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Our K-1 VISA was approved at the interview in Honduras on December 10, and still no word on the VISA being ready. It says 'ISSUED' on the site, but not available for pickup yet and we called only to be told "You just have to wait until it is ready"

It's so frustrating because it's been almost a month and it's supposed to be ready in just 10 days or less.

Anyways maybe its just processing issues because they are changing some things at the beginning of the new year

My fiance had his interview on December 10, 2014 in Honduras. He was approved for the K1 Visa, and online the system says the VISA has been issued. However, his passport is still not at Cargos Express where it is supposed to be picked up. The embassy says that it is still in process and could take much longer, but online it says to inquire if it is not ready within 5 days.

This is so frustrating because we bought a plane ticket for January 23, thinking that a month and a half would be plenty of time to get the VISA. However, now nobody from the embassy will give us any information they just say that it is being processed.

Has anyone ever experienced something similar? If so, how did you handle this?

My fiance is supposed to have his interview this Wednesday in Honduras. However, he has been unable to get the long form of the birth certificate because the agencies that produce them have broken printers and were unable to do it while he was in Tegucigalpa (the capital). Should he go ahead and go to the interview without this paper, and then just bring it back to the embassy when he finally gets the paper? Or will they say he has to completely redo his interview?

Thought quick please.

He may just go ahead and try to reschedule the interview tomorrow if he still can´t get that birth certificate.

I guess I spoke too soon...got NOA2 notice today! And same-sex marriage legalized in NC! Soooo exciting

Still no NOA2 or RFE for me....why did I have to be one of the more unlucky May filers left waiting past the five month mark?

Crossing fingers that this will be the week....come on NOA2!

I'm reaching a super stressed out state....it's so bad that I just checked the case status of all the numbers around mine. Everyone around mine is either approved or RFE, some of those were within the past few days. Please let me be next! haha. The scary thing is that I saw one number that was flat out denied!

We're approved!!! Just got our text.

Just this morning we heard back from our Congressman's office (after over a month!) that it was "delayed due to background checks issues" (sic) -- which seeing as it was within the normal processing time, I don't know why they would call it delayed --and that it was with an officer for final adjudication now. And we got the approval text the same night!

I guess the CSC transfers must be making a difference at TSC. Good luck to those who're waiting for their news. Stay strong.

Congrats Roger....I hope mine is on the way within a week or two. I'm going to go ahead and start getting some of the documents ready for the interview I suppose.

Any updates? Specifically from those of you who were not transferred to CSC? I'm in that group and no news yet.....Looking at Igor's timeline, it looks like about 70-80% of April-May filers were transferred. Why did I have to end up in that group?!

I'm assuming more of you have gotten approvals, since I see that many of the May transfers to California are starting to get their NOA2's

Stinks for those of us who didn't get the transfer.

Oh well, hopefully the next few weeks will go by fast enough.

I dont know if anyone else saw the TSC filer from Early May with no transfer listed on the timeline who got NOA2. Maybe they just didnt accurately update their timeline to reflect the transfer....or maybe this is great news for those of us still at TSC.

It's interesting to follow the things happening at the different service centers. Three of the May filers at TSC myself included, who were not transferred to California, received our ARN numbers today, much later than everyone else. I suppose the three of us were all on the same desk at TSC, which goes to show that the theories about different staff working on applications using their own methodology is probably accurate.

Good luck everyone!

My Alien Registration Number was just changed today too. I have a NOA1 of May 8.

Finally, I can rest easy knowing that my case is not lost. I guess idriss765 and I are on the same desk at TSC.

Looks like no new transfers today. I'm in that awkward group of us who have a NOA1 right in the middle of the transfer group but no news about a transfer yet.

Is there any May filer at TSC whose file has NOT been transferred to another office?

Yeah there are still some May filers with no transfer. I have a May 8 NOA1 and no transfer notice yet.

Anybody else on here with an early May NOA1 that hasn´t gotten a transfer notice yet? I also never received an Alien Registration Number Changed message on the USCIS portal, which worries me a little bit.

I didn't get any text/email. My NOA1 is May 21st. Is there a cut off date for these transfers? I see a May 15th application here that was transferred. Anyone else with a later NOA1 date? Please let us know.

I've got a NOA1 date of May 5 at TSC. No tranfer for me so I dont think there is much method to the madness (Big surprise there haha). I still havent even received an Alien Registration Number changed message on my case status page.

I will be hoping that with some of these petitions out of the way those of us still stuck at TSC will get pushed along a bit faster.

Ugh....I'm waiting to see some February filers at TSC start getting some NOA2s just to feel like progress is being made. For us early May filers we are on the way to the 3 month mark. I'm so ready for this waiting game to be over.

A quick question for everyone.

My case is being processed at TSC, so it is likely that I won't get NOA2 until October or November. I am going to go visit my fiance in August. What paperwork should I carry now so that I don't have to mail a package of paperwork later?

It's good to see there is finally a little bit of movement at TSC, and things aren't at a complete standstill. Though I'm not surprised that a bureaucratic entity could have such disparities between locations, it is pretty bad when they keep letting it reach these levels and don't find adequate solutions. The TSC processing timeframe is now almost as bad as the Vermont Service Center was when they stopped sending petitions there.

If only they were forward-thinking enough to allow electronic submissions of the paperwork, with a few signed hard copies mailed in with the check just for record-keeping.

That being said, I'm grateful we are in the USA where the government does actually do some things. I had to deal with some paperwork when I was living in my fiance's country and the government there was soooooo slow.

Being at TSC is not fun at all. It seems like the cases their keep getting further and further behind, so now I have no idea when we should expect NOA2's to start coming through for us May filers. Best of luck to everyone.....in the mean time I guess we can watch the World Cup with our significant others for some friendly family rivalry haha. Both USA and my partner's country are in the cup, so that gives me two teams to cheer for this year!

Are people at TSC getting Alien Registration Number Changed? I didn't get any notification about ARN, though my submission was in late April and NOA1 in early May.

Mine is at Texas Service Center....not looking forward to the long wait ahead for those of us in Texas.

I should chime into this convo

30 April 2014 - Package Mailed

05 May 2014 - Package Received Date

07 May 2014 - NOA1 Date

Too bad I'm stuck at the Texas Service Center, it looks like we are this for the long haul, so let's keep each other updated.