August 2017 I-129F Filers, Part II

[moresmiles 22]

1 hour ago, Woodrow said:

Hello everyone,

just an update from a fellow August filer. We received our February 13th NOA2 approval in the mail and since then everything has been email. The Montreal Consulate seems to use the electronic processing which I feel has been faster at least in our situation. Our case number was provided by the NVC in less than two weeks. When signing up for our interview we were provided 2 dates to choose from. Both Wednesdays by the way. We now have our interview scheduled for the end of April and are super excited. 

 

The help and and support we gained from reading this website has been invaluable. 

 

Thanks everyone. 

Congrats !!! So NVC took 2 weeks from your approval date exactly?? We just got our approval   Too 🙂

[Woodrow 34]

49 minutes ago, moresmiles said:

Congrats !!! So NVC took 2 weeks from your approval date exactly?? We just got our approval   Too 🙂

It was very close if not exact. Started calling after a week. They told us to use prompt 5 instead of prompt 7 since we got a email that we were “expedited”. Think that had to with electronic processing. 🧐

[Julia Cancun 60]

On 3/24/2018 at 1:55 AM, Michell213 said:

I'm from the month of August, my boyfriend was sent a runner asking for more evidence specifically a letter where I swore that my intent is to marry him for 90 days I would like. We sent the letter yesterday 22 how long does it take to approve after this?

 

In our case it was two weeks

[Hbomb 22]

8 hours ago, Woodrow said:

Hello everyone,

just an update from a fellow August filer. We received our February 13th NOA2 approval in the mail and since then everything has been email. The Montreal Consulate seems to use the electronic processing which I feel has been faster at least in our situation. Our case number was provided by the NVC in less than two weeks. When signing up for our interview we were provided 2 dates to choose from. Both Wednesdays by the way. We now have our interview scheduled for the end of April and are super excited. 

 

The help and and support we gained from reading this website has been invaluable. 

 

Thanks everyone. 

Great news! May I ask: how long did you wait to hear back from Montreal after NVC expedited your case to them? (My NOA2 was Feb 23rd, and Montreal received our case on March 20th. We submitted the DS160).

[Naes 12,205]

Helloooooo Everyone!!!!

 

---- Repost from Sept

 

We finally said a nice goodbye to our long waiting May filers this week by them getting their noa2s,

Hope next week we can have the same for Junies as well!!!

 

Now with the weeklies!

 

Weekly Overall Movement :

 

	June	July	Aug.	Sept	Total
03/19/18	35	51	83	115	284
03/20/18	6	15	36	101	158
03/21/18	21	35	91	181	328
03/22/18	23	42	63	207	335
03/23/18	15	27	52	75	169
Total	100	170	325	679	1274

 

 

Weekly Overall Movement - Approvals Only :

 

	June	July	Aug.	Sept	Total
03/19/18	15	23	22	79	139
03/20/18	2	5	7	17	31
03/21/18	12	27	66	116	221
03/22/18	11	21	35	111	178
03/23/18	4	19	26	64	113
Total	44	95	156	387	682

 

 

Monthly Status and Numbers :

Please remember, There are quite a number of December cases that does not appear due to validation errors.

And that there are also many cases that look still virgins on case tracker system because of the old system and Silent NOA2s that were happening.

 

	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
Approved	1798	1408	1202	649	2	1		5060
Virgins	871	1161	1490	2039	3732	3304	3297	15894
Touched	953	821	952	594	135	67	28	3550
Excluded	419	406	431	316	273	205	184	2234
Total	4041	3796	4075	3598	4142	3577	3509	26738

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 25, 2018 by Naes

[Vholde346 351]

Congratulations to everyone who has received their NOA2, heck, even everyone that has received their REFs lol.

I made some time this weekend to unwind and de stress, so I’m now in a more positive frame of mind. Fingers crossed we have a more sucsssful week than last.

[KAF 56]

Question: As I am waiting for our noa2 letter, should I start gathering all the requirements for nvc processing? 

My fiance is from the Philippines but moved to Canada to work and been there for 3 yrs now. Does she still need to get an NBI clearance from PH or just the Police clearance from canada? I saw it said “places you lived 6mos or more since age 16”. 

[Naes 12,205]

12 minutes ago, KAF said:

Question: As I am waiting for our noa2 letter, should I start gathering all the requirements for nvc processing? 

My fiance is from the Philippines but moved to Canada to work and been there for 3 yrs now. Does she still need to get an NBI clearance from PH or just the Police clearance from canada? I saw it said “places you lived 6mos or more since age 16”. 

There are no required documents for NVC processing in k1 cases. Those are for the embassy stage. But yes especially starting police certificates can be advised.

[KAF 56]

9 minutes ago, Naes said:

There are no required documents for NVC processing in k1 cases. Those are for the embassy stage. But yes especially starting police certificates can be advised.

Clearances are usually valid only for 6 mos. I am afraid that it may expire before everything is done. So does she still need NBI clearance or just the Canada police clearance?

 

Also, do I have to wait till the paper goes to embassy before i get papers from banks and work? I am just thinking about the dates that will be written. Does it need to be really recent?

 

NVC processing is usually how long now? 

 

Too many questions but it feels scary now that we moved on to the next process.

Thanks for the help in advance.

[Naes 12,205]

2 minutes ago, KAF said:

Clearances are usually valid only for 6 mos. I am afraid that it may expire before everything is done. So does she still need NBI clearance or just the Canada police clearance?

 

Also, do I have to wait till the paper goes to embassy before i get papers from banks and work? I am just thinking about the dates that will be written. Does it need to be really recent?

 

NVC processing is usually how long now? 

 

Too many questions but it feels scary now that we moved on to the next process.

Thanks for the help in advance.

I got my clearances already and all financial papers too. (Dates march for a possible interview of May) 

 

Because it sometimes takes longer than 2 weeks to get depending on the country. NVC stage is only 2 weeks. And everyone says after noa2 things move way faster. You can chose to wait and start it after noa2.

 

she will need clearance from every country she lived longer than 6 months after the age of 16.

[KAF 56]

12 minutes ago, Naes said:

I got my clearances already and all financial papers too. (Dates march for a possible interview of May) 

 

Because it sometimes takes longer than 2 weeks to get depending on the country. NVC stage is only 2 weeks. And everyone says after noa2 things move way faster. You can chose to wait and start it after noa2.

 

she will need clearance from every country she lived longer than 6 months after the age of 16.

Thanks Naes.

 

So i know they said we can call NVC to ask for case number. So what do I do next after getting the case number? Fill up DS-160 or wait till everything reaches the embassy? 

 

This is the process that i am looking at:

 

1. Noa1

2. NOA2

3. NVC- get case number

4. Embassy- applu DS-160

5. Medical

6. Interview

7 .visa

8.POE

 

is that right? 

[Clinton0 13]

22 hours ago, emekus94 said:

It's tough to say.
We don't really know a case is being adjudicated until it explicitly says so and even when that happens, it doesn't really mean u will get an answer anytime soon. 

SO I wouldn't really worry about whether the new site says it or not.
Calling USCIS a few times a week and seeing if u can get a helpful Tier II might be more useful

How do you get to reach a Tier II person? Do you just ask when you reach the first agent or are there key phrases to use?

 

I also just noticed the processing here :

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/#mainContent  are moving on a daily basis now instead of being fixed like they were before.  Yesterday it was August 26 2017 and today it is august 27 2016.

[William 36875 11]

We got our NOA2 !! 

Aug 11 NOA1

 March 22 NOA2

 

Needless to say, I have a fiance that is extremely excited that things are finally moving forward and went strait to FB posting about it to everyone. But without delay, there's always one person that has to pour cold water on anything good...

Someone decided to poke a little fun and told her that she had to get completely undress for the physical.... and that your not given a gown to put on!!  Then said the Dr. was going to be (poking around down there)... Gotta love the crab mentality of some people... 

Anyway, I can't see that being the case at all, but she a Filipina and is very Conservative so its not been fun... for either of us...

 If anyone can help me out with info on this it would make my weekend a lot easier ...... 

 

Are they asked to get completely undress for the physical??

If so, can anyone tell me exactly what they are going to be doing?? 

Are they given a gown to put on?? 

Can she ask for a Female Dr?? 

 

Sometimes I really think this whole process can be a little dehumanizing  to us all....

 

 

 

  

 

Edited March 25, 2018 by William 36875

[emekus94 1,125]

1 hour ago, Clinton0 said:

How do you get to reach a Tier II person? Do you just ask when you reach the first agent or are there key phrases to use?

 

I also just noticed the processing here :

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/#mainContent  are moving on a daily basis now instead of being fixed like they were before.  Yesterday it was August 26 2017 and today it is august 27 2016.

When you call the regular USCIS line (USCIS - 800-375-5283) the person that answers is Tier I
They will tell you what you can know yourself. Your case is received, blah blah blah

Kindly tell them that you have been waiting a long time and would really like any information that is helpful on your case and that  you would like to be transferred to Tier II/their supervisor.
Many say that asking Tier I something they can't answer (i.e. Is my case being adjudicated, have the background checks cleared) will prompt them to transfer you to Tier II that can answer that question. 

[emekus94 1,125]

5 hours ago, KAF said:

Thanks Naes.

 

So i know they said we can call NVC to ask for case number. So what do I do next after getting the case number? Fill up DS-160 or wait till everything reaches the embassy? 

 

This is the process that i am looking at:

 

1. Noa1

2. NOA2

3. NVC- get case number

4. Embassy- applu DS-160

5. Medical

6. Interview

7 .visa

8.POE

 

is that right? 

Your steps are theoretically correct. But the pace of those steps depend on each embassy
I suggest after NOA2, everyone visit their country's forum here on VJ/ask older forum members from the same country and figure out what it is you need to do.
For some countries, you don't do anything. They contact you after NVC to schedule your interview etc.

I think Canada is one of those countries where you don't do anything until the embassy contacts you with further instructions after they receive your case from NVC.