fatal1920

i know that feeling. BTW its not luck that your sent to CSC or VSC, it depends on what state the petitioner resides in

I agree that it isn't "luck" per se. Not too long ago, the CSC was also experiencing long wait times. On the USCIS website, the processing time was listed as 1 year. I am definitely going to be patient. I think that I was going through some things emotionally yesterday. LOL! Again, thanks for the encouragement.

I think this is the biggest downside of the very readily available VJ timelines... It is very disheartening when you witness other filers who filed at the same time or even after you who got approved. We all want this process to be 100% ordered, queued system where it's all first-in-first-out, but you have to remember that even though it is a queue system, it's more of a batch-queue system, where there's a whole batch of em in at a time, and a whole batch of em out at a time.

So yes, while it is indeed disheartening to see others get approved before, don't lose hope and don't let it bring you down. Your time will surely come. Sooner now than later, for sure.

Also, since it's been such a long time for you, I'd be harassing USCIS in your place. Place a service request. Call every week following up on it. Call officials to ask about it on your behalf. Anything and everything you can do to get someone to go looking for your petition.

Best of luck to you.

I appreciate your best wishes! Truly.

Soooo....I am really trying to remain positive and keep the warm fuzzy feelings going. HOWEVER....it is VERY, VERY, VERY disheartening to see that fellow VJ'ers who applied either a week/few days before me or AFTER me received their NOA2 from the VSC back in August (and I don't mean LAST WEEK AUGUST or the week before last AUGUST...I'm talking early to mid-August), for fiances who just so happened to be from either European countries or from Canada. (Check the topic "Any Feb. 2012 filers" under the K1 forum.

I have been following this topic for a little while now, and using it to give me courage and hope about my own personal journey w/ VSC. I know there are HUNDREDS of us, if not more, who have been patiently waiting over 6+ months (it will be 7 months on 9/7/12 for me) for the VSC to get their act together, and to start sending out those NOA2's...I mean really...we've been patient, we've been praying and staying positive, but now it's getting a little RIDICULOUS!!! However, when going back to that same exact thread just a few minutes ago, I felt a little anger starting to set in once I started noticing which countries had been approved within the reasonable processing time, and it just made me wonder and give a STRONG SIDE EYE to that revelation.

At any rate, don't get me wrong...I am very happy that those folks mentioned above received their NOA2. I am by no means a "hater" or "hating" on their blessing...trust and believe me. However, the observation could not be overlooked.

Just throwing it out there.....

I know the feeling!!! VSC received 2/7/12 and NOA1 on 2/9/12 via email. NOTHING YET. So, we just have to hang in there.

I too have been waiting for over 6 months. It will be 7 months on 9/7/12. The VSC has fallen behind for whatever reason. I called on 7/24/12 and again on 8/9/12 and was told they are working on 1/16/12 app's. However, from other posts, I see that they have moved up to 2/6/12. I know that it is a serious waiting game and test of patience. God is good, so I'm going to keep holding on, as well as sending the prayers up like the rest of you all on here. At least we are not alone in this waiting game. We'll get our approvals soon.

I have been sticking to the "No news is good news" moto(in terms of no RFE's). That may change very quickly, if I do not get my NOA2 to bring my honey here in the next 2 weeks or so.