February 2017 I-129F Filers

[LorRie 37]

27 minutes ago, TriloByte said:

We got married yesterday. Here's a couple of photos as promised.  

 

Hoping for a speedy process for those still waiting.

 

Congrats, so wonderful to see the beautiful end of this k1 chapter for you. Wishing the same for myself and everyone else in the February forum!

[Missabc 626]

40 minutes ago, TriloByte said:

We got married yesterday. Here's a couple of photos as promised.  

 

Hoping for a speedy process for those still waiting.

Beautiful! Congratulations to you both!!

[Lovemycroatianman 278]

On 9/5/2017 at 8:00 AM, GInAustin said:

They still show the processing time of February 1st.  We got our NOA1 on February 10th.  Called and talked to a Tier1 on Thursday and she was nearly rude. Didn't want to ruin my weekend so I gave up. We are praying we get approved soon or that they move the processing date up so that we can start filing inquiries.  There are like 40 other filers in the same group of sequential numbers that have not been touched either.  Seems like everyone that has already received an FRE do get priority over those still pending. Frustrating to see that 40% of the April filers have already been processed leaving 20% for January, February and March.   Just a few a month get processed from previous months.  Not  sure how I ended up in the untouched pile.  About the only red flag I can imagine is our age difference.  Other than that it should be cut and dry.  We will see once we hear something. 

I feel u on the age difference...we are 20 years exactly...me being older...idk if that did....

[Lovemycroatianman 278]

1 hour ago, TriloByte said:

We got married yesterday. Here's a couple of photos as promised.  

 

Hoping for a speedy process for those still waiting.

This is so wonderful...so happy for you....you did it...you made it...

[TriloByte 1,818]

On 8/24/2017 at 9:11 AM, RaptureSongbird said:

The short version:  Visa APPROVED!!!

 

The long version:  My fiance had some trouble reaching the embassy today but made it just in time.  He had no problem getting checked in and was waiting for his number to be called.  They called his number after about 10 minutes and he went to the first window where they asked for his paperwork and then tried to say that they couldn't find the DS160.  He sent me a message (yay technology!) and I told him to show them the confirmation page.  By the time he pulled it out, they had somehow found the DS160 and then handed him the CD with the chest X-Ray on it...this should have been my first sign that things were going to go a little wonky for him.

 

He went and sat back down and waited for his number to be called again.  He ended up waiting about 45 minutes when his number was called for the second window and interview.  This is where things started to go off script.  At first the CO started going through the standard questions for London (When did you meet?  How many times have you met?  What does he do for a living?) and then the interview jumped the shark.  The CO started asking questions about why my parents divorced, why my fiance's parents separated, what year the city I live in was founded, how many computers do I work on in a day, exactly how many people work at my company, etc. etc.  My fiance said that these questions were totally random and all over the place in no particular order, nothing like we've seen mentioned for London, and didn't seem like the typical interview that was been described in other London reviews.  My fiance held his ground, answered when he could, said he didn't know when he didn't know, and kept trying to focus the CO on us and our relationship very politely.  The CO then asked how we stay in touch and my fiance said Skype, Viber, and others, and then the CO asked to see his cell phone and read through the last several days of our conversations.  I think this was the turning point in the interview back to normal because the CO saw how we joked around, what we talked about, and even laughed at some of the things we had said to each other back and forth.  After a few more questions with the interview going on for about 20 minutes at this point, the CO said "okay, well, I am going to go ahead and approve you and you should have your passport back in about 2 weeks".  My fiance then thanked him, left the embassy, immediately called me and we kept having ####### moments about all the questions he was asked.  There were more that I can't even remember right now that I was like "really, he asked that?!?" and when I speak more with my fiance later I'll see if he can jog my memory on those.

 

Of course I had to wait for my fiance to recount the whole interview and after he kept telling me more and more I finally stopped him and said "So, are you approved?!?" and he said yes and then kept going on about the CO and all the random questions.

 

I realize that this is definitely not the typical interview situation, probably because my fiance is not a UK citizen but has the right to live and work there as a citizen of another EU country, but I wanted to let everyone know who still has their interview coming up to be prepared for anything.  Be polite but hold your ground and focus on the two of you and your story, not what year a city was founded

Late congrats!!!! Been so busy with the wedding, etc, been absent here.

[RaptureSongbird 533]

1 hour ago, TriloByte said:

Late congrats!!!! Been so busy with the wedding, etc, been absent here.

Thanks!  Will have Visa in Hand tomorrow, fiance has been too busy to pick it up since it arrived there late Monday.  Congrats to you!!!

[Alya and Joe 130]

15 hours ago, TriloByte said:

We got married yesterday. Here's a couple of photos as promised.  

 

Hoping for a speedy process for those still waiting.

Congratulations!!!! You both look so happy and beautiful!!!)

[Missabc 626]

We are in transit!!  

[RaptureSongbird 533]

1 hour ago, Missabc said:

We are in transit!!  

Congrats!  Might want to check the date in your signature, unless NVC has figured out time travel and it left before it was received 

[Missabc 626]

1 minute ago, RaptureSongbird said:

Congrats!  Might want to check the date in your signature, unless NVC has figured out time travel and it left before it was received 

Haha oops! & Thank you  

[Me and her 277]

17 hours ago, TriloByte said:

We got married yesterday. Here's a couple of photos as promised.  

 

Hoping for a speedy process for those still waiting.

Congratulations 

[RaptureSongbird 533]

4 minutes ago, Missabc said:

Haha oops! & Thank you  

No problem.  So, how's your timeline looking?  Do you have your appointment at Knightsbridge scheduled?

[GyaBran 40]

On 9/3/2017 at 8:51 PM, Lovemycroatianman said:

TY...for the positive energy...

That must be sooooo hard...I couldn't imagine having gone thru pregnancy and having a newborn alone....you are a strong woman...I hope both our times come soon. Keep the strength...if u ever need an ear...just pm me. 

Thank you. I hope so too!!! 

[Missabc 626]

47 minutes ago, RaptureSongbird said:

No problem.  So, how's your timeline looking?  Do you have your appointment at Knightsbridge scheduled?

I haven't booked my medical yet as i seen someone mention that it can cause an issue? 

[RaptureSongbird 533]

9 minutes ago, Missabc said:

I haven't booked my medical yet as i seen someone mention that it can cause an issue? 

As soon as you have your LND number you can call and book at Knightsbridge.  I would go ahead and call them today if you can and get your appointment booked as they are usually booked about 2 weeks out from the day you call.  As soon as we had our LND number we booked the medical and had no issues.

Edited September 7, 2017 by RaptureSongbird