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The problem with this type of thing is that lawsuits take a long time (years, really - more than any USCIS proceedings). In the meantime, in 3-4 months pretty much everyone here will finally get their approval and move on. Since for most people this type of immigration process is a once-in-a-lifetime thing (may be a few times, at most), there is little incentive for anyone to keep pushing through with any action.

There are about 25-30 thousand admissions on K-1 visa per year. This is one of the smallest visa categories (compare that with 0.5 million a year of H1B and many others, who face significantly longer delays). Of this already relatively modest number, how many are actually on this forum? How many have ability and desire to act?

As someone who went through variety of US immigration proceedings in the past, I'd like to add that they have always been slow (though this one is the longest yet), inefficient and lacking in common sense. It's a very large and needlessly complicated system, it is not user friendly and it is that way "by design". Even incremental improvement is highly unlikely.

This is the way government works (or does not, depending on how you look at it)

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Hi Mewbear and Dana-Kristen, Absolutely! I plan to hang around and support the remainder of the September filers until we're all approved. I hope that's ok; I don't wanna irk anyone by being presen

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Some of us didn't. I fell to pieces. Every day. Several times a day. Right up until we got approved 2 weeks ago. What has made this more difficult is that we braced ourselves for the worst, which at

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Ok y'all, 221 days for me. I received the notification tonight, approved. Still doesn't seem real, but I'll take it. I don't want to say much, 'cause I feel for those of you who are still waiting. I'l

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The problem with this type of thing is that lawsuits take a long time (years, really - more than any USCIS proceedings). In the meantime, in 3-4 months pretty much everyone here will finally get their approval and move on. Since for most people this type of immigration process is a once-in-a-lifetime thing (may be a few times, at most), there is little incentive for anyone to keep pushing through with any action.

There are about 25-30 thousand admissions on K-1 visa per year. This is one of the smallest visa categories (compare that with 0.5 million a year of H1B and many others, who face significantly longer delays). Of this already relatively modest number, how many are actually on this forum? How many have ability and desire to act?

As someone who went through variety of US immigration proceedings in the past, I'd like to add that they have always been slow (though this one is the longest yet), inefficient and lacking in common sense. It's a very large and needlessly complicated system, it is not user friendly and it is that way "by design". Even incremental improvement is highly unlikely.

This is the way government works (or does not, depending on how you look at it)

The idea isn't to win or get much out of it. The idea is to get it looked at. By filing suit, you are forcing it. As far as the time, I'm good at waiting. I make it constructive.

I-129F Sent: 9-19-2014

I-129F Received: 9-23-2014

NOA1 - 9-26-2014

ARN Change Notification: 9-29-2014

NOA2 - 5-1-2015

Case sent to NVC - 5-11-2015

NVC Received - 5-19-2015

Medical/Immunizations - 6-3-2015

Interview Approved - 8-5-2015

POI: IAD 8-28-2015

SSN: 10-19-2015

Wedding: 10-24-2015

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ClaudiaxFF   7

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Any approvals so far ? Let us know how and when did you get the text/email please ?

Thank you and good luck for tonight !! (It's like a lottery.. We may need some luck ahah)

Service Center : Texas Service Center (TSC)

I-129F Sent : September 3rd, 2014

I-129F NOA1 : September 10th, 2014

... After 222 days ...

I-129F NOA2 : April 20th, 2015

I-129F NOA2 Hard copy : April 27th, 2015

I-129F NOA2 Sent to NVC : May 8th, 2015

NVC receive our case : May 11th, 2015

NVC attribute case number : May 11th, 2015

Our case left NVC : May 14th, 2015

Our case arrive at Paris Embassy : May 18th, 2015

Packet 3 received : June 5th, 2015

Medical : June 23th, 2015

Interview : June 25th, 2015

Visa received : July 8th, 2015

Departure :

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Just received a text 5 mins ago and our case was approved after 214 days from NOA 1.

gratz

K-1 Timeline

09/15/14 - Mailed I-129F
09/25/14 - NOA1 Text Message
05/04/15 - NOA2 Text message - Approved
09/15/15 - Interview Montreal [221(g) given for missing ORIGINAL Birth Certificate]
09/15/15 - Ceac Status shows Admin Processing for Sept 15th
11/13/15 - Sent missing document via Loomis to Montreal
11/16/15 - Loomis Tracking shows delivered
11/19/15 - Ceac Status shows Admin Processing for Nov 19th
11/21/15 - Ceac Status shows READY for Nov 21st [Case Creation Date updated to Nov 21st]
11/25/15 - Ceac Status shows Admin Processing for Nov 25th
11/30/15 - VISA Issued !!!!!
12/07/15 - VISA in hand

AOS Timeline

03/26/16 - Mailed AOS Package
04/03/16 - USCIS Received
05/04/16 - Biometrics Done
05/07/16 - RFE Received (I-864 Joint Sponsor Documentation)
06/28/16 - EAD/AP Approved

07/11/16 - GREEN CARD APPROVED!!! / No Interview :dance:
07/13/16 - 2 Year Conditional Green Card arrived in mail

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Just received a text 5 mins ago and our case was approved after 214 days from NOA 1.

Congratulations !!! At least there is some movement in September cases that's good news.. It can be any day from now for all of us :)

Service Center : Texas Service Center (TSC)

I-129F Sent : September 3rd, 2014

I-129F NOA1 : September 10th, 2014

... After 222 days ...

I-129F NOA2 : April 20th, 2015

I-129F NOA2 Hard copy : April 27th, 2015

I-129F NOA2 Sent to NVC : May 8th, 2015

NVC receive our case : May 11th, 2015

NVC attribute case number : May 11th, 2015

Our case left NVC : May 14th, 2015

Our case arrive at Paris Embassy : May 18th, 2015

Packet 3 received : June 5th, 2015

Medical : June 23th, 2015

Interview : June 25th, 2015

Visa received : July 8th, 2015

Departure :

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Ethline   17

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congrats on all the new approvals tonight.

09-24-2014: I-129F sent

09-25-2014: NOA1 email text

09-29-2014: NOA1 hard copy

04-02-2015: NOA2 email/Txt

04-03-2015: Sent to NVC

04-07-2015: NOA hardcopy received

04-10-2015: NVC received

04-13-2015: Case # assigned

04-15-2015: In Transit

04-21-2015: Ready Embassy

04-27-2015: Packet 3 RCV

04-28-2015: Medical

05-11-2015: Interview

05-16-2015 Visa in hand

05-17-2015 POE FLL

07-18-2015 Married Courts

10-10-2015 Big Wedding

11-07-2015 AOS Mailed

11-09-2015 Package Delivered

11-12-2015 Received Email and text

11-13-2015 Two more Conf# email and text

11-19-2015 Received NOA1 in the mail

12-04-2015 Received Biometric Letter

12-04-2015 RFE

12-11-2015 Biometric walk-in completed

12-21-2015 RFE Mailed overnight

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No approval here, at least not yet. I'll give up for the night in an hour and half or so.

9/8/14 - I129F petition sent to the USCIS lockbox via USPS
9/11/14 - Petition received @ USCIS lockbox
9/11/14 - NOA1 Email and text message received
9/15/14 - NOA1 Official notice date
9/18/14 - NOA1 hard copy received
12/9/14 - "Updated" likely because of website repairs, like many of us received
4/20/15 - NOA2 text and email (221 days)

4/29/15 - Sent to the NVC (9 days)

5/8/15 - Arrived at the NVC (9 days)

5/13/15 - Left the NVC (5 days)

5/15/15 - Electronic version arrived at the embassy (2 days)

5/20/15 - Paper copy arrived at the embassy (7 days)

6/4/15 - Status changed to AP (which meant that we could schedule the interview)

6/16/15 - Medical

6/17/15 - K1 APPROVED!!!!

6/30/15 - Passport and sealed envelope delivered via courier

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: United Kingdom
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6 approvals and an RFE...better than some days lately. And now I can no longer access the website to check my case number...cannot get it to load at all nor can I get the app to work.

(L):) I am the petitioner :)(L)

K-1 Journey:

Petition Sent : 9-18-14

Petition Received: 9-19-14

NOA1: 9-23-14

NOA1 Hardcopy: 9-29-14

RFE: 4-30-15

RFE Response Rec'd: 5-8-15

NOA 2: 5-19-15

NOA2 Hardcopy: 5-26-15

Sent to NVC: 5-29-15

NVC Received : 6-5-15

NVC Case # assigned:6-9-15 (Date received on phone)

Sent to Embassy:6-16-15

Embassy Received:6-19-15

Medical: 6-22-15

Packet 3 Received: Not Received

Packet 3 Sent:6-26-15

Packet 4 Received: Not Received

Interview: 7-27-15 - Approved!!!

POE: 8-20-15

Wedding: 9-12-15

AOS Journey(I-485, I-765, I-131):

Packet Sent: 11-03-2015

Packet Received: 11-04-2015

NOA1: 11-10-2015

Biometrics: 12-01-2015

EAD/AP Approved: 1-25-2016

EAD/AP Mailed:

EAD/AP Received:

AOS Approved: 2-20-16

GC mailed: 2-24-16

GC received:

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Yep, good start - fingers crossed for all of you! Website appears to be down...

Looks like they are processing stragglers from July/August, first half of September and even a little bit of October.


Yep, good start - fingers crossed for all of you! Website appears to be down...

Looks like they are processing stragglers from July/August, first half of September and even a little bit of October.

K1 time line

 


I-129F sent: 12/23/2014
NOA-1: 12/29/2014
NOA-2: 06/05/2015 (158 days)
NOA-2 hardcopy: 06/11/2015 (6 days post NOA-2, 164 days total)
Sent to NVC: 06/16/2015 (11 days post NOA-2, 169 days total)
NVC receive: 06/25/2015 (20 days post NOA-2, 178 days total)
NVC case no: 06/30/2015 (25 days post NOA-2, 183 days total)
NVC left: 07/02/2015 (27 days post NOA-2, 185 days total)
Case Ready: 07/07/2015 (32 days post NOA-2, 190 days total)
submitted DS-160, paid visa fee.: 07/21/2015 (46 days post NOA-2, 204 days total)
Packet 3 sent: 07/25/2015 (50 days post NOA-2, 209 days total)
Pack 4 received: 07/30/2015 (55 days post NOA-2, 214 days total)
Medical: 09/17/2015 Interview: 09/23/2015 (108 days post NOA-2, 268 days total)
Interview Result: Approved Administrative Processing: 09/23/2015
CEAC Status Issued: 09/24/2015
Visa in hand: 09/28/2015
POE: 12/29/2015 Wedding: 01/11/2016


AOS Time Line

 

AOS package mailed: 01/13/2016
AOS package received: 01/20/2016 (day 1)
AOS NOA-1 text/email: 01/23/2016 (day 3), actual NOA-1 date 01/22/2016 (day 2)
AOS Fingerprint fee received: 01/22/2016 (day 2)
AOS check cashed: 01-25-2016 (day 5) Got 6 month NJ driver's license: 01-25-2016
3x NOA-1 hardcopies: 02/03/2016 (day 14)

Biometrics letter: 02/05/2016 (day 16) Biometrics appt (Elizabeth, NJ): 02/17/2016 (day 28)

EAD and AP approved email/txt: 03/29/2016 (day 67)

GC approval email/text: 04/04/2016 (day 74)

I-797 for I-765/I-131 in mail: 04/04/2016 (day 74)

EAD/AP delivered: 04/05/216 (day 75)

GC card being mailed status update: 04/07/16 (day 77)

GC received: 04/11/16 (day 84 post AOS NOA-1)

DONE WITH USCIS FOR 21 MONTHS!

ROC Window opens: 01/04/2018

 

ROC Time Line
ROC package mailed to Vermont 01/04/2018
ROC package received at Vermont 01/08/2018 (day 0)
Check cashed: 01/16/2018 (day 8 )
NOA-1 date: 01/09/2018 (day 1)
NOA-1 received: 01/16/2018 (day 8 )
Biometrics notice received: 02/09/2018 (day 32)
Biometrics appointment: 02/23/2018 (day 46)
Received 18-month extension letter: 08/13/2018 (day 209)
ROC Approved: 03/09/2019 (day 425)
Card Received: 03/16/2019  (day 432)
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SincerelyMeike   52

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Yay!!! Congrats to all those approvals!!! ?????

Btw is the the app everyone's using?

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(L) Meike & Alex (L)


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Got engaged :wub:(August 29th, 2014)

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November 16th - Applied for SS Card
November 16th - Got marriage certificate

November 20th - Married!!! <3
December 9th - AOS package sent

December 18th - NOA's received for all three!!

December 21st - NOA1 hard copy in the mail

Dec 30th - Bio-metrics letter in the mail

Jan 12th, 2016 - Bio-metrics completed!!

Jan 15th - RFIEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Feb 23rd - RFIE response mailed back
Feb 26th - RFIE response received
March 8th - EAD/AP APPROVEDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!! (On my birthday too~)

March 16th - Card received in the mail~
May 17th - GREEN CARD APPROVED!!!! NO INTERVIEW NEEDED

May 23rd - NOA approval in the mail

May 25th - Green card in HAAAAAAAAAAAAAND

Future ROC filing date: Feb 16th, 2018

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Yep, good start - fingers crossed for all of you! Website appears to be down...

Looks like they are processing stragglers from July/August, first half of September and even a little bit of October.

Yep, good start - fingers crossed for all of you! Website appears to be down...

Looks like they are processing stragglers from July/August, first half of September and even a little bit of October.

Are you talking about the USCIS website? I was able to check my case status just a couple minute ago.. No luck, but I'm not holding my breath on seeing any change on it ever after we get our NOA2. The new website is a total mess. Instead of putting effort on that, they could have worked harder on cases!

I did my waiting! 9 months of it.. IN TSC!


NOA2 or the story of the Holy Graal.

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Agonks   2

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Are you talking about the USCIS website? I was able to check my case status just a couple minute ago.. No luck, but I'm not holding my breath on seeing any change on it ever after we get our NOA2. The new website is a total mess. Instead of putting effort on that, they could have worked harder on cases!

It was down earlier but not anymore

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Petition received------------------- 12.22.2014

Electronic NOA1 rec. (SRC)-------- 12.24.2014

Electronic NOA2 ----------------------7/20/2015

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