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11 Day Approval between NOA1 and NOA2 K1 Visa CSC

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Gary & Aubrey   23

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CSC doesn't always get the fast route. We waited over 3 months for our RFE, and then NOA2 came after. I am happy for OP, and thanks for serving!

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Not exactly true. My fiance is from Philippines and we filed in December and at TSC and haven't been approved as of March 21, 2015. Although a lot of Filipinos do get approved faster.

Took us almost 6 months at TSC before we got an RFE. 201 days total NOA1 to NOA2. It was agonizing for sure.

I know that USCIS had priority service for people that submitted a hardship letter regarding Typhoon Yolanda. From the looks of it though, it would seem CSC fast-tracked all Philippine K-1(s), whereas TSC only those with the hardship letter. CSC has certainly been faster.

It would seem military folk also get priority processing.

Amazing luck getting all three fast-pass cards ... CSC, Philippines, and military.

Congrats!

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Took us almost 6 months at TSC before we got an RFE. 201 days total NOA1 to NOA2. It was agonizing for sure.

I know that USCIS had priority service for people that submitted a hardship letter regarding Typhoon Yolanda. From the looks of it though, it would seem CSC fast-tracked all Philippine K-1(s), whereas TSC only those with the hardship letter. CSC has certainly been faster.

It would seem military folk also get priority processing.

Amazing luck getting all three fast-pass cards ... CSC, Philippines, and military.

Congrats!

If you filtered it to just Texas and Philippines and look at the past 15 months you can see for there was a fast track for Philippines, typically 30-45 days sometimes about 2 months assuming no RFEs. However if you sort by NOA 1 dates you can see that basically at the turn of the year the Philippines fast track seems to have stopped, save for me because of an expedite. There's no way to filter for military but it seems as most those are expedited due to military obligations and only by request, not just because they're military. As far as CSC nobody can dispute, that with few exceptions they are all just fast no matter the category.

* but this thread seems to be getting off topic and turning into a discussion about processing times differences.

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Actually, there are plenty of Filipinos that STILL go through TSC in less than 2 months. There are 3 cases among the recent 15 approvals on Igors List alone!

K1 time line

 


I-129F sent: 12/23/2014
NOA-1: 12/29/2014
NOA-2: 06/05/2015 (158 days)
NOA-2 hardcopy: 06/11/2015 (6 days post NOA-2, 164 days total)
Sent to NVC: 06/16/2015 (11 days post NOA-2, 169 days total)
NVC receive: 06/25/2015 (20 days post NOA-2, 178 days total)
NVC case no: 06/30/2015 (25 days post NOA-2, 183 days total)
NVC left: 07/02/2015 (27 days post NOA-2, 185 days total)
Case Ready: 07/07/2015 (32 days post NOA-2, 190 days total)
submitted DS-160, paid visa fee.: 07/21/2015 (46 days post NOA-2, 204 days total)
Packet 3 sent: 07/25/2015 (50 days post NOA-2, 209 days total)
Pack 4 received: 07/30/2015 (55 days post NOA-2, 214 days total)
Medical: 09/17/2015 Interview: 09/23/2015 (108 days post NOA-2, 268 days total)
Interview Result: Approved Administrative Processing: 09/23/2015
CEAC Status Issued: 09/24/2015
Visa in hand: 09/28/2015
POE: 12/29/2015 Wedding: 01/11/2016


AOS Time Line

 

AOS package mailed: 01/13/2016
AOS package received: 01/20/2016 (day 1)
AOS NOA-1 text/email: 01/23/2016 (day 3), actual NOA-1 date 01/22/2016 (day 2)
AOS Fingerprint fee received: 01/22/2016 (day 2)
AOS check cashed: 01-25-2016 (day 5) Got 6 month NJ driver's license: 01-25-2016
3x NOA-1 hardcopies: 02/03/2016 (day 14)

Biometrics letter: 02/05/2016 (day 16) Biometrics appt (Elizabeth, NJ): 02/17/2016 (day 28)

EAD and AP approved email/txt: 03/29/2016 (day 67)

GC approval email/text: 04/04/2016 (day 74)

I-797 for I-765/I-131 in mail: 04/04/2016 (day 74)

EAD/AP delivered: 04/05/216 (day 75)

GC card being mailed status update: 04/07/16 (day 77)

GC received: 04/11/16 (day 84 post AOS NOA-1)

DONE WITH USCIS FOR 21 MONTHS!

ROC Window opens: 01/04/2018

 

ROC Time Line
ROC package mailed to Vermont 01/04/2018
ROC package received at Vermont 01/08/2018 (day 0)
Check cashed: 01/16/2018 (day 8 )
NOA-1 date: 01/09/2018 (day 1)
NOA-1 received: 01/16/2018 (day 8 )
Biometrics notice received: 02/09/2018 (day 32)
Biometrics appointment: 02/23/2018 (day 46)
Received 18-month extension letter: 08/13/2018 (day 209)
ROC Approved: 03/09/2019 (day 425)
Card Received: 03/16/2019  (day 432)
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Shauneg Experienced

Shauneg   762

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Actually, there are plenty of Filipinos that STILL go through TSC in less than 2 months. There are 3 cases among the recent 15 approvals on Igors List alone!

I'm one of those and was an expedite. Are you sure the other two weren't expedite or were truly TSC? Don't use igor's use this....you will see exactly what I'm talking about, since mid Jan it's basically stopped.

Look for the past 15 months or so back days between NOA 1 and NOA 2.......and then look at the NOA 1s starting basically at the new year....

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list.php?cfl=0&op1=4&op2=d&op3=1&op4=1&op5=5,6,8,10,11,13,14,15,16,17,18,20,21,22,25,26,27,28,108,110,111,208,210,211&op6=Texas%20Service%20Center&op66=Not%20Transfered&op7=Philippines&dfile=No&adv=

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First of all, thank you for serving our country!

The expedite with Filipinos may be coming to an end, but you certainly deserve yours, as you are on active duty.

In my opinion, nothing like a "good Filipino wife" as I would not trade mine for nothing.,.,I sure got a very good wife!

Contratz, and a speedy trip home.

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First of all, thank you for serving our country!

The expedite with Filipinos may be coming to an end, but you certainly deserve yours, as you are on active duty.

In my opinion, nothing like a "good Filipino wife" as I would not trade mine for nothing.,.,I sure got a very good wife!

Contratz, and a speedy trip home.

Thank you much. I wouldn't trade my job for anything. And yes she's great, we've known each other for almost 5 years and lived together for a year and half so I'm more than aware of how lukcy I am.

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KeithandKat   0

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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Raven52 thank u soooo much! Well I didn't realize this post would turn into a post on if expedite is still in effect. But what I did learn is that due to the TSC delay, it gives a lot of people time to develope excuses to why other people's packet are being processed faster than others. I know the delay has to suck and is frustrating, but those who get negative, none of us have control of who long this K1 Visa process takes, so let's be happy for one another. Keith

8-17-14 Kathlein and I started Dating

1-22-15 Visited Kathlein in the Philippines

1-30-15 We got engaged

2-14-15 I-129F Packet Sent to the Dallas, Texas Lockbox (Sent from Kuwait)

2-25-15 I-129F Packet recieved at Dallas, Texas Lockbox

3-02-15 I-129F Packet recieved at USCIS California Sevice Center

3-06-15 Fiancé Recieved NBI and Police Background Checks

3-09-15 NOA1 Received (I-129F Opened) 23 Days From Packet Sent

3-20-15 NOA2 Received by Email (I-129F Approved) 11 Days From NOA1

3-26-15 NOA2 Recieved by Mail

4-07-15 I-129F Recieved by NVC from CSC

4-08-15 Received Case Number from NVC

4-23-15 Kathlein applied for hers and her kids passports at the DFA in CDO

6-08-15 Kathlein Recieved passports for her and the kids

6-08-15 DS-160 Visa Application Completed

6-09-15 Payed for the Visa Application at BPI Bank and Recieved MRV Slip

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8-05-15 Fiance and Son arrived to the USA.

10-24-15 we got married.

11-20-15 CHICAGO lockbox received I-485.

12-03-15 Received text and Email notification the I-485 was received.

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Sabrina&Chuck Rising Star

Sabrina&Chuck   32

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I submitted our K1 Visa I-129F while deployed in Kuwait and I thought it would take longer To recieved our NOA2. But in fact it took us 22 days to receive our NOA1 and only 11 Days to recieve our NOA2. So excited! Everything seems to be rolling along smoothly.

hey we submitted ours too on March 20th ..received Noa1 7 days later ..hardcopy showed up on April 4th ..how long do u think will it take for us to get it ? he's still on deployment and will get back end of April. can't check the case number since April not sure what date exactly but pretty much at the beginning :D

Our Story

I'm the benificary

First met: August 23rd 2013 (F)
Engaged: November 13th 2014 :wub:
I-129f sent: March 20th 2015
Received by USICS: March 25th 2015
Mail notification + Case accepted and routed to CSC:
March 27th 2015
NOA1 hard Copy received: April 4th 2015 :dancing:

Mail notification - Petition Approved NOA2: May 8th 2015

B-) NOA2 hard Copy received: May 15th 2015 :thumbs::dance:

Called NVC & Received Case NR: May 29th 2015 :thumbs:

At NVC: Since 21th May 2015

Stuck at AP :clock:

left NVC/ In Transit to Frankfurt: 3rd June 2015 :dancing:

Ready at Embassy Frankfurt: 5th June 2015 :wow:

Packet 3 received: 11th June 2015

DS-160 Submitted: 16th June 2015

Fee paid: 18th June 2015

Package 3 sent: 13th July 2015

Ready to schedule Interview: 16th July 2015
Medical passed: 21st July 2015
Interview: 5th August 2015 :star: -> Approved

POE: 27th August 2015

Date of Marriage: 3rd September 2015 (L):luv:

:energy::energy::energy: :energy: :energy::energy:

AOS

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