APRIL Filers!!

[Deron 0]

So I called USCIS yesterday using the RFE trick, however this time I proceeded as though I didn't have my receipt number. This led me to a different call center than CSC. The first person I spoke to had to be new, but after a few minutes of run around he agreed to escalate my call. I was excited at the prospects, but as usual I was dissapointed with the results, though I did find it more useful than talking to that one woman at CSC. Anyway, I kept waiting for the 'double touch' as a result of my call. I never saw it change to 8/2 but when I checked this AM it said 8/3. I'm cautiously optimistic yet scared to be hopeful that maybe our case was finally assigned.

Also, I said I'd report back on my NVC email, after one week I've gotten no reply.

Come on Super NOA2 Friday...no whammy no whammy no whammy!

APPROVED!!!

After the touch I had to call. I got a cool guy at CSC and I simply asked, "My case was touched and I want to know if I've been assigned or better yet approved?" Almost immediately he congratulated me and told me I had been approved yesterday. I called my girl right away and we are both ecstatic of course. It's been a tough last month on us, it's nice to finally be through this phase. With the consistency they've shown the past couple of weeks, it should be no time until this thread becomes all about NVC and interviews. I'm confident the rest of our April family will follow shortly.

BTW, he told me they sent the notice yesterday but my case still shows as pending online...

Hey congratulations... It seems like things are moving quite well this week....

We got touched on 08/01 and 08/02. I called Mel to let her know about it. Her internet is down and she's working away from home. She's a Peace Corps Volunteer in St. Vincent. She said that she thinks that I should call to find out about the progress of our case. I am kinda skeptical about that bcos I suspect that they may bring up some privacy issues regardless of the fact that I'm the beneficiary. Do you guys think that it's worth it for me to call CSC, or will I just be wasting my time?

Thanks for the congrats. My suggestion is absolutely to call. You are the beneficiary and therefore have the right to do so, hopefully you will also be informed that you are approved. Good luck!

Well, I just called and the guy who answered said that they cannot provide information to anyone apart from the petitioner. I told him that from listening to the recording at the prompt, it said that either the petitioner or the applicant is allowed to call. He said that since I'm the beneficiary, he could not provide me with any information. So I guess Mel will have to find a way to call them. I'll be calling her in a while...

That's too bad, but at least you'll find out soon.

True... At least now I know for sure that I shouldn't call... lol. Thanks anyway man!!!

Oh too bad! But good thing that i found out from you that beneficiaries aren't allowed to make calls. i was thinking of doing that since my fiancé works at night . . i hope we've been approved already. both of us are touched on the same dates!

Congrats Deron! :dance: Hope you'll make it to NVC quick!

Thanks DeeZee, my money says you already have your approval as well.

Wiombeen: Thanks for the NVC update, but I must be intoxicated from the NOA2. I didn't even think of looking at your timeline that cleary answered my question.

[JJWashington 0]

Hello fellow April filiers, I called CSC for the first time today, and a very nice woman told me that my case was assigned to an officer and they were processing files from 4/17/07 (which just so happens to be my NOA1 date, ha ha). So, for those of you who have an NOA1 around that time, I think you should be hearing something VERY soon!

Good luck to you all!

What??? From April 17? I hope that person was kidding... how about the ones before the 17th?

So I called USCIS yesterday using the RFE trick, however this time I proceeded as though I didn't have my receipt number. This led me to a different call center than CSC. The first person I spoke to had to be new, but after a few minutes of run around he agreed to escalate my call. I was excited at the prospects, but as usual I was dissapointed with the results, though I did find it more useful than talking to that one woman at CSC. Anyway, I kept waiting for the 'double touch' as a result of my call. I never saw it change to 8/2 but when I checked this AM it said 8/3. I'm cautiously optimistic yet scared to be hopeful that maybe our case was finally assigned.

Also, I said I'd report back on my NVC email, after one week I've gotten no reply.

I just wanted to tell you that our NOA1 was approved on June 6. The NOA2 was sent on June 29th, but my case status was never updated. I sent them an email and they sent me the same email you received. So there is obviously a disconnect between the computer website and reality. Good Luck

Come on Super NOA2 Friday...no whammy no whammy no whammy!

APPROVED!!!

After the touch I had to call. I got a cool guy at CSC and I simply asked, "My case was touched and I want to know if I've been assigned or better yet approved?" Almost immediately he congratulated me and told me I had been approved yesterday. I called my girl right away and we are both ecstatic of course. It's been a tough last month on us, it's nice to finally be through this phase. With the consistency they've shown the past couple of weeks, it should be no time until this thread becomes all about NVC and interviews. I'm confident the rest of our April family will follow shortly.

BTW, he told me they sent the notice yesterday but my case still shows as pending online...

WOW congrats Deron!! about time eh? we are all falling into place now haha.... hello NVC...

wioombeen

WIOMBEEN.. I was surprised to get a reply from CSC this quick. I mean I sent the email last night like after midnight and today after lunch I got a reply and this is all it said.. it still left me to a dead end..

The California Service Center (CSC) does not accept inquiries from the general public via email. All inquiries must be submitted by calling 1-800-375-5283. The National Customer Service Center will route your inquiry to the appropriate USCIS District Office or Service Center , and will track your inquiry to a final resolution. If you’ve received a transfer notice regarding your case, please inform the National Customer Service Center at the time you submit your inquiry. The National Customer Service is available Monday through Friday, 8:00AM to 5:00PM, PST.

include us guys we don't have our NOA2 yet and we filed April 12................I'm almost giving up......

Hang in there, there's still friday and Saturday......have faith......things will fall into the right place

Hang in there

So I called USCIS yesterday using the RFE trick, however this time I proceeded as though I didn't have my receipt number. This led me to a different call center than CSC. The first person I spoke to had to be new, but after a few minutes of run around he agreed to escalate my call. I was excited at the prospects, but as usual I was dissapointed with the results, though I did find it more useful than talking to that one woman at CSC. Anyway, I kept waiting for the 'double touch' as a result of my call. I never saw it change to 8/2 but when I checked this AM it said 8/3. I'm cautiously optimistic yet scared to be hopeful that maybe our case was finally assigned.

Also, I said I'd report back on my NVC email, after one week I've gotten no reply.

Come on Super NOA2 Friday...no whammy no whammy no whammy!

APPROVED!!!

After the touch I had to call. I got a cool guy at CSC and I simply asked, "My case was touched and I want to know if I've been assigned or better yet approved?" Almost immediately he congratulated me and told me I had been approved yesterday. I called my girl right away and we are both ecstatic of course. It's been a tough last month on us, it's nice to finally be through this phase. With the consistency they've shown the past couple of weeks, it should be no time until this thread becomes all about NVC and interviews. I'm confident the rest of our April family will follow shortly.

BTW, he told me they sent the notice yesterday but my case still shows as pending online...

Congrats

[etripke 0]

So I called USCIS yesterday using the RFE trick, however this time I proceeded as though I didn't have my receipt number. This led me to a different call center than CSC. The first person I spoke to had to be new, but after a few minutes of run around he agreed to escalate my call. I was excited at the prospects, but as usual I was dissapointed with the results, though I did find it more useful than talking to that one woman at CSC. Anyway, I kept waiting for the 'double touch' as a result of my call. I never saw it change to 8/2 but when I checked this AM it said 8/3. I'm cautiously optimistic yet scared to be hopeful that maybe our case was finally assigned.

Also, I said I'd report back on my NVC email, after one week I've gotten no reply.

Come on Super NOA2 Friday...no whammy no whammy no whammy!

APPROVED!!!

After the touch I had to call. I got a cool guy at CSC and I simply asked, "My case was touched and I want to know if I've been assigned or better yet approved?" Almost immediately he congratulated me and told me I had been approved yesterday. I called my girl right away and we are both ecstatic of course. It's been a tough last month on us, it's nice to finally be through this phase. With the consistency they've shown the past couple of weeks, it should be no time until this thread becomes all about NVC and interviews. I'm confident the rest of our April family will follow shortly. BTW, he told me they sent the notice yesterday but my case still shows as pending online...

yay!! another april filer was approved,Praise to God ....Congrats Deron...my case was been touched/updated for 4 consecutive days...hopefully we will be approved soon!

Thank you BrianElla. I would be suprised if you haven't already been approved unless those touches are a result of calls. If you haven't done so, I'd suggest the RFE trick. It's described somewhere around page 45 on this thread. Good luck!

Great News! and Congrats!

[wioombeen 0]

BTW, where are you at with NVC, have they received and done anything with your app yet?

I did very well at the NVC. Out petition arrived at the NVC in 6 days from USCIS, and only sat in the NVC for 4 days b4fore being forwarded to Manila. :):)

Wioombeen

Wioombeen, how did u know ur case was on NVC? did u call them? We've been calling but its too busy...

how did you do it? pls help........

Yeap I called them. Press 1 for English and 5 to speak to an operator. A few times it was busy so i just kept calling over and over and over until i got though hehe. Thats it

Wioombeen

[wioombeen 0]

Amazing i just checked and so far 23 approvals this week. WOW

[RosemarieL 0]

Hello fellow April filiers, I called CSC for the first time today, and a very nice woman told me that my case was assigned to an officer and they were processing files from 4/17/07 (which just so happens to be my NOA1 date, ha ha). So, for those of you who have an NOA1 around that time, I think you should be hearing something VERY soon!

Good luck to you all!

What??? From April 17? I hope that person was kidding... how about the ones before the 17th?

I really hope that person was kidding...or maybe it means that all the filers before April 17th are already approved! wishful thinking!!

Hope to see more approvals later!

If not approved it should at least mean allocated

[jessel chris 0]

Congratulations Deron and for the rest who got their NOA2!!!!

We hope and pray to have our NOA2 next week............

skyblue thanks!

Ed and Riza thank you so much for the prayers hug and kisses

[Chantel 0]

BTW, where are you at with NVC, have they received and done anything with your app yet?

I did very well at the NVC. Out petition arrived at the NVC in 6 days from USCIS, and only sat in the NVC for 4 days b4fore being forwarded to Manila. :):)

Wioombeen

Wioombeen, how did u know ur case was on NVC? did u call them? We've been calling but its too busy...

how did you do it? pls help........

Yeap I called them. Press 1 for English and 5 to speak to an operator. A few times it was busy so i just kept calling over and over and over until i got though hehe. Thats it

Wioombeen

thanks Wioombeen, my fiance called them and talked to a bitchy lady and was laughing when he gave our notice date, it says we need to wait 90 days??? grrrrrrrrrrr......I called a little bit later and talked to a nice guy saying I need to call them everyday cause our case was not there yet.....it sucks others can make it to NVC so real quick :crying:

[roverdriver 0]

Congratulations to all the April filers who've received NOA2. I don't want you to think my disappointment in not getting ours yet means I'm not happy for you all. Besides, it gives me hope there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

[trip 0]

It seems that every time I offer my congratulations, more are receiving their NOA2s, which is a great thing! Congrats to everyone and for those who are waiting, I'm sure that so soon I'll be offering my congrats to you as well.

[kits_24_faith 0]

today is saturday and I hope there will be a lot of approvals yesterday.. we had so much this week and hopefully it will be the same next week..

[BrianElla 0]

today is saturday and I hope there will be a lot of approvals yesterday.. we had so much this week and hopefully it will be the same next week..

hopefully they are processing cases 24/7 I have been away from my fiance for almost 8 months now. having a hard time getting through this hard time of waiting,having difficulty of dealing with our separation I miss him so dearly,i love him so much that i cannot breathe without him as he is the best man that I have ever met. I will never give him up as he has my heart as well as my life..NOA2 where are you?! :crying:

How is everyone else doing anyway??

[rambaldi 0]

APPROVED!!!

BTW, he told me they sent the notice yesterday but my case still shows as pending online...

CONGRATS my friend!!!! It's about damn time!! :D so happy for you!!

YAY!! Hope we get to NVC real quick now!

[Joe & Yumi 0]

Hey all,

My fiance is preparing/assembling our I-129F packet now to be mailed to TSC tomorrow, so I guess that makes us an April filer! Can't believe it's April already! Where did the time go?

Anyway, here's to us all April filers, let's keep each other company here on this long K1 journey! Cheers to a speedy and trouble/fuss-free journey!

Anybody want to co-miserate ?.........

What am I doing wrong ?

After 5 years in Japan, I met a wonderful young lady who agreed to marry me. We moved in together (really, really hard to do with conservative parents) and lived together in bliss for 8 years. Then, we consulted an attorney who advised the fastest way to move to the US was for me to return, find a good job, file a K1(fiancé visa) and wait 4~5 months. Well, I returned to the US in January. I finallygot a really good job with state government, and I mailed the 129F to the Nebraska SC, as instructed, on April 25th and they signed for it on April 27th.

For some reason, they forwarded it to the CSC and they first showed it received on June 15th in CA. (What the hey?)

I called the Customer Support line 7 times and spent 3hrs, 41min. and finally got an Hispanic lady that was really nice; she explained that they're behind approximately 6 months and I would get a letter soon. I've yet to get a letter and the online processing time still shows Jan.13th.

Since it usually takes 6~7 months to process the visa for Japan, does this mean Yumi and I aren't gonna' get a visa for another year ?

After having made three visits at $3500 each, missing each other very badly, and having to put our future plans on hold, this is getting ridiculous!

Anybody have any suggestions ?

[RosemarieL 0]

Hey all,

My fiance is preparing/assembling our I-129F packet now to be mailed to TSC tomorrow, so I guess that makes us an April filer! Can't believe it's April already! Where did the time go?

Anyway, here's to us all April filers, let's keep each other company here on this long K1 journey! Cheers to a speedy and trouble/fuss-free journey!

Anybody want to co-miserate ?.........

What am I doing wrong ?

After 5 years in Japan, I met a wonderful young lady who agreed to marry me. We moved in together (really, really hard to do with conservative parents) and lived together in bliss for 8 years. Then, we consulted an attorney who advised the fastest way to move to the US was for me to return, find a good job, file a K1(fiancé visa) and wait 4~5 months. Well, I returned to the US in January. I finallygot a really good job with state government, and I mailed the 129F to the Nebraska SC, as instructed, on April 25th and they signed for it on April 27th.

For some reason, they forwarded it to the CSC and they first showed it received on June 15th in CA. (What the hey?)

I called the Customer Support line 7 times and spent 3hrs, 41min. and finally got an Hispanic lady that was really nice; she explained that they're behind approximately 6 months and I would get a letter soon. I've yet to get a letter and the online processing time still shows Jan.13th.

Since it usually takes 6~7 months to process the visa for Japan, does this mean Yumi and I aren't gonna' get a visa for another year ?

After having made three visits at $3500 each, missing each other very badly, and having to put our future plans on hold, this is getting ridiculous!

Anybody have any suggestions ?

If you fill in your timeline you will get an estimate of your time which is more accurate than that provided by USCIS. They are currently working on the April NOA1 people so I would guess that they will get to you in around 2 months but that is just a guess.