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[Larry-jaana 0]

Why does it take longer for some to get approval than others? I seen that most of the cases takes around 6 months. Does it depend on what country the fiancee comes from?

[Rhiannercakes 14]

Depends on the country, mostly.

Some countries have to go through extra background checking due to names being so common.

Some countries (like Canada) are missing employees at the consulate, so they're backlogged.

Most common hold up seems to be name background checking though.

[Sinergy 3]

The country of the immigrant is not why some take longer than others. You could be from England or Canada or even Australia and have a name that comes up on the FBI list and end up in AP...so thats not a reason. It depends on the case...some cases are more complex than others. And your case could be with an adjudicator thats working on a complex case and hasn't gotten to yours yet, while another adjudicator is working on lots of non complex cases and all of those go through quickly. It also depends on the adjudicator and how fast he works. backlogs at the service centers have a lot to do with it too...depending on your SC...when I was doing the petition i was at CSC....and VSC was going much faster...therefore people who petitioned 2 months after me were getting approvals before me if they applied at VSC. Its a case to case situation...its not in order as to who dated theirs before the others.

I hope this can help a bit:

http://www.k1fianceevisas.com/times.html

[Rhiannercakes 14]

It actually is the country a bit.

I mean, if you look at the middle eastern countries, there seems to be an awful lot of common first and last names, and it takes a while to fish around them.

I mean, why else would most people from the middle east go through extra processing?

But like we mentioned, it's mostly name checks and how the embassy processes things is what holds people up.

[Sinergy 3]

It honestly is not bc of country. The middle east isn't actually the longest processing wait... Asian countries and some others can be long as well, during the AFTER petition approval wait. It would be easy to blame it on what country your from, but thats not the case. ANY country can get caught up in a name check...there are common names in every country. And the name check, AP is not bc of many people having a common name...it is an FBI name check. Someone named David Spooner could be on the FBI watch list...and a guy from France with the same name could be filing for K1 visa and end up on the FBI name check...he isnt from the middle east...and it has nothing to do with him being French.

Also some may get an RFE while others may not. an RFE can delay your case up to 60 days. So lets say you filed in March, and Joe filed in June...but Joe was approved first bc you received and RFE.

Also larry-jaana...you need to fill in your timeline...helping you on processing times per your case is fuzzy without knowing the date you filed, the date you received your NOA1 and so on.

Edited December 4, 2009 by Sinergy

[rebeccajo 14]

It honestly is not bc of country. The middle east isn't actually the longest processing wait... Asian countries and some others can be long as well, during the AFTER petition approval wait. It would be easy to blame it on what country your from, but thats not the case. ANY country can get caught up in a name check...there are common names in every country. And the name check, AP is not bc of many people having a common name...it is an FBI name check. Someone named David Spooner could be on the FBI watch list...and a guy from France with the same name could be filing for K1 visa and end up on the FBI name check...he isnt from the middle east...and it has nothing to do with him being French.

Also some may get an RFE while others may not. an RFE can delay your case up to 60 days. So lets say you filed in March, and Joe filed in June...but Joe was approved first bc you received and RFE.

Also larry-jaana...you need to fill in your timeline...helping you on processing times per your case is fuzzy without knowing the date you filed, the date you received your NOA1 and so on.

Yo! Where have you been?

[Sinergy 3]

It honestly is not bc of country. The middle east isn't actually the longest processing wait... Asian countries and some others can be long as well, during the AFTER petition approval wait. It would be easy to blame it on what country your from, but thats not the case. ANY country can get caught up in a name check...there are common names in every country. And the name check, AP is not bc of many people having a common name...it is an FBI name check. Someone named David Spooner could be on the FBI watch list...and a guy from France with the same name could be filing for K1 visa and end up on the FBI name check...he isnt from the middle east...and it has nothing to do with him being French.

Also some may get an RFE while others may not. an RFE can delay your case up to 60 days. So lets say you filed in March, and Joe filed in June...but Joe was approved first bc you received and RFE.

Also larry-jaana...you need to fill in your timeline...helping you on processing times per your case is fuzzy without knowing the date you filed, the date you received your NOA1 and so on.

Yo! Where have you been?

hahaha, been having a hard time...grandmother dieing of pancreatic cancer, kids and myself have been sick for 2 months, shonna started with swine flu, then me, then josh, and since then no one can get better. and been working A LOT...im working on now 3 websites this weekend, and need to start 2 more next week. My freelance web designing finally took off i have missed you tho

[bora bora 1]

Why does it take longer for some to get approval than others? I seen that most of the cases takes around 6 months. Does it depend on what country the fiancee comes from?

No one can give a definite answer and we can't change our names, so I think it's best to try and keep busy while you wait. Eventually the wait will end, and then begin again with AOS and ROC .

I hope you have a speedy approval.

[toma1 10]

It actually is the country a bit.

I mean, if you look at the middle eastern countries, there seems to be an awful lot of common first and last names, and it takes a while to fish around them.

I mean, why else would most people from the middle east go through extra processing?

But like we mentioned, it's mostly name checks and how the embassy processes things is what holds people up.

I agree. It depends on the consulate, which is obviously 100% correlated with the country.

I think MENA gets more scrutiny because of terrorism concerns. Certain other nations (like Vietnam & Nigeria) get more scrutiny because of higher fraud. Others (like Canada) are backlogged. Country of origin does not explain 100% of the variance, of course, but it definitely IS a factor.

[Sinergy 3]

Wrong info can be bad for the poster. He isnt even in the interview stage yet, so giving this kind of info, and to continue to say the country affects the approval of the petition is bad info.

When waiting on an approval for the PETITION, the country is NOT an issue.

Before replying to posts, make sure they are read properly, again bad info can cause problems.

When this OP ends up at the interview stage, then his consulate will be a concern, until then, no.

And i stress again to the OP...before asking more questions on your case or in general on your case especially about time frames...FILL IN YOUR TIMELINE...it is important when people are going to give you advice.

It actually is the country a bit.

I mean, if you look at the middle eastern countries, there seems to be an awful lot of common first and last names, and it takes a while to fish around them.

I mean, why else would most people from the middle east go through extra processing?

But like we mentioned, it's mostly name checks and how the embassy processes things is what holds people up.

I agree. It depends on the consulate, which is obviously 100% correlated with the country.

I think MENA gets more scrutiny because of terrorism concerns. Certain other nations (like Vietnam & Nigeria) get more scrutiny because of higher fraud. Others (like Canada) are backlogged. Country of origin does not explain 100% of the variance, of course, but it definitely IS a factor.

Edited December 11, 2009 by Sinergy

[TBoneTX 47,266]

Before replying to posts, make sure they are read properly, again bad info can cause problems.

This is probably the most important general suggestion to enhance productive discourse on VJ, si man -- twinned with posting clear questions so that respondents can immediately & fully understand, si man.

[Sinergy 3]

Before replying to posts, make sure they are read properly, again bad info can cause problems.

This is probably the most important general suggestion to enhance productive discourse on VJ, si man -- twinned with posting clear questions so that respondents can immediately & fully understand, si man.

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