Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	yessssssssssssssssssssssss 6 months to the day	QUOTE (my medellin @ Mar 23 2009, 08:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> *** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL *** The last processing action taken on your case Receipt Number: EAC08221xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E) Current Status: Approval notice sent. On March 23, 2009, 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. If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case status results listed above, or if you have not received a decision from USCIS within the current processing time listed*, please contact USCIS Customer Service at (800) 375-5283. *Current processing times can be found on the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov under Case Status and Processing Dates. *** Please do not respond to this e-mail message. Sincerely, The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) it take them 6 months and i was starting to get worried but tonight i got the email now what is the next step. please advise me sense my LAWYER close her office last month i do not know where to go from here thanks Brian ans Adyle My congratulations with approval!!!!!!! About the lawyer, don't worry about it.. start getting ready your documents for interview	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-24 03:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	GOT APPROVAL NOTICE!!!!!!	QUOTE (Naz&Omi @ Mar 15 2009, 12:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just went out to my mailbox tonight and Holy #######!!! I got the approval notice after 83 days of waiting (I got a copy and the original went to my lawyer)!! I'm so excited, I could seriously freakin' pop!! This is the most AWEsome day EVER and it totally came on my Fiance's birthday!!!!!!! My week has been the worst week of my life, so this is just totally God!! Thank you so much for this!! Congrats	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-15 06:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA2 after 203 days!!!!	QUOTE (KAT&Allie @ Mar 31 2009, 04:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks everybody. I'm still hyper and so incredibly happy. Hard to believe it finally happened but it did. I keep checking just in case they say sorry, we made a mistake. No, it's not a mistake we thought too, but it's true!!! It has happened!!! My congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good luck to you and I hope you will go through NVC very fast Have a good day there!!!	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-31 03:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	OMG - Petition Approved Already !!??	QUOTE (MarkSchot @ Mar 30 2009, 11:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> OMG, Im so ... excited... and stressed... my petition got approved already... and ... now im ... overwhelmed... i cant think... We sent it out February 17th, but this weekend we got our approval. Its sent to the NVC. My fiancee read it to me in the middle of her night. So i dont know what the letter says exactly. But ... what am i to do ? to prepare ? What should i have ready for action... i wasnt expecting it to be processed before at least 6 months had passed. now 6 weeks havent even passed.... EEEK Any ... help ? Congratulations!!!!!!!	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-31 04:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I JUST GOT IT!!!!!	QUOTE (fluffypriscilla @ Apr 2 2009, 09:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello everyone!!! I love to share tshi with all of you!!! I am so happy, that I cant explain myself!!!! Just got NOA 2.... Lot's of luck for all of you Soon I will be with my love!!!! Thank You all Nicee CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-04-03 02:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	one year or + waiting	QUOTE (estadia @ Mar 10 2009, 04:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ok thought it was maybe time to make a one year or plus club come on in and lets at least have somebody to talk to to help support each other or just flat rant what ever makes u feel better!!!! sara since 2007????? I am speechless!!!!!!!!!!!	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-10 15:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Interview, Approval, K-1 Visa Received, Entry, Marriage and Birth - WOW!!!!	QUOTE (Ken1 @ Apr 17 2009, 06:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Dear Visa Journey Friends, Well, I'm really sorry that I haven't written sooner to share our wonderful news. Things happened fast, and life took over!!! That said, here goes. We got our approval from the US on January 14th, 2009 after 132 days, and the pressure was on. We were expecting a baby less than three months later and praying for a quick interview date. We called Senator Kennedy's office, and they were very helpful (we had tried our congressman's office and they were less effective). We explained our situation and that not only were we hoping to have the baby here in the US, but if we didn't I would incur serious economic hardship (this is true, I would have needed to take an unpaid leave of absence from my job, my fiance-at-the-time didn't have health insurance in Brazil and I did here, etc..). The people at Kennedy's office contacted the Consulate in Brazil where the people are very nice and much more understanding than the USCIS here in the US. They got us into an earlier interview date, which was a month and 4 days before our due date - if all went well, we might make it just in time! I went to our interview in Rio (I was taking no chances), as did my fiance-at-the-time's daughter. We had gone over all our papers with a fine toothed comb and it's a good thing - they make it confusing (we felt very bad for the couple that didn't realize that you had to pay at Citibank beforehand and got sent away). Our interview took about 10 minutes, we were all present, the Consul asked us about how we met, etc., complimented me on my good Portuguese and told us congratulations. Our interview was on a Tuesday and, going against all recommendations, I had three plane tickets lined up for the following Monday evening. We paid the express service for them to deliver our passports with visas as quick as possible, and they arrived Monday afternoon hours before our flight!!! We had a long, but very happy, 8 month pregnant plane trip from Rio to Boston (contrary to many people's misconceptions, there really isn't much problem traveling while pregnant, but you do need a doctor's note for most airlines after 36 weeks, sometimes earlier - we had that). We also had a notarized letter from my step-daughter's father, giving his authorization for his daughter to travel out of Brazil (without this they wouldn't have let her leave the country). Our port of entry was Washington D.C. and it was a pretty nice and fast experience, though we just barely made our connecting flight! We did see a woman getting a hard time because she had left the country an excessive amount of times during her last four years in the US - when you are approved to live here make sure you still follow the rules! We got married the day we got to the US!!!! It was a simple, beautiful service at our local town hall. We got my wife and her daughter on my health insurance plan and 9 days later our baby arrived 2 and a half weeks early!!!! Wow! What a trip!!! We are all very happy and healthy with our beautiful, baby girl born March 19th, 2009. I will still and will always maintain that some parts of this visa process are fair and some are very unfair - mainly separating families with children and pregnancies. I believe, and will always believe that this should be grounds for an expedite! That is putting humanity before business (unlike the way USCIS currently is in which you can pay to have a business visa expedited but not a family visa!) After all, getting an expedite doesn't mean you are given any more guarantee on passing your interview, you still have to prove you have a bonafide relationship. Well folks, I'll keep updating from time to time, and my heart and thoughts are with all you good people on Visa Journey!!! WOW...talk about speedy interview process !!!!! 3 different plans for a trip back home....what a gamble, what are the odds ?!?!?!?!?!?! Tenha muita certeza q eu e a Nadiya desejamos muitas felicidades para voces e `a sua nova integrante de sua familia !!!!!!... :-D (qual e' o nome dela mesmo ?) Congrats !!!!!!	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-04-17 18:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	YIPPEE- My Visa Came in the Mail Today!!!	COOL BEANS !!!!!!!!!!!! GO AHEAD AND LET THE CELEBRATION BEGIN !!!!!!!!!	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-04-24 20:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	K-1 Visa Approved	Finally after such a long time our visa was approved today (05/18/2009) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yan, Nadiya and myself are definately happy CELEBRATION TIME....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to all of you who answered our questions.!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks VJ !!!!!	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-05-18 06:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Sept 2008 K1 VSC filers	QUOTE (Wisedom come to @ Apr 8 2009, 09:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Joe & Nadya @ Apr 6 2009, 01:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> GUYS, OUR CASE WAS SENT TO KIEV TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!!!! WE GOT OUT JAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Now, what did I say? It took me to appear back w/the ticket out of jail - and your rocket responded:) Congratulations, Joe and Nadya! guys, interview ws a success, ticket is purchased, took a week to receive a visa, so he got in hand today! w/the package stating "Welcome to the USA!" Isn't that cool? I have 2 weeks as single left:) Well, sort of single..you know what I mean, - to be the owner of your own time:) QUOTE (Hot Guy @ Apr 8 2009, 06:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello How are you Sept filers ? I hope that everything going OK with you all did anyone of you get the visa ? interview date ? I had my interview on march 23 and I'm under Administrative process . I hope i will hear good news soon . Good luck to everyone Mohamed We did:) We raced you:) What's administrative process???????????? Thank you Veronika for giving us a lucky ticket!!! It worked out	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-04-09 15:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Sept 2008 K1 VSC filers	QUOTE (Hot Guy @ Apr 8 2009, 05:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello How are you Sept filers ? I hope that everything going OK with you all did anyone of you get the visa ? interview date ? I had my interview on march 23 and I'm under Administrative process . I hope i will hear good news soon . Good luck to everyone Mohamed Oh.. sorry to hear that.. we were stcuk in AP too.. it was like a hell.. I hope pretty soon you will get out of it! Good luck to you!!	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-04-09 15:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Sept 2008 K1 VSC filers	QUOTE (amberL @ Apr 7 2009, 01:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> OMGOMGOMOMG I finally got my second package 3 today!!! Wooo hooo. I'm sending it back right away! all or nothing Now you are full of Packets.. I thought Ukraine is slow and can have such accidents with documents through mail.. Good luck to you!	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-04-08 04:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Sept 2008 K1 VSC filers	QUOTE (amberdima @ Apr 6 2009, 05:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Joe & Nadya @ Apr 6 2009, 01:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> GUYS, OUR CASE WAS SENT TO KIEV TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!!!! WE GOT OUT JAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 finally! congrats Thank you YES FINALLY!!!!!!!!!	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-04-06 17:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Sept 2008 K1 VSC filers	QUOTE (KAT&Allie @ Apr 6 2009, 02:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You go girl!!! Mine is ready too. Just waiting for London to register it and I'll send it ahead of time. Ask for any cancellations if you live in the same city as the Embassy is and you can make it next day if necessary. Yes, I live in Kiev where my US Embassy is situated.. It makes me very easy to be done with all papers and be ready for interview; )	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-04-06 14:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Sept 2008 K1 VSC filers	QUOTE (KAT&Allie @ Apr 6 2009, 01:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Joe & Nadya @ Apr 6 2009, 07:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oh yes, sometimes time seems eternity.. and you can't speed it up Just to be patient.. Let's hope that all will over soon.. and one makes me pleased that when we get there we will be waiting for other approval together.. then time will pass quickly Nadya, you CAN speed it up!!! If you request an early interview, they try to accomodate you if they can. I am most certainly going to try. If you don't ask, you don't get. At this stage, what do you have to loose? They can either say yes or no. Wisedom come to has done it so why shouldn't you be able to ?! Go for it!!!! Oh dear, of course I will do it ASAP!!! Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow I will to the Ebmassy and find out I will keep informing you here I don't want to wait for PAcket 3 by mail. Because it's already ready!	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-04-06 13:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Sept 2008 K1 VSC filers	QUOTE (KAT&Allie @ Apr 6 2009, 01:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Joe & Nadya @ Apr 6 2009, 07:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thank you very much!!!!!!!!! I hope so!!!! I saw your have an interview soon!!! I can't wait that day when we will be together, the whole family!!!! Oh, I wish I had my interview but the case only arrived at the Embassy today! DHL shipped it around England for 3 days!!! The mind boggles. But I booked my medical for 17th this month. Since we are hoping for the wedding mid May, I need to get the interview by the end of this month! So pleased for you though! You really deserve for everything to speed up now after all the waiting you've been through. Good luck girl. Oh yes, sometimes time seems eternity.. and you can't speed it up Just to be patient.. Let's hope that all will over soon.. and one makes me pleased that when we get there we will be waiting for other approval together.. then time will pass quickly	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-04-06 13:38:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	QUOTE (uscandual @ Mar 19 2009, 08:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Joe & Nadya @ Mar 19 2009, 08:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi guys! We are still on AP. But I hope next two weeks we will give us something.. Liza you will have your interview less than in one month That's great! Good luck!!! Nadya, you're getting close. Shouldn't be too much longer. Good luck to all! thank you We hope so.. Yesterday we called an operator also said that they update their basedate every day. But we will keep calling them every other day.. To Steve, as told by operator, Administrative and Additional processing have the same meaning	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-19 09:19:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	Hi guys! We are still on AP. But I hope next two weeks we will give us something.. Liza you will have your interview less than in one month That's great! Good luck!!!	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-19 08:25:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	QUOTE (SteveColo @ Mar 14 2009, 07:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Joe & Nadya @ Mar 14 2009, 06:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi Steve! It's Nadya. We recieved the same letters from NVC, saying that they send a case within next week, but by phone we were said that we are in AP Let's stay here and hope that soon we will get out By the way, you wrote wrong year in your timeline And when were you approved? Hi Nadya! I sent you and Joe a PM ... don't know if you got it or not ... I've straightened out my timeline ... though I'm guessing on the exact date of the approvals. I'm judging off the dates that our files got to the NVC ... I actually never got NOA2 letters from California And according to the USCIS site, our case is still pending Thanks to everyone for their welcome and support. Seems like we have a lot of people here unfortunately. Reading your experiences has helped my spirit. If I figure correctly, we are about 4 weeks in ... which hopefully means we are at least 1/2 way through this. Our goal was to have an interview on April 20th ... and if we get out of AP within 3 weeks, we can still hit that date. Good luck to all my new AP friends! Yes, Joe got the letter and he was going to write you yesterday, but he couldn't come on VJ.. It was an error. The same I had yesterday morning. if he wrote it's good, if not he will do it today then.. Well, about your timeline and USCIS is stil pending.. wow! About us, I checked the USCIS site and saw our approval, told about it to Joe, and in 15 minutes he got an email about approval. And our lawyer got original of approval letter from USCIS and Joe got a copy from USCIS. I read it somewhere that you will need it when Ksenia comes into USA. Maybe you should call to USCIS and figute out where is your NOA2 letter? Steve, about interview on 20 April, I think you need to change date because here it will be great holiday, Easter ( 19 - 20 April ). I am sending you the site with holidays http://kiev.usembass...lidays_eng.html Yes, you are 4 weeks in, like we are And more 3 weeks and we will get out And yesterday Joe wrote me that you were right about Administrative and Additional processing. I know it means the same, but we were said the same, First two weeks we were said Administrative and last two weeks they said about Addinional. He will call them on Monday and ask what is the difference between these words? have a good day there. Nadya. Edited by Joe & Nadya, 15 March 2009 - 02:43 AM.	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-15 02:42:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	QUOTE (SteveColo @ Mar 13 2009, 10:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I guess I need to join the group Last week I was told I was in Administrative Processing ... tonight I was told I was in Additional Processing. From what I've read here (70 pages take a while ) they are basically the same thing ... right? I could not get an answer as to when the NVC received my file from California. My letter from the NVC saying we were approved (yeah, right ) is dated February 20th. So I would guess they had my file for close to a week by then ... right? Anyway ... hello to everyone and best wishes to all Hi Steve! It's Nadya. We recieved the same letters from NVC, saying that they send a case within next week, but by phone we were said that we are in AP Let's stay here and hope that soon we will get out By the way, you wrote wrong year in your timeline And when were you approved?	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-14 07:08:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	QUOTE (cdneh @ Mar 13 2009, 04:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Joe & Nadya @ Mar 14 2009, 08:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have one question about letters from NVC. How many letters do you get from NVC during AP where it is written " your case will be sent within next week"? As for us, we got only 2. The last one was dated 23 Feb.. I have a medical interview soon and I will need one of this letter with KEV #... NVC won't change KEV # before sending to my Embassy, will it? We got two as well, and both were dated after the AP started. They won't change the number, I didn't have the bit of paper with the AKL number on it, but still had the medical while in AP. yes, thank you The same I am going to do while we are in AP..	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-13 15:56:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	I have one question about letters from NVC. How many letters do you get from NVC during AP where it is written " your case will be sent within next week"? As for us, we got only 2. The last one was dated 23 Feb.. I have a medical interview soon and I will need one of this letter with KEV #... NVC won't change KEV # before sending to my Embassy, will it?	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-13 15:50:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	and we called today, still in AP .. I guess it will be in early April..	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-13 15:36:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	QUOTE (uscandual @ Mar 13 2009, 12:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (toddandhien @ Mar 14 2009, 12:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (uscandual @ Mar 13 2009, 11:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (I hope I'm next. Today is my day 50. I'll call later this afternoon. If I don't get out today it will be Monday, which is my day 53 ... giving me cdneh's crown. Gulp, I hope not. Here's to LUCKY FRIDAY 13 ) I am pulling for you today!!! Friday the 13th would be a great day to be released!!! And a great way to start the weekend! Good Luck We're OUT !!!! We're OUT !!!!! We're FREE !!!! Stop me before I start singing Lynyrd Skynyrd FREEBIRD Friday 13th is indeed the lucky day. Day 50. Cdneh can keep her title, I really didn't want it anyway. Next stop .... Bangkok Thanks all for your support That's great!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!!	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-13 15:31:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	QUOTE (luck-e and Kookie @ Mar 13 2009, 11:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i called again because im not contented with that answer earlier. and she put me on hold for like 5 mins. and when she went back, she told me that review and processing at the NVC is all completed and will be sent to manila in 2-4 weeks. is it really 2-4 weeks? but IM OUT OF AP ALREADY. !! i guess the count for 52 days is true. friday the 13th!!!! my congratulations	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-13 11:33:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	QUOTE (LUISH @ Mar 12 2009, 02:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi to everyone, here reporting to "AP DUTY", well my Noa2 was approved on 02/27, and my petition arrived at NVC on 03/04, I thoght I was gonna fly thru it, since it's my second time around, but I was wrong; I'm not stuck on AP and this morning when I called they asked for my figrl's e'mail address (tht was a first) and then the response was the same as usual, and since I read from page one, I know I should be expecting to be @ NVC for the regular 50 days ( which I'm really not counting on), but hopefully be out of there soon, in the meantime, just wanted to join this great group of people and make it a pleasent wait. Good Luck Everyone LUSH Always Welcome! It's unpleasant, but it happens and it can happen to everybody.. well, let's wait here.. we are in AP one month ( 4 weeks) , but we found out about it in one week after getting our case at NVC. It takes less than processing at USCIS. As for us, to make our time shorter, we have started gathering our documents over again and even I have a medical interview in two weeks. Just making ourselves busy	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-12 15:18:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	QUOTE (Badgerella @ Mar 11 2009, 11:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (uscandual @ Mar 11 2009, 03:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Badgerella: Sorry to hear about your leg - hope it heals quickly. Maybe best to get it treated there before traveling to US where you'll need to deal with medical insurance here. Since it is a pre-existing condition you'll likely get a lot of grief processing claims here (I'm assuming you'll be joining your fiance's health plan, right?) I won't be traveling to the US anytime soon (we expect it to be August-ish, even if my visa gets approved April 8th), so whatever this is, it'll have healed by then. We have free healthcare here in Croatia, so I'll be definitely taking care of this particular thing, as well as anything else I can think of before I leave. As a citizen of Croatia, I keep this insurance for life (or at least most of it), so many things will be done here even when I move to the States. Health-tourism is often a good thing. As for my insurance once I get into the US.. we don't know yet. We'll think about it when I am there. I'm overall in a good condition so there shouldn't be too many problems. The health is first of all. I hope everything will be fine;) Don't forget that your approved visa is valid next 6 months after interview.. I hope time to time you will come here	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-11 14:46:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	QUOTE (caochi @ Mar 11 2009, 01:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (luck-e and Kookie @ Mar 9 2009, 03:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> im on my 49th day today, will call NVC hoping to hear something different. Any good news to share with us? it's more than 52 days for you QUOTE (toddandhien @ Mar 9 2009, 04:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> WE'RE OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 52 Days!!! Now, finally, on to HCMC! cdneh, you still hold the crown... Thanks to all for the support!!! (seriously, though, there is something to this duration. It cannot be random that people pop out in 51, 52 or 53 days......) Congratulations !!! No, it's the 51th day for them today.. but anyway, they are quiet, maybe they already got out of NVC?? According their timelines, they still have time till 20 March. Edited by Joe & Nadya, 11 March 2009 - 01:56 AM.	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-11 01:55:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	QUOTE (GS4EVER @ Mar 10 2009, 11:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi everyone, We were told today we are in AP Hope it doesn't last long! We already waited 230 days just to get approved and our approval excitement was short lived as you can see. Back to the waiting game Join to us..Here is very good company to talk about and time passes very fast Congratulations with NOA2	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-11 01:48:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	QUOTE (uscandual @ Mar 10 2009, 06:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Joe & Nadya @ Mar 11 2009, 04:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (uscandual @ Mar 10 2009, 02:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Joe & Nadya @ Mar 11 2009, 12:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hmm...I am a beneficiary .and I have to get a police record for my interview in Kiev. as for me, it's strange if NVC checks a beneficiary's security clearance.. then why do I have to prepare my police record on an interview if they check my name in DC, in the USA??? How I know if NVC sends a case to AP they see a "red flag" on the petitioner's name.. that's why they have to check it out.. and my Embassy checks my background here, in Ukraine. I can see how it makes sense to do both a local police clearance in country (e.g. Ukraine) as well as checks in the US (e.g. FBI, Interpol). The former will verify that you don't have any criminal record at home on domestic charges. The latter will vett that you aren't on any radar screen for international terror, drugs, etc. I'm ok with the system demanding that level of scrutiny since ultimately it does make us all safer. I'm even ok with different stages of the process (USCIS, NVC, etc.) apparently repeating checks and doing them at random - if it helps to weed out bad guys, that's fine by me. What I'm not ok with is the lack of openness and communication. Would it be so hard for them to TELL US what they're checking and how long it will take? What's with the big aura of mystery to this thing? That serves no useful purpose for national security or the integrity of the immigration process. All it does is frustrate and worry petitioners who are doing their best to play by the rules. I have nothing against it too and I am ok with their processing.. I know they had started doing it after Sep 11 in NY. But how our lawyer said if USCIS approved us we don't have to be in AP.. Because we gathered all info about it what we had in the past.. We did it because we wanted to make our process shorter and faster ASAP, but the luck was on oppisite side And they will never TELL US "how long?" " what?" "why?" "where?' I see in your post 2 assumptions that are unfortunately quite common: (1) Expecting that hiring a lawyer will expedite your case (2) trusting anything a lawyer tells you, especially regarding how they'll help you speed up your case. You're quite right about one thing: "luck was on the opposite side". NVC AP really is just a matter of luck - random chance. Hiring a lawyer hasn't helped you, or hurt you in this regard. I just made my nightly call to NVC. Still stuck. Day 47. This time she asked for something new --- my fiancee's email address. The usual dialog goes like this: Case Number Please? Me: "BNK........." Name and DOB of Beneficiary? Me: "......" Name and DOB of petitioner? Me "....." Is your phone number still ...... ? Me: "Yes." What was new tonight was "We have your email address on file, but not your fiancee's. Would you like to add that to the file?" Me: "Um... sure, ok. Here it is......" After which, the usual patter of "How can I help you today?" Me: "I'd just like to get status on my case please". Them "Well, I see you are still undergoing additional processing. Unfortunately there is no timeline for this processing. When it is completed your case will be forwarded to the embassy in Bangkok" Me (under my breath): "!@#!%!" (out loud) "Thank you very much" Just curious - have any of you had that variation before (asking for email address)? well, we hired a lawyer for some reasons, first main reason was time. My fiance doesn't have time for it. He works too hard and very busy all day long.. in order to avoid mistakes and time in filling we decided to hire a lawyer. He explained us that the whole process of K1 takes 7-9 months.. and it's fine.. we knew it. Any lawyer or even congressman or senator don't help in speeding this process It's clear like sunny day Our lawyer was surprised to hear about AP at NVC. He sent them an email with explanations. About dailogue, it's really nonsense to ask email Maybe they have nothing to talk about?!?! They feel lonely looking at phones... funny.. when we call to NVC, it's just short conversation, but you wait to talk to alive operator eternity, sometimes not Again, here luck plays a role	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-11 01:45:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	QUOTE (uscandual @ Mar 10 2009, 02:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Joe & Nadya @ Mar 11 2009, 12:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hmm...I am a beneficiary .and I have to get a police record for my interview in Kiev. as for me, it's strange if NVC checks a beneficiary's security clearance.. then why do I have to prepare my police record on an interview if they check my name in DC, in the USA??? How I know if NVC sends a case to AP they see a "red flag" on the petitioner's name.. that's why they have to check it out.. and my Embassy checks my background here, in Ukraine. I can see how it makes sense to do both a local police clearance in country (e.g. Ukraine) as well as checks in the US (e.g. FBI, Interpol). The former will verify that you don't have any criminal record at home on domestic charges. The latter will vett that you aren't on any radar screen for international terror, drugs, etc. I'm ok with the system demanding that level of scrutiny since ultimately it does make us all safer. I'm even ok with different stages of the process (USCIS, NVC, etc.) apparently repeating checks and doing them at random - if it helps to weed out bad guys, that's fine by me. What I'm not ok with is the lack of openness and communication. Would it be so hard for them to TELL US what they're checking and how long it will take? What's with the big aura of mystery to this thing? That serves no useful purpose for national security or the integrity of the immigration process. All it does is frustrate and worry petitioners who are doing their best to play by the rules. I have nothing against it too and I am ok with their processing.. I know they had started doing it after Sep 11 in NY. But how our lawyer said if USCIS approved us we don't have to be in AP.. Because we gathered all info about it what we had in the past.. We did it because we wanted to make our process shorter and faster ASAP, but the luck was on oppisite side And they will never TELL US "how long?" " what?" "why?" "where?'	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-10 15:28:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	YES!!! It's true and the word "bureaucrat" was correctly used here.. I think the whole process in K visas is BUREAUCRACY. You have to gather so many documents just to prove your AOS or relations and over again they do it themselves.. here you have a question : " Why do I do it??" About words, when we call to NVC they say AP ( Administrative processing )	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-10 13:01:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	QUOTE (GShilobod @ Mar 10 2009, 01:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (toddandhien @ Mar 10 2009, 10:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (GShilobod @ Mar 10 2009, 10:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (uscandual @ Mar 9 2009, 07:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (toddandhien @ Mar 10 2009, 05:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (GShilobod @ Mar 9 2009, 02:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Everything was going smoothly for us, on schedule, until the NVC.....I received the letter that stated your petition will be forwarded to the consulate within one week. After speaking to an NVC official I found out this is an automated generic letter that goes out once they receive the petition from USCIS. Anyways, I stated I'm retired military and work as a contractor with an active DOD security clearance. That prompted a transfer to a supervisor. I was assured the additional background check wasn't for me but my beneficiary. Hmmmm... Now I did submit a name correction on 3 Mar because I made a typo on the original 129F (no RFE) but it was only one letter left out of her middle name. In fact, I already have my 2nd approved NOA2 from the name correction, yet the NVC didn't have that. So maybe that is why we are waiting.....Who knows!!! I was asked to email a copy of her passport to the NVC to verify the name correction so I did. I do hope that this is the cause of the review however I do feel this will trigger more scrutinizing of my finace at the consulate during her interview. GShilobod, on your timeline, you show 2/17/09 left NVC...is this the arrive NVC date since you are in AP? Just want it to be correct because we have a member that from time to time works on the statistics of AP cases...it currently would not show up on the list. Thanks GShilobod- As far as we can tell, being selected for the honor of AP @ NVC is entirely random. The fact that you're military shouldn't have any positive or negative bearing on it. It probably also doesn't have anything to do with your RFE since that was cleared up by USCIS prior to your getting the NOA2. As to how long you'll be in AP, it seems to be averaging around 50 days, so you may as well get comfortable for a bit. I called tonight - I'm still stuck at 46 days, and she said they are having an "unusually long backlog" - that was the first time I heard that particular phrasing. That's the bad news. The good news is - this thread is a nice waiting lobby, where you can swap stories with other "victims" of the system. I'm the guy who periodically posts NVC stats Todd referred to. If you can keep your timeline accurate that would be most welcome. Welcome aboard. If there is truly a backlog, as I have read here from someone else's post, then one would think they would suspend the random checks until they are caught up. Why create more of a backlog by conituing to pull petitions for further scrutiny??? It wasn't so much my military background but moreso my security clearance. When I initially called the NVC I did not know the background check was solely on my benficiary so I mentioned my security clearance in case the background check was on me. Mentioning that got me to a supervisor for what it's worth. I asked a lot of questions and made some statements just trying to get more info out of them. All I got was that the background check was on my beneficiary...pretty much the standard BS they give everyone else. I asked if they showed the name correction and they didn't. That is when they asked me to email a copy of my SO's passport. I don't know that there is actually a backlog. I was told several times when I called that "various Washington agencies were looking at it." And my congresswoman's office said that it is largely an FBI background check on the beneficiary. So, I am imagining that when one's case is selected at random, the beneficiary's name is sent to the FBI in DC. They put it through their paces as time allows and later report back to NVC if they have found anything of concern. That process seems to take about 7 weeks. And it looks (unscientifically) that it is about 10-15% of K1/K3 cases that roll through NVC. I am a former DOD/aerospace employee myself with a non-current security clearance and my fiancee is from Vietnam. I don't think that either of those facts caused me to be selected. I am just lucky, I guess... If you call the NVC, they will tell you exactly when they received your case. Ok I just reread my posts that I typed in haste and didn't proofread. LOL. Before I knew the background check was on my SO I was thinking it may be me and if they knew I had an active security clearance that it may help things along. All that is irrelevant now. I'm stuck in AP. Where did AP come from when the NVC calls it Administrative Review(AR)??? We are in AP too.. how we were said last Friday to call again next Friday.. so, on 13th FEb will be one month since we are at NVC.. About AP or AR, I don't see difference between PROCESSING or REVIEW since the meaning is the same " we are stuck"	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-10 12:16:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	QUOTE (toddandhien @ Mar 10 2009, 11:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (GShilobod @ Mar 10 2009, 10:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (uscandual @ Mar 9 2009, 07:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (toddandhien @ Mar 10 2009, 05:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (GShilobod @ Mar 9 2009, 02:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Everything was going smoothly for us, on schedule, until the NVC.....I received the letter that stated your petition will be forwarded to the consulate within one week. After speaking to an NVC official I found out this is an automated generic letter that goes out once they receive the petition from USCIS. Anyways, I stated I'm retired military and work as a contractor with an active DOD security clearance. That prompted a transfer to a supervisor. I was assured the additional background check wasn't for me but my beneficiary. Hmmmm... Now I did submit a name correction on 3 Mar because I made a typo on the original 129F (no RFE) but it was only one letter left out of her middle name. In fact, I already have my 2nd approved NOA2 from the name correction, yet the NVC didn't have that. So maybe that is why we are waiting.....Who knows!!! I was asked to email a copy of her passport to the NVC to verify the name correction so I did. I do hope that this is the cause of the review however I do feel this will trigger more scrutinizing of my finace at the consulate during her interview. GShilobod, on your timeline, you show 2/17/09 left NVC...is this the arrive NVC date since you are in AP? Just want it to be correct because we have a member that from time to time works on the statistics of AP cases...it currently would not show up on the list. Thanks GShilobod- As far as we can tell, being selected for the honor of AP @ NVC is entirely random. The fact that you're military shouldn't have any positive or negative bearing on it. It probably also doesn't have anything to do with your RFE since that was cleared up by USCIS prior to your getting the NOA2. As to how long you'll be in AP, it seems to be averaging around 50 days, so you may as well get comfortable for a bit. I called tonight - I'm still stuck at 46 days, and she said they are having an "unusually long backlog" - that was the first time I heard that particular phrasing. That's the bad news. The good news is - this thread is a nice waiting lobby, where you can swap stories with other "victims" of the system. I'm the guy who periodically posts NVC stats Todd referred to. If you can keep your timeline accurate that would be most welcome. Welcome aboard. If there is truly a backlog, as I have read here from someone else's post, then one would think they would suspend the random checks until they are caught up. Why create more of a backlog by conituing to pull petitions for further scrutiny??? It wasn't so much my military background but moreso my security clearance. When I initially called the NVC I did not know the background check was solely on my benficiary so I mentioned my security clearance in case the background check was on me. Mentioning that got me to a supervisor for what it's worth. I asked a lot of questions and made some statements just trying to get more info out of them. All I got was that the background check was on my beneficiary...pretty much the standard BS they give everyone else. I asked if they showed the name correction and they didn't. That is when they asked me to email a copy of my SO's passport. I don't know that there is actually a backlog. I was told several times when I called that "various Washington agencies were looking at it." And my congresswoman's office said that it is largely an FBI background check on the beneficiary. So, I am imagining that when one's case is selected at random, the beneficiary's name is sent to the FBI in DC. They put it through their paces as time allows and later report back to NVC if they have found anything of concern. That process seems to take about 7 weeks. And it looks (unscientifically) that it is about 10-15% of K1/K3 cases that roll through NVC. I am a former DOD/aerospace employee myself with a non-current security clearance and my fiancee is from Vietnam. I don't think that either of those facts caused me to be selected. I am just lucky, I guess... If you call the NVC, they will tell you exactly when they received your case. hmm...I am a beneficiary .and I have to get a police record for my interview in Kiev. as for me, it's strange if NVC checks a beneficiary's security clearance.. then why do I have to prepare my police record on an interview if they check my name in DC, in the USA??? How I know if NVC sends a case to AP they see a "red flag" on the petitioner's name.. that's why they have to check it out.. and my Embassy checks my background here, in Ukraine.	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-10 11:56:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	QUOTE (toddandhien @ Mar 9 2009, 07:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> WE'RE OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 52 Days!!! Now, finally, on to HCMC! cdneh, you still hold the crown... Thanks to all for the support!!! (seriously, though, there is something to this duration. It cannot be random that people pop out in 51, 52 or 53 days......) Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-10 01:52:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	QUOTE (Inad @ Mar 5 2009, 03:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello Hey we are stuck in AP as well We got the approval on December 29th. So is from this we count weeks? because our lawyer says it start from End of January. I dont know why...I am depressed, it got so closed... We had plans etc. NOW we are waiting i dont know for what. Does someone know if it can be denied or something like that? or how long does it take in AP? this is devastating me. I was waiting to be with my love in April, now we are walking in the dark with this. Any information would be appreciated. thing sadest is, you dont know anything, all that you hear is WAIT! if at least you knew that you are waiting something, but who knows... Thank guys Join to us, the same we are.. and we planned too to be together in April, but even we didn't expcet it too, having a lawyer. How he said we should not be be in AP after approval from USCIS. But it's sad.. and we can do nothing with it, just wait.. it's sad.. how to count weeks? When NVC gets your letter then you start counting days or weeks.. And if NVC got your case in the end of January we are closer to it.. usually it takes 40-60 days.. read this thread from the beginning I was advised to do it the same and I have less questions, just keeping chatting here	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-05 16:06:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	QUOTE (uscandual @ Mar 4 2009, 01:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Joe & Nadya @ Mar 5 2009, 01:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (toddandhien @ Mar 4 2009, 12:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ron, thanks for doing some more data mining. We are at 47 days today, as your chart shows, and it is not a good feeling as 7 weeks draws near. The 80 and 90 day data is probably not valid but there are 12 that are more than cdneh's "record" of 53 days and less than 80. I do know that chi and cao got out last week from other posts that they have made, so that one is just a non-update. I have a feeling that NVC has a rule that says after 7 weeks, they have to wrap it up and move it on...let's hope it is really true! here you can see time how long your case is being in AP. Just chose your country and you will see how long NVC will delay your case in AP. http://travel.state....sitors_wait.php Joe&Nadya - I don't think that's right. The link you provide will give estimated wait times for visas in the specific consulate selected. That has nothing to do with the wait times at NVC in New Hampshire. On the contrary, previous analysis indicates that the NVC waiting time is not correlated to which consulate you are working through. Todd - I think you're right, I do believe that NVC cases are being released consistently at the 7 week mark, give or take a few days. Most of the 'over' records are undoubtedly just folks who didn't update their VJ timelines (!@#$%@!#$ why won't ppl do that?? ) Yesterday when I did this, I also pulled fresh data for cases that had both NVC In AND Out records - I wanted to post that too, but it was getting pretty late. I'll try to do it tonight when I get home from work. 7 weeks + - few days = 60 days or 2 months	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-04 13:37:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	As for us, we are still in AP.. called today to NVC and we were said to call on Friday.	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-04 12:55:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	QUOTE (toddandhien @ Mar 4 2009, 12:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (uscandual @ Mar 4 2009, 02:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well here's something depressing. I played around with the stats some more. This time, I looked for all cases that were received at NVC since Dec 1, and HAVE NOT yet left NVC. I weeded out those cases which already got a Packet 3, have Interview scheduled, or even have Visa granted since those just mean the applicant didn't bother to fill out the Left NVC column. Still ----- that leaves a shocking number of cases that entered NVC and apparently have not yet left... some for 70,80 even 90 days. OK, so probably some of these are still just records that the member hasn't bothered to update since they recorded arrival at NVC. But it makes you wonder... could there be many cases routinely exceeding the ~50 day estimate of max time at NVC? See attached table. Who ARE all these people? Shu&Cary 90 days? Evelyn&Alec 86 days? Yikes. On this list, we (Thantita&Ron) are at 41 days. That means about another 10 days till we're released if the track record of recent posters here is right, but I'm getting worried that maybe it could be still much longer Ron, thanks for doing some more data mining. We are at 47 days today, as your chart shows, and it is not a good feeling as 7 weeks draws near. The 80 and 90 day data is probably not valid but there are 12 that are more than cdneh's "record" of 53 days and less than 80. I do know that chi and cao got out last week from other posts that they have made, so that one is just a non-update. I have a feeling that NVC has a rule that says after 7 weeks, they have to wrap it up and move it on...let's hope it is really true! here you can see time how long your case is being in AP. Just chose your country and you will see how long NVC will delay your case in AP. http://travel.state....sitors_wait.php QUOTE (dzyrhetom @ Mar 4 2009, 05:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey guys, Im back...How are you? I hope everyone here is doing good and wishing to those who were still stuck for AP will be released soon..Ive been with this very tough /hard times (AP @ NVC) before for 52 days but now all went very well for us right after NVC released us ( Thanks God!) I passed my 2-day medical exam last Feb 17&18 and just today (March 4), Ive had my interview appointment at USEM (of course ), and you know what? My K1 VISA IS APPROVED !!! So to all my stuck @ NVC family, thank you so much for all your help, encouragements, suggestions/ ideas and prayers..Keep on believing, dont lose your hope God Bless and wish a speedy process to everyone! GREAT!!! Congratulations!!! QUOTE (cdneh @ Mar 4 2009, 10:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just to let you know....I am home safe and sound...surreal...summer to winter...overnight! Welcome back!!!!!!!	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-03-04 12:54:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	QUOTE (caochi @ Feb 27 2009, 05:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (cdneh @ Feb 27 2009, 12:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Great idea Lisa! I'll be travelling in just a few days now, and if there aren't any posts we might fall off the first page. I am sure, sorry as I am to say it, there will be new people who've no idea getting stuck at NVC is even an option after just getting approval, and it's quite a nasty shock to find out it can. If anyone comes looking, I'd like them to find this thread. There's a lot of information here, in amongst the banter, and I can only speak for myself but it was nice to have company while we waited. When we were first here there were only a few of us, and there really wasn't any sort of idea with regard to length of time, and we have seen an average develop. Some get out sooner, and thank heavens no one has been here longer. I'd like to see everyone get out of jail in less time, and perhaps over time this new bit about subjecting cases to extra scruitiny at NVC will get streamlined and may take less time. I'll still hang around. There's a great many aspects to this journey I'm not much help on, but I can certainly say I have a little experience here cdneh, I won't let this thread fall out in first place until you return Joe & Nadya, we are all praying for you, please patient on what we can only wait, your turn will be soon Thank you very much! Sometimes moral supporting helps us being in such situation as AP or waiting for NOA2 And I hope you won't forget us and come here time to time to cheer us up QUOTE (luck-e and Kookie @ Feb 28 2009, 08:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (ndalessandro @ Feb 28 2009, 05:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Does the NVC mail a letter to you with a NVC case number, for you to call and track? Or do you have to call the NVC and acquire the case number yourself? you may call NVC first. If they received your case from USCIS they can give you the case number over the phone. in the next coming days or weeks, you will receive a notice that they got it and assigned you a case number. but then again, you may call so that you keep yourself posted while waiting for the mail to come in. as for us, we found out our case # on the phone and in one week we got the mail from NVC.. but all time we called them and of course we are still keeping calling them.. and get letters by mail. I hope you will avoid AP	Joe & Nadya	Male	Ukraine	2009-02-28 11:12:00