Hi All,

If they recieve my I-129F today or tomorrow, I'm on the Feb filer ship but if they recieve it on the 1st, am I considered a March filer on the site ... ???

Good luck too all

Yea I did too but I think im in a dusty old box now lol

Well we wont kick you out if you want to be a Feb...

It should be from the NOA1 reciept... that sould be the date they officially cataloged your file and the wait begins...

I've been hearing a lot about Sunday touches...hopefully that means they're working on the weekends to get caught up!

Welcome MissingHer! I think you could just hang out with both of us.

If they receive it tomorrow you'll only be on the Feb filer list once every 4 years

This gets talked about a lot - who's in what month. Igor's list uses the mailing date as being the most consistently accurate. The NOA1 date that people enter seems to have a lot of inconsistencies - not with the date on the NOA1, just the number people enter. Go wherever you feel more comfortable - better yet, be active in both, there's lots of good people here. Congrats on getting it all together. Now you get to sit back and relax for a bit.

Off to the races on 2-27-2008 VSC.

YAY FOR YOU!

congrats and welcome to the madness we all know!

Thanks for the replies and hellos... this site will definitely make this process a lot more bearable for me .... A+ and two thumbs up.

Welcome MissingHer, glad to see another CSC. Vermont seems to be working so much faster.

Welcome ... and here's to a speedy journey



Agreed -- I filed at the end of January, but my NOA1 was February, so I kind of hang out in both the January & February threads

Anyhow ... Welcome and here's to a speedy NOA2

Based on NOA1 and the received date, I think I would also need to be active in the February filers thread. I hope everybody is hanging on tight... February filers day is coming. Next week would be march already, who knows we will be seeing february approvals then.

God speed everyone.

Woohoo! I just got home from work & my NOA1 hard copy was waiting for me

Yayyyyyy! Now you don't have to try and decipher the numbers on the back of the check!!!!

Congrats!

congrats on the noa1. I hope your case number is as clear as clear can be on that noa1 so you could set up account with USCIS site now.

Much speed on your visa journey

Good luck to all Feb filers.

Have a feeling that we'll get our files approved very soon. Don't know why but I feel it. If this happens, all febs owe me 10 bucks each.

I know the feeling! But I keep thinking "well...if everyone I see is at VSC that must mean that CSC's workload is going to drop and they'll speed WAY up...right?...right?"

Very true, I didn't think of it that way! Always think positive right?

Ok...lemme start off with today has been one of those BAD days. The ones where everything we're doing seems so hopeless. Like my visa is never going to be approved. Where the idea of how much time we have to wait seems so overwhelming and I just need to rant for a minute to people who will understand how frustrating this is. I just took a look at my timeline and the estimated date has changed...to LATER in August than it said earlier today. I thought those dates were supposed to get CLOSER to now...not farther away. I am so frustrated with this entire process. I have a friend who went through the fiance visa hoops about 6 years ago and while they were waiting for the approval a cousin of hers had his foreign fiancee just move to the US, they got married, got a lawyer, and she was legal and working within 30 days. Well...why in the world am I bothering to do this the legal way when there are essentially no repercussions for doing it the wrong way...I can come up with lawyer money if that's what I need to do. I'm not really going to do that because I really do feel that I need to go through the paces and do it right...it's just infuriating to know that if I threw out my regard for the law I could have my love here with me. It's like being punished for doing the right thing.

COngrats, and I know how you feel now
Good Luck

I know how you feel also, but Im glad that I will have peace of mind of doing it the correct way.

Hey, keep smiling and hoping!

Since i filled my timeline it change often sometime its closer sometime no. Its just and average from others filling. Its not real information from USCIS.
I understand, almost every day i think that something will happens and that i will not have the visa.
Its really hard, and yes around me there's nobody who can really understand what i feel exactly. I can't get all of that out of my head from the time i wake up to the time i fall asleep every day.
Its long and hard, even we just started.
We will have our visas.

Hugs

Yoko

I can understand the frustration as can many others. This isn't easy and unfortunately most people don't understand the real stress it causes. Aside from those of you here on this board I have no one else I can really talk to in regards to this whole process. My family doesn't know for the most part only because I just recenlty ended my marriage. They want me to wait but how can I when I know this is right? So you guys are it for me on those days when I know I'll feel helpless while waiting for some person in an office who has no clue of what we go through decides to finally approve our application. It makes me think of the movie The Terminal. How one small colored stamp means so much to the person awaiting entry. The movie took on a whole new meaning to me when i began this journey.

To all my fellow VJers. Keep up hope, keep the smiles going with the knowledge that there is an end to this whole thing and it results in being with our loved one for good.

Keep smiling and remember theres usually more touches and approvals at weekends

My check just got cashed... yes!! I feel much better now.

good luck with your journey

I think the first month, and probably the last month are the hardest. That estimated adjudication date moves a lot. When I started (1/29 NOA1 date) My estimated adjudication date was 8/6. It then moved up 1 day, down one day, etc. Things actually started moving about two weeks ago when the CSC cleared got over a lot of outstanding files from July (the famous July rush before the fees went up), and my date began getting closer. I'm now at July 22, but I expect (ok... pray) that it will ultimtely hit June 22. Those projected timelines are based on the past - not the future. See where you stand in 30 days, I guarantee it will be better than it is today. Keep smiling, even if it's with clenched teeth.

Yep they are only based on the timelines in VJ, mine started saying 18th June and now says 26th May but thats only because of the quick approvals

wanna trade?

No kidding! I'd give a kidney and possibly a lung to have your timeline Sappy!

Stop raising the ante....I think he was considering it.

I'm not sure I was kidding! Especially about the kidney...I've got two, that's one extra!

Ha Ha but it doesnt mean i will get approved quickly, someone on here is in November filer in vermont and still waiting for approval. So there doesnt seem to be any reason to know why some get appoved quickly and some dont. If you know let me know lol

take a look at the CSC approvals. They seem to be just getting started on September.

Well the only thing i know that could possibly slow it down once the file is in someone's hands is the name checking. More common names could slow the process down. Then again, there are probably a multitude of reasons!

Here's hoping we all get speedy approvals!!!!!

I had a general question about the K-1 Visa. Do you guys know how long it's valid for after it gets approved?

From what I've read:

Beneficiary has 6 months to use it once the Visa is issued. Then once in the US, the 90 day timer starts to get married.

Thanks a bunch. 6 months is good.

Well, I know it's not that big a deal, but my fiancé hasn't got his NOA1 yet, though he sent the petition on Feb 7... He knows the check was cashed OK, but without the NOA1 we can't register to the USCIS site and check the progress of our case. I don't know where the problem may lie.. He'll probably call them in the next few days to ask what's wrong. I think it may have got lost in the mail, and if there are any such problems in the area where he lives, we'd better find out as soon as possible.

If he wrote them a check he should be able to get the tracking number off the back of it. It's sideways at the bottom of the endorsement section. It starts with three letters.

just wait a few more days. They received our petition Feb. 13, 2008 and we got the NOA1 in the mail on Feb. 25! That took long, most what I've read here in the Feb.filer, they all received their NOA1 within 4-7 days after USCIS received their petition. You can try to call them, but in the forum they say it doesn't really bring you a whole lot of answers cuz nobody knows who is working on your case. But you can give it a shot tho.
I am sure you'll have it in the mail by next week. It's prolly already on it's way to you

Good Luck to all Filers!

oh and what I just thought of ...Feb. 18 was President's day...so they didn't work!

Ehm I read a few postings and some filers were talking about getting the stuff transcript ready to sent to your Fiancees. I am the beneficary and I am leaving country in 3 weeks. Untill then I wanna prepare my Fiance with the documents he needs to sent me before I go to the Interview. What documents are you exactly talking about? And where can I get them. Can anybody help?

If thats the case I should have said my name was Mr. Barky von Schnowser

I wanna be touched, come on pick up my dusty file and do something with it. lol

Did you get your nao1 yet so you can track your application, or did you work out those numbers

Hello everyone!
I'm a February filer me too, very end of February lol
I was wondering if they always send us an email for NOA1, or if some only received the hard copy of NOA1. My fiance didn't get anything yet so far but we saw the check was cashed.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;page=k1guide

If you scroll down on the guide there is a section for what to send the beneficiary. Good luck!




He/She will be getting something in 'snail' mail as well.

Good luck!

Hi there and welcome to VJ.

We didnt get anything by email for the nao1 just the hard copy in the post.

Once you get that and can subcribe to the uscis site you can select to get email notifications.

Good luck with your journey.

Sal and Jay

Have you got it yet? I would agree with the last digits being 9952673. Of the three questionable digits, the first two are 08 (it's just the year), and I'll take a shot that the third digit is 4? If it's not 4, there are only 9 other possibilities!

The petitioner has 6 months to use it. Once it's been stamped at the POE it is no longer valid for entry. You'll have 3 months to marry from that point.

Yup!! thanks I got the NOA1 hard copy on last Thursday