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3 hours ago, Hamza90 said:

We are also at 75 days. Hopefully we hear something by next week. 

We are at 86 days. No word. We are on our third inquiry directly to USCIS and our second congressional inquiry.

On 5/26/2023 at 9:14 AM, Ron & Cy said:

This is what I got from my congress man on May 9 : Our records indicate that your constituent’s Form I-129F petition (receipt number WACxxxxxxx) was approved on February 7, 2023, and is now in transit to the National Visa Center, Consular section, for K-1 visa processing. He will receive notification from the U.S. Department of State once the intake of his case has been completed. And more than two weeks later I got the following from my senator: 

"Thank you for your inquiry on behalf of your constituent, *my name*, regarding the I-129F petition filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). In receipt of your inquiry, a thorough review was completed on your constituent’s case. USCIS records show the following:

 

The California Service Center received the I-129F petition back from the National Visa Center on March 21, 2023, for correction/update and the petition has been forwarded back to the National Visa Center (NVC) for processing.

 

          Since USCIS records can confirm that the case will be sent to the NVC, USCIS will no longer have jurisdiction over the approved I-129F petition." 

 

Thanks for your response! I got that first reply a week and a half ago. So I’m hoping to get the second response soon.

Has anyone heard back from their senators and able to get progress? I feel like USCIS is not really taking the time to look into our inquiries. 

in fact, this is what USCIS told my senator:

”Our records indicate that your constituent’s Form I-129F petition was approved on January 20, 2023 and is now being returned to the National Visa Center, Consular section, for K-1 visa processing after correction/review. He/She will receive notification from the U.S. Department of State once the intake of his/her case has been completed.

**we are experiencing a delay with file transfers to the NVC. We are doing everything possible to forward cases to the NVC in a timely manner. There is no standardized time frame for petitions to be scanned into NVC systems after receipt from USCIS. Current working timeframes can be seen at https://nvc.state.gov/timeframes/ . We apologize for the delay and appreciate your continued patience."

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The approval on Jan 20 was our NOA2. They didn’t even acknowledge that our case was sent back to them by the NVC. It feels like they just give a generic answer, seemingly to get our congressional representatives off their back.

5 hours ago, kcpaty said:

I think I've read this elsewhere and it was because USCIS needs to correct something entered incorrectly. I wish I could've found it and linked here for you. Sorry that happened. Also read that if it was their fault you can request to expedite your case. Not sure if that would work but worth a shot. 

Thanks for your reply. We’ll definitely give it a shot. And we’re crossing our fingers that the reason was for what you said, rather than an error on our part. If we receive an RFE after this it’s not gonna be the end of the world, but it will be a big heartbreaker. 

NOA2: Jan 20, 2023

The NVC sent back our case to USCIS on Mar 13, 2023. I checked our USCIS case status and it now says, “Department of State sent case to USCIS for review”.
 

Has anyone seen this before, or know what reason they might’ve sent it back for? My fiancé and I are very worried now, and discouraged after waiting for so long already. Some reassurance or encouragement would be appreciated. Mahalo.