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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Thousands of Weddings Tied Up in Red Tape	Thousands of Weddings Tied Up in Red Tape Homeland Security Paperwork Glitch Delays Citizen-Immigrant Marriages By LARA JAKES JORDAN, AP The government says it plans to send out additional forms that should clear the way for thousands of couples to get married. WASHINGTON (June 13) - True love waits for no one - except maybe the Homeland Security Department. Red tape has put wedding bells on hold for about 10,000 U.S. citizens seeking visas for their foreign brides and grooms as the department works on new paperwork for their applications. The form change was required as part of a law, enacted in March, to protect foreign mail-order brides from abusive American spouses. But Homeland Security missed its deadline three months ago, putting the visa applications of thousands of law-abiding lovers in limbo. The department said Tuesday it would send out additional forms to the visa seekers for more information that should satisfy the new law's protections. But the bureaucratic entanglement has trashed wedding plans for many couples before they could get anywhere near the altar. "We were ready to get married this year, but I can't really make a date until we get the approval," said Bill Hall, 41, a construction foreman from Burlington, Vt. He applied two months ago for a visa for his fiancee, Debbie, to emigrate from Canada with her two sons. In separate interviews, the couple said they have been dating for six years. "We're just kind of here, in limbo," Hall said. "And it's kind of aggravating - it's a real simple thing they have to do, and they're making more of it than they need to." "We were ready to get married this year, but I can't really make a date until we get the approval. We're just kind of here, in limbo." -Brian Hall, a Vermont man whose marriage to a Canadian woman has been put on hold by Homeland Security He said his application, sent to Homeland Security in April, "never got approved. It's just sitting there." The tale of these 10,000 belated nuptials illustrates a bureaucratic response to what all sides agree is a well-intentioned law to protect women. Advocates estimate that as many as 15,000 foreign women annually meet their American husbands through for-profit marriage brokers. That number, provided by the Virginia-based Tahirih Justice Center, marks a sharp rise from a 1999 estimate by the former Immigration and Naturalization Services of 30,000 women who came to the United States through a marriage broker during the previous five years. Spurred by stories of foreign women - largely from Eastern Europe and Asia - being abused or even murdered by their U.S. husbands, Congress in December approved new protections for mail-order brides. They included amending the application form for so-called fiancee visas with two new questions: Whether the romance was arranged by an international marriage broker, and had the U.S. citizen ever been accused of a violent crime or convicted of three or more alcohol- or drug-related crimes. President Bush signed the law on January 5, putting Homeland Security under order to draw up the new paperwork. But the forms weren't finished by March 6, when the law took effect - resulting in the department shelving all fiancee visa applications written on the old forms that were received after that date. Chris Bentley, a Homeland Security spokesman, said about 10,000 applications are currently being held because they did not address the criminal or marriage broker issues. "They did not have all of the information needed to determine whether someone qualified or not," said Bentley, who works for the department's Citizenship and Immigration Services. He added: "It's certainly an inconvenience brought about by the new requirements of the law." Homeland Security said Tuesday it would send additional forms to the estimated 10,000 couples in wedding purgatory to get answers to the questions about criminal pasts and marriage brokers. But it said it was still waiting for the White House Office of Management and Budget for approval of those forms and the new application. OMB spokeswoman Andrea Wuebker did not have details immediately on the additional forms, but said the new applications were approved Monday in an emergency clearance process. It was not clear when the new applications would be distributed to the public. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., rapped Homeland Security for getting cold feet about quickly processing the new regulations that she helped write. "Security and safety should be their top consideration but their long visa process delays are putting a lot of people's lives on hold," Cantwell said in a statement. Hall, the lovelorn Vermonter, said he's frustrated with the visa delays for people trying to follow the law at a time the Bush administration is grappling with giving other benefits to immigrants who have slipped into the U.S. illegally. "I thought it was ironic," Hall said. "And I find it unfair."	JJM8081	Not Telling	England	2006-06-13 17:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	In PRAISE of the CSC. THEY ROCK!!!!	No expedite requested, and no bribes, lol. We just faithfully did our research and made sure our evidence for the relationship/making sure we've seen each other in the past two years was solid. I think the wisest advice I've gotten from VJ was to file your petition as if the adjudicator knows NOTHING about your relationship (because they don't). We painted a very cohesive and chronological story about how we met, how we became friends and how we fell in love. All the evidence we submitted just supported our story in a very logical way.	ChrystalandKeith	Female	United Kingdom	2011-09-14 11:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	In PRAISE of the CSC. THEY ROCK!!!!	First of all, thank you VisaJourney for taking the worry and the complexity out of filing the I-129F. With that said, our petition was APPROVED! The California Service Center has just outdone itself. We filed in the middle of August, got our NOA1 around August 17, and just when I was getting worried that our case hadn't been touched in the month that it's been out in I-129Fland, we got our NOA2. They processed our petition in 26 days. We're an entire 1.5 months ahead of what I was expecting. I'm gobsmacked. Wishing everyone else an expedient process like ours. Please keep us updated on your timelines - it really helps everyone. Thank you all!!!	ChrystalandKeith	Female	United Kingdom	2011-09-14 08:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Any August filers?	Mid-August filer here! We already got the NOA1 by email, so i'm just waiting on the paper copy. Now buckling down for the long wait to NOA2. Good luck to all!	ChrystalandKeith	Female	United Kingdom	2011-08-17 08:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Just starting the K-1 process	First of all, thank you all so much for contributing to this forum. I have been reading it for about 2 months now in preparation for our own VisaJourney. Keith just left to go back to London after a three week visit and we're now engaged. Of course we're very sad that we have to be away from one another, but we know it's only temporary. I'm hoping to get some support from this group to help us through the hard times and hoping to avoid pitfalls that may slow down our K-1 process. We will send off our application around the first week of August once he sends me the appropriate information, but I do have a question. Keith has had a few surname changes over the years due to adoptions, etc. and the surname he goes by in daily life is not the official surname on his passport, etc. We don't want to delay the process by having him get an official name change on his passport now. Once we're married, we both want to change our surnames to the one he goes by in daily life - will this cause problems when we file for his AOS/green card and social security, since his K-1 will be filed under the official surname? We planned to have him update his UK passport after we're married. I've read some of the name change posts, but have found them inconclusive. Your input is appreciated.	ChrystalandKeith	Female	United Kingdom	2011-07-21 21:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	yes he got the letter saying nvc sent it to consulate but they did not send it..that is an automated standard letter to give you your case #. NVC revoked the noa2 approval and sent it back to uscis for reabjudication. so i have no noa2. i have nothing. nada zip zero. i'm back to square one. the noa2 he got in the mail is not longer valid either apparently. now we have to wait for a letter from uscis and start all over again.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-27 10:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	QUOTE (jomegared @ Aug 25 2009, 11:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Kimbear @ Aug 24 2009, 06:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> so i called nvc today. they said my petition is still in processing..and to call back in another week. the guy didn't seem to be able to tell me what kind of processing. So now i'm wondering if we've hit another roadblock, and are now stuck in AP...wouldn't surprise me in the least..since we were stuck in FBI checks. i thought things would be better since noa2. it's been over 2 weeks now. and i feel like i'm slowly going nowhere again. sigh. how are the rest of the march filers doing? I called NVC today and my case was sent out to the consulate. Yours should be the same way kimbear. I asked them about the necessity of K1 visa's going to the NVC and her response was that they do not handle any paperwork for I-129f applications. The reason our K1's go to the NVC is just so they can enter the information into the computer to switch the case number. Thats it. They do this so they can communicate case information to and from the consulate. They send an electronic copy, and then send it DHL which she said takes no longer than 5 business days. Hope that helps some. And to the rest of you who have yet to receive your NOA2 yet, hang in there. Should be a bit of good news knowing that once that is done you only need a week or less at the NVC. OMFG i'm totally freaking right now... i called NVC and they sent back my petition to USCIS..####### wtf #######...and they gave me a phone number to call uscis from out of country and THE NUMBER DOES NOT EVEN WORK ITS DISCONNECTED!!! we have a lawyer..and i just dont get this..nvc wouldn't tell me anything at all...i dont' even know what to think..i feel like i just got hit by a baseball bat..or car or soemething.. i just told david..he just got a letter saying it was forwarded to the consulate too from nvc..	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-26 09:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	so i called nvc today. they said my petition is still in processing..and to call back in another week. the guy didn't seem to be able to tell me what kind of processing. So now i'm wondering if we've hit another roadblock, and are now stuck in AP...wouldn't surprise me in the least..since we were stuck in FBI checks. i thought things would be better since noa2. it's been over 2 weeks now. and i feel like i'm slowly going nowhere again. sigh. how are the rest of the march filers doing?	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-24 08:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	QUOTE (Mariposa1010 @ Aug 18 2009, 07:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> OMG OMG OMG! (Part 2) NOA2 received!!!!! Online system still says "pending" after 3 touches (and I never got an email from the system...I know it was touched only because I checked about every 4 hours!), but I have the NOA2 letter in my (shaking) hands. I'm sure it's just coincidence that our file was sent for background checks in June but just happened to be approved 3 days after USCIS was contacted by my Congressman's aide! Thank you all for your support, and for any other Marchers who haven't gotten an NOA2....contact that Congressman! QUOTE (Kimbear @ Aug 17 2009, 02:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not everyone does get a touch. my case went over 4 months without one. some ppl have been married for a year and their case still says "pending" online. unfortunately their online system leaves something to be desired woohoo!!! i told you you would get it this week !!! yay!!!!! so happy for you!!! just think once its off to nvc it goes so much faster and no more Freaking uscis!!! hugs hugs QUOTE (jomegared @ Aug 18 2009, 09:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, I just called NVC. In order to find out if my case got there, I give them the USCIS number right? The WAC number that was on my NOA2? I know it hasn't been two weeks yet and maybe California to New Hampshire does take two weeks, but Im just SOOOO impatient. Anyword on yours Kimbear? Another Question, do K1 Visa's generally take a shorter amount of time than K3's at the NVC? Just curious, or is this another one of the.....depends, answers? Cheers. finally got through to nvc today after 2 days of busy busy and they have my case!! woot got my new file number and they said it should be sent to my consulate in a week! yay! so happy for us marchies!! such a good week so far!	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-18 23:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	QUOTE (EasyRider @ Aug 18 2009, 03:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Today is the day of our interview!!! I'm very excited but nervous as hell. In a couple of hours we'll find out whether or not we get the visa. I need to remember to breath. I wish I was there with you, baby. Everything will be fine. No matter what happens, we'll always be together. I love you with all my heart. :********************** good luck!! i'm sure it will be a breeze!!	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-18 09:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	QUOTE (dipesh @ Aug 17 2009, 02:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Kimbear @ Aug 17 2009, 12:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Mariposa1010 @ Aug 17 2009, 02:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes, it seems to be almost exactly the same situation...reading from a script...with the significant difference that this script also includes some action and not just a monologue. I'm still waiting/hoping/expecting to see my approval in the next couple of days, but my file has been "touched" three times since my Congressional aide made contact after no activity for 5 months. Best of luck to you! QUOTE (Binow @ Aug 16 2009, 05:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks for the info. Seems this is about the same as calling and getting the script read to me. Have read on here that several have gotten the exact same email as well. Hopefully the Congress rep calling actually got them to dust it off and actually look at it and get it into the process. We'll see. OHHH thats good news!!! i had 3 touches then i got the approval email!!!! i'm soooohoping you get your noa2 this week! how do people find out that their case has been touched? people seem to update that their case was touched on such and such date etc. i haven't seen any change on my online status, both the last updated date and all the info inside it are still the same since last four and half months. Not everyone does get a touch. my case went over 4 months without one. some ppl have been married for a year and their case still says "pending" online. unfortunately their online system leaves something to be desired	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-17 14:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	QUOTE (Mariposa1010 @ Aug 17 2009, 02:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes, it seems to be almost exactly the same situation...reading from a script...with the significant difference that this script also includes some action and not just a monologue. I'm still waiting/hoping/expecting to see my approval in the next couple of days, but my file has been "touched" three times since my Congressional aide made contact after no activity for 5 months. Best of luck to you! QUOTE (Binow @ Aug 16 2009, 05:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks for the info. Seems this is about the same as calling and getting the script read to me. Have read on here that several have gotten the exact same email as well. Hopefully the Congress rep calling actually got them to dust it off and actually look at it and get it into the process. We'll see. OHHH thats good news!!! i had 3 touches then i got the approval email!!!! i'm soooohoping you get your noa2 this week!	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-17 13:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	Binow..that is what they told me and jome. however they said specifically "fbi background check on us petitioner" and no there is nothing you can do to check that or look into it. however a week later i had my approval and a couple days after jome was told that he had his approval as well. in our cases..i think it was a lie told to our congressman, cuz the one month it takes for the background check already happend or we would not have gotten the approval so fast after the inquiry. i think CSC is just giving that as a std reply to any govermental inquiries. the only thing you can do is ask your congressman /senator to keep checking up on it for you. i wish you luck and hopefully you will get a touch / approval soon. i had 3 touches after my congressman contacted them. Good luck to you. i'll keep my fingers crossed. QUOTE (jomegared @ Aug 15 2009, 02:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Kimbear @ Aug 14 2009, 07:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> well it's been a week since i got my noa2 notice..and i called NVC they sill dont have my case yet. The guy told me can take 2-4 weeks to get it..that i don't understand. since it's only california and vermont who process them and they send them to nvc which is in new hampshire..4 weeks for snail mail is unreal? sigh lol i just wanna get to the stage the rest of you are at since all my paperwork is already filled out etc You and me both Kimbear. I called yesterday as well and they have yet to receive it. I'll be sure to let you know when they get mine, as you will probably be the day after or the same day. I bet they sent ours together. lol heh ya tomorrow i'm a call again to see if they have it. from looking at timelines some get it sent to nvc in 4 days others more. ill just keep calling.. i tried the "prefered email" and got zero reply yet.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-16 16:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	well it's been a week since i got my noa2 notice..and i called NVC they sill dont have my case yet. The guy told me can take 2-4 weeks to get it..that i don't understand. since it's only california and vermont who process them and they send them to nvc which is in new hampshire..4 weeks for snail mail is unreal? sigh lol i just wanna get to the stage the rest of you are at since all my paperwork is already filled out etc Edited by Kimbear, 14 August 2009 - 09:25 AM.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-14 09:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	I can confirm that Danu did get her noa2. Otherwise she would not have been able to have her medical a few days ago. Keep in mind..this forum thread is for California. you are in Vermont..and Vermont is behind in approvals. March is only getting started for you guys i believe. Hopefully you'll get yours soon too. also not everyone has their online status updated..im lucky in that mine updated every single touch and approval at the end. but up until that point i was clueless.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-13 11:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	QUOTE (Mariposa1010 @ Aug 12 2009, 12:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> We've been touched!!! OMG OMG OMG OMG! I didn't get an email, but I looked online to see that our file was accessed yesterday (the day after our congressional staffer reached them). Still "pending"....but it seems that a touch almost always leads to some type of action (even if it's an RFE) within a couple of days. OMG OMG OMG OMG! (Did I say that already?) keep watching it!! i had 3 touches then BAM approval	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-12 14:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	not sure about where you live..but i need a copy of my checklist and noa2 to get my police check done. same with my medical.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-12 11:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	QUOTE (Binow @ Aug 12 2009, 02:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> A quick question, I have contacted a Senator for my state and will contact congressman tomorrow. Should I just send it off to each one of them or my particular congressman? Thanks Whomever you send it off to will redirect it to the congressman in charge of the district where you live. Only they can help you. That is what happend to me. as my town is overlapped by two districts.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-12 08:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	Vegabond: i think it's in the FAQ for k1. what the usc has to send etc. bascially i134 filled out, for usc and co sponsor if necesary, letter from work for the usc staing job title gross earnings how long you have worked there and in what capacity. also, tax transcripts w2's for last 3 years (not sure if is necessary for k1 but hey why not) and a letter from bank with total deposits for the last year with current balance. complte original copy of entier 129f pkg, copy of noa2, proof of ongoing relationship, and i guess anything specific to the ukraine. Gary&Alla have very good info for that area so you might wanna post in the regional forum and check with him he has some contacts there too from what i have read. Mariposa: Don't worry i'm sure yours is comming soon! I am keeping my fingers crossed for you and giving you good vibes!! who knows..CSC is getting a lot of congressional inquiries from us marchies..maybe they will dedicate someone to getting the rest of you approved !!! QUOTE (Mariposa1010 @ Aug 10 2009, 02:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, it seems we've used up all of our lifelines for the time being, and my fingers are crossed that we have an experience similar to Kimbear. I just got off the phone with the congressional aide who was told that our file has been in background check since June and that it would take up to 90 days. Personally, I think the "background check" line is kind of like their "5 months" line....it's their standard response, with the key difference being that a congressional contact usually generates some actual movement on the case in addition to the line of BS. On a side note, she suggested while stopping just short of recommending that, as long as she's here, we could get married and file for AOS and that, as long as she didn't over-stay her visa in the process, the only repercussion would be possible difficulty in getting travel visas for her family to visit here. (She specifically said it's not a deportable offense.) That's not my understanding based on the information I've seen here, and after all of this waiting, I'm not really inclined to test her assertion. I'll be watching my inbox even more intently over the course of the next couple of days to see if we get that magical touch. Will definitely keep you all updated so those still waiting know how big a grain of salt to take with the mis-information spouted by USCIS. Today has been a low point in terms of faith and patience, especially on Ingrith's end, so please keep us in your thoughts, prayers, whatever. QUOTE (Kimbear @ Aug 7 2009, 11:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> oww...that is complete utter BS..thats more or less what we are going through..but we didn't get that much detailed info from the congressman just that our case was in FBI..i'm guessing our two touches on july 31, was cuz of congress calling and making them pull file off of dusty shelf, and 2nd was to give to fbi. blurgh.ya we were sposed to get married in january 09..but we didn't knwo about visa process back then..now i wish we had of on a brighter note..i got another touch today..i can only hope this means we are out of fbi check...now i'm j ust waiting for more bad news..in the form of an RFE, or denial or something else.. i just have this gut feeling..blurgh! Edited by Kimbear, 10 August 2009 - 02:59 PM.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-10 14:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	QUOTE (rainschild2007 @ Aug 10 2009, 05:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congratulations Jomegard and Kimbear!!! I'm really happy for you guys! I'm a little disappointed, I'm 10 days close to the 5 month mark and nothing yet. I'm definitely looking into contacting the congressman. How did you guys do it? Phone, email, letter? Should I wait for the 5 months or should I go ahead and contact them now? Also, my fiance is military and has moved around the US and overseas a lot, so that's why this probably takes so long... Do you think calling the Military help line would help more than inquiring at USCIS? definately try and call your military line..maybe they can do somthing, if not call your congressman. it does seem to work as it has for both me and jome. do not wait for 5 months..figure it takes a couple days for the congressmant to contact uscis and then a week minimum for them to get back to the congressman..so thats two weeks right there..by then it will be 5 months. we went to the website, printed out the authorization form filled it in and faxed it back.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-10 10:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	Thanks for all the congrats guys so just a quick question..have any of you guys have more touches after the email saying your approval notice was sent? Just noticed our date changed again yesterday the 9th..approval was done on 7th and we got email the 8th. wondering what the extra touch was for? i'm prolly just paranoid lol.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-09 23:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	Thank you to all for being so understanding when i had my ups and downs etc.. you guys have been great! i've had a perma grin on my face ALL FREAKING DAY lol. and i don't mind if things move fast..i mgiht make it home for xmas maybe!!!	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-08 14:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG i can't stop crying. *** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL *** The last processing action taken on your case Receipt Number: WACXXXXXXXXXX Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E) Current Status: Approval notice sent. I LOVE OUR CONGRESSMAN!!! come on CSC get the rest of us approved!!!	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-08 08:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	WOOT congrats Jome!!! QUOTE (jomegared @ Aug 7 2009, 06:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well.... The senator called on Wed the 5th. Got a touch today for the 5th. Checked the website at noon to see the touch. Checked just now... AND GOT APPROVED!!!!! For all those still waiting. Contact your congressman or senators. Now to update my timeline and start praying for the rest of you. Hang in there.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-07 21:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	ya it is a funny thing...like mine..was never touched til the senator inquired..then they force fed me to the fbi check so they coudl say that 'something" was being done to my case and it wasn't forgotten or lost..which was my biggest worry..i just hope this means we both get some good news this week!!! i do not want to be alone for a 2nd Christmas it almost killed me last time. bad enough our anniversary is sept 6th..and we can't see each other.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-07 14:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	QUOTE (jomegared @ Aug 5 2009, 01:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I just got off the phone with my Senator. Bad, horrible, heart wrenching news. The process is supposed to take 5 to 7 months depending on volume, time, and order in which they were received, and country of origin. Our case was put to the side. No one even looked at it until they called. The man the Senator spoke with said that once a case is assigned a case worker, then the 5 month processing time goes into effect. Our case was assigned to someone on July 31st. Almost 5 months to the day we submitted we were finally given a response that said, "sorry, 5 months starts now." He told the Senator that they will begin the FBI background check, which will take a month, and then request an RFE on top of that. I told the Senator how everyone else is faring with getting approvals already and he said sorry and that there is nothing more they can do but push. The Senator was extremely kind and said he would do everything he could to help and keep following the case, but USCIS doesn't give a sh!t. F... this process. Im considering canning the whole thing and leaving. Its bullshit that people can come illegally tomorrow, but try to do the right thing, and wait a year. Awesome America. Awesome. oww...that is complete utter BS..thats more or less what we are going through..but we didn't get that much detailed info from the congressman just that our case was in FBI..i'm guessing our two touches on july 31, was cuz of congress calling and making them pull file off of dusty shelf, and 2nd was to give to fbi. blurgh.ya we were sposed to get married in january 09..but we didn't knwo about visa process back then..now i wish we had of on a brighter note..i got another touch today..i can only hope this means we are out of fbi check...now i'm j ust waiting for more bad news..in the form of an RFE, or denial or something else.. i just have this gut feeling..blurgh!	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-07 11:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	no and congressmen said nothing more he can do til we are past the 5 months mark for sure. at least he was able to tell us about the fbi check..ugh. this is rediculous. either approve me or deny me already but give me some deicision so i can get on with my bloody life... Edited by Kimbear, 04 August 2009 - 09:34 PM.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-04 21:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	give it about a week then call nvc they should have your file by then. usually you'll get a packet 3 letter / checklist in the mail or the bene will.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-02 20:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	did anyone see the 16day approval? from csc..no expedite at all? WTFZ	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-08-02 16:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	blurgh ok update..congressman got back to David..( wow that was fast..in less than a week) He is stuck in an FBI background check..and they can't tell us how long it will take.... looks like i definately will not be making it home for christmas Edited by Kimbear, 31 July 2009 - 05:07 PM.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-07-31 17:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	Oh hey...i got another touch today...hmm wonder what that could be. Still not getting my hopes up...seems due my usc's address change, our inquiry was forwarded to a diff congressman..ya...i just searched him online..doesn't look promising... At least it's FRIDAY!.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-07-31 12:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	QUOTE (naima&negrito @ Jul 31 2009, 09:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> kimbear, you are not alone in waiting... we are still waiting as well and im getting very scared that they might have misplaced/lost our case... in about 2 weeks it would have been a full 5 months since we received our NOA1 and I checked the uscis website and it says that these caes are being processed within a 5 month period now... whats sad is i keep watching my time line go backwards..like now it's back to being approved in june cuz that is how many noa2 were entered from ppl who apped afterwards. i just hope the senator managed to tell them to "get the ball rolling". this particualr guy has had other issues with uscis and has talked to them from the research i did. and i'm sick of hearing within timeframe call after 5 months...cuz ofbiously we arne't in their timeframe now if they are approving ppl who apped on april 27th.. Edited by Kimbear, 31 July 2009 - 09:01 AM.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-07-31 09:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	QUOTE (jomegared @ Jul 30 2009, 11:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Mariposa1010 @ Jul 30 2009, 12:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, that's about the worst news I've heard so far. I'm resisting as long as possible to go the "congressman contact" route, just in case there's some kind of vindictive backlash, but nearing the 5-month mark, it's getting harder and harder just to sit and do nothing. Called the NVC a few days ago just to make sure they didn't have our case, but alas, it's still un-touched and un-moved since the 8th of March. It's easier having Ingrith here with me, but that situation will change again in 2 weeks. It's ridiculous that they're just making us wait with no possibility for an inquiry. Come on, folks...it's not like we're waiting for a rebate check or something....this is the rest of our lives on hold! QUOTE (Kimbear @ Jul 29 2009, 11:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> according to the ombudsmand report for 2009 uscis has already lost 66 case files this year alone. i'm not very hopeful. My senator's assistant just called my father yesterday asking where my request was to push the USCIS along. If you have a congressman willing to help you with your application I would highly recommend doing it. Vindictive backlash is completely unreasonable. Remember, they work for us. In my opinion, it would get someone to locate the application at least and maybe even push it through a little. The only reason I didnt do it sooner was because of the 5 month mark, but remember, that mark is to have the petition completed by then. No harm trying to find out, through a gov't offical, if its close or not. Hang in there. Your're close. To clarify.....I did contact my Senator and they were more than happy to check for me. david already contacted the senator in chicago...we got the std response....although my case was updated with a touch. but it still says pending.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-07-31 08:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	QUOTE (Saska+Tim @ Jul 30 2009, 04:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> NVC sent our papers to Belgrade USA Consulate this morning! My heart is beating like crazy, I need a calming pill before it explodes Oh, I will be soon in his arms!!! I"m very happy for you Saska..i know living so far from each other is probably driving you nuts too! Don't worry..it won't be long now.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-07-30 15:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	yep..david called nvc 3 times so far...funny thing was they told him a month ago it would be "this week the approval based on the other apps they got from CSC". He finally got to speak to a supervisor yesterday. that was useless. and he got the letter from his congressman saying they are looking into it and would get back to us with no time limit. checked today expecting to at least see a touch after all that..and nothing. he asked if there was an rfe..some sort of ap and they just said no your pending your pending your pending..each person said word for word exactly the same thing. like they were reading off a book.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-07-30 12:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	well according to Steph's timeline I-129F NOA2: 2009-06-08 - Place on Igor's as of approval 121 VJ/54 Berkley I-129F NOA2 Notice Received: 2009-06-011 NVC Received Case: 2009-06-12 NVC Sent Case to MTL: 2009-06-16 Case Received at MTL: 2009-06-18 seems nvc gets it within a week usually from most of the ppl i noticed.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-07-30 10:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	according to the ombudsmand report for 2009 uscis has already lost 66 case files this year alone. i'm not very hopeful.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-07-29 23:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	we have a lawyer ( ya i know wasn't my choice..grr) and the congressman was already asked...and i think uscis lost our paperwork but just won't give anythign to anyone in writing stating that...and no matter what options david chooses he gets bounced from real people to the automated machien so he cna't even ask if we are in some sort of ap. QUOTE (kayandnigel @ Jul 29 2009, 02:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> we got our NOA2 a week after replying to the RFE am soo happy Congrats..at least some ppl at CSC are working on cases still.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-07-29 16:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	top of the page : embassy review like for me in eastern canada iknow my interview will be at montreal. not sure where yours would be.	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-07-29 13:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 K1 Filer	so like..any other marchies still waiting..or is it just me?	Kimbear	Female	Canada	2009-07-29 11:31:00