Little confused...early approval of I-129F?

[lyekka 5]

Congrats!!!!!!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

What do you think this is attributed too? We sent in a huge package almost a hundred pages and tons of documentation! We have spent the last year together and she has traveled here twice. First trip was almost 40 days and the last trip was right at a year on a B2 visa....Will this help our process or do you think some people are just lucky Very interested to understand the process and figure out the differences....Thanks in advance for any info and congrats on a speedy approval! We sent ours out yesterday and hope for the same!!! James and Marlies!!!!!!

I really don't know why our petition was processed so quickly but it seems like there are several people on the forum who recently filed at the Vermont Service Center and have had fairly quick turn-around times. It's been mentioned that the VSC recently shifted attention to working through the backlog of I-129Fs. The only unusual thing about our case that I can think of is that about one year ago, my fiancee was granted a student visa to study at a University in the U.S. but she ended up not using it (her plans changed for reasons related to the economic crisis). Perhaps the USCIS already had some of her background info in their system...? The student visa was not mentioned at all in our I-129F petition, however.

I think our petition packet was fairly standard, but well organized and it included lots of evidence. My fiancee was a bit concerned that we weren't using a lawyer, but from reading the forums I gathered that it wasn't necessary for ordinary cases and my work requires reviewing legal documents and lots of attention to detail so I figured I could handle it. Below are some details about our petition.

I included lots of evidence of meeting in person (~20 photos from different visits...a few of them included her parents at our engagement party in Brazil, copies of all our flight itineraries and scans of most boarding passes), and a fair amount of evidence of ongoing relationship (in addition to pictures and visits, I sent in a screenshot of my Gmail inbox with a filter showing just emails from my fiancee, about 35 pages of emails back and forth between us with dates highlighted, screenshots of our Facebook pages with "Engaged" relationship status and messages to each other visible, a copy of a letter from my fiancee, and a copy of the receipts for her engagement ring...didn't include MSN and Skype logs because I figured I was already sending more than enough).

For I-129F Question 18 (proof of meeting in person), I attached a supplement that had dates, locations, and a brief summary of each of our in-person visits (7 separate occasions, including the first time we met). I included copies of my birth certificate and of my entire passport (I labeled the pages that had stamps corresponding to trips to Brazil to visit my Fiancee). For letters of intent, we used the example letters from the VJ guide. We each had 4 signed copies of the G-325A. I used dividers (tabs at bottom) and cover sheets with brief summaries for the different "sections" of the petition and I tried to label every photocopied document/page of evidence in the petition. I also 2-hole punched the petition at the top and used an ACCO fastener to hold everything together with a clear plastic cover sheet on the front and a plastic cover on the back (reading the forums made me ####### about putting everything together...)

Thanks to everyone for their comments and support! Visa Journey has been an amazing resource during this process. Good luck to everyone who's waiting!

You are a beneficiary of the recent shift of personel at VSC (such situation is temporary, mind you, they will be shifted back to something else after they "catch up")

Many petitions wer already assigned to adjudicators, some of the more recent petitions were sitting in the "in" box so to speak, not assigned. The boss comes along and says "OK, you, you, you come with me, you're doing I-129fs now@ and hands out petitions from the "in box" from last month, last week, yesterday, etc. It takes about 15 minutes to adjudicate a "clean" petition (15-20 per day per person average including government lunch and coffee breaks)

Think of it like when the grocery store opens three new check out lines and all the people BEHIND you in line, after you were waiting 20 minutes to be the third in line, rush over to the newly opened line and get out the door before you. It happens. Unless you expect USCIS to recall all the assigned petitions, reorganzie them and reassign them (like that would ever happen) it is the way the ball bounces. Don't worry, be happy.

[adom&maricar 0]

Hi everyone,

I just received an email from the USCIS stating "On September 28, 2009, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)." Can anyone tell me if this is this my NOA2?

I filed the I-129F ~Aug. 23 and my NOA-1 was issued on Aug. 25, so I was a little surprised by this email (seems early). The USCIS website has my case status as "Post Decision Activity" (it was in "Initial Review"). I'm a little worried that maybe I've just been denied or something, but both the website and the email state "approved" and I don't think there's a reason they would deny me. I haven't received anything in the mail yet (just got the email and text message tonight), so maybe it's just a glitch in their new website? I guess I'll cross my fingers for now.

The VSC has recently shifted a large number of its adjudicators to I-129fs to get "caught up"

I pray that I am apart of this "wave"

[Me&Her 2]

Hi everyone,

I just received an email from the USCIS stating "On September 28, 2009, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)." Can anyone tell me if this is this my NOA2?

I filed the I-129F ~Aug. 23 and my NOA-1 was issued on Aug. 25, so I was a little surprised by this email (seems early). The USCIS website has my case status as "Post Decision Activity" (it was in "Initial Review"). I'm a little worried that maybe I've just been denied or something, but both the website and the email state "approved" and I don't think there's a reason they would deny me. I haven't received anything in the mail yet (just got the email and text message tonight), so maybe it's just a glitch in their new website? I guess I'll cross my fingers for now.

The VSC has recently shifted a large number of its adjudicators to I-129fs to get "caught up"

Hopefully quite a few of us can ride this wave. Thanks for your thread.

Same here, just dropped off my I-129F in the post office downstairs. Can't wait!

[Jack25 0]

Hi everyone,

I just received an email from the USCIS stating "On September 28, 2009, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)." Can anyone tell me if this is this my NOA2?

I filed the I-129F ~Aug. 23 and my NOA-1 was issued on Aug. 25, so I was a little surprised by this email (seems early). The USCIS website has my case status as "Post Decision Activity" (it was in "Initial Review"). I'm a little worried that maybe I've just been denied or something, but both the website and the email state "approved" and I don't think there's a reason they would deny me. I haven't received anything in the mail yet (just got the email and text message tonight), so maybe it's just a glitch in their new website? I guess I'll cross my fingers for now.

The VSC has recently shifted a large number of its adjudicators to I-129fs to get "caught up"

Hopefully quite a few of us can ride this wave. Thanks for your thread.

Same here, just dropped off my I-129F in the post office downstairs. Can't wait!

I too got this email. So what is next? The package goes to the State department and I get assigned a case number? Thanks.

[Jack25 0]

I received my NOA #2 and it says that it's valid from 10/13/09 to 2/13/2010. I thought the k1 is valid for 6 months. Did they change this to 4 months?