April K3 Filers

[My Honey 0]

our I-130 got approved, yay!

the hard copy arrived today

unfortunately, we never filed an I-130 for my son - thinking K3 was going to be faster

but we are pursuing the K3 just the same

this is good news, nonetheless

i know your approvals are on the way

have a good weekend, everyone!

I hope CSC continue now to really process April filers approvals. Maybe someone turned on the light in CSC. Please Dear God

approve our applications....

[edp333 9]

Congratulations Neenuh!!

I am not sure whether to be happy or sad for you. I I think Mr. Murphy likes you better than me.

[pkewl 0]

Congratulations Neenuh and good luck.

[neenuh 0]

neenuh,

Did you get an email notification of the approval, of just the hardcopy?

urge, the approval notice was mailed to my husband's place

no email yet

btw, is this the NOA2?

it stated that the visa petition was approved and will be forwarded to NVC blah blah blah

as for our K3, i worry that we sent it a little too late

i hope they still process it - not like we sent it a week ago

plus if you were following my USCIS saga, it was their fault we couldn't send it

asdf

edp333, to utter murphy's name is taboo!

don't jinx yourself, haha!

to everyone - thank you and good luck as well!

off subject - i luff kettle™® salt and fresh ground pepper krinkle cut chips!

[Urge To Race 2]

neenuh,

Yes, that is the NOA2. They will process your I129F (especially if you delay the I130 by not paying the fees when the bills arrive), but no telling how long you might have to wait. I have followed your and feelicks' USCIS saga. If the interview wait isn't much different at your embassy, maybe its worth pursuing the CR1? and avoid having to deal with USCIS for AOS later.

One of my greatest fears is that they won't send me an email approval. I am afraid the mail will get lost....

neenuh,

Did you get an email notification of the approval, of just the hardcopy?

urge, the approval notice was mailed to my husband's place

no email yet

btw, is this the NOA2?

it stated that the visa petition was approved and will be forwarded to NVC blah blah blah

as for our K3, i worry that we sent it a little too late

i hope they still process it - not like we sent it a week ago

plus if you were following my USCIS saga, it was their fault we couldn't send it

asdf

edp333, to utter murphy's name is taboo!

don't jinx yourself, haha!

to everyone - thank you and good luck as well!

off subject - i luff kettle™® salt and fresh ground pepper krinkle cut chips!

[edp333 9]

neenuh,

I have followed your and feelicks' USCIS saga. If the interview wait isn't much different at your embassy, maybe its worth pursuing the CR1? and avoid having to deal with USCIS for AOS later. [

Urge, do you have any thoughts on how Neenuh and Feelicks could quickly get a visa for Neenuh's son through the !-130 process? I felt the K3-K4 route would be the fastest way considering their situation.

unfortunately, we never filed an I-130 for my son - thinking K3 was going to be faster

but we are pursuing the K3 just the same

[Urge To Race 2]

edp, I forgot about their not filing the I130 for her son. That throws out what I said above. Neenuh, you definitely want to avoid paying the CR1 fees when they arrive from NVC, as you will need the K3 to get through.

neenuh,

I have followed your and feelicks' USCIS saga. If the interview wait isn't much different at your embassy, maybe its worth pursuing the CR1? and avoid having to deal with USCIS for AOS later. [

Urge, do you have any thoughts on how Neenuh and Feelicks could quickly get a visa for Neenuh's son through the !-130 process? I felt the K3-K4 route would be the fastest way considering their situation.

unfortunately, we never filed an I-130 for my son - thinking K3 was going to be faster

but we are pursuing the K3 just the same

[Urge To Race 2]

No touches or approvals for anyone today?

[RobinAtAileen 0]

I spoke with USCIS CSC just a minute ago. Like others I'm very disappointed at yet ANOTHER significant delay in my paperwork. I wanted to understand why it is taking so long to ship the I-129F to the NVC. This is what the kind Chinese lady told me.

For an I-130 application, they can simply send the application "as is" to the NVC. Therefore, shipping the I-130 is pretty quick.

For an I-129F, K-3, application, the paperwork has to be physically manipulated by hand by pulling certain documents and putting them into new file pouches. Then the I-130 application has to be filed and stored to be held for the AOS. This is what they are referring as the staging area.

I asked how long this should take. She replied saying they don't have a good estimate, since they are new to this process. (As we all know by now.)

So it looks like we are being held up by the huge backlog or surge in applications. We just jumped in at the wrong time for "quick" processing. She said it's been taking about a month.

It now doesn't seem to me that we are just sitting around waiting to be shipped. Instead we are again finding ourselves waiting on low resources to deal with the surge they have experienced. Funny, you would think they could keep up with the pace of adjudication. But that would be too logical of an assumption.

Hope this helps. For me, IF THEY WOULD SIMPLY EXPLAIN THE SITUATION AND TRUTH OF THE MATTER, I wouldn't have been as frustrated. Although, I have thankfully handled this much better than I anticipated.

As my mom says, "Don't pray for patience. The way you learn patience is by waiting." I have not been praying for patience, but I still received a nice, long wait.

Sorry if this is common knowledge. I don't remember hearing these specific handling details.

I understand many may not have been approved in this thread yet; however, I wanted to share some information on the next step after approval, so you will know what to expect and hopefully not be overly disappointed at yet another month delay.

[MARIA FDA 0]

hello!!

I am new here , i m from Colombia and i have a question: what is this I 129f RFE Reply(s) ? is when the case was transfer?

Here is a list of acronyms and terms in the FAQ section:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...page=definition

When your case is transfered you will receive a I797c, otherwise known as a Notice Of Action (NOA)

MUCHAS GRACIAS POR TU RESPUESTA ME SACASTE DE MI DUDA, ESPERO QUE TODO NOS SALGA A TODOS PRONTO.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOU COLABORATION, I HOPE ALL IS OK AND RECEIVE OUR VISAS SOON.

BYE, MARIA GANOUNG

[pkewl 0]

I understand many may not have been approved in this thread yet; however, I wanted to share some information on the next step after approval, so you will know what to expect and hopefully not be overly disappointed at yet another month delay.

Robin,

Thanks for sharing the CSC staging info...

Going back to your disappointed comment, I totally agree with u... As a matter of fact, as many VJers already know (gogo, urge, My honey etc..), I have already expressed my disappointed in USCIS/CSC over the whole CSC to NVC growing wait times... Apart from getting a RFE or stuck in AP/AR.. the CSC to NVC wait time is actually one of the worst things to deal with... not only becasue its the "new" added wait to our already dealyed NOA2 but because its seems rather stupid.. Even if we consider the CSC customer rep's comment, its not like they are approving tens of K3 PER day so that they need about a MONTH or so to pair of the I-130, filing, shelfing and what have you... I do very well understand that CSC employees are working in other areas but to have the transfer to NVC time go from about a week or so to more than a month is just unacceptable, disgusting and heart-breaking... Oh wow... it does sound like we are dealing with USCIS...

Aight I m done whining for the day

Anyhow, good luck to all and a day will surely come when we all will be out of CSC's grip

Regards.

[7ub6686 0]

Hey guys....

I got touched today for the first time for my 129f.... they said they need more evidence and that they will not process my paperwork until i provide them with the required evidence... did this happen to anyone.. i think i am going to die until i recieve this letter in the mail!!!!!

[Urge To Race 2]

Robin,

Thanks for sharing this with us. Now we have a glimpse of what is waiting for us on the other side of the NOA2. I agree with pkwel that the people at CSC are just plain ridiculous. VJer Baaj just got his NOA2 on Sept. 10, and he is already through to NVC from VSC. By most accounts, it still seems that VSC can still send things in a week. They should similarly be as new to the pairing petition process as CSC, but they know how to handle it. CSC just sits and stares. If adjudication is the bottleneck, then this staging should be quick... you should not have 2 bottle necks back to back. Only at CSC would this be possible and acceptable. Ok, I'm done with my urge to rant.

I spoke with USCIS CSC just a minute ago. Like others I'm very disappointed at yet ANOTHER significant delay in my paperwork. I wanted to understand why it is taking so long to ship the I-129F to the NVC. This is what the kind Chinese lady told me.

For an I-130 application, they can simply send the application "as is" to the NVC. Therefore, shipping the I-130 is pretty quick.

For an I-129F, K-3, application, the paperwork has to be physically manipulated by hand by pulling certain documents and putting them into new file pouches. Then the I-130 application has to be filed and stored to be held for the AOS. This is what they are referring as the staging area.

I asked how long this should take. She replied saying they don't have a good estimate, since they are new to this process. (As we all know by now.)

So it looks like we are being held up by the huge backlog or surge in applications. We just jumped in at the wrong time for "quick" processing. She said it's been taking about a month.

It now doesn't seem to me that we are just sitting around waiting to be shipped. Instead we are again finding ourselves waiting on low resources to deal with the surge they have experienced. Funny, you would think they could keep up with the pace of adjudication. But that would be too logical of an assumption.

Hope this helps. For me, IF THEY WOULD SIMPLY EXPLAIN THE SITUATION AND TRUTH OF THE MATTER, I wouldn't have been as frustrated. Although, I have thankfully handled this much better than I anticipated.

As my mom says, "Don't pray for patience. The way you learn patience is by waiting." I have not been praying for patience, but I still received a nice, long wait.

Sorry if this is common knowledge. I don't remember hearing these specific handling details.

I understand many may not have been approved in this thread yet; however, I wanted to share some information on the next step after approval, so you will know what to expect and hopefully not be overly disappointed at yet another month delay.

[neenuh 0]

edp, I forgot about their not filing the I130 for her son. That throws out what I said above. Neenuh, you definitely want to avoid paying the CR1 fees when they arrive from NVC, as you will need the K3 to get through.

I felt the K3-K4 route would be the fastest way considering their situation.

exact reason we never sent the son's I-130 - feelicks and i were after being together the soonest possible time and we thought the K3/K4 petition was going to be a faster route (we based this from the timeline in the manila embassy website)

sadly, we do regret not sending an I-130 for the son

oh, if we only knew :sigh:

you know, with all variables to consider (i can't just leave work in the middle of the school year and the son is finishing elementary in march), we have no other choice but to wait for the K3/K4 visa

i just really hate being apart... we all know how that one goes, right?

so, do we inform NVC regarding our K3 route? (i read about Divine Mercy's post, btw) or do we just delay payment for fees, as suggested by Urge?

Robin, i would also like to thank you for sharing that info

i thought i'd lift everyone's spirits here... it's been rough and i feel for everyone

i know we all want to be together with our SOs asap, but keep the faith and focus on strengthening your relationship with your SO as much as circumstances would allow you - make the most out of this experience - remember, a year or two apart is minimal compared to a lifetime together

[Urge To Race 2]

neenuh, I suggested to Divine Mercy to contact NVC, and you saw the response she got, so it might not be needed, just don't pay the bills. If it were me, I would call NVC myself anyways. USCIS gives different answers everytime someone calls with the same questions, so I would want to make sure that I get the same answer from NVC (just to be sure because you might get a different answer).

so, do we inform NVC regarding our K3 route? (i read about Divine Mercy's post, btw) or do we just delay payment for fees, as suggested by Urge?