Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2...now what? lol	As for how you know when something's been received at NVC...Give them ten business days. If you haven't heard anything by then, feel free to start calling them. I would recommend talking to an operator since there seems to be some question as to whether the automated system reflects I-129Fs or not. You can also email. If you go to the NVC Forum here at VJ, you'll find all the information you need to contact NVC.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-18 07:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2...now what? lol	YIPPEEEE!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! What next? Celebrate while you wait the next two to four weeks for your case file to make it to NVC. You are through the worst now. You should mark the occasion well!! Let us know what happens next...May the steps ahead be straight and level.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-18 07:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I just knew it!!! NOA2	I'll drink to that!! CHEERS!!! AND CONGRATULATIONS!!! Hope you're celebrating this wonderful moment!! Best of luck with the road yet ahead!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-19 18:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2	OH MY GAWWWWWD!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS, FILING BUDDY!!! THIS IS JUST STUPENDOUS NEWS!!!! I couldn't be happier for you both...and I'm so glad that everything is getting worked out at once...WOW! I hope you are dancing in the clouds with joy!! You SHOULD be!!!! WOOHOOOOOO!!! YEEHAAAAAAA!!! YIPPEEEEEE!!! :energetic: You know that I am praying for a smooth, straight road for what still lies ahead!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-19 18:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	CSC is working - We got NOA2 by snail mail - (NOA1 = July/27)	YIPPEEEE!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Another wonderful surprise, à la USCIS!! Hope you're celebrating madly!! All best wishes for the steps ahead!! May they be completely trouble-free!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-10-20 19:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA1!	Congratulations on getting your NOA1! Feels good, I know, when you get that official piece of paper telling you that the process has really begun. Could you do us a favor and fill in your actual timeline so that your info can be figured into the VJ stats? Simply go to the "My Assistant" link just below "Embassy/USCIS Reviews" in the VJ navigation bar above. Fill in the same info you've put into your signature. Thanks!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-18 21:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Oh~My God...I got approved.	HALLELUJAH!!! This is wonderful. Looks like we're going to have another glut of approvals out of CSC this week. CONGRATULATIONS!! You must be sitting on a cloud today!! May the road ahead be straight and level.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-19 18:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	WOW!!!	WOOHOOOOOOO!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I'm so thrilled for you! Hope you're basking in this moment and that the portion of the journey that yet lies ahead will be quick and easy.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-19 19:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 Visa Approved	CONGRATULATIONS!!! Hope Ana is feeling better very soon. How terrible that she was confronted with more hurdles when she was already ill. HORRIBLE!! Glad the waiting is pretty much done. Have a safe trip there and back. Celebrate!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-20 07:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	CSC: NOA2 received in 60 days	FABULOUS!!! Very good to hear!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Hope you're celebrating like mad and that the next steps will be smooth for you! One favor...Would you please fill in your timeline so that your info can be incorporated into the stats VJ compiles? Simply go to the "My Assistant" link, which is located just below the "Embassy/USCIS Reviews" link in the VJ navigation bar at the top of the screen. Thanks!! And congratulations once again! Kirsten: I am and will do. Thanks again. HOORAY!!! (on both counts!!)	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-19 22:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	CSC: NOA2 received in 60 days	FABULOUS!!! Very good to hear!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Hope you're celebrating like mad and that the next steps will be smooth for you! One favor...Would you please fill in your timeline so that your info can be incorporated into the stats VJ compiles? Simply go to the "My Assistant" link, which is located just below the "Embassy/USCIS Reviews" link in the VJ navigation bar at the top of the screen. Thanks!! And congratulations once again!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-19 22:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Visa Approval	OH WOW!!! That's WONDERFUL!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-19 23:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Yaaaaay!!! Approved!	YEEHAAAAAA!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! This is fantastic news!! May the next steps go equally as quickly...	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-20 18:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	New CSC/NSC/TSC timelines	Your welcome and thank you for your kind words. This list is good therapy for me while I wait. When I started doing this it was for my own use to show my Senator just how bad things were last month. He told me that my approval was a direct result of him sending this list to the CSC director and proving to her that they were hosing me badly. When I realized that it could help others here I decided to put it up on a web site and keep it updated so others in my position would have some ammunition when dealing with their elected officials. Anyone that wants to use it please feel free, it's why I am making it. You're very welcome for the kind words, my friend. You're simply awesome, and I'm awfully glad you're around.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-16 13:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	New CSC/NSC/TSC timelines	I am sure there are a few that haven't updated that I missed. I try to weed out the inactive and the obviously wrong timelines(I.E. There was one that was 1 day and another that was 2 days) I also nuke anyone that does not have a NOA2 and hasn't been online since July. They may have gotten their NOA2 and didn't come back to update. Since I start from scratch each week if someone comes back and updates then they get in the next weeks list. As it is it takes me about 3 hours to do this and I just don't have the energy to go back through the posts and match up announcements with un-updated timelines. Please, everyone, keep your timelines updated. It helps everyone. I've definitely noticed that you've been weeding out the inactive people, Gary...which thrills me to no end! You're ensuring that the stats are more accurate in doing so. It seems to me your system is quite brilliant. I only put those two couples' names out there so that if anyone is doing the percentage calculations, they can include those in with NOA2s that have actually been received. However, having created a similar list for Vermont (for comparitive reasons, as earlier noted), I agree wholeheartedly with your strategy of only updating the general spreadsheet with what is actually reflected in the VJ stats. Frankly it takes too bloody long to go back and look for info in people's posts and signatures, etc. It is a major endeavor to keep a spreadsheet like this...especially for CSC because the volume is just enormous. My hat's off to you, Gary...SERIOUSLY!!! If I could take you out for gourmet coffee or hand you a bottle of expensive wine, I'd do it in a heartbeat!!! THANK YOU!!!!! Edited by Kirsten L, 16 September 2006 - 12:28 PM.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-16 12:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	New CSC/NSC/TSC timelines	Gary, Can't tell you how helpful this list is...and how very much I appreciate your time and effort in keeping it!!! I did catch a couple of updates that weren't reflected in the system because the timelines, while active, haven't been updated yet (couples Kelly & Mike and Rico & Paul Jo both got their NOA2s on 9-12). Hopefully they'll do a quick update on their timelines in the next few days so that their numbers are reflected. While I'm not at a stage where I can use this list to show to a congressional representative yet, I am planning on using it to show to various individuals in the local media I'm currently contacting. When I show them your list in comparison to the Vermont spreadsheet I'm keeping for comparitive purposes, I suspect they'll find it very interesting to see what's been going on--in black and white (and red and blue!). You're wonderful... Thanks again!!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-16 11:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2 Approved!!	OH MY GOSH!!! You're the second or third August filer I've seen approved recently!! I'm an August filer!! I'm so excited...Maybe, just maybe there's a prayer of getting approved soon... In any event, CONGRATULATIONS to YOU!!!!! Wonderful news!!! Bet you're doing a major happy dance right now!!! May the next part of the journey be smooth and quick!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-19 22:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Approved too!	Don't feel guilty!! CELEBRATE!! It's not your fault people are still waiting. I, for one, am delighted for you!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! May the next steps of the journey be quick and smooth!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-20 18:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Another approval	That's WONDERFUL!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Best of luck with the next steps of the journey!!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-20 18:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Yehey!!! 1-129F Approved	CONGRATULATIONS!!! I have just one question. I see in the stats that there's a couple, G & F, for whom the beneficiary is also from the Philippines and whose NOA1 date is the same as yours. They're listed as having gotten their NOA2 yesterday (9/18)...Are you the same couple? If so, could you let us know that so we can eliminate any redundancy in the records we're keeping? Thanks!! CELEBRATE WILDLY!!! Best of luck on the steps ahead!! Kirsten L Yes we are the same couple.. I've just edited my timeline.. And please can you tell me how to post my timeline here... Thanks so much guys... Congratulations! To post your timeline here, go to My assistant >> Edit forum signatures. Type the data and edit as you like. Thanks for letting me know that you're the same couple! Exactly what Mew said. If you want to put a timeline in your signature as well, you can certainly do that, but it's the one you updated today from which your info will be taken for stats. To create a timeline in your signature, go to "My Controls." There's an option there for editing your signature. You can create your timeline there just by typing it in. That way everyone can see it very easily. Just keep updating the formal one!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-20 21:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Yehey!!! 1-129F Approved	CONGRATULATIONS!!! I have just one question. I see in the stats that there's a couple, G & F, for whom the beneficiary is also from the Philippines and whose NOA1 date is the same as yours. They're listed as having gotten their NOA2 yesterday (9/18)...Are you the same couple? If so, could you let us know that so we can eliminate any redundancy in the records we're keeping? Thanks!! CELEBRATE WILDLY!!! Best of luck on the steps ahead!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-20 20:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Approved- I think I am in shock!!!!!!!!	WOW!! As a January filer, you MUST be in shock to finally receive your NOA2!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! You surely deserve it!! My the steps that yet remain be much less full of headache and anxiety than this one was!!! CELEBRATE!!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-14 18:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Approval w/out notification?	How BIZARRE!!! They subjected you to two extra weeks of heartache and anxiety for no reason. I don't understand what happened here. In any event...CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! At least you know now and can start preparing for the consular phase. Best of luck there. May all go smoothly and may the communication get much, much better from USCIS to you!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-20 18:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	.......This case has been approved	CONGRATULATIONS!!! YIPPEEEEE!!! May the steps ahead be quick and trouble-free!! Celebrate wildly!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-21 18:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 Expedite Request	I'll be praying, Matt that your expedite request is honored--and quickly. I'll also be praying for God's protection over you in Iraq. Thank you for your kindness and sacrifice. What you do is very much appreciated. Keep us posted on what happens!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-21 21:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Are they playing with me?	FANTASTIC!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Hope you're sitting on a cloud tonight! Best of luck with the rest of the journey!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-21 18:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Wht the hell? we're approved!	FABULOUS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Hope you're celebrating like crazy!! Best of luck on the rest of the journey...	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-21 18:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Newbie Approved!!!	AWESOME!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Celebrate, celebrate, celebrate!! Best of luck on the part of the journey that remains.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-21 18:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2 in 60 days	WOOHOOOO!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Hope you're floating on air today and that the road ahead holds no difficulties whatsoever!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-21 18:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2 - approved in 44 days	YEEHAAAAAAA!!! Roll those approvals on out!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Wonderful news!!! Hope you're celebrating!! Best of luck on the road that yet lies ahead.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-21 18:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	received no2 approval today	OUTSTANDING!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Enjoy this moment of bliss!! May the next steps be just as quick!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-21 20:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Petition Approved	YIPPEEEEEEE!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Best of luck with the next steps of the journey!! May they be equally quick and smooth!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-20 18:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Another CSC Approval!!!	Absolutely STUPENDOUS news!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! May the next part of the journey be quick and trouble-free!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-20 18:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	need some suggestion!	thanks very much Steven_and_Jinky and ready4ONE. We have called csc last week. someone said they just accept April applicationer's inquiry. So no any information from the call, also tried to write email, but no response. I see so many June's got RFE, so many July's got approval. I am so worried. Alice One problem you may currently be having is the month you're telling them that you filed. I see from your signature that your NOA1 date is actually in JANUARY, but you said in your post that it was in JULY. If you told them JULY when you called, they would automatically have rejected your inquiry. But If you told them JANUARY, you absolutely have a right to make an inquiry at this point. It's not JUST April filers who have a right to make inquiries now. It's everyone BEFORE April, too. Is this maybe what happened? Did you accidentally tell them the wrong month? If this is a stupid question, forgive me. But it seems from your English you might not be the United States Citizen (USC) in your relationship and therefore may be facing a bit of a language challenge, particularly on the phone. I know all about that and can sympathize since I was in your position for two years when I lived in France. If you think you made a mistake in telling the service center what month, I would call them back. They technically have to talk to you if you're a January filer. Best of luck!! Edited by Kirsten L, 22 September 2006 - 07:07 AM.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-22 07:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	have NOA2 - yippee! visiting fiance nxt wk.what 2 do?	WOOHOOOO!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! So happy for you! May the next steps along the visa road be quick and trouble-free!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-20 18:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	CSC NOA2 received	Never look a gift horse in the mouth. CONGRATULATIONS!!! Bask in the moment. May the road ahead be straight and level!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-21 18:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	August filers...	Kirsten L, will you share here your idea for "raising our voices"? I would be happy to share my thoughts on that with you. Currently myself and a few others are attempting to get some media attention regarding what's going on. If we can get some local interest generated first--newspaper articles, radio broadcasts, etc., we can put together a press kit to send on to some of the big boys and girls in national television. That's where pressure can really be applied and accountability demanded. The goal is not just to put USCIS in an uncomfortable spotlight, but also to put pressure on the congressional committee that supposedly oversees it (but that clearly doesn't give a rat's butt because they don't ever have to deal with it). It's not about obtaining a congressional inquiry. Thanks to the Ombudsman and the GAO, we already have all the evidence needed regarding what's been going on. The point is to get some already long-recommended changes finally implemented. We want to force action. If you have ideas about who in your general area you could contact in terms of media, I would highly recommend that you do so. Could you let me know who you're planning on contacting so that I can keep a record? Also, I think it wouldn't hurt to send the same letters to the people others are contacting. I can tell you that my first two letters have gone out to Vicki McKenna, who has a program called Up Front on WIBA News/Talk Radio out of Madison, WI; and Don Wade & Roma who have a morning radio broadcast on WLS Talk Radio in Chicago. I also plan on contacting the local Madison papers: The Isthmus, The Wisconsin State Journal, and the Capital Times. I may be able to swing a foot in the door at some local television stations if I play my cards right. Read the reports I suggested. Know the facts. Then send as many letters and make as many phone calls as you can to as many key media folk as possible. The more these people see this issue coming across their desks or computer screens, the more they'll see there's a valuable story here. That's why it would be good to start a list of who's contacting whom and decide who could do overlap where. In your letters, I would recommend especially focusing on issues such as: unreasonable delays for separated families, poor management and business strategies, abysmal financial practices, and national security issues. There may be other things that occur to you, but these provide a strong base. You don't need to mention all of them, but two or three would be good so that those who read the letters can see that the problem is not small. All of this needs to be done in a forthright but respectful way. Be calm. Be logical. Be as concise as possible. The more concise you are, the better chance you have of being read/heard. If any of you wants to discuss further details of this strategy or ideas for pursuing it, feel free to contact myself or Onyxrev. In fact, contacting Onyxrev would be a very good idea right about now. He is experiencing a total hosing at USCIS' hands and is really discouraged at the moment. Knowing that there are other people who would like to join forces with us would seriously encourage him, I suspect. Inertia and tolerance in relationship to USCIS' nonsense will get us nowhere. I look forward to hearing from you!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-21 21:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	August filers...	You bet, ready4ONE. I'm definitely encouraged for the moment. I don't think this hoard of approvals is going to last long. The $500 million appropriation that USCIS received five years ago to reduce their backlog (HAHAHAHA! Yeah, THAT was money well spent...NOT!!) runs out at the end of this month (fiscal year). I suspect that what we've been seeing is a huge push to make things look as good as possible before the money is completely gone. There is no more appropriation money in sight. Between now and January, a whole slew of contract workers will be leaving USCIS permanently, as I understand it. I'm guessing that slowdowns must lie ahead. Hopefully they can get as many of us pushed through as possible while the contract workers are still on board. Here's to a lot of speedy approvals!! Wow! I hope you are wrong. I work for a major City in the USA and like any Government body, we must continually submit a yearly budget proposal for the year ahead and that MUST be approved. Why do you think that one big chunk of reserved money peoposed in 2001 is going to run out in 2006??? No one submitted their yearly budget proposal for each additional year? Maybe these funds were to create buildings and personal. I am NOT ON THE USCIS side, but your post made me question your picture of the end result after the funds recieved 5 years ago. Please send Web links as I dont know many Government offices with 5 year funds available. I am sincere in wanting to read this and maybe I can be of some help with regards to the anual budgeting which is also public information. Thanks If you want to read it, I'd be thrilled. There's plenty to muck through. I'd start with the 2004-2006 USCIS Ombudsman reports. You can also take a look at the 2005 GAO report. The 2006 Ombudsman report perhaps spells things out most clearly...makes it possible to really see the writing on the wall. You can see exactly how the $500 million was spent, when it's due to run out, and what will happen as a result (including the soon-to-disappear contract workers). USCIS is a fee-based operation. Under normal conditions, all the work they do must be paid for with the fees they collect. The $500 million appropriation was given to USCIS by Congress in 2001 in order to "reduce backlog." USCIS has failed miserably in that regard, no matter what they tell people. The way they've actually reduced backlog--as so clearly outlined by the Ombudsman and others--is to REDEFINE backlog. Backlog is now total number of pending petitions MINUS the last six months of receipts. In other words, if you filed in the last six months, you are not considered part of the backlog. USCIS has made it quite clear that they intend to continue using this strategy in order to "reduce" backlog. They can literally redefine backlog at will in order to keep themselves out of hot water. It's all a whitewash. The biggest travesty is that they had a golden opportunity. They could have used that $500 million to invest in major technology overhauls that would have eliminated many problems that currently contribute to or downright cause backlogs and delays. Instead, they used the money to do what they've always done. They hired a lot of contract workers (expensive) that they swept from office to office and visa type to visa type like fleas in a barnyard, preventing them from ever REALLY making any serious progress. They invested some money in EXPLORING changes in technology, but didn't end up really doing anything. Yes, reading the Ombudsman's reports is quite eye-opening. I think everyone here should read them and rise up in revolt. USCIS has behaved wastefully, shamefully, and frankly, dishonestly. Wait till you read what they have to say about AOS and EADs...It'll curl your hair if it's not curled already. Did you know that USCIS has for some time now actually had the ability to issue EADs for longer than one year? But they almost never do. Know why? Less fees for them. Never mind the hardship it causes to us or the scam it ends up being since and EAD often isn't even valuable for a full year--or the fact that while those EADs and other interim benefit fees bring in money, they also contribute to the backlog. It's a never-ending viscious circle...One that actually compromises national security. Yes, by all means, read the report. Everyone read it. PLEASE!! All of us should understand PRECISELY what we're dealing with here and that the problems are not limited to I-130s and I-129Fs. We are headed from visa phase into something far worse. AOS is going to be a lot more frustrating and expensive. We all need to raise our voices as one to get attention that will lead to change. If you're interested contact me. Don't wait. Links: http://www.dhs.gov/i...to_Congress.pdf http://www.dhs.gov/i...Report_2005.pdf http://www.dhs.gov/i...Report_2006.pdf http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0620.pdf	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-20 20:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	August filers...	You bet, ready4ONE. I'm definitely encouraged for the moment. I don't think this hoard of approvals is going to last long. The $500 million appropriation that USCIS received five years ago to reduce their backlog (HAHAHAHA! Yeah, THAT was money well spent...NOT!!) runs out at the end of this month (fiscal year). I suspect that what we've been seeing is a huge push to make things look as good as possible before the money is completely gone. There is no more appropriation money in sight. Between now and January, a whole slew of contract workers will be leaving USCIS permanently, as I understand it. I'm guessing that slowdowns must lie ahead. Hopefully they can get as many of us pushed through as possible while the contract workers are still on board. Here's to a lot of speedy approvals!!	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-20 18:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2	AWESOME!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! May the rest of your journey be equally as quick and trouble-free.	Kirsten L	Not Telling	France	2006-09-22 06:59:00