Waiting for a NOA2 from VSC for your I-129F?

[Jason-Sasha 1]

I too agree that calling the service centers does no good at all. I'm always afraid that I will piss off the wrong person and suffer the consequences. Kinda like being too much of bother at a fastfood spot. I'm always worried that my tasty burger will come with extras. But I suppose I will change my mind about this when i hit the 150 day mark.

[StillThePrettiest 4]

even the graph with the pretty coloured lines is showing VSC right in amongst all the others; they've been down below for SO long

I guess you can maybe take heart that it's not ABOVE the others, but I know that's cold comfort... I'm sorry

I wish, when I was celebrating the CSC approvals, I didn't feel so guilty about VSC being stuck in such a bloody rut these days

[Jason-Sasha 1]

hopefully, we'll rebound

[amrssnowangel 0]

I know this wait is hard on everyone..lets keep positive. VCS is working....remember....we have far fewer petitions filed (on VJ) than CSC...so if we only have 25% of their approvals, we are on track. Its not how MANY CSC approves...its the percentage in relation to over all petitions filed we need to watch.

CSC in the last 6 months took in 481 K1 Petitions. While VCS took in only 130. We have only hold 27% of the total visas filed in the 2 centers....soooo

in the month of October they've had 49 approvals. VCS has had 7. So the percentage of our approvals compared to theirs is almost 15%. A bit behind but not by much....only 7 or so petition difference. Bearing in mind..MOST of those CSC'ers approved sent their petitions IN May and waited longer for noa1...so even if noa1 is JUNE..they waited since MAY for this just like some of us here...hang in there...it will turn around soon.

[nivesito 0]

I know this wait is hard on everyone..lets keep positive. VCS is working....remember....we have far fewer petitions filed (on VJ) than CSC...so if we only have 25% of their approvals, we are on track. Its not how MANY CSC approves...its the percentage in relation to over all petitions filed we need to watch.

CSC in the last 6 months took in 481 K1 Petitions. While VCS took in only 130. We have only hold 27% of the total visas filed in the 2 centers....soooo

in the month of October they've had 49 approvals. VCS has had 7. So the percentage of our approvals compared to theirs is almost 15%. A bit behind but not by much....only 7 or so petition difference. Bearing in mind..MOST of those CSC'ers approved sent their petitions IN May and waited longer for noa1...so even if noa1 is JUNE..they waited since MAY for this just like some of us here...hang in there...it will turn around soon.

I agree

[English Muffin 59]

I know this wait is hard on everyone..lets keep positive. VCS is working....remember....we have far fewer petitions filed (on VJ) than CSC...so if we only have 25% of their approvals, we are on track. Its not how MANY CSC approves...its the percentage in relation to over all petitions filed we need to watch.

CSC in the last 6 months took in 481 K1 Petitions. While VCS took in only 130. We have only hold 27% of the total visas filed in the 2 centers....soooo

in the month of October they've had 49 approvals. VCS has had 7. So the percentage of our approvals compared to theirs is almost 15%. A bit behind but not by much....only 7 or so petition difference. Bearing in mind..MOST of those CSC'ers approved sent their petitions IN May and waited longer for noa1...so even if noa1 is JUNE..they waited since MAY for this just like some of us here...hang in there...it will turn around soon.

[Steph1973 0]

I know this wait is hard on everyone..lets keep positive. VCS is working....remember....we have far fewer petitions filed (on VJ) than CSC...so if we only have 25% of their approvals, we are on track. Its not how MANY CSC approves...its the percentage in relation to over all petitions filed we need to watch.

CSC in the last 6 months took in 481 K1 Petitions. While VCS took in only 130. We have only hold 27% of the total visas filed in the 2 centers....soooo

in the month of October they've had 49 approvals. VCS has had 7. So the percentage of our approvals compared to theirs is almost 15%. A bit behind but not by much....only 7 or so petition difference. Bearing in mind..MOST of those CSC'ers approved sent their petitions IN May and waited longer for noa1...so even if noa1 is JUNE..they waited since MAY for this just like some of us here...hang in there...it will turn around soon.

Do to the backlog at VSC, can't they send their K1/K3 visas to CSC? Didn't they send a lot of visas to the Vermont Service Center when they were backed up?

By the way, I also agree calling the service center is a complete waste of time. The reps have no idea what they are talking about and it just pisses me off more.

[empr 0]

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I just called and went clicked through to the RFE through the menu this morning and got transferred to a VSC officer. Of course, I played the "Well.. it's been 5 months now, I can't help but think you must have sent out an RFE and I just never got it..."

He went away for 5 LONG minutes.

He came back and said "Actually, we will be sending out something soon... an approval notice. You should get it in a few days."

To be quite honest, I don't want to get my hopes up... but I hope to gawd he's not pulling my leg. I told him "Thank you so much and have a great morning!" Maybe I should have said "a PRODUCTIVE morning" for pumping out those NOA2's.

If this sincere voice was bullshitting me, I will have lost all hope in the system.

[Bill y Bella 0]

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I just called and went clicked through to the RFE through the menu this morning and got transferred to a VSC officer. Of course, I played the "Well.. it's been 5 months now, I can't help but think you must have sent out an RFE and I just never got it..."

He went away for 5 LONG minutes.

He came back and said "Actually, we will be sending out something soon... an approval notice. You should get it in a few days."

To be quite honest, I don't want to get my hopes up... but I hope to gawd he's not pulling my leg. I told him "Thank you so much and have a great morning!" Maybe I should have said "a PRODUCTIVE morning" for pumping out those NOA2's.

If this sincere voice was bullshitting me, I will have lost all hope in the system.

Wow. That is a new one. I am sure hoping it turns out to be true!

[Bassi and Zainab 1]

Hey!

I saw that some of you were wondering about why we got approved so fast . And i can only answer...I have no idea! My fiance is not in the military, we didn't send any nude pics , we didn't contact a congressman. Actually we did nothing exept waiting. And we were also prepared for a much longer waiting.

I can only explain it that we maybe had a very good organized petition, a lot of proofs and we both had no "complications" in our past, like previous marriages, children, a lot of relocations and so on. Or maybe we just had luck .

And ja, you are also right that everything is in the moment very fast for us. I have already received the pack 3 from the embassy in Germany.

I hope this helps a little bit!

I really wish you all that you will get approved soon as well! I know how frustrating it is .

Congratulations!

[Bassi and Zainab 1]

I too agree that calling the service centers does no good at all. I'm always afraid that I will piss off the wrong person and suffer the consequences. Kinda like being too much of bother at a fastfood spot. I'm always worried that my tasty burger will come with extras. But I suppose I will change my mind about this when i hit the 150 day mark.

I'm somewhere around 120 days right now and I feel like I may call. I've never called because I don't think it will help, but I guess I need to hear something. Even if it's a lie, I feel like I want them to note that I called and realize that I'm feeling a little stressed out about my case. Those customer service reps probably get yelled at all day.

[Bassi and Zainab 1]

I know this wait is hard on everyone..lets keep positive. VCS is working....remember....we have far fewer petitions filed (on VJ) than CSC...so if we only have 25% of their approvals, we are on track. Its not how MANY CSC approves...its the percentage in relation to over all petitions filed we need to watch.

CSC in the last 6 months took in 481 K1 Petitions. While VCS took in only 130. We have only hold 27% of the total visas filed in the 2 centers....soooo

in the month of October they've had 49 approvals. VCS has had 7. So the percentage of our approvals compared to theirs is almost 15%. A bit behind but not by much....only 7 or so petition difference. Bearing in mind..MOST of those CSC'ers approved sent their petitions IN May and waited longer for noa1...so even if noa1 is JUNE..they waited since MAY for this just like some of us here...hang in there...it will turn around soon.

....

I just called and went clicked through to the RFE through the menu this morning and got transferred to a VSC officer. Of course, I played the "Well.. it's been 5 months now, I can't help but think you must have sent out an RFE and I just never got it..."

He went away for 5 LONG minutes.

He came back and said "Actually, we will be sending out something soon... an approval notice. You should get it in a few days."

To be quite honest, I don't want to get my hopes up... but I hope to gawd he's not pulling my leg. I told him "Thank you so much and have a great morning!" Maybe I should have said "a PRODUCTIVE morning" for pumping out those NOA2's.

If this sincere voice was bullshitting me, I will have lost all hope in the system.

That sounds wonderful!! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!!

[Bill y Bella 0]

I know this wait is hard on everyone..lets keep positive. VCS is working....remember....we have far fewer petitions filed (on VJ) than CSC...so if we only have 25% of their approvals, we are on track. Its not how MANY CSC approves...its the percentage in relation to over all petitions filed we need to watch.

CSC in the last 6 months took in 481 K1 Petitions. While VCS took in only 130. We have only hold 27% of the total visas filed in the 2 centers....soooo

in the month of October they've had 49 approvals. VCS has had 7. So the percentage of our approvals compared to theirs is almost 15%. A bit behind but not by much....only 7 or so petition difference. Bearing in mind..MOST of those CSC'ers approved sent their petitions IN May and waited longer for noa1...so even if noa1 is JUNE..they waited since MAY for this just like some of us here...hang in there...it will turn around soon.

VSC is working? Barely. And at a pace that will result in all of us waiting a very long time for our approvals. You have been telling everyone that it will turn around soon for months. I guess eventually you will be right but it has not happened yet.

VSC has 27 VJ K1 petitions sent in May that still need to be processed. Since the first of October they have approved .35 VJ K1 petitions per day. Do the math.

I will feel positive when I see some positive results. As of now all I see is VSC dribbling out approvals at a pace that will put them farther and farther behind.

[MKCT 0]

I know this wait is hard on everyone..lets keep positive. VCS is working....remember....we have far fewer petitions filed (on VJ) than CSC...so if we only have 25% of their approvals, we are on track. Its not how MANY CSC approves...its the percentage in relation to over all petitions filed we need to watch.

CSC in the last 6 months took in 481 K1 Petitions. While VCS took in only 130. We have only hold 27% of the total visas filed in the 2 centers....soooo

in the month of October they've had 49 approvals. VCS has had 7. So the percentage of our approvals compared to theirs is almost 15%. A bit behind but not by much....only 7 or so petition difference. Bearing in mind..MOST of those CSC'ers approved sent their petitions IN May and waited longer for noa1...so even if noa1 is JUNE..they waited since MAY for this just like some of us here...hang in there...it will turn around soon.

VSC is working? Barely. And at a pace that will result in all of us waiting a very long time for our approvals. You have been telling everyone that it will turn around soon for months. I guess eventually you will be right but it has not happened yet.

VSC has 27 VJ K1 petitions sent in May that still need to be processed. Since the first of October they have approved .35 VJ K1 petitions per day. Do the math.

I will feel positive when I see some positive results. As of now all I see is VSC dribbling out approvals at a pace that will put them farther and farther behind.

I tried to tell this to my fiance but he won't listen, he doesn't want to know anything about CSC or VSC! So I'm gonna tell you guys!!! As far as I can see, VSC haven't got petitions transferred from Nebraska or Texas....if I'm wrong please correct me. I see that many people from the closed service center got transfered to Cali and are being approved......so which means that California has their on apps, plus two more service centers applications......then how is it possible that CSC is working faster than VSC!!!????

[*julez* 124]

I know this wait is hard on everyone..lets keep positive. VCS is working....remember....we have far fewer petitions filed (on VJ) than CSC...so if we only have 25% of their approvals, we are on track. Its not how MANY CSC approves...its the percentage in relation to over all petitions filed we need to watch.

CSC in the last 6 months took in 481 K1 Petitions. While VCS took in only 130. We have only hold 27% of the total visas filed in the 2 centers....soooo

in the month of October they've had 49 approvals. VCS has had 7. So the percentage of our approvals compared to theirs is almost 15%. A bit behind but not by much....only 7 or so petition difference. Bearing in mind..MOST of those CSC'ers approved sent their petitions IN May and waited longer for noa1...so even if noa1 is JUNE..they waited since MAY for this just like some of us here...hang in there...it will turn around soon.

VSC is working? Barely. And at a pace that will result in all of us waiting a very long time for our approvals. You have been telling everyone that it will turn around soon for months. I guess eventually you will be right but it has not happened yet.

VSC has 27 VJ K1 petitions sent in May that still need to be processed. Since the first of October they have approved .35 VJ K1 petitions per day. Do the math.

I will feel positive when I see some positive results. As of now all I see is VSC dribbling out approvals at a pace that will put them farther and farther behind.

Well, I think its unfair to say that VSC is barely working. You might want to clarify that they are barely working on many I-129f petitions, but they are working on something. Its really sad, since VSC was known and envied for its speedy approvals. Something has happened to decimate that productivity. As much as many of us say, "If I worked there, it would be different", I doubt that's true. They are told how work is to be prioritized, whether they agree with the directive or not. I hope that adjudicators will soon be allowed to begin focusing on our petitons, cos I am just as frustrated as the rest of you guys.