Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	wait wait wait	QUOTE (jade2004 @ Jan 14 2008, 02:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Okay my hubby just scanned and emailed the paper that the embassy gave him and it is a 221g saying that it is pending mandatory administrative processing. And will take an average of 3 months. You will be contacted when it is completed.... What does this mean? Moe said the man that gave him the paper told him he was approved and to check back in a week with the embassy????? AP seems to be common for Middle East consulate/embassy's but I wasn't aware that the administrative processing was mandatory in Jordan. I think it is unfair of the interviewing officer to say all is ok and approved, if further checks needed to be done. You may want to check out the Middle East and North Africa forum for people who have gone through Jordan previously. They should be able a more helpful/specific reply for your situation	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-14 09:50:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	E-mails from USCIS	QUOTE (gogo @ Jan 14 2008, 10:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hey C and J, can you also tell them to send me one by the way? I'll even take your approval email.. I really feel sad that you're stuck where you are in the process, Gogo. I always hope when I see a post from you that you might have had a bit of good news. Both yourself and your spouse are still in my thoughts as I hope for approvals for you (and the others) that are still stuck in the same situation. QUOTE (SusieK @ Jan 14 2008, 03:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> CJ - omg just noticed your almost done. OMG not long now............ Susie, Yep, it's getting closer to my interview now I'm getting very nervous, even though it's still almost 3 weeks away. I just hope all goes well . I want to make my 20th February flight more than anything else right now and I keep thinking something has to go wrong at this point. Luckily Josh is there to keep reminding me not to be so negative, I need to steal some of his "live for today" attitude	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-14 10:45:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	E-mails from USCIS	QUOTE (panamania79 @ Jan 10 2008, 09:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> In the last week,I have received four e-mails.USCIS claims that they are making important updates to my case.But when I call or log on to my account,these updates are nowhere to be found.Has anyone else experienced this ? From the receipt to the approval of my petitions, I have only ever received one email from USCIS (not even an approval-email for them). I have been thinking your question and I have to wonder if this is a tactic by USCIS to try to stop (or stall??) people who are outside of the processing time from phoning the customer service line to enquire about their petition(s). After all, some people might be happy enough just knowing their petition was being "worked on" and would forego a call for the next week or so, to see if anything happens. Another scenario, is that these emails could have been backed up in their system and could have been released later than they should have been. We know the email system is NOT working anywhere near as it should and, as I mentioned above, I have never received approval emails and I know others haven't either. I wonder if, at some point in the future, I might get a strange, out of place, approval from USCIS in my inbox. Edited by C and J, 14 January 2008 - 10:16 AM.	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-14 10:11:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Would it be wise to send I-130 and I-129F together???	QUOTE (seanconneryii @ Jan 15 2008, 05:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I keep hearing people say the CR-1 (the I-130 packet) does not take that much longer than the K-3. I send in my K-3 and got a NOA1 in a week for the 129F but still waiting for the NOA1 for the 130. I hear people saying they've waited way past 3 months and still no NOA1 for the 130. Additionally it is a well known fact that the NVA messes around with the 130 for months whereas they can process the 129F in days. So.....how can people still say the CR1 is not that much longer than the K-3? It must be a minimum or 3-4 months longer or worse. And it only seems to be getting worse with each passing month. Only some concrete signs of USCIS improvements in handling and processing the petitions will make a difference and I see no such improvements stretching through 2008. If you have a look at James' short cuts (search this site for them), you will see that you can reduce the time taken for the I130 at the NVC. And, honestly, in the long scheme of things, 2-3 extra months is nothing (this is not the view I had when we first started our visa journey, this is something that has sunk in over time). We filed in April 2007 and are still waiting for my interview date to arrive (luckily only 2.5 weeks left to go). If I had known I would be waiting this long for a K3 then I would have seriously considered the CR1 visa instead. I have watched the shoddyness of USCIS since I first joined this site and, I have to say after seeing the debacle of their approval system for the K3/CR1/IR1, their mishandling of the petitions backlog and their mishandling of the lives they are playing with, I have little hope for a smooth AOS (including getting the EAD within the 90 days timeframe). Remember, no EAD, no SSN (unless you are lucky enough to already have one) and I hate to think how long I will be waiting to receive my green card. The green card is recognised by all employers, there have been stories on VJ about EAD not being as well recognised. If I had the option to swap to a CR1 now (without having to file forms to kick start it) and the only downside was waiting 2-3 more months, the upside being no more hassles with USCIS until removal of conditions, I would do it in a heartbeat just to remove the potential stress from our lives.	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-15 03:14:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Contacting CSC for I129F Status... K3	Touches, at the processing stage you are at, are not important and you shouldn't be too worried if you have not received any for a while. Some cases can go all the way through to approval without a single touch, others receive many touches but this is generally due to the petitioner phoning up and just having someone "look" at your file (nothing is achieved by this). A text-book case should only receive touches when their petition is sent to the service centre that is going to adjucate it and then start to receive touches again just before the final approval. Your petitions are still several months away from being adjucated so phoning up the customer service line wouldn't benefit you, as they will only tell you that you are not outside of the 6 month processing time. In fact, we have VJers who have phoned up when their petitions have reached 6 months, just to be told to wait a further 30 days.	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-16 02:33:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Question? K-3 visa -- do you use I-134 or I-864	QUOTE (pushbrk @ Jan 15 2008, 06:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (fwaguy @ Jan 15 2008, 10:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> generally speaking the I-134 For the visa, yes. For AOS after US entry, you use the I-864. I believe there are a few consulates/embassy's who may require the I-864 for the K3 visa (states this in the VJ guides) so it is better to ask the question in the regional forum to get input from people who have recently been approved through your consulate	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-16 02:44:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-130 applicant visit to U.S. on VWP	Yes, a beneficiary can travel to the US on the visa waiver program while the I130/I129F is being processed. I have done it myself. What your wife must be prepared for, is to show as many ties to Germany as possible (examples could include: return ticket, letter from employer to state the day she is due to return to work and that she is still in permanent employment, the I130 NOA1 or NOA2 if you have them to show you are applying the correct way etc etc). There is the possibility that she could be denied at the point of entry, should they decide the evidence is not great enough but there should be no repurcussions to this at the eventual visa interview. The people at the embassy probably see quite a few people who have been put in this situation because of decisions made by officers at the airport.	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-16 08:56:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Jordan Medical and Police Clearance for K-3.. How early?	If Jordan is like the other embassy's then you can, theoretically, book the medical as soon as you have your new case number from the NVC. All the London embassy's medical practitioner needed was the NVC case number and the medical could be booked. The medical results should be valid for 1 year. For the police certificate, you can apply for it as soon as you like. They are generally valid for 6 months (but validity can vary by country). For the UK it takes 40 days to apply for, so the sooner the better	C and J	Female	England	2007-12-07 03:24:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Returned mail on one case, but not on the other	Phone up the USCIS customer service line and make sure they haven't entered your address incorrectly for one petition (remember, they are 2 separate entries in their system, even when filed together). They actually made a mistake on the address of one of our petitions (which is, strangely, the one we received ). They had 4455 on the I130 (correct but never received the first time) and 9455 on the I129F (incorrect but received within a week of them sending it). It took Josh a few tries for them to update it over the phone and then a couple of months to receive the address change notification to say they'd done it. Edited by C and J, 17 January 2008 - 02:30 AM.	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-17 02:27:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Weird CRIS activity	That means there is potential for me to finally receive the missing approval emails (24th October) After all, they're only 3 months late already	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-18 05:19:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Called CSC	QUOTE (ColombianoGringo @ Jan 15 2008, 04:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> According to the rep, CSC is currently processing I-129F(K3) petitions with a receipt date of July 30,2007 or earlier. Also, he stated that they go by the NOA1 notice date and not the "Received Date" as a few people on the forum have suggested. Peace, CG CG, this is not something that a few members have pulled out of thin air, it is actually USCISs official statement on their website and it clearly says that they honour the received date. QUOTE Date Received in Mailroom – USCIS will honor the actual date that an application was received in our mailroom; this date will be indicated on the receipt (in the Received Date box) when Form I-797, Notice of Action, is mailed. You can see a sample Form I-797 under "Related Links" on this page. If your case is affected by the receipt delay, arrival of your receipt may take up to 12 weeks for adjustment-of-status applications and 15 weeks for naturalization and other applications. The full statement is here: USCIS Application and Receipting Update If the customer service rep is correct, then USCIS are not following their own posted procedures Either that, or they haven't reached the petitions that they deem "delayed enough" to apply it too Edited by C and J, 16 January 2008 - 02:17 AM.	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-16 02:15:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Finally we have been approved	Congratulations! Long overdue. I hope the rest of your journey is a smooth one	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-16 02:36:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Finally Approved!	congratulations	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-16 02:46:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Choosing among Marriage-Based Visas.	I have attempted to answer your questions below but, hopefully a more knowledgeable member will be able to correct me or fill in the blanks where appropriate. QUOTE (CasinoQueen @ Jan 18 2008, 07:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What we'd like to know are these: 1) If we're going to stay here for only 3-4 months, which visa can/should we apply for? Immigrant visa? K3? Or DCF? For you to be able to apply for DCF your fiance (would need to be husband for DCF) must meet the residency criteria of the Philippines. This would generally mean remaining in the country for 6 months as a legal resident (being a tourist does not count). 1a) For K3 visa, can we file the petition while he is here or must he be in US territory? If so, can his mother file the petition on our behalf or can we use her mailing address? She lives in the east coast and he in the west coast. A K3 visa will take from 10 months to around a year (from filing the petition to the embassy interview) by current processing times so this would be much longer than your plan allows for. Your fiance must be the petitioner, his mother cannot fill in the forms on his behalf. 1b) For immigrant visa, I know the US spouse must be a resident of the Philippines. Does that mean Permanent Resident or Temporary Resident? How can he get Temporary/Permanent Resident status (whichever qualifies) and how much does it cost? Can this visa be done in 3-4 months? This question slightly confused me. I am presuming that your intent is to live in the US with your fiance. If that is the case, he does not require to have residency in the Philippines to petition for you to immigrate to the US using a K3 visa. He only requires to be a resident for DCF, and DCF only allows for the CR1/IR1 and not the K3. 1c) Same question about DCF. Temporary or Permanent Resident? I am unsure about this one, however, I believe as long as he is in the country for the required amount of time to DCF, temporary or permanent residency would not make a difference. 2) If he'll be here for 3-4 months, will my fiance need to get a Resident Visa in the Philippines? How? Not sure on this one 3) How much is all this going to cost (visa app)? Not sure on this one 4) Since his stuff will be in storage, will this be counted against us during our petition? He has a good pension and his credit rating is excellent. But he decided not to get a house yet since he'll be going on vacation here. At the same time, there's no use paying rent in a house in the US he won't live in. I'm just worried, will this be counted against us? If so, what remedy could we use for this? This one is a grey area to me, if your fiance is giving up his address in the US to be with you I am unsure how this will affect the visa process. I have a niggling suspicion that I have read something about this before and it could cause problems but I am unsure whether it was just for DCF purposes or whether it causes problems for a standard petition also. If your fiance could use his mothers address as his own US address, then his stuff being in storage will not matter as he is still maintaining an address there. 5) What are the latest average timelines for these visas? Is 5 months max reasonable when filed say, on March or April? As I mentioned above, 1 year for a petition filed normally through the service centres in the US and it would take roughly 1 year to be able to DCF from scratch (your fiance would first need to make the residency criteria of 6 months and then 6 months is the rough processing time for DCF) Edited by C and J, 18 January 2008 - 05:11 AM.	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-18 05:09:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	K3 APPROVED!!!!!!!!	Congratulations	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-16 03:31:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Received I130 and I129F Approvals!!	Congratulations on the approval	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-11 06:01:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Diffrence in time in filling I 130 anf I 29 for K3	QUOTE (baezalex @ Jan 21 2008, 02:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello guys please help I sent The I 130 for my wife in August and recived the Noa1 on OCT 1 2007 but i couldnt send out the I 129f for the k3 out until jan 7 2008 i got the noa1 for the I 129 on jan 12 will this 3 month gap make it take longer or will it pretty much take about the same overall time from me reciving the noa1 to the noa2 for the I130 It may indeed make a difference to send them so far apart. Unfortunately, only time will tell what that difference will be, because USCIS are not able to follow a set procedure 4 things could possibly happen:- 1) The service centre could approve both together and forward the I129F to the NVC (this is the "ideal world" scenario, based on USCIS being able to pair your two petitions together before an approval). Generally they are approving paired-petitions based on the I129F date, so there could be a delay in your approval. 2) The service centre could approve the I130 but, hold it for a couple of months while waiting for the I129Fs approval (as with VJer YGandMAT - I have not heard of another VJer experiencing one being "held" while awaiting an approval for the other) 3) The service centre could cancel the I129F because the I130 is approved first (as with VJer Divine Mercy), this will lock you into the CR1/IR1 visa route. An I129F must have an unapproved I130 in the system to be valid. 4) The I130 could be approved many months before the I129F and the I129F could still be approved anyway, in which case you would have "both horses in the race" (as with VJer Davejaz42107) I hope this is helpful and doesn't seem too daunting.	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-21 10:01:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	K3 failed interview -- Guangzhou Consulate	Best of luck to you both Here's hoping for an approval	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-15 08:50:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I screwed up withdrew I-129F Now What	The I-824 is a form to kickstart the I130 back on it's journey to the NVC. It is used when both the I129F and I130 have been approved and USCIS have made the decision to only send the I129F onto the next step and to hold the I130 at the National Records Centre for adjustment of status. However, I am confused as you state that your I130 has not been approved... that means there is currently nothing to continue with Did you mean that you received an approval notice but it is being held at the national records centre? Or is there no approval at all?	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-22 10:34:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	This one has me worried...	Having a joint sponsor is not uncommon (I am in the same situation as you, my mother-in-law will be my husbands joint sponsor) so they will not deny you purely because you are currently unemployed. However, bare in mind that your husband will not be authorised to work in the US until roughly 3 months after entry on a K3 (if the EAD or AoS forms are submitted straight away). It takes up to 90 days to receive a work permit.	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-23 03:37:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	NEED CLARIFICATION	QUOTE (YOUTOO @ Jan 23 2008, 11:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So with your info in hand I approached my lawyer. He assured me that a DCF route did not guarantee a faster approval at this point and said that he still feels the I-129F is the faster option at this time. And instead of accepting my proposal to change venues for free or at least for a reasonable fee, his reply was to ignore my proposal but charge me an additional $ 2000.00. He says the current application is thru the DHC, the other way would be via the State Department. One piece of info I want to share with all of you, is his comment that currently "Vermont is not processing K-3 I-129F's only K-1/K-2s which are unmarried fiance's. " Strikes me as disheartening news; that's where my application is. I hate it when you hire a "know-it-all" lawyer for good money and you get nothing or very little out of them. He says that "We now have the first packet, which is essentially a bill for the fees that are associated with this type of processing." Seems I'm stuck? Unfortunately, again your lawyer shows his misunderstanding of either the process or the terminology he is using. A DCF (direct consular filing) is used when BOTH the USC and spouse are residing legally (not as a tourist) in the spouses country. For example, for a DCF to be filed in the UK, my husband would have had to have been a legel resident of the UK for 6 months before DCF would be possible. Meeting this criteria would allow you to hand in your I130 directly to the embassy/consulate in the spouses country and the process would take roughly 6 months, instead of the 1 year that it seems to take to go through the service centres. The I130 approval you have received would result in a CR1 (if married for less than 2 years) or IR1 visa, as long as it is pursued through the NVC stage on to the consolute. Both the IR1/CR1 give a green card within a few weeks of arriving in the US. Your lawyer only needs to act on the paperwork already sent to him by the NVC to continue your case on this journey. And that is not worth $2000 by any stretch of the imagination, at least not in my opinion. He has confirmed to you that he had received the first packet from the NVC. Is he going to act on it after your conversation with him? If he is, then he will be following the CR1/IR1 process and that is what you want at this point. I have to wonder if your lawyer is pushing for the I129F because it would mean he would probably (depending on your contract with him) get additional money from you when it is time to adjust status. I'm sure Pushbrk will come through with a much easier explanation than I can put forward.	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-23 07:55:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	NEED CLARIFICATION	QUOTE (YOUTOO @ Jan 22 2008, 07:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Can I please ask for your advice one more time?? This is what my US based lawyer shot back at me : "When we filed the I-130 and received the service receipt, we filed the I-129F case to expedite her visa faster. Your I-130 was approved and we did receive consular documents to proceed with the I-130. However, that is not what we wanted because that would make your wife to Adjust Status and become a Permanent Resident of the United States" Does that sound right or is he pulling my leg? I thought getting a Green Card means Permanent Resident? He also now offers "We can go ahead and proceed with the I-130 Consular documents and see which one (the I-129F or the Adjustment) gets approved faster". Should I take him up on this offer? That response is confusing. He seems to be getting the 2 muddled up. Yes, a green card = permanent resident. The I130 (CR1/IR1) is an automatic green card (it will arrive within a few weeks of being in the US) and no adjustment of status is required, however it does take a few extra months at the NVC for processing. The I129F (K3) is the one requiring adjustment of status to receive the green card and the only benefit is being a few months faster to get your spouse in the States. The adjustment of status itself, can take up to a year to be approved (all being well) and to get the green card in hand. It does seem like your lawyer is ignoring the NVC paperwork (highlighted in bold) and, with USCIS's current trend of cancelling I129Fs on a whim, that is quite a risk to take. I would not want to see you wait another 3 months only to find that your I129F will be cancelled and you have lost 6 months of processing time on the I130 because your lawyer didn't act upon it After a certain amount of waiting, the time the K3 would have saved you becomes irrelevant but that is only if the I130 is acted upon straight away. We didn't use a lawyer to go through this process and I am glad we chose not to. Visajourney has been a huge resource to us and has provided us with personal experiences and knowledge throughout this journey. That information has been priceless. No lawyer, no matter how clued up, would know half of the "goings on" that this website manages to highlight to us. Nor how many loopholes and deviations USCIS manages to pull out of it's bag of tricks.	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-22 03:50:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	NEED CLARIFICATION	QUOTE (YOUTOO @ Jan 18 2008, 12:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I am just reading the following post from YGandMat "I understand the reason you don't want to take the CR1 route, because the wait time is a lot longer. You should consider contacting VJ member DivineMercy. Her I-130 was approved before her I-129F...and she decided to wait on the I-129F and not continue the process at NVC for her I-130. She waited for a long time just to find out USCIS cancelled her I-129F because her I-130 had been approved for several months...so she was forced to take the CR1 route. She lost precious months due to her waiting for the approval of her I-129F and by the MISINFORMATION she was given at USCIS. I just don't want you to wait for a long time and then for USCIS to tell you that your I-129F was cancelled and lose several months." I live with my wife in Japan, my U.S. based Immigration lawyer filed for the I-130 in April '07, which was approved on Sep 6. The lawyer told me this was one of the few cases he did not receive a notice of receipt from USCIS, so the approval came to him as a surprise. With the I-130 receipt number he filed the I-129F, which was acknowledged as received on Sep 12 by USCIS Vermont Service Center. Website shows update on 10/3/07 ( I guess you guys call it a "touch"? That's why I am a newbie! ). Now the above post sounds scary to us. My lawyer does not say anything about this. Is he trying to hide the inevitable? Or am I just to paranoid? This is only something that we have come to know through other people's experiences on this message board. It is not a procedure that USCIS has posted anywhere. So, unless a lawyer had a client who had already experienced this, I doubt a lawyer would have a clue that this could even happen. I believe Divine Mercy was the first VJer to have this happen to her, at least in the time I have been on this board (i.e received confirmation that the I129F was being cancelled). Since her approval, there have been a couple of others put into the same situation. Everyone, up until that time, was under the impression that the I129F would be approved later, even if the I130 was approved first. However, Divine Mercy was, unfortunately, the only one who did not continue with the I130 through the NVC. She chose to wait for the I129F because it made a big difference in time when going through the local embassy (longer interview for K3 than for CR1). Because of this, when she found out the awful news about the cancellation, she had lost many months in the CR1 processing A horrible thing to happen One ray of light... this also happened to VJer Davejaz42107, their I130 petition was approved in August and, 4 months later, their I129F sprang to life again and has reached the embassy first. I'm not sure if they are going to follow this route, but Jaz now has the option to return to her home country for the I130 interview instead of adjusting status in the US Dave's petition does show that continuing to pursue the I130 does not have any impact on the I129F approval (he was through most of the NVC I130 process when the I129F was approved), NVCs processes are completely separate from USCISs. If it was me, I wouldn't delay my I130 on the hope that USCIS may not cancel the I129F on a whim. Good luck on your journey.	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-18 08:09:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Today was my interview and they issued a letter of 221 (g) denial	This is sad news, One Heart. My thoughts are with you.	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-22 09:09:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Too scared to post up new processing times??	I believe from our group, we have waitingforwifey & Chimeneze still waiting also (according to G&As last chart). And Nerdette is still awaiting hers too	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-24 10:58:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Too scared to post up new processing times??	I think the customer service line just comes up with whatever sounds good at the time. Eventually they will get their act together and forward your petition to where it should be! The NVC!! Stay strong	C and J	Female	England	2008-01-24 10:49:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Bunch of lazy USCIS people...	Gogo, I know you're at the end of your patience to finally see an approval but no amount of hounding USCIS will do one ounce of extra good. They will approve it when they approve it It will probably only make you feel worse because of all the stress and anger that is building up from talking to useless people. If you are phoning up using the RFE trick, then remember that the person answering your call is stopping work on a petition (possibly even yours) while they are talking to you. I think at this point, if you believe your file to be over 6 months, then you should get a senator involved and have them enquire on your behalf. Then let yourself relax for a few days while waiting for an answer from them. As a few of us have already said, USCIS are giving the spiel that they are timing things from the NOA1 date, if that is true, then you may be doing this daily for the next 3 weeks... and that's no good for your health	C and J	Female	England	2007-11-01 10:47:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	called in just now... I-130 or I-129F?	QUOTE (gogo @ Nov 1 2007, 04:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, if I wait a couple of months at NVC (wouldn't it equal to my wait for now??)... meaning I was expecting her to come April 2008 anyway, so it would just be the same? (without the need to adjust when she gets here)... only adjust for her green card (since we are married less than 2 years)... Possibly... but the UK is a fairly straightforward embassy and I am thinking February will not happen for me with all the current delays: 4-6 weeks for NVC to receive and process the file (mid Dec??) 1-2 weeks to process and ship to the embassy (beginning-mid Jan - depending on length of shutdown for xmas) 10 weeks from embassy receipt until interview (currently processing 20th Aug 07 cases) Nope... February will have been and gone If I even considered the I130, adding a few more months on to that is not something I want to think about	C and J	Female	England	2007-11-01 11:31:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	called in just now... I-130 or I-129F?	If the representative is good to their word, then that is very good news indeed USCIS may be taking the same time to approve them but that is not the entire journey. There are several things that you need to bare in mind, in addition to cost. I130 will take several months at the NVC I129F will take a few weeks at the NVC You also need to check your regional forum to find out interview scheduling dates for both petitions. There are some consulates which will schedule a K3 interview many months before an I130 interview. Edited by C and J, 01 November 2007 - 11:00 AM.	C and J	Female	England	2007-11-01 10:59:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	Congratulations	C and J	Female	England	2007-11-01 02:01:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Try to have a good weekend	I am really hoping for the best for all of you. CSC even making us wait to the 6 month deadline is cruel, I feel for anyone who is over that. Your approvals can't be much longer. To anyone over the 6 month processing time, if you haven't got a senator involved yet, I'd really suggest you try that	C and J	Female	England	2007-11-03 01:50:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Happy Halloween	Yep, Happy Halloween everyone Lets hope the CSC graces us with more approvals today This is a day I'm really looking forward to next year. Halloween isn't a big thing in the UK so it'll be fun to spend it with Josh and really celebrate it US-style His family (especially his parents) seem to really get into the spirit of things and the family, as a whole, seem to have a lot of fun	C and J	Female	England	2007-10-31 09:36:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Got some bad news, guys	QUOTE (JenAlex @ Nov 4 2007, 05:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm a little worried because I'm moving this week and have no idea how to change my address for a file they haven't processed. I am also bummed that USCIS finally hit a date after our application was received and yet nothing. I found this while looking for the posting figures for another thread. As we all know the customer service line is unhelpful, who knows if this will help:- QUOTE IMPORTANT: Contact Customer Service toll-free at 1-800-375-5283 for: Change of Address – If you have submitted your application and are changing your address, but have not yet received your receipt. (If you have a receipt, you can report your change of address from our website, using USCIS' Change of Address Online.) Unusual Delay – If you have not received a receipt within the timeframe indicated below for the Service Center where you filed your application. These are the 2 centres that are processing I130/I129Fs:- QUOTE California Service Center Form Number Date Received I-130 8/30/2007 N-400 8/06/2007 All Other Forms 10/16/2007 QUOTE Vermont Service Center Form Number Date Received I-130 7/24/2007 N-400 7/29/2007 All Other Forms 10/28/2007	C and J	Female	England	2007-11-05 02:52:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Got some bad news, guys	QUOTE (albden @ Nov 1 2007, 04:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I know someone who applied for her parents I-130 at the end of June and got her approval in August so nothing they say is written on stone. I hope this makes you guys feel a little better. Also, it takes about 2 weeks for the NVC to receive the approval from the USCIS, this I know from experience. The NVC wait may have been 2 weeks earlier in the year but, unfortunately, it definitely isn't now We know this because of the delays people in the April thread have seen. QUOTE (JenAlex @ Nov 4 2007, 05:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My hubby and I are really frustrated right now. I filed at the end of August to Nebraska SC and still nothing. The USCIS website says Nebraska is processing applications received as of 10/10. I finally called on Friday. I was really nice but the guy was rude. Anyway he told me that is just an estimate and if my check has not been cashed (which it hasn't) then they have not begun processing. I'm a little worried because I'm moving this week and have no idea how to change my address for a file they haven't processed. I am also bummed that USCIS finally hit a date after our application was received and yet nothing. This is not fun. I've been married for 3 months and have spent 2 weeks with my husband. JenAlex, Lots of people here understand what you're going through. I've been married for 8 months and have been lucky enough to spend 7 weeks with my hubby, spread out over the year, but it is still hard. Unfortunately, you'll find most of USCIS to be unhelpful. Their current response to everything is "phone back in 30 days". I wish you the best on your journey	C and J	Female	England	2007-11-05 02:40:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Got some bad news, guys	QUOTE (neophi @ Nov 1 2007, 03:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> And when it gets to the NVC, how long does it seem to be taking the NVC to send the papers to the foreign embassy? It should take about a week from NVC inputting a I129F (K3) on their computers to mailing it off to the embassy. Edited by C and J, 01 November 2007 - 10:34 AM.	C and J	Female	England	2007-11-01 10:34:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Got some bad news, guys	QUOTE (neophi @ Oct 31 2007, 03:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Where does it say to wait 4 weeks to get to NVC? I really hope it's less. It doesn't say that anywhere officially, Neophi... 4-6 weeks is the current delay people are experiencing on this forum. If you look at the April thread, you will see that some people had their approval around the 20th Sept and have only had them entered onto the NVC computers in the last few days We hope it will improve	C and J	Female	England	2007-10-31 11:00:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Got some bad news, guys	I think most of us knew that the huge delays we've seen over the past few months would have an impact further along the line... if they were having problems inputting the volumes, they will also have problems when it is time to work on the cases USCIS are still processing end April/early May cases, so they have a month to get their act together and hire more staff. Keep your fingers crossed. I really feel for anyone who is caught in these extra delays Edited by C and J, 31 October 2007 - 02:09 AM.	C and J	Female	England	2007-10-31 02:07:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I am really, really impatient now	My Honey, it's terrible that there's still no word on your case You'd think with all the touches you've had that the correct person would have received it and approved it by now. I hope every day to see the words from you that you are approved. I have everything crossed for you and your hubby CSC really need to get their act together Btw, the picture in your signature is beautiful	C and J	Female	England	2007-11-05 08:07:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I am really, really impatient now	QUOTE (SusieK @ Nov 5 2007, 11:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> strong ties to the USA so he cant even visit me for one day on my homeland. Right he has great job there, home, grown children and obligations to clear up. How strong are those ties?? We did not want to lie and have him come back on a visa waiver and I guess we paid the price. Most lawyers told me, should have done it, but alas, we paid the price. Unfortunately, that is the risk to be taken when you go through the embassy. Visiting the States on the VWP is not lying when in this process. You have to answer all questions thruthfully and have to prove ties to home should you be asked to. I have been there several times and answered each time that I was vising my boyfriend/fiance/husband (whichever status applied at the time). I even truthfully said that the reason for my February visit was our wedding. It is allowed as long as you have the ties to home with you, should you be asked for them. I feel really sorry for your husband not being able to visit you QUOTE (SusieK @ Nov 5 2007, 11:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So question - I am thinking this application went to California to be processed , am i correct? I dont even want to ask my lawyer these questions because it seems that this forum has their act together and has a handle on time frames....sigh.........frustrated sorry all....venting Any words of encourgment besides my husbands which are so strong, I feel like I am up against a brick wall in trying to see over it............... Yes, if you are currently residing in California, your application was probably passed to the CSC for processing (there is always the chance of USCIS throwing a curveball and sending it to the VSC). Unfortunately, this is a very long process, much longer than I'd ever dreamed of when Josh and I started along this journey. From sending off the forms to receiving the K3 visa will take over 10 months at it's current rate Just remember why you are doing this and that there is an eventual end to the journey. As long as you're patient and set your expectations low, then this journey will be much more bareable Best of luck to you	C and J	Female	England	2007-11-05 07:15:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I am really, really impatient now	Sweety, I've found that the only way to stay sane in this process is to keep your hopes up but also to keep your expectations low. The recent rush of K3 approvals looks like a good sign so here's hoping that your approval is coming soon	C and J	Female	England	2007-11-05 02:25:00