March 2014 Filers

[Lenny&Sanna 114]

[Muñeca 2014 25]

Any news about early March filers ?

[Jhalil&Mandy 15]

No change in activity here.

[Texasav8r 183]

Any news about early March filers ?

Nope. Not counting on anything for another 8 - 10 weeks.

[Lenny&Sanna 114]

Safe bet would say around September sometime I'm sure

[Hiroshi 宏 64]

Safe bet would say around September sometime I'm sure

Aye! We're all looking for start of September (ish) But August would be great

[BabyPhat 0]

got another interview date. july 21st

[Harley2 8]

Following our RFE, we returned our response on Monday of this week, and they received it on Tuesday, and last night we got an e-mail to say it had been approved, and the hard copy is in the post! Whoop! Think that's 85 days from NAO1, but we lost 4 weeks trying to get evidence for the RFE.

[Rob63 10]

Well it's been almost 98 days since NOA1, still no NOA2. I submitted an inquiry over the phone, since everyone else on visajourney from March has either already gotten NOA2 or at least an RFE - talking about Philippines here, so please don't slam me on here about complaining that is taking a long time.

I received an email today from USCIS:

"We have placed your case on a processing hold because the required security checks remain pending. Until we receive the results of these security checks, we cannot move forward on your case. We require the results of security checks before we make a decision on any pending case.

We cannot predict when we will receive the results of these security checks. Please be assured that we will make every effort to make a decision in your case as soon as the security checks are complete."

I was afraid of this. I knew their was someone with my name that uses Western Union, and is on the fraud alert list, so it doesn't surprise me that my name was flagged by USCIS, or at least that's what I believe has happened.

Does anyone have a comment/thought about the email I received? Has anyone else received this type of email, and if so, how long did it take to get approved?

Thanks.

[Jhalil&Mandy 15]

Well it's been almost 98 days since NOA1, still no NOA2. I submitted an inquiry over the phone, since everyone else on visajourney from March has either already gotten NOA2 or at least an RFE - talking about Philippines here, so please don't slam me on here about complaining that is taking a long time.

I received an email today from USCIS:

"We have placed your case on a processing hold because the required security checks remain pending. Until we receive the results of these security checks, we cannot move forward on your case. We require the results of security checks before we make a decision on any pending case.

We cannot predict when we will receive the results of these security checks. Please be assured that we will make every effort to make a decision in your case as soon as the security checks are complete."

I was afraid of this. I knew their was someone with my name that uses Western Union, and is on the fraud alert list, so it doesn't surprise me that my name was flagged by USCIS, or at least that's what I believe has happened.

Does anyone have a comment/thought about the email I received? Has anyone else received this type of email, and if so, how long did it take to get approved?

Thanks.

Security check is usually their go-to answer. However I'm not sure where you got your information from though. You're a March TSC filer and almost (if anyone at all) no one has gotten past their NOA1 as March TSC filers.

The March filers that have gotten an RFE or NOA2 are CSC filers. CSC is handling the i129-F's considerably faster than TCS so that should explain why you saw some March filers with an RFE or NOA2 already.

As for how long it takes for the security checks, no one knows. It's either the same automatic response they're feeding everyone to make them shut up or there really is something that needs more attention security wise. There's no real time-frame for security checks so all you can do is wait for an answer.

[Rob63 10]

Security check is usually their go-to answer. However I'm not sure where you got your information from though. You're a March TSC filer and almost (if anyone at all) no one has gotten past their NOA1 as March TSC filers.

The March filers that have gotten an RFE or NOA2 are CSC filers. CSC is handling the i129-F's considerably faster than TCS so that should explain why you saw some March filers with an RFE or NOA2 already.

As for how long it takes for the security checks, no one knows. It's either the same automatic response they're feeding everyone to make them shut up or there really is something that needs more attention security wise. There's no real time-frame for security checks so all you can do is wait for an answer.

I appreciate your response... Thank you.

But, every petitioner on here filing for a K-1 visa whose fiancé lives in the Philippines and filed in March has gotten NOA2 or RFE, except 1 or 2 people who have not been active on visajourney.com for a while. So, again, I am only referring to petitioners filing for beneficiary that lives in the Philippines. Right now the avg. days from NOA1 to NOA2 thru TSC and Philippines is 31 days. There are many petitioners that get the visa within 95 to 120 days from NOA1, at least right now... This may of course change in the future.

I'm simply reading the self-reported data here on visajourney.com.

Thanks.

[Jhalil&Mandy 15]

I appreciate your response... Thank you.

But, every petitioner on here filing for a K-1 visa whose fiancé lives in the Philippines and filed in March has gotten NOA2 or RFE, except 1 or 2 people who have not been active on visajourney.com for a while. So, again, I am only referring to petitioners filing for beneficiary that lives in the Philippines. Right now the avg. days from NOA1 to NOA2 thru TSC and Philippines is 31 days. There are many petitioners that get the visa within 95 to 120 days from NOA1, at least right now... This may of course change in the future.

I'm simply reading the self-reported data here on visajourney.com.

Thanks.

Ah the Philippines had a state of emergency a while back. I believe a lot of people from the Philippines were able to request expedited service. But as far as I'm aware the state of emergency is no longer in effect.

I'm not sure if you had a time-frame where you should've had put in an expedite request or if it was done automatically. Maybe they really are stuck on your security issues and if that's the case it's just a matter of waiting, which sucks.

I hope you hear back from them soon though.

[Rob63 10]

You can look at the photo from the timelines at TSC and Philippines... Everyone has received NOA2, and they didn't request expedite - it was done automatically by TSC. Mine and one other has not received NOA2, but the other member has not been active on visajourney since March.

[dbuizert 14]

The expediting was stopped as there is no longer a risk from that area, I read that somewhere in a January or February post.

It also depended on the zone you came from. Not everyone from PH was approved automatically.

[albertalex 2]

4 month since noa1... No thing yet on noa2