Touch on I-129 and I-130

[Val and Gary 29]

Hi

My husband Gary and I are awaiting his approval. Our NOA-1 for the I-130 was received on July 23rd 2010, and our NOA-1 for the I-129F was received on August 24th 2010. This is at the CSC. I noticed we got "touched" on both applications on August 30th 2010. I'm new to this forum, what may this mean? Does it simply mean that the cases have been pinned, or are we close to an approval even though it's only been 2 months? We have a very good Immigration lawyer and I'm REALLY hoping this all goes thru quickly. Any information is appreciated as my husband is living in England(he is a UK citizen) and I am living in our home in the US(I am a US citizen. This is all so hard and we just want to be together.

thanks so much

Val and Gary

[Inky 1,110]

A touch means anything. They touched the file, they moved it to a new desk, they added a sheet of paper, they had to look at a paper.

Lawyers dont speed up the process, they fill out your paperwork and mail it for you. Most people on this forum will say that lawyers actually have slowed the process down for them or even messed it up so badly that they had to start all over again.

[Shenzhen 34]

A touch means anything. They touched the file, they moved it to a new desk, they added a sheet of paper, they had to look at a paper.

Lawyers dont speed up the process, they fill out your paperwork and mail it for you. Most people on this forum will say that lawyers actually have slowed the process down for them or even messed it up so badly that they had to start all over again.

Correct If you have trouble because of previous visa filings or trouble with the law then lawyers are useful other than that they do end up slowing things down. Filing a K-3 when they have been administratively closed doesn't help.

k-3's were closed 2-2010

[Darnell 8,478]

Hey - Val and Gary - show this to yer attorney - http://www.visajourney.com/news/2010/02/07/department-of-state-to-close-k-3-visas-if-i-129f-and-i-130-petitions-approved-and-received-together/

Note the date of the notice

and then ask yer lawyer for his response, then, when you have time, let us know?

Thanks in advance !

[Val and Gary 29]

Hey - Val and Gary - show this to yer attorney - http://www.visajourney.com/news/2010/02/07/department-of-state-to-close-k-3-visas-if-i-129f-and-i-130-petitions-approved-and-received-together/

Note the date of the notice

and then ask yer lawyer for his response, then, when you have time, let us know?

Thanks in advance !

Thanks for the replys, so basically a K3 Visa means nothing anymore? The I129f forms seem to be going quickly in California. We are just crossing our fingers that this whole nightmare is over with quickly. We got a lawyer out of sheer panic. we went to England for our honeymoon and on return to the US my husband was denied access back into the country due to a past over stay on a visa waiver.

thahks

Val and Gary

[missads 59]

Hi

My husband Gary and I are awaiting his approval. Our NOA-1 for the I-130 was received on July 23rd 2010, and our NOA-1 for the I-129F was received on August 24th 2010. This is at the CSC. I noticed we got "touched" on both applications on August 30th 2010. I'm new to this forum, what may this mean? Does it simply mean that the cases have been pinned, or are we close to an approval even though it's only been 2 months? We have a very good Immigration lawyer and I'm REALLY hoping this all goes thru quickly. Any information is appreciated as my husband is living in England(he is a UK citizen) and I am living in our home in the US(I am a US citizen. This is all so hard and we just want to be together.

thanks so much

Val and Gary

That touch might just have been your 129F being "paired up" with the I-130 you had sent earlier ...

[Val and Gary 29]

That touch might just have been your 129F being "paired up" with the I-130 you had sent earlier ...

Yeah, that's what I kind of thought. Thanks for an answer to the question.

Edited September 27, 2010 by Val and Gary

[AlexJane 2]

Are they not (USCIC) suppose to process the I129f and the I-130 indepently and seperatly? ??

[Darnell 8,478]

Are they not (USCIC) suppose to process the I129f and the I-130 indepently and seperatly? ??

and they do !

but

normally, when filed for the same person -

the two casefiles are given to the same adjudicator (who processes them seperately and independently)

and

they are sitting on the same desk.

when both are finished, the adjudicator sends them off, together, to NVC .

[Ryan H 3,795]

Hi

My husband Gary and I are awaiting his approval. Our NOA-1 for the I-130 was received on July 23rd 2010, and our NOA-1 for the I-129F was received on August 24th 2010. This is at the CSC. I noticed we got "touched" on both applications on August 30th 2010. I'm new to this forum, what may this mean? Does it simply mean that the cases have been pinned, or are we close to an approval even though it's only been 2 months? We have a very good Immigration lawyer and I'm REALLY hoping this all goes thru quickly. Any information is appreciated as my husband is living in England(he is a UK citizen) and I am living in our home in the US(I am a US citizen. This is all so hard and we just want to be together.

thanks so much

Val and Gary

The purpose of a K3 was to allow a spouse of USC to enter the USA while awaiting approval of an I-130. Since I-130 and I-129F for the same person are essentially paired up, approved, and sent to NVC these days by USCIS, the NVC administratively closes the K3 leaving the only the I-130 for IR-1/CR-1 active.

The overstay could be an issue when it comes time for the embassy to review the application, it depends how long it was. This is where an attorney can probably be of help.

[AlexJane 2]

Friends thanks in your reply

[Darnell 8,478]

Thanks for the replys, so basically a K3 Visa means nothing anymore? The I129f forms seem to be going quickly in California. We are just crossing our fingers that this whole nightmare is over with quickly. We got a lawyer out of sheer panic. we went to England for our honeymoon and on return to the US my husband was denied access back into the country due to a past over stay on a visa waiver.

thahks

Val and Gary

Ya, mostly NOTHING ...

I've written up some longish bits over at http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/276290-please-clarify-this-for-mepretty-please/ about the K-3 - take a longish read when you have time?

[sheenaspapi 18]

Thanks for the replys, so basically a K3 Visa means nothing anymore? The I129f forms seem to be going quickly in California. We are just crossing our fingers that this whole nightmare is over with quickly. We got a lawyer out of sheer panic. we went to England for our honeymoon and on return to the US my husband was denied access back into the country due to a past over stay on a visa waiver.

thahks

Val and Gary

129f in CSC going quickly? I wish that were true.

[diamondeve21 0]

Hi everyone,

I have a question regarding the K3. My I130 was filed two month before I filed the K3. Would the K3 have any sort of an impact on the I130 like slow it down or anything?

Thanks!

[Val and Gary 29]

and they do !

but

normally, when filed for the same person -

the two casefiles are given to the same adjudicator (who processes them seperately and independently)

and

they are sitting on the same desk.

when both are finished, the adjudicator sends them off, together, to NVC .

So then, if the K3 means nothing any more, and the 2 forms are sent to NVC, what is the next procedure, and how much longer will we have to wait. I'll be very annoyed if our lawyer has screwed up here. In laymans terms, if he HAS screwed up, how much time has he lost us?

Thanks