that was on this thread. Good luck for you! Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-12-06 10:29:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (amoro @ Dec 5 2007, 08:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Dec 5 2007, 05:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello everyone, I hope everyone is having a great week. I don't think too many people are left to write on this thread but me. I am really feeling lonely on this thread since most everyone on this thread has been approved but me . To update everyone, I just called USCIS and she assured me that our petition is now on an adjudicator's desk and of course, they felt the need to tell me that I just called on Nov. 30 and that I should give more time than just three days for them to approve the petition. I let her know that I was calling to find out if it was actually on someone's desk and now that I have that assurance, I am satisfied and will let them do their job. Some have no clue or compassion for the inordinate amount of waiting a couple has already done before they start calling their office. I have never bothered them at all until my petition was past the processing date and now that I know it is on someone's desk, I will leave them alone and wait patiently for their decision. Thanks for listening, Deb Hi Deb, no, I have not been approved until now. Next week on Dec. 12 will be six month since I started to file the I-130. But no answer from USCIS. I am very depressed and angry at the USCIS-Working. I don't know whether I can call them now or not? On next Wednesday is the 6.months over. I am really frustrated now. Last week my case is touched, but my status haven't been changed. Is it a good sign? How is it, can I call the USCIS next week and ask about my status, or should I wait 30 days after this timeframe? I hope our cases will be approved very very soon. I don't now what to do, if I should wait more!?!?! Thanks! Amoro Hi Amoro, I started calling because I am now more than two weeks over the processing time. I wouldn't start calling them until you are at or over the six-month mark. They will just tell you to wait until then anyway. That way, they will be more apt to pull your file if you are over the processing goal. It might be a good sign that your case was touched. That means someone has picked up your file and looked at it. It has been the norm for people to see touches and the status not change lately. Some people don't see any touches, but still get approval notices in the snail mail. I would wait a couple of weeks to call if I were you. Good luck! Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-12-06 00:47:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	Hello everyone, I hope everyone is having a great week. I don't think too many people are left to write on this thread but me. I am really feeling lonely on this thread since most everyone on this thread has been approved but me . To update everyone, I just called USCIS and she assured me that our petition is now on an adjudicator's desk and of course, they felt the need to tell me that I just called on Nov. 30 and that I should give more time than just three days for them to approve the petition. I let her know that I was calling to find out if it was actually on someone's desk and now that I have that assurance, I am satisfied and will let them do their job. Some have no clue or compassion for the inordinate amount of waiting a couple has already done before they start calling their office. I have never bothered them at all until my petition was past the processing date and now that I know it is on someone's desk, I will leave them alone and wait patiently for their decision. Thanks for listening, Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-12-05 17:10:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (wintime @ Dec 4 2007, 11:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Dec 2 2007, 08:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (KingsleysPrincess @ Dec 1 2007, 06:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Dec 1 2007, 08:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (KingsleysPrincess @ Dec 1 2007, 04:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congrats to the people who have received their approvals! Deb, Please hang in there! So glad you called to see what the heck is going on. Remember, they told me my petitions were on the shelf on Nov 7th and they had never been touched and then lo & behold, approval came on Nov 15th. I expect you will see something from them soon. ~Tomeca Tomeca, I am glad also that I called or we would have still been waiting. However, you got a mean person to answer your call. This lady was very kind and helpful and asked questions of me instead of the other way around. She said she would pull our file and place it on an adjudicator's desk since it was out of processing time. So "wait and see". Isn't that what we are always doing???? Deb Deb, It's great you got a nice lady! I called NVC on Thursday to check to see if they had received our I-129F yet. The lady was extremely polite. The whole call, waiting and all, only lasted about 7 minutes. I couldn't believe it after the lady I talked to at CSC. Yes, waiting is what we do. We should all be pros by now. Tomeca Tomeca, Apparently, the lady kept to her word and actually put our file on someone's desk because the I-130 was touched today (Sunday), but no touch on I-129F. Hope they don't pull something like they did with Kathryn and approve my I-130 and let the K-3 sit so long that they terminate it. (I pray that they don't). Deb Don't worry Kelly I hope this is it (the nice sweet approval), and the touch to apear on your I-130 but not in your I-129F is usual nowdays with many of the late approvals in Vjer's, like my case, I hope you get your approval for both by mail tomorrow For those of you waiting NOA2, I hope and pray for you to get it no later then this week ... and go to the next step Thanks Wintime, but I think my hopes have been dashed again. There was only the one touch on Sunday and nothing since. USCIS likes to dangle a carrot in front of your face and get you excited and then snatch it back, lol! This whole process is about to make me crazy I will be making another call if I don't see some movement by Thursday. I am one of the last on G&A's chart to get approved and we are now over their processing times as of Nov. 18 and now it is Dec. Thanks for your words of encouragement though! They are much appreciated! Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-12-05 00:41:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (KingsleysPrincess @ Dec 1 2007, 06:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Dec 1 2007, 08:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (KingsleysPrincess @ Dec 1 2007, 04:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congrats to the people who have received their approvals! Deb, Please hang in there! So glad you called to see what the heck is going on. Remember, they told me my petitions were on the shelf on Nov 7th and they had never been touched and then lo & behold, approval came on Nov 15th. I expect you will see something from them soon. ~Tomeca Tomeca, I am glad also that I called or we would have still been waiting. However, you got a mean person to answer your call. This lady was very kind and helpful and asked questions of me instead of the other way around. She said she would pull our file and place it on an adjudicator's desk since it was out of processing time. So "wait and see". Isn't that what we are always doing???? Deb Deb, It's great you got a nice lady! I called NVC on Thursday to check to see if they had received our I-129F yet. The lady was extremely polite. The whole call, waiting and all, only lasted about 7 minutes. I couldn't believe it after the lady I talked to at CSC. Yes, waiting is what we do. We should all be pros by now. Tomeca Tomeca, Apparently, the lady kept to her word and actually put our file on someone's desk because the I-130 was touched today (Sunday), but no touch on I-129F. Hope they don't pull something like they did with Kathryn and approve my I-130 and let the K-3 sit so long that they terminate it. (I pray that they don't). Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-12-02 21:23:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (Divine Mercy @ Dec 1 2007, 09:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (G&A @ Dec 1 2007, 02:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congratulations to all the latest approvals. I am in Europe for 2 weeks so have limited access to VJ. I did have some time today to go thru the thread and update the table. Divine Mercy, Sorry to hear about your 129F. I created a new black shading for you but i am also going to stay hopeful. Keep working your 130 but also try to not give up on the 129F in parallel. Keep harassing your congressmen and senators... What they are doing to your case is not fair! Deb, Don't be depressed. I hope and i am sure your case will go thru shortly. Glad that you pinged the USCIS. Hopefully they would pay a bit more attention to it. We are still waiting to for our case to get to the NVC. I have not called them yet as i am travelling and do not want to hold on the phone for 30 mins from Europe. I will wait and call them in a week when i get back. Good luck to all! G G&A, Thanks, I won't give up and I'll try with the senators but I really don't have any hope that it will do any good. The one senator's office's immigration guy is a total moron. He butchers the most straightforward requests, this will make his head explode. The other senator's office hasn't gotten back to me. I think I'm going to take a USCIS press release to him which shows what they did was not "policy". Maybe he can get them to answer for that. Last I talked to them my case was still "pending" but will be terminated once its off the shelf. Thank you for crossing out my I129F with black, I have been given the kiss of death after all. Have a great time on your trip! Deb, I understand how you feel. It is sad watching everyone get approved while you are still pending. Now I will have the pleasure of watching everyone's spouses enter america while I'll still be waiting for an interview (Lagos CR1 interviews do take AT LEAST 10 months and the majority of them end up in AP which lasts another year or so, CR1 in Lagos is basically a death sentence). We might very likely be celebrating our 2 year anniversary before he comes in which case I'll get to see my son turn 3 before he lives with his father. Hang in there, at least you are still in the running for a K3. I know it's hard and frustrating, count your blessings. Having your husband's passport picture issue all messed up might have saved you from my fate, since they seem to focus on the fact that you filed the I129F after the fee increase. Maybe that would have saved me, who knows. They all seem to make up whatever they want. I don't believe it will take them another 30-60 days to approve your petition. They are just giving you an over estimate to cover their own butts. Good luck! Kathryn, Thanks for your words of encouragement. I saw some of your posts but was at a loss of words as to what to say. My heart went out to you and I really didn't know what to say or do to help you feel better. All I could do was keep you in my prayers that things would work out somehow. I believe that God can make a way when there seems to be no way. We have to trust and believe in Him. After all, what God has brought together, let no man put asunder (that includes the USCIS). I really don't see how filing the I-129F before or after the increase helps or does not help anyone's situation. Why do they focus on that? That seemed to make the difference to her as to whether I was out of processing time or not. Why????? Maybe someone more knowledgeable and experienced could give me an explanation for that???? Would really like to know. Maybe using James' shortcuts will help cut some time off of your wait for CR1 and pray over everything and maybe that will keep you out of AP or any more delays. Good luck to you Kathryn! You can talk to me on yahoo anytime you need a shoulder to cry on.	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-12-01 10:17:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (KingsleysPrincess @ Dec 1 2007, 04:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congrats to the people who have received their approvals! Deb, Please hang in there! So glad you called to see what the heck is going on. Remember, they told me my petitions were on the shelf on Nov 7th and they had never been touched and then lo & behold, approval came on Nov 15th. I expect you will see something from them soon. ~Tomeca Tomeca, I am glad also that I called or we would have still been waiting. However, you got a mean person to answer your call. This lady was very kind and helpful and asked questions of me instead of the other way around. She said she would pull our file and place it on an adjudicator's desk since it was out of processing time. So "wait and see". Isn't that what we are always doing???? Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-12-01 08:47:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (JohnWendy @ Dec 1 2007, 01:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Deb, I think calling with the RFE trick is what got me behind... I called so much that a rep one day told me if I called in again I would be put thru review..... well I got bold and told her it was my right... lo and behold I called again and poof.... in review I am.... My recommendation to all that follow... when you call get the persons name and ID number so that if that happens you have someone to fall back on Latest I have been told is in 30 days I will be adjucated... so I guess I have to be good to get out of the penalty box John and Wendy, I am sorry to hear that they put u on review. I haven't called but one other time and that was at the beginning of November and they told me it was not on an adjudicator's desk yet. I didn't say much cuz my 180 days was not up yet. Now I am two weeks past my 180 days, so now I have a right to ask. The lady who answered was very nice and very helpful and told me she would take it out of the file and place it on an adjudicator's desk immediately and I should hear about a decision in the next 30-60 days, hopefully not that long. This was only my second call. Now I will wait and see what happens. Thanks for your advice though. Hope things go better for you. Deb QUOTE (G&A @ Dec 1 2007, 01:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congratulations to all the latest approvals. I am in Europe for 2 weeks so have limited access to VJ. I did have some time today to go thru the thread and update the table. Divine Mercy, Sorry to hear about your 129F. I created a new black shading for you but i am also going to stay hopeful. Keep working your 130 but also try to not give up on the 129F in parallel. Keep harassing your congressmen and senators... What they are doing to your case is not fair! Deb, Don't be depressed. I hope and i am sure your case will go thru shortly. Glad that you pinged the USCIS. Hopefully they would pay a bit more attention to it. We are still waiting to for our case to get to the NVC. I have not called them yet as i am travelling and do not want to hold on the phone for 30 mins from Europe. I will wait and call them in a week when i get back. Good luck to all! G G, Thanks for the encouragement. I am thankful I called as well. We may have been waiting until Jan or Feb otherwise. I am going to play the "wait and see" game now. Thanks for everything. Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-12-01 08:44:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (G&A @ Nov 30 2007, 09:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Nov 30 2007, 08:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello everyone, I want to congratulate everyone who has been getting your approvals!!! However, I have been getting depressed watching those who filed before me, those who filed at the same time as me, and those who filed way after me getting approvals and there is nothing for me, not even a touch. Since I am now two weeks over processing time, I decided to give USCIS a call this afternoon. Good thing I did because they had our petition sitting in an "A-file"???? I am not sure what an "A-file" is, but it was not in a place that an adjudicator was going to look at it. She at first said that it would be January or February before it would be adjudicated. I then asked what date did they honor on the I-797, the received date or the notice date? She said, the received date. I then stated that if that is true, then my petition is out of processing time because the date on mine says May 18. She then asked if I had filed an I-129F and I told her yes, that I had to file in the middle of August since I needed another passport photo of my husband which he mailed on June 29, but it didn't reach me until the beginning of August. She told me, "Oh that makes a difference. You filed your I-129F after the fee increase so you didn't have to pay a fee. That then puts your I-130 out of processing time." She said she would pull my file and put it on an adjudicator's desk to be looked at and that I should expect a decision within the next 30-60 days. God I hope and pray it doesn't take that long!!!!! We have already been waiting for six months as it is. I have been very patient, but now I have to admit my patience is starting to wear a bit thin and it gets very depressing seeing everyone being approved and I think I am about one of the last ones on G&A's chart that has not been approved. Hopefully, this lady did as she said and maybe I will see an approval in the next week or so. Thanks for listening to me vent everyone and hope everyone has a really nice weekend. Deb Deb I dont think/hope it will take that long...half the time these people dont know what they are talking about. They once advised us to comit visa fraud by entering through the VWP and staying in the US hahahah. Stay positive (i know its difficult) your time will come...hopefully sooner than later. Our prayers are with you A Hi A, I am really really trying, but it sure is getting hard to keep any semblance of patience. I shudder to think how long we would have been waiting had I not decided to make that call??? A majority of our thread have been approved and I am left eating "approved petition" dust. Hopefully for not too much longer though. At least the website updated with today's call which is more than some people are seeing. I just want to look in a few days and see an approval notice, that's all. I hope that is not too much to ask???? Thanks for the words of encouragement though. It helps to know someone cares. Deb QUOTE (JohnWendy @ Nov 30 2007, 10:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Nov 30 2007, 10:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello everyone, I want to congratulate everyone .......... being approved and I think I am about one of the last ones on G&A's chart that has not been approved. Hopefully, this lady did as she said and maybe I will see an approval in the next week or so. Thanks for listening to me vent everyone and hope everyone has a really nice weekend. Deb Deb I am still here with you ! We will prevail. Heavens, John and Wendy!!!! You should have been approved in October. Have you made a call to USCIS yet? I think I would to see what is going on and maybe light a fire. It helped for me...at least I hope. Thanks for encouraging me. I am glad I found this site and best luck to you. Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-12-01 00:06:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	Hello everyone, I want to congratulate everyone who has been getting your approvals!!! However, I have been getting depressed watching those who filed before me, those who filed at the same time as me, and those who filed way after me getting approvals and there is nothing for me, not even a touch. Since I am now two weeks over processing time, I decided to give USCIS a call this afternoon. Good thing I did because they had our petition sitting in an "A-file"???? I am not sure what an "A-file" is, but it was not in a place that an adjudicator was going to look at it. She at first said that it would be January or February before it would be adjudicated. I then asked what date did they honor on the I-797, the received date or the notice date? She said, the received date. I then stated that if that is true, then my petition is out of processing time because the date on mine says May 18. She then asked if I had filed an I-129F and I told her yes, that I had to file in the middle of August since I needed another passport photo of my husband which he mailed on June 29, but it didn't reach me until the beginning of August. She told me, "Oh that makes a difference. You filed your I-129F after the fee increase so you didn't have to pay a fee. That then puts your I-130 out of processing time." She said she would pull my file and put it on an adjudicator's desk to be looked at and that I should expect a decision within the next 30-60 days. God I hope and pray it doesn't take that long!!!!! We have already been waiting for six months as it is. I have been very patient, but now I have to admit my patience is starting to wear a bit thin and it gets very depressing seeing everyone being approved and I think I am about one of the last ones on G&A's chart that has not been approved. Hopefully, this lady did as she said and maybe I will see an approval in the next week or so. Thanks for listening to me vent everyone and hope everyone has a really nice weekend. Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-11-30 22:51:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (G&A @ Nov 20 2007, 03:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> G (the one who does the chart thingi) just called me (A of G&A) and informed me that we received both NOA2's in the mail about an hour ago. No email notification and I129f is still pending online. Godddddddd i am so happy. For those still wait, dont lose hope! Hopefully yours will be in the mail this week too! A of G&A Hello A, Yes, it is official. They are not updating the website completely. Kingsley's Princess was approved, according to the website, for I-130 only. Today, she got both approved petitions in the mail today, I-130 and I-129F. It should be just any time for my husband and me. We sent our petition in on May 18, so we are over due as of Sunday. Gotta keep praying!!!!! Congratulations G & A!!!! I am so very happy for you two. Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-11-20 19:17:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (wintime @ Nov 12 2007, 06:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> looking at the last chart release by A & G, I see that there is 75 total cases 47(I-129F) of them got approved, if I am not wrong (I counted the approved 3 times with 3 different numbers..very early in Monday the morning ).. and we got 28 cases left, and looking that most of the 47 cases approved were in the last couple of weeks, then I have high hops the coming 4 weeks will bring a good news to the 28 cases left Yes, wintime, I hope and pray that this week or in the next couple of weeks, we get approved. I called CSC on Nov. 7 and was told that my petition was not on anyone's desk yet. Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-11-12 16:00:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (Urge To Race @ Nov 7 2007, 03:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Deb, If you actually talked to someone at CSC, then you will likely see touches on 2 consecutive days on your petition. Yes, I think it was call generated. QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Nov 7 2007, 03:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello Urge, I am thinking that it was generated by the call because it only showed up as a touch on the I-130 and not the I-129F. I called yesterday, but the date it showed was today's date. Would that count as that being my call? Deb Urge, nothing changed on the I-130 yesterday at all. The date only changed today, but I am still it was call generated as there was no change to the I-129F. Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-11-07 17:04:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (mbdesousa @ Nov 7 2007, 03:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> just wanted to add that i spoke to a very nice person at uscis last friday. i decided to do a routine check, given that the website is getting reports as unreliable. i was checking for rfe that was not sent or something exciting, like - an approval? the nice person said that my case is still pending and that so far there are no questions, and i simply have to wait for the further notice. ok. nothing new. which is good and bad. however, my case was NOT touched after this conversation. website status of my case has not changed. i don't think that touching really means much. Hello mbdesousa, I called yesterday as well and nothing changed on the website for me either. When I looked this morning, the date changed on I-130 (which is the case I called about) changed to today's date, so look again tomorrow and see if it changes. Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-11-07 17:01:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (Urge To Race @ Nov 7 2007, 09:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congrats grrrrlygrrrl!! QUOTE (grrrrlygrrrl @ Nov 6 2007, 03:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> YAHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! WE GOT OUR APPROVAL FOR BOTH I-129F AND I-130 TODAY!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU WHO ALSO GOT YOURS! BEST WISHES TO EVERYONE!!!!!! Keep your hopes up gogo QUOTE (gogo @ Nov 6 2007, 05:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You can try the expedite, but I would think they would reject the notion since you are well within the processing times for both I129F and I130. You sent the I129F in July and the I130 in May? right QUOTE (YGandMAT @ Nov 6 2007, 08:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks again everyone!!! However my happiness is partial, since only my I-130 was approved. They told me that my I-129F was still pending because it was sent 2 months appart from my I-130!!! Which makes me furious....like it was my fault that the CSC had "COMPUTER PROBLEMS" in sending out NOAs... My priority was to get my husband here ASAP....and that was through the K3...I guess I can kiss it goodbye now (if they don't approve soon). Do you think I can qualify for expedite process? At the USCIS website it tells you can request if there was a USCIS error. I don't know what to do anymore...I am tired of waiting. Thanks everyone. Melissa, I hope your approvals are around the corner. They are processing I129Fs well after your date, I wonder what the hold up is? I thought by sending them together, you were going to get approved ahead of a bunch of us who sent the I130 in April and waited for the NOA1 QUOTE (MelissaHassan @ Nov 6 2007, 10:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (John and Celia @ Nov 6 2007, 08:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congrats on all the approvals...mine should come through real quick now (mailed out 5/31)....G&A, when will we have an updated chart? I'd like to see where I stand in comparison with the other applicants, since I sent in both forms at the same time. It'd be interesting to see if having sent in the I-130 earlier than the I-129f makes a significant difference. Thanks! I sent in both forms at the same time at the end of April and I don't see any significant differences, I'm still waiting for my NOA 2's. I think that no matter what you do nothing can speed up your process, we are all in the hands of the slow service centers especially California Service Center..... Divine, are they still going to adjudicate the I129F or will they eventually notify you that they won't because you no longer have a pending underlying I130 which is required to get an I129F approved? This happened to Neenuh. QUOTE (Divine Mercy @ Nov 6 2007, 10:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (YGandMAT @ Nov 6 2007, 08:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks again everyone!!! However my happiness is partial, since only my I-130 was approved. They told me that my I-129F was still pending because it was sent 2 months appart from my I-130!!! Which makes me furious....like it was my fault that the CSC had "COMPUTER PROBLEMS" in sending out NOAs... My priority was to get my husband here ASAP....and that was through the K3...I guess I can kiss it goodbye now (if they don't approve soon). Do you think I can qualify for expedite process? At the USCIS website it tells you can request if there was a USCIS error. I don't know what to do anymore...I am tired of waiting. Thanks everyone. YGandMAT.. don't believe everything they tell you. Hang on to some hope. Who told you that? Was it one of those idiots that answer the phones or did you get a real USCIS worker? If I were you, I'd wait a few days and see if the I-129F catches up, if not, do whatever it takes. Try to get it expedited, what's it going to hurt to try? Call your congressman.. do whatever you have to (within legal limits of course). At least you won't feel like a puppet waiting for the puppet master to decide your fate anymore. I called my US Rep two weeks ago. When I called for the 3rd time to find out if they are working on my case they were annoyed that I was interrupting them while they watched the Price is Right (yes it was blaring in the background) they informed me that the "guy" who handles that was out of the office.. I got that line every time. I finally just called my Senator's office and they seem to be more serious. Hopefully I'll hear something in the next few days. Of course I came up with a possible reason for them to intervene not just that I'm tired of waiting. Everyday is a struggle waiting helplessly. If expediting was a possible option for me, I'd try it. Congrats John and Celia! QUOTE (John and Celia @ Nov 7 2007, 09:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks for the updated timeline G&A, but you're gonna have to change it again because WE'VE BEEN APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!! Approval notice November 6th, 2007 for the I-130!!!!!!!!!! Now we'll see what happens with the I-129f.....THANKS FOR ALL THE ENCOURAGEMENT EVERYONE!!!!!! I may not know people personally, but just being part of this forum for the last month has given me soooo much more insight and hope. Good luck to all of us on our journeys! Hmm, was the touch generated by the call? Did you give them just the I130 receipt number? May not be real. QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Nov 7 2007, 09:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello John and Celia & C & J, I just looked on USCIS website and they touched my I-130 today. However, my I-129F was not touched. Could it be???? I pray and hope so! Thanks for your encouragement and continue to pray for the rest of us that are still waiting. Congratulations to both of you!!!!!! Deb Hello Urge, I am thinking that it was generated by the call because it only showed up as a touch on the I-130 and not the I-129F. I called yesterday, but the date it showed was today's date. Would that count as that being my call? Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-11-07 15:34:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	Hello John and Celia & C & J, I just looked on USCIS website and they touched my I-130 today. However, my I-129F was not touched. Could it be???? I pray and hope so! Thanks for your encouragement and continue to pray for the rest of us that are still waiting. Congratulations to both of you!!!!!! Deb QUOTE (John and Celia @ Nov 7 2007, 08:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Nov 7 2007, 11:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> CONGRATULATIONS JOHN AND CELIA!!!!!!!!! You sent yours in on May 31 and they received mine on May 18 and they havent' touched mine. In fact, I called yesterday and they said mine was not even on anyone's desk yet, but yet they say they take them in the order received which is a load of ####### cuz people are getting approved all over the map, but will keep waiting patiently. Sooner or later, we will get approved. Deb Thanks! I think what got them to approve it was that I recently changed my stateside address, probably ended up putting the application on the top of the pile instead of the bottom (thanks to all the VJr's for that trick ) so I hope to see the approval for the I-129f soon too. Since I sent in both applications at the same time they may have ordered them by I-129f dates instead of I-130 dates....who knows. Good luck to you, you'll be seeing something soon!!	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-11-07 09:40:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	CONGRATULATIONS JOHN AND CELIA!!!!!!!!! You sent yours in on May 31 and they received mine on May 18 and they havent' touched mine. In fact, I called yesterday and they said mine was not even on anyone's desk yet, but yet they say they take them in the order received which is a load of ####### cuz people are getting approved all over the map, but will keep waiting patiently. Sooner or later, we will get approved. Deb QUOTE (John and Celia @ Nov 7 2007, 08:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks for the updated timeline G&A, but you're gonna have to change it again because WE'VE BEEN APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!! Approval notice November 6th, 2007 for the I-130!!!!!!!!!! Now we'll see what happens with the I-129f.....THANKS FOR ALL THE ENCOURAGEMENT EVERYONE!!!!!! I may not know people personally, but just being part of this forum for the last month has given me soooo much more insight and hope. Good luck to all of us on our journeys!	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-11-07 09:17:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	CONGRATULATIONS Pkewl, YG&Mat, and all others who have gotten their approvals this week. My timeline is similar to yours Pkewl, so hopefully my approval will be coming this week. I have gotten no touches since August, but from what I am seeing, they are not updating their computers. I may give a call though just to see what is happening with mine. Again, congrats to all approvals!!!!! Deb QUOTE (pkewl @ Nov 5 2007, 10:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (YGandMAT @ Nov 5 2007, 06:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> HIIII EVERYONE!!!! GUESS WHAT!!! I HAVE BEEN APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SOOO HAPPY. I STILL CANNOT BELIEVE IT...MY I-130 WAS APPROVED ON OCTOBER 30TH. The strange thing is that I did get a couple of touches a couple days earlier (see my signature), but I never got an approval email, and the USCIS website still shows pending....and today I got the NOA2 hard copy in the mail.... I am so excited. I will be calling tomorrow to check the status of my I-129F.... Thanks everyone for your support and motivation...and best of luck to all of you. DITTOOOOOO.... OMG... I am still in utter shock... WE GOT APPROVED for both: I-130 & K3. I came home from work in the evening and for a moment I couldn't believe that I actually had TWO mails from USCIS waiting for me... Wow... Thanks a lot to the Almighty AND to all the VJers for their wishes, prayers, luck... I am sure it helped a great deal along the way... THANKS ONCE AGAIN TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU... Its been a long almost 6 months...Nov 13th will mark 180 days since my I-130 receipt date... My details are pretty much same as YGandMAT's... I saw three touches last week(please see my sig below) but no updates whatsoever on CRIS after that. As a matter of fact, I just checked it again like 10 mins ago and it STILL shows pending I-130/K3. OMG.. I still cant believe that I actually have TWO NOA2s in my hand right now.. Details: Approved I130/K3: 10/30/07 (This is the Notice Date in NOA2) Mailed out from CSC: 11/02/07(Friday - saw on USPS mailing envelope stamp) Received at home: 11/05/07 (Monday) Much to my surprise because USCIS CRIS status still says pending. Once again, I 'd like to say THANKS to ALL for their wishes and prayers. For the people who are still waiting, please hang in there. You will get your NOA2 soon... My best wishes and prayers are with u..Good Luck Regards.	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-11-06 12:04:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (G&A @ Oct 1 2007, 01:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I updated the table to show 3 groups. The first and largest group is for the I-129Fs being process at CSC. The second group is for the I-129Fs being precessed at VSC. The 3rd groups is the ones i am unsure about. Thanks G&A, Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-10-01 23:40:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (G&A @ Sep 30 2007, 12:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congrats Java. I updated the table to show 3 groups. The first and largest group is for the I-129Fs being process at CSC. The second group is for the I-129Fs being precessed at VSC. The 3rd groups is the ones i am unsure about. Hi G&A, My case is being processed at CSC, but I don't seem to be anywhere on the list. What happened? Thanks, Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-09-30 12:43:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (mayfiler @ Sep 27 2007, 08:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Another week almost gone, no news, no touches 129 Days since sending papers on may 18 112 days since getting NOA1 on June 6th from CSC Anyone else around or after this time getting anything yet ?? Hello May, I have the same dates as you. They received my papers on May 18 and I received my NOA-1 June 7. No touches since I sent in K-3 in middle of August. They touched both on 8/22 and 8/23 and nothing since then. They seem to have slowed down yet again on approvals. Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-09-27 08:57:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (G&A @ Sep 14 2007, 12:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> We finally got our NOA1 for the I-130. I sent USCIS CSC an email on 9/10. Notice was printed on 9/10. Mailed on 9/11 and Received on 9/13. Hello G&A, Well, thank God you finally received your NOA-1. Congratulations and I hope everything else goes smoother for you. Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-09-14 08:08:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (raj0327 @ Sep 5 2007, 08:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey everyone just wanted to share some good news...both 130 & 129 were approved yesterday!!!!!! Woo-hoo!!! Congratulations raj! Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-09-05 09:01:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (G&A @ Aug 28 2007, 01:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Tussie @ Aug 24 2007, 05:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yep. I have called for a receipt. They said to allow the processing time frame. I did have a touch on it on the 29th of June, but thats it. I will keep you informed when I receive anything from USCIS. I remember when I called USCIS and asked about that, they said that Chicago is just a distribution center. They input your info and then send it to the service center that has your I-130. But you will not loose your line #. Like I have MSC XXXXXXXXXX instead of WAC. But they said I will not loose my spot in line. Thank you by the way for updating information and helping people get informed. I know that you really dont have to do this but it has been helpful for alot of us. I really wish you luck with the process too. Its been about 4 and a half months already. Hopefully this does not take a year!!!!! For anybody Hi Tussie - I think the info you were given is correct. I was just wondering if you see the words "pending at CSC" when you log on onto the USCIS website. Thanks for the wishes. Good luck to you too. QUOTE (michael_nc @ Aug 25 2007, 09:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi G&A... Thought I'd let you know that today 8/25, I received my hard copy of the I-797C NOA2 from CSC on the approval of my I-129F..It was dated August 21, 2007.. (received date on notice was April 27,2007..4 months) Don't forget to update me... michael Michael, congratulations. you are doing really good. keep it coming. now we should start tracking the following info NVC Rec'dNVC LeftCons. Rec'dPacket 3 Rec'dPacket 3 SentPacket 4 Rec'dI'view DateVisa Rec'dUS Entry QUOTE (chabo @ Aug 26 2007, 03:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have not been here in a while and i see a few have gotten approved.....it has been 103 days since my NOA1 for our I129F so I am hoping something will happened soon Welcome back... QUOTE (Urge To Race @ Aug 27 2007, 06:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi, My online status changed to pending after a touch on August 10. I got the notice that they were transferring from MSC back in early June. Don't know what happened, was it lost at CSC all this time, delayed in being sent to CSC, or just not updated, but it took a lot longer that what most others in this thread have gotten. I hope this doesn't slow me down too much. I have been away for awhile (was visiting my wife and did not feel like fretting about the visa process for that time), but I PM'ed G&A with this update to the chart. Urge - i will put 8/10 for your "pending" date. hope all is well! QUOTE (Steph1973 @ Aug 27 2007, 11:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I am not showing up in your chart. Steph1973. I recieved my NOA1 6/20. Please add me. Hi Steph, Can you please fill your time line on VJ? I have a link at the end of my signature below. I got the following info from your profile. can you verify the 129F date? also, please provide the 130 info. Sent I-294F-June 4th Received NOA1-June 10th Touched-June 24th Thanks QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Aug 27 2007, 01:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello G, How is your week going so far? I wanted to let you know that I received my NOA-1 for I-129F in the snail mail today, August 27, 2007, a day after your estimate on the chart. The I-130 was touched on August 22, I am guessing because they received K-3 petition? The received date on the notice is August 15, 2007 and the notice date is August 21, 2007. By the way, I sent in my K-3 without the fee even though I filed I-130 before July 30, and stated that I sent no fee due to it was after July 30 on my cover letter and on my NOA-1 it states that the fee was waived, so I can confirm that you do not have to send the old fee or the difference between the old fee for the I-130 and the new fee for the I-130, send no fee at all. They do accept it. Please update me on your chart the next time you do it. Thanks, Deb Hi Deb, Glad you got the NOA1. These guys @ Chicago work like a fine clock. I wish the other centers were that predictable. Actually i had updated the chart but have not post it and i just checked to see that i had 8/27 as the est. date! Told you MSC is good! Hello G, Actually since it is after July 30, I sent the K-3 petition directly to CSC where my I-130 is pending since that is now the directions that we have. CSC is the one that sent the NOA-1 to me quickly. Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2007-08-28 08:06:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Can K3 be tracked at NVC?	I CAN CONFIRM THAT K3 IS STILL ALIVE AND KICKING!!!! Both I-130 and K3 were approved the same day, Jan. 9, and my K3 petition arrived at NVC today and was assigned a case number. WOO HOO!!!!	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2008-03-13 00:15:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Comments on the K-3 Situation	QUOTE (shreyans @ Mar 13 2008, 09:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congratulations Kelly!!! And thank you for posting the information here!! That is just fabulous news (and a big relief) for a lot of us here who want to take the K3 route. However, if I am looking at your timeline right, it took close to two months for your approved petition to get to NVC ?!?! That's a huge disappointment -- I was hoping it would be more like 2-3 weeks. Anyways, congratulations again!! Shreyans QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Mar 12 2008, 11:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello everyone, I am here to let everyone know that my K3 petition has finally made it to NVC as of today, 3/12/08, and was assigned a case number. K-3'S ARE STILL ALIVE!!!! Deb Thanks Shreyans! The reason it took that long is because some yahoo at USCIS did not separate my K3 petition from the I-130 folder before they sent it to await my husband's arrival in the US. I waited the 2-4 weeks it usually takes to reach the NVC and finally called USCIS to find out what was going on. They ordered my file back from national records center and found out what I said above. They then forwarded it 2 days after receiving it at USCIS and it arrived in 2 weeks from the time they sent it. That was the reason. Good luck in your journey!	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2008-03-13 14:44:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Comments on the K-3 Situation	QUOTE (pushbrk @ Mar 13 2008, 12:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Mar 12 2008, 10:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (pushbrk @ Mar 13 2008, 12:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Mar 12 2008, 09:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello everyone, I am here to let everyone know that my K3 petition has finally made it to NVC as of today, 3/12/08, and was assigned a case number. K-3'S ARE STILL ALIVE!!!! Deb Great. Where's your I-130? It was sent to the National Records Center to await his arrival in the US and AOS. Then your written NOA2 would have said something to the effect that your relative was in the US? This would be back to the standard procedure, post November 2006, if that's the case. It's interesting that our conversations have swung from last summer and through the fall, how to keep the CR1 case moving, back to panic over keeping the K3 alive. There are some countries where K3 is a real advantage and then there are the families that only filed one I-130 initially and are counting on K4 visas for children to go with the K3 for their parent, who were really hurt by cancelled K3's. It will be interesting to see how all the cancelled cases end up being resolved. Then your written NOA2 would have said something to the effect that your relative was in the US? (Yes, my NOA2 did say this.) I hope all cancelled K3's will be approved as Divine Mercy's and some others were even after being told the opposite.	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2008-03-13 14:40:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Comments on the K-3 Situation	QUOTE (pushbrk @ Mar 13 2008, 12:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Mar 12 2008, 09:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello everyone, I am here to let everyone know that my K3 petition has finally made it to NVC as of today, 3/12/08, and was assigned a case number. K-3'S ARE STILL ALIVE!!!! Deb Great. Where's your I-130? It was sent to the National Records Center to await his arrival in the US and AOS.	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2008-03-13 00:16:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Comments on the K-3 Situation	Hello everyone, I am here to let everyone know that my K3 petition has finally made it to NVC as of today, 3/12/08, and was assigned a case number. K-3'S ARE STILL ALIVE!!!! Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2008-03-12 23:07:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Comments on the K-3 Situation	QUOTE (Elbereth @ Mar 6 2008, 09:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'd just like to point out to all of you that we have word an authentic august K3 approval Check the end of the AUGUST 2007 thread, it's samira She said both I-130 and I-129F were approved. and her I-130 was sent on august 13 if i remember correctly. If that is all true, K3 is alive Here is another one. I filed my I-129 and it was received at USCIS on Aug. 20. Both I-130 and I-129 were approved at the same time on Jan. 9. It is now March and neither one of my petitions have made it to NVC. I called USCIS to find out what was going on at the beginning of Feb. They ordered my file back from National Records Center and found that my K-3 had never been separated from the folder and forwarded to NVC. They said they would be forwarding to NVC as of the last of Feb. In the mean time, the original adjudicator for my petition decided she would approve my I-130 for a second time so I called again to find out what was going on. She stated she made an error and did not realize it until it was already done. I told her I was not as concerned about the 2nd approval for I-130 as I was in where is my K3 and has it been forwarded to the NVC. She checked for me herself and said that the K3 was in the bin waiting to be mailed to the NVC, and that it would probably be the end of March before it arrives there. I will be checking both petitions to see which one makes it there or if both do and keep everyone posted. At the moment, the only touches my K3 received while it was back at USCIS was twice at the end of February. My I-130 was touched and approved again on FEb. 26 and then there was another touch on March 2, a Sunday. There is a possibility with all the touching going on with the I-130, that this is the petition that they are forwarding and I really hope that isn't the case because of the history Nigeria has in the way they deal with CR1 interviews and visas. I have seen only one VJr make it through one interview and be approved for a CR1. Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2008-03-06 19:27:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	Hello everyone, My husband just came from the embassy today to pick up his packets and his interview is June 2. FINALLY!!!! Hope everyone that has their spouse at home now is having the time of their lives! Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2008-04-01 12:02:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (G&A @ Mar 17 2008, 08:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Mar 16 2008, 09:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (G&A @ Mar 16 2008, 09:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Mar 12 2008, 09:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello everyone, It finally happened!!! My K3 petition made it to NVC today, 3/12/08, so soon I will be coming back to let you know when Mike's interview is. Deb OMG OMG OMG WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO sooooo happy for you! Congrats! LOL, thx G or A, whichever one of u left this message! I hope when I call NVC tomorrow, they tell me the petition is on its way to Lagos. How are you two doing now? Having lots of fun together? Having a great time....loving the USA so far. Waiting for AOS isnt so that great...but nothing u can do about it! Hope u get your inteview soon so you and hubby can come down to SoCal A I am glad you are enjoying the USA. Eh, the wait for AOS isn't so bad. At least you are together with G, that's the important thing. The rest is minimal. I have good news. My K3 petition left NVC on 03/14/08 and is on its way to Lagos. YAY!!!!! Finally, I get to share in the excitement of this phase, lol. Keep me posted on your AOS. Do you like the shopping in LA better or in Canada? Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2008-03-17 21:16:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (G&A @ Mar 16 2008, 09:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Mar 12 2008, 09:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello everyone, It finally happened!!! My K3 petition made it to NVC today, 3/12/08, so soon I will be coming back to let you know when Mike's interview is. Deb OMG OMG OMG WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO sooooo happy for you! Congrats! LOL, thx G or A, whichever one of u left this message! I hope when I call NVC tomorrow, they tell me the petition is on its way to Lagos. How are you two doing now? Having lots of fun together?	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2008-03-16 23:01:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (davejaz42107 @ Mar 16 2008, 02:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Mar 16 2008, 02:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (davejaz42107 @ Mar 16 2008, 02:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Mar 12 2008, 11:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello everyone, It finally happened!!! My K3 petition made it to NVC today, 3/12/08, so soon I will be coming back to let you know when Mike's interview is. Deb YAY DEB!! Congrats!! Thanks dave and jaz!!! Your the first one to notice in this thread. I think everyone that was in this group has their spouse home already so have stopped coming here. Can't blame them! Deb LOL! I can't blame them either. I must confess I've neglected this site a bit since my wife will be here in less than 48 hrs. There are no words for my excitement! I told gogo just as G&A had that we are going to remain until the rest of our group make it. Jaz and I will try and get on when we can. I also just moved and the place I moved to has no internet access at this time I will reply when I can from work though.... Oh, I am so happy for u! I'm getting closer to being with my husband. We have been married a year on March 10 and we still aren't together. But at least we are getting to the light at the end of the tunnel! I think his interview will probably be in May. The latest scheduled interview for Lagos on VJ was April 22. Lagos is starting to come through now. I think every VJ'r that has gone through Lagos so far has been approved. I know my friend, Kingsley's Princess's husband just had his interview on March 10 and all they did was look at their myriads of pics. They didn't look at chats, phone records, or emails. The guy seemed to love their pics and only asked him 2 questions...where did they meet and describe their relationship. The CO was quite satisfied with just that. The CO also was impressed at how well their evidence was organized which her husband did the organizing. I think if you go in their with a confident, friendly attitude, you pretty much have it made. I think me and gogo are the two caboose's holding up this show, lol! We're going to make it though! Hope your wife has a safe trip home.	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2008-03-16 15:52:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (davejaz42107 @ Mar 16 2008, 02:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kelly1290 @ Mar 12 2008, 11:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello everyone, It finally happened!!! My K3 petition made it to NVC today, 3/12/08, so soon I will be coming back to let you know when Mike's interview is. Deb YAY DEB!! Congrats!! Thanks dave and jaz!!! Your the first one to notice in this thread. I think everyone that was in this group has their spouse home already so have stopped coming here. Can't blame them! Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2008-03-16 14:33:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	Hello everyone, It finally happened!!! My K3 petition made it to NVC today, 3/12/08, so soon I will be coming back to let you know when Mike's interview is. Deb	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2008-03-12 23:13:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***	QUOTE (davejaz42107 @ Mar 7 2008, 12:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey guys, my wife just passed the interview for K3 and we got the pink slip (I'm still kind of in shock, but soooooo excited and happy too!!) WE'RE APPROVED!!! Woo hoo! CONGRATULATIONS DAVEJAZ!!!!!	kelly1290	Female	Nigeria	2008-03-07 08:53:00