k-1 petition approved 14 days.

[dawn13 6]

very happy for you personally, but this is extremely unfair for those of us who filed before you. i hope this is not an on going occurence, it is only fair that every one waits their turn. we are all in the same boat here, we all just want to be with our partner.

[JE06 54]

hmmm mine took 14 just to get to nvc.. lol. damn u vsc!!!!! but congrats to the poster....

[JE06 54]

Thanks again to those that are truely happy for me i really appreciate it and for those with negative comments I am extremely sorry that you guys feel its not fair or its a mistake. I worked really hard on my petition an obviously if I got approved in such a quick time I apparently did something right. and for those about to comment if you dont have any positive words to say PLEASEE DONT comment. Thanks.

theres NOTHING you did better than anyone else.. i got approved in 6 and a half months, was your packet better than mine? no. we both got approved so for you to say that i can understand why you got such negative responses.

[Andie 147]

We were told this would happen (though not such a short timeframe) - at our infopass meeting recently - that there were new staff employed and things would be moving more quickly. After 9 months of waiting for our **NOA1** (and still waiting for it) you can understand why I would think it would have been appropriate for them to clear the backlog first !! Our petition was perfect too...(their words) it is their error that has prevented us from being finished with this stage of the process.

Congratulations, however.

Edited December 21, 2012 by Andie

[CarolineyAlex 6]

To everyone still waiting who spent days, hours, weeks on their submission, don't let some of these words anger you or get you down. Waiting this long and grueling time is only part of the normal proceedings. It's been a long lonely 4 months and 3 weeks, and days I just feel terrible getting down about it because I know there are many of you out their pushing 7-8 months. Keep your head up and don't get blue about something that is out of our control. Congrats on your fast approval, but please don't say that our comments are negative, they are only true! We aren't trying to discourage you, just hits home when someone rubs the most important thing in your face! Good luck to us all, hopefully everyone on their journey will have some sort of lead on their path in the new year. Keep your head up everyone and congratulations to everyone being approved this month!

[TJandJR 69]

We were told this would happen (though not such a short timeframe) - at our infopass meeting recently - that there were new staff employed and things would be moving more quickly. After 9 months of waiting for our **NOA1** (and still waiting for it) you can understand why I would think it would have been appropriate for them to clear the backlog first !! Our petition was perfect too...(their words) it is their error that has prevented us from being finished with this stage of the process.

Congratulations, however.

Andie, did they say the new staff were at both service centers or just Vermont? I've noticed a few other cases that have been approved rather quickly.

[kiaradv 2]

Wow!!!! Congratulations. That is amazing!!! =D

[Andie 147]

Andie, did they say the new staff were at both service centers or just Vermont? I've noticed a few other cases that have been approved rather quickly.

Sorry I don't know all the details. My fiance was at the meeting. But there was a large number, of new trainees being released into the fold who would speed up the process... I'll try to find out. I didn't think it would take effect so soon. I just wish they'd started at the bottom of the pile rather than the newbies at the top - that would have been the fair thing to do.

[TJandJR 69]

Yeah, I agree. But hopefully this is good new for all of us. Maybe everyone's case will speed up. All we can do is the same thing we've been doing..... Wait and pray. I'm happy for those getting approved and for those still waiting, I hear what you're saying and I feel you.

[MAGGY@SANDI 6]

First of all I am not rubbing anything in any ones face. And secound I just was to express my thought and give hope for other waiting days months weeks. I am not yhat type of person. All I wanted was to get some advice on what to do next because I am lost not to rub it in any ones face. I understand how you guys feel and indeed its frustrating. But I would hope that I would get some advice on whats next . But I understand. Sorry for those who felt I was tr ying to throw it in ur face but it wasnt my intentions. So dont take my approval as a discouriging just take it as a hope for those waiting. Well good luck to those still waiting.

[Dana and Divine 61]

Thank you guys and thanks for allll ut help and support u guys will soon get yours apprroved just have a little faith and it will sure come your way

You need to go on and play the lottery while your at it too! Congratulations to you BOTH! Now get to work on the next phase!!!

[cdneh 3,112]

First of all I am not rubbing anything in any ones face. And secound I just was to express my thought and give hope for other waiting days months weeks. I am not yhat type of person. All I wanted was to get some advice on what to do next because I am lost not to rub it in any ones face. I understand how you guys feel and indeed its frustrating. But I would hope that I would get some advice on whats next . But I understand. Sorry for those who felt I was tr ying to throw it in ur face but it wasnt my intentions. So dont take my approval as a discouriging just take it as a hope for those waiting. Well good luck to those still waiting.

No need to apologise. This has come up in the past many times, and will do again. Do not let the naysayers dampen your happiness in this.

People seem to have the idea, however silly, that someone else getting approved quickly in some way slows them down. That there is some imaginary line we are all standing in, and these people who get quick approvals are somehow butting in ahead of others. That THEY were there first. Which is utter nonsense. There is no way to compare one persons case against another, every last one has it's own idiosyncrasies, and every last one gets dealt with in a singular way, sometimes it takes no time at all, and other cases take quite a lot of time indeed.

I remember being a K1 filer very well. We were last in our group, and that has followed me up til ROC. Always last in any queue. And after finally getting our NOA2 on the K1, we were yanked out of line and placed in 'random' AP at NVC, which was not before common practice. Held up there a further almost 2 months, and missed Christmas together, thank you very much. But I didn't feel that any of that gave me the right to moan about other people getting in some perceived line 'ahead' of me. I congratulated every last one of them, and meant it. It's what adult grown up people do.

I think what disturbs me most of all, is this desire to pour scorn and disapproval on the lucky few who whiz through the process with the rally cry of ' it's not fair!!!" "They filed after we did!' " They are lucky and got the faster service center!"

Life isn't fair. It is what it is. When your number comes up with USCIS, it comes up. Until that time, try and maintain a little dignity.

What also isn't fair is to try and subdue the joy of people who have successfully run the gauntlet, even if it appears that they started after you did. Why do we need to begrudge those people their happiness? Why do some think it is acceptable to put a lid posts like that, or warn the poster that they can be happy, just not too happy, and scold them that they had better watch their words so as not of upset or annoy or provoke the ones who are still waiting?

[leonidas_alexan 45]

First of all I am not rubbing anything in any ones face. And secound I just was to express my thought and give hope for other waiting days months weeks. I am not yhat type of person. All I wanted was to get some advice on what to do next because I am lost not to rub it in any ones face. I understand how you guys feel and indeed its frustrating. But I would hope that I would get some advice on whats next . But I understand. Sorry for those who felt I was tr ying to throw it in ur face but it wasnt my intentions. So dont take my approval as a discouriging just take it as a hope for those waiting. Well good luck to those still waiting.

Hey first things first Hearty Congratulations on your approval. Great news for you.

I think with some of the comments here on your approval, I am not surprised, I mean we are all human. It's natural to compare the timelines and be frustrated. So the reaction is not towards you getting your approval so fast but more of a reflection on how long the rest of us are having to wait. I am 100% sure a vast majority of the posters are just frustrated with their own pending applications than being unhappy your faster approval.

Congratulations once again and all the best for the rest of the process.

Cheers.

[Andie 147]

Hey first things first Hearty Congratulations on your approval. Great news for you.

I think with some of the comments here on your approval, I am not surprised, I mean we are all human. It's natural to compare the timelines and be frustrated. So the reaction is not towards you getting your approval so fast but more of a reflection on how long the rest of us are having to wait. I am 100% sure a vast majority of the posters are just frustrated with their own pending applications than being unhappy your faster approval.

Congratulations once again and all the best for the rest of the process.

Cheers.

[callmekay 19]

congratulations on the approval...i dont know how you would do it. i'd be so stressed out trying to get all the paperwork to my fiance. lol but that's just me...

Valentine's day is just a few months away...hopefully your loved one can be by your side by then