Wow, thanks! I didn't expect the link to the actual consulate, you're totally awesome!!!

Congratulations to all April couples that got their approval!!
Hope to see many more soon...including ours

Caro

I looked up my consulate on this link also, but I couldn't help notice where it says: "*** The All Other Nonimmigrant Visa wait time DOES NOT include K or V visa applications, which are processed similar to immigrant visas."

Does it show how long of a wait time for immigrant visa's? do they take longer than nonimmigrant?

I certainly hope so Deron!! But seeing there's a holiday (July 4) on Wed, that means CSC will be working one day less this week!

Come on come on CSC!!

I wonder what happened to "projected adjudication time" in our timelines? Mine was July 9 just days ago and now it jumped to July 16. Has there been a substantial delay at CSC and if so, why? Anyone knows?

Blues Fairy, there you are, my fellow 04/10 NOA1er!

I don't really keep track of my timeline, but since you mentioned it, I just took a look and aww, mine is 29 July! I'm sure it has also jumped...

I wonder if it has anything to do with this?

We sent our 1-129F in on around the 20th of April and haven't recieved a damn thing back. We can't check the status of our case as we posted it from Ireland and used a bank issued international money order (ie, we get no notification if this has been cashed or not as I had to buy the order rather than it being taken directly from my account). So, no NOA1, no idea if our case has been "touched" or not, no number to check online, etc. Also, we forgot to send the Statement of Intent and I just realized today that we filled in a 2 page G325 rather than the four page G325A. I guess we should have some notice to send more info in, but nothing at all has come in the post, either to my fiance's parents place in the States or our place in Ireland.

Needless to say, with all this I'm both as worried and as p.o'd as hell.

We tried calling but my fiance was put through to a nightmare of a woman who wouldn't give him any information at all other than we were in the system. She refused to give him the number of the receipt so we could check the status online. I called the USCIS and, while they were really nice to me, they couldn't give me any details as my fiance was in the other room and couldn't come to the phone.

Anyway. We're still waiting. Congrats to all those who are actually getting somewhere with this.

I don't think that has anything to do with it. This is delaying the paper receipts only. You can still check online at the USCIS website to see if you have had any touches or approvals.

It may still have something to do with:

The California Service Center does have a backlog since accepting many I-130 petitions from embassies abroad since enacting the Adam Walsh act.

As of January 22, 2007, consular offices abroad were instructed to cease accepting certain immigrant visa petitions because consular officers lacked the means to perform the required criminal background checks on American citizen petitioners, as required by the Adam Walsh Act.

All lawful permanent residents, and American Citizens resident in the United States or with a permanent address in the United States, must file I-130 petitions at the USCIS Service Center having jurisdiction over their place of residence.

Apparently California Service Center is experiencing the brunt of this and as a result is really backed up.

I don't know if this is still the case with the CSC.


On a side note my adjudication estimate has only increased by one day.

So who knows if this is the reason they are still experiencing delays but it is annoying that someone didn't have the foresight to see that this would be a problem and divide these extra petitions evenly so as not to completely bog down one service center.

I would recommend contact your senator and letting them know what is going on. Having filed out the wrong G-325A and not adding your letter of intent may result in an RFE(maybe not hehe but you don't want to chance it.). Better to get that taken care of now. I would contact your Senator today without delay since USCIS isn't being of any help.

wioombeen

Actually it appears VSC came to a grinding halt around mid-May. Less than 10 VJ NOA2s out of there during the month of June, and they were either for people who filed in March or early April. So all this while I've been complaining, but I'm not the only VSC filer who's thinking that CSC April filers are going to be approved before some of us.

The I-130 issue is really old news. There was some problem initially when the DOS did not have a mechanism in place to run the corrected criminal history checks for the Adam Walsh act component. The Embassy's are doing DCF again, albeit modified with a 6 month residency requirement. I know that there were quite a few sent back, but overall I think the issues have more to do with H-1B's and systems issues. Remember this is vacation time, and if an adjudicator has his "Box" of petitions sitting at his/her desk and goes on vacation, they'll sit until they return. One could also assume that all of the H-1B's need to go through NVC as well so the tidal wave moves in their direction at the same time.

Vacation??? Awww I was hoping that they get right back to work tomorrow!! Pls!! I'm gonna hit the 90 day mark really soon now...

I'm right there with ya. I guess it would be nice to keep them locked in a smoke filled room hammering away on keyboards, and hoping that they never take a break. You know sorta like a Petition Sweat Shop or something.

*runs in waving her pompoms*

Give us an N! Give us an O! Give us an A! Give us a 2!

N-O-A-2! Go! April! Filers! Go! Go April Filers Go!

*bounces around*

Hey Wioombeen,

Thanks for the advice. I've heard/seen it mentioned a fair bit over the last few days for people to contact their Senator. Wouldn't they be too busy to look at a case for a fiance visa petition? In saying that, I think that anything is worth a shot right now. We'll try and get in touch with the USCIS this week and see where the land lies.

I'm kind of half expecting an RFE....IF they ever get back to us. Someone on here told me before that the USCIS are likely to deny our petition for our problems, but the USCIS said that it's most likely we'll get a slight delay in processing and an RFE at most. We're not coming from one of the "risky" areas, so we do have that bonus I guess. Also, we've been living together for two years.

Thanks again Wioombeen!

It may be different from state to state but here in Michigan my senator has a special devision dedicated to immigration. I have already contacted them as a preemptive measure and have already filled out the needed documents from their office. So if i do encounter any problems all I need to do is send them an email. their department was very nice and helpful and assured me if I do encounter any problems such as a denial or long delays to let them know and they will contact the USCUS to resolve the problem.

I don't know if it would result in a denial. I would think an RFE if anything. But I wouldn't wait around to find out hehe. Keep calling the USCIS, but also get a hold of your senator and let him know the situation soon so if you do get a denial or RFE they will already know your situation and be ready to act. Maybe you end up not needing him/her but in case you do they will be ready.

Best of luck with your situation.


wioombeen

My fiance just called the RFE - line and all the woman could tell him, was that they're handling applications from Dec-06. When he said some Apr-07 had already received NOA2s, she was very surprised... Go figure!

She then said we have no RFEs pending, and that basically nothing has been done to our petition. So, so much for that then

So I got touched on the 4th and again today and I haven't called since Tuesday. I was cautiously optimistic that this finally meant that I, and the rest of us April filers, were being processed. So I called to see my status and they told me that I hadn't been processed yet, I was about a week out as they are currently working on April 2nd. I was stunned since I've never read or heard about them saying a date other than the 'official' date, but she went on to tell me that in about a week my case should be handled. So if she is correct, that is good news for all of us. Let's hope so!

OMG that is crazy she said that to you, and yeah it looks like your Cautiously in the green. Your NOA1 date is a few days after mine so maybe this is good news for me and everyone else as well. No touches here yet though.

wioombeen

So I have my yahoo email set up to send an SMS to my cellphone if i receive an email with USCIS-CRIS in the senders slot.

I just now got this alert on my cell phone so I ran all the way home to check my email.

Lets digress.

Recently before leaving the house I had to change my password on my USCIS account.

O.k. back to the present. Well...... the very recent past anyway. It turns out it was just them verifying that I had indeed changed my password.

GAAAAH hahahaha. *Ripping Hair out* hahhhahahahaha That's my excitement for the rest of the week haha.

Wioombeen

hope you didn't live far from home!!

Awwwww so none of us got approved this week huh??

It's getting harder and harder to bear with this wait......

I have a friend who received a letter from NVC but didnt receive a copy of NOA2, no emails too, just 4 touches......they got their NOA1 last March 20.......hope it wont happen to me

lol

GOOD NEWS GUYS! I called the CSC last night to play the "Do I have an RFE's" game, just to see if they had any additional information on my case. They lady was way nice and said, no they still hadn't taken any action on my case, but it was just assigned to an officer. So... I know that they will be working on it soon. I asked how long it takes normally once it has been assigned. She said it depends on many "buckets" of cases were assigned to that officer at the time. She said they can be assigned 2 buckets or 15 buckets. It really just depends. I asked, "well on average..." And she said that once it's been assigned to an officer, it generally takes no more then 2 weeks. I was so happy just to think that they hadn't forgotten about us. Good Luck everyone! I hope we all hear back from them soon!

Ok, what is up with CSC?!??! I want to see more approvals....what is going on?! I demand it! I demand CSC give all of my fellow April filers their NOA2. The April thread has not had a big party of celebration is a long time...it's overdue!

I got touched again today, not sure what it means but I suppose it's better than not getting touched.

Still waiting on NVC

Tried the RFE Mojo. The lady was very nice but could only tell me that my case is just still pending and has not been assigned to anyone yet. My NOA1 date is April 9th. So dose everyone wana know what I'm going to do now? ............................. well I'm going to wait longer. HAHA


Wioombeen

You will get your NOA2 very soon, I am sure.

Well back into another SLOW and QUITE weekend. Well for us VJ'ers anyway and this week wasn't very eventful either. (I myself was kept pretty with the tourists over the 4th of July so at least it made the time fly by.)

So shall we once again demand, that starting Monday, we see a ton of NOA2's? I'll even be happy not getting anything for myself for a week or two as long as I start to see a ton of approvals start rolling in from others. Then at least we will know the gears are oiled and the K-1 machine is running.

Wioombeen

good luck everyone that's still waiting here..

you and I had the same NOA1 date at VSC....needless to say I am totally JEALOUS!

Don't worry, there's a very good chance you will catch up..
I'm now at the Montreal (canada) stage where they have to schedule my Interview
They average around 6 months to do this

=) good luck..

Maybe we'll catch up, but it's ME/NA so there's a good chance we'll fall behind again lol

Well I am now on day 90. If I use the NSC in which I originally filed my I-129F with then I have an estimated adjudication of July 17th. If I use the CSC which is where our petition is currently at I have an estimated adjudication of Aug 2nd. hehe hmm.

Wioombeen

Still no news here...no changes since 4-12....


Caro

Hi there wioombeen,

your NOA1 is just one day earlier than mine, which tells me that I'm reaching my 90 day mark too!! I just checked my timeline, it's 31 July now!

Sigh....hope this week will be good, oh please, CSC! Give us our NOA2s now...

WE GOT OUR NOA2!!!!

Justin returned home after spending 10 days here, to find...the approval notice letter on his mailbox!!
it was issued june 26th, but we never had any updates on the online status, no touches, nothing!!
and we didn't know about the letter because he was here in Buenos Aires...

Goodbye CSC...and Hello NVC!!!

Saludos,

Caro

Congratulations!! Maybe my file is in the same box as yours!! haha.. every NOA2 handed out is one closer to mine! Good luck at NVC!

Awesome. congrats. . one more down.

Thank you!!!
Hope everyone gets their NOA2s very soon!

Caro

Oh WOW Congrats! Congrats! Congrats! Congrats!

Best of luck for the rest of your journey! I hope it's our turn soon.........

Great news! At least there's some improvement with our group now. CONGRATULATIONS!

More NOA2s please! Go CSC!

Tried the RFE call again. She said our petition has still not been assigned to anyone and of course no records of an RFE haha.

But now I'm curious. The USCIS and the lady at the CSC told me all petitions are adjudicated in the order they are received.

So since JVKn'CVO have been approved and they have a NOA1 date 5 days later than mine. If they do indeed process them in the order they are received then shouldn't someone at least be assigned to my case? MEH!! I am still patient. The end (or shall I say a beautiful beginning) is near, but the waiting allows one to think about these things hehe. Wondering whats going on there at the CSC hive.


Although JVKn'CVO were approved back in June and didn't even know it since the USICS never updated their online profile. Maybe a lot of us are already approved and we just won't know it until we get something in the mail. Or even something from the NVC hehe. HMM Maybe thats just wishful thinking though eh? HAHA

We need many more approvals this week. The flood gates have to open soon!!!

92 days now. Bring it on CSC

I got touched 6 days in a row.. exlucding sunday hehehe.. and on July 12 it'll be my 90th day.. I really am just waiting for an email or mail.. because calling doesn't do me good...all i get it is the same response.. PENDING.. hahaha.. well I sure do hope for us that we will get our NOA2s like THIS WEEK.. PLS PLS..

Look at California feeling you up

GOT A LETTER IN THE MAIL TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!1!







But it just told me they just wanted to make sure i had their correct phone number. Talk about an emotional high to low. this: to this: in a heartbeat. oh well.

HMMMM well i just noticed I have a touch. I am assuming though its due to my phone call today. HEHE