*** K-3 May and June 2007 Filers ***

[C and J 1]

We were approved on both our I-130 and I-129F as well today! Yipee!

Congratulations

[wintime 0]

Congratulations OlivianWaleed

Now to NVC ....

[NANDA 0]

VERY IMPORTANT:

Application Fees for Non-Immigrant Visas to Increase On January 1, 2008

Effective January 1, 2008, the application fee for a U.S. non-immigrant visa will increase from $100 to $131. This increase allows the Department to recover the costs of security and other enhancements to the non-immigrant visa application process. This increase applies both to non-immigrant visas issued on machine-readable foils in passports and to border crossing cards issued to certain applicants in Mexico.

Applicants who paid the prior $100 application fee before January 1 will be processed only if they are scheduled and appear for a visa interview before January 31. Applicants who paid the prior $100 application fee and appear for visa interviews after January 31, 2008 must pay the difference -- $31 -- before they will be interviewed.

The Department is required by law to attempt to recover the cost of processing non-immigrant visas through the collection of the Machine-Readable Visa application fee. Because of new security-related costs, new information technology systems, and inflation, the $100 Machine-Readable Visa fee is lower than the actual cost of processing non-immigrant visas. In fact, the $100 fee was already lower than the cost of processing non-immigrant visas when the fee was reviewed as a part of the cost of service study in 2004. The Department has been absorbing the additional cost. We are now collecting 10 fingerprints from each applicant, and the cost charged by the FBI to review those fingerprints no longer allows us to do this. The application fee has increased twice since September 11, 2001, the last time in 2002.

2007/1133

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/dec/97384.htm

[C and J 1]

VERY IMPORTANT:

Application Fees for Non-Immigrant Visas to Increase On January 1, 2008

Effective January 1, 2008, the application fee for a U.S. non-immigrant visa will increase from $100 to $131.

Thanks for posting this Nanda, it will be good to know for when I have my interview date

[My Honey 0]

Congratulations OlivianWaleed

Now to NVC ....

Wintime did you contact the NVC???

We were approved on both our I-130 and I-129F as well today! Yipee!

Congratulations of your approvals!!

[supernova1 0]

Congratulations OlivianWaleed

Now to NVC ....

Wintime did you contact the NVC???

We were approved on both our I-130 and I-129F as well today! Yipee!

Congratulations of your approvals!!

SUPERNOVA NEW PROFILE

So many thecnical problems, lost completely my acess to my original account, I am gonna ask for Captain helps to recover it or maybe delete the old one as i do not have access to the email linked to the account either.

I had all my password saved and after my computer went down i lost it all, some i remember and some i have no ideia anymore.

I apologise !

For those who sent PM messages and did not get any reply I would like to ask to re send then

Well ! What i really want to share with you all is that We got APPROVED last 18th December.

I am going to post our review as soon as possible

It was a kind of opperation to go to the interview as we live 6 hours far from the American Embasy in Rio de Janeiro.

My husband had to work on line from there then no time to enjoy the beauty of the city.

We are back home now and very happy for being APPROVED.

Thank you guys for all the support ! and I am so sorry for the password incident.

Supernova1

[davejaz42107 1]

Congratulations OlivianWaleed

Now to NVC ....

Wintime did you contact the NVC???

We were approved on both our I-130 and I-129F as well today! Yipee!

Congratulations of your approvals!!

SUPERNOVA NEW PROFILE

So many thecnical problems, lost completely my acess to my original account, I am gonna ask for Captain helps to recover it or maybe delete the old one as i do not have access to the email linked to the account either.

I had all my password saved and after my computer went down i lost it all, some i remember and some i have no ideia anymore.

I apologise !

For those who sent PM messages and did not get any reply I would like to ask to re send then

Well ! What i really want to share with you all is that We got APPROVED last 18th December.

I am going to post our review as soon as possible

It was a kind of opperation to go to the interview as we live 6 hours far from the American Embasy in Rio de Janeiro.

My husband had to work on line from there then no time to enjoy the beauty of the city.

We are back home now and very happy for being APPROVED.

Thank you guys for all the support ! and I am so sorry for the password incident.

Supernova1

CONGRATS!!!

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

Congratulations OlivianWaleed

Now to NVC ....

Wintime did you contact the NVC???

We were approved on both our I-130 and I-129F as well today! Yipee!

Congratulations of your approvals!!

SUPERNOVA NEW PROFILE

So many thecnical problems, lost completely my acess to my original account, I am gonna ask for Captain helps to recover it or maybe delete the old one as i do not have access to the email linked to the account either.

I had all my password saved and after my computer went down i lost it all, some i remember and some i have no ideia anymore.

I apologise !

For those who sent PM messages and did not get any reply I would like to ask to re send then

Well ! What i really want to share with you all is that We got APPROVED last 18th December.

I am going to post our review as soon as possible

It was a kind of opperation to go to the interview as we live 6 hours far from the American Embasy in Rio de Janeiro.

My husband had to work on line from there then no time to enjoy the beauty of the city.

We are back home now and very happy for being APPROVED.

Thank you guys for all the support ! and I am so sorry for the password incident.

Supernova1

CONGRATS!!!

Congrats!

[kelly1290 0]

Hello Everyone,

I hope everyone had a merry Christmas and will have a happy and prosperous New Year! I wanted to update everyone about our case. I received the RFE in the mail today. Even though the website said they mailed the notice on Dec. 12, the letter was postmarked Dec. 20 and I got it today which is the same amount of time it took the other two notices they sent at the beginning. Anyway, they wanted exactly what I thought they wanted...the exact thing I caught myself at the middle of November and made copies and express mailed them what I found was missing at the end of last month. Let that be a lesson for those just starting their journey. Even if you catch a mistake after you have already sent in your petition, don't send them unsolicited evidence until they send you the RFE because I can see that they just throw it in the trash and never put it in your folder, even if you put your case # on a cover letter and highlight it in yellow with both petitioner and beneficiary's names. I expressed mailed everything they wanted this afternoon and they will have it tomorrow morning, so I am relieved and happy now So finally, I hope, we are on our way to our approval. I hope by this time, they guys that were in my group have all now made it to their separate embassies and have their interview dates in hand. Good luck everyone! Will give another update when the resume our case and also when we receive our approval.

Deb

[Urge To Race 2]

Deb,

Unfortunately, we are still waiting for our interview date. We have to wait for them to get back to full staff levels, which won't be until the week of Jan. 6th from the holiday slow down that started on December 20. Some from our group have got their visas, plenty are at the embassy stage waiting like me, some are still struggling to get to/through NVC tho.

Best of luck to you! Hope they resume processing immediately and give you a quick approval!

Hello Everyone,

I hope everyone had a merry Christmas and will have a happy and prosperous New Year! I wanted to update everyone about our case. I received the RFE in the mail today. Even though the website said they mailed the notice on Dec. 12, the letter was postmarked Dec. 20 and I got it today which is the same amount of time it took the other two notices they sent at the beginning. Anyway, they wanted exactly what I thought they wanted...the exact thing I caught myself at the middle of November and made copies and express mailed them what I found was missing at the end of last month. Let that be a lesson for those just starting their journey. Even if you catch a mistake after you have already sent in your petition, don't send them unsolicited evidence until they send you the RFE because I can see that they just throw it in the trash and never put it in your folder, even if you put your case # on a cover letter and highlight it in yellow with both petitioner and beneficiary's names. I expressed mailed everything they wanted this afternoon and they will have it tomorrow morning, so I am relieved and happy now So finally, I hope, we are on our way to our approval. I hope by this time, they guys that were in my group have all now made it to their separate embassies and have their interview dates in hand. Good luck everyone! Will give another update when the resume our case and also when we receive our approval.

Deb

[KingsleysPrincess 0]

Hello Everyone,

I hope everyone had a merry Christmas and will have a happy and prosperous New Year! I wanted to update everyone about our case. I received the RFE in the mail today. Even though the website said they mailed the notice on Dec. 12, the letter was postmarked Dec. 20 and I got it today which is the same amount of time it took the other two notices they sent at the beginning. Anyway, they wanted exactly what I thought they wanted...the exact thing I caught myself at the middle of November and made copies and express mailed them what I found was missing at the end of last month. Let that be a lesson for those just starting their journey. Even if you catch a mistake after you have already sent in your petition, don't send them unsolicited evidence until they send you the RFE because I can see that they just throw it in the trash and never put it in your folder, even if you put your case # on a cover letter and highlight it in yellow with both petitioner and beneficiary's names. I expressed mailed everything they wanted this afternoon and they will have it tomorrow morning, so I am relieved and happy now So finally, I hope, we are on our way to our approval. I hope by this time, they guys that were in my group have all now made it to their separate embassies and have their interview dates in hand. Good luck everyone! Will give another update when the resume our case and also when we receive our approval.

Deb,

I'm so glad it was what you thought and not a complete surprise. Now that you have sent the requested information, I pray they approve your petitions soon. We still don't have an interview date. Our petition was sent to the embassy from NVC on Dec 12th. My husband will go to the embassy tomorrow to pick up his packets and hopefully the interview date. He was sent home last Friday, as were all the others who showed up, because they were told they did not come on time. He was there at 6:30 a.m. They told him to be there tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. and he told them he will be there at 6:30 a.m. like he was on Friday. I pray that things go better and he gets what he went for. Hang in there, Deb. It's all going to work out!

Tomeca

Deb

[kelly1290 0]

Deb,

Unfortunately, we are still waiting for our interview date. We have to wait for them to get back to full staff levels, which won't be until the week of Jan. 6th from the holiday slow down that started on December 20. Some from our group have got their visas, plenty are at the embassy stage waiting like me, some are still struggling to get to/through NVC tho.

Best of luck to you! Hope they resume processing immediately and give you a quick approval!

Hello Everyone,

I hope everyone had a merry Christmas and will have a happy and prosperous New Year! I wanted to update everyone about our case. I received the RFE in the mail today. Even though the website said they mailed the notice on Dec. 12, the letter was postmarked Dec. 20 and I got it today which is the same amount of time it took the other two notices they sent at the beginning. Anyway, they wanted exactly what I thought they wanted...the exact thing I caught myself at the middle of November and made copies and express mailed them what I found was missing at the end of last month. Let that be a lesson for those just starting their journey. Even if you catch a mistake after you have already sent in your petition, don't send them unsolicited evidence until they send you the RFE because I can see that they just throw it in the trash and never put it in your folder, even if you put your case # on a cover letter and highlight it in yellow with both petitioner and beneficiary's names. I expressed mailed everything they wanted this afternoon and they will have it tomorrow morning, so I am relieved and happy now So finally, I hope, we are on our way to our approval. I hope by this time, they guys that were in my group have all now made it to their separate embassies and have their interview dates in hand. Good luck everyone! Will give another update when the resume our case and also when we receive our approval.

Deb

Hello Urge,

I am so sorry to hear of the hold up with your interview date. Hopefully you will get it quickly so you can get your honey home quickly. If I can just get out of USCIS hell, it will be so heavenly. I will continue to be patient and keep praying. Our approval is in the horizon and so is your interview date. Best of luck to you!

Deb

[kelly1290 0]

Hello Everyone,

I hope everyone had a merry Christmas and will have a happy and prosperous New Year! I wanted to update everyone about our case. I received the RFE in the mail today. Even though the website said they mailed the notice on Dec. 12, the letter was postmarked Dec. 20 and I got it today which is the same amount of time it took the other two notices they sent at the beginning. Anyway, they wanted exactly what I thought they wanted...the exact thing I caught myself at the middle of November and made copies and express mailed them what I found was missing at the end of last month. Let that be a lesson for those just starting their journey. Even if you catch a mistake after you have already sent in your petition, don't send them unsolicited evidence until they send you the RFE because I can see that they just throw it in the trash and never put it in your folder, even if you put your case # on a cover letter and highlight it in yellow with both petitioner and beneficiary's names. I expressed mailed everything they wanted this afternoon and they will have it tomorrow morning, so I am relieved and happy now So finally, I hope, we are on our way to our approval. I hope by this time, they guys that were in my group have all now made it to their separate embassies and have their interview dates in hand. Good luck everyone! Will give another update when the resume our case and also when we receive our approval.

Deb,

I'm so glad it was what you thought and not a complete surprise. Now that you have sent the requested information, I pray they approve your petitions soon. We still don't have an interview date. Our petition was sent to the embassy from NVC on Dec 12th. My husband will go to the embassy tomorrow to pick up his packets and hopefully the interview date. He was sent home last Friday, as were all the others who showed up, because they were told they did not come on time. He was there at 6:30 a.m. They told him to be there tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. and he told them he will be there at 6:30 a.m. like he was on Friday. I pray that things go better and he gets what he went for. Hang in there, Deb. It's all going to work out!

Tomeca

Hi Tomeca,

Hope you had a merry christmas. Everything is good here. I called he embassy on Dec. 20 to inquire about the RFE now that I think about it. I looked at the case status online and our case was touched on Dec. 20 and 21. I think they went ahead at that point and resent the RFE because it was postmarked Dec. 20, the very day I called. In any case, I am glad I got it, it is sent in, and now the wait begins again, but hopefully for not too much longer. Since that is all they asked for, there couldn't be anything else to hold up the approval. The guy said over the phone that once they get what they asked for, they will approve both petitions together. I pray that tomorrow Kingsley will call you with good news of the date of his interview. I am so happy for you two. You are such a cute couple! I wish all the luck in the world.

Deb

Deb

[amoro 0]

I got this today:

"Current Status: Request for Additional Evidence Sent

On December 26, 2007, we mailed a notice requesting additional evidence or information in this case I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN. Please follow the instructions on the notice to submit the requested information. This case will be in suspense until we receive the evidence or the opportunity to submit it expires. Once we receive the requested evidence or information and make a decision on the case, you will be notified by mail. If you move while this case is pending, call 1-800-375-5283 to update your address."

What should I send them as Evidence? I hope I will get our approval mail soon.

Please pray over our case and give us your recommendation about our Evidence!

Thanks a lot!

[kelly1290 0]

I got this today:

"Current Status: Request for Additional Evidence Sent

On December 26, 2007, we mailed a notice requesting additional evidence or information in this case I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN. Please follow the instructions on the notice to submit the requested information. This case will be in suspense until we receive the evidence or the opportunity to submit it expires. Once we receive the requested evidence or information and make a decision on the case, you will be notified by mail. If you move while this case is pending, call 1-800-375-5283 to update your address."

What should I send them as Evidence? I hope I will get our approval mail soon.

Please pray over our case and give us your recommendation about our Evidence!

Thanks a lot!

Hi Amoro,

You won't know what evidence they are wanting until you receive the RFE in the mail. When you get it, it will tell you what they need. Just follow the directions and mail them back what they are requesting. I got my RFE in the mail yesterday and sent the evidence they wanted as well yesterday by express mail. Don't worry too much about it. I pray once you give them what they want, they will resume working on your case quickly and your approval will be coming soon.

Good luck,

Deb