Kay and Jay

That is awesome....congrats!!

Ok, anyone @ Texas Service Center hear anything yet with NOA2s?!?!

nothing yet

We keep on waiting not loosing hope yet, we will get there

WOOHHHOOOO... VISA APPROVED!!!! In 2 months!!!WE ARE SOOO HAPPEEEE.. THANK YOU SO MUCH LORD....

Congratulations guys Happy for you

Still waiting too everything happens for a reason but I'm happy for each and everyone of you please ,keep us in praying.Merry Christmas and happy New to you and your lovers

you know what I think if you filed in early november or early november i think we have been approved and the status has not been updated yet if you haven't receive a decline or RFE it means that we are approved and just waiting for that confirmation to come in at the right time.

OMG ... omgosh!!!!

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

U. S. EMBASSY SEOUL - CONS - IV

UNIT 9600 BOX 9997, DPO, AP 96209 USA

188 SEJONGDAERO, JONGNOGU, SEOUL 110-710 ROK

Date: 24 Dec 2013

Dear CHOI, ######:

We have received the following immigrant visa case from the National Visa Center. Please download the packet instruction athttp://asktheconsul.org/pkt3k1.html.

You must schedule an appointment for an interview. You can do so online at http://www.ustraveldocs.com/kr or by telephone through the Global Support Strategy (GSS) call center. If you choose to schedule your appointment through GSS by telephone, please call 1600-8884 or (02) 6009-9170 in South Korea, or (703) 520-2234 in the United States.

All inquiries regarding immigrant visas must be made through the call center by telephone or email at support-korea@ustraveldocs.com. When contacting the call center, you must provide your name and case number exactly as shown in this letter.

Sincerely,

Chief, Immigrant Visa Branch

Case Number: #######

Principle Applicant (P): CHOI, ######

Traveling Applicants:

(P) CHOI, ###### 13 MAY 1984

Preference Category: K1 - KOR

Your Priority Date: 12 NOV 2013

I never got my NOA2 and I called USCIS to speak to Immigration Officer and they said my petition wasn't approve and still in initial review when I called to inquire about the computer glitch that happen at CSC. They flat out said NO ... then I just check my email after the previous reply. I could not believe what I saw in my inbox ... and I have a case number. What is going on?

But this is a blessing, I've been praying and praying, I'm like in a dream state. My fiancé is going to be with me soon. *sigh* Now what to do? I can't believe this happen before Christmas ... I need to tell my fiancé.

Tears of joy Im so happy for you.

So ... I called Immigration to get some more information about my case and since my petition is at the California Service Center I wanted to speak to an immigration officer to see if my case was one of the ones that were affected by the computer glitch. Unfortunately no. Of course I asked the immigration officer why have some people who filed after me or around the same time as me got quick approval and I haven't. He said just ignore people's approval, not everyone is the same case. I have to wait 5 months the normal processing time after filing to start being concerned.

But I notice that on VJ it says CSC is currently processing NOA1 date of November 12th right now, *sigh* ... I am November 15th and of course the holidays are coming around so I'm sure I won't hear anything immediately. *sigh* The agony. 짜증나!!!

Funny thing is my co-worker told me she had a dream that I was talking to immigration and my petition was approved. lol Unfortunately her prediction was wrong.

While was told the same things ,the officer asked me if im in military and wanted to expedite my case,and she also told me that they received many expedite cases from Philippines and are working on it now and should wait to hear from them.

lets cross our fingers for better news ,thats what we all waiting for.

Man I missed 3 calls from them ,damm requested one again.

It does appear that a few people have experienced some glitches and for that reason, I too was getting very anxious. Seeing what seems like everyone with dates around mine starting to get approved made me feel really nervous. Calling them won't hurt anything however, it won't help either really until after the allowed 5 month time-frame has elapsed.

I found the statistical information reported by Visa Journey members to be a little comforting, not in the sense that it will go any faster, but at least I am comforted by the fact that my timeline doesn't seem so abnormal now. Over the last 90-days the average time for approval from NOA1 to NOA2 is still at 120-days. It is true the the processing times have sped up, the average over the last 6 months was at 146-days, but it is still typical for this approval to take up to 5 months and the average is 4. This makes me feel like the process is at least going normally and is what I had expected when I initially filed. Here is the link to the statistical data based on Visa Journey member timeline updates. I am not sure how often this report itself is updated but it may comfort some others to see this information as well http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/stats.php?history=90

It is great news for those that have been approved so quickly and again CONGRATS!!! , but for those of us waiting, we just have to be patient and let USCIS do their thing.

while most of our group filers have been approved so it doesn't hurt to call seriously ,I called but waiting for a call back.

Yeah, I agree, especially because they didn't send us the NOA2 hard copy until we called. If I'd gotten that earlier, I could have started to prepare documents to take with me when I go visit my fiance in 2 days. It won't get to me in time now, which is too bad but I'm okay with it because I'm still over the moon with the news of the approval

I just called the NVC and they received my case and forwarded it on to Havana yesterday! I was not expecting this to happen so fast when just yesterday I thought we were going to get an RFE or worse, were going to be denied.

Does anyone have any suggestions on documents that I can take my fiance without having received the NOA2? All I've got right now are the tax returns!

Wow that's a wonderful news ,congrats I could actually say that since you haven't received the N0A2 you can prepare the 134 ,letter of intent and all the originals documents sent for the petition and maybe later on when you received the NOA2 you can send it to him since you want to visit so bad I guess that's the option for you otherwise its has been a great and surprising day for you ,I guess

True, but both those cases were with California, and our petition is in Texas.

I guess I just feel that calling won't do much.

I guess I red one from texas if you go back you will see that too ,you better try to call them ,Im currently working I cant use my phone ,so nervous that they might call me back and couldnt find me on the phone.Do you know if they leave messages ?

You would still get the NOA2 in the mail, though, so calling or not wouldn't really make a difference. And personally, although I absolutely HATE the waiting, I think it's also a sign of impatience on my part to start calling now. They're not going to speed up my case just because I called. I'm no more special than the files they're currently working on.

Just in case ,its better you know that you are approved than nothing you better call and know whats going with your case.The SRC has gone through a lot with weather issue so that's why they haven't updated the information its better you know that you are approved to start working on the I-134

They said that they officer will call me back .

Remember the good old days before smartphones, how did we send text messages? Use the old system, where 2 is ABC, 3 is DEF,

Thank you so much it really did help.

Yeah, put in the 3 letters as well. Good Luck!

My phone doesn't have the option to type in the SRC letter then the number how I do it?

I just called on ours. Our NOA1 was Nov 7. The agent said on the phone that our status was in initial processing and that I should wait to call back until 5 months after the NOA1 date. Ok, great.

I guess you should ask to speak to an officer.

Oh my goodness I just called and the same thing happened to us!! He said we were approved November 21st!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing your experience! Now we will definitely enjoy the holidays together Anyone else in the same boat should definitely call!!

HI im trying to call but on the step that it says that I did not put my receipt number correctly ,do you know how to put the reciept number with the 3 letters on the phone?Im so nervous just want to call right away

Called NVC, they received our file and assigned a number!! so excited!

Good luck everybody ^^

congrats

Sure. It was 1-800-375-5283.

After getting your case status, press 3 to talk to a customer service rep to report a problem. The initial person I talked to, was very lower level, so if you need anything that requires authoritative answers, they will forward your call to an officer. The wait time for me was 90 minutes, so I left a call back number, and they called me back after about 100 minutes.

Wow that was a long wait time I will call today too ,to see whats going on with my case.

I will make sure that I call the USCIS today maybe they just haven't updated my case yet on the website.

Kay and Jay ....so We should see a NOA2 in aprox 30 days from NOA1?

not really it could be sooner or later than 30 days but since your alien number is changed you could get the good news anytime soon.

Never heard of that happening before but congratulations!

That's wow I wish for it to happen to me too.

I am so new I cant understand the lingo lol. recieved our petition on the 19th... Alien regestration number has been changed. Now I'm not sure exactly what the NOA2 is and what it will tell me...How long should it take to see a decision?

The NOA2 IS THE APPROVAL letter you have to fill up your time line and also keep on checking the status of your case on the uscis.gov ,create an account and click yes on email and phone notification.

Still waiting too.

My case has approved Nov 19. Today I got email reply from NVC that my petition was received. NVC give me also my Invoice number. The letter said I will be informed when the case is sent to the embasy which I think it will be sent by Friday.

Good luck to all of yall!

Wow congratulations you are almost there.