Riddy44

You mean the temporary green card? If so it varies. Some people wait 6 months and some over a year. I noticed that those who received an interview waiver waited even more than 1 year.

Yes the temp green card. Cool thanks for the information, I'll have to do a little more research.

Not sure if this has been addressed here but does anybody know the approximate time it takes to obtain permanent residency after adjusting your status from a K-1 visa?

Visa approved! We had our interview today and everything went smoothly. Thank you guys and I wish everybody the best

Quick update on my side (Hong Kong consulate). We checked our status on 12/27/14 and it said "Ready". On December 30th packet 3 was sent out from our consulate, and today on 1/5/15 we received packet 3.

UPDATE: Just got off the phone with NVC - they received our case today and gave me our case number!!!!!! :joy:

For anyone else who's approved case was shipped from TSC to NVC on 12/12 (JolyDan, looking at you!) call, call, call!!!

Great news! It shouldn't take them long to send it off to your consulate, good luck

Wait - yours was shipped from USCIS to NVC on December 12th? How did you check the status? Did you get a case number yet?

Hey Andies, yes I got my case number yesturday when I called. I've been checking my status ever since. You call today?

Mine was ship to the NVC on December 12th, I check the status earlier today and it said "at NVC", then when i checked it later it said "in transit". Looks like it's on the way to Hong Kong.

I called on Monday and was told they didn't have my case and it may take up to 35 days. I then called 3 days later (yesterday) and received my case number.

Oh wow, so you can just get the process moving right along when you receive a case number. Thanks for the answers, Hopefully some others chime in, but I appreciate any help given.

What is the advantage of getting your case number from the NVC by calling, rather than waiting until it hits your consulate? Are you able to get a head start on certain things (background check, etc..) by having your case number prematurely? or is it just to keep your mind at rest knowing they gave you a case number and things are moving along?

Congrats on the recent approvals by the way, hoping everybody from June gets taken care of before Christmas.

Thanks everybody, I couldn't believe it... I wish everybody a smooth and quick process

Approved!

Andies:: It's the 11th... I will trust me.

Riddy: Something to look at, maybe I'm not reading it right but there hasn't been a single thailand petition approved in AWHILE. We're the first on the list waiting you guys second for Texas thai petitioners. When you filter it for Thai petitions it makes me go rut rho!!! There are about 6 of us in June and if none of us gets anything in another month i would suspect the state department has something going with Thailand.

I thought you got approved after you signed up for an account, or am I mistaken you for someone else?

So I called the uscis # today it is saying status for this reciept # cannot b found at this time anyone else getting that please tell me this is a good thing

Same for me... I'm sure it's nothing to worry about, hope you hear soon.

June Filers,

TSC continues to step it up. Today they have completed 8 RFEs

between yesterday and today they have touched 34 files. it looks like they are focusing more on i-129Fs

lets continue to pray so that they continue to do so!

Josh

Great news my friend

1. Hey Riddy.... seems like Thailand filers get low creed and we get to wait. I am first in line for Thai filers who don't have an noa2 yet. noa1 date 6-5-14 Good thing is the Thai embassy usually gets an interview 2 months or less from noa2. They don't take files in order so who knows whose going to get picked next, but it seems Texas center has decided to take the week off. Nothing yesterday or today so far.

I wish you the best. Thai people also have trouble getting a B2 visa, decent amount of fraud coming out of Thailand. My fiance resides in Hong Kong, therefore we are filing out of that area. I'm wondering if that makes a difference in the whole process, do they look at where she resides or where her passport origins from?

I have actually thats why i built this program because there is no pattern. so all you have is figuring out the EXACT amount between the last approved file and any given SRC.

Keep in mind that even though there are about 340 i-129 F apps in front of you (i do have you on my list), TSC DOES NOT work in any order. Instead they work by batches based on the date of NOA1. this is when your file has cleared the initial checks (the checks that initiate the first round of RFEs /if applicable). after this process it goes into the TSC BLACK HOLE, then goes into the current batch processing where they check the files ahead (up to 3 weeks) for completeness (this initiates the second round of RFEs / if applicable). All other files that did not get an RFE will go to the next step which i believe to be the absolute bottleneck and the reason for delays.

this explains why some people of later batches get approved before earlier batches. they all arrive to the bottleneck at different times.

I know this wait sucks, but i encourage you guys to memorize this scripture and call it out when you feel anxious,

Romans 8:28

And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.

Josh

Thanks for the answer... yea the wait is brutal, it's important to keep busy. I picked up a second job while waiting to save more money for a honeymoon, wedding, or whatever else we need. I would absolutely love a quick K1 visa, but the longer i wait the more money i'll save, trying to focus on the positive and be productive with the time.

Thanks again for the information you have provided, take care

Hi Josh, I must say you have done some great work. I got a quick question.

The last petition approved was 295095 and mine is 311683. That leaves approx 16,000 various filers in front of me. Have you figured out the average number of i129f's petitions among all other filers, lets say in about 10,000? If its easy to conclude I would be grateful to hear the number. If it's a pain, don't worry about it. Again thanks for your great work.

Correction.. I congratulated Clauwick when i meant elvishfire... so congrats elvishfire

(goood luck Clauwick and everybody else)

Congrats Clauwick! This is fabulous news, thanks for the update

Who cares if someone from the Philippines gets approved, yea it sucks they get approved faster than us, but you can't bear to read it?. Find a new hobby, maybe something that will keep your emotions intact.

I did not mean to upset anyone here when I posted that we were approved. Not that you care, I just thought i'd let you guys know and maybe a cheer up that they are now working on June filers. Some may find it insensitive but I had no intention of such whatsoever. I never thought it would get negative reactions from some of you here.

Good luck, everyone!

Congrats Holiday.. good luck with the rest of your process

Nice to see June getting some touches. The ball will be rolling in no time. Good Luck

Unless you are an expedited claim you are gong to wait 6 months or more for a noa2. THAT'S IT PEOPLE!!

Although I agree everybody should prepare to wait at least 6 months and the VJ timeline is irrelevant, I think people, including myself, are hoping that the transfers will slightly help our wait time. I wouldn't give up hope "PEOPLE!!!" but I would start thinking a little more realistically. Good luck

Another dead week for us, what a downer.. Also, why is everybody getting so hung up on VJ's timeline? Give it a rest, it is completely unrelated. Let's hope this upcoming week is a big one. Enjoy your weekend.