doyle1292

Hi All,

Hoping someone can provide some insight. The CSC approved our i129f on July 29, 2018 and the i797 states that the petition was forwarded to the NVC in Portsmouth, NH. Approximately how long does it take for the petition to arrive at the NVC? Does USCIS take their time in mailing the package and is there a way to confirm that it has, in fact, been mailed? I've called the NVC and they've yet to receive anything.

Thanks!

Cameron

On 8/3/2018 at 2:16 PM, Kyle&Ana said:

when u checked on both websites new and old say that is aprroved :

Please let us know if this fact is true this is really important:

 

Old site:

https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do

 

New site:

https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov/

 

u can check with your WACXXXXXXX number!

 

Thank you!

 

There is no update on my case on what you've listed as "Old site"- it still only says the the petition was received.

"New site" shows that my case has been approved.

1 minute ago, Kyle&Ana said:

Did u expedite your case?

Nope

3 minutes ago, Paulo-Ayen said:

Is i797 the NOA1? If it is, it's just telling you that they received your Application but that is not the approval of the Application yet. Correct me if I'm wrong. 

You are wrong :)

It is 100% NOA2. I have already received NOA1. This letter states that the petition has been approved (not just received like NOA1), and it specifically states “The USCIS has completed all action, further inquiries should be directed to the NVC.”

24 minutes ago, Snicda said:

Hey is there any difference between i797 and i797 c because we got i797 c form and i guess thats our NOA 1. ??

Check out this link, they are different!

https://www.uscis.gov/i-797-info

7 hours ago, cywrainide said:

Could you elaborate on how did you frontload it? We're all taking tips. 😛

I put everything in the package that I possibly could just due to Cuba being considered a higher fraud risk. I believe that her birth certificate, her police letter, and her medical/vaccination history are the only documents utilized in the entire process (not just USCIS portion) that were not in the package. The folder weighed a little over 7lbs as it included an approximately 100 page Word document of chronologically ordered photographs, each with annotations explaining the date, individuals in the photograph, and what was going on at the moment (many photographs included family members to demonstrate seriousness of the relationship). I also included a Facebook messenger history that took up about 60 Word document pages, with three chat screenshots per page. The messenger history was spaced to show that we communicated in this manner several times a week. A dozen screenshots of video chats were also included. The final large piece of the package was a complete history of phone records to show daily communication, whether long or short phone calls. I use an application called Keku that offers lower calling rates, so I just went on their website and printed the complete call record/transaction history. As far as frontloading goes, I also prematurely included the I-134 affidavit of support along with its evidence (bank letters, employment letter, investment account information, 3 years’ tax transcripts, etc.). I proved the requirement of visiting in the last 2 years with flight reservarion emails and annotated passport stamp photocopies. Like I mentioned earlier, all of this checked a dozen times and placed into an accordion folder with color coded tabs separating sections and then separating the evidence chronologically. My biggest worry was that the nature of the US/Cuban relationship would result in more scrutiny and RFE delays, so I stacked the petition to a laughable point, but because of this I made sure to be extraordinarily organized so it wasn’t just an eyesore that no one wanted to get around to. My goal was to have documentation that would answer absolutely every question or doubt and that it would be broken out in a way that the reviewer could easily find that proof within the package. Fiancée and I are both under 30 years old with no marriage or criminal histories. Hope that helps, good luck!

P.S. To people saying they’ll check online every day, my status online has still not been updated even though the letter was mailed to me five days ago. I checked every day online religiously to no avail, but I accidentally saw that my roommate had collected the mail and left a USCIS letter for me on the dining room table. 

Hi All,

USCIS received my i129f package on 6/29/2018 and approved it on 7/29/2018. I just received the i797 in the mail today (the status did not update on the website yet). I am petitioning to bring my Cuban fiancee to the U.S., and I sent a very much front-loaded and well organized accordion folder as my i129f package. This was sent to the California Service Center and somehow got approved in one month's time- not sure if it was purely luck, or if the very thorough and organized nature of the submission helped. Just figured I'd post here to inspire some hope that the 5-7 month timeline might be shorter than you expect!