I129F April 2017 filers

[Estibaliz 3,037]

Hello everyone.

 

Starting the thread for April 2017 filers on K1 Visa, just because I'm too impatient (yep, bad thing here :P) to wait for someone else to do so.

 

We sent our package 30th March and it's expected to arrive to the PO Box today, 1st April, so I consider us to be April filers, since our case will be touched by USCIS first time in the current month.

 

Hoping the NOA1 doesn't take too long to have our receipt number, and that we can get the NOA2 by July the latest, seeing how things are moving right now... though I've noticed there's a substantial amount of January filers, which I guess it could affect our wait and timeline.

 

Crossing fingers and wishing good luck to everyone.

[KULtoATL 1,551]

Not an April filer but would like to wish everyone luck

 

When you receive your NoA1, check all the details listed of the petitioner and beneficiary. Contact USCIS if there are any mistakes for the names, dates of birth etc. USCIS has a e-Request portal here https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/Intro.do

 

After receiving your NoA1 hardcopy, don't forget to update your VJ timeline. Refer to the hardcopy's notice date.

 

For your information, all I-129F submissions are sent to CSC now so your service center should be updated as CSC on your timeline. Your NoA1 will bear a WAC receipt number. If your case is transferred out of CSC later, you will then receive a new and subsequent notice (not the NoA1) stating where it is transferred to. 

 

Consider signing up for a myUSCIS account here https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/displayLogon.do. This page is useful when you want to check your case status. However, there's not much to see at the NoA1 stage as there won't be any updates until they start adjudicating it. At NoA1 stage, it just tells you the same thing as the text, e-mail and hardcopy. But if your case is transferred out, there would obviously be an update online (corresponding with the new notice) in between the NoA1 and NoA2.

 

While waiting for your NoA2, refer to the VJ guide http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1guide to find out what documentation you need to prepare for the K-1 stage.

 

Always refer to the official websites to download or complete the latest forms as well as to find out about the fees. 

 

USCIS forms: https://www.uscis.gov/forms

 

USCIS fee schedule: https://www.uscis.gov/g-1055

 

DS-160: https://ceac.state.gov/genniv/

 

Best of luck and congratulations in advance on your NoA1 and subsequently, your NoA2.

[Estibaliz 3,037]

Thank you for all the information, always nice to have a reminder and quick recap.

 

So I should be here saying I've already got my NOA1 or at least eagerly waiting for it... But NO.

 

I know this is a waiting game, but having a bit of a hard time already because I'm not sure what's happening with our petition in the mail.

 

My fiance sent it via USPS Priority Mail and the estimated delivery was Saturday (04/01). It actually arrived to the destination facility that day, but 24 hours early we got the dreaded "In Transit- Delayed" message that automatically shows up after a day non scanning a package.

 

It's been like that for 4 days already, no update whatsoever, which means it has been 'untouched' for 5 days. My fiance insured and asked for a signature, which the lady at the post office said it's ok even being a PO Box.

 

I know this happens sometimes, but this is starting to be too long. If it was me in the States I would have called them already, but I think we are waiting till Friday and see what happens (yes, I'm the impatient one and he's the cool one in this couple). Just the waiting is being hard because of the uncertainty of what's happening...

 

I didn't sign for an extra wait in this long process :/ Thank you, USPS! I guess my piece of advice for now is go for another courier...

[Estibaliz 3,037]

UPDATE: 5 minutes ago I got an update on our package saying it's at the post office and should be delivered today.

 

So I guess my plan worked... I've seen other people getting updates on their delays right after ranting about it in some public forum. Incredibly enough that has just worked for me, or so I hope. Must be some kind of cosmic law!

[KULtoATL 1,551]

It's great to hear that your package would be delivered today After it's delivered, you might have to wait for at least a couple of days to receive a text and e-mail if you guys sent in the G-1145. Thereafter, you'll need to wait a few more days before you get the hardcopy. It's all a waiting game now.

[Estibaliz 3,037]

2 minutes ago, KULtoATL said:

It's great to hear that your package would be delivered today After it's delivered, you might have to wait for at least a couple of days to receive a text and e-mail if you guys sent in the G-1145. Thereafter, you'll need to wait a few more days before you get the hardcopy. It's all a waiting game now.

Thank you! 

 

I know. I'm fine with that even if it's more than a couple of days for the text/email (yes, we sent the G-1145).

 

What I wasn't dealing well with was the uncertainty of being completely clueless about what was happening... and imagining the worst case scenarios 

 

Still keeping my fingers crossed so they really deliver today and ready to welcome the waiting game.

[mytruelove18 608]

hello i am march filer, but my cousine is april filer.

his packet ws delivered today, her fiance the usc sent the packet on march 24 arrived to Dalas on tuesday 28 but was delayed for delivered and finally they delivered today.

he could be marrch filer bur usps made them be april filer.

good luck to every body here

[KULtoATL 1,551]

20 minutes ago, Estibaliz said:

Thank you! 

 

I know. I'm fine with that even if it's more than a couple of days for the text/email (yes, we sent the G-1145).

 

What I wasn't dealing well with was the uncertainty of being completely clueless about what was happening... and imagining the worst case scenarios 

 

Still keeping my fingers crossed so they really deliver today and ready to welcome the waiting game.

 

6 minutes ago, mytruelove18 said:

hello i am march filer, but my cousine is april filer.

his packet ws delivered today, her fiance the usc sent the packet on march 24 arrived to Dalas on tuesday 28 but was delayed for delivered and finally they delivered today.

he could be marrch filer bur usps made them be april filer.

good luck to every body here

Not sure where the USCs are from but the southeast area is experiencing bad weather with tornado watch and what not. 

 

Either way, it's always a relief when USCIS gets our petitions They'll be scanning the packages and sending out NOA1s as they go.

[USC1961 251]

On 4/1/2017 at 4:19 AM, Estibaliz said:

Hello everyone.

 

Starting the thread for April 2017 filers on K1 Visa, just because I'm too impatient (yep, bad thing here :P) to wait for someone else to do so.

 

We sent our package 30th March and it's expected to arrive to the PO Box today, 1st April, so I consider us to be April filers, since our case will be touched by USCIS first time in the current month.

 

Hoping the NOA1 doesn't take too long to have our receipt number, and that we can get the NOA2 by July the latest, seeing how things are moving right now... though I've noticed there's a substantial amount of January filers, which I guess it could affect our wait and timeline.

 

Crossing fingers and wishing good luck to everyone.

Thanks for creating this thread.  I'm surprised no one else is an April filer.  It seems February has quite a few.   We will be sending out our packet out this week and will keep you updated.  Molta sort!

[Jasmayne 58]

Hey everyone!

Thanks estibaliz for starting this thread. 

We sent our package on March 27th from overseas so I'm hoping to finally get noa1 anytime soon.

Good luck to everyone!

[Estibaliz 3,037]

1 hour ago, Cruise77 said:

Thanks for creating this thread.  I'm surprised no one else is an April filer.  It seems February has quite a few.   We will be sending out our packet out this week and will keep you updated.  Molta sort!

Good luck with your petition and lots of patience along the way  It will be great to know about your journey. Hopefully sharing will keep us all sane.

 

I thought there was a lot of filers for January but it turned out I was mistaken for what more veteran people are saying. Apparently with the new fee there was a lot of invalid petitions that month from petitions that didn't update their payments, so probably that affected February and subsequent months.

 

1 hour ago, Jasmayne said:

Hey everyone!

Thanks estibaliz for starting this thread. 

We sent our package on March 27th from overseas so I'm hoping to finally get noa1 anytime soon.

Good luck to everyone!

You are all welcome. I did it for myself because I wanted to start sharing and feeling less alone 

 

Good luck to you too. Hopefully we all hear something soon.

Edited April 9, 2017 by Estibaliz

[M&K2010 26]

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and my fiancé and I are April filers now. Originally March filers but we sent the incorrect fee, for some reason he wrote $530 instead of $535 on his check. So anyways, they sent the package back and it was resent to the Dallas Lockbox April 3rd, 2017 and it was received April 5th, 2017. Fiancé just received Text message today with Receipt number and that the official receipt notice (I-797) is to follow in the mail. Happy to know that the visa is finally starting in the processing stages. Wishing all the filers a smooth process & thankful to have you all during on this journey with us. All I know is it will all be worth it, specially when we don't ever have to say goodbye at an airport again. 😊😍

 

p.s thank you for starting the thread Estibaliz  

Edited April 12, 2017 by M&K2010

[Estibaliz 3,037]

24 minutes ago, M&K2010 said:

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and my fiancé and I are April filers now. Originally March filers but we sent the incorrect fee, for some reason he wrote $530 instead of $535 on his check. So anyways, they sent the package back and it was resent to the Dallas Lockbox April 3rd, 2017 and it was received April 5th, 2017. Fiancé just received Text message today with Receipt number and that the official receipt notice (I-797) is to follow in the mail. Happy to know that the visa is finally starting in the processing stages. Wishing all the filers a smooth process & thankful to have you all during on this journey with us. All I know is it will all be worth it, specially when we don't ever have to say goodbye at an airport again. 😊😍

 

p.s thank you for starting the thread Estibaliz  

You are welcome and congrats on your NOA1. 

 

We are still waiting for ours to come, not even check cashed out yet. Really hoping for tomorrow or at least this week, since the petition arrived a day later than yours. But starting to think the world is against us on this somehow and we'll have to get used to delays and more than average waits.

 

Oh well... 

[Jasmayne 58]

44 minutes ago, Estibaliz said:

You are welcome and congrats on your NOA1. 

 

We are still waiting for ours to come, not even check cashed out yet. Really hoping for tomorrow or at least this week, since the petition arrived a day later than yours. But starting to think the world is against us on this somehow and we'll have to get used to delays and more than average waits.

 

Oh well... 

Congrats on your NOA1, @M&K2010

@Estibaliz I feel ya, also still waiting for NOA1😕  

But well, this is just the very beginning. Wishing everyone tons of patience and even more luck. 

 

[M&K2010 26]

4 hours ago, Estibaliz said:

You are welcome and congrats on your NOA1. 

 

We are still waiting for ours to come, not even check cashed out yet. Really hoping for tomorrow or at least this week, since the petition arrived a day later than yours. But starting to think the world is against us on this somehow and we'll have to get used to delays and more than average waits.

 

Oh well... 

Thank you so much! 😊

Try to stay positive, (I know easier said than done sometimes) I know for myself I was stressing so much and when we finally called and we were told we sent the wrong fee and that they were returning our package, I felt defeated. Although, we have been delayed a month now cause original package was sent at the beginning of March, I have faith in the process. We all need to try and stay positive and have patience cause all will work out 🙂

 

Enjoy your day & hoping your NOA1 notification comes today!