I-129F March 2017 Filers

[pajobra 1,395]

3 minutes ago, Missabc said:

Haha im from Manchester  

Hiya.  I have not made it over the pond yet but I hope to someday. My fiance Chris knows that is my dream destination.  My family comes from England, Scotland, and Ireland. We still have family in England. Chris and I plan to have a trip there eventually.

 

Ooh and Guess what.  Looked up on the CEAC site and we are In Transit! Sweetest words I have ever seen.

[Estibaliz 3,037]

4 hours ago, Elisaveta said:

Hi,here is an update from this mama to be,  I had my interview this morning and got approved.  

Congrats to all of the approvals, NOA2 and case numbers, I see we have had a wedding too, that's just awesome!

For those still waiting, don't lose hope, it's coming.

Cheers! 

Excellent news, Congratulations! 

Next stop, visa in hand

[Missabc 626]

4 minutes ago, pajobra said:

Hiya.  I have not made it over the pond yet but I hope to someday. My fiance Chris knows that is my dream destination.  My family comes from England, Scotland, and Ireland. We still have family in England. Chris and I plan to have a trip there eventually.

 

Ooh and Guess what.  Looked up on the CEAC site and we are In Transit! Sweetest words I have ever seen.

It was my fiance's first time in the UK this year infact it was his first time ever leaving the states or getting on a plane haha. I took him to London and he loved it but wasnt used to all the rude people but liked the buildings . I live around the corner from Manchester Uniteds football ground so that was a novelty for him aswell  

Yay congrats, i hope to get that good news soon too!

[AnJ Co 1,676]

7 hours ago, Kateryna_I said:

Great news!  Congrats! 

Hope we'll reach this point soon! Still at NVC.  

It's still a strange process, isn't it?

We hit NVC like a shot and actually just ricocheted thru NVC to Embassy.  

A lot faster than we planned - I was using 'averages' to plan and expected us to be at this point on 10 September.  Somehow we are 10 days faster than average      

I just know there was a TON of petitions dumped on the Embassy in Manila this week - I really wonder how they can process so many - 

Best of luck to you - hope you get out of NVC today - or your story is like Pajobra who's tracker was stuck and it was still making progress behind the scenes  

[AnJ Co 1,676]

9 hours ago, Yzabelle said:

He lives ib Chicago, that's why.. We wanted to do it in California because his family is there but we don't have time. We're also planninh to do a court wedding now..

If I was looking to get married in Chicago, I think I would look up this church, but it is only a thought of mine i'm sharing.......  Just a thought, may not be practical.

 

Harvest Bible Chapel

 

Church in Rolling Meadows, Illinois

Harvest Bible Chapel is a non-denominational, Evangelical Christian church originating in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, with six satellite campuses in the greater Chicago area. It was founded on September 18, 1988. Wikipedia

 

Address: 800 Rohlwing Rd, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008

Founder: James MacDonald

Founded: 1988

Phone: (847) 398-7005

[AnJ Co 1,676]

5 hours ago, Elisaveta said:

Hi,here is an update from this mama to be,  I had my interview this morning and got approved.  

Congrats to all of the approvals, NOA2 and case numbers, I see we have had a wedding too, that's just awesome!

For those still waiting, don't lose hope, it's coming.

Cheers! 

I was just wondering last night how you was?  So now we know.....   Happy HAPPY for you!!   Congratulations!  POE Just around the corner.  Do I have to say we wanna see POE pic?  hahaha

[AnJ Co 1,676]

1 hour ago, Chubbylewie said:

She's already in Manila for her interview and is flying back to tacloban Saturday. I guess she will need to do this before she departs. She will need her visa for this seminar correct?

posting for Philippines only - does not apply elsewhere.........

 

CFO can be attended by the beneficiary anytime before departure  They give you a certificate.  If you have your passport with the K1 visa in it, they will also give you a sticker in your passport.  It allows the Terminal Tax to be paid at the airport, as well. (You have heard of Terminal Tax?  if not, research that, as well).

If you go to CFO and you don't have k1 visa yet (pending)  No Big Deal, you just return to get your sticker when you get your passport and k1 back.  OR when leaving - you can present your CFO certificate at the CFO counter at the airport to get your sticker then.  

After stickered up, go to Terminal Tax Line and pay Terminal Tax (less than $40usd) unless it is included already in your airfare (you have to ask airline if it is included)

They will not allow a Filipino to board aircraft if both tax and cfo are not accomplished.

CFO is described on USEM website and a link to the CFO is included as well.

Hope this shed some light on this for you.

[Yzabelle 741]

1 hour ago, Chubbylewie said:

She's already in Manila for her interview and is flying back to tacloban Saturday. I guess she will need to do this before she departs. She will need her visa for this seminar correct?

Yes.. Correct. If she's in Tacloban maybe she can just have her CFO in Cebu..

[Yzabelle 741]

24 minutes ago, AnJ Co said:

If I was looking to get married in Chicago, I think I would look up this church, but it is only a thought of mine i'm sharing.......  Just a thought, may not be practical.

 

Harvest Bible Chapel

 

Church in Rolling Meadows, Illinois

Harvest Bible Chapel is a non-denominational, Evangelical Christian church originating in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, with six satellite campuses in the greater Chicago area. It was founded on September 18, 1988. Wikipedia

 

Address: 800 Rohlwing Rd, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008

Founder: James MacDonald

Founded: 1988

Phone: (847) 398-7005

My fiancé really wanted to do a church wedding in California.. too bad we don't have the time to do it.  But thank you! I will show him this one😊

[SChamb 187]

Love seeing everyone getting their approvals and prays any march still waiting get there noa2 SOON!   we finally set our interview for sept 14th... flying her there Monday physical Tuesday ... we are still waiting for her sons pp for his d160 and interview but figured we would go ahead and get hers done since we estimate him getting it and needing his physical during" that time" so it would delay us longer waiting for a good time for her physical. Wishing everyone good luck, and prayers. Yes I still get on here and read a lot of the post. kind of addicted to it I think plus I love seeing the updates! 

[SChamb 187]

1 hour ago, AnJ Co said:

posting for Philippines only - does not apply elsewhere.........

 

CFO can be attended by the beneficiary anytime before departure  They give you a certificate.  If you have your passport with the K1 visa in it, they will also give you a sticker in your passport.  It allows the Terminal Tax to be paid at the airport, as well. (You have heard of Terminal Tax?  if not, research that, as well).

If you go to CFO and you don't have k1 visa yet (pending)  No Big Deal, you just return to get your sticker when you get your passport and k1 back.  OR when leaving - you can present your CFO certificate at the CFO counter at the airport to get your sticker then.  

After stickered up, go to Terminal Tax Line and pay Terminal Tax (less than $40usd) unless it is included already in your airfare (you have to ask airline if it is included)

They will not allow a Filipino to board aircraft if both tax and cfo are not accomplished.

CFO is described on USEM website and a link to the CFO is included as well.

Hope this shed some light on this for you.

I guess that doesn't even count the 750 peso fee they also charge for international flights atleast out of Cebu..... good info thanks AnjCo! I new about the class but had not heard of the terminal tax! wonder if that's times two if she has a k2 with her..... they get you coming and going there in the PI. its like the psa, they need them for this and that.. but where ever they go pp or whatever they keep the PSA

[Kateryna_I 447]

2 hours ago, AnJ Co said:

It's still a strange process, isn't it?

We hit NVC like a shot and actually just ricocheted thru NVC to Embassy.  

A lot faster than we planned - I was using 'averages' to plan and expected us to be at this point on 10 September.  Somehow we are 10 days faster than average      

I just know there was a TON of petitions dumped on the Embassy in Manila this week - I really wonder how they can process so many - 

Best of luck to you - hope you get out of NVC today - or your story is like Pajobra who's tracker was stuck and it was still making progress behind the scenes  

It is strange! But one thing I hope for is that it is moving faster than with uscis  

Thank you so much for support. We really want this to happen today/tomorrow. It will make another stone off our shoulders. 

 

Just one question - currently ceac tracker shows case number and the status "at nvc" only, no case created and case last updated data. Is that OK? This data will appear only after it will be "in transit" or "ready"?

Many thanks for help.  

[Holly♡ 401]

27 minutes ago, Kateryna_I said:

It is strange! But one thing I hope for is that it is moving faster than with uscis  

Thank you so much for support. We really want this to happen today/tomorrow. It will make another stone off our shoulders. 

 

Just one question - currently ceac tracker shows case number and the status "at nvc" only, no case created and case last updated data. Is that OK? This data will appear only after it will be "in transit" or "ready"?

Many thanks for help.  

My case never showed in transit... it went from NVC to ready. I guess the case was scanned through to the embassy in Romania which is why it happened that way, so maybe because some time has passed, maybe that will be happening with yours too =)
So my case was assigned a number on the 22nd, scanned on the 25th and then showed as READY later on the 28th... if this is helpful. It showed as AT NVC in the afternoon on the 28th so I was still worried and had called them and they told me that it had already been scanned through on the 25th... seems that the tracker is not always 100% accurate... the customer service rep told me that. He said for the best accuracy, just to call.

[Estibaliz 3,037]

42 minutes ago, Kateryna_I said:

It is strange! But one thing I hope for is that it is moving faster than with uscis  

Thank you so much for support. We really want this to happen today/tomorrow. It will make another stone off our shoulders. 

 

Just one question - currently ceac tracker shows case number and the status "at nvc" only, no case created and case last updated data. Is that OK? This data will appear only after it will be "in transit" or "ready"?

Many thanks for help.  

My case was in transit for a few hours, and it was only once it changed to the "Ready" status that I could see that info regarding 'Case created' and 'Case last updated'.

[AnJ Co 1,676]

37 minutes ago, Kateryna_I said:

It is strange! But one thing I hope for is that it is moving faster than with uscis  

Thank you so much for support. We really want this to happen today/tomorrow. It will make another stone off our shoulders. 

 

Just one question - currently ceac tracker shows case number and the status "at nvc" only, no case created and case last updated data. Is that OK? This data will appear only after it will be "in transit" or "ready"?

Many thanks for help.  

I'm like @Holly  says above, just said simply AT NVC  and told me six steps that I totally ignored

Probably stuck

Maybe calling would be best. They take calls all the way to midnight eastern time.

 

Wow, I really wish yours would get going - you are 2 weeks? ahead of me,,,I Think?????  Anyways, you are due to get on the fast track.