Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 19 2009, 03:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Stephen + Elisha @ Sep 19 2009, 12:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 19 2009, 07:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Stephen + Elisha @ Sep 18 2009, 10:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well this is interesting... National Geographic Channel is running a special on international marriage brokers. Think I'll crack another beer and watch. I missed it... 'Twas interesting... a little sad in parts... on the whole, surprisingly non-judgmental. It's Saturday, March family, and that can only mean one thing: COLLEGE FOOTBALL! I am a little surprised that it was non-judgmental.. but am glad It's airing again on Friday the 25th at 6 pm if you're interested in seeing for yourself. QUOTE I think I will watch Michigan State vs Notre Dame 33-30 ND—D'OH!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-19 22:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 19 2009, 03:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Stephen + Elisha @ Sep 19 2009, 12:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 19 2009, 07:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Stephen + Elisha @ Sep 18 2009, 10:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well this is interesting... National Geographic Channel is running a special on international marriage brokers. Think I'll crack another beer and watch. I missed it... 'Twas interesting... a little sad in parts... on the whole, surprisingly non-judgmental. It's Saturday, March family, and that can only mean one thing: COLLEGE FOOTBALL! I am a little surprised that it was non-judgmental.. but am glad There's a thread on the show over in the Russia/Ukraine forum: http://www.visajourn...howtopic=217632 Some of the posts in the thread ("so what if she's scamming me? I get to 'hit that' for three years and then I can get a new one!") are exactly the kind of stuff that cause people to look askance at IMBs and marriages that come about through them. I know every case is different, and I'm willing to bet that most people who meet their SOs through IMBs are not like the guys who posted that kind of #######. But it does grind my gears that people like those guys are clogging up the system leading to longer waits for people like Elisha and me who actually met in person and developed our relationship while living in the same country. QUOTE I think I will watch Michigan State vs Notre Dame Watching it now. GO SPARTANS!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-19 16:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 19 2009, 07:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Stephen + Elisha @ Sep 18 2009, 10:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well this is interesting... National Geographic Channel is running a special on international marriage brokers. Think I'll crack another beer and watch. I missed it... 'Twas interesting... a little sad in parts... on the whole, surprisingly non-judgmental. It's Saturday, March family, and that can only mean one thing: COLLEGE FOOTBALL!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-19 11:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Well this is interesting... National Geographic Channel is running a special on international marriage brokers. Think I'll crack another beer and watch.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-18 21:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (mari joe @ Sep 18 2009, 04:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (missmissy @ Sep 18 2009, 02:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey!! What's everyone doing? ROLL CALL....I wanna hear from all my March peeps! while we are still in the NVC AP black hole since 9/4 i only call on tuesdays to check because i figure it will take a few days for the embassy to receive it and get it to their call center computer anyway. meanwhile my SO just completed her medical today and everything went fine there. Thank God. While she was in Manila she picked up her police cert. and translation from the Lebanese embassy that took nearly 5 months to get. Im super glad we requested that back in April or we would surely have a long wait ahead. No sputum test? Thank God for that!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-18 15:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Ted and Marina @ Sep 18 2009, 04:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Our papers are over the Altlantic heading for Moscow. We are hoping for November interview date. congrats!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-18 15:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (missmissy @ Sep 18 2009, 02:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey!! What's everyone doing? ROLL CALL....I wanna hear from all my March peeps! You know what I've been doing: trying to light a fire under that miserable black hole known as NVC!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-18 14:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE The Honorable Janice L. Jacobs Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs United States Department of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, District of Columbia 20520 Re: Petition for Alien Fiancée at National Visa Center Case Number: SEO... Beneficiary: ... DOB: ... Petitioner: ... DOB: ... Name of Correspondent: ... (Petitioner) Dear Ambassador Jacobs: I am writing to you in the hopes that, in your capacity as Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs with principal responsibility for the issuance of visas and oversight of the National Visa Center, you can assist my fiancée and me with our case. My repeated requests for assistance to the National Visa Center by email and regular mail have gone unanswered. I simply do not know where else to turn. On August 31, 2009, NVC received our approved I-129F Petition for Alien Fiancée and entered it into their system. Since then, our case has disappeared into "additional processing." It is my understanding that NVC policy is to forward approved I-129Fs to the listed consulate within a week of receipt from USCIS. Based on my research, the vast majority of I-129Fs are sent onward within 2 to 4 days. Ours has been at NVC for nearly three weeks, with no indication when it might be forwarded and no explanation for the delay. My fiancée and I made every effort to include all required documentation in our I-129F submission, and I am confident that our petition was complete and correct in every respect. Neither I nor my fiancée has ever been arrested or charged with a crime, much less convicted of one. My fiancée and I met while I was resident in Korea, and she is a highly educated individual with an impeccable resume; the bona fides of our relationship are beyond reproach. I am unable to fathom any reason for this excessive and unreasonable delay. (Elisha) and I have already endured five months of waiting for USCIS to adjudicate our I-129F petition. While I recognize that your office has no control over that agency, you can exercise influence and oversight over the NVC. This stage of the process has already taken multiple times longer than average. The continued prolongation of this process imposes daily heartbreak upon (Elisha) and me. Moreover, it constitutes an immense logistical and financial hardship to us, as we can make no plans for our reunion and marriage while our petition is held hostage to the arbitrary whim of a contract facility. Finally, this delay reflects incredibly poorly upon the United States of America: (Elisha's) family, friends, and colleagues cannot understand why our country does not welcome a person of such high personal and professional caliber, but rather continues to subject her to unwarranted and unreasonable delays. I have no explanation to offer them, and am left only with embarrassment and shame for the land of my birth. Therefore, I respectfully request that you do everything in your power to ascertain the status of our case and see that it be forwarded to Seoul at the earliest possible opportunity. (Elisha) and I will be eternally grateful for whatever assistance you can provide to us in this regard. I may be reached at the points of contact listed above should you require any further information. I look forward to your prompt response. Respectfully, etc. Edited by Stephen + Elisha, 18 September 2009 - 01:43 PM.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-18 13:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Well, it's not only the NVC that doesn't accept incoming faxes. The Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs doesn't either. EDIT: ... because the fax number in the phone directory on the DoS website is wrong! I called the office, they gave me the correct number, and the fax went through! WOOHOO! Edited by Stephen + Elisha, 18 September 2009 - 01:37 PM.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-18 13:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Hey, why don't we all just forget about this sorry excuse for an immigration process? Our lying-sack-of-bullplop president wants to give the fence-jumpers amnesty so they can be covered under Obamacare: http://washingtontim..._cube_position1	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-18 10:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (missmissy @ Sep 18 2009, 11:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 18 2009, 09:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (CarlJessica @ Sep 18 2009, 10:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi all I guess I will be in the 200 day waiting club.Not where I want to be.. God its Friday again .. Carl any word from the congressional unit? And as long as I have to soapbox and am ranting up a storm... let me add this little tidbit of silliness! Remember, the other day, when my last update changed to 09/10/2009 and then reverted back? When I had the supervisor on the phone, I asked her about that... and you know what she said to me? OMG, I cant believe she said this... She said... that is just the adjudicator trying to let you know your case is being worked on! CAN YOU BELIEVE she had the audacity to say this?? Now THAT is a big steaming pile of BULLPLOP!!! 100% Grade A BULLPLOP!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-18 10:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 18 2009, 10:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (LiLMermaid @ Sep 18 2009, 09:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well I don't think verifying a divorce document from Canada would be too difficult, shouldn't really be a problem with most countries I would imagine. As for the custody documents....that isn't even asked for until the interview stage. At the interview stage is when I have to show the court documents stating that I have permission to relocate the children and have custody. This is my understanding also when it comes to the children and custody. Its the interview stage. I think it is all hooey, Missy.... I dont think the call center has a clue... only the adjudicator knows. The word of the day is bullplop. As in, you can be assured that pretty much anything USCIS or NVC tells you is a big steaming pile of bullplop.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-18 09:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 17 2009, 03:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Tygrys @ Sep 17 2009, 03:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Who's pouring? I could use a stiff drink. Mose up to the bar buddy! I'll take a bourbon & bourbon & bourbon & Coke... make it a double	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-17 14:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (missmissy @ Sep 17 2009, 02:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No, he isn't! He feels ORNERY!! I figured you, as a true Southerner, would appreciate that!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-17 13:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	I actually missed a day of calling NVC yesterday on account of feeling like garbage. Not that it mattered—I called today and got the same line of hooey as usual: "undergoing additional processing, unfortunately we have no timeframe for this process." I was feeling ornery so I asked to speak to a supervisor who didn't have any additional information but offered to put in a request to "the unit" (what unit that is, she didn't tell me) to see if they could move things along and/or let me know how much longer this might take. She gave me her name and suggested calling back Monday or Tuesday.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-17 12:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 16 2009, 02:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> its boring in here without you! Stephen is MIA today and I dont mean Miami. Called in sick. I woke up with a near-migraine today and am just now getting to the point where I can stand light.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-16 13:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	USCIS has updated the processing times for the centers. This version of the page says 5 months for I-129Fs at VSC, while this one says April 23. Interesting. Edited by Stephen + Elisha, 15 September 2009 - 06:06 PM.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-15 18:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 15 2009, 04:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (LiLMermaid @ Sep 15 2009, 04:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 15 2009, 03:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> and the call was transferred to a supervisor and went directly into voice mail! GRUMBLE LIL'One did you get your NOA2 yet? Nope and frankly I'm getting really pissy about it. I haven't been posting cause all I wanna do is B*TCH and MOAN and its hard when there's many others who have been waiting even longer *sigh* Seems they entered me in the system after we called and complained and then tossed my application in the "do not disturb" pile. Not a touch or anything. So enough about me.....how are you and Joanna holding up? We are ok other than Joanna thinking it will be another 6 months. You'll get yours too soon! Yes, both of you will, and Missy and Carl & Jessica and the rest of the March family! And hopefully your stay at NVC will be short and sweet!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-15 17:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 15 2009, 03:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> and the call was transferred to a supervisor and went directly into voice mail! GRUMBLE LAME... I'd say even lamer than NVC not taking incoming faxes	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-15 14:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Still @ NVC. I put together a nice letter and tried to fax it, only to discover that NVC apparently doesn't accept incoming faxes. The line is either busy or just rings and rings. Bah! So I'm sending it express mail. QUOTE To Whom It May Concern: Last week, I received a letter from this office dated September 4, 2009 stating that the above-referenced approved I-129F Petition for Alien Fiancé(e) would be forwarded to the visa-issuing post “within a week.” As of the writing of this letter, the petition has not been forwarded to Seoul. It is my understanding that approved I-129F petitions are given expedited handling by the National Visa Center, and are to be forwarded to the listed consulate within a week of receipt from the USCIS service center. Based on my research, the vast majority of I-129Fs are sent onward within 2 to 4 days. As indicated by the NVC case number, our file was received and processed on August 31, 2009, meaning that NVC has now been processing the case for over 2 weeks?more than twice the stated time. My fiancée and I made every effort to include all required documentation in our I-129F submission, and I am confident that our petition was complete and correct in every respect. Neither I nor my fiancée has ever been arrested or charged with a crime, much less convicted of one. I am unable to fathom the reason why our petition has been subjected to this excessive and unreasonable delay. The further prolongation of this process imposes an unfair emotional and financial hardship upon my fiancée and me. Therefore, I respectfully request that you contact me at once to offer a detailed explanation for this delay and, further, that you make every effort to dispatch the file to Seoul immediately. I may be reached by telephone or email at the points of contact listed above. I look forward to your prompt response. Respectfully, etc. I'm sure it won't accomplish squat, but I hate just waiting. Edited by Stephen + Elisha, 15 September 2009 - 02:16 PM.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-15 13:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 15 2009, 11:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> a minute ago, I check the USCIS site... and I could have sworn it had the last update of 09/10/2009 my heart started racing... and I clicked on the EAC number... it still said pending... so I clicked on the my portfolio link and it is back saying last update 03/26/2009. Am I crazy? I think so! Straitjacket please! Strange! And if you're crazy, it's only because VSC has driven you to it! Edited by Stephen + Elisha, 15 September 2009 - 10:35 AM.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-15 10:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 15 2009, 10:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Stephen + Elisha @ Sep 15 2009, 10:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> We had a staff meeting this morning. No worries, I'm back to stalking VJ and NVC now. Good morning Stephen.... what time are you calling the NVC? After lunch most likely... I'll give them the morning to finish up the blasted AP. And if I'm still in there and haven't received a response to my emails by then, I'm faxing them.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-15 10:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	We had a staff meeting this morning. No worries, I'm back to stalking VJ and NVC now.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-15 09:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (mari joe @ Sep 14 2009, 06:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> yeah i get what your saying now. But the way they seem operate with no logic, they would probibly not even run Kim Jong-ils' name and let him sail right through No kidding. Case in point: USCIS approved adjustment of status applications for several of the 9/11 hijackers—six months after 9/11.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-14 18:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (mari joe @ Sep 14 2009, 06:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> our petition is still @ NVC too. i will only call once a week as to try to keep my mind off of it. My SO has an asian name too so i do hope your analogy is wrong about that. I wonder too because most of the petitions filed are for asians and Stan and Amy seemed to fly through but im not sure if her last name is asian. I guess I should have been clearer. I wasn't talking about Asian names in general, but rather names whose native alphabet is non-Roman. To take an example, let's imagine Kim Jong-il were trying to get a visa. His name in Korean is written ???. We most commonly see it Romanized as Kim Jong-il, but it can also be written Gim Jeong-il, Kim Jeong-il, Kim Jung-il, etc. The State Department runs name checks on most, if not all, of those possible spellings. USCIS only checks the name as written on the I-129F and/or G-325A.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-14 17:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 14 2009, 06:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Stephen... I wonder if you are stuck at the NVC in background checks? and if the NVC is waiting on the same agency that I am waiting on? As far as I've been able to gather, all NVC does on approved K-1 petitions is run an FBI name check on the beneficiary. That's supposed to come back right away, though: USCIS already ran one just prior to approving the petition, and if a name check has been done on the person within 120 days, FBI doesn't repeat it, they just send the results of the recent check. BUT... I think we may be getting screwed because Elisha's Korean. Asian names can be Romanized in many different ways, and from what I've read the State Department's software requests name checks on numerous spelling variations of Asian names, whereas USCIS just runs the spelling provided on the applications. So... we may indeed both be waiting on the FBI to clear these name checks. Please don't take any of the foregoing as definitive, by the way; it's merely my understanding of what little I've been able to find on these subjects.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-14 17:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (KataandFreddy @ Sep 14 2009, 05:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 14 2009, 05:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I meant March RFE... grrrrrrrrrrrrr Hey Richard!!! Yes!!! I saw that one too... and it took 25 days from the day they received it to the approval of the NOA2, so Missy Missy, Carl, and anyone of us who are still waiting for the NOA2 Hang in there!!! we might be doing the NOA2 dance reeally sooon!!! Love, K&F Hope so! You guys definitely need to get out of VSC Hell! That raises an unrelated and somewhat esoteric question... is NVC analogous to Purgatory, or just a higher circle of Hell than VSC? QUOTE (missmissy @ Sep 14 2009, 05:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I saw the March approval today, and one with an RFE so I am very happy for them. But, you know, I filed earlier than they did, got my RFE before they got theirs.....etc......and still, as of a minute ago, no touches or anything. Anyway - today is my independence day! I closed on the house that I owned with my ex. He's paid and I don't have to answer his calls, read his emails, listen to his snotty, snotty comments about my life, ANYMORE!!! WOOOO FREAKIN HOOOOOO!!!!! Okay, snoopy dance over for now. But I might do a snoopy dance again later on! Awesome Missy! That's great news! Here's hoping that when it comes to good news for you, when it rains, it pours!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-14 17:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Still in NVC hell, no responses to my emails.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-14 16:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	NVC has still not responded to my email from 9 am on Friday, nor my follow-up today. I'll probably call the State Department around 4:30.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-14 15:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (johnandruby @ Sep 14 2009, 03:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey All, I called the USCIS this morning to initiate a service request ( on the 18th I'll be in the 6 month club), I talked to a Tier II rep and as she was beginning to look into the service request she said she got a message saying that they will need an additional 13 days before I can start one. Noa1=3/18/09 6 Months = 9/18/09 #######? I think I'll go have a drink now. That sucks. Out loud. You might try calling back and getting one of the Tier I kids to file the service request for you. They're often far more willing to do it than the Tier II curmudgeons.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-14 14:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 14 2009, 02:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Stephen + Elisha @ Sep 14 2009, 02:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Richard, NH and VT are right next to each other. We should drive up together and picket outside the respective offices. DUDE.... I am so down with that! This was one of those ideas that sounded great until I actually looked into it. Friggin' St. Albans, VT is nearly in Canada and a solid 225 miles from Portsmouth, NH.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-14 13:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Richard, NH and VT are right next to each other. We should drive up together and picket outside the respective offices.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-14 13:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	AP at NVC is like a cruel joke. You finally get out of USCIS and you think you've got a straight shot to the consulate... and then they yank you into this hellhole and treat you like a mushroom (i.e., keep you in the dark and feed you horse puckey).	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-14 12:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Effing NVC and their effing "additional processing"!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-14 12:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 14 2009, 12:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (CarlJessica @ Sep 14 2009, 12:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> OMG I need to vent.......... I think am going to lose it.. ####### are they doing putting us through such a situation with are loved ones.. They have no idea the pressuse and stress this has added to our lifes.. We follow the rules and we are living in hell.. They dont have regard for us and our lifes.. I finished venting,, It has been building up inside of me.. If I did not vent I would have exploaded .. Thanks ... errrrrrrrrrrr YEAH, WHAT HE SAID!!! Word! And the same goes for NVC!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-14 11:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (missmissy @ Sep 14 2009, 09:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Stephen, I want to say thanks and YAY! I read around a lot in the various forums, just like you do. Your answers are always thoughtful, considerate and polite. You rock! (and, thanks for calling Gary out on questionable advice) It is so hard to know what to do sometimes and I know that I suffer from insecurity about EVERYTHING with the whole process. Thank you! Well, thank you for the compliment. And yes, Gary is an insufferably boorish know-it-all (and if he doesn't know an answer, he makes something up). I must confess that I enjoy the opportunities that arise to take him down a few pegs.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-14 08:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 13 2009, 05:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Stephen + Elisha @ Sep 13 2009, 05:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 13 2009, 05:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Stephen + Elisha @ Sep 13 2009, 05:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Whatcha up to, Richard? Watching golf I tivo'd earlier, chatting with Joanna and trying to get rid of my headache... you? Watching football and wishing I'd set my fantasy football roster differently. Anyone else out there? Grrrrr, I watched my fins... and they put me in a bad mood I have never played fantasy football... someday maybe i will have the time This is the first year for me. We've got an office league, so I figured why not? I'm far from hardcore about it, so it's not all that time consuming for me.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-13 16:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 13 2009, 05:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Stephen + Elisha @ Sep 13 2009, 05:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Whatcha up to, Richard? Watching golf I tivo'd earlier, chatting with Joanna and trying to get rid of my headache... you? Watching football and wishing I'd set my fantasy football roster differently. Anyone else out there?	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-13 16:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Whatcha up to, Richard?	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-13 16:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (johnandruby @ Sep 13 2009, 03:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello Everyone, I wanted to ask some of you out there for some advice. While I am still sitting here waiting for the NOA2 ( 5 1/2 months ) what would I have to do if my petition for my NOA2 was denied? I assume that I would have to go back to the Philippines immediately and marry her there. How would that process work? Will I have to apply for a K3 visa after that? Just covering my bases that's all Thanks allot! Depending on the reason for the denial, you could appeal, file a new K-1 petition, or marry in the Philippines and file for a CR-1 visa (and, optionally, the K-3). That being said, denials aren't all that common, though they do happen as we've unfortunately seen in our March family. But don't get ahead of yourself. You're at 6 months now. Have you gotten an RFE? Does your USCIS online case status show any "touches"? Have you filed a service request with USCIS, or asked your congressman or senator to look into your case? Edited by Stephen + Elisha, 13 September 2009 - 02:42 PM.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-13 14:41:00