ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsOMG WE GOT IT WE GOT IT
omg congratulations sarah!! so happy your out of AP!! Let us know when the interview is so we can root for you!!!
KimbearFemaleCanada2009-09-12 21:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsOMG WE GOT IT WE GOT IT
OMG WOW CONGRATULATIONS!!!

i am so happy for you i have tears in my eyes lol. you have been a wonderful inspiration of patience love and understanding sarah! No one deserves this more than you!

kicking.gif

May the rest of the journey go swiftly so you can finally start your new life!!!

hugs to you both!
KimbearFemaleCanada2009-08-31 15:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsCalling all CSC filers with RFE's and waiting for NOA2
my situation is similar to yours Josef...

nvc sent back my petiton august 25th to CSC for incomplete paperwork, uscis has had it since stepember the 10th according to my email, and nothing new has changed. 7months into the process and 2 months past noa2 approval date and it still sits at CSC. No answer from congressman, nothing from lawyer and Lvl 2 immigration officer said it would be epedited..HA!...never received a letter RFE nothing. I have no clue what is going on over at CSC anymore sad.gif
KimbearFemaleCanada2009-10-01 23:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsI finally got my NOA2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations Star!
KimbearFemaleCanada2009-10-04 10:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAfter 8 months of waiting and 3 months after original noa2
Ty all smile.gif i just wanna be rid of USCIS already!!
KimbearFemaleCanada2009-11-13 12:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAfter 8 months of waiting and 3 months after original noa2
On November 12, 2009, we mailed a notice to you reaffirming the approval of this case and returned the case to the Department of State for visa processing. For more information, please contact them directly.

Finally!! Its about time!!! 3 months to re bloody reapprove our original noa2 of august!!
KimbearFemaleCanada2009-11-13 10:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsToday is the day
Congrats!
KimbearFemaleCanada2009-11-14 21:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWish Us Luck
lol nothing wrong with Chicago it's where i'm going! smile.gif

Good luck with your journey Waza. Rember to read as much VJ as you can it really does help, so much good advice tips and tricks, and many wonderful people to help keep you sane on your journey!

Once you send off the paperwork make sure to update your timeline, as you will become neurotic checking it every day!
KimbearFemaleCanada2009-11-25 12:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsIs it time for me to start screaming
My Rfe was dated around the same time as you and i'm a march filer. I just recently got my noa2 you should get yours shortly. If you do not get it by Dec 1, i would get your congressman involved. Keep in mind this week is thanksgiving so the offices will be closed adding more delay.
KimbearFemaleCanada2009-11-25 14:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsnoa2 expiration date and reaffirmation
ok so now i'm really getting worried. my noa2 expires this weekend. NVC still does not have it. They say nothing they can do until they get it. USCIS says there is nothing they can do. We've called congress every day for the last weke or so with no answer.

we still have received nothing new in mail. uscis is now telling me i have to wait 180 days to contact them again, this was in reply to my email i sent them.

Thank you for your inquiry. Our record shows that an inquiry was received on September 17 2009 and it was responded according to our current policy. You have been advised that your application was returned to this office from the US Consulate via the National Visa Center for further review and processing. You should receive a notice of action within 180 days. It has been nearly 90 days since the date we responded to your inquiry. You need to wait 180 days before submission of another inquiry. Therefore, no further action will be taken at this time.

umm what the !@#$. where is my paperwork and why the hell can i not get ans answer from anyone on the validity of my peition being extended if it expires at the end of this week!

and if it does expire without anyone having it what does that mean? do we have to restart the while damn process over again? this is absolutely rediculous! We are going on 9 months now.


KimbearFemaleCanada2009-11-30 16:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsnoa2 expiration date and reaffirmation
Thanks K.loveh

That eases my mind a bit. But i wont feel "safe" until we actually do see the new approval. I did notice today that there was another new touch on our file online at USCIS. And of course calling DOS did nothing except upset me and get me yelled at and hung up on sad.gif

Why can't these agencies have better inter conectivity and networking? USCIS tells me to call DOS, Dos tells me to call Uscis. ARGH! Makes me really wonder if i want to move from Canada to the USA sometimes sigh. All i know is i want to be with David, that's all i care about.

Thanks for the help smile.gif
KimbearFemaleCanada2009-11-19 18:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsnoa2 expiration date and reaffirmation
Hello all,

Finally received the hard copy from uscis reaffirming my original noa2. However it does not have a new noa2 date anywhere on it.

it's just a regular plain i-797c notice with the following written on it:

This is to advise you that we have reaffirmed our previous decision on the above application or petition which the Department of State had previously returned for review. We have forwarded the case back to the Department of State for action.

That's it. receipt date is same as our original noa1 in march and the notice date is nov 12. There is no new validity date or anything on it.

My original Noa2 has an expiration date of Dec 6th, which is in 19 days. Now since it was originally at NVC and was given a file number will it go straight to my consulate or will it go back to NVC again? Will Nvc auto extend the date?

I am extremely worried about this now and DOS is closed so i cannot call them.

The last thing i want is for this to sit on a shelf again only to be picked up and looked at with the "oh so sad it's expired" and return it again, or whatever they do with expired petitions!
KimbearFemaleCanada2009-11-17 16:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsGeneric response to congressman's application inquiry?
depends on the congressman. when we were past the processing time our congressman came back to us with "stuck in fbi backgroundchec" a day or so later i had my noa2. course lets not discuss what happend afterwards...

the 2nd time we tried to get help well..3 weeks to even get a call back. we kept gettign the run around..shrug.
KimbearFemaleCanada2009-12-02 22:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsds-156, 156K, 157 forms: type-written or not?
i just filled them out online and printed the final filled in versions. aside from the 156 most of them are opened in adobe as a pdf that you can just fill in. Anything that does not fit in you can add on a sheet of paper by hand, or use a notepad/word program to type / print.

*edit: if you do it online make sure to use internet explorer, the forms do not display / print properly in firefox or google.

Edited by Kimbear, 14 January 2010 - 01:39 PM.

KimbearFemaleCanada2010-01-14 13:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsCalling all those who FINALLY succeeded in their journey
Star honey..i got my interview date..march 30th! After 377 days!! feels like it's been forever.
KimbearFemaleCanada2010-01-27 23:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsCalling all those who FINALLY succeeded in their journey
Star i'm sure your approval is right around the corner. i'm almost there as well. Had my medical just waiting for my interview. Soon all this frustration and waiting will be over. Just keep thinking of the things you will do once you both are reunited. It helped me lots. hugs.
KimbearFemaleCanada2010-01-20 16:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsK-1

Kimbear, if you had your time over, would you've still used a lawyer?


i never wanted him in the first place. i had all the paperwork done etc. you do not need a lawyer..even if we had no issues there was still a 2 month delay in sending back and forth papers and him getting letters from nvc uscis first.

waste of time money and everyting. this process may be daunting at first but its so easy if you read the guides follow examples and ask the vj community.

just a side note.. the rfes were from mistakes the lawyer made. which we pointed out in april a month after the petition was sent in. the lawyer told me " you dont need that and we've never had a visa fail", in otherwords shutup kim and let us do what we do.

well guess what..not answering question 18 and not including things like relation ship evidence of meeting, and constanly mispelling my name and address are marks of an idiot. not to mention i knew a week or more in advance of everyting every step of teh way..i would have to call them and tell them. then they wouldn't be live us, contact uscis and then go oh yes your are right..

imo never use a lawyer for this stuff..they dont care about you your relationship all they care about are $$$$.

Edited by Kimbear, 19 February 2010 - 10:30 AM.

KimbearFemaleCanada2010-02-19 10:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsK-1

So basically I should be in the States by 5-6 months, counting down since Nov/09.


Took me over a year, with a lawyer, and 2 RFE's one with a NOID, and the backlog at my consulate didn't help either.

too many variables really to estimate exactly when you should get it. Technically you should have noa2 around march give or take on your sevice center..thats the max time frame. then you have the nvc stage and the consulate stage, and depening on the interview you could be stuck in AP like alot of ppl have. Best is to check other timlines like yours and consulates etc. to see the other ppl's timeframes.
KimbearFemaleCanada2010-02-18 15:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsIt's all over...or just beginning!
Congratulations!! Good luck with the wedding!
KimbearFemaleCanada2010-02-28 20:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports2nd Round of waiting now with passport submitted
Good Luck Star!
KimbearFemaleCanada2010-03-02 10:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsno2
They conveniently leave out the nvc part on the letter. no worries. Congrats on the Noa2. If you need mroe specific info dont forget to check out the Canada regional forums, we're a fun group :)
KimbearFemaleCanada2010-03-09 15:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsVisa Denial
correct. it added a 4 month delay to my case and that was from NVC sending it back, it had not even reached the consulate.

in my case my laweyr could not do anything. Get in touch with your congressman / senator asap! just look for the immigration link on their website.
KimbearFemaleCanada2010-02-28 20:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports!!! VISA IN HIS HANDS!!!!
Congrats !!
KimbearFemaleCanada2010-03-16 12:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWake up VSC!

So... Please enlight me: People -well some people- that sent their petition after we did, received their NOA2 already... I know it's only tuesday, but WTH???

When during the day does the service center send the notifying e-mail? Maybe I'll stop looking at my e-mails 5 times a day...

C'mon now, this has GOT to be approved this week, or I don't know what I'm going to do! :angry:


lol Patience, something most of us here can say is not easy to come by.

It amazes me how fast the new approvals are whipping out. Hell I applied a year ago today for my K1...and I'm still waiting for my visa. Be glad there have been improvements to the system. You will get your Noa2 soon. And then you will almost forget how long you have been away from each other when you get to spend the next 50 or more years together!
KimbearFemaleCanada2010-03-16 18:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports6+ months waiting Club
so it's been 8 months now. had an noa2 which was taken away then 2 months later and rfe. Now we are still waiting. And i honestly dont know what to do or think. I packed up and moved to be closer to my US fiancee as that seems to have been one of the few things i have control over, and we thought it might help.

Lawerys are not doing anything, Congress has done nothing new for us, and emailing uscis / calling them is useless as boobs on a bull. NVC returned our file back in august, it's now November. And i'm starting to lose hope and faith that we will ever get another approval.

How do you all do it? Half the time i don't know whether to cry or yell and scream anymore sad.gif

Edited by Kimbear, 12 November 2009 - 04:32 PM.

KimbearFemaleCanada2009-11-12 16:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
Frosty your flying back the day after my wedding! wow it feels so good to day that :D

Jome i hope you guys are not cutting it too close! Must be hard for her to leave all her family etc. Me i dont have that problem, just my half-sister and mom, and well we hardly talk, not for the last few years. so it's not like i'm gonna miss much..except my wonderful food stuff etc thati can't get in the u.s.a!! :)
KimbearFemaleCanada2010-03-02 10:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
Well it's a year later, guessing everyone got their approvals and are happily married or soon to be. Just thought i'd check in:)
KimbearFemaleCanada2010-03-01 12:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
so i was right about gettign to the usa a year later..found out out interview date. March 30th. Got the rest of my vaccines i needed, have a an ultrasound /mamogram still to do for the breast lump and then it's just wait and get ready to leave soon as i get the visa in my hand
KimbearFemaleCanada2010-01-25 08:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer

Well, just a general update. I'm here in the states now, we are married as of Wednesday and just waiting on the certificate to come so we can send in AOS. I'm happy to see so many others on their way, I hope you get to join us down here soon Kim!


thanks hon but now its looking more and more likely after april. feb and march were scheduled. latest is a march 25th date for a cr1 so i'm guessing april now :( i'm trying to stay positive but with the retarded medical and this backlog..UGH...that light in the tunnel is getting further away.

Hope you and Wes are enjoying your new life as husband and wife. Does it feel like anything has changed yet? lol.
KimbearFemaleCanada2010-01-22 19:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
GRATS!! That is awesome news Frosty!
KimbearFemaleCanada2010-01-15 20:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
Good luck Frosty!
KimbearFemaleCanada2010-01-14 23:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer

Well damn. That blows.
You're with your boy though right?


haha nope was there for xmas though 2 weeks. haven't seen him since i came back. medical is monday so he's driving up to be with me for that. then hes gonna try and come down for his bday on feb 10th and vday. finances are a bit rough atm what with xmas gifts etc. and i dont want him driving during bad weather.
KimbearFemaleCanada2010-01-14 15:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer

Kimbear.......

What's the word?
Gettin' a little quiet N..HrrrA.

J


consulate finally logged p3..montreal still backlogged. 3 months min wait for an interview. when all is said and done, k1 process = way over 1year.
KimbearFemaleCanada2010-01-14 13:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
From what i read most of the RFE's are for having the ds-3025 vaccination list transfered to teh 1-693 form by a civil surgeon in the usa. most ppl didn't do that they jsut sent in a copy of the ds-3025 from their medical.

amost a month and my consulate has still not logged in myp3...sigh.
KimbearFemaleCanada2010-01-12 11:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
When i'm physically in the same room with David i have no cares in the world and all the patience anyone could have. It's when we're apart that i lose it. However things are a bit better now that we live closer. I just wish i'd get my damn p3 already. sooo annoying waiting on a consulate that i cannot get ahold of and who wont answer my emails, i cant phone fax, and david cna't even get in touch with them unless it's by appointment now. sigh.

I had hoped to have p3 by now so i could cross border this weekend for xmas, having that letter in my hands etc with all my last years paperwork etc would have made it easier i think, especially with my past entrance refusals last year. Now it looks like i can't see my new family for xmas again.

And Davids best friend just lost his mother so it's not fair of me to take david away from his friends / family at this time of year. Ah well..dont feel like xmas really anyway, still no snow up here.
KimbearFemaleCanada2009-12-17 12:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
QUOTE (Cutefemcop @ Dec 16 2009, 06:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (FrostyMist @ Nov 26 2009, 03:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Medical has been completed. It wasn't nearly as terrible as I feared it would be. smile.gif I'm so relieved to have it out of the way.

Now, just waiting for the interview date.


Congrats!! My fiance had his medical on November 24th. So now we wait for the interview as well...this is ridiculous....how long does it take for us to get an interview....in March it will be a year since we started....I thought they said the process took 6 months?


hahahaahaha cough sorry

last march i was told 3 months by my lawyer. took 9 for the noa2. now i have to wait another 4-6 months for an interview at my consulate. Looks like it will take more than 12 months for me to get to my beloved in chicago.

oh did i mention..patience is most definatly not one of my virtues....
KimbearFemaleCanada2009-12-16 23:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
QUOTE (jomegared @ Dec 11 2009, 12:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Danu @ Dec 10 2009, 12:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hey Jomegared...whats the news? Such suspense here!!!



Sorry sorry.

So, its good. Monday came around and they said, COME TOMORROW. So midnight on Monday my gal starts looking over the paperwork.
FINALLY she realizes the Bio wasn't filled out by our lawyer so she scrambles, calls me, and we get it done. 1am she finally sleeps. 6 30am her
time I call her and wake her up. She goes, sits down with the interviewer and he says......

"So tell me about this arrest."

From there she begins to explain what happened and how she ended up overstaying her student visa.
He says,

"You know this makes you ineligible to receive a visa right?"

She proclaims, "Yes I do and it was my fault for being naive of the law."
He glances over her evidence, looks at a couple pictures and just lets Hanane talk about us.
He says he doesn't doubt the validity of our relationship, but he needs to check with Homeland Security about her.
"I'll call you in a couple days."


The interview itself took twenty minutes.
She was in the waiting room before it for over 2 hours which for CASA is pretty short.
Needless to say fell asleep while waiting. lol. Cutie. Anywho....

Two days go by and im flippin my ######.
He calls her today and says the story checks out, you were under the limit to define an overstay can you come pick up your visa?
To which Hanane replies.....

"No, actually I'm kinda busy right now with work. Can I come tomorrow?"
"Oh...little miss Hanane is busy. Never have I called someone to come pick up a visa, and they told me no! Sure you can come tomorrow." He said.


Thank god. So many ups and downs.
Such a process. Be sure to look for some videos I'm going to make about immigration when reform hits next year.
Thanks all for your support. You are close. Very close, and it will all be worth the wait.

Much love.

J


oh wow. Glad it all worked out! i'm still LOL at the " i'm busy can i pick it up tomorrow part"..smile.gif i would be like screw boss and hi tailed it to the office tongue.gif

most of us in march have had a few ups and downs one way or another, whether it was lost paperowork, medical issues, uscis errors. But your right. we are all either at the finish line or very very close. IF it weren't for you all and these forums i do not know what i would have done smile.gif

Congrats once again!

KimbearFemaleCanada2009-12-11 10:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
Grats Frosty!
KimbearFemaleCanada2009-12-09 10:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
QUOTE (Danu @ Dec 7 2009, 10:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (jomegared @ Dec 7 2009, 08:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
AHHH CRAZYNESSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

Emailed the consulate last night begging for another earlier interview date. First they said no.
Then they emailed back and said yes, we called your fiancee and she is going TOMORROW!!!!!
Crazy crazy, superpanicked, cRAZY!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.


OMG awesome! I'm sure she will do awesome!

Kim - I have my fingers crossed for you for a speedy interview!


David called NVC package left Dec 4th to the consulate. but dhl tracking shows me only one Montreal package on Dec 3rd signed for sad.gif Nothing since. However i heard that an electronic copy gets sent first.

So how do i know if Montreal received my petition since i cant call them. Do i just email them?

And when is it safe for me to do the online forms with the confirmation pages? everything else is done and done lol. i'm figureing what a month to get my packet 3 at least? with my checkliset etc?
KimbearFemaleCanada2009-12-08 11:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
QUOTE (jomegared @ Dec 7 2009, 08:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
AHHH CRAZYNESSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

Emailed the consulate last night begging for another earlier interview date. First they said no.
Then they emailed back and said yes, we called your fiancee and she is going TOMORROW!!!!!
Crazy crazy, superpanicked, cRAZY!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.


omg what luck! let us know how it goes~!!


KimbearFemaleCanada2009-12-08 10:59:00