Good News - Anyone? Anything?

[weisser83 0]

Well, it's another "manic Monday."

I called USCIS customer service this afternoon, knowing full-well they wouldn't have any news on our case, but I had promised my fiancé that I'd check. The woman on the other end of the line was friendly, though lacking a sense of humor.

As predicted, the only information that she could give me I already knew from looking at the processing times on the website. "The wait time for a K-1 visa is currently 6 months and your case will be processed in the order it was received."

I probed for any possible way to speed up the process. Medical emergency. It appears that I'll have to come down with a nasty case of West Nile Virus or something before they'll consider looking at my file.

I'm sure most of you are in the same predicament, but I'm just wondering:

Does anyone have any good news?

Like, maybe that your case was processed faster than predicted or that you just came back from a great trip with your sweetie, or maybe you're recently married and life is spectacular... even just a funny story, with a happy ending.

Give me some hope! Looking forward to hearing from you!

P.S. If you or your fiancé is from North Africa (or the Middle East)... Or North Dakota... Or if you're a June filer... Or if you're just looking for a friend - please add me to your list. I'd love to chat with ya! Thanks!

[chris4gretchen 1]

I'd have to say that the good news is they are actually open for business, though im not sure anyone is actually in since they arent giving NOA2's with any kind of frequency. especially when it only takes 15 minutes to approve a petition . no way the 10 % of all filers that happen to be on VJ arent getting more approvals or the unlikely event that every one who isnt on VJ is getting approved. If they are so backed up, you would think they would be going a little faster than normal to try and clear out the backlog and increase the daily quotas for each adjucator.

the other good news is there is no cap on K1 and K3 visas per year , so eventually we will all get our petition approved. course it may actually be next year when that happens.

lastly the good news is they seem to have good job security there at the centers. if i was as inefficent at my job, i'd be fired before long. I think they have surpased the US postal service for the slowest government agency. I could be wrong,

Chris

[Bassi and Zainab 1]

Well, I found VJ. That's good news, right?

Ok, well, I'm a June filer and my sweetie is in Ghana. And it sucks. I left him there in June and I left a piece of my heart with him. I never realized what an impatient american I am until I had to wait and wait and wait for this process. I've only receive the receipt that they got the application. So, how do people know that it's been "touched"? Anywhoo, I'm here in NY waiting along with you. Anyone know how to play the guitar?

[Minister 0]

My Fiancee's visa appointment is just one month away. That's great news. Here's hoping that we are together again soon!

[bakofoil 27]

I'd have to say that the good news is they are actually open for business, though im not sure anyone is actually in since they arent giving NOA2's with any kind of frequency. especially when it only takes 15 minutes to approve a petition . no way the 10 % of all filers that happen to be on VJ arent getting more approvals or the unlikely event that every one who isnt on VJ is getting approved. If they are so backed up, you would think they would be going a little faster than normal to try and clear out the backlog and increase the daily quotas for each adjucator.

How accurate is that 10%? I had wondered what proportion of K1 applicants use this forum.

My Fiancee's visa appointment is just one month away. That's great news. Here's hoping that we are together again soon!

Fantastic news. Congratulations

[Jasman0717 8]

The only good news I have is that Monday is almost over

[chris4gretchen 1]

How accurate is that 10%? I had wondered what proportion of K1 applicants use this forum.

i read on here one month that 2000 ( i forget the exact number) petitions were filed with USCIS, and a few weeks later someone posted that 210 (again i forget the exact number) or so filed petitions on VJ that same month, so i just figured it was a 10 percent ratio. nothing scientific or even accurate really. just a guess based on those two things. no matter what the % is, we have had so few NOA2s in the last 4 weeks, yet theres so many petitions pending, and we all know it only takes 15 minutes to approve the standard petition. And there are more than one person working there at the 2 centers. so are they really busting out NOAs and its just the luck that none are here on VJ?

you think VJ is 1% of the petitions?

we are left to wonder......

Chris

Edited September 18, 2007 by chris4gretchen

[StillThePrettiest 3]

I think that job security snipe is pretty unfair; we have no idea how hard they're working... and if a supervisor has instructed staff to prioritise other visas, that's hardly their fault...

[tonyr7 0]

good news

after 1o months of seperation,the sydney consulate finally got my visa to me today

i had already re-booked my flights once, due to them taking 2 weeks to issue my k-3

its teusday evening in australia,and at 11am on thursday, im going home to my family in jacksonville, Fl

its been a long ### haul,but folks, there is light at the end of the tunnel

yall hang in there

good luck and god bless

[RosemarieL 0]

I had good news. I went to visit my fiance in Michigan from 24th August to 9th September and not only did I have a great time but we got our NOA2 on 27th August while I was out there We were able to celebrate together and get the necessary paperwork together for me to take back to the UK.

Edited September 18, 2007 by RosemarieL

[lilou 0]

May fillers are starting to received NOA2 approval!!!! :thumbs:

Good luck to all of them soon it will be our turn

[Zee Bee 61]

My approved petition left NVC to go to the American embassy in Ghana last week

Hoping to get packet 3 soon.

[weisser83 0]

May fillers are starting to received NOA2 approval!!!! :thumbs:

Good luck to all of them soon it will be our turn

Great to hear things are moving again! Thanks for sharing the good news.

[lilou 0]

My approved petition left NVC to go to the American embassy in Ghana last week

Hoping to get packet 3 soon.

CONGRATS :thumbs:

Good luck for the interview give us some news!!!!

[chris4gretchen 1]

I think that job security snipe is pretty unfair; we have no idea how hard they're working... and if a supervisor has instructed staff to prioritise other visas, that's hardly their fault...

well i'll see how you feel when your timeline is at 140 days with no NOA2 like a few posters on here. in the last 30 days there have been 32 NOA2s from CSC. thats averaging one a day

theres currently 334 waiting for approval on here. that begs a timeline of 334 days for approvals on those.

I'll let you know where the stats show they are working hard and diligently. until then, i think my snipe is fairly accurate.

but i would love for them to prove me wrong. please have them prove me wrong.

Chris