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1 hour ago, Sarry08 said:

So we sent our packet last week wednesday (may 8) and it got there on friday (may 10). It's been a week and we still haven't received a text or email that they got our petition. We did include the g1145 in our packet. Any similar situation from ours??

I would say give it another week.

Did they cash the check yet? 

Just now, hassan247 said:

even though I put on there for religious reasons because I am a practicing Muslim and that's why we have to wait to get married to actually be together. I had spoken with an attorney in the past and he said that the religious reasoning would be fine because they can't argue religious protocol 

Religious reasons might be your one saving grace there, yes... but I'm guessing they have lots of practicing Muslims that still were able to meet the requirement, right? I think it's possible, but will be tough. Just relax, wait for the RFE and then tackle finding a way to give them what they want. If it is about the meeting, then I think the religion reasons strategy will be your best bet, but I don't think it's a guarantee. 

I found this: 

if it is established that compliance would result in extreme hardship to the petitioner or that compliance would violate strict and long-established customs of the K-1 beneficiary’s foreign culture or social practice, as where marriages are traditionally arranged by the parents of the contracting parties and the prospective bride and groom are prohibited from meeting subsequent to the arrangement and prior to the wedding day.” INA § 214.2(k)(2

Does that apply to you? Do the majority of Muslims from Egypt appllying for K-1 also not meet within 2 years? 

Also, it's going to be hard to argue religious reasons when you did in fact, already meet... just not within 2 years.  They will ask how did you meet the first time that the religious reasons didn't apply?  It seems to be more about money, and not religion and I think they are going to sniff that out. I'd consult with a lawyer.

5 hours ago, hassan247 said:

Yeah as am I. But if that's the reason for the rfe is there anything I can do to prove it to them? Because I feel like if that was the reason for the RFE and it's such a strict requirement then they should have just denied it all together, right? 

They won't deny it outright yet, because they want to give you a chance to prove you met within 2 years. If you can't prove that, the denial would come later.

In all honestly, it is a strict requirement, which you guys knew about, and you should have held off applying until you could meet the requirement. I'm really sorry for this news, but not sure you're going to be able to get around it.

7 minutes ago, Cathphil said:

some gets approved on a new website and  old website still say received.so its a higher number of approvals than the scan.i wonder how many percentage were approved now for November cases. 

 

is it true that they are starting decrmber cases now? they could have forgotten early november filers 😭

Historically the number of silent approvals has been 30% of the total, so just under half of the known approvals. 

I have seen no indication that December has gotten started. I estimate the will start December closer to June 12th, and by then November will be > 50% completed

Pretty sure they are already transitioning to the new website anyway and sometime soon will stop using the old one altogether, which will make it all go away..

I scanned the first 10% of our cases and saw 9 approvals so far today

3 minutes ago, Deehotstepper said:

Have we figured out a way to run scans from the new site? or is it not possible Because that would be awesome if we can have access to those case number status too. maybe @Naes might know.

It is not possible because it requires you to login with a one time password and add cases to your watchlist. I don't think they'd take kindly to adding 3000 cases  

The old website didn't require any kind of login to check the status of a case

Just now, JayHouser said:

 Does that mean I should look through my posts for anything that can seem like a  red flag?

USCIS is not combing your Visa Journey posts or even social media unless they have a serious reason to go investigate fraud. 

49 minutes ago, geowrian said:

For the passport photos, the requirements are in the I-129F instructions. For anything else, photos just need to be readable by the IO or CO.

 

No explicit photos please. This shouldn't need to be said, but I swear I've seen 2 posts on VJ where people did this recently.

Like the guy who thought explicit photos showed it was more bonafide... lol, oh man. At least it made me laugh during this long wait for NOA2

54 minutes ago, Snicda said:

What kind of photos should be attach while submitting the evidence?? How the picture should be? Is there any criteria for that??

For the passport photos they just need to be on a light background, and the right size - the form instructions tell you the specifications.

For other photos, just make sure to write the names of the people in the photo, the location, and sign the back of it.

Also, please know that photos alone are not enough to prove a relationship or even that you met within the last 2 years. They help as extra evidence, but you must have something more concrete proving you met within two years. Copies of your passport stamps, and boarding passes of your flights are good to include.

44 minutes ago, Texas stylist said:

What does it mean when you get a text and email saying a decision notice was mailed? 

Unfortunately, I believe that's generally a denial.

8 minutes ago, MelanieP said:

The problem is I am from Canada and they don't stamp our passports when we cross the border, so my passport doesn't show anything like that. And as for flight information all I have are the flight conformations and check-in notices, I always had a hardcopy of my boarding pass and I threw them out not thinking

Flight confirmation and check in notices don't even prove you got on the plane... ah and no passport stamps is going to be tough. I wonder if the airline can send you something that states you had checked in and were on the plane?

Can you show any credit card statements that show you purchased items in his city in the timeframes you previously said you visited?  Do you have any photos that have things in the background that would be able to show location and date somehow?  Photos with family members who can write and sign an affadavit on the dates and times they were with both of you together?

Scan running....  not seeing the amount of updates I'd like to see, but let's see what it ends up as when it's finished.  This month has definitely been weird, plus there seems to be a lot of silent ones and new website only ones.

1 minute ago, MelanieP said:

Hi, 

So I have been following these threads for a while but haven't posted before. I filed October 25 2017 and last week my fiance and I received an RFE (this whole process is super stressful and I'm definitely ready for it to be over).  I'm posting because I'm just trying to figure out what I'm missing or what because the RFE is saying that we didn't provide proof of meeting in the last 2 years? But i included 15 plane tickets all with dates falling in the 2 years prior to filing. Lots of pictures that include us together at various holidays  where he lives, facebook comments, posts and instagram posts showing us together. The only thing I'm not sure of is all the plane tickets and whatnot are all in my name so obviously it doesn't show us flying together, but it's me flying from my city to his. So if that is the documentation I submitted originally, what am I supposed to include for my RFE? Honestly I'm super stressed and worried because I feel like I've submitted everything I have for proof and have nothing left to show us 'in the same place at the same time' short of what I've already submitted. Does anyone have an advice? What did you guys submit that seemed to be sufficient? This whole process is really making me anxious and I want to get this RFE submitted as soon as possible, thank you

Melanie

Send in copies of your passport that show the stamps of you entering his country during those dates.  And by plane tickets do you mean the actual boarding pass stubs, or just the receipts / what you got in email - because actually boarding passes work better. The copy of your passport with stamps should do the trick, assuming you met him in his country.  To be on the safe side, I'd personally take a photocopy of every single page in the passport, blank ones too, but some people will say that's overkill. I say for the extra few dollars / minutes it takes it's better to be safer. 

Plane tickets dont show you were admitted to the country or that you met your person there either. Photos don't prove timeframe. Passport stamps show you were there, in that country, on those dates. 

1 hour ago, shangrila2425 said:

Do we have anyone that will be able to run the scans like the other boards have?  X_driven is running these daily for November which is nice now they are in November and they can see approved card by day.  Where do we get this script they are using?  

I thought I read @Little_Vixen will be.

15 minutes ago, vsforlife said:

December will start in probably 2 weeks or is that too early?

I estimate December will start sometime after June 2nd but probably closer to June 12th. (I run the scans for November and) they are only about 12% of the way through right now, possible 15% with 'silent' NOA2s. They will probably do at least 50% of November before starting on December.

2 minutes ago, denniam said:

Can I ask what the final outcome was for you? I recently also received notice that they are sending a second RFE after having filed almost a year ago!! And I'm in the same boat, I have no idea what else they could want from me?!? Was it any faster is response to the second RFE reply? For me the first reply after my initial RFE was 60 days. 

Look in their timeline...

Service Center :	California Service Center
Transferred?	No
Consulate :	Madrid, Spain
I-129F Sent :	2017-04-17
I-129F NOA1 :	2017-04-24
I-129F RFE(s) :
RFE Reply(s) :	two in summer of 2017
I-129F NOA2 :	2017-11-20
NVC Received :	2018-01-11
Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned :
NVC Left :
Consulate Received :
Packet 3 Received :
Packet 3 Sent :
Packet 4 Received :
Interview Date :	2018-03-05 Submit Review

8 minutes ago, JMCKNG said:

RFE was for a previous marriage divorce decree. I sent the full 13 page decree but they stated they needed a judge's signature along with that it's been certified in the County I live in. 

 

The County I live in has implemented a Statue stating that as of July 2016 the court commissioners are no longer physically signing them, but electronically signing them. So I sent them back a Certified Divorce Decree that includes a stamp along with the documentation the court gave me showing that my County follows an electronically filed process.

 

That's really all I can do when calling the court, so I would hope it's substantial enough, but the waiting game is killing me. 

That makes sense, and you'll probably be fine.

I had originally sent my lawyer the copy the court gave me of my divorce decree on the day of the divorce, but my lawyer caught the fact that that version wasn't signed. I had to get a new, ceritified copy with a signature and a special stamp on it from the county court and all should be good now.

Don't worry!  A lot of RFEs these days are taking right at 2 weeks or so to finished up, give it a couple more weeks max I'd assume and you'll have your answer RFEs are good, because it basically means as long as you answer the question well enough you'll get your approval!

36 minutes ago, JMCKNG said:

Okay so it's safe to say that if an RFE was issued that your initial forms that you sent were substantial enough to not reject the application right away? I'm getting so nervous now that I'm on the 2nd week after the RFE was received back for review

What was your RFE for and what did you send them back?

An RFE is typically going to be something like this:

• You forgot to answer a question on the form
• You didn't submit enough evidence  you have met in person, within the last 2 years
• You didn't submit enough evidence that you intend to get married within 90 days of entering the USA
• You didn't submit evidence of a divorce if you were previously married

Stuff like that.... RFEs are all about making sure you have enough evidence to meet all the criteria for applying for the VISA.

Think of it this way, with each step having additional verification / things they look at to make sure all if good.

Step 1) Basic verification of form version, money, signature is correct (NOA1)

Step 2) Are you eligible to actually apply for this visa?  (NOA2)

Step 3) Are you eligible / deserving to actually be given this visa (Interview Approval)

58 minutes ago, JMCKNG said:

Out of curiosity, when doing a scan through the App I have come across statuses that state "Rejected due to Form no longer accepted" does anyone know the instances of where that could apply to? 

 

As well, I called to check on the status of my RFE Evidence Received status and the call back time frame was 480 minutes.. yikes! 

When you first send if your application they check for a few things and will immediately reject it if:

• You used a form that has been replaced with a newer form
• You submitted the wrong amount of money
• You forgot to sign the application

There might be a few more reasons, but it's that initial first check that all of the "Rejected due to..." statuses come from.

1 hour ago, Emm2018 said:

NOA1: 11-24

RFE: 05-16

 

Yay still! 😃😃😃

Congrats Emm!!!

2 minutes ago, Naes said:

Actually the one for the address is “document was returned to uscis” this one sounds different so I’m not sure. And they also received noa2. So my guess is either something went wrong when sending to NVC or they did make a mistake. Uscis should be called to ask though.

Agreed on calling USCIS, posting on a forum here won't help too much for this.

On 5/15/2018 at 3:38 AM, Vtre0116 said:

Hello everyone,

I haven’t posted a question or answered anything before, but Im currently waiting for the I129F decision. I got my first NO1 on November 24 of last year and according to the website’s timeline estimation I should get a response by May 27 - June 1. 

 

My questions are, is it still possible to receive an RFE this far along the petition? And also, if petitions are denied do they wait till this long in the process or do they send denials way before the estimated timeline? Thank you to all that respond. God bless. 

Come visit us in the November thread! They are processing November right now, so you'll probably get some type of update soon. It's perfectly normal to wait this long, just keep being patient!

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/652232-november-2017-filers-k1-visa-i-129f-merged/?page=107