February 2017 I-129F Filers

[Patricia & Ola 129]

27 minutes ago, Alysia&Luis said:

Has to be originals...no scanned/faxed/etc. Congrats on getting the packets started!

Thank you!!!

 

[VinceKath 60]

5 hours ago, pvandel said:

Hello.....getting my packet together as well. Just wondering?  Does my fiancé's letter of intent and form g325a need to be originals or can he email a copy to me for me to submit?? Thanks!

You can use copies for these as long as they're readable it shouldn't be a problem. However, when you send your I-134 (Affidavit of Support) to your fiancé for interview purposes it has to be originals with your signature on it.

[HoneyMar 12]

Hello everyone.   I am new here.   Just sent in my I-129F packet last week, Feb. 20, 2017, and am looking forward to receiving a noa1.   I am really glad for this forum.   It has been a good source of information and a form of consolation while I wait.  I figure it will be a source of advice and encouragement and mentorship as I await approval at each phase of the process.  I want to share each step.   I am a blessed man to have met such a lovely woman from Ethiopia to spend my days with loving and cherishing.   I can say that I honestly worry that some formality could derail my hopes and dreams and keep me apart from my love longer than I care for.   With this gorum, I feel like I have a huge family of super kind folk.who have my back.   I have had a few problems with trouble that show up in my records and I have in previous years had infome borderIng the poverty level.   My fiance and I have a language barrier .   We are both committed ,faithful and sweet.  I am 48 and have never been unemployed.  I am confident and feel I my petition and her visa should be granted.  She is a gem of a human and I am a good hardworking loving guy.  Thanks for letting me share.  God bless you all for journeys of love.  I will certainly chronicle my process story in posts.   I welcome kind and gentle input to reassure or assist me.   My fiance speaks Amharic.  I speak English.  She resides in the majestic Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and I am in the golden state of California.  Peace!

[Eric&Olya 881]

Hello everyone! My fiance sent our petition on February 27. I am so excited to start this journey:-)

[RaptureSongbird 533]

7 hours ago, HoneyMar said:

Hello everyone.   I am new here.   Just sent in my I-129F packet last week, Feb. 20, 2017, and am looking forward to receiving a noa1.   I am really glad for this forum.   It has been a good source of information and a form of consolation while I wait.  I figure it will be a source of advice and encouragement and mentorship as I await approval at each phase of the process.  I want to share each step.   I am a blessed man to have met such a lovely woman from Ethiopia to spend my days with loving and cherishing.   I can say that I honestly worry that some formality could derail my hopes and dreams and keep me apart from my love longer than I care for.   With this gorum, I feel like I have a huge family of super kind folk.who have my back.   I have had a few problems with trouble that show up in my records and I have in previous years had infome borderIng the poverty level.   My fiance and I have a language barrier .   We are both committed ,faithful and sweet.  I am 48 and have never been unemployed.  I am confident and feel I my petition and her visa should be granted.  She is a gem of a human and I am a good hardworking loving guy.  Thanks for letting me share.  God bless you all for journeys of love.  I will certainly chronicle my process story in posts.   I welcome kind and gentle input to reassure or assist me.   My fiance speaks Amharic.  I speak English.  She resides in the majestic Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and I am in the golden state of California.  Peace!

 

I think we all have those same worries, that if we forgot to check a box correctly or answer a certain question correctly or didn't provide enough evidence, that we will get denied.  I've been following these forums for about 9 months.  I ended up here when I was first thinking of proposing to my fiance and wondering about how to get him to the states if I did.  These forums are amazing and a wealth of knowledge and, I've noticed, that each month's filing group does become like a family, helping and supporting each other through all the ups and downs of this process.  It can sometimes feel like such a long journey and process but we are all here to support each other through it.  In the end, I think it helps to maintain focus on the end goal, I am in this for love and for the opportunity to finally have my love here with me and, to me, that makes all of this worth it.

[RaptureSongbird 533]

4 hours ago, Eric&Olya said:

Hello everyone! My fiance sent our petition on February 27. I am so excited to start this journey:-)

I sent mine on the same day.  It'll be interesting to see what happens with both of our petitions going in at the same time!

[Eric&Olya 881]

1 hour ago, RaptureSongbird said:

I sent mine on the same day.  It'll be interesting to see what happens with both of our petitions going in at the same time!

That's interesting indeed. I wonder if anything depends on the country at this stage.

[RaptureSongbird 533]

4 minutes ago, Eric&Olya said:

That's interesting indeed. I wonder if anything depends on the country at this stage.

At this stage, probably not.  I imagine that all the applications that are forwarded from Texas to the CSC end up in a few piles and they just process new ones as they finish other ones.  I think it will only make a difference once they are transferred to the NVC and then to the local embassy.  While I certainly want my process to move along quickly and smoothly, I also have some buffer built into when I would like my partner here in case of RFEs or delays in getting medical records/police certificates/etc.  My goal is to have him here before Christmas this year :-)

[Eric&Olya 881]

38 minutes ago, RaptureSongbird said:

 My goal is to have him here before Christmas this year :-)

I think this goal should be quite achievable, I am hoping for the same time frame. There is a lot of waiting, but something also depends on how efficiently one can deal with bureaucracy, and I optimistically think I am not bad at that:-) My fiance is more pessimistic realistic, he thinks it will take about a year:-)

[mighty836 87]

Sent my packet 2/20 it was received 2/22, and they cashed the check today, just waiting on my NOA1

[cjh11 17]

2 hours ago, Eric&Olya said:

I think this goal should be quite achievable, I am hoping for the same time frame. There is a lot of waiting, but something also depends on how efficiently one can deal with bureaucracy, and I optimistically think I am not bad at that:-) My fiance is more pessimistic realistic, he thinks it will take about a year:-)

I filed our petition in the first week of Feb, NOA1 after two weeks. I'm hoping to have my fiance here for a September wedding - I think that is totally possible, right? We have been together for 7 years so I'm pretty sure there won't be much question and I'm really hoping there's no RFE. He's immigrating from Czech Republic and I don't think there's typically a large volume of immigrants from there...

[Eric&Olya 881]

46 minutes ago, cjh11 said:

 I'm hoping to have my fiance here for a September wedding - I think that is totally possible, right? 

I think it's possible, if you look at the average time between NOA1 and the interview, it's mostly about 5-6 months, and many people are able to go to the States immediately after getting their visa. The reason why we are planning for the end of the year is that I have 2 kids and my fiance is going to come here and travel to the States with us, so we can afford to buy so many tickets only if we do it well in advance:-)

[RaptureSongbird 533]

9 hours ago, Eric&Olya said:

I think this goal should be quite achievable, I am hoping for the same time frame. There is a lot of waiting, but something also depends on how efficiently one can deal with bureaucracy, and I optimistically think I am not bad at that:-) My fiance is more pessimistic realistic, he thinks it will take about a year:-)

I'm trying to be as optimistic as possible and my fiance is trying to not get his hopes up too much.  While I tend to be more level-headed and can deal with paperwork with no problems, this process has me a little more flustered than I care to admit :-)  I do think your timeline, though, is more realistic than your fiance's, he better get ready to say "you were right"  :-)

[RaptureSongbird 533]

6 hours ago, cjh11 said:

I filed our petition in the first week of Feb, NOA1 after two weeks. I'm hoping to have my fiance here for a September wedding - I think that is totally possible, right? We have been together for 7 years so I'm pretty sure there won't be much question and I'm really hoping there's no RFE. He's immigrating from Czech Republic and I don't think there's typically a large volume of immigrants from there...

I agree that September is totally possible.  As long as your fiance is starting to get his paperwork together in the next couple of months (medical records, vaccinations records, long form birth certificate, police certificates, etc.) to be ready for his medical exam once your petition reaches his embassy, you'll be fine.  You'll also need to pull some more paperwork together to send to him (updated letter of intent to marry, I-134, pay stubs, etc.).  I'm not 100% sure if you need to mail those items to him so they have wet signatures or if you can scan them and he can print them.  In any case, as long as you have your ducks in a row, I would think based on what I've seen of timelines on these forums that September should be doable.

[pattyandvern 282]

We are planning September wedding too! But I really hope to get visa little faster, so we can prepare everything together, I wont leave everything on his arms, I love him to death but I just have to be involved