times and birth cert. question

[Jay P 0]

My fiance and I are working on the K1 packet at the moment. I called the customer service center with a few questions and was rudely given different answers and I was wondering if anyone here can give us a hand. First we were curious about the processing times. I am not completely sure how to read the times posted on the processing times tab. It shows they are in 2007 for the I-129F and I wasn't sure if that was a type-o. When I asked the service center they told me the first time they did not have that information. When I called back a second time they told me the approximate approval time for the I-129f is December 9th 2008 if we send it today. I was shocked when they told me that. As I have been reading through a few posts on here I noticed the entire process isn't taking that long in a few signatures. I live in Texas so we would be using the Vermont center. I am not sure if the Vermont center is any quicker than the one in California. I am not completely sure if I misunderstood what the lady was saying.

I am also curious about the birth certificates. Here where we are the certified copies we get from city hall are one sided. Since the directions on the I-129f instruction sheet state they want a copy of both sides. The customer service center was not sure but told me to make a copy of the blank side and send it in. Does anyone know if that is necessary?

Does anyone know how long it takes for my fiance to get her interview once the I-129f is approved.

Thanks much in advance

Jay

[CBR 0]

Vermont is generally much faster than California. Once your i-129f is approved by them (lately 1-3 months it seems) it will be sent to the NVC. Lucky you, Vermont sends them to NVC pretty quick. It floats through NVC in a couple days but can take up to a month in some cases. Then NVC will send it to your embassy. Each embassy is different so you will want to check in the Germany forum to get a better idea of how long it's taking to get an interview there. Each embassy also has slightly different procedures & asks for some different things (forms).

I wouldn't go by the USCIS processing times too much. You will get a better idea on VJ using the timelines & searching for k-1's at Vermont. Remember though that VJ is only a very very small cross section of the amount of filers out there. This can skew the info here quite a bit. Don't let that discourage you. My general opinion would be that December was incorrect for Vermont.

To answer your birth certificate question...my certified copy only has one side also. I sent it the way it was given to me (one side). It was fine and not questioned. As long as it's a certified copy you should be fine.

Good luck!! and Congratulations!!

[Jay P 0]

thanx much for the response