Is there anyone else out there who mailed a 129F, k-3 visa petitition on or around Sept 6, 2007 who hasn't heard a thing (i.e. no NOA1)

That sort of title really does make my stomach drop, as I'm sure it might for others



From the latest USCIS update, they are still working their way up to you mailing date (even though the USCIS states "other forms" I have a feeling they treat the I129F the same as the I130):-




Unfortunately, there have been reports of people who mailed their petition prior to the listed date who have phoned up USCIS only to be told to wait longer :/

Lets hope not. I need them smoke free, flame free and fully intact to send my petition out to NVC. So does every else

I filed my I-130 & I-129 on 3/3/07 and 3/30/07 respectively, and both were approved on 11/1/07. I think that the CSC is ok, otherwise I would not have received this approval. Good luck with you visa

The fires were a long ways from Laguna Niguel but maybe the workers were helping communities by working at the evacuation stations. I know we have a lot of employees working the evacuation centers.

Yep, they received my I-129f on September 25th and still no receipt. Beyond frustrating when I see other people who have sent theirs after me and have gotten their receipt..arrghh

hope you don't have to wait as long as me, but now I see I'm not the only one in this boat: I wonder if it has something to do with the way the envelopes were labelled?

since the processing time clock doesn't start clicking until after the NOA1, it means the original advantage over a IR visa of filing for a k3 visa is slipping away for some of us

Is this like yelling "FIRE" in a movie theater?

Do you know when they received your package? Because according to USCIS, the clock starts ticking the day they receive your package:

according to USPS, they received it on Sept '07 (next day delivery: what was I thinking?)
that's assuming it hasn't slid off someones desk into the trash (trash cams often being stored under desks)

Thats what they say, but for the recent batch of approvals, they appear to have been going by the NOA1 notice date.

I'm of the opinion that they won't start honouring the received date until they are actually processing those applications that were affected by the delay. All of ours were prior to the huge increase in petitions and were only affected by their printing problems, so are probably still being approved by their older rules.

I'd say this is there for those people who were waiting one to two months for their NOA1, not those that were waiting about a week.

We were not delayed by a printing issue. Edp333 and I as well as those filing around that time were impacted by the H1B backlog. My Honey and I and a few others were shipped from VSC to CSC because of this backlog created by the need of USCIS to process H1Bs in time for the October arrivals of those visa "winners". Once CSC received the petition, they cashed the check and our NOA1 arrived within days. Granted, we only waited 3-4 weeks for the NOA1, not as bad as others later held up by printing/computer systems issues, fee beater backlog, etc. My Honey and I and other in this position waited really for the petition to arrive at CSC since VSC didn't NOA1 us.

I wonder what happens if they actually lose it..... will they accept USPS proof of delivery and use that as the receipt date or the 3-4 months-later receipt date when it is resubmitted after having been lost

I'd say this is there for those people who were waiting one to two months for their NOA1, not those that were waiting about a week.
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It never ceases to amaze me how many reasons USCIS have had since April for delaying NOA1s. The printing problems actually made mine take 4 months to arrive. At least Josh's cheque had been cashed and we were able to file the I129F off of that.

I really feel for anyone who is sitting waiting for the cheque to be cashed... your hands are tied until that point

Risen from the ashes: finally received the NOA1 for my I-129F after more than 2 months!!!

Urge To Race, Do know ur Medical and USEM interview date already?

I filed in October and received our NOA1 about 2 weeks later so im sure the CSC is ok