February 2015 filers - Texas Service Center

[DaveRad 2]

Looking at the stats, this month should see most of us approved

[dza 46]

hang in there guys , our times will come very soon, my God we already waited 95% or the time, we are almost there
LOL i am giving you an advice but i cant work with it easily , very ironic

I wish u receive it so soon ... waiting is lethal

i pray so, this waiting truly so tiring, and if you know here in Egypt the process will take another long time as i know until i have the packet 4 and then receiving the visa

[ucijeepguy 3]

185th day here.. just downloaded the tracker app, which means my obsession with checking has gotten worse haha - is anyone else trying to plan some kind of a wedding?

We were doing planning when we were excited.. we havent even talked about it in a while.. hopefully she will get excited when the approval comes and start planning. its hard to plan and be excited about such an unknown.

Who knows, we may just go to las vegas and get married in a helicopter.

[Pennycat 880]

185th day here.. just downloaded the tracker app, which means my obsession with checking has gotten worse haha - is anyone else trying to plan some kind of a wedding?

We are! I just ordered a dress on Sunday I feel like I could write a guide know 90 day wedding planning (tip: you can start way before the 90 days and flexibility with your "vision" is key).

[GB1 0]

anyone here have any experience with the Affidavit of Support? I don't have an income (I just finished school & currently job searching). thanks!

[dza 46]

Got our NOA1 in the mail Aug 8. Been checking my case online and finally today it said this

Case Was Approved

On August 12, 2015, we approved your Form I-129F, Petition for Fiance(E), Receipt Number WAC1590501486. We will mail your approval notice. Please follow the instructions in the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

Does this mean NOA2 is coming?

this is someone from California, i am sorry for sharing this, but how could this be Fair :'(

[Kyle and Linh 64]

Got our NOA1 in the mail Aug 8. Been checking my case online and finally today it said this

Case Was Approved

On August 12, 2015, we approved your Form I-129F, Petition for Fiance(E), Receipt Number WAC1590501486. We will mail your approval notice. Please follow the instructions in the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

Does this mean NOA2 is coming?

this is someone from California, i am sorry for sharing this, but how could this be Fair :'(

Yes.

Like in the game of Monopoly you get to pass "GO" and collect $200

[dza 46]

Yes.

Like in the game of Monopoly you get to pass "GO" and collect $200

i even sometimes doubting they are even open their files, its like they give approve without checking any documents, this is so strange and unfair

[ch3john 308]

Got our NOA1 in the mail Aug 8. Been checking my case online and finally today it said this

Case Was Approved

On August 12, 2015, we approved your Form I-129F, Petition for Fiance(E), Receipt Number WAC1590501486. We will mail your approval notice. Please follow the instructions in the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

Does this mean NOA2 is coming?

this is someone from California, i am sorry for sharing this, but how could this be Fair :'(

Dude (sorry, dudette , you are lucky I recognized your name. I was reading your post and my blood started to boil thinking some jack ### came on this thread and posted this to rub it in our faces and was getting ready to rip the SOB a new one.

You're right! it's not fair. This whole system is jacked up. And here I thought the service at the post office was bad then comes USCIS.

Edited August 14, 2015 by ch3john

[dza 46]

Dude, you are lucky I recognized your name. I was reading your post and my blood started to boil thinking some jack ### came on this thread and posted this to rub it in our faces and was getting ready to rip the SOB a new one.

You're right! it's not fair. This whole system is jacked up. And here I thought the service at the post office was bad then comes USCIS.

LOL we almost read each others post, and each approval happen to anyone of us, makes me so happy, but seeing this topic, i could not help it

so hurtful , while we are now reaching 6 months and still wait

[redstripe54 42]

Congrats to you CatherineA, we have exact dates as you, received Feb 17th and notice date Feb 19th! But still nothing, I'm now worried because of what you said about marriage brokers, we met through a normal dating site, but it seems all dating sites are classified by USCIS as marriage brokers, which is not the case. I hope we don't get a RFE after waiting nearly 6 months.

On a more positive note we have our vision for our wedding and are getting married in St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest city in the U.S.! How romantic is that. And we've ordered our rings and she has picked her dress, doing that made us feel good in this tortuous process ?

Edited August 14, 2015 by redstripe54

[RHAS100 1]

Good morning everyone! My fiance rang me this morning (very early for him) to say that he got the email confirmation that our case was approved, we got our NOA2!! Thank goodness.

And immediately I'm starting to panic about the next steps but feeling very relieved and keeping my fingers crossed for the rest of you.

Edited August 14, 2015 by RHAS100

[DaveRad 2]

Great news, congratulations

[RHAS100 1]

Great news, congratulations

Thank you, really appreciate how supportive everyone is on here.

[juicyturkey317 5]

I'm a jan 28th filer and exactly 6 months and a day after filing we recieved notice of an RFE. The RFE arrived in the mail on August 3rd and it was a form about an IMB because we met on Ok Cupid. The definition of an IMB is very specific as to who paid a fee and for what. If you're nervous about getting an RFE for it, go ahead and write your dating site. Ask them if they are an IMB. You can include their response in your response/evidence in case you get one. In my case, USCIS simply sent a form and my lawyer advised us not to include additional evidence as they did not ask for it. We mailed it off on the 4th, they received it on the 5th and August 12th we were approved! The RFE did not delay us for a month or longer like others though each additional day sucks. 196 days from NOA1 to NOA2.

I grew up mins away from St Augustine. Its BEAUTIFUL. Getting an NOA2 has inspired me to move on with wedding details. I've taken to calling mine a "pop-up wedding". Whenever the government decides to end this, our wedding will pop up followed by a "real" one in 2017.

Best of luck and hope you hear good news soon!

Congrats to you CatherineA, we have exact dates as you, received Feb 17th and notice date Feb 19th! But still nothing, I'm now worried because of what you said about marriage brokers, we met through a normal dating site, but it seems all dating sites are classified by USCIS as marriage brokers, which is not the case. I hope we don't get a RFE after waiting nearly 6 months.

On a more positive note we have our vision for our wedding and are getting married in St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest city in the U.S.! How romantic is that. And we've ordered our rings and she has picked her dress, doing that made us feel good in this tortuous process ?