February 2018 I-129F Filers, Part II

[Plumley042 26]

10 hours ago, BJ & Christine said:

I'd like to inform everyone that Christine and I were approved yesterday September 27th. 

Called uscis a few minutes ago and tier 1 said we were approved. Was mailed yesterday 

 

no update on any site or app.

 

@americaninlove call. And see what they say.

 

for the rest who r waiting. Hang in there. It's coming.. No one left behind..

 

love u all and best of luck everyone!!!

 

special thanks to @Greenbaum for all ur assist not only with me but with everyone on vj. Without u most of us would be lost and panicking even more.

Awesome man. Great work! All the best for the next stage.

 

Thank you too for your help and advice through this process.

 

[ST_RO 309]

23 hours ago, BJ & Christine said:

I'd like to inform everyone that Christine and I were approved yesterday September 27th. 

Called uscis a few minutes ago and tier 1 said we were approved. Was mailed yesterday 

 

no update on any site or app.

 

@americaninlove call. And see what they say.

 

for the rest who r waiting. Hang in there. It's coming.. No one left behind..

 

love u all and best of luck everyone!!!

 

special thanks to @Greenbaum for all ur assist not only with me but with everyone on vj. Without u most of us would be lost and panicking even more.

FINALLY!!!!! Congratulations! I am so happy for you and will be raising my glass for you guys tonight.  Isn’t it an awesome feeling!?

[BJ & Christine 1,392]

2 minutes ago, ST_RO said:

FINALLY!!!!! Congratulations! I am so happy for you and will be raising my glass for you guys tonight.  Isn’t it an awesome feeling!?

After the first hour I was fine. Can't say the same for Christine. She couldn't sleep last night😂😂😂.

it feels a lot better then the unknown that's for damn sure.

 

u got to be closing in on interview date. How's things going for u

[ST_RO 309]

Just now, BJ & Christine said:

After the first hour I was fine. Can't say the same for Christine. She couldn't sleep last night😂😂😂.

it feels a lot better then the unknown that's for damn sure.

 

u got to be closing in on interview date. How's things going for u

LOL, I can imagine. I was pumped for a few days. You finally actually get to make plans, it feels so unreal after all this being lost. And mine wasn’t even a long one, I can’t imagine - i would have lost it I think. 

 

Yeah, I’m closing in. P3 was in the mailbox this morning, I’ll be sending it back first thing Monday, so I’m assuming I’ll have P4 to sc(exile the interview maybe next Friday or beginning of the following week. From what I’ve heard Frankfurt has slots available almost every day for the next few weeks, so I could actually end up having my passport back with visa inside in about 3 weeks. I already booked my flight, so POE will be December 6 and we’re looking at a wedding date before Christmas, probably December 21. 

 

What s your timeline now that you have NOA2, just assuming that everything finally goes through normal processing times from here?

[BJ & Christine 1,392]

1 minute ago, ST_RO said:

LOL, I can imagine. I was pumped for a few days. You finally actually get to make plans, it feels so unreal after all this being lost. And mine wasn’t even a long one, I can’t imagine - i would have lost it I think. 

 

Yeah, I’m closing in. P3 was in the mailbox this morning, I’ll be sending it back first thing Monday, so I’m assuming I’ll have P4 to sc(exile the interview maybe next Friday or beginning of the following week. From what I’ve heard Frankfurt has slots available almost every day for the next few weeks, so I could actually end up having my passport back with visa inside in about 3 weeks. I already booked my flight, so POE will be December 6 and we’re looking at a wedding date before Christmas, probably December 21. 

 

What s your timeline now that you have NOA2, just assuming that everything finally goes through normal processing times from here?

Wow that's awesome ur moving along so quickly. 

We r planning end of January as of now. We don't have to worry about flight us I'm using air miles to fly her here. Can book same day if I wanted to.

what we were discussing last night is, me flying over for a long weekend since it appears her friends want to have a going away party. Be 4 or 5 days. Plus I can take extra suit cases and bring of her things back with us. 

Ill have to buy about 26k air miles if I go but, is way cheaper then normal flight. Even with buying miles and extra baggage fees plus taxes u have to pay using miles. It still be cheaper the a round trip ticket.😁

[ST_RO 309]

22 hours ago, americaninlove said:

@BJ & Christine I called. Nothing. Thanks for suggesting. But I am now sobbing. Wish I hadn't called lol. I knew the answer would be don't contact us back for another 30 days so I'm not sure why I bothered anyway. For whatever reason, my simple case just doesn't want to move forward! 😪

Hang in there! You can do this and you will. It must be painful, just think of how happy you will be once this is all over. Stay strong, keep yourself busy and always have that thought in the back of your head that you are almost there. I was ready to give up and questioning if this is really worth it a few times, and I just got a smooth and early NOA2. But I know the wait is painful and I know that you WILL get through this. Only a little longer and you can finally start making plans and joining whatever group is next. I’m sending you a big hug and I’m keeping my fingers crossed for you!

[ST_RO 309]

3 minutes ago, BJ & Christine said:

Wow that's awesome ur moving along so quickly. 

We r planning end of January as of now. We don't have to worry about flight us I'm using air miles to fly her here. Can book same day if I wanted to.

what we were discussing last night is, me flying over for a long weekend since it appears her friends want to have a going away party. Be 4 or 5 days. Plus I can take extra suit cases and bring of her things back with us. 

Ill have to buy about 26k air miles if I go but, is way cheaper then normal flight. Even with buying miles and extra baggage fees plus taxes u have to pay using miles. It still be cheaper the a round trip ticket.😁

Sounds awesome! I don’t know how Christine feels, but after NOA2 - actually maybe after the NVC case # was assigned, it just felt like time started racing all of a sudden. I have this countdown timer on my iPhone and it says 67 days until departure and I’m startin* to panick that I cant possibly get everything done until then, LOL. 

Good thing that you have the miles to use, that way Christine doesn’t have to do the farewell all by herself. My fiancé is in Army training right now and we can’t talk, he’s in the middle of the California desert somewhere. He won’t even find out that I have the visa until he gets back at the end of October. 

[kabney110 129]

I just received the hard copy RFE today, along with the information on my divorce, I also missed checking two boxes. The first box was have we met in the last two years...easy enough yes. The second question also easy, Has beneficiary ever been to the US, so I checked no, it says if yes put NA in corresponding boxes, I had put his passport information in these boxes! So to fix, I put NA next to those answers and I will attach the I129F additional page, with an explanation that I thought the question was asking if the beneficiary had a passport...does this sound acceptable?

[kabney110 129]

On 9/28/2018 at 8:37 AM, Mel&Jo said:

Hello kabney, how are you? Have you recieve already your RFE hardcopy or not yet? Me and fiancee after a long wait we got an rfe dated sept 21. , today 27th we recieve the hardcopy,. This is the story my fiancee required to submit her divorced stamp and our communication evidence for 2 yrs 2016 to 2018 before we filed i-129f.. Me and my fiancee already 4 years we've met last 2014 and 2015 yearly she came home to visit and see me.. Omg sound we missed something ..kinda frustrating but we must follow what they want.. I just wanna share our expirience for rfe purposes. Thank you.. Hopefully we got all approve and more patience God Bless us all! 

I received the hard copy today, good luck!

[BJ & Christine 1,392]

4 minutes ago, kabney110 said:

I just received the hard copy RFE today, along with the information on my divorce, I also missed checking two boxes. The first box was have we met in the last two years...easy enough yes. The second question also easy, Has beneficiary ever been to the US, so I checked no, it says if yes put NA in corresponding boxes, I had put his passport information in these boxes! So to fix, I put NA next to those answers and I will attach the I129F additional page, with an explanation that I thought the question was asking if the beneficiary had a passport...does this sound acceptable?

Glad u got it finally. Everything seems to be correct. Did they ask about divorce? If so what part they need clarification?

[kabney110 129]

16 minutes ago, BJ & Christine said:

Glad u got it finally. Everything seems to be correct. Did they ask about divorce? If so what part they need clarification?

The divorce decree doesn't have a stamp (they never stamp orders in Indiana) USCIS said there was no proof of it being filed or recorded. I spoke with the clerk who will give me a new certified decree with a letter of authentication and an explanation of why there is no file stamp.

[Lucy&Jason 807]

4 hours ago, kabney110 said:

The divorce decree doesn't have a stamp (they never stamp orders in Indiana) USCIS said there was no proof of it being filed or recorded. I spoke with the clerk who will give me a new certified decree with a letter of authentication and an explanation of why there is no file stamp.

Don’t forget to sign and date the boxes that you filled in and also in you N/A answer.

[kabney110 129]

52 minutes ago, Lucy&Jason said:

Don’t forget to sign and date the boxes that you filled in and also in you N/A answer.

Thank you, I signed each missing question and each page...

[americaninlove 381]

17 hours ago, ST_RO said:

Hang in there! You can do this and you will. It must be painful, just think of how happy you will be once this is all over. Stay strong, keep yourself busy and always have that thought in the back of your head that you are almost there. I was ready to give up and questioning if this is really worth it a few times, and I just got a smooth and early NOA2. But I know the wait is painful and I know that you WILL get through this. Only a little longer and you can finally start making plans and joining whatever group is next. I’m sending you a big hug and I’m keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Thanks, unfortunately I think this week really did me in in terms of how much I can handle. My fiancé and I have been having lots of very difficult conversations lately. It’s been horrible all around. So many tears.  I think if we don’t hear this week we are just going to be done. I can’t handle this anymore and all of this stress has really made me do a lot of questioning about everything in my life. Being in love is supposed to be a good thing. This is not. Nothing about this is good anymore. I just don’t know. Of course it’s not just this process, there’s much more going on and also in my life as a whole but I just have reached my breaking point and I can’t go on being miserable every single day any longer. Maybe we will hear next week. Who knows. Maybe not. I go to Europe on Friday and we will be able to talk in person (thankfully, I’m so sick of having these conversations over text and FaceTime) and then we will see where we are. It must be nice to have had this experience go smooth and quick. I can’t imagine. That’s how I felt at the beginning of August. All was good. But the past two months have just not been good. The stress is too much. And it does not feel like there’s an end in sight and I’m just done. 

[I.Kat 191]

2 hours ago, americaninlove said:

Thanks, unfortunately I think this week really did me in in terms of how much I can handle. My fiancé and I have been having lots of very difficult conversations lately. It’s been horrible all around. So many tears.  I think if we don’t hear this week we are just going to be done. I can’t handle this anymore and all of this stress has really made me do a lot of questioning about everything in my life. Being in love is supposed to be a good thing. This is not. Nothing about this is good anymore. I just don’t know. Of course it’s not just this process, there’s much more going on and also in my life as a whole but I just have reached my breaking point and I can’t go on being miserable every single day any longer. Maybe we will hear next week. Who knows. Maybe not. I go to Europe on Friday and we will be able to talk in person (thankfully, I’m so sick of having these conversations over text and FaceTime) and then we will see where we are. It must be nice to have had this experience go smooth and quick. I can’t imagine. That’s how I felt at the beginning of August. All was good. But the past two months have just not been good. The stress is too much. And it does not feel like there’s an end in sight and I’m just done. 

I have been there and it is not easy, I know😞 I was feeling exactly the same way, like I couldn't do not even a day more, I just wanted to be done. But you know what, you have always a choice here. It seems like you live through this process too much, as I did too. I went to see a therapist to help me to get over this and she suggested to take a break from Visa Journey, to take a break from constantly checking the USCIS website and being desperate for any update, to try to live my life like it was before k1 - just having a long distance relationship with this awesome man and it is so worth it. If you can, try to pretend, that you're actually not waiting for anything. The more attention you pay to this process, the more power you give it to be hurtful but it doesn't need to be that way.

Another thing my therapist recommended was to always recognize what are you driven by at the moment - is it your rational side or is it the emotional one? The emotional one probably wants to scream "I can't do this any longer, this is not fair, we are never going to get approved..." but the rational one, if you reeeealy think about it, must tell you that it is very unlikely you would get left behind. Yes, it happens, it takes longer for some people, but the chances of you getting left behind are much much much smaller than that you'll get approved within the next month. Try to find more of the rational reasons why it will be okay, I am sure there's many (Germany is not a high fraud country, you have proven that you are strong enough as a couple because you made it this far so you can trust yourself that you can last even longer ...). Plus you would definitely regret giving up this late in the process, almost before the finish line! 

I don't know you but I totally recognize myself in your posts and I made it, SO WILL YOU! ♥️