I129F April 2017 filers

[fatima& abdi 168]

3 minutes ago, dcarolina said:

Hey! I've been watching here: http://www.visajourney.com/content/times/

ooh yeah i saw that  it shows they are working on 17 dates . i taught u seen some real approvals thank u soo much and lets wait and watch what gonna happen . all the best 

[Tanya@D Starcher 585]

When my Darrel called me and said that he received a message that our case was updated, he was driving a car, so told me to check the status on the USCIS website -

and I saw the status  " My case was approved " , the same moment our attorney called too and informed us of NOA2 .
 ... our number ...79544
I wish all of you , guys . approvals soon !!! be patient , we know how you feel now... the most dark before the sun......and we know how you will feel then ! ))    the bird of luck for all of you  

 

 

 

[dcarolina 9]

3 minutes ago, fatima& abdi said:

ooh yeah i saw that  it shows they are working on 17 dates . i taught u seen some real approvals thank u soo much and lets wait and watch what gonna happen . all the best 

I actually saw someone here from 17 saying it was approved a couple of hours ago! 

[Estibaliz 3,037]

24 minutes ago, spike198 said:

I am the same way.  I hired an attorney and although we have an rfe coming, I feel confident that it's not because he missed something.  As a matter of fact, he kicked our paperwork back to me twice with things I needed to fix to submit.  What people sometimes fail to remember is every case is different.  My fiance lives in a house that doesn't even have a street address.  He doesn't have facebook or even internet so we provided everything we could when we applied but that doesn't mean it's going to be enough.  We will find out soon enough what we need to provide to move forward, but comparing my case to someone else's is like comparing apples to oranges.  And don't even get me started on the people processing the cases and how thorough they are compared to others! 

So true! Hiring an attorney or using a visa service is a personal decision. It can be based on lots of different reasons and all of them are equally valid. If you can afford it and you want to do it, then that's enough.

What really pains me here is when you see people stumbling with the bad kind, that ends up delaying their process and being kind of unhelpful.

But oh well, always happened, always will... Just hoping no one here has to go through that experience.

[spike198 506]

Just now, Estibaliz said:

So true! Hiring an attorney or using a visa service is a personal decision. It can be based on lots of different reasons and all of them are equally valid. If you can afford it and you want to do it, then that's enough.

What really pains me here is when you see people stumbling with the bad kind, that ends up delaying their process and being kind of unhelpful.

But oh well, always happened, always will... Just hoping no one here has to go through that experience.

Agreed!  This process is painful enough, but adding a crappy attorney or visa service to the mix would make it even worse!

[TaakLife 64]

Okay guys!!! Freaking out a little. So I called today right.... they said still no touch yet. Asked them about my case. They said it had not been touched. I checked my inquiry early this morning and it had still said it was made on the 11th. Check it again just now and it says

On August 23, 2017, your general inquiry, referral number ETCXXXXXXXXCSC, was completed.

• 08/23/2017
  

  On August 23, 2017, we sent a response to your general inquiry, referral number ETCXXXXXXXXXXCSC.

• 08/21/2017
  

  On August 21, 2017, your general inquiry, referral number ETCXXXXXXXXXXCSC, was assigned to an officer for response.

  What could this mean!!?!?! Also my case still says received. I hope this is good news because I will be calling in tomorrow since my inquiry is completed apparently. And today they were still saying it could take a few more weeks. Please help. Confused.

   

[JayMar2019 2,741]

Another approval 

 

NOA1 April 14th

 

No country listed

[Chris2870 721]

Well, I got home from work and studied my I-129f for the fifth time and.......I think I found my RFE

Undated but signed letter-of-intent

How did I miss it?!!!!

[TamaraN 72]

So, I wanted to post this earlier, but my iphone would not let me access this site, so I had to wait until I got home.

 

I have been calling the USCIS 1-2 times per week for a week or two, and most of the people I spoke to were very kind and understanding. Yesterday, I called again. I was getting nervous because we were nearing the 5 month mark, and people who applied after me were being approved. The tier 1 officer was polite and kind as usual, but the tier 2 officer was a little unprofessional. He basically laughed at me, and said that I am within normal processing time. He said they are still working on February, and that I would definitely be waiting at lease another two months for NOA2. I told him that I knew that wasn't true because people on a forum I am a member of have been approved from March and April, and another tier 2 officer told me that the tracker was last updated June 30th, and wasn't accurate. He replied that the other officer read the screen wrong, because it was updated Aug. 16. He then went on to say that anyone on this website who claims they applied after feb. and have been approved, is lying (even after I told him some people posted screenshots of their approvals." He also told me it is impossible to received notification of approval through text or email, and that they only send letters. I didn't feel like arguing with him, so I said thanks and hung up, frustrated about receiving conflicting information (also, other people had told me my case passed pre-review and was being adjucated and others told me it hadn't even been assigned to anyone).

 

So, I was super surprised today when, at 4:48PM eastern time, I received not one, but 5 text messages from USCIS telling me my case had been updated, and I should check it online. My heart immediately dropped out of my chest, and tears formed in my eyes, and I told myself not to get my hopes up. A few weeks ago, after I changed my address, I got a message telling me my case had been updated, and I got super excited, until I opened it and it was just the address change, it was heartbreaking, and I didn't want to experience it again. We are considered within normal processing time, and my fiance is from Morocco, which could take longer because of certain factors.

 

To my shock, it was in fact our approval. After 137 days (I think) I have my NOA2. I am going to Morocco next week, and I was hoping it would come before I left, and it did!!! I shed some tears of joy! I am almost done collecting all of my documents for his interview, and will take them to Morocco. What's next?? I thought I had everything planned out, but now that I am here, I feel like my mind is blank!!!

 

On a side note, the tracker ap I use on my iphone dropped confetti when I opened it to the approval. 

My NOA1 date was 04/11/17 if anyone is wondering!! 

[tanderson64 201]

Just got off the phone with NVC.  Have case number and all other ID numbers.

 

So it was 12 days from NOA2 approval to NVC.

 

From what I have seen from others, it takes about 2 to 3 days to get to Embassy and ready status.

[tanderson64 201]

5 minutes ago, TamaraN said:

To my shock, it was in fact our approval. After 137 days (I think) I have my NOA2. I am going to Morocco next week, and I was hoping it would come before I left, and it did!!! I shed some tears of joy! I am almost done collecting all of my documents for his interview, and will take them to Morocco. What's next?? I thought I had everything planned out, but now that I am here, I feel like my mind is blank!!!

 

On a side note, the tracker ap I use on my iphone dropped confetti when I opened it to the approval. 

My NOA1 date was 04/11/17 if anyone is wondering!!

That's awesome!! Congrats!!  And the iphone app confetti is cool.  It will always show confetti now when you open the app and your case.

[TamaraN 72]

4 minutes ago, tanderson64 said:

That's awesome!! Congrats!!  And the iphone app confetti is cool.  It will always show confetti now when you open the app and your case.

Thank you!! I can't wait to begin the rest of the process. I hear this part is faster! The confetti is awesome!!

[tanderson64 201]

1 minute ago, TamaraN said:

Thank you!! I can't wait to begin the rest of the process. I hear this part is faster! The confetti is awesome!!

Yes - it takes about 12 days for NVC to receive your petition and assign case number.

 

I don't know how long it takes for the embassy you will interview at to receive...

[TamaraN 72]

2 minutes ago, tanderson64 said:

Yes - it takes about 12 days for NVC to receive your petition and assign case number.

 

I don't know how long it takes for the embassy you will interview at to receive...

Hopefully not to long! Good luck to you too! I see you got your NVC number today.

[tanderson64 201]

1 minute ago, TamaraN said:

Hopefully not to long! Good luck to you too! I see you got your NVC number today.

Yes.  At the staff at NVC are VERY nice!