March 2018 I-129f Filers

[BananaButton5 175]

On 3/13/2018 at 1:27 PM, kinjon said:

Hi all!! Sent the packet in on March 3rd, packet was received on March 6th and received electronic NOA1 March 9th! My fiancé’s from Toronto and I can’t wait for him to join me over here in SF! (We also compiled everything ourselves... hopefully we did it right!!!) 

We have almost the same timeline and mine is from Ottawa! We should stay in contact for when we get to the consulate stage. I'm worried about him having to make a trip to Montreal twice, once for medical and another for the interview, luckily he isn't too far by train. I've heard it can take up to 3 months or longer to get an interview slot but that the interview is only like five questions. I want him here by the end of the year but I'm not sure how reasonable that is. Trying not to get too far ahead of myself,  but I have too much time to think and read VJ O:-) Good luck to you guys! 

[kinjon 3]

1 hour ago, BananaButton5 said:

We have almost the same timeline and mine is from Ottawa! We should stay in contact for when we get to the consulate stage. I'm worried about him having to make a trip to Montreal twice, once for medical and another for the interview, luckily he isn't too far by train. I've heard it can take up to 3 months or longer to get an interview slot but that the interview is only like five questions. I want him here by the end of the year but I'm not sure how reasonable that is. Trying not to get too far ahead of myself,  but I have too much time to think and read VJ O:-) Good luck to you guys! 

Hi! How coincidental! Lets definitely keep in touch and hopefully both of us will have the same progress through this journey! I'm really hoping for my fiance to be here by the end of the year as well! hopefully we're not too optimistic :') wishing us both the best of luck and may time be on our side!

[crono_clone 213]

Crossing my fingers as well, hoping that my fiance will be here before the holidays. I've been watching some of the other monthly threads for clues on how fast the CSC is working through the backlog and so far there's some hope. My timeline has already shifted to about the middle of September. My birthday is in the first week of September, so an approval by then (or maybe earlier, like July or August.....would that be asking too much??) would be a really nice birthday gift. 

[Faith88’ 68]

15 hours ago, crono_clone said:

Crossing my fingers as well, hoping that my fiance will be here before the holidays. I've been watching some of the other monthly threads for clues on how fast the CSC is working through the backlog and so far there's some hope. My timeline has already shifted to about the middle of September. My birthday is in the first week of September, so an approval by then (or maybe earlier, like July or August.....would that be asking too much??) would be a really nice birthday gift. 

We filled yesterday at the post office ! My birthday is the first week of September also! That would be an awesome birthday gift! Blessings to all March filers!!☺️💕☺️💕🙏🏾

[Giordan+Hailey 70]

On 3/14/2018 at 2:39 AM, Ana_and_Derek said:

I just mailed our packet this morning. I'm nervous and excited and a bit relieved that this part is over.

 

We assembled our packet by ourselves with no attorney, so it was somewhat stressful, wringing our hands over ambiguities with the I-129F. I think we've filled it out the best that we can, so fingers crossed that it gets accepted!

My fiance and I mailed on the same day with you! And we made the package ourselves without attorney. Now I’m guessing that we are likely getting NOA1 early next week. 

So, fingers crossed for every March filers! And hopefully the process will get faster  

[Mike&Dani 36]

Sent our package in today! So much excitement and anxiety already. Looking forward to sharing our experience here and reading about everyone else's as well.

[Momo12 7]

Just sent out our petition today! Let the waiting begin...:) 

[pontof 35]

On 3/17/2018 at 3:51 PM, Mike&Dani said:

Sent our package in today! So much excitement and anxiety already. Looking forward to sharing our experience here and reading about everyone else's as well.

Third Brazilian here!! Welcome and good luck!! 

[Jen_1987 72]

On 2018/3/18 at 12:58 PM, Momo12 said:

Just sent out our petition today! Let the waiting begin...:) 

Yay for another Japanese filer  

[Momo12 7]

2 hours ago, Jen_1987 said:

Yay for another Japanese filer  

oh yay! so happy to know someone else from japan filed around the same time. hopefully we all have a smooth path to approval.

[Alan&Alex 173]

Hi all!

 

My Salvadorian fiancé and I mailed ours off March 5th and received the NOA1 March 12th. We were sent to the California Service Center.

 

At first, we consulted a lawyer. But after seeing the 2500 + fees price tag and reading people's stories here, we decided to do it all ourselves.

 

It kills me that we have to wait so long for this process! And this crackdown on immigration has me nervous that something will change by the time he may be approved. But, I'm hopeful and very thankful that I work remote so can spend one to two weeks at a time visiting him each month! It definitely helps as otherwise, I'd go crazy. 

[pontof 35]

19 hours ago, Alan&Alex said:

Hi all!

 

My Salvadorian fiancé and I mailed ours off March 5th and received the NOA1 March 12th. We were sent to the California Service Center.

 

At first, we consulted a lawyer. But after seeing the 2500 + fees price tag and reading people's stories here, we decided to do it all ourselves.

 

It kills me that we have to wait so long for this process! And this crackdown on immigration has me nervous that something will change by the time he may be approved. But, I'm hopeful and very thankful that I work remote so can spend one to two weeks at a time visiting him each month! It definitely helps as otherwise, I'd go crazy. 

2500?! Wow! Since we never considered hiring a lawyer, I had no clue it could be so expensive!

 

[JayHouser 209]

19 hours ago, Alan&Alex said:

Hi all!

 

My Salvadorian fiancé and I mailed ours off March 5th and received the NOA1 March 12th. We were sent to the California Service Center.

 

At first, we consulted a lawyer. But after seeing the 2500 + fees price tag and reading people's stories here, we decided to do it all ourselves.

 

It kills me that we have to wait so long for this process! And this crackdown on immigration has me nervous that something will change by the time he may be approved. But, I'm hopeful and very thankful that I work remote so can spend one to two weeks at a time visiting him each month! It definitely helps as otherwise, I'd go crazy. 

Salvadoran fiancee here as well. I wish I can find more information on the embassy approval rate

[Alan&Alex 173]

19 minutes ago, JayHouser said:

Salvadoran fiancee here as well. I wish I can find more information on the embassy approval rate

Me too. I spent hours searching at the beginning of the process but couldn't find much. 

[Ana_and_Derek 49]

From the research I've done, there is no country-by-country breakdown of the approval rates - just all K1 visas as a whole. It'd be nice to see though!