November 2017 Filers K1 VISA I-129F (merged)

[emekus94 1,125]

1 hour ago, kyon said:

Question:

 

Will my beneficiary receive an approval notice in the mail? Or should he just anticipate the NOA2 notice with the instructions for the steps to apply for K1?

Petitioner gets the approval notice. The notice only tells you that ur case is heading to NVC. 

 

For your next steps after approval: https://sites.google.com/view/post-noa2/home

[Mike & Tanja 309]

1 hour ago, hannahr said:

We got approved today!

Congratulations 

[Ann and Meet 95]

Congratulations to those approved. I saw someone from the 8th got approved. I am also Nov 8th. I think If I don't see anything today, I will try to have the local senator or congressman to help in this matter as well. It's been over 200 days now. 

[hannahr 30]

Our NOA1 for the old website was November 13th

For new website it was November 15th

 

 

We managed to keep it under 200 days, 198 days lmao. Cutting it close

Edited May 29, 2018 by hannahr

[Mike & Tanja 309]

1 minute ago, hannahr said:

Our NOA1 for the old website was November 13th

For new website it was November 15th

 

 

 

We have the same dates, but no approval yet

[hannahr 30]

2 minutes ago, Mike & Tanja said:

We have the same dates, but no approval yet

I'm sure it is right around the corner! I just happened to check the app on my phone today, cause I rarely check it because I got tired of it just sayin received. Maybe take a break from checking the status if you're anything like me  and it'll get approved 

[Mike & Tanja 309]

1 minute ago, hannahr said:

I'm sure it is right around the corner! I just happened to check the app on my phone today, cause I rarely check it because I got tired of it just sayin received. Maybe take a break from checking the status if you're anything like me  and it'll get approved 

Haha. Ok. Good plan 😁

[BluesDancer 147]

35 minutes ago, Ann and Meet said:

Congratulations to those approved. I saw someone from the 8th got approved. I am also Nov 8th. I think If I don't see anything today, I will try to have the local senator or congressman to help in this matter as well. It's been over 200 days now. 

We are with you. We are on day 200 today. We are cutting it very close to having a dream wedding date of September 8th, 2018. Praying you get approved very soon! I am wondering if walking into the congressman office in person would help.

Edited May 29, 2018 by BluesDancer

[Rackle10187 55]

I just contacted my local congressman and they told me due to him living in Germany but his birth country being Ghana is the reason it is taking so long! Does anyone know the validity to this? They will call the USCIS tomorrow to get an update for me! Our NOA1 is nov 9. 

[Emily & Elton 111]

42 minutes ago, Rackle10187 said:

I just contacted my local congressman and they told me due to him living in Germany but his birth country being Ghana is the reason it is taking so long! Does anyone know the validity to this? They will call the USCIS tomorrow to get an update for me! Our NOA1 is nov 9. 

Strange! My fiancé is Albanian, but is a permanent resident in Greece.

 

Anyone please correct me if I’m wrong, but I can’t imagine it would affect the wait too drastically, as this part of the petition is primarily checking the petition for thoroughness, legitimacy and errors, and running backgrounds on the petitioner, correct? Fuller background checks and such are done for the beneficiary at the interview stage? 

[Rackle10187 55]

24 minutes ago, Emily & Elton said:

Strange! My fiancé is Albanian, but is a permanent resident in Greece.

 

Anyone please correct me if I’m wrong, but I can’t imagine it would affect the wait too drastically, as this part of the petition is primarily checking the petition for thoroughness, legitimacy and errors, and running backgrounds on the petitioner, correct? Fuller background checks and such are done for the beneficiary at the interview stage? 

That’s what i thought also! I’m hoping to hear something soon though! When i told her they estimate around 5-7 months for an approval she said “yea that is not realistic and they need to change it”. Kinda made me even more anxious waiting for this approval 😕

[Emily & Elton 111]

6 minutes ago, Rackle10187 said:

That’s what i thought also! I’m hoping to hear something soon though! When i told her they estimate around 5-7 months for an approval she said “yea that is not realistic and they need to change it”. Kinda made me even more anxious waiting for this approval 😕

When I began researching this process, most places estimated 4-5 months processing time. It’s absurd that we are all pushing 7 months and some even longer. 

 

I emailed that to my congresswoman. If anything, even just to raise awareness of how long this is taking and how unnecessary it is! It used to take them less time to get through these, so they are capable of it. I know it’s backlog, but even so, the number of applications cannot have doubled in 1-2 years. 

[Quiata 130]

Congratulations to those newly notified that their case was APPROVED!!!!!

[JN1303 23]

Has anyone that received an RFE status update on 22 May received their RFE letter yet? I expected it today (here in FL), but it was not there. Just checking to see if others have received anything yet. Thank you!

[x_driven_x 1,778]

12 minutes ago, xJohnMx said:

Has anyone that received an RFE status update on 22 May received their RFE letter yet? I expected it today (here in FL), but it was not there. Just checking to see if others have received anything yet. Thank you!

It normally takes 4 days or so, but it's coming from California to Florida might take an extra day or two.