Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	complaints	I think it goes like this. When in doubt, blame security checks. (USCIS, now part of the DHS) Security checks falls under state secrets, because it means revealing classified data only shared with people who have a certain clearance. Since the DHS and DOJ (incl. FBI) are the de-facto agencies which are responsible for such checks, are cabinets that's part of the Executive Branch, and the Executive Branch has chosen to.. expand it's secrets, and refuse to cooperate in sharing them, I believe filing a lawsuit against them sort of falls under the "snowballs chance in hell" of succeeding. To be frank. Edited by SRVT, 28 September 2008 - 02:41 AM.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-09-28 02:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	interview- approved!	Congrats!	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-10-04 13:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	HOW MANY APROVALS THIS WEEK?	VSC = 20 CSC = 9	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-09-29 18:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	VISA APPROVED at the london consulate!	Congrats, cca!!	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-10-21 01:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Confusion on Igor's list	I wouldn't take those not updating too personally, and I wouldn't take the numbers on Igor's list too literally. It's just more wise to use it as a guide, not to get antsy on when you're going to get your approval as you just might be setting yourself up for disappointment when others don't get it. For this the suggestion is have low expectations or none.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-10-16 04:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Psychiatric evaluation at SLEC	I don't even see in the link where it says someone with an abortion must undergo psychiatric evaluation. Is this something that's done per consulate?	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-10-05 20:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	grrrrrrrrrrr i cant do this anymore	Good luck Sara. Thoughts and wishes with you two as always.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-10-07 14:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	grrrrrrrrrrr i cant do this anymore	QUOTE (estadia @ Sep 26 2008, 10:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (rebeccajo @ Sep 26 2008, 10:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sarah - Just dropping in to say I think of your case often and I hope you get some results soon, whether it's via the media or seeking the aid of counsel. thank you so much............... sadly i have an attorney has not been the best choice i have made in this journey.......... At very least this part is a common experience.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-09-27 00:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	grrrrrrrrrrr i cant do this anymore	I tell you, I would not have the patience you have. I'd have packed my bags and left. Viva Canada or Greece, or, in your case, India. With the rear end of the petitions coming in February and your petition being in August/September of last year, there's certainly a reason to believe it has nothing to do with security. A friend of mine (an ex of my mother) is an investigator/officer (also owns his own security company which needs these backgrounds to let guards use firearms) and these DOJ backgrounds are not this difficult to get. Even easier are employment verifications -- it's just a matter of calling the employer or looking at tax filings.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-09-27 00:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	grrrrrrrrrrr i cant do this anymore	I know it may delay things, but what would canceling this petition and re-filing do? That is, if going to the media isn't so realistic. Personally, I wouldn't let some asshat bureaucratic agency tell me who to be with, and would be with her even if it meant leaving the country. I would go to the media and find any way I could to tear ### on the USCIS / CSC if this happened to me. Edited by SRVT, 27 September 2008 - 12:09 AM.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-09-27 00:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	grrrrrrrrrrr i cant do this anymore	I would definitely go to the media. Embarrass them. This is ridiculous. We shouldn't even have to go to this extent as citizens to be with the person we love, and have to prove it to a bureaucratic mess. I just pray this doesn't happen to us, and pray that something is done about this, because it's just not right.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-09-26 12:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Íàó÷èòå êàê òÿíóòü ôèëüìû ñ ñàéòà îñëîâ	? ????? ????	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-11-15 20:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	With My Honey for Christmas!	Nope. She wants to spend Christmas with family as it may be the last time she ever does it. So we're looking at early January for her POE.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-11-13 18:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 08 CSC filers	QUOTE (robertjay @ Oct 1 2008, 01:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello everyone This is an update of mine and Oksana's journey She received her Visa 25th of September and she is arriving home at 4:00 the 15th of October As for plane tickets cost, it all depends where you are coming from and Port of Entry. I found out that first checking her countries flights and routes to America and then looking at connecting domestic flights to our home was the best way to go, because domestic flights are much cheaper than international flights Oksana is flying from Tashkent Uzbekistan to Seoul Inchon South Korea and then on to Seattle (my home state) She will then connect with Alaskan Airlines to Eastern Washington. Flight miles 8,412 . Best thing to do is check all flights to US major airports and then check domestic connecting flights to your nearest airport. You will save a little money Good Luck to all, robertjay Congrats!!!	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-10-01 22:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 08 CSC filers	Erm, I only see a few purples, and that's because I clicked on their profile. In many browsers if you click on a link the color will change next time you see it to alert you that you've visited it before. Anyways, congrats to the several April filers, and looking forward to you guys having a speedy approval rate. Edited by SRVT, 05 August 2008 - 12:56 PM.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-08-05 12:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Aug 2008 K1	Just wanted to pop in early to wish all of the August filers a speedy approval.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-08-05 17:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	APRIL '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	QUOTE (KimandRuss @ Sep 29 2008, 05:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Once I saw him coming through the doors everything was finally ok again... after all this time, all this struggle, all this heartache we've all been put through all on account of doing things the 'right way'... everything just fell into place. We made it! We almost feel as tho the limbo we've been in for the last year never happened... although it will effect us forever, it's as though it was all just a blur and a blink in time. It was as though we were never apart at all. Gosh, it just brings tears to my eyes just to read that, as it felt just the same way for me last time I saw her arrive at SFO. Can't wait again for it -- for good this time. Congrats yet again Kim. This is the one that counts. Edited by SRVT, 29 September 2008 - 06:00 PM.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-09-29 18:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	APRIL '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	Amazing. Congrats once again Kim and may you two have a wonderful life together. Tears for you, as I can imagine what it's going to feel like with Betty at the airport with me once again. This time for good. Congrats to the other approvals and good luck to those with upcoming interviews. Edited by SRVT, 17 September 2008 - 02:07 PM.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-09-17 14:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	APRIL '08 Vermont K-1 Filers	Damn, I'm not even at the VSC and I wish they'd hurry up and approve Kim and Russ. Nice people deserve good things. Edited by SRVT, 11 August 2008 - 01:07 PM.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-08-11 13:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	JUNE 2008 K1 FILERS CSC ONLY!!	QUOTE (pedia @ Oct 22 2008, 10:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (SRVT @ Sep 16 2008, 03:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> http://www.visajourn...h...t=0&start=0 congrats on your approval. looking at your timeline, how did you get all the details of shipping and receiving from NVC to embassy? is the tracking updated online? or did you have to call? your timeline... 10.01.08 -- NOA2 Notice Date 10.03.08 -- NVC Received 10.04.08 -- NOA2 Received in Mail 10.07.08 -- NVC Shipped 10.10.08 -- Athens embassy received 10.13.08 -- Athens embassy mailed Packet 3 I called the NVC and talked to the Embassy @ Athens for both details. Didn't bother checking shipping details (DHL).	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-10-22 14:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	JUNE 2008 K1 FILERS CSC ONLY!!	Woohoo! Congrats on the approvals!	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-10-08 01:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	JUNE 2008 K1 FILERS CSC ONLY!!	Wups, make that 6 approvals in the last 2 day (48 hours), without seeing any other people posting about approvals.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-10-01 23:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	JUNE 2008 K1 FILERS CSC ONLY!!	QUOTE (RyDa @ Oct 1 2008, 12:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (SRVT @ Sep 30 2008, 03:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> On their site they make it seem like they're changing their priority more to other visas with quotas to meet since we're right at the end of the fiscal year. So the optimist in me says we should be seeing more approvals in much larger quantities at the end of the week or next week as a new fiscal year begins. I like the optimist in you. And I'm sick of seeing 15, 13 20, 22 (wow!) on Igors list opposite the CSC column. I want to see 100, 68, 74 etc! Optimism rules, my friend. I think we've got 2-4 approvals in the last 36 hours. June filers are right around the corner. Edited by SRVT, 01 October 2008 - 11:29 PM.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-10-01 23:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	JUNE 2008 K1 FILERS CSC ONLY!!	QUOTE (annax @ Sep 30 2008, 10:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (SRVT @ Sep 29 2008, 05:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (InQuiet @ Sep 29 2008, 05:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Has anyone seen an explanation as to why CSC is so far behind. It seems they're always behind. I mean if their receiving more apps. then why aren't they increasing staff. Just thinking out loud, I'm a July filer, but it does make me cranky when I think about the time involved. It seems the Immigration office has raised their application fees about 100% in the last 2-3 years, unfortunately they didn't raise their quality of service. On their site they make it seem like they're changing their priority more to other visas with quotas to meet since we're right at the end of the fiscal year. So the optimist in me says we should be seeing more approvals in much larger quantities at the end of the week or next week as a new fiscal year begins. Where do you see something about priority and quotas? Have a link? I think theyre probably fast tracking people who are trying to naturalize in time for the election. I had a friend who went through that recently, was told a wait time of a year and then managed to complete the process and have the ceremony in a few months time. She filed her paperwork well after I did. It would seem k-1's are pretty low priority looking at the processing times for other types of cases. It could be worse though check this one out >.<: I-829 Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions Removal of lawful permanent resident conditions (immigrant investors) based on PL107-273 September 10, 1997 1997....wow.... Has nothing to do with the elections, as it doesn't give them a pay raise, so they're not going to adjudicate any faster due to elections. It's based upon quotas and especially the fiscal year. https://egov.uscis.g...eviceCenter=CSC QUOTE In fiscal year 2007, USCIS received 1.4 million applications for naturalization; nearly double the volume received the year before. USCIS is working to improve processes and focus increased resources, including hiring approximately 1,500 new employees, to address this workload. Last year's application surge did not impact USCIS offices evenly across the country. Although most offices have already processed cases received during the 2007 filing surge, a handful of offices will have a small percentage of their 2007 cases pending at the end of Fiscal Year 2008. That will result in processing times longer than the 10-12 month national average. USCIS will continue to shift resources to ensure that all local offices achieve the goal of five month processing times. Dunno how else to put it, other than they have a higher volume of pending naturalization cases and thus shifting their resources to meet those quotas -- based upon fiscal year, not the elections. So, once again, the optimist in me says things will get better for us May and June filers pretty soon. Edited by SRVT, 30 September 2008 - 01:22 PM.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-09-30 13:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	JUNE 2008 K1 FILERS CSC ONLY!!	Well it benefits all of us, so lets hope.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-09-30 00:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	JUNE 2008 K1 FILERS CSC ONLY!!	QUOTE (InQuiet @ Sep 29 2008, 05:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Has anyone seen an explanation as to why CSC is so far behind. It seems they're always behind. I mean if their receiving more apps. then why aren't they increasing staff. Just thinking out loud, I'm a July filer, but it does make me cranky when I think about the time involved. It seems the Immigration office has raised their application fees about 100% in the last 2-3 years, unfortunately they didn't raise their quality of service. On their site they make it seem like they're changing their priority more to other visas with quotas to meet since we're right at the end of the fiscal year. So the optimist in me says we should be seeing more approvals in much larger quantities at the end of the week or next week as a new fiscal year begins. Edited by SRVT, 29 September 2008 - 07:24 PM.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-09-29 19:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	JUNE 2008 K1 FILERS CSC ONLY!!	QUOTE (h_charara7 @ Sep 26 2008, 10:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> CSC is not lookin good at all, at this rate, were lookin a November for our NOA2. Does anyone have some words of encoragement? Heh, we're looking at late October/November. I'd just lower my expectations a tad.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-09-27 00:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	JUNE 2008 K1 FILERS CSC ONLY!!	http://www.visajourn...h...t=0&start=0	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-09-16 17:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May 08 k1 filers ~ CSC	I'd say the most tasking part of this is both getting evidence of an ongoing relationship and getting the affidavit done (plus notary). While the USCIS information from here is generally good advice, when it comes to questions about what you need for the embassy for the interview, contact the embassy itself. For instance, there are several things the post-NOA2 guides here have told me to do that I don't need to do, which saves money and time.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-11-15 02:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May 08 k1 filers ~ CSC	Easy enough -- call the embassy.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-11-10 18:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May 08 k1 filers ~ CSC	Congrats to the approvals! It took us a month to receive Packet 3, as things are in chaos in Greece. I mean.. business as usual. We're not really behind schedule except maybe planning on her coming in January as ticket prices become a bit more reasonable. Like, nearly 1,000 reasons more reasonable. Still waiting for her police certificate from Germany (should be a week or so left), she has her Greek one, and getting ready to send all the other stuff off. They make her do her medical a day or two before the interview, so she has to stay in Athens a couple days, and for now we're still looking at the first week or two of December for the interview. She also got a bit of a reality check, got a bit scared (I warned her of this last year), and is better again. Reminds me of all those movies with women running off during their wedding. We need to put women under some genetic therapy to include "rationality".	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-11-10 16:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May 08 k1 filers ~ CSC	Congrats!	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-10-22 14:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May 08 k1 filers ~ CSC	Ok so thanks to the time difference I called the Athens embassy (at 3am my time) and they received it a week or more ago (emailed for a specific date so I can put it on timeline), mailed it off on the 15th and it should be arriving any time. Of course, there are major strikes going on in Greece (not surprisingly) so it might take a while to get to her house. In the meantime, I have all the packet stuff for her to fill out, and they don't care to see a copy of my I-129F or G-325A. So entirely supportive evidence plus affidavit and fees I'll be sending to Greece in the next couple days. The big delay will be the German police certificate which takes 3-4 weeks. So aiming for a late November/early December interview, plus same POE of a few days after Christmas. The people there reminded me that few people actually want to leave Greece (this I knew) and they have very low rates of fraud, and are very straight forward and quick to decide, meaning it's very simple for them to see that we're together and want to marry. So should have no trouble with her interview. Edited by SRVT, 21 October 2008 - 12:41 PM.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-10-21 12:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May 08 k1 filers ~ CSC	Still awaiting word that the package has been received. Her being sick (40C/104F temperature) and illness hasn't been helping either. Expecting some delays as she tries to get a police certification from Germany as well, as she resided there around 5-10 years ago. She wants to spend one last Christmas with family, but if the German certificate does take a month (they should let her do the interview without it anyways, just delaying it until she gets it, right?), we want to make sure to get it at least on it's way this week to avoid any holiday slowness. And Greece is horrible already at managing, well, pretty much everything. Hell, good thing I bugged her consulate because they process I-129Fs and the interview process through their immigrant division, not non-immigrant. Very weird. Oh, I also haven't yet received word the embassy received it, either. Any way to find out without having to call the embassy itself? They're really tough to even speak to, never mind ask questions regarding this. Edited by SRVT, 21 October 2008 - 01:32 AM.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-10-21 01:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May 08 k1 filers ~ CSC	Well, I shortened our evidence from like 150+ pages from Vonage calls to like 35. Only included a few emails and IM stuff, mostly because they involved things you wouldn't want to show them. Of course, I plan on canceling my Vonage service, thank god, at the end of this month when my first year contract expires. We'll see how that goes.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-10-15 19:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May 08 k1 filers ~ CSC	Indeed. The rest is straight forward. Was confused by those two. Thanks for the info. Going to get everything finished and sent off for two day or express air this week. Going to call the Greek consulate tonight and see if Greece has received the petition.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-10-13 14:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May 08 k1 filers ~ CSC	Any idea on the I-134 what the heck "type of business" and "name of concern" is supposed to mean? Is that like the industry I work in? They seriously could have used some better wording than this.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-10-13 13:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May 08 k1 filers ~ CSC	QUOTE (cca @ Oct 11 2008, 03:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hahahhahahahahah wow, its a wonder the service centres get anything done I feel like I just made it out of a war zone alive.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-10-11 21:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May 08 k1 filers ~ CSC	QUOTE (Brad Charel @ Oct 10 2008, 11:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Here we are Receipt Number: WAC********** Application Type: I129F, PETITION FOR FIANCE(E) Current Status: Approval notice sent. On October 10, 2008, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service. We are SSOOOOOO happy...thanks for everyones support and prayers FINALLY. Congrats and may the rest of your journey be smoother. Edited by SRVT, 11 October 2008 - 01:35 AM.	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-10-11 01:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May 08 k1 filers ~ CSC	QUOTE (Brad Charel @ Oct 9 2008, 10:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> we got touched today as well and the current status says : Receipt Number: WAC*********** Application Type: I129F, PETITION FOR FIANCE(E) Current Status: Response to request for evidence received, and case processing has resumed. On October 8, 2008, we received your response to our request for evidence. We will notify you by mail when we make a decision or if we need something from you. If you move while this case is pending, call customer service. You should expect to receive a written decision or written update within 60 days of the date we received your response unless fingerprint processing or an interview are standard parts of case processing and have not yet been completed, in which case you can use our processing dates to estimate when this case will be done. This case is at our CALIFORNIA SERVICE CENTER location. Follow the link below to check processing dates. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register. Now i hope the next time i see it, i see Approval notice sent!!.. please pray for us We're crossing our fingers for you two. And especially for all other May filers who are still waiting. We're trying to push good vibes your way!	SRVT	Male	Greece	2008-10-09 13:29:00