Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I-129F June Filers	QUOTE (aki @ Jun 26 2007, 06:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> anyone from this site who filed their I-129F this June? ours were mailed june 10. we have received our noa1 already and now waiting for the noa2. june filers this is our thread. My NOA-1 was on June 15th. I am at day 132 now and waiting for the P-2. I have had no touches since early July when I received a second notification that my file had been transferred to the CSC. It looks like they are getting to some of them, even if not in the exact chronological sequence ?? If no hits tomorrow, must sweat out another weekend.	My Lao Po	Male	China	2007-10-25 22:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Getting Married while waiting for K1 Visa	QUOTE (studentInLove @ Oct 28 2007, 08:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just for curiosity, how does the embassy know that we actually did get married? YIKES !!! Again, my advice is just don’t even think about going there !!!! It is illegal and would be considered FRAUD !!! Be it an Embassy or the Consulate, they could very easily discover these basic facts of public record in most countries. Moreover, I think all members must keep in mind that all visa petitions under current regulation and procedure are placed through security and name checks, via multiple data systems, at a minimum of three separate locations along the long journey: #1. USCIS regional service center; #2. National Visa Center; (wherein they utilize FBI staff which is assigned directly to the DOS) and most importantly, #3. At the U.S. Consulate/Embassy; where the visa is ultimately issued and just prior to the interview. This is to ensure that the ‘status’ of a petitioner and/or beneficiary has not changed during the long process from P-1 to P-4 and the interview; e.g., the guy who files in January and then in May, gets served with a restraining order filed on him by his ex-wife after an altercation, or even worse. The VIO’s and other investigative staff at the USCIS and DOS have been doing this job for many years now, with many thousands of cases each year. These guys/gals are not naive. This is what they do. They know what to look for and where to look for it, just as any good investigator knows how to turn over the preverbal rock. Either officially cancel the K-1 and file for CR-1 and/or K-3; or just lose any thought of this idea and proceed with your current K-1.	My Lao Po	Male	China	2007-10-28 11:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Getting Married while waiting for K1 Visa	QUOTE (studentInLove @ Oct 27 2007, 10:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi. I just needed to run this by you guys. My fiance was wondering if we got married in her home country before we got an interview for the K1 visa.. would be a problem? Obviously the K1 is the fiance visa.. but we were just wondering. Thanks Yes, this would create a problem. For lack of the more technical verbage; you would in effect change your status by marrying and the K-1 would become invalid. If, you chose to do this, you would have to cancel your K-1 petition and then refile the I-130 for CR-1 and follow up with the I-129F for K-3, if that is the route you wanted to pursue. If you are into this process a few months, I would not change horses in mid-stream, to quote a popular political phrase. Best wishes !!	My Lao Po	Male	China	2007-10-27 13:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	People are sending their I129-f to Chicago WHY??	QUOTE (Tunisianlover @ Oct 29 2007, 07:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was just wondering two things, My SO and I are putting our k1 visa together and we have been watching couples who have been sending their K1 to Vermont and getting approved months before the califonia center. also, couples are send their k1 visa to chicago, I'm from Chicago, is there a center here I can send our k1 to??? I'm jealous that Vermont is getting approved faster, wish I could change my residents for a few months!!! For those of us who are K-3/4's, after we mailed the I-130 packages to the CSC, and received the NOA-1, we then mailed our I-129F package to the Chicago, IL P.O. Box address. This was just a lock box where the mail was sorted and then forwarded to the NBC in Missouri, before being tranferred to the appropriate regional service center. Now, since July, the I-129's are routed to the service center directly, and the step of going to the Chicago address is eliminated. If you look at the K-3 Guide here at VJ, it speaks to this change. And yes, those who lived in the VSC area of responsibilty, had much faster service than the other service centers, up until a few months ago. Now Vermont is running close to the same as the CSC.	My Lao Po	Male	China	2007-10-29 23:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Waiting NOA 2	QUOTE (ScottnCati @ Nov 1 2007, 08:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi ALL, After waiting 105 days for NOA 2, I just called the 800 number for the USCIS to see status and the recording said they sent I-797 document and to follow the instructions listed. Is the I-797 document the NOA 2 Approval? Fingers crossed !!!! Scott and Cati WOW !! If you have your NOA-2 today, after receiving your NOA-1 this past July 18th, you are living a really charmed life !! The bulk of us, who filed in the May/June NOA-1's, are still waiting for the P-2, due to all the delays at the service centers. Check your online USCIS Portfolio to see if it shows up there ?? The e-mail will beat the snail mail by at least a week. Congratulations !!!	My Lao Po	Male	China	2007-11-01 11:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	several weeks and still no NOA....what now?	QUOTE (Karin und Otto @ Oct 30 2007, 05:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (jamesjoyced @ Oct 30 2007, 12:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Karin und Otto @ Oct 29 2007, 08:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (jamesjoyced @ Oct 29 2007, 08:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi everybody, I have a question for anybody who can help... I've sent in my and my fiance's file to the USCIS California service center several weeks ago (late Sept/early Oct) and we have yet to recieve the NOA. I know the file has been delivered, that the file included everything needed (I-129F, Evidence of ongoing relationship, photos, money order, etc) and that the money order has been cashed. Do we just have to wait and be patient, or is there somebody I can call to find out our file number? I've recieved no e-mails with the NOA as well. Thanks for all your help, and I look forward to being here. jamesjoyced, Yes, just be patient and wait - you won't get any emails so push that thought aside. (If you could get an image of the money order, you would see your case number on it.) Once you've received your NOA1 you'll have your case number and can register at the USCIS site (HERE) where you'll be able to set up an account/portfolio. Hang in there... how do we go about getting the image of the money order? That may help us the most, since we would both feel a lot more comfortable being able to know the process. --Mononoke28, I'll fill in the timeline tomorrow after class jamesjoyced, Since you paid by money order, how long it takes to get an image is hard to say - for the most part, by the time you get the image (if you even will) you'll likely have your NOA1. Doesn't hurt to try though - it's just that most M.O. companies don't have such convenient access to this information (in my experience). Call the M.O. company and ask - the customer service number should be on the stub you retained. This is why, for this specific action, it is recommended that you use a personal check for the fee payment vs. a money order. With a check, once it is cashed/processed, you can immediately view it via your on line banking and photo copy the front and back, which contains your USCIS WAC #,which is the same number that will be on your NOA-1. Once you have this number (as the other member said) you can set up your on line Portfolio with USCIS and monitor activity that way. Other than that, the wait is longer now than it was a few months back. Each of us must determine how we make that time pass quickly in our own way.	My Lao Po	Male	China	2007-10-30 07:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Tourist Visa while waiting	QUOTE (julezabelle @ Dec 6 2007, 10:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My fiance was denied a tourist visa while the I129f was in process. The embassy told him he was clearly an intending immigrant and therefore could not issue him a tourist visa. With that said, I have heard of a touris visa being approved once or twice for those with pending I-129f petitions. Yes, this is absolutely correct !! Once the I-129F or I-130 process is initiated, the tourist visa is off the table, as there is now clear intent to immigrate. I am not aware of anyone, especially from third world countries, getting a touris visa while waiting for the K-visa to process.	My Lao Po	Male	China	2007-12-06 12:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 approved 5 weeks ago at CSC, still NVC has no info. what to do ?	QUOTE (Jesse G @ Dec 10 2007, 05:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> NVC finally got our petition!! w00h00!! My file was finally received at the NVC, on Dec. 6th. As of today, it is still there; having checked with the DOS operator, who pulled the file up with my Consulate file #, which was issued when it was logged in at the NVC. Most I have seen now, are taking 10 to 14 days to get processed at the NVC and then sent on to the Embassy/Consulate.	My Lao Po	Male	China	2007-12-13 12:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 approved 5 weeks ago at CSC, still NVC has no info. what to do ?	QUOTE (David07 @ Dec 7 2007, 08:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> FYI, Today it's been 5 weeks since my NOA2 notice of approval. I called NVC and they said that there have been some delays because of the holidays; and that the normal wait period for petitions from CSC is about 6 weeks...(and also, that technically they have 90 days to complete processing..)This is just great of course..... I also called CSC and talked to a rather unpleasant officer who explained that all I can do is sit and wait tight...they won't even research your case number, since they know there's a backlog anyway... This is frustrating as hell........ I had the same responses up to a day before my file being put into the system at NVC. My guess is, you will see movement sometime in this new week.	My Lao Po	Male	China	2007-12-08 02:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 approved 5 weeks ago at CSC, still NVC has no info. what to do ?	QUOTE (My Lao Po @ Dec 7 2007, 10:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Jesse G @ Dec 5 2007, 09:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (stephandmuz @ Dec 5 2007, 10:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You mean 12/13/07? If so, this is awesome news!!!!!! Haha, yes!! That'd be pretty cool if CSC could travel BACK in time after approval to prepare it for shipment!! But yes, progress.. Just need to be patient Update: I called both NVC and DOS today. Still no info on entry into the NVC system of my spouses approved I-130 and the combined I-129F. Only my eleven year old daughter's I-130 has been received/processed. Today is 31 days since NOA-2 approval on all three case files. I called the NVC tonight, one last time before the weekend.......YES !!!!! The NVC agent told me that our I-129F had been received at the NVC yesterday and my Consulate (GUZ) number assigned !!!! This was exactly 30 days from NOA-2 to received at the NVC !!! I have updated my timeline.	My Lao Po	Male	China	2007-12-07 19:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 approved 5 weeks ago at CSC, still NVC has no info. what to do ?	QUOTE (Jesse G @ Dec 5 2007, 09:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (stephandmuz @ Dec 5 2007, 10:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You mean 12/13/07? If so, this is awesome news!!!!!! Haha, yes!! That'd be pretty cool if CSC could travel BACK in time after approval to prepare it for shipment!! But yes, progress.. Just need to be patient Update: I called both NVC and DOS today. Still no info on entry into the NVC system of my spouses approved I-130 and the combined I-129F. Only my eleven year old daughter's I-130 has been received/processed. Today is 31 days since NOA-2 approval on all three case files.	My Lao Po	Male	China	2007-12-07 12:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 approved 5 weeks ago at CSC, still NVC has no info. what to do ?	QUOTE (Jesse G @ Dec 4 2007, 07:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (zeroland @ Dec 4 2007, 08:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Jesse G @ Dec 3 2007, 09:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Any updates from your end? Also, could you please fill in your timeline? When was your approval date? NVC still says they don't have mine. I am starting to get worried and aggravated!! I'm in the same boat with you guys....approved Oct. 29, talked to NVC last night (Dec. 3)...they still don't have it. The guy says "It'll probably be here in a week or two." Wow, that's comforting. He said they can't do anything until it's been 90 days since approval. I asked what they would do then...he said "We'd try to find out where it is." Hahahaha. I feel much better now, knowing that. Haha, no kidding. They've been saying "it will be here in a week" every week. I've seen others on VJ that have been approved at CSC, who have gotten to the NVC weeks ago! I get the feeling that some random box that had our cases is lost at USCIS somewhere... I'm trying to contact CSC about this, but having no luck. I'll keep you updated if I find anything out. Just to add some more info to the mix......... Both of our I-130's for spouse and minor aged daughter were approved (NOA-2) out of the CSC on Nov. 6th. Also our I-129F for K-3/4 was approved on Nov. 6th at the CSC. On Nov. 14th, just one week later, my daughter's I-130 was logged in at the NVC and assigned a Consulate number. On Nov. 26th, my daughter's I-130 had a fee bill generated and was put into pending status, awaiting further instructions from me, as to pursuing it or the I-129F. As of today, Tuesday, there is not a word, nor a record on my wife's I-130 nor the combined I-129F files being logged in at the NVC ???? On Thursday, it will be 30 days since NOA-2 approval.	My Lao Po	Male	China	2007-12-04 11:51:00