TRACKING Vermont I-130 March '08 Filers

[Lee L 0]

One piece of advice.. keep calling the attorney regularly because the VSC has been known to send mail to the lawyer and not the actual petitioner. So, if your lawyer's really busy they may not let you know right away if something was sent out - evidence request, NOA, etc..

[ronjie 0]

hey all, we have got our noa1 3/31 and a touch 4/24, hope to get noa2 in the next week or two.. of course if we do we will post it...hope that helps some...ronjie

[K-JForever29 0]

sference............ do you know any congressmen or senators on where you at? Coz my american friend adviced me to tell my husband to contact his congressman and have our case checked since our case is almost 3mos now. That's what he did with their case and he immediately got an approval for his fiance's visa. Unfortunately my husband doesn't know any congressman or senator to call and have it checked. Maybe you do...... and what could get wrong if try calling?

[daboyz 36]

sference............ do you know any congressmen or senators on where you at? Coz my american friend adviced me to tell my husband to contact his congressman and have our case checked since our case is almost 3mos now. That's what he did with their case and he immediately got an approval for his fiance's visa. Unfortunately my husband doesn't know any congressman or senator to call and have it checked. Maybe you do...... and what could get wrong if try calling?

Basically every month around the 15th USCIS posts processing times on their website. Right now for I-129F it says they are processing I-129F petitions with a received date of December 18, 2007 for Vermont. So basically they wont do anything until the processing date that they advertise is passed the NOA date of your I-129F. So by looking at your timeline, the date they post on their website would have to be after 4-7-08 before they would even look at it. I wish it moved quicker, believe me. I am thinking about planning an interim trip back to Thailand to see the wife.

[daboyz 36]

One piece of advice.. keep calling the attorney regularly because the VSC has been known to send mail to the lawyer and not the actual petitioner. So, if your lawyer's really busy they may not let you know right away if something was sent out - evidence request, NOA, etc..

My lawyer was nice enough to send me an unsolicited email right after my I-129F petition was sent in, they basically said, "dont call us until the end of the summer, because we wont have any information for you." Which prior to this they never returned my calls anyway. Really made me feel like I made the right choice. ;-)

I was lucky enough to live with my wife for a couple years in Thailand, before I came back to the US. I'm really kicking myself for not doing a direct consular filing while I was living there. I didn't realize this was going to be such a drawn out process.

[K-JForever29 0]

That's the thing, my friend had spent 100s of hours here searching on how to get his fiance quicker and based on his research, it turns out that the dates which the USCIS is posting online is not the EXACT processing time, its actually months ahead. Like when they say for I-129F the dates being processed now are those filed in Dec 2007 but actually they are processing the Mar 2008 files. If that worked for my friend, why not for us? But the decision is still all up to you, I'm just giving you facts. My husband also wanted to come back here in Manila but unfortunately his job wont let him. We badly miss each other so much that's why we are willing to try it, hoping to get the same result as my friend had.

[K-JForever29 0]

Well goodluck to you RONJIE............ hope things would move faster at the VSC so we could be with our spouse asap !!! Keep in touch!!!

[daboyz 36]

That's the thing, my friend had spent 100s of hours here searching on how to get his fiance quicker and based on his research, it turns out that the dates which the USCIS is posting online is not the EXACT processing time, its actually months ahead. Like when they say for I-129F the dates being processed now are those filed in Dec 2007 but actually they are processing the Mar 2008 files. If that worked for my friend, why not for us? But the decision is still all up to you, I'm just giving you facts. My husband also wanted to come back here in Manila but unfortunately his job wont let him. We badly miss each other so much that's why we are willing to try it, hoping to get the same result as my friend had.

I totally agree with you. The dates they post are a joke. I've been following them for over 6 months now. Basically, every month they just add 30 days to last months date. The problem is that the USCIS kinda hides behind those dates. It's very obvious on here that they are approving alot of April and May filers, but it seems to only be for people that filed with California. Give it a shot. I'd like to know what they say. Myself and some other people have done a pretty extensive analysis of the dates on here, and Vermont is pretty much at a standstill. It seems to be a cyclical thing. Like Vermont will start approving alot of petitions, and California, will slow down. Hard to say.

[Monica&Isha 0]

Jessica, I really wish for the best. I'm kinda positive too! I do believe that we won't have to wait 8 months like most people waited last year. But every week that passes I worry about the interview date, since tha RDJ consulate is very busy and people who called in the beginning of June were having their interview scheduled for middle August! So, if I don't get my approval now, chances are my interview will be long past my husband b-day. But I think you have better chances of being there for your anniversary!

K-J Forever29, we'll definitely share any news and tips on how to make things faster and better. But at this point, as long as we've sent all the forms correctly filled up and all the correct documents, we just have to wait. Our case is actually considered fresh at the USCIS. I just think it's really unfair the CSC grants the right for people to join their family so quick while VSC does not!

Sference, I also check the USCIS website every single day, sometimes twice or three times a day. It really annoys me to look at the same date for the last update... I sometimes think I should stop checking often because it will drive me crazy! LOL!

Oh, last thing! I do agree with Lee L about the attorney thing. Sometimes they don't know that much about the process.

We're doing everything on our own, using VJ and a book we bought at Amazon called Fiance and Marriage visas: A couple's guide to US immigration. When we started filling up the forms in March, I was nervous so I called a friend who has been through the process. She got her visa in only 4 months (there was before the "boom" of petitions in 2007). She told me that many times the attorney is busy, so he/she receives the notices and doesn't mail the next package on the same day like we do because to him/her, it doesn't really matter as much as for us. So in the end the process may take a little longer. The good part of having an attorney is that we don't have to stress out with these forms!

Well, let's be positive! If we look at the forum, there have been several approvals from Vermont over the past month. We'll get ours soon!

[daboyz 36]

She told me that many times the attorney is busy, so he/she receives the notices and doesn't mail the next package on the same day like we do because to him/her, it doesn't really matter as much as for us. So in the end the process may take a little longer. The good part of having an attorney is that we don't have to stress out with these forms!

Well, let's be positive! If we look at the forum, there have been several approvals from Vermont over the past month. We'll get ours soon!

It took my attorney a month after he received the I-130 NOA1 to send in the I-129F. So I agree with you there.

[Monica&Isha 0]

Ah! If you see my timeline you will notice that my I-129F was not sent right away... That's because my husband didn't pay attention when he wrote the address on the package and ended up mailing it to Chicago lockbox! We wasted a couple weeks... Every little mistake we make turns our wait a little longer... Isn't it crazy? But we're hanging in there!

[K-JForever29 0]

One piece of advice.. keep calling the attorney regularly because the VSC has been known to send mail to the lawyer and not the actual petitioner. So, if your lawyer's really busy they may not let you know right away if something was sent out - evidence request, NOA, etc..

Thanks Lee L for the advice, I already begged my husband to call our lawyer to try find some updates and he promised to do it tomorrow. He's kinda confident that our lawyer is doing his job well. But I agree with some of the VJers here, lawyers could be very busy and won't give much of their time to monitor what's going on with our case. Worst, some dont know as much as we do here.

[phillyfashionista 8]

HI Everyone

I am new to the site, I filed my I129F a few months after I filed the I130 because I really wanted my Husband to be able to enter as a Permanent Resident, but the wait is killing us and flying back and forth every other month is becoming way too expensive. Today I checked my online portfolio @USCIS.GOV and my case for K3 was touched on 6/27/08. I was basically stalking the site everyday checking for updates but stopped looking for a few days because it was becoming depressing with no updates. LOL

But VOILA today an update so there is hope! Everyone keep the faith hopefully this "touch" means an NOA2 approval is on the way . Good luck to everyone, looking forward to sharing my journey with all of you

[K-JForever29 0]

Hey guys, any good news from any of my co-VJers who filed their petition at VSC? I'm kinda desperate to hear some good news, even though its not mine, just to help lift my spirit up. To VSC.............COULD YOU MOVE FASTER.... PLEASSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEE????!!!!

K-3 VISA

Service Center : Vermont Service Center

Consulate : Manila, Philippines

Marriage : 2008-01-02

I-130 Sent : 2008-03-10

I-130 NOA1 : 2008-03-14

Touched : 2008-06-19

I-129F Sent : 2008-04-07

I-129F NOA1 : 2008-04-07

Touched : 2008-05-02

[Karaoke 0]

Ok, once more...

Any I-130 & K-3 filers from VSC March ( BOTH petitons filed in MARCH) got any touch in June or July?

Anyone got a RFE ?