Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Weevil @ Sep 3 2009, 11:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So the consulate received our case a week ago (at least according to DHL). No packet yet. Ugh! the waiting for this is worse than waiting for the NOA2! Perhaps this will help: 1) 2 days after NOA2, starting calling NVC: 603-334-0700 press 1 then 5. 2) Once NVC has your case, they assign a new case #. Ask them what date they sent your file to the embassy & also for the NVC case #. 3) Once you know the date NVC sent off the file, track it at DHL's website: http://track.dhl-usa...?nav=TrackByRef For the reference code, enter EXP 10 JUL 2009A (adjust using dates just before the date NVC told you), with a shipping range of that day to a few days later (July 13 - July 14 worked for the example above). Look for shipments to your beneficiary's embassy. 4) To find out if the embassy processed the packet, call the Dept of State before 5pm: 202-663-1225 press 1 then 0 5) You can also call the DoS to find out your interview date once you believe the embassy has scheduled it. Also, you can get a jump on the required forms if you haven't already: http://germany.usemb...processing.html Edited by Stephen + Elisha, 03 September 2009 - 11:16 AM.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-03 11:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (missmissy @ Sep 3 2009, 09:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good morning everyone! I had a reply to the email I sent to the Brazzaville Embassy - LAST WEEK! They said that once they get the docs from NVC, it will move as fast as Lars and I can. WHEW!! Reading that was like an early birthday present! I downloaded Packet 3 from the Kinshasha page and have replied and asked if that is okay...if it is, we are ahead of things and just might make the deadline. Now I just need the NOA2. Good luck to everyone today, let's hope they finish us off today! That's great news, Missy! C'mon now, VSC, let's git 'er DONE!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-03 08:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Good morning, March family! It's 8:40 and I've already been at work for 4 hours. 9 am deadlines SUCK, especially when you're editing drafts as bad as the ones I got. Anyway, here's hoping that VSC gets their shiact together today and knocks out the rest of March! And if NVC could ship our petition to Seoul today, that'd be helpful too.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-03 07:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 2 2009, 08:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Majid_Anna @ Sep 2 2009, 08:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 2 2009, 08:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I agree with you that going through this process had forced me even more to acquire patience, which has made me stronger (which is good). I also agree it had been good to us as a couple, we have learned to sacrifice and communicate (I think we would have done this anyway). I too had a date in my head. I don't know why I chose this date, alas, that date was a while ago. But yes the torture is self-imposed and that is silly. Silly to put ourselves through pain and torture for something WE have no control over. Anyway, maybe tomorrow I will feel different, we'll see. I wish I could give you a BIG BIG hug Get up tomorrow, turn on the salsa music and start the day out dancing...that always works! Or even better...greek bellydancing music! Thanks, I could use more than one, right about now Hang in there, Richard! If you're getting this low, it must be coming soon—remember how bummed I was just before ours came? Speaking of ours, I got a self-congratulatory letter from my congressman today informing me of the NOA2. I hadn't been in touch with them since USCIS refused to transfer our file to CSC back in early July, and they had actually closed my file. In my desperation last week, I called and asked them to inquire again. It was later the same night that the email from CRIS came. I called the congressman's immigration caseworker back the next morning to tell her she didn't need to put in the inquiry. I seriously doubt they even had even made the inquiry yet, let alone had any effect on the NOA2. But whatever—let them have their little victory.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-02 19:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Two late March and one April 1 got approvals today... that's a step in the right direction!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-02 17:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	lenaandbilly, great letter! And congrats on your approval!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-02 17:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 2 2009, 10:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Mari Joe!!!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-02 09:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 2 2009, 10:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Packet 3 (for warsaw) is just the instructions as to what to have ready and a form to send back saying you are ready... so, really... as long as you are ahead of the curve, it probably is a moot point. I do hope you have a wonderful time together though!!! Seoul is pretty much the same way. The Packet 3 (or Packet 3.5, as they call it) email just contains a link to a website where you can download the necessary instructions and forms. They instruct you to complete and fax in DS-230 Part I right away, after which you can submit an interview request online. Then you just collect and hold the Packet 3.5 forms and documents and wait for the Packet 4 email, which is really just an interview confirmation.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-02 09:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Arabella @ Sep 2 2009, 09:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Does packet 3 go to him or to me? When I called NVC they asked me for his email address. I already completed all of the forms for packet 3 off of the Montreal Consulate website and gave them to him back in April to use for whenever he got his offical packet 3. But I am not clear as to whether packet 3 goes to the USC or the beneficiary. If they have his email address, they'll probably send it directly to him. I was thinking that Seoul would send the Packet 3 email to me since Elisha's email address isn't anywhere on the I-129F or G-325A, but since NVC asked for it I'm guessing they'll pass it along to Seoul for that purpose. That being said, you can probably assume the same thing for Montreal. No biggie either way; if it comes to me, I'll just forward it. QUOTE P.S. Not to rub it in but Sean will be here tomorrow for a week!!!! Have a great time! Edited by Stephen + Elisha, 02 September 2009 - 08:53 AM.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-02 08:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (johnandruby @ Sep 2 2009, 08:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Heads up everyone! I just called the USCIS this morning and got to talk to a very nice agent (amazing). He said that as of today 9-2-09 the Vermont Service Center is currently processing the 129F applications received on March 5, 2009. I guess it wont be long now.... Welcome to the March family, johnandruby! As for that March 5 date that NCSC gives out, it's a load of hooey. Did you get that after escalating to a Tier II agent? As of last week (when I was calling obsessively), Tier I CSRs were telling people 5 months (as currently listed on the USCIS website), while Tier II agents were saying March 5th. March 5th may be the oldest application they haven't done anything on... but to say they're "currently processing applications filed on March 5th" is utter nonsense. Take a look at Igor's List for Vermont.. The bulk of the approvals so far this week (8 of 13) have been May filers. I won't go into detail on the theory as to why this is the case, I'll just state a simple fact: it sucks that they're leaving March (and now April) filers hanging while they artificially pad their stats by cherry-picking cases. Anyway, you are well outside the current processing time of 5 months as listed on the USCIS website. I would suggest calling and politely insisting that they initiate a service referral request. Make sure you take down the referral number, as well as the name and ID number of the agent with whom you speak. This might also be a good time to get your congressman or senator involved.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-02 08:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Here's the latest (since I'm sure you're all just dying to know)... I called NVC tonight, just as I did last night and will probably do every night until our petition is sent on to Seoul. It arrived there late in the day on Monday, 8/31—I say that because it hadn't arrived in the afternoon when I first called, but they had it when I called around 10:30 that night. As of tonight, it's still there but they asked for Elisha's email address, which is a good sign. Seoul sends out Packet 3 by email, and as there's no place on the I-129F petition to provide the beneficiary's email address, they didn't have it yet. I also got her consulate case number. Still no NOA2 hardcopy, but that's not entirely unexpected.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-01 23:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Sep 1 2009, 01:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (soesedout @ Sep 1 2009, 01:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> seems like the USCIS favors people from Philippines could be the factor of how busy embassies are Don't u think so ? Boy, i sure wish I knew... Stephen said that their Embassy (South Korea) was slow... and he was late in getting their approval. I can tell you that the Warsaw Embassy is also slow, based on the published interviews for k1 this month... there were only like 10 or 12 compared to 30 or so the last few months. I am like a mushroom... I am in the dark and fed sh!t Did I say that? If I did, I misspoke... Seoul is a very quick embassy; Elisha says she may have an appointment as little as 3 days after requesting one. The medical is likewise quick: no appointment necessary, in and out in 40 minutes, and results available by end of day. I heartily agree with the part about late approval, though! Edited by Stephen + Elisha, 01 September 2009 - 01:00 PM.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-09-01 12:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Aug 31 2009, 08:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Stephen + Elisha @ Aug 31 2009, 08:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Aug 31 2009, 07:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think it is just a standard form letter... a blanket excuse as to why it is taken more than the 5 month processing time... At least that is the why I am reading it. I can't imagine that there is any real cause for concern, but then, who really knows. sounds like it's the reply to the service referral you made on the phone with NCSC last week. At least they're doing something... Small comfort, I know. Richard, did you ever hold a security clearance by chance? That slows things down sometimes, I've read. No, in fact as a member of FINRA my fingerprints are on file and my record gets checked regularly. I wonder if that can cause issues with the background check similar to those encountered by US citizen petitioners who hold security clearances? Perhaps there's a "flag" on your FBI file that would cause FINRA to be alerted if you got in trouble, and that flag requires the USCIS background check to be cleared manually rather than simply returning "No Record." I have no idea if this is actually the case, mind you; I'm just thinking out loud. QUOTE (faith0131 @ Aug 31 2009, 11:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> talk went good... Awesome! Hope things continue to go well!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-31 23:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Aug 31 2009, 07:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think it is just a standard form letter... a blanket excuse as to why it is taken more than the 5 month processing time... At least that is the why I am reading it. I can't imagine that there is any real cause for concern, but then, who really knows. sounds like it's the reply to the service referral you made on the phone with NCSC last week. At least they're doing something... Small comfort, I know. Richard, did you ever hold a security clearance by chance? That slows things down sometimes, I've read.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-31 19:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Good morning and happy Monday, March family! Today's song dedication goes out to VSC from all the Marchers who are anxiously waiting for you to.... Come on baby finish what you started! That ain't no way to treat the brokenhearted! Here's hoping they finish what they started TODAY!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-31 06:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (ThomLin @ Aug 30 2009, 08:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Aug 30 2009, 07:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good evening beautiful Linda What color are you today? Hi Richard!...today I'm black and gray.....have been raining all day, is cold, I just went with my baby girl to get some Krispy creme and a made a capuchinno... To be honest I hate weekends, did I tell you why?...any way... How are you sweet man? how are everybody? what about you Stephen, Missi, Stan, Dgard and all my march family? Linda Mmm, Krispy Kreme... I wish there was one closer to here! I actually had Krispy Kreme more often in Korea than I do back here in the US!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-30 19:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (mari joe @ Aug 30 2009, 03:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Makes me wonder if it would be better to contact both senators and the congressman for my location. I would advise against this. First of all, many congressmen and senators have an explicit "Congressional courtesy" policy of refusing to get involved in a case that another legislator is already working on. Second, multiple inquiries from different congressional/senatorial offices could actually slow down your case. They have to chase down each inquiry separately, so if the first inquiry gets your file taken off the shelf and onto an adjudicator's desk, second and third inquiries will just slow down the adjudicator.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-30 15:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (mari joe @ Aug 30 2009, 02:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ok. I have seen different theories as to which is better, congressman or senator and i am still dismayed. one advocates that senator has more pull while another said congressmen are more personal with their constituants. I guess we will see as we report our progress. I truely hope we both get approved in the next week. Good luck and God speed. There's merit to both of those theories, plus a ton of other factors that could come into play—the congressman's or senator's seniority, his committee memberships... probably most important is how experienced his immigration caseworker is and what contacts he/she has inside of USCIS. My congressman's caseworker, for instance, was very kind and understanding but didn't strike me as all that effective. All her contacts were through USCIS's central POC for congressional inquiries (kind of like NCSC for Congress) and, consequently, all she ever heard back from them was USCIS boilerplate. On the other hand, I've read of other congressmen/senators who have personal contacts within the service centers that they've built up over the course of years. I would imagine that this sort of contact would be far more effective. Anyway, good luck! Keep us posted! Edited by Stephen + Elisha, 30 August 2009 - 02:29 PM.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-30 14:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Hey Richard, you asked what I do for a living. I'm a proposal manager at a business development consulting firm. We provide strategic proposal consulting and lifecycle proposal development services for companies that are bidding on federal contracts. Or, the short version: you hire us to help you respond more effectively to RFPs, or you hire us to handle the whole process and write kickass proposals for you. Edited by Stephen + Elisha, 29 August 2009 - 08:03 PM.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-29 20:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Welcome to the weekend, March family! Needless to say, I'm elated to have finally gotten my NOA2 and to see so many other Marchers approved to round out the week. At the same time, it's bittersweet because there's still 50 of us who can't celebrate yet. I'm hoping and praying for all y'all to get that email from CRIS soon! Anyway, what's everybody up to? I'm in the office this morning - ugh! The project I'm currently working on is on a very compressed timetable, so we've got a status conference call (ugh!) at 11. Then I figure I'll get some printing and copying done to prepare the interview package for Elisha. Thanks to a kind VJer whose SO went through the process in Seoul earlier this year, we have copies of Packet 3 and Packet 4, so we're ahead of the game. Monday, I figure I'll mail it all off to her and start calling NVC.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-29 09:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Another March approval! Richard, Missy, hold on tight - they're coming!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-28 15:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Toooooooo quiet in here this afternoon! Any touches, Richard? Missy? Not that a lack means anything—I didn't have any before my NOA2 last night.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-28 13:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Here's one from the "#######?!" department:	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-28 10:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (missmissy @ Aug 28 2009, 09:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Okay - another coffee through the nose moment. I read Rice Tard and thought it said Rich Tard.....sorry. I gotta get some new reading glasses! Mother's Fingers....mmmmmm, sounds yummy! This was on the bathroom wall beside the toilet in a hotel where I once stayed in Seoul. It rewards a careful reader.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-28 09:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Aug 28 2009, 09:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (LiLMermaid @ Aug 28 2009, 09:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Aug 28 2009, 09:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sure is quiet in here! thought you ran away..I was busy checking my facebook. lol All you young KIDS have facebook! Hey, if I didn't have Facebook, I might end up doing some work every now and then—and we wouldn't want that, would we? QUOTE Stephen... how did Elisha take the news? Did you wake her or did you wait to tell her? Congratulations once again!!! I didn't have to wake her - it was nearly 9 am Korea time when I got the email, so I called her right away. She wasn't able to celebrate too much because she was on a subway full of people, but she was definitely happy and—most of all—relieved. October (which is Chuseok, not Seollal—I typed the wrong holiday last time I mentioned it) looks like a possibility after all.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-28 08:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Aug 28 2009, 08:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ROFL.... too funny... although... take a trip to Hong Kong and China you will see worse! You mean like these? Both of them are delicious, by the way—Elisha sent me a box of each after I posted these and cackled about them on Facebook.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-28 08:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (ThomLin @ Aug 27 2009, 09:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> STEPHEN!!!! CONGRATS!!!! I'm super duper happy for you and Elisha, when this kind of things happen to people like you, is when you know life is good!!!! God bless to you and Elisha always, I wish you all the happiness in the universe!!!!!! I can't help it but smile for you 2 Linda Thanks so much, Linda!! I know it must be bittersweet—all I can say is stay strong and keep fighting the good fight, you guys will overcome this obstacle and be together. I'm rooting and praying for you guys that we can all celebrate together sooner rather than later!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-27 22:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Aug 27 2009, 08:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congratulations Stephen and Elisha!!!!!!! October Harvest fest here YOU come!!!! Thanks Richard! Hopefully yours is in the same stack as mine was, so yours will be on its way shortly! I have to keep looking at the email to convince myself that it's real....	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-27 22:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Dgard @ Aug 27 2009, 09:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Stephen + Elisha @ Aug 27 2009, 07:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> OH WOW! -snip- I was quite nearly in tears! Amazing how one little email can turn things around! Yes! So happy for you Stephen! No more worries about emails, letters, phone-calls. Take it in and celebrate! Your October visit looks promising Yes it does! We're not entirely out of the woods yet, but things are looking way better than they were just a few hours ago. QUOTE (cdn_gewels @ Aug 27 2009, 09:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congrats Stephen and Elisha! What a great day!!! Same to you guys!! What a day!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-27 22:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	OH WOW! I was finally on my way home from work after an unexpected (and unwelcome) long day. Checked my email on the trusty ol iPhone... One new message... From CRIS at 7:45... QUOTE *** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL *** The last processing action taken on your case Receipt Number: EAC09... Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E) Current Status: Approval notice sent. On August 27, 2009, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service. I was quite nearly in tears! Amazing how one little email can turn things around!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-27 19:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Aug 27 2009, 02:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Stephen + Elisha @ Aug 27 2009, 01:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not doing that great, to tell you the truth. Five months and no NOA, not even a touch since April 1—it's really getting to me. I was really hoping to fly to Korea October 1 to spend Seollal (the Korean harvest festival, roughly analogous to Thanksgiving) with Elisha and her family, then bring her home around the 9th or 10th. With each passing day, the possibility of that happening fades. We've got all the Packet 3.5 forms filled out and documents gathered. Medicals and interview dates in Seoul are very quick—but we can't do anything without that blasted NOA2, and these twits at USCIS are blowing through April while our petition gathers dust somewhere. I sooooooooooooooooooooooooo can relate... for me it was getting the children here so they could start school when everyone else did, when that didnt happen it was a pretty bad few days... then it get better... and now it is worse again How long does it take to get an interview at your Embassy? it is 2 months for warsaw.. but they said they would do everything they could to expedite an interview in a few weeks time... maybe your embassy would or could do something similar? We have everything done.. the medical and everything... Can Elisha have hers yet? I have forgotten if she had it already or not... sorry Chin up bud... we will get there... I promise! Thanks Richard. September and October are apparently slow months at the Seoul embassy—Elisha says she could have an interview in as little as 3 days. She hasn't had the medical yet—she needs her SEO case number from NVC first—but again, it's a walk-in affair, takes less than an hour, and results are available the same day. The only thing we're waiting on is NOA2.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-27 13:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Not doing that great, to tell you the truth. Five months and no NOA, not even a touch since April 1—it's really getting to me. I was really hoping to fly to Korea October 1 to spend Seollal (the Korean harvest festival, roughly analogous to Thanksgiving) with Elisha and her family, then bring her home around the 9th or 10th. With each passing day, the possibility of that happening fades. We've got all the Packet 3.5 forms filled out and documents gathered. Medicals and interview dates in Seoul are very quick—but we can't do anything without that blasted NOA2, and these twits at USCIS are blowing through April while our petition gathers dust somewhere.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-27 12:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	ANOTHER April. Seriously, I can't take much more of this.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-26 20:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Some have waited much longer.... others have waited far less... like the ones getting approved these days. Sorry to be such a drag, but I am so angry I can barely even speak. I am SO SICK of USCIS and their ridiculous ineptitude. APRIL 28?!?!! #### that!	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-26 20:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Aug 26 2009, 08:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> April 23, 26 and 28 approvals... so what is so wrong with March? Missy... I think I am going to join you in the insane department Rucking fidiculous. Edited by Stephen + Elisha, 26 August 2009 - 07:39 PM.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-26 19:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Aug 26 2009, 07:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Stephen + Elisha @ Aug 26 2009, 07:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hmm, I wonder if it's worth bypassing my congressman this time around and trying to work with one of my senators? good question... i doubt one has more pull than the other.... but to be safe, lets do both! Well, senators theoretically have more power because there's fewer of them... but unless you live in a tiny (or very sparsely populated) state, they have way more constituents than a representative so it might be harder to get prompt action on your case. I've read on several senators' and congresscritters' sites that you should stick with one at a time; out of "congressional courtesy," many decline to intervene if you've already engaged another one on your case. I guess I might stick with the congressman because they're already familiar with my case and already have my privacy release on file, etc.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-26 19:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	Hmm, I wonder if it's worth bypassing my congressman this time around and trying to work with one of my senators?	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-26 18:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	No worries, I'll definitely share mine when I'm finished drafting it.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-26 12:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	I just got off the phone with NCSC. After going through the Tier I CSR's twenty questions, I gave her my receipt number and she rattled off the worthless info from CRIS. I thanked her, told her that my status in CRIS hadn't been updated since April 1, and politely asked to be connected to an IO. She went through the pro forma dissuasion attempt, noting that it's currently one day shy of 5 months. I thanked her again and reiterated my request to be transferred to an IO, with which she complied. When the IO answered (in an unidentifiable, slightly difficult to understand accent), she asked for more information on me - name, address, DOB, etc. She looked me up in her system and said the case was still showing as pending. I asked if she could tell me if the file was actually on the floor or sitting on a shelf somewhere, and she said it was assigned to an adjudicator. She brought up the nonsense about March 5, to which I responded that most of the recent approvals have been April filers. She said "your approval could come any time, please give us one or two more weeks." I thanked her for her help, noting that it couldn't be easy taking complaints from upset people all day. They're not getting one or two weeks. The letter to my congressman's immigration caseworker (who is already familiar with my case from my fruitless attempt to get transferred to CSC) gets faxed around 4 pm tomorrow, with a follow-up call first thing Friday morning. I'm making it clear that I want a detailed status report on the case (either it's awaiting a background check or it's just sitting on a shelf or in someone's pile); if there's no outstanding information, I expect the petition to be pulled and worked immediately.	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-26 11:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	March 2009 k-1 people	QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Aug 26 2009, 12:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (missmissy @ Aug 26 2009, 12:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Aug 26 2009, 11:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Who would like to go POSTAL with me?? *raises hand* ME!!!!!! Okay... i guess, its just YOU and ME... Bonnie and Clyde Me too! Of course, that throws off the whole Bonnie and Clyde dynamic...	Stephen + Elisha	Male	South Korea	2009-08-26 11:41:00