My Dad is going to marry us at his home church in Fort Worth. The venue will be free and they do not mind the fact that we don't have an exact date. Its going to be a DIY wedding; which is fine since I am a graphic designer, and my mom is an artist... creativity comes in handy with decorations, invites, etc. Small wedding Small cost

I have mid summer in mind (hoping for earlier of course)... I figure with our relationship this has been a seven year process so a few more months is doable... I remind myself that in just a few months things will be a lot better and this wait will be just a vague memory.... Plus my hair falls out when I stress too much! I cannot have bald patches when he gets here... not cute!!

It maybe August before we can get married. From every thing I have seen, we have another similar wait coming up in China. However, next year I am planning on all of this being finished! It gives me time to save money and hopefully visit again.

Wow, already one NOA2 for Sept filer?? Is this official info? That seems hopeful!!

No that infi is NOT correct at all.There's way more May/June/July and August Filers STILL waiting.And NO September NOA2 so far.Not from CSC that is.
I know how you all feel,I'd much rather be approved right now too,but thanks to all them "smart" ppl that have tried to beat the (not even 300$ for the I 129f) fee increase we all have to wait several months longer.
Am I upset about it?! You bet I am.Personally we would have much rather paid 500$ more and be approved within the normal 90 day timeframe then having to sit here and wait God knows how long just because some ppl think the 285$ saved on the I 129f is worth waiting several mnths longer to be with your loved one.
Now as for OS fee increase I can sort of understand that but NOT for the I 129f.
Lets just HOPE that the backlog will soon be history and all of us October Filers will be approved in February.Maybe even late Januray,which I seriously doubt because ever since 12/19 CSC handed out only 12 NOA 2's. And that's 11 days...........
Let's hope and pray that we see at least 30 NOA2's next week.
Go over and look on the list in the Waiting for NOA2 from CSC,the last one was issued 12/19.And hoping for a new one as soon as the person making the list returns from the holidays.
Best of luck,much of patience and speedy approvals fopr all of us!
Just keep in mind that 2008 will be our year.We will all be approved,get our Visa's be reunited with our loved ones and can finally get married to these special ppl that are patiently waiting for us to get our paperwork done.(James I LOVE YOU!)
Nat

Here is how I interpret the progress for 2007 for CSC

Month - 129 sent - Noa - 1 - Noa -2

January - 104 - 102 - 92
February - 94 - 92 - 82
March - 106 - 103 - 97
April - 115 - 112 - 104
May - 145 - 144 - 123
June - 128 - 125 - 100
July - 180 - 174 - 110
August - 40 - 38 - 1
September - 43 - 39 - 0
OCTOBER ! - 51 - 44 - 0
November - 31 - 27 - 0
December - 22 - 8 - 0

Good luck to everyone and lets hope that CSC really rolls up there sleeves and gets back to work after New Years Of course we will have the NVC and our respective consulates to deal with ...) HAPPY NEW YEARS !

Thank you for the chart Nice work...It will be interesting to watch and see what happens in January as the approvals start coming in. I imagine we will see more September and October filers too?

2007 VSC Stats for Frankie !

Month - 129 sent - Noa - 1 - Noa -2

January - 28 - 27 - 27
February - 45 - 45 - 45
March - 50 - 48 - 48
April - 46 - 46 - 44
May - 67 - 67 - 56
June - 71 - 71 - 58
July - 125 - 123 - 83
August - 36 - 36 - 14
September - 48 - 44 - 8
OCTOBER ! - 65 - 62 - 1
November - 32 - 26 - 0
December - 23 - 11 - 0

"No that infi is NOT correct at all.There's way more May/June/July and August Filers STILL waiting.And NO September NOA2 so far.Not from CSC that is."

I beg to differ ... look at member ID CamyCar.

Carina & Cameron Colombia California Service Center NOA1 2007-09-18 NOA2 2007-12-18

They posted this on December 19th ...

"NOA2 Approved
Hello everyone. Just an update. I received an email today that our I-129F has been approved! It is on to Bogota!! We are so happy and thankful to all of you that have blazed this trail. It is exciting to see so much action in December. Yahoooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

As I said, one September filer has an NOA2 ... but they did post their forms in on 2007-08-27 sp maybe I am a day off!!!

R

I think you are both right ! It just depends on what you believe the filing date is. The date the I129 f is sent in or the NOA-1 notice is received. Its just your point of view Lets just hope they get back to work soon and we see some progress. This time of year makes everyone frustrated with the wait. Happy New Year to all and may 2008 bring happinness to all

Happy New Year, Every One! Whether we are struggling with the wait or we have our SO sitting next to us and contemplating taxes... We all have a lot to look forward to next year, right?

Hi to everyone. My name is Bryan. I have a couple of observations and also have a couple of questions. For VSC, on VJ I count approx. 95 total applications for K1 and 56 NOA2's for August. For Sept. I count approx. 39 applications for K1 and 10 NOA2's received. Of those, there are 4 special fast applications and 5 recently done NOA'S for K1. There are 4 on the 4th of Sept. and 1 on the 5th of Sept. Question: I have no idea what percentage of the total K1's are listed on VJ, does anyone know the approximate percentage that list on VJ compared to the whole. I am only talking about VSC. It appears that it is taking approx. 4 months to get the NOA2 now. God Bless all of you expically those of you who are waiting soo long. Hopefully, things will pick up now after New Years, and I am hoping for quicker times than 4 months for the NOA2.

i don't think anyone got a NO2 from sept did they? no matter how it go's i planing on 6 month so i will not get my hopes up for any sooner day.

Azmina & Abdurrahman Panama Vermont Service Center 2007-09-05 2007-12-30 N/A 2007-12-30
Luisa & Robert Philippines Vermont Service Center 2007-09-05 N/A 2007-12-06
Laura & Charles Finland Vermont Service Center 2007-09-04 2007-12-21 N/A 2007-12-21
Jan & De Germany Vermont Service Center 2007-09-04 2007-12-21 N/A 2007-12-21
Brian & Stephanie Jamaica Vermont Service Center 2007-09-04 2007-12-24 N/A 2007-12-24
Kinha & Kevin Brazil Vermont Service Center 2007-09-04 N/A 2007-12-19
Che & Ed Philippines Vermont Service Center 2007-09-04 2007-12-22 N/A 2007-12-24

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list...ll&dfile=No

Well Stuart, look at the site and see if I am understanding it correctly. We have similar timelines.
I was stationed at Lackland for boot camp while in the Air Force many moons ago.

I sure would like it to be faster but im not going to bet on it,if it take six month then i will not be stress but if its less then thats a + for me

Im an october filer too!!! I hope it wont take to long to process our approvals. Lets all hope that we get our approvals soon!! I cant wait to see my baby again!


K-1 Visa
Event Date
Service Center : California Service Center
Consulate : Bogota, Colombia
I-129F Sent : 2007-10-17
I-129F NOA1 : 2007-10-22

And the CSC Projected approval time just keeps stretching and stretching ...

When we first entered our timeline it said October 29th for NOA2 - as of today (01/04/2008) it's March 22nd!!!

Great!

Hope by end of February all October filers will have NOA2...

I'm hoping with you.

Though you've atleast been TOUCHED, our case hasn't gotten a TOUCH since October 12 and we filed it on October 9.

I sure hope February is our month also!!!

Those that are still waiting from July and August have had incredible patience with this whole system and especially those that seem to be stuck with CSC!

It will be nice to see what progress the service centers are making in January, as it filters into VJ.

We changed address and let uscis know about it..Thats why got touches..

We have timelines in russian forum as well..
One couple got NOA2 on december 28 with
september 19 NOA1..
So..I believe early october filers will show up at the end of January...

I hope feb is ours to

Me too!!! I just doesn't seem like we're seeing as many approvals as there were before Christmas. . .maybe everyone is still out for the new year.

We have been waiting since 27 October 2007 for something to happen. We are both ccrazy from not hearing anything yet.
I am happy that we are talking and getting closer each day.
I encourage everyone to communicate and enduldge in your partner as much as you can.....doit often and do it strong.

I love you girl!

SO I GOT THEI E-MAIL TODAY



Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On January 7, 2008, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this
I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please follow any instructions on the
notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.

I AM SOOOOOOOOO


OH THANK THE LORD THANK THE LORD

** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL ***

The last processing action taken on your case

Receipt Number:
Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On January 7, 2008, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.

If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case status results listed above, or if you have not received a decision from USCIS within the current processing time listed*, please contact USCIS Customer Service at (800) 375-5283.

*Current processing times can be found on the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov under Case Status and Processing Dates.
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Sincerely,


The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)


WOOOHOOOO!!!!!!!! filed October 2nd

This is awesome! Congratulations, I know you could not go back and see him... I hope the rest of the process/journey is really quick for both of you!

OH that sounds good i hope mine is soon to

Omigosh!!! Congrats to you two!! That's amazing new. tehe. . .sorry

DONE!!!
100 days

Wow, 100 days that seems like some sort of record around this place. . .

It completely surprised me....I was believing the timeline estimate...kept telling my Sunshine..we still have another six months before the actual interview....and then I look at the USCIS site to check on something and when I look at my petition info, I see I got approved....then I opened the EMAIL
now it may be just a bit shorter now

That would be awesome if times shortened just a bit.. . .

well its not even saying 6 month on the vms web page anymore so thats good i hope mine will be in the next few weeks to.

We have been waiting since October 9th and maybe the approval will be soon. I have been reading all of your postings and it has helped during the wait. I am so happy everytime someone is approved.

I am the same way. I do a little jig everytime I read some sort of good news on the site. . .NOA1 NOA2 Petition being tracked petition rec'd at NVC petition rec'd at embassy interview visa in hands . . . if only I was a better dancer. . .

Congradulations. I am so happy for you guys.

I received NOA 1 on Oct. 1 and have not gotten anything yet. How can u tell if our file has been touched?

I went on the site and it just says we are pending.

Your receipt though has given me hope and encouragement. I am delighted for your progress.

Sincerely,

Terry and Maylin

When you log onto the UCIS site the date will change if you have been 'touched'

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!


It's great to see some October filers getting NOA2's already! I see that Vermont has really been churning them out...hopefully California picks up the pace too...

Congratulations to those who have been approved!!!

WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...
Thats awesome...
Congratulations to all who have been approved...
Keep going....

That is great for you and good news for the rest of us. Our NOA1 date is 4 days before yours so we are getting excited!

That is amazing! Congratulations Good luck, going forward...

Congratulations to both of you. I'm so excited for you. I can't wait to have that feeling of knowing we're one step closer to being together. Our NOA1 is Oct. 25, so now I'm excited knowing that October filers are getting approvals from VSC. YAY!!!

Same feelings and same NOA1 date...

I'm happy for you guys too! Congratulations!

On the downside it seems CSC is actually going backwards with regards to processing times.

The gap between them and VSC is over a month now

My estimated process time as quoted on here has gone up by around 10 days

I'm starting to not like CSC.......lol!

Go CSC! Go CSC! Go CSC!