biggish data

CR1 interview approved!!! waiting for my passport on the mail. got airplane ticket ready to fly to the US with my wife on the 29th.

good luck to everyone!!

substance

Male

Turkey

2007-01-24 12:15:00

Congrats donquijote !!

This is so not fair.. everyone is getting approved.. Look at me.. I am stuck in the middle.. somebody pray for me..

You and me both

Me too

Hey come on:)

Look at mine how long it took!!!!

I am kinda jealous here people get approved in 3 months mine took 4 months. And the NVC process was slower than anyone else's I guess. I started my journey on feb 2nd 06'(filing I-130) and got my interview date for January 23rd 07'. Just a few days less than 1 year!!!! Have I ever complained? ...hmmm ..yea i have lol....

Hope you guys will do better than me and get your visas soon.

substance

Male

Turkey

2006-12-14 04:15:00

Substance -------------- 02/10/06 (VSC) ----- 06/02/06 ------------- 11/22/06 ------------- 01/23/07

Interview date now available(updated above)
Medical Exam next.

Hopefully my journey will be over on the 23rd next month. which will make it 365-18=347 days journey(add 3 days for from the marriage)

Good luck everyone!!!

substance

Male

Turkey

2006-12-13 11:22:00

i am kinda jealous, most people got approved in 2 months especially csc ppl. mine took 4 months. but it was pretty typical back in february, things got faster in summer. but this time nvc slowed down . my nvc stage took 5 months(2 months bc of the missing documents for ds 230) I am expecting my interview date to be available next week someday. when i look back now, i cant really believe it has been 1 year almost.

substance

Male

Turkey

2006-12-01 06:40:00

Substance .............2006-02-10(VSC).............2006-06-02.............2006-11-22............Pending

substance

Male

Turkey

2006-11-25 23:27:00

About sending I-129F package..

Thanks a lot.

Shun

Male

2007-07-07 10:12:00

About sending I-129F package..

Thank you very much. We are hoping to get a reply soon. Otherwise we will go on with CR-1 (which we got the NOA-1 on May 15 2007) considering about the timelines for the visas. It is way much better for us to go with CR-1 since i can get the green card without AOS there in US.

One more question: How come people know their case is touched?

Shun

Male

2007-07-07 10:00:00

About sending I-129F package..

Hello everyone. I have a question:

My wife sent our I-129F package to Nebraska Service Center instead of sending it to Chicago. I called USCIS call center and representative told me to wait that Nebraska office either will forward it to Chicago or will send back to my wife. Rep. didn't know anything about how long it takes to do this.

So this has happened 2 weeks ago. Does anyone have an idea how long do we have to wait before we get something solid going on? Or do we have to apply for the new one? As you all know it is SOOOOOOO irritating to wait.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Shun

Male

2007-07-07 03:55:00

March Filers with NO APPROVAL yet.

I have a quick question for you guys. How come people can be able to know that their case is "touched"?

Thanks

There are many explanations on the forums of how to determine a touch. Simply, when you get your NOA1, you create an account on the USCIS website. Add your case to your online portoflio. When you see that the last update date has changed on your case you know someone somewhere for some reason touched your file and scanned the bar code. The case status does not necessarily change (and thus you don't get an email for it). Thats all a touch is.

I created an account on their web site and added our case to portfolio. I already knew that i can get an idea from their web site but i see some cases were "touched" already and it seemed kind of weird to me since i haven't got any updates yet. Anyways it is all clear now. Thank you.

Shun

Male

2007-07-07 10:11:00

March Filers with NO APPROVAL yet.

I have a quick question for you guys. How come people can be able to know that their case is "touched"?

Thanks

Shun

Male

2007-07-07 09:49:00

Questions about I-134 form.

Hi all,

I just got a package from the embassy for the K-3 visa. It says on their instructions page:

QUOTE

For Petitioner: Complete the original Form I-134, Affidavit of
Support and its supplemental documents: W-2 and 1040 tax forms (for the last taxable year), bank and other financial statements and forward it to your relative. (if you are not qualified to sponsor your relative financially, you must find a co-sponsor who can present a Notarized Form I-134 and supplemental documents in addition to your Affidavit of Support. Also you must prepare a statement explaining why you did not pay any taxes to the U.S. Government during the last taxable year).

This is the form that we got so far. http://www.uscis.gov.../form/I-134.pdf

So i got 4 questions:

- The Exp. Date is 04-30-07. Would that possibly be a problem to fill out this form? Or do we need to get an updated one? If so, where? Cause we can't find an updated one.
- About the co-sponsor: We cannot see any additional forms attached to the I-134. Do we need to fill out 2 seperate I-134 forms? (My wife and our co-sponsor)
- My wife got her IRS form. Can we use that as W-2 and 1040 tax return forms?
- Is it strongly recommended to get past 3 years tax returns or the last years is enough?

Thanks in advance.

Shun

Male

2007-12-28 11:55:00

Change of Visa while AOS pending?

Shun

Male

2008-09-24 06:51:00

Change of Visa while AOS pending?

I am currently on K-3 visa and AOS is pending. Can we abandon AOS proccess and change it to F-1(Student visa). Marriage is not working out lately and at least I want to be able to finish university here since I can not return to school where I came from.

Thanks

Shun

Male

2008-09-23 20:01:00

K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

JUNE FILERS WITH NOA2, PLS POST UR NOA2 DATE

We are May filers and our case has not been touched yet. My wife used RFE trick yesterday and the officer said we should be getting a response from USCIS in November.

Oh and this BS if you ask me.

Edited by Shun, 31 October 2007 - 06:07 AM.

Shun

Male

2007-10-31 06:06:00

NOA1 to NOA2 Timeline

Thank you! I hope everything goes well in the way you want it to be.

Shun

Male

2007-11-20 11:33:00

NOA1 to NOA2 Timeline

My wife called and told that we have been approved on 11/16/2007.

Shun

Male

2007-11-19 20:33:00

Thank you guys. It just doesn't make any sense to me since i have seen "first come, first serve" ####### on USCIS's web site. At this point-sadly to say- there is nothing we can do other than waiting. Anyway, I hope you guys get this freakin' visa done sooner than you expected.

Peace

Shun

Male

2007-08-29 14:50:00

I didn't know timeline gives an idea about the estimated time about our case. Thanks a lot. But still it's weird thou.

Edited by Shun, 28 August 2007 - 06:44 PM.

Shun

Male

2007-08-28 18:44:00

Thank you. I will fill in and letss see what happens from here. I have that account on USCIS web site already and it says it has touched 05/17/2007...

Edited by Shun, 28 August 2007 - 06:37 PM.

Shun

Male

2007-08-28 18:37:00

The thing is it hasn't been approved yet. And i know a case was approved although it's been sent after ours. I am still on the NOA-2 step.

We got NOA-1 15th May
They got NOA-1 21th May
We are still waiting for NOA-2...
They got NOA-2 on 10th August

So what the heck is "first come first serve" thing?

Shun

Male

2007-08-28 18:19:00

I called USCIS and that freakin' automated system made me more mad about it.

Shun

Male

2007-08-28 17:59:00

Hello everyone;

Our I130 has been approved on May 15th and we are still waiting for the NOA-2. I wanted to ask you if there is somethng we can do about since i saw a case has been approved (They got NOA-1 21/05/2007) on August 10th.

I know USCIS says "first come, first serve".. So what should i do right now? Especially a case which has been mailed after ours and got approved 10 th August.

We got soooo mad and wanted to know what we can do about this. Anyone have an idea what might went wrong or?

Shun

Male

2007-08-28 17:37:00

Medical Exam and Marijuana (Jamaica)

Don't worry weed goes away from metabolism after 2 weeks. But if you wanna make sure he can use a detox for marijuana. It clears your system right away.

But the thing is he needs to drink it with empty stomach and a lot of cranberry juice and 3-4 galoons of water. After peeing the 5th time he should be ok trust me xD

P.S: My friend did it and got an interview for the job. He was still high when they took urine samples. So don't worry.

Shun

Male

2007-09-01 05:31:00

Hello everyone; I got a question.

When i look at the processing time list on USCIS web site it says I-130 Processing Timeframe is 6 Months. According to the processing time PDF file which has been released on August it says February 12th. What is the difference between giving an exact date and giving Timeframe? What should i get from the "6 Months" thing?

Thanks.

Shun

Male

2007-09-23 16:40:00

Approved! =)

Gratz on your approval..

We haven't approved yet, nor got any touches. I am so !^%&^+& pissed! Something should be done about this. A lot of ppl waiting seperated and this is not fricken fair to us! Sorry for the insults but i can't describe how i feel in other words.

Shun

Male

2007-11-14 08:20:00

Long Journey

This girl makes me throw up.

Shun

Male

2007-11-18 04:58:00

Any May or June Filers Approved?

Thank you guys. My wife didn't use RFE trick. She just called to ask whats going on.

Shun

Male

2007-11-18 04:48:00

Any May or June Filers Approved?

Got 2 touches so far since my wife called USCIS on 15/11/2007.

Shun

Male

2007-11-16 11:29:00

Any May or June Filers Approved?

Haven't got approved yet, ffs.

Edited by Shun, 27 October 2007 - 08:07 PM.

Shun

Male

2007-10-27 20:04:00

CR-1

Hello everyone,

I have a question. Before i call NVC I want to know for how long they keep the cases. I had my K-3 on February and I entered country on March but we want to go for CR-1. The thing is that we haven't heard about CR-1. SO that means NVC didn't process our CR-1 case since i had K-3? If not i am wondering if there is any chance that we can go on with CR-1. Cause we don't want to go AOS since it takes a lot of time.

Thanks in advance.

Shun

Male

2008-07-02 18:29:00

When Long Process causes stress Due to NVC

Well to be honest i try not to think about it. Yea this fricken process puts TONS of pressure on both of us. But we are getting this through with patience. It is happening and -damn it- we don't have anything to do.

Just keep that in mind please: "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger." Nietzche

P.S: I'd suggest playing WoW while you are waiting. If you don't have anything to do like me.

Shun

Male

2007-10-31 06:38:00

Exiting the US

Wow, that was a fast response -thanks a lot.

If we're out even for as long as a year, do you think it will make a difference?

thanks again
/alan

boyd32

Male

Turkey

2008-03-25 08:11:00

Exiting the US

After entering the US with a CR-1 visa and leaving the US without the green card in hand, is it possible to enter the US again without significant red tape? Does the situation change even with a green card in hand? we both found good jobs in Turkey and might want to keep them....
I've heard horror stories of people who had to start the process all over again. Anybody have any experience with this?

thanks
/alan

06/11/07 - I-130 received by USCIS
03/14/08 - NOA2 for I130 and I129 approval notification by email.

Edited by boyd32, 25 March 2008 - 08:06 AM.

boyd32

Male

Turkey

2008-03-25 08:05:00

Why it takes so long?

wow, thank you all.

all the answers helped me so much, at least now i dont scare at all lol

Thanks!

Bulut

Male

Turkey

2010-10-06 15:37:00

Why it takes so long?

i mean i know it wont come suddenly, but i thought they would update something at least

anyways thanks

Bulut

Male

Turkey

2010-10-05 17:48:00

Why it takes so long?

Hi,

Im from turkey and my fiancee is from US, so in july we hired an attorney and applied for the visa.

We had to hire an attorney cuz she works in navy and now shes in deployment so we needed someone to follow processes.

Anyways, So he applied in 15 July, and in 17 July he sent me receipt number. So since 17 July, almost everyday i check my status in here: https://egov.uscis.g...T4iiROD8r7tz_Ts

But still there is no change, it seems they didnt even touch our file yet. It says that:

On July 17, 2010, we received this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E), and mailed you a notice describing how we will process your case. Please follow any instructions on this notice. You will be notified by mail when a decision is made, or if the office needs something from you. If you move while this case is pending, please use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address or contact our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.

So what do you think? I started to scare..

Bulut

Male

Turkey

2010-10-05 17:25:00

k3 visa

hello
im sameh from syria and my age 21 and i now residente in turkey and my wife Aisha and her age 45 from usa and we married in turkey .
we are at the bigning of starting my traveling to her to the usa and was wondering if anyone here is going through the same thing with the k3 visa that can give me answers as of how long or how hard is it to apply for one.
and what we need now papers to immgrition also is there anyone else that is close to the big age difference so we know the questions or is it harder.

sameh_723

Male

Turkey

2013-04-21 05:56:00