yeaaaa!!! i was just procrastinating looking at wedding dresses and then decided to check on this group. cOnGraTuLatIOnSSSSSS!!!! so happy for you guys!

Thanks for the info! I will try to be more patient.

Congrats on the approvals...now lets get the rest done so we can move onto February...

Checked the uscis again just a while ago and we already got NOA2 Good luck to all. God is good, he will bless all of us.

I was just wondering if they continue to update our cases on the USCIS website after the NOA2 approval. Do they update it when it arrives at the NVC and when they send it to the embassy?

Congratulations on the approvals!

George

NO, one of the reasons being is that the USCIS is a part of the Department of Homeland Security and NVC and Consulates are a part of the Department of State.

You guys are starting off this Friday right!! Congrats to aitian, bcartr, and rich_kathy on those approvals!!! FINALLY it looks like someone is working the night shift at CSC. Maybe some poor K-1 filer snapped - broke into the processing center, hacked into the system, and just started hitting the "approve" button! Keep on hitting it.

Whooohoooo! Congrats to all with NOA2! Go CSC!

So....do all of the emails go out at the same time? 9:30 Pacific, 12:30 Eastern, etc.

...that means I'd get one at 11:30 because I'm Central....oh...I need to stop analyzing this....

How do people no when it arrives at NVC and then sent to/received by the embassy/consulate? Do we have to wait till we receive the Packet 3 to know where our file is?

Congrats to all!!!!!!!!!!

Looks like CSC only works wednesday thru friday, and milks it on monday and tuesday.

You have to call or email NVC, wait a few days or up to a week before you contact them. It takes a few days for the file to arrive. Sometimes longer. We had a few Dec filers whose files took 3 weeks to get to NVC.

Here is the contact info from the K1 flowchart:

*Two weeks after you receive the NOA2 you can contact the NVC to see if they have received your approved I-129F. You can contact them at 603 334-0700. Their homepage is here. (go to the flow chart and the link is on the word "here") Welcome to the US Department of State! Things move much faster now .

My file got there in 8 days, and I waited about a week to call NVC the first time (not 2, because I'm too impatient). Once they receive your file, you can get your case number which you'll need to schedule the medical exam. You can also start working on all of the paperwork for packet 3.

edited to add info about embassy/consulate: Once you know that your file has left NVC (you can call NVC and ask when it has been shipped out) then you can contact the embassy/consulate a few days after that. Their contact information is under embassy info or on their websites. Just an FYI: our file got to our consulate so fast that we received Packet 3 before I even had a chance to call or email

Good luck to you all!!!!

Karoline

Concerning the medical exam and the police certificate. Who needs this? The USC or the beneficiary? I'm assuming the beneficiary, but please confirm.

Beneficiary needs both. And they need a police cert for each country they have lived in for 6 months or more. You might want to get on that right away because it takes a while for those (police certs) to come in, in some countries


Karoline

lucho562 - check out the region forum for your particular country - most of them have threads about packet 3 and what's required when/how, all that good stuff, so you can get a jump start collecting documents if you want to.

as for the recent NOA2ers, where's the green-with-envy smiley! happy for you, on pins-and-needles for me! arghhhhhh!!!!!! i don't think my tummy can get any more knotted. please something today, pleasssssssssssse!

hey - here's a question (fwaguy, you probably know), on member timelines, when it says your file was approved in X days - is that counting from when it was sent or the NOA1? Must be the sent date right? Or can I just not count, because my own calendar count seem lower than others with the same NOA1 date. Just curious.

Here on VJ I believe it is the send date... On mine it is the number of days between reported NOA1 and NOA2

Ah - okay, makes sense! Thanks for clearing that up.

Now, if only I could get you some more data for your stats . . . . . .

How long is the police certificates valid for? I have heard two conflicting timeframes...3 months and 1 year.

at least you are getting touched.. I am not getting that.. I havent seen a thinng since the 17 of January 2007 when I got my NOA and now its almost May

Lucho,

If you need info about the police certificates and medical send me a PM and I'll let you know. We've talked about it so much on the Colombian club threads that I know this info by heart.

As for everyone else, I've seen A LOT of approvals on the K-3/CR-1 forums. It looks like we're going to end this week with a bang.

Don't lose hope!

Diana

This may be consular specific (but I doubt it). I asked my consulate specifically this question. The response I received was that for there purposes, a PC from ANY country is valid for 1 year.

Ok, gotcha. I will check with the London consulate, just to make sure. So many da#$ ducks to get in a row!!! Each day, after more time than I care to admit to obsessing over this petition, I find out a bit more info. Thanks for your reply.

Check out the UK regional forum. The issue has been discussed there many times.

For 87 total Jan NOA1s,
total 35 NOA2s posted:

NOA2 Week:...CA.NE.TX.TTL
=========================
3/18 - 3/24...0..0..0..0
3/25 - 3/31..11..3..2.16
4/01 - 4/07...5..2..2..9
4/08 - 4/14...3..1..0..4
4/15 - 4/21...2..2..2..6
=========================
...NOA2.TTL..21..8..6.35
JanNOA1.TTL..61.15.11.87

Sigh...
George

SkyMas,

According to your #'s, that is only about 40% approval for January right? And to think that the very first January filer got approved 3 weeks ago.

Right, NOA2s for January filers are going slooowww....

Maybe a flood of other visas to process? Late season flu outbreak? Really really really nice weather in SoCal? Office won free two week passes to Disney? Hmm...

George

Hopefully we'll get a bunch of approvals today. It's pouring rain in so-cal right now.

will do. Any action for you? Regarding your petition of course!!!! Hope it is soon for you. BTW, I just called USCIS trying to speak with someone in regards to if we get a RFE. I think we will. So, I told the guy I was concerned, told him what we sent in for evidence (pics but they don't have dates, and passport pages, which is all the atty told us to send in). I told him I wanted to be prepared for RFE if we got one. Then I said that although we have many pics in UK and US, none have dates on them. I said we went to a professional photographer and they could print pics up with the date on them as evidence. I said we also have copies of airline itineraries with both of our names on them but not the actual boarding passes. After going through all of this, he said he does not have the answer and that I would have to make an info pass. Unfortunately, the nearest local office is two and a half hours away. I fear that if I make the appt, I will get the same lack of answers that I just got...wait and follow the instructions on the RFE. DRRRRR. After reading someone elses RFE, I still don't know if the evidence I just listed would suffice.

Have you read through the RFE pinned thread in the main K1 forum? There's lots of examples of received RFEs and what people did with them.

I hope the adjudicators stay in their offices and work hard!

George

Is it unusual to get "touched" again? I got touched today 4/20.
This is after my 4/19 touch and 4/19 email about the NOA2 Approval.

FYI, January filers, I got 'touched' today...

congrates, and GO SOONERS!!!

correction, I just got my approval...

Yay!!

No action here yet, but I bet us Jan. 29ers will hear something next week.

A question - I have everything together to send to my fiance (I-134, proof of ongoing relationship, etc.) will he also need a copy of the NAO2? Has anyone who's had their interview know if this is necessary? Thanks.

Congrats Wissooner! How did you find out? Email or thru their web site?

Mountaingirl,
I hope you are so right!

I read from one thread that one February filer got touched.. Awww! I must be really envy now.. Unfairrr!!

Thank you. I got a couple of emails this evening. The website has been updated as well to indicate that an approval notice has been sent.

I got touched today,,, first time in 3 months

Congrats!!

For 89 total Jan NOA1s,
total 35 NOA2s posted:

NOA2 Week:...CA.NE.TX.TTL
=========================
3/18 - 3/24...0..0..0..0
3/25 - 3/31..11..3..2.16
4/01 - 4/07...5..2..2..9
4/08 - 4/14...3..1..0..4
4/15 - 4/21...3..3..2..8
4/22 - 4/28...0..0..0..0 <== Next week, fill 'er up, CSC!
=========================
...NOA2.TTL..22..9..6.37
JanNOA1.TTL..63.15.11.89
=========================
Pct%.........35.60.55.42

Sigh...
George

Wow, some weeks really are slower than others (at least for VJ people), huh?

Yeah, I compared the NOA2s with December 2006 NOA1s(a month earlier than our January NOA1s), and a year ago NOA1s from January 2006. The NOA1s from January this year are lagging weeks behind previous months and a year ago. Reasonable speculation is due to a sudden load of HB-1 work visas.

George
Sigh

For 89 total Jan NOA1s, total 37(was 35, now corrected) NOA2s posted:

NOA2 Week:...CA.NE.TX.TTL
=========================
3/18 - 3/24...0..0..0..0
3/25 - 3/31..11..3..2.16
4/01 - 4/07...5..2..2..9
4/08 - 4/14...3..1..0..4
4/15 - 4/21...3..3..2..8
4/22 - 4/28...0..0..0..0 <== Next week, fill 'er up, CSC!
=========================
...NOA2.TTL..22..9..6.37
JanNOA1.TTL..63.15.11.89
=========================
Pct%.........35.60.55.42

Sigh...
George

Lets go for 16 next week!

Agreed!! So glad to see that they are finally moving those things out now.

Okay guys, I really have a good feeling about next week approvals. Judging by the weekly stats, it looks like CSC really kicks out those approvals towards the end of the month...at least for the last couple the numbers are high towards the end. I really hope for all of you that are up for an approval soon that it comes next week. On another note, I just found out today that I am headed for England to see my sweetheart. I am so excited I am just peeing myself. It will be a quick trip, but most importantly I get to see him. I have missed him so much. 11 days and counting...yippeeeeee!!!!!!

I predict a touch for the 1/29 crew....maybe an approval or two.

Woo Hoo for going to see the sweetheart - going to see mine in 24 days!!! I'm a happy girl. Ew - California, your flight's longer than mine! Bless you! I'll try not to fuss too much about the 10 hours.

Hoping to see lots of actions from CSC this week!