Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Philippines	Unlimited calls to Philippines, our experience so far	Magic Jack is $20 a year? That's too good to pass up! We used to have Magic Jack but cancelled the subscription since we're on Skype all the time anyway. I have Skype credits though, which I use to text him.	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2010-11-03 02:14:00
Philippines	Your K1 Journey: How Long Did It Take?	we're almost the same timeline, im just a few days ahead hope ours get processed in a shorter span of time instead of 5 months which seems to be the trend now.. the ones who sent out their applications towards the beginning of the year usually just have 2-3 months wait time from noa1 to noa2. hopefully CSC gets to catch up with all the backlogs and speed up the process again *hoping* *praying* for a fast processing Hi Crystal! I've been looking up November/October filers from the previous years and their processing times from NOA1- NOA2 does seem shorter! I've come to terms with 5 months though -- but anything shorter than that will be a welcome surprise!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2010-11-12 11:00:00
Philippines	Your K1 Journey: How Long Did It Take?	Thanks for the replies -- I am shocked to see how much shorter your timelines are!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2010-11-12 03:36:00
Philippines	Your K1 Journey: How Long Did It Take?	Hello! Quick question lang I sent off my K1 packet not too long ago and was wondering how long it would take, start to finish? I am expecting 8-10 months -- I know each case is unique, but what's a reasonable timeline? Also, from NOA2 to Interview -- how long does that usually take? Thank you!!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2010-11-11 20:14:00
Philippines	Important Announcement for Manila k1 beneficiaries	Hi everyone! Read on. The Nonimmigrant Visa Unit of the US Embassy in Manila will transition to a new visa appointment service soon. Because of this, limited visa appointment slots are open until the second week of December only. If you have travel plans in December or later, we encourage you to check this website for new visa appointment procedures on or after the last week of November. Rest assured that we will try to accommodate your travel plans as appropriate. Applicants who have booked their appointments will not be affected by the transition and will be interviewed at the Embassy as scheduled. Here is the link. http://manila.usemba...3024.html<br /> Let us all be in touch of whatever new procedure theyre planning on doing.Whatever it is,im hopeful it will result to a speedy and more efficient process so we can all be with our loved ones soon. Im still hoping i would be able to sched a slot before this transition starts.Keeping fingers crossed to sched my Fiance's appoitnment. Good luck to us all! Interesting! I wonder what the change will be. Im *hoping* we could set appointments via VisaPoint (like we do for Tourist Visas) too for K1.	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2010-11-16 20:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Well done visa approuved	Congratulations!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2010-10-13 18:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Interview Experience	Thank you for sharing, this is great news indeed! Congratulations -- so happy for you both!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2010-10-15 23:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	VISA Approved!!!!	Congratulations!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2010-10-25 07:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Wedding date!	Wedding date: August 27 2011 I know I'm not supposed to be setting dates just yet however I really am hoping that I could get married on this date -- my brother will be in the US by then (he had to apply for vacation leave early). Everything is set already (church, reception, makeup, photog, florist, invites, calligraphy) I really am just waiting for my Visa! I'll be checking in on the vendors again when I go there next month. I also need to have my dress altered.	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-01-16 23:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	February 2010 Filers -- I-129F -- VSC	^ Congratulations on the interview! The stress of the day was worth it!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2010-10-26 21:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Mailing I-129f tomorrow!	It's in Vermont. Nice that you got Vermont -- it's moving so much faster! Congrats on the NOA1!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2010-11-13 01:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Mailing I-129f tomorrow!	Looks like a lot of us sent our packages today! Good luck to all of us!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2010-11-01 22:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 fillers	Our packet was mailed the 12th, received the 18th. Now it's all about hurry up and wait... You'll most probably get your NOA1 very soon! And btw, your avatar is the cutest thing!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2010-11-22 03:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 fillers	We got our NOA1 today too	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2010-11-12 23:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 fillers	seems we might be in for a long wait since CR1 applications are being moved to Texas for processing.. That's sad, I've psyched myself for 8-10 months prior to POE. I wanted a Summer wedding! How does that affect us though, exactly.. After all isn't it that our petitions are sent to either CSC or VSC. If they're easing the workload in these service centers -- perhaps they could focus on other visas (hopefully K1)?	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2010-11-09 06:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 fillers	^ Texas is just a sorting facility	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2010-11-08 04:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 fillers	mine was delivered November 1 have email confirmation NOA1 sent to csc. Yay -- that's so good to know that they cashed your check even though it was addressed to USCIS! Congrats!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2010-11-07 06:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	OMG! I can't believe it!!!!!!!!	That's awesome news, congratulations!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-04-28 05:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Share your wedding plans :)	Hi, i am so excited to get married but since we dont hav yet our NOA2(october filer) and interview date...then k1 visa..it's hard to make wedding arrangements. .we're just planning to have a (small)civil wedding....i'll just get my wedding dress,shoes,and wedding give aways in my country (Philippines). But one thing for sure the reception will be at Arlington's Inn, i'v seen their website and i love it hehe...i'm so excited lol for the wedding cup cakes,flowers...so excited to shop for my hubby's wedding attire...the waiting is killing me grrrr I am so blessed that I've finally found the man that deserves to be my world... The internet is a wonderful thing! I got in touch with vendors first, read up reviews on them, looked for more pictures online. I booked our major vendors sight unseen (eg photographer, florist, invites, make up and hair, calligraphy etc) -- I did my research well, because I loved them all when I met them! Im also very much in love with the Catholic church and reception area we booked when I visited last year! I agree, most good vendors are booked up to one year in advance if they're in demand, so it might be nice to get in touch with them early on! Maybe you should have your groom's suit made in the Philippines as well? My fiance got measured for a suit when he visited, he's so happy with it! We looked at suits for him here and we didnt really find something that fit well. Even his shoes are from the Philippines. Good luck on your wedding planning! It's one of the few things that keeps me occupied while working and waiting for the NOA2!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-02-14 14:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2010 K1 Filers	We're in the same boat -- we're close to sending our packet too. Yay! Good luck to the both of us! May our journey be smooth!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2010-10-19 05:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 K1 filers	Congratulations to those recently approved! So happy for you guys! I know the wait is awful but things really are much faster after the NOA2!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-05-01 18:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 K1 filers	Congratulations people! A lot have been approved today I am SO happy for all of you! I suppose this is the tsunami huh? Yay! Saw the names early this morning (Manila time) and I wanted to congratulate all of you but I was rushing for work!!!!! Hope the rest of the people on Igor's list get approved soon too. It WILL happen! Im also saying a prayer for the VSC filers -- Im at least grateful that there's a fairly good amount of action going on in there, they're still just very backlogged. Hang tight!! From my end, my case isn't at the NVC still. It's been almost a week. I got my NOA hardcopy pretty fast though (just 2 days after my email approval!) Let's still keep in touch you guys! We still have to prepare for our interviews! so does this mean Nov 17, 2010 filers like me are about to get our NOA2 soon? OH PLEASE! It will come soon!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-04-07 07:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 K1 filers	Congratulations to those recently approved! Yay! It's not even mid-week yet -- I think we'll see a lot of approvals still in the coming days! @ralyse -- you'll get yours soon!!!!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-04-05 19:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 K1 filers	Hello everyone, We got our NOA2 today too. I am SO happy! I checked my email early this morning like I usually do. Nothing there. After a few minutes I got a text from my fiance saying that our case has been updated! I checked my email again and there it was, saying our petition has been approved! As someone from VJ usually says, you really just have to keep the faith! I was already running late for work earlier but I logged on to VJ anyway to update my timeline because I know a lot of people check Igor's list and an approval really gives some kind of hope to people. I know it did to me -- I always get so happy when I see that there's some progress from CSC. Hang in there fellow November filers, Im still praying for all us! It really isn't too long now! Be on the lookout for texts and emails -- they (CSC) seem to be pretty good at updating now.	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-03-31 21:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 K1 filers	Hello everyone! I received my NOA1 on November 16th and have been waiting patiently since. Has anyone used the page below to track how far down the list they are? I can't find myself and was wondering if special steps were needed to show up here. Name is Dustin. http://www.visajourn...tion=2&sortby=2 Hi Dustin! You need to fill out timeline for your information to show on Igor's list (that's the list from the link you supplied). Below your name/handle click on "Timeline" and follow the directions.	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-03-25 18:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 K1 filers	There are a couple of November approvals on Igors list already. Congrats crystal! So happy for you!!! Hoping we all get approved soon!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-03-24 23:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 K1 filers	yes we had an expedite request... my fiancee is in the military... CONGRATULATIONS! Happy to see at least some of us are already getting approved (even though you're an expedite hehehe). It shouldn't be too long for the rest of us! It's almost April!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-03-21 02:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 K1 filers	I never had any touches too! That's why I was so stunned! Don't worry -- at least they're taking a look at November now!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-03-15 20:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 K1 filers	Ooh I got a touch too! 3/15!!! I have to admit I got a tiny bit scared, lol! :)I never had any recent touches prior!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-03-15 20:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 K1 filers	Am I looking at the K1 processing timeline correctly - they are currently processing I-129's filed on 11/7!!! CSC is definitely moving along! I saw that too -- doesn't seem to be true! There are only a couple of October approvals from Igor's list. Hopefully we get ours next month! We've just hit 4 months -- 1 more to go!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-03-09 06:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 K1 filers	I really just hope they start on October filers this week. Noticed that the past couple of approvals were from RFEs. I wonder if they prioritized tying up loose ends on RFEs this past week or so? If that's the case I would feel so much better!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-03-07 04:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 K1 filers	Lord knows I need it. I'm managing fairly well alone, but it would be ALOT easier with some extra hands around here. Congratulations! Wow you're probably the first one from our group! Glad it worked out! another month down lets hope for some NOA 2 this month. I just looked at Igor's list and noticed that the movement has slowed down considerably -- I am getting worried. I know CSC and VSC "seesaws" in terms of speed -- I hope they don't slow down just yet! They haven't even really started on October...	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-03-03 02:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 K1 filers	OMG we got another touch on 2/18! Twice this month now. This is so exciting. Im happy it gets touched even just to get some of the dust off. That is SO EXCITING!!! It should mean something! Hopefully we get our NOA2 in less than 5 months.	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-02-21 12:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 K1 filers	I just checked mine, haven't been touched either... Gosh, how much longer? My timeline is stuck at April 5-18.	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-02-14 02:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 K1 filers	what concerns me a lot is that people seem to have a BLUE cirlce on one of the grey circles on their status yet mine are all still grey??? my reciept is dated nov 5th and the top right hand corner says "notice-nov 9th" so im pushing 2 and a half months in yet my status has no blue circles and says nothing other than what i stated in my recent post. All help and advice is greatfully recieved guys Mine is blue on "Initial Review." I'm under impression that you have a NOA1 already? It's so weird how your case status says "processed." I didn't have any E-mail notification though when I got my NOA1 so Im unsure if thats what they usually say.	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-01-16 23:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 K1 filers	2 months down 3 to go. I go see my lady in 5 weeks Yay!! Will you be there for Valentines? 2 months down but so had to book to see my babes Vday weekend I'll be with my fiance too for Valentine's day, yay!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-01-11 07:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 K1 filers	Hi all.... Happy New Year!!! I am trying to understand the rest of the process and plan out my 2011. So..... we all figure April we should receive our NOA2. How long after the NOA2 do we receive our appointment? Thanks guys! It's really consulate specific; have you checked the Colombia/regional forums? They might give more updated times in there. I believe you guys have packets 3 and 4 (which you accomplish and mail out), we don't. It's country specific Here's you embassy info, not sure how updated it is but this should give you some info too. http://www.visajourn...mbia&cty=Bogota The wait is getting shorter! Yay! Two months down!!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-01-08 18:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 K1 filers	Looks like all of you November filers have got your NOA1! we're worried... We sent our I-295F to TX on Nov 03. No email/text message/NOA1 hardcopy is received so far. Got the name of the person who signed our package from the courier and called the 800 number. They said they needed to check. We called back again after some time, But still couldn't get any confirmation so far. The check has not been cashed either. We just don't know what to expect now....we filed the petition ourselves. Would it be the reason? Did all of you file the petitions through lawyers? I think a lot of people here on VJ file without the use of lawyers. Were you able to put in the correct fee? Early November the fee was still $455. I'm wondering why the check didn't cash. Did you double check your forms -- are they current versions, are they signed? Maybe they returned the packet back to you? I hope you hear something about your case soon!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-01-04 03:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 K1 filers	Happy New Year K1 filers!	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2011-01-01 03:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	November 2010 K1 filers	Sent on the 30th of November and my fiancee got the reciept in the mail today 11-09 from USCIS (would this qualify as NOA1??) Wish i had more details, but she fell asleep on the couch i guess... Yep! The NOA1 date is the notice date or received date on the form. I went by notice date, but this old (2006) thread suggests it should be the received date http://www.visajourn...or-notice-date/ Anyway it's just a difference of a few days, and I decided to err on the conservative side.	wayfarer1983	Female	Philippines	2010-12-10 22:20:00