Coming up on 5 months and still under initial review...

[kristinandfriends 0]

Hi everyone, on June 27th our I-29F will have been under initial review for 5 months. Im concerned by this because I see others getting their NOA-2's much faster then this. I'm also concerned because I was denied entry at the border after staying for 5 months with a passport, would this affect our application?

[Marco&Bettina 502]

Someone just posted that they got a TSC NOA2 yesterday evening after over 7 months processing time without an RFE.

Edited to add link: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/500698-noa-2/?p=7071525

Edited June 12, 2014 by Marco&Bettina

[kristinandfriends 0]

Oh boy. That breaks my heart.

[Zedayn 485]

Hi everyone, on June 27th our I-29F will have been under initial review for 5 months. Im concerned by this because I see others getting their NOA-2's much faster then this. I'm also concerned because I was denied entry at the border after staying for 5 months with a passport, would this affect our application?

Your being denied entry won't affect your application. You just need to be patient and wait a bit longer, sometimes they take a while.

[HK12 273]

Five months are the normal processing time for an I-129F petition per USCIS. It may take longer or shorter. You can put in a service request once your NOA1 date is beyond the date they are currently working on and the five months plus 30 days have passed. Your denied entry won't affect the K1 visa.

Edited June 12, 2014 by HK12

[Andie 147]

Just a couple of things.. California SC is moving super fast for many which is not a lot of fun for those going through Texas .. Texas is always much slower.. 5mths seems to be pretty much average at present. Checking the Case Status is addictive but its often not updated and can remain in "Initial Review" for the entire process and long after you've even been approved in some cases. You may be pretty close to hearing some time soon.

[jens_prodigy 13]

Hi everyone, on June 27th our I-29F will have been under initial review for 5 months. Im concerned by this because I see others getting their NOA-2's much faster then this. I'm also concerned because I was denied entry at the border after staying for 5 months with a passport, would this affect our application?

We were just approved TWO days ago after almost 9months of waiting!!! I was also concerned because I overstayed once and then traveled back and forth to the US for 4-5months at a time for several years--never overstaying--but still they denied me entry last July because of it. We ordered THREE service requests and got our congressman involved and still we only just got approved. All you can do is hang in there and be patient which is so hard I know.

[kristinandfriends 0]

I appreciate your helpful responses guys! It's really nice to know I'm not alone, and that my denied entry won't affect our application. I haven't seen my fiancé in 6 months so I'm getting antsy.

[Zach<3Katiuska 58]

I am 5 months and almost 2 weeks in 3 days. There are still Nov. and us Dec. filers still waiting:( When you call USCIS they will tell you that they are working on Dec. 3rd filers? Why are there still Nov. filers waiting and 2 recent petitions from September and October filers being approved? This sucksss!!!

[Andrei25 12]

Welcome to club! Monday me and my fiancee made 5 months. We called at TSC and spoke with tier2 and they told us theyr goal is not 5 month, theyr goal is 6 months. So.... we couldnt make a service request, the lady from tier2 told us they work at december fillers. until at NOA2 ... all we have is to :clock:

[jkelly07 120]

after 6 months start calling service number.

[dburnt 59]

we were 218 days for NOA2 (filed September 23 and NOA2 on May 1). If it helps at all, the process since our NOA2 has been flying. I'd heard lots of bad stories about NVC and Montreal, and here I am with an interview already booked.

Hang tough...the first delays should be the worst of it, and suddenly, you'll be there.

[H&U 3]

We received our NOA1 on Dec2. Still no NOA2. It has been over 6.5months since we sent our application. Put in a service request... Could take an additional 2 months to get back to me with the status of my case. Hang in there.

[TBoneTX 45,330]

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[Karam and Jamie 44]

The wait time for our NAO2 was short but waiting on the Egyptian Embassy sucks