July 2010 CSC Filers

[Zava 1]

WE GOT A TOUCH TODAY (NOA1: July 23rd) !!!!!!!

the last touch was on July 29th!!!!!

congrats everyone who's getting touches and approvals!!! we are almost there!!!

Congratulations! I got a touch on 12-09-10 as well and I am going to marry my high school best friend (we didn't date back then) 26 years later.

[Zava 1]

We got an email saying we've been approved! The happy dance I did afterward was embarrassing, but well deserved! Everyone's will be coming soon!!!

I am very happy for YOU!

[Arvin8 1]

Still no touch. Last touch was july 23, 2010. Stressing!!!

[kumiandjoel 0]

Congratulations! I got a touch on 12-09-10 as well and I am going to marry my high school best friend (we didn't date back then) 26 years later.

hello Zava! thank you so much and congrats!! it could be our approval...who knows!! good luck to us and everyone waiting here! btw, i love your sweet story with your fiance(e)!! go team high school couples!!

[kumiandjoel 0]

Still no touch. Last touch was july 23, 2010. Stressing!!!

hello Arvin8, i feel you pain and i am so sorry...!

at least, look at me and my fiance, we haven't got any touches at all and it suddenly popped out a couple days ago! our timeline is pretty much same so you shouldn't throw away any hope! we will get there eventually.... we are almost at the 5 months mark!!

[Arvin8 1]

hello Arvin8, i feel you pain and i am so sorry...!

at least, look at me and my fiance, we haven't got any touches at all and it suddenly popped out a couple days ago! our timeline is pretty much same so you shouldn't throw away any hope! we will get there eventually.... we are almost at the 5 months mark!!

At least you guys got touched. We haven't since July 23. Oh well!!!

[Aztec&Taino 144]

In 5 days we hit our 5 month mark and today we got an RFE!! #######!! Excuse my language, but no other words for that!

On the plus side, your petition was at least looked at. By looking at other people's timelines, once you respond to the RFE your NOA2 should come soon enough. Best wishes!

[Arvin8 1]

I called them today. They said its still on review and the approval date is between today and 32 days from now. : (

[Ebunoluwa 6,136]

Hi everyone,

My NOA 1 was July 8 and we are now over the 5 months mark. Last and only touch was July 21.

[Al422 221]

I called them today. They said its still on review and the approval date is between today and 32 days from now. : (

At least you got an answer, maybe not a great one, but still an answer.

Did you get the name of the person you spoke with? That is the person you ask for when you call back in EXACTLY 32 days if you get nothing by then.

You can't pussyfoot around with these people. You need to be aggressive, or they will walk all over you.

[Al422 221]

I feel you, we got an RFE too yesterday and our NOA1 date is July 12th. Do you have already the hardcopy? What exactaly do they want to have from you? I figure too its probably his birth certificate and us have been meeting within the past 2 years.

But why wouldn´t they accept a birth certificate? My fiance doesn´t even have a passport!

Was the birth certificate a photocopy? For my birth certificate, I went to the Dept of Health Services and got a certified copy, only cost me about 25 bucks. Well worth it. Don't know if it will fly since I don't have my NOA2 yet, but I am just wondering if your copy is certified.

Also, I documented all 3 of our meetings. You only need 1, but this way if 1 out of 3 flies, we're in.

Edited December 12, 2010 by Al422

[JlovesA 109]

Was the birth certificate a photocopy? For my birth certificate, I went to the Dept of Health Services and got a certified copy, only cost me about 25 bucks. Well worth it. Don't know if it will fly since I don't have my NOA2 yet, but I am just wondering if your copy is certified.

Also, I documented all 3 of our meetings. You only need 1, but this way if 1 out of 3 flies, we're in.

It's not necessary to get a certified copy. A regular copy done at home is just fine. I speak from personal experience.

[Arvin8 1]

At least you got an answer, maybe not a great one, but still an answer.

Did you get the name of the person you spoke with? That is the person you ask for when you call back in EXACTLY 32 days if you get nothing by then.

You can't pussyfoot around with these people. You need to be aggressive, or they will walk all over you.

No I did not but I will call again on the 19th which is the 5 month mark.

[LoveMyMiky 35]

There is hope!!! Our I29F petition was approved by CSC last Thursday with no touches indicated!!!

Don't know if the letters sent to CIS and my Congressman helped as it has been a long 4 months 3 weeks and 4 days!!! I received the last letter that I sent to CSC a month ago back in the mail this weekend with a form letter stapled to it stating they have a new process in place for inquiry’s and I needed to follow it! Talk about being crazy, thank God I did not do something stupid!

Called USCIS this morning and was told it was not 5 months yet and it would be approved when it reaches 5 months. They apparently are just able to pull up the same information we can look at. Thought she was very polite and compassionate so somehow I remained calm and civil. I asked to speak with an immigration officer and was told they did not have their numbers. I then asked whom else I could talk with as this was a serious issue and I needed help. She said I could be connected to a higher level of customer service and asked if that is what I wanted (yes). She asked me again if I was asking to be connected to a higher level of customer service (yes). Believe it or not within seconds someone answered as an "officer" who conveyed the essence of professionalism. After being asked about 8 or so personal questions she said with a smile: Your petition was approved last Thursday, was forwarded to the VSC, and I would receive the approval notice in the mail shortly!!! I was stund, repeated what she said, she confiirmed and repeated it to me one more time!

We really needed this today; my fiancé has been in the hospital for the last 8 days with issues contributed to stress dealing with this journey. After knowing each other for several years while I was living in Korea, living together in the US under visiting visas, she really started to lose faith that approval was coming after 2 months past, then 3, 4, and now 5.

Wishes of hope for all others whose cases have approached the 5-month mark and have not yet had any indication of action. While it’s not the Visa in hand, nor us being together for the holidays, it makes for a good Christmas gift knowing we will be together soon as the really long wait is behind us!

[OBX 51]

There is hope!!! Our I29F petition was approved by CSC last Thursday with no touches indicated!!!

Don't know if the letters sent to CIS and my Congressman helped as it has been a long 4 months 3 weeks and 4 days!!! I received the last letter that I sent to CSC a month ago back in the mail this weekend with a form letter stapled to it stating they have a new process in place for inquiry’s and I needed to follow it! Talk about being crazy, thank God I did not do something stupid!

Called USCIS this morning and was told it was not 5 months yet and it would be approved when it reaches 5 months. They apparently are just able to pull up the same information we can look at. Thought she was very polite and compassionate so somehow I remained calm and civil. I asked to speak with an immigration officer and was told they did not have their numbers. I then asked whom else I could talk with as this was a serious issue and I needed help. She said I could be connected to a higher level of customer service and asked if that is what I wanted (yes). She asked me again if I was asking to be connected to a higher level of customer service (yes). Believe it or not within seconds someone answered as an "officer" who conveyed the essence of professionalism. After being asked about 8 or so personal questions she said with a smile: Your petition was approved last Thursday, was forwarded to the VSC, and I would receive the approval notice in the mail shortly!!! I was stund, repeated what she said, she confiirmed and repeated it to me one more time!

We really needed this today; my fiancé has been in the hospital for the last 8 days with issues contributed to stress dealing with this journey. After knowing each other for several years while I was living in Korea, living together in the US under visiting visas, she really started to lose faith that approval was coming after 2 months past, then 3, 4, and now 5.

Wishes of hope for all others whose cases have approached the 5-month mark and have not yet had any indication of action. While it’s not the Visa in hand, nor us being together for the holidays, it makes for a good Christmas gift knowing we will be together soon as the really long wait is behind us!

Congratulations and good luck with the rest of your journey!