Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May filers	QUOTE (Maddy20 @ Sep 12 2008, 04:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Question about the NOA 2. My fiance is currently in Germany, but is leaving tomorrow cause his grandfather died. His brother told us, that we had something in the mail, saying our time window is September 3 - January ?. Does it say something like that in the NOA 2 or does that mean we got an RFE? Would be great if someone could let me know? Thanks guys Yes, it does! As a matter of fact, I received my NOA2 hard copy yesterday and it says Approval Notice Valid from 09/05/2008 to 01/05/2009 Congratulations!	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-09-12 06:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May filers	QUOTE (RyanandChantal08 @ Sep 8 2008, 09:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Alexandra_v @ Sep 8 2008, 08:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi 20and8 I hope you are right !!! It would be nice hear some good news soon… Good luck !!! Hey all......hope you're having a good morning.....or as good as possible on a Monday. I was glad to see that the processing times at Vermont have gone down. I check that graph pretty much every day, and it's now trending downward with the average processing time down about 10 days. Anyway, just something to put a smile on some of your faces this morning. Hi Ryan, thanks for the good news! You sure did put a big smile on my face!	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-09-08 08:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May filers	QUOTE (Jenni and Bo @ Sep 1 2008, 07:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I just checked Bo's email to show my mom a pic, and OUR APPROVAL NOTICE WAS THERE!!! Sent at noon today!?!? OMG! I literally screamed...horrible. Scared the cats....and my family HA no RFE!? it may come later, but for now I GOT APPROVED!!! <3 to all!! Jen Congratualtion on your approval!!! This lifts my spirit so high!	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-09-01 19:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May filers	QUOTE (Ana&D @ Jul 2 2008, 11:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> We just got our second touch. Right when I was on the phone with D How is everyone doing? Been kind of quite in here lately... Congratulations on your second "touch" of the journey! Looks like your Day is coming up!	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-07-02 10:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July '08 filers	QUOTE (crs @ Jul 31 2008, 08:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Our check was cashed!!!!!!!!!! I am registering right now with the number!!!!!!!!! It is coming for all of us Vermont! Congratulations! Your journey has officially began! Now welcome to the waiting club!	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-07-31 08:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July '08 filers	QUOTE (Aubrey @ Jul 14 2008, 12:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sorry for the double post, but I checked my return receipt again today and apparently the mail "arrived at the unit" today... Sunday of all days! Just a sigh of relief that my package is not lost. Now I just have to wait for the check to be cashed. Phew. 10 days for 1st class mail is pretty sad. Well, you just passed your first milestone in this journey. You know you just have to be patient and stay positive! Good luck!	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-07-14 07:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Problems with online account.	QUOTE (emberiza @ Jun 28 2008, 08:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello! I have use our online account for months, looked every day using our username and password but today it didn't work! I am 100% sure I wrote the password correctly but it does not let me in. I also tried searching with our receipt number but it does not work either. Do you know what the problem is? I hope they haven't removed our application or anything. We've applied for K1-visa 115 days ago..... If you try to get to the site right now, it says: "Server is unavailable or down for maintenance". So my guess would be that they just working on it, it's maintenance issue. Do not worry! In a couple of hours everything will be back!	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-06-28 09:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Just a dumb question	QUOTE (vickydeutsch @ Jun 24 2008, 03:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello everybody!!! My boyfriend filed for me with a K1 visa. We were very worried because it took almost 15 days to get an answer from USCIS (well for us it looked like 15 years!!LOL)...now I have the case number and I check almost everyday....my boyfriend told me already that i needed to relax.....now here is my question...how do I know when my case was "touched"? please help me....i am starting to get crazy and I cant wait to be with my boyfriend again...I know it's a long way but we are going to make it Vicky Vicky, Just register at the USCIS website, and whenever you log-in you check the "Last Updated" date. If it's changed from the last time - your case was "touched". I am a June filer also, so let's keep in touch! Good luck!	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-06-28 15:05:00
USCIS Service Centers	Processing Questions Answered by the Jonathan “Jock” Scharfen-Acting Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services	QUOTE (shiri @ Jun 26 2008, 02:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> As I was going over to the USCIS website to check and see if there might have been any touches to my cases, I saw something that caught my eye and I went to read it and I am glad I did. It answers a lot of questions I have been seeing people ask all over the forums lately. It talks about everything from the posted processing times being based on calculations, about how they hired new people, about how there are less files this year than last and they are expecting to have completed a bunch more than they had last year by the end of the fiscal calendar which is Sept 30. I really found it interesting and hope you do too... here is the link: Processing Questions Answered by the Acting Director of USCIS Thanks for sharing such a great information!!!	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-06-26 12:30:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	Text message to Russia and Ukraine	QUOTE (BTalley @ Jun 29 2008, 12:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Svetlana will be spending much of the next two months in her home country (Ukraine). Her internet access will be very limited. I have Verizon as my cell phone provider, but it appears they do not offer text message service to many countries (including Russia and Ukraine). I heard T-Mobile and Cingular were good for text/SMS to foreign countries. Any other suggestions? My fiance happens to be from Ukraine. His cell phone provider over there is MTS. If I need to send him text message, I usually do it from my cell phone (my provider is Sprint) or through MTS' website. Another option with MTS is that you can send e-mail to the cell phone and it will be converted to a text message (I use this option sometimes too). Good luck!	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-06-29 18:32:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Flight to Kiev, Ukraine: $1600.00 August 2008	I am leaving for Kiev on August 1 and coming back on August 17, flying with Aerosvit from NY, and my RT ticket is $1240. But again, this is from New York...	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-07-22 17:34:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	The Kyiv Beat......	QUOTE (1HappyGuy @ Sep 17 2008, 01:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> NYC Tiger, If you write to the embassy make sure you include your fiancee's name and the case number from NVC in your email. They prefer to answer to specific cases. It can take as long as a week for them to respond so don't be too concerned if it takes a couple of days. Also, keep in mind the embassy closes for normal business on both American and Ukrainian holidays. Best of luck with your remaining tasks until she arrives. We just finished getting my wife's permanent green card (the 10 year one). It was approved yesterday, September 16th. Thank you 1HappyGuy! Firs of all congratulations on getting your wife's green card! One more step for you - citizenship. I sent e-mail to the embassy a couple of days ago, just like you say - with case number and my fiance's (my fiance is HE, not SHE ) name included. Still waiting for them to respond. I am still being patient. OK, not very patient. I wonder: between American and Ukrainian holidays - what's left? Thanks again and best wishes to you and your wife! And maybe I will ask you a few more questions down the road. OK?	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-09-17 13:12:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	The Kyiv Beat......	QUOTE (zqt3344 @ Sep 15 2008, 02:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Go to the embassy website for US embassy in Kiev and find the email for it then write them, they will answer you rather quickly, more so than trying to call them on phone. QUOTE (NYC Tiger @ Sep 15 2008, 11:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello guys! We just recently had our I-129F approved. According to NVC, our case was sent to Kyiv Embassy. Could you please help me finding the Embassy's e-mail address so I can contact them to find out if the case was received. I tried to search the thread, but did not find anything. Thanks in advance to everyone! Thank you so much zqt3344!	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-09-15 13:46:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	The Kyiv Beat......	QUOTE (fwaguy @ Sep 15 2008, 12:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (NYC Tiger @ Sep 15 2008, 11:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello guys! We just recently had our I-129F approved. According to NVC, our case was sent to Kyiv Embassy. Could you please help me finding the Embassy's e-mail address so I can contact them to find out if the case was received. I tried to search the thread, but did not find anything. Thanks in advance to everyone! e-mail it to the following address kyiviv@state.gov You will find yourself benefitting from familiarizing yourself with the information contained on the website http://kiev.usembass...a_K1K2_eng.html Thanks fwaguy! Looks like you are the real expert here! Thanks again!	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-09-15 12:00:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	The Kyiv Beat......	Hello guys! We just recently had our I-129F approved. According to NVC, our case was sent to Kyiv Embassy. Could you please help me finding the Embassy's e-mail address so I can contact them to find out if the case was received. I tried to search the thread, but did not find anything. Thanks in advance to everyone!	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-09-15 11:55:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	yay!!!! Got our NOA2 today!!!	QUOTE (marizzacdo @ Jun 30 2008, 12:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Guys, finally the long wait on our NOA2 is over, thank God, i am sooooooooooooo happy today. We almost came to a point were we almost lose hope , but yes, Indeed there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. For those who are waiting , just be more patient, your NOA2 is coming. To Eden, Adelie, Geline, te Malou, Pink, Joy, Ting, Shape, Julie, Ritzel, sherl, relyn, te ninfa, nancy, belay (kayo lng ang naalala ko banggitin kasi kayo lng ung nasa ym list ko, hehehe) salamat sa support and for always being there all throughout this process and to all my VJ friends and to the members that i havent mentioned above for being so informative about K-1 visa case. Thank you very much. I hope the next step will go fast, smooth and hastle free. Thank God for this approval I'll bring back the Glory to Him. Today would be one of the best days in my life, i will surely celebrate it with much joy. I called Ricky and he is so happy today to the extent that he dont even know what to do on his work today. He wanted to go home and celebrate with his family. We are soooooooooo happy. Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-06-30 11:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	VSC works on Saturdays?	Thanks to all of you, guys! One way or another, for me it sounds great! By the way - our case got touched today again. I think it's a good sign. I think it means that they are actually working on it, and it's not just sitting there. Good luck to all of you!	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-06-23 18:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	VSC works on Saturdays?	QUOTE (mariapoe @ Jun 23 2008, 10:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> As I once read here, if your case gets touched and you don't get an email, it means that they're just working on it (may be, sometimes, simply moving your folder from one desk to another) but the status of your case remains the same. When I was waiting for my I-129F approval, I had no idea about touches so I wasn't checking. Unlike now, when I'm - as many others - do obsessively check our cases for touches three-four times a day . By the way, our I-129F case had never been touched before it was approved, no single touch! Good luck with your journey For K-1 filers, things are movin so much faster now !!! Thanks, you are so much help! Good luck to you also on your journey! QUOTE (KimandRuss @ Jun 23 2008, 10:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> mariapoe is right, you get no email notification when your case is 'touched'..the date just changes. And yes, sometimes adjuticators work weekends or even take your case home. It's important to remember that a 'touch' can mean anything...and it can mean nothing at all. I don't care what anybody says tho... still feels good! Thanks for the answer! I feel so much more optimistic now! Edited by NYC Tiger, 23 June 2008 - 10:20 AM.	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-06-23 10:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	VSC works on Saturdays?	Thanks guys! Also what interests me is that there was a "touch", but no e-mail. I turned on e-mail notifications, but were never notified by e-mail. Can this be possible?	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-06-23 09:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	VSC works on Saturdays?	Thanks! That's great! Maybe this is why VSC progresses a little bit faster. Anyway, for me it's a great news. Thanks again!	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-06-23 08:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	VSC works on Saturdays?	Hi guys, I am new here, so please don't laugh at me if you think my question is silly. I mailed I-129F petition on 06/02/08, VSC received it on 06/06/08. I got my NOA1 in the mail on 06/12/08 and created an account at USCIS website to follow my case progress on-line. Up until yesterday I had the date of 06/11/08 in the "Last entered" column. Yesterday, there was a change of date to 6/21/08. As far as I understand this is what is being called "touch". So we were "touched". And that's good! But 6/21/08 - was Saturday. Does VSC work on Saturdays?	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-06-23 07:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA1 question	Yes, that's exactly what I did: I looked at my bank account online, saw that the check was cashed, printed out a copy of it and got the EAC number from the back of the check. Went online and registered for updates. Good luck on your journey!	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-06-27 10:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	no NOA1 yet	Do you know if your check was cashed? You can try to get your NOA1 from the back of your check then.	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-06-29 18:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	CSC/VSC K1 Status Thread	We received NOA1 from VSC on June 6. Now waiting for NOA2. I know it's a long time to go	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-06-29 18:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	just sent in I-129F today	QUOTE (humblestudent @ Aug 20 2007, 12:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi all, I just sent the I-129F petition this morning by certified mail to the CSC. Now comes the long wait. Wish me luck and thanks again for the helpful posts on this website. Good luck!!!!!!!!!!	NYC Tiger	Female	Ukraine	2008-06-30 17:56:00