I-129F December 2017 Filers

[Cleo_C 48]

Ok so I was reading some posts in the Nov thread and apparently two people who filed in that month received their NOA2 this week (none were expedited cases)... Can you believe this??!! Only 69 days!!! Hopefully there's an explanation to such anomaly cause honestly I don't really  get it AND I refuse to get my hopes up LOL 

[AliAsi0416 11]

Hi everyone!

Me and my Fiance are December Filers!  We are very excited and nervous. 

How is the process for going so far for everyone else? 

[Scsc 20]

Hi all, new here too! We sent our petition on 15th of Dec and got our case number of the 19th of Dec. Anxious and hopeful they will speed up the process. 

 

Edited January 30, 2018 by Scsc

[Scsc 20]

14 minutes ago, Scsc said:

Hi all, new here too! We sent our petition on 15th of Dec and got our case number of the 19th of Dec. Anxious and hopeful they will speed up the process. 

 

We sent a letter explaining how me met, some pictures, copy of my passaport with stamps and copy of flight tickets. I hope that will be enough. 

[vsforlife 75]

6 minutes ago, Scsc said:

We sent a letter explaining how me met, some pictures, copy of my passaport with stamps and copy of flight tickets. I hope that will be enough. 

That all depends on how many pictures you have, how well thought the letter was.

 

For example, I had over 100 pictures and both I and my fiance had separate letters written. On top of that, I had over 500 pages of just facebook and viber messages. 

[Scsc 20]

11 minutes ago, vsforlife said:

That all depends on how many pictures you have, how well thought the letter was.

 

For example, I had over 100 pictures and both I and my fiance had separate letters written. On top of that, I had over 500 pages of just facebook and viber messages. 

We sent maybe 9 pictures, one letter and we were able to visit each other almost every month since we’ve met (1,5year), so a bunch of stamps and tickets. I didn’t send more pics because I read somewhere I shouldn’t. Honestly I don’t remember where, I hope it is enough...I did not send personal conversations either :s 

Edited January 30, 2018 by Scsc

[vsforlife 75]

1 minute ago, Scsc said:

We sent maybe 9 pictures, one letter and we were able to visit each other almost every month since we’ve met (1,5year), so a bunch of stamps and tickets. I didn’t send more pics because I read somewhere I shouldn’t. Honestly I don’t remember where, I hope it is enough...

I was told the more the better

[Naes 12,205]

4 hours ago, cristym24 said:

Ok so I was reading some posts in the Nov thread and apparently two people who filed in that month received their NOA2 this week (none were expedited cases)... Can you believe this??!! Only 69 days!!! Hopefully there's an explanation to such anomaly cause honestly I don't really  get it AND I refuse to get my hopes up LOL 

No clue they look like anomalies

[Scsc 20]

5 minutes ago, vsforlife said:

I was told the more the better

Anyone else has more thoughts about this? Should we worry?

[Yulie77 49]

6 hours ago, Scsc said:

We sent maybe 9 pictures, one letter and we were able to visit each other almost every month since we’ve met (1,5year), so a bunch of stamps and tickets. I didn’t send more pics because I read somewhere I shouldn’t. Honestly I don’t remember where, I hope it is enough...I did not send personal conversations either :s 

We go through the process with rapid visa and they clearly state do not send more than 5-6 pictures. You will be fine! Personal conversations are not required at this stage. 

[vsforlife 75]

16 minutes ago, Yulie77 said:

We go through the process with rapid visa and they clearly state do not send more than 5-6 pictures. You will be fine! Personal conversations are not required at this stage. 

I sort of have to disagree. A lawyer told me they want proof so the more you do, the easier it will be for the case worker to approve you. On top of that, he told me to make a cover page on what is included in the package 

[Naes 12,205]

10 minutes ago, vsforlife said:

I sort of have to disagree. A lawyer told me they want proof so the more you do, the easier it will be for the case worker to approve you. On top of that, he told me to make a cover page on what is included in the package 

Pictures are secondary evidence (proof) without boarding passes and passport stamps or any other hard evidence, they mean nothing.

 

@Scsc

The number of pictures can be 4-10 or more but the bigger your file the more possibility of taking time to adjudicate.

the pictures are there to support your hard evidences.

 

on another note, I've seen lots of lawyers ruin cases here... 

 

Edited January 31, 2018 by Naes

[Yulie77 49]

11 minutes ago, vsforlife said:

I sort of have to disagree. A lawyer told me they want proof so the more you do, the easier it will be for the case worker to approve you. On top of that, he told me to make a cover page on what is included in the package 

I only was talking about the pictures not the rest of the package. 

I’m sure your lawyer gave you the right instructions! 

[vsforlife 75]

2 minutes ago, Naes said:

Pictures are secondary evidence (proof) without boarding passes and passport stamps or any other hard evidence, they mean nothing.

 

@Scsc

The number of pictures can be 4-10 or more but the bigger your file the more possibility of taking time to adjudicate.

the pictures are there to support your hard evidences.

 

on another note, I've seen lots of lawyers ruin cases here... 

 

Well yeah, obviously you need passport stamps and boarding passes.

 

I'm actually saying this by experience from my brother. He did it with a lawyer in 2016 and it took him a month and a half to get the approval. 

[Naes 12,205]

2 minutes ago, vsforlife said:

Well yeah, obviously you need passport stamps and boarding passes.

 

I'm actually saying this by experience from my brother. He did it with a lawyer in 2016 and it took him a month and a half to get the approval. 

How long The approval takes has nothing to do with that though (of course rfe etc is a different issue), there was no backlog in 2016, there's backlog now.