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I too filed on February 25, received the NOA1 on March 2 and have yet to hear anything. I called to inquire about it, and they said it's still within processing times. The site shows they're processing January 19th, but that was of July 31st. They've yet to update it. The agent on the phone was very friendly and said that they have 37 days to give me an answer. If not I can then file an inquiry.

My fiance called them recently too, they told us they couldn't do anything until in three weeks...where do they get those random amounts of time from? 37 days, did he tell why that exact number?

We just hit the *magical* 200 day mark...I could not even find an emoticon that expresses how I feel. This is so ridiculous and frustrating I think it might be healthy to stop checking my case status and just wait for my fiance to hopefully, someday very soon, get that notification. We tried calling, it's a joke

Month 7 for us now too. I am trying to keep calm about it as October is when I originally expected the approval / RFE to come through. With all the activity in late August and early September though I got my hopes up that it would be done sooner. That false hope actually made the wait much more difficult [...] If they could give each case a due date that would make life much easier. It's just the not knowing that kills.

Here's hoping that we all get our notifications during October.

Wow I feel exactly the same. I did, though unhappily, expect our NOA2 in october at the time we filed. But it seemed like tsc worked through so many cases in august that it got me excited and hopeful. I kept checking Visajourney's processing times pretty much every day and I was with my fiance at that time. I then came back from visiting him two weeks ago, and just now realized that these processing times are not any more accurate than the ones issued by uscis. This entire process is so incredibly disappointing. If only we knew and had a day to 'work' towards

Hampguy, where do you think they base the 9,5 months on they reported in your email? Is it linked to the official "january 19th" processing date on their website? Because a majority of february filers have gotten their NOA2 as well, that would mean there's hope for all of us get ours before...december??! :/

anyone happen to know this?

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if the physician will be able to see any medical history/medical records that I do not personally provide (like the vaccination records). I recently read this: "In an immigration medical examination, the physician will most likely review your medical record,..." but maybe I misunderstand and "medical record" here describes only the information I gave the physician on the form I would previously fill out myself? If they were able to see my entire medical history, why would I need to bring the vaccination record as a seperate paper? More importantly, is it possible the physician would ask me questions regarding something they might see in documents about my medical history that I did not bring? If so, is it possible for me to look at these documents independently before my medical exam?

Thanks!

ours is march 19th, still waaaaitiiiiing...

My fiancé just called the myUSCIS number, the person who took our call told us that we should call back on october 22nd for additional information on what's going on at tsc, before then they couldn't do anything. No idea where she got that date from, it is in no relation to our case's received/noa1 date. Just basically exactly three weeks from now. I think they probably tell everyone to not call back before whatever date is in three weeks. It sounds specific but has no other reason than to stop people from calling frequently

Hi everyone, I am another quiet reader of this thread. My fiancé and I have decided to become more active in trying to get tsc to finally review our case. I really wanted to thank the people here that posted their correspondence with senators!

Hi,

my fiancé received our NOA 1 on march 19th, and it took a looong time for the service center to even upload our case to the myUSCIS website, almost three months. I have become pretty anxious by now and can't believe how slowly they are processing files at tsc

I noticed that on their website, the 'received' date for the case says march 26th, a week later than it actually was, and I wondered if we should call and ask about it?

I think that when they finally did upload case statuses, someone just punched in numbers in whatever way worked fastest for them, yet I'm afraid it'll mean an extra week of cases being worked through before ours...because who knows how long seven days are in tsc days does anyone else have the same problem?

Thank you!

Thank you for your answers!

I have visited the US a lot in our relationship. I am spending the rest of the summer there right now, have my own friends, volunteer at an animal shelter and spend time with his family by myself as well. So feeling alone is not the issue, I feel almost just as much at home. I don't expect him to stop touring once we get married either. This situation is an unusual one because of the strict time frame of the visa. This is what worries me a lot, his tours interfering with our marriage plans, and I am extremely nervous about talking to him because it would either mean he cancels/shortens tours and disappoints his band mates, managers etc, or I will have to stay in germany for way longer that I expected

The interview is something that didn't even come to my mind yet.

Hi everyone,

My fiance is a musician, guitarist in two bands that each tour europe one to three times a year. I have met him on tour and learned to trust him, I see him fairly often considering the long distance and accepted that being with him means living with the tours, music being a priority. It feels tough sometimes, but I try to support his dream as much as I can, he is the man of my dreams and the most supporting and trustworthy person

Our NOA2 will hopefully arrive in october/november (that is 7 to 8 months in tsc). I did a little bit of research about the embassy and other people's experiences, and figured my interview will likely be up to three months after that, so maybe in february. We are planning possible visits until february and hope for the best, yet there is a huge issue - he will be on tour multiple times from march/april until october, and he might only be in the US for two months in total in between those tours

I can't imagine myself entering the US on my visa, getting married within the first couple weeks and having to say goodbye almost right after. I also can't imagine myself waiting in germany for his tours to end (even if I came with him for a week or two here and there), on top of that they extend the six month period for entering the US after getting the visa approved.

I feel disappointed, flying back and forth, the uncertainty and waiting for so long has been very hard for me. I feel scared about our future and so dependent, I feel like my life is completely being planned around the visa and his plans. I couldn't make him cancel a tour (it wouldn't feel right and it might not be possible in the firtst place) and I feel so panicked right now that I don't even know how to talk to him.

Does anyone have some calming words, advice, or maybe even similar experiences with their partners?

Hi everybody,

I am starting to get really nervous...

So we're going through the Fiancé Visa process, we sent in our case in March, it landed in Texas and it'll probably take until November for us to receive our NOA2. I visited my partner a lot recently, three weeks over christmas, two weeks in February and two weeks in May, all because he is not able to visit me at the moment.

We made plans for the summer and I got myself maybe a little too excited and bought a ticket for two months (in between semesters, I study and only work part-time) from THIS THURSDAY until mid Semptember.

I know it's technically allowed to stay 90 days and it's way less, but still a looong time. My passport is full of stamps exclusively from the US and I got weird comments about it before, yet was always let in.

What do you think my chances are for a long time like that? Any advise?

My partner and I have been a couple for years, he has not proposed to me yet. We know we're applying for a fiancé visa and see ourselves as more than boyfriend and girlfriend, yet want to take as much time as we need before marriage.

Should I call him my boyfriend or my fiancé upon entering the US? I feel like it might make a difference (fiancé = I have to convince them I'm not going to marry on this visit and stay illegally, which is obviously not my intention since we are waiting for NOA2; boyfriend = sounds weird and uncertain; if I have to explain myself more and mention the visa application it might sound I tried to lie??)

Thank you so much to anybody responding to me going a bit crazy here!

Thank you, I called them, it says "status for this receipt number can not be found at this time in this system." :/

Hello,

my fiance received our NOA1 in mid march, yet every time I try to check our case status (we're at TSC, I know NOA2 will take way longer but I want to check if everything is ok), the site gives me this error message,

Is this normal so early (2 months) in the process? should I do something?

Thank you so much for your help!