I129F April 2017 filers

[Estibaliz 3,037]

12 minutes ago, KeriAn said:

Ok so...It keeps telling me my # is invalid...Am I missing something here...

Are you checking under Immigrant? That's the thing to do. And congrats! 

[LabOz 915]

Yesterday the USCIS app was blowing up with approvals. Today sure has been quite so far for 9/12.

Hopefully CSC isn't done working for the week. 

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4 hours ago, Unshakable Faith said:

NOA1: April 25th

 

Day 140 for me.  I've not heard anything since they transferred my petition to the Texas Service Center on July 28th.  I've called USCIS multiple times and spoken with Tier 2 and they cannot see the reason for the transfer.  I submitted an inquiry August 16th and it has to be responded to by this Friday.

 

Hopefully an approval will come quickly!

 

I'm not sure what's going on with Tier 2- I keep reading that people were getting denied a call transfer to Tier 2.  I've never been denied a transfer in the 2.5 years that I've been involved with USCIS.  If this happens, please remind them ( nicely) that per the USCIS Policy Manual, you can request to be transferred at any time.

I hope you hear from them and get good news soon. Sure you deserve them!

Bestest of luck

[Melodica256 158]

Hi all. noa1 waiting on noa2. When asking a tier 2 the following:

 

-Has case been touched
-If YES any officer assigned?
-Backgrouod check done? For Beneficiary and Petitioner
-Name check done?
-When can expect update?
-Is there a RFE notice (Request for Evidence)

 

What do these things prove? eg if there is an office but no name check, that does this mean in terms of processing times/the status of our case

[LabOz 915]

7 minutes ago, Melodica256 said:

Hi all. noa1 waiting on noa2. When asking a tier 2 the following:

 

-Has case been touched
-If YES any officer assigned?
-Backgrouod check done? For Beneficiary and Petitioner
-Name check done?
-When can expect update?
-Is there a RFE notice (Request for Evidence)

 

What do these things prove? eg if there is an office but no name check, that does this mean in terms of processing times/the status of our case

I would say "officer assigned" means you case is not sitting in a warehouse waiting to be pulled and worked rather an officer has it at his desk on his own shelf waiting to be worked along with all the other cases he pulled.

[CopperChem 328]

17 minutes ago, Melodica256 said:

Hi all. noa1 waiting on noa2. When asking a tier 2 the following:

 

-Has case been touched
-If YES any officer assigned?
-Backgrouod check done? For Beneficiary and Petitioner
-Name check done?
-When can expect update?
-Is there a RFE notice (Request for Evidence)

 

What do these things prove? eg if there is an office but no name check, that does this mean in terms of processing times/the status of our case

The Background Check and Name check are both items that need to be done before they can complete the job. So it comes it, gets assigned to an officer, but they have to wait until some other government paperwork is finished before they can send and RFE or NOA2. So basically those two tell you how close you might be to getting a decision.

[KeriAn 414]

26 minutes ago, Estibaliz said:

Are you checking under Immigrant? That's the thing to do. And congrats! 

Damnit. Lol I did it under non immigrant. I thought k1 was non-inmigrant with immigrant intent tho

[CopperChem 328]

2 minutes ago, KeriAn said:

Damnit. Lol I did it under non immigrant. I thought k1 was non-inmigrant with immigrant intent tho

I think once you get to NVC stage is sort of half counts as immigrant.

[janets312 43]

Just wanted to update that I got an email notification from the NVC with my case number today! Just check the CEAC site and it's currently in transit  

 

The only thing I wanted to ask is that I also got another email that the German Embassy (fiance is British but he has been living in Germany for the past 3 years) approved a request for expedited processing. I'm not complaining but is this part of the usual process? I didn't request any expedite so curious where this came from!

[CopperChem 328]

So I was thinking back through things and at this point my bet on the RFE is her Photos. She had the passport photos done when she was India for a bit and they looked like they might be a hair small. 

[JimInUS 97]

For info, I just called the NVC (the ...0888) number to see if they have my MNL# yet, and they said not yet. I received the NOA2 approval notification on their website on Sept 5. 

 

I'll try again in a day or so. 

 

BTW, I called at 4:30 pm and got someone on the line after less than a 5 minute wait, and he was real nice. 

Edited September 12, 2017 by JimInUS

[martinzl 91]

15 hours ago, Sallysyrup said:

Hi I think this is a dumb question but how did you get a notification from them? Is that through email? Thank you.

Regular mail.  I've never received any e-mails despite registering for e-mail notification.  No online update either.

[Estibaliz 3,037]

52 minutes ago, KeriAn said:

Damnit. Lol I did it under non immigrant. I thought k1 was non-inmigrant with immigrant intent tho

Yep, you got that right... But the immigrant intent must be the key fact, since the petition is processed by the Immigrant Visa Unit at the Embassy. Though I think right before they issue the visa you'll see how it finally changes to Nonimmigrant Visa again in the ceac website. Can't wait to track that part!

 

Anyway, you are good now to follow progress. Yay!

 

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51 minutes ago, janets312 said:

Just wanted to update that I got an email notification from the NVC with my case number today! Just check the CEAC site and it's currently in transit  

 

The only thing I wanted to ask is that I also got another email that the German Embassy (fiance is British but he has been living in Germany for the past 3 years) approved a request for expedited processing. I'm not complaining but is this part of the usual process? I didn't request any expedite so curious where this came from!

Congratulations! Germany deals with electronic cases, which is why you got an email from the NVC, instead of regular mail, plus that other standard one from the Embassy. No expedite really, just electronic cases are supposed to be faster as if they were expedited.

[KeriAn 414]

31 minutes ago, Estibaliz said:

Yep, you got that right... But the immigrant intent must be the key fact, since the petition is processed by the Immigrant Visa Unit at the Embassy. Though I think right before they issue the visa you'll see how it finally changes to Nonimmigrant Visa again in the ceac website. Can't wait to track that part!

 

Anyway, you are good now to follow progress. Yay!

 

They told my fiance its in AP...is that normal?