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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
It's so difficult in the Internet Age to prove this stuff. We used to have a lot of phone record documentation but once we discovered Twitter we just set up private accounts and set up mobile alerts and have been texting that way for months so we'd only have to pay local rates. All it will show on the text records is the 5-digit Twitter number. We use gchat daily so we'll have proof there, but in terms of phone conversations we use video chats as they're free (but not documented). We do write letters to each other often, which helps.

For a couple that doesn't go longer than a few hours (when sleeping) without talking, where do you begin in terms of cherry picking relevant official-looking logs?

I was thinking of doing a Gmail search of his name and just printing out the full list of tabs to show that we communicate daily. I'm just not sure how much to print or what's best to use.

Edited by gap1, 20 October 2010 - 05:32 PM.

gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-10-20 17:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
EDIT: Nevermind I see it on the VJ checklist.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-10-20 17:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
Do you need all of the proof of relationship stuff at the embassy interview? I thought that was more for the AOS stage? I read that you need the original documents used in the I-129F petition regarding meeting in person, but I didn't think they requested the chat logs, phone records, etc. until later?
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-10-20 17:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
Yeah I'm not too worried about an RFE either. We had three heavily-documented visits at the time of filing and included passport stamps, bank statements, boarding passes, hotel/hostel reservations in both of our names, etc. We also included 15 date-stamped photos.

Don't they check to make sure you've included the right forms at the beginning? I thought I've read about people getting and RFE before their NOA1 because of a missing form.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-10-20 15:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC

Please oh please oh please, NoA2 this week! We got a touch sometime yesterday evening, so hopefully things are in the works!!!


Oh my god, I didn't know you were touched (teehee, I giggle every time I say that)! I am jealous. Good luck!
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-10-20 11:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
So happy for everyone! It was so nice to come home from work and find this promising news. Let's hope they keep 'em coming!
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-10-19 23:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC

gap1, where are you moving to in California? That's where my fiance is, so that's where I'll be HOPEFULLY when I finish my teaching at the end of April (unsure how long it will take Montreal to schedule my interview, when it gets there... eek)


We are hoping for San Francisco. We'll live here in Chicago for a while first while he gets his green card squared away and once he's able to work we'll have to save quite a bit before the move.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-10-17 02:50:00
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awww,i really do feel for you gap1.
you seem far more stressed than i am


Well getting my fiance here means my life gets to start. It's been in limbo for a year and we're getting beyond tired of the distance, as I'm sure a lot of people on here feel. The thing with us is we hate our jobs and are just working them until the marriage can happen, then we're moving off to California (hopefully) to start a new life. It's hard being stuck in the same terrible rut until the government grants you permission to change anything about it. If we had other distractions like school or a career we were happy with that would be different, but as of now it's literally just clock-watching.

This CSC news is so promising.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-10-16 13:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
This. This is so fantastic I could cry.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-10-16 11:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
Once again, can the 5-month people please update us as soon as they make their calls and reach someone at the CSC? I'm dying to know any information.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-10-13 17:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
There is no point in checking my status anymore. No one has heard from the CSC in months.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-10-11 12:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC

hang in there,worst case scenario you wait 5 months,and then youll be able to as my SO likes to call it " raise hell " :devil:


I know, but that doesn't really make me feel much better. We still have two months until the 5 month mark and even then I'll just be 1 of hundreds of angry petitioners at the end of a very long line. It won't bring him here any quicker. This is such torture.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-10-10 14:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
He just left today after a week visit. We haven't heard anything since the NoA1. I am pretty devastated right now. :(
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-10-10 14:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
So let me guess? Absolutely no news regarding the CSC petitions? Yep. Shocking.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-10-05 12:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC

I only know because I know you're a day after me.

Your extreme impatience for your NOA2 is messing with your ability to perform basic math functions.


It's probably more the lack of regular sex than my impatience. I blame the crippling loneliness.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-09-30 00:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC

How can it be 100 days next week? You're 1 day behind me, putting you at 84 days today. 84 + 7 = 91. It's 16 days from today until you're at 100 days. Posted Image


:lol: Hmm, are you bored?

Sorry I thought it was the 10th. My mistake. It feels like 400 days.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-09-29 23:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
Next week will be Day 100 for us. 100 days since the NOA1 and the last touch.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-09-29 14:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
This is terrible. :(

I stupidly thought we'd have heard by October and now I feel like we'll get to 2011 without our NoA2.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-09-27 22:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
For those that have been around these parts for a while, has this happened before? Has the CSC ever just stopped approving petitions for months at a time? This is so worrisome.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-09-27 12:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
I'm frustrated, but hanging in there. He visits me a week from tomorrow! He is really prepared with paperwork and is even dressing up to look more respectable haha (to be honest it's mainly because he hopes to be bumped to business class). Sadly it's just 9 days then we start yet another countdown.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-09-23 22:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC

Never get 'touch' ever since, its still Initial Review from June 14, a little panic but what can we do? finding a hobby will be a great idea. But at least we have something to wait for and november is getting closer. looking forward to call USCIS in november :whistle:


No need to panic, at least you know we're all in the same boat and it's not just your application not receiving a reply. Misery loves company, right?
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-09-22 22:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC

Well I need a lot more hobbies because it's not working :(


Me too. Me. Too.

I already know that I have 8 days until he visits (yay), 85 days until I visit him (bah), the day he leaves his visit will be 100 days since we've filed, then we have x amount of days until the NoA2, x amount of days until the interview, x amount of days until the PoE.....


I need a hobby that doesn't involve countdowns.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-09-22 19:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
Hey I'm technically invading too. Even though I filed June 30th, my NoA1 was July 7th. I think I'm just trying to lump myself in here so I feel like I have some hope in hell to be approved in the next month.

Amy, Coconuts, Gingerpants....I wish we could all meet up and have drinks somehow! My regular friends (you know, the ones that didn't have to import their fiances) are so tired of me complaining. They're sympathetic of course, but no one really gets it unless they're in the situation. It's bad enough we're separated from our fiances by an ocean, we can't even get through this with other VJ members in person! Stupid giant country.

Anyway, it's just my luck the month I decide to file just so happens to be the freak month CSC decides to stop approving things. If we had filed in May we would have had interview dates set by now. I think I am ok knowing I'll see him next week....then after that I know I'll see him in Dec. It's Jan that terrifies me. If we don't have an interview date set by then I don't know how I'll cope not knowing when we'll be together next. I guess all we can do is take it one month at a time.

P.S. Even though I'm thrilled for the people posting "We have been approved!!!!" topics...I can't help but be jealous with rage. I can't wait for the day we can post that.

Edited by gap1, 22 September 2010 - 12:08 AM.

gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-09-22 00:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC

I too had a long span of time between my last touch (June 16th) and my NOA2 (Sept 14th). Finally got my NOA2 in mail yesterday (Sept 20). I can relate to many of you in regards to the long waiting period. I have a lot of emotion involved in this process, which probably added to my impatience with USCIS. Now that I have my NOA2 in hand I feel so much more relaxed. Your day is coming soon for many of you, maybe this week. - Dave


Oh my god Dave! Thanks so much for posting this and congrats! I think you're the first person I've seen who filed at the CSC in June that has been approved. This gives me hope.

EDIT: Oh wait, you filed in May. (sigh)

Edited by gap1, 21 September 2010 - 11:14 AM.

gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-09-21 11:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
Wake up. Check USCIS site. Last touched: 7/9/10
Wake up. Check USCIS site. Last touched: 7/9/10
Wake up. Check USCIS site. Last touched: 7/9/10
Wake up. Check USCIS site. Last touched: 7/9/10
Wake up. Check USCIS site. Last touched: 7/9/10
Wake up. Check USCIS site. Last touched: 7/9/10

:wacko:
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-09-21 10:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC

Nope no touches since july 6th and its starting to get so frustrating, i try not to come to the websites too often or it just makes me want to check ...
Been keeping busy with cooking and baking, by the time i get my noa2 i might just be able to master that lemon meringue pie i keep messing up ....


Careful with baking therapy...you don't want to gain 30 pounds in anxiety relief before the wedding! :lol:
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-09-21 00:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
Has anyone else not even received a touch since the NOA1? It seems like a lot of people have several by now. We have nothing. :(
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-09-20 12:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC

91 days since NOA1 and NO NOA2 yet is CSC still in business? Can somebody that lives close drive by and see if they still have the sign outside and if the lights are on? Waiting is getting old :angry:

Robert


I know it's very discouraging that no one seems to have been approved by the CSC in nearly a month. My VJ timeline says "not enough cases have been recently approved to calculate a time". I'm also worried that with the holidays coming up our cases will take even longer because of the closures and employee vacations.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-09-19 10:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
Day 72 here. (sigh)

Technically it's far less if you take out weekends and holidays.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-09-16 14:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
Is this normal? It seems there has been no activity from the CSC in weeks. I know this board represents a small percentage of cases, but still....no one has even been RFE'd in ages. I'm getting very anxious.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-09-16 14:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
I think I'm just going to stop checking my case status for a while. There has been no change whatsoever in months. Maybe this way when something does happen it takes me by surprise and it won't feel so awful. If most of you haven't heard anything and are a month ahead of me it doesn't help my morale knowing I most likely won't hear anything for 100 years.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-09-09 11:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
Ugh. I want to die.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-09-08 14:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
Man, reading your posts is depressing me as I'm a month behind you guys with no touches. I'm looking at at least a month until I hear anything. :(
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-09-07 13:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC

I called that one, eventually got through to a live human being. Missicy is right, they don't do anything for you except read off a bunch of silly questions that have nothing to do with your case (instead of just asking you what you need).

When I was finally allowed to speak, they just told me what my NOA1 date is (which I already knew), say it's in process (which I already knew) and it hasn't been five months yet, so just wait and see.

I guess I'm getting settled in for another month or two of waiting here. We're planning on an end-of-April wedding, hopefully we will still have enough time.


We are planning a mid-April wedding (nothing we can't move around if necessary) and we're a month behind you so I hope there is enough time!
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-09-04 16:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
I'm just worried about RFE's...I'd hate to be kept waiting months to find out they need more information, you know? I don't mind the wait if it's just for an approval, but if I get an RFE after all of this time I will be very frustrated.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-08-24 10:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJune CSC
June 30th filer here. Not so much as a touch since our NoA1. :(
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-08-23 23:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsPacket 3 disaster
We never received a packet 3 either, luckily for us London doesn't send anything we can't download ahead of time. All he got was a letter stating (in 1 sentence) that he should schedule a medical appointment (which he already did weeks prior). :lol:

We sent in everything the minute I confirmed his "packet 3" was sent out over the phone. He never received anything physically or electronically) other than that one thing, and they confirmed they received our forms back so I have no idea what's going on. We're waiting on his medical results to be sent to the embassy, so after I give them time to do that (a week or so), I'll call again to get an update. I hope we did it right.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-12-26 22:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsCSC - Five-Month Hold???
I think it’s safe to say that this 5 month hold thing was just an uninformed CSC operator. July people are getting touches and approvals now, if the 5 month hold thing was true we wouldn’t see any movement until at least December.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-11-18 17:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsCSC - Five-Month Hold???

Actually, the U.S. government is obliged to offer whatever the people demand as the government represents the U.S. Citizen. Abraham Lincoln stated that the U.S, government is "For the people, by the people and of the people" and the Constitution has that to a degree in it as well. Such services are in place to assist the public. As such, the people demand that they get their act together and that this service be set to the standard it should be at. Sad thing is, if this service WAS run by a private company, it would be running a lot more efficiently.

The system can and should be improved.

USCIS is like a huge Human Resources branch, and anyone working or has worked with the U.S. Government knows exactly how 'efficient ' HR is...


I'm sorry, JlovesA should have specified: This is the AMERICAN Government. They don't really concern themselves with the interests of the people, and the people will continue to sit on their butts and eat Super Cheesy Twists and watch American Idol before caring about this issue.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-11-18 14:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsCSC - Five-Month Hold???

Hey, at least one more day has gone by now! Happy Monday! :)

I can understand why people don't like Socal... it's ... overwhelming, is the first and foremost word I would use to describe it. Northern California is a lot more laid back and easy going.... not 9000 million people all up in your face constantly... hahah I enjoy Northern CA as well, but for some reason, I love Southern CA. I think maybe because it's the polar opposite of whpere I grew up, in rural Nova Scotia. hahaha, my parents still have to drive 10 minutes to get a carton of milk. And everything closes at like 5 pm, we JUST got Sunday shopping in NS a few years ago, and it's just so archaic.... beautiful spot, just living in the 1400's, haha... so anyway, I figure that's why I enjoy California. Home of 24-hour everything!!

sad note, fiance's grandma is in the hospital, so happy thoughts/prayers for her

Side note, why is my VJ time 1 hour off my clock? My computer clock says 6:59, but my post just said 7:59. Did something not get changed with daylight savings?


The number of people don't bother me, I live in a city of 8 million. I just find Socal people (especially LA) very superficial (not everyone of course). I hate that you can't take public transportation easily and everyone drives. I also think I'd develop an eating disorder within a few weeks of moving there. :lol:

Yes, it's Monday. Another week, another lack of update.
gap1FemaleUnited Kingdom2010-11-15 08:37:00