This is really annoying....

[awk83 0]

We received our NOA1 on October 26 and I see plenty of couples who filed after we did that have received their NOA2 already... The only thing is, they sent their paper work to the Vermont Center... Is it the case that they give decisions faster? This is really frustrating.

[L+T 71]

We received our NOA1 on October 26 and I see plenty of couples who filed after we did that have received their NOA2 already... The only thing is, they sent their paper work to the Vermont Center... Is it the case that they give decisions faster? This is really frustrating.

VJ currently has average processing times for Cali at 151 days, and Vermont at 123. (based on member statistics).

[X Factor 1,112]

Yours should be anytime now... yes it is frustrating.

[cdneh 3,112]

We received our NOA1 on October 26 and I see plenty of couples who filed after we did that have received their NOA2 already... The only thing is, they sent their paper work to the Vermont Center... Is it the case that they give decisions faster? This is really frustrating.

No, they are not faster. One center or the other will appear faster from time to time. When our K1 went through there, VSC was very slow, and CSC was faster. Vermont is quite far behind at the moment in processing other types of petitions.

Each case is adjudicated on it's own merit. Some just take longer than others, due to the petitioners history, whether or not they are complete, if the petition is simple or complicated...the list goes on.

Be aware as well, that the number of petitions you see on VJ, are just a fraction of those submitted.

[awk83 0]

I'm just really annoyed at this process. It would appear that they do everything in their power to withhold as much information as they possibly can. Can you get any updated information by going to an actual USCIS office? We all paid a lot of money and have sacrificed a lot from our lives, we should expect a more transparent process.

[didopage 337]

There's no more information you can gather other than: your case is just sitting on a desk and not long after an adjudicator will review it, you will be informed by either a RFE or an approval/denial. Don't even go to a USCIS office, that won't be useful.

Edited February 16, 2012 by didopage

[cdneh 3,112]

I'm just really annoyed at this process. It would appear that they do everything in their power to withhold as much information as they possibly can. Can you get any updated information by going to an actual USCIS office? We all paid a lot of money and have sacrificed a lot from our lives, we should expect a more transparent process.

I agree with you. The process is slow for most, and completely tedious for us all. There is no information you can get by going to an office, your petition is waiting to be adjudicated. You filed back in October, and your timeline offers an estimate of the end of March, if all goes well, 5 months roughly being the average. All there really is to be done is to wait.

[L+T 71]

I'm just really annoyed at this process. It would appear that they do everything in their power to withhold as much information as they possibly can. Can you get any updated information by going to an actual USCIS office? We all paid a lot of money and have sacrificed a lot from our lives, we should expect a more transparent process.

Yes, this is not a business, it is Government.

[NoneYa 73]

I just went through this process. The key is not getting an RFE for something you did wrong. We were approved 2 days ago with no RFE's. The process is frustrating but when you get approved look back at it like I am now, you will likely agree that it is done properly in many ways.

I watched the boards. I saw many couples break up between 1 and 4 months in. The fact is that many couples rush into this process and are truly not solid in their relationships. If this process was done any faster, many more couples would get married and have to get unmarried. Our approval took 5 months, 20 days. Our NOA2 was approved just after 4 months. We went through Vermont. I think they did a good job. I grew up in this great country and not everybody should be allowed in.

If you can't make it through 5 or 6 months, you'll never make a lifetime of marriage.

Edited February 16, 2012 by NoneYa

[Hank_ 9,174]

We received our NOA1 on October 26 and I see plenty of couples who filed after we did that have received their NOA2 already... The only thing is, they sent their paper work to the Vermont Center... Is it the case that they give decisions faster? This is really frustrating.

You need to get a hobby.

Creating drinking songs helps to pass the time...

[awk83 0]

If you can't make it through 5 or 6 months, you'll never make a lifetime of marriage.

It's not that we can't make it through 5 or 6 months it's that we can't wait to be with each other. It's easy, having already received your approval to say that the process takes the proper amount of time when you're already with the person you love. I just think there should be more transparency throughout the process.

Furthermore, I don't think they extend the process time to test the strength of the applicants' relationships, I just think it's a bunch of lazy gov't employees taking their pretty little time because they could care less. I personally know social workers who tell me stories of how within their respective offices and departments how little they actually work.

[Orando 57]

Yep, this is the US Govt, they would exceed my expectations if they were to adjudicate our petition within their stated 5 month service standard...I set the expectation with my babe that it could take 6 to 12 months just to get the petition approved....

[awk83 0]

Yep, this is the US Govt, they would exceed my expectations if they were to adjudicate our petition within their stated 5 month service standard...I set the expectation with my babe that it could take 6 to 12 months just to get the petition approved....

I agree. We also are amazed at how quickly the time has passed. I can't believe we're almost at our 5 month mark but I am still telling her to not get her hopes up at it being "any day now." The one thing she needs to learn real quickly about her new country and the government is that they never cease to amaze their citizens at how often and regularly the disappoint.

[Hank_ 9,174]

It's not that we can't make it through 5 or 6 months it's that we can't wait to be with each other. It's easy, having already received your approval to say that the process takes the proper amount of time when you're already with the person you love. I just think there should be more transparency throughout the process.

Furthermore, I don't think they extend the process time to test the strength of the applicants' relationships, I just think it's a bunch of lazy gov't employees taking their pretty little time because they could care less. I personally know social workers who tell me stories of how within their respective offices and departments how little they actually work.

You do realize each branch (VSC & CSC) receives upwards of 2,000 petitions a day.

Nope its not any easier after getting the approval to say... its a waiting game. It takes the same effort, and I know as well as most on here what its like to be away from your special someone.

Some say the squeaky wheel gets the grease... hmm

[brian_n_phuong 193]

I just think it's a bunch of lazy gov't employees taking their pretty little time because they could care less.

From a current Federal employee, and former career military veteran (same a many other fed employees).

I work my butt off, as do most of the other federal workers. We take great pride in our work as I am sure you do with yours. Our budgets have been slashed to nothing in past years, and many workers are doing three jobs just to keep up with demand.

Please don't take your frustrations out on us. I have a petition sitting at the service center SAME AS YOU, and am waiting SAME AS YOU. Many, if not most countries don't even have a K1 type fiancé program. Receiving a K1 is a privilege and not a right, so show a little gratitude toward your country and a little patience with some poor folks that are working hard to chop through a mountain of paperwork.

According to your timeline and the VJ calculations: Based on timeline data, your I129f may be adjudicated between March 24, 2012 and March 29, 2012*.

Edited February 17, 2012 by brian_n_phuong