February 2017 I-129F Filers

[eastcoastgroove 329]

8 hours ago, TexasHeartsIndia said:

Oh, 8 hours! How nice! Try 24 hours! lol

 

We are so excited! I have a wedding dress, shoes, priest, church, hall, and a few other wedding day things. I just ordered my veil from Etsy the other day! It is definitely making it more real, to say the least. My goal is to be ready to have a wedding within 2 months time.

 

I'm glad to see someone else hasn't been with their S.O. for that long! I met my fiance in September and had my first trip to India in November '16. Part of our reason for not prolonging our dating is marriage takes place quickly in Indian culture. Already his family is asking us why we aren't married already! By the time we get married we will have been together for a year, which is unheard of in his family. A year is a nice compromise between Indian and American cultures When he arrives on the K1, it will be his first time to the US... and his first time out of the country! He has a Bachelors and Masters in English, so he is very proficient in English and somewhat familiar with American culture. But being familiar with culture is very different than living it every day.

24 hours 😳😳😳.  Are you waiting to set a date until he is in the country? At least he is familiar with the culture and good at English so he should have no problem fitting in and finding work once it is time. And you will always have an exciting place to vacation too when he wants to visit home.

 

It makes me slightly nervous that we haven't been together that long (in the eyes of USCIS). We met through mutual friends in August at a music festival in Canada where we all camped as a big group and after going home he wrote me a message on Facebook saying it was nice to meet me and 3 weeks later we were dating and talking about getting married lol.  We were ready to file in October after we went on our first trip together, but my divorce only went through in January so I feel like Ive already been waiting forever!! In a way that was good since we got more visits in.....I'm also nervous it looks bad I JUST got divorced and will probably face more scrutiny.  I included a note with the certificate though explaining in Canada you have to wait a year before even filing for divorce so that my separation occurred in July 2015 and the process just takes a long time here. I hope that will be sufficient!!!  

 

My fiance's brother married someone he met on a cruise after only 8 weeks this year, so this pace looks slow compared to that haha. I guess you are feeling the same with the "slow" pace.  I am glad you have the support of his family!!

[Dalila 21]

Anyone on here who got their NOA1 on February 14, 2017 and has been approved?

[eastcoastgroove 329]

30 minutes ago, Dalila said:

Anyone on here who got their NOA1 on February 14, 2017 and has been approved?

What is your recieved date?? The approval system is messing up but based on RFEs we can kind of get an idea on what dates are being worked on.

Edited May 13, 2017 by eastcoastgroove

[tpennington134 9]

Been reading post here for weeks and i have to thank everyone for all the information. It helps us with this journey.

Answered prayer, we just got our NOA2 today by mail. 

 

Received date: Feb 3

NOA1: Feb 7

NOA2 : May 9

 

God bless everyone and i pray that all of you would get NOA2 soon

[Dalila 21]

53 minutes ago, eastcoastgroove said:

What is your recieved date?? The approval system is messing up but based on RFEs we can kind of get an idea on what dates are being worked on.

Our recieved date is February 14, 2017

[tevans2 27]

1 hour ago, Dalila said:

Anyone on here who got their NOA1 on February 14, 2017 and has been approved?

Not approved yet , But my packet was received 2/10 and received my NOA1 2/14

[eastcoastgroove 329]

17 minutes ago, Dalila said:

Our recieved date is February 14, 2017

We have the same received date! I haven't seen any approvals or RFEs from our date yet, it seems right now it is alot of early Feb dates being worked on.  

[TexasHeartsIndia 371]

4 hours ago, eastcoastgroove said:

24 hours 😳😳😳.  Are you waiting to set a date until he is in the country? At least he is familiar with the culture and good at English so he should have no problem fitting in and finding work once it is time. And you will always have an exciting place to vacation too when he wants to visit home.

 

It makes me slightly nervous that we haven't been together that long (in the eyes of USCIS). We met through mutual friends in August at a music festival in Canada where we all camped as a big group and after going home he wrote me a message on Facebook saying it was nice to meet me and 3 weeks later we were dating and talking about getting married lol.  We were ready to file in October after we went on our first trip together, but my divorce only went through in January so I feel like Ive already been waiting forever!! In a way that was good since we got more visits in.....I'm also nervous it looks bad I JUST got divorced and will probably face more scrutiny.  I included a note with the certificate though explaining in Canada you have to wait a year before even filing for divorce so that my separation occurred in July 2015 and the process just takes a long time here. I hope that will be sufficient!!!  

 

My fiance's brother married someone he met on a cruise after only 8 weeks this year, so this pace looks slow compared to that haha. I guess you are feeling the same with the "slow" pace.  I am glad you have the support of his family!!

Yes, the trip is exhausting, even if it's worth it. We are waiting until he has his visa in his hand to set a date. Once he has the visa, he can give his notice at work, book his flight, and we'll set a date for about 2 weeks after he arrives. He has 4 degrees and was working on his PhD when we met so I have no doubt that he'll fit in and find a job.

 

And I agree about USCIS. But my hope is that culturally, it is to be expected in India.  Anyway, I think it's awesome that you found someone so quickly!

 

His family is wonderful. I was able to meet all 6 of his siblings and gain everyone's approval What about your and his family?

 

Congrats to everyone who recently received their NOA2!! I am anxiety waiting for the mail carrier today! With the app/website not being accurate, I feel as though we are back to 1990! hahaha

Edited May 13, 2017 by TexasHeartsIndia

[Dalila 21]

2 minutes ago, eastcoastgroove said:

We have the same received date! I haven't seen any approvals or RFEs from our date yet, it seems right now it is alot of early Feb dates being worked on.  

Oh 

 

2 minutes ago, eastcoastgroove said:

We have the same received date! I haven't seen any approvals or RFEs from our date yet, it seems right now it is alot of early Feb dates being worked on.  

Oh that's nice! I hope we get our NOA2 soon! 

One question though, isn't the received date the same as NOA1? Or? I have no clue with this visa thing, I'm trying to find things out on this forum.. 

[Dalila 21]

13 minutes ago, tevans2 said:

Not approved yet , But my packet was received 2/10 and received my NOA1 2/14

I hope we get the NOA2 very soon. I hate the waiting.. 

[tab4768 31]

On 9/5/2017 at 0:13 PM, JayCee17 said:

I was very excited yesterday when I checked my case status online and discovered that the case logged right after mine received an RFE. I was hoping to get an approval yesterday...Still hopeful to receive one soon. My NOA1 was Feb 1.

This may be linked somewhere, and I just haven't read far enough, but how do you check that? Please pass the link  

[JeniandSam 5]

1 hour ago, eastcoastgroove said:

We have the same received date! I haven't seen any approvals or RFEs from our date yet, it seems right now it is alot of early Feb dates being worked on.  

Same received date as well! Good luck to you all and keep us updated!!

[Kamikazi718 56]

I have a question, which i havent seen or asked and very little info about it on VJ. On the original I-129F application, Part 3 Questions 2 b. Did anyone on here had to mark Yes? The question asks if you even been convicted of a serious crime. 

[JeniandSam 5]

2 hours ago, eastcoastgroove said:

What is your recieved date?? The approval system is messing up but based on RFEs we can kind of get an idea on what dates are being worked on.

Can you clarify what you mean when you say the approval system is messing up? As if this wasn't stressful enough!

[mongfer 17]

2 hours ago, tpennington134 said:

Been reading post here for weeks and i have to thank everyone for all the information. It helps us with this journey.

Answered prayer, we just got our NOA2 today by mail. 

 

Received date: Feb 3

NOA1: Feb 7

NOA2 : May 9

 

God bless everyone and i pray that all of you would get NOA2 soon

Wow!!! Congrats!!! I got NOA1 on Feb3 and still waiting for NOA2