ATTENTION JULY FILERS!

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

The fee increase will not affect us...we are getting the old rates as long as NOA1 date is before the 30th

[*julez* 124]

The fee increase will not affect us...we are getting the old rates as long as NOA1 date is before the 30th

You don't actually need your NOA1 by July 30th. The USCIS says that as long as your application is postmarked prior to July 30 you don't pay the new fee. Check this out:

http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/Fe...ate_07Jun29.pdf

I'm banking on this fact since we're just waiting on one little document that we should have tomorrow and will be posting it all on Saturday.

Edited July 19, 2007 by julezabelle

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

cool...even better

[thejoz 0]

Maybe I am mistaken, but does this mean if we got our package in before the 30th, that none of the new fees will affect us? IE, the later documents would be at the old fee?

Or is it just that we will only pay 170 instead of 455 for the I-129F?

I was under the impression that I only got out of one high fee, but...now with a comment like the ones seen above, it makes me think otherwise?

Am I just reading too much into it and wanting it to be true?

[widwi 0]

Add us to the LUCKY July Filers! I-129F sent out on the 17th, received at VSC on the 18th (tracked by FedEx tracking number), sent a e-mail to the Consulate at the American Embassy in Quito on the 19th. (I did some work with the Embassy a few months back, and I am hoping they remember my name. Every little bit helps). Just sent a simple message requesting any requirements that may be unique for Ecuador.

[*julez* 124]

Maybe I am mistaken, but does this mean if we got our package in before the 30th, that none of the new fees will affect us? IE, the later documents would be at the old fee?

Or is it just that we will only pay 170 instead of 455 for the I-129F?

I was under the impression that I only got out of one high fee, but...now with a comment like the ones seen above, it makes me think otherwise?

Am I just reading too much into it and wanting it to be true?

As long as your I129F is postmarked before July 30, you will pay the $170. For AOS and beyond you will pay the new fees.

[Jeraly 4]

Hi! Thought I would show my face as one of the July filers - hoping it all goes through quick as have wedding booked already for February 11th!! Very scary but didn't realise how long the visa process would take! Keeping fingers crossed and praying!

[cleepa 0]

I sent my I-129F petition on July 6, and I got my NOA1 on July 13. Now it's all about waiting and hoping that I don't get any RFEs.

[KGSodie 0]

I see that Jeraly has a website documenting their visa journey. I also maintain a website for my beloved Natasha and I, and I was wondering if any other of our fellow July filers run similar sites... Let's share our stories and our successes, and console one another through the inevitable glitches in the visa process.

[Jimmy and Angela 0]

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July 2 Sent in I-130

July 21 Got my letter from California

[Jeraly 4]

The website gives us something to do together and it makes us feel like we are actually doing something productive! A long time ago we found a website by a couple that was really inspiring and it has since semi-disappeared. We felt that by making our own website, maybe it can be a source of comfort and inspiration for others as well It's not so pretty at the moment but it'll get there Oh - and there are huge chunks missing too!!!

Does anyone else have a story they would care to share about how they met? as KGSodie said - mine can be found at http://www.jeraly.com/story

Look forward to reading other inspirational stories!!

Oh - and anyone else here send off their I-129 etc around 19th July? Ours was sent to the CSC so hoping it won't get held up...

[Ricky+Vanessa 43]

The website gives us something to do together and it makes us feel like we are actually doing something productive! A long time ago we found a website by a couple that was really inspiring and it has since semi-disappeared. We felt that by making our own website, maybe it can be a source of comfort and inspiration for others as well It's not so pretty at the moment but it'll get there Oh - and there are huge chunks missing too!!!

Does anyone else have a story they would care to share about how they met? as KGSodie said - mine can be found at http://www.jeraly.com/story

Look forward to reading other inspirational stories!!

Oh - and anyone else here send off their I-129 etc around 19th July? Ours was sent to the CSC so hoping it won't get held up...

What a lovely website. Not sure if we'll get round to doing one of our own.

We aim to, hopefully, send everything in early this week.

[Jeraly 4]

What a lovely website. Not sure if we'll get round to doing one of our own.

We aim to, hopefully, send everything in early this week.

Thank you! It still needs some work - I am hoping to make some logos and things so each page has a proper title but luckily my OH is the techno-geek that puts most of it together - I am learning and can do bits but!!

Good luck getting everything in! I'm so glad I found this site and this thread - it means we can all take the journey together and share the highs and lows! It's nice to know that there are other people out there going through the same thing as you I'm the sort of person who needs that kind of reassurance and I hate to look at the average processing times because they scare me!! We're cutting things really fine!

[KGSodie 0]

We July filers are still at the start of our visa journey, shared together in these electronic pages, and I know we all wish one another a speedy processing. I am sure that I, like many of you, and seen some of the recent reports of 'quick' processing timelines and secretly hope that our own visas process just as quickly.

My own site is linked from my profile, and is at Kevin and Natasha.

[*julez* 124]

We sent off our I-129F on 7/21/07!!!!! Its been a long road to get to this point! But, I am just so thrilled that we are finally on our journey! Good luck to all of us July filers!!!!