September 2015 Filers

[SuperSaiyanVisa 21]

Bad news - very few approvals today

actually the number of August 31st NOA1 that got approved jumped from 3/180 to 22/180 overnight!!

[SweetJuls 69]

actually the number of August 31st NOA1 that got approved jumped from 3/180 to 22/180 overnight!!

Do you mean August 31st date of received? Because I am not understanding how you can see through the app the NoA1 date, I know you can see the date of receive of the petition though. Probably I am wrong, but I am also confused by different sentences in here hehehe

[SuperSaiyanVisa 21]

Do you mean August 31st date of received? Because I am not understanding how you can see through the app the NoA1 date, I know you can see the date of receive of the petition though. Probably I am wrong, but I am also confused by different sentences in here hehehe

yes date received. but as far as I'm concerned they are only 1-2days apart from NOA1 so I'm treating it the same

What is your date received ?

Edited September 24, 2015 by SuperSaiyanVisa

[Sugarplease 16]

yay! got our NOA1 yesterday! off to Cali. fingers crossed no RFE's and with all that ive been reading.... need to make sure the NOA2 stays valid even until the point of entry. That poor guy at Toronto Pearson yesterday getting turned away even with a valid visa just because his petition had expired. Gives me nightmares.

[mcssae7883 36]

yay! got our NOA1 yesterday! off to Cali. fingers crossed no RFE's and with all that ive been reading.... need to make sure the NOA2 stays valid even until the point of entry. That poor guy at Toronto Pearson yesterday getting turned away even with a valid visa just because his petition had expired. Gives me nightmares.

Seriously??? I thought the NOA2 validity is only supposed to be for visa application.. Once you already have the visa, you can enter the USA up to the visa validity date. And then once you're in the states already, you have 90 days to get married and *ideally* adjust your status. Oh well...

Anyway, congrats on NOA 1 now more anxiety-inducing waiting begins!

[mrsashko 16]

actually the number of August 31st NOA1 that got approved jumped from 3/180 to 22/180 overnight!!

The initial approvals i put them into a category of "expedited requests" and don't count them... toward the normal processing queue.

In the 'normal' queue, i have seen at least 5 cases (i just looked at few) go from 'received' to approved status last evening. All of those cases had receive date of "Aug 28".

Do you mean August 31st date of received? Because I am not understanding how you can see through the app the NoA1 date, I know you can see the date of receive of the petition though. Probably I am wrong, but I am also confused by different sentences in here hehehe

NOA1 is usually 2-3 days behind the actual receive date. So

Aug 28 receive date == Sept 1 NOA1 date (at least that's is what i have)

[Chuck and Rosana 34]

Hi all.

I just came across this thread today, I can't believe I hadn't seen it sooner.

We would be September filers also. I sent it in on 9/16 via USPS Priority, and it showed delivered to P.O. box on the 18th. We haven't received any notification as of yet, hopefully soon.

One question I would have is what method have you used for delivery? I'm beginning to wonder if I should have Express mailed it to the Lewisville address instead. I can just envision the P.O. box mail being something they would retrieve when time is available... "Bob, if you have time this week go get the mail from the P.O. box"... *sigh*

The wait continues.

Ours arrived on the 17th and got our NOA1 yesterday. Hopefully you'll get yours today or tomorrow. I used USPS priority too. No issues there.

[PatGia 16]

Ours arrived on the 17th and got our NOA1 yesterday. Hopefully you'll get yours today or tomorrow. I used USPS priority too. No issues there.

I see the check cleared my bank overnight, so I guess we are on our way. Maybe e-notification today hopefully!

[SweetJuls 69]

yes date received. but as far as I'm concerned they are only 1-2days apart from NOA1 so I'm treating it the same

What is your date received ?

My date received is September 2nd!

[Sugarplease 16]

Seriously??? I thought the NOA2 validity is only supposed to be for visa application.. Once you already have the visa, you can enter the USA up to the visa validity date. And then once you're in the states already, you have 90 days to get married and *ideally* adjust your status. Oh well...

Anyway, congrats on NOA 1 now more anxiety-inducing waiting begins!

Yes, generally just having the valid visa is all you need but there are a few POE locations that ask that your NOA2 is still valid! It's something to be aware of when you go to move.

Also, how does everyone have their timeline on their posts? I cant seem to figure out how to do that lol.

[NandJ 16]

Yes, generally just having the valid visa is all you need but there are a few POE locations that ask that your NOA2 is still valid! It's something to be aware of when you go to move.

Also, how does everyone have their timeline on their posts? I cant seem to figure out how to do that lol.

go to "my settings" and then "signature"

[Sugarplease 16]

success! now if only everything for the visa was this easy lol.

[Chuck and Rosana 34]

I see the check cleared my bank overnight, so I guess we are on our way. Maybe e-notification today hopefully!

Yep. Should be today.

[mcssae7883 36]

success! now if only everything for the visa was this easy lol.

Lol, yeah! btw, I see you will be going to Gaithersburg *stalker much* lol.. I will just be a couple of hours away from you. And I will be bringing my 6-yr old K2 too. When do you plan to enter the US?

[Erick and Marj 11]

Yes, generally just having the valid visa is all you need but there are a few POE locations that ask that your NOA2 is still valid! It's something to be aware of when you go to move.

Also, how does everyone have their timeline on their posts? I cant seem to figure out how to do that lol.

How long is the NOA2 valid for? We were planning to wait out nearly the whole 6 month period before entry simply because I am school, unless she got her visa late enough that it was less than 6 months before spring semester is over. Will that be a problem for us?