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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJuly 2013 K-1 Visa Filers

It seems it just random can be a batch assigned to lazy officer it makes no sense since now 08/15/13 applications are being approved. Was yours transferred to Texas? Did u check online on uscis.gov the status. I recently saw an application go from RFE on 09/18/2013 to Initial processing due to a bad address . The mail was returned. https://egov.uscis.g...d/CaseStatus.do . EAC1390587928. 


Nope I'm at CSC, so going by dates should have been processed even sooner! Yep I check on USCIS every day. The cases 2 before mine got RFE in early Sept, and the one after mine got approved in late August. My last update was July 24 (alien number changed), which was 2 days after my NOA1.

GiuseppeGMaleNew Zealand2013-10-03 14:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJuly 2013 K-1 Visa Filers
We're now outside (at the bad end!) the range of VJ's estimated adjudication dates. 75 days since NOA1 and 73 days since our case was touched.

Does anyone have any insight into the reasons some cases sit unapproved while most of the others around them are processed?

Who else from July is still waiting on NOA2? I take my hat off to you, it can be incredibly exasperating!




GiuseppeGMaleNew Zealand2013-10-03 14:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJuly 2013 K-1 Visa Filers

Still patiently waiting for the NOA2.  Our number ends in 93 and it is frustrating to see cases ending in 82, 86, 88, 94, 95 were approved.  It does not make any sense how they process the cases.  :(


That's what I find the worst too. We end in 107 and our case hasn't been touched since late July. However, 106 and 108 got RFEs over 3 weeks ago, and 109 and even forward to 140 were approved a month ago back in late August. It's easy to feel like the box your case is in has been forgotten about somewhere!

GiuseppeGMaleNew Zealand2013-09-27 18:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJuly 2013 K-1 Visa Filers

Hi all - I've been quietly (and enviously) watching many of you get your NOA2s - congrats and best wishes to y'all and your fiances!
 
Is there anyone out there who still hasn't gotten an NOA2?  I'm starting to get discouraged, feeling like I'm one of just a small handful.  We got our NOA1 in early July, transferred to Texas in August, and now nothing.  My fiance is with me for the next 2 weeks, so I'm praying for the NOA2 soon, but I also don't want to get my hopes up.  Anyone else in the same boat?


I'm in the same boat too! Our NOA1 is July 22 and we're at CSC. It's hard to see all the approvals of August filers but at the same time it's very encouraging. Trying to stay patient but you know it's not that easy!

GiuseppeGMaleNew Zealand2013-09-24 19:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSame Sex K-1 I-129F Filed
Same-sex filers from July at CSC here with an NOA1 date of 07/22. Promising seeing all these approvals coming through so quick'
GiuseppeGMaleNew Zealand2013-08-27 19:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSame Sex K-1 I-129F Filed

Congrats espared12! We filed ours a couple days before you and received NOA1 a week after the package was received. Now the fun part - the waiting - has begun!

 

 


GiuseppeGMaleNew Zealand2013-08-01 16:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNOA1 Question

The email will come first, and can take a week or two after your package is delivered to USCIS. The NOA1 by post will follow.


GiuseppeGMaleNew Zealand2014-04-23 19:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNOA2 timeline

The statistics on VJ are a very small sample of the petitions being processed by USCIS, and while they generate estimated dates than can be pretty accurate, they are not a totally dependable prediction of when things will happen.

 

My NOA2 came later than many other VJers who filed at the same time, to the point where it felt like they had forgotten about us. But then one day, voila, the status changed and everything moved ahead as normal, within normal processing times. There's just no way to know when this is going to be.

 

You are within normal processing times until the end of June, which is still more than 2 months away. Believe me, I know how hard it is, but the best thing you can do for now is not spend your time analyzing statistics and worrying yourself over them. It will happen! The good thing is, the wait between NOA1 and NOA2 at the petition stage is most likely the longest wait you'll have, and you're almost there!


GiuseppeGMaleNew Zealand2014-04-26 09:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFeb filer here who contacted my Senator....

I've only been in the waiting pool for a month, but I just sent a letter to my senator as well (the one who says on his site that he works with federal institutions). I mailed it out this morning, including the form allowing him to contact them on my behalf. So, I expect it to reach him next week. Hopefully it does some good. Obviously, I hope it helps my case, but I wrote on behalf of everyone stuck at tsc. I figure it either helps or nothing happens. It's not going to hurt me any. I also explained that some items I needed got stuck in the mail or I would have filed earlier. Btw, congrats on getting your noa2! That's good news for all of us...hopefully they start moving faster.

 

Respectfully, you're not "stuck at TSC", you are one month into a process with a current stated processing time of 5 months.

 

It may not hurt you any, but surely you have enough awareness outside yourself to realize that this is not only tying up the valuable time of a congressional staffer but also of the department at USCIS that deals with congressional enquiries.

 

The waiting is awful, sure. Most of us here have been through it and survived it. But attempting to circumvent that by involving a senator just over a month from filing... are you kidding me?

 

I am not at all of the school of thought that says "I waited 6 months and therefore so should you", but I strongly suggest you figure out a better way to deal with the times in this process that you have to wait patiently, because there are a hell of a lot of them. Wasting the time of senior elected officials for a matter as trivial as this is absolutely beyond ridiculous.


GiuseppeGMaleNew Zealand2014-05-29 01:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsE-Response: Security Check pending - how long to noa2?

 

So then I don't understand why you are receiving security checks. Just because he had a tourist visa before and visited the country while having a tourist visa???  I don't see anything wrong with that... 

 

It probably has nothing to do with prior visas.

 

Every I-129F undergoes FBI background checks. This is done on both the petitioner and the beneficiary. From what I understand the checks are largely routine and automated and completed in no more than a few days after they are submitted to the FBI. However, if for any reason there is a hit on one of the names, the case involves further manual processing to clear. This can take weeks or months.

 

In our case, there is a felon with the same (not very common) first and last name as my partner, who was born in the same state and is a known drug trafficker. This, we suspect, is what held us up in background checks for about a month.


GiuseppeGMaleNew Zealand2014-07-26 14:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune 2013 FILIERS

We will be filing our  I-129F tomorrow 2nd July the very best of luck to everyone.smile.png 


Edited by John & Jeanie, 01 July 2013 - 06:35 PM.

John & JeanieMaleUnited Kingdom2013-07-01 18:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJuly 2013 K-1 Visa Filers

I just got the hardcopy of my NOA2 approval Yay!energy.gif


Edited by John & Jeanie, 05 September 2013 - 02:37 AM.

John & JeanieMaleUnited Kingdom2013-09-05 02:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJuly 2013 K-1 Visa Filers

Just received I-797C, got my alien registration no and my case has been transferred to Texas.


John & JeanieMaleUnited Kingdom2013-08-12 12:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJuly 2013 K-1 Visa Filers

I-29F Filled July 3rd NOA1 dated July 12th Hardcopy 

 

Good luck everyone!


Edited by John & Jeanie, 25 July 2013 - 02:40 PM.

John & JeanieMaleUnited Kingdom2013-07-25 14:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsHola Hola.....simple question re: NOA1 for the new girl

for more calm feelings, see all the links I posted on your other thread titled: cuban beneficiary, who has one? 

:-) 


tila_vidaFemaleCuba2014-03-04 11:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsContacting congress person and senator

I had to contact my congresswoman for support during our K1 process (while waiting for NOA2, see my timeline for full story). Googled to find which congress person represented my district and went to her office in person with all my papers and a timeline of dates and occurrences to present my case. I received great support and they were able to help me. 

Best of luck


tila_vidaFemaleCuba2014-03-04 11:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFiance visa denied what is next

There are others on this site who have been denied K-1 visa, and the next best thing to do is forget about the K-1 visa, go to cuba, get married and start on a marriage visa. Of all your options, this is the one that will lead you to being together the soonest. 

In regards to color of skin-  sure, it is possible that an immigration officer could be racist, but If you look through the cuba country portal, you will see many mixed (white and black) couples have been approved, so I don't know if that is the reason why

Since the statement says "based on your answers. . . " where there any answers at the interview that you or your fiance answering incorrectly? That can carry a lot of weight in the officer's decision.

 

Yes, love is more powerful, and yes, you can still be together- go get started on that marriage visa, it has a MUCH higher approval rate. And as an american who has travelled to cuba "illegally" 4 times, I think that you can visit more if you want/are financially able. I have gone through Canada and Mexico. I find Canada much easier. I was asked during our interview by the counsulate officer if I was here illegally, and I said yes, and it had no bearing on our K-1 decision. In fact, I didn't have any proof of legally being allowed to be in cuba for any of my trips, and that didn't matter in our case.

I write "illegally" in quotes, because, in fact, if you review the laws, going to cuba itself is not illegal. The embargo is enforced by the US Treasury and it is illegal to spend money in cuba, it is not technically illegal to travel there. 

 

Best of luck


tila_vidaFemaleCuba2014-03-18 13:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsApril Filers 2013 K1

Interview was on Jan 30, and we got approved!! thank you everyone on visajourney for being here til now, and keep on keepin on! :-)


tila_vidaFemaleCuba2014-02-01 15:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsApril Filers 2013 K1

NOA1 on April 10, we got an RFE today (july 11) 

:)

April is movin and shakin!!


tila_vidaFemaleCuba2013-07-11 22:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsApril Filers 2013 K1

Another VJer posted this. . . .VSC has bed bugs :-(

http://www.wcax.com/...t-albans-office


tila_vidaFemaleCuba2013-06-16 23:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsApril Filers 2013 K1

:-) well, the weekend is just around the corner ;-)

 


tila_vidaFemaleCuba2013-06-13 17:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsApril Filers 2013 K1

Hannah777 , sometimes there seems to be no rhyme or reason or the order of approvals. . . 

but don't be discouraged. I know someone on this site who is VSC april filer who has been approved!! And several VSC march filers as well.

 

 


tila_vidaFemaleCuba2013-06-13 16:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsApril Filers 2013 K1

just to clarify, adjudicated in this context is refering to NOA2. 

 


tila_vidaFemaleCuba2013-06-13 15:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsApril Filers 2013 K1

smtha81, some people are skeptical of forums, but if your fiance is interested in a more "factual" source of information, I encourage you to direct him to the USCIS website. The website shows the acutal average processing time, provided by the United States government, for each type of visa, and for each service center. Also you can type in your receipt number on the USCIS website and to see updates to your application. 

I know everybody has different ways of coping, but personally I find solstice in facts and information that best prepares me for what is to come. 

Of course all of us are hopeful that things will move even quicker than expected. 

Best,

t


tila_vidaFemaleCuba2013-05-12 19:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsApril Filers 2013 K1

Yay yay! I have one month done :)

D+B, I didn't know that needed to be written on back of picture. . . does anyone know how to send in info to be added to your packet (to preempt possible RFE)? 

Hannah777, thanks for the input on that, I hope I'm part of the "some don't" :) but I'll try to resend in photos just in case.

 

You guys are amazing! I want to get started on packet 3 and 4! :) is there a link on vj about what preparation is necessary for next steps? 

 

We are all being productive and forward-thinking, the best way to be ;)

 

Go April filers!


tila_vidaFemaleCuba2013-05-08 09:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsApril Filers 2013 K1

I'm a numbers girl- so this is interesting and fun for me!

Thanks :)


tila_vidaFemaleCuba2013-05-03 11:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsApril Filers 2013 K1

Thank you K+E for the welcome and for the alien info :)

 

Welcome to VJ,  Smtha81! How exciting that you started this process :). It is so difficult to be away from your love. . . you'd think it gets easier over time or that you should be able to get used to it- but its true, it only gets harder. I haven't seen my fiance in 3 months, but I will be going soon (2 weeks) and I can't wait!!!!!!!!!

 


tila_vidaFemaleCuba2013-04-30 08:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsApril Filers 2013 K1

Hi all, I am just starting to really use this site instead of just peek at it :)

I'm an April filer, but I didn't notice this thread at first, so I was reading the March filers- but, I guess that works too because I'm on the cusp. I filed 4/1, NOA1 on 4/9, but I did not get anything saying alien number changed. . . . is that only for petitioners not born in USA? 

Anyway, I'm a VSC girl, so excited to not be waiting alone :) And, yes Hannah, ashe!

 

~T


tila_vidaFemaleCuba2013-04-29 16:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAny February 2012 filers?
I filled in February 29 im waiting for my NOA2 i just called them and they said Vsc was still filling feb 27
ApplepieladyFemaleJamaica2012-08-10 16:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsChange of visa status during interview???
Hello my fellow vjers,

My fiance is currently at his interview. I am sooooooooo nervous... Just have a quick question. Does the visa status online change to approved or refused? Or does it just go from ready to ap or issued etc..

Please respond..my anxiety is killing me :(




AA_4everFemalePakistan2014-01-15 23:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune 2013 FILIERS

Still waiting, transfered to TSC 8/13...

 

 

 

Many Many congratz on your NOA2. We have the same NOA1 date. I was transfered 8/8. I pray our NOA2 is near :)


AA_4everFemalePakistan2013-09-18 22:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune 2013 FILIERS

Ameen to that :)


AA_4everFemalePakistan2013-09-15 16:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune 2013 FILIERS
Congratz to all that have been approved :). Our NoA1 date is june 24 and we got transferred to tsc on august 8th. Cant wait for the approval.. I wana do my happy dance lolz.. I really miss my fiance :(
AA_4everFemalePakistan2013-09-06 13:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJuly Filers!!!!
July 31,2012 and still waiting for the NOA2:((((((((
I'm sick of waiting,waiting and waiting????
Please god help!!!
wafa1994FemaleYemen2013-04-01 23:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJuly 2013 K-1 Visa Filers
Hello everyone. I am really glad for everybody that the process started moving fast after noa2s. We are also a july filers and our papers is already in a Warsaw US Embassy. Yesterday I recieved a letter from NVC which said that they have sent our petition to the embassy and it also stated that "In meanwhile, please have your fiance(e) and his or her children visit ceac.state.gov and complete form DS-160 to apply for K visa." I am confused now about onlne DS-160 form, because Before I read that for those who apply for K-1 visa it is not nessecerely to fill it out, but recently i found that info -

"Visa applicants must submit a completed DS-160, Online Nonimmigrant Visa Application for all nonimmigrant visa categories, including applicants applying for K visas.

NOTE: For K visa cases in process at a U.S. embassy or consulate, the DS-160 is not required when, prior to October 7th, 2013, one of the following situations exist:

The K visa applicant is already scheduled for an interview.
The K visa applicant has already been interviewed and has been requested to submit additional documentation or is pending administrative processing.
The K visa applicant has already submitted a valid, signed, unexpired DS-156, DS-156K and/or DS-230 or received instructions to do so. "

This is from travel.state.gov website. Please anybody new about it or that is only me who was surprised about it. Back in 3-4 month when I sent our petition to USCIS I remember reading about that for k-1 visa aplicants this form is not needed. But I see that they renew something recently.










adisabeba33MaleBelarus2013-10-18 06:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJuly 2013 K-1 Visa Filers

 
Any other July filers getting transferred?



Yes sir, we got transferred.


adisabeba33MaleBelarus2013-08-10 17:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJuly 2013 K-1 Visa Filers
Hello everyone. Just got some updates for my case. as I am a july filer, I decided to post my updates to see if anybody from july f got the same message. So the message is "we transferred your I129F, PETITION FOR FIANCE(E), to your local USCIS Office for further processing. The new office has jurisdiction over your case and will send you a decision as soon as processing is complete or you will be notified if further information or action is needed." I am not sure exactly what does that mean bad or good, but at list I see that something is moving on with it :)))
adisabeba33MaleBelarus2013-08-10 14:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJuly 2013 K-1 Visa Filers


I-129F Sent July 12, 2013
I-129F NOA1  July 15, 2013
 
I checked the USCIS website today and got the following message
 
 
I'm not sure exactly what this means, but I assume it means our case is not sitting around in a file box???







It means the USCIS has assigned an alien registration number to your fiancee... And yes it wasn't sitting in the box. It just got there on july 24th and now you just in the line for the nearest 5-6 month until NOA2 as they say... Good luck to all of as in our journeys! Jahh Bless.

adisabeba33MaleBelarus2013-07-28 00:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJuly 2013 K-1 Visa Filers
July 1st package delivered... July 3rd NOA1... July 10th Alien registration number changed. Untill now no new updates on the application. Good luck to everyone of us!
adisabeba33MaleBelarus2013-07-27 12:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJuly 2013 K-1 Visa Filers
Hello everyone! I sent my fiancee petition in the end of june and on July 1st the USCIS office recieved it. I sent it through the Texas Lockbox and I they routed it over the Vermont Service center. On july 5th I recieved an email saying that they recieved my application gave the number i can check the status with.Also it is saying that in next 7-10 days I suppose to recieve an official reciept(I-797 form). Today is already 24th and I still didn't get any notice through mail but when I go online to check for status it says "On July 10, 2013, your Alien Registration Number was changed relating to your I129F, PETITION FOR FIANCE(E". No new updates since then.
adisabeba33MaleBelarus2013-07-24 14:33:00