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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMay 2013 filers

Lol happy for you glad finally you guys got approved. My case is at the interview stage now everything including medical is done just waiting for interview date in London.

 

I'm going to start working on the forms this weekend and sending a list of things for my fiance to send me. By the way, does anyone know if tax returns are included with I-I34. Alot of people are putting them in even when the instructions say it's only if you are self employed. 


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-19 07:49:00
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Congratulations so happy for you at last at last it's been approved.

Sounds like they are getting to your group. Am sure any time soon you will be approved. Till we here from Ryan too

 

Thank you so much! I was at work and i decided to check the case status. I was in disbelief and couldn't stop shaking for a while lol. The good news is that our transfers are being touched. Ryan&Amy and Blackcajun and other 4/9 transfers. I know you will have your cases touched very soon! :)


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-19 06:21:00
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September 4 transfers are def being touched. You are all next guys! :)
aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-19 01:55:00
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omgggggg just got approved toooo! Guys check your case status! Another 4 September transfer here!!!!Ahhhhh! I am so nervous and excitedddd.
aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-19 00:41:00
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It is pretty hard to take this in. Especially when the avg processing time seems to be around 3 months. But trying to ve strong despite the tears. Let us try to stay positive and it will be our turn soon.
aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-17 08:53:00
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Any news on the VSC to TSC September 4 transfers? Getting a bit upset that we haven't receieved our NOA2 by now and so many people who filed after May 16 have been getting approved.


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-17 08:22:00
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Well, this time next month will be our 5 month mark. Let's hope to hear by then otherwse we will be calling up.
aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-16 17:27:00
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Thw new timeline puts my estimated approval date between aaugust 13th and August 26th. I don't think i will be going by that timeline anymore lol.
Thw new timeline puts my estimated approval date between aaugust 13th and August 26th. I don't think i will be going by that timeline anymore lol.
aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-16 02:03:00
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New week tomorrow (or today in Oz I guess). Let's see what news we get.


Hopefully our transfers get touched!

aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-15 16:40:00
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Hey everyone,

 

Just thought i might let you know that you can now add in transfer dates to your timelines. I saw a notice on facebook that the website added in this feature to the timelines so we can more accurate approval estimates!


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-14 22:56:00
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Any news on the VSC to TSC September 4 transfers? Still waiting but definately not following my estimated approval timeline anymore as we are way past the range haha.


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-13 07:51:00
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congrats on the wedding dress...I can't wait for my dress to be conplete

 

Very exciting! I wanted to cry when they called. I ordered it early June and was meant to arrive end of Oct so it arrived early :) I will be getting it not this Sat but the following Sat. I am beyond excited :) Are you getting yours made or buying it from a store?


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-12 07:35:00
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lol...it's easy to say be patient for those that have already been approved and on to the next phase. it's extremely hard for us to wait patiently while filers after us get approved and we'restill waiting.

 

Right there with you blackcajun. I see even August filers getting approved and i gotta say it hurts!


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-12 07:16:00
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Careful.. you'll get shouted down for being impatient like I did when I mentioned they should let us May filers get sorted first. tongue.png

 

Lol, it's a pretty reasonable thing to want haha. Well our 5 months is Oct 16 so we will see. Exciting news thought, my wedding dress arrived today yayyy :)


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-12 07:05:00
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I was transferred from VSC to TSC on the 6th of Aug. My fiancée received the hard copy on the 9th of Aug. No activity on our file since then. I am waiting for our NOA2 before I can start downloading and filling the necessary forms.

 

Let's hope they work more on all the May filers transferred from Vermont to Texas as we are nearing our 5 month mark too and it's unfair that many June and July filers are already getting approved before us.


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-12 06:50:00
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I've been following other threads and I see lots of June and July filers being approved at both VSC and TSC

 

I know what you mean. I barely am seeing May filers. Just June, July and some August. My estimated approval time is August 22 to September 13 but i don't think that will fit right with our files having moved to Texas.


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-12 06:43:00
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Awwww Hold your head high. I know it's easiest said than done, but it'll happen when you least expect it to. Wishing you all the best. I feel approvals coming on.

 

 

Thank you Ozgirl! I am doing my best. 


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-11 06:14:00
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Hopefully i can get the noa 2 by October 16 as that will be the 5 month mark and i need to be in the US no later than Dec/early Jan to prepare for our wedding on March 1. This is getting ridiculous seeing people from June getting approved at Vermont and others getting approved in just under a month. Having a down day sigh.
aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-11 02:27:00
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Mmmmmm Vermont.. Isn't that where they make Ben & Jerry's ice cream.. Oh wait.. food = weight gain.. No thanks.. I've just lost 30kg . I might eat it on my honeymoon thou wink.png

 

 

lol! Yeah, that's where the Ben and Jerry's ice cream factory is :P yummmy! They have such good icecream there compared to Australia lol. I will miss my coffees here though. The coffees there are horrible compared to Melbourne! So excited to go on the honeymoon! My wedding dress is due to arrive end of Oct so alot of exciting things to look forward to. Have you and your fiance discussed a wedding date?


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-10 06:11:00
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Well, technically my POE will be Washington or Newark but otherwise, yeah I'll be living in RI. I really liked Newport and Providence when I was there, shame Newport's an expensive area to live in. Amy took a long weekend at a spa in Vermont a fortnight ago so it shows just how close you are to other things in New England. But yeah, I'll be looking forward to settling down somewhere a little more quiet than where I am now.

 

I'll live living in Connecticut and we're going to Vermont for our honeymoon! Been told Vermont are some really nice places up there in the New England area. :)


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-10 05:26:00
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Yep sounds like the right thing. I called up and asked for fingerprints check and she asked what it was for. I told her immigration purposes. She then told me it was $144, need to fill out the online application form, print it and pay via cheque as they dont accept cash or card. It's a name and fingerprint check.. 

 Awesome, sounds like mine exactly. I paid $144. I did it at the one in the metropolitan area in the city at Docklands as it's near my workplace so had the appointment before heading to work. Yes that's right, they don't accept cash. Although i know the one in Docklands (maybe because it's Metropolitan) accepts cards. I used  debit mastercard to pay. Easy done.


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-10 04:10:00
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Let me know when you get it please.. It says that it takes 20 business days for it to come back.. eekkk Hoping we should have out NVC number by then and then we can organise medicals and then we'll be ready for interview once packet 3 arrives or I send it to them earlier. 

 

I will let you know OZ girl! They did say to me that it would take around 3 weeks. I hope i got the right check! There was a bit of confusion at the start as they said i didn't need to fill the form out and were about to take my ink fingerprints but then they said that i did the right thing by filling it out and then they took my fingerprints by livescan. Then they're going to mail the check out to my address. Hopefully this is the right process! 


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-10 03:47:00
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So our police check must also have fingerprints?? I ordered my criminal record check from the RCMP in my hometown, but not the one w/ finger prints.

 

 

I know that the US embassy here in Australia requires a fingerprint based check. You should maybe check with the instructions for Canada just incase.


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-10 03:44:00
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ha ha ha.. yeah! long day for me here. well in few hours our adjudicators will wake up hope all of them have good sleep, so more energy to approve  all of us!


Like you have on your signature, God is definetely good all the time :)

aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-10 02:52:00
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In 2 hours I will be out here in the office.. oh please I want to see more approval for the coming days! Its tuesday here, 3.35pm!


I beat you! It's 5:41 pm in Melbourne Australia lol. Just on my way home from work. Been awake since 5:20 am! Hurry up US Tuesday lol.

aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-10 02:43:00
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Went to get my fingerprint based police check taken today. At least that is one thing getting done in prep for our NOA2.
aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-10 02:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMay 2013 filers
My fiance got the transfer letter on the weekend too. Any news on any touches on our transferred files?
aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-09 15:51:00
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Well Monday is over. Hoping for good news for everyone today! Goodnight :)
aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-09 07:42:00
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Haha it's 11:40 am here in Australia on a Monday so by the time the new work week starts there, i will be in bed for work on Tuesday lol. Annoying time difference.
aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-08 20:41:00
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It's a new week everyone! Here's to a week of many approvals! :)
aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-08 16:58:00
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Yesterday, Sept 05, 2013 was our 9th Anniversary and guess what??

 

We got the best gift ever! We got approved! (99 days from NOA1)  kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif

 

Wow, congrats! I really hope we get our noa2 soon. It's been hard seeing filers after our date getting approved. We were also transferred to TSC and have an NOA1 date of May 16.


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-07 11:10:00
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God I bet your pleased cos that will definatley help with your costs. i was when I saw that cheque. I thought thank you god. Finally recovering some of the money spent back. The damed FedEx my fiancée sent all the financial stuff with cost $86.00 really that's just too much for a few bits of paper. So yes was too happy to get some money back.

Congratulations now on to NVC.

 

All the visa costs are ridiculously high. I agree with you even about postage! I shipped mine by regular post to the US and it took like 10 days but didn't want to spend an extra $50 on postage. I started saving for tickets, wedding and visa back in March. Now i am on a strict budget till i leave haha.


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-06 08:53:00
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So we have been approved biggrin.png, i was starting to whine, so thats awesome !

 

In Canada here, so anyone got any links to what I should be concentrating on next, we have a co sponser, so I guess we should start getting their and my fiances paper work together.

 

Can I go ahead and start getting police checks done ?

 

I assume i am looking at 2-4 weeks before i can contact the NVC for case number ?

 

What was your NOA1 date our of curiosity and where was your file processed?


So we have been approved biggrin.png, i was starting to whine, so thats awesome !

 

In Canada here, so anyone got any links to what I should be concentrating on next, we have a co sponser, so I guess we should start getting their and my fiances paper work together.

 

Can I go ahead and start getting police checks done ?

 

I assume i am looking at 2-4 weeks before i can contact the NVC for case number ?

Oh and i forgot to say! Congratulationss! :)


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-06 08:49:00
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Thank you Ozgirl we all make valuable contributions to help each other we all need credit. We are like one big visa/ k1family lol.
Now what should I do with my 500 pounds from him revenue. Yep that's some of my ticket money to the USA:)

P.S I just got my tax money too. I am using it to pay off my wedding dress :P


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-06 08:44:00
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Thank you Ozgirl we all make valuable contributions to help each other we all need credit. We are like one big visa/ k1family lol.
Now what should I do with my 500 pounds from him revenue. Yep that's some of my ticket money to the USA:)

THank you Ozgirl and Nurseling lol!


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-06 08:42:00
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As was said in a thread in the Service Center forum regarding how the transfers work:

 

Email/SMS #1 is sent out when they transfer the electronic contents of your file.

 

Email/SMS #2 is sent out when they send your physical file to Texas.

 

Email/SMS #3 is sent out when Texas has gotten and logged your physical file.

 

Anyone who was transferred on Wednesday should have gotten #1 and #2 assuming they were signed up for case updates either by doing it online or by sending in the G-1145 with the original petition.

We sent in G-1145 with our original petition and we have only the first update online about the transfer to another office.


 

DS-260 is not relevant to K1's at this point. We can't even access it because we don't deal with the NVC like the IR-1/CR-1 crowd do. We don't get one of the two pieces of info (the NVC Invoice Number) required to log in to the DS-260 form interface.

 

 

haha so much confusion. I think i will just wait till my packet 3 comes after getting my noa2.


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-06 07:37:00
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My fiance (petitioner) had the same thing. He got the NOA1 email and then nothing. But he didn't sign up for the USCIS case updates. You need to make an account on the USCIS website. I did that but my fiance didn't and I got all the notifications after NOA1. If you have made an account, make sure the email box is ticked to receive email/sms. If you have done that, then it must be something wrong on USCIS end.

 

THat makes alot of sense. We didn't have an account on the USCIS website. I was actually filling the info on there out before i read your message! Thanks once again Ozgirl! Oh by the way in regards to the DS230 form i think it was, you were right, they have a new form to be done online (I think DS260) as the paper one will become obsolete as of sometime in early Sept. Not sure which day exactly.


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-06 07:28:00
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Is there any reason why my fiance didn't get the notice of transfer on his phone or email? We know his email works because they sent an email to him when the file was received. So he's not getting any notifications.


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-06 06:55:00
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It -would- be nice if that were the case given a lot of us who were transferred had NOA1 dates at around May 17th or so.

 

So true! I've seen alot of end of May filers approved like end of August. Kind of unfair but hopefully all of us will hear good news soon.


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-05 05:51:00
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Well since you have just been transfered, hang tight and while doing so, yeah do some of your other forms. There is talk about the DS230 being replaced by the DS260, but hopefully I'll get packet 3 from Syd and see if they have changed what is current on their packet 3 and I can let you know. 
The DS230 is a real PITA. To be safe and ready, do that form first as it can take some time thinking of all your previous address etc.
The new DS260 is all online, so no need for printing. It gets sent straight thru to the embassy. 

I'll give a link to what I found about packet 3 and you can make a start on what you feel like..

http://canberra.usem...e_niv_appl.html   Sydney

Hope this helps. Just go thru 1 at a time. 







 

Thank you so much for your help Ozgirl! I will get started on the DS 230 this weekend. It's only the DS 230 part 1 that we send in when we get packet 3 right? Every weekend i'm doing a little at a time. I'm hoping to be in the US in December but no later than early Jan as our wedding is March 1 and i need to do hair and makeup trials, tastings etc! Very exciting :) Maybe we will see each other in Sydney. Who knows!


aysidrakFemaleAustralia2013-09-05 05:48:00