ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
USCIS Service CentersStill nothing about uscis
Try calling them and ask for the NOA1 Receipt Number if they sent it, it should be on file once you have that number you can at least track it
JohnC811MaleBrazil2010-10-30 17:15:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionHow often do you guys communicate with your spouses abroad
I guess i am fortunate, the phones work relatively well in Manaus Brazil. I use Vonage world plan for about $40 a month unlimited phone what a deal, but still would rather be with her in person. It sucks to be separated. She is doing well but misses me terribly. So phone is the only way we get to hear each others voice in that she has no speakers on her computer. Will have to remedy that but in a few months hopefully we will be together and never separated again.
JohnC811MaleBrazil2010-10-13 12:45:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionHow often do you guys communicate with your spouses abroad
Talk to her on the phone daily in the evenings before bed, but msn her during the day right after work for me, during work for her, she has access to a computer where she works which is nice.
JohnC811MaleBrazil2010-10-13 12:35:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionBrazil Application for K1 Visa
On The Brazil embassy page they only list the form ds-160 there is no listing for the DS-156, plus my confirmation page has a statement in reference to the I-129F requirements printed on it in Portuguese of course for my Fiancee
JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-02-07 19:19:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionBrazil Application for K1 Visa
the I-156 is set to expire 05/31/2011 so this may be the case
JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-02-07 18:22:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionBrazil Application for K1 Visa
It now appears they are accepting either form, as one of the lines on the I-160 form now has under PURPOSE of your TRIP, the category OTHER, and a selection on that that specifically has, FIANCE(E) OR SPOUSE OF US CITIZEN (K VISA) In a drop down box, I did both anyway to be on the safe side. They may be in the process of upgrading to the new form

Edited by JohnC811, 07 February 2011 - 06:15 PM.

JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-02-07 18:13:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionBrazil Application for K1 Visa
Does anyone know if the Application for Visa is now done online it seems they have switched over to the New I-160 form and from what I can see that the Interview date setting is now done online does anyone know if this is fact
JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-02-07 17:39:00
US Citizenship General Discussionto vote once we become USA citizens
That's the same way it is here, I live in a small town...."hey your John's wife ( soon to be ) from Brazil...nice to meet ya...Ok fill out this card ...that's it your registered" at least at our local Poll ..there are only 1000 people in town so its a small cozy place to live...and everybody knows everyone...lol
JohnC811MaleBrazil2010-10-29 16:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsK-1 Visa Interview Approved!!!
Congrats
JohnC811MaleBrazil2010-09-21 21:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAll Petitions were Touched
Mine was touched also 10/3/10 maybe the moved a box at VSC but anyway it was TOUCHED ....lol
JohnC811MaleBrazil2010-10-04 22:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsLosing faith
July 29th NOA1 and nothing since then except touched when they moved the pile on 10/3/2010 hopefully this month sometime
JohnC811MaleBrazil2010-12-07 14:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsLost all faith - July VSC
July 29th NOA1 sent, 149 days since filing and nothing, nada, nil. Nothing I can do about it except wait and work on the Consular package for my Fiancee's eventual Interview I had my company type up a letter about my work status for the I-134 affidavit, but will have to have them type a new one as the one I had done was dated the end of August and thinking I would have the approval sometime in September or October as based on the Approval time line at VSC. It is the government that is doing this so taken into account for that. The government rarely does something on time, or in a timely manner, Their employees recently received notices that they would not get any pay raises...welcome to the real world...haven't received a raise in 4 years not that it matters to them, but maybe because of that the mentality would be work slower...to expect them to be efficient is an oxymoron...by the nature of what they are. So basically I don't expect to hear from them till after the holidays. I apologize for venting but it felt good...to vent...lol, To those that are waiting relax and have a nice holiday, call your Fiance/Fiancee remember that you are in love with them..and make them happy. This process is about our loved ones and our final goal to be together.

Edited by JohnC811, 18 December 2010 - 02:44 PM.

JohnC811MaleBrazil2010-12-18 14:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsIs this a normal time line?
My I-129F was received 7/29/10 as well and touched on 8/5/10 Vermont Service Center Rec'd My NOA1 in August on my Birthday, but since then no touches or anything yet the last thing I saw was an estimate as to when they will adjudicate it which was November or December it quite possibly not be until the New Year, but as to when who knows, the Government moves very slow on these things almost like watching paint dry lol. It is difficult for my Fiancee in that I have no Idea when to tell her that she may get a letter, and hopefully no RFE's. I have to tell her to have faith that it is in the works. I have found that the government moves fast when they want your money, but always slow when it comes to delivering services. In the age of computers i am surprised it takes so long, but what can I say we have the finest Bureaucracy on the planet...lol. At any rate have faith you are within the time line 5 months.
JohnC811MaleBrazil2010-10-04 10:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsIs this a normal time line?
My I-129F was received 7/29/10 as well and touched on 8/5/10 Vermont Service Center Rec'd My NOA1 in August on my Birthday, but since then no touches or anything yet the last thing I saw was an estimate as to when they will adjudicate it which was November or December it quite possibly not be until the New Year, but as to when who knows, the Government moves very slow on these things almost like watching paint dry lol. It is difficult for my Fiancee in that I have no Idea when to tell her that she may get a letter, and hopefully no RFE's. I have to tell her to have faith that it is in the works. I have found that the government moves fast when they want your money, but always slow when it comes to delivering services. In the age of computers i am surprised it takes so long, but what can I say we have the finest Bureaucracy on the planet...lol. At any rate have faith you are within the time line 5 months.
JohnC811MaleBrazil2010-10-04 10:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsK-1 Approved! Now it's prep for the interview!
Congratulations
JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-01-06 13:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAnother Approval July VSC
Yes I filed the form on his web site...and yes everyone that is past their date should contact the respective senator of their state, maybe with this congress we might get some action on the problems at USCIS

Edited by JohnC811, 08 January 2011 - 01:25 PM.

JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-01-08 13:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAnother Approval July VSC
My I-129f visa petition is currently over the 5 month posted adjudication time as posted on the USCIS web site as my petition was received 7/29/2010 it has been 5 months and 9 days. My case number is XXXXXXXX at the Vermont Service Center. It was touched once 0n October 3, 2010 but I believe this touch was caused by them moving the boxes it was in, as of today 1/7/2011 there has been no action on it. I respectfully request that your office look into this matter as it is past the posted time. There have been other petitions received after mine already adjudicated. Thanking you in advance sincerely

John C

a copy of the e-mail I sent to my senator
JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-01-08 13:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAny other July 2010 Filers still waiting??
Just got off the Phone with USCIS and was told by a very pleasant woman that yes the case is over the ESTIMATED time but that they were unable to process a service request until after 30 days past...So I guess their website on time estimates is wrong they should post 6 months on the time for adjudication not 5 months. As I have already contacted my Senator and will see where that process leads. They do read off a script and I was also told they are currently working on July 10th filings which posted two weeks earlier on this site some one else was told the same date....working on July 10th filers. I was told to call back in 17 days...as that would be 30 days past. Ya just gotta luv bureaucracy at its finest...lol we have the best bureaucracy in the world...lol. On a lighter note Planning on a trip to visit her in April Unless something else shakes loose and VSC gets off their duffs and things start happening with the application. At least I have the planned visit to look forward to.
JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-01-12 15:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAny other July 2010 Filers still waiting??
Yes don't let them give you the 20 day go away line, hold their feet to the fire
JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-01-08 13:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAny other July 2010 Filers still waiting??
My I-129f visa petition is currently over the 5 month posted adjudication time as posted on the USCIS web site as my petition was received 7/29/2010 it has been 5 months and 9 days. My case number is XXXXXXXX at the Vermont Service Center. It was touched once 0n October 3, 2010 but I believe this touch was caused by them moving the boxes it was in, as of today 1/7/2011 there has been no action on it. I respectfully request that your office look into this matter as it is past the posted time. There have been other petitions received after mine already adjudicated. Thanking you in advance sincerely

John C

a copy of the e-mail I sent to my senator
JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-01-08 13:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAny other July 2010 Filers still waiting??

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It has been a while

Edited by JohnC811, 12 December 2010 - 06:44 PM.

JohnC811MaleBrazil2010-12-12 18:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAny other July 2010 Filers still waiting??

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Edited by JohnC811, 12 December 2010 - 06:37 PM.

JohnC811MaleBrazil2010-12-12 18:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAny other July 2010 Filers still waiting??
July 29th is my NOA1 and still waiting I know she will not be here until next year at this point, was really hoping we could get this done for Christmas, is now heading to month 5 but with the Christmas and New Years holidays coming up don't see much hope of it getting done this year
JohnC811MaleBrazil2010-11-30 19:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsHow is your NOA2 waiting time?
5 months 2 weeks and 2 days ...nothing from VSC except lame excuses...It is a good thing I love my fiancee and know in the end we will be together. I used to think the postal service was bad, Now I know the worst Government agency ever to deal with, the postal service is a model of efficiency compared to the USCIS. Maybe soon I will hear something. It could be any day now
JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-01-13 21:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWedding date!
Our wedding will be before the judge within a week or two after her arrival, it will take 3 or 4 days to get the license after filing for it which we will do immediately the 2nd day after she arrives, This will allow her to rest after the ordeal of a long plane flight. But also we will plan for a ceremonial wedding as well. The reason for the quick wedding is so that we can Apply for AOS and SSN numbers ASAP.
JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-01-16 10:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsVSC USCIS & NVC-Amazingly Stupid
Makes you wonder about the competence of the person doing the adjudication of your case, when they can't even update a simple entry on a computer that shows they touched your document when you got your NOA2...still showing NOA1 date...hmmmmm. Or maybe you can't blame the adjudicator maybe the website just does not work when it gets the data that was entered from them. Whatever the case it does show some real incompetence on the part of someone in that agency. Makes you wonder on how they plan to protect the country when the simple things don't work there.
JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-01-26 17:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWhat to do?!
Many brides to be think that when they marry a USC that the streets here are lined with Gold, and that all USC's are rich, My Fiancee knows the situation she knows that I love her and that we will have the court wedding first to make it legal and then after the big shebang. That it will be difficult enough for me to do all the funding to get her here and all the costs that that entails. after all I am not JD Rockefeller. I have a modest Income. Bringing her here from Brazil I am going to provide all the money needed to do that, Plane tickets, medical exam costs, Visa Fees, Document fees, her hotel bills while she is in Rio and I am doing this from savings and trying to avoid using borrowed money. She is a realist and realizes that some things just have to wait (the big formal wedding). That is OK with her as we have discussed the realities. She understands I will concentrate on the upfront costs first to make our marriage happen. Which is all this Fiancee Visa is about. I would rather spend the money on a nice honeymoon or getting ourselves set up to live comfortably. The big wedding will happen but that will be in its time. For now I will concentrate on the financial things that need done first.
JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-01-26 16:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsLooks like they have begun on august at VSC
I have already called her and gave her the news
JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-01-27 13:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsLooks like they have begun on august at VSC
Thats what I meant...Visa petition approved...YAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!! dancing around the room...lol
JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-01-27 13:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsLooks like they have begun on august at VSC
Is this what I think it means Visa Application Approved
JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-01-27 13:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsLooks like they have begun on august at VSC
The last processing action taken on your case

Receipt Number: ############

Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Your Case Status: Post Decision Activity

On January 27, 2011, 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 at 1-800-375-5283.


For approved applications/petitions, post-decision activity may include USCIS sending notification of the approved application/petition to the National Visa Center or the Department of State. For denied applications/petitions, post-decision activity may include the processing of an appeal and/or motions to reopen or reconsider and revocations.


If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case status results
listed above, or if you have not received a decision from USCIS within the current
processing time listed*, please contact USCIS Customer Service at (800) 375-5283.

*Current processing times can be found on the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov under Check Processing Times.

*** Please do not respond to this e-mail message.

Sincerely,

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-01-27 13:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNOA2 16 days!
looking at the country of each that got them so fast one thing is in common HAITI so I think that was a result of the expedited priority of the country
JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-01-28 14:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJust got NOA2!!!
Congrats!!!!!!!!! I did the same thing I called my Fiancee as soon as I saw the e-mail at work, she thought something was wrong because I rarely call her from work but I was just so excited to give her the news. So right now I am working on the I-134 and getting together all the documents we will need for her interview in Rio De Janiero. I plan to be with her for the Interview. So I must schedule my vacation to coincide with the interview so that I can be there PS. Keep calling lol

Edited by JohnC811, 04 February 2011 - 06:50 PM.

JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-02-04 18:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsPersonal Problems
your not alone keep the faith, it is an arduous process and I could tell from my fiancee she was becoming discouraged for all the time that it takes. In the long run it has made us stronger as a couple and soon this process will be behind you wishing you the best.
JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-02-06 20:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportshow do you guys stay in contact with your significant other?
I use vonage international calling plan $35.00 a month flat fee to any land line in most countries of the world with a few exceptions. But for the money its well worth the price. I call her because the other way around it would cost a fortune. I call her every night. If I need to reach her during the day I use my cell phone and its a flat per minute charge as if the call was made to a number in the US. for that I use Tracfone. Forget about her calling me from Brazil it would just cost her too much in the minutes charges. Then the other thing I use is MSN and gmail IM. with all that in place we are good to go for our communication needs
JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-02-02 17:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsVSC Closed Today Tuesday
I am Laughing my A** of on you star trek thing.....thanks for the bit-o-humor...It really gave me a chuckle...but i do hope there is life there at VSC or VDC.....by the way... How do you Know that Gracie is pregnant?...SPOCK ...Gracie Knows.... have a good day hope your NOA2 comes soon
JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-03-08 16:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsUNACCEPTABLE!!!
When you look at the process and how long it takes, sure it is a long time I am quickly approaching a year to get to the Interview stage with my Fiancee. But look at it this way Maybe part of it is to see If you are truly committed to the process. and to your fiance/fiancee. waiting this long to get where I am at. Also the financial aspects I would say it has cost a Minimum of $8,000 to get to the Interview and will be another $2000 for plane tickets for her to come here to Marry me. Then there is the AOS to do. tack on another $1100. Its a process it takes time, and a commitment to do this on both. This could be the way to weed out the ones who are not truly committed. We chose to do this and I do not regret the time, energy or money required to accomplish our dream. I have waited 57 years to find the woman I will marry whats a few months.
JohnC811MaleBrazil2011-03-17 15:51:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCase Complete at NVC! BUT Chennai is at limited capacity? WHAT?
You guys are making me hungry all this food betting going on, I miss my Fiamcee's cooking now...lol
JohnC811MaleBrazil2010-09-02 13:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresHow to show videos during interview
They put your number in a hat and pick it out in rotation ....lol one to VSC one to CSC but if you bad...your number goes in a different hat...lol..
really don't know how they do it, must have some kind of system
JohnC811MaleBrazil2010-10-12 13:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDon't want to use an Immigration lawyer after I 130 Approved. Can I Take it from here???
If I had it to do over, I would have not paid for the legal help either, I only paid $500 but that was before I found Visa Journey, all the information my attorney gave me was available here for no cost. Could have used the $500 for other fees that I will pay later in the process. Basically Paid $500 for her to fill out forms...hindsight is 20/20. But at the time I was intimidated by the process and thought it would be helpful to have an attorney for the advice...when it was not really necessary. Unless your case is extremely complicated forgo the lawyer. It is not really needed.
JohnC811MaleBrazil2010-10-16 13:44:00