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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsTSC April/May filers who have NOT been transferred

To all you people that were not transferred, I received my NOA2 today and I was not transferred. Good luck to everyone, your time is coming.

 

Congrats!!! This gives me so much hope!! 


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-08-26 02:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsTSC April/May filers who have NOT been transferred

I'm an April 1st filer and I haven't been transfered. I've seen another April 1st filer got transfered, though. So I have no idea :) But just a few minutes ago, I saw on Igor's List that an April filer from TSC got approved, I shouldn't be overly excited about that but it made me happy to see that. :D

 

I'm not concerned about not being transfered. In fact, I don't want to get transfered, because TSC is going really fast now. They're about to be done with Feb and it only took them a week or two to get to this point after they got done with Jan filers. I'm hoping to get approval in September if the pace goes like this. :)  Transfers usually take a few weeks to be completed, and I really don't want to waste time being transfered and stay at TSC where I can get an approval in a few weeks anyway.


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-08-13 07:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary 2014 TSC Filers

Congrats everyone!!!! SO many Feb approvals!!  :joy:


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-08-08 07:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary 2014 filers

I've just checked Igor's List for TSC and I saw that a February filer got approved! I don't know where the beneficiary is from or anything because there is no info, but still! And yesterday an April filer got approved?! So something weird is going on with TSC :P


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-06-18 04:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary 2014 filers

Ive visited twice since noa1. I brought our petition with me, a letter from work and a copy of thr school year calendar to prove I was on break for one week.

The border guard did not ask anything different from any other time I have visited.

Where are you going?
What is your citizenship?
How long will you be in the U.S.?
What do you do for work?
How did you meet?
What does your fiance do?
Are you bringing anything into the country?

I only stayed for a week both times. I found thr best policy is to answer honestly, but dont volunteer anything they dont specifically ask about. The k1 never came up in eiher of my crossings and I did not make a point of mentioning it.











Thanks so much for your help! I hope mine will go fine, too! :)


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-04-16 12:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary 2014 filers

 

Good morning!  Johan is currently here visiting from Ireland, and it all went very smoothly for him and his son at the airport!  I was super worried after reading a bunch of horror stories about people being turned away at the border after traveling for hours to get here.  But they didn't ask him ONE question.  The border patrol DID, however, chat up his 10-year-old son.  IDK if he made a difference being here too or not. 

 

Johan brought a stack of papers with him: a copy of his lease, a letter from his boss stating his vacation days and when he's expected back to work, a letter from me stating he's staying here on specific dates, a calendar from his son's school showing the days they're off for spring break.  flight itinerary, copy of our NOA1 AND NOA2, etc.  and he didn't have to show any of it. It was a bit anticlimactic, actually.  LOL  And I'm relieved about that.  Next time he's flying into the US, it should be to live here.  :)

 

one thing that maybe makes our case unique:  he precleared in Toronto, Canada.  He'd originally planned a stopover there, and the Canadian border patrol were jerks to him.  Rude and accusatory.  Perhaps because they passed him on through, the US did too.  I don't know.  What I do know is that, horror stories aside, you CAN travel here while your K1 is being processed.  :)

 

Good luck!  :)

 

Tina

 

Thanks so much and enjoy your time with your fiance!! :)


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-04-16 11:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary 2014 filers
Hi everyone, I hope your waiting goes well! :)

Have any of you travelled to the US after getting NOA1? Did you have any problems with the entrance to the US? I'm planning to go next month and I wanted to ask you if it's safe!

Thanks!




LilayFemaleTurkey2014-04-16 10:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsTSC IS GIVING ANSWERS - NOA2 APPROVED MARCH FILERS

Thanks Visajourney and and all who discuss their experiences , we are so happy , I received text and email NOA2 APRPROVED, we waited 5 months without RFE.

 

Wow, that's pretty quick compared to us (9 months' wait....ugh)!
 


OrtolanFemaleNetherlands2014-09-08 16:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNoa 2 after 7 months of waiting
Hey congrats...it took us 9 months!
OrtolanFemaleNetherlands2014-09-18 20:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsThinking ahead about POE and Immigration hours of operation

The experience I describe was in Atlanta Hartsfield Airport (I should've said that to begin with...sorry :D ). There they divided the plane crowd into "US Passports/Citizens" and "Other Passports/Non-Citizens."


OrtolanFemaleNetherlands2014-09-21 18:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsThinking ahead about POE and Immigration hours of operation
You would go through the "US Citizens" line and your fiancée will go through the "Non-Citizens" line. You should arrange to meet after she goes through immigration processing, maybe at luggage claim/recheck (if you have a connecting flight you'll have to claim your luggage and then re-check it to go on through the system to your end destination.) I would allow at least 2 hours on the connecting flight time, just to make sure you've got enough time to make your connection. If it goes fast, you can wander around. If it seems like you'll miss your flight because of immigration processing, you can always go to the airline counter and alert them that you'll need to re-book.
OrtolanFemaleNetherlands2014-09-21 08:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportspack 3 and original documents

Yep, you have to get a copy certified (stamped by the issuing agency, the court) to send if you can't send the original.


OrtolanFemaleNetherlands2014-10-13 15:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember 2013 filers?

OH MY godn.. i am so sorry to see. I filled out earlier then us..
if u need to talk i am here for u.
Did u checked UsCis today?

 

Thank you dzsamelia :)

 

Checking every day, several times a day....which is not really helpful, getting annoyed when I see nothing has changed.

 

There are ups and downs through the week and tons of questions and what if's in the head (what if they lost the petition, what if they forgot it somewhere,...).....but every week there is a new hope that it will be approved this week, sometimes it feels like running in the circles. 


Thanks Sparkle for your kind words :)rose.gif

 

Need to learn how to multiquote lol


K&ZFemaleCroatia2014-02-19 09:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember 2013 filers?

Still waiting for NOA2 .. sad.png its nerve wrecking crying.gif  they seem to have slowed down again cray5ol.gif

 

It is nerve wrecking, just hang in there, I am sure it will happen soon for all of us who are still waiting. 


K&ZFemaleCroatia2014-02-19 08:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember 2013 filers?

Congrats Gwapo, great news!dancin5hr.gif


K&ZFemaleCroatia2014-02-08 05:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember 2013 filers?

Congrats for your visa approvals!! dancin5hr.gif


K&ZFemaleCroatia2014-02-03 04:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember 2013 filers?

Woke up to an email from USCIS. We've been approved. smile.png

 

OMG!!! That is great news!!! Woohooo, I am so happy for you! dancin5hr.gif dancin5hr.gif dancin5hr.gif dancin5hr.gif dancin5hr.gif


K&ZFemaleCroatia2014-01-31 02:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNovember 2013 filers?

Just saw that some august filers are still waiting....unreal. blink.png 


K&ZFemaleCroatia2014-01-13 16:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports10 months and still nothing

Everyone of us is impatient and stressed, but it doesn't mean that we can be mean to each other, just because they are CSC filers. They're not guilty or anything. We don't have to be so hateful towards them.

 

I've seen on other topics too, that TSC filers get mad at CSC filers when they comment on topics, even though they don't say anything offensive. What's wrong with you people?? Please let's not be childish and mean just because ours is taking long and they got approved so much earlier. Let's be reasonable.


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-07-15 04:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsI-129F....APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YESSSSS!

 

Indeed..I know many people always check Igor's List.

 

I check it once every hour, almost. And it really bothers me when people mess it up and don't fix it  :crying:


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-07-18 11:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsI-129F....APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YESSSSS!

Hi everyone!

I just got the email saying an approved decision was mailed!!
 

Im so happy!!!

My fiance is coming from Australia...

 

Does anyone know what happens next!

 

 

 

Congrats!! I've just checked your timeline and your NOA1 date is in May but it says you're from Texas Service Center. Are you sure your file wasn't sent to California Service Center? :)


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-07-18 11:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsTSC APPRVOVAL!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why the hatred Im approved Period get a life ,whats this nosense.

 

No one is hating or anything. It's just giving hope to hear a TSC approval for these filers that you start a topic called "TSC APPROVAL" and don't give any detail about an expedite. Please try to be understanding before giving replies like "ok mom" 


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-07-22 14:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsTSC APPRVOVAL!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

WOW congratulations!!!

 

I feel a lil jealous lol ...


What's going on??¿¿¿ :ranting: :ranting: :ranting: :ranting: :ranting: :ranting:


I know... I'm an April filer but I'd rather see January /February approvals rather than April or May from TSC. It's so unfair.

 

But anyway, Congrats!!!


Edited by Lilay, 22 July 2014 - 01:28 PM.

LilayFemaleTurkey2014-07-22 13:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsKingston, Visa Issued

@Lilay.

 

Yeah, we went through TSC.

 

Would have been earlier I think too, but as we are a same sex couple, thanks to our lawyer we got a RFE to provide where we plan to marry plus accompanying state law.

 

Came back on Visa Journey, asked questions, researched, fired the lawyers and here we are.

 

Thanks again everyone!!

 

Oh wow! TSC is still working on December/January filers right now, so that's kind of surprising! :D

 

Anyways, congrats!!


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-07-16 14:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsKingston, Visa Issued

In response to my email sent on July 11 to the Kingston Embassy, they responded on July 14th that we were in Admin Processing and this could take several weeks.

 

 

 

Checked today and it said ,U.S. Department of State

NONIMMIGRANT VISA APPLICATION
Issued
Application ID or Case Number: XXXXXXXXXXXXX Case Creation Date: 03-Jul-2014 Status Updated Date: 16-Jul-2014    
Your visa is in final processing. If you have not received it in more than 10 working days, please see the webpage for contact information of the embassy or consulate where you submitted your application.

 

YEAH :joy:  :joy:  :joy:

 

Congrats!! Just wondering, I checked your timeline and you might actually belong to CSC. Are you sure you are from TSC? Because You got your NOA2 really early. Just trying to fix the mess Igor's List is getting into! :)


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-07-16 13:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsTexas Service Center

Been waiting for 5.5 months now... I don't think it will be approved until October in my opinion. and I am a February filer. :'(

They've started approving Feb filers! I don't think it'll be long for you now!


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-08-05 11:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNOA1 and NOA2

Thank you sweetgal8! :)

:time:


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-08-11 05:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWE THANK GOD THAT OUR VOICE HAS BEEN HEARD FOR THE TEXAS CENTER!!!!!!!

 

That's not cool to say that. wouldn't you want everyone to be with their loved once? So you should hope Texas hires more people and catch up and make it 1-2 month process Too instead of wishing CSC to drop back. Last year Cali was behind, so it is just bad place bad time and it doesn't mean you should wish longer wait for people who got lucky this time of the year.

 

I feel guilty enough to be in CSC because people in TX wait forever. But when I see posts like that, i stop feeling guilty cuz of negative attitude like that.

 

Ugh

 

I don't wish longer wait for CSC people, I wish fair and reasonable waiting for both service centers as I wrote. I wouldn't want TSC to approve in a month and CSC to take 6-7 months like TSC is now. I just think it's unfair for us to wait more than 6 months while CSC approves in a month or two. I didn't mean to offend anyone. But it makes me feel bad when I see a recent CSC filer complaining that it will take longer for them, even though they've only been waiting for a month or two. 

 

I wish everyone to be with their loved ones. But I think we should not be selfish and wish equality for everyone.


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-08-11 12:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWE THANK GOD THAT OUR VOICE HAS BEEN HEARD FOR THE TEXAS CENTER!!!!!!!

Does that affect the processing time in csc , can u answer me please?

 

You filed in June, we've been waiting for MONTHS. Jeez... :) I really hope it affects CSC's processing times and make both centers fair and reasonable.


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-08-11 11:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsHello good morning

Yea I have apply for awhile now , this what i saw when I check my stutus , On August 11, 2014, we transferred your I129F, PETITION FOR FIANCE(E), to your local USCIS Office for further processing. The new office has jurisdiction over your case and will send you a decision as soon as processing is complete or you will be notified if further information or action is needed. If you move, please use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address.
I want to know what next should i expect from them

Have you been reading the forum on VisaJourney lately? Here's a topic about your situation:

http://www.visajourn...-post-here-k-1/


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-08-19 07:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsHello good morning

Do anyone know when usisc move your case to your local center , how long it takes for them to approve it ? Or what letter will you be expecting from them ?

 

Hello, what do you mean local center? Have you applied yet? And by approval, do you mean NOA2? If you fill in your timeline, it would be more helpful for us so we can give you a better answer.


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-08-19 04:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportswhat happen with TSC this last days ???????????????
I think I have a new name for TSC: Texas's Slowest Center.
LilayFemaleTurkey2014-09-10 01:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWe probably lost the copy of I-129f package... Is it a big deal?

I doubt that you need it. They will have all of that at the embassy and most or all of the people who take a copy with them to the interview don't even take it out of their bag because nobody asks for it. I don't think you should worry.  

 

Thanks so much!! :)


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-09-21 11:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWe probably lost the copy of I-129f package... Is it a big deal?

We got our NOA2 this week, and my fiance (petitioner) was preparing the files to send me, but he couldn't find the copy of the package we sent to Dallas when we applied for K1. He will look into his office and I will also check when I get back home in 10 days, but we were just wondering, if we can't find the copy, would it create a big problem?

 

I mean, in the guide, it says that I need those stuff to review before the interview, but I already know what they are and about since they are basically about how we met. 

 

Thanks in advance!


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-09-21 11:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJuly 2014 TSC Filers!

Welcome aboard and good luck on your journey!!  :joy:  :luv:


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-07-15 05:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2014 Filers

Hi everyone,

I wish to inform you that we just received our NOA2 via email today and I am literally shaking when I saw USCIS as the sender. We are very happy right now. I hope this will be a good week for all and that my message will send you good vibes. I am praying along with everyone!!

 

Yayy! Congrats!!! Wedding soon! :D


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-05-13 10:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2014 Filers

Because I'm a geek, I used that data and did some calculations.

Of the months that they had completions (Jun 2013 through Feb 2014), the trend (using linear regression) is that they are processing 2189 applications per month.

As of the end of February there were 6716 applications pending. (We can see from Mar12 and Apr12 that the "All Other Pending" column is "as of the end of the month".)

They are processing 2189 applications per month, so that equates to 3.07 months of work.

So, if your NOA1 was 1 March, your estimated NOA2 date would be 1 June.

If your NOA1 was 31 March, your estimated NOA2 date would be 1 July.

This means that, roughly, whatever day of the month your NOA1 came in March, it will be that same day in June +/- a day.

So, the earliest of us TSC March filers still have a month to go, statistically.

 

If the trend is based only on the last three months in that data, the number of applications per month drops to 1662.

That equates to 4.04 months of work left, so add a month.

 

So, a rough estimate for any of us March filers would be sometime between the day of the month in June to the day of the month in July.

 

For giggles, my NOA1 date was 5 Mar.  Following this calculation, I should have NOA2 between 5 Jun and 5 July.

 

(Of course, all of this is statistical and based heavily on the linear regression trend. That can't predict real-world influences.)

 

Thank you for the research!!

 

But what makes me worried is that TSC says they are doing the November files now... (I haven't called them but I've read that some people have and they receieved this as a reply) On Igor's list, after ignoring the people who think they are being looked into by TSC just because they sent their package to Texas, we can see that they are on December files now... I even see some January today.

 

So from December to April-May, it's exactly 5 months. I got my NOA1 on April 1st so I also have to wait 5 months, at least 4 before they can finish those months before me.. :/


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-05-01 10:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2014 Filers

I assume vj processing date is not updated.. How's tsc filers? They process what month? I really hate it.. I wanna cry..

 

They are doing December right now :(


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-04-28 12:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2014 Filers

Same .. :) sometimes it's annoying..hahaha.. Well, at least they give us strength ..

 

Yeah, I don't know what I would do without his support :)


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-04-25 07:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2014 Filers

Oh well, you check VJ, you read forums I assume so maybe reading makes you annoyed.. My boyfriend doesn't read or join forums that's why he has no idea how annoying it is to wait..

 

Mine never checks, either! He's just so relaxed and confident :D


LilayFemaleTurkey2014-04-25 06:57:00