imane-zizou

We are close to your date, and we have received our NOA2:
Petition sent - 5/9/14
NOA1 from TSC - 5/13/14
Transferred to CSC - 5/15/14
NOA2 - 6/19/14
It took 37 days, and we had no RFE's.
Based on the information on this site, we expected to wait 3-5 months. In fact, I searched the stats many times, and for people filing petitions for Moroccans, I don't know that it gets much faster. We are VERY lucky. Alhamdolilah.
Some of the things we did that I think helped:
1) We used a visa processing service called Rapid Visa (rapidvisa.com) and paid a little extra to have them look over the paperwork ahead of time before sending it to TSC. At a fraction of the cost of the lawyer, in our case, I believe it was money well-spent. Not only do they have a very easy online form for filling out the I-29F (and all other paperwork), they included lots of things that I might not have thought of had I done the paperwork myself -- a cover letter, supplements to petition where the spaces on the form were too small (info about my ex, circumstances of meeting), letters of intent for both of us, detailed info about the type of photos needed and how to label them, When you are done with your form, a PDF is produced that includes all the forms along with a very handy checklist of things to include (divorce certificate if applicable, birth certificate) and lots of tips about providing evidence of meeting. They respond to emails within hours, have online chatting for questions, and are open 7 days a week.
2) The evidence that I included was pretty extensive:
* The emailed receipt for my plane ticket and itinerary
* My passport data page (in color)
* Stamped pages of my passport (in color)
* All boarding passes to and from Casablanca (I changed planes twice both ways, so there were six of them)
* Luggage tags and luggage claim tickets (which I scanned)
* 2 pages of scanned receipts from when I was in Casablanca for gas, groceries and a restaurant
* The emailed receipt for purchase of travel insurance (which I bought when I purchased my ticket)
* Emailed confirmations of travel notifications set at two different credit card companies
* Emailed confirmation of enrollment in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) - a government website for notifying the Dept. of State that you will be traveling internationally
* Emailed receipt from the US Postal Service that I put my mail on hold for the dates that I was traveling
* Two screenshots from my Facebook page showing uploaded trip photos (and also that my fiance is my friend and the most popular visitor to my page)
* Annotated photos (16 of them printed in color on plain paper, approx. 4x6 size, two per page, each one noting the date, location, the names all people pictured in the photo and their relation to my fiance)
3) When I visited, we stayed several days with his mother and I was able to meet a lot of his family (which is huge) - a brother, lots of aunts, uncles and cousins, and many friends. A couple of the pictures I included were just of his mom, one of his aunts and me (my fiance wasn't in them because he took the pictures). I included a picture of a family gathering we had with over 20 people (all family), noting each person's name and relation to my fiance. I also included pictures of two other family events we attended at an aunt's house and an uncle's house, again noting everyone.
4) I am a recent revert to Islam. I don't wear the veil/hijab here in the US, but I did when I was there, and that was pictured. Having the same faith can't hurt.
5) I studied French in high school and got a minor in college, and my fiance is also nearly fluent in French because he began learning it at age 7, so that is how we generally communicate. He speaks some English, but he has a way to go before he can do so with ease. I am also learning Arabic. So, we can communicate in 3 languages. I mentioned this in our "circumstances of meeting" story.
6) Also in our circumstances of meeting story, I mentioned the multitude of ways we keep in contact - Skype, iMessages, Facetime, email, phone, Facebook, cards/letters, etc. I also made a special point of saying that I know where he stands on most topics including family, religion, work, education, politics as well as that I am acquainted with his personal preferences - food, sports, hobbies, music, tv/movies, etc.
I realize a lot of this is specific to our situation, but some of it may be helpful - especially for those who haven't yet sent in their petitions.
Best of luck to you all. We still have a long way to go, but are optimistic.

Thank you hlp1119 to all time you take to write the detail of your preparation for your visa k1 I appreciate soooooo much wish you the best we use the lawyer she prepare everything for us but before I prepare all paperwork her in morocco when my fiancé come visit me we send much evidence hope receive our noa2 soon good willing please pray for us thank you soo much again