Tracking Febuary Filers

[Enlighten one :) 5]

Great Time table! May all your journey's be blessed with a smooth process and expedited service!

I can now edit this post...so all updates will be on this first post only!

CR-1/IR-1

Member Name----------Beneficiary's country----------I-130 Sent ------NOA1----------Service Center

Sam and Metodi --------Bulgaria ----------------------2/04/08 --------2/20/08 ----------VSC

azer_2000 --------------Azerbaijan --------------------2/06/08 --------2/20/08 ----------VSC

Danyel y Miguel --------Venezuela --------------------2/07/08 --------2/21/08 ----------CSC

febfiller ------------------Morocco ----------------------2/06/08 --------2/20/08 ----------VSC

rentua -------------------Canada -----------------------2/09/08 --------2/21/08 ----------CSC

crismar ------------------Peru ---------------------------2/08/08 -------2/21/08 ----------VSC

santijs -------------------Uruguay -----------------------2/09/08 -------2/20/08 ----------???

naomiraj ----------------India ---------------------------2/13/08 -------2/22/08 ----------VSC

Springlett ---------------Nicaragua ---------------------2/14/08 --------2/26/08 ----------VSC

brnidokiegurl -----------Morocco -----------------------2/23/08

Jeetyetkidd -------------Venezuela --------------------2/25/08

K3

Member Name----------Beneficiary's country----------I-130 Sent -------NOA1---------I-129 Sent ----Service Center

Vernon Family ----------South Africa -------------------2/01/08 --------3/04/08--------2/01/08 -----CSC

D&LN --------------------Canada ------------------------2/06/08 --------2/20/08-----------------------CSC

Ikekandi ----------------United Kingdom ---------------2/07/08 --------3/06/08--------2/07/08 -----VSC

rkapur -------------------Kuwait -------------------------2/07/08 --------2/23/08----------------------CSC

Ralu&Doru --------------Romania -----------------------2/11/08 --------2/27/08 -------3/06/08-----CSC

marija -------------------Yugoslavia ---------------------2/11/08 --------2/20/08----------------------CSC

Venkat ------------------India ----------------------------2/12/08 --------2/19/08 ------2/12/08 -----CSC

zawjatsaid --------------Morocco ------------------------2/12/08 --------2/25/08 ----------------------CSC

Jigs ----------------------India ----------------------------2/19/08 --------2/27/08 ------2/19/08 -----CSC

rue2you -----------------Costa Rica ---------------------2/20/08 --------2/27/08 ------3/04/08 -----VSC

[hilkka28586 0]

Great Time table! May all your journey's be blessed with a smooth process and expedited service!

Thanks, it's helpful that we have each other to lean on through this process. Congrats on your own approved case!

[Danyel y Miguel 0]

argh..... im debating whether or not to send in the I-129f....for the heck of it....i mean what could it hurt? seriously?

oh boy lol im so confused, i just wanna be with him NOW! lol

that's the attitude i have about the k-3 visa, if they cancel it and send you a letter its not going to make the world of difference. however if they do approve it you'll be together sooner. and granted some people would rather go to the cr-1 way cause it's cheaper in the long run, but honestly i would rather pay the extra $1000 later on and be with my husband sooner. but its a personal choice every couple has to make cause the money might be an issue for some. good luck making the decision!

money is an issue, but its definitly something that could quickly be solved lol i think i might get this I-129 out tommorow maybe...will see.... im still borderline about it lol

edit : yea ....im just gunna stick with the CR-1 ....me & hubby think its prolly best for us

Edited March 11, 2008 by Danyel y Miguel

[hilkka28586 0]

money is an issue, but its definitly something that could quickly be solved lol i think i might get this I-129 out tommorow maybe...will see.... im still borderline about it lol

edit : yea ....im just gunna stick with the CR-1 ....me & hubby think its prolly best for us

well its your choice to make and i hope that it works out for you, you know i only want you guys to be happy =)

p.s. how did you edit your post and add to it?

[hilkka28586 0]

So Cody called USCIS today to find out how to change our address on file cause our lease is up at the end of the month and the person he talked to told him how to do it and then told him he would be happy to know that our case is under special review due to the affidavit of hardship we wrote with our applications. What kind of special review could it be under? Didn't everybody submit an affidavit of hardship with their I-130 application?

[lkekandi 0]

So Cody called USCIS today to find out how to change our address on file cause our lease is up at the end of the month and the person he talked to told him how to do it and then told him he would be happy to know that our case is under special review due to the affidavit of hardship we wrote with our applications. What kind of special review could it be under? Didn't everybody submit an affidavit of hardship with their I-130 application?

What is an affidavit of hardship, never heard of it. Why would they waiver the fees if they expect the petitioner to show that he/she can financially take care of the beneficiary. I dunno slightly confused.

[Danyel y Miguel 0]

So Cody called USCIS today to find out how to change our address on file cause our lease is up at the end of the month and the person he talked to told him how to do it and then told him he would be happy to know that our case is under special review due to the affidavit of hardship we wrote with our applications. What kind of special review could it be under? Didn't everybody submit an affidavit of hardship with their I-130 application?

okay yea, what the hell is an affidavid of hardship? i never heard of it!? and why would they want you to be happy about being under a special review? lol why did cody call today? soooo many questions for you! lol hopefully i'll be able to chat it up with ya tonight honey lol

and as far as editing my post, MR. Ewok granted me the ability to edit my posts on this thread so that i didnt have to keep junking up the whole thread with the charts all over

[Jigs 0]

Hi!

Even though I had sent my I-130 and I-129F together, I decided to send out my I-129F package separately after I received the NOA 1 for I-130.

3/3/08 - Received I-797 letter in the mail for I-130

3/4/08 - Sent I-129F package through UPS

3/6/08 - Delivered at CSC

3/10/08 - Received I-797 letter in the mail for I-129F

When I read the letter what was shocking about it was that the Notice Date on the letter was same as the date it was delivered.

Now wait until 3/17/08 to see the updated processing dates for CSC & VSC.

[hilkka28586 0]

okay so i figured i would write in a different color so that it would be easier to make out my responses from ya'lls questions =)

okay yea, what the hell is an affidavid of hardship? i never heard of it!? and why would they want you to be happy about being under a special review? lol why did cody call today? soooo many questions for you! lol hopefully i'll be able to chat it up with ya tonight honey lol

and as far as editing my post, MR. Ewok granted me the ability to edit my posts on this thread so that i didnt have to keep junking up the whole thread with the charts all over

when we called and talked to immigration services originally about how they screwed me over and what exactly we had to do, the person we spoke to told us we had to write a affidavit of hardship and have it notarized and sent with our applications (this was the same person who told us to submit the I-130 and the I-129f together). we were told to explain the situation, explain that i am pregnant and explain how it was going to cost so much more because of this situation they had put us in. basically covering the costs of the doctors fees and hospital, since our insurance wouldn't cover it and how we were going to have to pay for plane tickets and what not. she said to talk about the family situation over in the states as well as here and talk about the cost of living difference as well as quality of medical treatment. basically explaining that cody couldn't just up and move here till i was given my visa and how the mess up they made put an added financial burden on us. when cody told me about this he just said that he was under the impression that it was just part of the process and didn't understand why it wasn't called for on the application. i'm starting to think that maybe its just something extra they told him to do.

i have no idea why we would be happy about it being under special review, like i said before we thought it was something that everyone did. cody asked if special review was good or bad and the guy told him not to worry that it was good. but that's all he said about it so i have no idea what is actually going on.

the reason cody called yesterday was because our lease is up at the end of the month and so he's having to move. he called to find out the best way to change the address they have on file for us. i thought i had mentioned this in my earlier post but if not sorry! anyways after the guy told him how to change it online and that they would send out a confirmation letter with the change of address, he told cody that the file was under special review. it's all very weird if you ask me!

by the by its a good thing he gave you the ability to edit posts, things look a lot better!

What is an affidavit of hardship, never heard of it. Why would they waiver the fees if they expect the petitioner to show that he/she can financially take care of the beneficiary. I dunno slightly confused.

the affidavit of hardship wasn't to waive the fees for anything, we paid our fees just like everybody else did and he obtained all the proof from his employer of financial stability in order to support me when i get back to the states. not exactly sure where you got the idea that's what it was for but okay =)

[Danyel y Miguel 0]

ooook lol now i understand whats going on a lil better

thanks for the explaination!

anyone else here feel like we should be doing something other than waiting ???

[Nancenet70 0]

we filed our i130 in feb

and 3 weeks to the day got our next packet

the next steps much more involved, eh?

[hilkka28586 0]

we filed our i130 in feb

and 3 weeks to the day got our next packet

the next steps much more involved, eh?

what do you mean got your next packet?

[hilkka28586 0]

oh and to think i was beginning to believe that my poor immigration experience could not get any worse!!

this morning cody got a letter for the california service center asking him to re-submit certain parts of our I-129f application packet again. because apparently "they were separated from the original application and have been misplaced"

how reassuring is that supposed to be?

i was under the impression everything was scanned in onto a computer in chicago and sent to california...how to you loose bits and pieces of a digital and hard copy application?

good thing we kept exactly copies of what we submitted in case something like this happened!!

i think it's someone else's turn to be picked on by these people...anyone wanna volunteer? LOL

[Nancenet70 0]

we got our next packet of info

it was D230 and D2001 (sorry those numbers may be wrong, this is from memory)

and we got the directions to download I 864

also got directions for other things we need to do (specific doctors, police certs)

it's a ton of work! but i feel so good that we did the I 130 right, you know?

[supercomp 0]

Package received by Chicago Lock Box: 2-7-2008

Check Cashed: NOT YET!!!!

Receipet: NOT YET!!!!

Do I need to think about resending the application? What could happen if I send 2 sets of applications?

Edited March 14, 2008 by supercomp