I129f September 2017 filers

[geowrian 22,336]

6 hours ago, Soya & Dama said:

 I ask my lawyer what do I need after I am receiving noa2  ....I was thinking will be good to share with you guys too in case someone had the same question....

 

 "Here's a list of things to give you an idea of what the embassy will be waiting for him to have in his hands when he walks into the interview:

 

• Passport
• ORIGINAL Birth Certificate
• IF MORE THAN ONE YEAR PASSES FROM TIME OF HIS LAST Clearance Certificate, he will need another issued certificate like this FROM EVERY COUNTRY HE HAS EVER RESIDED IN FOR OVER 6 MONTHS SINCE TURNING 16 YEARS OLD. 
• Before the interview: Go to www.ustraveldocs.com once he gets the interview notice to complete his registration for passport with visa delivery for after his interview
• Seven (6) passport size COLOR NON-GLOSSY photographs ; Two are for the interview, Four are for later on to be taken to his medical examination
• Form I-134, Affidavit of Support, signed by you. 
• Income Tax Returns (FULL, EVERY SINGLE PAGE, including addendums) for the last 3 years, personal and/or business
• W-2 Forms and/or 1099 Forms, whichever applies, for the last 3 years
• Copies of bank statements for the last 3 months (recent at the time when he goes to interview)
• Confirmation Page of Online Application DS-160, which is done after his case is approved and transferred to the embassy. 
• Letter from the consulate that confirms they have received this case, once that arrives.
• Medical Examination (after he knows his appointment date) sealed results "

 

Thanks for sharing. That said, please note that all off the above is embassy specific. While many items are required for every embassy, some require items not on this list and others don't require some item on it.

 

For instance, India is really strict on the I-134. They want detailed tax returns for the past 3 years. Other embassies only want 1 year or even none in some cases. Others yet don't even request the I-134 (except maybe in rare cases). Another example is that some embassies require proof of being free to marry (i.e. a CENOMAR in Philippines). Some medical facilities send the results to the embassy on their own, and others use a sealed packet that can be hand delivered by the applicant.

 

Police certificates have a 1 year validity, but will still be accepted later if one has not returned to the country since the previous ones were issued.

 

The bank statements and such would only be if using assets to supplement income...otherwise it's optional.

Edited January 13, 2018 by geowrian

[dominika 10]

I agree with geowrian. If I remember correctly though police certificates in Italian embassy in Naples have validity of six months so yes, everybody have to check on their embassy’s website to be sure you have all the paper work required 

[Steven and Katya 10]

@Naes, I was looking at the recently scanned dates and was wondering how some cases are approved so fast (as in a month or two) compared to the rest of the applicants. For example, there is a July applicant who was approved in August, and how there is a November applicant who has been approved already.

[Madeline & Matt 252]

2 minutes ago, Steven and Katya said:

@Naes, I was looking at the recently scanned dates and was wondering how some cases are approved so fast (as in a month or two) compared to the rest of the applicants. For example, there is a July applicant who was approved in August, and how there is a November applicant who has been approved already.

Those tend to be expedited cases involving active military. I did a lot of timeline searching of those short cases, and found that it is almost entirely armed service members.

[R&M2017 21]

HI September’s fillers!!! Happy to know than the they started with July already! I received my Noa1 on Sept 05. Can somebody please tell me when it’s my estimate date for NOA2? Because I can’t track it from here!    Thanks in advance! 

[blenheim 243]

2 minutes ago, R&M2017 said:

HI September’s fillers!!! Happy to know than the they started with July already! I received my Noa1 on Sept 05. Can somebody please tell me when it’s my estimate date for NOA2? Because I can’t track it from here!    Thanks in advance! 

If you go to “Immigration Timelines” in the navigation, you can find a link to enter info for your timeline. Once you enter your NOA1 date you can get a NOA2 estimate, but keep in mind it’s not entirely accurate! 

Edited January 14, 2018 by blenheim

[Naes 12,205]

Hello everyone!

 

I'm back..

To tell the truth going to see the fiancé and my future home, and coming back made me a little bit sad and more depressed than I was before I went... complicated times this is!

 

The cats are happily settled.... way too happily to tell the truth! 

They did not even check or look at the cats when we were entering through LAX (This changes depending on the state - California doesn't ask for anything from cats)

#Americancatfoodrocks 

 

I can't believe so many people from June and even May friends are still waiting for NOA2...actually no, no ... I can't believe so many people are still waiting for NVC.

 

I won't be able to give a good weekly yet, as they are not updating properly.

Which I am guessing they are not comfortable with us telling them 

"Dude you are so not doing June 1 cases"

 

So I updated all the months even under the current circumstances, 

to give an idea of how much pending case we have left.

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Non-updated Noa2s

However, my personal thoughts after seeing how the cases flow and update/non-update works.

I believe June virgins are actually around 1300s, and some July cases will get their approval in the upcoming week without an update.

 

NVC Wait

Right now average looks like 45+ days, you can also find list we are putting together in my signature if you want to check how that wait is going at the moment. This wait is caused because USCIS is not sending Approved petitions, it is not a wait happening at the NVC level.

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I will be watching the situation through this week, to have better updates, and information on how things look.

 

Monthly situation is as follows;

	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Total
Approved	946	15	13	6		1	981
Virgin (Untouched)	1884	3263	3519	3176	3770	3304	18916
Touched (RFEs,Updates)	853	135	139	129	128	67	1451
Excluded	358	383	404	287	244	205	1881
Total	4041	3796	4075	3598	4142	3577	23229

 

For months after August,

I would say watch for when they update the website information to July 1.

Because the "as of" they'll give will show us if they will try and speed up their approvals.

We already know October 31 update is not really truth, however they did by then touched all May cases. so the real update for the next one normally should be July 1 as of December 31 (which is not exactly correct either), However I expect if they actually speed up the process they may give us a July 1 as of November 30 update!

 

*For anyone who didn't do it yet, please get informed delivery if it's available in your area.

 

Monthly Virgins + Pending per dates:

 

09/01/17 147 09/05/17 413 09/06/17 102 09/07/17 99 09/08/17 86 09/11/17 353 09/12/17 83 09/13/17 96 09/14/17 126 09/15/17 156 09/18/17 330 09/19/17 155 09/20/17 83 09/21/17 126 09/22/17 176 09/25/17 338 09/26/17 105 09/27/17 65 09/28/17 119 09/29/17 142 Total 3300

 

 

Google drive for Monthly data:

*For December cases I am gathering the info right now and will be up in a few days in this same folder

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1nOldX1MGHgTmZYtF64gGXNHoROGIksA0 

 

PS_I don't put this post in June, or May. Because they have a lot to deal with right now already. And there was no information that can help them at the moment. When upset and angry let's all remember that we are all in the same boat here. Good luck to all of us.

[Alicat 1]

Hey--feeling kind of new after reading that last post....virgins/untouched/NVC?  Where can I find the lingo dictionary ha ha.  I'm imagining virgins are people that never were asked for more info to plead their case?  The numbers for those dates in September are how many awaiting a letter of approval I take it?

 

thanks for any insight

[Naes 12,205]

7 minutes ago, Alicat said:

Hey--feeling kind of new after reading that last post....virgins/untouched/NVC?  Where can I find the lingo dictionary ha ha.  I'm imagining virgins are people that never were asked for more info to plead their case?  The numbers for those dates in September are how many awaiting a letter of approval I take it?

 

thanks for any insight

I should make one hehe

yep you're right.

 

virgin (I made this up) = status "case received" never been touched

Touched usually means there was some sort of update to the case, it can be a name update or an rfe or anything that caused status to change.

 

NVC is national visa center, where your application goes after you get your noa2. And they transit the cases to embassies.

[Tels 19]

On 12/01/2018 at 5:31 PM, AbenaKofi said:

I'm hoping that he will be here by June.  I want to have the wedding at my university in August - before the fall semester starts, so I hope it works out! 

 

He sends me these beautiful wedding videos when he's feeling romantic and he doesn't realize it stresses me to no end because there is no way we'll have the time/money to pull any of that off! 

Fingers crossed that you're able to have your August wedding! 😊

 

Aww, that's so sweet! But I know how you feel! With my fiancè, he seems pretty chilled that everything will work out. I'm the only one stressing out over NOA2 processing times etc!

[Madeline & Matt 252]

Happy Sunday, all! Here in Pittsburgh, we're having some insane weather! Lots of flooding, ice, AND six inches of snow! It's a "good" distraction from this hectic process. An opportunity to go out and help the community feels really good, and it's getting me out of my own head.

 

Time is really starting to feel like it's flying. My case has reached 125 days since NOA1, so I would venture to guess that I'm about 2/3rds of the way to approval! My fiancé and I have almost enough money saved to pay for the visa application fee (MVR fee?) through the DoS, medical, two trips to London, and one-way ticket. (Have I mentioned how expensive it is to fly to Pittsburgh???) I've got my co-sponsor lined up, paperwork in order, and have planned about 90% of my fiancé's trips to London, because I am an anxiety-ridden control freak. 

 

Having to push the date of my wedding back has been an absolute blessing. I feel like I can breathe, properly plan things, and actually be able to afford the things that we want and need to. The visa and legal process is way more important than the date my SO gets here. I'm anticipating my courthouse marriage to be in July, considering processing times, and I'm pretty set on keeping our "second wedding" to the 7th of October.

[Swissmiss82 1,618]

oooh a super tip for everyone:

 

i have checked for another flight for february and i checked the usual, kayak, skysanner, etc... and all flights were about 800 - 1300!

sooo.. whatever made me do that, i went on the direct websites of united, AA, delta etc and believe it or not:

 

i found a flight for 470 with delta that never showed on any of these websites!!!!!

as we also had a voucher from delta from a previous flight, we now paid 220  

seeing my boo in 23 days again!!! YAAAAAYYY

 

PS: 128 days since NOA1  we are getting somewhere!!!

 

hope everyone had a great weekend (especially @Hadassah123 hihihi) and wish everyone a good start into this new week with tons of approvals

 

oh and thanks @Naes for the detailed overview above <3 you rock, but... you already know you are my rockstar

Edited January 14, 2018 by Swissmiss82
forgot something

[Hadassah123 523]

8 minutes ago, Swissmiss82 said:

oooh a super tip for everyone:

 

i have checked for another flight for february and i checked the usual, kayak, skysanner, etc... and all flights were about 800 - 1300!

sooo.. whatever made me do that, i went on the direct websites of united, AA, delta etc and believe it or not:

 

i found a flight for 470 with delta that never showed on any of these websites!!!!!

as we also had a voucher from delta from a previous flight, we now paid 220  

seeing my boo in 23 days again!!! YAAAAAYYY

 

PS: 128 days since NOA1  we are getting somewhere!!!

 

hope everyone had a great weekend (especially @Hadassah123 hihihi) and wish everyone a good start into this new week with tons of approvals

 

oh and thanks @Naes for the detailed overview above <3 you rock, but... you already know you are my rockstar

Crashing the September thread for the first time due to the tag

 

Yes, the Mr and I have been having a happy weekend!

 

Crazy that you got such a cheap flight!! Exciting!!

Good luck September bugs 

[ahmedahmadyar 41]

I was doing some reading and found this on the USCIS website:

 

Affidavit of Support For Fiancé(e), Spouse, or Child as a “K” Nonimmigrant

If your relative is either a “K-1” fiancé(e), a “K-3” spouse, or a “K-2” or “K-4” child of fiancé(e) or spouse, you do not need to submit an affidavit of support at the time you file your Form I-129F petition. Instead, you should submit an affidavit of support at the time that your fiancé(e), spouse, or child adjusts status to permanent resident after coming to the United States.

 

So this means none of us K visa filers have to worry about the Affidavit of Support until after we enter the US? Can someone more knowledgable than myself confirm this please because I read an earlier post that someone's lawyer advised them to take the form I-134 with them to the interview.

[geowrian 22,336]

7 minutes ago, ahmedahmadyar said:

I was doing some reading and found this on the USCIS website:

 

Affidavit of Support For Fiancé(e), Spouse, or Child as a “K” Nonimmigrant

If your relative is either a “K-1” fiancé(e), a “K-3” spouse, or a “K-2” or “K-4” child of fiancé(e) or spouse, you do not need to submit an affidavit of support at the time you file your Form I-129F petition. Instead, you should submit an affidavit of support at the time that your fiancé(e), spouse, or child adjusts status to permanent resident after coming to the United States.

 

So this means none of us K visa filers have to worry about the Affidavit of Support until after we enter the US? Can someone more knowledgable than myself confirm this please because I read an earlier post that someone's lawyer advised them to take the form I-134 with them to the interview.

No I-134 is provided with the I-129F. The beneficiary will present the I-134 at the interview (if requested...not all COs ask for this).

An I-864 is sent with AOS.

 

The I-129F and AOS is handled by USCIS, so the above text is technically correct as it is from USCIS, but misleading as the visa itself is handled by DOS.