Oasis

I think you are taking this a bit over the top thats for sure.

You are not even over the 5 months mark and I personally think you are totally wasting your time.

Do what everyone else is going, sit back, have patience and wait until its your turn.

If anyone should write a letter like this it would be Me. ...... I have had my share of immigation problems, fights denials and whatever else goes with it.... and if its one thing I learned its patience.

Good Luck.

no where is ryna, kenny and the rest of you ? Honeymoon

I wish you all a very nice christmas and a happy new year.

I feel your pain but take a look at my timeline to see what I went thru !!! And that was not the end of it, my fiance also required a waiver.

So waiting 5 months should be a piece of cake for everyone... seriously I wish all I would had to wait was 5 months.

Soooo..... everyone, be patient, stop calling the VSC - it does not do you any good, your NOA2's will come, sooner then later.

No not at all.. I do still come here often as I received lots of help here durning my process and all I can do is pass it on and offer my support.

My case was different and NOT straight forward thats the reason I had an attorney to begin with. She handled the case and told me not to call so thats what I did. Good Luck to everyone.

its actually makes you look bad if you call and call, they do note everything in the file. I only called when its was ok by our attorneys permission.. and that was including both petitions. I called a total of 3 times.

Yea thats what happend to me and then magically it showed up in my mailbox. Hopefully yours is on the way. fingers crossed

I am not hostile at all. I was in your same shoes and it got me very very frustrated to see other petitions approved before mine. Try not to compare your timelines with others since each case is different.

It looks like you are at the 5 month mark too, I personally would give it a few more days longer and call.

Fingers crossed that the NOA2 is on the way.

We all waited just like you, some less then others. The petitions dont get approved in order they come in.

If you are so frustrated and stressed out over this process why did you even bother to file ? I say, learn to have patience like the rest of us.

Your turn will come, sooner then later.

So our 5 months was up yesterday and Rachel called USCIS again.. and again she was greeted with another robot blatantly reading from a script.. How many times can one group of people contradict themselves. Rach called a couple of weeks back just for advice on what to do when the 5 months was up. The person she spoke to then did a "service request" which ended up with Rachel receiving the same standardised letter everyone else seems to get stating they are working on a certain date and please call back etc. I thought this was utter bollocks so called on Friday with Rach who was on conference call. I asked the person what was going on and what was the process for after the 5 months.. STraight away he said "which form are you calling with regards to?" I said "its the I29f - Fiance visa" he said "Is it a military visa" .. "NO".."are you calling on behalf of someone in the military.. "NO, helloo.. did you hear me!!" He just rattled on from a script without listening to me at all.. Me and Rach were finding it really hard not to laugh.. Im sure it wasnt the guys fault.. maybe its quantity not quality in there.. Anyway.. after him putting me on hold and spending around half hour on the line he told me to call when the 5 months was up, ie a couple of days later and assured me we'd get an answer on our NAO2.. great news!!

So, back to Rachel and the robot yesterday.. Rachel practically pleaded with the guy, got pretty upset and just said she wanted to know why it was taking too long as she was assured we'd at least know after 5 months.. THe answer.. "No, I see you already sent in a service request so we can't do anything for 30 days when you should call again" Rachel explained the service request generated a standardised letter.. Robot boy cared not a jot..

We've been in touch with the senators office.. they got rach to fill in a form and send it off so hopefully something will happen there..

I hope at least some of this makes sense.. Im kind of typing as I think here.. I know this is of little help but thought Id keep you all informed.. The only positives I can take is the senators office did give us a procedure to follow AND the people at USCIS are not all singing from the same hymn book. This to me means I just call till I get the answer I want!!

Cheers and all the best..

Ally

You really should be giving it a few more days... its coming... I promise.

Dont even bother calling the senators office, in my opinion you are wasting your time. All they do is inquire about the case, thats it.

So hang in there.

You should not be calling them over and over that does not help. And then people wonder where their NOA2 are ? Its because the VSC is flooded with calls from people like you and does have time to be doing what they suppose to be doing--- > approving petitions.

So hang in there and give it time.

I personally think there is no need to be calling VSC or CSC if the 5 month mark is not up cause all they re going to tell you is the processing time is 5 months. Take a look at my timeline to see what I went thru, you think I had patience, NO.. but I had to learn to be patient. I went thru a very complicated immigration case and our case even got returned and I had to refile and look where I am now, I withdraw my petition.

Ally... I see you are at the 5 month mark. Give it until the end of the week, hopefully you have your NOA2 by then - you are so so close

For the rest of you, good luck, I know this is a VERY stressful and difficult process, take one day at a time... your NOAS will come and soon you will be reunited with your loved ones.

I find it completely inexcusable for our so-called government to be failing us so utterly and totally as they are doing here. There is no reason why they can't get us the NOA2s that we are entitled to in 60 days, except for one: THEY DON"T CARE.

The so-called backlog is just a pathetic excuse for their callous disregard for us and our well being. I don't buy such ridiculous lies from anybody, government or otherwise.

The government says they have to be careful so they don't let terrorists into our country. And after the shoe bomber, the underwear bomber, the Times Square bomber, the Oregon Christmas tree bomber and all of the September 11 terrorists, we can see that their "system" is working very well.

So keep up the good work there in Washington D.C!!

And Merry Christmas to all of the bureaucrats who get to enjoy it with their wives while they force us to be us separated from ours.

who said 60 days ? The current processing time is 5 months. patience patience

Everything is great and I am trucking along. how is everyone else ?

Patience is the key here. My first petition was denied, so had to apply again - on both petitions I waited 5 months for NOA2 and then at least another month for the interview. I had to say this, but dont make plans.. that you need to be in the US at a certain time. This process is beyond stressful and time consuming so my best advice is, take one day at a time.

oh thats great news kenny. Where you in Columbia all this time ?

Safe travels and I pray everything goes smooth

And congrats to all of you that got married. may you live happily ever after

Hey everyone... sorry have not been coming here for a few days. I hope you all had a nice holiday.

So when is everyone getting married ? ;0

Nothing new on my end, have not talked to him... but I am doing well.

I received my letter for withdraw on Friday. Its final. To my surprise it did not bother me one bit, took the letter and put it with the 100's of other immgration papers. Yabadabaduuu. Hope you are all well

I was surprised too.... soooo lets see if I have a present in the mailbox when I come home today..urghgh.

........ and this morning I check my mail and what do I get... I nice big fat email from USCIS regarding my second petition...... your petition is approved... we mailed you a notice on 10/27............ urrrrrghhhhhhh it made me a little sad.

Thanks CareBear for the kind words. I never in my life thought I would be cancelling papers - I always imagined it would turn around but it never did. I always took care of my fiance in anyway, was good and loyal to him, but in some ways he treated me bad. Yes I dont expect to be treated like the princess here but what I do expect is that you speak to me with respect, thats all. Its like everytime we got into an confrontation he would start his portuguese talk, start screaming and swearing... and slam up the phone. That was the most difficult part for me, the calling names.. it got me upset and I broke down many times. My trip to Germany made me come to my senses and I a glad I finally did.

No worries I am doing just fine... and I am very happy. Oasis

Thanks Kenny

Yes its rather sad that things turnedo ut this way, but if a relationship does not work it just dont work. I tried and tried.

I did not really tell anyone about all this.. was kinda a surprise to everyeone. Guess been hiding behind my walls for to long..

Oh well, trying to hang in there now

Thanks my friends... I greatly appreciate the kind words and thoughts. This was not an easy decision I had to make, its been going on for months and months.

I was with my bf for 2 years, we are not the perfect match.. we fight ALL the time, get into arguments, he swears at me alot... etc. I have done so much for him, but I cant be getting married to someone and this continues. So after months and months of thinking, crying.... wishing he would change, I decided to end it.

It was the best for me, and I am doing just fine. I know I put so much work into this... papers.... money..... all the waiver work ( yes for 601) but at this point my happiness and health is more important. Please ALL keep me posted on journey..... its best to message me ... that way I dont miss it. Love Oasis.

I am sad to announce that after 2 years of being with my fiance, I decided to cancel my petitions. VSC should get my withdraw letter this morning