K3 JULY FILERS

[Duende 0]

I haven't heard anything either. I miss my hubby so much.

I understand you,

Me too!

DARN, I'm also waiting! Nothing yet, no news. Anymore July filers out there still waiting? Or is there only a few of us?

[Jimmy and Angela 0]

still waiting here too

[jonbless 0]

still waiting here too

still waiting, and waiting some more.

[dant244 0]

Hi all,

Applied for the I-130 July 10 and the K-3 on July 30. I just recieved approval for the I-130 and my K-3 was touched yesterday. I think things are starting to move for the July filiers.

[nksj 0]

Congrats dant244 on the I-130. Hopefully the I-129 is on its way.

Best wishes to everyone else still waiting!

[YGandMAT 0]

Hi all,

Applied for the I-130 July 10 and the K-3 on July 30. I just recieved approval for the I-130 and my K-3 was touched yesterday. I think things are starting to move for the July filiers.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! You will probably get your approval for your K-3 shortly...(or you will see both NOA2 in the mail). As you may have learned through this site, that the USCIS website is not always updated. So both of your cases may be approved. CONGRATS AGAIN!!!

[Jamie&Dora 0]

I am jealous of many of you. My 130 just went over 246 days. Due to my SR in December i got a letter, "background check remains open", which means im sitting in FBI. By common timelines of NOA1 5/18, i have been sitting in background check for 3 months now. No touches, no RFE's. As a matter of fact, i have had no touches on the 130 or K3 since NOA1 was generated.

On 1/4 I contacted both Senators and my Congressman for constituent services, and all are investigating. It seems my case is in the unfortunate 1-5% of cases that just seem to float around for no reason.

Of course i go mad sometimes. I am alone with my 3 kids from my prior marriage, so i have to stay strong. Dora too is suffering for she rented her flat on a long term lease and moved back with her widower father for what we thought would be a short time. Sadly, we are greatly mistaken.

But for those of you around 180 days with no approval, be strong. Our marriages are stronger than this process. As a matter of fact, i believe that this suffering is purifying my love for Dora. Let us all endure, and prevail over this. May the peace of the Lord be with all of you.

-jamie

[Duende 0]

I am jealous of many of you. My 130 just went over 246 days. Due to my SR in December i got a letter, "background check remains open", which means im sitting in FBI. By common timelines of NOA1 5/18, i have been sitting in background check for 3 months now. No touches, no RFE's. As a matter of fact, i have had no touches on the 130 or K3 since NOA1 was generated.

On 1/4 I contacted both Senators and my Congressman for constituent services, and all are investigating. It seems my case is in the unfortunate 1-5% of cases that just seem to float around for no reason.

Of course i go mad sometimes. I am alone with my 3 kids from my prior marriage, so i have to stay strong. Dora too is suffering for she rented her flat on a long term lease and moved back with her widower father for what we thought would be a short time. Sadly, we are greatly mistaken.

But for those of you around 180 days with no approval, be strong. Our marriages are stronger than this process. As a matter of fact, i believe that this suffering is purifying my love for Dora. Let us all endure, and prevail over this. May the peace of the Lord be with all of you.

-jamie

Hang in there, we are sorry you are stuck there, but apparently you are not the only one. You have probably read GOGO's posts and he is on the same boat. He has contacted everyone in our goverment and they just cant help him. Have patience my friend and I hope this is over for you soon.

[Mari_S 1]

Huhuhuhuhuhuhu! Approved Dec 12 by USCIS however our petition hasn't reached the NVC yet...more than a month has passed....huhuhuhuhuhuhu...

anyone on the same boat???

[YGandMAT 0]

Huhuhuhuhuhuhu! Approved Dec 12 by USCIS however our petition hasn't reached the NVC yet...more than a month has passed....huhuhuhuhuhuhu...

anyone on the same boat???

Hello MariEnMichelle, It's great that you have been approved. Our petition took about 3 weeks to make it to NVC. I called and called NVC to see if they had received our petition and nothing, so what I did is I called USCIS through the RFE line and asked them if they could check in their system if our petition had been sent to NVC or not. The first time I called USCIS through the RFE line they told me they had not forwarded our petition to NVC, that it was still in NVC "Staging area" and then a week passed and I called again (RFE line) and they told me that our petition had been sent to NVC (and they gave me the exact date). So then I called NVC and YEP, they had our petition. So If I were you I would check by calling USCIS. BEst of luck.

[AGarcia 0]

I am still waiting, but I only filed my I-130 in July. I waited six weeks to send my I-129F so I think I made a mistake doing that.

[steve&mary 1]

We are also still waiting. It is so frustrating not knowing when I will see my husband again.

[Nita&Assaad 0]

I haven't heard anything either. I miss my hubby so much.

I understand you,

Me too!

DARN, I'm also waiting! Nothing yet, no news. Anymore July filers out there still waiting? Or is there only a few of us?

I HAVEN'T HEARD nothing either

Our Timeline

November 18 2005 - Met my habebe, my soulmate online

February 2006 – Engaged

April 2006 – May 2006 – In Lebanon

May 13, 2006 – Got married to my love

May 14, 2006 – Came back to US 

July 12, 2006 – September 2006 (my love left Lebanon because of War)

November 20, 2006 - Submitted I-130 (I was Permanent US Resident)

December 25 – January 19, 2007 – Went to Egypt for our honeymoon and visit Family

July 24, 2007 – Finally became US Citizen after 15 months of waiting

July 24, 2007 – Sent I-129F (K-3 Visa) to Chicago Lock Box

July 24, 2007 – Called USCIS to upgrade I-130 to US Citizen Status

1.22.08 - Waiting

I - 130

sent: 11. 20. 2006

NOA1: 11. 28. 2006 (notice date)

7.24. 2007 touched (called to Upgrade)

8.24. 2007 touched (call)

9.24.2007 – Received notice that status was upgraded on July 24, 2007 to US Citizen Status

10. 26. 2007 -Touched (call)

11.27.07 – Sent letter to my congressman to open Inquiry to check status

12.13.07 – Congressman replied stating that he would look into my petitions

12.13.07 – Called USCIS asking for service request, person who took my call made a mistake and thought I was the Beneficiary and service request was denied per email

1.4.08 – Received another letter from my congressman telling me that he had heard back from USCIS and that it would take additional 45 days to find out anything 

1.4.08 – Called USCIS to request another service request stating that first request was not my fault (I yet to heard anything on that request)

1.15.08 – Noticed that both my Petitions were touched on this date – yeahhh I pray to GOD that we hear something soon!!

1.15.08 – send Case Problem submission to CIS Ombudsman

1.22.08 – Waiting

1.31.08 – Traveling to be with my Habebe, My love Can't wait any longer!!!

I - 129F (K3)

sent: 07.24. 2007

NOA1: 08. 24. 2007 (notice date), they will go with the date 8.1.07 (date it was in their mailroom)

8.24.2007 – I-130 and I-129F were combine at the California Service Center

9.24.07 – Touched (call)

10.26.07 – Touched (call)

11.27.07 – Sent letter to my congressman to open Inquiry to check status

12.13.07 – Congressman replied stating that he would look into my petitions

1.4.08 – Received another letter from my congressman telling me that he had heard back from USCIS and that it would take additional 45 days to find out anything 

1.4.08 – Called USCIS to request another service request for I-130 stating that first request was not my fault (I yet to heard anything on that request) I have to wait 20 more days to submit one for I-129F

1.15.08 – Noticed that both my Petitions were touched on this date – yeahhh I pray to GOD that we hear something soon!!

1.15.08 – send Case Problem submission to CIS Ombudsman

1.22.08 – Waiting

1.31.08 – Traveling to be with my Habebe, My love Can't wait any longer!!

[Firstenburg 0]

DARN, I'm also waiting! Nothing yet, no news. Anymore July filers out there still waiting? Or is there only a few of us?

I'm still waiting too!! And no word yet. Not a single one!!!

The wait has been horrible as you all know. The worst is that there are at least 4 couples I know of via this site that submitted their apps 2-3 weeks before me in late June, and were all approved on 11/28/2007. WHY THE DISPARITY IN PROCESSING TIMES????????

I've called USCIS several times and each time the answer is the same: Until 180 days have passed they can give me NO information. My case hasn't even been touched! And I'm getting upset and frustrated. I feel for all of you more than myself because at least I've been blessed to be able to work remotely from Brazil and spend approx every other month with my wife. I work in software and can do my job over the internet. What a beautiful blessing!! But the wait is unacceptable! I want more information from USCIS! They have it - WHY WON'T THEY SHARE IT????????

Visa processing is a queue-based system. why can't we at least know where we're at in the queue??? Wouldn't that TINY BIT OF INFORMATION make the wait much much much easier to bear?? Because then we could at least prepare mentally for the wait, knowing where we're at.

*uhg*

[gsieffe 0]

They can't give any information even after 180 days. By NOA1 notice date, I hit 180 days on Jan 14th. All CSC will say is call back in 30 days or that the 180 days is an estimate only. They have no information they are willing to share or are too lazy to do some research.