I AM STILL WAITING FOR NOA1... SEEMS MOST OF US WAITIN FOR A MONTH OR SO...... PLS MY FELLOW MAY FILERS TO SHARE UR UPDATES!

We are in the same boat, we sent ours in on May 9th. to NSC and the signed for it on the 10th. I have since learned that it was then sent to California. Why send it to NSC in the first place? I spoke with a woman from USCIS, and she stated that it could take up to 60 days to get the first NOA1. WOW! It just gets a little dishartening when you hear of everyone getting theirs in 10 days. I guess we need to look at the big picture and know that our loved ones will be with us in 6-7 months. Well, good luck to you and all the other May filers, I am sure we will get our long awaited first notice's soon.

Yes, just hang in there. I know it is disheartening and I know what its like to check your online bank account every 10 minutes. Yours should be coming soon as it looks like you sent your just days after I sent mine. I have my fingers and toes crossed for you both that you'll receive your NOA1 soon. Keep us updated.

i have been unnecessarily antsy due to filing through VSC....
but we've already talked about timing and when he's coming if all goes well due to work and packing and wrapping everything up at home so i'm trying to be optimistic about the wait.......

Sent mine May 24 received and signed by F. Heinour on 5/25 at the Nebraska Svc. Center. I'm checking the bank account every day, but it sounds like we have quite a wait ahead of us. We just need to hang in there

With an exception of those lucky enough to file at VSC, you are looking at at least 3 months before an approval from the CSC. I got my NOA1 on January 29 and my NOA2 on May 24 just to give you an idea. Use the time you are waiting to gather important documents you will need at the interview stage and relax! Against the advice of a friend I drove myself nuts on checking my USCIS case status online! lol Good luck to all of you on your journey!

Hello to all the May filers! Well, thank goodness I finally received our NOA1 yesterday, June 4th. We sent our petition on May 2nd to Nebraska, but like others here, it went to California. They also cashed my check yesterday as well. Finally, to hear something! At least I know we're in the system now. Now it's the long wait....it looks like they might not process our petitions until December? That's a lot longer than we thought, but like someone else on here said, we know they will be with us eventually.

Sent our petition to TSC and got the NOA1 pretty quick.

I put the check for the fee in a plain white envelope with a label for the fee. I also included in the petition a table of contents. Maybe that helped. Maybe not. Maybe we just got lucky.

Still waiting to receive hardcopy of NOA-1.

We sent in ours on May 5th, check was cashed May 15th, and we received NOA1 on the May 22nd. It was sent to the TSC first and then was forwarded to CSC.

Where did you get that from?????????????

Sent my I-129F on May 7th, got NOA1 on June 4th. Sent it to NSC but it was forwarded to CSC.

Our NOA1 came in pretty quick, I suppose it was the avg, about 10 days. I did send it to the TSC, it was transfered to the CSC where it was processed.

Now we just hope for the best, no RFE's, just a quick NOA2. Good luck and may we all get quick results.

Sent mine to the TSC on May 5, they forwarded it to the CSC, received my NOA1 on May 17 with a receipt date of May 14.

The wait is agonizing, I completely understand how you are feeling. I got my NOA1 a week or so ago in the mail and haven't heard a thing since. *sigh*

Chin up my friend, good thngs are coming your way soon.

Take care and keep us posted!

Annette

i hope our petitions is in good hands.. lolz.. just keep intouch guyz.. mwaah

My good news to date is:

2007-05-04 Sent I-129F to TSC
2007-05-15 NOA1 from CSC
2007-05-18 Rcvd NOA1 hardcopy

Now just waiting...

I looked online at the processing times and it says that California Service Center is just processing applications from November '06 - that's about six months - I figured if it takes that long, that we won't hear anything until December. I hope more than anything it goes faster than that
Has anyone else heard anything?

Ahh...
That is just the date of the oldest petition they are working on (for whatever reason). So I don't think that has any bearing on when ours are going to be adjudicated.
A lot of people get approved before the 6 month mark

Our petition was sent in May 1st and still no check cashed and no NOA1 received.

Timeline:

May 1 - Sent I-129F
May 4 - Signed at TSC
May 7 - NOA1 on website - Case sent to CSC
May 9 - Check cashed.

Been over a month now since I first sent the package, when can I expect to receive my hardcopy NOA1?

Best of luck to us all.

We received our NOA1, but now we wait...

Hi all,
I am a May filer also so just wanted to say good luck to all and keep the posts up.

I sent mine on April 10th, and have an NOA-1 of April 20th. I never received a hardcopy. Some people do, some in the past have never seen one.

Looks like we have same timeline, Guess I will keep an eye out on your case to see if we get approval at same time. Good Luck.

I sent mine on April 10th, and have an NOA-1 of April 20th. I never received a hardcopy. Some people do, some in the past have never seen one.
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I called USCIS today and was told that they seemed to have forgotten to send me my hardcopy of the NOA1. The lady said that I should look for it in the mail in 2-4 weeks.

The NOA1.... is it just a formal letter acknowledging receipt of visa application or can it be a RFE??

Thanks. Good luck to you too. You should give USCIS a call since you also didn't receive your NOA1 hardcopy.

hi guys! we sent our I-129F last May 17 to the CSC and until now, we havent received anything yet and today is already June 9 And we verified it with the US Postal Service, it was received by the CSC on May 18.

well, i believe, patience is a virute. so, me and my future hubby will just have to wait...

but then, he called the USCIS and the lady that answered the phone said that we should wait for 3-4 weeks. So, we jsut wait.

and i hope that everything will be in the right order.. for all of us..

Good luck to all of us!

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I called USCIS today and was told that they seemed to have forgotten to send me my hardcopy of the NOA1. The lady said that I should look for it in the mail in 2-4 weeks.

The NOA1.... is it just a formal letter acknowledging receipt of visa application or can it be a RFE??
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It is just an acknowledgemt of receipt of your petition and it has your case number on it. It is not an RFE

Been touched for the very first time today, Hope this is a good thing and just maybe just maybe they sent it on its way

I wrote the embassy last evening and "cussed them out" and they responded to me immediately here is my letter:

"Dear Sir/Madam,

My receipt number is My name is Leroy... Petioner
for Finace Venessia...My I-29F was approved on May 2
The file was received from NVC on the June 1st.

I was further given the date of July 3rd to drop off my DS-230 via email
request, that would make it one month just to drop off one form.

Given that I was given this very long date to drop off the DS-230 form,
my request is if you could Kindly provide me with package 4 on that date
and I'm also requesting and interview date.


Please let me know if it is possible to give us an interview date at
this time. If not I'm asking if we could drop off the form any earlier.

I'm making this request because of the length of time which we were
given just to drop off this one form could possible given unforseen
circumstances, set our interview date back. We have the DS-230 form
downloaded and properly filled out. "

Actually I was aware that they would not be able to give me an interview date yet, I just wanted to sound a little ignorant.
Here is their response:

Dear Mr....:

An appointment has been scheduled for June 19th at 12:30 for your
fiancee to submit her Ds-230 pt 1. Unfortunately, and appointment for
interview is approximately a month and a half after she submits the
form. In the future, please refer to the case number, which is
#### instead of receipt number.

Best Regards,

Immigrant Visa unit

Check was cashed and got NOA1 from CSC.

I-129F Sent : 2007-05-21
I-129F Received NSC : 2007-05-23
I-129F NOA1 CSC : 2007-06-07

Ohhhh good to hear, I'm only a few days after you with Vermont and was getting a bit antsy lately

I'm glad to know we are not alone...our I-129 was sent to TSC May 15th, received May 17th, check was cashed on May 23rd, and I have yet to receive an NOA. I realize the NOA1 is not as big a deal as the NOA2, but I think having it would help ease my mind!!!

Good Luck Everyone!!

I know what you mean just being touched after so long made me feel like i had an approvel i was so happy lol

OK new here so be patient. My check was cashed on June 1st and thru the uscis website they say they have sent me a letter explaining how they will proceed. I'm hoping, but not sure, that this is noa1. Correct?

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Vermont Service Center Service Center Processing Dates
Posted June 15, 2007

https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/jsps/Processtim...eviceCenter=VSC

Is it me or does anyone else not see any I129F petitions in the VSC time line? Wonder what this mean? We are all approved or they are not working on anything?

OK so still new here. If I used an attorney to help file this will they get my noa1 letter in the mail? It's been over 3 weeks since it was sent and my last e-mail from the attorney said they recieved my receiot? Thanks and if I would have found vj sooner, I would have done this myself!

If they said they received your receipt then I am guessing it is your NOA1 (I don't know whether attorneys get all the correspondence from the service centers). Did they give you your case number? Maybe you could get a copy of it.

Good luck on your journey!

Zee

hi guys! my fiance called USCIS last week and we got our case number.

and then, we checked it on-line and it says that they received our docs last June 5 though we sent it May 17 and according to USPS, uscis received it on May18.

So, we are just waiting for the hard copy of the NOA1. And then my fiance called uscis again and they said we just wait for 45 days. We really wonder why is it so long? coz i know for others, they their NOA1 just after 2-3 weeks.

does it mean we will have our NOA2 the longer time? We are so worried...

But I believe.. patience is always a virtue. so, we just wait and see..

I did the same thing you did. I made table of contents and title page for every forms and even put pictures of both of us in a photo album inserts. I also included all of my military medal achievements and it was pretty organized package. I mailed my package on 9 May; check cashed 5 June; I checked online and it said package received 1 June and we will mail you when it's approved...still waiting for NOA1 to this date. I guess I have to be an angle and wait just like everyone else.

Best of luck everyone.

Luke

Anyone have any updates? Nothing new for Sofia and I.

I sent my i129f out on may 18th...they got it by the 21stand check was cashed by the 24th...i had never gotten the hard copy, but then a fellow vj member tod me that my receipt number would be on the back of my cashed check...sure enough it was...come to find out that my lawyer had the NOA1 the whole time and didnt send it to me until i called to inquire about it...i am so close to getting rid of this lawyer and just going at this by myself with the help of other members on here....and i dont know if anyone has seen a thread that has projected delivery for NOA2's ...and for me who got a receipt on may 30th...they say expect it in mid Sept....this is so aggravating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am keeping an eye on the April filers. As soon as they get through it will be our turn

Our I-129F package was mailed out May 31st.

CSC cashed cheque/issued receipt number June 7th. (The receipt # is the NOA1, right?)

Twiddling our thumbs waiting the six-eight months it'll supposedly take till I set foot in the USA with my K1 Visa.

We hired a lawyer, I wonder if that delays our petition any? The lawyer said we will prolly be approved by Christmas, if not before. Her exact words: "...if not before..." That's comforting...innit?

** Bump **

I dont get it its like everything just stoped.

It is awfully quiet today. No touches, no NOA-2....no nothing so far!!!! Anyway, four more days to go before this week will be over. Prayerfully, there will be more showers of touches / NOA-2.