I-129F May 2017 Filers

[bcoakley06 280]

10 minutes ago, Shanne said:

Our NOA 2 got approved today 
April 27th send, May 1st recived, NOA 1 May 3rd. 
RFE September 29, RFE recived October 5th, RFE returned October 6th. 
RFE recived by USCIS October 17th, NOA 2 online notification October 19th 

 

How long should we wait before starting to call the NVC and does anyone have any tips for calling the NVC. 

About a week. May i ask what rfe was for?

[Piolito Bedico 29]

On 10/18/2017 at 8:52 PM, AnaMolina said:

Do that! I'm pretty sure they got tired of me calling so much ahhahaah it worked! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

 

[pmeyer1229 331]

1 hour ago, JackSandy said:

Yeah man its crazy, I see that your country is Philippines. I've been seeing more from there being approved than Mexico, i don't know if country makes a difference but it feels like it. Its all sporadic and i can't even follow their pattern. 

The Philippines has the most applicants by far...My princess is in the Philippines and when I checked each country's number of applications, the Philippines had over 300+, then I think Russian is next and so on. So you will see a lot of Philippine approvals but they are not giving preference, it is just a numbers issue. Good luck with your journey!! I can't confirm for sure, but it seems like applicants from Mexico experience a longer waiting period. May be considered "high risk" for fraud, but that is just a guess.

[mcs 686]

2 hours ago, Donlan said:

Got our notification on the USCIS app today!  We're approved!  May 8 NOA1.

Congratulations!!! 

[mcs 686]

1 hour ago, heenakumthekar33 said:

Guyssss we got approved !!! May 9 NOA1 !!!! I cried when my fiancé showed it to me on video chat !! Had been waiting for this moment since months and it’s finally happened 

 

Congruatulations!!!! 

[HOORAY7 165]

1 hour ago, Travie said:

I think the easiest way to reach a tier 2 is to say you received a texted saying your case was approved but when you check online, it still shows “case received”. Trying that with the tier 2 unfortunately got me nowhere as I don’t think my case is approved yet. I’m a may 8th receive date. There’s definitely a disconnect from the call center to the California center. The tier 2 said that if the California center sent out the text there’s a good possibility that it’s been approved and I should wait for the letter in the mail. I asked if there’s no time I can call back before I receive the letter, she said I can call back on Monday. Even though there was no text, there’s a chance that you can be approved and find out before any level of the call center finds out. Also, with this method I didn’t feel like I was a bother to their day. I wouldn’t say they were eager to completely help me and figure out why it happened but they didn’t just blow me off with the usually “we’re processing April”.

@Travie   @Shoegum  @The Squirrel !!!!  Thank you all, I might be pre-happy, but I did what you suggested above @Travie and got to a Tier 2 officer and waited over an hour for them to call back and then spoke to the Tier 2 officer and told her the same thing and she stated we WERE APPROVED on 14 Oct and it was mailed to us on the 17th of OCT!!!  OMG!!!!!!!!  I'm so excited, I asked her twice and she said yes, HOWEVER I'm not telling my fiancé until I see it in the mail hopefully tomorrow (thanks @The Squirrel as per your crystal ball) or Saturday so when I tell her it is 100% accurate, but for now I'm extremely happy, but guarded until I get that piece of paper!!!  More to follow when this arrives!

[Meech 442]

Day 170 here, it's really frustrating that they're skipping may 2...My fiance called earlier and the tier 2 officer hung up on him.. 

[mcs 686]

57 minutes ago, Shanne said:

Our NOA 2 got approved today 
April 27th send, May 1st recived, NOA 1 May 3rd. 
RFE September 29, RFE recived October 5th, RFE returned October 6th. 
RFE recived by USCIS October 17th, NOA 2 online notification October 19th 

 

How long should we wait before starting to call the NVC and does anyone have any tips for calling the NVC. 

Congratulations!!!!     You can start trying to call the NVC anytime but it might take a few days for them to get your case from USCIS. 

[mcs 686]

2 minutes ago, Julie and Kerren said:

@Travie   @Shoegum  @The Squirrel !!!!  Thank you all, I might be pre-happy, but I did what you suggested above @Travie and got to a Tier 2 officer and waited over an hour for them to call back and then spoke to the Tier 2 officer and told her the same thing and she stated we WERE APPROVED on 14 Oct and it was mailed to us on the 17th of OCT!!!  OMG!!!!!!!!  I'm so excited, I asked her twice and she said yes, HOWEVER I'm not telling my fiancé until I see it in the mail hopefully tomorrow (thanks @The Squirrel as per your crystal ball) or Saturday so when I tell her it is 100% accurate, but for now I'm extremely happy, but guarded until I get that piece of paper!!!  More to follow when this arrives!

Fantastic!!  Congratulations!!!! 

[HOORAY7 165]

1 minute ago, Meech said:

Day 170 here, it's really frustrating that they're skipping may 2...My fiance called earlier and the tier 2 officer hung up on him.. 

Day 170 here too, sorry about that, I got lucky with this one I suppose.  Try again tomorrow, you will get a different one.  But I was 2 May and was approved on 14 Oct (per my discussion with the Tier 2 officer), and it was mailed on 17 Oct, so maybe you will be in that bunch as well!!  Not getting overly excited until I see it in the mail!

[HOORAY7 165]

1 minute ago, mcs said:

Fantastic!!  Congratulations!!!! 

Thank you!!

[Meech 442]

1 minute ago, Julie and Kerren said:

Day 170 here too, sorry about that, I got lucky with this one I suppose.  Try again tomorrow, you will get a different one.  But I was 2 May and was approved on 14 Oct (per my discussion with the Tier 2 officer), and it was mailed on 17 Oct, so maybe you will be in that bunch as well!!  Not getting overly excited until I see it in the mail!

Thank you...Congratulations on your approval! 

[DollyDolly 278]

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN APPROVED !!! :-) 

 

WAC1790340572 - 148 days and still waiting. NOA1 may 24th. My birthday is in January, I hope to be with my fiancé by then... hopes for Christmas and New Years together don't look realistic now 

[Shoegum 2,391]

8 minutes ago, Julie and Kerren said:

@Travie   @Shoegum  @The Squirrel !!!!  Thank you all, I might be pre-happy, but I did what you suggested above @Travie and got to a Tier 2 officer and waited over an hour for them to call back and then spoke to the Tier 2 officer and told her the same thing and she stated we WERE APPROVED on 14 Oct and it was mailed to us on the 17th of OCT!!!  OMG!!!!!!!!  I'm so excited, I asked her twice and she said yes, HOWEVER I'm not telling my fiancé until I see it in the mail hopefully tomorrow (thanks @The Squirrel as per your crystal ball) or Saturday so when I tell her it is 100% accurate, but for now I'm extremely happy, but guarded until I get that piece of paper!!!  More to follow when this arrives!

Awesome Congratulations!!!! Finally Things will be quick now.

[K1VisaApplicant05 176]

When we submitted our application to USCIS, everything needed an original signature.

 

I was wondering...do we need an original signature on our I-134, Affidavit of Support? Or is a scanned and printed copy ok?