NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!

[cdneh 3,112]

Hi guys, we just got an email to say that our NOA2 was sent on December 17

PS: Michelle, congrats!!! Isn't it awesome to get the approval before Christmas?

Congratulations!

[kelzm 0]

Congrats Kelly and Evan, that's great news.

Cdneh, I'm sorry you're still held up in AP, I hope they put things into action for you asap.

Kim - here's hoping that things don't get too much worse weather-wise. If you don't make it back online, wishing you, Russ and your kids a very happy Christmas together.

[kiwiana 2]

Hi guys, we just got an email to say that our NOA2 was sent on December 17

PS: Michelle, congrats!!! Isn't it awesome to get the approval before Christmas?

yay!! Wonderful news!!! Congratulations!!

Michelle: Soo good to hear that they have mailed the package off!! *Generally* it only takes about 4 days to arrive at the embassy here from nvc, so it may get here before Christmas

KimandRuss: brrrh! it sounds soo cold over there at the moment. Hopefully the weather will improve by xmas day!!

Kim & Chris: Let us know how you get on, applying for ssn

cdneh: words fail me. What on earth is going on with them?? This is just ridiculous now. I'm soo sorry you have been held up like this.. I soo hope they get their act together and get it mailed off asap

[Kelvan 0]

Thanks guys! My friend just went through the process and is finally ready to leave. She got her visa issued on Monday (she first applied for the K1 in February). So I heard it takes a while to do the second part of the stuff, letters, forms, medical exams, interviews etc. What exactly happens now and how long will it take?

[ivannnaloveskiwi 0]

pplication Type: I129F, PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On December 18, 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

omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm soooo excited...WOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!

[cdneh 3,112]

congratulations!

[cdneh 3,112]

Nothing yet...and they have had it a month. I have a feeling we aren't getting out of there any time soon.

I just wish I knew why.

[kiwiana 2]

pplication Type: I129F, PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On December 18, 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

omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm soooo excited...WOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!

Woo hooo!!! Congratulations!! It's fantastic that so many of us on this thread have got approved before Christmas!

Kelvan: I have found the opposite.. I have found that it is going too fast for me since approval *Generally* your SO will receive notification via snail mail of your approval from uscis and then shortly afterwards you may receive a letter from NVC giving case number etc and saying that your petition will be forwarded to the appropiate visa issuing post where the visa interview will take place. The petition usually takes about 4 days for it to arrive at Auckland from NVC(when nvc mails it out)

In our case, the embassy received the petition on a Friday and we received packet 3 from them on the Tuesday. I immediately phoned docs for medical on that same day and managed to get appointment on the Thursday.

Meanwhile, your fiance will have to send you things that will be needed. 1-134 form (notarized), letter from his employer, pay stubs, tax transcript, birth certificate ( my SO didn't want to send his 'original' one (even though its not the true original ) so he got it photocopied and notarized (not sure if that will help or not lol), photocopy of the NOA2, letter of intent. (Apologises if i have forgotten anything. this is off the top of my head )

I had a second copy of the 1-129f package, so he didn't have to send one to me. So getting those things from your SO can take time for sure. As i said, the process was going a little too fast for me, so was glad to have a breather while he got the documents together. They arrived today (except for tax transcript. he is still waiting for that) so i will send packet 3 back to the embassy tomorrow (have to send back to them forms DS-230 pt 1, DS-156 (filled out online, as a barcode is added to the form and then printed out), DS-156k, application form for NZ police certificate,photo copy of valid passport biographic data pages, and 2 additional passport photos (as well as ones needed for DS-156 form) and appointment form.

Once the embassy receives packet 3 from you, then i think they make an appointment for interview. Hope others here (who have got the K1 visa) can tell you more about the process after NOA2

Edited December 19, 2008 by kiwiana

[kiwiana 2]

Nothing yet...and they have had it a month. I have a feeling we aren't getting out of there any time soon.

I just wish I knew why.

I just hope they will release the petition before Christmas. This has gone on for far too long. It's just not good enough.

[amaciar 0]

cdneh- I am sorry to hear that you are still in AP :-( Keeping my fingers crossed for you. There are still a few more days before Christmas and hopefully you will receive some good news soon.

For everyone else CONGRATS! everything seems to be happening at once for everyone. You may all meet up on the interview dat in Auckland!

My hubby and I are in Vermont and the weather has been nuts here like Kim mentioned. We are supposed to be getting a hug storm tonight. I am hoping the ski fields get dumped on and that there will be snow for a white Christmas. Kim hope life is returning back to normal in mass and that you only receive snow and not ice this storm!

[cdneh 3,112]

I'm not hoping for Christmas now.

If they had sent the thing out in the same time frame as anyone else's there might have been a chance. Everything we need is ready, all the paperwork is in a stack labeled and ready to go.

I sent the AKL embassy a scan of the noa2 and they did send out the packet 3 in the end. I had the medical last week. I've sent the intial papers back to the embassy here. All that remains is for them to send the case on. They still have it.

It's an exercise in futility, but we can't help wondering why.

[kiwiana 2]

Apparently the 1-134 form doesn't have to be notarized anymore.. just read it on july filers thread and looked on uscis site and they updated their form. So that is good to know..so kelvan, michelle and others, the petitioner won't have to worry about finding someone to notarize it now so if you haven't got the newer version of 1-134 you will need to download it from the uscis site as the form is slightly different to the other version. (if you want the version where you don't need it notarized)

just wish we'd had looked on the uscis website earlier as he got the form notarized last week Glad to know though that older versions are still accepted. whew!!

[kiwiana 2]

I'm not hoping for Christmas now.

If they had sent the thing out in the same time frame as anyone else's there might have been a chance. Everything we need is ready, all the paperwork is in a stack labeled and ready to go.

I sent the AKL embassy a scan of the noa2 and they did send out the packet 3 in the end. I had the medical last week. I've sent the intial papers back to the embassy here. All that remains is for them to send the case on. They still have it.

It's an exercise in futility, but we can't help wondering why.

That's good that the embassy sent out packet 3. How did you get on at the medical? You have everything ready now.. just waiting on the darn nvc to get their act together!!

[cdneh 3,112]

I'm not hoping for Christmas now.

If they had sent the thing out in the same time frame as anyone else's there might have been a chance. Everything we need is ready, all the paperwork is in a stack labeled and ready to go.

I sent the AKL embassy a scan of the noa2 and they did send out the packet 3 in the end. I had the medical last week. I've sent the intial papers back to the embassy here. All that remains is for them to send the case on. They still have it.

It's an exercise in futility, but we can't help wondering why.

That's good that the embassy sent out packet 3. How did you get on at the medical? You have everything ready now.. just waiting on the darn nvc to get their act together!!

I read your post over before I went...so knew where the heck it was, and I thought of you walking all that way...and I drove

It went fine...no problems. He forgot to give me the copy of the vaccination form, but is posting it out.

We're all set.

Well...nearly

[Kelvan 0]

Kelvan: I have found the opposite.. I have found that it is going too fast for me since approval *Generally* your SO will receive notification via snail mail of your approval from uscis and then shortly afterwards you may receive a letter from NVC giving case number etc and saying that your petition will be forwarded to the appropiate visa issuing post where the visa interview will take place. The petition usually takes about 4 days for it to arrive at Auckland from NVC(when nvc mails it out)

In our case, the embassy received the petition on a Friday and we received packet 3 from them on the Tuesday. I immediately phoned docs for medical on that same day and managed to get appointment on the Thursday.

Meanwhile, your fiance will have to send you things that will be needed. 1-134 form (notarized), letter from his employer, pay stubs, tax transcript, birth certificate ( my SO didn't want to send his 'original' one (even though its not the true original ) so he got it photocopied and notarized (not sure if that will help or not lol), photocopy of the NOA2, letter of intent. (Apologises if i have forgotten anything. this is off the top of my head )

I had a second copy of the 1-129f package, so he didn't have to send one to me. So getting those things from your SO can take time for sure. As i said, the process was going a little too fast for me, so was glad to have a breather while he got the documents together. They arrived today (except for tax transcript. he is still waiting for that) so i will send packet 3 back to the embassy tomorrow (have to send back to them forms DS-230 pt 1, DS-156 (filled out online, as a barcode is added to the form and then printed out), DS-156k, application form for NZ police certificate,photo copy of valid passport biographic data pages, and 2 additional passport photos (as well as ones needed for DS-156 form) and appointment form.

Once the embassy receives packet 3 from you, then i think they make an appointment for interview. Hope others here (who have got the K1 visa) can tell you more about the process after NOA2

Cheers for that! I just read that out to Evan over the phone and we have a good idea now of what to expect! Seems like a lot of work to do still but we will get through it.