Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	John&Diana	Yay, Diana & John!!! Can't wait to hear the good news! Best wishes, Karoline Best of luck to you at your interview...may God be with you...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-05-28 10:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	aproved!!!!	Yup, check out the Colombian club thread in the embassy section. BTW, you can get packet 3 online I'll post the link later.....gots to jam and celebrate hOLA.... thanks,...I'll keep in touch, and ill apreciate ur help, thank yOU! Congrats and good luck to you and your SO...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-05-29 16:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA2	*** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL *** The last processing action taken on your case Receipt Number: WACXXXXXXXXXX Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E) Current Status: Approval notice sent. On May 30, 2007, 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 & Processing Dates. *** Please do not respond to this e-mail message. Sincerely, The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Congrats and good luck to you and your SO...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-06-01 17:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Another March Aprroval	I am glad to announce my approval and am somewhat saddened because I know there are people who have applied before me that are still waiting..I had no touches, just an approval e-mail at 10:30 eastern time stating our approval...Actually I got 2 e-mails...strange??? Anyways...on to the next step..I am planning on going to the interview..so hopefully the rest will go well..Thanks to everyone here and their help...its always nice sharing with people in the same situation.. Congrats and good luck to you and your SO...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-06-01 17:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Approved after NOA1 March 6, !!!!!!!	Yay, we are approved! As of May 31, 2007 !!! good luck to all others! Just keep up the hope! Congrats and good luck to you and your SO...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-06-01 17:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	First Post: NOA2 Approved via Email	Hello All, This is my first post and my fiancee and I are quite pleased since we got our NOA2 today!!! It's nice to see progress though this is going to be a LONG journey. I get the feeling, we'll be using this website a lot over the next few years and appreciate all the info and honesty here. Thanks again for your information and kinds words. Looking forward to our next steps... I think NVC receives our petition and sends it to Moscow. Too many acronyms!!! Talk soon, Aston Congrats and good luck to you and your SO...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-06-01 17:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Touched!!!!	Yay! Finally! Hopefully that touch was an approval and you just haven't found out yet! Hopefully it is an approval...good luck with it. I know this process is very frustrating.	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-06-02 19:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Updated Stats	Ken, You're the best! Thanks! Ken, I've said it once and I will say it again...you the man...we appreciate your hard work...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-06-02 22:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA2 Fianaly!!	Hellllllo Everyone! NOA2 received via email 06/03/07, Sunday. The actual approval date was 06/01/07. I received two identical emails for the approval. I got a touch on Friday, so I was going to start really paying attention on Monday. But when I checked email this afternoon, there it was. On Sunday no-less. I can't wait to break the news to my lady. She will be so happy. Thanks everyone! Good Luck! reach449 Congrats and good luck to you and your SO...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-06-03 13:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I129F approval February filer	Congrats!! Congrats to you two...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-05-04 12:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA2 Finally! YEAY!	Hey Everyone! Scott and I got our NOA2 and the letter/packet 3 in the mail dated JUNE 1! Finally. But we both know it's not all smooth sailing from here on it either! Got some questions about package 3--we are dealing with Montreal Do we wait till we actually have the documents in hand before signing the checklist and sending it? Or did anyone else just check it and then start grabbing the things--birth certificates-I had the kids long forms somewhere but can't find them so I am going to send away for them again as I need to for mine. Was going to go get police check a number of times but life has been so busy that I wasn't stressed about it--now that we have package 3--I'm a bit more stressed! I am assuming that they schedule the interview once this checklist is in and I don't think things will take that long to get. We would just like to have the interview for the beginning of August. so my question is---sign and send checklist and hope we get everything in time or wait till I have everything in hand--thoughts?? thanks again for everyone's advice, help,suggestions etc best of luck on your journeys!! Angel Congrats and good luck to you and your SO...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-06-14 19:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	CSC K1 Stats	Headed to Costa Rica for the Tuesday interview! Wish us luck! Ken Great job thanks a bunch and good luck to you guys Are you going to carry on with the good work or pass it on to somebody? Are you a volunteer? Ken, good luck at your interview brother...I know you have been waiting a long time...as Nags said..."think pink".	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-06-17 12:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	MARCH FILERS :p	We want to be touched!!!!!! Please!!!! Well, I want an approval...but there are people ahead of me that need it worse...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-05-13 22:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	MARCH FILERS :p	We have a report of a Feb filer "touched"!!! Yeah, I saw that...I am in the same boat as you Ken...hopefully though someone lights a fire under CSC's seat and gets them going...I am willing to take leave and go help...all they have to do is let me do it...and of course do my packet first... Do mine second and I'll help you get the job! Get me in the door and I'll do yours first...of course mine would be next...5 minutes of looking...and I would adjucate it right there...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-05-01 20:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	MARCH FILERS :p	We have a report of a Feb filer "touched"!!! Yeah, I saw that...I am in the same boat as you Ken...hopefully though someone lights a fire under CSC's seat and gets them going...I am willing to take leave and go help...all they have to do is let me do it...and of course do my packet first...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-05-01 20:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Visa received:)	Congrats!!! for you. My fiancee is Bulgarian and we pray that this goes so quickly for us. Thanks Congrats and good luck to you and your SO...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-06-18 23:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Good Luck to Kengumbo	GOOD LUCK!!! i am sure both of your interviews will go great!! let us know how it goes and i am praying you come celebrating with a visa approval!! Ken, congrats man...that is the best thing I heard all week...you too jlvr, I am happy for the both of you...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-06-21 02:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Good Luck to Kengumbo	Good luck!!!!!!!!!!! Ken good luck to you and Mary...Jlvr good luck to you as well...just think pink...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-06-18 19:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NOA2 APPROVAL RECEIVED	Congrats and good luck to you and your SO...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-06-18 23:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	K-1 Fiancee Visa	I sent our K-1 packet to Nebraska on May 29th...and haven't heard anything as yet. Is this longer than usual waiting time? Thank you for any assistance or advice.... My check has cleared. I feel a little better now....wow!!! Congrats and good luck to you and your SO... BTW: Patience is key when doing this, just hang on and you will be fine...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-06-18 23:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Mexico filers	Gosh all I know is that now my timeline changed to "June 1st" when last week it was May 3rd - I really want to hear something this week, they have had our file for awhile now! Maybe you should try CSC...I would trade you anyday...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-05-01 14:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Interview Friday	Good luck to both of you, I know that you will be approved! Thank you for being an inspiration and such a positive person during my visa process! Keep in touch! *hugs* Thanks for all the support...we were approved...thank god, I will post more later but thanks for the support and now it is time to go celebrate...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-07-05 21:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Interview Friday	Well, this is the last post that I will make prior to our interview Friday at 0830 in Seoul...I can not beleive how long it has been...how everything did culminates upto how well/not well we do in an interview...if you can't tell, I am getting nervous...Anyways, thanks for everyone that supported us, Ken and Mary and Nagishkaw you guys are the greatest...Anyway pray and wish us luck...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-07-04 03:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Visa Fairness	Are you simply pissed off that she couldn't get a tourist visa or is there more to the story? Are you simply questioning why some countires are allowed to participate in the VWP and others aren't? I don't think anyone here can provide a satisfactory answer for you. Many many many people cannot get tourist visas from all over the world. It's not just Brazil. My niece-to-be was just denied yesterday - she's a 14 year old student who wanted to be able to visit me and her uncle in the US next year. She has significant ties here considering her parents live her and she has to return to school after any vacation. Her family makes more than enough money, owns property, etc. and proved all of this. Yet she was denied. It happens everyday. At least your fiance will be able to come eventually, permanently, on a Fiance Visa. Yea im pissed off at a lot of things regarding this immigration #######. And yes, Im questioning everything. Noone here will be able to give me any kind of answer but Im going to speak my mind. I dont think you may understand that yes, i know the system is unfair. I know fully that its not just Brasil. Why should an Italian for example, be able to come here without a tourist visa and a Brazilian has to have one? Any American citizen has the right to be with the one they are going to marry without her having to go through a humiliating gyno exam. What business does the government have getting into her private parts? The government makes our future spouse pay a high price for that OUR right. No wonder our government is so hated abroad. Embassy employees are very cruel and rude to applicants for a visa and its so unnecessary. Its a bunch of ####### that those with Cuban fiances get their approvals so fast and others have to wait and submit RFE's for no reason. Good for them however, but the system can obviously move faster for us all too and not just because our fiance would be a Cuban. If a faster approval can work for them it can work for us all. Consolidating service centers doesn't help any either. The government wants to take more money from us and at the same time give us worse service. I havent heard squat from Uncle Sam since I applied on June 5. Thats all i got to say for now. CSofA Well, first let em say, my fiance was denied a Tourist visa as well...and to her country is not on the Visa Waiver Program either...however it is because her country does not meet the requirements for it, just as your SO country does not meet the requirements for it...as well as you, I don't like Cubans receiving extra benefits, faster service whatever...just like the VSC guys, yet there is nothing that is going to be solved by getting on here bashing others as well...you are in for a long wait, I suggest that you find a hobby...weight lifting worked for me...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-07-22 01:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	MARCH FILERS!!!	I got my first touch today! June really is here!!! Congrats and good luck to you and your SO...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-05-24 19:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	MARCH FILERS!!!	The wait is getting harder each day I look at the calendar. My petition has been "setting" for around 72 days now and I can't believe we will have to wait up to three more months or more! I am heading off to Bangkok in four weeks for a seven day visit. I can't wait!!! But alas, I know that I will have to return and go into the "waiting mode" for many more weeks. But I know that every day that passes by on the calendar is one more day closer to being with my love. Hang in there everyone! reach449 It is so difficult. I must have checked the USCIS site 10 times today. Ken, it's coming man, hang in there man...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-05-16 22:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	MARCH FILERS!!!	Lets go CSC!!! Take the parking brake off!!!!!!! geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez!!!! I think they need to restart the car first...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-05-12 21:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	MARCH FILERS!!!	We like funnies. They help keep sanity during the painful waiting process. My poor patients, the more down I am, the more of a nut I become at work - I'm sure they all think I've lost it! They also all know how many days until I leave to go see Dan... the fact that I work with patients that have dementia, and yet they know how long it is until I leave...yeah I talk about it A LOT! Oh yeah, we can't help it...I guess Nagishaw started a trend here...good stuff...and keep it coming...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-05-11 22:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	MARCH FILERS!!!	You guys are great!! WE WILL BEEE APPROVED WE WILL WE WILL BE APPROVED (got a queen theme going on here)...... Sweetie we're a couple make a big noise Playin' in immigration gonna be a big wedding some day You got a frown on your face CSC a big place Kickin' our file all over the place We will we will RFE you Singin' We will we will RFE you Sweetie we're a couple make a big noise Playin' in immigration gonna be a big wedding some day You got a frown on your face CSC a big place Kickin' our file all over the place Wavin' Packet 3 all over the place Singin' We will we will RFE you We will we will RFE you Honey you're an old man poor man Pleadin' with your eyes maybe we will get an internvew some day Somebody better put you back into your place You got a frown on your face CSC a big place We will we will APPROVE you We will we will APPROVE you ***Announcement, I have NOT quit the day job****** OMG...Nagishaw...see what you started...this is the second time I had to clean the screen tonight...good stuff...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-05-10 22:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	MARCH FILERS!!!	They have slowed down considerably compared to last week... Maybe they are tired out. They're not used to working hard. Good point, but I want to be in on round two...hopefully they do it soon too...wow Ken, I remember back when we were at 20some days, when I got the idea for a counter from you...and we are still stuck here... I don't know about you, but I need my NOA2 by day 81 or I lose a bet. And those very, very nice, hardworking people at CSC will surely give me my notice by then (yes, I'm back to brown nosing). Oh yes...they are so nice and considerate...wish I had the skill to be one too...please continue working hard so that we can see our loved ones soon...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-05-10 22:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	MARCH FILERS!!!	They have slowed down considerably compared to last week... Maybe they are tired out. They're not used to working hard. Good point, but I want to be in on round two...hopefully they do it soon too...wow Ken, I remember back when we were at 20some days, when I got the idea for a counter from you...and we are still stuck here...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-05-10 20:15:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	My today's Naturalization Interview experience...!	Hi Everyone! I would like to share my todays interview experience.I came to the interview with my husband ,the officer didn't let him in with me to the conversation room,so he was left in the lobby. I was held in the conversation room for for 40 minutes where the officer asked me a tones of interesting questions In the begining, i thought my aplication is gonna be denied because the officer told me it was filed 2 days earlier then it supposed to be and i didnt count the days correctly as February has 28 days, though i was actually filing on January. So,i was about to cry there and very stressed and really thought thats it and will have to refile again. The officer went to talk to the lawyer next door or somewhere over there and came back with the good news that everything is fine. I was happy to hear that! Then,i ve been asked to provide different types of evidence,as recent bills,recent pictures of my husband and i togehter,tax returns for the year of 2004,2005 and especially for the year of 2006,different questions were asked about my life with my husband and etc.. Well,that was a pleasure to talk about it as i didnt have anything to hide and was telling what it was and we ended up with conversation about my parents . I have been also asked to write a 3 sentences in English,then read another 3 sentences in English and then i signed the New Test taking form ,consisting form 145 questions and the officer asked me just 10 questions and i scored 100%. So ,finally i was approved and my Oath Ceremony going to take place at the end of June ,according to the words of the officer. So,2 more month to wait till to become a Citizen! Ok i'll end it here. Best wishes. Congrats...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-05-21 01:34:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Updated CSC/NSC/TSC views	Thanks, I updated it, so hopefully it appears next time...thanks for your time.	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-04-03 22:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Updated CSC/NSC/TSC views	Thank you so much, Fwaguy! It's great to see things are moving along. We appreciate your hard work! Can you add me to the list...just as JHS and JHU...South Korea. Thanks for the tracker.	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-04-01 20:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	pl. contact your congressman to complain about the slow processing times	Yeah, I don't think the current wait times are too too bad. The thing that I gripe most about (the difference between I-129F processing times depending on where you live) seems to have an easy solution: send NSC or TSC petitions to Vermont! I think evening out processing times would make a lot of people less grumpy. Yeah, I made that comment in another thread. When they stopped proccessing I-129f's in TX why did they transfer them to CA, the center that was just as behind as TX? Government logic at work I suppose. I too have complained about this...the difference in processing speeds, it does not help, they are aware of it, and quite frankly it pisses me off knowing that both them knowing and not caring and me having to wait longer than half the country...the governement did not hesitate to tell me that I was going to Iraq...sorry for the rant.	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-04-09 18:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	pl. contact your congressman to complain about the slow processing times	What would the point of complaining be? Unless they have the funding to open another service center or hire more people, it's not going to happen. USCIS processing times are MUCH faster these days than they were in the past and generally speaking the delay is at the consulate end. (Imagine if you had to wait six months for a spousal visa petition and then 12 months for an interview date in Ciudad Juarez where the backlog is that long)! You're right. Which is why raising awareness for funding is important. Of course, it's important to remember that USCIS is a self-funding agency - which means it spends what it brings in on its petition fees. That's where we get back into the whole debate about raising fees. There's always the argument that USCIS should get funding from additional soures - which is something anyone is free to bring up with his/her representative. But everything you cite as being a reason why complaining is pointless is a reason why it's important to call and voice your concerns. If I personally felt the wait times were "so unfair to the US citizens that we have to wait this long for the processing time" perhaps I would call. I know that the priviledge of being able to file in the first place does not guarantee a fast process. I got caught in IMBRA so my I-129F took 5+ months instead of the average 90 days. I did get my senator involved - because at first, no information was provided to filers and once it was, petitions were approved completely out of order. I thought THAT was a valid reason to voice my concern. But I don't believe a few months wait is any reason whatsoever to involve my elected official. I pick and choose my battles carefully and I definitely don't agree that wait times are unfair to USCitizens. It's all about perspective (and patience). I understand that part...it just gets tricky when your unit is on a PTDO, prepare to deploy on order...and then there is the entire classified part of it. So I can fall on both sides of the track...I just get frustrated with this entire process...oh well, like I said I am patiently waiting. What would the point of complaining be? Unless they have the funding to open another service center or hire more people, it's not going to happen. USCIS processing times are MUCH faster these days than they were in the past and generally speaking the delay is at the consulate end. (Imagine if you had to wait six months for a spousal visa petition and then 12 months for an interview date in Ciudad Juarez where the backlog is that long)! You're right. Which is why raising awareness for funding is important. Of course, it's important to remember that USCIS is a self-funding agency - which means it spends what it brings in on its petition fees. That's where we get back into the whole debate about raising fees. There's always the argument that USCIS should get funding from additional soures - which is something anyone is free to bring up with his/her representative. But everything you cite as being a reason why complaining is pointless is a reason why it's important to call and voice your concerns. If I personally felt the wait times were "so unfair to the US citizens that we have to wait this long for the processing time" perhaps I would call. I know that the priviledge of being able to file in the first place does not guarantee a fast process. I got caught in IMBRA so my I-129F took 5+ months instead of the average 90 days. I did get my senator involved - because at first, no information was provided to filers and once it was, petitions were approved completely out of order. I thought THAT was a valid reason to voice my concern. But I don't believe a few months wait is any reason whatsoever to involve my elected official. I pick and choose my battles carefully and I definitely don't agree that wait times are unfair to USCitizens. It's all about perspective (and patience). I did my tours opposite of you...Iraq then Korea...thanks for the info Matt.	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-04-02 00:59:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	pl. contact your congressman to complain about the slow processing times	If anyone is interested - Check out American Families United - a group of visa seekers (and families) trying to create a single voice on the topic. American Families United I have already complained, and well my congressman told me that it would be easier to convince the Army to send me back to Korea rather than try an expedite...I am very frustrated that this is such a long wait, but it is worth it in the end.	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-04-01 20:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Processing times?	I would recommend a timeline search here on VJ to find people in your particular timeframe to compare who has their NOA-2 .. the timelines here are much more accurate than the ones on the USCIS website I agree ,the timeline is statistically sound as it takes a large sample from the general population, around the US and forms the the timeline.	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-04-12 20:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Getting help from Congressman to expedite Visa process	^^ It doesn't work well with the military, my unit is on "PTDO or Prepare to Deploy on Order", not very official, but is a notice that if the flag goes up, you will leave in two weeks...yeah, my expedite was turned down even with Congressional help...so officially after the K-1 is finished, i am done with the military and the government...I have 13 years in and am an officer... Long story short, congressman told me expeidte almost never works, especially CSC, even the Congressmen know about them...	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-04-12 20:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	WHY VERMONT CENTRE IS FASTER THAN OTHERS?	Well, I'm compiling data on this egregious discrepancy and forwarding it on to my Senator. It may not do any good, but it makes no sense for California to take on nearly 3 times the case load. From the data I've gathered so far, even though they have 3 times the case load, it takes them quadruple the amount of time to process them. And, in my case, and others marrying Canadians, the same thing happens at the Department of State level, as Montreal serves a higher population, as well, and is much slower than the consulate in Vancouver. In one recent report from the Canadian forum, someone called the Montreal Consulate and was told that it would take 8-12 months to schedule an interview. Here is a list of the state senators, their addresses and phone numbers. You might want to draft a letter template and make it available for other VJ members to mail to or use to call their senator(s). If there is a concerted effort behind this, they make start to take notice. List of senators Do you hav e acopy of the letter that you sent to your congressmen(women)? Can I see a copy of it?	hmm1	Male	South Korea	2007-04-13 21:19:00