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Update:Just spoke to a tier II and she confirmed that their computer system experienced some issues over the weekend. Her record had no mention of a dismissal, and she said my case is actually being reviewed by an officer.

It seems like the crisis has been averted, but I can't help but wonder why we even have the tier I representatives if they have the same resources as we do, and if anything tend to make the situation more complicated than not.

There is no K-1 denial though. Even if it is in the system as a denial, it is only a denial of your I-129F petition. Your fiancee has not even applied for the K-1 visa yet.

Ah, thanks for clarifying. So it shouldn't have an effect on the B-2?

Thanks for all the great responses everyone. I think I've gotten past the initial freakout and it seems like the consensus is they made a mistake, although something about my case must be irregular.

First thing tomorrow I will use the military hotline (as I have the previous times I called) to speak to a tier II and see if an error has been made.

Next question though, is how quick is the USCIS to admit a mistake? My experience with the government so far has taught me that gov agencies "do not make mistakes", so I'm not too optimistic about this being a painless process to get corrected. Something that might complicate this issue: my fiancee has her B-2 interview this week, so I would hate to see her get denied for that due to a K-1 denial being in the system, even if it is a mistake.

maybe the adjudicator screwed up, mis-keying the receipt # in the casefile tracking system, and pegging something?

look up the receipt # again, then step by +1/-1 10 steps in each direction, have a look.

Just gave that a shot, although I'm not quite sure if I follow. Do you mean they may have accidentally updated my case as xxxx5 instead of xxxx4? There didn't seem to be any numbers nearby that had dates remotely close to today.

I feel like it must be a mistake because I skipped straight from initial review to post-decision activity. ???

Is this a change in status on the USCIS website? Since you never filed for an appeal, it might just have been an error. Have you received anything in the mail?

I also received an email, but nothing in the mail yet. I did recently open another inquiry about the processing time, but did not appeal anything.

So, there was a denial and you appealed it? This is stating the appeal is dismissed, not simply a denial of the I-129F petition. If you appealed, what was it is denied for, and what was the appeal reasoning?

If there never was a decision and then appeal made on your case, then hopefully you can get the mistake sorted out.

No, I guess I should have made this more clear in my original post. This is there first thing we received about a dismissal, we never put in for an appeal to a previous dismissal. The last bit of information we received via our own inquiry was that we were pending security checks, then my Congressman's office told me we should receive a decision regarding our case soon. Now we received this puzzling notification.

Part of me thinks that USCIS dropped the ball on this one considering its been nearly 10 months, and now they're just in damage control and making mistakes. Or at least I hope so.

You Fiance's background check did not check-out. That's the bottom line, she may not be who you think she is.

I am under the impression that the security checks phase is for the petitioner, unless the applicant also spent an extended amount of time in the US. I have an idea why the security check took so long, and it's related to my qualifications in the military (nothing bad), although one can never know for sure.

We're both 23 and have been in constant contact for the past three years, nothing could have slipped by in that period and there is nothing suspect about the time before she met me.

What did the RFE(s) that you got say? If your case is as straightforward as you say it is, then you probably missed some small detail in the information they requested (no letter of intent to marry, form G-325 instead of G-325-A, etc.).

We never got any RFE(s). NOA1 was approved days after sending it in, and then it was stuck in the security background checks for upwards of 6 months. My fiancee recently put in for a B-2 visa to come visit while we were waiting for approval, could that have caused it?

I guess my only action is to wait until Monday? My Congressman and Senator have both put in inquiries on my behalf (although they never got back to the Senator). Something seems fishy about this whole thing as I was promised (by the correspondence with USCIS via my Congressman) that a decision on my case would be made in 7-14 days, back on August 20th.

This surely must be a mistake. I've talked to my fiancee, she isn't hiding anything, so nobody needs to start that can of worms on this thread.

Hello all, I don't normally post, but I do not know what to do. After applying for this K1 visa back in December, we finally got a decision regarding our case:

On September 13, 2014, your appeal was dismissed. The original decision on your case remains the same. If you have not received this decision within 30 days, or you have recently moved, please contact the appellate authority directly for assistance.

There is literally nothing out of the ordinary about our case, it should have been a dream to process. Neither of us have ever been married, nor have any sort of criminal record, no one in my family or her family has connections to any bad apples, we both are well educatied and make enough money, and we met completely organically and have continued to see each other in person every few months for the past 3 years.

The only thing I can think of, is that I'm in the military and my background check took too long, and maybe that had something to do with it.

If there was an error with the application, would that be given as a reason? I quadruple-checked it before submitting last year.

Where do I go from here?

If that's the case, then it is more screwed up than I thought. Security checks should only take a couple of weeks for something at this level. My DoD TS-SCI clearance took 6 months to complete many years ago and I can understand that as they interview everyone you ever knew basically and check your life with a fine tooth comb. Other jobs I have had required background checks also and only took a few days. In this case it is very basic and shouldn't take that long. Craziness!!

Well being DoD, you should know that any sort of inter-governmental cooperation is out of the question The way I see it, is the FBI must see that one has a S/TS or works in a sensitive field like energy, and figures they'll do their own check (despite there being 2in thick binders on those of us with clearance already).

On a semi-unrelated note, do fear difficulties with renewing your clearance with a foreign spouse? Everyone tells me that as long as I don't hide anything, it shouldn't be a problem. Also Texasav, it seems like you're through the security checks since you already have your registration number, or have you heard otherwise?

The status of this service request is:

An A-number was assigned to the beneficiary resulting in the case status update reflecting an A-number change.

This was my e-request reply...does anyone know what it means???

If you're anything like me it means that it is no longer stuck in security checks. The A-number is the internal number USCIS uses to track applications, meaning that it is hopefully waiting on someone's desk, instead of getting tossed around the FBI.

Yes I was also under the impression that it was for the petitioner, unless the beneficiary spent a long period of time in the US. It makes sense because the beneficiary check is done by the embassy which speaks the language and is more equipped to do the check in country.

Also for those who have been waiting like me, I got information from my Congressman today saying I'm no longer in checks and should have me NOA2 in 7-14 days!

From my understanding, one will get extra scrutiny for the security checks if they're in any sort of sensitive position. I suppose the government is worried about people with security clearances or working in sensitive industries having a close relationship with a foreign national. I wonder if the nationality of the fiance has anything to do with it as well

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