UK beneficiaries :)

[Ashley Scott 180]

6 hours ago, Shokra said:

I received our NOA2 (text/email) 03/16/2017 & the NOA2 (hard copy) 03/16/2017!!! I'm so excited!
 

Congrats!  How exciting! Keep us posted on your next steps!  Not long now until you guys are together for good.  How awesome!

[GazLisa 1,168]

Hello,I'm from Coventry,England and my partner is from Pennsylvania we met each other last May and I have been over to the USA 3 times in last 5 months to see her my last trip was for a wonderful 3 weeks?? whilst I was there we sent off our K1 visa petition ? Sooooooooo exciting lol and a little stressful too lol ?,USCIS cashed our cheque Friday 10th march and the following day we got our email notification with our case number,currently waiting on NOA1 notification through post ??

[Ashley Scott 180]

2 minutes ago, Gary JT said:

Hello,I'm from Coventry,England and my partner is from Pennsylvania we met each other last May and I have been over to the USA 3 times in last 5 months to see her my last trip was for a wonderful 3 weeks?? whilst I was there we sent off our K1 visa petition ? Sooooooooo exciting lol and a little stressful too lol ?,USCIS cashed our cheque Friday 10th march and the following day we got our email notification with our case number,currently waiting on NOA1 notification through post ??

Welcome and congrats on starting your journey!  If you haven't already, update your timeline on VJ so it can be calculated into estimated dates.    You've got your petition in and now the wait begins.  lol.  Good news is it seems they are working cases a bit faster now than they were the last few months.  Hopefully your wait for your NOA2 won't be too terribly long.  Good luck to you guys on your journey!

[Ashley Scott 180]

1 hour ago, glmg21 said:

Suppose I ought to throw my hat into this ring! Filing from Germany, but I am British and planning on moving to Boston!

Welcome!    Have you guys already filed your petition?  Hope your journey goes smoothly! 

[GazLisa 1,168]

Just now, Ashley Scott said:

Welcome and congrats on starting your journey!  If you haven't already, update your timeline on VJ so it can be calculated into estimated dates.    You've got your petition in and now the wait begins.  lol.  Good news is it seems they are working cases a bit faster now than they were the last few months.  Hopefully your wait for your NOA2 won't be too terribly long.  Good luck to you guys on your journey!

Thank you very much ? our case was sent to California,I have done some research online and I hear they are quite quick at processing applications ? Could be wishful thinking lol 

[Ashley Scott 180]

2 minutes ago, Gary JT said:

Thank you very much ? our case was sent to California,I have done some research online and I hear they are quite quick at processing applications ? Could be wishful thinking lol 

 

From what I have gathered/learned from this site, all K1 visa applications are processed by the California center now.  I follow the November 2016 filers thread and the December 2016 filers thread and there are some really good updates and good information in those threads regarding the processing time.  Currently they are working mid December cases but seem to be moving pretty fluidly at this point.  Our case was received on December 23 with an NOA1 date of Jan 5.  We are still waiting for our NOA2 but are hopeful that we will receive it in the next few weeks.   The waiting is really hard but we know once we get the NOA2 things will move more quickly and we will finally be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel! 

[DelilahBrz 48]

Been so long since I've been here. We are 129f October filers. Married February 17th. He's from England, we now live in Chicago.  We filed AOS in early March. Good Luck all!

[GazLisa 1,168]

7 minutes ago, Ashley Scott said:

 

From what I have gathered/learned from this site, all K1 visa applications are processed by the California center now.  I follow the November 2016 filers thread and the December 2016 filers thread and there are some really good updates and good information in those threads regarding the processing time.  Currently they are working mid December cases but seem to be moving pretty fluidly at this point.  Our case was received on December 23 with an NOA1 date of Jan 5.  We are still waiting for our NOA2 but are hopeful that we will receive it in the next few weeks.   The waiting is really hard but we know once we get the NOA2 things will move more quickly and we will finally be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel! 

Yep if we don't receive our NOA1 by first week in April we are advised to call USCIS,everytime I and my fiancé speak,first thing I say is have you checked your post box ?? she just rolls her eyes at me ?

[Ashley Scott 180]

8 minutes ago, DelilahBrz said:

Been so long since I've been here. We are 129f October filers. Married February 17th. He's from England, we now live in Chicago.  We filed AOS in early March. Good Luck all!

Beautiful picture!  Wow!  Your case went so quickly!!  Filing to marriage in only 4 months... I wish they were still moving at that pace!  haha. Congrats to you both.  How exciting to finally be together and start your lives together.  I cant wait for that day .  Good luck to you guys on this new and exciting part of your journey! 

[Ashley Scott 180]

10 minutes ago, Gary JT said:

Yep if we don't receive our NOA1 by first week in April we are advised to call USCIS,everytime I and my fiancé speak,first thing I say is have you checked your post box ?? she just rolls her eyes at me ?

Haha, I understand that completely.  I will say though, the NOA1 hardcopy doesn't give much more information other than the NOA1 date.  It will be good to have it in hand for the interview and whatnot later down the road but the fact that you have your case number and can track it on the website and apps is most important (when it comes to the waiting, lol).  We sent our packet on December 21 and we got our letter in the mail on January 8th.  So it took a few weeks for us.  It will come.  And then you can take a deep breath and start thinking about the next steps   

[GazLisa 1,168]

21 minutes ago, Ashley Scott said:

Haha, I understand that completely.  I will say though, the NOA1 hardcopy doesn't give much more information other than the NOA1 date.  It will be good to have it in hand for the interview and whatnot later down the road but the fact that you have your case number and can track it on the website and apps is most important (when it comes to the waiting, lol).  We sent our packet on December 21 and we got our letter in the mail on January 8th.  So it took a few weeks for us.  It will come.  And then you can take a deep breath and start thinking about the next steps   

One mistake I did make on filling my G-325a I forgot to fill my city and country of birth,realised day after we sent petition ?☹️ Hopefully won't lead to RFE as information was filled in on the actual I-129f papers ?

[glmg21 330]

1 hour ago, Ashley Scott said:

Welcome!    Have you guys already filed your petition?  Hope your journey goes smoothly! 

Thank you! Yes, journey going smoothly so far..filed in the last week of January, so getting closer day-by-day!

[bcking 3,157]

My wife is from Salisbury, and is moving to Houston, Texas (where I currently live). We met in Thailand while on vacation, and most of our relationship was between London/Reading and New York City. We were married in Somerset in April last year, and applied right afterwards.

 

Interview April 5th, so it will be just about a year process for us.

 

Hardest thing for her is probably going to be the guns and driving. She isn't happy about Texas, but she's a petroleum geologist so we are here for her job.

Edited March 17, 2017 by bcking

[Shokra 12]

9 hours ago, Gary JT said:

Hello,I'm from Coventry,England and my partner is from Pennsylvania we met each other last May and I have been over to the USA 3 times in last 5 months to see her my last trip was for a wonderful 3 weeks?? whilst I was there we sent off our K1 visa petition ? Sooooooooo exciting lol and a little stressful too lol ?,USCIS cashed our cheque Friday 10th march and the following day we got our email notification with our case number,currently waiting on NOA1 notification through post ??

Oh... congrats!  Now your wait  begins.  Be patient it is a very lengthy journey!  2 - 6+ months it will feel like FOREVER though!

Good Luck!

[Ashley Scott 180]

9 hours ago, Gary JT said:

One mistake I did make on filling my G-325a I forgot to fill my city and country of birth,realised day after we sent petition ?☹️ Hopefully won't lead to RFE as information was filled in on the actual I-129f papers ?

Don't stress it. There are a few things I am thinking we may get an RFE for but if we do... I at least know they are working our case and it will be an easy fix!  and it's pretty quick from RFE to approve so that's always a positive!