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November Full Scan  6/27  8:30pm CST

No Updates Today (2 days in a row)

We are looking at the very real possibility that the old website has been or will be phased out of use. I will continue checking for a few more days, but this could be the end of our scan capabilities and usefulness of the 'old' website.

@Naes @kennharv @BryceAndRebeca @Little_Vixen @Daniel P 

October Full Scan 6/27   8:20pm CST

No Updates Today

We're looking at a very real possibility of the old website being phased out. I'll keep checking the rest of the week and see....

November Full Scan -   6/26 8:15pm CST

No Updates Today, guess they had a system problem....

October Full Scan - 6/26   7:00pm CST

No Updates Found Today

Sorry guys...

3 hours ago, Jeff&Laura said:

Hello Everyone,

 

I’m a bit annoyed at my immigration attorney’s paralegal and could use your advice. I’ve only asked her two questions in the past and she responds as if she hasn’t read my email. Her replies are very broad copy and paste responses to simple questions.

 

Monday I wrote her an email stating that we received our NVC number and she sent me a unprofessional DS 160 form that I ended up re-typing. I then sent her an email today telling her that we made our medical appointment and that we need the DS 160 confirmation number so that my fiancé can make our Embassy appointment.

I received the most generic copy paste response…That basically read… Our office as already told you, the USICS has to send the file to NVC to be processed which can take up to two months and the Embassy will tell you when your appointment is. ( I took out all the other nonsense)

 

I basically replied… As per the email you ignored ( I was much nicer), this is why everything you said is wrong…. She hasn’t replied.

 

So…. What is your thoughts? I’m thinking of emailing the attorney and telling him to pull my file from her and give it to someone else.  Should I push hard for the DS 160 confirmation?

 

I’m really trying to get my fiancé and kids here at the beginning of the school year, but the way the legal assistant is acting… I’m not feeling that I’m a property…

 

Sorry.. Half venting… Half needing advice…

What country is the beneficiary from, a lot of answers depend on that (please fill out your profile).

I thought the DS-160 was filled out online for everyone?

Honestly, unless you have some weird scenario, you probably don't need an attorney to help you. It's not super hard to look up all the steps you need to do yourself and with the resrouces on here.

Again, fill out your country, and check the "Portals" in the menu bar up top for your countries portal. 

Just now, andjen0519 said:

@x_driven_x just a quick question. Is there a way I can delete a post of mine on vj? How? TIA😊

 

I don't think you can, but someone like @TBoneTX might know if there is a way....

15 minutes ago, Mayi & MiMi said:

@RJandHamid 

 

Are you sure becasue NVC told me that I would have to submit docs and pay the visa fee before it goes to embassy.  Now Im really confused

 

 

You do need to submit the DS-160 online and pay the visa before before you schedule the embassy yes - but that is not you interactive with the NVC.

The embassy in your beneficiary's country should have instructions on what to do.

1 hour ago, Ann and Meet said:

Sorry to hear that. I got the online notification of approval on June 11th and the letter said it was approved June 9th. But either way, I was approved after you. Hang in there, yours is probably there and waiting to be picked up by someone to put in the system, I am assuming. 

Thanks... I am sure it is somewhere.

I got hopeful yesterday when I called because he started to ask me the next questions about names, etc... but then said "Oh... sorry, we don't have it". As long as it's this week sometime I will be happy.

51 minutes ago, WokTheDog said:

 

Yesterday I got an email notification letter 221(g).   They are asking for documents   

 

_X_    Others: Valid passports (Maureen and Alexandra)

 

 Does this mean they want my fiancee to send in her and her daughters passports?   or copies of them?   

 

Bob

If you got a 221(g) are you sure it was fully denied and not just put aside until you can provide those things? I think you can overcome those things as long as you can provide what they want.

She should have taken her daughters international passports with her to the interview, because they would take them to put the visa in (unless this information is all in the mother's passport). I don't know for the Philippines but I am sure someone who does know will comment.  I assume the daughters are young, as I think older children have to also attend the interview, but not sure of the age cutoff.

My NOA2 date is 6/6, still no case at NVC.... I'll try again tomorrow! Really hoping it gets there this week.

October Full Scan   6/25    7:00pm CST

My internet is not working today... going to attempt to use my phone as a hotspot (so far successful), and then connect via my VPN to run the scans... give me some time tonight please and thank you

5 minutes ago, Puddin&Pumpkin said:

Everything I read says that USCIS is supposed to prioritize K-1 visas.  Even on their own site. 

 

Do you work for them or something?  lol Why would you care if I'm angry at an agency I paid to process my case that hasn't delivered in the promised time frame?

Source for the "supposed to prioritize K-1 visas. even on their own site.", please?  I'd like to read it. Thank you.

4 minutes ago, Puddin&Pumpkin said:

Hardly.  Trying to encourage people to take action and remember we PAID for this.  My anger at USCIS has nothing to do with anyone on this thread.

Honestly there's not much action you can do.... You can do some things if it makes you feel better, but until the USCIS Inquiry Date is past your received date, most congressman's office won't do much either, but by all means you can try.

The facts are they are just inundated with work and it's going to take them as long as it takes them. Successful immigration is not a high priority for this administration and they've made the entire process slower for everyone.

Part of why the K1 process has slowed down is because the administration ordered more scrutiny on the cases, so they are taking longer to adjudicate, asking for more RFEs than before, and taking longer doing background checks.

There's still plenty of cases left in the queue before you stacked up, and as another poster said getting angry doesn't change that. Will you spur one of your senators to take the issue up in general and push the administration to hire more people and make the process faster? I just don't see it happening anytime soon under this administration.

I had a friend who submitted in July 2017 and it took him 224 days.  And by the time I filed in November and you filed in December - the wait times were already at 6 months at that time just for NOA1 to NOA2 (you can check VJs graphs).

Some people are getting lucky and getting approved at day 180, most of us seem to be in the 200ish days these days, give or take about 10 days in either direction.

14 minutes ago, walt777 said:

Hi Everyone,

I been checking our status on the old site and it says "error the case can't be recognized" but on the new site it says the application was received and also I got the letter in the mail saying the application was received December 14.

I been checking everyday but nothing. I see people already got approved from the December list. 

Does anyone else have this problem or had this problem before?

3 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

We are seeing the accuracy and the updates more now on the "new" site then the old. There is no advantage to checking both. They both say the same thing. They just started approving December about a week ago so you still might have a 2-3 week delay to hear something on your case.

There are several December and after cases that weren't even put into the old website, so that's going to start to be a common error.

I would clarify they they are supposed to both say the same thing, but that doesn't mean they always do, additionally the new website seems to lag a day behind the old website when it does get updated.

Sometimes one or both don't get updated at all.

1 hour ago, LuFlolady said:

I spent my weekend donating unwanted or needed things.....what do u guys do to pass the time

That was one of the things that kept me busy... I also painted a few rooms of the house, got my step-daughters room ready for her, donating more unwanted or unneeded things, shopping for a few items it would be better to have my for fiance when she comes or for my step-daughter, working on a side business I started a year or so ago, reading VJ, reading other things, being bored sometimes, cleaning the house again, organizing what few things i had decided I wanted to keep..

One of the coolest things I did was make a few lists, and then I wrote them on color coded popsicle sticks and put them all in a jar. When we want to do something and nothing is coming to mind, I pick the appropriate stick out and we perhaps do that, or draw again. I thought it would be cute. I also determined it's going to take us about 6 years to do more of the things just in this local area (not counting most of the vacations).

• Restaurants I wanted to take her to, both fast casual & "date night" type places
• Indoor activities in the area 
• Outdoor activities in the area
• Nearby city downtown areas, and being in the Chicago Burbs, there's a lot!
• Shopping Malls & Grocery stores (to show her the variety of choices)
• Weekend vacation spots & Week-long vacation spots

19 hours ago, dkmfan85 said:

Yep! I think the latest non-expedited case has been Dec 18. Was hoping they'd hit January next week, but it looks like it still might be closer to 2 weeks.

Correct, three  12/18 cases got approved on Friday!

January I think they will do a tiny amount the first week in July, and then start slowly ramping up in the week or two after that as they try finish up December, though I do think they need to speed up. December still has 2643 untouched cases and only 497 that are either approved or in an RFE status.

November got started on May 8th, though they did a small amount the week before that, and a weird out of the blue batch about a month ahead of that.

December got started on the June 8th, though the did a small amount the week before also.