January 2018 Filers

[Camila y Eduardo 17]

25 minutes ago, Lu25 said:

Hola aún estamos esperando.. Mi novio ingresó los papeles en Enero, el 23 recibimos la confirmación de recibido y el 14 de Febrero recibimos by mail el Noa1 así que estamos esperando!! Ya prontito recibiremos todos los de Enero el Noa2

 

buena suerte 🍀 

Muchas gracias por tu respuesta. Igualmente Exitos para uds  

[Jovanni 30]

Hello my fellow january filers, im on day 171 since noa1, im planning a vacation to visit my fiance from july 20 to august 10 in the Philippines i have some concerns hopfully someone has some taughtful input it is much appreciated.

 

my concern is i would receive a rfe but hoping for a approval when im out the states and wont be able to reply to a rfe until i return on august 10th is there a timeline to respond to rfe ? I am registered for alerts for both new and old website. 

 

Also would like to start preparing the necessary documents my fiance will need for the interview affidavid of support 3 years tax transcripts w2 etc ... and leave them with her would that be to early to leave them with her im thinking it would be convenient instead of mailing them to her 

 

im excited to see her again and hopefull all of us january filers will receive approvals in the coming weeks. 

 

 

[Naes 12,205]

33 minutes ago, Jovanni said:

Hello my fellow january filers, im on day 171 since noa1, im planning a vacation to visit my fiance from july 20 to august 10 in the Philippines i have some concerns hopfully someone has some taughtful input it is much appreciated.

 

my concern is i would receive a rfe but hoping for a approval when im out the states and wont be able to reply to a rfe until i return on august 10th is there a timeline to respond to rfe ? I am registered for alerts for both new and old website. 

 

Also would like to start preparing the necessary documents my fiance will need for the interview affidavid of support 3 years tax transcripts w2 etc ... and leave them with her would that be to early to leave them with her im thinking it would be convenient instead of mailing them to her 

 

im excited to see her again and hopefull all of us january filers will receive approvals in the coming weeks. 

 

 

Normally 84 days is general for an rfe, although the adjudicator can put a shorter time periods but usually at least 1 month. However, let me go to worst case scenario just in case so you know; if it is a notice of action (NOID) the response time is 30 days.

[BrianC 79]

I personally would go with the fiance if possible for the embassy interview.  I think it lends more support for your case.  You do not want to travel this far down tje road for the off chance of a disapproval.

[calliope8 72]

On 6/20/2018 at 12:57 PM, stacyt said:

I think we should all refer to what hard copy on NOA1 says. The old site says received Jan 19th, new - Jan 24. I believe we already had a hard copy before 24th so obviously, that can't be a right date.

Yes - I recently called USCIS to request an expedite due to my father being diagnosed recently w/ stage 4 cancer & we want him to be at the wedding. I don't know if we'll be approved but we can only ask. (I'd rather wait than have this reason for asking) But the point is that the receipt date the customer service lady said matched my NOA1 so that seems to be what is on their system. 

[calliope8 72]

On 6/22/2018 at 10:11 AM, kmza89 said:

Hi J! - I understand the frustration, I think everybody does here too. The wait is the worst and worrying in inevitable. I myself worry because we forgot to put in intent to marry statement but we did put in our wedding plans so I'm just hoping here not to get an RFE. We already set a wedding date nov 10 and we are not even sure if we will make it. Talking to venues/vendors is really hard, imagine the stress. LOL.   

Yes. We planned Oct 21 which seemed quite generous at the time given we only had knowledge of 2016 & early 2017 processing times then. I know we'll make it but he was planning POE in August which is unlikely now. If he comes in Sept we will likely go to the courthouse mainly to get employment authorization in the works so he can find a job asap. There will be a party of some kind Oct 21! 

[calliope8 72]

2 hours ago, BrianC said:

I personally would go with the fiance if possible for the embassy interview.  I think it lends more support for your case.  You do not want to travel this far down tje road for the off chance of a disapproval.

You would not get turned down b/c the petitioner is not at the interview. They are not required to attend at this stage of the process & many Consulates only allow the beneficiary in for the interview. 

[VickeySis 318]

We hit 150 days today....praying we are all on the down hill slide and NOA2’s will be coming our ways SOON🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️

[Chair_force1 195]

4 hours ago, VickeySis said:

We hit 150 days today....praying we are all on the down hill slide and NOA2’s will be coming our ways SOON🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️

147 here

[LuFlolady 881]

I spent my weekend donating unwanted or needed things.....what do u guys do to pass the time

[x_driven_x 1,778]

1 hour ago, LuFlolady said:

I spent my weekend donating unwanted or needed things.....what do u guys do to pass the time

That was one of the things that kept me busy... I also painted a few rooms of the house, got my step-daughters room ready for her, donating more unwanted or unneeded things, shopping for a few items it would be better to have my for fiance when she comes or for my step-daughter, working on a side business I started a year or so ago, reading VJ, reading other things, being bored sometimes, cleaning the house again, organizing what few things i had decided I wanted to keep..

 

One of the coolest things I did was make a few lists, and then I wrote them on color coded popsicle sticks and put them all in a jar. When we want to do something and nothing is coming to mind, I pick the appropriate stick out and we perhaps do that, or draw again. I thought it would be cute. I also determined it's going to take us about 6 years to do more of the things just in this local area (not counting most of the vacations).

• Restaurants I wanted to take her to, both fast casual & "date night" type places
• Indoor activities in the area 
• Outdoor activities in the area
• Nearby city downtown areas, and being in the Chicago Burbs, there's a lot!
• Shopping Malls & Grocery stores (to show her the variety of choices)
• Weekend vacation spots & Week-long vacation spots

 

Edited June 25, 2018 by x_driven_x

[calliope8 72]

9 hours ago, LuFlolady said:

I spent my weekend donating unwanted or needed things.....what do u guys do to pass the time

I live in the country with my parents while waiting for my fiance to move & us find a house so there is always loads to do - gardening, mowing, repairs, animal caretaking. But I guess I decided all that wasn't enough & bought some ducks in a fit of madness. They will be arriving this week & I have been building a little house & outdoor pen for them. 

[Jeffreyyu 303]

January filers your time coming up!!!  Get ready it soon start to rain NOA2 in here

[debbiedoo 2,339]

1 hour ago, calliope8 said:

I live in the country with my parents while waiting for my fiance to move & us find a house so there is always loads to do - gardening, mowing, repairs, animal caretaking. But I guess I decided all that wasn't enough & bought some ducks in a fit of madness. They will be arriving this week & I have been building a little house & outdoor pen for them. 

This made me laugh because our house is in the middle of nowhere, and I know Paul will go INSANE waiting for EAD (we had a do nothing weekend this weekend while he was here and it was driving him nuts) and I could TOTALLY see me coming home from work to new creatures. cause 3 dogs and 3 cats isn't enough lolololololololol

[AlexisCC 123]

15 hours ago, VickeySis said:

We hit 150 days today....praying we are all on the down hill slide and NOA2’s will be coming our ways SOON🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️

we hit 150 today too !