LA and CF

NOA1 received In end of january 2013 with both mistakes in my fiance name and year of birth... i'm not a patient person and it stress me out. I am from montreal quebec and my man is from california, we met while i was studying aboard! How did you all met? and anybody received their K1 Visa from the montreal consulate? Thanks!

where are you from fellow canadian

I'm from Montreal. Been living here since I was 5 or so. Will hopefully be moving to Minnesota once all this is done with

met my fiance about 7 years ago at a stargate sci-fi convention been geekily stuck together since then

Has anyone ever tried to actually visit the CSC? Is that possible? Where is this place located???? Probably would get the same answers were all getting now, but just wondering.

there is a map here : http://goo.gl/maps/kJiCZ

or here: http://goo.gl/maps/tGjGm

but i dont think they allow visitors unless they have an appointement and valid visitors pass.. but if you pretend you are delivering a gazillion pizzas they might just let you in

Don't forget the Poutine Tour !! For some of you, this'll be the last chance you have to get some decent poutine.

Oh ok, last chance to get some EXCELLENT poutine.

must remember to do that before i move out of montreal for god didnt even think that minnesota might not know what a poutine is omg!

darn been here for over 20 years and cant believe the only thing ill be missing is that hahahaha! gotta love MTL!

as a fellow canadian waiting for her noa2 and fellow csc, prepare thyself for a very long wait...

other than that i have not gone far enough into the process to give out much more info, i'm currently beating csc with oak bats by email in hopes of an answer soon, idealy before the 1st of july i will have all papers in and (in my dreams ha!)

totally second that one, jeez if it takes any longer i feel that i will go clinically insane and turn to labelling every shelf and drawer and item in the house out of boredom and frustration

The H-1B is a skilled working/professional non-immigrant Visa which is applied for yearly by employers seeking foreign workers with a qualification they need, it usually has a 2 week application period starting on April 1st, then the Visa's are usually approved some withing 10-15 days if they employer pays extra for preferential treatment or within 2-3 months for the rest. My guess is that given this Visa serves business and the economy it will definitely gain priority over K-1's, further stretching CSC understaffed resources.

Oh joy...

The H-1B Visa submissions are about to also start flooding in on April 1st, they are also given processing priority and have to be approved within quite a quick time frame, I'd expect the .5 of a person working on K-1's to be shifted to processing H-1B's during April further adding to the significant delays...

what are those ... i'm afraid to even know! can you explain it a bit more or link to some info so i can then go bang my head of the walls a bit more?

on another note, i have sent a letter to 60 minutes about this situation, as well as to the white house, not that i expect them to do anything about it. But being a defense employee, who knows they might actually open it before deleting it

210 days here

few days away from 8 months for me.. sheesh i could have had the time to give birth before even getting the visas... taking a long long time at csc

Ohhh I definitely feel you. Thank God my family is in full support and they don't ask things to make me uncomfortable. The problem is my friends and coworkers. It's almost 1,000 times I explain to them what a fiance visa is. And they are just not getting tired of asking "When are you getting married??"

"Why does it take soooo long??"

"Why doesn't he visit again???"

Or even stupider questions like :

"You're being too complicated. Just get a tourist visa and get married there! My cousin did that." - Yeah her cousin did that like..30 years a go. I was not even born yet!!! Things changed, guys.

"Why not go to school there and then get married? "

It's just....

ah yes the dreaded coworkers.... i had to show them the "hitler hits k-1 snag" video, got tired of answering their questions, they laughed and went ahem sorry... yeah...i hope it ends soon too sighs...

i would love to have a child with my fiance once we are married and some time to enjoy our "just us time" before bringing in a new baby

BUT I'M GETTING OLD CSC!! AT THIS RATE I'M GOING TO BE TOO FLIPPIN OLD TO HAVE ANOTHER CHILD...i'm 34..........

8 months and still no NOA2!!!!!!!!

this is just ridiculous

i would like to move on with my life and be productive citizen but cant....

rant over

sorry i had a lol moment there but more of a desperation kind of laughter as im also approaching the 8 month mark, we are dying to add some more kids to our family as well and i am seriously turning ocd with all the home cleaning and organizing and painting blogs ive been reading to keep my mind off csc. that is not a good thing as my fiancee already warned me that it was the third and last time he would remove the label machine from our amazon online cart.

hmm maybe someone should go over to csc and organize them a bit too

seriously... it is way beyond ridiculous that we re still waiting this whole time with no idea when it will get better grr

I've observed this quite a bit on here, and it's hard for me to sit back and be quiet any longer. I see by your timeline that it took you a week under 7 months to get your NOA2. We're well aware of the fact that more than likely the only thing we can do is sit back and wait, but when there seems to be no end in sight to a wait that was originally supposed to be 5 months or so, it's hard to sit back and not at least attempt to do anything at all. We don't need people like you who didn't even have to go through this kind of endless wait rubbing it in the faces of those who are likely going to have an even longer wait than you had to go through and telling us to wait our turn. That's pretty arrogant of you. And this isn't just directed at you, but at all the people who have had the nerve to criticize those who are human and are getting a little inpatient from time to time at the fact that there seems to be no end in sight to the CSC delay.

The OP has been waiting almost as long as you had to for your NOA2, and he's just been informed that he might have to wait as long as DOUBLE the time that you had to. That's a very tough pill to swallow, especially when awaiting wedding plans. And for me, it'll be 7 months on the 4th with more than likely an even longer wait, and there are some people who are up to 9 months plus and counting. I'm more than willing to wait my turn behind K-1 filers with earlier NOA1 dates, but how are all of us supposed to feel when CSC lets DACA filers (whose parents didn't even come to this country the proper way) butt in front of us, especially for those who filed I-129Fs prior to DACA being law? Again, we know that there is more than likely not much we can do about it, but we sure as hell have the right to at least try to do something.

Things are just getting worse and worse. We have spoken to our reps, the got excuse CSC isn't processing beyond 18th of July which is a lie. Just sent in another very opinionated letter mentioning all this nonsense. Its beyond ridiculous. We paid for our papers to be processed and instead they took our money and are doing daca classes while we are supposed tons it around quietly like little sheep and do nothing? I don't think so.

Our congressman has been really helpful at taking info from us. We are not complaining about the wait... I'm a few days under 5 months and know I need to wait my turn. We are complaining about the decrease in the number of files being processed and the reason it seems to be brought to a halt. Out communication thus far with the congressman has been very positive. We will see where it goes. My daughter has been given a starting position on a post secondary school in the US in her sport. If my visa is not in place in time she will lose a year of school and perhaps the option to play sports and get an athletic scholarship. The F1 student visa doesn't appear to be an option because of my K1 application. I know my reasons for wanting it sooner are nowhere near as "big" as others. To us though, it matters. I'll let you know what our congressman finds out.

thanks, i'm afraid as well she might be held back another year, since schools here are all french and even though she does speaks fluent english, her reading might not be up to level, was hoping she would be able to finish her first grade in the us and sign her up for classes to freshen up on things for second grade, she is starting be scared she will have to do first grade again, the wait is starting to make it look like she might be held back again, i sure hope not though. i'll keep you posted too on any changes, hopefully my fiance can recontact them and give them a bit more of a shake to get better answers, not just for us, but to make them realize that this procrastinating and waiting on csc's part is getting beyond rediculous.

like that video said, all thats left to do is make sure papers are in order for next step and get to know your fiance better and wait. after 7 years i think i've covered the get to know them better part

just got an answer back from my congressman's office, they talked to CSC last week and were told they would get an answer by the end of this week, today CSC called them back and told them that they are currently only processing forms from july 18th or before.

UHHH Excuse me? I'm sorry but most cases going through right now are end of july and august if not later, i mean come on, if you want to lie and make an excuse at least make sure it makes sense. I find it ridiculous that we have to hunt these people down for them to actually do anything. Its starting to really tick me off, if it was just me waiting ok, fine, but there are young kids involved, school will be over soon and parents need answers on what to do with them for the summer. Daycamps here or summer daycares are paid in advance no refund if canceled and can easily be close to 1000$. Not money i want to throw away.

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we contacted ours today, so hopefully something is moving fast from now on.

wish you quick journey from now on too! hope we all get an answer soon

Congrats! I'm an August filer also and contacted my Senator last week but no response yet.

contacted mine last week as well, told us by end of this week we will get an answer, but then the toilets at csc broke so not sure anymore