Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Response from Senator's Immigration Director	QUOTE (Minya's wife @ Mar 26 2009, 02:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i still stand by my original claim. I said "a CPB grilling would make no difference on the adjudication of the petition".....not how long it takes to adjudicate, though I would venture to say that there is no difference there either. CBP and USCIS have two different 'databases' for their information, and I don't think the two communicate. Whatever CBP put in 'your file' stays in CBP's database, and probably would not be 'shared' unless there is a finding of some criminality, or if you were a foreign national who was turned away at entry. You and the OP are USCs, what kind of 'file' do you think you have...that CBP could alter to make themselves look better? That's a bit big brother-ish don't you think? Actually USCIS would check CBP files. How else would they find out certain info about whether a person has tried to enter the US fraudulently (one of the things they check and an exclusion criteria for a visa)? You can request you CBP file via a Freedom of Information and Privacy Act request. I did after a certain incident. CBP exaggerated the incident and claimed I did and said things I did not do, serious offenses. I suspect this is causing me scrutiny.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-03-26 18:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Response from Senator's Immigration Director	QUOTE (Minya's wife @ Mar 25 2009, 11:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> wait, are you the USC, or the beneficiary? either way, a 'grilling' by CPB would make no difference on the adjudicaition of your petition. That's not quite true. While it should not affect approval, every single person I have found with CBP issues (you are the 6th?) had or are having much longer NOA2 times. Kim and Russ were the only ones with normal processing times. See another post I have about doing a FOIA request on your CBP file, or PM me for a sample letter and info. CBP put a lot of untrue items in my file to cover their rears when they treated me badly. I am sure this is why I am still waiting and I am starting to file charges against CBP. I am trying to get a copy of my fiance's record now.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-03-26 10:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	SAME COUPLE WITH 2 PROFILES ????????	QUOTE (kkholiday2006 @ Apr 2 2009, 09:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I understand where you are coming from. Maybe they can combine the names together so it doesn't create false expectations. Well, if they are both active on this website and both live in different parts of the world, I can understand having two accounts, so each one gets their own emails about postings, etc. May other half and I both use one login, but sometimes we get messages or responses directed at a post by the other one....	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-04-02 13:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	What's gonna happen to VCS applications?	QUOTE (acinlove @ Apr 3 2009, 12:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What's gonna happen? I check everyday my status on uscis website and my application is still pending and is not touched. I don't worry about that because I know it's still early for me to have some news ( I wish I was in CSC!!!!) I am extremely worried for my timeline in visajourney. One week ago my timeline showed me an exitimated date for adjudication on June 2nd!, three days ago was showing June 15th, yesterday was showing June 25th and today: Based on timeline data, your I129f may be adjudicated between June 30, 2009 and July 22, 2009*. What's gonna happen to us - VCS???? I am scared that everyday the timeline will add 5 days. What's going on? Please somebody knows it? Thanks You only filed two months ago. Take a breath and relax By the way, we are at CSC and have been waiting almost 6 months, so I don't know about CSC being better. Edited by Ed+Cindy, 03 April 2009 - 05:21 PM.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-04-03 17:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Does anyone know why some K1 take so long?	QUOTE (ochef @ Apr 7 2009, 02:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Pim and I are at over 200 days waiting for our NOA2. There's been no RFE's or touches since January. I call every week and they keep saying they are working on Sept 15, ours was filed Sept 19. But this can't be the case if so many are getting a NOA2 in less than 90 days. Does anyone know if the age or perhaps the travels or number of former addresses of the petitioner slows down the process? I have traveled many places out of the country and I wonder if they have to get information from foreign governments or local law enforcement at every address I've lived in. How extensive is the background check? I don't have any concerns but just trying to make sense of the delay and mostly the disparity in processing times between applications. Damn this if frustrating. We have been waiting a long time too. USCIS is under Dept. of Honeland Security. DHS is a very lazy and unorganized department. They don't care about anyone, sadly.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-04-07 17:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Are there any Congressman or Senators helping us?	QUOTE (ochef @ Apr 8 2009, 05:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> These same politicians are responcible for where we are now. Of course USCIS blows them off. Our politicians sit on these commities & what do they do? Nothing? They are part of the problem. I tried the contact the politician bit & found out they are worthless. Isnt it interesting that they all have a trained staff to placate us? The infomation they do come up with is just about usless by the time they get it anyway. My Senator ( Finestine ) herself did nothing. Her staff did contact USCIS. They then sent me a letter to the wrong address. After 3 more calls to them they sent the letter to me. What the letter said was of no use to me & was so far out of date it was usless anyway. These letters are simply designed to placate us. My case was " lost" & eventually took 402 days to be finished. during that time I recieved absolutly zero assistance from any government agency or politician. Haole says that says his did a great job. Please let us know exactly what they did. How long did it take to get some info from them? How bout the two friends? Same Senator? What exactly did they do for the friends? Any info would be helpful to many of us. This is the only case I have seen where there has been a positive out come. Sadly, legal immigration affects just a very small percentage of the US population, so it is not a priority for lawmakers.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-04-07 18:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	backgroundcheck travelled countries?	QUOTE (JSVP08 @ Apr 13 2009, 10:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> But how do we explain what KnightandMagpie who are currently on AP after it apparently appeared s/he travelled to 12-13 countries? Ok so maybe this is a case of hit-name? sort of having the same name with another person hence the AP....maybe... ohh well.... thank you for the reply....wish us all goodluck I doubt travel to 12-13 countries is the reason. Many who travel have been to that many or more places. Between my fiance and I we are probably at like 30+.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-04-13 12:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	backgroundcheck travelled countries?	QUOTE (JSVP08 @ Apr 12 2009, 12:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Does USEM background checks the country one has travelled and lived with for more than 6 months eventhou police certification has been supplemented (without any record on file)? or does USEM checks where a person has travelled by just using ones name? (e.g log it in to a/the system? where in one system keeps/records all travelled countries, is there such a thing anyway ) There's no way for them to know what countries you have been to except those which involved a transfer to/from the US. They can always look in your passport though, for the stamps For the 6 months or more living in another country, I'm not sure how they confirm that. I think some of it may be 'honor system' (sometimes its hard to tell these things from the stamps in a passport alone, and sometimes you don't always get a stamp - common with travels to Europe).	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-04-13 11:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Case Update - Ankara Turkey	Guess its nice you had a fast NOA1 considering the longer interview date. Good Luck	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-04-14 13:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Question about K1 Processing Time	QUOTE (M & R @ Apr 17 2009, 01:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello there VJ Family! I am wondering, after having waited patiently for over 150 days, and watched petitions that were filed months after ours get approved... Does anyone know why about 10-20% of all petitions filed are not processed with the others? What happens that the majority of the petitions are processed in a reasonable timely manner, seemingly in order, yet others are left to "hang out to dry" for indeterminate amount of time? How is it that some get approved in a month or two and others wait for over a year when the USCIS policy states that all petitions are processed in the order that they were received? What is the process whereby this occurs and what can be done to resolve this unreasonable delay for some of us? All of us US Citizens have our rights to due process - so what gives? Does anyone have any ideas? Help! When you find the answer, please let me know. We just past 6 months waiting.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-04-17 16:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Approved!!! (I think!)	QUOTE (ochef @ Apr 17 2009, 02:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I called USCIS for the fourth time since we hit the six-month mark. After being told by 2 customer service reps that there was no more info they could tell me, I got through to a case officer who came back and said he had good news...we were approved! He said I should get a letter next week. I don't think I really believe it until I see it in writing though. Congrats my friend I hope we are right behind you	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-04-17 17:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Infopass worth it?	QUOTE (Ed+Cindy @ Apr 21 2009, 10:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Update from the Infopass appointment.... USCIS's database shows that your petition is still in the consolidated file area of the California Service Center. This is the area where the files wait to be reviewed. It is therefore possible that they just have not gotten to it yet. So, it wasn't worth the time... Another update today...My senator's aid just called me and told me we are in background checks. Looks like the Infopass people don't even know that, or didn't want to provide that piece of information to us.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-04-21 18:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Infopass worth it?	QUOTE (Philosykos @ Apr 21 2009, 12:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That sucks... What are you doing about it? Contact your congressman? I have, but they (congressman + Senator) can't really do anything. We are just being bullied by Homeland Security. We've had problems with them in the past.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-04-21 14:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Infopass worth it?	Update from the Infopass appointment.... USCIS's database shows that your petition is still in the consolidated file area of the California Service Center. This is the area where the files wait to be reviewed. It is therefore possible that they just have not gotten to it yet. So, it wasn't worth the time...	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-04-21 12:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Infopass worth it?	QUOTE (m&m : ) @ Apr 15 2009, 10:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thank you so much for taking the time to give me this information, it is very useful reading..... I have forwarded it to my fiance for him to take a look. It also mentions if your petition is outside the processing times by 30 days they can put in an official inquiry .... which we are not far from. Once again thank you so much. Keep us updated if you decide to take an infopass appointment. I cant see it doing any harm to give it a go? I will also keep you updated with what we decide to do. M x My lawyer is going to the Infopass because she thinks they may give her more info than if I go. We don't think they will hide info from me, but they are more likely to just tell me layman's terms where they might tell her specifics, like we are in security checks, or supervisory review, or something. Plus I don't have to interact with them.... You should place an inquiry too. I am doing that.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-04-15 13:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Infopass worth it?	QUOTE (m&m : ) @ Apr 14 2009, 11:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi there .... I would be very interested to know what this is??? I have a similar timeline to you ie...NOA1 oct 1st and still no sign of NOA2 anywhere!!!! My fiance has contacted the USCIS customer helpline a couple of times now, and they just keep telling him they are working on Sept the 23rds petitions. Hope your wait isnt to long now. M x Your fiance isn't getting any real info from the USCIS helpline. I think they always pick a date prior to yours and say they are processing them. Infopass info (from this website: http://immigrationro...-uscis-fbi.php) Infopass gives you an opportunity to talk to an immigration officer directly. It can be very helpful if you have a rather urgent issue or a complicated question that benefits from a face-to-face discussion with a trained USCIS officer. They have access to more information, including FBI name checks and other case details, which are unavailable from the online system or general customer service. However, some officers may be unwilling to show you everything, or anything, so the outcome of your visit really depends on whom you talk to. You do not have to wait for your case to be outside the processing window to set up an appointment, and you don't need a USCIS notice to go to your local office either. However, if your case is pending security checks, an USCIS officer cannot help speed up the process. To make an infopass appointment, go to the secure USCIS web site. After typing in your zip code, you will be presented with several options. To check case status select "You need information or other services." Click "Continue" on the next screen, you will then be able to input your personal information such as your Alien Number and Receipt Number. The last steps are selecting a day and time for your appointment, and printing out a confirmation page which you will need to bring to the local office. If you wish to cancel the appointment, you will need the case number printed on the confirmation page.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-04-15 10:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Infopass worth it?	It has been 6 months for our NOA2 wait today. I am debating making an Infopass appointment, but would like to know if anyone actually found that it helped their case. I don't like dealing with DHS workers (USCIS, CBP, etc). If I meet with one of them and they are useless, I'm likely to just get frustrated more. I'm not sure its even worth my time. Anyone have a positive experience with Infopass?	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-04-14 13:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	How can you tell if they have touch your K1 yet??	Also just an FYI for everyone that is waiting for their NOA2. There appears to be a problem, or serious lag, in the online case status system. We received our NOA2 CSC 4 weeks ago (and the petition has been received by the embassy in Paris) and the online system still shows no updates for our case. The message still reads 'pending and received.' This is pretty common and lots of people go through the entire process without their case changing from 'pending'. There are people here who are AOS approved and their petition is still listed as 'pending'	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-04-22 12:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Five months club	QUOTE (M&D @ Apr 23 2009, 02:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm living at Brooklyn (Zip code 11236), someone talks about writing a letter to my congresman or my senator, I know nothing about that could you send the name and the address of the congresman or the senator please. Google is your friend here.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-04-23 17:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	over 3 months and no news yet	QUOTE (belarus1 @ Apr 23 2009, 07:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Im sure this issue has been discussed many times here but it has been over 3 months since my K-1 visa application was entered into uscis' system and after NOA1 I havent heard a thing. Hasnt been touched since 1/14/09 at the CSC. Is this just somewhat "par for the course"? Most take more than 3 months.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-04-23 10:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I went to see my congressman	QUOTE (conquest @ May 4 2009, 10:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I find it interesting that many times after the congressman/woman calls poof things are moving again. They say they have no power but USCIS and the NVC must feel some kind of pressure from govenment officials when they call or it wouldnt be like that. My wifes USCIS papers we completed the day after my congressman called them huh? funny how that is also same with the NVC. After 6 1/2 months, my case moved immediately following both a senator inquiry and a service request. I got notice from USCIS that they received my service request on 4/27 and the case was pending. On 4/28 I was approved.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-05-04 14:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	This wait time...	QUOTE (Maire @ Mar 30 2009, 01:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Someone said that the K1 process for us Cubans runs generally faster...but iam still waiting...this waiting sucks...iam so depressed! You've only been waiting for about 8 weeks. Relax, you have ages of waiting to go	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-03-30 15:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Are at the California Service Center on holiday?	QUOTE (SomedaySomehow @ May 4 2009, 04:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Seems backwards to me .... a work visa has priority over a family visa .... sigh I hope you are wrong Sorry, but just about every visa has priority over family visas.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-05-04 18:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Are at the California Service Center on holiday?	I may be wrong, but I think I remember that the availability date for new H1B visa allotments is in April. That will be prioritized over family visas.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-05-04 18:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Who wants to join my angry rant thread?	QUOTE (Danu @ May 2 2009, 08:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm tired of the questions, tired of not knowing anything, not being able to plan anything as well. Angry is not the emotion I get but I have found myself crying myself to sleep pretty often. I hate being away from him and not knowing when we will get to see each other. Now that our journey has officially started we more than likely won't get to see each other till I move, unless we get stuck in super long processing due to work issues on both of our ends. Its only been about 60 days on my end and I'm already going crazy, so I can definately understand at 110 that it would be even worse. I hate the government, but at least when this is all over I will have him in my arms every day for the rest of my life. Take solace in the fact that both of you two live in neighboring countries where seeing each other means little more than a domes6c plane ticket. Many other couples here would kill for easy travel to their partner.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-05-03 00:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	HPV immunization under review	QUOTE (Betsy El Sum @ May 10 2009, 01:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> People please, do your RESEARCH. I work at the hospital that developed that vaccine. HPV is more serious than just a simple STD. HPV is linked to many cancers including but NOT limited to cervical cancer. Just because you have already been sexually active doesn't mean you necessarily have already been exposed to the several strains of HPV covered by this vaccine. Its dumb for the shot to be required for marriage immigration, because 'ideally' a person marrying will have sex with only one person and won't be exposed to a large sexual population to contract the virus. The HPV vaccine is about making money, more so than most other viruses, in my opinion, yours may differ. I would never force my fiance to have this shot (she is too old, so it doesn't matter). If she was under 26, I would not let her immigrate until she was 27. Edited by Ed+Cindy, 10 May 2009 - 11:26 PM.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-05-10 23:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	K1 visa extension	QUOTE (subguy812 @ May 14 2009, 02:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ed, Once again I concur.............you keep beating me to these answers I've been bored at work the last few days....online here a lot	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-05-14 16:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	K1 visa extension	QUOTE (r_29 @ May 14 2009, 05:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello Everyone! Does anyone can help me. Is there a way I could extend my K1 visa, it will expire on the 19th of May. My fiance was not ready for marriage. He wanted me to extend. Is there a way? thank you in advance First, please fill in your timeline Second, you can't extend the 90 days once you are in the US (it sounds like you are in the US, but I'm not sure). One of the reasons its 90 days (rather than a shorter period) is to give you time to live together and make sure marriage is still what you want (its hard to judge these things in a long distance relationship). Sometimes it takes being together in a more normal life setting to realize one does or does not want to marry. If your fiance is not ready to marry, then you need to return before the 90 days, or you risk having problems with possible future travel or immigration to the US. Hope things work out one way or the other.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-05-14 12:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Can someone explain me that?	QUOTE (Cereza @ May 21 2009, 01:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wow, this is ridiculous. You need to start calling your senators, congressman, assemblyman EVERYDAY. Send letters to Vermont I129 Supervisor, and make an info pass appointment if necessary. Nag them everyday. And if you call USCIS just ask to speak to the manager and nobody else. Infopass won't do much, as its really a 'one-way' communication. They won't feed any complaints or requests back to VSC. Do a service inquiry, as that will force VSC to pull your file (and hopefully approve it)	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-05-21 15:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Can someone explain me that?	QUOTE (M&D @ May 21 2009, 12:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi everybody Hi felt all the emotions in this process, happyness, madness, hope, hopeless and now I get frustrated, may be I'm wrong and I'd be glad if really I'm. I sent my application on october 14 2008, I received my NOA1 on november 26 2008. since, I never had any informations about the evolution of my case or the last one that I had, the case was touched on december 1st 2008, I think the case should be out of date, I went to see my congressman on may 1st 2009, they say to me that I suppose that to have an answer in two or three weeks, until now nothing. At be begining of this week I called the USCIS, they said that my case is in the normal procees and I have to call from may 26 2009. My questions are why I suppose to wait the next week to call, because obviously my case will be out of date? Do you think that there is something wrong with my case, and they will wait six months to tell me that? why there are a lot of cases that have been sent after my case but got approved before? (Because thet USCIS say that they process the cases in order they receive them) If someone has an advice about my situation, I'd be very glad... Hope for those who are waiting and congratulations for those who get approved... Thanks My case took 6 1/2 months for USCIS to approve, and that was with CSC, which I think it faster. Do a service inquiry when you are able.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-05-21 14:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	letter of intent	QUOTE (Caroline_L @ May 19 2009, 01:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just wondering if anyone can clear my confusion. Is there is a time limit on how long the letter of intent is valid? How will I know if I need to update it? We had original ones sent with the I-129F application. We wrote updated ones that we mailed back with Packet 3 (or you can bring to the interview). Something recent is better than what you sent with the I-129F, because its probably been many months.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-05-19 15:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	picture	QUOTE (barrusb @ May 27 2009, 01:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> How do I add a picture next to my username on the left hand side of these posts? Go into "My Controls" on the top of the page. The picture shown with your posts has to be under a certain size requirement. Edited by Ed+Cindy, 27 May 2009 - 03:25 PM.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-05-27 15:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Is it true that administrative processing are usually for those people who file in that country	QUOTE (Nana119 @ Jun 7 2009, 07:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Is it true that administrative processing is mostly done if the petition was filed in a different country other than the U.S.A.? There are certain countries where it seems to be the normal (these are non-VWP countries, mostly in Africa and the Middle East)	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-06-09 18:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	visa waiver denial	Something to think about, if you are curious, is to do a FOIA request (Freedom Of Information Act) on your CBP record. Request the date you were not allowed to enter the US. You can see what CBP entered into your file. PM me and I can send you links and a template letter. Cindy and I were traveling together when she was denied entry. I just received my records from CBP regarding that event yesterday. It took me two requests and a follow-up to get the data, because I believe once they realized what was entered into my file, they did not want to release it. In our case, CBP lied about the event (to cover their ####). I won’t go into detail because is personal, but they stated we did and said things we did not. I believe this is why our petition is being held up. I am in the process of filing formal complaints again CBP for violation of rights and liberties. I may end up filing a federal suit against them too. You may be surprised what corrupt and uneducated federal officers claim you did and what they enter about you, especially when they thing its information you won’t ever read.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-03-24 11:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	visa waiver denial	QUOTE (krystiandjon @ Mar 13 2009, 06:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey all, We received a letter yesterday dated the 11th of March from a senate staffer saying they had talked to a representative at USCIS and we've been APPROVED! There is hope after all! Krysti and Jon Awesome news. Congrats guys.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-03-13 10:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	visa waiver denial	FYI: couples that I know of on VJ where the foreigner was ‘denied’ entry (withdrew application) and their NOA2 times: Me (Ed+Cindy): still waiting at 5 months Caroline_L: still waiting at 7 months krystiandjon: still waiting at 7 months KimandRuss: 4 months to NOA2 Wendy+Greger: 10.5 months to NOA2 Of those 5, only one couple had a ‘normal’ NOA2 time, compared with current averages. There is one other couple I know of, but I can’t remember them. It’s a Canadian who has been approved already that was originally denied temporary entry for her wedding. I can’t recall her NOA2 time.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-03-10 13:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	visa waiver denial	QUOTE (KimandRuss @ Mar 10 2009, 10:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ummm *raising hand* Russell was denied entry in Sept 2007, also in Dublin (although he was treated nice). He had basically been living in the US with me for over a year, travelling to a different Country every 3 months to meet the requirements of the VWP. There is a long story as to 'why' and yes we spent a fortune... but we saw a lot of Countries. I am quite familiar with many couples who have experienced this and the wait times are consistent with any other filers here. This happens all the time. Being turned back at the border should have no effect on your K-1 visa other than the fact that you already have your A# and you are on the 'watch list' for your ineligibility to use the VWP. You are not technically 'denied' entry... you are "allowed to withdraw your petition to enter the US". There are security checks at every stage of this process. Any one of these can hold you up for any amount of time. You guys are the only couple that I've noticed that were denied entry (withdrawn entry) and had a 'normal' NOA2 processing time. You were also at VSC, and the other 'denied' people were/are at CSC. I don't know that this matters. I don't have enough data points on the issue. We've spent a fortune too, because I (the American) have been forced to take time off work to travel for visits. Really pisses me off because all CBP/USCIS have done by turning her away and pro-longing our K-1 petition is to cause me to spend several more thousands dollars on travel and financial support. This whole process is absolutely infuriating to me. When you consider that New Zealand immigration has been so kind to me over the years, it is even more infuriating.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-03-10 13:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	visa waiver denial	QUOTE (John & Mary @ Mar 9 2009, 05:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So, for those of you who were denied on the VWP and have now successfully entered the US with your visa... did you think you waited longer than others before your NOA2? The only couple I can find that was denied entry and approved in the recent time frame is Wendy+Greger (Sweden), their NOA2 took 10 1/2 months. http://www.visajourn...?showuser=48469 I know of a few others on here that were denied and approved, but they are not as recent. I would bet any amount of money those petitions who were denied entry take on average longer to approve. I woudl love to have more specific statistics on that.	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-03-10 01:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	visa waiver denial	Caroline, why were you yelled at by the immigration in Dublin for going to the US? I (CINDY) totally understand how you feel about being interrogated by immigration officers. I was interrogated by 6 CBP officers in total on 3 counts of over 3 hours per session. I just wanted to leave but I think they had so much fun interrogating me The funny thing is that they asked me to THANK THEM at the end for their decision. Did they do that to you? I'm so glad to know that there are others in our boat too! Hang in there We'll get there one day	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-03-09 15:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	visa waiver denial	QUOTE (Caroline_L @ Mar 9 2009, 09:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think we all must be getting extra security checks but I hope it won't take too much longer. Makes you paranoid! Being yelled at by immigration in Dublin was the scariest thing I've ever experienced, I hope they won't be harder on us when it comes to the interview, if that ever comes! Thanks for responding everybody, helps to know I'm not the only one in this position.x What I find really stupid, with regard to denied entry, is we are all from modern, respectable English speaking countries (UK, NZ). Why would anyone from one of these countries live illegally in the US when their home country is just as nice. The ONLY reason Cindy is moving to the US is to be with me. US immigration is brainwashed to think the whole would wants to move here illegally. I'm the American and I don't think this place is that great	Ed+Cindy	Male	New Zealand	2009-03-09 11:36:00