OCTOBER 2018 I-129F FILERS

[jill_y_edwin 7]

Just mailed in the I-129F yesterday!  Due to arrive on Tuesday, October 9 per USPS tracking.  Hoping to have an email/text update by 10/12.

[tirac 64]

NOA1 receieved by text message and email today 💃. 

Edited October 10, 2018 by tirac

[Tim ♥ Analie 14]

Got NOA1 today by text. Mailed it in October 5th.

Edited October 10, 2018 by Tim ♥ Analie

[nyokie 572]

Hi is this  group for October 2018 I-129/K3 as well?

[CaliNY 66]

Just mailed my packet today! So excited!

[jill_y_edwin 7]

22 hours ago, Tim ♥ Analie said:

Got NOA1 today by text. Mailed it in October 5th.

Mailed mine Oct 5, was delivered Oct 8. Still haven’t heard anything. 😕. Patience is not my strongpoint. Lol. 

[nyokie 572]

How long the I-129F take?

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,092]

9 minutes ago, nyokie said:

How long the I-129F take?

Every case is different, and processing times can go up or down during the year. It's almost certain that people here who filed after you will be approved before you.

 

You can see the averages for VJ members who have updated their timelines in the last year here: https://www.visajourney.com/content/k1historical . As you can see, the current VJ average is 196 days for your petition to be approved, and 280 days for the entire process from I-129F NOA1 to K-1 interview. However, the consulate stage varies a lot depending on which country you're interviewing in. Also, these numbers are averages; that means some people were approved more quickly and others more slowly. And less than 10% of K-1 filers create timelines here on VJ; that's enough for a fairly representative sample, but a small number of outliers can skew VJ data a lot (this also means if filers from one particular day don't seem to be seeing approvals here even though many from later dates have been, it's probably just a coincidence, and people from that day who aren't on VJ did get approvals).

 

USCIS currently defines a case as outside normal processing times after 7.5 months, but that's subject to change (it recently went up from 7 months). That's when you can contact them if your case hasn't been approved and get an answer other than "you're currently in normal processing times", though it's likely the answer will be to wait for another 45 days.

[nyokie 572]

13 minutes ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

Every case is different, and processing times can go up or down during the year. It's almost certain that people here who filed after you will be approved before you.

 

You can see the averages for VJ members who have updated their timelines in the last year here: https://www.visajourney.com/content/k1historical . As you can see, the current VJ average is 196 days for your petition to be approved, and 280 days for the entire process from I-129F NOA1 to K-1 interview. However, the consulate stage varies a lot depending on which country you're interviewing in. Also, these numbers are averages; that means some people were approved more quickly and others more slowly. And less than 10% of K-1 filers create timelines here on VJ; that's enough for a fairly representative sample, but a small number of outliers can skew VJ data a lot (this also means if filers from one particular day don't seem to be seeing approvals here even though many from later dates have been, it's probably just a coincidence, and people from that day who aren't on VJ did get approvals).

 

USCIS currently defines a case as outside normal processing times after 7.5 months, but that's subject to change (it recently went up from 7 months). That's when you can contact them if your case hasn't been approved and get an answer other than "you're currently in normal processing times", though it's likely the answer will be to wait for another 45 days.

Thank you, I guess am in the wrong group. Mind is K3 spouse.

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,092]

4 minutes ago, nyokie said:

Thank you, I guess am in the wrong group. Mind is K3 spouse.

Yeah, this is the wrong group for spousal visas.

 

FWIW, you'll have a lot of trouble finding any good data for K-3 processing times because there are very few K-3s approved anymore (virtually all are converted to CR-1/IR-1; if you just filed for one, expect this to happen).

You can get average CR-1/IR-1 processing times for VJ members here https://www.visajourney.com/content/ir1cr1historical

 

[Sitti19 11]

Still waiting for notification.😔 Received packet on Oct 8. 

[jill_y_edwin 7]

On 10/12/2018 at 1:03 PM, Sitti19 said:

Still waiting for notification.😔 Received packet on Oct 8. 

Me too. Trying to be patient. Praying to hear something this week. 

[jill_y_edwin 7]

On 10/12/2018 at 1:03 PM, Sitti19 said:

Still waiting for notification.😔 Received packet on Oct 8. 

Me too. Trying to be patient. Check cashed today. 

[Pinda 36]

My fiancé sent ours on the 5th and I just received my copy in the mail and realized he forgot to actually sign the I-129F form at the end. Any idea what will happen?

[CaliNY 66]

Packet delivered today. Hoping to have a text/email by Friday.