FEBRUARY 2020 I-129F K-1 FILERS

[WhoKnowsWhoCares 12]

10 minutes ago, smile101 said:

Haha no I'm a girl and im afghan. I just wanted to help my fiancé with the embassy.

Okay. I’m female and Afghan too. Just be smart, prepared, cautious and careful. My sister’s husband got here in December (they did K-1 too - it took about 7-8 months start to finish). He also brought about 10K with him, as well as covered all his own fees, including throwing her a Shirni Khoree there. Their savings of 10K was almost finished within the first 3 months since when the beneficiary arrives here it is another 4K for just the rest of the paperwork, and he can’t work legally, so they were living off of the other other 6K for those 3 months. She is in Law School and did not have the possibility to work until this Summer. It is very important for your beneficiary to understand that he needs funds and a hard work ethic in order to be successful here in the states, make sure you set those expectations and boundaries from the start. Especially with the new “public charge” laws. Good luck to you both, I’m sure you’ll receive your NOA2 notification soon. 

Edited June 9, 2020 by WhoKnowsWhoCares

[SB1089 29]

I will need police clearance from Germany and bangladesh. Does anyone know how long these typically take? Should I get started on gathering those and support documents now or wait for noa2 to gather all the documents? I’m at 104 days past noA1 btw. Thanks!

[smile101 116]

11 minutes ago, SB1089 said:

I will need police clearance from Germany and bangladesh. Does anyone know how long these typically take? Should I get started on gathering those and support documents now or wait for noa2 to gather all the documents? I’m at 104 days past noA1 btw. Thanks!

I got my fiancé to do it from the beginning and submitted right away with the rest if the case. It usually takes a couple of days. If I were you, I would get them now to get everything ready.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

1 hour ago, SB1089 said:

I will need police clearance from Germany and Bangladesh. Does anyone know how long these typically take? No one can say with any certainty. Each country is different. Like each embassy is different on how they process visas. Do you know where to start and what the requirements are?

Should I get started on gathering those and support documents now or wait for noa2 to gather all the documents? It would be an innovative idea to start now. 

I’m at 104 days past noA1 btw. Thanks!

Good luck and stay engaged. 

[WhoKnowsWhoCares 12]

@smile101

Received our official I-797 (NOA2) in the mail today. We got an e-mail notification on June 4th and received it today on June 9th, so it took about 3 Business Days. It states it will get processed at the NVC within 2-4 weeks (hopefully that still rings true with COVID-19 delays). I covered our personal details since that’s unnecessary, but I wanted to post here so you can know what it looks like. Plus this paper is really important to keep and have copies of for most of not all future paperwork such as filing adjustment of status.This is the front page (the back page has general info. which can be found on the website, too large of files to attach both sry). Hopefully you’ll get your notification within the next few weeks since our filing dates are not far a part! 🙏🏼🧿

[smile101 116]

2 hours ago, WhoKnowsWhoCares said:

@smile101

Received our official I-797 (NOA2) in the mail today. We got an e-mail notification on June 4th and received it today on June 9th, so it took about 3 Business Days. It states it will get processed at the NVC within 2-4 weeks (hopefully that still rings true with COVID-19 delays). I covered our personal details since that’s unnecessary, but I wanted to post here so you can know what it looks like. Plus this paper is really important to keep and have copies of for most of not all future paperwork such as filing adjustment of status.This is the front page (the back page has general info. which can be found on the website, too large of files to attach both sry). Hopefully you’ll get your notification within the next few weeks since our filing dates are not far a part! 🙏🏼🧿

Wow thank you! I really appreciate it and im very happy for you 😊. Hopefully I get mine soon inshallah 

[SB1089 29]

16 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

Good luck and stay engaged. 

Hi, thanks for the reply. For the Dhaka clearance I think my fiancé can manage it. For the Germany one since he is not living there anymore I think we have to send in an application with a fee and it gets mailed back to him so that might take some time. I’ll start on that this week. The other supporti documents I feel overwhelmed but I think i know what I need so far and I’ll look at your pdf too. Thanks again! 

[Xavier_ 33]

Congrats!

[Greenbaum 12,259]

1 hour ago, SB1089 said:

Hi, thanks for the reply. For the Dhaka clearance I think my fiancé can manage it. For the Germany one since he is not living there anymore, I think we have to send in an application with a fee and it gets mailed back to him so that might take some time. I’ll start on that this week. The other supporting documents I feel overwhelmed, but I think i know what I need so far, and I’ll look at your pdf too. Thanks again! 

Required for all countries where you have lived for more than 6 months since the age of 16 and any country where you have been arrested, even if you were not a resident there.  U.S. police certificates are not required.  Police certificates from certain countries are unavailable or are obtained directly by your Embassy (rarely does your embassy execute this step).  Fingerprints are required for certain countries.

[Naz2020 40]

These days, I' m really hopeless. I don't know why I'm worried about my case. 

 

There are some issues which I'm not sure that are they needed to be handled right now or we have time before the interview? One of them is domicile, my fiance -because of the pandemic_ has been stayed in Chile for almost 3,5 months. He changed his address and he is going to go back to the United states next week. İs it necessary to declare his new US address to USCIS ? Can we do it after NOA2?

 

Another thing is the health insurance, is it needed to be done right now ? 

 

 

[Greenbaum 12,259]

22 minutes ago, Naz2020 said:

These days, I' m really hopeless. I don't know why I'm worried about my case. 

 

There are some issues which I'm not sure that are they needed to be handled right now or we have time before the interview? One of them is domicile, my fiance -because of the pandemic_ has been stayed in Chile for almost 3,5 months. He changed his address and he is going to go back to the United states next week. İs it necessary to declare his new US address to USCIS ? Can we do it after NOA2?

 

Another thing is the health insurance, is it needed to be done right now ? 

It's rare that a bonafide I-129f, Petition for Alien Fiancé(e) application is NOID (declined). So, you have that to remove from your plate. Next, yes you do need to change your address. The immigration process is ripe with rules and procedures, none of them can be or should be circumvented or you will face exactly what you are advocating in your post that you don't want to happen. Play by the rules and you will be fine. This is not a process where you get to pick and choose what you want to do or submit it's about following their guidelines.

 

Can I share somethings with you that I learned long ago about this process?

    • "the man with the gold makes the rules"
    • it will take as long as it will take 
    • no one with any certainty can tell you when some process will be completed
    • Your sense of urgency will never be equaled to what USCIS, NVC or your embassy demonstrates
    • Your journey is not going to mirror someone else's experience - yours and theirs are not the same
    • They only promised you a YES or NO answer. Never an exact time that their decision would be completed
    • Lowering your expectations will make you a much more relaxed individual

Good luck on your journey 
 

[Xavier_ 33]

Hello everyone, another week without February validation. I see January is almost finished so I bet it will be in the next 2 weeks.

Don't worry guys, it will be fine!

 

have a great week end

Edited June 12, 2020 by Xavier_

[foreverchris2020 26]

I’m so excited!!!!!!! I got approved today!!!!!!! Wow. I’m literally in shock! I definitely started to lose hope when the predicted date had past. 
 

Filed Feb 7th

NOA1 Feb13

NOA2 June 12th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
 

Im praising God right now. I know there are  many more steps left in this journey but this approval means so much to me! 
 

I’m also excited for the rest of the February filers awaiting their approvals! It’s coming guys!!!

[smile101 116]

6 minutes ago, foreverchris2020 said:

I’m so excited!!!!!!! I got approved today!!!!!!! Wow. I’m literally in shock! I definitely started to lose hope when the predicted date had past. 
 

Filed Feb 7th

NOA1 Feb13

NOA2 June 12th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
 

Im praising God right now. I know there are  many more steps left in this journey but this approval means so much to me! 
 

I’m also excited for the rest of the February filers awaiting their approvals! It’s coming guys!!!

Omg congrats!!!! I still waiting for mine 😭😭😭😭 127 days 

[Lelly 65]

10 minutes ago, foreverchris2020 said:

I’m so excited!!!!!!! I got approved today!!!!!!! Wow. I’m literally in shock! I definitely started to lose hope when the predicted date had past. 
 

Filed Feb 7th

NOA1 Feb13

NOA2 June 12th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
 

 

Congrats!!! We have the same NOA1 date! Hoping mine comes soon too!!!