Meghan86

Our RFE hard copy finally arrived to the lawyer's office today. They need original signed statements of our intent to marry within 90 days of my fiance arriving in the US. It's something we can easily provide but I could KICK myself for not having sent it originally. Our lawyers told me (the petitioner) to write a letter establishing our relationship...not our intent to marry. You'll see it here 1,000 times...use this site and save yourself the $$ of hiring a lawyer. I wish I had found these guides first.

Frustrations aside, we'll provide the letters as soon as we can and I'm also going to have my father provide one as well. Let's hope that's all they need and the approval will come within the next month. My fiance and I haven't seen each other since July...the time is starting to drag!

Good luck to everyone still waiting on some sign of life from the service centers...

Endlessly reloading the USCIS webpage has finally paid off!

On March 26, 2013, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please follow any instructions on the notice.

I'm so happy I'm in tears. I just can't decide if I should wake Michelle up. She just went to bed an hour ago....I'm waking her up.

Congratulations!!! This is great.

Yes, it happened to us,too. My friend who also got a rfe explain to me that the first update is the vsc notice us we got a rfe, the second update is the date vsc really send the mail out to us.we got the second update on march 18th, still waiting for the hardcopy,,,

That makes sense! I hope that's the case.

Hello everyone...I've got a question and am hoping that someone else has experienced something similar.

On 3/18, I received a notification of an RFE - the ususal...my case is suspended until I reply. I'm waiting on the hard copy to find out exactly what they need. Today, 3/20, my case status was updated again with an RFE notification. I called USCIS and they refused to tell me if it's a duplicate or if it's a separate RFE that will need a response.

Has this happened to anyone else?

Aren't lawyers bascially waste of money in visa procedures? It's probably a glitch. Don't worry too much and wait for the hard copy.

Yep, we hired the lawyer before I found this site. The funny thing is we basically hired him to AVOID an RFE. It's frustrating that USCIS can't even tell us if they are different requests.

So, the mystery continues. I just got another text/email that my case status has changed. It says RFE again. I called USCIS and they refuse to tell me if it is a duplicate notification or if I actually have two separate RFEs to deal with at the same time. Has anyone experienced this?

I'm at my wit's end here.

It may be time to fire the lawyer...

When I see approvals for petitioners with the same date as ours I get excited and then disappointed to see that our status is till the same

It's hard not to do that...that's what I thought all last week. It seems like they made it through a wave of them yesterday. Hopefully you're next!

Don't worry! I am totally sure that you will be approved soon. As you said, you triple-checked everything so it must be a minor evidence they need now.

I hope so! I keep going over it in my head and I really don't see how they would need more evidence of our relationship. Let's hope it's something small and administrative.

I had a simple RFE and was approved around two weeks after I responded to it. Hopefully it will be a simple RFE.

When responding to a Request for Evidence it is extremely important that you place the blue coversheet on the top of the response you send to them. The VSC/CSC receives thousands of pieces of correspondence each day, if the blue coversheet is not on the top of the response it will be placed in “general” correspondence and NOT sorted as a priority, which may delay your case.

That is great information. Thank you!

Stay calm and wait for them to give you more information. Remember an RFE can be a boon, in that it can allow you to strengthen your evidence!

True. This is me stepping away from the ledge...

Got the text just now...and we've got an RFE. Not what I was hoping for...but at least my case was touched? I'm a little (okay, a lot) concerned about what they could need. We submitted so much evidence, we triple checked everything, and we have a lawyer who did the same. I'm spinning out of control with the negative thoughts now. And how much extra time will this add?

Whew...just had to get that out there! I guess there's no point in worrying until I actually see what they need. Let's hope it's minor.

Congrats to all the approved cases - they are working hard today!

I've resigned to not looking. Then just maybe I will be surprised one of these years!

And I am an optimist.. LOL.....

That's the most sane way to go about it, I think! Hopefully any day now for you.

All of these late(ish) September NOA2s have me refreshing the USCIS page just about every hour...am I alone?

Meghan86 when you get your NOA2 I hope I do too! And vice versa.

Hopefully very, very soon!

I know it's all about patience. But geesh I can't take it I'm going nuts with the waiting. It's so close now. I just can't stand the anticipation of not know how much longer. I dealt with the process pretty well but now that I know September applications are being touched I can't but help to feel anixous. Sorry about my rambling. I know many are in my scenario, it just helps me to vent off a bit.

Congratulations to those who have received their NOA2 so far. Please update us with how the USCIS to NVC and NVC to consulate experience goes.

You are definitely not alone! Now that we all know they're into September, it's much harder to be patient. Good luck!

Is anyone else going nuts looking at your estimated timeline on here? I know it's an estimate...but my date keeps getting later and later. Time to stop looking!

Feels like we should start seeing some September approvals any day now...fingers crossed.

I would love to know how to do a screen shot of the viber logs? i already email all conversation logs to myself for future use.

thanks!

Jen

It depends on the type of phone you're using. Oh my iPhone, pressing the home button and the button on the top of the phone at the same time will save a picture of that screen to the camera roll. Then email it to yourself to print.

Hope that helps!

thanks, but what if there are some...personal...things within the long conversation? haha

ah ok cool:) thanks!

That's why I email it to myself in an excel format - then you can delete the most personal texts.

Yep, you can have all of your text records emailed to you in an excel format - then you can edit it and send the messages that you want with dates. I'm in the same situation with using Viber for phone calls so I print screened many, many shots of the call log and emailed them to myself as well.