ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNoa1 date April 22 2009...touched May 11th
I just registered with USCIS and saw I got touched on May 11th...woooo hoooo..I guess?
Maverick64MalePanama2009-06-04 10:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsApproved!!
woo hoo ...I am so happy for ya!
Maverick64MalePanama2009-06-12 12:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsK-1 NOA2 Received
Congratulations...one step closer!
Maverick64MalePanama2009-06-25 14:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJust hit the 5 month mark!!
Great post...I hope your NOA arrives very soon!
Maverick64MalePanama2009-06-30 19:41:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsOh wow, oh wow, oh wow!!!!
QUOTE (Surf2Salsa @ Jul 26 2009, 07:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Congratulations!

Thanks everybody! My prayers will be for all of you now.
Maverick64MalePanama2009-07-26 18:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsOh wow, oh wow, oh wow!!!!
QUOTE (CasandraYounes @ Jul 26 2009, 06:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Congrats on your approval. how did you find Panama? Haven't been there in 10 years

I am an avid whitewater kayaker and have made many trips into Costa Rica and Panama to kayak. But met my SO online.
Maverick64MalePanama2009-07-26 17:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsOh wow, oh wow, oh wow!!!!
Just checked USCIS and was touched on July 26TH...clicked on it and petition approved and notice mailed on the 24th. WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO! Thanks be to the LORD!
Maverick64MalePanama2009-07-26 17:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNOA2 - I'm so excited!
QUOTE (bmh @ Jul 27 2009, 09:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'm sorry... I'm just so excited I had to tell somebody! blush.gif We received our NOA1 on 4/27/09 & received notice via email today from our attorney that the NOA2 was issued 7/22/09. I can't believe it took less than 3 months with no RFEs! Still have a ways to go (waiting for South Africa to issue the police certificate)... but one obstacle down, only a handful to go!

Thanks to all those who participate in these forums & by updating their timelines... this website is an amazing resource.

Blessings to all of you who long to have your fiance'(e) home and in your arms! We're all in this together...

Great news and congrats!!!!! Woo hoo! Ours was in 93 days...and others are reporting the same, not expedites. CSC is kickin b*tt!
Maverick64MalePanama2009-07-28 08:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC question
Be aware that the time it takes for NVC to receive your case and show it in their system varies tremendously. The VJ historical data charts show about a 10 day NVC receive time, but some people have theirs received within 2-3 days of the NOA2 date, and others (like me) are waiting weeks. My NOA2 date is July 24th...as of yesterday (Aug 11th)still not in their system. Seems it CAN take 2-4 weeks. Then you have to pray your case doesn't go into AP (additional processing) which can add weeks to a couple of months before it leaves NVC. Hope your case speeds right through! Mav
Maverick64MalePanama2009-08-12 07:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsvisa denied
I think you are making a mistake in your course of action. RIGHT NOW you should be on the phone with your Congressman and your Senators. Fight to get a second interview. Tell your reps YOU have been discriminated against due to your age and appearance. If this does not work then consider getting married and filing a K3 or CR1....but it could still be denied for the same reason. If you do decide to go the K3/Cr1 route then I would recommend making 1-2 trips (saving ALL documentation)to visit with your SO THEN marry. Just my thoughts.

Edited by Maverick64, 02 September 2009 - 11:32 AM.

Maverick64MalePanama2009-09-02 11:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNoA2
Congrats! dancin5hr.gif
Maverick64MalePanama2009-09-16 13:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsOMG WE GOT IT WE GOT IT
QUOTE (estadia @ Aug 31 2009, 01:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
we got touched on the 25th then nothing then this morning NOA2

thank you all of u for ur prayers and support i cant think of anything else to say other than i have to call perviz
sara

Oh Sara , I am so very very happy for you. I got a tear in my eye when i saw your post. With all you have been through and being so supportive of others on here, I am glad a huge ray of sunshine has finally shone down on you. My prayers are with you for the rest of your journey.
Maverick64MalePanama2009-09-01 08:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsCongressman
I sent you a PM regarding this, check your messages. Mav
Maverick64MalePanama2009-09-24 09:15:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Skipped?
No this is not quite true, there is a VJ member here who's petition WAS sent straight from USCIS to the Embassy...but I suspect it was because the USCIS was really dragging their feet on his case and got a Senator to light afire under them. But his case DID skip the NVC. Now, I do not think that is what has happened here. My bet is that your file really is still at USCIS, regardless of what they say. My NOA2 was July 24th...one month later NVC STILL had not received, I contacted my Congressman and she called CSC and THAT DAY it was sent to NVC. Good luck. Mav
Maverick64MalePanama2009-10-07 17:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsVisa APPROVED !! but was not easy
QUOTE (crazymazy @ Oct 21 2009, 02:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
After about an hour of being grilled and hung up to dry - we were approved and have visa in hand !!

I am really upset by the process and what they put my fiance though - people be warned - here is ok to have met on the internet - but at embassy is not so ok - is sex site ?? did you meet on a sex site ?? oh must be a sex site ......I can not pull it up this means a sex site !!

Was BS - he was told all our chat logs, love letters, cards, pictures meant nothing - could of been done last night - it was no proof

he was interviewed alone - then I was interviewed after him

I was not given same treatment and is good I did not know what he had been though before my interview - because trust me I would of probably been in jail now


BUT we received the visa so is all that matters

PEOPLE make sure you have originals of any important docs - divorce degrees ( both sides ) birth certificates, etc and MAKE SURE your dates match !!

Yikes! but Wooooo Hooooooo!!!!! Congrats girl!
Maverick64MalePanama2009-10-22 07:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNOA2 to NVC hasn't happened yet - NOA2 Date Oct 1
Everybody listen, if it goes over 30 days and NVC has still not received the NOA2..contact your Congressman. I went through the same thing back in the summer. At the 30th day I called my Congresswomans office. She called USCIS that same day and guess what? That same day they put it in the mail and NVC received 2 days later. Wait if you want till 90 days has past, your choice. I am telling you sometimes they just sit on them or lose them..but they have to respond to a Congressional inquiry. Good luck.

BTW I even got a new NOA2 date for doing that!
Maverick64MalePanama2009-11-16 15:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
QUOTE (Kimbear @ Sep 17 2009, 10:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
So found out why NVC sent out petition back to USCIS...uscis filing error. they didn't send eveyrthing proper to NVC...grrrr.

so we called spoke to a lvl 2 immigration officer ( btw you have to specifically ask for that..they will not offer to transfer you ), they told us NVC has no authority to send back petitions or take away an NOA2. USCIS received it on september 10th, and yes it was sitting on a shelf doing nothing til now! GRRRRRR.

Because it is a USCIS error they will now expedite it and fix the filing issue and send it back to NVC, however they do not have a time frame.

Good news is that the approval is still valid, bad news, it's been over a month, so we only have just a little under 3 months left.

Here's to hoping when it gets back to NVC we dont get stuck in processing again, cuz this march filer is fed up with this process!

**not sure if it will help, but we told them we are keeping congress and DOS updated on the complications uscis caused us..and that dos and congress will be checking up on our petition. hopefully that will help light a fire under someone's butt. tongue.gif

Heh Kimbear, don't sweat the 4 month valid period on your NOA2. My approval from CSC was on July 24th...a month later NVC had still not received it so I contacted my Congressman and she contacted USCIS and it was sent the next day to NVC...it had been sitting after approval for 1 month. I then received ANOTHER NOA2 with a new date of August 18. I think that is likely what will happen with you...a new NOA2. Mav

Maverick64MalePanama2009-09-17 10:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
QUOTE (Mariposa1010 @ Aug 17 2009, 02:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yes, it seems to be almost exactly the same situation...reading from a script...with the significant difference that this script also includes some action and not just a monologue. smile.gif I'm still waiting/hoping/expecting to see my approval in the next couple of days, but my file has been "touched" three times since my Congressional aide made contact after no activity for 5 months.

Best of luck to you!

QUOTE (Binow @ Aug 16 2009, 05:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Thanks for the info. Seems this is about the same as calling and getting the script read to me. Have read on here that several have gotten the exact same email as well. Hopefully the Congress rep calling actually got them to dust it off and actually look at it and get it into the process. We'll see.


That sounds like good news then..... I hope you get your approval in the next few days.
Maverick64MalePanama2009-08-17 14:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
QUOTE (Mariposa1010 @ Mar 4 2009, 12:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I guess we're the first of the March 2009 filers, filing from Illinois to the California Service Center.
Based on the valuable information shared here, we're hoping that the 7-month time frame holds up so that we can have an October wedding.
Now the first stage of waiting begins......
Wish us luck!

Hello, My fiancee is Panamanian also. Our NOA1 date is April 22 2009. So I would like to see how your K1 progresses especially at the Embassy In Panama City. Good luck to both of you!
Maverick64MalePanama2009-05-31 22:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsApril 2009 K-1 Filers
QUOTE (Chaz and Riggs @ Dec 17 2009, 12:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Approved! More details later.

Wooo hoooo CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS!
Maverick64MalePanama2009-12-17 14:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsApril 2009 K-1 Filers
Pics

Attached Files


Maverick64MalePanama2009-12-17 10:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsApril 2009 K-1 Filers
Hello all! Sounds like many good things going on with our group...hange in there Star..the prize is in sight! My fiancee arrived in Atlanta on Sunday the 13th. POE was a breeze as she was only asked one question..."when are you getting married?" We had planned on getting married this Saturday at my parents house , but found out when we went to the courthouse in the town near my parents house in KY that Kentucky REQUIRES both to have their SS # GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! So went over into Tennessee where it is not required, got our marriage license and actually was married by the Mayor of the town the next day! Not how we planned it but was also able to leave that day with the marriage certificate! Hope to post pics soon. Mav
Maverick64MalePanama2009-12-17 09:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsApril 2009 K-1 Filers
QUOTE (James and Megan @ Dec 11 2009, 05:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Visa in hand

SWEEEEEEEEEET! Congrats!
Maverick64MalePanama2009-12-11 15:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsApril 2009 K-1 Filers
QUOTE (Allie and Nigel @ Dec 10 2009, 06:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Got 2 more sleeps till Nigel gets here! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAH!!

3 Sleeps for me!
Maverick64MalePanama2009-12-10 08:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsApril 2009 K-1 Filers
QUOTE (endoftheroad @ Dec 9 2009, 07:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (endoftheroad @ Dec 9 2009, 04:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'll report the decision ASAP here. I asked her to call me quickly when she arrives home (she calls me and I don't answer but call her back on Skype, saving money of course). It is now 6 pm in China... waaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiting.


OMFG this stiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinks! No final court decision! I don't understand this ####### and it is a MAJOR disturbance in my life. I can't take a new job because I may have to go to China at any moment, I have two sons who I love count on me being here, the girls that I love are stuck in their situation there... CRIKEYS!

I will get more clarification in two hours from my love as to what exactly is the court holdup. Her daughter is sick and hungry so I told her to contact me after the immediate is alleviated.

I really see no good end to this. Probably best that I am the trailing element in this group. Everyone else, just go on to the AOS thread.

I can't believe this is happening.

Man I feel so bad for you...really you dont deserve to be strung along like this. Please post and tell us why the delay in the court decision. My thoughts and prayers go out to you. Stay strong!

Maverick64MalePanama2009-12-09 07:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsApril 2009 K-1 Filers
QUOTE (endoftheroad @ Dec 1 2009, 02:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Big news came today in triplicate.

1. My co-sponsor dropped out and I don't have a replacement. I know my papers qualify but me being self-employed is dodgy at Guangzhou. I was really counting on my co-sponsor, a family member, but they got cold feet. I don't hold it against them but the timing is crushing. Now there is even more pressure.

2. My girls are in court again this Friday hoping that will finish. Of course she must pay off more money to the judge and lawyers.

3. The guy who is buying one of my companies is dawdling on paying the final installment of $20K so going to visit my girls is delayed too.

Geeeeeeeeeeeez! What doesn't kill you makes you stronger I keep telling myself.

QUOTE (Starlight95 @ Nov 29 2009, 11:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
EOTR - We are all in this together and we will be with you on this thread as long as it takes. Hang in there ok?

Starlight, you shine so bright. I will hang in there, even when time and again the roadblocks swoop in. At times we feel like we are fighting a tide trying to keep us apart, but we know we are at the end and the interview is the last thing.

QUOTE (Allie and Nigel @ Nov 30 2009, 08:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Whatever, sounds like I'll be here flipping forever too...seems as if....argh....!

I love your posts, sorry but I find them hilarious! biggrin.gif I know you both are suffering but it is the way you write it that is extreme! "argh"

QUOTE (attaya_girl @ Nov 30 2009, 08:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
EOTR-hang in there. I'm so sorry that it's been so rough for you, but I really hope that you get to see your girls again soon.

Thanks attaya, so good to see you checking in. Be sure to post your AOS trail on our thread in that forum.

Everyday we talk a couple times and we understand these difficult times. I received their xmas gifts today to me and my boys. Our second xmas apart. She is so strong and holds us together. And she says I am the strong one! I guess I put up a good front because I am torn up inside.


Dam*n man! truly hate to hear this. Keep pushing on man...dont give up.
Maverick64MalePanama2009-12-02 12:11:00
Africa: Sub-SaharanCalling Cards
QUOTE (stevi1123 @ Dec 18 2007, 10:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I am currently using PINGO and I find it to be a nice calling card plan, but I was wondering what some of you are using, and an example of the rates. My guy is currently living in the UK, but goes back and forth to his home in Nigeria. We talk from both locations and we are sharing the expense by alternating the expense month to month.

I don't have much experience with other calling card plans or even with purchasing one-time-use card types. I would appreciate any suggestions just to get an idea whether PINGO is as cost-effective as I believe it to be....thank you

Hey Stevi,
I use Ohio calling cards..you can get them at the african store on Reading road. I think they are great. They are good for an hour and it is just 5.00 dollars.

QUOTE (stevi1123 @ Dec 18 2007, 10:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I am currently using PINGO and I find it to be a nice calling card plan, but I was wondering what some of you are using, and an example of the rates. My guy is currently living in the UK, but goes back and forth to his home in Nigeria. We talk from both locations and we are sharing the expense by alternating the expense month to month.

I don't have much experience with other calling card plans or even with purchasing one-time-use card types. I would appreciate any suggestions just to get an idea whether PINGO is as cost-effective as I believe it to be....thank you

Hey Stevi,
I use Ohio calling cards..you can get them at the african store on Reading road. I think they are great. They are good for an hour and it is just 5.00 dollars.
joycarol4FemaleNigeria2007-12-20 19:07:00
K-3 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresK3 APPROVED!!!!!!!!
Crys am so happy for you and Ose. You deserve the best.. to see my good friends dreams come true is the best kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif good.gif
joycarol4FemaleNigeria2008-01-16 13:29:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussionneed your helps
QUOTE (okidoki @ Feb 5 2008, 01:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
can somebody tell me what is packet 3 and packet 4 please????
and how much i need to pay for medical exam in casa blanca ?
and am i gonna get all the pictures and paperwork im gonna bring for the interview? does it have to be all originals?
thanks for all visa journey menbers !!!

Packet 1 = NOA1 receipt letter
Packet 2 = NOA2 Approval letter
Packet 3 = Information packet sent out by the consulate
Packet 4 = Invitation letter with interview date sent out by the consulate.

Packet 3 and 4 vary by consulate.
joycarol4FemaleNigeria2008-02-05 14:15:00
Philippinesvisa interview fee increase
QUOTE (honeybear @ Dec 19 2007, 01:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
February interviewees to pay $131 for Feb interview.......
For me it dsoesnt matter...the important thing is for me to be together with my fiance....

you mean we have to pay for the interview at the embassy? Isnt it a government agency?
joycarol4FemaleNigeria2007-12-19 13:44:00