I129f September 2017 filers

[mayangjebjeb17 115]

3 minutes ago, madelineshea said:

News for all- Got our expedite request denial today.

Called customer service line, where I was informed that this is final. But the representative was very kind and helpful. Informed me that as of 26 Dec, the CSC is processing cases from June 1st. He anticipated that processing times will speed up soon.

im really sad, so I’m going to go out for a bit, but I wanted to provide you all with some new information.

best of luck, guys.

If it's not meant to be it won't be but keep your head up everything happens for a reason. Go unwind and do what you have to do after. We're all in this together, do what you need to do now and busy yourself for what needs to be done. Later, you'll need to be ready for your love's arrival and you won't even notice it happening. God bless!

[geowrian 22,338]

15 minutes ago, mayangjebjeb17 said:

Also, my friend told me that when she checked the processing time on VJ for K3 that the date seems to go backwards. Yesterday for TSC, it showed June 18 and now June 12? Does anybody know why this is happening?

K-3 is obsolete, but I'm assuming you meant K-1.

TSC does not process I-129Fs for a K-1. Typically that's caused by people incorrectly thinking the Texas lockbox that the send the I-129F to is actually TSC. Same state...but otherwise they have nothing in common. So people either fix this, or it gets left in a "no man's land" of other people who enter incorrect information, which makes any estimates based on that off. GIBO: Garbage In, Garbage Out.

Edited January 3, 2018 by geowrian

[mayangjebjeb17 115]

22 minutes ago, geowrian said:

K-3 is obsolete, but I'm assuming you meant K-1.

TSC does not process I-129Fs for a K-1. Typically that's caused by people incorrectly thinking the Texas lockbox that the send the I-129F to is actually TSC. Same state...but otherwise they have nothing in common. So people either fix this, or it gets left in a "no man's land" of other people who enter incorrect information, which makes any estimates based on that off. GIBO: Garbage In, Garbage Out.

She initially filed for I-130 for her spouse and she's a US citizen but when she figured she can file for I-129f K3 (married) she did that for no charge and whichever process goes through first is good. When we received hard copy for NOA1 it also tells us as to which service center our case is being brought to be processed and both her applications were sent to TSC, aside from looking up through the USCIS website for processing times she also checks the processing times posted on VJ and noticed the dates have been going backwards for the past few days.

Edited January 3, 2018 by mayangjebjeb17

[geowrian 22,338]

9 minutes ago, mayangjebjeb17 said:

She initially filed for I-130 for her spouse and she's a US citizen but when she figured she can file for I-129f K3 (married) she did that for no charge and whichever process goes through is good. When we received hard copy for NOA1 it also tells us as to which service center our case is being brought to be processed and both her applications were sent to TSC, aside from looking up through the USCIS website for processing times she also checks the processing times posted on VJ and noticed the dates have been going backwards for the past few days.

Ah, so she really did try to do a K-3. Sorry for the bad news, but she almost certainly won't be getting it. it will convert to a CR-1/IR-1 process instead.

 

USCIS's current policy is to adjudicate the I-129F with the matching I-130. This is why it's at TSC instead of CSC.

NVC's current policy is that if an approved I-129F arrives at the same time as or later than an approved I-130 for the same spouse beneficiary, then the I-129F is administratively closed.

Using the 2 rules above makes getting an I-129F through the system nearly impossible, hence why it's called "obsolete".

 

The timelines / estimates for the I-129F for a K-3 are misleading. The real timeline to go by is the timeline for the I-130 since, as stated above, they adjudicate both the I-129F and I-130 at the same time.

Edited January 3, 2018 by geowrian

[VandL 69]

2 hours ago, Kyle2017 said:

Yeah you should definitely have already received your NOA2 by now, I'm sorry to hear that.  I hope you are harassing the living hell out of them at this point?  Especially since it's now officially past their posted processing times.

 

No RFEs or anything, I assume?

No we got a ref November 7th... been waiting ever since we also filed an expedited case back in October due to my fiancé deploying and it was regected so we had to file another one as it shouldn't have been regected and we've been waiting to hear from that since December 11th. 

Everytime we ring up they just say we're still in processing times We have to wait 60 days, then 30 days then 60 days ect it's frustrating. 

[VandL 69]

8 minutes ago, Kyle2017 said:

That's crazy!  I know that the wait time from NOA1 to NOA2 is pretty high, but I don't think waiting 228 days is average or normal at all.  I don't think the majority of filers should expect that many days, honestly.  However, every case can be different. 

 

Maybe someone more knowledgeable can chime in here, but you may be at a point where you can reach out to your congressman/congresswoman and get them involved?

We already have early December she's looking into it for us but due to the holidays she's been out the office for 2 weeks were hopi g to hear from her this week. 

 

Every case is different for sure however we really thought our case was straight forward we are both military so my background checks should be extremely easy to access from the UK (I was told before applying it's alot easier). And we provided enough evidence of how we met as we were stationed together. 

Our RFE was additional evidence of intent to marry. Originally we had our wedding planned for 12th Jan we provided them all the deposits. But apparently that wasnt enough they needed a letter from me saying I was going to matry my fiance. Which in the instructions it states it may be an intent to marry statement or other evidence, not it must be a statement of intent. 

Now we can't get married when we planned. 

 

Sorry for the long rant I'm just so frustrated with it all. I hope none else has to wait as long as us. 

[noraliz73 243]

It may be reaching a point soon where that is normal, but now it seems 185-215 is what is happening most.  I find the number of RFEs alarming, but as someone said, that may be how they are showing everyone what a thorough job they are doing.  Most of it is requesting stuff you already sent (I think).  It’s getting easier to freak out, but it doesn’t do either us or our beneficiaries any good.  

[LarisaXoX 52]

On January 2, 2018 at 7:41 PM, Dijana99 said:

Hi there! I live in South Dakota and my finace is from Bosnia too! How do find out an estimated time for the N02? Wish you the best!

Hi! Create your timeline like one of the other members said. There is a timeline link on the top if you are using the desktop version. My estimate right now is mid-March. When I joined it was beginning of January. But more than half way there hopefully! Exciting to see someone else with a fiancee from Bosnia, welcome!  Let me know if you have any other questions. When did you get your NO1?

[Thina 13]

On 9/12/2017 at 2:56 PM, LarisaXoX said:

Hi y'all! I live in Minneapolis and my fiancé is from Bosnia. I received my NO1 email 8/31 and NO1 hard copy Sept. 6th. My case status online still shows "case received" and states the receipt copy was sent and if I don't receive it by Sept 27th to call them. Does anyone know if this will show the same status until I receive my NO2 or should it update? I'm in stress overload because the mortgage company I work for laid off my whole department as of10/27 so I have the opportunity to go visit my fiancé for a month but I'm worried if I go, I won't find a job in time for the NO2. I should be able to by Jan, which is when the estimate is for our NO2.

Me also

[ineedadisplayname 503]

I just leave this here to read. 

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-effect-immigration/fewer-family-visas-approved-as-trump-toughens-vetting-of-immigrants-reuters-review-idUSKBN1ET15I?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

[ineedadisplayname 503]

5 minutes ago, HarmonyAndYoussef said:

Nothing wrong with this article. Stronger vetting is necessary. However, the uscis needs to improve communication with its applicants and at least let us know what's going on. No point in having customer service that can't provide us information on our applications 

 

I didn't say it is wrong what is in the article. Actually provided information. I just posted it because every time I come to this forum to see if something moved or not I only see why my NOA2 takes forever posts, like people live under a rock. 

Edited January 4, 2018 by ineedadisplayname

[ineedadisplayname 503]

8 minutes ago, HarmonyAndYoussef said:

This is just an article. It's not telling someone the reason why their visa is taking forever. If this held true I'm sure the uscis would advise of new rules in place but they haven't. Nothing official has been released. For now the reason is just high demand. The only process noted in the article was during the interview process. You should come in here and say people live under a rock. We are all in the same boat and maybe we will get lucky with the holidays over things will pick up.

Initially that is why I said,  i leave it there to read. Didn't want to start a comment war or anything. I sincerely apologise if I offended you in any way.  I remember that I read in June or July filers forum that people looked into the USCIS report which the article assumably based on so I thought worth sharing. Sure we are in the same boat, i know most of us is frustrated by now, which I understand in a way, but just posting to ask about timelines and why is taking so long which was discussed a ton of times before makes me frustrated Also as you mentioned not even the support wants/knows/allowed to answer. Not because the n+1 posts hurts me but because a lot of people just ask without searching and later on its harder to find the useful information in the threads. 

[Pajares 37]

I liked the comments earlier about just looking at the time going forward.  Staying tuned and taking steps to ensure we are good to go after our NOA2 is given.  We had a great week together in December in Manila, so that really helped :-) and boosted our resolve to keep praying and being positive.

[dominika 10]

9 hours ago, ineedadisplayname said:

I just leave this here to read. 

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-effect-immigration/fewer-family-visas-approved-as-trump-toughens-vetting-of-immigrants-reuters-review-idUSKBN1ET15I?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

Approvals of fiancé visas dropped by 35% comparing to last year???? Interesting article buuuuut I think all of us are already so disappointed with the whole process, I don’t need to be reading such information 😩😩😩. Put a trigger warning or something next time you decide to post this kind of stuff

[Naes 12,205]

9 hours ago, HarmonyAndYoussef said:

This is just an article. It's not telling someone the reason why their visa is taking forever. If this held true I'm sure the uscis would advise of new rules in place but they haven't. Nothing official has been released. For now the reason is just high demand. The only process noted in the article was during the interview process. You should come in here and say people live under a rock. We are all in the same boat and maybe we will get lucky with the holidays over things will pick up.

Actually... the numbers use daily in these articles are pretty much what uscis reports... (edit: I'm not talking specifically about this article btw I just wanted to give all articles and reports has been read found and then linked so far and these are my conclusions)

 

i wrote this thousands of times already and also please note I'm a positive one here too. But the numbers and the facts show:

 

1) quarter 2 of year 2017 show waaaaay more people applying to naturalization than normal (around 700k more) because trave ban especially and deportations scared everyone

 

2) administration asked for more scrutiny in all types of petitions meaning there is actually a rfe quota and you can actually see again from how they're asking the evidence already been sent. Actually this has already been officially announced that uscis sends more rfe comparing to previous years.

 

3) h1b scare, daca scare etc etc ( basically them scaring everyone) caused a huuuuuuuge amount of applications to flow...

 

4) funny cause in k1 actually there's a drop in numbers : they got 3-4000 less applications than last year but the approval rates fell to 80% (again this is in their reports.

 

im not going to say all the articles in the world is written without bias or with full information... but reality is as it is...

 

And btw these are not rules; has nothing to do with rules. Rfe was already a rule. They are not going to make a statement about this kind of softening or hardening of rules if they did that everytime an administration changed it would end up ridiculous and they would have to follow every written thing.

 

the dudes don't even put the data updated correctly but only does it as of two months ago so they won't answer us...

Edited January 4, 2018 by Naes