Department of State System Screwup..

[Meghan&Andrey 51]

Have y'all seen this? They tried to update their system & crashed it! Now nearly all visas are delayed including K-1. I think I'm going to scream. First the TSC-specific backlog. Now this. Along with the link to the actual site where they talk about it, I've attached two screenshots from a convo on the DoS FB page where it specifically discusses K-1s.

http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/news/ccd-performance-issues.html

[JIJourney 96]

wow ridiculous

[sweetswinks 400]

Have y'all seen this? They tried to update their system & crashed it! Now nearly all visas are delayed including K-1. I think I'm going to scream. First the TSC-specific backlog. Now this. Along with the link to the actual site where they talk about it, I've attached two screenshots from a convo on the DoS FB page where it specifically discusses K-1s.

http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/news/ccd-performance-issues.html

There's been a lot of info regarding the crash, it only effects visa applicants. I-129f's are petitions, not visa's. This only affects those at NVC-consulate stage who have their K1 visa being processed.

Edited July 31, 2014 by sweetswinks

[ibhitchin 1]

Lets see... the crash affected our system AND the redundant system.

What are your plans to avoid having this happen again?

We are going to have 2 redundant systems.

Good thing we have rocket scientists working on this!

Didn't it strike anyone there that the update/upgrade should be applied to the "redundant" system FIRST, tested and approved, THEN applied to the main system!! Just what the F is the redundant system there for anyway!!

If I seem a little bitter and angry... well you're very perceptive!

[JIJourney 96]

There's been a lot of info regarding the crash, it only effects visa applicants. I-129f's are petitions, not visa's. This only affects those at NVC-consulate stage who have their K1 visa being processed.

It will probably be a quick fix

[sweetswinks 400]

It will probably be a quick fix

What will be a quick fix?

[JIJourney 96]

What will be a quick fix?

them going back to normal and fiance visas being issued normally

[sweetswinks 400]

them going back to normal and fiance visas being issued normally

Oh! Yes they will. Because I-129f's are petitions and not visa's, those delays are not linked to the K1 visa issuing at NVC/consulate stage.

They'll fix this shortly

[Tonester 29]

this news really makes me nervous. we waited half a year for noa-2, and now this... and of course, they should (they must!) have everything fixed asap, with so many people being frustrated. I don't want any more delays!

[Meghan&Andrey 51]

There's been a lot of info regarding the crash, it only effects visa applicants. I-129f's are petitions, not visa's. This only affects those at NVC-consulate stage who have their K1 visa being processed.

I never said it affected petitions. I know the difference. And if you're referring to me mentioning the backlog at TSC, I meant first an increased wait at that stage, then when you get to the next stage, this happens.

[Meghan&Andrey 51]

Oh! Yes they will. Because I-129f's are petitions and not visa's, those delays are not linked to the K1 visa issuing at NVC/consulate stage.

They'll fix this shortly

I'm not sure why you keep bringing up that this doesn't affect the petitions. This is about the visa, yes. But if you read the info on the link or looked at the screenshot, The Department of State said themselves that it won't be fixed for a few weeks. And we all know when they give us a timeline, its that X3. K1 visas ARE affected. They're experiencing huge delays in scheduling interviews & printing visas.

[LDN2DEN 3]

9 working days post approval and still waiting for our K1 and K2 status to move from 'Ready'..................

[AFKPC14 17]

I think by the time you have received your NOA2 and hit the NVC/Visa stage it will be fixed by then. Your received you NOA1 May 1 and right now TSC is taking about 5 months so we are talking around October until you receive NOA2. Surely this will be fixed by the time you enter the next stage even if not they are still processing visa's just at a slower rate. There are a few that have had their interview around July 23 and they already have "issued" for their visa. So the delay isn't to bad.

Have y'all seen this? They tried to update their system & crashed it! Now nearly all visas are delayed including K-1. I think I'm going to scream. First the TSC-specific backlog. Now this. Along with the link to the actual site where they talk about it, I've attached two screenshots from a convo on the DoS FB page where it specifically discusses K-1s.

http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/news/ccd-performance-issues.html

[Meghan&Andrey 51]

I think by the time you have received your NOA2 and hit the NVC/Visa stage it will be fixed by then. Your received you NOA1 May 1 and right now TSC is taking about 5 months so we are talking around October until you receive NOA2. Surely this will be fixed by the time you enter the next stage even if not they are still processing visa's just at a slower rate. There are a few that have had their interview around July 23 and they already have "issued" for their visa. So the delay isn't to bad.

I know when I received my NOA1 and I didn't post this for me. It says, "Have y'all seen this" because I haven't seen any discussion about it. I hope the delay isn't too bad. I just reported what the government agency ACTUALLY said.

[Rebecca.V 24]

Obviously it's not a quick fix.. This happened on the 20th and here it is the 31st...

My lying consulate said they issued our visa on the 18th after an excrutiating 6 weeks of waiting after my fiance's interview, only to backtrack and say the visa hadn't been interviewed because of this delay. IDIOTS.