Just when I was about to give up looking for a week or so 2 emails came into my inbox about 15 mins ago from CRIS. It was the approval notice for both the I-129f and I-130. I cant believe they actually approved both after all we have heard recently about K-3's not going through. So this is good news for all of us at VSC as something has finally happened!
I'm just scared I'm gonna wake up in a minute and it was a dream! I was getting really stressed and down about the whole thing.
It has also been updated on the case status online.
Cheers
Dave

Hi Dave,

Congratulations to you and to your wife.

Shape

Thank you Shape!
I am very happy, my wife doesnt know yet! Will tell her after she finishes work later today.
Going out for a run now to clear my head!
Thanks to everyone for the support on this site. Only part of the journey done though!
Cheers
Dave

This is a very interesting development. Please keep us informed as to whether only one, which one, or both petitions are actually sent to NVC. The wording of your NOA2's will give a clue.

Congrats!!!!!!!!

Dave, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im happy for you.
Paris Heart

Congrats!! hardest part is over!


Should I send my 129? to make them move their arses?

EXXXXCCCCELLLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks like VSC is doing something, things are changing, Lets get another one for today VSC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations again Dave.

CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!! I'm so pleased for my fellow Cornishman !!!!!
Dave, I'm just preparing my next post in the CR1/IR1 forum .... I've got something to share too

congratulations

Congratulations !!!!!

Thank you all! I really must tell my wife! We are 5 hours ahead here in England and she is at work. I'll leave a message on her cell phone and speak to her later. Sarah - what is you news?!!! Good news I hope.
A positive move from Vermont is bloody good news for all of us. Lets us the floodgates open and VSC approvals pour in - as well of course as all approvals. Just know we have had a raw deal at VSC recently.

Congratulations!!!This is such a good news!!!I'm so happy for you and now at least I know that K3 is showing some signs of life at VSC!!!Congrats again!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I am soooo happy another filer from VSC backlog APPROVED, good luck on the rest of ur journey.

Congratulations !!!

Im so happy for all the VSC filers.

Dave that is FANTASTIC!!!!!

It is so good to see this happy smiley finally!

And OMG I just now see you're at Vermont? YES happy smiley for the rest of us K-3 filers, cuz K-3 isn't dead at Vermont afterall!!
Do you realise you're the first VSC I-129F for K-3 approval posting on this forum in many many months?

You just made my weekend.

Brilliant WOOHOO!!
Cat

It made my weekend too Catt. And without wanting to sound cheesy because of being so happy right now, I am pleased it makes others happy too and gives hope. Especially the K-3 being approved. That was unexpected and a real shock!
Thanks to all for the well wishes. Come on VSC - it's time to approve lots more now.

Of course it made your weekend you got approved!!
(sorry, i'm just really happy for you and the rest of us. Drinks all 'round.)

CONGRATS, YOU HAVE WAITED A LONG TIME.
PECKY

congratulations. VSC is moving well. I hope the remaining Aug-NOv will be done soon
BNM

pecky....should we be courageous enough to hope???

CONGRATS!!! It seems as if they are finally processing cases stuck in Vermont since August/September '07. And seeing that someone from England was waiting that long made me wonder how long will the rest of us poor souls have to wait . Feels good that they are trying to process applications that have been there the longest, it's only fair, and seeing it gives hope to many, this is about knowing that VSC will honor the date applications were received. Keep going VT, I think everybody here is rooting for you guys, let's catch up with the 'westside boys' -the CSC...

congratulationssss!!! a big heart congrats to u and ALL PPL waiting at VSC

i gues i was the last approval out of VSC in april for cri1 my i129f did not get apprvoed
ur the first

and all this patience for waitin is gona pay off soon!!

im so hapy for uuu an dlooks like VSC isss gona rock and roll!!!

hopefuly eveyrone gets their aprovals soon!!

awesome news!!!!!! and NV C is a BREEZE now!!! so get ready for ur spouses guyssssss and gals!!!

Congratulations! We were also approved today on both forms. It came at the right time when both of us were starting to think we wouldn't get approved for another 6 months. Fortunately she was home for lunch when I found out so I could tell her right away. I'm on cloud 9 at the moment.

Maybe VSC were told they would get Memorial day off if they approved x amount of cases today!

WOW another I-129F for K-3 approval at Vermont?? Fantastic!

I guess Paris' officer on the phone was spot on!

Yesssssssss! VSC is now moving. Nice one Bob&Hazel getting approved on both petitions today too. That is excellent news for us and everyone else at Vermont. So now there is real hope for everyone and it's the happiest day I've had in ages. My wife now knows too (time difference made it take a while to get hold of her as she was at work) and she is really happy too. I have just come in from having a couple of beers with my housemate to celebrate approval as he has had to listen to my bitching for months.
Come on VSC - keep it coming now.
Cheers all.
Dave

congratssssss

Congratulations Bob & Hazel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Glad they are finally moving, now people wont think I was kidding about what VSC officer said to me the other day on phone, ha ha.
Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best wishes.
Paris Heart

holy shnickies! 2 approvals. this is good news. CONGRATS!!

well, guys i hope they start moving through the backlog. this is definitely promising news.

however, not to be a sour puss but what if they are just approving 2 or 3 petitions just to make us believe that they have started working on the I-130s and I-129fs? just started thinking earlier that perhaps they that know we are all waiting and have been waiting for a long time and by doing one or two it may restore our faith in vsc, but in actuality, the will still let the I-129fs and I-130s sit in the back room collecting dust.

i don't know, maybe it's just paranoia, but i'm just having awful thoughts and not to mention, driving my wife crazy by running through these scenarios with her over the phone.

anyhow, i hope i am dead wrong and we start seeing some approvals come our way.

Congratulations!!!

Strangely enough I sent my wife those details last night trying to give her hope, she didn't believe it as it didn't say when changes were going to be made, it could be within the next year for all we knew. But then tonight it all happened. Talking to other staff they said it could be 4-6 months on Tuesday. Just as everything seemed lost a glimmer of hope has been restored. Our case was touched yesterday for the first time since Feb, and that was only the I129f that was touched. At 1pm this afternoon the I130 still had no activity since Feb, then 2 hours later we were approved.

Good luck to everyone!

I know how you are feeling. I was getting the same way. I even considered applying for a position at my work that would require me to stay until March 2009. I was honestly thinking it would take that long for this visa. Even tonight in the car home I was thinking it could be another year at least.

We went through all the scenarios as well right from the beginning waiting for our NOA1, thinking that it might be lost, then when we were giving up hope my wife got it in the mail on New years eve. Then we didn't know what was happening with the NOA2, I was expecting a RFE as we didn't send and supporting evidence (Joint bank account etc), but we got approval anyway.

Hang in there, it will happen. Actually looking at what I just said, give up hope and they will surprise you!

Bob,
Well Im glad it end well for you today since you told your wife of the news I reported the other day. For a while I was expecting some VJ posters to show up at my house this weekend with axes, torches and sticks, yelling "Burn the lieing Witch" oh well.
Now breath and relax, its all down hill from here.
Paris Heart

You mean that wasn't your house I was at? I got some explaining to do!

OOOPPPPPPSSSSSSS, glad I removed the name and address off the mail box.
Have a bang up weekend, and enjoy the feeling of the approval. Im so happy for everyone today who got their wishes.Best of luck everyone who is approved and still waiting, our time will be here.
God Bless & Happy Memorial Day folks.
Paris Heart

Oh man!! that's good news!!! congrats to the 2 approved couples!!

Will I be next?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

For crying out loud I think I am the one waiting the longest.
If my 129F is approved as well as the I130, I will be crying for real!! WITH HAPPINESS!

The officer working my case asked for an extension with the cases that are on his desk. He is working on July 5th. I'm July 12.
Sounds like a load of dookie to me.
I heard it with my own ears......I was there when the congressman's office phoned to the congressional liason today.
He better step it up!

That's great, Congratulations to you both!!!

CONGRATULATIONS Cornishman! Im so happy for you!!! You give us too much hopes because it means our I-129F is just waiting at VSC. Our I-130 was approved on May 5th, and our Immigration Lawyer called USCIS and per them its not cancelled but just pending. Goodluck to the rest of your journeys. Cheers!

YAY! that's great! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

PiNk

Congratulations to both of you Dave / Bob& hazel.
I feel my turn is coming, i have similar timeline to Dave, I-130 recieved on 9/11/07 with no touch since 02/24/08.
I hope to hear good news by next week. My weeding ceremony is scheduled July26, so if i am very very lucky (which I start to doubt with uscis) we'll be back together to the US in mid August.
Thanks to all of you VJs for updating us with good news (and bad news as well, it help clarify things)
Abdou

Congratz!!!!

Jonbless, I really hope you get approval right now as it's crazy how long you have waited. It must be coming. I was thinking about you when we got our approval. I mean we have waited a LONG time, and then there is your timeline which is way out there. I was just about to give up looking for a week or so and then it arrived, when I least expected it. Keep your head up and stay positive - when you post your approval on VJ there are gonna be a hell of a lot of people happy for you guys.
As a teacher here in England I am now on half-term break for a week so wont be checking in much, no internet at my parents where I'm staying for the week! So thanks again for all the support and congratulations and when I sign back in I expect to see a lot more VSC approvals. It's our time now!
Good luck and Cheers!
Dave

I must have misread that thread then.
Who implied you were lying about the call?
Personally I was just really curious about more specifics of what was said, because this was a positive conversation for a change (unlike the usual call back when you're a gazillion days after our posted processing times).

Thank you! I wish you the best.

Jon

Hi catt,
I got 3 very ugly PM, I was not happy to see them, but seeing all those approvals yesterday was a breath of fresh air.
Good luck, have a nice weekend.
Paris Heart

I don't think anybody even implied she lied about the call but she did fail to deliver any actual information, as promised. There was a perfect opportunity to ask the questions the folks with cases at VSC had on their minds, and we still don't know if those questions were asked and if they were, what answers were given. Other than "We talked a long time about a lot of things and I feel better now." there simply was no actual information about what's going on at VSC contained in any "report" of the 50 minute call.

I simply wish people say they are going to do something, actually do it. The call happene but we got no information about it, not even how she managed to get through to an "officer".

We got more information from the single sentence posted a couple days later by another, indicating both I-130 and I-129F approval notices were emailed. We still have no information about why not a single member's I-129F for spouse got approved at VSC for several months, but we now know one was this week. We don't know if it was an accident/mistake by a new adjudicator or a change in policy we'll see more of going forward.

I don't understand why this question wasn't asked, or if asked, why the answer wasn't provided here.

Two actually. Yesterday two VJ members reported approval of both their I-129F and I-130 petitions for K-3 at Vermont.

I agree with you that this is an interesting development, and the next weeks will hopefully clarify whether or not more I-129F for K-3 are indeed being approved again at that Center.

she was OFFERING help and volunteering what she knew. she didnt owe any of us anything. She simply wanted all of us to feel the hope that it made her feel - so if you thought it was all "fluff" with no real "report" then you didnt have to post a response to her. I for one am thankful that she found hope, did her information give me hope-no...but I am glad it gave her hope and I am more than glad that she wanted us to feel that SAME hope. I dont understand why you are so offended..

Congratulations on your approvals!!! How great is this!!! Friday was a great day for approvals!