angeldaemon13

Just got the transfer!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!
Lol I freaked out and started crying

But on the brighter side, all this whining on visa journey has made me a senior member haha. I Started laughing when I opened my profile lol!

it's coming! Wait for it! Wait for it! Wait for it!!!!

APROVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVED!!!!!!!!!!!!
PD- 07/11
TD- 01/03. accepted at NSC on 01/07
noa2- 03/11 (right at 8 months)

Yey! congratulations to all the transfers, the sheet is actually moving fast.
Hopefully the rest of the transfers will come soon and the approvals will begin!!

This was my consulate review:
My fiancé had a very tough interview. He said that while he was interviewing, the interviewer beside his interiewer finished interviewing two people with a third getting ready to interview.

The interviewer had really read all the information I submitted in the first packet. He did not seem to have reviewed any of the packet my fiancé sent in before the interview. However, there was enough information to create quite a lively exchange of information.

I'll provide red flags, so it might help: 11+ years difference, different religions, and he'd been married before to a citizen of another western country. My fiancé said our interviewer asked every question he could think of related to his previous marriage, our friendship turned relationship, family...

I think that sometimes when the interviewer senses red flags, they question hard to see if there is a chink in the armor. That's what happened with us. Thankfully my fiancé speaks English well. I say that because there was no confusion as to what was being asked, and my fiancé didn't have to really concentrate on the language part; he could just talk.

Types of questions included: Why when you tried for a visitor visa did you say that she was just a friend, but you were beginning the relationship before that time? My fiancé explained that when we applied for his visitor visa we hadn't seen each other in three years. He knew we were meeting to determine the extent of our feelings. My fiancé said, "How could I have even written she was my girlfriend when I hadn't seen her? I can't call someone my girlfriend when I've not even seen them. After we saw each other, yes, I could say that. Not before." Incidentally, his visitor visa was denied, and I ended up travelling there.

My fiancé talked about our traveling together, and the interviewer questioned how such traditional families would be okay with us traveling together. My fiancé explained that though our families are very aware of our engagement, they don't question us about the extent of our relationship. Without them discussing their feelings with us, we don't know what they think. The interviewer then stated he felt our European trip was actually our honeymoon and we are probably already married.

Concerning his previous wife, he asked about how it could be that he was friends with me and married to someone else. My fiancé explained that both of us knew about the other (my relationship was not romantic at that point), and I was providing input regarding their business plan. Additionally, we only communicated until the business issues were resolved. Then communication ceased and resumed once his marriage was dissolved (her decision). The former wife had planned to move to Egypt then decided she didn't want to move or be married, so the interviewer wanted to know why all of a sudden he wanted to move to America. My fiancé explained that we haven't fully decided that we will spend our lives in the US, but the best decision for us now is for him to move here. Our plans might change, but we are determined to start our lives together here.

There were more questions, but because the interviewer was truly convinced our relationship was authentic, they were specific to our lives. In the end, he stated that the only lacking component was he still felt we were married. He told my fiancé he'd be going to the Department of Justice to determine if his divorce was recorded, and if he had no marriage on file. If that turned out to be the case they would, "go forward with our visa". It would be a few weeks before we would know. My fiancé tried to hand him the original divorce decree, but the interviewer told him he can't trust it as those can be bought anywhere in the city.

As a side note: one thing my fiancé forgot to do was to highlight some paperwork that would determine our "not married" status. We traveled last year and this year to places in Egypt. By law, an Egyptian man is not allowed to stay in the same room with a woman to whom he is not married. We had receipts for our hotel stay with two rooms last year 2012 and reservations for our two rooms this year as well (I was arriving three days after his interview and we then took the trip). We know it only proves that we had purchased two separate rooms, but we felt it would help with the case. We debated what to do about that, and in the end we sent the receipts via DHL the day he interviewed. The good outweighed the bad when we debated if we should send them. In our cover letter we stated that they already had a copy of the receipt from 2012 (so they wouldn't think we just generated a fake receipt).

At any rate, we determined the name of our interviewer (written at the bottom of the paid receipt), and we now smile and ask ourselves "What would D do?" Interviewer told fiancé after fiancé called me a girl that he was actually marrying a woman. So, when we talk about each other my fiancé says, "Now woman, according to DP, I think we should go to the Mall of Arabia." I am sure an interviewer has never been referred to as much as we affectionately refer to him. He was tough. We are grateful for him working diligently to do his job, and we just hope through his diligence he determines we do indeed qualify for a visa.
By the way, we were approved on February 4. It was very hard, and my fiance had to stand up for his ideas and thoughts. We are looking forward to his arrival May 2.

I Just want to see some approvals,,, come on uscis, you got many people waiting for you,,,,

LET"S GET READY TO RUMBLEGOOD LUCK TO ALL SEPT FILERS,,I WISH GOOD THINGS TO ALL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I"LL BE HERE WAITING AS ALL MY VJ FRIENDS

Keep sending those positive thoughts! I'm hoping for approvals tonight, too! From all the service centers, too! :-)

Good Luck to All October fillers..
Big storm on it's way with Transfers and approvals.
Good luck.

I now want to be transferred to TSC instead of CSC. LOL! However, I'll take either one.

HELOOOO EVERYBODY . JUST GOT APPROVED !!! NOA 1 - 10/17/2013 , TRANSFERRED ON 3/7/2014 AND NOA 2 ON 3/10/2014 !!

Dude! That is your approval! You should get the hardcopy of the NOA2 pretty soon (they should already have mailed it - or will do so today) and now you can check out what's next on the NVC thread! Congratulations!!!

My theory is Canadians start getting depressed at the end of fall due to coming winter, hence sudden spike in urge to move south lol. Jokes aside, hope we get approvals soon. I noticed you are going to be moving to Seattle? If yes, lucky you!

Let's hope for more approval, atleast 5..

PRAISE THE LORD!!! WE'VE BEEN APPROVED!!! THANK YOU JESUS! NOA2 notice sent today 3/10/14 at 2:30 P.M. via text message.

Today marks 6 months since my "priority" date. Happy anniversary to all other 9/9 PD filers out there!
Sadly, my case status hasn't changed:
Gathering DustThe I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN was transferred and is STILL NOT being processed at a USCIS office. You MIGHT BE be notified by mail IF a decision is EVER made, or if the office needs TO FUDGE THEIR MONTHLY NUMBERS. If you move while this case is pending, GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOUL BUT please use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address WHILE THROWING SALT OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER or IF YOU'D LIKE TO ERASE AN HOUR FROM YOUR LIFE AND HOLD TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT YOUR CASE PLEASE call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.

Well its just a crazy process, in my humble opinion. Way too much red tape, way too much nonsense, and its because of all that red tape and nonsense that we all have to wait 704 years just to get some sort of news that someone may or may not have accidentally touched our file while they were on their way to the canteen, which then triggers off about 206 emails, all virtually identical apart from one or two minor differences.
"your file has been sent somewhere but we wont tell you where because its a big secret".
"your file has been sent somewhere, but we're not sure where. Please wait 30 days until we start to try to maybe figure it out".
"your file has been sent to lees summit, even though WE are in lees summit, so really, we havent sent it anywhere. we just felt like sending you yet another email"
"your file has been sent somewhere, so why not give us a call to find out where? our tier 1 agents are standing by to give you absolutely no information whatsoever, but rest assured that as soon as you ask for a tier 2, the line will go dead"
As of right now, I literally have no idea where my application stands.
I sent in my I-130, it seems to have taken someone 5 months to accidentally brush past it, which triggered off those aforementioned 206 emails, and they gave it a cursory glance (because having accidentally brushed past it, they couldnt really ignore it, because any time they brush past it, an automated email is sent out), and now, supposedly, they've shipped it off to some unknown mystery office, where someone else will let it gather dust for a few months.
As I said, i'm just frustrated In case anyone from USCIS is watching, I love you really
*scream*

Well dont quote me because they'll send me to jail for treason or something 50 years hard labour at Idaho State Penitentiary or somewhere, stitching mail bags together and hiding from the guy they call Big Daddy.

I mean really, as I've said before, God Bless America, oh say can you see, In God We Trust, etc etc...but just GTF on with it already. We all want to live in America BEFORE the end of time, not after it.
*just slightly irritated by the whole process*
*take no notice*

A quick congrats to all of the recent transferee's....A HUGE thank you to waiting4i130 for doing a great job on the spreadsheet; being patient and diligent about updating the data. It is greatly appreciated.

#1 YAY on all these approvals!!!!
#2 If your ARN has changed and you don't know where you've been transferred to yet, there's a good chance you're in Nebraska as this seems to be the only service center experiencing this "glitch".
#3 MOAR APPROVALS, USCIS!!!!!!!

Wooo Hooo! Just checked and we got approved! Our priority date is September 18th.

APPROVED !!!!!!! PD is Sept 18, Transfer date is March 4. 3 count em 3 days until approval !!!!!! California baby !!!

Just got the text/email....1135 Friday night...TRANSFERRED....Step Two!
Application Type: I130 , IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN

Your Case Status: Initial Review

On March 7, 2014, we transferred this case I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN to another office for processing and sent you a notice explaining this action. Please follow any instructions provided on the notice. We will notify you by mail when a decision is made. If you move while this case is pending, please use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address or call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.
NOA1 was 18 October