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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2012 filers
Endlessly reloading the USCIS webpage has finally paid off!

On March 26, 2013, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please follow any instructions on the notice.

I'm so happy I'm in tears. I just can't decide if I should wake Michelle up. She just went to bed an hour ago....I'm waking her up.
Jim-MichelleMalePhilippines2013-03-26 12:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2012 filers

We went to the interview today...K1 Approved! I will fill in more information soon, but wanted to share the good news :)


Fantastic news! Congratulations!
Jim-MichelleMalePhilippines2013-03-26 12:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2012 filers

well...it's been about a month since we saw the first September filers come through. they're at around 55% approvals right now, and others have had their RFEs. now that they've picked up their processing time to 5 months, we should have ALL September filers approved or with their RFEs in the next two/three weeks...right?? that's what I'm telling myself.

Everyday I go into work and tell people "today is going to be the day!" ....I think they're bored of it.



Lets hope so. Right now, I'm doubly frustrated because the weather is keeping me from working...so I'm just sitting at home hitting refresh on the USCIS site. Working fourteen hour days is a good distraction from the wait....watching snow come down in March just adds to the tension.

I visited Michelle the middle of last month, and it feels like years ago.
Jim-MichelleMalePhilippines2013-03-25 12:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2012 filers
Six months and six days since NOA1. Now I'm starting to get fidgety.
Jim-MichelleMalePhilippines2013-03-25 12:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2012 filers
USCIS has updated their processing times with December 31 numbers. Currently Vermont is showing 6.1 months and California 5.5. Somehow the national average is 7.9?

I'm heading to Cebu tomorrow for a visit. That will make the wait a little more tolerable.
Jim-MichelleMalePhilippines2013-02-08 06:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2012 filers

Oh yeah just looked on uscis under where they give you case status it says 6 months....must be pretty recent change


The statistics are dated November 30...but they've only posted them recently. Somehow the national average is 7.2 months. Since California is usually ahead of Vermont (at least recently), I wonder how that works?

In any event, we just have to resign ourselves to the fact that it will get done when it get's done....and short of enlisting in the military, there isn't a thing we can do about it.
Jim-MichelleMalePhilippines2013-01-09 18:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2012 filers

I was thinking Feb but my timeline is estimating Christmas! Either way could be exciting! There's a chance I may be with my fiance when we get the news since he's coming here for Christmas and I'm going up there for my winter break!

I wish I could have filed sooner, but I just got out of school and had to wait until I got a job. Even though I was hired in June, I just got my first pay stub a couple weeks ago. I know it's too early to check, but I've never known the definition of patience lol.


The joy's of Fall in Vermont. Evidently, everyone is out looking at the leaves changing colors rather than processing documents. Our timeline suggests late March-early April as a likely time frame. On the bright side, Michelle will be returning home to the Philippines from Riyadh in February, and I'm going to go visit for a week or so.

There's something wrong with the process when I start thinking of a Valentine's Day week vacation in Cebu as another opportunity for further accumulating documentation for the interview.
Jim-MichelleMalePhilippines2012-10-16 03:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2012 filers

Christmas would be amazing, but I'm with you. Probably won't be until after the new year. I just checked the usps tracking and it says that a notice has been left. Just waiting for the update that they picked up the package!


We got delivery notification at 2:56. It's all up to our friends at USCIS now.
Jim-MichelleMalePhilippines2012-09-19 18:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2012 filers

Let's see if anyone gets their NOA2 before Christmas!


Ours should arrive in Texas tomorrow. Christmas sounds awfully optimistic. Maybe Valentine's Day.
Jim-MichelleMalePhilippines2012-09-18 13:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresUSCIS LINK
Point taken.

I've got to admit, I'm glad to be working fourteen hour days right now....keeps me from thinking about things too much.

Be interesting to see how my sanity holds out around March or April! I can see myself sitting in front of the computer, unshaven, hair that hasn't been combed in days, in a coffee stained t-shirt, hitting the reload button endlessly!

I think I'll register anyways.
Jim-MichelleMalePhilippines2012-09-28 08:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresUSCIS LINK

You can also sign up/ create an account so you can get updates on your cellphone and email !



Can anyone tell me if there is more (or earlier) information in the updates from the USCIS website than what I'm already getting from including a G-1145 with our K1 packet?
Jim-MichelleMalePhilippines2012-09-28 08:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 Petition - Beneficiary intent to marry letter?

Agreed! I've emailed our Lawyer about it; requesting the firm to draft a proper statement, so I can expedite it to and from my love for a speedy turn around just in case.


There's a nice sample in the download section here on VJ. http://www.visajourn...r_of_Intent.doc
Jim-MichelleMalePhilippines2012-10-05 04:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNeed help on how to print the chat logs
If you use Yahoo mail as well, you can find them under "Conversations" on the left hand pane. It was easier for me to use the chat logs from there than the ones from the Messenger application.
Jim-MichelleMalePhilippines2012-10-27 07:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresI am a disabled US man, is a wavier possible?
The problem he's going to face getting her to him is that Philippine citizens have very limited options in visa free travel. Outside of Asia, there are only a handful of spots.

Here's an article on where Pinoys can travel visa free. It's almost a year old and everything may not be current anymore.
http://www.gmanetwor...thout-visas-dfa

Not knowing the extent of the OP's disability, if short air hops are acceptable, there is always the possibility of leap frogging almost anywhere with short flights and long layovers. It will be pricey though.

Speaking of pricey...if first class is doable, Korean Air has a new kind of seat that is essentially a bed in a box.

Edited by Jim-Michelle, 04 October 2012 - 07:29 AM.

Jim-MichelleMalePhilippines2012-10-04 07:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresReady-Issued-Refused K1- WHY????
I have no answers, but a couple of questions come to mind.

Could this be a shipping issue? Wrong address for instance.

Also, is it normal for it to take so long for the passport to be returned to it's owner after the interview? I thought I had been reading that it was normally a couple of weeks.
Jim-MichelleMalePhilippines2013-01-30 04:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNo respond to expedite request?
Its been over 30 days and I haven't heard anything about my expedite. And I did my expedite due to deployment. And I talked to a tier 2 person and there no help. But im going to call every day until someone tells me something.
Its been over 30 days and I haven't heard anything about my expedite. And I did my expedite due to deployment. And I talked to a tier 2 person and there no help. But im going to call every day until someone tells me something.
bringit22485Not TellingPoland2013-11-12 08:52:00