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He was born in South Africa, but has lived in Guernsey since he was four years old!! Guernsey is a beautiful place, and very easy to live there if you're from another country. What parts of Guernsey did you enjoy? I've been lucky enough to visit several times, it's a sleepy old island full of historical finds and old charm. I enjoy the coastline, especially!
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I went in person, if this is an option, I would recommend otherwise you go to your states senator's website, you can find his website from a goggle search, if you dont know the senators name, you too can find this from a goggle search as well. On their website, they should have a form you'll want to fill out. Either a privacy release form or something of that sort. Fill it out and submit it via person or through the mail or fax.
I went and spoke to mine last week, I live in Kansas. They told me I'd been waiting 7 months and that I hadn't passed the national average yet, and that if I hadn't heard back by June then I should contact them again, so it really depends how long you've been waiting. If it's an emergency and you need to be together ASAP for say a medical reason put that on the forum!
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We're October filers, and on Midnight Saturday April 27th, I got a text and an email from the last person I ever excepted it to be... Our case was approved from USCIS at CSC and a formal notification will be forwarded in the mail! With the backlog, we were expecting a result in May or June so we were very very very excited to receive such news on a crappy day.
I understand next it goes to NVC, and all the nexts steps I may find on a forum here, correct?
Thanks
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I'm just so frustrated!!! CSC decides to randomly approve november/december applications forgetting the ones before..... vermont seems to have gone silent the last few days! Where is the structure? It's like people are being punished for doing it the right way.... I know many people who successfully got married on a tourist visa and got their green card etc in no time! Sadly I now wish I'd done the same.... It's so disheartening to see pple wait up to 8 months others much less.... its impossible to know what to expect...
I can relate
I have friends who have done it that way and they said I was foolish for doing it this way, I was too afraid of breaking the law, now I see the truth. -
For those who doubted and said it wasn't possible. For those who said contacting our congressperson and/or senator was a waste of time, you are proof this wasn't a waste of time, and so I've seen from several others this week, that something can be done! I contacted one of my congressmen a few weeks ago and they told me there was nothing they could do. I'm going to try and contact my senators now. Thanks so much for giving us hope!
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Our Noa1 is October 4th. We expected to get our NOA2 in march, and originally we were hoping to have my fiance from the UK here in late june and the wedding in August, but now I see that was thinking way too hopeful! lol But, now that I'm thinking more realistically, I'd be happy to have an approval by June, and then hopefully the benefits center and embassy moves at a quicker pace! Keep us posted on your progress and we'll do the same! xoxo
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I've posted this to my facebook, also I've had family sign, we're up to 500, but that's so far from the 100,000 needed. We really need the help of others! xoxo
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What's the link to the petition please?
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OP, more links for your reading pleasure:
Hello Boggy1974
Heh, Nice name
Thank you so much for these links.
My fiancee and I will read them thoroughly.
I understand that my questions have probably been posted multiple times and you may of see them frequently on the site but thank you for taking the time to answer them.
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Wouldn't you think this miracle worker would know the answers to those questions if the answers had an impact on the timing of these cases?
Who informed you of the 1 to 7 month timing?
From someone that went thru this process I can tell you there is no magic formula. My case for example took 408 days. Most don't take that long. There was nothing unusual about my case so no real reason for the delay. Hopefully yours will be faster than that.
What you are experiencing is normal including the frustration. Beware of those that tell you they have the inside track. This journey is about following the procedures dictated by the laws of the USA. You, like many others didn't know anything about those laws in the recent past nor did you care. Now they affect you and will do so through out this long journey. That is what we have learned as we gathered experience.
The normal processing times haven't been normal for a long time but its all they can refer to. They are working on about 2.5 million cases per year. They are ALWAYS behind. We see your questions a million times per year here on V J. Everyone thinks something has gone wrong just as they filed their case. V J provides timelines and a lot of other info that can be used to be as informed as possible. Learn to use it or disregard it as you wish.
I doubt you will find an immigration based version of the " road less traveled ".
I have no magical formula for this process either and I feel bad that you had to wait 408 days and I'm glad that in the end you succeeded.
I just know of a US Congressman who currently works within the state I currently live in.
It is never guarantee'd but some cases in the past have had better success from contacting their Congressman.
So I decided to give it a shot as well.
At the moment I am waiting and will be waiting for a long time so might as well try a few things during this period.
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I appreciate everyone's honesty. You are probably 100% right, but before I cross off all my options, I have efficacy, or a belief that I can make a difference. I am at least willing to try, if anything, at the end of the day I will know I did everything possible, even if there was nothing I could have done, not to speed it up, but just to better understand this process that many of you have already undertook.
So thank you for sending me the links and sharing your personal stories.
I wish you all the very best in your journeys
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It always seems to amaze me when people ask how to speed up the process. Who in their life has said how do I slow it down. It is what it is and its a process, it takes time be glad it is in place. If its beyond processing times then approach it if not then sit back and deal with it like the rest of have done. At least look at all the information and research everything. There is no reducing of times. Sit back and take your turn as everyone else has to do.
We were originally told we'd have our second NOA2 this month.
We've already waited 5 months and we're now informed it's being pushed back another 1-7 months if not longer.
It is beyond it's normal processing times. They are still working on July.
We know someone that can assist us with our case but first he wants these answers.
Also - I didn't ask How to speed up the process.
I asked for comparisons between this year and 2011 as well as reasons as to why this year has had some complications in processing.
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Hello Everyone,
I am certain that most of us here are waiting for our second NOA and have been waiting for some time.
We were originally told we'd get ours this month and now we're informed it's going to take another 1-7 months.
My Fiancee got a hold of someone who can really help us with our case but before we push on. We need some evidence on the situation currently.
I was wondering if anyone here can help assist me with the following questions:
1. What is taking so long for applications to process?
2. How many people have applied this year as appose to last year?
3. How long is the average application viewed and approved?
4. What was the difference in waiting time for 2013 and 2011?
Some of these such as #2 and #3 I'll probably find on this site and didn't need to post it here but I feel that while I'm researching, someone else may have a different source than the one I would've been looking at. So the more sources and information I can find the better.
If all works out and we can reduce the waiting time, even it's a month or a week or even a day.
I'd be happy that I tried.
Thank you all for reading this long-winded post and thank you to those who help me in this predicament.
- Ricardo
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Yep, what Bayareaguy said.
The numbers don't add up.
But think of how many people, you know, or even strangers you could get involved in this? I might not know hundreds or thousands of people, but I'm willing to do ANYTHING and EVERYTHING to be reconnected with my loved one, so why not at least try?
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Probably their reasoning for not sending I-129F petitions to local offices for adjudication like they did for I-130 petitions. We are lower priority. It's not fair but truly and honestly there's nothing to do but wait it out. I don't know if anyone has started a whitehouse.gov petition about this yet but if it gets 100,000 signatures in 30 days then someone in the Administration has to respond in some fashion. It's not a solution but it may light a spark.
This is a great idea!! How can we get involved in this? I'm ready to sign. I also can get involved to get several hundreds if not thousands of others willing to sign as well. And with this affecting so many people around this world. This is VERY doable!
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What thaaaa?
If you're a vermont service center filer, you probably wont have as long of a wait as the CSC filers.
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So they actualy called back? I remember your last post about it and I thought there is no way they would call back considering their "fantastic" customer service. It is nice to see them showing at least some respect to their clients. Do you think it will take that long? I thought 8,5 months is the max but now I see posts about taking it a year from noa1 to noa2. Can't imagine that....
It's so frustrating to imagine what should take 5 months is now doubling and even more frustrating knowing this is just one step and not the final "yes" if you will.. Personally, I'm freaking out, I believe all I-129F applicants are freaking out, but we can turn this into an interest group and some, now including myself, are going to start contacting our House Representatives and Senators, who too "work for us" in hopes that honest answers or a push in the forward direct will occur.
Best of luck to us all! xo
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Ours is through the California service center. I have no idea who to contact or if they're also processing July cases?
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We're in the same boat. We applied and they received around october 4th. We were hoping to get a reply sometime next month. But if they're only on july's did they get you an estimate onto when they'd begin the applicants from october? We are growing so very tired emotionally as well. The patience is hard.
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Hello All,
At the moment we are in the process of the K1 VISA and it's not yet completed however my fiancée is curious if we were to marry in the United States but wanted to have a honeymoon outside the country.
Is it possible?
Is there any fee's or forms we must complete and is there a high approval rate for those?
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*** Thread shifted from K-1 Process to K-1 Case Progress. ***
Bump!
I really could use some information on why they sent two.
Is it because the previous detail was incorrect and was altered or are you suppose to receive two letters?
One stated that they have received and the other one started the fee that was paid - Almost looked like a receipt.
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The service center in California received our package October 4th and they sent a Notice of Action dated October 8th stating that, they received it and it was being processed but it was very brief almost like a reciept. I noticed the country of birth was incorrect for my foreign fiance so I called the US service center back in october and they fixed it immediately. Monday in the mail I received another notice of action in the mail basically saying the same thing that they received it and it was the correct amount, but I noticed a number above my fiances name, maybe like an alien number? No idea... But this notice of actions said the same as the last, but was way more wordy.. Can you have two first actions of notice or any idea what might be going on? Hopefully this post isnt confusing.
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Yes, I'm not as worried as my fiance, I am more curious than anything as to why they might have been returned as they are not offensive, other than they were printed off from photography paper on a personal printer instead of say a large corporate company like wal-mart, but we'll sit back and wait for the letter, hopefully sooner than later.
Really appreciate you all taking the time to reply to our post. It means so much to us both.
Cheers, xx Jess
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Thanks everyone! Hopefully we get a letter soon, either a RFE or first NOA1..
Cheers x
How to contact congressman/ senators for help?
in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures
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We are oct filers too. Just got ours Friday. From what I saw, as my fiance is from the UK, a lot who applied around the same time as ours, early oct, who's fiance(e) were from the same area were getting approved at the same time. I have a feeling yours will be coming very soon!!!