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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

I am going to miss my 25 days of holidays plus bank holidays... :whistle: oh things we do for love :bonk:


I know...
photomileMaleWales2012-05-15 04:20:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

well some people sleep at this time :P but if you talk about us, Europeans yes! actually mine is 8.30-5.30..

Yeah I feel the same way, don't worry :) soon we will be back on track ! :thumbs:


Yes I'm going to miss having 9-5 and flexi...
photomileMaleWales2012-05-15 04:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

yes! the clearly-have-a-9to5-desk-job january morning crew are here and ready for another exciting day of approvals! god this process has turned me into such a loser :help:


The first step is admitting you have a problem...
photomileMaleWales2012-05-15 02:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers
yup well done emma!

Edited by photomile, 14 May 2012 - 03:05 PM.

photomileMaleWales2012-05-14 15:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers
Another approval from day 16.... They're certainly moving on them!
photomileMaleWales2012-05-14 12:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

That's awesome! Thanks!


I can't say I'll do it for too long though, but it's all in a google doc
photomileMaleWales2012-05-14 10:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

haha

If everything goes according to plan, we should be approved the same day ;)


If he's the petition number I think he is, we're in , or should be in, the same box!
photomileMaleWales2012-05-14 10:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

@photomile when you re approved will you still play with those numbers for the rest of us? :) I feel sad when I think that when you're approved we won't get good news from you anymore :P


I will :)
photomileMaleWales2012-05-14 10:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

Hooray!!! Just got my Email from USCIS! :dance: :dance:

"Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)


Your Case Status: Post Decision Activity


On May 14, 2012, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)."

My NOA1 date was January 5th.

Best wishes to all the other January filers!


Congratulations! I'll bet I know what your petition number was (Ends in 30?) :P
photomileMaleWales2012-05-14 10:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

AT least we know something is happening with January petitions :) that's good !


Yeah progress is progress!
photomileMaleWales2012-05-14 09:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

and day 16 covers which petition days?


Looks like Jan 3 4 and 5 but there's some crossover in all of it
photomileMaleWales2012-05-14 09:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers
IF anyone wants some comfort, I went through my list for day 16. 2 approvals and 1 RFE so far today, and it's not even 10 am over there
photomileMaleWales2012-05-14 08:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

i passed the 4 month mark yesterday... this is the week, if not for me then for YOU! i just want some good news about anyone to be able to tell my fiance, who is in the middle of incredibly tough med school exams and doesn't have time to join himself, but loves to hear about everyone on here when we skype!

I know what you mean. This weekend was particularly tough for us, and I've had to block wolfram alpha at work because I keep using it to count the days since January 5th. Despite everything, I'm expecting an RFE, but I submitted 150 pages in total for my K1 folder. I guess they are going to put that off until they have to.....
photomileMaleWales2012-05-14 07:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

Welcome to VJ! and yes. This will be a good week. January NOA2s here we come!


If I cross my extremities any harder or for much longer, I'm going to need surgery
photomileMaleWales2012-05-14 06:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers
I stil want the luck.. it's depression central over here...

Lucks another name for beer right?
photomileMaleWales2012-05-13 07:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers
Really sorry sibil for what's been going on. I certainly hope things improve!
photomileMaleWales2012-05-11 03:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

I think they are going to push yours through tomorrow, so you stop pinging their database.


but but but but it's so addictive!
photomileMaleWales2012-05-09 19:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers
To give everyone a little bit of hope.... I went through all the petitions I had found for day's 15 and 16 and came up with this

Processing Day 15
Number of I-129F's Approved on 09 May 2012 = 3 (2 had NOA1 on January 3 and 1 on December 30th)
Number of RFE's on 09 May 2012 = 6 (2x December 29, 2 x December 30, 2x Jan 3)

Processing day 16

2 approvals, no RFE's today, all with January 3 NOA1 days. I have only been through the first 3900 petitions of Day 16 though so there could be more
photomileMaleWales2012-05-09 19:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers
Mine has always been around "now" but GAH each day seems to feel worse and longer. I know I'm technically a December filer (or am I january?) but.... fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu
photomileMaleWales2012-05-09 03:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

that's what I mean! I got to a point where I didn't need to sleep at night but during the day I couldn't function anymore :(

Things we go through... haha


Insanity, clearly.
photomileMaleWales2012-05-08 07:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

Haha yeah the same here! We had our skype on 24/7 untill around a week ago when i had to start getting a full night sleep... When we had it on I was constantly waking up throughout the night to see him and talk to him... But my body started getting too weak for all that!

The sleep will be a killer, it usually takes around a week for me to switch to a local time. My fiancé goes to work at 6.30 am and I can't sleep till like 2- 3 am! But hey as long as I'm there with him I don't care how much time will it take for me to adjust :)


Ah now the timezones are fine for me. I'm fine by the first sleep, but the problem is, talking to L means that my body switches to US time while I'm in the UK.... #######!
photomileMaleWales2012-05-08 07:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

@kittylondon, my fiancé is in NM and that's 7 hours difference! That's really painful! But we get around it. He finishes at 3 pm/ 10pm my time so I just wait for him before I go to sleep to see him for an hour or so. Plus weekends :) but yeah , being in the same time difference will be the best thing ever. It's funny how people don't appreciate what they have until they are thrown into a situation like that! I'm sure I will be cherishing the fact we have the same time on our clocks forever :)


Absolutely! L is on Central time so she gets off work at 11pm. By the time she gets home it's midnight, and then I'm usually up to about 2 am talking, then up at 7 for work... I intend that the first day I'm in the USA I shall say hello to my future wife, give her a cuddle and a kiss then go to sleep for about three days....
photomileMaleWales2012-05-08 06:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

Yeah, when you go through numbers and you realise how many petitions they are getting and that's not only I -129f ones , then you sort of start understanding why it takes so long... Well to be honest I have my hopes up for this month but really being approved within 5 months is good enough for me, taking what you just mentioned into consideration :)


Yup I sure got an appreciation for just how much work they actually have, considering fiancée stuff is fairly low priority compared to refugee visas... and I didn't even take into account the whole 'categorisation' of petitions.... yeah 5 months is about right I guess

As for skype? Whenever we can !
photomileMaleWales2012-05-08 05:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

Awwwww haha ok :) let's just be realistic, February ;)


Considering how long it took me to go through the 10k for day 15.. I'm reluctant to go through any others, but what I can say is that...

Each processing day appears to encompass about three calender days based on random number punching for other days, if they really do get around 200 per 'processing day' then you're looking at what, 2000 K1 petitions per month? Assuming it takes half an hour to run through one of them that's still 1000 man hours needed to go through a months worth of K1 petitions and then there's all the other forms they have to go through.... it's easy to see why the place is so backed up.
photomileMaleWales2012-05-08 05:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

March? :blink:


A three month processing time would be nicer to stomach than a five month one. It would be nice to see that!
photomileMaleWales2012-05-08 05:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers
Well, I can only say that I've gone through the '15' processing day. It seemed like the logical choice but then, who knows. They could have picked up any box really. The sooner they get done with December, January, and frankly March as well, the better !
photomileMaleWales2012-05-08 03:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

Did you ever get this:

Your case can not be found at this time in My Case Status. Please check your receipt number and try again. If you need further assistance, please call the National Customer Service Center at 1.800.375.5283.



This is what mine says, though when i call they say it is there, just not viewed by public database. I need level 2 phone officer to even see my case.


Had quite a few of those actually so you're not alone. A few of them came up once I refreshed a few times, but some of them never did. You're not alone!
photomileMaleWales2012-05-07 19:13:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

Really? You went through 10,000??? Wow.... I'm kind of impressed. I went 200 above and 200 below and was like "ef this, I'll just wait" lol. Good work!!!!


Uh huh

I went from petition number EAC1290150000 to EAC1290160000

Fun fact, only 191 of these were K1 petitions, 64 approvals, 24 RFE's and 1 denial.

So only 101 petitions to be reviewed from EAC129015xxxx assuming that 15 is the processing day (It seems to be)

Edited by photomile, 07 May 2012 - 06:33 PM.

photomileMaleWales2012-05-07 18:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

I need someone like you with a list from CSC so we know what is happening with them :D :thumbs:


I'm... not sure I can face another 10,000 :rofl:
photomileMaleWales2012-05-07 18:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers
Ok, I've been through all 10,000.... ouch. Some RFE's today, and approvals on the 4th for things that were sent 30th Dec
photomileMaleWales2012-05-07 17:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

Is it possible for somebody to do something bad with a number? Can they deliberately stop or interfere with a case just because they have that one detail? I wouldn't think so considering you can check the status of any random number (providing it is before your own and the correct length, format, etc) but I have wondered... :unsure:


Truthfully I don't know. I guess someone could masquerade as someone else and interfere but I don't see how. It's just a number, and you would need a lot more than a number to do something bad.
photomileMaleWales2012-05-07 12:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

I started to go thro a few numbers too and amongst 60 I-129F between 24-27 jan at CSC and 5 have been approved.. I hope CSC will get to more january filers soon too..


4181.... my fingers are sore... I'm hoping I'll get through the whole 9999 by the end of the day. That'll be ALL of day 15
photomileMaleWales2012-05-07 11:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

how do you check that? I checked around 400 numbers around me and found only handful of filers from January 20. I can't find anything before, after that :(


To be honest, I've gone through 4000 numbers this morning. I literally just pick a number, hit enter, add one, hit enter, add one hit enter.....
photomileMaleWales2012-05-07 10:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers
I'm posting this in both December and January filers thread.

My spreadsheet has about fifty numbers from December 29th / 30th... awful lot have gone green over the last few days!
photomileMaleWales2012-05-07 08:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

According to my calculations :idea:, next week is transition week. Good News! :reading:


:clock: Monday and Tuesday will be # December Approvals > # January Approvals

:secret: Wednesday is hump day and will be # December Approvals = # January Approvals

(L) Thursday and Friday will finally be # January Approvals > # December Approvals


:wow: I LOVE LIDIA, I WAIT YOU!!!


You're right, processing days 15 and 16 are due!
photomileMaleWales2012-05-07 06:44:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers
Here's something that's slightly confusing about those numbers

Here's one from the list I have

EAC 12 900 20151

According to various sources on the web about the CLAIMS3 system, they say that the number breaks down like this;

EAC Meaning the service center
12 Being the fiscal year the application was received (This is a November number from 2011, but the fiscal year is 12
900 Is the computer workday in the fiscal year that the application was processed (From memory, this usually covers a few days, but there are also multiple computer workdays per calendar day)
20151 is the actual case number

That particular petition had it's NOA1 on December 2

This number however, EAC 12 901 20151, had it's NOA1 as December 16, I have a feeling that the format is actually EAC 12 9 012 0151

EAC - Filing location

12 - Fiscal Year

9 - Fiscal Month

012 - Processing day

and 0151 being the case number. Makes more sense, no?

The reason being that every time I go through these numbers, that seems to be the way it forms. the 012 relates to December 16-19, 011 seems to relate to December 13-15... I've probably gone through close to a few thousand petitions and this is the format that makes the most sense.

The good news is, that a lot of the numbers on my list for processing day 12, are showing as either RFE or fully approved. Most January filers were day 16. I've only got a small sample of the numbers. We're all close!
photomileMaleWales2012-04-28 19:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers

:( drats! I thought I was off the hook but I guess not. I think I'll be ok though. I put all of our evidence in chronological order and typed a page (in addition to a couple of paragraphs explaining our story) explaining each piece of evidence. I saw a post on here of someone saying to think of it as filling in pieces because the people who look at these packets don't know you or anything about you so you have to be detailed and fill in gaps/pieces so that's what I tried to do.

One more question. Is there a firm list of the required vaccinations you have to get? I want him to start getting the vaccinations because I know some of them take a few weeks to get for a series.



Yes, but you might want to head over to the UK subforums which has lots of information and check out Nich-Nicks thread here!
photomileMaleWales2012-04-28 12:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers
Oops double post

Edited by photomile, 25 April 2012 - 05:30 AM.

photomileMaleWales2012-04-25 05:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary I-129F filers
The biggest problem for me is giving up work ready for the move! (Sorry to barge in, I'm a 'crossover'... submitted in December but NOA1 on January 5th..) I'm on fixed term contracts at the moment and I need to decide when to stop!
photomileMaleWales2012-04-25 05:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsCreate a VJ timeline to track your case and get estimated approval dates :)
It's the date that, based on member data, VJ think you'll have NOA2 or approval of the I-129f
photomileMaleWales2012-03-23 18:40:00