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lincoln81   0

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For those that filed before the incease, has anyone heard anything yet?.

Personally my check has not even been cashed yet. Just wondering if I'm in the boat alone..

I filed at the end of July and my payment has not been cashed either. You are not alone, I think there are quite a few of us.

2003 Met my husband while going to school in U.S.

2005 Moved back to Canada :(

2005-2007 Many visits back to the U.S.

July 20, 2007 Married!

July 27, 2007 Sent off I-130 package

August 6, 2007 Confirmation service center received package via online tracking

September 6, 2007 NOA-1 Receipt date

September 10, 2007 Received NOA-1 in mail

Case pending at CSC

March 6, 2008 Touch

March 7, 2008 Touch

March 9, 2008 Touch

March 11, 2008 1-130 Approved

September 11, 2007 Sent off I-129f package

September 17, 2007 Confirmation service center received package

September 19, 2007 NOA-1 Receipt date

September 25, 2007 Received NOA-1 in mail

Case pending at CSC

March 6, 2008 Touch

March 7, 2008 Touch.

March 9, 2008 Touch

March 11, 2008 1-129f Approved

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For those that filed before the incease, has anyone heard anything yet?.

Personally my check has not even been cashed yet. Just wondering if I'm in the boat alone..

I filed at the end of July and my payment has not been cashed either. You are not alone, I think there are quite a few of us.

I'm in the same boat with you (just K1). Nebraska Service Center received our I-129F on 1-Aug (postmarked 29-July) and I assume that they are sending it forward to the California Service Center BUT I'VE NOT HEARD ANYTHING from NSC or CSV and my check has not hit my bank yet.

Our Visa Journey

07/29/07 ---- Mailed I-129F

08/25/07 --- Check finally cashed (8/27 I should be able to see the R number on the back).

08/27/07 --- NOA1 Arrives from CSC and I create my account profile on the USCIS.Gov web-site (the clock starts)!!!

02/05/08 --- After 191 days NOA2 (Approval) comes at last!!!!

2/14/08 --- NVC sends letter saying that it's on the way to the US Embassy in Bangkok

2/25/08 --- She receives Packet 3 from the Embassy

3/29/08 --- She receives Packet 4 with interview date (July 11th).

3/30/08 --- I e-mail the Embassy asking to make the date earlier because I've already got our tickets for June 13th!!!

5/6/08 --- No help from the Embassy. Rebooked tickets and vacation till September.

5/21/08 --- Embassy calls her and moves interview to May 27th!!!!! You have got to be kidding me!!!

9/21/08 --- POE San Francisco!!!!

12/8/08 --- Married!!!!

12/15/08 --- Mail AOS + AP + EAD package to Chicago

12/28/08 --- Come back from vacation and find AOS/AP/EAD NOA 1 and Bio App notices in the mailbox!!!

1/13/09 --- Bio Appt

4/22/09 --- AOS Interview "APPROVED"!!!

3/04/2011 --- OUR BABY IS BORN... We have a son!!!!!

3/10/2011 --- Mail I-751 application to lift conditions on residency

3/12/2011 --- I-751 Package received by CSC

3/14/2011 --- NOA 1

3/21/2011 --- NOA 2 (Biometrics Appt 4/18/2011)

5/27/2011 --- ROC Approved. 10 Year Green Card arrived 6/04/2011

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We filed ours before the increase too..postmarked the 28th I think...my hubby checked online and apparently it's arrived there, but we haven't received any notifications and our checks have not been cashed.

On that note, we sent all our filing fees incld. one for the Affidavit of Support but I was reading the NVC website today and they said the NVC ask for money at specific times during the processing

Anyone have any input?

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IM PISSED OFF BEYOND ALL BELIEF!!

I also sent off my package in july... (the 27th... the recieved it the 30th) and today (august 23) I got my package returned to me saying that i didnt send in the payment...

WHAT THE F*%@ !!!! That is such BS!!! Im 100% sure that the little workers at CSC "lost" my check (THEY through it away on purpose!!) so that now, i HAVE to pay the new higher fee!! And now.. i am at the back of the line... ARGGGGGG!!! THIS IS #######!!!

I went to the post office immidiatly and sent it out AGAIN with the new higher fee. I dont want to waste any more time! i want my wife here NOW.

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IM PISSED OFF BEYOND ALL BELIEF!!

I also sent off my package in july... (the 27th... the recieved it the 30th) and today (august 23) I got my package returned to me saying that i didnt send in the payment...

WHAT THE F*%@ !!!! That is such BS!!! Im 100% sure that the little workers at CSC "lost" my check (THEY through it away on purpose!!) so that now, i HAVE to pay the new higher fee!! And now.. i am at the back of the line... ARGGGGGG!!! THIS IS #######!!!

I went to the post office immidiatly and sent it out AGAIN with the new higher fee. I dont want to waste any more time! i want my wife here NOW.

Oh, wow. I can imagine your frustration. They said you didn't send the payment? I wonder if that will happen to us too because I sent mine on the same day. Did you send both the I-130 and I29f together?

2003 Met my husband while going to school in U.S.

2005 Moved back to Canada :(

2005-2007 Many visits back to the U.S.

July 20, 2007 Married!

July 27, 2007 Sent off I-130 package

August 6, 2007 Confirmation service center received package via online tracking

September 6, 2007 NOA-1 Receipt date

September 10, 2007 Received NOA-1 in mail

Case pending at CSC

March 6, 2008 Touch

March 7, 2008 Touch

March 9, 2008 Touch

March 11, 2008 1-130 Approved

September 11, 2007 Sent off I-129f package

September 17, 2007 Confirmation service center received package

September 19, 2007 NOA-1 Receipt date

September 25, 2007 Received NOA-1 in mail

Case pending at CSC

March 6, 2008 Touch

March 7, 2008 Touch.

March 9, 2008 Touch

March 11, 2008 1-129f Approved

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For those that filed before the incease, has anyone heard anything yet?.

Personally my check has not even been cashed yet. Just wondering if I'm in the boat alone..

Hi there,

I filed just before the increase...I sent it on July 20th and I got the hard copy receipt just 10 days after. You might want to consider giving US CIS a call. Look at my timeline (in my signature below).

4.28.07 - Married in Jalisco Mexico - Cozumel Honeymoon for 2 weeks

***I-130***

5.24.07 - I-130 Received in CSC

7.14.07 - Received NOA1 (WOW after 6 weeks, I was worried...called INS and told me CSC had a computer "glitch" causing delays on printing Receipt notices and approvals)

10.30.07 - APPROVED No email, the NOA2 came in the mail...hard copy.

***1-129F***

7.23.07 - I-129F received in Chicago

7.30.07 - Received NOA1

11.21.07 - APPROVED!!!! APPROVED. GOT AN E-MAIL ON THANKSGIVING!

03.03.08- INTERVIEW IN CIUDAD JUAREZ. VISA GRANTED ON 03.03.2008

***AOS & EAD***

3.10.08 - Case Received at Chicago Lockbox, check cashed 3.14.08

3.17.08 - Received both NOA's in the mail

3.21.08 - Received Biometrics appointment letter in the mail, biometrics Appt. 4.02.08

5.05.08 - EAD Card Production ordered GOT EMAIL (we received the same email on 5.09.08)

5.13.08 - Approval Email for EAD (so the card was ordered first, and then we were approved...hum)

5.15.08 - EAD Card Received in mail.

8.08.08 - WE GOT OUR INTERVIEW APPOINTMENT YAY...9/12/08 - INTERVIEW APPROVED

9.24.08 - Received Green Card in the mail YEAH!

***I-751***

6.15.10 - Mailed I-751 Docs to CSC, check cashed 6.24.10

6.26.10 - Received NOA in mail dated 6.21.10

6.29.10 - Received Biometrics appointment for 7.15.10

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For those that filed before the incease, has anyone heard anything yet?.

Personally my check has not even been cashed yet. Just wondering if I'm in the boat alone..

I filed mine July 20th, check cashed 30th of july. You can look at my signature....

My I-129F K3 petition process on time as I expected.......

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IM PISSED OFF BEYOND ALL BELIEF!!

I also sent off my package in july... (the 27th... the recieved it the 30th) and today (august 23) I got my package returned to me saying that i didnt send in the payment...

WHAT THE F*%@ !!!! That is such BS!!! Im 100% sure that the little workers at CSC "lost" my check (THEY through it away on purpose!!) so that now, i HAVE to pay the new higher fee!! And now.. i am at the back of the line... ARGGGGGG!!! THIS IS #######!!!

I went to the post office immidiatly and sent it out AGAIN with the new higher fee. I dont want to waste any more time! i want my wife here NOW.

Oh, wow. I can imagine your frustration. They said you didn't send the payment? I wonder if that will happen to us too because I sent mine on the same day. Did you send both the I-130 and I29f together?

I sent in just the I-130. i didnt know you could send them together?? i thought you had to wait for the NOA1 before sending out the I-129F. #######... even more time bieng wasted. *sigh* I miss the days when people could just walk into the country without questions... free land was offered... and the streets were paved with gold (or so goes my understanding of the olden days.. :blush: ). Anyways. maybe it "fell" out when they were going through the papers or something.. after all.. there was a huge increase in applications those days. maybe the pressure made them less careful... with all the rushing going on. :P whatever. im back to "day 1" now... and praying to get my NOA1 in 10 days...

Does anyone think i can have a wedding for March 26? (will everything be done by then? ) *sigh* i wish it were...

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Nope no movement since July 26th when my husband sent the I-129F petition. It was delivered July 28th in Chicago and almost 1 month now no NOA1. We checked with USCIS website and searched our case and the only one listed there is our I-130 which was filed last June. Check has not been cashed either. Hopefully they don't return it saying there wasn't any check in it or God forbid misplaced it or got lost. Sigh!!! :crying:

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Hi There!

If you filed for K-3 Visa before the fee increase period (before July 30) then the I-129F will be free of charge. We filed July 28 and included a check for $170 however, the check was returned to us and the NOA1 we received indicated that the fee was waived.

So far were on target with regards to our timeline. Just hang on in there! :D

Good luck on your journeys!

2-0. In favor of the boys.

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Eric_and_Corinna   0

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Sorry...I started another thread on the same subject. My lawyer told me that he sent my information in, but has yet to hear anything. He suspects that it is because so many people filed to avoid the fee increase it overloaded the system. I'm hoping he was telling me the truth :unsure:

Timeline

7/11/2007 - I-130 NO1A Hard Copy

8/13/2007 - Son Drayson born in Sudbury, Ontario.

9/6/2007 - I-129F NO1

10/15/2007 - Trip to Toronto for Dray's Consular Birth Abroad, SS application, and US passport

3/18/2008 - NOA2 for both I-129 and I-130!! No touches or email notifications at all!

4/2/2008 - estimated that NVC received

4/9/2008 - estimated that K-3 was sent from NVC to USEMontreal

4/16/2008 - Received hardcopy from NVC

4/16/2008 - Packet 3 Received

4/24/2008 - Packet 3 Sent to USEMontreal

7/14/2008 Interview in Montreal!!!!

7/17/2008 Visa received

7/18/2008 POE Sault Ste Marie Michigan

8/21/2008 moving day...back to Anchorage, Alaska!

4/20/2009 AOS granted, 10 year Green Card arrives, Social Security # given :)

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we sent our II130 last August 8 to TSC.... no notice since then... still waiting...

"do what it takes..." by A&G

para sa karagdagang larawan at mga detalye ng aming paglalakbay...

My IMMIGRATION, POE, CFO and INTERVIEW Experience

when love is real,

it defies all reasons...

when love is true,

it ignores all pains...

when love is great,

it waits, it persists, and lingers forever...

K3 VISA

California Service Center - Texas Service Center - Manila US Embassy

August 2007 - filed I130

September 2007 - filed I129F

April 24, 2008 - interview and VISA APPROVED!

May 02, 2008 - visa in hand, had the CFO stamping done at once, bought ticket online...

May 03, 2008 - flew to US to be with stinky love...

July 22, 2008 - Sent AOS Package to CHICAGO Lockbox

July 24, 2008 - received package

July 29, 2008 - NOA for AOS and EAD

Aug 01, 2008 - Touched....

Oct 01, 2008 - Received EAD

still waiting on AOS

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Thee_Rak   0

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:dance: !!!THEY CASHED MY CHECK!!!! :dance:

Our Visa Journey

07/29/07 ---- Mailed I-129F

08/25/07 --- Check finally cashed (8/27 I should be able to see the R number on the back).

08/27/07 --- NOA1 Arrives from CSC and I create my account profile on the USCIS.Gov web-site (the clock starts)!!!

02/05/08 --- After 191 days NOA2 (Approval) comes at last!!!!

2/14/08 --- NVC sends letter saying that it's on the way to the US Embassy in Bangkok

2/25/08 --- She receives Packet 3 from the Embassy

3/29/08 --- She receives Packet 4 with interview date (July 11th).

3/30/08 --- I e-mail the Embassy asking to make the date earlier because I've already got our tickets for June 13th!!!

5/6/08 --- No help from the Embassy. Rebooked tickets and vacation till September.

5/21/08 --- Embassy calls her and moves interview to May 27th!!!!! You have got to be kidding me!!!

9/21/08 --- POE San Francisco!!!!

12/8/08 --- Married!!!!

12/15/08 --- Mail AOS + AP + EAD package to Chicago

12/28/08 --- Come back from vacation and find AOS/AP/EAD NOA 1 and Bio App notices in the mailbox!!!

1/13/09 --- Bio Appt

4/22/09 --- AOS Interview "APPROVED"!!!

3/04/2011 --- OUR BABY IS BORN... We have a son!!!!!

3/10/2011 --- Mail I-751 application to lift conditions on residency

3/12/2011 --- I-751 Package received by CSC

3/14/2011 --- NOA 1

3/21/2011 --- NOA 2 (Biometrics Appt 4/18/2011)

5/27/2011 --- ROC Approved. 10 Year Green Card arrived 6/04/2011

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jimandjosil   0

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Hi There!

If you filed for K-3 Visa before the fee increase period (before July 30) then the I-129F will be free of charge. We filed July 28 and included a check for $170 however, the check was returned to us and the NOA1 we received indicated that the fee was waived.

So far were on target with regards to our timeline. Just hang on in there! :D

Good luck on your journeys!

So the $190 check that we sent for I-130 also covers the I-129F? Am I hearing it right? thanks.

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