I-129F June, Part II

[Oksmanoks 165]

13 minutes ago, John & Rose said:

I feel the same an I am an American citizen!  I'm fine in any country and I feel nervous in the US!  It really is strange.

I guess it's because they all look so intimidating. They really scare me. I hope i don't poop my pants during my POE. 

[Dekd22 53]

1 minute ago, Naes said:

Do you have any idea what it can be? Maybe getting possible evidence ready can help. Like pictures or intent letter or so.

My only guess could be something regarding a citation I received 7 years ago as I didn't have access to the documentation while I was abroad.  I didn't have receipts for hotels or anything because we lived with her family.  I just hope it isn't because they lost something.

[Naes 12,205]

Just now, Oksmanoks said:

I guess it's because they all look so intimidating. They really scare me. I hope i don't poop my pants during my POE. 

It is so scary for me too but everytime America goes extremely smooth because they're so shocked that me as a Turkish coming from Japan.

 

philippines though was the hardest entry I ever did! And the most ridiculous questions I've ever been asked... such as how many people live in where I come from....

[vocaledge 3,340]

3 hours ago, Geo_nerd82 said:

I take it we're waiting for a scan? 

 

2 hours ago, Martin3517 said:

hahhahaha yeppers!

It wasn’t showing anything during the midday scan and I’m definitely definitely unnumbered the full one until misnight since Naes caught some yesterday which were not there when i ran my full day :-)

 

Patience, padawans!

[Oksmanoks 165]

3 minutes ago, kas634 said:

Oh whoops, I was talking about the all-around immigration system, like to work and get LPR, not just the border patrol officers..

 

My bad!

No worries. I get what you mean. I have friends that have Australian husbands but they just chose to stay here in the Philippines and not get Australian citizenship because of all the process they had to go through. 

[Naes 12,205]

1 minute ago, Dekd22 said:

My only guess could be something regarding a citation I received 7 years ago as I didn't have access to the documentation while I was abroad.  I didn't have receipts for hotels or anything because we lived with her family.  I just hope it isn't because they lost something.

Hmm I hope for an easy fix then.

do you have the documentation now to send them?

[Dekd22 53]

Just now, Naes said:

Hmm I hope for an easy fix then.

do you have the documentation now to send them?

Yeah I made sure to get the documentation, as I expected they'd probably ask about it.  I hope it is easy as well.  Either way, I think I will bring my I-134 documents down to Brazil in a few weeks

[Oksmanoks 165]

1 minute ago, Naes said:

It is so scary for me too but everytime America goes extremely smooth because they're so shocked that me as a Turkish coming from Japan.

 

philippines though was the hardest entry I ever did! And the most ridiculous questions I've ever been asked... such as how many people live in where I come from....

Really? Well, I apologize for the inconvenience you had to go through. I don't even know where they get their questions from. 

[Naes 12,205]

13 minutes ago, Oksmanoks said:

Really? Well, I apologize for the inconvenience you had to go through. I don't even know where they get their questions from. 

Oh every country has its perks when entering.

 

they were just being cautious  also surprised probably that a Turkish coming in from Japan hehe (it weirdos or everyone) 

 

i asked them which "where" they want me to tell  them cause I haven't been to Turkey for 4 years 😂

[MarksMate 227]

The first time I went to America my entry airport was Dallas and it was hilarious! (I was 26 at the time, but chubby teenage looking face, and it was the first time going to meet my fiance) so the officer asks me to set my phone down, so I set my phone on the desk thing by the window and had my fiances photo as my background so he asks me if that is who I am going to see, so I say yes and then he asks who he is and where he lives etc etc, then he asks me if my parents know where I am, shocked by this question but I said yes they do then he says he wants to call my parents to confirm they know where I am. (I was internally laughing at this mostly cause I was an adult and why would it matter) then he proceeds to tell me how dangerous it is for a woman to be travelling alone to meet a guy and how anything could happen, asked me if I trusted this man I was meeting and how much money I had on me and what my plan was if something happened like he did not come pick me up at the airport. It was intense! San Fran was WAY nicer, no issues whatsoever. 

Edited January 18, 2018 by MarksMate

[Oksmanoks 165]

24 minutes ago, Naes said:

Oh every country has its perks when entering.

 

they were just being cautious  also surprised probably that a Turkish coming in from Japan hehe (it weirdos or everyone) 

 

i asked them which "where" they want me to tell  them cause I haven't been to Turkey for 4 years 😂

Haha yeah true. It's just weird that they had to ask how many people live where you came from. I mean i don't think immigration officers in the US will ask how many people live in the Philippines. It's just kinda dumb. Haha

[George & Roth 1,485]

NVC said it can take them 10 days to update their system after getting it, I guess I’ll try again next week. 

[D and T 569]

@KBA  How strange, that link didn't work for me either, and I'm still in Canada.  

 

Here's a text and video article, maybe it will work better for some.

 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/twice-the-headache-why-it-s-getting-harder-for-canadians-to-enter-u-s-1.3761804

 

 

[Habitaters 96]

1 hour ago, KBA said:

I tried having my Canadian fiancé look at it and he wasn’t allowed to view it either, in Canada! Lol! So what is the take home message?

@Naes

 

It was a 6-minute video where CTV interviewed Nan Berezowski - Immigration Lawyer in CTV's Morning News yesterday.

I am just going to paraphrase some of the points that relate to us K1 filers.

Reasons for delay:

Legal and Regulatory changes - but more so than that there have been changes in the policies, and changes in the interpretation (of those policies). adjudicators are under a lot of pressure from top down - adjudicators are receiving policies and directives and these policies are giving them guidelines on how to adjudicate but these new policies are more restrictive/narrower than it used to be. The list of questions has not changed but the people (adjudicators ) have not been asking all the questions before (but now they are required to do so) It may also be possible that the new policy has more questions added.

 

Who are mostly affected with this (change) - In terms of Canadians - the biggest change we see is that of  NAFTA - Mr. Trump is good to his threat to rip it (NAFTA)  up. Canadians are seeing a slow erosion of the benefits we used to enjoy - this is due to a more restrictive interpretation of the law/treaty/policy.  They are also now looking at the applicant's country of origin, not just their (Canadian) Citizenship. It is important to know that as Canadians, none of us is immune from the "cold shoulder" Mr. Trump. Processing is going to be slow, T's are crossed 3 times, I's are dotted 3 times... they look at minute details (i.e. was the signature done in Ink or was it electronic signature, etc.)

 

From what I can deduce from this, it is not the adjudicators' fault.  It is not that they are working slow, or there is less adjudicators now. They have been given stricter orders and they are under scrutiny by the new government.

 

sorry for the changing fonts... my sweet fur baby keeps nudging my hand to give her a rub  

[zodiac007 3]

2 hours ago, KBA said:

Oh darn, video not available 

https://www.ctv.ca/YourMorning/Video/Canadians-finding-it-harder-to-immigrate-to-the-US-vid1304751