Ray of hope needed...

[guinness1969 0]

I posted this in the K3 general disscusion thread but have not received any replies...I thought I would re-post it here to see if I did any better, I hope noone minds.

Hi Everyone,

I'm just hoping that someone out there can give my wife and I some kind of hope, or advice. We began our visa journey last August, everything got filed and we recieved approval notices for both I-129 and I-130 last year.

Our K3 application is currently in London, I returned packet 3 along with the paperwork checklist in April and had my medical, we then heard nothing until 3rd June when they confirmed that my paperwork had been processed, since then we've heard nothing. No interview date no RFE or RFI nothing.

Whenever I've tried calling they have said no more than I just have to wait. It's been over nine weeks now and we are both getting worried. Has anyone else out there had to wait this long for a London interview? Are any other London August filers still waitng for an interview date?

To make matters worse we tried to track down our I-130 application. The USCIS confirmed that our application had been approved and moved on to the NVC.

The NVC say that they have recieved nothing. We've called, e-mailed, begged, sent copies of our approval notices but still have heard nothing.

Do we have cause for concern or is it just our impatience hurting us? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hope everyone else has beeter luck than we are having right now,

G.

[MargotDarko 0]

I posted this in the K3 general disscusion thread but have not received any replies...I thought I would re-post it here to see if I did any better, I hope noone minds.

Hi Everyone,

I'm just hoping that someone out there can give my wife and I some kind of hope, or advice. We began our visa journey last August, everything got filed and we recieved approval notices for both I-129 and I-130 last year.

Our K3 application is currently in London, I returned packet 3 along with the paperwork checklist in April and had my medical, we then heard nothing until 3rd June when they confirmed that my paperwork had been processed, since then we've heard nothing. No interview date no RFE or RFI nothing.

Whenever I've tried calling they have said no more than I just have to wait. It's been over nine weeks now and we are both getting worried. Has anyone else out there had to wait this long for a London interview? Are any other London August filers still waitng for an interview date?

To make matters worse we tried to track down our I-130 application. The USCIS confirmed that our application had been approved and moved on to the NVC.

The NVC say that they have recieved nothing. We've called, e-mailed, begged, sent copies of our approval notices but still have heard nothing.

Do we have cause for concern or is it just our impatience hurting us? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hope everyone else has beeter luck than we are having right now,

G.

I'm sorry to hear about the problems you're having. I went through DCF so I don't fully understand the NVC process, but I hope someone else can come along and provide advice.

[SMB x2 0]

9 weeks sounds like a long time to wait for an interview, but I have heard that some people have had to wait almost 10 weeks. Sorry I can't be of more help.

I hope you hear something soon though!

Edited August 11, 2008 by SMB x2

[Gemmie 142]

Apparently it takes 6-10 weeks to recieve an interview date from London. Perhaps your case is just closer to the 10 week mark? Hang in there and keep us updated.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

I don't know how K3 works. It looks like it was already approved (from your timeline) so are you wanting an interview for K3 or CR1/IR1?

For a K1, we got an interview notice about 3 weeks after mailing in the forms. I always call the Dept of State in the US for information. It's another place to check on things and they are very helpful.

They will know if an interview has been scheduled and perhaps your notice lost. They will know if London has the case. They will know your LNDxxxxx case number if you haven't gotten that yet.

Dept. of State

(202) 663-1225, Press 1, then 0

Edited August 12, 2008 by Nich-Nick

[guinness1969 0]

Thank you all so much for your replies. I'll try that Dept of State number today. From what we can gather our I130 is lost. It has taken this long to finally get someone to research it. I spoke with someone in the USCIS who said they would put a request in and the search would begin Sept 9! So I waited 1 day and spoke to another person who said I could request 'expidite'. So I did, who knows if that will work.

I still cannot figure out how people have been able to 'see' there visa's progress. For example people say their visa has been 'touched'. How do you know. Maybe if we could see the progress, then maybe we could figure out what went wrong.

I do want to say again, thank you for replying. I was beginning to think I was all alone in here! LOL

[guinness1969 0]

Just recieved an e-mail from the London Embassy. All it says is that the delay is because our application requires "further administrative action" and when this is completed I will recieve further instructions.

So-still none the wiser....

But like Lj said, thank you all so much for your replies, it means alot.

G

[stevi1123 0]

Just recieved an e-mail from the London Embassy. All it says is that the delay is because our application requires "further administrative action" and when this is completed I will recieve further instructions.

So-still none the wiser....

But like Lj said, thank you all so much for your replies, it means alot.

G

Hi,

I just wanted to drop in and tell you that I am praying that it all works out for you soon. I am sorry that you are having such a bumpy ride so far. I hope the rest will be a breeze.

Stevi

[guinness1969 0]

Just recieved an e-mail from the London Embassy. All it says is that the delay is because our application requires "further administrative action" and when this is completed I will recieve further instructions.

So-still none the wiser....

But like Lj said, thank you all so much for your replies, it means alot.

G

Hi,

I just wanted to drop in and tell you that I am praying that it all works out for you soon. I am sorry that you are having such a bumpy ride so far. I hope the rest will be a breeze.

Stevi

Thank you so much. We both need a few positive thoughts our way. The 13th was our first anniversary and we both stayed positive thinking this is the only anniversary we have to be apart(hopefully).

Thank you again.

LJ

[mrs_sdp 0]

Hi

Just wanted to say hang in there .. everything seems to take so much time and I for one don't seem to have cultivated patience yet! Good luck with everything ...

On a side note ... hurray someone else hoping to move to Iowa .. I'm heading for Coralville ...