JohnAndDasha

Our "military expedited" and also Congressionally inquired case took 2 months from start to finish at the London Embassy. London is slow, and not especially helpful. I was extremely disappointed in how they handled our case.

However, we got our visa via courier today, so our frustration is subsiding!

Our plan is to book round trip, and canx the return as well. It's just so much cheaper!

Yup! Used the contact form for inquiries. Man, it was tough reducing an expedite request to 1,000 characters! My emails to them have included all pertinent information, and indicated readiness ASAP. On the CEAC website, our status was updated from "Ready" to "Ready" yesterday, but we haven't received anything in the mail or by email. My fiancee flew down to London today from Scotland just to attend the medical today. Incidentally, she happened to walk past the embassy this morning, and sweetly inquire about speaking to someone since she was already in London. They shut her down immediately, and told her to email.

Really hoping we don't need to address her remaining here to get AOS to move with me. It *might* be possible to delay my Report date by a week or two, but we are hoping that the embassy can assist us in processing quickly.

Hey VJ folks!

Long time reader, but infrequent poster here. I don't see this topic covered in the forums.

Long story short, We submitted our I-129 in July, and in August, I found out I'm being sent to Germany in November. So... it was evident we needed to rush things along. USCIS was terrific and they rushed our NOA2 in 21 days with a military expedite. NVC was a bit slower, but eventually caught up. Now, our packet is sitting in London. We haven't heard a peep from them. The DS160 is submitted, medical being done today, and readiness form submitted. We are ready to go.

I've emailed them three times (once per week), and gotten absolutely NO response to a military expedite request. Called the consulate phone number, and upon actually getting a live person, they continuously defaulted to "Email is the only way to contact the embassy." Well, email isn't working at all.

We have roadblocks of needing to get my fiancee here, get married, AOS, added to military DEERS system, and to my travel orders. One month to do those things is a very tight time frame.

It's pretty clear that this is an urgent scenario, and I know it's asking for a lot of favor to have someone help. But... it's for good reason. Anyone have helpful advice to actually get in touch with the embassy? If they wait a month for the interview, our chances are dead in the water, and we'll have to start over with a completely different route to be together.

Hi all, wondering if any other July filers at CSC other than FamilyguyT have heard anything back regarding RFEs or NOA2s?

Thank you!!

We got our NOA2 in 21 days after NOA1.

BUT... we had our military expedite approved, as I'm due to get military orders with a November report date.

What boggles me is that for every step of the process, you've got to get a separate expedite request approved. Right now, we're in NVC receipt limbo, awaiting forwarding to the embassy.

I'm saddened to see the slow down at CSC for people, but encouraged that TSC filers are moving a bit faster.

We wish everyone the best! Waiting is absolutely the most difficult part!

We just filed our I-129F, for my fiancee in the UK. As we're routed through California, we are hoping for a very speedy process! We ensured that our package was clean, articulate, and thorough so there is no need for question or the potential RFE.

Wishing you guys good luck!!

We have been waiting for this day for a VERY long time!

We sent our I-129F out today via express mail to the Texas lockbox. Can't wait to hear the updates on our packet!

Without this extremely valuable website and community with a wealth of immigration knowledge and experience, this task would have been incredibly daunting! We are SO thankful for all the forum posts and shared experiences here!

Here's hoping for a speedy process!!