APRIL 2018 I-129F FILERS

[Lagertha 28]

5 hours ago, tirzajogja said:

Hey all. Just an update. After waiting impatiently we received our electronic NOA 1 this evening and it says we will get the hard copy within 7-10 days. 

So @Larenn&LodaI'm sure you'll get yours in a few days.☺

Congrats😍 

[AmandaandChayne 734]

38 minutes ago, Anna&eiad said:

Work issues and financial we probably will only meet when I go to spend a 10 day or so vacation after the process is done and travel to America together. We also fit.. and we spend a lot if calls and texts because the country he lives and works (U.A.E.) has a block on Internet free calls even skype,messenger, and whatsap. 

That sucks that  UAE block free calls honey I’m sorry!!

[Larenn&Loda 58]

6 hours ago, pretendthisisfun said:

I just wanna get my NOA1 notice so I can hurry up and wait.  So who all is planning a visit during the wait?  Anyone concerned about customs if your fiancé is visiting the states?  I’ve read it depends on the agent but most have no problem.  My fiancé is hoping to come in October for her first visit.  I’m planning on going there in June and December.  The goal is to not go over 90 days without seeing each other, but it will be difficult and costly.  But so worth it. We decided that is more important than an expensive ring or extravagant wedding.  

 

What anout the rest of you?  How often are you able to visit, how much is the process affecting your visits, and what is the one thing about your partner that makes them special to you and worth all this?

Wow....just love your caption “pretendthisisfun” honestly am really gonna pretend this journey is fun even though it not following the long wait and the crazy distance between our loved ones. My fiancé is a very busy man, as he can’t travel often, I have the time to travel but not sure if will giving a tourist visa to the US since I have been refused denied before. So the wait is really long before we meet again. We are looking forward to before I have my interview though as he will make out time to come again.                Am so happy for y’all that can travel back and forth just to be with you love

[Maham10 106]

1 hour ago, Larenn&Loda said:

Wow....just love your caption “pretendthisisfun” honestly am really gonna pretend this journey is fun even though it not following the long wait and the crazy distance between our loved ones. My fiancé is a very busy man, as he can’t travel often, I have the time to travel but not sure if will giving a tourist visa to the US since I have been refused denied before. So the wait is really long before we meet again. We are looking forward to before I have my interview though as he will make out time to come again.                Am so happy for y’all that can travel back and forth just to be with you love

Same with me, fiancé is super busy and I don't want to risk applying for a visitor visa and getting denied due to this K1 process. Just hoping he gives me a surprise visit haha 😁 till then WhatsApp and video calls it is. Glad my own work keeps me busy too. But honestly at times I just wanna go to sleep and wake up to a NOA2 🤣🤣🤣

[AmandaandChayne 734]

8 minutes ago, Maham10 said:

Same with me, fiancé is super busy and I don't want to risk applying for a visitor visa and getting denied due to this K1 process. Just hoping he gives me a surprise visit haha 😁 till then WhatsApp and video calls it is. Glad my own work keeps me busy too. But honestly at times I just wanna go to sleep and wake up to a NOA2 🤣🤣🤣

I travel with an ESTA and I’ve visited 4 times so far and 3/4 times I’ve had the dreaded SSSS on my boarding pass meaning secondary searches and masses of questions especially when changing at Chicago they were horrid and changing there again in August 😱 hoping my letter from Work and copy of my work diary and NOA1 will be enough for them to let me in when I visit in June and August. 

 

We use line app for video calls every day many times a day.

 

how do you all manage the time difference 6 hours difference for us means I’m permanently tired!! We wake at daily times just to talk to each other!!

Edited May 1, 2018 by AmandaandChayne

[Maham10 106]

4 minutes ago, AmandaandChayne said:

I travel with an ESTA and I’ve visited 4 times so far and 3/4 times I’ve had the dreaded SSSS on my boarding pass meaning secondary searches and masses of questions especially when changing at Chicago they were horrid and changing there again in August 😱 hoping my letter from Work and copy of my work diary and NOA1 will be enough for them to let me in when I visit in June and August. 

 

We use line app for video calls every day many times a day.

 

how do you all manage the time difference 6 hours difference for us means I’m permanently tired!! We wake at daily times just to talk to each other!!

Oh my good luck to you!! ❤ we have a whooping 9 hours difference, so by the time I get up for work he has gone to sleep, and when he wakes up I'm getting ready to go home from work, but we manage to have an ongoing conversation and send lots of photos to each other. Video calls mostly on weekends. 😁

[AmandaandChayne 734]

1 hour ago, Maham10 said:

Oh my good luck to you!! ❤ we have a whooping 9 hours difference, so by the time I get up for work he has gone to sleep, and when he wakes up I'm getting ready to go home from work, but we manage to have an ongoing conversation and send lots of photos to each other. Video calls mostly on weekends. 😁

I’m lucky that my fiancé works crazy ER shifts so we can talk to each other day and night on video calls and I can talk to him between patients at his day job office, when he has his kids over I wake at 3-4am to speak to him and he stays up late to talk to me too ❤️

[Nevad@ 26]

A question- ugh, what if the NOA1 has not been delivered yet? Case # check says should have been with us by April 27th... Any reasons it's late?? And will I need a copy of NOA1 at some point?

Thanks! 

[AmandaandChayne 734]

1 hour ago, Nevad@ said:

A question- ugh, what if the NOA1 has not been delivered yet? Case # check says should have been with us by April 27th... Any reasons it's late?? And will I need a copy of NOA1 at some point?

Thanks! 

Call them and tell them you haven't got it yet.

[AmandaandChayne 734]

https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov/

 

us beneficiaries can create accounts to check our case status too if you want to be tortured by no updates for months!!!

 

I have!!

[Lagertha 28]

hi there april filers  post here helped me think positive about the process  thankful for being here .. thanks for those who keep updating about the process   we got the hard copy of our noa1 (hooraaay! )

 

i don't know if it's just me but i am already starting to print everything for my packet .. (excited or nervous?)  i just dont know how to make our (us, benefeciaries) cover letter ..

is there anyone who can share how they made their cover letter?  thank you guys! 

[AmandaandChayne 734]

Congrats honey!! ❤️

[VegasJohn 29]

2 hours ago, AmandaandChayne said:

https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov/

 

us beneficiaries can create accounts to check our case status too if you want to be tortured by no updates for months!!!

 

I have!!

Haha, I have checked it more than a couple of times too for some reason.... 

 

Good to check in and see how my fellow Aprilites are doing!  In response to some earlier posts I missed, I'm glad that my fiancee and I aren't the only ones who cry like babies every time our time together comes to an end.  But fortunately for us my work is flexible and I'm able to go to Colombia for about a week per month and work from there. Although it's been a month already now  and I'm not able to get down there until later in May, so it's been rough since we filed and haven't seen each other since early April when we got officially engaged - but I'll be there pretty soon for 10 days!

 

Question for the other US petitioners out there - how soon are you sending your fiancee the packet of forms to fill out for the next step?  I want to make sure that as soon as we get the NAO2, we can move forward as fast as possible with her getting her interview set and everything.  She lives in Medellin so has to go to Bogota for the interview, but it seems from what I've read that the Bogota embassy is fairly quick, so that's encouraging.  

 

Keep strong and patient, everyone! The time will fly (I HOPE)! 

[Anna&eiad 84]

1 hour ago, Lagertha said:

hi there april filers  post here helped me think positive about the process  thankful for being here .. thanks for those who keep updating about the process   we got the hard copy of our noa1 (hooraaay! )

 

i don't know if it's just me but i am already starting to print everything for my packet .. (excited or nervous?)  i just dont know how to make our (us, benefeciaries) cover letter ..

is there anyone who can share how they made their cover letter?  thank you guys! 

I did a cover letter for the i129f.. didn't know about doing another one? And when should we start the next paperwork? I know there are time limits on police certificates so don't want to do those too early. I already filled out the affidavit of support and sent to my fiancee with tax returns and bank statements and will just affidavit to in order to update before the interview. Will send a letter from my employer before the interview too. Thanks,

Anna

[Whanlin 42]

I know I know I'm being impatient but I want my NOA1 now  I get visions of it just sitting there having agents just walking by it ignoring it. It just sits there pining away to be touched and nobody pays it any attention. I am totally blowing this out of proportion because it was only delivered to USCIS Friday afternoon..but still. I'm so not cut out for the waiting game we are going to be going through.