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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
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QUOTE (laura819 @ Mar 31 2009, 04:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Mine's still not at NVC...I'm not going to call again til either Friday or Monday, I'm not sure..

When I called today, they told me it takes 90 days....yea, i hope not!


My NOA2 date is one day after yours and as of yesterday (4/1) my packet still hadn't arrived either, so I wouldn't worry about it kicking.gif

I think I will either call them again tomorrow or next monday to check up again. The lady I talked to at the NVC said it can take 2-4 weeks, I didn't hear the 90 day spiel good.gif


i'm guessing mine will get there monday..or that even if it get there before that, they won't put it in til monday cuz thats the two week mark!
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-04-02 13:42:00
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Mine's still not at NVC...I'm not going to call again til either Friday or Monday, I'm not sure..

When I called today, they told me it takes 90 days....yea, i hope not!


If I was a bettin' woman I would say by this Friday it will be received! It will get there!


I wasn't counting on it being there today... I think I was just bored and called cuz of that! But I am realistically hoping either Friday or Monday it will get there! I'm so scared of AP...


What makes someone go in AP at either NVC or Embassy if they didn't get stuck at CSC?
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-31 19:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
Mine's still not at NVC...I'm not going to call again til either Friday or Monday, I'm not sure..

When I called today, they told me it takes 90 days....yea, i hope not!
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-31 15:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
QUOTE (minnew @ Mar 31 2009, 12:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
NVC received our petition on March 27th and it was sent to Vancouver yesterday March 30th!! Woohoo! My fiance thought I was nuts when I was jumping on the bed all giddy when he was on the phone with NVC!! By the time I get to Canada next Monday hopefully my Pkt 3 will be on its way!!! kicking.gif


yay smile.gif im so excited for you!
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-31 11:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
QUOTE (Steve&Shannon @ Mar 30 2009, 09:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
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Sweet! I hope mine was in that batch too!! Did you press 5 to speak to a live operator at NVC? K-1's are not part of the automated system.


I hope it was too! Chances are good, I'd say.

So where did you find out that K1's aren't part of the automated system and why, pray tell, doesn't it say that in the flowchart? Silly. Never tried the live body option at NVC, assuming until Laura's post today that they'd update the automated. That's even more silly. I should know by now...

Question for anybody... Now that we've got our VAC# from the State Department, can Shannon get her medical done using that? She's close enough to Vancouver to make it worthwhile and that way she'd have it out of the way before her interview. Anything else she can do? We've pretty much finished all the stuff she needs for Packet 3 and she's essentially ready for the interview...


I've seen the thing about the non-automated system in countless posts around VJ...also in the UK forum in the posts about being between NOA2 and the Interview. I'm sure if you look around, you'll find it!

Yes, now that you have the VAC#, you can do the medical! If you have everything ready for packet 3, the medical is all there really is to do. Good luck smile.gif
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-30 20:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
QUOTE (Steve&Shannon @ Mar 30 2009, 08:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Just got the letter in the mail from NVC stating that they received the packet, assigned the VAC Case Number, and were sending it on to the Vancouver Consulate within 10 days. The letter was dated March 27th. I had been calling NVC for the automated updates to no avail, even up to today. They had no record of the case... Proves Laura may be right.

Either way we're one step closer. Hope everyone else flies through the rest of the process too!


I know for absolutely SURE that K-1s are NOT in the automated system. I've seen that in almost every post concerning K-1 and NVC. And on my NOA2 which I finally got in the mail today, it said NVC is open til 6:45 eastern time. Try tomorrow and see what they say.

laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-30 20:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
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So Laura, have you confirmed that NVC has your case by talking to them directly? Has it already been forwarded on?


NVC does not have my case yet, unfortunately. It seems to be taking around 1 1/2 to 2 weeks for them to get cases lately, so I am going to hold off calling until next Monday. But yes, you have to talk to them directly. When you call NVC, press 1 for english and then 5 for an operator and just wait.

Has anyone heard that their case is at NVC yet? Just wondering what dates have gotten there already!

ETA: Oh! I just saw your NOA2 is 3/18....you should try calling and see if it is there yet...let us know! I know that some 3/17 NOA2s have gotten to NVC, so yours could be there..



I also am waiting for my letter from NVC and just called them at (603) 334-0700, talked to an operator and our case is not there yet. My NOA 2 was 3/19 so I'm not sure why it's not there. I pray it's not lost in the mail. Some people have their NVC within 2 days and mine is already 12 and it's still not there.

The operator said it normally takes 2-4 weeks and up to 90 days. Oh my gosh. I pray they will get it soon. I might call them everyday. The line is constantly busy so you need to use redial non-stop. Good luck to all...


has anyone RECENTLY had it get there in 2 days? I mean, since all those approvals happened so fast? Since that, it seems that the petitions get to NVC much slower. I was told the same thing when I called NVC. However, they have always said that I believe, and it clearly was not true. If I were you, I'd start calling at night, so you are allowing the full time that day for the petition to get there. Don't worry too much, I am sure it'll be there soon!
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-30 11:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
QUOTE (Steve&Shannon @ Mar 30 2009, 10:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
So Laura, have you confirmed that NVC has your case by talking to them directly? Has it already been forwarded on?


NVC does not have my case yet, unfortunately. It seems to be taking around 1 1/2 to 2 weeks for them to get cases lately, so I am going to hold off calling until next Monday. But yes, you have to talk to them directly. When you call NVC, press 1 for english and then 5 for an operator and just wait.

Has anyone heard that their case is at NVC yet? Just wondering what dates have gotten there already!

ETA: Oh! I just saw your NOA2 is 3/18....you should try calling and see if it is there yet...let us know! I know that some 3/17 NOA2s have gotten to NVC, so yours could be there..

Edited by laura819, 30 March 2009 - 10:01 AM.

laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-30 10:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
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For NVC, you can't use the automated system. You have to press 5 to talk to a real person to find out if your case is there.

I was wondering about that....so silly, you would think they would want us to use the automated system, easier for them. Although I guess it helps keep a bunch of people employed. Ok, tomorrow morning will give them a call before going to work, which with the time difference will be 1pm their time.

Hopefully they will tell me the case has been sent to Vancouver.


Does it have to be the petitioner than enquires or can the beneficiary call on their behalf? Only wondering because my honey is working nights, so isnt up when they are staffed I dont think, unless they are open late.


either one can call. i don't remember what time they are open until.
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-30 08:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
QUOTE (easytarget @ Mar 29 2009, 12:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (laura819 @ Mar 28 2009, 05:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'm still waiting on paper NOA2...getting kinda freaked out, as my paper NOA1 only took three

They didn't update my online status, however I got the paper notice 1 week ago.
I keep calling the automated NVC phone number, the recording says they don't have any record of my case. I am getting worried.


I actually did get on online update, and I know my case is approved, but I really want the paper copy. it would make me feel better.

For NVC, you can't use the automated system. You have to press 5 to talk to a real person to find out if your case is there.


Edited by laura819, 29 March 2009 - 08:45 AM.

laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-29 08:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
QUOTE (jldut80 @ Mar 28 2009, 12:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Congrats Klester and RSN!!



omedetou klester smile.gif congrats RSN!!


I'm still waiting on paper NOA2...getting kinda freaked out, as my paper NOA1 only took three (from the postmark date) days to arrive! I'm hoping they didn't update my case by accident or something! I know I'm just being crazy..hopefully by the end of next week the NOA2 will come.

Edited by laura819, 28 March 2009 - 05:19 PM.

laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-28 17:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
QUOTE (alb2009 @ Mar 26 2009, 08:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
alright-- I'm getting antsy and people who sent theirs in after me are getting approved. What's the process for contacting USCIS to inquire about my application? totally bummed that it's nearly the end of the week and I haven't heard a thing!!!!!!!


I'm not sure how you contact them, but unfortunately I don't think they tell you much unless its past their posted processing time of 6 months. You could try though... I *think* I may have seen CSC's actual phone number (not customer service, but an actual phone number to CSC) in the 6+ month thread. I'll see if I can find that for you... The other option is that you may have actually been approved but your case just wasn't updated online...I think I am one of the ONLY ones who got my approval online of the January filers. That was Monday, and I don't have the paper NOA2 yet. There haven't been ANY approvals posted that are after mine, but I highly doubt thats accurate. Yours may just be coming in the mail!
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-26 20:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
QUOTE (minnew @ Mar 26 2009, 03:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Wow so much to catch up on after only 2 days! Just wanted to check in! I am in Omaha visiting my fiance until April!! Unfortunately he still has to work some days while I am here so I will be around! I am going to wait to call NVC until tomorrow, and with hopes it has already been sent to Vancouver! Meeting with the pastor on Saturday and scouting out wedding venues too! Im so excited! smile.gif The POE at the airport was seriously the easiest I have ever been through, asked me two questions, stamped my passport and I was on my way! All that freaking out for nothing! Congratulations to the newest approved and good luck to those still waiting I am praying for you all, rest assured it will come!


yay you made it!
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-26 15:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
QUOTE (klester @ Mar 26 2009, 02:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
No new approvals today? unsure.gif

I need to stop thinking about this so much, still nothing! mad.gif


My guess is this:

My approval was the last, I think. I got a case update, late late at night. Whoever started doing them again the next day probably hasn't updated. cuz to be doing THAT many, and then NOTHING...doesnt make sense...
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-26 14:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
QUOTE (Nik+Heather @ Mar 26 2009, 11:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I haven't called the NVC at all (yet - keeping this option in reserve).

If people abuse a free service, it will not be free for much longer. You can see all the other pay-lots-of-money numbers referred to here!

I figure that if my petition left CSC on the same day as my NOA2 (March 16) Say it takes the whole week to get to NVC (March 23). They have to process it. Let's be nice and say that's 3 days of sitting in queue (March 26). Then they have to mail something back to me saying they've done it. Maybe that takes 5 days to get to me (March 31). That puts me about 2 weeks after my NOA2 before I should start even thinking about harassing the NVC.

My calling and taking up someone's time - someone who has to be PAID (and they'll find ways to make those who come after pay in turn - higher fees, or a paid line!) - doesn't move my petition along any faster. I know that it's a bit comforting to be able to track progress, but tracking it doesn't make it go faster! smile.gif Also, it's just a few days longer to wait for the normal channels of getting the notice.


Besides, guys, we got our approvals faster than even in our wildest dreams we thought we might. You'll get your regular old paper notices about it getting to the embassy before you ever thought your petition would be looked at again...

I know we're all fired up and excited by how fast things seemed to be moving, and I KNOW it's hard to wait, but that's no reason to start getting impatient now!


you are completely right smile.gif im guessing my petition wont get there for awhile still...so i'll leave them alone smile.gif but either way, I didn't even dream about getting NOA2 for atleast another month, so...

so the letters we get from now are....
NOA2
arrived at NVC letter
left from NVC letter
and then the non USC gets packet three...

....thats it right? or not all of those?

laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-26 11:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
this is really dumb but im not gonna feel like the noa2 is real until i get it in the mail! which im guessing will be friday, at best
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-25 22:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
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yeah i think they will recieve yours soon mines took a week, try calling tommorow if not then wait to call until you recieve your hard copy, i dont have msn, but we can message each other, and keep updated!


ok smile.gif keep us all updated smile.gif im so excited for all of us!!


me tooo im so happy =]

how often have you been calling nvc?? i dont wanna be too obsessive...lol
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-25 21:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
QUOTE (lovica_l @ Mar 25 2009, 10:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
yeah i think they will recieve yours soon mines took a week, try calling tommorow if not then wait to call until you recieve your hard copy, i dont have msn, but we can message each other, and keep updated!


ok smile.gif keep us all updated smile.gif im so excited for all of us!!
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-25 21:27:00
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omg laura819, they just recieved my petition, and said it would take a week to forward to delhi embassy =]! yay!!!!!


Well, maybe I will call tomorrow then - as I'm hoping based on your time frame that mine's on it's way to London now. smile.gif

-H


yeah you should call in, they will just make you vertify names and birthdates and tell you where your petition is =]



Update my case status to what? it said "approval notice sent" last time i checked...is that what yours says? how did you know they recieved yours? did you call in again? or status change?


they have not updated my case status, it still says pending, and yeah i just called a hourago n they said it arrived today and it will be at my embassy within a week


awesome! i think im gonna wait to get the paper copy of NOA2 until i call again. although I am wondering if they could have sent a huge packet of them, mine included? what do you think i should do?? do you have MSN messenger...or anything like that?
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-25 21:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
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omg laura819, they just recieved my petition, and said it would take a week to forward to delhi embassy =]! yay!!!!!


Well, maybe I will call tomorrow then - as I'm hoping based on your time frame that mine's on it's way to London now. smile.gif

-H


yeah you should call in, they will just make you vertify names and birthdates and tell you where your petition is =]



Update my case status to what? it said "approval notice sent" last time i checked...is that what yours says? how did you know they recieved yours? did you call in again? or status change?
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-25 21:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
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Anyone have their petition arrive to NVC yet? I was checking out some earlier March approvals, and it seems like it is taking longer than normal to get to NVC?


Yeah you are right, i have noticed that too that nvc is taking longer than i used to see before, i guess because so many petitions have just been approved? when i call nvc they say csc is taking a while


I called today, I didn't expect anything but just wanted to see what they would say. First of all, I did have to wait a few min on hold, but I was expecting to hold a LONG time because it was like 12:30 EST. The lady I talked to was super nice, and said that it takes 2-4 weeks for the case to arrive at NVC. Hopefully it goes more quickly than that! I will probably wait to call again until I get the paper copy of NOA2, and then call like every day, or every other day. Do we know if NVC is just Mon-Fri? Or Saturday too? We can always hope, right? haha.


yeah whenever i call nvc they are super nice, i have been calling everyday imma call in like 2 days now, i hope it speeds up!


yeah first time they said it would take 2 weeks to just recieve it , and then today seh said it would take 2-4 just to recieve it

Maybe they sent like, tons of days worth of approvals together? I don't know..its so weird. If we call CSC, they won't tell us anything will they? Like call, tell them our case number and have them tell us where it is? Does that work? Or would they be jerks?
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-25 18:22:00
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Anyone have their petition arrive to NVC yet? I was checking out some earlier March approvals, and it seems like it is taking longer than normal to get to NVC?


Yeah you are right, i have noticed that too that nvc is taking longer than i used to see before, i guess because so many petitions have just been approved? when i call nvc they say csc is taking a while


I called today, I didn't expect anything but just wanted to see what they would say. First of all, I did have to wait a few min on hold, but I was expecting to hold a LONG time because it was like 12:30 EST. The lady I talked to was super nice, and said that it takes 2-4 weeks for the case to arrive at NVC. Hopefully it goes more quickly than that! I will probably wait to call again until I get the paper copy of NOA2, and then call like every day, or every other day. Do we know if NVC is just Mon-Fri? Or Saturday too? We can always hope, right? haha.


yeah whenever i call nvc they are super nice, i have been calling everyday imma call in like 2 days now, i hope it speeds up!


Do they keep telling you 2-4 weeks? Or what do they say?
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-25 14:37:00
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I'm getting anxious too! NOA1 date is 1/15, seems like everyone is getting their approvals lately! I hope mine and the rest of ours come soon star_smile.gif


a LOT of people didn't get case updates, and the NOA2 just appeared in their mailbox smile.gif so yours might be on the way! are you the USC, or from Japan??


I'm the USC kicking.gif Checking my mailbox every day!



I just wondered cuz Japanese was my major in college...just graduated smile.gif I'm sure it'll come soon!


Nice! It's my major too, graduating this semester kicking.gif kicking.gif


how cool! what kind of job are you looking for? my job search isnt going too well and i need advice haha
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-25 14:06:00
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I'm getting anxious too! NOA1 date is 1/15, seems like everyone is getting their approvals lately! I hope mine and the rest of ours come soon star_smile.gif


a LOT of people didn't get case updates, and the NOA2 just appeared in their mailbox smile.gif so yours might be on the way! are you the USC, or from Japan??


I'm the USC kicking.gif Checking my mailbox every day!



I just wondered cuz Japanese was my major in college...just graduated smile.gif I'm sure it'll come soon!
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-25 13:55:00
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Anyone have their petition arrive to NVC yet? I was checking out some earlier March approvals, and it seems like it is taking longer than normal to get to NVC?


Yeah you are right, i have noticed that too that nvc is taking longer than i used to see before, i guess because so many petitions have just been approved? when i call nvc they say csc is taking a while


I called today, I didn't expect anything but just wanted to see what they would say. First of all, I did have to wait a few min on hold, but I was expecting to hold a LONG time because it was like 12:30 EST. The lady I talked to was super nice, and said that it takes 2-4 weeks for the case to arrive at NVC. Hopefully it goes more quickly than that! I will probably wait to call again until I get the paper copy of NOA2, and then call like every day, or every other day. Do we know if NVC is just Mon-Fri? Or Saturday too? We can always hope, right? haha.
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-25 13:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
QUOTE (klester @ Mar 24 2009, 11:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'm getting anxious too! NOA1 date is 1/15, seems like everyone is getting their approvals lately! I hope mine and the rest of ours come soon star_smile.gif


a LOT of people didn't get case updates, and the NOA2 just appeared in their mailbox smile.gif so yours might be on the way! are you the USC, or from Japan??
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-24 23:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
Anyone have their petition arrive to NVC yet? I was checking out some earlier March approvals, and it seems like it is taking longer than normal to get to NVC?
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-24 22:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
QUOTE (Nik+Heather @ Mar 24 2009, 12:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
YAY LAURA!!!!


All these approvals make me feel better about getting mine so fast! :)That's great! biggrin.gif


thanks dear smile.gif our fiances can go through it all together now!

I just hope it goes this fast for the rest of the jan. filers. For what its worth, my lat updated changed at around 6 (eastern) I think..it was after I woke up from a nap. And then i check that thing like every 5 minutes, and then stopped to take a shower, etc at 11ish, and aroun 11:30, IT CHANGED! So it CAN change late at night smile.gif
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-24 07:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
APPROVED! By e-mail and case update! Thank you so much guys smile.gif
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-23 22:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
QUOTE (Steve&Shannon @ Mar 23 2009, 07:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
We got our NOA2 in the mail today! March 18th was the actual approval date and I live in Denver. No CRIS notification and no touches. Case still shows "pending" on the website, but I don't care that they didn't take the time to scan the packet, just as long as I have the NOA 2 in my hand and they continue processing all the others just as fast. 70 days is not too shabby! They just cut off a month and a half from what I was hoping for...


Congrats! I can't believe how fast CSC is moving these days! Its so nice!
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-23 18:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
QUOTE (spygame @ Mar 23 2009, 06:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (laura819 @ Mar 23 2009, 04:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
OMG! after WILLING that stupid last updated date to change...it did! touch on 3/23!! 2 months exactly from my last touch!


Happy for you laura819,,,


Thanks! you will be next, don't worry smile.gif I was so great to see the date go from 1/23 to 3/23! hopefully yours will change today too! What a great day...2 NOA2, and a touch for me, and hopefully for some other people! Maybe we will all be out of here by the end of the month!
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-23 17:46:00
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OMG! after WILLING that stupid last updated date to change...it did! touch on 3/23!! 2 months exactly from my last touch!
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-23 16:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
congrats to the 2 noa2s today smile.gif hopefully the rest of ours come quickly.
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-23 13:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
QUOTE (spygame @ Mar 22 2009, 10:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i moved to usa in 2001 from india on a family based petition


do you expect that to have any impact on this petition? i dont really know how that works. I was born here so yeah..just curious! the only reason I could see for mine to be held up is that my fiances name might be in the system from his student visa, but i am not sure.
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-22 21:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
QUOTE (spygame @ Mar 22 2009, 10:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
ya it better be soon,, hate checking the mailboxes,,, last time i did that for my citizenship n stopped after a while,, good thing i stopped coz my ctnzshp took 2 yrs after filing n400....and the status online shows received and pending,, lol

Hoping for NOA2 in this coming week


geez i can't imagine waiting 2 years. can i ask where you moved here from?
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-22 21:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
QUOTE (spygame @ Mar 22 2009, 10:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hey laura819,

Same here,, no touches or anything yet... my noa1 is 01/20,, last touch was 01/23.


my noa1 is 1/15, your last touch is the same day as mine...maybe we are in the same box....hopefully they get to ours soon and the petitions are not in a black hole somewhere.
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-22 21:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
QUOTE (justucia @ Mar 22 2009, 09:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
ill get concrete answer to you tommorow
but if i remember correctly it says something about *pending*

ill let you know for sure tom
yes.gif


actually the "pending" part is different! if you register the case on the uscis website, theres a part that says "last updated" and has a date. that date has your last "touch" in it, and the status ("pending") part, may have not changed. so you might have a touch and you just didn't know it!

laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-22 21:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
QUOTE (justucia @ Mar 22 2009, 09:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
no touches for me

our time will come-
i have never been lucky
so im not expecting anything before june
LOL


just curious, what is the "last updated" date for you? or it doesnt say anything at all?
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-22 20:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
QUOTE (justucia @ Mar 22 2009, 08:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
you are not alone laura819


i have no touches or anything
but i did not sign up with uscis until 5 days ago
(dont know if that makes any difference)

its all good
but this is what i feel like
ClockWatch2.gif


the way you can tell your last touch is to look at "last updated" if its in january or something, then no recent touch crying.gif my last touch was 1/23 crying.gif

i'm happy for those of you who have been approved, but it is really hard to see people who filed after i did getting approved before me! i can only imagine how the people waiting months and months feel...
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-22 19:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary '09 I-129 filers at CSC
Who, other than me, hasn't even had another touch?? I wanna know I am not the only one...

Pizzadude...I am sooo jealous! You and I have everything the same except NOA1 date...but same day the check was cashed, and same last touch (prior to your recent one).
Hopefully I will get something...touch, RFE, approval, anything..soon.
laura819FemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-22 18:45:00