May 2017 I-129F Filers, Part III

[JayMar2019 2,741]

3 hours ago, Idyllicgoddess said:

Hey.. I was wondering whats the email you used to find out the status of the visa and how long did it take to get a response?

KingstonIV@state.gov.

 

It took 3-4 business days to hear back.

[IshTre 288]

12 hours ago, Trinab80 said:

So I finally got a response back to the embassy to my email inquiring about the status of our visa. The response said that his visa is now ready for printing!!!!! The status on the CEAC case tracker still says AP but at least I know it's just about done and will be issued very soon. So all the worrying I did was for nothing. 

 

I'm thinking the status will change tomorrow no later than Monday and he'll be able to fly out between Wednesday-Friday of next week. 

 

 

With everything you and Reni have been through I understand why you were worried at this part of this process--but YOU GUYS GOT THIS!! We are all routing for you two and can not wait until he touches down in Philly. Keep us posted.

[JayMar2019 2,741]

Just now, IshTre said:

With everything you and Reni have been through I understand why you were worried at this part of this process--but YOU GUYS GOT THIS!! We are all routing for you two and can not wait until he touches down in Philly. Keep us posted.

Thanks hun...and thank you for answering all my sporadic questions, lol!!! I appreciate it!

[naija_glam 119]

Hi all! My fiance received his k1-visa on Wed 5/9. He was not notified it was ready for pick up. He had gotten a new passport since opening the account and they still had the old passport number on file, which is why he didn't receive notification. He decided to go to the office where passports are delivered, because he had a feeling the passport would be there. It had been sitting there for the past two days 

 

We're so happy to finally have his visa in hand. His flight to the U.S. is on 6/10. We are patiently waiting until then. If anyone had told me it would take nearly a year for this K1 to process, I wouldn't have believed them. I can't wait for him to get here so we can move on to the next chapter. 

Edited May 13, 2018 by naija_glam

[TeeSam 247]

welp, still waiting for the visa to be sent off. I'll send an email to the embassy in Kingston but I'm hoping by the time I get a response the visa will be printed & mailed. With any luck, @Trinab80 you guys will get yours today and us tomorrow or sometime this week.

[JayMar2019 2,741]

3 minutes ago, TeeSam said:

welp, still waiting for the visa to be sent off. I'll send an email to the embassy in Kingston but I'm hoping by the time I get a response the visa will be printed & mailed. With any luck, @Trinab80 you guys will get yours today and us tomorrow or sometime this week.

I've been checking this CEAC case tracker all morning long and still in AP status. Reni is pretty much packed and just waiting for DHL to send us the tracking #. This waiting is killing me!

[TeeSam 247]

25 minutes ago, Trinab80 said:

I've been checking this CEAC case tracker all morning long and still in AP status. Reni is pretty much packed and just waiting for DHL to send us the tracking #. This waiting is killing me!

You telling me! I just hope the status is updated online. USCIS still has our case as "received" smh so I don't put a lot of faith in online updates. I sent an email just now so once I hear something back I think Ii will breathe easier.

[TeeSam 247]

The embassy answered me back this morning stating they still haven't received my fiance's medical ughh when my fiance called them last week they said they sent it then she gets a call this afternoon from a nurse saying they just sent the medical. She did her medical April 16th smh so it's been 4 weeks. Now we estimate the visa being sent in another 2 weeks. Our fingers crossed...

[JayMar2019 2,741]

So, after waiting almost 3 weeks after the interview and being told in an email response last Thursday that they had all documents they needed and the visa is ready for printing, I get an email response back from the embassy earlier this morning saying they need Reni's original BC and that they called him but he didn't answer and for him to send his original BC ASAP. Reni says that while he didn't get a message from the embassy but he said a private number called him last week but he didn't answer it (which is normal because I don't answer numbers I don't recognize or private numbers).

 

Here's the kicker...when we went to our interview on the 27th, we handed all his original documents (original BC included) to the first woman who collected all of the document and she HANDED HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE BACK TO US!!!! In my head that day I thought to myself "isn't she suppose to keep it" but I thought she made a copy of it when she walked away from the window, I mean, who am I to 2nd guess what her job requirements are when she does this all day every day?!?

 

So now Reni is on his way to DHL in Montego Bay so he can send his original BC to the embassy. Unlike other embassies, JA does not let you upload and email the document so that means we will be waiting longer; probably another week or so before they issue his visa.

 

Just beyond frustrating because last week you had everything you needed and today you don't. But 3 weeks ago we gave you EVERYTHING at the interview. If I had not been so persistent and pestering them with multiple emails, no telling how long we would have been sitting in AP status or if they would have eventually sent our case back to let it expire for something that WASN'T OUR FAULT!!!

 

Edited May 16, 2018 by Trinab80

[TeeSam 247]

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@Trinab80 In the same boat smh I emailed embassy to see if they receive the medical, still no. It pisses me off the nurse lied and said it was sent when it wasn't. I pray everything goes smooth. I see reviews on Jamaica's consulate page here on VJ of someone doing interview on 05/11/2018 and received visa in hand 05/15/2018. Luck of the draw I guess

[JayMar2019 2,741]

12 minutes ago, TeeSam said:

@Trinab80 In the same boat smh I emailed embassy to see if they receive the medical, still no. It pisses me off the nurse lied and said it was sent when it wasn't. I pray everything goes smooth. I see reviews on Jamaica's consulate page here on VJ of someone doing interview on 05/11/2018 and received visa in hand 05/15/2018. Luck of the draw I guess

Not luck of the draw - it's called them not doing their job!!!! In theory, had she kept his original BC that day, Reni would BE HERE BY NOW, we might have been able to fly back together!!! This entire time I have been driving myself crazy trying to understand what and why are we still in AP since the 30th when they have everything. As long as the embassy has everything, they do issue the visa that fast like the other VJ member. The problem is their lack of care of other people's lives because this is clear incompetence.

 

That day the CO didn't ask us for anymore proof of relationship or anything and said it would be issued in a week! This coming Friday will be 3 weeks!!!! Because she didn't do what she was suppose to do! And then they don't make it easy for anyone to get in contact with them. I've sent about 4 emails since earlier last week and I have only gotten responses to 2 of them! It takes them 5 business days for them to respond back. And then you provide INCORRECT information because last week they said they had everything!!! So that tells me, you were finishing up his brown envelope and realized, "holy #######, Batman, we didn't keep his original BC with us". As you know, Kingston is not down the street from where our fiancés' live. To think that he had to make 2 trips to Kingston the week of the interview because the hospital FORGOT to give him an extra vaccination shot!!! It's one thing if we're not doing our part in being diligent, but my taxes supplies their salary!!!! They don't get the right to be incompetent at MY EXPENSE!

 

Besides my patience being shot, they think money grows on trees!!!!!

Edited May 16, 2018 by Trinab80

[TeeSam 247]

only consolation I can give is other VJ members received their visa immediately after submitting "missing" paperwork. I can't even get mad anymore. We've been lied to, also had to return to Kingston twice because they claim "they saw something on her x-ray" whatever that meant...which come to find out means they messed up her x-ray so she had to return to do them again. I'm grateful that I do receive replies to my emails from the embassy within 24hours. I'm glad I've stayed on top of it or we also would be in AP forever waiting on the medical that was so-called sent last week *side eye*. I'm going to send an email everyday until they tell me they have the medical and still praying they don't need any "missing" documents

[TeeSam 247]

I agree this has been a very expense process and a lot of the money was wasted on a lawyer(on my part), sending documents that were already sent, and travel costs. If they're trying to test our love, even a blind man can see our love shines bright. They can test us but not break us. Our other halves will be with us shortly

[JayMar2019 2,741]

20 minutes ago, TeeSam said:

only consolation I can give is other VJ members received their visa immediately after submitting "missing" paperwork. I can't even get mad anymore. We've been lied to, also had to return to Kingston twice because they claim "they saw something on her x-ray" whatever that meant...which come to find out means they messed up her x-ray so she had to return to do them again. I'm grateful that I do receive replies to my emails from the embassy within 24hours. I'm glad I've stayed on top of it or we also would be in AP forever waiting on the medical that was so-called sent last week *side eye*. I'm going to send an email everyday until they tell me they have the medical and still praying they don't need any "missing" documents

 

16 minutes ago, TeeSam said:

I agree this has been a very expense process and a lot of the money was wasted on a lawyer(on my part), sending documents that were already sent, and travel costs. If they're trying to test our love, even a blind man can see our love shines bright. They can test us but not break us. Our other halves will be with us shortly

You're right....you are 100% right!!! But I tell you, this has pushed me over the edge. Your fiancé has to go back to the hospital because they screwed up her x-ray. Mine has to go back to the hospital because they forgot a vaccination shot. Both of us sitting in wait because it takes forever for them to send documents and/or receive them and have them logged into the system and reviewed. When I was at the embassy, I sat and watched how many of their "workers" walked around and talked, laughed and did nothing; kinda like going to DMV and watching the state workers get paid to sit and do nothing. It could be because I'm partially OCD (or maybe fully OCD), but I CANNOT STAND DISORDER AND INCOMPETENCE!!! They know that not everyone lives in or near Kingston. So to have someone go back and forth to place that take 4 hours to get to one way is ludicrous!!! And the thing about the lady with the BC...I was standing right next to him when asked "who is filing for you" and I replied "me, I am the US petitioner", she got smart with me and was very rude when she pointed at me and said "I wasn't talking to you".

 

We were there allllllll day and the last couple to be interviewed. They had skipped over our number and forgot to call us up to collect our paperwork. Just for her to collect the paperwork and hand back the BC. Maybe I should have said something but after she was rude to me, I just stood there quiet figuring she knows what's doing! But I guess not.

 

It is what it is at this point I guess!!

Edited May 16, 2018 by Trinab80

[naija_glam 119]

2 hours ago, Trinab80 said:

So, after waiting almost 3 weeks after the interview and being told in an email response last Thursday that they had all documents they needed and the visa is ready for printing, I get an email response back from the embassy earlier this morning saying they need Reni's original BC and that they called him but he didn't answer and for him to send his original BC ASAP. Reni says that while he didn't get a message from the embassy but he said a private number called him last week but he didn't answer it (which is normal because I don't answer numbers I don't recognize or private numbers).

 

Here's the kicker...when we went to our interview on the 27th, we handed all his original documents (original BC included) to the first woman who collected all of the document and she HANDED HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE BACK TO US!!!! In my head that day I thought to myself "isn't she suppose to keep it" but I thought she made a copy of it when she walked away from the window, I mean, who am I to 2nd guess what her job requirements are when she does this all day every day?!?

 

So now Reni is on his way to DHL in Montego Bay so he can send his original BC to the embassy. Unlike other embassies, JA does not let you upload and email the document so that means we will be waiting longer; probably another week or so before they issue his visa.

 

Just beyond frustrating because last week you had everything you needed and today you don't. But 3 weeks ago we gave you EVERYTHING at the interview. If I had not been so persistent and pestering them with multiple emails, no telling how long we would have been sitting in AP status or if they would have eventually sent our case back to let it expire for something that WASN'T OUR FAULT!!!

 

OMG!!! So annoying! It's good you stayed on top of it or who knows how long the wait would be.