Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	VSC Comatose Once More	I don't mean to be argumentative, but the assumption that VSC has stalled and we'll all be stuck here indefinitely has no more "solid factual foundation" than our choices to be positive. *shrug* You've made that belief based on two days of data from a list that a) depends on people to update immediately or at all, which isn't what happens and b) only contains numbers from a small percentage of people with petitions at VSC in the first place. It also doesn't account for all of the people who aren't signed up for text/email or who don't get the texts/email but the NOA2 with this week's date may show up their mailbox next week. Igor's List is helpful but it has its imperfections. People with more positive outlooks base that belief in the scrapings we do see, in the fact that we know TPS petitions are drawing to a close and in the fact that any organization that's getting as many calls as VSC must be right now will want to stop them. USCIS is poorly organized and has a general disregard for the citizens, yes, but they aren't a malicious group of people who are intentionally holding petitions just to ruin your day. I find the "I'm sorry I'm not positive, I'm just realistic" card a little offensive because it insinuates that everyone else is living in a fantasy world and your beliefs alone are rooted in fact. We're all trying to do the best we can with the fragmented information we have. You can choose to be negative and monger hopelessness where it doesn't need to be or you can take a step back and focus your energies elsewhere *at least* until you're past the processing time on the USCIS website. I know it's frustrating to see others go through and finish with USCIS in 2 months (I'm with you on that one) and then be caught in a slow spell, but that speedy timeline is never guaranteed. When you're over your designated time, they're at fault but for the time being you're well within the given processing time, as frustrating as that may be and again, I'm in the same boat, and the best you can do is stop driving yourself insane by stalking Igor's List. I know it's easy to do that and to overanalyze every piece of date (or lack thereof) that pops up when that's one of our only sources of information and I'll say again that I, too, think it should be a more transparent process. Having said that, it isn't good for any of us and it only leads to obsessing, especially if all you're willing to draw are negative conclusions. I completely agree. All this commotion based on scant data samples that may or may not represent the population data. The Visa Journey population is a tiny subset of all individuals who filed for a K1 visa and day to day activity cannot be extrapolated to get definite readings on any VSC rates. Furthermore, the data is based on user input and is prone to being late, missing, incorrect, etc. Anyhow, we now have a couple Visa Journey data points for January 14. 1 Jaye K and Chenara C 2010-07-15 2010-07-23 NONE-My Fiance is a Genius 2011-01-14 2 Russell and Anna 2010-07-16 2010-07-23 2011-01-14 Edited by Yagisama, 14 January 2011 - 08:47 PM.	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-01-14 20:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	YES NOA2!!!	Man this is awesome, it seems like CSC is on a rocket lately!!! Congratulations!!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-01-21 20:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	atty.	Is it really that hard to write out "attorney?"	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-01-22 07:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Wedding date!	Wedding date: July 23, 2011 Why that date?: There is a large Ferris wheel in Yokohama named Cosmo Clock 21. It has 60 passenger cars, each corresponding to a minute. It's also the word's largest clock! We were waiting in line for more than half an hour to ride it and I asked if she could guess which seat number we would get. Her guess was exact, so we knew 23 was a special number for us. July came about since my birthday is on July and it will be easier for me to remember our anniversary in the future if its close to my birthday. 129-F Send: October 12, 2010 http://en.wikipedia..../Cosmo_Clock_21	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-01-17 22:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 2010 CSC Filers	According to Igor's list, we are 50% done with July CSC!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2010-12-19 05:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	How do you cope?	I visited Japan 10 times in the last 2.5 years. My coping mechanism is going to take me to the poor house!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-01-21 19:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA2...Finally!!!!!!!!!!!	Congratulations !!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-01-24 21:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	K-1 Approved!	Congratulations!! Also, please fill out your Timeline.	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-01-25 19:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	VSC gives me a bitter taste and other question...	Q: I am a bit confused, sure not me only, since its taking so long, we are facing to have interview after tax season. Thus would it be essential to have W-2 from 2011 on hand too? Thank you. I think you mean the W-2 from 2010. If your wait goes further than April 15, then you will either need the tax transcript from the 2010 tax filings or a copy of the return plus supporting documents (W-2, any 1099s, etc).	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-01-26 01:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	129F APROVED !!!!	Congratulations !!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-01-26 19:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	What to do?!	by the way, in a year or so from now will she be rich enough to pay for a big wedding? or will she still be there with the same $3,500? just think that a decent wedding cake costs around $1,000, and all the rest accordingly (if you want to have a nice wedding you can't be stingy on the wedding rings or the flowers or the photographer or the band or the food or etc. etc., right?). plus, you need to make sure you have enough to file for AOS, which is more than $1,000. Dude, you missed the boat!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-01-26 22:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Called about my case today	Last I checked China had the biggest hoard of cash in the planet. Can't they help the dying people in China?	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-01-24 22:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Chinese New Year ~ NOA2 Approved!	Congratulations!!! I hope we get approved by Golden Week!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-02 16:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA2 16 days!	Your comment is uncalled for and insensitive. He *did* congratulate this lucky couple and then express his justified frustration honestly. And for that you publicly question his character? This type of community will best serve the members if we try to be compassionate and comfort those who are feeling frustrated, not by knocking them down at a time when we all are already vulnerable. I disagree with you. But then we can always agree to disagree on this issue.	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-01-28 11:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA2 16 days!	Yes soooo happy for you, (grits teeth and refrains from punching a hole through the wall). It's sad that you can't honestly feel happy for someone else. This says more about you than any petition or interview could.	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-01-28 01:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA2 16 days!	Awesome! Congratulations!!!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-01-27 17:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA2!!!!! Today!!!	Awesome Possum!!! Congratulations !!!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-02 22:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Hm.. Just being curious	I've been fantasizing about this mysterious text message that may or may not ever show up for months now. Send the damn thing already!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-05 06:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Where are the waited-til-the-fee-dropped filers?	I sent it off in October 12 even knowing about the fee decrease because at that point I had already procrastinated sending the packet in for almost 6 months (at that time I thought the entire process would take less than 6 months from sending the petition to getting the visa) Also I figured they were be a big rush in November so I wanted to send my packet in before the rush came in.	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-05 22:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	The perils of checking email early in the morning	Haha thanks!! I had just woken up so I couldn't see very clearly so when I checked my email and saw "USCIS" I was amazed. Oh well, hopefully the real USCIS NOA2 will come soon for us !! I'll be buying an airplane ticket the moment we schedule the interview!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-14 21:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	The perils of checking email early in the morning	As many here I check Igor's list multiple times a day and fantasize about finally getting that magical text or email. I use my cell phone as my alarm clock and this morning after I turned off the alarm, I checked my email and saw something from USCIS. For one second I thought it was it !!! Then I tried to verify it. And realized that it was a reply from the night before since I had changed my password on the status site. Oh but what a great second that was. Oh well, I'm just venting here. Edited by Yagisama, 14 February 2011 - 06:43 PM.	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-14 18:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	They are back in the game	I'd say that's good! You were approved !! Congratulations!!!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-14 22:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Valentines Approval???	Congratulations! Also please update your timelines!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-14 18:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October filer's (VSC)	; ; I meant, it'll be 4 months for us next week -instead of next month- I'm so excited and I must say. The past 3 months FLEW BY! Indeed. I can't believe it's been 4 months already!!!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-18 07:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October filer's (VSC)	Watch your spelling too lol it should be APOSTROPHE Sheesh! Everyone's a critic!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-14 21:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October filer's (VSC)	October filer's what? Sorry, a grammar stickler here. There's no appostrophe in "October filers." Anyhow I'm a October CSC filer. Hopefully just around the corner! Edited by Yagisama, 14 February 2011 - 06:46 PM.	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-14 18:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA2	Awesome!! Congratulations!!!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-17 17:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Re-ignited by a touch...	How do you know when it's been touched? Go here and log into your account (create one if you don't have an account). And the "touch" date will be "Last Updated (mm/dd/yyyy)" Edited by Yagisama, 18 February 2011 - 08:09 PM.	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-18 20:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	BEST VALENTINES EVER!!!	Awesome Possum!!! Congratulations!! That's gotta be one heckova Valentine's Day! From this point on, you're on easy street!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-14 22:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	3 Day Weekends Suck!	Yes, I'm sure at VSC, they're just sitting on their butts not doing a damn thing. That's likely the case. Al didn't invest in all those cameras with 1000000000x zoom just for fun after all !!!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-21 20:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Why Is CSC processing January 2011?	I hope they don't get scared into not updating their timelines!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-25 05:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	ANY GOOD NEWS FOR OCTOBER FILERS (VSC)?	One thing I have learned on visajourney is that when a petition is approved relatively quickly, some sort of deity always gets the credit! But if the petition is slow and behind schedule, then its always USCIS that gets the blame!!!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-26 06:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Hell after NOA2	Wow, I had imagined something along those lines, but nowhere as bad as it turned out to be. "this problem will remain unfixed and I cannot proceed further with our visa" I mean really? Sister, you really dodged a bullet there!!! This sort of thing is why there is a part of me that thinks that the 5+ month wait is a necessary evil. By its very nature a K1 visa is something that can be easily rushed into and at times both sides don't get a chance to get to know each other in the conventional way. Going through this process is taxing but it allows both individuals to get to know each other much better. I wouldn't be surprised if USCIS had come to the conclusion that a longer wait increases the likelihood of successful and long lasting relationships. One thing I don't understand is how the parents are so involved. I know different cultures and all that, but the original poster had his parents calling and then accusing her parents of going back on their word. As if they signed her away and God was their witness and how dare they go back on the agreement!! Anyhow, that's all water under the bridge now. The Valentine's thing turned out to be a blessing in disguise.	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-26 17:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA2	We can all guess at the reasons that allowed them to get their NOA2 so soon, but I do not believe they did anything special with the petition process.	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-28 03:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Aprroved NOA2	Congratulations! 14 days? I would have been happy with 14 weeks!!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-28 05:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Got one way ticket:)))	Congratulations !!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-03-01 04:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	129F Under Review	I don't know why they bother stating they process petitions within 5 months when they don't. I am sick of giving them an extra day, let alone 30 and definitely not 60! That's just beyond ridiculous. There must be a way to challenge them. I think the key here is that the 5 month is an average. So when it looks like they're going to miss their target 5 month mark, they approve a bunch of 1 month petitions!	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-25 23:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Expedite for Active Duty Military	Congratulations on the expedite request approval! Edited by Yagisama, 22 February 2011 - 07:01 PM.	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-02-22 18:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Out of Order CSC K1 NOA2 Approvals	thank you Also, take a look at this list.	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-03-03 01:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Out of Order CSC K1 NOA2 Approvals	Hi Guys i am new here and thankful to have found this wonderful community. Where can i see this report or igors list, Thank you It's at the top of this page, under "Immigration Timelines" Direct link: Igor's list	Yagisama	Male	Japan	2011-03-02 22:12:00