; almost 7 months and still no NOA2

[Channah&Aaron 51]

; I am an October filer, and I can't believe why it's taking so long!!

Are there any other October filers??? I am really losing hope

[U & I 1]

; I am an October filer, and I can't believe why it's taking so long!!

Are there any other October filers??? I am really losing hope

Have you tried calling USCIS and put in the service request ? Or did you write to your congeressman/senators ?

I waited exactly 5 months and a week to call USCIS and out in the service request. I got my NOA2 exatcly after a week....wish you good luck...I understand how frustrating the wait can be...but you gotta try everything in your capacity...

[Dumb/Dumber 61]

Have you tried calling USCIS and put in the service request ? Or did you write to your congeressman/senators ?

I waited exactly 5 months and a week to call USCIS and out in the service request. I got my NOA2 exatcly after a week....wish you good luck...I understand how frustrating the wait can be...but you gotta try everything in your capacity...

[Pedro Thiago 2]

I agree, seven months is definitely too long to have to wait. A service request would be a good idea at this point! And don't give up hope! It will all work out soon.

[Dumb/Dumber 61]

I am an early November filer. I waited until six months and contacted my Senator, no help. I requested a service request and I received an e-mail stating that we were still in background checks, inquire again in six months. I have sent them 3 more e-mails since then and they are not waivering.

This is definitely unfair. We are all still in background checks when others have been approved in 30, 60, 90, 120 days and personally I do not believe our files have even been looked at. Our lives are being held hostage by the immigration system. We are experiencing judgements due to age discrimination and religious backgrounds. Personally I believe our constitutional rights are being trashed because we fell in love with someone from another country.

Well they better get used to it because with modern technology, this is going to happen more and more. The immigration department acts like it must be fraud if their is age differences and religious differences. Give me a break. There are thousands of age differences and religious differences marriages between US Citizens.

I definitely want to be protected from terrorists, but come on with today's modern technology, it is pretty easy to check someone's background.

As far as fraud. If they make it to the United States and they are frauds, the petitioner will put them on a plane back to their country.

Bless your heart, what I am trying to say is we are all in this together. We are all being held hostage and I do not intend to let them break me. They are messing with the wrong woman now. I will scream this injustice to the roof tops because it is so wrong. I have witnessed so many people go through so much pain on this website and it just is not fair.

DO NOT GIVE UP HOPE! THIS IS NOT YOUR FAULT! YOU ARE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN!!! YOUR SPOUSES AND FUTURE SPOUSES ARE WORTH THE WAIT!!!!

Edited May 19, 2011 by Dumb/Dumber

[Channah&Aaron 51]

; hey guys!!!

yeah!!

1. We put in a SERVICE REQUEST on April 27th. And they told us we have to wait 30 days. Most likely a decision will be made within the 30 days. If not, we have to call again.. GRRRR!!!

2. we sent our I-7001 form May 5th to our Ombudsman, and we received an E-mail that they successfully received our forms and they are viewing our case. (nothing heard from him, yet)

3. we sent our letter to our Senator last week, hopefully he received it already.

We did everything we possibly could. This is soooo nerve-wracking and I really have sleepless nights!!!!!!!!

=( I have a itty-bitty of HOPE left, but I'm afraid it will be gone very soon.. Especially if we haven't heard anything after 27th of this month!!!

:( :(

[Dumb/Dumber 61]

Who is Ombudsman? I keep seeing that and I have no idea.

[TracyTN 237]

Moving thread from K1 process forum to K1 progress forum.

[Channah&Aaron 51]

; It's on USCIS.gov

Hopefully he can help you. E-mail him, and he'll tell you that you have to sign I-7001 form and fax/send it back. We scanned it and sent it thru E-mail.

Edited May 19, 2011 by Channah&Aaron

[monyfer 27]

I am waiting longer than all ya'll - almost 7.5 months here I did everything possible, too. Contacted my Senator's office. When they put in a request with VSC, they were told we, too, were in admin processing and to check back in sixty days.

Which is ridiculous, because I put in my own service request and after thirty days they DID issue a decision (a few days after the e-mail from my Senator's aide) - issuing me an RFE for something I included with the original petition, that they lost!

The incompetence astounds me to no end. We feel totally powerless. We sent in our RFE response one month ago. Still, NOTHING.

Dumb/Dumber I agree with you that my life is COMPLETELY ON HOLD by the immigration system. I feel completely let down by this system. I never fathomed it would take this long, and to see folks who filed two, three months after me get approved is heartwrenchingly unfair (especially since they got to pay a $100 lower fee (filing fees dropped in Nov) AND got approved faster.

We don't even have any of the issues you mention regarding age or religious differences. My fiance and I are the same age. We met in person when I was studying in his country (not online or anything like that). Have dated for three and a half years. I lived in his country with him for almost a year. We have a long term, legit relationship, and to see people who met online through marriage brokers and met in person once or twice (not slamming those people, just showing a difference) have ALREADY been approved, when my FI and I have this looooong term relationship of being together constantly, are both young, never been married, professional workers, and we get treated this way.

It makes me SICK.

[Piefre 15]

I feel for you, monyfer. It is absolutely ridiculous that VSC has not approved your petition or looked at your RFE yet. We also got an RFE and we're waiting for them to look at us too. But it seems VSC is bent on catching up with CSC in approvals instead of approving those of us who were left behind by RFEs on our petitions. Over the past two weeks, they approved 3-4 RFEs while issuing more RFEs and doing absolutely nothing about them. It was frustrating enough waiting for them to even look at our petitions the first time. This hold on RFE approvals is doubly ridiculous. I hope you get your NOA2 soon, monyfer. There is no reason for you to have to wait this long.

[danik713 21]

This is definitely unfair. We are all still in background checks when others have been approved in 30, 60, 90, 120 days and personally I do not believe our files have even been looked at. Our lives are being held hostage by the immigration system. We are experiencing judgements due to age discrimination and religious backgrounds. Personally I believe our constitutional rights are being trashed because we fell in love with someone from another country.

Welcome to life - it's not fair. Our rights are not being "trashed." You are still entitled to your opinions, beliefs, life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness - and may love whoeever you like. However, it is a matter of national security when any individual seeks to immigrate to the United States. You as an individual must be judgmental on a day to day basis for your own survival, and the government needs to be judgmental in the same regard. Don't take it personally.

I hope you receive notice soon. Remain patient, stay positive. Don't play victim as a "hostage," try to live your life to the fullest regardless of USCIS - do you really want to look back and feel like you wasted all these months? I sure don't.

Monyfer -- best wishes to you as well. I can relate to you as having a more traditional relationship per se (in regards to meeting in person, 2 young unmarried and college educated professionals, living together extensively, not using an online site, broker, or the K-1 visa process as a litmus test) and my worst fear is that after going through everything appropriately we will be held up for some unknown reason.

Good luck all.

[Dumb/Dumber 61]

I agree. I do not intend to waste one single moment of these months waiting for my husband to come to America. Life is to short.

[U & I 1]

Welcome to life - it's not fair. Our rights are not being "trashed." You are still entitled to your opinions, beliefs, life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness - and may love whoeever you like. However, it is a matter of national security when any individual seeks to immigrate to the United States. You as an individual must be judgmental on a day to day basis for your own survival, and the government needs to be judgmental in the same regard. Don't take it personally.

I hope you receive notice soon. Remain patient, stay positive. Don't play victim as a "hostage," try to live your life to the fullest regardless of USCIS - do you really want to look back and feel like you wasted all these months? I sure don't.

Monyfer -- best wishes to you as well. I can relate to you as having a more traditional relationship per se (in regards to meeting in person, 2 young unmarried and college educated professionals, living together extensively, not using an online site, broker, or the K-1 visa process as a litmus test) and my worst fear is that after going through everything appropriately we will be held up for some unknown reason.

Good luck all.

I agree with all of you and feel for all of you too...hope you all get the good news soon...

here is anohter peiece of information that might give you some insight of possible dealys at VSC...

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=855260f64f336210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=9cf75869c9326210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD

As I discussed this with some of the people...they are processing cases for the haitian immigrant on prority basis and hence dealying the cases of others...I live closer to a hatian community in Boston...and as I know some people are taking even unfair advantage of this system...but again this is life and its not always fair..I pray for all of you that you get your approval soon..

[Dumb/Dumber 61]

I agree. I do not intend to waste one single moment of these months waiting for my husband to come to America. Life is to short.

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