I-129F November 2016 Filers - Part 2

[CMJuilland 484]

Guys, thank you all for being such a wonderful community. After my desperate rant yesterday, I have great news this morning: USCIS approved us last night!! When I saw the email after waking up, I couldn't stop crying for joy. 

 

For all those still waiting: I know how horrible it is, and I know how much of an emotional toll it can take on a person. Hoping and praying for everybody to be approved not only in due time (that takes forever in USCIS's terms), but pretty soon. Also, may we all get our visas eventually. All my best wishes to all of you and thank you so much for being such a great support again!! 

Edited March 29, 2017 by CMJuilland

[AkesAngel 585]

1 hour ago, CMJuilland said:

Guys, thank you all for being such a wonderful community. After my desperate rant yesterday, I have great news this morning: USCIS approved us last night!! When I saw the email after waking up, I couldn't stop crying for joy. 

 

For all those still waiting: I know how horrible it is, and I know how much of an emotional toll it can take on a person. Hoping and praying for everybody to be approved not only in due time (that takes forever in USCIS's terms), but pretty soon. Also, may we all get our visas eventually. All my best wishes to all of you and thank you so much for being such a great support again!! 

So happy for you

Maybe I should go more into prophecies lol ... didn't I tell you you, that yesterday would be your day? Haha

Good luck for the rest of that all!

[AkesAngel 585]

Sorry for not getting up the results for Dec yesterday ... had a bad and late workday and knocked out on couch after. Working on scan for today and results from yesterday will be included there.

[Piggus 49]

Interview results: Approved!!!

 

I can't even express how happy and relieved I am right now. Obviously we still have a lot to deal with with regard to AoS, etc, but this was such a weight off our shoulders. Her tourist visa was denied last year, which was an absolutely crushing feeling. So glad things worked out this time.

 

Wishing all of you good luck as well!

[eagle85 268]

5 minutes ago, Piggus said:

Interview results: Approved!!!

 

I can't even express how happy and relieved I am right now. Obviously we still have a lot to deal with with regard to AoS, etc, but this was such a weight off our shoulders. Her tourist visa was denied last year, which was an absolutely crushing feeling. So glad things worked out this time.

 

Wishing all of you good luck as well!

Congrats to you and your fiance @Piggus. The waiting game is over and I'm so happy finally both of you can be together after this :).

 

I am in Hong Kong now for a week of trip with my fiance. We was talking about you few hours ago as we remember about the interview schedule of your fiance. I'm wanting to know about the interview of your fiance at Jakarta embassy. My tourist Visa was denied as well, and I was a little bit worried if it will affect my K1 Visa.

 

If you don't mind, May I ask some questions.

Mmm how long did the interview take?.

What was the questions the CO ask about?.

Did she get interview through the window or was it in a private/separate room because last time when I had interview for tourist Visa it was through the window. I wonder if Fiancee Visa interview in Indonesia on separate room or through the window as well?.  

 

I look forward to hear more from you.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

NJ

[AkesAngel 585]

Cases total updated today: 218
Approved: 131
RFEs: 31
Other: 56

 

Cases updated today: 73
Approved: 41
RFEs: 2
Other: 30

*Cases for November only, data from Geos scan*

 

Cases for December updated 3/28/2017: 145
Approved: 90
RFEs: 29
Other: 26

*Only cases starting with a receiving date of Dec 1 onward*

 

Details for December only (3/28/2017): https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1QbA9c-L-c1LWUzanhuUXpJaG8

 

(Cases for December updated 3/27/2017: 107
Approved: 62
RFEs: 18
Other: 27

*Only cases starting with a receiving date of Dec 1 onward*

 

Details for December only (3/27/2017): https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1QbA9c-L-c1UkZXSzI2TFJDdHM )

 

Spoiler

Rec'd Date	3/28/2017	3/27/2017	Touched Cases
12/1/2016	9	9	0
12/2/2016	2	2	0
12/5/2016	17	17	0
12/6/2016	32	37	5
12/7/2016	3	3	0
12/8/2016	25	25	0
12/9/2016	39	41	2
12/12/2016	42	43	1
12/13/2016	8	8	0
12/14/2016	45	46	1
12/15/2016	81	88	7
12/16/2016	85	96	11
12/19/2016	230	267	37
12/20/2016	176	204	28
12/21/2016	253	263	10
12/22/2016	257	260	3
12/23/2016	305	305	0
12/27/2016	489	490	1
12/28/2016	242	242	0
12/29/2016	98	98	0
12/30/2016	99	99	0

 

[Piggus 49]

16 minutes ago, Noeyjohns said:

Congrats to you and your fiance @Piggus. The waiting game is over and I'm so happy finally both of you can be together after this :).

 

I am in Hong Kong now for a week of trip with my fiance. We was talking about you few hours ago as we remember about the interview schedule of your fiance. I'm wanting to know about the interview of your fiance at Jakarta embassy. My tourist Visa was denied as well, and I was a little bit worried if it will affect my K1 Visa.

 

If you don't mind, May I ask some questions.

Mmm how long did the interview take?.

What was the questions the CO ask about?.

Did she get interview through the window or was it in a private/separate room because last time when I had interview for tourist Visa it was through the window. I wonder if Fiancee Visa interview in Indonesia on separate room or through the window as well?.  

 

I look forward to hear more from you.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

NJ

Thanks! And hope you're enjoying HK! We went there last year for a few days. 

 

The impression I got was that the interviewer had already mostly made up their mind based on the evidence we submitted in the petition. They never asked for the supporting evidence (photos, chat logs, etc).

 

The interview only lasted about 5 minutes. I believe the only questions were "tell me about your fiance," and she asked about the denied tourist visa. She also asked, "So the last time you saw your fiance was in Japan?" and my fiancee replied, "No, that was in 2015. We last saw each other in Jakarta." I don't know if the interviewer did that on purpose to ensure Gaby had her story straight, or if she just forgot when our Japan trip was. Regardless, it seems the main thing the interview wanted was for Gaby's answers to match what we had already stated in the petition.

 

The interview took place in a private room (or booth?), but there was also a glass window. 

 

By the way, Gaby said the interviewer (an American woman) was extremely friendly, unlike her experience with the tourist visa. She said the people who take/check your documents are a bit rude, but that the interviewer was very nice and commented about us being a really cute couple. So my advice is be prepared (we were waaay overprepared, but that's not a bad thing!) since every case is different and they may ask more questions, but don't be nervous. It ended up being much easier than anticipated.  

[eagle85 268]

21 minutes ago, Piggus said:

Thanks! And hope you're enjoying HK! We went there last year for a few days. 

 

The impression I got was that the interviewer had already mostly made up their mind based on the evidence we submitted in the petition. They never asked for the supporting evidence (photos, chat logs, etc).

 

The interview only lasted about 5 minutes. I believe the only questions were "tell me about your fiance," and she asked about the denied tourist visa. She also asked, "So the last time you saw your fiance was in Japan?" and my fiancee replied, "No, that was in 2015. We last saw each other in Jakarta." I don't know if the interviewer did that on purpose to ensure Gaby had her story straight, or if she just forgot when our Japan trip was. Regardless, it seems the main thing the interview wanted was for Gaby's answers to match what we had already stated in the petition.

 

The interview took place in a private room (or booth?), but there was also a glass window. 

 

By the way, Gaby said the interviewer (an American woman) was extremely friendly, unlike her experience with the tourist visa. She said the people who take/check your documents are a bit rude, but that the interviewer was very nice and commented about us being a really cute couple. So my advice is be prepared (we were waaay overprepared, but that's not a bad thing!) since every case is different and they may ask more questions, but don't be nervous. It ended up being much easier than anticipated.  

Thank you so much for your quick reply @Piggus. I really appreciate it :). 

 

I wonder what was the right answer when the interviewer asking about the denied of tourist Visa?. Because the last time when I had interview about tourist Visa, the interviewer didn't explain why she denied it. She just gave  pink paper and said sorry. When I asked why?. She just said sorry and didn't explain anything.  It happened to others applicants before me as well. We didn't get any information why it was denied. 

 

Once again, thank you so much for all of your information.

 

Best of luck for you and Gaby

 

NJ 

[Piggus 49]

18 minutes ago, Noeyjohns said:

Thank you so much for your quick reply @Piggus. I really appreciate it :). 

 

I wonder what was the right answer when the interviewer asking about the denied of tourist Visa?. Because the last time when I had interview about tourist Visa, the interviewer didn't explain why she denied it. She just gave  pink paper and said sorry. When I asked why?. She just said sorry and didn't explain anything.  It happened to others applicants before me as well. We didn't get any information why it was denied. 

 

Once again, thank you so much for all of your information.

 

Best of luck for you and Gaby

 

NJ 

Yeeeeah that's about how the tourist visa went for us as well. On the pink slip they give you near the top, it should have some sort of legal code that you can look up and get a very rough idea for why it was denied. In most cases, they deny the visa if you're unable to establish strong ties to your home country (good job, own a house, high income, kids, etc.) Don't worry about that having an impact on your K1 visa. They're handled totally differently and have completely different requirements. The only way you'd run into trouble is if the info you submitted for the K1 visa totally contradicts the info your submitted for the tourist visa.

 

When we applied for the tourist visa, Gaby was signed up for an English language program at a local university here. We figured that would make them more likely to approve the visa (she had letters from the school and everything), but nope.. They weren't convinced. So today when it was brought up, the interviewer asked if applying for the tourist visa was a way for her to visit me, and Gaby said of course. The interviewer didn't have a problem with this even though I or our relationship was never brought up during the tourist visa process (that's a big red flag for them if your mention a significant other since they'll assume you'll leave and won't come back).

Edited March 29, 2017 by Piggus

[eagle85 268]

9 minutes ago, Piggus said:

Yeeeeah that's about how the tourist visa went for us as well. On the pink slip they give you near the top, it should have some sort of legal code that you can look up and get a very rough idea for why it was denied. In most cases, they deny the visa if you're unable to establish strong ties to your home country (good job, own a house, high income, kids, etc.) Don't worry about that having an impact on your K1 visa. They're handled totally differently and have completely different requirements. The only way you'd run into trouble is if the info you submitted for the K1 visa totally contradicts the info your submitted for the tourist visa.

 

When we applied for the tourist visa, Gaby was signed up for an English language program at a local university here. We figured that would make them more likely to approve the visa (she had letters from the school and everything), but nope.. They weren't convinced. So today when it was brought up, the interviewer asked if applying for the tourist visa was a way for her to visit me, and Gaby said of course. The interviewer didn't have a problem with this even though I or our relationship was never brought up during the tourist visa process (that's a big red flag for them if your mention a significant other since they'll assume you'll leave and won't come back).

Ooh I see!. 

I understand completely now after reading the experience of your fiance Gaby at Jakarta embassy. I am so happy you share this interview experience because it helps to ease my mind. 

 

May God bless you and your relationship with Gaby!. 

 

All for those who's still waiting for Noa2 and all this K1 process, I pray for all of us to be strong on this waiting game and hopefully our process will goes very well till we get together with our loved ones :).

 

NJ

 

[blueskyna 39]

15 hours ago, Kevin&Kanyanat said:

Hey everyone I need your help, advice or insight. I called the NVC to check on the status of the K1 already have the NVC case number and I was told it's in administrative processing. 

I am totally freaking out here. Why in the heck would it be in AP at the NVC?  

Can anyone shed any light as to why this is happening and what if anything I can do?

They said the exact same thing to me. It is a way of saying nothing. lol.......relax..

[HazeyHaze 221]

5 hours ago, AkesAngel said:

Cases total updated today: 218
Approved: 131
RFEs: 31
Other: 56

 

Cases updated today: 73
Approved: 41
RFEs: 2
Other: 30

*Cases for November only, data from Geos scan*

 

Cases for December updated 3/28/2017: 145
Approved: 90
RFEs: 29
Other: 26

*Only cases starting with a receiving date of Dec 1 onward*

 

Details for December only (3/28/2017): https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1QbA9c-L-c1LWUzanhuUXpJaG8

 

(Cases for December updated 3/27/2017: 107
Approved: 62
RFEs: 18
Other: 27

*Only cases starting with a receiving date of Dec 1 onward*

 

Details for December only (3/27/2017): https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1QbA9c-L-c1UkZXSzI2TFJDdHM )

 

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Rec'd Date	3/28/2017	3/27/2017	Touched Cases
12/1/2016	9	9	0
12/2/2016	2	2	0
12/5/2016	17	17	0
12/6/2016	32	37	5
12/7/2016	3	3	0
12/8/2016	25	25	0
12/9/2016	39	41	2
12/12/2016	42	43	1
12/13/2016	8	8	0
12/14/2016	45	46	1
12/15/2016	81	88	7
12/16/2016	85	96	11
12/19/2016	230	267	37
12/20/2016	176	204	28
12/21/2016	253	263	10
12/22/2016	257	260	3
12/23/2016	305	305	0
12/27/2016	489	490	1
12/28/2016	242	242	0
12/29/2016	98	98	0
12/30/2016	99	99	0

 

Again, thank you so much for this. I just wonder why they skip applications. Any idea why? Some days show zero cases touched. Makes me think they skip papers that aren't that easy to run through. I don't know, but it's just weird that they do that.

Edited March 29, 2017 by HazeyHaze

[Brandon y Nadia 66]

37 minutes ago, HazeyHaze said:

Again, thank you so much for this. I just wonder why they skip applications. Any idea why? Some days show zero cases touched. Makes me think they skip papers that aren't that easy to run through. I don't know, but it's just weird that they do that.

Just because they don't work in the order of cases received. They grab cases by stacks so this is why you will see a range of 10-12 days sometimes in cases touched.

[AkesAngel 585]

37 minutes ago, HazeyHaze said:

Again, thank you so much for this. I just wonder why they skip applications. Any idea why? Some days show zero cases touched. Makes me think they skip papers that aren't that easy to run through. I don't know, but it's just weird that they do that.

We all would like to know how USCIS works exactly ... so.sorry but I'm not able to tell why

[bbf3562 27]

18 hours ago, blueskyna said:

You have to call them to receive the new number.

That is what I was doing in last couple weeks and they still hasn't receive my case yet. Still calling them