TimAndRitchel

We finally have the K1 in hand and I booked tickets for her to fly here next Friday, 6/3. It took us a little longer than some and less than others but we are nearing the end of the process. I really hope we can all keep in touch through VJ and see how each other fares over time.

I just want to to all y'all, y'all are are a great group of people! (How's that for A Southern US phrase?)

Let's keep in touch.

Tim and Ritchel in Tuscaloosa, Al

Ritchel made it through the embassy interview. Now we wait for the visa to be delivered. She could be here in a couple of weeks!

Yeeeee Haaaaaaw!!!!!

Tim

Ritchel passed her medical in Manila and got her immunizations yesterday. Her arms are sore and she's tired but we are getting close to the interview.

The interview is scheduled for 5/19 at 7:00PM. Does anybody know how hard it is to reschedule for an earlier date or time?

With luck she might be here for her birthday on 6/9.

I hope everyone else is doing well.

Tim in Tuscaloosa

Dionna is there now... She finished the medical on Friday and her interview is Monday, May 16. Good luck!

Cool! Maybe they will run in to each other. Ritchel did her veterinary internship in Manila but I still worry about her being there alone.

Ritchel is heading to Manila today and will be there through next week. Anybody else in Manila during that time?

She's got a room reserved and is meeting a representative of our agent to finish paperwork and get ready for the interview.

Good luck to all y'all!

Tim In Tuscaloosa

I survived the massive tornado. The destruction came within a mile of the house.

More good news. Ritchel has an interview date for May 19. If things go well she could have a visa by the end of the month!

We both wish everyone great luck!

Tim in Tuscaloosa, AL

I am so happy for you! It was a really long wait for you but now the longest wait is over. I wish you luck and happiness!

Tim

WE GOT OUR NOA2 today !!!! After 216 days, its relly here. Put in a service request on the 31st and just got the email today that we were approuved. I dont know if the service request even went through but hey W/E haha.

Thanks to all for your help in times of need

Also Ill pray for those of you who are still waiting to get a speedy and positive result.

There were 9 from September for yesterday and already 1 for today on Igor's list. Things are finally moving. Wonder what the log jam was?

Great news! Hopefully soon all of September will be closed out and we can heartache and fuss together about the rest of the process.

After much long wait. I just received my Noa2 approval email. YAyyyyyyy. Finally vermont is starting to work again. Getting your senator involved helps if you are out of the normal processing time.

I posted this in the September VSC group too.

Ours was approved this morning. I was just about to call for a service request and got the text message.

Last night I went through all the cases listed on VJ for late August and September and culled the ones that I thought were probably not being used. There were several that had the last activity date the same as the day created so I tossed those. Others had not had activity in a few to several months. Things like that. It reduced the list for September by quite a bit. That means that the ones that are waiting probably have a bigger chance of approval that it first appears. So my conclusion last night was that we should all hear something soon.

I did not go through all the October cases but did do some through the first part of the month and there were some to be dropped there too. It was a time consuming task but I at least felt like I was doing something to get a better picture of what was happening.

What I did was bring up Igor's list, picked VSC, all cases, pasted it directly into Excel, sorted the data, went to September and started going through each case listed under imigration timelines - visa display options - view K1 visas. Each one when brought up shows date created and last activity date.

This is just my guess, but it seems logical. The smaller the actual pool, the better the chances of being picked. Of course extenuating circumstances could change the waiting time but it's not likely for all cases.

Tim and Ritchel

Tuscaloosa, AL

Ours was approved this morning. I was just about to call for a service request and got the text message.

Last night I went through all the cases listed on VJ for late August and September and culled the ones that I thought were probably not being used. There were several that had the last activity date the same as the day created so I tossed those. Others had not had activity in a few to several months. Things like that. It reduced the list for September by quite a bit. That means that the ones that are waiting probably have a bigger chance of approval that it first appears. So my conclusion last night was that we should all hear something soon.

I did not go through all the October cases but did do some through the first part of the month and there were some to be dropped there too. It was a time consuming task but I at least felt like I was doing something to get a better picture of what was happening.

What I did was bring up Igor's list, picked VSC, all cases, pasted it directly into Excel, sorted the data, went to September and started going through each case listed under imigration timelines - visa display options - view K1 visas. Each one when brought up shows date created and last activity date.

This is just my guess, but it seems logical. The smaller the actual pool, the better the chances of being picked. Of course extenuating circumstances could change the waiting time but it's not likely for all cases.

Tim and Ritchel

Tuscaloosa, AL

I posted this in the September VSC group too.

Ours was approved this morning. I was just about to call for a service request and got the text message.

Last night I went through all the cases listed on VJ for late August and September and culled the ones that I thought were probably not being used. There were several that had the last activity date the same as the day created so I tossed those. Others had not had activity in a few to several months. Things like that. It reduced the list for September by quite a bit. That means that the ones that are waiting probably have a bigger chance of approval that it first appears. So my conclusion last night was that we should all hear something soon.

I did not go through all the October cases but did do some through the first part of the month and there were some to be dropped there too. It was a time consuming task but I at least felt like I was doing something to get a better picture of what was happening.

What I did was bring up Igor's list, picked VSC, all cases, pasted it directly into Excel, sorted the data, went to September and started going through each case listed under imigration timelines - visa display options - view K1 visas. Each one when brought up shows date created and last activity date.

This is just my guess, but it seems logical. The smaller the actual pool, the better the chances of being picked. Of course extenuating circumstances could change the waiting time but it's not likely for all cases.

Tim and Ritchel

Tuscaloosa, AL

Ours was approved this morning. I was just about to call for a service request and got the text message.

Last night I went through all the cases listed on VJ for late August and September and culled the ones that I thought were probably not being used. There were several that had the last activity date the same as the day created so I tossed those. Others had not had activity in a few to several months. Things like that. It reduced the list for September by quite a bit. That means that the ones that are waiting probably have a bigger chance of approval that it first appears. So my conclusion last night was that we should all hear something soon.

This is just my guess, but it seems logical. The smaller the actual pool, the better the chances of being picked.

We were at about six and a half months.

So hang in there. I really know your pain.

Tim in Tuscaloosa

We just got our NOA2 approval this morning. I posted it on our timeline. Thank God!

We finally got an approval on the NOA2 today. Yeeeee Haaaaaw!!!!!

I ran home to tell her on video chat right after I got the notification and we both cried.

Thank God! Things are finally moving again!

Tim and Ritchel

Tuscaloosa, AL

Let me clarify. I've been drinking 4 or 5 beers a night which is a lot for me. I don't fuss at her but rather fuss at other people in my life; my daughter, coworkers, etc. And I cuss people on the road when I am driving. I don't fuss at Ritchel. I am very suportive of her and try to comfort her when she cries. The whole waiting process is just geting to me right now. As well as it is getting to her.

Monday I will call and try to get something done to expidite our application.

I am so sorry if people took what I said in the earlier post the wrong way.

September is still a stuck month. Less than half have been approved. It's disheartening to see people that filed after us approved.

Best of luck to October filers ! September was a "stuck" month (feels like getting out of hell), seems like they moving now you should hear something very very soon.

Six and a half months and nothing yet. It's really frustrating to see people approved for the last two days that filed after we did. Ritchel is crying a lot, I drink more and fuss. It's getting to us really bad now.

True. But it is more than most. I also have an old secret security clearance but don't think it does me much good with the process. It still depends on manpower and timing.

But on the other hand, government people don't think in terms of making money for the government. To them it's still just a job and they have to do what needs to be done when it has to be done. They are constrained by the workload and hours they are allowed to work. It's a different mindset. So I stick with my original thought of it being the luck of the draw.

Your TWIC CARD Don't Mean Anything. I have one too. It's still a process. These are Goverment Institutions that are business of making money. As a Tax-Payer you should know that. USCIS and Homeland Security are NOT Non-Profit Organizations to my knowledge.

Nice theory, but I have to disagree. I have a clean record and recent approval by the FBI for a TWIC card which means a background check and fingerprints. My fiancee has a clean record and proof was supplied with the application.

So I think it just falls once again into the luck category.

It all varies on many factors that we know and many that we can only guess at.

The hardest part of all this is actually getting your petition in the hands of a living person and not shoved in a box in storage.

Clean backgrounds/no previous applications etc makes it go faster of course. I mean, about a month before my NOA2, the FBI and other government agencies just finished a 6+ month background investigation on myself and my fiancee due to my current job, so I am sure when USCIS searched my name (and possibly NVC as they do it sometimes), it showed said investigation and the "Cleared" by it. So it was very easy to see that I was clean and so was my fiancee.

But in the end, it's the part where you need an actual person to get your file that takes forever.

We hit 6 months on the 21st. No respose to a service request yet. No reply from my senators. I didn't really expect to hear from my senators since they are constatly railing about illegal imigrants and think everybody should stay out of the US that wasn't born here.

Just have to wait.

The email address is on the USCIS web site. But they will send a response saying that you have to give the service request number or the date you called the national help line. The email will also say that they will not respond to any further emails without that information. I tired it already.

Three months for us too. We met online and talked about dogs. She's a veterinarian. Things went well. I flew to meet her and we got engaged. Best thing that ever happend to me!

Using the same logic everyone has a right to complain. Including those that have a problem with the short term complainers.

But I understand what you are saying. I hate to admit it but I've been grumpy about everything since we hit 6 months Monday. So take whatever I say with a grain of salt. Neither one of us has slept well since that day. I also find myself having more road rage going to work and we don't have any bad traffic in Tuscaloosa. Heck, sometimes when it rains I get grumpy because it's wet and messy. But I am getting grumpy when the sun shines too because it's bright and hurts my eyes. I am not normally that way but the wait is really grinding on me now.

So apologies to anyone I may have offended. But we all need to take a look at things realisticly.

Peace!

In my opinion, EVERYONE has a right to complain or vent their frustrations. It shouldn't matter if they just filed yesterday or have been waiting 6+ months. Look at it from this perspective... (in this example both couples have lived apart during the entire relationship)

Couple A: Met for the first time 7 months ago, filed 5 months ago, still waiting

Couple B: Met for the first time 3 years ago, filed 1 week ago (couldn't file sooner, because of several reasons), still waiting

Get my drift?? Just because someone has filed a short time ago, doesn't mean they have less of a right to complain/vent than someone else.

This comes from a non filer, hoping to be one some day.

LOL! Recursive agony. Thank you for that. I really did laugh out loud.

Complaining about people that complain. Hrm.