Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
USCIS Service Centers	Video is complete! - Start Sharing!!!	Stress that the USCIS wait time is only a part of the total wait time until couples are reunited. You said some are waiting 8 months, but after that, there's still more time of being apart.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-04-10 22:02:00
USCIS Service Centers	Can no longer login to USCIS	Kimbear, I just got that same message now.   I clicked on "Forgot Your User ID or Password", and then followed the directions to reset the password. All is good now.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-05-02 19:32:00
USCIS Service Centers	Any approvals for CSC on May 1?	I honestly wouldn't even count the 27th. Sure, people received NOAs that day...through texts/e-mails, but I really doubt anyone was actually working Saturday. When they get the hard copy, I'm sure the notice date is the 26th.   So really...two slow days and not three. I'm hoping they finish 2012 filers by the end of this month, and then a max of 5 months wait for the rest.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-05-02 19:23:00
USCIS Service Centers	After 3 weeks... Is CSC slowing down again?	Wow! Impressive!!   Could you start your own thread in regards to your findings? I think this information is really worthy of its own thread.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-05-05 01:55:00
USCIS Service Centers	For those petitions transferred on may 24th.. They are in texas....My congressman found us the answers	There is no error or catch... The approvals list on igors list now were errors by people who listed Texas instead of the csc or vsc..easy mistake because you initially send your paperwork to Texas.   I can say, from firsthand experience, that it's not always mistakes by members. When I first started my timeline before my NOA1, I tried to blank out the "Service Center" field and save it. It took, but when I return later, it would always default back to "Texas Service Center". Edited by PandaMaker, 28 May 2013 - 07:59 PM.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-05-28 19:53:00
USCIS Service Centers	I-129F's on life support at VSC	Any idea what the cause of this non-activity is? When CSC was dead, we correlated it to DACA, but it seems like it's happening to VSC for no explainable reason. That would frustrate me even more.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-06-12 13:58:00
USCIS Service Centers	Is this a real timeline??	Yes, as others said, it could be an expedite request. Or...petitioner may be active duty military...beneficiary's country could be Haiti. There are lots of possible reasons.   My fiancee and I have been told by a couple of people that our timeline is too fast. It's luck of the draw on our part.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-08-03 23:22:00
USCIS Service Centers	Is this a real timeline??	Yes, that's real.   Is it accurate? Yes, probably.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-08-03 22:45:00
China	Got visa in hand >.- yay	YAY!!! How exciting!! Have a safe trip to the US!! When will that be?	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-05-26 09:42:00
China	Packet 3 for China?	That link is for I-130s only, right?	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-06-23 19:02:00
China	Anyone still need interview in Guangzhou - Read this!	Not quite at that stage yet. Still at NVC, but will offer help if I can.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-02 15:42:00
China	Do China K1's need an invoice ID number from NVC?	My fiancée said something about some CGI number, but I have no idea what that is for.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-09 19:05:00
China	Do China K1's need an invoice ID number from NVC?	I received that invoice ID number, but don't know if it's need yet.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-09 17:32:00
China	Do China K1's need an invoice ID number from NVC?	Did you get your GUZ number?	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-09 17:00:00
China	How long does P3 usually take?	It seems like you received exactly what Rob received. I received that set of instructions, as well.   Check out his pics and tell us if that's what your fiancée received.   http://www.visajourn...d-up/?p=6337023   Please keep us updated.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-10 00:06:00
China	How long does P3 usually take?	I'm thinking it's a distance issue with you. Consulate sent ours out Friday, and she received it today. She lives in Shantou.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-07 07:13:00
China	Packet 3 format from Guangzhou	Take a look at Rob's pics from his post. That's Packet 3. http://www.visajourn...s-so-messed-up/ This will tell you what's required for P3. For P4, I believe it's this...which is also from the CGI website and not mailed out. http://photos.state....on GSS 2013.pdf	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-10 15:25:00
China	Packet 3 format from Guangzhou	It's mailed out.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-10 11:31:00
China	This is so messed up...	My fiancee was worried so she did ask the bank if they take the documents and the bank worker said no, they no longer do, to mail them and pay for visa at the bank.     Even with the Document Submission Letter and Guangzhou Cover Letter that came with the P3, they still won't accept the documents?   I got a reply from Guangzhou this morning to my asking how to overcome the CITIC document refusal, but it was just to tell me to ask them the question again using an e-mail address on file haha. I was writing on behalf of my fiancee, and I completely forgot that they don't have her e-mail address yet, so they said to ask the question again as the petitioner. We still have time. My fiancee wouldn't be able to go to CITIC until next week anyway, so we're just going to chill.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-11 19:35:00
China	This is so messed up...	At this point, we don't know if EMS or CITIC is the better option. It seems as though the latest P3 instructions all say to submit to CITIC, so maybe they really mean what they say.   I'd say, if CITIC is not so far from her, have your fiancee go ahead and do what she planned to do already. A couple of people on here said you don't need to wait for P4 before paying the visa fee, so maybe she can pay when she drops the P3 stuff off.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-10 21:40:00
China	This is so messed up...	We've gotten past that roadblock, but now stuck at the part where she actually submits the payment. Not sure if there's something wrong with her card, but she's calling the card people today to find out.   If she has to go to CITIC to submit payment, then she'll probably go ahead and attempt to submit the P3 stuff there as well. Some of the other K-1 girls told her she's being given false information by the CITIC phone reps, so hopefully the branch employees are familiar with this process.   She chose Shenzhen as her pick-up location, and I think she says it's about 170 RMB to take the bus there, so saving the extra 50 RMB just goes out the window  Hopefully, she won't need to go there more than twice.   Sorry if I'm hijacking your thread haha Edited by PandaMaker, 10 July 2013 - 08:09 PM.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-10 20:08:00
China	This is so messed up...	Was it something else from the Consulate?   We tried to pay the visa fee, but anytime she tries to do anything on the website, it asks her to fill in her profile, which she already did twice. Another roadblock...but we will get through it.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-10 09:42:00
China	This is so messed up...	Good to hear!   Really tempted to go that route...	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-09 22:37:00
China	This is so messed up...	Thanks, Rob. I'm on my mobile device, but basically, my fiancée is about a 4-5 hour drive from the nearest CITIC. she lives in Shantou. She called the customer service line first. The girl told her not to submit documents with CITIC. She said they only accept the visa payments. She called CGI. They told her she must submit the documents through CITIC as per the instructions in the P3, even after telling the rep what CITIC said. She called CITIC back and got a different person who insists that she not submit documents to them. There was some other confusing stuff, but I'm not going to worry about that right now. Today, I will submit an inquiry to the consulate via their website. I will keep you updated.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-08 13:07:00
China	This is so messed up...	Hi Rob   Did you figure this out? We just received the same exact instructions as you regarding CITIC for our P3.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-07 07:11:00
China	This is so messed up...	I'm getting a 404 error for that CITIC site as well.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-01 04:43:00
China	This is so messed up...	Oh wow! We've been preparing using that same PDF file you posted. It seems like P3 is split into two steps or something.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-01 04:35:00
China	Recently got married in Taishan, Guangdong	Congratulations!!	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-08 22:32:00
China	P3 issues	If you need to write Guangzhou, be sure to include the specific CITIC branches you're having trouble with. I received a reply from the Consulate asking for that information, so they can investigate. Also, write as the Petitioner and use the Petitioner's e-mail on file. They won't respond to your fiancée, since they don't have your P3 and verify the beneficiary's e-mail address yet. Edited by PandaMaker, 24 July 2013 - 02:22 PM.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-24 14:17:00
China	P3 issues	She said she was very pleased with the service at that particular branch. They were very understanding of her travelling there from Shantou and not wanting to leave without some proof of acceptance. I think you may be in the same QQ group as my fiancée. I think they were talking about your experiences today. I will PM her QQ to you.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-24 00:45:00
China	P3 issues	The people at a CITIC bank in Xiamen gave her the tracking number. She gave them the P3 documents Monday...it was shipped out Tuesday (I mistakenly said it was shipped out Monday from a previous post)...and then it was delivered this Wednesday morning.   Yes, she did follow the instructions to submit via CITIC.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-24 00:37:00
China	P3 issues	According to the tracking, my fiancée's P3 was delivered and signed for at the Consulate this morning.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-23 23:48:00
China	P3 issues	The IV Unit is declared open on 23 July.    Some idiot posted in the China forum recently about the USCIS office opening on the 29th.    Not the same 'units'.    I always wondered WHY that idiot posted about the USCIS Guangzhou office, as he/she was chasing a K-1 visa and not doing anything DFC related after marriage.    you know - labels have meaning, right?    IV Unit - K-1 visa chasers go there USCIS Guangzhou - I-130 filers who live in China show up to hand over their I-130s, instead of filing in USA.        Calling someone an idiot...totally uncalled for. OP of that thread was asking for clarification.   Let's not lose sight of what these forums are about.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-23 19:37:00
China	P3 issues	My fiancée is a P3 lab rat. She called around for a CITIC branch that would accept her documents and finally was directed to the "main" branch of Xiamen. I asked her to call around first because the nearest branch is a 4-hour bus ride away, whether it be to Shenzhen or Xiamen. She made the trip Monday and received a receipt after submitting her documents, and then the tracking number the next morning. Right now, the tracking number shows it was shipped out Monday afternoon, and that's all. I will keep you posted. For you, maybe they will try another delivery attempt soon. You had directly mailed the P3 to them previously and it was signed for. If they won't accept that, then it seems your only options are to hope for another delivery attempt of the CITIC package or submit yet another P3 to the bank.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-07-23 19:29:00
China	P4 and Unmarried Document Question	Good call!   I noticed the interview prep instructions include the medical/vaccinations instructions as well. I think it's the same, but the page margins are different, so I didn't really read through to see what else may be different.	PandaMaker	Male	China	2013-08-03 13:11:00
USCIS Service Centers	Transferred file from vsc to Texas got touched today!!!!!!	It's really good news. They officers are really good in the Texas office and you should have no issues.	eapa34	Male	Philippines	2013-05-30 11:37:00
USCIS Service Centers	Today on Barak Obama FB page. Let's Storm it!	Jonathan Lewis: Families like Claudia's should have prepared themselves with the correct immigration procedures, it is a disgrace that legal citizen's are having to wait 8 months instead of 5 for K1 fiancee visa approval, because of this motion has jumped to the head of the line.	J & S Lewis	Male	United Kingdom	2013-04-04 15:03:00
USCIS Service Centers	trying to understand the CSC	CSC cleared their backlog in one foul flush, hence the 'plumbing issues, now they are back to working under 5 months again! Easy as that! I think if this trend continues to the end of this week and we see 4-5 November/December approvals daily, there will certainly be something fairly suspect going on at CSC. Also they do seem to take at least a week or two to notify anyone of case load transfer, perhaps that has happened and post October cases have gone somewhere else? There's no truth to the flooding issue, please stop posting such when there's no reason to upset July-Oct filers.	J & S Lewis	Male	United Kingdom	2013-04-11 03:14:00
USCIS Service Centers	Arc	I have six goats, six steers, 4 ducks, half a dozen chickens and a dog. Would any of these do? CSC will be responsible for a lot of bruised livestock ... In fairness, I hear some CSC staff are waiting for their N.O.D.A. 2 (Notice Of Donkey Hoof up the ####) Spirit of the blitz, people.... spirit of the blitz	J & S Lewis	Male	United Kingdom	2013-04-14 13:57:00
USCIS Service Centers	Arc	You have a camel? First, I will find a camel... I think it will be an easier task than having an August petition approved	J & S Lewis	Male	United Kingdom	2013-04-13 16:46:00