January I-129F filers

[sabi 148]

I told my fiance to tell whoever is going to ring him back from his congressman's office that we actually know people from February are being approved, so they dont listen to any "beginning of January" bull****! I'm really dissapointed ! Imagine, if he came here, we would get married and he would be legally able to work within weeks... I'm regreting our decision already....

[Knope2012 10]

Hey January Filers!!!!!

I am a February Filer, and i just wanted to let you guys know we have already begun to receive ours as of monday, as predicted on VJ timeline stats. I have heard over and over again Jan is being delayed by ALOT and i thought maybe letting you know this might encourage you guys to contact the service center or anyone else who can find out whats happening.

Good Luck Guys!!

Hello. I think a few here have mentioned the February filers already getting approvals, and we're happy that at least someone is So far, they've worked on the beginning and end of January and completely ignored the middle. A few here have called, but calling doesn't do any good. They'll just give you a scripted answer and say to call back in a month. I already sent a letter to my senator and contacted DHS Ombudsman, and a few others have or will be contacting congressmen and USCIS. I don't know if it will help the delay at all, but we really are doing all we can. I sincerely hope that all of us get approvals very soon.

[P+J 47]

I told my fiance to tell whoever is going to ring him back from his congressman's office that we actually know people from February are being approved, so they dont listen to any "beginning of January" bull****! I'm really dissapointed ! Imagine, if he came here, we would get married and he would be legally able to work within weeks... I'm regreting our decision already....

[P+J 47]

Hello. I think a few here have mentioned the February filers already getting approvals, and we're happy that at least someone is So far, they've worked on the beginning and end of January and completely ignored the middle. A few here have called, but calling doesn't do any good. They'll just give you a scripted answer and say to call back in a month. I already sent a letter to my senator and contacted DHS Ombudsman, and a few others have or will be contacting congressmen and USCIS. I don't know if it will help the delay at all, but we really are doing all we can. I sincerely hope that all of us get approvals very soon.

I'm glad for anyone to get approvals at this point. Just want them doing something. The quiet days are the worst. But overall this week has been an absolute disappointment in every way. I'm hoping for next week to finally result in NOA2. But I'm also going to prepare for the worst now...That I might have to endure until after the holiday. I just wish someone could explain what's going on. It's the not knowing in all aspects of this process that remains so frustrating. CSC is above 70 approvals now and well beyond 50% of VJ Timelines have NOA2..We're still in the low 50s...

Edited June 22, 2012 by Paul86

[Knope2012 10]

I wouldn't have minded living in the UK, but there are a lot of good things about living in the US too. Maybe the UK and Ireland are faster at processing petitions because they're smaller countries? I would like to see some immigration reform so that immigrants coming in on a K1 can work in a month, but we're unlikely to see it. I hope at least all of the immigrants going through this process find the good in the US to be worth the journey (It would be hard for me to go from 6 weeks off to 2)

[LorRenee 6]

Full steam ahead you guys they can't keep this up, and we shouldn't let them... CSC is at least putting an effort in. I think VSC needs a little kick up the booty.

[P+J 47]

Full steam ahead you guys they can't keep this up, and we shouldn't let them... CSC is at least putting an effort in. I think VSC needs a little kick up the booty.

It's amazing to think that a few years ago this was a process that required about 60-90 days max. (People used to complain that 48 days was a long time)...Now we wait 4 x as long. 160 days is actually looking good to me now. NOA2 this week and I'm very happy. Just went to make it out of June...ah.

[wdm1986 2]

Hey January Filers!!!!!

I am a February Filer, and i just wanted to let you guys know we have already begun to receive ours as of monday, as predicted on VJ timeline stats. I have heard over and over again Jan is being delayed by ALOT and i thought maybe letting you know this might encourage you guys to contact the service center or anyone else who can find out whats happening.

Good Luck Guys!!

I'm glad u got your noa2 but that is not encouraging. That makes me angry that they've started on February and there's still half of January who has nothing.... We have waited some of us wwwwaaayyyyy longer than the 5 month timeline and it makes me extremely angry that February people who have not waited as long as we have are already getting noa2s.... This is utterly ridiculous.... I hope my congressman's secretary has good news when she contacts me back.... If not I will mention to her that we have seen February people getting noa2s and there's a clump of us who have absolutely nothing....

Edited June 22, 2012 by wdm1986

[BnT 9]

Hey January Filers!!!!!

I am a February Filer, and i just wanted to let you guys know we have already begun to receive ours as of monday, as predicted on VJ timeline stats. I have heard over and over again Jan is being delayed by ALOT and i thought maybe letting you know this might encourage you guys to contact the service center or anyone else who can find out whats happening.

Good Luck Guys!!

HOLY COW!!!! I am hoping that your timeline has a typo! It says that you sent your stuff on Dec. 20 and didn't get an NOA1 until Feb. 16th?????!!!!!!!!! What is up with that?!?! You should have had an NOA1 like within a week or so.....!!!

[sabi 148]

I wouldn't have minded living in the UK, but there are a lot of good things about living in the US too. Maybe the UK and Ireland are faster at processing petitions because they're smaller countries? I would like to see some immigration reform so that immigrants coming in on a K1 can work in a month, but we're unlikely to see it. I hope at least all of the immigrants going through this process find the good in the US to be worth the journey (It would be hard for me to go from 6 weeks off to 2)

Ireland is faster because we dont have million of petitions each year, true also we don't have so many scammers, true! But at this stage i just want to be with the guy i love... And i can't because someone doesn't trust my intentions , on top of that theres no fairness as people are being approved in no order! I can take the fact that this process is expensive! I can take it that it takes a long time... But lack of consistency and any sense in how the petitions are being processed just kills it! I can wait as long as i see everyone waiting the same amount of time, otherwise its a lottery and I didnt sign up for that. There should be some deadlines and refunds. Its a service that we pay for, not a charity work and a favor that someone does for us. I'm sorry i sound so horrible today but i am really frustrated today more than any other day ...

[LorRenee 6]

It's amazing to think that a few years ago this was a process that required about 60-90 days max. (People used to complain that 48 days was a long time)...Now we wait 4 x as long. 160 days is actually looking good to me now. NOA2 this week and I'm very happy. Just went to make it out of June...ah.

90 days would be nice. 5 months wasn't even all that bad, it felt like time was steadily going by.....until nothing happened and it became a nightmare. If they could have kept up we'd all be planning our flights by now.. *sigh*

[wdm1986 2]

Ireland is faster because we dont have million of petitions each year, true also we don't have so many scammers, true! But at this stage i just want to be with the guy i love... And i can't because someone doesn't trust my intentions , on top of that theres no fairness as people are being approved in no order! I can take the fact that this process is expensive! I can take it that it takes a long time... But lack of consistency and any sense in how the petitions are being processed just kills it! I can wait as long as i see everyone waiting the same amount of time, otherwise its a lottery and I didnt sign up for that. There should be some deadlines and refunds. Its a service that we pay for, not a charity work and a favor that someone does for us. I'm sorry i sound so horrible today but i am really frustrated today more than any other day ...

It's ok Sabi! I totally agree with you. We should get refunds when they say 5 months and it's been 6 and they approve people who filed way after you did... I'm really wishing I'd have just moved to the UK..... This is stupid and ridiculous. We live in the computer/technology age and they lose our files and cant process a file on time....

Edited June 22, 2012 by wdm1986

[P+J 47]

Ireland is faster because we dont have million of petitions each year, true also we don't have so many scammers, true! But at this stage i just want to be with the guy i love... And i can't because someone doesn't trust my intentions , on top of that theres no fairness as people are being approved in no order! I can take the fact that this process is expensive! I can take it that it takes a long time... But lack of consistency and any sense in how the petitions are being processed just kills it! I can wait as long as i see everyone waiting the same amount of time, otherwise its a lottery and I didnt sign up for that. There should be some deadlines and refunds. Its a service that we pay for, not a charity work and a favor that someone does for us. I'm sorry i sound so horrible today but i am really frustrated today more than any other day ...

You explained it perfectly. And this is what people fail to understand when we start complaining about the process. It's the arbitrary nature of the approvals, the lack of communication, the absence of any consistency, and our limited options to address the situation when we exceed normal processing time that makes this whole thing a nightmare. It's just too much of a lottery and we did not sign up for that nor pay for that. And the background check excuse is about the lamest thing I've ever heard. It has everything to do with improper appropriation of the files to be worked on and inconsistent adjudication rates. They don't even have to make K1s a priority but at least work on them consistently. But even 5 months was not that bad to me. I can handle that. Even an approval next week is completely reasonable. Not what I hoped for but I can understand things happen. It's if next week passes. Then 4th of July comes. and then I'm into mid July? How does that happen? It's like entire weeks of potential progress get obliterated every time the opportunity arises..

Edited June 22, 2012 by Paul86

[photomile 101]

I really am in shock about this. As LorRenee said, if VSC had continued with the same kind of timescales that we were seeing months ago (approvals around 114 days for UK filers), I would conceivably already be in the USA. Now I'm hoping and praying I can get out there at least at the end of August, but I have no idea if this is going to be possible. I'm just hoping to get through it.

I hope everyone is emailing the ombudsman. Someone needs to do some serious investigative work and get things moving again. Seeing so many of you guys that supported us still stuck waiting is horrible, and I really really hope you all get some kind of notice by 3pm eastern on Monday.

Good luck guys.

Edited June 22, 2012 by photomile

[sabi 148]

You explained it perfectly. And this is what people fail to understand when we start complaining about the process. It's the arbitrary nature of the approvals, the lack of communication, the absence of any consistency, and our limited options to address the situation when we exceed normal processing time that makes this whole thing a nightmare. It's just too much of a lottery and we did not sign up for that nor pay for that. And the background check excuse is about the lamest thing I've ever heard. It has everything to do with improper appropriation of the files to be worked on and inconsistent adjudication rates.

I am sure they just dont know or dont want to know about the fact that we actually have websites like this one and we keep track of who and when is actually approved... Its really funny if they think that people are clueless and have no idea about other people being approved on different dates that they actually trying to convince us they are! plus we can check other numbers on their website so it is easy to prove tey are not honest with us! This is the worst part of this whole process, them trying to convince us that we are within processing time to shut us up!