January 2018 Filers

[Greenbaum 12,259]

2 hours ago, Joulie & Victor said:

Sorry to hear that, i'm sure that is driving you insane not knowing what went wrong!!! What is wrong with people? she doesn't sound like she's ready to be in a committed relationship.  In all honestly you are dodging a bullet here.  You were planning to move countries for this person, quitting your job and leaving everything behind. that would've been a huge sacrifice.  she seems like she has a lot of growing up to do.  She can't even communicate with you, that's childish and If I were you I'd honestly move on(don't even bother reaching out), no one deserves this type of treatment, NO ONE. You are a strong person, you will find someone who treats you better than that, sorry for all the counseling advise, but this is something that you need to hear so you are not sitting and waiting and wasting your time when she doesn't seem to care how you feel about this.

 

If you want to try to visit her in the US after you get your visa, go ahead and attempt, but think about all the other necessities when you do go there like where will you stay? you cant work either, what will you do if she doesn't welcome you.  If she can't talk to you now, don't expect her to talk to you when you get there, But remember you are risking your career and leaving you life behind, think twice before you make a big move like that, it's really a big risk to even go there, think think think! Best of luck, God be with you!

I like and concur with your advice to @Karl kristian. It's good solid advice.

 

I would like to add that if he continues with the adjudication of the visa and tries to enter the USA he is committing fraud and will receive a stiff penalty. It's not a place one wants to find themselves in.

 

It's best that he walk away from the relationship and the visa. I do recommend that Karl and petitioner should write letters to USCIS Service Center and to the interviewing embassy/consulate, noting receipt and case file numbers, explaining your desire to cancel your visa. Be sure to hold onto all correspondence received in conjunction with this cancelation as you may need it in the future when and if you do reapply.

 

Before Karl starts a new I-129F (if he so desires in the future), he should definitely contact USCIS (preferably something written e.g. letter or e-mail - best to have paper trail) to check if the old petition was closed. I understand that only the US petitioner can get a petition closed but I would cover my a$$. 

 

Thanks for reaching out to Karl and I wish Karl all the best. It's sometimes best to just pick yourself up and begin anew. There is an old saying that sometimes you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince (princess in Karl's case). It's funny how life puts road blocks in our way only so we take the detour to happiness.

[Sburke 19]

13 hours ago, lilpinay said:

I don't see anywhere where the beneficiary need to send all the pages of their passport. It was only an option for the petitioner or the USC, either copy of birth certificate (front and back) or copy of all the pages of the USC passport valid for at least 5 years. 

I agree with you in the Official I-129F instructions that are posted on the USCIS website it doesn't say anything about needing to submit copies of every signal page of the petitioners passport just the name page for proof of citizenship and the the stamps that show that the petitioner has visited the beneficiary in the past two years. You can see for yourself on pages 11 and 12.

i-129f Instructions.pdf

[Sburke 19]

11 hours ago, Snuffles said:

That is really unfortunate

 

I'm actually now freaking out about the passport thing. I actually can't remember what I did (example of why keeping copies of what you send is a good idea!) I vaguely remember maybe doing a couple pages? Definitely not all. I really really do not remember, and I know no one can help. I'm just really second guessing what I did, and really hoping that if I messed up THAT big, that we will get a RFE. We're going to get an RFE for passport photos anyway, so I thought I might get new ones taken and send them over. Maybe I'll be a little proactive and organise passport page copies *just in case* we get a massive RFE.

 

I just feel like such an idiot. I know all we can do is wait it out. Guys, take your time getting embassy documents together. This is exciting moving through the process but SO easy to overlook something. Fingers crossed I'm packing for nothing. 

Don't be so hard on yourself if you look at the official I-129F instructions listed on the USCIS website https://www.uscis.gov/i-129f  nowhere does it say that you have to submit copies of every page of your passport. There is no guarantee that you won't get a RFE but it is my personal belief that if it was that important then USCIS would have specified that in their instructions to avoid having to send RFEs to everyone. 

[JGHH 76]

Just thought I would share as I find this interesting... Peculiar?

 

July 16th (around 545pm EST) I called to check on our petition, I was told it hasn't been touched yet....

July 17th (around 620am EST) I got the text saying there was a change to our account, which was our NOA2

July 20th got our NOA2 hard copy stating our NOA2 date was July 13th.... 

[VickeySis 318]

25 minutes ago, JGHH said:

Just thought I would share as I find this interesting... Peculiar?

 

July 16th (around 545pm EST) I called to check on our petition, I was told it hasn't been touched yet....

July 17th (around 620am EST) I got the text saying there was a change to our account, which was our NOA2

July 20th got our NOA2 hard copy stating our NOA2 date was July 13th.... 

Wow!! Congratulations! Thank you for sharing! 

 

This is sooooo weird! But then again, it’s USCIS right?! Lol

[LuFlolady 881]

3 hours ago, JGHH said:

Just thought I would share as I find this interesting... Peculiar?

 

July 16th (around 545pm EST) I called to check on our petition, I was told it hasn't been touched yet....

July 17th (around 620am EST) I got the text saying there was a change to our account, which was our NOA2

July 20th got our NOA2 hard copy stating our NOA2 date was July 13th.... 

congrats!

[LuFlolady 881]

Talk about slow start......... pls come on USCIS!

[rlisbon 36]

3 hours ago, JGHH said:

Just thought I would share as I find this interesting... Peculiar?

 

July 16th (around 545pm EST) I called to check on our petition, I was told it hasn't been touched yet....

July 17th (around 620am EST) I got the text saying there was a change to our account, which was our NOA2

July 20th got our NOA2 hard copy stating our NOA2 date was July 13th.... 

SUper weird! But anyway.. congrats!!! 🎉 

 

what phone number did you call? I don’t even knew it that they have a number.

[CCordero 22]

12 hours ago, JDY said:

Hi, Im glad you received at least some update, do you have an idea what the rfe is for? 

I think its going to be them asking for the letters of intent.(hopefully)

I completely forgot to send those in 

[Lucy&Jason 807]

4 minutes ago, CCordero said:

I think its going to be them asking for the letters of intent.(hopefully)

I completely forgot to send those in 

Oh.. surely that’s what your RFE is all about. Good thing its just an easy one. 

[JJAN 46]

 

21 hours ago, Karl kristian said:

Not every approval comes with a smile and yeah this what happens to me 

 

got approved and honestly idk if we'll still do the k1, no call and texts for almost two months after she went back to US, I tried everything but she easily said just leave everything behind and respect her privacy. having a moody girlfriend and not talking when things get bad is very bad on a relationship, i even questioned myself a million times what i have done wrong but there's none. TBH my heart hurts and this is really painful  can i still try to apply the visa and if ever i get approve i personally want to talk to her if we can work things out and i know this is a gamble.

 

Congratulations on all of our approvals!

I wish you all the best of luck!

Hi, Karl. I can feel your sadness Think really hard about this. Ask your family, closest friends, or if you come to church ask for counsel. You love her and would like to make things work. But isn't that a BIG WARNING SIGN not to push thru? You're leaving everything behind for her, but it seems like she's no longer with you in this journey. Do you have any communication with her family? 

[JJAN 46]

11 hours ago, VickeySis said:

@JJAN I see we are both going to be processing in UAE

Hi! Yes. well, we actually had everything transferred to Ph. so once we get the NOA2, im leaving UAE.... 

[Lucy&Jason 807]

2 minutes ago, JJAN said:

Hi! Yes. well, we actually had everything transferred to Ph. so once we get the NOA2, im leaving UAE.... 

@JJAN did you transfer US embassy from dubai to phils?

[JJAN 46]

1 minute ago, S&JW said:

@JJAN did you transfer US embassy from dubai to phils?

Yup! We wrote a letter to USCIS - updating address. We decided to do this so I can still spend time with my mom. Been working abroad for a while and it would really take time for me to see her again if I dont do it in Ph

[Lucy&Jason 807]

Just now, JJAN said:

Yup! We wrote a letter to USCIS - updating address. We decided to do this so I can still spend time with my mom. Been working abroad for a while and it would really take time for me to see her again if I dont do it in Ph

Did they respond to you? We did the same thing we wrote a letter to CSC to change our US embassy from hk to phils. They only told us they already received our letter. How long do you think it takes? And how we will know they approved the transfer?