Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 2009 Filers	QUOTE (mike&andi @ Aug 31 2009, 05:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi all Got noa1 july 21. I was introduced to Andrea by some friends at a Party at my house. I had been going to Cordoba, Argentina for 2 years at that time and staying for 6 mos. of the year. 2 years latter we have decided to just make our life here so now the waiting. I will be going back to Cordoba the end of Oct. to wait the time out together. Hope to have visa by the first part of the year. Need to get her son in school. Good luck to all of us. Heyiiiiii welcome! My love and I got our NOA1 on July 21 too ! Good luck to everyone! This thing is going faster now (it seems to me).. I mean, i hope that these timelines on VJ are true !!!	Musho	Female	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2009-09-01 13:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 2009 Filers	QUOTE (pdcvcm @ Aug 28 2009, 10:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (PeruvyandGringa @ Aug 27 2009, 08:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (pdcvcm @ Aug 27 2009, 01:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good morning or evening to my July '09 filing family. Have a great upcoming weekend. Have a great trip! Stay in touch while you are gone if you can! Awww, thanks for the wonderful wishes. Trying to get a little sleep before we go to the airport but have so much nervous energy. I just love our little group. And so excited about the VSC - it seems like they are still plugging along at a very good rate. Heyii, Good luck on your trip! Have a nice time with your love! Take care!	Musho	Female	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2009-08-28 05:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 2009 Filers	QUOTE (pdcvcm @ Aug 21 2009, 05:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good evening all. Turned 40 yesterday. One more week and on my way to see my sweetie. How is everyone? Have a great Friday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, best wishes!	Musho	Female	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2009-08-21 11:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Simon and Janet @ Aug 18 2009, 11:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Musho @ Aug 18 2009, 12:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Simon and Janet @ Aug 18 2009, 12:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The last 3 weeks Vermont has pumped out 93 NOA2's and California only 36. Hopefully they'll keep up this rate! Hey, maybe a stupid question.. but how do you know that? you are really good updated ! Yeah Hey Musho. There's a stats page here: Gives weekly updates on NOA2's sent Ohhh, it`s great! Thanks! Nice to see this!	Musho	Female	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2009-08-18 16:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Simon and Janet @ Aug 18 2009, 12:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The last 3 weeks Vermont has pumped out 93 NOA2's and California only 36. Hopefully they'll keep up this rate! Hey, maybe a stupid question.. but how do you know that? you are really good updated ! Yeah	Musho	Female	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2009-08-18 11:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Simon and Janet @ Aug 17 2009, 12:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (NewYorkSydney @ Aug 17 2009, 05:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi All, I am pretty excited and counting down as I will be vising my fiance in 2 and half weeks.. Only a two week trip but i guess its better then nothing. What do you guys think about us getting approval earlier then anticipated?? I mean if you look at igor listing May and June applications dont seem as large as previous months listings?? Is it wishful thinking on my part?? Yeah that's true. They're getting through around 6-8 applications per day lately from what i see on the list. So if we're ranked 340 divide it by 6...that's 56 more days and 114 days total for our approval.... maybe wishful thinking...but whatever! Ohhh it would be great, if we could get our approval earlier brrrrrrrrr ! How nice that you are visiting your loved ones.. I will see my love when I get visa.. Not earlier .. Take care	Musho	Female	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2009-08-17 13:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 2009 Filers	Ohhh thank you very much.. I know now Good luck to everyone	Musho	Female	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2009-08-15 11:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Albert_7 @ Aug 15 2009, 04:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi there, I just wanted to wish good luck to everyone! We sent our application by the end of July. According to Igor's list we are listed at 494 at the moment. I hope this time will fly by and every one of us will be done with this part of the process. Take care and I am looking forward to hearing from you in the future. Robert I dont understand .. What is Igor`s list Can somebody explain it to me	Musho	Female	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2009-08-15 10:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 2009 Filers	It will be much more easier to go through all this with you guys .. At the end, we are all in the same situation.. I hope that in january/february 2010. we will get our visa ! Take care Edited by Musho, 14 August 2009 - 12:08 PM.	Musho	Female	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2009-08-14 12:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Simon and Janet @ Jul 5 2009, 05:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Let's get this thread rolling. We sent our I-129F and documents on June 26th, and had the check cashed on the 2nd of July. Just waiting for the NOA1 in the mail now. Hopefully we're all in for a smooth ride...but no doubt there will be alot of impatience and stress ahead. So let's stick together and ride it out as one! July is the 7th month... that's our lucky number as well Hello everyone.. I just wanted to wish good luck to everyone !	Musho	Female	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2009-08-14 09:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 2009 Filers	QUOTE (M and F @ Oct 30 2009, 12:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Musho @ Oct 29 2009, 03:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Malarie @ Oct 28 2009, 09:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (M and F @ Oct 28 2009, 02:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Maria&Nick @ Oct 28 2009, 07:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (season @ Oct 28 2009, 05:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (JewelX @ Oct 28 2009, 12:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Starlight95 @ Oct 27 2009, 10:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I love this update, its so cute. Thanks! Anyone is welcome to add to it, delete from it, and change it however they would like!!! I only listed people that have been active lately or that I knew about off the top of my head. I received RFE 2 weeks ago actually. thanks!! they are real cute. Yeah! It's super cute! Hey! What's going on with Marie NOA2? I thought she would get it during this month! Hang in there girl! Also for all the couples who are still waiting for their NOA2´s! Don't feel discouraged! PS: I have my interview in December 30th, YAY! And I got my Medical Exam yesterday with vaccines and all (yes, there's one that really hurts... my arm still hurts! ) YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY for your interview date. Take a bottle of Champagne with you to the interview and share it with the interviewer!!!! ugh--- I'm still waiting for my stupid NOA2!! no updates yet. Nothing since my service request. It is what it is. QUOTE (Malarie @ Oct 28 2009, 11:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just got off the phone with the liason from the congressmans office and she was in contact with her rep at USCIS. Not too much to report other than the USCIS rep did confirm my response was received and logged into the system. Hopefully this will prompt work on the file!! I have to use this emoticon because I can never find a reason to use it and I think its cute!! Malarie Still nothing eh? I'm hoping for a halloween surprise for you!!! At least they took it in as an RFE?! that's good news right?? <---Halloweed and I have never used that one and always wanted to! hehehe Wel HELLO -- we got a touch today. I'm thinking the congressmans call did something!!! CROSSING FINGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Malarie Big hello for all CSC July filers.. I have been reading your posts.. And I saw that some of you envolved congressman! So how did you done that? And what did you say? There are some couples from July that still didnt get their NOA2 (we are one of them).. But we see lot of August, September, and even October approvals?! So what do you think.. Can congressman do something about this?!? What is your experience! Thanks! Take care and good luck to all of you! Hi Musho, Welcome aboard. Looks like you have the same problem i do. WAITING! I have been saying I want to go to my congressman (who happens to be in the immigration reform caucus lmao) whatever ... I have been pushing it out ...but i'm going on monday morning! I figure I'll go then because it will be right after my 3.5 mark. Congressman in theory can help ...first figure out who yours is ...then go to their website. You will see a section for "constituents services" in there you will find a section for help with federal agency. They will require you to fill out a privacy waiver form ...I have been told that it is wise to go to their office in person and that generally each congressman has a person in their office who handles immigration issues. So, take some apple pie, hope that they are in a helpful mood and plead your case. There are quite of few people who have been successful with their Congressman's help and some people here who have used that approach. Hope that helps. THANK YOU VERY MUCH! you are so kind! Good luck!	Musho	Female	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2009-10-31 10:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 2009 Filers	QUOTE (Malarie @ Oct 28 2009, 09:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (M and F @ Oct 28 2009, 02:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Maria&Nick @ Oct 28 2009, 07:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (season @ Oct 28 2009, 05:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (JewelX @ Oct 28 2009, 12:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Starlight95 @ Oct 27 2009, 10:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I love this update, its so cute. Thanks! Anyone is welcome to add to it, delete from it, and change it however they would like!!! I only listed people that have been active lately or that I knew about off the top of my head. I received RFE 2 weeks ago actually. thanks!! they are real cute. Yeah! It's super cute! Hey! What's going on with Marie NOA2? I thought she would get it during this month! Hang in there girl! Also for all the couples who are still waiting for their NOA2´s! Don't feel discouraged! PS: I have my interview in December 30th, YAY! And I got my Medical Exam yesterday with vaccines and all (yes, there's one that really hurts... my arm still hurts! ) YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY for your interview date. Take a bottle of Champagne with you to the interview and share it with the interviewer!!!! ugh--- I'm still waiting for my stupid NOA2!! no updates yet. Nothing since my service request. It is what it is. QUOTE (Malarie @ Oct 28 2009, 11:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just got off the phone with the liason from the congressmans office and she was in contact with her rep at USCIS. Not too much to report other than the USCIS rep did confirm my response was received and logged into the system. Hopefully this will prompt work on the file!! I have to use this emoticon because I can never find a reason to use it and I think its cute!! Malarie Still nothing eh? I'm hoping for a halloween surprise for you!!! At least they took it in as an RFE?! that's good news right?? <---Halloweed and I have never used that one and always wanted to! hehehe Wel HELLO -- we got a touch today. I'm thinking the congressmans call did something!!! CROSSING FINGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Malarie Big hello for all CSC July filers.. I have been reading your posts.. And I saw that some of you envolved congressman! So how did you done that? And what did you say? There are some couples from July that still didnt get their NOA2 (we are one of them).. But we see lot of August, September, and even October approvals?! So what do you think.. Can congressman do something about this?!? What is your experience! Thanks! Take care and good luck to all of you! Edited by Musho, 29 October 2009 - 05:11 PM.	Musho	Female	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2009-10-29 17:10:00
Middle East and North Africa	this is the end...	QUOTE (UmmSqueakster @ Aug 6 2009, 02:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ...of our elaborate plans, the end... Nearly 9 years ago, I was a college sophomore, attending a small liberal arts university in the middle of a corn field in Indiana. I was miserable and spent a lot of time online, chatting with people from all over the world. My ICQ friends list was long and I thought nothing of adding a young man from Egypt to the mix. Months passed, ICQ friends came and went, but he stayed. I transferred to the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and was much happier, but we kept talking. In August of 2003, my Grandmother drove me to the bus stop in Madison, where I boarded a bus to O'Hare. 20 hours later, I landed in Cairo. Hands shaking, I found my bags and looked through the crowd for a face that had become so familiar. He wasn't there. My heart sank. Then I heard a voice call, "Jen!" And there he was! He had convinced the security guard to let him stand right next to the door, away from the crowd. Fast forward, October 2005. A flight was scheduled to arrive at Minneapolis Saint Paul International Airport at 5:00 p.m. I left work at 3:00 and was there very early. I drank way too much coffee and paced the airport hallway. When he finally arrived, coming down the escalator, my heart leapt. He wore his gray suit and was carrying his briefcase. We embraced, and drove off into the crisp Minnesota sunset together. Of course, there is no such thing as happily ever after in real life. Or at least I haven't found it yet. Over the years, we've had our fair share of arguments and difficulties. Moving to the US isn't easy. Leaving behind your family, your friends, your job, your culture, your life, it takes it's toll. And here we are now, in August of 2009. 8 years and 11 and a half months from the day we met online and 6 years nearly to the day that we met in person. Today, my husband has his United States passport in his hands. At his citizenship ceremony a few weeks back, the judge who officiated their oath talked about how these new citizens need not leave their countries, cultures and religions behind them. Rather, they should bring it with them and create their own unique american experience. I am happy to say that today, the United States has one more Muslim American in their midst (take that DS!). Alhamdulilah, Allah (swt) has granted us the blessing of living in this country together. So now, this is the end of my visa journey my friends. With the coming of Ramadan, I am hoping to pull back from technology a bit, or at least the message board aspect of it. I haven't been sucessful doing so in the past, but in case I suceed this time around, I can still always be reached via my blog (points to link in signature). Best of luck to those who are still in their visa journey. I hope that you continue to ride the roller coaster, have the time of your lives and end up with the one you love. Salaam. Ohhhh so nice story" You made a tears in my eyes! Take care Allah bless you!	Musho	Female	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2009-08-06 12:49:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	INTERVIEW PASSED ON 09/03/09	QUOTE (mvladi @ Sep 7 2009, 02:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello VJ members, Just wanted to let you know that my husband passed his interview to get CR-1 visa in US Consulate in Jerusalem on September 3, 2009. Everything was very smoothly, the CO just asked a few questions about how did we meet? where and with whom do I live and the name of my mother. Also he asked about his previous marriage, about the kids, he return the original birth certificate and also the extra copy of marriage and divorce certificates. CO said that the visa will be issued in 30 days, asked my husband one more contact phone number and the address. The interview started at 8:30 a.m. and my husband left the consulate around 10 a.m. Thank you all for the support and good luck to everyone with your upcoming interview. yupiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.. CONGRATULATIONS!!!	Musho	Female	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2009-09-07 13:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	interview today	QUOTE (r''n''b nation @ Sep 28 2009, 12:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hello vjers. today is my interview @ 10.am in bridgetown barbados GOOD LUCK! SO HOW WAS IT?!	Musho	Female	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2009-09-28 14:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K-1 petition information	QUOTE (Gary and Alla @ Sep 29 2009, 12:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello All I had a great opportunity Saturday evening to have dinner with and spend several hours with a director at the VSC. He is currently in charge of the department that handles I-751s among other things. His wife is an adjusicator that handles YOUR petition (if it went through VSC). His wife is Russian, arrived on a K-1 and is now a citizen. This man has worked for USCIS for many years and was at several local offices before being assigned to the VSC. His wife is a friend of Alla's and we were all at a dinner party for several American/Russian/Ukrainian couples Saturday. We had a long chat, he was very open and helpful. We talked about a lot of the things we see here on VJ and I was trying to remember all the "usual questions" I read about and pin him down for some answers. I also have asked him if he will give an "official interview" for VJ. He said he will check out the site and I will call him later this week. So, anyway I will try to cover what we discussed, he was quite frank and direct in his answers, not rude, not at all, but he knows his stuff and answers without hesitation. It turned into an impromtu and fun "interview" with me trying to remember all the hot button issues I see on VJ I told him that the number ONE and number TWO "complaints" I see are Why is the VSC taking so long and why can't we get through to you guys? Why is VSC taking so long, what happened? I was approved in 58 days!: We had problem with labor last year and lost many workers, we hired more last November and it took some time to get them trained. Some of the petitions were sent to California and we also assign people to different tyopes of visas. They will concentrate on one tyoe, get behind on another and then shift many people back to the other type. Lately we have shifted many, almost all, adjudicators to I-129fs, so that should make people happy. They will do that until they get caught up. Summer is a busy time for I-129fs, usually about June we get slammed with them. The winter or early spring is the slowest time for I-129fs, but then it depends what they have everyone working on also. OK, why can't we get through to you? The 1-800 line is useless. Those are contract employees and they are trained to select answers from a menu of 14 answers. They pick which one is best for your question. There are thousands of visas being processed at any time and everyone is special and everyone has special circumstances and if we had direct lines we weould do nothing but field requests by petitioners to give them priority, we just can't do it. How would you feel if your petition got bumped because some woman called and cried on the phone and then her petition got moved up ahead of yours. We simply have to operate in a way that avoids any chance of fraud, corruption or unfairness. So what about some people get approved ahead of others? Sme petitions have problems or delays, we do not hold back others for this. If an adjudicator has problems, he puts that one aside or sends an RFE and goes on to the next. The next one may be clean and gets approved right away, in just a few minutes, they adjudicate 15-20 petitions a day per person, and the ones with problems may wait weeks for the petitioner to respond to the RFE, or maybe it is a name check they are waiting for. Petitions are assigned as they arrive, when we are working on those petitions, but they do not go out the door in the same order they came in. G-325a, Signed or Unsigned? Unsigned. WHAT? Ok I have seen the memo but lots of VJ members got RFEs for unsigned G-325s, what gives? They do not have to be signed,they can be signed at the consualte interview. Some adjusicators haven't read all the memos, we get hundreds of the things, and maybe they make a mistake. If you want to be sure there is no mistake, sign it. Or send a letter expalining why it is not signed and request it be signed at the interview. Do you have that memo? It is on the VJ website somewhere You can print a copy of that and send it with the I-129f and G-325a. Fiancee intent letter? Signed or unsigned? Signed. What about a faxed or emailed signature? When I was adjudicating, if I could see a signature, I accepted it, but many adjusicators will not. Signed is better. Lawyer or no lawyer? For what? Enough said. Now a hot issue, a very controversial one. There seems to be a trend in some countries of foreign men marrying American women and the women are considerably older. There is always a question if this is a problem. It never seems to be a problem for older men/younger women (My wife is 13 years younger, his wife is also considerable younger than him) Is it a problem? For us, USCIS, no. "Free to marry". What about the consulates or for AOS or I-751? Consulates do what they do, it is not USCIS, some of them are bastards. Kiev is easy, they approve everyone (laughs), they used to be bastards but they got easier since they first started doing those in 2005, before then you would have had to go to Warsaw, you know. For AOS if they can prove they are legitimate we do not care about age but anything that is "not normal" for the culture will draw suspicion. They probably will not get a no questions asked interview (I had told him our AOS was "no questions asked") What about birth certificates, some people have trouble getting them? This is a problem for us also. Some people, especially our younger staff, think all the world is like the USA. I remember one, when I was in the Kansas City office, the beneficiary was from Viet Nam, she was born in 1954 there was no birth certificate. The CO asked me about this and I looked at the file. I said "Do you know what was going on in Viet Nam in 1954?" She looked at me, straight faced and said "What, their computers were down?" If a birth certificate cannot be obtained they can usually get something from a church, a village official, something, and send that with a letter of explanation. Or just their passport and a letter explaining the situation (this applies to AOS more than I-129f as beneficiary birth certificate is not required for the petition, but I wanted to ask anyway, it seems a common question here) What about extra documents? Proof of relationship? We don't need it, only that they have met for the fiancee visa. What about the consulates? Consulates do what they do, as I said, some are bastards. They get whatever we get when it is sent on. I can't tell you what NVC and consulates do, I know some are terrible and some are really easy, but I do not know all the details of each. Kiev is easy, western Europe is easy, Nigeria is horrible, but you would not believe the scams from Nigeria, I get jaded. I am surprised a lot of them get visas and then we have to deal with them. I have to ask for a collegue, Ecuador? Bastards. What about changes? Are there any in the works? Is Obama ouching you guys to work faster? I am not sure Obama knows we exist. There have been no changes and no pressure other than the usual workload and shifting things around. I do not expect any immigration changes in the next year or two, at kleat not in rules or amnesty or anything like that. I do expect FEE INCREASES within the next year...across the board. How much more? I cannot say, that is not my area, I just hear talk. He added, "We try not to deny petitions, people really get angry and make lots of trouble. Denials usually come at the consulate or maybe AOS or sometimes even with the I-751. If we deny someone we need good reason, if they meet the criteria, we will approve it, they just have to give us what we need to approve them." So how can I speed up my petition? You can't really. If it gets to be too long and if you can get a congressman or senator to call, that will get some action, but half the time those guys dont'' call or they do and the petition has only been there 3 months. Sometimes one falls through the cracks, gets overlooked, we are human. A congressman can get through and get them to dig it out if it has been too long, but I wouldn't call that "speeding it up". That's a fix for whn it is too slow. we talked for some time more, about 5 hours altogether, briefly interrupted by Alla every now and again who had her own questions about the I-751 procedure which I posted in that forum, about VJ and other topics (his Navy days) He said he will check the site and gave me his home number. He said "call anytime but not 3 in the morning" I asked about an interview or answering prepared questions, he said possibly, he will check the site. He said many internet sites are advertisement for immigration attorneys or instructing people on how to pull scams, I assured him he would be very pleased with VJ and he thinks it is great that there is a good site for information and advice. (he never heard of VJ before this) I can also say, that speaking to him, I heard so many of the same buzzwords or advice that I have seen right here, this is really a great site with some great folks giving some really great info. WOW.. THIS IS AWSOME" THANKS FOR THIS POST!	Musho	Female	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2009-10-09 13:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I-129f packet sent!	Oh wow, we soooo weren't expecting this yet: On August 22, 2013, 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. )))))))))))))))	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2013-08-25 05:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I-129f packet sent!	I guess it got to California: On July 15, 2013, your Alien Registration Number was changed relating to your I129F, PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please check our website at www.uscis.gov for further updates on your case. Please wait until the end of normal processing time before calling customer service at 1-800-375-5283 for live assistance.	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2013-07-16 07:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I-129f packet sent!	Your case has been accepted and routed to the USCIS California Service Center for processing.	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2013-07-12 17:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I-129f packet sent!	J sent our I-129f packet today!     In the packet we included the following: Cover letter Money order ($340) I-129f form Additional sheet, question 18, explaining how we met (half a page) G-1145 - e notification G-325a with one passport size photo for J G-325a with one passport size photo for me J's BC (long form with parents' names) Copy of J's passport Intent to marry signed by J Intent to marry signed by me Proof of having met in the past two years Proof of ongoing relationship (I know this is not very important at this point)   For proof of having met in the past two years we included: Boarding passes, print of Orbitz page showing his past trips including his last trip here, photos of us together from this trip with explanations on the back (dates when they were taken, people in the photos, places...), apartment contract (on my name, but there's a car rental receipt that shows J's name and the same address that's listed on the apartment contract), car rental receipt on J's name with a CC slip and bank records for this purchase provided by his bank, many other CC/ATM slips from here with corresponding bank records, hotel receipt with both our names (we traveled together to another country too), CC slip for the hotel receipt, tickets from the places we visited together, passport stamps, bank statement showing his plane ticket purchase...   Did we forget anything and do you think this will be enough proof of having met in the past two years since the boarding passes show dates but not year?   Thanks!!	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2013-07-05 13:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Long waiting to get interview date, anyone else?	On monday they told me that I have appointment on August 13. yupiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii   so happy   Yay, good luck!!!!	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2013-08-01 23:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Long waiting to get interview date, anyone else?	Hi people, embassy is driving me crazy   I have been already writing to this forum about other stuff, and had great help from several members. Thanx.   I got NOA 2 in May, waiting little bit in US to have exam, and got back home to start collecting documents. Have done all (papers, medical exam ) and now I am having problem scheduling interview in US embassy.   Every time I called lady tells me that they are waiting some lists for available dates for K1 visa interview. I just do not understand who provides those list of available dates. The lady in embassy told me that NVC provides available dates.   Now she told me to call for two weeks so we will see if there would be any available dates for august. Every time I called they tell me - call for 7, or more days.    I am so confused with that protocol.    Anyone has similar problem???   Any news here?	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2013-07-24 01:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 2013 Filers	Sent our packet on July 5th and received NoA1 via email on the 12th, saying our case is being transferred to the California center   Good luck everyone ))	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2013-07-13 08:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	CSC 08/22 NAO2 finally received at nvc	How did you get informed; were you notified from the NVC via text or email, or did you call the NVC and find out?   My NOA2 is was also 8/22, but I have not tried contacting them yet.   Congratulations. We called  DOS 1-202-485-7600.  No hold time compared to the 15+ minutes (on a good day!) when calling NVC and the reps seem to have access to more information.  I strongly suggest you call them (navigate through the prompts until you have the option to speak with a representative - tell them you called NVC and weren't able to get the information you were looking for). Good luck! Thanks again to the OP for very valuable info! Edited by PerditaD, 03 October 2013 - 11:38 PM.	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2013-10-03 23:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	CSC 08/22 NAO2 finally received at nvc	Also Noa2 August 22, NVC got our case today and we got our case# It's funny, we got NOA2 in 41 days and it took 42 days for the case to get to NVC from USCIS	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2013-10-03 12:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Approved	Congrats ))))	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2014-02-03 18:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Help re: DS-160	I've tried Mozilla, Opera, IE and Chrome and all of them are up to date. Nothing seems to be working.	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2014-02-17 11:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Help re: DS-160	Same here, I saved the application and had to get another photo taken, finished that today, now trying to complete the application but once I upload the photo I get the message that the photo meets the criteria and when I click 'continue using this photo' I get that error message. My interview is tomorrow, what should I do??	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2014-02-17 10:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	CEAC Status - Application Error	I managed to complete my DS - 160 Happy dance! Got 0 sleep but I'm just so happy!	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2014-02-18 01:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	CEAC Status - Application Error	CEAC is working for me too, but I still cant finish my DS 160, it's still giving me application error	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2014-02-17 18:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	CEAC Status - Application Error	Still not working, ds 160 form cant be completed either and my interview is tomorrow... Don't know what to do	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2014-02-17 13:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I-129f expired June 30, still no new form	Thank you )  Thanks for coming back, and congratulations!   (Moderator hat on) Thread moved from K-1 Process forum to the K-1 Case Progress subforum.	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2014-02-20 06:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I-129f expired June 30, still no new form	Thank you guys for everything! This website has helped us soooo much! You're all awesome	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2014-02-19 18:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I-129f expired June 30, still no new form	Thanks TBoneTX and Jay-Kay!! Well, I think we're good to go then Wish us luck	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2013-07-02 00:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I-129f expired June 30, still no new form	Hi everyone,   this is my very first post here. My fiance is about to file I-129f for my K1 visa. It took us weeks to prepare everything and this website helped so much! The last I-129f form expired on June 30 2013 and we were hoping the new one would be posted July 1 but still nothing. Does anyone know how long it normally takes for them to update the I-129f form?   Thank you!	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2013-07-02 00:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	July 2013 K-1 Visa Filers	On August 22, 2013, 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. Good luck everyone )	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2013-08-25 05:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Moving to the states!! Let's share dates	Good luck with your journey! I'm going in 17 days So excited!	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2014-04-20 19:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	the K1 visa status changed from NOA2 to initial review	Take a look here:   http://www.visajourn...ision-activity/   Nothing to worry about	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2014-09-10 02:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	interview appointment scheduled :)	First of all, congrats )) Now, your profile says that your fiance's country is Turkey so here are the reviews of the US consulate there. I'm sure you can find some helpful info there! http://www.visajourn...php?cnty=Turkey It's only important to be positive, smile and be honest and prepared Keep us posted!	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2014-09-08 23:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Poe entry miami in few days!	Congrats!!! You can read Miami reviews here:  http://www.visajourn...s.php?poe=Miami	PerditaD	Not Telling	Bosnia-Herzegovina	2014-08-29 13:40:00