March 2020 I-129F (K1) Filers

[jess.y 66]

2 hours ago, Newhawaiki said:

Hello fellow Marchers, I'm on the cusp of activity (Monday March 9th) according to the chart @LoveJonLovell has so graciously compiled! I filed a USCIS Service Request because I slid out of the "due date" estimation which says that I'll expect a reply by 10/29/20.

 

My question to you Marchers is (based on your own research, intuition, and respective consulates) when are you all expecting your fiance to be with you on U.S. soil?

 

I'm thinking we still have another 6-8 months should we receive our NOA2. 

My NOA1 is March 13, I'm the beneficiary. The American consulate here has been processing visas since August, so I guess that's a good thing. When I first applied ages ago, I ideally wanted to be with my fiancee in the US by the end of 2020 (HAHAHAHAHA yes) but now, I'd settle for any time before March of 2021. 

[0NI 114]

4 hours ago, Newhawaiki said:

Hello fellow Marchers, I'm on the cusp of activity (Monday March 9th) according to the chart @LoveJonLovell has so graciously compiled! I filed a USCIS Service Request because I slid out of the "due date" estimation which says that I'll expect a reply by 10/29/20.

 

My question to you Marchers is (based on your own research, intuition, and respective consulates) when are you all expecting your fiance to be with you on U.S. soil?

 

I'm thinking we still have another 6-8 months should we receive our NOA2. 

We we're planning to get married on January 2021 when we filed our I-129F. Before this pandemic happened our timeline was November (Get interview from US Embassy), December (Be together) and January (Get married).

 

Now its all hanging. It is so frustrating.

 

 

[SydneyfMaghrib 69]

12 hours ago, Newhawaiki said:

Hello fellow Marchers, I'm on the cusp of activity (Monday March 9th) according to the chart @LoveJonLovell has so graciously compiled! I filed a USCIS Service Request because I slid out of the "due date" estimation which says that I'll expect a reply by 10/29/20.

 

My question to you Marchers is (based on your own research, intuition, and respective consulates) when are you all expecting your fiance to be with you on U.S. soil?

 

I'm thinking we still have another 6-8 months should we receive our NOA2. 

I would be grateful and consider it a success if my fiancé got here before 2022. The Moroccan Embassy hasn't processed any K-1's since those with November 2019 NOA2's. I am looking at a very long wait. 

[MJ&YY 132]

13 hours ago, Newhawaiki said:

Hello fellow Marchers, I'm on the cusp of activity (Monday March 9th) according to the chart @LoveJonLovell has so graciously compiled! I filed a USCIS Service Request because I slid out of the "due date" estimation which says that I'll expect a reply by 10/29/20.

 

My question to you Marchers is (based on your own research, intuition, and respective consulates) when are you all expecting your fiance to be with you on U.S. soil?

 

I'm thinking we still have another 6-8 months should we receive our NOA2. 

I saw some timelines showing that the NVC shipped approved I-129Fs to the embassy in Tokyo yesterday, so I'm a little more optimistic about that next step for my case.  Waiting on that NOA2 though!

[Blackbeekeeper 12]

35 minutes ago, SydneyfMaghrib said:

I would be grateful and consider it a success if my fiancé got here before 2022. The Moroccan Embassy hasn't processed any K-1's since those with November 2019 NOA2's. I am looking at a very long wait. 

Yikes that’s depressing 

[APA 44]

Just got our NOA2 today!

 

NOA1 was 3/05 so almost 7.5 months. 

[MJ&YY 132]

Congrats, @APA!

[Blackbeekeeper 12]

1 hour ago, APA said:

Just got our NOA2 today!

 

NOA1 was 3/05 so almost 7.5 months. 

That’s awesome mine is the same day

[APA 44]

38 minutes ago, Blackbeekeeper said:

That’s awesome mine is the same day

Hopefully you’re next! 

[Newhawaiki 20]

Thank you for sharing your estimations! It really is all up in the air right now and so much of it is outside of our control. My concern is that we'll be held up each step of the way due to backlogs at the NVC then at the consulates. I'm blessed to have been able to be with my fiance in Australia this whole time but with my visa expiring in mid November we're in a bit of a quandary of how to move forward. Do we pay ~$8000 AUD for an Australian partner visa so we can stay together (what if the K1 train moves quickly?) or do we take the leap of faith with me going home and with my fiance waiting for an unknown amount of time?

 

 Like @SydneyfMaghrib wrote we're trying to take the unexpected into account which could potentially be a really long wait. All we can do is keep March-ing forward and do what @Greenbaum has been wisely guiding us to do, which is to lower our expectations and strive to "go with the flow" the best we can with all of our unique and challenging situations. Hope for the best but plan for the worst! 

Edited October 14, 2020 by Newhawaiki

[nykolos 711]

Well, well, my USCIS case worker finally got off his a*s today and processed my petition;

 

 

March 3rd NO1

225 days.

 

Edited October 14, 2020 by nykolos

[kswheezy 117]

@nykolos congrats!!

[Shaz1 65]

7 minutes ago, nykolos said:

Well, well, my USCIS case worker finally got off his a*s today and processed my petition;

 

 

March 3rd NO1

225 days.

 

 

Congratulation, so happy for you Dear!!

[Shaz1 65]

8 minutes ago, kswheezy said:

@nykolos congrats!!

We have the same receipt dates, March 18th, hope our time is coming soon.

[nykolos 711]

12 minutes ago, Shaz1 said:

Congratulation, so happy for you Dear!!

 

8 minutes ago, Shaz1 said:

We have the same receipt dates, March 18th, hope our time is coming soon.

Thank you.. My received date is actually March 3rd