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Bri-Aaron   0

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Hi. I'm from Aruba. We got married in May of this year and we filed for the K3 on June 19th. Now, I was looking at the USCIS processing times for Vermont, and it says they are processing applications (K1 and K3) from March this year!!! This doesn't make sense. A friend of mine from Aruba who filed for a K1 in May this year, got her visa last week. She got the NOA2 in September! How can they say they are processing K1's and K3's from March???? :o

Some days I just want to scream. I don't want to spend my 1 year wedding anniversary in Aruba, I want to be in Orlando by then... :( To be home with my husband is all I want, because right now even though I am 'home', it doesn't feel like home anymore. Although I love my parents and siblings (I moved back home to save money), I want to start my married life already.... :(

I know...patience...but weekends are especially bad...as I'm sure it is for all of us who've been waiting for what seems like ages, to reunite with our spouses...

Saludos,

Bri

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BrokenHearted49   0

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All they do is lie to you. You just have to take what they dish out to you. They have all the CONTROL and nothing you can do. You have to remember THEY DONT CARE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its not them

All you can do is vent here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12/04 met online

04/05 met in Hong Kong (2 weeks)

09/05 petition sent I-129 via lawyer (what a rip that was)

04/06 trip to Shenzhen, gave her diamond (to small boooo)

11/06 interview

11/06 DENIED "not a bonafide relationship"

02/07 married in Hong Kong & Shenzhen sightsee (1 month stay)

11/07 I-130 sent in

01/08 NOA-1

04/08 I-129F sent

05/08 NOA-1

11/08 sent letter to cancel OLD I-129F (2005) petition so no problems

11/18 received confirmation (email) letter received (VSC working on the old I-129F) quickest response ever from any governmnet agency !!!!!!!!!!!!

11/08 13 letters sent to Senate Judiciary Subcomittee Immigration

11/25 mailed me for more evidence, don't understand this delay new

I-129F (05/08)

11/29/08 received request for more evidence.......I forgot to check "NO' for domestic violence, homicide, manslaughter etc etc,

how stupid of me gezzzzzzzzzzz someone KICK ME please.

Also received action to the old WAC petition I-129F to reopen to withdraw petition.

12/01/08 I checked the "NO" box and sent in to VSC.

12/02/08 requested expedite services (need life saving operation)

12/06/08 received email new I-129F back in process mode

12/19/08 denial to expedite petition (unbelievable)

12/30/08 USCIS sending why the denial old I-129F (cant wait to get that response)

01/03/09 Finally received both NOA-2's today, my heart cant take it.

01/09/09 Received 1st letter from NVC for $70.00......no no no I want to process the I-129F. Got my birthdate wrong, have to fix that.

03/24/09 Interview........DENIED HK

This is going to be a NOVEL

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notime4haterz   0

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All they do is lie to you. You just have to take what they dish out to you. They have all the CONTROL and nothing you can do. You have to remember THEY DONT CARE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its not them

All you can do is vent here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's true...you're really at their mercy. Just try to visit each other alot and stay connected via phone, email, etc. It's gonna be a long wait. We're averaging about 8.5 months right now for K-3's. You can see the spreadsheets, March filers are starting to get approved now, at the end of November.

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RyanJu   0

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Well, as it is crazy, i see people getting approved within 1 month, 2 months, 3 months..... :) if your lucky you can get approved very quick. If not, the waiting take 6,7,8, 9 months.... :o

That's a surprise for all of us.

GOOD LUCK

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ArubaDolphin   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Aruba
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Hi. I'm from Aruba. We got married in May of this year and we filed for the K3 on June 19th. Now, I was looking at the USCIS processing times for Vermont, and it says they are processing applications (K1 and K3) from March this year!!! This doesn't make sense. A friend of mine from Aruba who filed for a K1 in May this year, got her visa last week. She got the NOA2 in September! How can they say they are processing K1's and K3's from March???? :o

Some days I just want to scream. I don't want to spend my 1 year wedding anniversary in Aruba, I want to be in Orlando by then... :( To be home with my husband is all I want, because right now even though I am 'home', it doesn't feel like home anymore. Although I love my parents and siblings (I moved back home to save money), I want to start my married life already.... :(

I know...patience...but weekends are especially bad...as I'm sure it is for all of us who've been waiting for what seems like ages, to reunite with our spouses...

Saludos,

Bri

Hi Br

I kinda know the feeling especially since because of USCIS mistake our noa 2 had an end May date instead oa an april one

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03/02 Received NVC

04/02 Case Number

05/02 DS-3032 Gen

06/02 DS-3032 email

09/02 Received DS-3032&I-864 Bill

10/02 Pay I-864

11/02 AOS bill PAID

11/02 IV Bill Gen

11/02 Pay IV

11/02 IV Bill PAID

26/02 Mail AOS&IV Package

Stuck at NVC :-(

10/3 Medical PASSED!

11/3 AVR states IV paid (1 month after it got paid)

K-3:

04/02 At NVC

05/02 Left NVC

At Embassy, DHL 9 FEB

19/02 Embassy gave me apt for K-3

31/03 Interview Date

K-3 In HAND!!!!!

04/04/09 POE: ARUBA

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CaNdiD wiTcH   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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You are not alone.. Almost everybody here is frustrated. All you could do is to vent. Sad to say, we cannot do anything about VSC process. Nobody even knows what's going on inside the service centers. I also cannot understand why K1 is faster than K3 and CR1.. Be strong. Our journey will end soon (hopefully). :innocent:

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I promise to love you in good times and in bad, with all I have to give and all that I am, in the only way I know how -- completely and forever......

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You are not alone.. Almost everybody here is frustrated. All you could do is to vent. Sad to say, we cannot do anything about VSC process. Nobody even knows what's going on inside the service centers. I also cannot understand why K1 is faster than K3 and CR1.. Be strong. Our journey will end soon (hopefully). :innocent:

Immigration law is broken for US citizens. US Citizens have to wait for much much longer than other people such as people who are here on working visa (H1, H2, J, etc...). These people can bring there relatives with them right away, not even more than month...

I hope new government will fix these immigration rule....

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Romania
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Hi. I'm from Aruba. We got married in May of this year and we filed for the K3 on June 19th. Now, I was looking at the USCIS processing times for Vermont, and it says they are processing applications (K1 and K3) from March this year!!! This doesn't make sense. A friend of mine from Aruba who filed for a K1 in May this year, got her visa last week. She got the NOA2 in September! How can they say they are processing K1's and K3's from March???? :o

Some days I just want to scream. I don't want to spend my 1 year wedding anniversary in Aruba, I want to be in Orlando by then... :( To be home with my husband is all I want, because right now even though I am 'home', it doesn't feel like home anymore. Although I love my parents and siblings (I moved back home to save money), I want to start my married life already.... :(

I know...patience...but weekends are especially bad...as I'm sure it is for all of us who've been waiting for what seems like ages, to reunite with our spouses...

Saludos,

Bri

its a backlog, they have recieved millions of petitions this past year, also, its not a first come first serve basis, if a friend of yours got an approval and applied after/before/same time as you, he somehow ened up at the top of the bucket, also, hes a K1 filer, which generally takes less amount of time than the K3, if the site is showing both visa's on March, im guessing the K1 area has not been updated.

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LoveMyTico   999

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Costa Rica
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Ha

I even filed for an expedite and I'm waiting to hear if they are approving that or not. They said within 5 days I should hear. well, it took them 3 days to receive my fax- that was the 14th. Don't count that day so then its the 15th and 16th. then the weekend and then today is a holiday. 5 days turns into 10 days for god's sake.

BS

and yes, it is totally frustrating.

Married March 9, 2013
NOA1 I-130 April 12, 2013
Transferred to TSC Nov 27, 2013
APPROVED March 18, 2014 FINALLY ! ! ! !! 11 MONTHS & 6 LONG DAYS FOR MY NOA2
Case shipped from TSC to NVC March 21, 2014
Rec'd NOA2 hard copy March 22, 2014
Case rec'd & Case Number assigned April 1, 2014 AMAZING !!!
PAID IV and AOS fees online April 5, 2014
Fees show paid/DS 260 avail. /DS260 submitted/AOS&IV pkg sent April 9, 2014
FEDEX delivered @ NVC April 11, 2014
Revised AOS pkg delivered April 15, 2014
AOS & IV rec'd& scanned in @ NVC April 15, 2014
Revised AOS scanned April 18, 2014
AOS checklist for income and IV pkg April 30, 2014 (checklist expected due to Lawyers mistakes)
DS260 accepted April 30, 2014
Checklist for Birth cert/police cert May 1, 2014
AOS accepted May 5, 2014
Birth cert scanned MAY 8, 2014

CASE COMPLETE JUNE 4, 2014 CC letter received via email June 11, 2014

INTERVIEW JULY 15, 2014

Waiver finally FedEx'd to Phoenix Lockbox August 21, 2014

WAIVER APPROVED December 17, 2014

Received Instruction Letter via email December 23, 2014

Final Embassy Appointment January 5, 2015 YAY !

Visa ISSUED January 12, 2015

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queuedup   1

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it is definitely frustrating, I filed my I-130 at the end of may and ended up with an NAO1 of June 2,2008. I tried calling USCIS and got read what was listed on their website. At this point I guess im just going to have to wait it out...

The Journey Home
04/27/2009 - POE at JFK (Quick and Easy!!!!)
05/07/2009 - Applied for SSN
05/09/2009 - Welcome Letter Received
05/14/2009 - SSN Received
05/11/2009 - GC Production Ordered
06/12/2009 - GC Production Ordered (AGAIN ?!?!?!)
06/19/2009 - Alien Registration Approval notice email
06/22/2009 - 2 Year Green Card Received!!!!!!

Naturalization
02/06/2013 - Application Sent
02/13/2013 - NOA (Priority Date Feb 8th)
02/13/2013 - Biometrics Appt. Letter Received
02/21/2013 - Early Bio Appt. (Original March 15th)
02/26/2013 - Place Inline for Interview

04/24/2013 - Interview scheduled

05/31/2013 - Interview - Recommended for Approval

XX/XX/2013 - Oath Ceremony

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Old Dominion   26

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Hi. I'm from Aruba. We got married in May of this year and we filed for the K3 on June 19th. Now, I was looking at the USCIS processing times for Vermont, and it says they are processing applications (K1 and K3) from March this year!!! This doesn't make sense. A friend of mine from Aruba who filed for a K1 in May this year, got her visa last week. She got the NOA2 in September! How can they say they are processing K1's and K3's from March???? :o

Some days I just want to scream. I don't want to spend my 1 year wedding anniversary in Aruba, I want to be in Orlando by then... :( To be home with my husband is all I want, because right now even though I am 'home', it doesn't feel like home anymore. Although I love my parents and siblings (I moved back home to save money), I want to start my married life already.... :(

I know...patience...but weekends are especially bad...as I'm sure it is for all of us who've been waiting for what seems like ages, to reunite with our spouses...

Saludos,

Bri

When they say they are processing applications from March, they mean that there are still a few "in process" for some reason such as needing more information, etc. Your friend's experience is more typical for the easy ones.

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