January I-129F filers

[rayandmel 39]

any idea what it could possibly be? did you use an attorney at all?

No idea??? I thought my shizit was together.... I can't even imagine... Unless my description on how we met was not long enough??? I followed everything on this site...

Oh and sorry, no we did not use and attorney.

Edited July 19, 2012 by rayandmelissa

[miguel.angel 11]

Medical could be done earlier. But I'm not sure how the Criminal Record works in Russia. My fiance had to get another police certificate because it was only valid for 3 months...and then things slowed down to this horrible level. There was a time that we expected to interview late July or the worst early August...now we're hoping for a miracle just to interview in August..NOA2 still feels so close yet so far out of reach..

Im thinking of getting her to do the police record next month. In Russia it takes 1 month to process from what she tells me :unsure:

So if that can be done in advance i think its safe to start her on the process beginning of August. That way when we get approval, we have everything done and we can schedule the quickest appointment as possible. Is this how it works?

Same on the medical. Although according to the embassy, medical takes 3,4 days to process.

[miguel.angel 11]

No idea??? I thought my shizit was together.... I can't even imagine... Unless my description on how we met was not long enough??? I followed everything on this site...

Oh and sorry, no we did not use and attorney.

I am waiting for mine also. I didnt use an attorney, but i had an attorney buddy of mine come and review mine before i sent. I followed VJ guidelines and he mentioned he had never seen a complete package like mine before, that i had nothing to worry about. Then again, he's an "expert"in latin american cases and based on his suggestions, my fiancee got her tourist visa denied in the first place so im not so sure myself... :unsure:

Edited July 19, 2012 by miguel.angel

[rayandmel 39]

I am waiting for mine also. I didnt use an attorney, but i had an attorney buddy of mine come and review mine before i sent. I followed VJ guidelines and he mentioned he had never seen a complete package like mine before, that i had nothing to worry about. Then again, he's an "expert"in latin american cases and based on his suggestions, my fiancee got her tourist visa denied in the first place so im not so sure myself... :unsure:

Can you call USCIS as ask what it is they need? Will they give you any info over the phone?

[P+J 47]

No idea??? I thought my shizit was together.... I can't even imagine... Unless my description on how we met was not long enough??? I followed everything on this site...

Oh and sorry, no we did not use and attorney.

I can't imagine it would be because of the description. they don't need a novel. only proof that a meeting occurred in the past 2 years. and just some information about how the couple met. In the past people have included only a single sentence. Makes no sense that they would be RFEing for that. Details are for the consulate stage (questions at interview), not USCIS. Hopefully they didn't lose any documents. Maybe it's something really minor, some annoying small thing.

Edited July 19, 2012 by Paul86

[miguel.angel 11]

Can you call USCIS as ask what it is they need? Will they give you any info over the phone?

Sorry i didnt explain myself correctly...

I am waiting still for my NOA2. But all these RFEs are making me think ima get one also. I guess im just being paranoid.

I know i did make one mistake. I dont know if they would return the whole packet for some simple mistake. Maybe thats why im paranoid. I had all her personal information, dob, city of Birth etc etc, on all forms correctly. Except on one form the g35a is missing her city of birth. Its on all other forms except this box here. I synched my folders with dropbox and there was a conflict between adobe acrobat and the pdf program we use at work and it removed a couple boxes entries on this form. I corrected but i missed that box. Im hoping they dont return for only this.

Its all over ALL the forms she was born in Moscow

[P+J 47]

I wonder if VSC will end up unloading some of their petitions to CSC at some point. I think last time I checked there was around 146 unapproved petitions for February on Igor's List!!! I think it would be near impossible for them to correct the course of this ship now...The average processing time is creeping up toward unprecedented levels. I'm just not seeing the level of consistency that will be necessary to address the kind of backlog they must have there now. It's going to be near impossible to restore a reasonable processing time at this pace. I'm thinking we'll have an update to processing times this coming Monday or Tuesday. Hopefully that will change the reported date (1/9) when calling the national hotline...But I will be completely shocked if they still indicate a 5 months processing time on the internet. It's not possible. The backlog is completely out of control now.

Edited July 19, 2012 by Paul86

[rayandmel 39]

I can't imagine it would be because of the description. they don't need a novel. only proof that a meeting occurred in the past 2 years. and just some information about how the couple met. In the past people have included only a single sentence. Makes no sense that they would be RFEing for that. Details are for the consulate stage (questions at interview), not USCIS. Hopefully they didn't lose any documents. Maybe it's something really minor, some annoying small thing.

That is what I thought. I kept it to the point. Ray and I had seen each other 5 times prior to filing, I wrote a summary of that, had all of the passport stamps and the plane tickets with our names on them, plus a photo from each time... I can't imagine they need info regarding that... So I am not sure what it is they are looking for? I will be so pissed if it is a mistake they made, like losing a paper..

Edited July 19, 2012 by rayandmelissa

[P+J 47]

That is what I thought. I kept it to the point. Ray and I had seen each other 5 times prior to filing, I wrote a summary of that, had all of the passport stamps and the plane tickets with our names on them, plus a photo from each time... I can't imagine they need info regarding that... So I am not sure what it is they are looking for? I will be so pissed if it is a mistake they made, like loosing a paper..

You included more than enough evidence for this part of the filing process. There was no reason to receive an RFE for anything related to proof of meeting. And if you included at least something about how you first met (many people didn't even include it and still received approval) the only explanation would be related to lost documents if it relates to proof of meeting. Maybe it's something minor on the forms..something you wouldn't have expected...I can't see how they would be RFEing you for anything else. You included exactly what everyone else did to receive approval. The passport stamps and plane tickets are the gold standard. The photos do not matter. Obviously you need to include a few. But dates. and linking them to certain trips. All extraneous and not primary evidence. You already went above and beyond so I would think an RFE for meeting evidence is just about impossible for you unless again they lost documents or screwed up during adjudication.

Edited July 19, 2012 by Paul86

[LA&JK 16]

Im thinking of getting her to do the police record next month. In Russia it takes 1 month to process from what she tells me :unsure:

So if that can be done in advance i think its safe to start her on the process beginning of August. That way when we get approval, we have everything done and we can schedule the quickest appointment as possible. Is this how it works?

Same on the medical. Although according to the embassy, medical takes 3,4 days to process.

Wow that sucks. I got my police certificate in 5 mins, just went there, paid their fee and in 2 mins i was ready to pick it up...

It is valid for 6 months, so is our medical.

The thing is i have to get done all the tests and xray separately, the immigration doctor only checks if i have everything and signs the form..

So i have to go to multiple doctors to get this done...

It is different for each consulate though. Slovakia seems to be easy and quick since there's no one going for K1 visa but me LOL ( since 99 % of slovak people get married on tourist visa or Esta)

[P+J 47]

Wow that sucks. I got my police certificate in 5 mins, just went there, paid their fee and in 2 mins i was ready to pick it up...

It is valid for 6 months, so is our medical.

The thing is i have to get done all the tests and xray separately, the immigration doctor only checks if i have everything and signs the form..

So i have to go to multiple doctors to get this done...

It is different for each consulate though. Slovakia seems to be easy and quick since there's no one going for K1 visa but me LOL ( since 99 % of slovak people get married on tourist visa or Esta)

Yup. If only we'd be getting our NOA2s we could be moving on quickly! VSC is in bad shape right now. I was just browsing through Igor's list. I think it's safe to say that this may be one of the worst backlogs ever to happen there. It's literally impossible to correct now. I think we'll see petitions sent out to CSC. They have 146 VJ users pending for February alone. They won't be coming out of this one. It went on too long. Unless they're going to change processing time to 7-8 months or something. These forums should have been lighting up for VSC weeks ago. It's going to be too little too late now. And they still seem to be neglecting 1/18, 1/19, and 1/20 I don't understand what the problem is with the petitions received on these dates.

Edited July 19, 2012 by Paul86

[Nehelenia 2]

Well, I just checked, they sent us an RFE today.. I can't stop crying... Wow, so much for wanting my file looked at.

Oh no I'm really sorry. Hopefully it's something easy to fix!

[LA&JK 16]

Yup. If only we'd be getting our NOA2s we could be moving on quickly! VSC is in bad shape right now. I was just browsing through Igor's list. I think it's safe to say that this may be one of the worst backlogs ever to happen there. It's literally impossible to correct now. I think we'll see petitions sent out to CSC. They have 146 VJ users pending for February alone. They won't be coming out of this one. It went on too long. Unless they're going to change processing time to 7-8 months or something. These forums should have been lighting up for VSC weeks ago. It's going to be too little too late now. And they still seem to be neglecting 1/18, 1/19, and 1/20 I don't understand what the problem is with the petitions received on these dates.

Well, if they start sending stuff over to CSC it is gonna be even worse IMO. Lost files etc.

We are almost there, 6 months... Cant be much longer.

[sabi 148]

No idea??? I thought my shizit was together.... I can't even imagine... Unless my description on how we met was not long enough??? I followed everything on this site...

Oh and sorry, no we did not use and attorney.

unless they have lost something which happens as I believe...

It is really shame they don't tell you straight away and you have to wait for a mail which can take a few days...

I am actually expecting RFE too, we didn't send the front and the back passport cover, I bet they will say they needed it! lol

[P+J 47]

Well, if they start sending stuff over to CSC it is gonna be even worse IMO. Lost files etc.

We are almost there, 6 months... Cant be much longer.

Yup. We were with VSC until the end for sure..I'm thinking March and April filers might see something happen with their petitions. They might not endure this insane wait.

Edited July 19, 2012 by Paul86