ATTENTION : MAY FILERS ... lets keep in touch!

[afterforever 0]

wondering if any may filers have had their interviews yet!?!? should be getting close to that time for some people right?!?!

VSC has been dissapointing me recently with their numbers- it is time to make up for slacking off!

Happy Tuesday

I don't think there have been too many due to CSC not sending cases to NVC yet. They seem to behind in that department too

I was just about to say the same thing. I have not heard of a May filers packet making it to NVC as of todays date. Would be interested in finding out if anyones has and how long it took.

Bundy

Just looked at VJ's K1 Visa Timelines and there are a lot of people who have had interviews or are having interviews between September and November. The slowdown for most of us with VSC started around mid-May, so most early May filers are way ahead of us and scheduled for interviews.

The patient one is going down fast----I called----I got a semi-OK person. She informed me that we are allowed to call only 1 time per month and that I better not call anymore. Actually, the more I think about it, she wasn't nice at all!!! I called last Thurs. and was told by someone VERY nice that my case had been assigned to an officer. Today she told me they are processing applications received on June 8. I know that is not entirely true because of the approvals we have been seeing. The patient one must just REALLY sit tight I guess!!! Alane & Ramzis

Ramzis, I called three times in one week, twice in one day. The last call I made the guy told me that I could call anytime for information. I think what she told you was BS. I am hoping you get your approval this week.

Hang in there.

[Jamie76 0]

Yeah..luck of the draw as to who you get...someone helpful or not

[YanJeff 0]

Back from China. Very quick visit. She cried at the airport. But I assured her that we are half way there. I hope this is true.

Congratulations to everyone who got approved while I was away!

Ramzis, I was told when I called before that I can call back any time I have a question.

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

.....OK....more new news......After finding out yesterday bout the RFE i called my lawyer right away.....I let her know that i knew for a fact that it was sent on the 18th and that there is no way it would take more than this week to arrive...I left that on an aswering machine....well today first thing i called her again and explained everything...she said "well i have a huge pile of mail which i will try to get to today or tomorrow" i told her i want news by friday the latest.....Well late this afternoon she left a message on my cell telling me that the RFE letter was in the pile....And to top it off...the evidence that they want...your going to laugh!!!! She forgot to have me sign one of the forms...that is all they asked for... .....NEVER EVER DEPEND ON A LAWYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well tomorrow im going to her office to sign it and im sending through my Fedex account right away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

.....OK....more new news......After finding out yesterday bout the RFE i called my lawyer right away.....I let her know that i knew for a fact that it was sent on the 18th and that there is no way it would take more than this week to arrive...I left that on an aswering machine....well today first thing i called her again and explained everything...she said "well i have a huge pile of mail which i will try to get to today or tomorrow" i told her i want news by friday the latest.....Well late this afternoon she left a message on my cell telling me that the RFE letter was in the pile....And to top it off...the evidence that they want...your going to laugh!!!! She forgot to have me sign one of the forms...that is all they asked for... .....NEVER EVER DEPEND ON A LAWYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well tomorrow im going to her office to sign it and im sending through my Fedex account right away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That sucks! It makes me more cautious when I talk to my lawyer about all of this. A good eye opener. I am sorry you had to go through that though. I can only imagine what you are feeling.

Actually i feel OK...at least i know what is going on with my case...but REALLY....LAWYERS SUCK

[Annette 0]

OK Byron, once your signature in, that petition will fly! Hang on tight man, you are gonna get approved like real SOON!

*hugs*

Annette

[dssb 0]

wondering if any may filers have had their interviews yet!?!? should be getting close to that time for some people right?!?!

VSC has been dissapointing me recently with their numbers- it is time to make up for slacking off!

Happy Tuesday

I don't think there have been too many due to CSC not sending cases to NVC yet. They seem to behind in that department too

I was just about to say the same thing. I have not heard of a May filers packet making it to NVC as of todays date. Would be interested in finding out if anyones has and how long it took.

Bundy

Just looked at VJ's K1 Visa Timelines and there are a lot of people who have had interviews or are having interviews between September and November. The slowdown for most of us with VSC started around mid-May, so most early May filers are way ahead of us and scheduled for interviews.

i'm actually a late may filer relatively on time with my interview scheduled i just figured since i was late may there was bound to be more people before me with early may dates who had gone to an interview!??!

[dssb 0]

.....OK....more new news......After finding out yesterday bout the RFE i called my lawyer right away.....I let her know that i knew for a fact that it was sent on the 18th and that there is no way it would take more than this week to arrive...I left that on an aswering machine....well today first thing i called her again and explained everything...she said "well i have a huge pile of mail which i will try to get to today or tomorrow" i told her i want news by friday the latest.....Well late this afternoon she left a message on my cell telling me that the RFE letter was in the pile....And to top it off...the evidence that they want...your going to laugh!!!! She forgot to have me sign one of the forms...that is all they asked for... .....NEVER EVER DEPEND ON A LAWYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well tomorrow im going to her office to sign it and im sending through my Fedex account right away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ahhh bryon-leidy i'm so sorry to hear that- you seem relatively calm considering what happened! i dont' think i would seem so cool and collected

[WiL and ShAi 0]

.....OK....more new news......After finding out yesterday bout the RFE i called my lawyer right away.....I let her know that i knew for a fact that it was sent on the 18th and that there is no way it would take more than this week to arrive...I left that on an aswering machine....well today first thing i called her again and explained everything...she said "well i have a huge pile of mail which i will try to get to today or tomorrow" i told her i want news by friday the latest.....Well late this afternoon she left a message on my cell telling me that the RFE letter was in the pile....And to top it off...the evidence that they want...your going to laugh!!!! She forgot to have me sign one of the forms...that is all they asked for... .....NEVER EVER DEPEND ON A LAWYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well tomorrow im going to her office to sign it and im sending through my Fedex account right away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That sucks! It makes me more cautious when I talk to my lawyer about all of this. A good eye opener. I am sorry you had to go through that though. I can only imagine what you are feeling.

Actually i feel OK...at least i know what is going on with my case...but REALLY....LAWYERS SUCK

Oh my, you got an RFE just because of that!!!!! But somehow I'm glad that that's the only thing they need and you know now that they're working with your case. Send it back to USCIS right away and expect to get an approval very very soon!!!! Go Byron

[bundy_138 0]

.....OK....more new news......After finding out yesterday bout the RFE i called my lawyer right away.....I let her know that i knew for a fact that it was sent on the 18th and that there is no way it would take more than this week to arrive...I left that on an aswering machine....well today first thing i called her again and explained everything...she said "well i have a huge pile of mail which i will try to get to today or tomorrow" i told her i want news by friday the latest.....Well late this afternoon she left a message on my cell telling me that the RFE letter was in the pile....And to top it off...the evidence that they want...your going to laugh!!!! She forgot to have me sign one of the forms...that is all they asked for... .....NEVER EVER DEPEND ON A LAWYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well tomorrow im going to her office to sign it and im sending through my Fedex account right away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That sucks! It makes me more cautious when I talk to my lawyer about all of this. A good eye opener. I am sorry you had to go through that though. I can only imagine what you are feeling.

Actually i feel OK...at least i know what is going on with my case...but REALLY....LAWYERS SUCK

Keep us posted on how long it takes from the time it is received at the CSC to NOA-2 approval. My RFE info was received on Monday morning, I got a touch that same morning, but nothing since. I wonder how the RFE process works. Once received at CSC, is the packet scanned and immediately sent to the original officer? Does it sit in thier mailbox untill they decide to go get it? Do RFE's get immeidate attention since our packets are already in the "works"? I have a thousand questions and zero answers.

Hope everything works out for you.

Bundy

[Zee Bee 61]

.....OK....more new news......After finding out yesterday bout the RFE i called my lawyer right away.....I let her know that i knew for a fact that it was sent on the 18th and that there is no way it would take more than this week to arrive...I left that on an aswering machine....well today first thing i called her again and explained everything...she said "well i have a huge pile of mail which i will try to get to today or tomorrow" i told her i want news by friday the latest.....Well late this afternoon she left a message on my cell telling me that the RFE letter was in the pile....And to top it off...the evidence that they want...your going to laugh!!!! She forgot to have me sign one of the forms...that is all they asked for... .....NEVER EVER DEPEND ON A LAWYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well tomorrow im going to her office to sign it and im sending through my Fedex account right away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Phew. At least it is just a signature. I am sure once you get that taken care of your approval will come quick

[Sienna 0]

Phew. At least it is just a signature. I am sure once you get that taken care of your approval will come quick

I have a question for you Zee....

I noticed that your wedding date is set for next year. On our NOA2 that we have, it said something about the approval being good only through Jan. 20, 2008. I have NO idea what that means. Like if my fiance didn't come into the country before then would we have to start over? That's what I originally thought. But then I saw your timeline and figured that couldn't be the case. I believe you got your NOA2 before we did, so I'm wondering what the expiration date on the NOA2 actually means.

[Zee Bee 61]

Phew. At least it is just a signature. I am sure once you get that taken care of your approval will come quick

I have a question for you Zee....

I noticed that your wedding date is set for next year. On our NOA2 that we have, it said something about the approval being good only through Jan. 20, 2008. I have NO idea what that means. Like if my fiance didn't come into the country before then would we have to start over? That's what I originally thought. But then I saw your timeline and figured that couldn't be the case. I believe you got your NOA2 before we did, so I'm wondering what the expiration date on the NOA2 actually means.

I believe the date on the NOA2 is how long the approval is valid for scheduling an interview etc but it can be extended by the embassy if an interview date is not given in that time frame. Once the interview is done and the visa issued the only time constraint is when the visa expires. So, in our case, we may need to extend the validity of the NOA2 because it expires in January 2008 and our interview is in March but then once we have our interview in March we are only worried about the expiration of the visa itself.

[Sienna 0]

Phew. At least it is just a signature. I am sure once you get that taken care of your approval will come quick

I have a question for you Zee....

I noticed that your wedding date is set for next year. On our NOA2 that we have, it said something about the approval being good only through Jan. 20, 2008. I have NO idea what that means. Like if my fiance didn't come into the country before then would we have to start over? That's what I originally thought. But then I saw your timeline and figured that couldn't be the case. I believe you got your NOA2 before we did, so I'm wondering what the expiration date on the NOA2 actually means.

I believe the date on the NOA2 is how long the approval is valid for scheduling an interview etc but it can be extended by the embassy if an interview date is not given in that time frame. Once the interview is done and the visa issued the only time constraint is when the visa expires. So, in our case, we may need to extend the validity of the NOA2 because it expires in January 2008 and our interview is in March but then once we have our interview in March we are only worried about the expiration of the visa itself.

Ah! Okay! Excellent. I've been so concerned with worrying about the NVC NOT getting our case yet, that I haven't really given much thought to anything else. But I had been wondering about the expiration date. So thank you!!

[Bill B 0]

After the I-129F has been approved, the fiancé(e) has 4 months from the time the I-129F was approved to obtain the K-1 Visa at the US Consulate in the foreign country. If required, this time period can be extended by a consular officer.

Directly from the source regulation: TITLE 8 OF CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (8 CFR) \ 8 CFR PART 214 -- NONIMMIGRANT CLASSES, Sec. 214.2(k) Spouses, Fiancees, and Fiances of United States Citizens. (Heading amended 8/14/01; 66 FR 42587 )

(5) Validity . The approval of a petition under this paragraph shall be valid for a period of four months. A petition which has expired due to the passage of time may be revalidated by a director or a consular officer for a period of four months from the date of revalidation upon a finding that the petitioner and K-1 beneficiary are free to marry and intend to marry each other within 90 days of the beneficiary's entry into the United States. The approval of any petition is automatically terminated when the petitioner dies or files a written withdrawal of the petition before the beneficiary arrives in the United States. (Amended 8/14/01; 66 FR 42587 )

Edited October 24, 2007 by Bill B