Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	224 days ago and no thing yet?!!	I cannot even figure out what it is you are waiting for. I dont see a timeline, but 224 days is too long to wait for anything. I wonder of your petition has expired or something... It sounds to me like your fiance is not doing what he should be... Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-25 10:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Finally ..about time	SAWATDEE! Congrats~! Lets see who gets to the Embassy in BKK first! Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-24 20:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	GUesS WHAT!!!!??	Congrats~! Lets all pray that things start moving to the NVC a little faster now! Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-25 10:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	May Case Approved!	Whoo Whoo! I just found out today our NOA2 is stuck in the printer que - I got the same lady that told me about my NOA2 to begin with, she said 'I remember you!', and 'you are not going to believe this...' hehe - but she said she would personally go see my case processor and make sore my NOA2 got printed and mailed Bill Edited by TucsonBill, 25 October 2006 - 06:28 PM.	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-25 18:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Oct 25th... Approved..	Its so nice to see all these aprovals - hehe. When I first joined this fourm they were few and far between (because of the IMBRA mess), but now things seem to be 'moving right along' - Congrats~! Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-26 09:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	FINALLY!!! APPROVED!!	Congrats~! It's so nice to come on here in the mornings and find 'good news'! Best Wishes!	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-26 09:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	APPROVED!!!!!!!! on 210th day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	BIG FAT CONGRATS~!! FINALLY!!! Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-26 20:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	The 'system errors' at CSC are delaying som NOA2's	Does anyone have the number and/or e-mail address that you used when contacting NVC? Thanks! 603-334-0700	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-27 11:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	The 'system errors' at CSC are delaying som NOA2's	I am curious as to what number you are calling to get this information as everytime I call the USCIS phone number all I get are reps who read me word for word what my case status message says (which I already know) and they won't give me anything further than that. Am I asking the wrong questions? I too have been "touched" a couple of times with no updates - last time being 10/19, but I have not received anything in the mail. Is there a direct number to the CSC? Your help would be greatly appreciated as the last rep I spoke to caused me to break down in tears. Thank you. I call the main number for USCIS, but follow the prompts you are led to as if you dont know how to respond to your RFE, or what documents the RFE is requesting, this will get you to a live person at the CSC. The problem is, it seems you cannot believe anything they tell you!!! hehe! I called back a final time to tell them I received my NOA2, and as I was trying to explain about my previous calls, she told me 'why are you calling back AGAIN, we already told you your case is has NOT BEEN APPROVED YET! lol - then I told her I had my NOA2 in my hands, so she says 'Well why didn't you tell us that when you called earlier!" and I told her - "I just this moment got it, in todays mail!" - She says, "Oh! Well then! Go by that, because we have a glitch in our systems here"	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-26 23:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	The 'system errors' at CSC are delaying som NOA2's	Congrats Bill! hehe - i already got all my congrats on my NOA2 - I guess what this shows is that you cannot trust anything they tell you at the CSC... its crazy... I still want to let them know that I do have my NOA2 (I-797). *sigh* Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-26 17:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	The 'system errors' at CSC are delaying som NOA2's	Should I tell them that I have my NOA2 already? Or should I call and simply ask for the status of my petition and then if an approval doesn't show up, should I go ahead and tell them I did receive it. What's the number for the CSC, anyone have it? Or is it the number for the USCIS? I'm not sure since I've never had to call them up. The number is (800) 375 – 5283 - there is a prompt to follow if you have a question about something you received in the mail from them, following that string of promts should get you to the CSC. Bill UPDATE!!! I JUST GOT MY NOA2 IN THE MAIL!!!! "This petition has been approved blah blah blah... Valid from 10-19-2006 to 2-18-2007" - and the misinformation line told me JUST TODAY - that my application is still pending approval, and that is why my case has not been forwarded to the NVC - I'm gona call the NVC now and see if they have my file yet - SHEESH!!! Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-26 17:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	The 'system errors' at CSC are delaying som NOA2's	Sirlancelot: Yes I was kind of losing it before I got my NOA2, lol, you remember Yeah I guess I should start to worry if a month passes and I don't hear anything from NVC. I'm just curious, if you call them, if they tell you you are not approved yet - As I understand the misinformation I received ( ), they won't aknowledge you've been approved, or forward your package to NVC until the email goes out. If I were you, I'd just call to see what status thier system is showing, and inform them, if necessary, that you have your NOA2. They should also be able to tell you if your file has been fowrarded to the NVC yet. Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-26 16:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	The 'system errors' at CSC are delaying som NOA2's	What I failed to mention, and I should have been more clear about, is the fact that the lady I spoke to today, Thusday, initially told me my application was still pending and had not been approved yet. Then when I told her about the other lady who confirmed that my petition had been approved, she said well, that was no the 'Final Approval' and that some other supervisor still had to give the 'Final Approval'. I stood my ground and told her that was not what I had been told, that the delay in me getting my email notification was a system glitch and that I had been assured that my petition had gotten final approval - thats when I got put on hold for 10 minutes. My point is, that there appear to be some serious 'system problems' and not just with notifications as I previously thought. My second point is that it appears the people who answer the phone are told not to tell anyone about the system errors, rather, tell them thier applications have not been approved yet, tell them to wait... Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-26 16:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	The 'system errors' at CSC are delaying som NOA2's	As previously reported, I called the CSC after several touches to see if my petition had been approved, on Monday I was told it had been approved and should be receiving my notice shortly. The same thing happened regarding my RFE. A week after returning it, I called because I had not gotten any confirmation and discovered it had been received, and then two days later finally got the email. So, Wednesday, still no email on my NOA2 so I called again and just happened to get the same lady, she says 'hey, i remember you!' - let me check that for you again... I was put on hold and when she came back she said that the adjudicator had approved my case but that due to a 'system error' my NOA2 did not actually print out, and would have to be re-approved. She got it re-approved during the same call and said I should have my NOA2 within two weeks. Today, Thursday, I wanted to be sure this 'system glitch' had been corrected do I called again, and got a new lady, and she told me my NOA2 had not been approved yet! I explained the context of my last 2 calls and was put on hold for about 10 minutes and when she finally came back she acknowledged that my case had in fact, been approved and re-approved, but that I was NOT supposed to actually be TOLD that until the NOA2 actually printed out and was mailed - (thats when the email's go out, from the section that actually prints and mails the NOA2's). She said that, (hopefully), it printed out this time and I should get my NOA2 soon, but not to call back for at least 2 weeks, and if I had not gotten it by then, they would do one 'manually' for me. This may explain why someone else got 2 NOA2's - hehe! She said the possibility also exists that my NOA2 was mailed, but just not entered into the computer system for the email. They don't ship your packet to the NVC until it shows on the computer system that your NOA2 has been mailed, this may also be the reason why some other people were approved but the NVC never got your file! It makes me wonder to about those of you who got your NOA2's but never got any email confirming it! You cases could still be waiting in the mail room because they don't realize you have your NOA2!! WHAT A MESS! Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-26 16:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	i feel very devastated!!!	Be glad they're touching your case! I haven't been touched since the 21st and only 3 times in all of Oct. and USCIS has had my petition for almost 8 months! March 8 No additional RFE's nothing? not in security checks. I guess it just makes a nice paperweight? Imagine how you'd feel in 3 months if you were still waiting? I bet you get your NOA2 within a week or so. they're working on your case at least. Be happy for that. I'd be checking my mail very closely (both of you), I sure hope you get your NOA2's!! I can't imagine how upset I'd be if I were hornet! I, and others have gotten our NOA2's with no emails about the same time you two were last touched. They've got some major 'system glitches' (at CSC at least!). The people there don't even seem to know what's going on or who's been approved and who has not. Hornet, you might even want to check with the NVC, explain to them that some people have also had their cases sent to the NVC who never even received an NOA2!! Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-27 08:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	230 days and finally approved!	HOT DIGIDY! FINALLY! MAN-O-MAN you guys in March really got shafted, you sould get expedited from here on out! Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-25 10:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	CASE update	Wow! Congrats~!! I love waking up to good news in the morning, thanks!	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-28 08:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Yay!!!	Congrats~!!! I consider it to be MY JOB, every morning, to get all the approval notices back up to the top of the list in this fourm - hehe! Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-28 09:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Approved!!! 234 day wait!!	I don't know what to say... I mean I know "Congratulations!!!" is at least one of the right words.... but - "Its about time!!!" seems to take some of the joy out of the occasion. This should have come alot earlier. Best wishes for a speedy trip through the rest of the process. I think you should get some sort of expedited handling from here on out. Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-27 15:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How can I expedite? They made a mistake	Can you imagine what the backlog would be like if they had to chage the status to 'expedited' on every case they made a mistake on? (seriously, at this point, they have been moving so quick once they receive the RFE's you might actually delay your case by trying to get it expedited) Bill Edited by TucsonBill, 28 October 2006 - 12:05 PM.	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-28 12:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	YES WE ARE APPROVED!!!!!!!!!	[quote name='Callina' date='Oct 28 2006, 09:08 AM' post='534331'] [quote name='TucsonBill' date='Oct 28 2006, 06:04 AM' post='534120'] Congrats~ Darren & Alma!!! Callina, you must have been sleepy when you posted this, so I fixed it for ya ... THANK YOU. YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR'S SOON.IT ONLY TOOK 4 DAYS FOR ME TO GET MY APPROVAL BACK AFTER THEY RECEIVED MY RFE...... [/quote] Thanks for the encouraging words, Darren and Alma! May God speed things up in our case as well! [/quote] Dear Bill, I wasn't sleepy at all when I posted the reply to Darren&Alma...there was no need for you to fix it..."our case" was exactly what I meant...D&A were trying to encourage me by telling me that in their case it only took four days for them to get their approval after CSC had received their RFE...unfortunately, we weren't approved on the 27th, we were informed of the fact that they'd got our RFE...but I hope we'll also get good news soon...May God bless you! [/quote] LOL OOOOPS! - I was the one half asleep! I posted all my congrats as soon as I woke up, even before I had coffee ---> Callina bonks Bill Edited by TucsonBill, 28 October 2006 - 11:27 AM.	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-28 11:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	YES WE ARE APPROVED!!!!!!!!!	Congrats~ Darren & Alma!!! Callina, you must have been sleepy when you posted this, so I fixed it for ya ... THANK YOU. YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR'S SOON.IT ONLY TOOK 4 DAYS FOR ME TO GET MY APPROVAL BACK AFTER THEY RECEIVED MY RFE...... Thanks for the encouraging words, Darren and Alma! May God speed things up in Your case as well! Callina, hehe! I am surprised it took ya so long to get your RFE, but I'm sure you'll be approved soon also, (that is, if you have not been approved already as the notification system at CSC is running way behind. I just got an email saying my case was approved and forwarded on the 27th, but I got my notice in the mail on the 25th...) Edited by TucsonBill, 28 October 2006 - 09:07 AM.	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-28 09:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	APPROVED!!!!	YAY! Congrats~!! - (all these approvals are helping me to get my post count up!) Edited by TucsonBill, 28 October 2006 - 08:58 AM.	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-28 08:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	We are approved!	And I get to be first to say Congrats~!!! AGAIN! TWICE IN ONE DAY!! HEHE! I think I am going to wind up getting 2 NOA2's, because I got an email the same time as you, but received an NOA2 with an Oct 19th approval date haha! Edited by TucsonBill, 28 October 2006 - 09:17 AM.	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-28 09:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Going back to Thailand to see my fiance	Posted.. http://www.visajourn...showtopic=39426 Edited by TucsonBill, 29 October 2006 - 12:40 PM.	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-29 12:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Going back to Thailand to see my fiance	I will be going back to Thailand to see my fiance again on November 15-24. Something bothered me about my last trip, and I am not sure this is the BEST place to post it, so I am going now to post in in the 'off topic' forum. It's about a guy I had to sit next to on my last trip to from LAX to my connection in Taipei, who was going from there to Vietnam, to see his 'fiance' - and I suspect fruad, I'll post the whole story there. I'm just wondering if I should report the incident, or 'butt out' ... and I'm having a hard time deciding but if I am going to do anything, I should do it now, as his petition is probably at about the same point mine is, or so I figure... Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-29 12:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA-2 in hand	Congrats~! It seems like things are moving along nicely for you! Best Wishes! PS - PLEASE... Edited by TucsonBill, 29 October 2006 - 12:14 PM.	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-29 12:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Address question	Lying about ANYTHING on your application is not a good idea IMHO. Bill Edited by TucsonBill, 08 October 2006 - 04:44 PM.	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-08 16:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Got NOA1	Yes, praying is always good. Aside from that, you can twiddle your thumbs, whistle, twirl your hair aournd your finger, check your status on the USCIS website 5 times a day, gripe about how slow the process is... Oh, and don't forget to visit VJ every day and read all the posts here, (misery loves company ). Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-28 20:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Fiance Visa Expired!!!! Somebody Help me!	I ditto what Kathryn41 said, the only other thing I would add is to include a copy of the visa what was stamped "Without Prejudice" with the new petition and waiver application. I don't think you will have any problems at all. Best Wishes, Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-29 12:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	New Timelines for CSC/NSC/TSC	Thanks again Gary, once again, YOU ROCK! Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-29 12:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Cancel K1 VISA	Is it possible to cancel my application for a K1? Reasonable question - not covered in the guides and chances are darn good that someone here can help why do you want to cancel it? Totally unreasonable question - why oh why must people do this? I seriously doubt it's because you think the reason for canceling actually impacts the answer. Maybe I'm losing my patience for VJ or maybe I just really need that extra hour of sleep, but I more than a little irritated by people who probe into a poster's reasons for posting a question such as this one simply for their own enjoyment. I seem to remember reading somewhere that the IMBRA rules dont apply if you are re-apply later for the same person which would perhaps get him different answers if that were the case. If he was going to get married overseas and apply for a spouse visa instead the poster might get more / different answers also. I've also read some horror stories about some of these 'marriage brokers' that basically run 'meat markets', and I suppose its possible that the poster would get entierely different answers if the reason was 'finding a better peice of meat'... (I've never seen anyone admit to that here, but then I don't read all the posts, and I'm sure that such posters would be reluctant to post thier reasons under such circumstances) - but under such circumstances the aswers would be quite different - no doubt - hehe. Bill Edited by TucsonBill, 28 October 2006 - 08:37 PM.	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-28 20:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	TOUCHED Alot But NO Update!!!	Hi All, We Have Been Touch The Whole Week After RFE Been Confirmed BUt Didnt Get Any Update Or Change Of Status In My Profolio. NO Approval For NOA2 Either...Should I Be Worry About It? Or Just NOrmal? I Need Your Opinion GUys About It. Thanks Alot And God Speed!!! You may have already been approved. I received my NOA2 before I even received my email confirming approval. I bet you get it soon. Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-28 12:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	what to do????need help	m_hafiz, Extensions to K-1 are not allowed. If you get married, even outside of the 90 days, you can still adjust status. I am like Yodrak, I wonder how many days have actually passed since entering the USA. I don't know about staying beyond the 90 days, getting married, and then adjusting status... I have never heard of that before, and would like to hear Yodraks view on that. I would think that even if you could get AOS if you were married after the 90 day period, it would seem very risky to me. What if you overstay and then don't get married? How would a prior overstay effect a future visa application? I'd be very careful. If you did not get married within the 90 days as you had agreed to do, I'd seriously consider leaving before the 90 days is up. Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-30 13:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	9 MONTHS WAITING FOR NOA 2	Your congressman needs to be made aware that you are far beyond the normal processing times for your petition, and also needs to quit accepting the canned replies of the USCIS 800 number. I'd take a trip down to your congressmans office personally and explain that SOMETHING IS WRONG! I'd demand that they do more for you. Perhaps somone else can offer a suggestion as to what more they can do, but I'd think it might involve faxing a letter and requestint a written response from the service center. Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-30 14:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WOOHOO	Congrats~! and.. Whoo Hoo! I got to be the first to say 'Congrats~!' again! (Honestly, I just woke up and got lucky ) Bill Edited by TucsonBill, 28 October 2006 - 08:52 AM.	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-28 08:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	another noa2 approval	Congrats~! May the rest of your journey be as smooth	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-25 18:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Engaged, need some help	I'd try to find a way to see her before February and file right away. Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-25 00:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	How risky???	I've read only about people from Canada trying to visit thier fiances here in the US while the fiance visa petition was still being processed. The advice was to have plenty of 'proof' that you had reasons to return to your home counry with you at the POE. Flying in from Germany would seem to be alot riskier than trying to drive across the Candain border. It would sure be a 'bummber' to be turned around and have to fly back out. From what I've read, I would not risk it while the petition is pending. My advice on this matter is just based on what I've read here in these forums. Your question falls well outside any of my own personal knowledge on the matter, so wait for a better reply. I just posted this to help keep your question at the top of the forum - hehe. Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-30 14:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	My fiancee says she needs to own Land before moving here	If she really came here on a tourist VISA with intention to marry, that would be immigration fraud and she probably knows that. It's likely a scam to get the money for the land. He should go there for a visit, then do a K-1 or K-3, or nothing (probably the best choice in this case). Ditto I say! Has he actually met this lady? Bill	TucsonBill	Male	Thailand	2006-10-26 16:36:00