yes, that was very sweet of him, Rajaa.. now how much did you bribe him for him to do that? hahaha.. just kidding!!

lol he's just now getting the hang of it.. I think that is his third post now. I love it when he leaves notes for me in places...hehe didn't expect one here though. It's kind of like a treasure hunt... where will he leave the next one???

still no touches since the June 14th linking the 129F and I130 together... I am just hoping that means no RFE

FYI Daisy chain from the phillipens was approved and she filed in April... and yes CSC

well, it gives him something to do.. that's so sweet of him, leaving you notes where you don't expect it!

don't worry about touches, Rajaa.. your time is coming. CSC is moving at a nice pace. K3's are being approved left and right.. CR-1's a little bit slower but at least it is moving. in 2 weeks i will be hitting the 2 month period for the I-130 with no touches. i'm not discouraged. i have set my sites on either august or september for the approval anyways.

FYI also, i told daisychain she was next to be approved and in like a couple of days or within that week she was approved!! weird, eh? hmmm....

wow... now that's a talent you have there.... you might can make some extra cash on the side for that skill... Me as well I figure if I plan for Aug/sep than I won't be discouraged when July goes by and then Aug but if Sept goes by and nothing..... well we'll talk more than

yeah I noticed it seems to be picking up but for some folks nothing???? Hope you sleep well thirdsjen

ooohh!! i need that extra cash!! haha!

had about 4hrs of sleep.. had to get up and go to my dentist appt.. now i'm hoping to go back to sleep cuz i have to work tonight.. hope by the end of the day there will be a couple of approvals!!

There seems to be one for K1 and another K3.. forgot the name lol.... the k3 approval was out of CSC btw

there's another CSC K3 approval? i must still be sleeping.. i didn't see any. hmm, looks like only K3's are getting approved. no CR-1's..

ok Jen, let's not be discouraged and just go to sleep!

don't get discouraged.... I feel things are changing in CSC

yah.. for K3's! WAAAAH!!!!

so cute! i think that the k3's will be very soon!

Hello, the notice date for my I130 is 5/6/2008 and 5/30 for my I129. Thanks for your help. By the way I am located in Washington State.

I haven't had a touch since June 6th... today is the one month anniversary for me for my NOA1 for my I129F and my one month anniversary for the NOA1 on the I130 was last Monday. I was hoping I would be one of the exceptions and things would go super fast... but I bet we all hope that. At least we know that people we see here are getting things moving with theirs.. before we know it ours will be completed too!

yeah than we'll have a May Lifting of Status thread lol...

lol...

Hey to all the May 08' Filers...

Hayyyyyyyy... Where did we all go??

Hi all!!! Kindly add us to your list, Richard and Wilyn. We sent our I-130 last May 6, 2008. I dont know exactly when we received our notice (that they received our application). I'll inform you when once hubby arrives (he's on his way here again-6th trip to the Phils).

How do you know you have been "touched"?

Thanks all!

were alljust waiting result. seems the results from march/april are comign out quickly
go go go!

You get a warm fuzzy feeling.

When you check you staus on-line the date will have changed.

No touches since 06/10/2008 so no warm feelings!

lol that is too funny! I haven't had a touch since 06/06/08... so does that mean I have less warm feelnigs? Just joking. I keep hoping that something will have changed. I am learning patience, but you know what? This lesson is not a fun one! Hang in there!

I hope i'll get "touched" soon! ...hehehe!!!

Patience is a virtue indeed.

What's a girl to do to get touched??

Based on the data im reading here, that vermont service center has entered April. Im hoping for August or Septembr to be approved!

Any feelings about CSC????

Well, my feelings for CSC are that they are great. But I was one of the exceptions who got approved way faster than normal. But they are still way faster than VSC.

I hope the sky isn't too cloudy here in Washington tonight. Me and my daughter plan on going to a park here in Frderal Way to watch the fireworks tonight.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!

august or september will be great...then approx 2 months to get out the NVC..hopefully an interview in Jan...wow!! that wud b a dream come true!!

I'm really hoping to get to China by october, and get the interview ASAP!

well...if I've learned one thing about this process from others is don't hold your breath waiting for what you "think". I hope we're all wrong and we're like Steve lol...........as Napolean Dynamite would say.... "luuuuuuucky"

if your waiting for what you "think", then what can you wait for?

lol....

Now that's something you don't hear every day!!



And that is just what is was, just pure luck!!! I have never been lucky in my life. It's a good time to start.

hey steve, isn't kinda strange or maybe just a coincidence, that the 3 of you on that APRIL thread got approved quite fast? You, Renatchi, and Loolinette.. i should've joined in with you guys at the beginning! maybe i would've gotten lucky too! hehehe!

Ya, I don't know what happened in April, But most of the K3 filers that filed in April at CSC were approved relatively fast.

Wow... that is interesting to know... Hay Steve quick, go buy a lottery ticket!!! now is your time.

it's a conspiracy, i tell ya! hehe.. just kidding!

maybe they had a bet or something.. picked a month.. then just approved everybody who happened to file that month.. (i had to come up with an explanation, illogical and retarded as that may be!)

well at least i made Rajaa laugh..

I was wondering how they came up with how people get approved.. I was wondering maybe they drew months out of a hat... or a social security number that starts with a certain number??? no rythm or reason that I can tell... I was laughing with you not at you thirds_jen... I am in the standard waiting mode with you.

Rajaa.. i wasn't taking any offense.. i was laughing too cuz the service centers just pretty much do whatever they want instead of in order as the petition was received.. or maybe they pick the thinnest file and approve that one since there's not a lot of reading? hehehe!

I have no idea how they do things, and personally, I'm not going to complain. I just hope you all get approved soon also.

And it is May when I should have bought the Lotto Ticket.

if i were in your shoes, i wouldn't complain either! to get approved that fast..

phew oh good.. I've been in MENA a while and you never know how people will take things Anyway, I think your idea of the thinist file sounds good. I've had a divorce so maybe mine is puffed up a bit more than they like. But than again it's not September yet so I should be nice never know who's reading this

Well. I also have had a divorce. And my divorce decree is pretty big due to all of the things we had put in the divorce agreement. So I think that shoots down the thin file thing. Yes, originally when I began this journey, I thought they strictly went by the date received. But now I know that is not so. I have been trying to figure out how they decide which ones to work and which ones to scrutinize more.

But here are some things that I have noticed and suspect:

1. It appears that they approve people filing for K3's faster than stand alone I-130's. And I think that it depends on when you send in the I-130, not the I-129F. Because you will see people who are approved like 3 weeks after the NOA1 for the I-129F, but it is 2 or 3 months after their NOA1 for their I-130.

2. I also suspect that it may have something to do with where the beneficiary lives. If it is a place where they do not suspect much marriage fraud, then they quickly scan the petition and approve it. But if it is a place where thy suspect alot of fraud, they spend more time on it. For me, for example, My wife lives in Buenos Aires. There are very few people in Argentina who petition for family based visas. (Which is something that me and my wife have discussed as to why this is.) So they would suspect less fraud and process it quickly.

3. There are some parts of the world where they may do more security checks on, which will make it take longer.

4. Now, what I do not understand is people who live in a country where they approve quickly but in their case, it takes a long time. I suspect their some people who take a very long time and say there is nothing different with their case, but they are not saying the whole truth. Possibly there is more to their case than they are saying. But this is only a theory!!

* Disclaimer - This is looking at CSC only. I have no idea what is going on at VSC.

But I think that you guys should be approved shortly. It looks like the average for K3's is 2 1/2 to 3 months and the CR1's are an average of 3 to 4 months.

about month without any touches makes me a sad panda
this website says there processing 05/02/2008 I-29Fs at VSC, so I hope as soon as possible!

can i ask what is MENA? don't wanna sound stupid.. hehe

i think it has to do with the beneficiary country too, steve.. the Philippines, i guess, is notorious for fraud in EVERYTHING, not just marriages! that is very sad to say but that's how it has always been..

i only recently applied for citizenship, despite living in this country for 18 years, since i was 11.. (been putting it off cuz i don't know why.. maybe i like carrying my green card around everytime i travel.. ) anyway, my security checks should only take like 1 minute since they already checked me out for the naturalization and my passport. but, i don't know about my husband.. do they do security checks on him too? if they do, then that's what's going to take a while.. see, his grandpa, his dad and his brother are all named the same name.. i don't understand it either.

after i filed the I-130, i looked at the timelines and to see what the difference is between the CR1 and the K3 for the Philippines.. it wasn't much.. but now, every little day and week and month is counting. just really tired of waiting, ya know..



i haven't had any touches since May, shenxu, except for that address change but i made them do that.. but then, you have been waiting longer than me! ok, you may cry.. hehehe.. but ya never know.. you could be next! sometimes, touches are nothing.. you just need that ONE last touch and then your approval letter.

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thanks thirdjens, its really hard being apart for so long! thats why i usually spend all my time in the lab these days. without my wife i have little mood to go out for fun.
VSC go go go!

[/color]we only got a touch in June for linking our I130 and I129f together.... I am really hoping Steve is right.