September 2009 K-1 Visa Filers

[Chi-town 1]

RFE's are typically given once you are about to be adjucated. The person reviewing your case will either decide to approve you or that they need more info to judge your case. You will occasionally get one right when you sent in the packet, but that is for more obvious things like you are missing a form or something. Those are really the only two times someone will look at your information and the rest of the time it is sitting in a box waiting. Its not like they are studying your case for 4 months before they decide you need an RFE.

It takes longer because of the time it takes for them to mail out the RFE, for you to receive it in the mail and then to respond back. Then once they receive it back, the adjucators usually take one day to go through all the RFE's they've gotten back to approve or deny, so depending on who you are working with that time can vary.

As a rule of thumb: RFE's at the beginning of the process do not add more than mailing time to the process, the RFE's that arrive later in the process may actually result in longer processing times because the issue is not completeness of the initial documents, rather, something the adjudicator has found in processing your documents. The goal at this point is to make it into the "box on the shelf" that is something we control. Once there, the goal is to have this box pulled by a diligent adjudicator - something we cannot control. Just keep breathing and should something like an RFE arise, answer it quickly and completely. Meanwhile, we all have weddings to plan

[Ney 0]

My son came to visit today and said "Weekend Suck!". I said why you always loved the weekends because you're off of work. He looked at me and said "Mom, USCIS is closed on the weekends too, so if they're closed I'm not any closer to moving on with my life. I miss my baby"

Bless his heart!

Monday will be here soon COME ON USCIS LET'S GET MOVING!!!!

Sorry guys I can't stand to see my baby in pain.

[Chi-town 1]

Way to go San Diego, I believe the Cali Svc Ctr works better when the chargers win! It's a theory of mine that has yet to be disproven

[AFweatherguy 0]

Received my NA01 hard copy on Friday. Next, I need to call the Military Helpline to see If it can be expedited (I am being deployed next year).

[jkminney 30]

Way to go San Diego, I believe the Cali Svc Ctr works better when the chargers win! It's a theory of mine that has yet to be disproven

HA! I actually laughed outloud at my desk when I read that. Lets hope that's the case. We are all sitting here dying for something good to happen. Basically if ONE person has some luck with this September group I think we'll all be so excited that it's moving along.

Lets cross our fingers!

[Luis&Alice 0]

Does anyone else check the online status of your case every morning and every night of the week? I have even caught myself checking during weekends. Just a little impatient!!!

I hope I will be able to post a soon!!!

[Bsze 50]

We were finally able to get our receipt number (we used a money order, didn't have personal checks), and according to the USCIS website, our case is in the "Initial Review" stage. According to the website, they "received this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E), and mailed [us] a notice" on September 21st, 2009.

Does this mean that September 21st is our NOA1 date?

[Malarie 0]

I have even caught myself checking during weekends. Just a little impatient!!! [/u]

FYI - I have seen approvals on Sunday nights!!! Sometimes USCIS does work overtime

[MRStee 19]

Im not a September filer, but just wanted to wish everyone luck! Times are being cut down tremendously!

[brightskte 18]

Does anyone else check the online status of your case every morning and every night of the week? I have even caught myself checking during weekends. Just a little impatient!!!

I hope I will be able to post a soon!!!

I check mine like every 30 minutes and we actually got touched yesterday. I didn't even think they worked on sundays.

[Roy G. Biv 0]

I finally finished the I-129F packet and sent it off today. I've been working on it since mid-July. In the end it weighed 2lbs2oz; my friends and I were admiring how well it was organized just before I shoved it in the envelope and trotted over to the post office. Let's hope the government shares our opinion.

[Ney 0]

We were finally able to get our receipt number (we used a money order, didn't have personal checks), and according to the USCIS website, our case is in the "Initial Review" stage. According to the website, they "received this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E), and mailed [us] a notice" on September 21st, 2009.

Does this mean that September 21st is our NOA1 date?

The number on the site is the day after they cashed my check, so we are using the day the check cashed because we weren't sure either.

[Ney 0]

I have even caught myself checking during weekends. Just a little impatient!!! [/u]

FYI - I have seen approvals on Sunday nights!!! Sometimes USCIS does work overtime

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Wow I had no clue.

Im not a September filer, but just wanted to wish everyone luck! Times are being cut down tremendously!

Thank you for the good wishes

I finally finished the I-129F packet and sent it off today. I've been working on it since mid-July. In the end it weighed 2lbs2oz; my friends and I were admiring how well it was organized just before I shoved it in the envelope and trotted over to the post office. Let's hope the government shares our opinion.

Welcome and good luck!!!!

Edited September 28, 2009 by Ney

[brightskte 18]

Got touched again today. So that's twice in 2 days! Hope it's only good things and no RFE's!

[Jenn and Fuat 2]

Got touched again today. So that's twice in 2 days! Hope it's only good things and no RFE's!

I'm hoping good things for you!!!!

I'm still waiting to see if my check was cashed.. and to finally know whether or not I signed that form!