How long did it take for you to get your NOA2?

[JonasMichaels 0]

Hi all, especially Vietnam journey members - how long did it take before you got your NOA2? Is there an average time wait for that? What is it? It would really put my mind at ease to know... it has been 50 days since I filed my I-129f. Thanks

Jonas

[Cham 3]

Hi all, especially Vietnam journey members - how long did it take before you got your NOA2? Is there an average time wait for that? What is it? It would really put my mind at ease to know... it has been 50 days since I filed my I-129f. Thanks

Jonas

50 days..You got a ways to go. It is normally 4 to 6 months. The Noa 2 is telling you YES we accept your application, we checked it out and we approve it. THEN it will go to NVC and then the EMBASSY where your SO will have an interview. The NOA2 is the longest part of the visa process. Best advice..Learn Patience and STAY busy!

[sunzetgirl 0]

Hi all, especially Vietnam journey members - how long did it take before you got your NOA2? Is there an average time wait for that? What is it? It would really put my mind at ease to know... it has been 50 days since I filed my I-129f.

Thanks

Jonas

I got mine 4 months after NOA1. There are some who got theirs. Also some who got theirs longer. Its a case to case basis.

[Dai. 7]

They recieved my case on June 30th 2008 and sent me my NOA1 for my Marriage petition already but I have not recieved my NOA2 yet.

Edited November 18, 2008 by Dai Nguyen

[CraigCam 0]

NOA2 times depend on the service center, not the embassy you are applying at. Check out the graphs on this page for an idea of times up until the point HCMC receives your petition:

K1 Visa Historical Processing Times

We received our NOA2 in just over four months. Then it took about a month for my petition to arrive in HCMC. Once we returned packet 3, we received packet 4 about two weeks later. The interview was scheduled three weeks later. Just a few more days to go.

[payxibka 10,045]

Hi all, especially Vietnam journey members - how long did it take before you got your NOA2? Is there an average time wait for that? What is it? It would really put my mind at ease to know... it has been 50 days since I filed my I-129f. Thanks

Jonas

Based on timeline data, your I129f may be adjudicated between February 20, 2009 and February 28, 2009*.

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=49248

[JonasMichaels 0]

NOA2 times depend on the service center, not the embassy you are applying at. Check out the graphs on this page for an idea of times up until the point HCMC receives your petition:

K1 Visa Historical Processing Times

We received our NOA2 in just over four months. Then it took about a month for my petition to arrive in HCMC. Once we returned packet 3, we received packet 4 about two weeks later. The interview was scheduled three weeks later. Just a few more days to go.

Hi Craig...Did your girl hire a company in VN to fill out the paperwork for her? If so, which one? How complex is packet 3 and is that all for her to fill out or did you need to do something?

Did she happen to turn in packet 3 by hand or mail it in? I was thinking if I am there, Phuong and I can go together to the consulate, turn in 3 and then get packet 4 right then. Is packet 4 just instructions then?

Phuong is a worrywart and doesn't trust the companies in VN to do the paperwork, she has heard about too many "mistakes". Think we can do packet 3 ourselves?

I know you will be excited and busy on your interview date but PLEASE take a few minutes to post. It goes of us waiting so much hope and ideas. Good luck!

Jonas

[CraigCam 0]

NOA2 times depend on the service center, not the embassy you are applying at. Check out the graphs on this page for an idea of times up until the point HCMC receives your petition:

K1 Visa Historical Processing Times

We received our NOA2 in just over four months. Then it took about a month for my petition to arrive in HCMC. Once we returned packet 3, we received packet 4 about two weeks later. The interview was scheduled three weeks later. Just a few more days to go.

Hi Craig...Did your girl hire a company in VN to fill out the paperwork for her? If so, which one? How complex is packet 3 and is that all for her to fill out or did you need to do something?

Did she happen to turn in packet 3 by hand or mail it in? I was thinking if I am there, Phuong and I can go together to the consulate, turn in 3 and then get packet 4 right then. Is packet 4 just instructions then?

Phuong is a worrywart and doesn't trust the companies in VN to do the paperwork, she has heard about too many "mistakes". Think we can do packet 3 ourselves?

I know you will be excited and busy on your interview date but PLEASE take a few minutes to post. It goes of us waiting so much hope and ideas. Good luck!

Jonas

No, we didn't hire a service. We thought about it but the forms were pretty simple, so, Hieu decided she could fill them out. Packet 3 is very simple. Just fill out form DS-230 part 1, just biographical info, and sign DS-2001, which is a letter stating that you are ready to have your interview scheduled. The instructions provide a list of things to be gathering while waiting for the interview to be scheduled, but there is nothing that isn't listed in the guides here. She lives in HCMC, near the Embassy, so, she dropped packet 3 off by hand, but no, you can't get packet 4 at the same time. It will take a couple of weeks to get your interview scheduled.

Packet 4 will give the date of your interview and a list of everything you need and where to get it. The forms are very simple, another DS-230 part 1, DS-156 and DS-156K. All these forms are available online, in fact, DS-156 has to be filled out online and then printed right then because it will generate a bar code on the form with specific information.

The majority of the work will be gathering and organizing your evidence. A service will only be able to help you so much with that part. If your fiancee has access to a computer and the internet and is comfortable with filling out online forms and printing them, then I don't see any need for a service. If you have any questions about filling out the forms, just look at the sample forms here on VJ. That's all we did.

Good luck

[Melrose Plant 1]

Hi all, especially Vietnam journey members - how long did it take before you got your NOA2? Is there an average time wait for that? What is it? It would really put my mind at ease to know... it has been 50 days since I filed my I-129f. Thanks

Jonas

Jonas, I am going to be brutally honest, here. Painfully plain. There is nothing anyone here can say that will put your mind at ease. In fact, if you are very serious about attempting some sort of mental tranquility, I would just not visit Visa Journey at all until you get your NOA2, which could be several more months. Mine took 5 months.

Right now, the only thing you get from VJ is stories about people who got their NOA2 in three weeks, so you worry about yours taking longer than 50 days. Or, you hear about it taking someone three years, and you worry that your petition will be the next to get lost in the system. Trust me. Take a vacation from VJ for a while. You'll feel much better.

[Teacher Mark 53]

Hi all, especially Vietnam journey members - how long did it take before you got your NOA2? Is there an average time wait for that? What is it? It would really put my mind at ease to know... it has been 50 days since I filed my I-129f. Thanks

Jonas

Jonas, I am going to be brutally honest, here. Painfully plain. There is nothing anyone here can say that will put your mind at ease. In fact, if you are very serious about attempting some sort of mental tranquility, I would just not visit Visa Journey at all until you get your NOA2, which could be several more months. Mine took 5 months.

Right now, the only thing you get from VJ is stories about people who got their NOA2 in three weeks, so you worry about yours taking longer than 50 days. Or, you hear about it taking someone three years, and you worry that your petition will be the next to get lost in the system. Trust me. Take a vacation from VJ for a while. You'll feel much better.

It took rehab to get me off of VJ. Apparently it didn't work! I wonder if I can get my money back?