I-129F March 2017 Filers

[Eric&Olya 881]

5 hours ago, T&T=K said:

Olya, congratulations!!! I am following your updates and always get good news about our case one day later. So it means for me that we will get news from embassy today or tomorrow. Have you filled out DS-160 already? Was it easy to do for kids?

Thank you! Hopefully you get good news soon!

 

I was trying to fill out DS-160 for myself first but it wouldn't upload my photo 

[Eric&Olya 881]

41 minutes ago, Estibaliz said:

I think it was @Eric&Olya who also forgot to check that same box, and their case was approved like a week after they sent the response to RFE. Really fast!

Yep, that was us. The case was approved in 3 working days. 

[Estibaliz 3,037]

2 minutes ago, KozmicBlues said:

LOL after I looked it up I saw it was a holiday in Utah and I wasn't sure if the state could decide to halt mail service on a day or not. I guess you will be able to tell us for sure if your F gets mail on fancy Pioneer day!! haha  

According to USPS website, they only have vacation for Federal holidays, so they should deliver, yep...

Not really expecting the NOA2 just yet, and my other half has electronic bills for almost everything, so he gets mostly coupons Not that prolific in mail normally anyway, LOL

 

[KozmicBlues 592]

Oh man.... I had contacted my Senator early last week because I was so frustrated with the process. I figured contacting him couldn't hurt, probably wouldn't help much but I thought it was worth a shot. I was annoyed because his office hadn't even acknowledged my inquiry after a week or so...like at least tell me you received it and will be working on it, but I heard nothing. THEN last night I heard on the news that he (John McCain) was diagnosed with brain cancer, so I'm sure his office has much bigger things to be concerned with.

 

It kind of put things into perspective for me. Sure, I'm sitting here waiting for this approval of a petition so I can be with the love of my life, but at least I am healthy (as far as I know) and my loved ones are healthy. Things in my life could be so much worse than they are. I am lucky to have found my soul mate and to have a reason to be going through this stressful process. I'm so lucky to have someone to miss so much that I cry almost every night. I feel like the luckiest girl in the world to have met a man who loves me enough to move 9,000 miles away from home to be with me. There are so many things about our situations that we should be grateful for. And no matter how difficult and frustrating it feels, we have to remember that it could always be worse. 

 

Anyway...sorry for the sappy-ish post but just felt like sharing my thoughts of this morning! 

[KozmicBlues 592]

8 minutes ago, Estibaliz said:

According to USPS website, they only have vacation for Federal holidays, so they should deliver, yep...

Not really expecting the NOA2 just yet, and my other half has electronic bills for almost everything, so he gets mostly coupons Not that prolific in mail normally anyway, LOL

 

Haha same here...bills and coupons! Plus I have 3 roommates so pretty much every day the informed delivery email is loaded with at least a few mail pieces. It's always such a tease...scrolling through them and getting to the end with no USCIS letter! I'm going to be shouting for joy the day I see that golden letter.  

[twoDs 590]

No NOA2 in today's informed delivery email. This makes day 129 after the NOA1 was received.

 

Of the NOA2 issued for March Filers in July, the longest so far is 130 days. I wish that stays true but my hopes are low.

 

As of today the VJ database shows 12 NOA2s issued in July to March filers, which works out to about one NOA2 issued every two days.

 

So far 158 NOA2s issued to March Filers in total, out of 341 applications, so not even half of the March applications have NOA2s.

 

At this pace it will take nearly a year to issue the remaining NOA2s. Ridiculous.

[Missabc 626]

1 hour ago, DalilaAdnan said:

Either they have lost all the evidence we sent or I do not know...

They confirmed receiving the lots of photos but they asked 1+1=2 

Proof we met in last two years before filing the petition. We really sent some receipts with pics ( pics with date and place label from I phone gallery )

But this time as respond to rfe  we sent passport stamps showing we cross the boarder at the same time on same place, some ACM statements from that city in Croatia, booking reference, original concert tickets with labeled pics, print out of the web site where we were on the premiere of the movie. 

One with his family.

We were together on vacation when rfe came :/ 

You know what sarcasm is? We live together and rented apartment here in Bosnia

He is self employed so he's been working couple of months in us and next 3/4 here. So when he is here we live together and we need to proof we met in last two years. There are some couples met only once in person for last two years but have sent this one simple proof such as boarding pass, hotel receipt...

So yours should be an easy fix hope you will get an approval soon.

It really wouldn't surprise me that they've lost some bits out of your packet... how i don't know! I've seen people have that same problem. I doubt it's because they don't think your in a bonafied relationship, i think it will be a USCIS error that they are trying to push the blame on you as if you didn't provide enough because like you say lots of couples have been approved with a lot less evidence and only met once or twice. Hopefully you hear something soon, i'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

[Missabc 626]

59 minutes ago, glmg21 said:

Not a March/April filer but throwing some info into the pot for you, our RFE was issued on the 1st, arrived to us on the 5th, they received our response on the 12th, and we got our approval on the 19th.

Ah this gives me hope, i really hope its a quick turn around. We are on day 147 and i'm getting very impatient now.

[od17 76]

2 hours ago, Alysia&Luis said:

The background check times varies based on the individuals records and information 

OMG I see you updated your timeline for your POE TOMORROW??? Isn't that the most exciting thing ever? 

CONGRATS!!! So glad it didn't take them long to print the visa out and deliver to your love

You guys are the Royal Family of March Whiners for crossing the finish line first We can't wait to hear all about your wedding hehe

[TearsOfBabylon 1,680]

1 hour ago, Eric&Olya said:

Thank you! Hopefully you get good news soon!

 

I was trying to fill out DS-160 for myself first but it wouldn't upload my photo 

Did you make it by now? I hope!
I did the DS-160 today as well. My photo got accepted instantly, but I've got a cd from the photographer who took these awful passport pics of me, haha!

How did you get along with the DS-160?

Mine is finished by now. I just had to check back on something about an old tourist visa from 1983. Tomorrow I'll finish it, print and pay. 
Then back to waiting!

[Estibaliz 3,037]

1 hour ago, Eric&Olya said:

Thank you! Hopefully you get good news soon!

 

I was trying to fill out DS-160 for myself first but it wouldn't upload my photo 

Did you check the properties of the photo you were using to see if it was too big? I think they have to be 600x600 pixels.

 

Maybe you can resize that using Paint?

Hope you can figure it out, because it's annoying when you get stuck because of that kind of small things

Edited July 20, 2017 by Estibaliz

[Estibaliz 3,037]

1 minute ago, TearsOfBabylon said:

Did you make it by now? I hope!
I did the DS-160 today as well. My photo got accepted instantly, but I've got a cd from the photographer who took these awful passport pics of me, haha!

How did you get along with the DS-160?

Mine is finished by now. I just had to check back on something about an old tourist visa from 1983. Tomorrow I'll finish it, print and pay. 
Then back to waiting!

How can you recall info about a tourist visa that was isued when you were 4 years old?

Lol, German efficiency

[TearsOfBabylon 1,680]

9 minutes ago, od17 said:

OMG I see you updated your timeline for your POE TOMORROW??? Isn't that the most exciting thing ever? 

CONGRATS!!! So glad it didn't take them long to print the visa out and deliver to your love

You guys are the Royal Family of March Whiners for crossing the finish line first We can't wait to hear all about your wedding hehe

She's the Queen Of Speed!

[TearsOfBabylon 1,680]

2 minutes ago, Estibaliz said:

Did you check the properties of the photo you were using to see if it was to big? I think they have to be 600x600 pixels.

 

Maybe you can resize that using Paint?

Hope you can figure it out, because it's annoying when you get stuck because of that kind of small things

Mine was a giant bobblehead picture, but it instantly fitted the form... I was surprised, too. Actually I was expecting like to have my left eyebrow in the frame and then start shrinking it haha

 

 

1 minute ago, Estibaliz said:

How can you recall info about a tourist visa that was isued when you were 4 years old?

Lol, German efficiency

I can't that's why I had to find out if I can take the date of the flight as a replacement.
Because THAT I have... along with hand written plane tickets, boarding passes and a machine typed itinerary from 1983 haha (Thanks mom!)

[Estibaliz 3,037]

1 minute ago, TearsOfBabylon said:

Mine was a giant bobblehead picture, but it instantly fitted the form... I was surprised, too. Actually I was expecting like to have my left eyebrow in the frame and then start shrinking it haha

 

 

I can't that's why I had to find out if I can take the date of the flight as a replacement.
Because THAT I have... along with hand written plane tickets, boarding passes and a machine typed itinerary from 1983 haha (Thanks mom!)

Kind of scary you still have all that... LOL