May 2008 Filers

[nunyab 0]

Also, do we know what's happening with the other CSC filers prior to May 23rd NAO1 date??? some I don't recognize and I am wondering if they've recieved it and haven't updated????? any ideas?

[thirdsjen 0]

congrats to all the May filers!!! except me but.. Insha'allah at the right time. I am so happy for everyone... I do have a questions. You recieved your NAO2 in the mail but when you logged on to the USCIS site did it say you were approved? Or did you just get it in the mail?

Rajaa

just got in the mail, Rajaa.. never got an email. still says PENDING on the USCIS website. and you don't have to have a touch i guess for it to be approved.. weird.. i guess they are not updating their website at all...

[thirdsjen 0]

Also, do we know what's happening with the other CSC filers prior to May 23rd NAO1 date??? some I don't recognize and I am wondering if they've recieved it and haven't updated????? any ideas?

going to look them up right now while i have some time.. i hope they have been approved..

btw, Rajaa.. it's been only 64 days since you sent in your I-130.. my approval took 73 days from my NOA1. so DO NOT LOSE HOPE!!! ok? your turn will come, if not next week then the next.. and since it looks like USCIS is not even updating their website, i wouldn't even bother basing your approval on that..

[S_AL_ 1]

I agree with Jen. Rajaa had mine not been expedited, you and I had the same timeline so InshaAllaah don't worry.

The online system has not been updated here too. All i can see is that touch on the 21st and one petition being reviewed and this one pending.

[LRA 0]

I checked the website first (I work in a different state then my permanent address, but the NOA2 has not been delivered to that address yet). My uscis CRIS profile is set to deliver the email to my work inbox...and with SECURE ID login necessary to do that i was too lazy to get up and find the token I need to access my work email. I saw the date change on ONLY my I130. Clicked on the case number and saw the approval message. Then the next day at work I checked my inbox and there was the message from CRIS stating approved. My 129F still shows the last touch/update date of May 22. I doubt that petition will go anywhere now. I was hoping that it would go to the consulate to be used as a placeholder for the interview (get an earlier interview scheduled as K3, but then request that appointment slot to be used for CR1 if I could get through NVC and case sent to AMM before that date...as AMM appointments are currently being scheduled 2-2.5 months in advanced).

Rajaa, ISA you will hear something very soon. I think by mid August you will see you approval as well.

Congrats to all the recent approvals!

Edited to state that I have not rec'd NOA2 hard copy in the mail prior to seeing the approval via uscis.com and CRIS email message.

Edited July 27, 2008 by LuLu

[nunyab 0]

I agree with Jen. Rajaa had mine not been expedited, you and I had the same timeline so InshaAllaah don't worry.

The online system has not been updated here too. All i can see is that touch on the 21st and one petition being reviewed and this one pending.

i forgot you expidited... Insha'allah it will happen Islam is a religion of patience.... Not much choice now lol

[KAHM 0]

congrats to all the May filers!!! except me but.. Insha'allah at the right time. I am so happy for everyone... I do have a questions. You recieved your NAO2 in the mail but when you logged on to the USCIS site did it say you were approved? Or did you just get it in the mail?

Rajaa

Rajaa,

My petition wasn't touched since May 20th. I just received an approval notice in the mail. I was approved on July 23rd (on Wednesday). I believe USCIS was having technical problems with their system on Wednesday so maybe that is the reason why my online status wasn't updated.

You're a May filer. You will be approved soon as well. Fingers crossed for next week!! Please don't feel down as you will be approved in the coming days..........

[KAHM 0]

btw, i added extra stuff to the tracker.. NVC, interview, visa received, US entry, etc.. let me know what you all think! should it stay or should it go?

just another thing to keep me occupied, i suppose!

Hi thirdsjen,

Thank you. I started feeling down last Friday thinking I may be left behind by CSC. I hope all May filers get approved soon and that's including VSC filers.

The spreadsheet looks great.........

[cmnb 0]

I agree with Jen. Rajaa had mine not been expedited, you and I had the same timeline so InshaAllaah don't worry.

The online system has not been updated here too. All i can see is that touch on the 21st and one petition being reviewed and this one pending.

sara,

i am glad your expedite was approved and hope you will get here safe...i have a question for you that i was hoping you may be able to answer. as you may have heard there were a series of bomb blasts in india for the past two days. about 9 blasts in bangalore and the the next day about 19 blasts in ahmedabad....from what i have been reading, the terrorists r planning more attacks on major metropolitian cities in india.....do u think this can b grounds of expedite...if yes, how would you suggest going about it? what information do i have to provide to USCIS? once the expedite is approved and she gets an interview date, how long will she have bfore she can fly to the US?

could you please share your experience??

thanks,

[~Jackie~ 30]

I wanted to be a May filer..but ended up being a June filer. Lulu...amman is 2-2.5 months out on interviews? Me and my friend Hani are watching your case closely. He is a March filer and hasn't been touched yet in Cali.

Hi Rajaa! Love my mena buddies!

[nunyab 0]

I wanted to be a May filer..but ended up being a June filer. Lulu...amman is 2-2.5 months out on interviews? Me and my friend Hani are watching your case closely. He is a March filer and hasn't been touched yet in Cali.

Hi Rajaa! Love my mena buddies!

Hiiiiiiiiii!!!! still waiting here...last May gal I think waiting.

[S_AL_ 1]

I agree with Jen. Rajaa had mine not been expedited, you and I had the same timeline so InshaAllaah don't worry.

The online system has not been updated here too. All i can see is that touch on the 21st and one petition being reviewed and this one pending.

sara,

i am glad your expedite was approved and hope you will get here safe...i have a question for you that i was hoping you may be able to answer. as you may have heard there were a series of bomb blasts in india for the past two days. about 9 blasts in bangalore and the the next day about 19 blasts in ahmedabad....from what i have been reading, the terrorists r planning more attacks on major metropolitian cities in india.....do u think this can b grounds of expedite...if yes, how would you suggest going about it? what information do i have to provide to USCIS? once the expedite is approved and she gets an interview date, how long will she have bfore she can fly to the US?

could you please share your experience??

thanks,

Sure cmnb, I will do whatever I can to help you out. I am first of all very sorry to hear about this bombing. Only today I was watching news and when I heard ahmedabad was targetted, I rememebered someone of my fellow VJ members are from there. I dearly hope they are all safe. As far as the expedite request is concerned, Yes this is a very valid reason to file for an expedite request on humanitarian grounds. Here are some things we did for our first expedite which was approved in April 08 right after the roit that killed lawyers in a protest in karachi:

1. Husband gathered facts like news articles from western press stating the casualities etc. Western press because it is considered more authentic. He had collected articles from Reuters, cnn, msnbc, bbc and I think hindustan times. Also he checked information on the local capital city police's website.

2. He checked with his local congressman's office and explained things to them. They said they would fax him a form about the privacy act. He filled that up and sent it to the congressman's office. Also he wrote a complete letter to congressman stating the urgency of the situation along with the articles he had found concerning that incident in karachi.

3. He called uscis and asked them for the expedite request he wanted to make. they I think gave him a fax number on which expedites could be filed. VSC must have a separate office and officer assigned for accepting and reviewing expedite requests too...please check with them.

4. He wrote an official request to USCIS for the expedite addressing it to the officer assigned for this job and in that letter he included statistics, my apartment's local, his own experience (what ever he witnessed when he was in my city), facts concerning the security situation in karachi along with those articles being referred to in that letter through footnotes. He had faxed that letter to CSC.

He then had received an email stating that the expedite request had been received. Later a letter was faxed to him stating they have approved the expedite request. And then they started working on the petition.

Allaah forbid is your wife's city have been a target of recent bombings, I am sure you can find enough material on it online. Also if possible and necessary, attach some googled photos of her house and the places where the bombs exploded.

Please do know that when a letter is written with sincerity, the uscis consider it. It should neither be too official nor too emotional but you have tell them your wife's life and security is a priority to you and they should consider it.

I hope this will be helpful and she can be with you safely, soon.

As for the time it takes, once the case has been expedited at USCIS, a separate request has to be made for NVC but it is difficult at NVC unless its a life and death emergency but using the new fast method, you should be done with NVC stage within a month. Please focus on the request for expedite at USCIS level for the moment. One thing at a time I suppose.

May Allaah keep people save from all these terrorists' attacks...aameen.

All the best,

Sara.

[S_AL_ 1]

I wanted to be a May filer..but ended up being a June filer. Lulu...amman is 2-2.5 months out on interviews? Me and my friend Hani are watching your case closely. He is a March filer and hasn't been touched yet in Cali.

Hi Rajaa! Love my mena buddies!

Hiiiiiiiiii!!!! still waiting here...last May gal I think waiting.

Ukhti Rajaa inshaAllaah you are in my duaa

[LRA 0]

I wanted to be a May filer..but ended up being a June filer. Lulu...amman is 2-2.5 months out on interviews? Me and my friend Hani are watching your case closely. He is a March filer and hasn't been touched yet in Cali.

Hi Rajaa! Love my mena buddies!

jJ, I know, I know. I too wish you were a May filer. Hang in there. Is Hani on VJ? Haven't seen him around.

I am pretty sure AMM is within that timeframe. My 129F was also approved so I am hoping that when that interview is scheduled it will just be a place holder for the CR1. That is what happened last time. I have to make it through NVC in lighting speed. ISA that will happen this time around as well.

[KAHM 0]

I agree with Jen. Rajaa had mine not been expedited, you and I had the same timeline so InshaAllaah don't worry.

The online system has not been updated here too. All i can see is that touch on the 21st and one petition being reviewed and this one pending.

sara,

i am glad your expedite was approved and hope you will get here safe...i have a question for you that i was hoping you may be able to answer. as you may have heard there were a series of bomb blasts in india for the past two days. about 9 blasts in bangalore and the the next day about 19 blasts in ahmedabad....from what i have been reading, the terrorists r planning more attacks on major metropolitian cities in india.....do u think this can b grounds of expedite...if yes, how would you suggest going about it? what information do i have to provide to USCIS? once the expedite is approved and she gets an interview date, how long will she have bfore she can fly to the US?

could you please share your experience??

thanks,

Hi cmnb,

From what I hear on the news, Delhi is also under a threat so that would be a reason to expedite your case.