I-129F March 2017 Filers

[Wilma77 238]

3 minutes ago, AnJ Co said:

Wow!  How many years did those 2.5weeks take off your life?   But, everything is fine now?

It all went great at the Interview till they asked for a document i allready send them and they told me they didnt have it and without it no approval...  My whole day  went from great to hell in 5 sec..

I rushed bck to station to get bck as soon as possible so i can still get the doc at town hall..   got it and mailed straight away...  but it didnt arrived till the Monday  .. then i asked on wed  if all was ok... they said No we forgot to copy a doc..   So i send it to them..   friday  i ask them if  all fine now... they tell me they still working  on it and will let me know when done..  By tuesday no word so i went online looked at my status and it said Issued on 24rth...  and on the 28th  i  got it at  Home..   I was so Happy it arrived on time..

[Estibaliz 3,037]

38 minutes ago, Alysia&Luis said:

 

We did do a thing! We did wait 4 days to file LOL! We really did not slow down after NOA2 and it is for sure time to relax.  Well at least Luis gets 3-4 months, until EAD is ready 

Lol, you two are always "doing things". Seriously, take a break now

 

33 minutes ago, Wilma77 said:

Hi everyone..  Sorry i havnt been on for a while..   been Busy had some stressful days  after the  Interview..   they Lost  doc and i booked my flight  allready  (dumb me)

So i got new document , send by koerier to them  with pasport...   and then to hear they forgot to copy something...   had to send original to them..   2,5 weeks later and 7 days before  flight i finally got my  Passport back...   worst 2,5 weeks of my  Life...   pfffh

Hope you all  doing  well..

Missed being  here

As if this process wasn't stressful enough...  But you made it, so deep breath and keep going. You are leaving in a week! 

[AnJ Co 1,676]

2 hours ago, Utahoutlaww said:

I'm sitting on an rfe waiting for a decision 

8/10 rfe sent 

8/22 received rfe evidence 

Hope they do 2 week turnaround and get you going. :D  

 This 6 month thing is Crazy.  Looking at a January Filer, after 7 mos they RFE'd them.  Wow, took 7 mos to arrive at the decision they needed an RFE???????  Hang tough, they hafta do something soon

[AnJ Co 1,676]

1 hour ago, Alysia&Luis said:

That will be good.  Having all the museums in Washington DC to explore has definitely helped him some

I'd LOVE to have 2 mos to explore DC.  When Ann gets here, it's one of our priority destinations to go see, but we'll only have about 5 days (my shifts are hospital based and extended days off are just not possible).  So, tell Luis I'm envious of his ability to see all of DC - What a gift, actually.

[Utahoutlaww 118]

5 minutes ago, AnJ Co said:

Hope they do 2 week turnaround and get you going. :D  

 This 6 month thing is Crazy.  Looking at a January Filer, after 7 mos they RFE'd them.  Wow, took 7 mos to arrive at the decision they needed an RFE???????  Hang tough, they hafta do something soon

There was someone one number below me my number ends in 15 and there was 16. They rfe and got approved 10 days later so I hope I am that lucky 

[Ste&Sel 151]

Day 172, and still waiting......................arrr!

[AnJ Co 1,676]

1 hour ago, Wilma77 said:

It all went great at the Interview till they asked for a document i allready send them and they told me they didnt have it and without it no approval...  My whole day  went from great to hell in 5 sec..

I rushed bck to station to get bck as soon as possible so i can still get the doc at town hall..   got it and mailed straight away...  but it didnt arrived till the Monday  .. then i asked on wed  if all was ok... they said No we forgot to copy a doc..   So i send it to them..   friday  i ask them if  all fine now... they tell me they still working  on it and will let me know when done..  By tuesday no word so i went online looked at my status and it said Issued on 24rth...  and on the 28th  i  got it at  Home..   I was so Happy it arrived on time..

So GLAD this worked out and visa is in hand.

This is a good example how even though the beneficiary does everything right, the consul can have problems, like fingerprints and computer glitches, lost documents, missed copies, etc. 

They really do mean it when they say not to quit your day job until visa is in hand  

1 minute ago, Ste&Sel said:

Day 172, and still waiting......................arrr!

Unreal       smh

[twoDs 590]

27 minutes ago, Ste&Sel said:

Day 172, and still waiting......................arrr!

Eight more days and I think you can really start shaking the trees. That's inexcusable on USCIS' part.

[piranda 111]

hello everyone!!

booked interview for 12th of september, flight back to us 20th of September

the strange thing is that the embassy sent me am email announcing me they booked me for the 11th.i replied back and ask to reschedule and received confirmation it will be on the 12th . and all this before paying the visa fee!! 

[falcao79 76]

first Colombian noa2 approval has through on 08/31/2017 in 3 weeks however it was an april 15 noa1 N & JJ. Glad they have turned there attention to Colombian noa1s again but there are still us 3 march people waiting me, AJ&Milena , and Jose Ramirez.

[Marzena & Stephen 544]

I haven't been able to keep up with the forum ! congrats to anyone who got their noa2's or interview days and approvals!

 

so just a story for fun

I was super frustrated today! i finally got around to booking a very nice downtown Montreal condo through AIR B N B. I am staying for a week and a few days (12 nights) because 1 week to get the medical done and go to the interview.. and a few days extra so thay my fiance can come visit canada (montreal) while we have canadian thanks giving

 The sad part about this is the condo cost me $2500 !!! for the 12 nights which isnt too bad ! butt... the price said 150 or so per night. (they tack on $75.00 cleaning fee, about $200 something service charge and than like 15 % taxes.). so that being said. i was glad it was all booked and than TODAY i get a cancellation email from AIR B N B .. i was frantic! what happened! ?>>

Don't get me wrong i have stayed in high end luxury condos with air b n b and loved them! and i recommend them !!! So i phoned AIR B N B as soon as i got the email... it was appalling that their contact# was not on their website! so i found it on google . I Guess the host that was listing the condo had some "issues with his account" i asked what do you mean by issues? apparently he had a security ticket on his account and it was immediately shut down after i booked!? i was so disappointed. so i guess they will refund me my money but it takes 5 TO 15 days!!!!!! can you believe that! 

 

For those of your booking with AIR B N B  - MAKE SURE that the host has a ton of reviews! you do not want to be out this kind of money!

I am blessed i could afford to book again without those funds.. but for those of you that can not! please be careful.

I did end up booking another unit in the same buildling as i wanted a mini vacation and it has a pool,gym, close to everything. so it all worked out. 

 

Happy Friday!!! 

[pajobra 1,395]

22 minutes ago, Marzena & Stephen said:

I haven't been able to keep up with the forum ! congrats to anyone who got their noa2's or interview days and approvals!

 

so just a story for fun

I was super frustrated today! i finally got around to booking a very nice downtown Montreal condo through AIR B N B. I am staying for a week and a few days (12 nights) because 1 week to get the medical done and go to the interview.. and a few days extra so thay my fiance can come visit canada (montreal) while we have canadian thanks giving

 The sad part about this is the condo cost me $2500 !!! for the 12 nights which isnt too bad ! butt... the price said 150 or so per night. (they tack on $75.00 cleaning fee, about $200 something service charge and than like 15 % taxes.). so that being said. i was glad it was all booked and than TODAY i get a cancellation email from AIR B N B .. i was frantic! what happened! ?>>

Don't get me wrong i have stayed in high end luxury condos with air b n b and loved them! and i recommend them !!! So i phoned AIR B N B as soon as i got the email... it was appalling that their contact# was not on their website! so i found it on google . I Guess the host that was listing the condo had some "issues with his account" i asked what do you mean by issues? apparently he had a security ticket on his account and it was immediately shut down after i booked!? i was so disappointed. so i guess they will refund me my money but it takes 5 TO 15 days!!!!!! can you believe that! 

 

For those of your booking with AIR B N B  - MAKE SURE that the host has a ton of reviews! you do not want to be out this kind of money!

I am blessed i could afford to book again without those funds.. but for those of you that can not! please be careful.

I did end up booking another unit in the same buildling as i wanted a mini vacation and it has a pool,gym, close to everything. so it all worked out. 

 

Happy Friday!!! 

I never book them unless they have tons of reviews and gee you are going for high end. I could never afford that. Mum and I are looking at staying in ones that are 50-100 a night but we are only staying a maximum of 7 days. Yes they have extra fees usually and yes 15 percent tax in Quebec. Its 13 percent tax in manitoba so taxes don't shock me.

 

Hopefully you get it sorted soon. Sounds like a good way to spend Canadian Thanksgiving.

Edited September 1, 2017 by pajobra

[annachka 80]

18 hours ago, pajobra said:

https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/gsa-announces-new-lease-agreement-us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-camp-springs-md 

 

No wonder everything is slowing up. They are planning on moving everything to a new headquarters and shutting all the other places down.  we might be glad we are through the first part. Now I understand why everything was moving to CSC.

Does this mean things will be even slower now for those still waiting for NOA2?  

[annachka 80]

16 hours ago, Lovemycroatianman said:

I enlisted help from the ombudsman and the response I got today via email from their inquiry was "within normal processing time", we are closing the case....Mine was received Feb 21st.....I got on the horn cause my case was put on processing hold on July 25th due to pending security checks...and like the email I sent back in response and the call I made to the nice on duty dude....this generic message doesn't apply to a case placed on processing hold.....tell me its cleared or something....I mean I guess if you file with them now ...since it takes 45 business days you will probably be out of the processing time...see that was my thought too....but them darn fools keep screwing around with the dates and keeping us from our rights of due process....jerks...so I sit and wait....and cry....and lose hope....it will be a miracle if I make it thru this emotionally intact....

ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that's so, so awful, my heart goes out to you <3

[mytruelove18 608]

8 hours ago, FutureMrsBennett said:

I lost count of the days....I am so tired of waiting for my NOA2...

 

7 hours ago, AfricanQ said:

Same there

i amrch 17 filer, when i saw april filer getting approval, i started to driving me crazy, i was lossing hopeness, then on august 25 my fiance text me to tell me he got the letter.

he was very busy with familly matters, because his oncle Max Harris who died at the korean war was coming back home that day to have funeral at Monticello, after 66 years.

got the letter was something very nice for us,he was very sad and stressfull remembering his grandmother.

so i know s very frustrating but be patient yor noa2 will arrive when you less be waiting