Aquelunya

And I thought my Fiancee and I were the only ones waiting for the Gov'mt to allow us to marry!!!!!!!

Am I the most naive american citizen or what?????????LOL

Am I so glad I found this site. My Fiancee is going crazy waiting for word........Today is our 80th day since the NOA1.........

Since we first met on line on December 27, "05....we have exchanged 500 plus emails......I'm running out of fantasies to tell to her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If anyone can forward some new fantasies to me I would apreciate it....LOL

I will be on this website now until we're married!!!!!!Thanks for the creator of this website. Your a Godsend.

Mike

Welcome to VJ!!!!!!!!!!!

Recentley a couple of users got touched 3 times in Vermont who filed in late May as I did. Actually I recieved NAO1 couple of days prior to them. No touches for me...any thoughts?

Perhaps they are actually going in order of NOA1 date and dealing with March filers - that would be fair and would make sense. Oops - edited since I realized you said others who filed in late May as well. Well, there's no rhyme or reason to USCIS, right?

Maybe the guys coffee was on top of my folder.

oh my god, that would be horrible. NO coffee should be allowed at their desks!! lets make that a new rule

Hello everyone. I hope everyone is enjoying their Saturday. It has been a long week for me. Moved from one office location to another and got all settled in. Attended meetings, worked on projects, listened in on conference calls, chatted with co-workers, chatted with friends during the week, went for walks, shopped with my sister. SHe is getting ready to go to Puerto Rico for 10 days vacation next week. And behind the scenes I am SCREAMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE ARE THE PAPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I received our RFE in the mail April 28th. I told my fiance what he needed to gather. It took him almost a month to get. Then he leaves the papers with his mother to mail to me because he leaves for the Greek Island of Mykonos to work and "keep busy". And here I am in a bustling city with lots to do and everyday I race home from work to see if the papers came in the mail. NOTHING!!!!

I admit I have never been a patient person. I always want everything NOW! NOW! NOW!!!! This is really killing me. I have prayed so much for patience, I printed the lyrics to the gospel song "I surrender" and keep it in my bag and read on the train commute to work. Any time I start to fret I pull out the lyrics.

All I want, like everyone here, is to start my life with my love. My mother said to me the other day "Sweetie, I know you can't see this now, but you have found one wonderful man, who is doing everything he can to be with you. He is giving up his life to come to a different country, language, culture to be with you. This is a wonderful time for you because you two have gotten the chance to really know each other. You talk about everything over the phone. You have learned so much about each other, your dreams, your fears, your past, your hopes for the future. You can tell from his tone of voice if he is worried, happy, tired, anxious, and he knows your voice the same. You look forward to his calls and enjoy the letters you write. You are having an old fashion courtship. He will be here soon and I you both will never forget how hard you fought to be together". That felt so good to hear from her.

But I Still want THE PAPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gotta go and get ready to have friends over for the US vs Italy game today!!!

P.S. Thanks for being here for me. You all have helped in so many ways

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.....I think we are all extremely fond by now

I can relate to your impatience. I too am so very impatient and this process is just one huge test of what seems to be a subject I have never prepared for. Look at it this way, you have found each other finally, this is your soulmate, your other half. You have rushed through life trying to find him, and now you are here with him even though he may be in a different country, he's yours so don't fret and now is the time to wait. He's not in a hurry because he knows you're it, you are the final destination and although he is terribly excited of starting his life with you, don't you ever forget that this journey IS already part of your joined life. So relax and enjoy this exciting love story you have going on, in the end its only such a small part of the whole. I bet many years past this in the future you two and all of us will look back on these days and smile with a childish awe of a love-stricken puppy.

i love all your posts keep writing

NO1 -- Mar 8th

NOA2--Mar 22nd

Interview May 15, cancelled on May 11th,

Petition received back at Vermont on June 1st......no touches

ok, here is my spin on the situation.....could it be the reason why Vermont is sending out the RFE's(or so it seems) to the later petitioners (not the recalled ones) is because they are already sitting on theirs desks, and not in a pile in a separate room somewhere? Perhaps also this is the reason why the electronic system shows them, and doesn't show us because we have been approved already? Which does not go to show that ours are not being worked on either....just maybe its not as easy to track??? Perhaps they need to clear their desks in order to start distributing the new recalled petitions among themselves...didn't they state they were going to process those first?

I'm just guessing, and still hoping to receive something in the mail by next week.

My guess is the problem with our recalled VISA's is the government's new problem dealing with a recall. Who how and where are oour recalled cases sent? How do we know they aren't on a ship in the middle of the Atlantic or Pacific right now???????

Well I know mine is not on a ship because Vermont confirmed on the phone that they received my petition on June 1st. But I have not been able to call and ask if my case has been assigned to an agent to send out the RFE. Who the heck knows whats going on, and I was hoping the electronic system would update....but I guess its too much too ask.

Well to be fair it is only 8:30 am in California at the moment, so hopefully they will be sent out later.

It appears the USCIS is sending out the RFE's in chronological order of NOA1 date. I'm only assuming this from the timelines of the people on VJ saying they've received a notice that an RFE was sent. It appears all of these people are in early to mid March.

so where does it leave us? the ones with the recalled petitions??I havent heard anything yet

ok, here is my spin on the situation.....could it be the reason why Vermont is sending out the RFE's(or so it seems) to the later petitioners (not the recalled ones) is because they are already sitting on theirs desks, and not in a pile in a separate room somewhere? Perhaps also this is the reason why the electronic system shows them, and doesn't show us because we have been approved already? Which does not go to show that ours are not being worked on either....just maybe its not as easy to track??? Perhaps they need to clear their desks in order to start distributing the new recalled petitions among themselves...didn't they state they were going to process those first?

I'm just guessing, and still hoping to receive something in the mail by next week.

haha, thanks for making me smile It will make a great book one day!!

I'm in the same boat ..... ready to sail, but still tied to the pier.

According to the CNN story today it sounds like the "draft" for was approved in an "emergency" clearance (or something to that effect). I'm betting that it'll be available soon. And even it's another week or two, it's probably still better to wait for the new version than to file the old version and have to wait around for the RFE.

Just curious which CNN story you were talking about? Perhaps I missed something, please share

Well I'm March 8th, I hope they keep some kind of order

let's party

I'm march 8th too! I certainly hope they do. I remember reading last week that you couldn't get information on your recalled petition even though it had been sent back ages ago. Did you ever find out if it was received? NVC kept telling me they had no info on mine which made me very nervous!

Yes I did, I was able to get through via phone to Vermont and they verified that they received it June 1st. A day later ( on my third email to/from NVC) NVC confirmed that they had sent it to Vermont. How strange it is

Well I'm March 8th, I hope they keep some kind of order

let's party

Sorry, I don´t mean to start a new thread and get everyone even more confuxed.

After USCIS released a statement today I noticed they had removed it just a few hours after.

Now it´s back and it´s different.

They say the RFE template has been approved and they will beging to send the RFEs immediately!!!!

I´m so happy I´m gonna run naked outside!

The link:

http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/publicaffair...RA_061306PN.pdf

I'm joining you naked outside!!! yayyyy

Hi all,

Just wanted to update everyone here, and pay back the love everyone's shown during this difficult ideal.

Someone just called me from my senator's office regarding IMBRA. A supervisor there attended an immigration conference over the weekend, and she informed me that word will be coming out to petitioners within the next 1-2 weeks concerning what we will have to do!! While I wish it happened TODAY, its better news than none.

She said it seems most likely we will need to just answer 3 questions, and submit them to CIS. I also spoke about any possible backlogs, and she said that it appears that the Vermont CIS will be expediting existing recalled petitions, and that there shouldn't be too much of an issue. I'm not holding my breath on any of this....but am happy to hear the news

If anyone else has heard this, I apologize for the repeat. For anyone who hasn't- keep the faith- resolution is on the way

http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/publicaffair...ra_061306pn.pdf

RFEs are forthcoming, it seems.

This is all such GREAT news!!! Thank You

I hope they start mailing them out at the end of this week....doesnt hurt to hope

Someone wrote that because of "Bi-specialization", the I129f apps were going to be processed by California and Vermont...this is the restructuring that prompted the massive transfer of cases from Nebraska to California. But, I did not have a sense that any (or many) applications were transfered to Vermont for processing. Did I miss some member's reports? I recall maybe one being transfered to Texas (?), but all else went to California. How fair a distribution is that?!!

We have heard of the 1000 some returns of apps from Consulates to Vermont. I wonder how many actual pending applications were transfered from Nebraska to California...does anyone have a sense of the backlog at this point?

My guess would be because Vermont has their hands full right now with the 1000 odd petitions sitting at their facility waiting for some action. They are *somewhat* backed up. this of many reasons maybe is why they haven't transferred any additional petitions to them yet. Just a guess

Mike, you totally rock!!

Well guys I'm here in Montreal and after a nightmarish day. I think I'm ready. I hope I'm ready. I'll post the results as soon as I get back. I'll tell you the details of the day as soon as I have the energy. Just send your prayers that tomorrow is a sucess and a quick and painless day. Freda

sending all my love your way

LOTS OF LUCK

Hoping an praying for us all I really want to spend our anniversary together next month but it looks like a long shot from here

ok guys here is a REAL update on my situation. First of all the method to call vermont worked thanx

At first the gentleman said that he does not see it in the system, and that they received back thousands of them and it is possible that its there and just not entered. Then I kept him on the phone with all sorts of questions. Meanwhile he had looked up my fiances A# and said that they did in fact receive my petition back on Jun 1st!!

next step:

---they are still waiting for instructions from headquarters in Washington on how to proceed with these petititions. He was optimistic that it will be soon, although he was not sure.

-- he suggested looking online to see what they are requesting from the new 129f petitions, and said it may be similar to that for us, BUT he does not know for sure.

-- in response to if our petitions will be processed in the order of the priority dates, he said he sure hopes so, but again he does not know how deep they are going to dwell on this situation, maybe they will just use their own means of running background checks and then just notify us by mail that they have forwarded the petition back to NVC for them to send to the embassy abroad.

He also said that we the petitioners probably know more than they do anyway,

Well, now I don't know if I should even worry more If they sent it at the end of each week, Vermont should have had it ages ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bahhhh

Well the embassy assured us that there is no way that it got lost via this diplomatic mail/pouch, hence my only conclusion is that its just sitting somewhere, thats swell!!!!

I am not sure if this was posted in this thread or not, and I am sorry if they already did, because I am not going to brows thru 60 pages. This actually gives me hope. It seems that they are requesting the approval of the new form by June 9, 2006. It also sounds like it might be done by e-file. Tell me what you think???

http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/for...i-129f_83-i.pdf

I found the '200,000 petitioners per year' number an interesting factoid. Always wondered how many K-1 petitions there were in a given year...

My email from the NVC:

Dear Madam,

Thank you for your inquiry.  When the petition is received at the NVC from the U.S. Embassy, it will immediately be forwarded to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS - formerly known as INS) for processing. All inquiries and submissions of additional documentation should be directed to the CIS office that originally approved the petition.  

Regards,

National Visa Center

Not very helpful. I'm assuming that means the NVC hasn't got it back from the Embassy yet. This is really starting to piss me off. Someone has to have the damn file.

YEAH ME TOO!! I wonder if they are even tracking the damn things!! so far rlt seems to be the only one who got a definite answer from NVC about them receiving his petition. Well I am going to raise hell soon, its going to be a month this Monday since the embassy sent it back to the USA!!!

I'm wondering.. someone else said that they were told that the petitions were being returned visa diplomatic mail--I'm assuming that means the same as diplomatic pouch. If so, I think the posts wait until their pouch is 'full' or send once per month, whichever comes first.

If your file is coming from a lower-traffic post, that could explain the delay in seeing it get back to the US.

yes that was me, I did think about that myself.....well this is ridicilous, and that is all that I have to say!

And my congressman's district office has nothing to tell me either!!!!! They keep saying they're working on it.

Update----or not really, Called USCIS again, they do not have a direct number or email to contact Vermont, she said that I can write to them via snail mail

She wasnt very helpful at all really. She said there is no way to check, sometimes the system online does not get updated (this is the opposite of what they told me last time I called) I've lost all patience, something better happen soon!!!!

My email from the NVC:

Dear Madam,

Thank you for your inquiry.  When the petition is received at the NVC from the U.S. Embassy, it will immediately be forwarded to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS - formerly known as INS) for processing. All inquiries and submissions of additional documentation should be directed to the CIS office that originally approved the petition.  

Regards,

National Visa Center

Not very helpful. I'm assuming that means the NVC hasn't got it back from the Embassy yet. This is really starting to piss me off. Someone has to have the damn file.

YEAH ME TOO!! I wonder if they are even tracking the damn things!! so far rlt seems to be the only one who got a definite answer from NVC about them receiving his petition. Well I am going to raise hell soon, its going to be a month this Monday since the embassy sent it back to the USA!!!

I think you looked at the OMB control number, no?

there was a number at the bottom . Name was Claire somebody...

Laura Dawkins and her number is 202-272-8350

I know exactly how you feel, I get all sorts of pains in my chest or stomach from stress too. I started to think there was something wrong with me, but the doctors said I'm perfectly fine, and all of them ask the same question, "what are you stressing about?" **sign*** where to begin.....

I wish you all the best on your trip, soak it all up!!!

P.S. try some valerian root for the nerves, totally natural way to calm down