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Redirected I-129f Petition = confusion

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marcandnott   0

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Does anyone have experience or an explanation for a redirected I-129f petition?

My fiancee and I were so careful preparing the documents (as I'm sure all of your were.) We're lucky enough to be in the Eastern (Vermont Service Center) part of America. It should entitle us to enjoy the fastest processing times available. I saw a couple who had their 1st NOA on the same day as ours listed on the immigration timelines page...they got the NOA 2 in 11 days! I know thats the exeption to the rule, but Vermont is by far the fastest.

That said...our petition was inexplicably redirected to California (the slowest processing center - as many as 4+ months!) This effectively doubled or tripled our time in "petition purgatory" assuming that we wouldn't have gotten the same lucky 11 -15 day turn around that many other couples have enjoyed from the VT center.

OK, what gives? Why would a petition bounce like that? Any ideas? Any similar experiences?

Thankfully I can spend this time with my fiancee as we live together overseas, but we are really ready to go home after 4 years away from America.

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Minya's wife Experienced

Minya's wife   24

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Does anyone have experience or an explanation for a redirected I-129f petition?

My fiancee and I were so careful preparing the documents (as I'm sure all of your were.) We're lucky enough to be in the Eastern (Vermont Service Center) part of America. It should entitle us to enjoy the fastest processing times available. I saw a couple who had their 1st NOA on the same day as ours listed on the immigration timelines page...they got the NOA 2 in 11 days! I know thats the exeption to the rule, but Vermont is by far the fastest.

That said...our petition was inexplicably redirected to California (the slowest processing center - as many as 4+ months!) This effectively doubled or tripled our time in "petition purgatory" assuming that we wouldn't have gotten the same lucky 11 -15 day turn around that many other couples have enjoyed from the VT center.

OK, what gives? Why would a petition bounce like that? Any ideas? Any similar experiences?

Thankfully I can spend this time with my fiancee as we live together overseas, but we are really ready to go home after 4 years away from America.

You'll have to give a little bit more info before anyone here can help you. Where in the Eastern US are you filing from? I see on your timeline that you sent in your petition on 2/27/07 and received your NOA1 on 3/9/07. That is still quite fast considering you're filing from overseas. (Or did you have a relative or friend mail the petition directly from the US?) The NOA's travel via regular mail, and it can take a good couple of days to reach the petitioner. But, USCIS may very well have made a mistake...I'm just not sure what advice to give you as far as a course of action. Maybe someone on here can offer more advice. Once these petitions are received and the NOA1 is issued the application is in a sort of "black hole" until the NOA2 or RFE is issued. This can be especially nervracking at CSC where the wait time for NOA2 can be 2++ months.

Good luck on your journey

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msu17   0

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Only thing I can think is you are filing from a state that's in the East that's supposed to go to Texas or Nebraska.. If that's not the case that REALLY SUCKS!

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AOS

Mailed AOS, EAD and AP Sept 11 '07

Recieved NOA1's for all Sept 23 or 24 '07

Bio appt. Oct. 24 '07

EAD/AP approved Nov 26 '07

Got the AP Dec. 3 '07

AOS interview Feb 7th (5 days after the 1 year anniversary of our K1 NOA1!

Stuck in FBI name checks...

Got the GC July '08

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Nagishkaw   510

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Welcome to the CSC Gulag. (F)

Don't just open your mouth and prove yourself a fool....put it in writing.

It gets harder the more you know. Because the more you find out, the uglier everything seems.

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brnidokiegurl   0

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What state did you give as a perm. home address here in the states?

TIMELINE

04/04/2007 K1 Interview from H...w/the devil herself

06/12/2007 Rec'd Notification Case Now Back In Calif. only to expire

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11/20/2007 Married in Morocco

02/23/2008 Mailed CR1 application today

03/08/2008 NOA1 Notice Recd (notice date 3/4/08)

08/26/2008 File transfered fr Vermont to Calif

10/14/2008 APPROVALLLLLLLLLLLL

10/20/2008 Recd hard copy NOA2

10/20/2008 NVC Recd case

11/21/2008 CASE COMPLETE

01/15/2009 INTERVIEW

01/16/2009 VISA IN HAND

01/31/2009 ARRIVED OKC

BE WHO YOU ARE AND SAY WHAT YOU FEEL, BECAUSE THOSE WHO MIND DONT MATTER AND THOSE WHO MATTER DONT MIND

YOU CANT CHANGE THE PAST BUT YOU CAN RUIN THE PRESENT BY WORRYING OVER THE FUTURE

TRIP.... OVER LOVE, AND YOU CAN GET UP

FALL.... IN LOVE, AND YOU FALL FOREVER

I DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT, JUST NOT THE ABILITY

LIKE THE MEASLES, LOVE IS MOST DANGEROUS WHEN IT COMES LATER IN LIFE

LIFE IS NOT THE WAY ITS SUPPOSED TO BE, ITS THE WAY IT IS

I MAY NOT BE WHERE I WANT TO BE BUT IM SURE NOT WHERE I WAS

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marcandnott,

Your fastest and least expensive way to bring your fiancee to the USA with you might well be for you to marry in Thailand and send your I-130 petition to the USCIS District Office in Bangkok. Have you considered that?

What kind of Thai visa do you have?

Yodrak

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Thankfully I can spend this time with my fiancee as we live together overseas, but we are really ready to go home after 4 years away from America.

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