APRIL 2021 I-129F K-1 FILERS

[slavaskii 885]

2 hours ago, KSVJ said:

If you check your estimated date routinely you'll see it will continue to be pushed back. on friday when i checked mine the latest date was 1/4 and this morning it's 1/8. when i first submitted, it was october/november. it's definitely frustrating.

As a March filer, my approval has been as early as October 10 to as late, now, as December 16-24. I don't see how December 16-24 can be confidently said considering March has only recently begun, but the approval date has never been this close before... we'll see.

[KSVJ 216]

1 hour ago, slavaskii said:

As a March filer, my approval has been as early as October 10 to as late, now, as December 16-24. I don't see how December 16-24 can be confidently said considering March has only recently begun, but the approval date has never been this close before... we'll see.

Crossing my fingers for you!

[Allison12 1]

Hi Friends!

 

I am new to this forum but so glad to connect with people in the same boat. I am a 33 (f) waiting to bring my 34 (m) Fiancé from Tanzania to Washington, DC. on the K1. I received my NOA1 on April 5, 2021. Has anyone from April received word? Also does anyone think working with an attorney speeds things up? I self filed but was very thorough. I have submitted an inquiry, and still nothing. I am outside of the timelines on the website.

 

I am a Department of Homeland Security employee (not USCIS). Think I can leverage this somehow? I also have a contact (foreign service officer) at the U.S. embassy in Dar es Salaam where he will have his interview. I'm traveling to Tanzania over the holidays. You think there is anything I can do?? Willing to try ANYTHING at this point. 

[Ayda&Jad 58]

It’s just a matter of waiting now till u get ur noa2 

then after that it’s another wait till u get ur case number from NVC and then from there it goes to the country of ur fiancé where the interview will take place. We filled in January of 2021, and it took a total of 11 months till we got to the interview date which was last week. 
it takes time and patience , I don’t think anything can speed up the process it’s just a waiting game. Good luck to you guys 

[Allison12 1]

Thank you @Ayda&Jad! Congratulations to you on your recent interview. What country is your finance from and you mind me asking how long it took from NOA2 to interview?

[Ayda&Jad 58]

Our noa1 was in on march 

noa2 was in September 21 

out case went to nvc October 4 

we received our case # around October 14

it didn’t leave nvc till the second shipment date in November. It took about a week to be in ready status by the embassy and we then were able to pick an interview date.

 

beirut Lebanon is our embassy 

[CJPinEcuador 396]

FYI April filers. They pushed inquiry dates back by half a month, so maybe that means they expect to make some advances very soon on cases (glad to see it wasn’t pushed back even further!). Meanwhile I’ll just settle in for the next 15 days before I can put in an inquiry. 

[KSVJ 216]

21 minutes ago, CJPinEcuador said:

FYI April filers. They pushed inquiry dates back by half a month, so maybe that means they expect to make some advances very soon on cases (glad to see it wasn’t pushed back even further!). Meanwhile I’ll just settle in for the next 15 days before I can put in an inquiry. 

I wish 6.5-8.5 months was accurate 😂. i'm honestly surprised they didn't change it to 8-10.

Edited December 9, 2021 by KSVJ

[slavaskii 885]

36 minutes ago, KSVJ said:

I wish 6.5-8.5 months was accurate 😂. i'm honestly surprised they didn't change it to 8-10.

I should probably put this here - I just noticed that on USCIS' website, they say the time to adjudicate an I-129F for 2022 is 8.6 months, based on what the timeframe was in October 2021. This now appears to be reflected on the processing times here. I think that 9.5 months is honestly the standard time; the March NOA2s coming through are almost all exactly on that line.

[Etherial 269]

On 12/6/2021 at 3:02 AM, CJPinEcuador said:

Yes, for those received in April. Here is the link to the chart. 
 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1USXTWEww37JnWiCxW6ftP1UZjE6fKU2gn2Mk4OSVGLw/edit

Do you know if there is a may chart yet? 

[Saivarshini 5]

Hi guys! 
 

I saw the excel sheet for April and there were many approved. How do you know if it wasn’t expedited? 
 

PS - my Noa1 on is on April 5th and I’m so stressed with the waiting 😕

[keickhoff 104]

Where are you seeing "many approvals". I see very few?

[Saivarshini 5]

I see 32 people accepted between April 20 and 22 and a few here and there. I know it’s not many people but it’s still approvals. 😕

[keickhoff 104]

I sent an inquiry as soon as our “outside normal processing time” date hit, got an automated email saying I would get a reply by December 24, I am not expecting anything but a canned answer, like we are processing, but sent anyway

[Saivarshini 5]

Yeah I’ve sent an inquiry too. Nothing to loose anyway. Some hope that they remember the case is still pending I guess