APRIL 2021 I-129F K-1 FILERS

[Saivarshini 5]

1 minute ago, MissLadyRea said:

if you didnt state within 90 days in the letter of intent thatd be why, as thats one of the requirements

Yeah but isn’t it self implied if one mentioned “getting married as soon as beneficiary arrives in the US” 

[leviiathan 206]

32 minutes ago, Saivarshini said:

Yeah but isn’t it self implied if one mentioned “getting married as soon as beneficiary arrives in the US” 

No. People have different definitions of soon and USCIS wants to be as certain as possible

 

They specifically want to hear the "within 90 days" part 

[Merica-n 65]

So it seems like processing is happening somewhat in chronological order and not by receipt number band and they're at the beginning of April right now?

 

I know it's not perfectly aligned, but based on people celebrating approvals on Facebook in the past few days, it seems most of them are April 5-9.

 

Does this seem correct?

[Pranav469 47]

3 hours ago, Merica-n said:

So it seems like processing is happening somewhat in chronological order and not by receipt number band and they're at the beginning of April right now?

 

I know it's not perfectly aligned, but based on people celebrating approvals on Facebook in the past few days, it seems most of them are April 5-9.

 

Does this seem correct?

Yeah that’s about right. Most of the approvals the last week were for the first week of April. Some March hare and there but lots of April cases now.

[4thntr 44]

11 hours ago, Saivarshini said:

So, it was about intent to marry within 90 days. 
 

We still aren’t sure why that was asked because we wrote a detailed letter on how we met and how we will get married along with boarding pass, pictures. My guess is we didn’t explicitly state “90 days” but I thought it was self implied. Turns out it’s not. 
So, this time, we wrote a letter again and sent along with pictures and financial support documents. 
 

It’s strange how a lot of people are getting RFE for various reasons. 

hi, thank you for sharing. y, too many rfes, i asked so i can be prepared.

just a few Qs if you don’t mind… did you both sign the same letter or different letters… first and second time?
how did the beneficiary sign if in different country, did you submit copy?
thank you and wish you get your approval very soon.

[big6domino 14]

12 hours ago, Saivarshini said:

So, it was about intent to marry within 90 days. 
 

We still aren’t sure why that was asked because we wrote a detailed letter on how we met and how we will get married along with boarding pass, pictures. My guess is we didn’t explicitly state “90 days” but I thought it was self implied. Turns out it’s not. 
So, this time, we wrote a letter again and sent along with pictures and financial support documents. 
 

It’s strange how a lot of people are getting RFE for various reasons. 

I've been lurking for a year, and this makes me super nervous. We thought we dotted our Is and crossed our Ts. 3 weeks before we sent our documents/app, I had her signed the letter of intent before I came back home. It wasn't until I was back in the states I discovered there was a typo. It was a standard letter, and we said we'd get married within 90 days under k1. But I'm dreading an RFE over that mishap.  

 

I've traveled consistently, every 4 months or so to see my fiancé. So since last April, its been 3 trips thus far, and I'm heading back next month. Every trip since last April, we've gone ahead an signed a new letter. We're anxious to find out if that affected us.  

Edited April 19, 2022 by big6domino

[Xiaova 1,480]

Here are the end of day updates:

 

69000: 1 RFE
70000: 1 Approval, 1 RFE, 2 Others (Duplicate Notice / Notice Explaining USCIS actions)
71000: 6 Approvals, 2 RFEs
71500: 1 Approval
72000: 2 RFEs
72500: 1 Approval, 1 RFE
73000: 5 Approvals
74000: 1 Withdrawal
79000: 1 Withdrawal
81500: 1 Withdrawal

04/19/22: 26 Total Updates: 14 Approvals, 7 RFEs, 3 Withdrawals, and 2 Others

 

Pretty slow day for April 2021 Fliers. At least March 2021 had total 33 updates for a total 59 updates for both months.

[Saivarshini 5]

2 hours ago, big6domino said:

I've been lurking for a year, and this makes me super nervous. We thought we dotted our Is and crossed our Ts. 3 weeks before we sent our documents/app, I had her signed the letter of intent before I came back home. It wasn't until I was back in the states I discovered there was a typo. It was a standard letter, and we said we'd get married within 90 days under k1. But I'm dreading an RFE over that mishap.  

 

I've traveled consistently, every 4 months or so to see my fiancé. So since last April, its been 3 trips thus far, and I'm heading back next month. Every trip since last April, we've gone ahead an signed a new letter. We're anxious to find out if that affected us.  

Relax! It totally depends on the CO looking at your case. Somebody I know personally never included 90 days and got approved without any RFE. 
So there are chances you might too!

 

Worst case, if you get RFE, At least you’ll see some movement. Honestly I thought my case was stuck in a black hole. I was glad to see some movement. 

[centric23 95]

I wonder if the amount of RFEs are contributing to the slow April processing times. They would essentially have to look at the application twice (once to send RFE, and once to approve). We've been seeing more RFEs than approvals, so it's like they're taking twice as long to move on.

[Charlotte070 68]

44 minutes ago, centric23 said:

I wonder if the amount of RFEs are contributing to the slow April processing times. They would essentially have to look at the application twice (once to send RFE, and once to approve). We've been seeing more RFEs than approvals, so it's like they're taking twice as long to move on.

I can’t believe the have the audacity to send RFEs when we’ve been waiting over a year due to their own incompetence !!!

[Saivarshini 5]

3 hours ago, Charlotte070 said:

I can’t believe the have the audacity to send RFEs when we’ve been waiting over a year due to their own incompetence !!!

I know right!! We received RFE on the 364th day when we were highly anticipating for a decision 😪

[Saivarshini 5]

7 hours ago, 4thntr said:

hi, thank you for sharing. y, too many rfes, i asked so i can be prepared.

just a few Qs if you don’t mind… did you both sign the same letter or different letters… first and second time?
how did the beneficiary sign if in different country, did you submit copy?
thank you and wish you get your approval very soon.

First time, we wrote separately. Signed electronically though. Forgot to state “90 states” 

Second time, did the same thing but did wet signature (printed and signed). I’m the beneficiary. I scanned and sent. 

 

I think like somebody else they are looking for explicitly written 90 days on the paper and signed. Then again, it depends on the CO. 

Edited April 20, 2022 by Saivarshini

[Flora88 128]

Here is the updates so far for today

 

69000-2 Approvals

70000- 1 Approval 

71000 - 8 Approvals 2 RFE 

71500 - 1 Approval 2 RFE

72000 - 2 Approvals 1 RFE

72500 - 1 RFE

73000 - 5 Approvals 2 RFE

76000 - 1 Expedited denied 

76500 - 1 Expedited denied 

 

Total of 29 cases updated: 19 Approval 8 RFE's and 2 Other

 

[L & U 3]

In the 73000, got our RFE today. Good luck to everyone!!

[4thntr 44]

36 minutes ago, L & U said:

In the 73000, got our RFE today. Good luck to everyone!!

hi, can you please tell us what the rfe is for?