I-129F Returned

[John and Nora 0]

I waited till I recieved my NOA2 to send my I-129F in and it was returned to me saying:

"Our records indicate that your I-130 is no longer pending. The I-129F (K3) petition for your spouse can only be accepted by the Service Center if the underlying I-130 petition is currently pending"

There are no instructions on what to do or anything.... What now??????

[SusieK 3]

I waited till I recieved my NOA2 to send my I-129F in and it was returned to me saying:

"Our records indicate that your I-130 is no longer pending. The I-129F (K3) petition for your spouse can only be accepted by the Service Center if the underlying I-130 petition is currently pending"

There are no instructions on what to do or anything.... What now??????

Happy New Year....

Not an expert here but does that mean that once your I-130 is approved then end of that story for the I-129f process? Hopefully senior members can jump on this one.........

Would be interested to learn about this tho.

Again only the best in the 2008~

Cheers

[pushbrk 13,079]

I waited till I recieved my NOA2 to send my I-129F in and it was returned to me saying:

"Our records indicate that your I-130 is no longer pending. The I-129F (K3) petition for your spouse can only be accepted by the Service Center if the underlying I-130 petition is currently pending"

There are no instructions on what to do or anything.... What now??????

Happy New Year....

Not an expert here but does that mean that once your I-130 is approved then end of that story for the I-129f process? Hopefully senior members can jump on this one.........

Would be interested to learn about this tho.

Again only the best in the 2008~

Cheers

Yes, that's exactly what it means. You waited far too long to send the I-129F. Once the I-130 is approved, it's too late for a K3. The old rule of thumb for those wishing to go the K3 path was to send the I-130 once they received NOA1, not NOA2. Now the two petitions can be filed together.

Now what? Now you do nothing with your I-129F and you deal with NVC on your I-130.

Edited January 1, 2008 by pushbrk

[SusieK 3]

I waited till I recieved my NOA2 to send my I-129F in and it was returned to me saying:

"Our records indicate that your I-130 is no longer pending. The I-129F (K3) petition for your spouse can only be accepted by the Service Center if the underlying I-130 petition is currently pending"

There are no instructions on what to do or anything.... What now??????

Happy New Year....

Not an expert here but does that mean that once your I-130 is approved then end of that story for the I-129f process? Hopefully senior members can jump on this one.........

Would be interested to learn about this tho.

Again only the best in the 2008~

Cheers

Yes, that's exactly what it means. You waited far too long to send the I-129F. Once the I-130 is approved, it's too late for a K3. The old rule of thumb for those wishing to go the K3 path was to send the I-130 once they received NOA1, not NOA2. Now the two petitions can be filed together.

Now what? Now you do nothing with your I-129F and you deal with NVC on your I-130.

Darn he is the man.....thank you pushbrk and happy new year to you and yours!!!!!!

[dodson01 0]

Correct answer above. You can only file an I-129f if you have a pending I-130 petition.

[Alt name 1]

WOW

Are you stuck in CR1 filing now?

Did you clearly state with your I130 that you wanted a K3?

BTW I did 14 months in North Pole brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr (laughing)

[pushbrk 13,079]

WOW

Are you stuck in CR1 filing now?

Did you clearly state with your I130 that you wanted a K3?

BTW I did 14 months in North Pole brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr (laughing)

It doesn't matter what you say when you file the I-130. Only an I-129F can result in a K3. "Clearly Stating" an intention on an I-130 is for requesting Consular processing of the I-130, not the other way around. K3 is out of the question when an I-130 is already approved.

[JVKn'CVO 11]

Sorry about this John,

On the bright side, hopefully going the CR1 route won't slow you down too much, and Nora will be an LPR upon arrival

Saludos,

Caro

[christinejohn 0]

Hi Scott,

I'd say you are lucky in fact and that you should be moving on very fast shortly.

We were told to go the K-3 visa and found out it's not as fast as it used to be, not even mentioning the AOS fees.

We have been married for longer than you have and have filed before you have, and we are still waiting for an approvel on both I-130 and I-129F.

So lucky you jump on that opportunity and move on with the IR-1/CR-1 visa.

My husband works in Alaska as well, north of Fairbanks and used to live in North Pole where I visited him a few times.

I also like Anchorage and his home village/town of Talkeetna.

Hang in there and good luck on this path!

[John and Nora 0]

Thanks all... the time has come to move on....

[Urge To Race 2]

You are not that far from being approved Christine (if all goes well). Then, you will sail through NVC and get to the embassy well before Scott's I130, which will take 2-6 months at NVC. Who gets done quicker depends on how long it takes the embassies to schedule the K3 and CR1 interviews. K3s are usually still a little faster than CR1s, by a few months at least, and maybe more depending on interview scheduling differences between the two at some embassies. Depends on what is important to you in making the decision (speed, need to work right away, ability and willingness to pay AOS fees) all should have been considered in making the decision.

Hi Scott,

I'd say you are lucky in fact and that you should be moving on very fast shortly.

We were told to go the K-3 visa and found out it's not as fast as it used to be, not even mentioning the AOS fees.

We have been married for longer than you have and have filed before you have, and we are still waiting for an approvel on both I-130 and I-129F.

So lucky you jump on that opportunity and move on with the IR-1/CR-1 visa.

My husband works in Alaska as well, north of Fairbanks and used to live in North Pole where I visited him a few times.

I also like Anchorage and his home village/town of Talkeetna.

Hang in there and good luck on this path!

[John and Nora 0]

For all my Argentine friends, we recieved the visa today Friday 13th. The interview was a breeze but the waiting was horrible, almost two hours and they lost the attachment to the last paperwork but that was ok. We just put the infomation.....

The interview was about 10 questions very straight forward and easy to answer. The choice of spanish or english helped my wife very much even thought her english I think is very good. But she was more relaxed speaking spanish.

I want to put my timeline back on VJ but I am still very dissapointed with one of the members so if you want to know the whole timeline please email us at johndesofi at hotmail.

Thanks again for the help from the friendly members of VJ.

[NicoleX08 1]

Congratulations!!!