Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May 2013 filers	Yeah.. CEAC is generic, a catch-all for all the different visa types. Stick to looking for what I said:   1) Your "Case Updated" field changes - that means they've logged the affidavit.   2) A status change to AP - That means it's all finished up and they're just doing some last checks.   3) A status changed to Issued - Visa's printed, in the passport and on its way to the courier.   Thankfully though, Loomis seems to be working for you as far as taking in documents. DX Secure over here in the UK is messing someone around about taking his documents and passport in (despite the fact the Embassy has said they're to be used for this) and keep telling him they don't do it. Nearly at my wits end since London changed their bloody procedures.. Atleast the CEAC is back up and running. When I log in it still says "Ready" to book an interview at the consulate. Yep, still not looking at the documents or logging the affidavit. Oh well!	sjs87	Female	Canada	2014-01-10 11:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May 2013 filers	I got the same thing.. so it's the website that has gone down.. dont panic I'm not panicked, I just had a glimmer of hope that maybe they were already working on our file in Vancouver.   I guess you're probably trying to bump up your interview date if possible?	sjs87	Female	Canada	2014-01-10 00:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May 2013 filers	It could just be computer glitches, or something might be happening with our file at the consulate.   Yesterday I was logging onto the CEAC website to see if there was any status changes (either AP or a quick approval, but AP would have been the likelier of the two). There was no status update to be had, though the CEAC website did say I was ready to schedule an interview at the consulate. Obviously, I've already had the interview so I disregarded that.   Today I log on to see if there's an status updates, and there is none -- but when I log on with my VAC number, I don't actually log in but the following appears when I click 'submit':   Application Error An unexpected error has occurred while processing your previous request. The error has been reported to the site administrator; no further action is required.   I am not sure if this means anything or not -- I am hoping it means they are changing my visa status, of course! Or else this is just an unfortunately fluke that is making my heart excited for no apparent reason... either way, I know the consulate has what they need so I continue to wait	sjs87	Female	Canada	2014-01-09 13:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May 2013 filers	Watch your CEAC status. If it changes to Administrative Processing then it means they're working on it. Even better, if it goes to Issued then that means your visa's been printed and put in the passport. Alright, well for now it says to schedule an interview at the Montreal Consulate, which I know I don't need to do since i've already had my interview... just have to wait to see the status change to know they are looking at the file, or as you say, have issued the visa. That would be a miracle! Seeing as they only received the Affadavit + evidence today, I have a feeling it'll take a little while to get a status update.   Fingers crossed!   Thanks for the info, Wheatley!	sjs87	Female	Canada	2014-01-08 21:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May 2013 filers	Excellent news.. Hope you get your visa soon  Thanks, Ozgirl, we hope so, too! On the same note -- because I won't be notified in person about an approval (or denial -- I guess anything is possible), is there any website or any place that will keep me informed about the status of our application? I seem to recall hearing that I should get an email from the consulate stating they received the package, and I also heard if I don't hear from them in a reasonable amount of time to email them to inquire.    Ah, the waiting game is so hard! I just want this to be done and approved... it's sure nerve wracking! But, I'm thinking and staying as positive as I possibly can	sjs87	Female	Canada	2014-01-08 19:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May 2013 filers	An update!   My fiance sent the Affadavit of Support via UPS overnight service. After speaking to a UPS support rep this morning, they said 'weather delays' would cause the package to arrive tomorrow, rather than today. Obviously I was not thrilled, but nothing you can do especially if weather-related.    Fortunately, I think my inquiry to UPS somehow worked some magic, because the package was left on my doorstep later in the afternoon! (I signed up for e-mail updates, and had it not been for that, I probably wouldn't have noticed the package was delivered because there was no apparent knock at the door or doorbell ring).    I immediately jumped in the car and headed over to Loomis, the courier for the US Consulate in Vancouver. Now we are 'righting the wrong' of the missing affadavit of support... the waiting game begins for how long it will take the consulate to receive, review, and hopefully approve my K-1 visa. I hope that the fact there was missing documents in the first place (lawyers fault -- not ours) doesn't alter their viewpoint when considering our case.   Now that the ball is rolling again, we are looking forward to the next step of the journey! Called Loomis this morning as their website said package was delivered, but the website said it was delivered to a different city than the consulate is in. Fortunately it was just a glitch, but the package was, in fact, delivered to the consulate this morning. So now they DO have the Affadavit of Support + supporting documents, my passport, and birth cert.    Here's hoping we get a POSITIVE response soon! We will be so glad to have this behind us	sjs87	Female	Canada	2014-01-08 17:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	May 2013 filers	An update!   My fiance sent the Affadavit of Support via UPS overnight service. After speaking to a UPS support rep this morning, they said 'weather delays' would cause the package to arrive tomorrow, rather than today. Obviously I was not thrilled, but nothing you can do especially if weather-related.    Fortunately, I think my inquiry to UPS somehow worked some magic, because the package was left on my doorstep later in the afternoon! (I signed up for e-mail updates, and had it not been for that, I probably wouldn't have noticed the package was delivered because there was no apparent knock at the door or doorbell ring).    I immediately jumped in the car and headed over to Loomis, the courier for the US Consulate in Vancouver. Now we are 'righting the wrong' of the missing affadavit of support... the waiting game begins for how long it will take the consulate to receive, review, and hopefully approve my K-1 visa. I hope that the fact there was missing documents in the first place (lawyers fault -- not ours) doesn't alter their viewpoint when considering our case.   Now that the ball is rolling again, we are looking forward to the next step of the journey!	sjs87	Female	Canada	2014-01-07 22:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	We got our NOA2 TODAY!!	Thank you thank you everybody! I am praying a lot for that question about my fiance going to Caracas or not. Caracas is not a safe place, not even for me being the Venezuelan over here. He has a very busy schedule at work during March so... I am relaxed: if he can make it, it will be great to have his support out there. If he can not, I am sure I can handle it just keeping the calm and being honest. I really trust I have a lot of proof of our bona fide relationship. And you guys? the UScitizen will go? From what I read in these posts it seems like a good idea. I feel it like the saying "a picture tells a thousand words." If the embassy can see the connection between you then the chance of approval is higher. I will definitely be going.	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-01-15 22:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	We got our NOA2 TODAY!!	We got approved!!! I want to jump out of my desk, call everybody, cry and jump again. But first: THANK YOU ALL OF YOU GUYS!! For the honest feedbacks, concern and supporting words. Without VJ we will never ever would be that far in this process. God bless you all with abundance and wisdom not just for the visa but for a happy marriage and a beautiful home. Love! Sandris and Jim. Congratulations on the approval. Keep us informed as to how it goes. Will you be together for the interview? I hear it is better to be together. What do you think? Edited by jetoro, 14 January 2013 - 07:07 PM.	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-01-14 19:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	About changing the name	Your choice. There is no deadline to file the AOS but a lot of your benefits are awaiting that so it is best to do it as soon as possible. My wife had her green card in hand 4 months after arrival. You can get an SSN the next day after you arrive in your maiden name. Names on SS cards are not important, you keep the number for life and can change the name later. My wife kept her maiden name until citizenship and then changed it. All her ID had matching names that way, not that it is a huge deal if they are different. It is just her preference. Her green card and Ukrainian passport had her maiden name. Her US passport has her married name. She changed her name on her drivers license and we are going to go to the SS office this week to change her SS card and her status to "citizen" I really appreciate this response. This issue has been on my mind and your idea resolves it for me. I can see great confusion on international travel with a passport in one name and green card in another. Better to keep everything uniform, especially these days with so much security. Question: how long did it take for her to get citiizenship? Thanks again for this excellent idea.	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-01-18 00:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	i give up on noa2	Let me humbly suggest that perhaps you meant surrender instead of give up. There is nothing more powerful we can do than surrender and turn it over to a higher power. All the best... i give up on waiting for the noa2. its been 6 months and 4 days of waiting. its so frustrating for waiting, like it will not come anymore. we dont know whats going with uscis. its not making since the july filer that behind our filing date is approved already but us did not hear anything... so depressed and frustrated. i think i will not wait for that noa2 anymore.whose july filer there that same noa1 with us...	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-01-27 13:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	VISA APPROVED	Way to go! Congratulations! All the best. Finally My fiancee got the visa. Happy Happy Happy !! Would like to thank VJ community for all the help and support.	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-01-29 22:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA2 Approved	Congratulations. Keep the faith!!! OMG God is so Good woke up to text that his K1 has been approved. Can't stop crying coz I had given up on January. Oh by way I am August filer. 20 August to be precise........	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-01-29 01:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	We got it NOA2 Thank you Jesus..	Congratulations. Now go forth and conquer! All the best.... After 6 months of waiting, now we're approved. Right now today I'm full of rainbows and dancing around and stuff.	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-01-24 14:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	February 14 Interview Date!	Take a deep breath and put one foot in front of another. I know it will go well. Congratulations! Anxious now, I set my interview date on February 14,2013, 7:30am ! ohhh Gosh help me God! Anyone same interview date with mine?	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-02-06 00:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Approved NOA2 VSC	Congratulations! Now it is time to go for the gold!!! Hello everyone we got our NOA2 approval via- Mail 2/1/13, We were checking online but there were no updates there, just in case someone does not see update online, you can still get it in Mail first. Best of luck to everyone on this journey !!!!	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-02-02 23:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Interview done, Visa approved!	Congratulations and thank you for taking the time to write down the interview process. I think it really helps all of us who are still waiting for that blessed day! All the best, Hello guys! I had my interview a few hours ago and I came here to share my experience. It was at the U.S Embassy in Athens Greece and honestly, I thought it'd be much more stressful and harder. I'm copy pasting the review I submitted. I arrived there at 8:25am for an 8:30 appointment. I saw around 30 people waiting before me and I knew it'd be a long wait. After the security check where I had to give them my phone and a USB I had with me, I went to another room and a woman gave me a number and told me to wait until someone called me. I waited for about an hour before I saw my number flashing. I entered a small room with a chair and across me (glass between) there was a woman sitting. She spoke to me in Greek (no American accent), so I figured she was Greek. I gave her my passport, 2 photos, the DS-forms, birth certificate and visa payment receipt. ( I have already submitted the I-134 with my initial petition). I waited a bit and when she came back, she gave me the X-ray results and told me to keep it and have it at POE with me. She only asked 3-4 questions and she was writing them down: -How many times have you been to the US? -On what Visa? -How did you meet your fiancé? -Will this be your first marriage? I asked her if she wanted to see evidence of ongoing relationship, and she said no. Then she told me to wait outside until my number is called again so I can go for fingerprints and then talk with the consular officer so he can decide. I also gave her my phone number so they'd call me and tell me to come and pick up my Visa. I waited for about another hour, then simply went for fingerprints and about 20min later, my number flashed again and I entered the same room. This time, a U.S officer was there and the woman that interviewed me before, was standing besides him. We agreed to speak in English and he proceeded to ask me pretty much the same questions: -How did you meet? -Where is he working? -Where does he live? -Do you plan to live there (area) when you move? And that was it. He was very friendly and the whole thing didn't take more than 3minutes. Once again, no recent evidence of ongoing relationship was asked from me. While he was interviewing me, he was looking at the photos we had submitted with our I-129F petition. I was kinda bummed out that he didn't wanna see my evidence, because I had arranged them in a nice folder, with chronological order, starting with boarding passes, photos with captions, phone call screenshots, messages, cards/letter, facebook evidence and such. Anyways. He said that we were done and I should expect a call from them later this week, to come pick up my passport and visa. So I asked him: '' Are we going to find out if we're approved by the end of the week?'' and he replied: ''No, you're already approved''. I smiled and told him to have a great day.	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-02-25 00:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	interview tomorrow!!! nervous now!!	Hey, its yours by right of consciousness. Go in with confidence and faith!!! so i have my interview tomorrow and i have to admit, im nervous!!!	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-02-25 00:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	CSC	Hey, pacacuti, Great idea to write our representatives. The squeaky wheel and all that. Would you be willing to copy me on your correspondence so I can use it as a boiler plate for my own letter? Thank you for keeping us on the edge! I think we have shown ad nauseam that this does NOT appear to be some seasonal or cyclical shift. Something much more significant is happening. Let me add some personal anecdotal evidence that goes along with the graphs BayAreaGuy posted. My NOA1 date is 11/30. Today marks day number 100 for me. In those 100 days, the graphs on Igor's list for CSC K1 processing are essentially the same as they were the day I got my NOA1. There has been no apparent progress in the 100 days that I have been sitting here. And there doesn't seem to be any indication that this will change any time soon. The K1 visa was designed to unite families without having to undergo a long wait period. USCIS was mandated by law to fulfill that mission. They are failing at that mission. They provide no information about their processes nor about our specific cases. They are acting as if they are unaccountable. As if they are somehow above the law. This is why I will be writing my congress critters and the DHS ombudsman this weekend and I encourage everyone else to do the same. This is inexcusable.	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-03-10 00:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	4 approvals at CSC for the week	I do wish you well on your trip to see your family. However ... I do question your right to whine afterwards. If you see your family, those rights are revoked, at least temporarily. Have a great trip! I'm going down to Peru to be with my fiancee and my son for a couple of weeks, so I won't be taking any action until May or so. But soon it will be my turn to whine Mark	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-04-06 22:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	4 approvals at CSC for the week	Hey, great to see a new pic! Remember to keep the faith!! Juan Enrique PS: You are now "senior member" on VJ! Don't be fooled. There has been no significant change at CSC. They appear to have gone backwards this week. Grrrrr. PS. Yes, I know this is from Igor's List...	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-04-06 22:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	We had our Embassy interview in Costa Rica on July 30th.  The only additional thing they requested was a transcript, from the IRS, of my 2012 tax return.  So we are waiting for that now.   Congratulations to all the November filers on their successful application! Happy Snoopy Dance!!!!!  Visa approved!  We met another VJ couple at the Lima embassy (they can speak for themselves) and they were approved too   Now we off to celebrate.  Woo Hooo!!!   I love the Snoopy Dance idea.  Congratulations once again and again and again.	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-08-13 20:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	NOA2 approval!!!   On to the next step!!!   Thank you God!  Gracias Dios!	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-05-13 21:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	Vaya con Dios amigo, y saludos a la hermosa familia!! Man, that's the truth. This week flew by. I was teaching a class on the Python programming language (5 full days). With readjusting the material I had originally made, trying out code examples and trying to get them perfect, I was working literally from 4:30 AM to midnight every day. It totally kept my mind off VJ (and pretty much everything else except my lovely fiancee and my little dude). Now I am on my way south of the equator . Two whole weeks where I will probably forget all about you people (sorry). See y'all on the flip side	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-04-16 00:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	Congratulations!!!! Wish you the best in the process. Thank you also for the good wishes All of us need to keep the faith. Guys, I got my expedited NOA2 approved today. I hope you all don't have to wait too long until you are in the same boat. I will update you all as much as I can about how the process goes from here - thinking of you all and sending tons of positive vibes to each of you!	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-03-03 18:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	Hey, I just discovered that one can register an email and cell on USCIS! Check out.... https://egov.uscis.g...RegRetrieval.do To think that when we started it was the other way around	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-02-25 00:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	If there ever was a reason to expedite, that is certainly a big one. Good luck and do keep us informed. All the best My husband-to-be got orders for a deployment, not to a war zone but to Japan that starts in July...we're hoping that USCIS will grant us an expedite. He's making the phone call tomorrow...keeping my fingers and toes and everything else crossed, otherwise with the normal processing times I don't know how we're going to scrape in before we'd have to be in Japan. I'll let you all know how it goes...	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-02-19 01:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	My hairdresser told me today that his parents have finally gotten their consulate interview, Obviously they are not K-1 but just to put our wait in perspective it took over 3 years! So remember that it is always darkest just before the dawn. Or as the Sage says, "God please grant me patience.... and grant RIGHT NOW" All the best to all....	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-02-16 23:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	I am glad to hear from you. It seems our group has been very silent lately. I am doing fine and inpatient as I am sure we all are. They say patience is a virtue so I doing my best to be virtuous! Thanks for checking in. Hey, how do you get your time line to appear underneath your post? Also how do you get your picture to appear on your post? I have a picture uploaded and my time line in entered in the system but it does not appear on my posts. Anyway... just a thought. Thanks again. how's everyone doing?	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-02-12 00:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	Sounds great Mark! Only one question, what does PM mean and how do I do it? Thanks for the invite, I look forward to a celebratory time with all of us!! Juan Enrique If you are interested, PM me and we can stay in contact and get together once our loves are with us. What say you? Mark	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-01-29 00:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	Cool, great to connect with you. My finance is from Peru, living in Costa Rica. Good luck on an expeditious NOA2!! I will drive up to Everett and buy you that drink if it will get me my NOA2 Mark PS. I am down in Olympia, BTW	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-01-27 22:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	First one in the group to receive a NOA2, buys the first round!	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-01-27 13:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	http://www.visajourn...on-information/ There you go... Can you post a link to the post in question, pretty please?	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-01-25 23:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	I just saw the post by Gary entitled K1 useful information. He had dinner with one of the UCIS officials. Off the cuff, great information. Just the kind of stuff you would have asked if he was at dinner with you. Thank you Gary - he is the host for the VJ site. Great job! Highly recommended for all...	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-01-24 22:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2012 filers	I got NOA1 on November 7th. Prayer for an expeditiousness processing like everyone else! Thank you for creating this group!	jetoro	Male	Costa Rica	2013-01-18 00:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	K1 Visa approved	First of all Congratulation And could you please tell us what was your NOA1 date? july 19 was my noa1 date	acesteph	Male	Philippines	2013-01-13 00:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	K1 Visa approved	Hold on there a mo, you getting ahead of yerself. The I-129F petition was approved, not the K-1 visa. You've some way to go, still, but Congratulations !!! Whatcha cooking, to celebrate ? oh yea, i just got carried away, just NOA2, but either way im glad that we got approved, cant cook , just eating outside i guess, hopefully everything goes well, thanks to all	acesteph	Male	Philippines	2013-01-11 22:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	K1 Visa approved	On January 10, 2013, 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 at 1-800-375-5283. I've been a silent member of Visajourney and this is my first post, I would just like to thank everyone who help us out, this site help us alot. Our journey is not yet over but we are just happy that we got our NOA2 already, Im a July 19 filer , so those who are in the july time frame who are still waiting, next is yours! Thanks	acesteph	Male	Philippines	2013-01-11 22:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA-2 Approved!	Congratulations!!! I was a july 19 filer from philippines and was approved jan. 10, no email no text but I just checked uscis on my status. For july filers, make sure you check your case number @ USCIS.gov everyday not just waiting for email or text, you'll never know! good luck to all!	acesteph	Male	Philippines	2013-01-12 17:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Do i need to wait for packet 3 before interview?	thanks everyone for the help, i'll update you guys on what happened to my fiancee's interview	acesteph	Male	Philippines	2013-02-04 22:24:00