January '09 I-129 filers at CSC

[JayandZou 0]

How do you know when your petition has been "touched"??

I signed up to receive notifications from the website-- will they email me if my petition is "touched" -- and what exactly does that mean??

I don't believe they will email you when your case is touched, you just have to logon to your case status online and the date it was last updated is your "touch". I had two extra touches after the NOA1, but I believe that was due to the change of address for the petition. The date the change of address was dated was the 21st and the 22nd is when they mailed it..hence the two touches. Hope this helps.

Hi All! My NOA 1 was Jan 14th so just waiting. I'm going to visit my fiance in Morocco in one week and I thought maybe we could fill out some of the forms that the Casablanca Consulate will send him after the NOA 2. Does anyone know the exact Visa forms we will need? I don't think we have to wait to get the package because many people have them finished beforehand. Of course, you can't send them in for a long time but maybe it's easier to fill them out together. Any help will be appreciated!

Also, any filers from Morocco that are awaiting their interview? I'm sure they can also answer my question as to the exact requirements from Morocco. Thanks so much!

Edited January 31, 2009 by JayandZou

[laura819 0]

How do you know when your petition has been "touched"??

I signed up to receive notifications from the website-- will they email me if my petition is "touched" -- and what exactly does that mean??

I don't believe they will email you when your case is touched, you just have to logon to your case status online and the date it was last updated is your "touch". I had two extra touches after the NOA1, but I believe that was due to the change of address for the petition. The date the change of address was dated was the 21st and the 22nd is when they mailed it..hence the two touches. Hope this helps.

Hi All! My NOA 1 was Jan 14th so just waiting. I'm going to visit my fiance in Morocco in one week and I thought maybe we could fill out some of the forms that the Casablanca Consulate will send him after the NOA 2. Does anyone know the exact Visa forms we will need? I don't think we have to wait to get the package because many people have them finished beforehand. Of course, you can't send them in for a long time but maybe it's easier to fill them out together. Any help will be appreciated!

Also, any filers from Morocco that are awaiting their interview? I'm sure they can also answer my question as to the exact requirements from Morocco. Thanks so much!

if you go to the morocco forum i bet they can answer your questions better and i think its probably a good idea to fill them in together, like you said!

[minnew 4]

Boy we are a quiet bunch! Anyways, just wanted to check in to see how things are going? I just got back earlier this week from visiting my fiance in the U.S. It was hard to leave this time, but hopefully I will go again in April! My estimated time for adjudication on my timeline has jumped all over the place in the past few weeks...end of april to end of may, but I would be happy with where it is now...around of end of april. On Igor's list...(the old one) I don't think it is representative of my true spot ie Date sent...Mine was sent 12/20...but no NOA1 until 1/14.... so really I would be down the list into January instead of furthur up the list. This is why I like the new list, goes by NOA1 although my number is like a 100 more!!

Well since the month of January is done there are no more January filers for 2009 on VJ! But if there are any more out there please feel free to drop by!!

[laura819 0]

Boy we are a quiet bunch! Anyways, just wanted to check in to see how things are going? I just got back earlier this week from visiting my fiance in the U.S. It was hard to leave this time, but hopefully I will go again in April! My estimated time for adjudication on my timeline has jumped all over the place in the past few weeks...end of april to end of may, but I would be happy with where it is now...around of end of april. On Igor's list...(the old one) I don't think it is representative of my true spot ie Date sent...Mine was sent 12/20...but no NOA1 until 1/14.... so really I would be down the list into January instead of furthur up the list. This is why I like the new list, goes by NOA1 although my number is like a 100 more!!

Well since the month of January is done there are no more January filers for 2009 on VJ! But if there are any more out there please feel free to drop by!!

we are too quiet i think how nice that you got to see your fiance! how did entering the us go? did you get asked about the k1? right now my estimated time is end of april..i would love if that happened!

[minnew 4]

Boy we are a quiet bunch! Anyways, just wanted to check in to see how things are going? I just got back earlier this week from visiting my fiance in the U.S. It was hard to leave this time, but hopefully I will go again in April! My estimated time for adjudication on my timeline has jumped all over the place in the past few weeks...end of april to end of may, but I would be happy with where it is now...around of end of april. On Igor's list...(the old one) I don't think it is representative of my true spot ie Date sent...Mine was sent 12/20...but no NOA1 until 1/14.... so really I would be down the list into January instead of furthur up the list. This is why I like the new list, goes by NOA1 although my number is like a 100 more!!

Well since the month of January is done there are no more January filers for 2009 on VJ! But if there are any more out there please feel free to drop by!!

we are too quiet i think how nice that you got to see your fiance! how did entering the us go? did you get asked about the k1? right now my estimated time is end of april..i would love if that happened!

Yes I agree too quiet!

I have been travelling back and forth for the past six years but now that I am back in Canada, I get the 20 questions every time because of course I say going to visit my boyfriend, or more recently...fiance! He asked to see my airline ticket (I was crossing at a land border then travelling with my fiance to Omaha) and I explained to him that the round trip ticket was cheaper than buying a one-way, he just shrugged his shoulders and said well as long as you return to Canada. He said " You do know that you need a visa to get married in the US?" I said Yes I do my fiance and I just applied for the fiance visa. He then asked well what consulate will that be going to? I told him Vancouver. I had a bunch of proof of ties and he never asked to see them! He asked the regular questions about monetary, plants, fruits....but I have been asked the past three times I crossed "Have you ever been arrested and/or fingerprinted?" Of course everytime I tell the truth and say yes it was a misdemeanor my first year of college. This last time was the best response (he was a young guy) with a big smile on his face " Well everyone is young once." And then we both laughed.

I want to go back to see him!! I want to start searching out wedding venues!! The internet is a good resource but it nothing like seeing them in person and making a decision with him!!

[laura819 0]

Boy we are a quiet bunch! Anyways, just wanted to check in to see how things are going? I just got back earlier this week from visiting my fiance in the U.S. It was hard to leave this time, but hopefully I will go again in April! My estimated time for adjudication on my timeline has jumped all over the place in the past few weeks...end of april to end of may, but I would be happy with where it is now...around of end of april. On Igor's list...(the old one) I don't think it is representative of my true spot ie Date sent...Mine was sent 12/20...but no NOA1 until 1/14.... so really I would be down the list into January instead of furthur up the list. This is why I like the new list, goes by NOA1 although my number is like a 100 more!!

Well since the month of January is done there are no more January filers for 2009 on VJ! But if there are any more out there please feel free to drop by!!

we are too quiet i think how nice that you got to see your fiance! how did entering the us go? did you get asked about the k1? right now my estimated time is end of april..i would love if that happened!

Yes I agree too quiet!

I have been travelling back and forth for the past six years but now that I am back in Canada, I get the 20 questions every time because of course I say going to visit my boyfriend, or more recently...fiance! He asked to see my airline ticket (I was crossing at a land border then travelling with my fiance to Omaha) and I explained to him that the round trip ticket was cheaper than buying a one-way, he just shrugged his shoulders and said well as long as you return to Canada. He said " You do know that you need a visa to get married in the US?" I said Yes I do my fiance and I just applied for the fiance visa. He then asked well what consulate will that be going to? I told him Vancouver. I had a bunch of proof of ties and he never asked to see them! He asked the regular questions about monetary, plants, fruits....but I have been asked the past three times I crossed "Have you ever been arrested and/or fingerprinted?" Of course everytime I tell the truth and say yes it was a misdemeanor my first year of college. This last time was the best response (he was a young guy) with a big smile on his face " Well everyone is young once." And then we both laughed.

I want to go back to see him!! I want to start searching out wedding venues!! The internet is a good resource but it nothing like seeing them in person and making a decision with him!!

im the USC and I definitely know how you feel....I'd give ANYTHING for him to be here with me!

ugh even though I know its wayyy to early to even hope for approval, I still wish CSC would get moving...I want all the people before me to get outttt of there hahaha.

[minnew 4]

Boy we are a quiet bunch! Anyways, just wanted to check in to see how things are going? I just got back earlier this week from visiting my fiance in the U.S. It was hard to leave this time, but hopefully I will go again in April! My estimated time for adjudication on my timeline has jumped all over the place in the past few weeks...end of april to end of may, but I would be happy with where it is now...around of end of april. On Igor's list...(the old one) I don't think it is representative of my true spot ie Date sent...Mine was sent 12/20...but no NOA1 until 1/14.... so really I would be down the list into January instead of furthur up the list. This is why I like the new list, goes by NOA1 although my number is like a 100 more!!

Well since the month of January is done there are no more January filers for 2009 on VJ! But if there are any more out there please feel free to drop by!!

we are too quiet i think how nice that you got to see your fiance! how did entering the us go? did you get asked about the k1? right now my estimated time is end of april..i would love if that happened!

Yes I agree too quiet!

I have been travelling back and forth for the past six years but now that I am back in Canada, I get the 20 questions every time because of course I say going to visit my boyfriend, or more recently...fiance! He asked to see my airline ticket (I was crossing at a land border then travelling with my fiance to Omaha) and I explained to him that the round trip ticket was cheaper than buying a one-way, he just shrugged his shoulders and said well as long as you return to Canada. He said " You do know that you need a visa to get married in the US?" I said Yes I do my fiance and I just applied for the fiance visa. He then asked well what consulate will that be going to? I told him Vancouver. I had a bunch of proof of ties and he never asked to see them! He asked the regular questions about monetary, plants, fruits....but I have been asked the past three times I crossed "Have you ever been arrested and/or fingerprinted?" Of course everytime I tell the truth and say yes it was a misdemeanor my first year of college. This last time was the best response (he was a young guy) with a big smile on his face " Well everyone is young once." And then we both laughed.

I want to go back to see him!! I want to start searching out wedding venues!! The internet is a good resource but it nothing like seeing them in person and making a decision with him!!

im the USC and I definitely know how you feel....I'd give ANYTHING for him to be here with me!

ugh even though I know its wayyy to early to even hope for approval, I still wish CSC would get moving...I want all the people before me to get outttt of there hahaha.

I have been looking at a few reception venues online and they look beautiful from the pictures! I am just afraid that by the time I call and ask what they have for availability there will be NOTHING!! I am hoping to have my interview and be approved by June so I can set the date then for Sept/Oct. I guess there can always be cancellations!? Some of the prices per plate though for venues, absolutely ridiculous!! $100 a plate! I don't think so!!

[laura819 0]

I have been looking at a few reception venues online and they look beautiful from the pictures! I am just afraid that by the time I call and ask what they have for availability there will be NOTHING!! I am hoping to have my interview and be approved by June so I can set the date then for Sept/Oct. I guess there can always be cancellations!? Some of the prices per plate though for venues, absolutely ridiculous!! $100 a plate! I don't think so!!

yea i did a bad bad thing and booked things already..so im hoping to not have to cancel them, or if i have to maybe they will be nice about moving the date. ugh. atleast you are thinking fall, which is a less popular time to get married than spring/summer! my town is a huuuuuge college football town, so if i DO have to move the date, im gonna most likely have to do winter (ew) or spring. so we'd just do a really small church thing just to be legally married, and then do something later. but i really hope it just goes on time haha.

[minnew 4]

I have been looking at a few reception venues online and they look beautiful from the pictures! I am just afraid that by the time I call and ask what they have for availability there will be NOTHING!! I am hoping to have my interview and be approved by June so I can set the date then for Sept/Oct. I guess there can always be cancellations!? Some of the prices per plate though for venues, absolutely ridiculous!! $100 a plate! I don't think so!!

yea i did a bad bad thing and booked things already..so im hoping to not have to cancel them, or if i have to maybe they will be nice about moving the date. ugh. atleast you are thinking fall, which is a less popular time to get married than spring/summer! my town is a huuuuuge college football town, so if i DO have to move the date, im gonna most likely have to do winter (ew) or spring. so we'd just do a really small church thing just to be legally married, and then do something later. but i really hope it just goes on time haha.

Well I pray that everything comes through for you on time!! We want the most amount of time after the visa is issued to make wedding plans and hope that our families will be able to come with only 4-5 months notice! The absolute latest I would have the wedding would be first week of November because of the roads and possibility to get snow and winter storms up north, if i had to, but for us this is the only wedding we will have, our families were not okay with having legal wedding and then later have a reception or church wedding, so its all or nothing! If its a cheap deposit then yeah we might book it before we get approved, but its still money that we could have used while I was not able to work for 3 months if it falls through and they won't refund it! September is still a popular month but not as popular as the summer months so I am a bit worried! I would like October but one of my bridesmaids will be in her last semester of school and that is midterm time! So I am hoping for maybe late Sept then! But I can't plan around 1 person unfortunately, so we will see!!

[alb2009 0]

Just looking ahead, and I'm trying to figure out all of the documentation required by my fiance once NVC sends the embassy the approved visa. Is it just the DS-156K form? And in addition to sending the originals/copies from the I-129F, I also send the NOA1&2, and the I-134 form and supporting docs.... right? Am I missing anything else?

[minnew 4]

Just looking ahead, and I'm trying to figure out all of the documentation required by my fiance once NVC sends the embassy the approved visa. Is it just the DS-156K form? And in addition to sending the originals/copies from the I-129F, I also send the NOA1&2, and the I-134 form and supporting docs.... right? Am I missing anything else?

Your fiance will complete the DS forms, I am not sure if Australia has converted to the DS-160 which replaces 156, 157 and 158. I believe your fiance will also need to complete the DS-230, but you will both need to complete an updated letter of intent to marry dated after the NOA2. The embassy will also want proof of relationship (phone bills, messenger logs, any trips that you took to see each other after sending in the I-129F, photos). Your fiance in Australia will also need a police certificate and of course the medical exam done. I am trying to find my vaccination records for the medical, but I am also trying to find a list of required vaccinations for the medical so I can get these done in advance if I am missing any. Hope this helps!

[Nik+Heather 121]

I'm glad I found you guys! I was caught a little off guard when I was reading the posts up to now and had this really strange feeling like I'd found a little internet home for myself...Let me see if I can't get up to speed on my part of the conversation so far.

I saw you guys were discussing Igor's list. I have been obsessively checking this (and my time line estimated adjudication date). I find that I am very disappointed - it seems as though I am getting HIGHER Igor's list numbers. I think that since I filed at the end of the month, sometimes people fill in their time lines with earlier dates later than me, so I get moved down as they are shuffled in. I wonder when that sort of thing generally stops happening.

The really odd thing is that my adjudication date keeps getting earlier without any other NOA2s being reported. Not that I want to complain about THAT!

I had a dream last night that my predicted adjudication date was Feb 10th, 2009, and it was all over! Hah!

Nik and I (Heather) both share this account, but as far as I know, I'm the obsessive VJer. I'm the USC, 24 years old, and we met because we play the same game online. Nice to meet you, Andrea and Laura. I wonder if there's been a poll about who uses VJ the most - men or women - as it seems like the main posters in this thread are women...

Edited February 11, 2009 by Nik+Heather

[minnew 4]

I'm glad I found you guys! I was caught a little off guard when I was reading the posts up to now and had this really strange feeling like I'd found a little internet home for myself...Let me see if I can't get up to speed on my part of the conversation so far.

I saw you guys were discussing Igor's list. I have been obsessively checking this (and my time line estimated adjudication date). I find that I am very disappointed - it seems as though I am getting HIGHER Igor's list numbers. I think that since I filed at the end of the month, sometimes people fill in their time lines with earlier dates later than me, so I get moved down as they are shuffled in. I wonder when that sort of thing generally stops happening.

The really odd thing is that my adjudication date keeps getting earlier without any other NOA2s being reported. Not that I want to complain about THAT!

I had a dream last night that my predicted adjudication date was Feb 10th, 2009, and it was all over! Hah!

Nik and I (Heather) both share this account, but as far as I know, I'm the obsessive VJer. I'm the USC, 24 years old, and we met because we play the same game online. Nice to meet you, Andrea and Laura. I wonder if there's been a poll about who uses VJ the most - men or women - as it seems like the main posters in this thread are women...

It is nice to meet you as well Heather! I am 24 too! I am the obsessive VJer as well, my fiance (USC) has no interest in the forum, (he's got too many forums already LOL) I have been noticing that as well, my number on IGOR's list keeps on going up an down but my adjudication date keeps getting earlier too! I would be seriously happy with anytime in April! I think there was a poll about a week or two ago about who uses VJ and whether you are the beneficiary or not. From what I can remember it was alot of women. Anyways, nice to meet you and keep in touch!

[laura819 0]

I'm glad I found you guys! I was caught a little off guard when I was reading the posts up to now and had this really strange feeling like I'd found a little internet home for myself...Let me see if I can't get up to speed on my part of the conversation so far.

I saw you guys were discussing Igor's list. I have been obsessively checking this (and my time line estimated adjudication date). I find that I am very disappointed - it seems as though I am getting HIGHER Igor's list numbers. I think that since I filed at the end of the month, sometimes people fill in their time lines with earlier dates later than me, so I get moved down as they are shuffled in. I wonder when that sort of thing generally stops happening.

The really odd thing is that my adjudication date keeps getting earlier without any other NOA2s being reported. Not that I want to complain about THAT!

I had a dream last night that my predicted adjudication date was Feb 10th, 2009, and it was all over! Hah!

Nik and I (Heather) both share this account, but as far as I know, I'm the obsessive VJer. I'm the USC, 24 years old, and we met because we play the same game online. Nice to meet you, Andrea and Laura. I wonder if there's been a poll about who uses VJ the most - men or women - as it seems like the main posters in this thread are women...

Nice to meet you Heather! Soooo good to see someone else from the UK! Are you from the UK, or your fiance?? I am the US citizen, my fiance, Sven, is from England.

[Nik+Heather 121]

He's from the UK. I think that he doesn't necessarily like coming here because he doesn't want to see the time line say May 6th (as it does right now) and then be disappointed if it takes longer!