I-129F March 2017 Filers

[KULtoATL 1,552]

No worries. Our embassy doesn't have Packet 4  Way more straightforward. All the best!

[Vicky♥ 78]

BIG NEWS today:) 

I've been just APPROVED in the embassy😊 so so happy, interview is really like a breeze after all the months. It was very fast and easy. The actual interview was maybe two minutes: how did we meet, where did we travel together and what is his job... And that's all:) I couldn't believe my visa is approved, still can't😃

 

I129f sent - 8th March

NOA1 date - 14th March

NOA2 date - 21st June

Medical - 24th July

Interview - 26th July

 

 

Thank you all March whiners and whole VJ community for just being kind, and understanding, and funny, and supportive!!!

 

Right now I pray for all the couples who are still waiting, your visa will be approved soon. Process after NOA2 are fast and worrying in a good way:)

Soon we all be with our lovved ones and will laugh remembering this crazy process!

Good vibes to everyone and so joyable letter in your postboxes😇😍😇

Edited July 26, 2017 by Vicky♥

[GazLisa 1,168]

4 minutes ago, Vicky♥ said:

BIG NEWS today:) 

I've been just APPROVED in the embassy😊 so so happy, interview is really like a breeze after all the months. It was very fast and easy. The actual interview was maybe two minutes: how did we meet, where did we travel together and what is his job... And that's all:) I couldn't believe my visa is approved, still can't😃 Thank you all March whiners and whole VJ community for just being kind, and understanding, and funny, and supportive!!!

 

Right now I pray for all the couples who are still waiting, your visa will be approved soon. Process after NOA2 are fast and worrying in a good way:)

Soon we all be with our lovved ones and will laugh remembering this crazy process!

Good vibes to everyone and so joyable letter in your postboxes😇😍😇

🎉 🎉 🎉 Woooohooo Yaaaaaaaay Woooohooo 🎉 🎉 🎉 congratulations to you ☺ 

[Vicky♥ 78]

2 minutes ago, GazLisa said:

🎉 🎉 🎉 Woooohooo Yaaaaaaaay Woooohooo 🎉 🎉 🎉 congratulations to you ☺ 

Thanks! Waiting for your approval very soon😉😃

[GazLisa 1,168]

Just now, Vicky♥ said:

Thanks! Waiting for your approval very soon😉😃

Next Friday ☺ fingers crossed 🤞 

[Eric&Olya 881]

6 minutes ago, Vicky♥ said:

BIG NEWS today:) 

I've been just APPROVED in the embassy😊 so so happy, interview is really like a breeze after all the months. It was very fast and easy. The actual interview was maybe two minutes: how did we meet, where did we travel together and what is his job... And that's all:) I couldn't believe my visa is approved, still can't😃 Thank you all March whiners and whole VJ community for just being kind, and understanding, and funny, and supportive!!!

 

Right now I pray for all the couples who are still waiting, your visa will be approved soon. Process after NOA2 are fast and worrying in a good way:)

Soon we all be with our lovved ones and will laugh remembering this crazy process!

Good vibes to everyone and so joyable letter in your postboxes😇😍😇

Woohooo!!! Congratulations!!! Super exciting news!!! Really happy for you!!! 

 

A practical question - how long did your medical take and how many people were there?

[Vicky♥ 78]

2 minutes ago, Eric&Olya said:

Woohooo!!! Congratulations!!! Super exciting news!!! Really happy for you!!! 

 

A practical question - how long did your medical take and how many people were there?

Thank you:)

Medical took maybe three hours, but I came 9.20 so there was a line in about 10 ppl before me. So if you come early maybe you will be free earlier. Doctors are nice as well as ppl in the line. With two other girls from medical we was together at the interview today, good moral support for ones who are going alone:) I know you will be with your Man but still good to have someone in the same situation close:) 

[Kateryna_I 447]

19 minutes ago, Vicky♥ said:

BIG NEWS today:) 

I've been just APPROVED in the embassy😊 so so happy, interview is really like a breeze after all the months. It was very fast and easy. The actual interview was maybe two minutes: how did we meet, where did we travel together and what is his job... And that's all:) I couldn't believe my visa is approved, still can't😃

 

I129f sent - 8th March

NOA1 date - 14th March

NOA2 date - 21st June

Medical - 24th July

Interview - 26th July

 

 

Thank you all March whiners and whole VJ community for just being kind, and understanding, and funny, and supportive!!!

 

Right now I pray for all the couples who are still waiting, your visa will be approved soon. Process after NOA2 are fast and worrying in a good way:)

Soon we all be with our lovved ones and will laugh remembering this crazy process!

Good vibes to everyone and so joyable letter in your postboxes😇😍😇

Wow! This is such a great news!

Congratulations on your superfast and succeed process!  

 

Can you give more details on medical stage (vacsination especially) and what docs did you take to the embassy? Much appreciated! 

[Eric&Olya 881]

Just now, Vicky♥ said:

Thank you:)

Medical took maybe three hours, but I came 9.20 so there was a line in about 10 ppl before me. So if you come early maybe you will be free earlier. Doctors are nice as well as ppl in the line. With two other girls from medical we was together at the interview today, good moral support for ones who are going alone:) I know you will be with your Man but still good to have someone in the same situation close:) 

3 hours with 2 hungry kids! (You are not allowed to eat before the blood test, are you?) They will eat me up by the end of the medical! 

[Vicky♥ 78]

39 minutes ago, Eric&Olya said:

3 hours with 2 hungry kids! (You are not allowed to eat before the blood test, are you?) They will eat me up by the end of the medical! 

Haha better take some snacks with you:) And you can eat breakfast, it doesn't matter for the type of test they do😉

[Vicky♥ 78]

42 minutes ago, Kateryna_I said:

Wow! This is such a great news!

Congratulations on your superfast and succeed process!  

 

Can you give more details on medical stage (vacsination especially) and what docs did you take to the embassy? Much appreciated! 

 

41 minutes ago, Eric&Olya said:

3 hours with 2 hungry kids! (You are not allowed to eat before the blood test, are you?) They will eat me up by the end of the medical! 

How about meeting today or tomorrow and I will tell all the details?😊

[Eric&Olya 881]

11 minutes ago, Vicky♥ said:

 

How about meeting today or tomorrow and I will tell all the details?😊

sent you a PM

[Kateryna_I 447]

13 minutes ago, Vicky♥ said:

 

How about meeting today or tomorrow and I will tell all the details?😊

I'm in for tomorrow! 

@Eric&Olya?  

[Eric&Olya 881]

4 minutes ago, Kateryna_I said:

I'm in for tomorrow! 

@Eric&Olya?  

Ugh, tomorrow is absolutely impossible

Any chance for today?

[Holly♡ 401]

4 hours ago, twoDs said:

USCIS suspended premium processing on K1Bs due to backlog right around April 1 (they announced it on 4/5, I think.) My bet is (and the numbers seem to reflect this) there was a surge in filings, backlog started to rise, USCIS suspended premium processing and took staff off K1s and put them onto H1Bs or some other visa. The fact that USCIS just recently restarted premium H1B processing tells me they're comfortable with the backlog situation now, so either they picked up more staff, or the backlog is small enough that they could reassign people. Which all means March filers were really, really unlucky.

 

It really is staggering, though, when you realize just how few K1s there are in the overall scheme of things. We're like 0.5% of all visas issued. No surprise they don't care, all of us screaming in unison wouldn't even register on their radar. And literally a half-dozen people (or parts of people that add up to a half dozen, plus their supervisors) are handling all K1s for the entire country. You'd think they'd do a K1 expedite program just to fund another person or two.

 

VJ is rather remarkable, having 8% of all K1s captured is a very, very high number from a statistical viewpoint. It varies a lot by country when I looked into it (I think we have nearly 50% of Canadian K1 filers reporting in, but obviously the outlier countries have a very low participation rate.) We can basically take any number from VJ and mulitiply by 13 to figure out what's happening in all of USCIS.

There are lottery Visas that happen in April also =/ that could have a little bit to do with it too.. the April part I mean