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K-3 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresTracking Febuary Filers
Okay so I don't know what was wrong with the site but it finally let me in.

So now I have another question for those who have been approved. After your approval notice was sent did they keep touching your case or not? Once they had sent it off to the NVC did they some how show on the site that it had been forwarded?

I just read a horror story about a woman whose case sat at the California Service Center waiting to be forwarded to the NVC for almost 8 months lost somewhere in the mail room.
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-21 14:45:00
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Ralu&Doru - Oh I know you're going K-3 route, but I know with our affidavit of support it gave instructions how to have a co-sponsor and fill out for that person. I just assumed they would have the same courtesy for those who were filling the K-3 visa. Normally people in my position would just have to wait for instructions from the NVC on when to jump and how high, but thankfully people have put up manuals as to how to do things quicker. You can now pay the fees online and download all the forms so you don't have to wait weeks on end for things to come in the mail. Hopefully that will speed the process up because I have read that some people wait 8 weeks and others wait 6 months. I am not willing to spend another 6 months waiting for someone to find enough time to bother to look at my case.

zawjatsaid - Sorry to hear about the RFE, hopefully it is nothing too serious! Have you gotten any news as to what was wrong?

Danyel - So I had a thought today ya know on the time table thing you made for our filers. Well what if you put the approval date as well as which application was approved in red. That way others can see if they are approving day after day or if it's a weekly thing or whatever. What do you think?

Is anyone else having trouble signing into the USCIS website? I get to the log in page and then after I type all my information in and it just goes blank. It loads and loads and loads some more but nothing else ever happens. I'm starting to get a little annoyed cause I want to see if it is listed as being forwarded to the NVC yet or not.
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-21 14:31:00
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QUOTE (Ralu&Doru @ May 20 2008, 12:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Called the embassy today and papers are there so packet 3 should be in my mail box at the end of this week. Just in time for my husband to send the Affidavit of Support.

We will be having his father as a co-sponsor. Does anyone know how this goes? Do they have to write an affidavit each? unsure.gif I'm a little bit confused and since the "lawyer incident" I can't say I really trust the lady... I'm double and triple checking everything so SHE doesn't do anything stupid like when she prepared IR1/CR1 papers for my husband to sign although with both petitions approved the I-129F goes to NVC. I just want to bang her head against the wall now that I-129F IS AT THE EMBASSY... still trying to figure out what she was up to...

So any info on the affidavits would be helpful. The embassy in Bucharest requires I-134.

Congratulations for the newly approved!



If you find out exactly what you have to do let me know cause I'm not sure if we're going to have to do the same thing. There is a whole set of I-864 applications that I know you get sent for the I-130 process at the NVC. You may want to look at the I-864a and the I-864 because so far those are the two I have understood you need to file when using a co-sponsor. Does he currently live with his father or not? What did the lawyer say for you to do?

Weird thing is I just realised you, me and Danyel not only have close time lines but also have close birthdays. Strange how things work out!
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-20 07:17:00
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QUOTE (Danyel y Miguel @ May 19 2008, 11:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
wow lots of touching and another approval for us febuary people! they sure are whippin us out fast this week! hopefully lots more in store for this upcoming week!! tongue.gif


we seem to be doing very god considering three weeks ago we were all sitting biting our nails waiting for something....anything to happen. hopefully the pattern keeps going till we're all approved and can go through the nvc together.
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-20 02:42:00
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okay so as you know my i-130 application was approved on may 16.
i noticed it was touched on may 18 and i just thought it might be them getting it ready for it to be sent to nvc.
however, it was touched again today may 19 and yet it doesn't say forwarded to nvc.
does anyone else have this happening or am i just being used as a touch ####### again?
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-19 16:26:00
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Daynel - I'm crossing finger and toes for you to be next (sorry everyone else) We'll be worrying about our CR1 process together, I just know it!! You had said they were just doing K-3 visas, but so far they haven't given us anything for our K-3 so there is hope for you.

Ralu&Doru - Thank you so much! I have been reading guide after guide after guide trying to figure out all the short cuts. I'm just trying to figure out the basics that Cody needs to gather before he heads my way. This time in 10 day's he'll be in my arms and then 5 days later Nikole will be here =) I just don't want his 3 week visit to put our application too far behind. I promise I won't go into labour early....she's got to wait for her daddy hehehe
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-19 12:38:00
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QUOTE (cieloazul @ May 18 2008, 06:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The guides here on VJ are great and you'll find a link and phone number for the NVC on each of the flowcharts. Good luck.


Thanks for the help!!

I found information that is for the NVC process, first one being option one and the second one being option two

However, I am now horribly confused as to which one I'm supposed to follow or how much it's going to cost. Either the closer I get to labor the stupider I get or this is just getting more complicated =) Like for example, when calculating the poverty line we're supposed to meet we go by 3 correct because when my interview comes about Nikki will be around. I have a million questions and the more I read the more questions I have.

Help please!!
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-19 06:57:00
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QUOTE (Danyel y Miguel @ May 17 2008, 07:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
OMG HILKKA!! CONGRATS HONEY!!! This is Wonderful to hear!!! omg yeahhhhh smile.gif


Thanks so much Danyel!! Now I'm just waiting to hear the same news from you =)

I have no idea how the I-130 process at the NVC works cause I have tried to find an official NVC site and I couldn't find one. I found something that said you pay fees, they send you something, you pay more fees and they send you something else. Then your case is moved from the NVC to the embassy and you do more papers there. However, I have no idea about fees and time lines so I'm a little stuck. Someone wanna help me please =)
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-18 05:07:00
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QUOTE (Ralu&Doru @ May 17 2008, 08:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Fingers crossed for you especially! Your situation is heartbreaking and nervewrecking but God help us, we'll all be fine soon! Give us some good news these days! I've seen many K3 approved from CSC lately and your turn is coming!

I have almost everything ready so bring it ooonnn embassy!!! I'm ready for my visa now!
Romania is said to be quite ok and fast when it comes to the embassy process. Yet I hope I won't be disappointed... I'm gonna try and get an appointment ASAP and be with my husband... I haven't seen him for 4 months and most probably I won't see him until the BIG move smile.gif

Enjoy your time with Cody and Nikole. I wish you all the best! Kisses


Thank you Ralu&Doru you have no idea how much this meant to me!

Apparently, it went straight from your mouth / post to God's ears because I got an email today from the USCIS that our I-130 application has been approved as of May 16! We're so excited about the news as I'm sure most of you were too when you heard.

I'm not exactly sure what happens from here on because our case is going forward with the I-130 and who knows what happened to the I-129F.

Guess I better start doing some research and see what our next steps are.
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-17 18:05:00
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Okay so I tried to edit my post but for some reason it said I didn't have permission to edit my own post **shrugs shoulders**

Apparently, Cody and I haven't been totally forgotten because our I-130 application was touched today. So maybe FINALLY we'll see our NOA1 from our I-129F sometime soon or maybe even some better news!!
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-16 12:53:00
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Ralu&Doru - I guess that's the smarter way to do things, plan for a longer wait and then when it comes sooner it won't seem so bad. Your embassy send packet 3 to you? We have to pick up the packet from ours and if you don't live near it (like me I live 5 hours away) you have to have it picked up by courier. Once you have submitted packet 3, they will mail you packet 4 and give you an interview date. I don't know if South Africa is just more stuck up than other places or what but it seems to be even more hoops to jump through.

We're doing fine thanks! I can't believe she's almost here and that I'm going to see Cody within a couple weeks. It breaks my heart that he's going to have 15 days with his daughter and then not see her again till who knows when. Hopefully we'll get some good news soon and be able to go home but right now we're just hoping to be together for Christmas.

Are you guys planning on seeing each other before the big move to the states or you just going to wait?
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-16 12:44:00
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Congratulations to the newly approved!! I bet you're over the moon.


For everyone else, is anyone planning a trip to see their significant others any time soon?


Ralu&Doru - have you figured out yet what the average time between your embassy receiving the papers from NVC and the interview date is?
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-16 05:38:00
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QUOTE (MISSINGYOU @ May 14 2008, 07:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi, Feb Filers

I filed K3 on 2/13 and got approved on 05/08, so i know many of your approval will come soon!! Good luck!



congratulations!!! you must be so excited =)
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-14 11:13:00
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QUOTE (zawjatsaid @ May 13 2008, 08:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Congrats to all the approvals. Im starting to get worried I havent had a single touch since 3/26 when mine were paired up. mad.gif crying.gif I hope mine isnt lost somewhere. blink.gif



I know it's hard because we're all thinking it but don't worry just yet. I looked at the January filers and only about ten of them have been approved so far. So the simple fact that some are already being approved in February is just luck of the draw. Your turn will come around too, I promise!! Until then we just have to wait and be supportive of each other =)
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-13 12:11:00
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Venkat - sorry to be the messenger of bad news but a touch doesn't mean they are going to approve your applications within (x) amount of days. it just means someone some where for some reason has looked at your case. hopefully your case is being worked on so that they can approve it shortly but that's not always the case. my case was touched about six times in march and never since. good luck to you.

Ralu&Doru - im not 100% sure about the i-130 but i would assume they say you're spouse is in the country because they probably see that your k-3 visa had been approved already. my advice would be to call the uscis and ask them what you should do, maybe even get a second opinion from another lawyer if you don't trust what yours is tell you. good luck!!
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-13 04:49:00
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pbellrichard - congratulations on your approval!! we need to have danyel add you to our group time line so that others can track your progress and compare it with their own.



Alrighty so now it is three down...twenty-three to go.

Can we get four approvals in one day?

Edited by Vernon Family, 12 May 2008 - 04:04 PM.

hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-12 16:03:00
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QUOTE (Ralu&Doru @ May 12 2008, 10:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Can anyone help me with something? If both petitions were approved at the same time, do I go K3 or IR1/CR1??


Well it depends on how quickly you're wanting to be together. The I-130 requires money paid to the NVC and will take a little longer going through them than the K-3 will. However, you will enter the country on a green card and won't have as many hurdles to jump through once you're in the states.

Aren't you guys using a lawyer? If so, what did they tell you would be the best course of action?
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-12 14:10:00
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Jigs - congratulations that's awesome news!!

Ralu&Doru - sounds like you guy have had a really lucky week!!!



Alrighty, two down...twenty-three to go. Who is gonne be the next lucky couple??
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-12 13:43:00
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QUOTE (Ralu&Doru @ May 10 2008, 03:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
From what I know NVC is only a transit location for us with K-3 before our papers reach the embassy and only for IR1/CR1 you have to pay processing fees to NVC.

I'm still waiting for the hardcopy of NOA2 and then my husband and the lawyer can send me the Affidavit of Support. Meanwhile I'm getting papers together: e-mails, cards, phone bills, photos and sorting through my 1,500 pages wacko.gif of messenger conversations to see what I'm taking as proof. Since we are both Romanians (my husband became US citizen 3 years ago) all our papers are in Romanian and I'm wondering in what language do they need them at the embassy. Translating all of my docs into English will take longer than USCIS.... huh.gif
Also, lately we've been talking mostly through Y messenger calls and I don't know how to take that as proof.... oops8rh.gif Anyone knows?


I have no idea about the Romanian embassy but I know the South African one requires all documents to be in English. So you may want to consider having some of them changed over to use as proof. I have no idea about Yahoo messenger calls either, can you not print a list of numbers you have called somehow? I know I started tracking our AIM chats so that I could use that as proof, however I don't want them reading them seeing as they are private conversations. Good luck and keep us updated on when you get the hard copy of your NOA2 and how long it takes to go through the NVC.
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-11 13:54:00
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QUOTE (Danyel y Miguel @ May 9 2008, 08:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
yes and luckily you can make payments online now, which speeds up the nvc process a little bit smile.gif


Okay so I found the information I would have to take to the embassy.
Thanks to another person who is going through the same thing, except she's getting ready for her interview and I'm still dreaming about it.

Folder 1

Forms: DS230, DS156 X2
Medical Results
Birth certificates: Originals (mine & his) + certified copies
Marriage certificate: Original + certified copy
Police clearance: Original + certified copy
Divorce documents: original + certified copies
Affidavit of Support: notarized
2005 + 2006 tax documents
2007 tax documents: joint filing
Pay stubs last 6 months: certified
Employment letter: notarized
Bank Statements: joint bank accounts
Original correspondence: USCIS + NVC

Folder 2

I130 complete pack (copy)
I129F complete pack (copy)
Affidavit: pension to joint estate + confirm his my beneficiary
Affidavits: family + friends
Phone records: mine
Phone records: his
Emails: before + after marriage
Emails: his family to me + my family to him
Receipts of packages sent to each other
Receipts: July 2007 (wedding + honeymoon)
Receipts: October 2007 (vacation)
Receipts: January 2008 (vacation)
Passport: certified copy of his - proof of times visited SA

Folder 3

Photos: wedding
Photos: honeymoon
Photos: October & January vacations
Wedding CD
Cards sent to each other before + after marriage
Cards from friends + family to us

Other

Passport
Visa Photos X3
Visa fee (to be paid)


.....but of course it would be suited for Cody and I obviously. So there is step one taken care of.

Now explain the fees associated with the NVC please?
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-09 12:03:00
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QUOTE (Ralu&Doru @ May 9 2008, 07:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
After USCIS the papers go to NVC and after that NVC sends them to the embassy. Then the embassy requires some additional forms (for the visa itself+Affidavt of Support+medical) and only then you can get the interview. At least that's what I understood from all the reading on the forum and guides reading.gif . I'm estimating 1.5 to 2 months till this is all ready ClockWatch2.gif . My birthday is June 26 and I hope from the bottom of my heart I'll be blowing my candles in Cleveland!!! God help! innocent.gif


man now i'm really confused. i know you have to take proof and certain applications with you to the interview but i was under the impression that you only did the medical for the i-130 not for the i-129f. i think i need to go and do a little more research cause im hopelessly lost now.
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-09 11:10:00
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QUOTE (Ralu&Doru @ May 8 2008, 08:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Thank you guys for the congrats. I was the pesimistic never expecting to be approved first! I cannot believe it yet. There's still to go, so here I am pesimistic again smile.gif) I'm trying to figure out what's next and I am so scared of the embassy. Even more scared than of the USCIS no0pb.gif


do you have any idea how long it takes to get an interview and process the application at your embassy?

what are the next steps after your k-3 is approved?

i thought you just waited to be contacted by the embassy.
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-09 05:16:00
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QUOTE (Danyel y Miguel @ May 7 2008, 10:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Oh Boy!!! i got a surprise after work tonight! I came home and checked the uscis website as usual and we were touched today!! Last Updated changed to 5/7/08 !!!! oh boy!!!


that's awesome danyel!! maybe you'll be the next to get some good news.

still nothing on our side but then again we haven't gotten our noa1 from our k-3 application so maybe we'll get that news soon.

however, our time line is moving quickly...

Based on time line data, your I129f may be adjudicated as early as May 29, 2008*.
Based on time line data, your I130 may be adjudicated as early as July 30, 2008*.

guess things aren't going to be so long and drawn out as we all thought.

hopefully we'll be with our spouses before christmas after all.

Edited by Vernon Family, 08 May 2008 - 06:41 AM.

hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-08 06:38:00
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OH WOW!!! that's so amazing for you guys. Congratulations!!!
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-07 13:06:00
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missingyou - i'm sorry but almost all of us have only just filed our i-130 and i-129f in february. but welcome to our group and i hope you hear something soon!

ralu&doru - wow! i'm so jealous my i-130 time line hasn't been that close...ever. hopefully it works out for you guys and you don't have to wait a lifetime for it.

danyel - our time lines are still close to one another you're august 15 and i'm at august 1. do you know how long the wait at your embassy is after your application is approved? i'm still trying to figure it out for my embassy, but i have heard that it can be a matter of weeks or some even wait months just depending on how fast your embassy works.
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-07 06:20:00
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QUOTE (Danyel y Miguel @ May 4 2008, 06:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
wow your K-3 timeline data would be great for you huh?!!

the trip was great! i had a great trip, went by way to fast though, and im already missing him like crazy tongue.gif



yeah my k-3 time line would be great. we can't fly till mid-july so it wouldn't be too long =)
i'm just trying to keep positive thinking. we're still waiting for our k-3 noa1 so we'll see how long that takes.

i'm glad the trip was good!! that's what i'm worrying about, that he's going to come and it's going to go by so fast. but at least he's here a little longer than we had originally thought he'd be able to come out for so i'm happy about that.
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-05 04:10:00
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so the time line seems to be moving a lot quicker these days. mine says:

Based on timeline data, your I129f may be adjudicated as early as June 11, 2008*.

Based on timeline data, your I130 may be adjudicated as early as August 12, 2008*.

lets hope things keep going well and we hear something soon. i'm being induced on june 3 so i'm hoping to get out of the hospital to some really good news =) wishful thinking i know

danyel - how was the visit with the hubby?
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-04 15:05:00
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QUOTE (Ralu&Doru @ Apr 30 2008, 09:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
During my daily routine, I came across this: my timeline changed dramatically

Based on timeline data, your I129f may be adjudicated as early as July 26, 2008*.

Based on timeline data, your I130 may be adjudicated as early as August 25, 2008*.

I got no more touches since March 14, when the petitions were paired I think.

I'm not getting my hopes up, but has it happened to someone else recently? Actually I am a bit worried.. someone in the same situation as mine, also going with a lawyer got an RFE.. God help we won't get one, although we didn't put any pictures in the file. USCIS officer told us I would only have to take pictures and other proof at the interview in Bucharest, so we only attached Affidavits of a very close friend and of our godparents wacko.gif ... What do you guys think? The last thing I want is an RFE delaying the process.. It's slow enough! unsure.gif



I wouldnt worry too much! If it happens then deal with it, but just keep thoughts high and everything will work itself out. I didn't include any pictures with our application and I know a bunch of people who didn't either. Just cause you haven't had a touch in a long time it doesn't mean you are in for bad news otherwise we would all be in trouble =) good luck!
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-05-04 07:33:00
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So after a lot of talking and research we have decided to resubmit our I-129F application, after receiving the letter explaining how they has lost parts of the original application.

At first we were planning on resubmitting it, then we heard how it was slowing down applications and wasn't actually being approved anymore. Having done a lot of research on both here and other websites as well as talking to a lot of couples who have been where we are. Cody and I have decided that this is what is best for us and if it doesn't come through before the I-130 then at least we tried and we're not out any money.

So it was shipped out yesterday and should be there by April 29. Fingers and toes crossed that we get some good news sometime soon after that =) Having something else to track gives hope that our little family may be together sometime before Thanksgiving.

On more exciting news, Cody will be here in 34 days and soon after that we'll be welcoming our daughter into the world. The next two months shall give hope to this waiting process and even more meaning to our lives.
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-04-25 09:57:00
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QUOTE (Danyel y Miguel @ Apr 22 2008, 05:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
thank you!! im so excited! no my daughter wont be with me for this trip, we need some alone time tongue.gif


haha i understand that! i've got 36 days till i see cody...seems like a lifetime away.
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-04-23 07:26:00
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QUOTE (Danyel y Miguel @ Apr 21 2008, 03:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
well my visa journey time certainly made a jump, its at september 10th now! woohoo movin on up tongue.gif
on another note, i leave on a red eye to venezuela tommorow night!!!
i'm soooooo excited to go see my husband!!


MINE TOO!! I was pretty excited when I saw that.

As for you're trip I'm so jealous =) Have an amazing time and take lots of pictures. Are you taking your daughter with you?
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-04-22 04:25:00
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QUOTE (charisma1 @ Apr 17 2008, 04:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You mean K-3 touches? Some got touches on Apr. 13 and 14... But I still have not seen a sustained level of Jan/Feb. approvals..Only one or two random cases. I believe they are still working on Sept. Oct. Hopefully we'll soon seen many Nov. Dec. as well... and who knows with USCIS, perhaps even many Jan. Feb. and March!


i wouldn't count on seeing dec / jan / feb / march k-3 approvals any time soon.
there will always be the odd case that gets lightening fast processing.
however, its going to take some time for the rest of us.
just keep your head up and it'll all figure itself out!
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-04-17 16:45:00
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M and K - okay so i understand if nothing is wrong one could get their application approved before the time line date says. what happens if there is an issue...does that mean it'll be longer than the time line says?

Danyel - there is always hope my dear! that's what i keep telling myself cause if you believe everything the uscis tells you you'd drive yourself nuts!
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-04-16 07:51:00
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QUOTE (Danyel y Miguel @ Apr 15 2008, 06:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
wow...wow....wow

i really hope that they are right with what people say on here about the people at uscis...

so i called USCIS...luckily there is no RFE on my case wink.gif BUT she pulled my case and looked and said it'll be around another 158 DAYS until its processed!! i was like WHAT??! and i said do you mean from the date i filed or from today, and she said no mam, 158 days from today!!! i wanted to scream but the lady was rather polite so i was being nice, and just said....wow.. and she said i should be happy its only that, that the last lady was calling about her aplication on her 4yr old daughter and her estimated time was 892 days from today, and that i should be grateful its only that amount of time.

im in shock. im upset, and this is #######..... thats like another 5 months....FROM NOW. so aparently the vj timelines may not be so off....that would be september/october time sad.gif


p.s - no touchs on my case were made from this call.



WHAT THE HELL?

158 days?

Then there is all the other time at the consulate!

Is that what you were told when you did the RFE trick?

This is so freaking depressing!
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-04-15 10:07:00
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Okay now I am confused, how exactly do they figure out our time lines? Ours all seem so different and yet we sent them in at the same time. WEIRD!


Ralu&Doru - I understand what you mean about the money and work and EVERYTHING in the universe seeming to be against us when we're planning a trip to see our spouses. I spoke to your husband about two weeks ago and he was telling me he was going to be coming to see you soon. We were all very jealous! My birthday is May 28 and our daughter is due June 10, so just like you I'm hoping and praying that one of us will get the good news for our birthdays. The only thing for us that would be hard is that the consulate that deals with visas in South Africa is about 5 hours away from me. So hopefully I can get everything taken care of so that by the time we get both passports for my daughter and she's old enough we can make the long trip home. Our goal is to be home before Thanksgiving, but realistically we know it's probably just a dream.
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-04-14 17:23:00
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QUOTE (Danyel y Miguel @ Apr 13 2008, 10:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
mine says it should be adjuticated by september 30th sad.gif im hopeing its much sooner than that!!


see ours currently says september 24 but a week ago it said october 8

i'm hoping that it keeps going down and down.

cause once they have approved your i-130 application it's still at least 2 months before you can come over right?
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-04-14 06:07:00
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Ralu&Doru - thanks for your compassion for our family. sometimes i am so bitter about the fact that this is happening to us now after four years of being together and after a year of marriage. however i think everything happens for a reason and i'm just trying to find the silver lining to our situation. holidays are especially hard when you're celebrating them alone but we have decided that once cody is here we're going to have a couple days of celebrating for all the holidays we missed. its not the same but its the least we can do in our situation. how often do you and your husband get to see one another?

Danyel - so nothing comes from going through all that except to get a touch? it isn't going to prompt them to do a little more with your case? cody hates talking to those people cause they do nothing but bull #### and if you do get a descent person you have to wait forever to do so. then even after waiting forever they just tell you to wait a little longer. for some reason when you call before you submit your application they are really nice and friendly to you but afterwards they treat you like some kind of criminal.

random question - when does everyone's vj time line say their i-130 application could be approved by?
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-04-13 16:07:00
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Ralu&Doru - I totally understand how you feel! This endless waiting is hard enough, when you see some cases taking 50 days and others taking 350 days it doesn't leave much room for hope. It's too bad they couldn't just put all these people to work doing name checks and just let us in. It's not like we're trying to get in so that we can work illegally or something. We just want to go in to be with our spouses and those we love. I could honestly wait a year while they process my application to work or whatever but I would rather be there with my husband. The thought that he's going to miss out on who knows how long of our daughters first year of life breaks my heart.

Danyel - What exactly is the RFE trick? And wouldn't a fake touch cause it to take longer?
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-04-13 06:13:00
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QUOTE (Danyel y Miguel @ Apr 7 2008, 05:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
exactly what i was thinking! tongue.gif

hopefully some of us can get lucky as well soon! im sick of seeing the same damn thing on the uscis page every couple hours haha i check it WAY more than i should tongue.gif


oh i understand entirely!! i'm the same way i check my myspace, my facebook, here, my email and the immigration site every couple hours. its so depressing to see the date not changing.
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-04-07 13:24:00
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QUOTE (Danyel y Miguel @ Apr 6 2008, 10:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
no problem, i'll add you to the list now smile.gif

p.s anyone see that someone from january already got noa2?????
hopefully ours will start soon as well!!!



seriously? what a lucky sob!!!
hilkka28586FemaleSouth Africa2008-04-07 07:20:00