September 2018 I-129F FILERS

[jayesel 41]

Update: Received the case number via email/text. It says "On August 31,2018 we received your form I129F....."

 

Does that mean i have august noa1 date?

[Joy18 7]

Hi all, 

I just received my NOA1 hard copy in the mail yesterday Sept. 10, 2018.
My application was received by the lockbox facility Aug 30 and I got my text/email notification on Sept. 5th. My case was sent to the California Service Center. Anyone know if the California office is much faster with approving i-129f's?

Good Luck to Everyone!😊

[Shrinee 41]

@Joy18 We have almost the same dates   Our case was sent to the California Center too but I don't know if there are faster centers than others.

Edited September 11, 2018 by Shrinee

[LeesaMarie 206]

Link for country specific forums:

 

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/100-regional-discussion/

[Joy18 7]

@Shrinee Awesome! We can compare notes going forward! 😁 Fingers crossed for no RFE's or any other roadblocks!

[Shiran 1,134]

2 hours ago, Joy18 said:

Hi all, 

I just received my NOA1 hard copy in the mail yesterday Sept. 10, 2018.
My application was received by the lockbox facility Aug 30 and I got my text/email notification on Sept. 5th. My case was sent to the California Service Center. Anyone know if the California office is much faster with approving i-129f's?

Good Luck to Everyone!😊

My understanding that as of right now there are only two centers working on 129Fs. California handles over 99% of them, the exceptions that require special processing going to Vermont (you don't want your case to go to Vermont)  First 3 letter of your receipt / case numbers indicate processing center, WAC being the one for California. 

 

Obviously this is subject to change, and this wasn't the case before in the years prior, but this is where we are now. 

[AmandaandChayne 734]

Congrats on your engagements and welcome to the hurry up and wait visa filing journey. Wishing you all good luck and my best advice, keep busy and prepare for the next stage as this initial stage to NOA2 is long and tortuous.

 

Read the forums,  country specific ones are very helpful. There's a tonne of help and advice here and any questions feel free to ask.

 

 

[Spotify 76]

Anyone know how they send our i-129f package to NVC/Embassy stage?  Do they actually mail it out or do they scan and send it digitally?

[Celie 793]

Hi all! We submitted our application on September 4th to the agency; it went through their verification checks and was finally sent out to USCIS yesterday so here we are!

[queloque67 30]

NOA1 hardcopy in mail today.   Now the wait and reading posts from people getting approvals who sent their packages in from January to March.    

[Jonah <3 Verlie 74]

Hi Everyone :-)

 

I will be sending our packet tomorrow 9/14/2018.

 

I am so stoked :-)

[Joyoussinger 1,425]

My package went out on Tuesday and the tracking update says it's in transit for delivery  today, by 8! It seems late for that to happen, but maybe tomorrow!  Wishing for a quick Happily Ever After for all of us!!!

[MaryDave1992 196]

Sent out our papers on Monday!

 

USPS said it was delivered yesterday at 4 am so not I am eagerly waiting for my text/ email with the receipt!

 

Good luck everyone! 

[Celie 793]

4 hours ago, MaryDave1992 said:

Sent out our papers on Monday!

 

USPS said it was delivered yesterday at 4 am so not I am eagerly waiting for my text/ email with the receipt!

 

Good luck everyone! 

Mine too! Our files were probably on the same stack picked up haha

[Mikeyn92 5]

Sent my packet on Saturday the 8th. Was received on Tuesday the 11th. Filing for my fiancé who is Japanese. 

They deducted the $535 from my bank account yesterday and still no notification. But the deduction of money was promising... I guess.