I-129F May 2017 Filers

[kannan 208]

2 minutes ago, Trinab80 said:

Most likely that case was an expedite case.

4 months for expedited case? I Would expect to be 2 months or less, or at most 3 months.

[pmeyer1229 331]

3 minutes ago, kannan said:

somebody with NOA1 date of 6/1/2017 got approved on 10/2/2017; I don't understand how that works?

Expedited? Could be military personnel....they get priority.   

[mcs 686]

25 minutes ago, Trinab80 said:

To all my May Filers,

 

I know that things right now are very discouraging and depressing as things have truly slowed down for us. When we started the process, we were looking at August being our month for approvals, but now we are all the way into mid-October/early November. Not really sure what words of encouragement I can give you all, because I, myself, am struggling just as bad as the rest of you.

 

The only thing I will say is, you have to keep the faith that you will get your approval. I know, easier said than done, but as it has been said plenty of times before by other VJ members in other forums, another day less is another day closer. For every case that has been approved today makes room for your case to be approved tomorrow and the days to come.

 

No I don't have a secret portion on how to cope, because truth of the matter is, I haven't been coping and it has started to affect my relationship with my fiancé - petty disagreements seem to be our new thing now; but we have come to realize that it's this waiting and uncertainty of not knowing that has us like this. I literally had to apologize to my fiancé a couple of hours ago because when I really looked at where it was all coming from, it's coming from the fact that I'm just really sick and tired of being stuck and not being able to be with the one I want to spend my life with every single night. But at the end of the day, I'm not gonna let this process destroy me, what me and my fiancé have worked hard for and what we are trying to build. We've come too far.

 

I share this with you all because I want you all to know that you're not alone and we are truly blessed to have a site like VJ so that we can rely on each other to get each other through this. We just gotta hold on and know that our "Golden Ticket" is right around the corner. Hopefully Tuesday will bring on a flood of multiple approvals on every day.

My unsolicited wisdom, for what it's worth... relationships are hard; long-distance relationships are harder; extreme long-distance relationships are even harder; extreme long-distance relationships with this Visa process involved prove to be a true test of the strength of the relationship itself.  Yes, it will stress the strongest of bonds and it will manifest itself in ways that you won't even see coming or have ever imagined could possibly exist as part of your character makeup.  Anxiety and stress will turn the most thoughtful loving person into someone that they might not recognize themselves... it's nothing to be embarrassed about; it is something to recognize and correct when it happens and it, likely, will happen.  As I've often repeated this cliche:  keep your eye on the prize.  If your relationship is meant to be then you WILL get through this and... you will come out on the other side even stronger than when you first embarked on this journey... 

[munbei 23]

Just now, pmeyer1229 said:

Expedited? Could be military personnel....they get priority.   

Only gets expedited if you have orders to go on deployment.
I'm in the military also and had no luck on getting it expedited.

[HOORAY7 165]

2 minutes ago, pmeyer1229 said:

That must be so frustrating!!! I can't imagine seeing people who file later get approved before you (unless there is a RFE of course). There was a couple on here at 200+ days before approval and I felt so bad for them and also fear, with my luck, I will be a 200 days too before approval. I expect the worst and hope for the best. At May 2, you SHOULD hear something any MINUTE now...I pray you do as this system the USICS uses does not make sense to most of us. We all come up with theories, but what the hell is really happening here?

Thank you, yes, I'm glued to this site and my phone.  The girl I spoke too was very polite and I asked her a few questions and then she said I can transfer you to another person to answer your question.  In order to get to that 2nd Tier I asked questions I already knew the answer to and hope she didn't and would transfer me and then I asked if my background checks had been started yet and that's when she said I will transfer you to someone that can answer that, hence waiting on the call back now.  Not expecting a real answer based on what I've been reading, but wanted to make sure I did like a "poke" or "nudge" that hey yes we are still out here waiting.  That's my goal, hoping for the best.  I will keep you posted!

5 minutes ago, kannan said:

It's not me. I said somebody

Oh, whoops, sorry about that, I must have read it way too fast!

[HOORAY7 165]

4 minutes ago, mcs said:

My unsolicited wisdom, for what it's worth... relationships are hard; long-distance relationships are harder; extreme long-distance relationships are even harder; extreme long-distance relationships with this Visa process involved prove to be a true test of the strength of the relationship itself.  Yes, it will stress the strongest of bonds and it will manifest itself in ways that you won't even see coming or have ever imagined could possibly exist as part of your character makeup.  Anxiety and stress will turn the most thoughtful loving person into someone that they might not recognize themselves... it's nothing to be embarrassed about; it is something to recognize and correct when it happens and it, likely, will happen.  As I've often repeated this cliche:  keep your eye on the prize.  If your relationship is meant to be then you WILL get through this and... you will come out on the other side even stronger than when you first embarked on this journey... 

Very true, we remind each other of the end game, us together!  Thank you for the reminders though!  So glad I found this site, it has helped us a lot especially with the stress and unknowns.  Thanks to all on here!

[Shoegum 2,391]

Just started  a scan for today lets see takes about a hour to run complete scan. I did see 1 RFE today at the start.

[HOORAY7 165]

26 minutes ago, pmeyer1229 said:

That must be so frustrating!!! I can't imagine seeing people who file later get approved before you (unless there is a RFE of course). There was a couple on here at 200+ days before approval and I felt so bad for them and also fear, with my luck, I will be a 200 days too before approval. I expect the worst and hope for the best. At May 2, you SHOULD hear something any MINUTE now...I pray you do as this system the USICS uses does not make sense to most of us. We all come up with theories, but what the hell is really happening here?

Just got my phone call back from USCIS and I asked him 2 questions:  1. Because I put a credit freeze on my credit due to Equifax ordeal will that affect my background check (I already knew it wouldn't but wanted to ask to make the time count) and he said no as I already knew. 2. Asked if anyone was working on my package yet please?  And he said I don't know but let me check.  He came back about 4 min later and stated my package was still in the "Q" to be assigned, give it another 2 months.  I said another 2 months and he said yes, if you don't hear from us by then call back.  I said ok thank you.

So I'm hoping maybe it was just a "poke" or "nudge" as I stated earlier that hey yes we are still out here waiting, I don't know.  I'm holding out hope it will not be 2 months, based on what Shoegum has been providing in his reports and everyone else's packages.  There is no way they are still on March as USCIS states.  So I think that was a generic answer to keep people at bay. 

Stay strong and positive, that's what I tell my fiancé, doesn't always work, but we know the end prize....us. 

Thought I would pass this along.

Also, the number I called was 1-800-375-5283, I think Option 3, even though I don't have an issue with my case, it was the only option to speak to someone.

4 minutes ago, Shoegum said:

Just started  a scan for today lets see takes about a hour to run complete scan. I did see 1 RFE today at the start.

Thank you Shoegum!!  We appreciate your time!!

[kannan 208]

DACA update - DHS spokesman David Lapan said that about 118,000 of the roughly 154,000 people eligible for renewals had submitted their applications by mid-day Thursday

[greg1984 19]

Hopefully they operate like they do where I work at the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Different departments processing different claims so like an influx of compensation claims wouldn't effect the pension claims and vice versa...hope we all didn't get swamped with dreamers.

[Bkelley 15]

Just got our approval notice, YES !

 

NOA1 was May 04

[Shoegum 2,391]

1 minute ago, Bkelley said:

Just got our approval notice, YES !

 

NOA1 was May 04

Congratulations!!!!!

[JayMar2019 2,741]

4 minutes ago, Bkelley said:

Just got our approval notice, YES !

 

NOA1 was May 04

Congratulations 

[Shoegum 2,391]

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[Jessica829 211]

4 hours ago, naija_queen said:

Thanks, Jessica all we can do is hope to hear back by November. We planned on doing a court wedding to fulfill the marrying in 90 days requirement for K-1 visa , and doing a wedding ceremony after. I have witnessed two Nigerian couples who paid deposits and planned weddings (during the K-1 visa process) and had to cancel their plans due to the visa not being issued by the time of the wedding.  This was in 2012, when I'm assuming the process went faster. Though I did not ask them how far in advanced they planned. I would not want to take the risk of paying any money before the visa is issued. I talked with my fiance and we agreed to wait, but we are considering reserving a date later next year in Nov or Dec. The places that we reserved initially included food, decorations, photographers, etc. Our initial plan was to pay the deposit and start a payment plan up to the wedding date of Aug. 25th. The venues made it clear that deposits paid were non-refundable. We are planning a large wedding with around 450 guests, and the estimated cost is a lot. Honestly, I have been feeling better since I have stopped stressing over if the visa will be issued by December, which was what when we thought the K-1 process would be done by. 

 

Let's hope we get our NOA2 before the month!!!

Haha wow, your wedding is going to be much bigger than ours! I can understand the desire to wait then since your deposit would be much bigger than what we paid. 

 

Fingers cross for NOA2s soon. At this point if it comes anytime in November I'll be happy, since then he should be in the US for our anniversary in March.