March 2018 I-129f Filers

[aprilfiler2018 47]

Hi all,

 

We had a little error to fix in our file and therefore called to see if our letter with the correction had arrived.

 

Did anyone else get a strange info from the tier 2 that K-1 fiance visa now will take 12-18 months?

Nobody has touched our file yet, tier 2 said.

Our NOA1 is March 26 old site, March 29th new site.

 

It was just very strange, I was wondering if she was confusing with another petition, but she had our file open and knew we were applying for the i129F K1 fiance visa.

We were a little bit shocked because we were expecting an approval in beginning of October. And she told us, that this is gonna be a very long wait and that the fiance petitions have slowed down extremely.

 

It does not make sense, because I see the 6-7,5 months approvals here all the time... ??

 

Did anyone get the same info?

 

 

 

 

 

[Catheryne 45]

2 minutes ago, aprilfiler2018 said:

Hi all,

 

We had a little error to fix in our file and therefore called to see if our letter with the correction had arrived.

 

Did anyone else get a strange info from the tier 2 that K-1 fiance visa now will take 12-18 months?

Nobody has touched our file yet, tier 2 said.

Our NOA1 is March 26 old site, March 29th new site.

 

It was just very strange, I was wondering if she was confusing with another petition, but she had our file open and knew we were applying for the i129F K1 fiance visa.

We were a little bit shocked because we were expecting an approval in beginning of October. And she told us, that this is gonna be a very long wait and that the fiance petitions have slowed down extremely.

 

It does not make sense, because I see the 6-7,5 months approvals here all the time... ??

 

Did anyone get the same info?

 

 

 

 

 

Some of this people love to give false info . I wouldnt really pay attention to that i called yesterday and they say that i should hear before october 1st my noa 1 is march 1st and he said exactly 5-7 months . 

[Rayapig 46]

9 minutes ago, aprilfiler2018 said:

Hi all,

 

We had a little error to fix in our file and therefore called to see if our letter with the correction had arrived.

 

Did anyone else get a strange info from the tier 2 that K-1 fiance visa now will take 12-18 months?

Nobody has touched our file yet, tier 2 said.

Our NOA1 is March 26 old site, March 29th new site.

 

It was just very strange, I was wondering if she was confusing with another petition, but she had our file open and knew we were applying for the i129F K1 fiance visa.

We were a little bit shocked because we were expecting an approval in beginning of October. And she told us, that this is gonna be a very long wait and that the fiance petitions have slowed down extremely.

 

It does not make sense, because I see the 6-7,5 months approvals here all the time... ??

 

Did anyone get the same info?

 

 

 

 

 

It sounds like they are referring to the entire process from start to finish on how long it will take to actually obtain the K-1 Visa. You are correct in that this part of the process (waiting to receive the NOA2) takes about 5-7 months. But we still have atleast a few months to go after receiving the NOA2. Therefore it could take 12-18 months total.

[aprilfiler2018 47]

@Catheryne  Yes I get the same impression, that they like to scare people off a little, so you don't call again and you don't get too excited  

In the same time she mentioned that the error was not a big deal, but that we should not get our hopes up hearing anything very soon.

I really hope you are right and this is just false info. Thank you! ❤️

[Rayapig 46]

49 minutes ago, Mustang500 said:

Approved text message this morning and updated only on new site

Old Site - 3/5

New Site 3/8

Congrats!

[Mez274 57]

2 hours ago, Mustang500 said:

Approved text message this morning and updated only on new site

Old Site - 3/5

New Site 3/8

OMG THAT'S our old and new dates! WOOHOOO youve given me hopeee that maybe well be soon

Edited September 6, 2018 by Mez274
Adding more

[Mez274 57]

It seems like all of the people getting approved so far have their petitions being processed at the California service centre, I've also seen one Texas one , but fingers crossed the rest will follow suit! 

[Alan&Alex 173]

5 minutes ago, Mez274 said:

It seems like all of the people getting approved so far have their petitions being processed at the California service centre, I've also seen one Texas one , but fingers crossed the rest will follow suit! 

I feel I've read that most K1 visas are processed by California unless there are special circumstances. 

[Meu Amor 180]

2 hours ago, Mustang500 said:

Approved text message this morning and updated only on new site

Old Site - 3/5

New Site 3/8

CONGRATSSS!!!!!

[Rayapig 46]

I keep seeing posts from people explaining how some days USCIS isn't working on processing our paperwork. And generally seeing people say how they notice things based on whatever people are showing on here for getting approved. I hope everyone understands this is just a fraction of all the filers out there. We chose to join this group but there's plenty others out there that are not part of this forum. So to make assumptions on dates or how many approvals are going through solely based on this forum is not a good idea because we are just a small % of everyone. Plus they are also still working on February. On average I am seeing a lot of approvals the last few months go between 6.5 and 7 months. Please stay patient everyone and don't worry about what the USCIS is doing just based on what you're seeing in this forum. It won't help you and its not completely accurate. 

[BJ & Christine 1,392]

2 hours ago, aprilfiler2018 said:

Hi all,

 

We had a little error to fix in our file and therefore called to see if our letter with the correction had arrived.

 

Did anyone else get a strange info from the tier 2 that K-1 fiance visa now will take 12-18 months?

Nobody has touched our file yet, tier 2 said.

Our NOA1 is March 26 old site, March 29th new site.

 

It was just very strange, I was wondering if she was confusing with another petition, but she had our file open and knew we were applying for the i129F K1 fiance visa.

We were a little bit shocked because we were expecting an approval in beginning of October. And she told us, that this is gonna be a very long wait and that the fiance petitions have slowed down extremely.

 

It does not make sense, because I see the 6-7,5 months approvals here all the time... ??

 

Did anyone get the same info?

 

 

 

 

 

This is one of many reasons why it is not wise to call before 210 days or outside normal processing times. They will tell u something different every time u call. 

If u feel the need to call prior to 210 I suggest waiting till after 200 days. Not that they won't give u wrong or false info then. But chances are slightly better...

[BJ & Christine 1,392]

2 minutes ago, Rayapig said:

I keep seeing posts from people explaining how some days USCIS isn't working on processing our paperwork. And generally seeing people say how they notice things based on whatever people are showing on here for getting approved. I hope everyone understands this is just a fraction of all the filers out there. We chose to join this group but there's plenty others out there that are not part of this forum. So to make assumptions on dates or how many approvals are going through solely based on this forum is not a good idea because we are just a small % of everyone. Plus they are also still working on February. On average I am seeing a lot of approvals the last few months go between 6.5 and 7 months. Please stay patient everyone and don't worry about what the USCIS is doing just based on what you're seeing in this forum. It won't help you and its not completely accurate. 

It's safe to assume that only 10% join this forum per month. It should put things into more of a perspective for u all. 

Some days u won't see any or maybe only a few approvals. But, there's 90% of others that have filed and are most likely getting approved. 

On a average week from vj members only u will see about 50 approvals for ur current month. Then as time passes it slowly  Dwindles down in numbers. 

 

Keep in mind that adjusters are doing current month, rfe, and previous months also. It's a lot of u break it all down.

 

[pontof 35]

I’m soooooo happy! We were approved yesterday! My fiancé got an email today and checked the new site.

NOA1: 02/03 (06/03 new site)

NOA2: 05/09

 

No updates on the app and old site.

 

[Mez274 57]

16 minutes ago, Alan&Alex said:

I feel I've read that most K1 visas are processed by California unless there are special circumstances. 

Yea your right! I just searched it now and it says reciept numbers starting with WAC are with the California one, thanks for pointing that out! 

[Olisant 65]

4 minutes ago, pontof said:

I’m soooooo happy! We were approved yesterday! My fiancé got an email today and checked the new site.

NOA1: 02/03 (06/03 new site)

NOA2: 05/09

 

No updates on the app and old site.

 

Woow so happy for u fellow marcher