March 2020 I-129F (K1) Filers

[jess.y 66]

32 minutes ago, Ikkoo said:

Hi all. New to the forum. NOA: 3/5/2020. 
 

I submitted an outside normal processing time request and got this 😢. I guess just more waiting. 

 

At this point there's not much to do but request info and wait... so frustrating! My request message said I'd hear back by November 6, but I honestly hope sooner than that. 

Good luck to you!

[Trutta 103]

9 hours ago, jess.y said:

At this point there's not much to do but request info and wait... so frustrating! My request message said I'd hear back by November 6, but I honestly hope sooner than that. 

Good luck to you!

I filed one too. The message says I'll hear back from them by November 12.

[LoveJonLovell 306]

Question: 
Do the USCIS read through the entire application, find mistakes, then request RFEs in one ‘response’? Or do they find a mistake, send out an RFE, wait for a response, then continue to work through until they find another mistake, send another RFE, etc. ?

 

[Greenbaum 12,259]

2 hours ago, LoveJonLovell said:

Question: 
Do the USCIS read through the entire application, find mistakes, then request RFEs in one ‘response’? Or do they find a mistake, send out an RFE, wait for a response, then continue to work through until they find another mistake, send another RFE, etc. ?

 

 

 

Here is the long answer straight from their manual.

 

PM-602-0163

Issuance of Certain RFEs and NOIDs; Revisions to Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 10.5(a), and 10.5(b)

Page 5

Implementation

The Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) is revised as follows:

(1) Chapter 10.5(a) is revised as follows:

(a) General.

* * *

(2) Considerations Prior to Issuing RFEs.

Initial case review should be thorough. Although the burden of proof is on the applicant, petitioner, or requestor, before issuing an RFE or NOID, an officer may assess whether the information needed is available in USCIS databases or systems. Occasionally, certain evidence or information not submitted with the application, petition, or request may be readily accessible in other USCIS records or otherwise available from external sources. If such information is available in USCIS databases or systems, an officer may obtain the information from these sources rather than issuing an RFE or a NOID. Adjudicators have the discretion to validate assertions or corroborate evidence and information by consulting USCIS or other governmental files, systems, and databases, or by obtaining publicly available information. 8 USC 1357(b).

 

An officer should not request evidence that is outside the scope of the adjudication or otherwise irrelevant to an identified deficiency. In general, officers may, but are not required to, issue RFEs or NOIDs, and they retain the discretion to deny a request for ineligibility without issuing an RFE or NOID.

When an RFE is appropriate, it should:

 

1.        identify the eligibility requirement(s) that has not been established and why the evidence submitted was not sufficient.

2.        identify any missing evidence specifically required by the applicable statute, regulation, or form instruction.

3.        identify examples of other evidence that may be submitted to establish eligibility; and

4.        request that evidence.

 

The RFE should ask for all of the additional evidence the officer anticipates having to request and state the deadline for response. The officer's careful consideration of all the apparent gaps in the evidence will minimize the issuance of multiple RFEs or denials for failure to establish eligibility for the benefit sought. In certain instances, the evidence provided in response to an RFE may raise eligibility questions that the adjudicator did not identify during initial case review or open up new lines of inquiry. In such a case, a follow-up RFE or a NOID might be warranted. Failure to submit requested evidence which precludes a material line of inquiry, however, will be grounds for denying the request. 8 CFR 103.2(b)(14).

information is relevant and is classified under Executive Order No. 12356 as requiring protection from unauthorized disclosure in the interest of national security.

 

 

Edited October 20, 2020 by Greenbaum

[LoveJonLovell 306]

1 minute ago, Greenbaum said:

 

Here is the long answer straight from their manual.

 

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Thank you!!! I was hoping you'd see it, as I knew you'd give the most concise answer! That puts my mind at ease!

[mongen27 28]

Got approved today finally! Received date march 11

Edited October 20, 2020 by mongen27

[Dan&Loren 22]

NOA1: 10 March NOA2: Today!

[kswheezy 117]

Congratulations to you both @mongen27 and @Dan&Loren 😊

[Shaz1 65]

Congratulations to @Dan&Loren and @mongen27 , I am so glad to hear that things are moving forward gradually. It gives us hope.

Edited October 20, 2020 by Shaz1

[PatLuvO 284]

Congratulations 🎉 👏

[Newhawaiki 20]

Good morning Marchers, I woke up this morning to my NOA2 approval on email! The apps did not have this update. We were a March 9 NOA1 date.

 

I hope you all get some good news soon and that we can put the longest part of our unprecedented process behind us!

[Dan&Loren 22]

UCSIC Case Tracker App and Lawfully didn't update for me either! I got an email directly from UCSIS. 

[Greenbaum 12,259]

3 hours ago, mongen27 said:

Got approved today finally! Received date march 11

 

 

2 hours ago, Dan&Loren said:

NOA1: 10 March NOA2: Today!

 

 

46 minutes ago, Newhawaiki said:

Good morning Marchers, I woke up this morning to my NOA2 approval on email! The apps did not have this update. We were a March 9 NOA1 date.

 

I hope you all get some good news soon and that we can put the longest part of our unprecedented process behind us!

Congratulations!  Join us in the OCTOBER 2020 K-1 NOA2 to NVC to EMBASSY thread and download the PDF file on the first post of the first page for tips, tricks and hacks to follow your case to the embassy. I'll post the link below:

https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/749093-october-2020-k-1-noa2-to-nvc-to-embassy/

[jess.y 66]

5 hours ago, Newhawaiki said:

Good morning Marchers, I woke up this morning to my NOA2 approval on email! The apps did not have this update. We were a March 9 NOA1 date.

 

I hope you all get some good news soon and that we can put the longest part of our unprecedented process behind us!

@Dan&Loren @mongen27 @Newhawaiki such great news!! Congrats!! 

[TT. 18]

On 10/20/2020 at 4:55 AM, Trutta said:

I filed one too. The message says I'll hear back from them by November 12.

Yeah its out of anyone's control. Just wait and hope they do something. Keep in mind when they say hear back it means nothing of substance. Our hear back was telling us it is in the process and will be adjudicated in due course.