October 2017 I-129 K-1 filers

[Tpienkowski 210]

1 minute ago, John & Rose said:

Yes.  How many of the July filers were expedited.  I know some of them were.  It doesn't matter.  This is going to be a long and stressful process and going from past experience, a majority of filers will see approvals beyond day 200.  That is a fact.

Well I hope I’m lucky, there’s no harm in that.

[John & Rose 7,239]

1 minute ago, Tpienkowski said:

Well I hope I’m lucky, there’s no harm in that.

Amen.  I want us all to be approved as soon as possible.  This sucks no matter how you look at it.  You will understand us better when May comes and you are waiting.  I hope you see approval before that but if you make it to May and June, you will understand how we are feeling right now.  

[Tpienkowski 210]

2 minutes ago, John & Rose said:

Amen.  I want us all to be approved as soon as possible.  This sucks no matter how you look at it.  You will understand us better when May comes and you are waiting.  I hope you see approval before that but if you make it to May and June, you will understand how we are feeling right now.  

Well let’s hope I don’t. I have many friends who share with me their troubles and they’re june and July filers. I know how you feel but I also know my engagement won’t end because of the wait or stress. Like I’ve already said, hope for the best & prepare for the worst.

[Meisha&Jake 869]

Can we go back to positivity please?  

 

We dont know whats going to happen 3 months down the line but i think we should stop comparing...

[Tpienkowski 210]

2 minutes ago, Meisha&Jake said:

Can we go back to positivity please?  

 

We dont know whats going to happen 3 months down the line but i think we should stop comparing...

Nothing but positivity from me, it’s what we all need

[Meisha&Jake 869]

1 minute ago, Tpienkowski said:

Nothing but positivity from me, it’s what we all need

Agreed! Process is hard enough as it is

[Jaquelly 1,647]

Hi guys.

 

I know that it's hard to look at things and say "I hope we won't get to 200 days".

 

John isn't saying that you shouldn't be hopeful. What he is saying is to not plan ahead. Don't plan weddings, don't reserve venues, don't hire caterers. Things have been slowing down for all of us.

 

I'm a July filer. People PAST ME have been getting approved. There's no rhyme or reason as to why they approve who they do (aside from expedited cases). It's exciting to see cases around me get approved, but after being here for six months (and lurking for some time before then) I know that this could go into Feb (or even March) before I see a NOA2.

 

It's not me trying to be negative - it's the very clear understanding of what is happening to the other people who post here.

 

By no means are we trying to come in and pee in your cheerios. We're just sticking a branch out and saying 'hey, we've been here a while, please learn from our experiences'. 

 

You know - the good AND bad stuff.

[Meisha&Jake 869]

Ive spoken to John privately a few days ago & said thankyou for his positivity, its just this thread was back & forth notifications of a ‘debate’ & comparing..

 

Im not saying anymore, im not at school we dont need people to ‘get involved’ 

 

We clearly read the May, June, July threads, we know whats going on in there... 

 

im not responding to this conversation no more i dont see why you had to jump to anyones defence @Jaquelly no one was moaning about John, i just said can we go back to positivity & not comparing months

[John & Rose 7,239]

2 hours ago, Daniel P said:

I understand what you're saying, but it's clear that those cases from June 6th got stuck for some unfortunate (and still unknown) reason and clearly don't represent the majority. Also some July cases have been approved recently, putting them in 6 months, and they don't represent the majority either.

We used to run scans that showed how many petitions were filed each day.  June 6 was an anomaly as was June 12.  If I can find it you can see how the filers were spread out through the month.  I think June 1 is also in the same boat.  There is no explanation that we can come up with.  June 6 has 100 waiting but so do 4 or 5 other days in June.  Hopefully someone here picks up the torch and does the October scans.  They are awesome and really help keep things in perspective.

[Jaquelly 1,647]

I wasn't really coming to anyone's defense. I was just sharing my experience, as so many others do. I wish you guys nothing but luck!

[John & Rose 7,239]

5 minutes ago, Jaquelly said:

I wasn't really coming to anyone's defense. I was just sharing my experience, as so many others do. I wish you guys nothing but luck!

LOL, I know I'm a jerk... 

 

Yes, just go in with open eyes.  This will not happen quickly.  I wish everyone the best but be honest with yourself.  Allow the process to happen.  Don't plan weddings, especially if there are downpayments  involved.  We have seen it.  Relax and it will happen but on their schedule, not yours.  

[Meisha&Jake 869]

3 minutes ago, John & Rose said:

LOL, I know I'm a jerk... 

 

Yes, just go in with open eyes.  This will not happen quickly.  I wish everyone the best but be honest with yourself.  Allow the process to happen.  Don't plan weddings, especially if there are downpayments  involved.  We have seen it.  Relax and it will happen but on their schedule, not yours.  

No one called you a jerk????

[John & Rose 7,239]

Just now, Meisha&Jake said:

No one called you a jerk????

No!!!  I called myself a jerk!  I didn't mean to start this up again.  I did that in November when we were arguing 160 vs 180...see what good that did us!

 

No, this is on me.  I wish everyone the very best...

[Brittani 484]

I'm remaining positive. No one here works for USCIS therefore no one really knows what's going on. We could get our NO2 next week or late June...NO ONE KNOWS. Stressing about it and being negative isn't going to help anything at all. At least we can say we're closing the distance this year. Good luck to all.

[Naes 12,205]

@John & Rose

 

john, you know I like you and we are all waiting for your approval but please oh please enough with spreading this level of negativity to every single months thread.

 

i understand when things go wrong that person goes every where and thinking they are being realistic. I saw enough people doing that. But we are all stressed. And no we are not at the part where june is. People there may understand this pain more. You are darkening my day every time I enter this forum. 

 

No no there aren't 100 june 6 filers waiting.

 

they are sending approvals without update for at least 10 business days now. I'm sorry you are stuck and some people stuck there but that number is not 100.

so it's also a no there aren't 2000 june cases waiting either, even though I admit there's a lot of cases waiting.

 

no july most likely didn't only get 15 approvals either. And hopefully no the average won't go to 240s.

 

I'm sorry but could you please reduce this negativity!

 

i am every day checking your status of approval first when I wake up. But I am 1 step away from screaming "enough" from all these negativity spread through the forum.