havent seen each other for 2 years before filing but were college sweethearts

[Bowie Kirk 2]

Hi everyone!

i filed on sept 27, 2012 and on april 20, 2013 uscis changed the alien registration number. i checked the other 4 cases with the same date as mine. 2 had been approved and the other 2 were asked for RFE. im not sure as to why our case has been left behind but i think i have an idea. my fiance got his USCship thru Naturalization.

so here's the thing:

my fiance and i have known each other for 9 years, we were college classmates turned into lovers. after graduation, he had to go to the states but we promised each other that we will continue our relationship. he then stayed in the US for more than 2 years so he could get his naturalization. one day he asked me to marry him while we were skyping. i was excited and we were so inlove so i said yes. we waited until he was financially stable and got his naturalization before filing for a fiance petition. while gathering all the documents i then noticed that part of the requirements is that the petitioner and the beneficiary should have met physically within 2 years before filing the petition and if they havent, they should provide an explanation. we explained on the application that i, the beneficiary, tried to apply for a tourist visa but was denied and the petitioner was completing the 5 years stay in the USA to get his naturalization and couldnt visit the Philippines because he just started working and doesnt have enough savings. as soon as he got his naturalization he applied for a fiance petition and didnt waited another days to come and go without doing anything to make us be together. i was hoping that this would qualify for the extreme hardship thing but reading all the comments and suggestions here, i think that would cause for a red flag. isnt it?

does anyone here have the same experience as mine?

tell me if im such an idiot for hoping that we will get approved!

anyone pls i need your comments! thanks

[Bowie Kirk 2]

and another thing, this january 2013, he came to the Philippines and weve seen each other but that is after we filed the application. should we call the uscis, tell them our story and asked if we could just send evidence that were together? this is driving me crazy.. we were left hanging.. all we want is to get this over and done with..

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

You will not qualify for hardship and your petition will be denied. Sorry.

A person going for naturalization can still take trips abroad - it doesn't make them ineligible.

[Bowie Kirk 2]

thanks for the reply.

if it is then what's taking them so long to tell us that? instead of waiting we could have done something else by now.. do i have to call them or anything?

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

No one has looked at your petition yet. It is sitting in a pile. When someone finally looks at it, they will see you didn't show proof of meeting. They will give you the benefit of the doubt and send you an RFE. You will not be able to respond to the RFE with proof and at that point you will get a denial.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

A friend tried to think they were "close" enough to 2 years ( they filed a week after the two years had expired ) even with another visit after they were denied for the 2 year requirement. You can file a new petition now that you qualify and withdraw the old one. Otherwise you will wait for months, be denied and have to file a new one anyway.

[glenmar 34]

A couple of things:

First I am a naturalized citizen and I did get the alien registration case update. I was approved 9 hours later. I received my NOA2 hard copy this week and it does have both my alien registration number and a new one for my fincee.

Second, it is a hard requirement that you must have met within 2 years prior to filing the I-129F petition. More than likely you will be denied. But, you never know strange things could happen. If you will be denied then all the cases I have seen the denial does not come right away it takes a few more months before the NOITD letter comes. Then more months going through the appeal process. I remind you of this because I was in a similar situation where in my case after 2 1/2 months waiting for NOA2 new information was made available to me that suggested I did not meet the requirements for filing. I weighed the chances of staying the course only to get denied, staying the course and maybe getting lucky and approved or cutting my losses and withdrawing the petition and refiling. I chose to give up the 2 1/2 months invested withdraw the petition and refile. I got 3 things in return. 1. Peace of mind. 2 SEVEN AND A HALF MONTHS MORE OF WAITING. and 3 best of all an approval (NOA2).

Is your fiance a betting man???

[Bowie Kirk 2]

HI!

i jsut started a new thread asking the same thing you guys suggested.

anyhow, thanks so much for all the replies..