tweety&irv

are u serious? that was super super fast wow!!!!! congrats

well my filing is in december too and to be honest time is really going by fast when i just filed i was going thru hell now as time goes by i am taking it one day at a time dont get me wrong i am still anxious but what can i really do than wait, pray and hope i am one of the lucky ones that will get approve fast....just hang in there your time will come soon

I got my NOA2 on 2/27 while I was in Mexico.

No RFE for leaving out the letters of intent. Now I feel like a real jerk for getting on my attorney about it.

But SOOOOOOOO happy

congrats and all the best with the rest of your journey

Thanks for the input...but we at the service of CSC are very much aware of the way they are handling or petitions but we only can seatdown and wait...and for the ones more religious PRAY...but not long ago Vermont was in the same situation California is today...so nothing is forever in this life used say my late mother! Pray for us!

i am not trying to let those who have their petitions at CSC feel bad i see good work and i am pleased and want to congrats them on their good work

i must say vermont service center is doing a tremendous job the noa2 are coming on fast and i like the order in which they are going i am not pointing any fingers but if you take a look at the percentage graphs and see how petitions are being approved at both service centers california is all over the place and vermont is coming down the line that may have something to do with the fast pace of approvals i am loving it and hope my petition can get approve fast love what they are doing i am impressed

wow thats awesome i am december filer and hope to get my noa2 by march i am praying and hoping and congrats

good morning everyone i am asking for some responses please i am really lost

when can one start to count the days for there processing time is it from u recieved the noa1 via email or the date u recieved it in the mail or the date on the actual letter of the noa1

please for your responses

hello vj family...i was just thinking and i would like to share this thought your comments would be greatly appreciated. well i was thinking if the reason why some persons petition get processed so fast is because of the person processing it....meaning that person might work fast or something you know they might not linger that much.....i know some persons get approved because they are in the military or work insome federal agency or others...but this was just a thought i wanted to share...thats all i acn do when it comes to this process THINK...have a good day everyone and all best with your journey

If they think it is a wedding from looking at the pictures and not a party they can deny you because they believe you to be married. Be careful.

thanks for the advise and no it wont look like a wedding definately like a party

but thanks alot

my fiance and i are planning to have an engagement party, reason being that we are worried about really proving that we are engaged so we plan to take alot of pictures of family and friends cause we thought would be good and also to officially get engaged with ring and all. just want to know if this is a good idea and if this is neccessary.

hi everyone i am curious about something. i see persons saying that their file got touched i am curious to know how do you know that your file has been touched

If USCIS were the only agency involved, it would be easier to keep track of, and they would probably be a lot better at updating the status and removing all this angst and hand-wringing.

Unfortunately, they are required to interract with many other departments in order to verify that you aren't someone that America doesn't wish to admit, and that you have been truthful on your application. So, basically, it isn't just the staffing level at USCIS ... it's about the staffing level of the FBI, CIA, Interpol, IRS and various others and any backlog they happen to have, or difficulties they encounter retrieving information. That's just within the US. When they have to wait on verification from foreign agencies .. well, do I really need to spell out how that works?

Quite frankly, for the amount of activity our application files see, I'm amazed that we get off with only paying around $5k total for the whole process. How much more would you be prepared to pay in order to speed your application up? 10, 000? 20? Most of us prefer to wait rather than double, or triple, the costs involved in this already expensive process.

Your time would be better spent enjoying the company of family and friends, and scenery of a country you're going to be leaving behind, rather than panicking about how unfair it is to make you wait. Trust me, there will be a lot of things you'll miss from home once you arrive, so don't squander the time you have by worrying about how long it will be before you can give it all up. Make sure everyone has some kind of video conferencing and knows how to use it, visit everyone, go through your personal items and decide if you want gift some as mementos to your loved ones. Make memories to bring with you. It's often the little things that mean the most when you're here without them.

Six months seems like forever in this process, but when you look back you will realise how quickly it goes, especially in the last couple of weeks. Don't set yourself up for regrets when you get here, it's so much harder than you realise. It's great to finally be with your soulmate, but the drawback is that in your excitement to get here, you overlook what you are giving up.

Wishing you an uneventful process that passes as quickly as it can.

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thanks for those words and not trying to bash you but do you have regrets just asking based oon what you said

I totally get what Tweety is saying and I don't think it's a matter of being selfish. Think about it if ppl are hired to take care of the backlogs then those who send in their petitions now will get approved in their given timeline and not face being backlogged and the ones that are now backlogged will get their approvals quicker.

I'm just thinking that right now case workers are going from backlogged cases to ones that they just received and so you have recent applications being approved before ones that are being backlogged.

They still have to take care of applications they just received so it's a little hard to concentrate on both.

I do agree on teamwork to get it done but I think it's not a bad suggestion

Thank you very much that is exactly my point. Thats all i am saying.....teamwork is always good in any organiztion but when dealing with the public good customer service is even better i know there is no way we can go around the system but i was just saying.....i work with a government agency in jamaica and there is a back log of divorce file....i know this is a different case but just think if they had persons to work on those back log and a other set to deal with the new ones i personally think that things would get done alot faster...what if the team is small and not enough to get off the back log....if is even to get persons placed at other sections from uscis....for example the POE what if all the persons there are no needed bcause the work load is not so heavy they can use some of them to help with the processing of files.......

i am just thinking poeple thats all.....i just strted my journey and alot of things are on my mind....but what use of this site if i cant express my opinion without being bashed

love you all but pls no name calling

i really dont understand what people are complaining about... i already got approved

lucky u and congrats

With RFEs and the such, it's been a little over 7 months for us. I agree something needs to be done about the obnoxiously long wait!

thats exactly what i am trying to say something needs to be done

There are people over 7 months waiting. Yes, it would be wonderful if there were enough people trained, and hired to handle the backlog. What you see on this site is only a VERY small percentage of the 3000+ petitions received at a service center in a month. If there is a language issue, all documents must be translated, and certified. Each country has DIFFERENT method of documenting birth certificates (if one can be found), marriages, divorces, and so on. Some countries have political upheaval that takes precedence over our tiny lives. Someone who has not being doing adjudication for a while may not understand what makes the documentation (translated to English) valid. The names are put through several databases. A background check is done. This is to prevent visa fraud, especially from high fraud countries with websites set up to let you dial-a-fiance/ee. Now add in paperwork that is missing information, evidence, incorrectly completed, assuming it is in English and can be verified as valid and legal documentation. Yes.. that's right.. add RFE time on top of that. Now you have a backlog of exceptions as well your piece of 3k new petitions.

Something does need to be done. But it won't happen overnight. Training the adjudicators is a constant process with so many foreign countries represented.

So, grab a hot chocolate, lace it with peppermint schnapps, and settle down for a wait. Use this time to gather additional documentation of relationship, save up money for medical, travel, shipping of personal household goods, and filing AOS. Use this time to save money for the wedding. But please do NOT use this time to selfishly insult those of us who have been waiting more than 6 months as if it were some how OUR fault for the delays!

i am not being selfish so i would appreciate it if you guys dnt call me that i just have a suggestion and i mentioned it. i thought this was a sit where you can share idea and thughts and express ourself about certain you have regarding your filing. i had a thought and wanted to share it with yall. but i was not being selfish when i thought about that i am just thinking of ways they can get things moving faster without persons being back logged

i am concerned about everyone here as i am on a journey too and also have feelings so pls no name calling pls thats rude thank you.......hope those who file are back logged will get approve soon......all the best every VJ member on your journey.....nuff love

I am deeply sorry if you guys think i am selfish and yes it is not a month as yet but all i am trying to say is that they should have persons working on the backlogs and different persons working on the recent one therefore they would not have to go over the processing time they should meet. I know i have a long wait and i am not only thinking about me but other persons who petition is backlog and have not recieve their NOA2 as yet. Cause if you think about it when its my time to be approve i would be back log too cause they are still trying to finish the ones they had before. I am just trying to be logically.They need different persons to do that thats all i am saying.

If there are back logs of files uscis should have persons personally to deal with that. The files they recieve recent should not have to wait until they have finish with there back logs because this is messing with the timeline for persons. It is unfair to file my petition and my five or six months has past and i have to wait on uscis to finish with there back logs before they can deal with the recents filers.......Something needs to be done about this. This is very bad service......persons wants to be with their love ones.....this is foolishness

Guys! This is normal seasonal cycle. I see this every year. If you file in February/March - wait is the shortest - about 2-3 months to NOA2. If you file July-August-September - wait is the longest - 5-6 months, which is normal, and it is EVERY YEAR. The reason is that most people apply for I129F in July/August/September for one or another reason (maybe, falling in love in Spring or something). USCIS cannot hire more people just to process July/August/September, so be patient. NOAS2 will be coming soon!

so what if you file in december wat would the timeline be like

We got approved!!! Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!

congrats and all the best on the rest of your journey

for real..I had to laugh out loud ..tweet you have not seen waiting yet...

how long does it normally takes for the process to be in its initial stage at the vermont service center. aah bowy all this waiting is killing me

I sent my I129F application to the TSC Texas) and I noticed the 1NOA was sent from VSC, Does it mean my case was forwarded or transferred to VSC?

yes it was so if u ave any queries u should do it at the vsc