I-129F March 2017 Filers

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45 minutes ago, AnJ Co said:

Thanx!!!!!    She's so excited!  I'm arriving Oct 4th to go to interview with her.  Got hotel on Roxas just 5 minutes walk to USEM so she in turn moved our interview to 10/6 LOL  I invited her family to join us in hotel so we can spend family time together.  Her family is the best!  I've come to love them so well.

We are looking at her flying here 10/26 - hopefully so hopefully!!!!   

How about you???? Any chance of flying sooner than 10/29?  Probably expensive to change flights, but wouldn't that be wonderful

Wooow! Sounds like a good plan! I'm sure God will bless your plans' :))

 

I wanted to spend more time with my family.. My fiancé, Alex, told me to just spend more time with them since I wouldn't be home for 2 years.. He already booked my ticket last august 4.  so I'm really flying in 10/29. Funny thing is that, after my interview, my fiancé seems to be regretting getting that date. Hahaha! He always count days, every morning when I wake up he does the countdown. Lol. I can't fly this month since he had to work 12s on weekdays and 14s every Saturday. :(( it'll be hard on my part. 

 

I'm sure Ann's Family loves you, too!!

[falcao79 76]

What percentage of you guys paid the premium processing fee?

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1 minute ago, falcao79 said:

What percentage of you guys paid the premium processing fee?

Is that even a thing for K1's?

[falcao79 76]

I was reading wikipedias article on uscis processing times and saw premium processing was an option for i129 and i140 petitions. Sounds like probably not really an option.

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2 minutes ago, falcao79 said:

I was reading wikipedias article on uscis processing times and saw premium processing was an option for i129 and i140 petitions. Sounds like probably not really an option.

Yeah, probably not  Those seem to be for workers, not family related visas...

You got me  for a second though

[AnJ Co 1,676]

55 minutes ago, falcao79 said:

What percentage of you guys paid the premium processing fee?

Not available for the 129F form - too bad........  How many people would choose $500 or 5 months?  Probably a great percentage would

 

Looking like June filers are going to get the full brunt of this adjudication expansion.  Feel sorry for them, they hadn't a clue when they filed....  Premium processing could really help out those guys if it was available

[AnJ Co 1,676]

@twoDs  no rush, kinda wondering how march finished up at the end of the month push?

Looked like they was pushing April more than March last week, just wondering what percentage we ended up with?

[TransplantUSA 167]

1 hour ago, AnJ Co said:

Not available for the 129F form - too bad........  How many people would choose $500 or 5 months?  Probably a great percentage would

 

Looking like June filers are going to get the full brunt of this adjudication expansion.  Feel sorry for them, they hadn't a clue when they filed....  Premium processing could really help out those guys if it was available

Hi, 

 

June filer here, what is the adjudication expansion? Haven't heard anything about it! Have seen my timeline slipping and was wondering if there was something more to the delays! 

 

Thanks, Em

[Eric&Olya 881]

Well, hello there, March chatterboxes Took me more than an hour to skim the latest news

Congratulations on all the NOA2s, approvals, case numbers, and the 1st wedding in the group!

 

I am back home again, and so is Eric, our vacation is over. It was quite hard to say goodbye after the approval but it will be the last and the shortest time apart. I'm picking up the passports on Monday, and he's going to start looking for the tickets. Still hard to believe that the process is almost over... 

 

[falcao79 76]

4 hours ago, AnJ Co said:

Not available for the 129F form - too bad........  How many people would choose $500 or 5 months?  Probably a great percentage would

 

Looking like June filers are going to get the full brunt of this adjudication expansion.  Feel sorry for them, they hadn't a clue when they filed....  Premium processing could really help out those guys if it was available

What do you mean adjudication expansion? Also I’m wondering, I’ve submitted a service request through tier 2 to get a status on my case which they said could take up to 30 days before i get a response. Is this any different from the submit an inquiry process on the myuscis.com. Im approaching the 6 month window and they will be updating to march soon so I plan on submitting an inquiry soon if its any different from the SR process.

[Kateryna_I 447]

On 9/2/2017 at 1:50 AM, dkmfan85 said:

Just an update, I did receive a letter from the NVC. Not sure exactly when it arrived as I stopped daily mail checks after NOA2. All it does is gives NVC case number and says they've forwarded the petition to the embassy and expect contact from them for the next steps. Between having the NVC number and the embassy website, you're already ready to go with more information than the NVC letter gives. Just need that tracker to say "Ready" to submit the DS160 and you can set your appointment.

If a letter informs that they've forwarded the petition to the embassy so maybe we will get our as well when it will happen. 

As of now CEAC tracker shows we are still at NVC. And its already a week passed after we've received our case number.

I've already booked medical and paid visa fee. So just waiting for a "ready" status to submit the DS160 and book an interview. 

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8 hours ago, Kateryna_I said:

If a letter informs that they've forwarded the petition to the embassy so maybe we will get our as well when it will happen. 

As of now CEAC tracker shows we are still at NVC. And its already a week passed after we've received our case number.

I've already booked medical and paid visa fee. So just waiting for a "ready" status to submit the DS160 and book an interview. 

Once you hit "In Transit," it will be "Ready" in just a day or two. In my case, we went to "In Transit" on a Friday and it was "Ready" on Monday. I'm not sure, but since Ukraine deals with electronic cases, it's probably just a matter of someone at the embassy verifying they have received the case for the status to change. Just hang in there, everything should move forward this upcoming week!

[Holly♡ 401]

Hey All!
So, i had an awful and busy Friday with a side of meatballs...
I woke up to a message from my F who told me that he had decided to reread the instructions from the embassy before calling the schedule the interview just to make sure he had everything. He discovered that my ORIGINAL divorce decree was something that he needed to have. When i read this, I woke up REAL fast and not in a groggy state anymore. I called him immediately!! He said called the embassy to inquire about this and the lady asked him if he had scheduled his interview yet and he replied no. She said no problem, she has time to mail them to you then. LIKE UGH!!! LIKE A SERIOUSLY ####### MOMENT!!! And keep in mind I had already sent my signed papers by DHL Tues and he got them on Thur!!! 
So, I immediately start freaking out and he is like, it's ok honey, you just need to go and get them and you can send them. I called work and asked if they minded if I was late to work and they said it was fine after I explained why. It took me 3 hours to get to the courthouse, then to get to the DHL place, then to get to my work due to an accident and construction and then just rush hour traffic and none of the places were remotely close to each other and all was completely out of my way. Then about 2 hours in to my shift one of the managers pulled me into the office, hands me paperwork and asks me if I remember our conversation after I had gotten turned down for one of the full time jobs that I had applied for and I was like yes and he was like ok, do you have any questions for me before we get started? And I'm like is this an interview? and he is like yes... and I'm like OMG I did not know!!! and start panicking about my day and how I didn't even have time to shower blah blah blah and he was like.. it's ok... long story short after the interview, he gave me the paper work for the job offer on a different full time position that was available! 
And then yesterday, after working till 11pm Fri night, I had to be back to work at 8am so of course I did not get much sleep, anyhow, I came home and crashed and got close to 12 hours of sleep, but fell asleep with the AC on so now my throat doesn't feel that great, but I feel great that I got some good sleep.
Oh, and if my F gets the documents on Tues in time, before the embassy closes, he is gonna still try to get his medical and interview done by the end of the week!

[Holly♡ 401]

Oh, and my letter came by mail from NVC came on Friday... 

[AnJ Co 1,676]

9 hours ago, emylady said:

Hi, 

 

June filer here, what is the adjudication expansion? Haven't heard anything about it! Have seen my timeline slipping and was wondering if there was something more to the delays! 

 

Thanks, Em

 

6 hours ago, falcao79 said:

What do you mean adjudication expansion? Also I’m wondering, I’ve submitted a service request through tier 2 to get a status on my case which they said could take up to 30 days before i get a response. Is this any different from the submit an inquiry process on the myuscis.com. Im approaching the 6 month window and they will be updating to march soon so I plan on submitting an inquiry soon if its any different from the SR process.

 

11 hours ago, AnJ Co said:

Looking like June filers are going to get the full brunt of this adjudication expansion.  Feel sorry for them, they hadn't a clue when they filed....  Premium processing could really help out those guys if it was available

just a term I coined that is all encompassing of the current situation we are in, it's not a term used by anyone else (that I know of), it just describes the fact that K1's have increased dramatically since 2015 - and what we used to see as a 'time frame' for the steps in this process have increased likewise.  Not that uscis will publicly state what their internal 'mile markers' are - going by their results - we can see what was once an unacceptable waiting period for uscis to adjudicate has now become acceptable.  

We all did our homework before filing this.  We looked at an average of what it was taking, talked to someone, or even found VJ before we filed.  Clearly when I filed, the expected adjudication was 90 days max.  At our 90 days - some were getting approved and others still waited.  Some 120 days, and some 150.  It appears that the 150 used to be the standard (as in example, one case that was backlogged at more than 150, another case with less days was likewise approved so that with lesser days and longer days, the average was 150).  In a grander scale, this works for uscis so their quarterly report shows they are 'keeping up'.  The problem with this is it is much like 'kiting checks'- eventually as cases age and filings increase, there is no waaaaay they can keep the average 150 going.  We started seeing this in July and August.  Poor April became 120 normal before approvals (where March was 90)  This expansion of the acceptable time frame is what I am referring to.  Their little house of cards is starting to teeter - the sheer numbers of applicants are ever growing since 2015 but the resources at uscis are not prioritized in the 129F petitions.  There is speculation as to why they are not a priority, and the cash cow type of visas (those with premium processing available) are a priority.  129F's are just a very small slice of uscis pie.

Now, look at the June filers.  Considering the past performance of uscis and the February and March and some January filers still waiting, then consider where the April filers are at this point in time...........  May hasn't even been touched yet except for the expedites for military or other gov't convenience.  My inference is that June is going to feel the wait.  Sure, uscis will continue to reach under the pile and pull out a 129F that the ink isn't even dry on to 'fudge' the average number here and there to look good, but it doesn't change the fact that a June filer who has already waited 90 days, has about achieved half-time.  Just my opinion.  I hope uscis frees up staff to clear out 129F's and gets out of this hole, but that is just hope.  That's the expansion I was referring to..... They just can't keep up with demand.

As far as the 30 days uscis says to do RFE, that's standard talk for them.  You and I say 'days',  "Tomorrow" or "in a few days", but uscis works in 30 day cycles.  Everything to them is in 30 days, even if it is tomorrow, they say 'within 30 days'.

What's important to remember is that an answer is inevitable, they will answer.  It is the 'when' that is so frustrating.  Knowing when to expect something is so much better, and even though they say 6 months, we see the 4 and 5 months and expect like results.  Some are 4 months but some are 9.  

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Here is something rather interesting, perhaps it is the reasoning behind their waiting so long to adjudicate cases.  From a think tank on immigration, they surmise 'Committed couples endure this process'.