December 2013 filers

[nina.mb 8]

Actually they don't have an order of approvals by who sent it first. I saw a bunch of people that sent the petition after me getting their approval first.

Good luck

Truth. We filed in September and still waiting for the NOA2...you can imagine how disheartening to see filers from the NEW YEAR receiving approvals left and right No rhyme or reason to this process as far as I can tell...

Hang in there, those of you who are also still suffering in this awful limbo.

[Sambl 11]

Truth. We filed in September and still waiting for the NOA2...you can imagine how disheartening to see filers from the NEW YEAR receiving approvals left and right No rhyme or reason to this process as far as I can tell...

Hang in there, those of you who are also still suffering in this awful limbo.

Did u try to contact the senator to help, or talk to the tier 2..congressman, anyone. It's been too long

[Tiff&Babs 62]

Truth. We filed in September and still waiting for the NOA2...you can imagine how disheartening to see filers from the NEW YEAR receiving approvals left and right No rhyme or reason to this process as far as I can tell...

Hang in there, those of you who are also still suffering in this awful limbo.

You should have definitely received your noa2 by now. Are there any action that can be taken (I'm sure you've taken some) to find out what the hold up is?

[Noura_914 47]

Truth. We filed in September and still waiting for the NOA2...you can imagine how disheartening to see filers from the NEW YEAR receiving approvals left and right No rhyme or reason to this process as far as I can tell...

Hang in there, those of you who are also still suffering in this awful limbo.

nina.mb: Does it still say 'initial review' on the case status website? https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard/CaseStatus.do if it does, you need to call USCIS.

Also - to everyone else - I see people saying to contact congressmen...does that actually work???? I'm only at a little over 2 months waiting on my NOA2, but I have a few political connections.I didnt even think to ever ask a politician for help regarding immigration. Does anyone have experience with it?

[nina.mb 8]

Hi all -

Yes, after 6 months of waiting, we've got the full court press on...inquiry in with the CIS Ombudsman's Office and Senator's Constituent Services Office has been in touch with USCIS.

Latest word is that our file finally made it back to USCIS after FOUR MONTHS of background checks (!!) - since we both have clean records and no previous marriages, we can only assume that it was the combination of his nationality (Moroccan - Arab, high fraud reputation, etc.) and my work (humanitarian relief) that takes me often to the Middle East.

The Senator's rep said that the case should be assigned "soon" and then they have a 30-45 day window to render a decision. I understand the 30 days - review takes time to go over the details, etc. - but the "soon" makes me uneasy. At this point, both my fiancé and I are scrambling to make the necessary adjustments with work and school to accommodate the delays, but "soon" makes it hard to estimate.

Any brilliant ideas out there of ways to either 1) respectfully request that the rep press USCIS harder for immediate case assignment 2) apply pressure from another angle??

Thankful for any suggestions that might help us keep our file from getting tossed back into the pile with Feb/March filers!!! Not looking for special treatment, but it really is our turn now

[Tiff&Babs 62]

Hi all -

Yes, after 6 months of waiting, we've got the full court press on...inquiry in with the CIS Ombudsman's Office and Senator's Constituent Services Office has been in touch with USCIS.

Latest word is that our file finally made it back to USCIS after FOUR MONTHS of background checks (!!) - since we both have clean records and no previous marriages, we can only assume that it was the combination of his nationality (Moroccan - Arab, high fraud reputation, etc.) and my work (humanitarian relief) that takes me often to the Middle East.

The Senator's rep said that the case should be assigned "soon" and then they have a 30-45 day window to render a decision. I understand the 30 days - review takes time to go over the details, etc. - but the "soon" makes me uneasy. At this point, both my fiancé and I are scrambling to make the necessary adjustments with work and school to accommodate the delays, but "soon" makes it hard to estimate.

Any brilliant ideas out there of ways to either 1) respectfully request that the rep press USCIS harder for immediate case assignment 2) apply pressure from another angle??

Thankful for any suggestions that might help us keep our file from getting tossed back into the pile with Feb/March filers!!! Not looking for special treatment, but it really is our turn now

I think that you should post this in the general K-1 forum. Maybe other people may have had experience with this. Best wishes :-)

[shahrukh519 1]

WOWWW everything is moving so fast. nvc recieved my my case yesterday and assigned me my case number and today they already transeffered it consulate in my country. jus in 1 day. now status is IN TRANSIT on ceac website.

K1 Visa Event Date Service Center : California Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : New Delhi, India I-129F Sent : 2013-12-23 I-129F NOA1 : 2014-01-02 I-129F RFE(s) : 2014 02 03 RFE Reply(s) : 2014 02 24 I-129F NOA2 : 2014-02-27 NVC Received : 2014-03-11NVC Left : 2014-03-12

[smaring 14]

I would love to know where the law is that gives Philippines special immigration processing. I know that the Visa Bulletin has special columns for India, Mexico, and Philippines, they CLAIM because of immigration caps ... but that really doesn't explain why we see so many K-1(s) here on VJ from the Philippines getting fast-tracked.

6/8 of the NOA2(s) this month out of TSC have been from the Philippines ... with an average wait time for those 6 of just 27.5 days ... its hard to believe that special treatment doesn't exist while the rest of us have to wait 4 to 5 months. I'm not complaining about the special treatment. We all know involuntary governance is NEVER equal in their treatment of the law. This is GREAT if you are from the Philippines ... I'm not knocking you ... I'm envious. But seriously though ... there MUST be a law regarding this somewhere.

02/26 - 03/11 13

02/26 - 03/11 13

02/13 - 03/05 20

01/17 - 03/04 46

01/14 - 03/04 49

02/07 - 03/03 24

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AVG 27.5 days

[tanak45 17]

Ya I'm with ya, been in NOA1 since December 27th, make no sence to me. They will wait for 5 months then tell me they need more information.

[Sambl 11]

I would love to know where the law is that gives Philippines special immigration processing. I know that the Visa Bulletin has special columns for India, Mexico, and Philippines, they CLAIM because of immigration caps ... but that really doesn't explain why we see so many K-1(s) here on VJ from the Philippines getting fast-tracked.

6/8 of the NOA2(s) this month out of TSC have been from the Philippines ... with an average wait time for those 6 of just 27.5 days ... its hard to believe that special treatment doesn't exist while the rest of us have to wait 4 to 5 months. I'm not complaining about the special treatment. We all know involuntary governance is NEVER equal in their treatment of the law. This is GREAT if you are from the Philippines ... I'm not knocking you ... I'm envious. But seriously though ... there MUST be a law regarding this somewhere.

02/26 - 03/11 13

02/26 - 03/11 13

02/13 - 03/05 20

01/17 - 03/04 46

01/14 - 03/04 49

02/07 - 03/03 24

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AVG 27.5 days

Yes, it's frustrating. While I was waiting for my noa2, I saw so many fast approvals for the Philippines, I saw approvals within 21 days.. They said it was for humanitarian reasons, they had that tsunami. But it's frustrating anyway

[ean 10]

I would love to know where the law is that gives Philippines special immigration processing. I know that the Visa Bulletin has special columns for India, Mexico, and Philippines, they CLAIM because of immigration caps ... but that really doesn't explain why we see so many K-1(s) here on VJ from the Philippines getting fast-tracked.

6/8 of the NOA2(s) this month out of TSC have been from the Philippines ... with an average wait time for those 6 of just 27.5 days ... its hard to believe that special treatment doesn't exist while the rest of us have to wait 4 to 5 months. I'm not complaining about the special treatment. We all know involuntary governance is NEVER equal in their treatment of the law. This is GREAT if you are from the Philippines ... I'm not knocking you ... I'm envious. But seriously though ... there MUST be a law regarding this somewhere.

02/26 - 03/11 13

02/26 - 03/11 13

02/13 - 03/05 20

01/17 - 03/04 46

01/14 - 03/04 49

02/07 - 03/03 24

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AVG 27.5 days

The Philippines had a typhoon not a tsunami. It is said to be the strongest typhoon in world history. Eitherway, not everyone gets auto expedited. only those who are in the typhoon stricken areas.

[skooter85 7]

We got our NOA1 at the beginning of January and our NOA2 on 2/24. The consulate just received and processed our paperwork today (3/12) so hopefully we'll continue to move quickly.

And here I was expecting it to take 6 months or more.

[blackknight1609 28]

We got our NOA1 at the beginning of January and our NOA2 on 2/24. The consulate just received and processed our paperwork today (3/12) so hopefully we'll continue to move quickly.

And here I was expecting it to take 6 months or more.

Congratulations

We are still waiting ours to reach NVC and obtain the case number. When do you think I should start calling NVC? We got our NOA2 on 7 March 2014.

Good luck with the rest of your journey

[blackknight1609 28]

WOWWW everything is moving so fast. nvc recieved my my case yesterday and assigned me my case number and today they already transeffered it consulate in my country. jus in 1 day. now status is IN TRANSIT on ceac website.

K1 Visa Event Date Service Center : California Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : New Delhi, India I-129F Sent : 2013-12-23 I-129F NOA1 : 2014-01-02 I-129F RFE(s) : 2014 02 03 RFE Reply(s) : 2014 02 24 I-129F NOA2 : 2014-02-27 NVC Received : 2014-03-11NVC Left : 2014-03-12

Congratulations

I noticed the average days until NVC receive the petition is about 12 days. Now I have been waiting 6 days. Do you think I should start calling them, or If I called them earlier this might affect us and they might get annoyed and slow it down???

Good luck with your journey, keep us posted

[shahrukh519 1]

Congratulations

I noticed the average days until NVC receive the petition is about 12 days. Now I have been waiting 6 days. Do you think I should start calling them, or If I called them earlier this might affect us and they might get annoyed and slow it down???

Good luck with your journey, keep us posted

no its jus our mindset tht person shud call them after 10 days or so but i started calling them ryt away after 2 days from my noa2 date and i was calling them daily and finally after 10 days from noa2 they gave me tht lucky case number. whether u call them or not it is not going to affect you or your case in any way... so yea start calling and u might get lucky within a day or 2. best of luck