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HWANG0926   0

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: South Korea
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Why is it that some people only wait 2 month in order to receive their NOA 2 since NOA 1 and some can wait as long as 6 months? Why does it vary? Has anyone ever done any analysis on it before? Or does it have to do with the complexity of your K1 visa filing?

It interests me because approx, should take anywhere between 3 months... of time but some people receive it in 2 months....

Does it matter which country?

Anyone have any idea?

Timeline:

2/18/2009: Mailed I-129F Form

2/20/2009: NOA 1 Receipt Date

3/20/2009: NOA 2 Notice Approval Date

05/28/2009: Interview APPROVED

7/22/2009 --POE (LAX)-- We are together forever <3

AOS Journey Begins Here ^------^

7/28/2009 -- Applied for SSN & Registered for Marriage License

8/3/2009 -- Civil Ceremony

8/5/2009 -- Received Marriage Certificate via Express Mail. Pass DMV Written Exam & Received Permit

08/11/2009-- Mailed AOS to Chicago, IL

08/17/2009 -- Check clears $1010 USCIS

8/20/2009- Touched ^---^

8/21/2009-- NOA 1 for I-485 and I-765 Hard Copy

08/29/2009-- Received Biometrics Appointment Letter in the mail, dated 08/26

09/03/2009 -- Early Walk In Biometrics Appt (Original Date 09/23)

09/04/2009 -- Touched ^---^

09/29/2009 -- EAD Card Production

10/07/2009 -- EAD Card Received

10/16/2009 AOS I-485 Interview in Los Angeles(APPROVED)

10/28/2009 -- GC in HAND <3

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Bobby+Umit   161

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Turkey
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Why is it that some people only wait 2 month in order to receive their NOA 2 since NOA 1 and some can wait as long as 6 months? Why does it vary? Has anyone ever done any analysis on it before? Or does it have to do with the complexity of your K1 visa filing?

It interests me because approx, should take anywhere between 3 months... of time but some people receive it in 2 months....

Does it matter which country?

Anyone have any idea?

depends alot on different factors.

Number of RFI's, the workload of the case workers, where the people are from, etc....

average time is 6 months, so I suppose someone looks at the numbers... :unsure:

My Advice is usually based on "Worst Case Scenario" and what is written in the rules/laws/instructions. That is the way I roll... -Protect your Status - file before your I-94 expires.

WARNING: Phrases in this post may sound meaner than they were intended to be. Read the Adjudicator's Field Manual from USCIS

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KimandRuss Experienced

KimandRuss   0

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: New Zealand
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First, in answer to your question... yes, the process has been analyzed..and re-analyzed..and scrutinized...etc. ;) Secondly, it's important to note that the folks you see on VJ are a very small percentage of the actual filers uscis deals with on a daily basis.

When your petition arrives at the CIS it is put into their standard format, a bar code is put on it, and it is filed away until an adjuticator is ready to work on a new box. Because adjuticators are not created equally and work at different paces it's possible that some people who actually filed after you will get processed before you. Their box simply came up for a new adjuticator before yours was done working on the box.

There are several stages to this process. There are security checks done at each of these stages. Any one of which can hold you up even if you have no criminal history or anything in your past that you believe should hold you up. We have none of that and still got held up at NVC for 3 weeks. Others have waited much longer...some have had no problems due to the checks. It can be anything. ;)

The Country does not generally matter until the latter stages of the process. Certain high fraud posts can put you in adminstrative processing or security checks for any length of time.

Familiarizing yourself with the process and preparing as best you can is the only way to make certain things are done as quickly as possible.

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