September 2010 K1 Filers

[mrs. carey 4]

ok, but dont call me crazy or obsessed ))) just when you check the status on uscis web, you can see your number starting with EAC, try changing last digits, lets say if they are 48 go to 47, 49, 46.. etc.. you ll see the cases with NOA1 of yours and the statuses like initial review or rfe or post desicion. so i ve counted 31, 23 out of which still say 'initial review'..

And I thought I was the only one doing this. Wahahahaha!

[ecce 20]

ok, but dont call me crazy or obsessed ))) just when you check the status on uscis web, you can see your number starting with EAC, try changing last digits, lets say if they are 48 go to 47, 49, 46.. etc.. you ll see the cases with NOA1 of yours and the statuses like initial review or rfe or post desicion. so i ve counted 31, 23 out of which still say 'initial review'..

Um, I would never call you crazy or obsessed. After 5 months hit, I have walked around each day pretty much thinking of nothing else but how to move this formward and feeling completely crazy and obsessed.

[ecce 20]

Is the expedite after 6 months a 'policy'so to speak?

It's not a policy - it's one of those things where you could get lucky. I spoke with a Tier 2 person at 6 months and they suggested I request an expedite. So I did...and it was denied. Then my Congressman's office tried again today and they got it expedited. (Or so they say - I'll believe it when I have my NOA2). Worth a try if you can, but the congressman is DEFINITELY the route to go.

[Caribbean Lady 3]

Just wanted to share some of the responses I received from the following:

#1 Sent email on 2/26/2011 to

NCSCFollowup, VSC <VSC.Ncscfollowup@dhs.gov>

Reply:

dateWed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:17 AM

subjectRE: I 129F Petition - EAC##########

Good Morning,

Your inquiry through NCSC did enter our system on February 25, 2011. Please allow 30 days for a response. If you do not have a response within the 30 days, please feel free to contact us at this e-mail address.

For future status inquiries of a petition or application filed at this Center you may want to utilize our National Customer Service Center by calling 1-800-375-5283. If you would like to obtain forms, filing instructions, case status or schedule an appointment with your local office, please visit our website at www.uscis.gov.

Respectfully,

Gerry

Vermont Service CenterCustomer Service Unit

#2 Sent email to Senator's office on 2/18/11

Reply received 3/9/11

This is the response the senator's office received:

Our electronic records refelct that the petitionfor Alien Fiance (e) (Form I-129F)(EAC-########) filed by the petioner, C..... on behalf of the beneficiary, G.... was received on September 13, 2010, and is currently pending. VSC is presently processing I-129F/K1 petitions approximately 5 - 7 months from receipt date.

Processing times are provided on the USCIS website and are updated weekly. VCS allows 30 days beyon the posted date before the case is considered "Outside Normal Processing Time" (ONPT). An additional 60 days must be allowed for adjudicative review and processing before we can request expeditious processing based an ONPT request.

If the application or petition is still pending after 60 days, and once we receive your formal request for expeditious processing, your case will be forwarded to the applicable adjudicative unit for expeditious handling. Further record review reflect that on March 01, 2011, this case was brought to an Immigration Service Officer (ISO) for review and adjuducative processing. Accordingly, the petioner should hear from USCIS in the near future.

#3 Sent email to Office of the Ombudsman on 2/26/11

Received email to submit signed permision - sent via email on 2/28/11. No other response since.

#4 I called VSC on 2/25/11 and submitted a service inquiry

No response yet.

I'm afraid its looking like this can prolong for another 60 days!!!!

[texas-gal 3]

I called one of my senator's offices today (the one that hadn't done anything yet). The person called to Washington and was told by someone that the background checks are now being done before cases are assigned to a person to work on. They are doing checks on both the petitioner and the fiance now, instead of just the fiance. That's something different from what the person thought was being done and also different from what I've seen other people post on here.

[Milushka 22]

I called one of my senator's offices today (the one that hadn't done anything yet). The person called to Washington and was told by someone that the background checks are now being done before cases are assigned to a person to work on. They are doing checks on both the petitioner and the fiance now, instead of just the fiance. That's something different from what the person thought was being done and also different from what I've seen other people post on here.

[ameribrit 37]

I called one of my senator's offices today (the one that hadn't done anything yet). The person called to Washington and was told by someone that the background checks are now being done before cases are assigned to a person to work on. They are doing checks on both the petitioner and the fiance now, instead of just the fiance. That's something different from what the person thought was being done and also different from what I've seen other people post on here.

They have always done background, security checks on both parties. If the USC had any criminal background it would be brought up at the beneficiaries interview. Depending on the severity of the criminal act, if the beneficiary knew nothing about it, it could be grounds for denial.

[minkthecat 6]

Ameribrit is right. In any case the background check does not take a long time and cannot be the reason for the hold ups. Beneficiary has to get their own police check done in UK anyway. I'm assuming this is the same elsewhere.

[ameribrit 37]

We still haven't had a reply from senator and ombudsman wants us to fill out their form before they will look at it. We'll call again on Thursday as instructed and take it from there. Did you manage to get your senator on the phone or was it all by email? Is the expedite after 6 months a 'policy'so to speak?

On a happier note, do you have an estimate of how long it will be between your NOA 2 arrival and your interview?

Our Senator and congressman has regional office's in the city that Crystal works in. Therefore she was able to do a walk in, and speak to them personally.

From Caribean Lady's post, it seems that USCIS keep moving the goal posts as far as ONPT goes. Somebody really needs to get VSC in hand.

Good luck to you both.

We have everything done now, just waiting on an interview date.

[Blob18 111]

Just wanted to share some of the responses I received from the following:

#1 Sent email on 2/26/2011 to

NCSCFollowup, VSC <VSC.Ncscfollowup@dhs.gov>

Reply:

dateWed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:17 AM

subjectRE: I 129F Petition - EAC##########

Good Morning,

Your inquiry through NCSC did enter our system on February 25, 2011. Please allow 30 days for a response. If you do not have a response within the 30 days, please feel free to contact us at this e-mail address.

For future status inquiries of a petition or application filed at this Center you may want to utilize our National Customer Service Center by calling 1-800-375-5283. If you would like to obtain forms, filing instructions, case status or schedule an appointment with your local office, please visit our website at www.uscis.gov.

Respectfully,

Gerry

Vermont Service CenterCustomer Service Unit

#2 Sent email to Senator's office on 2/18/11

Reply received 3/9/11

This is the response the senator's office received:

Our electronic records refelct that the petitionfor Alien Fiance (e) (Form I-129F)(EAC-########) filed by the petioner, C..... on behalf of the beneficiary, G.... was received on September 13, 2010, and is currently pending. VSC is presently processing I-129F/K1 petitions approximately 5 - 7 months from receipt date.

Processing times are provided on the USCIS website and are updated weekly. VCS allows 30 days beyon the posted date before the case is considered "Outside Normal Processing Time" (ONPT). An additional 60 days must be allowed for adjudicative review and processing before we can request expeditious processing based an ONPT request.

If the application or petition is still pending after 60 days, and once we receive your formal request for expeditious processing, your case will be forwarded to the applicable adjudicative unit for expeditious handling. Further record review reflect that on March 01, 2011, this case was brought to an Immigration Service Officer (ISO) for review and adjuducative processing. Accordingly, the petioner should hear from USCIS in the near future.

#3 Sent email to Office of the Ombudsman on 2/26/11

Received email to submit signed permision - sent via email on 2/28/11. No other response since.

#4 I called VSC on 2/25/11 and submitted a service inquiry

No response yet.

I'm afraid its looking like this can prolong for another 60 days!!!!

Wow...they will lie to anyone. I just got a response from one of my Senators dated 3/11/11. Because I had included the "processing time sheet" with my letter to the Senator they asked about why its going over. Where they told your Senator it takes 5-7 months, they told mine it takes only 5 months. Then they gave the whole "well due to fluctuations and yadda yadda, we add 30 days etc".

[Anna and Ali 13]

i'm getting a bit panicky reading some of the timelines on here because i seem a bit lost as far as what to do now, it seems that some of you have additional steps such as a "no trace" from a police report? i can't find any info on that on the guides on here. ruh roh!

i'm just panicked that we will eventually go to our interview and they will say, how could you have missed such obvious steps?

is anyone else having a panic attack that maybe the I-129F application was the easy part??

[Blob18 111]

i'm getting a bit panicky reading some of the timelines on here because i seem a bit lost as far as what to do now, it seems that some of you have additional steps such as a "no trace" from a police report? i can't find any info on that on the guides on here. ruh roh!

i'm just panicked that we will eventually go to our interview and they will say, how could you have missed such obvious steps?

is anyone else having a panic attack that maybe the I-129F application was the easy part??

A no trace probably means that they have no record so the police were unable to 'trace' anything on that person's record (or lack there of).

For example. My fiancee's police report says something like "Nothing on this person or No trace of criminal background". Though her police certificates (for Federal and State) are very easy to get because she can obtain them instantly online and verify them online and the embassy accepts those.

I wouldn't say this next step is harder, i think that the beneficiary is just slammed with soooo much paperwork all at once and other things to do. All the forms you need to fill out are very simple.

Best thing to do is go to the consulate website of were interviews in your country are held. They probably have a list of all documents that need to be brought (Rio's website does and some others Ive looked at do).

So not really more difficult in my opinion, just a lot to do all at once.

Edited March 16, 2011 by Blob18

[minkthecat 6]

Turbo SS- you commented yesterday that they were working on EAC1090678167. I don't think your system works though as our no. is EAC1090653627, which is a good 20000 off that...

[Milushka 22]

http://tom.ae/igor_completeness.php 31 % complete... only

[ameribrit 37]

i'm getting a bit panicky reading some of the timelines on here because i seem a bit lost as far as what to do now, it seems that some of you have additional steps such as a "no trace" from a police report? i can't find any info on that on the guides on here. ruh roh!

i'm just panicked that we will eventually go to our interview and they will say, how could you have missed such obvious steps?

is anyone else having a panic attack that maybe the I-129F application was the easy part??

I don't know how your police certificate will come worded, but so long as you have no criminal history in England it will come back as "No Trace".

Different countries police certificates may come worded differently