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Nice work putting that list together! Looks like me n' Sash are number three for the Ukrainian couples. Hope that means our time is coming soon. I just now am getting back from Kiev again, and I always tell her this is the last time I'm gonna leave without her. But USCIS keeps making me out to be a liar!!! Hurry up you guys!

Hey sbgwolf1, im waiting...and in the same position you are if you remember...having to request the extra waiver. Do you think that may be a reason why there is a lack of action on both of our cases? (although I was touched last week...) Just a thought.

No new updates or touches for me either, but I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one having trouble logging in. I thought I broke it, checking every five minutes!!!

Venting? Mind if I vent a little bit here too? August 11th marks day ONE HUNDRED FIFTY ONE for me and Sasha since our NOA1 date (actually day 169 if they hadn't made the mistake with my filing fee). I was touched a few times last week, and then nothing. What makes it harder to bare is all of the other approvals dated FAR after my NOA1. Don't get me wrong, I'm sooooo happy for all you guys...but come on, this is getting regoshdangdiculous. I have come back to Ukraine to be with my babygirl for the last three weeks, and I was sure I was going to receive some news to tell her...but nooooo. And now I have to fly back to the states this weekend through Heathrow. Not really looking forward to that. This extensive delay is getting harder and harder on both of us. Is it the goal of USCIS to put the relationship through the wringer like this? To test our strength and resolve? Maybe, Aussiewench, you could make a magic preddiction for me?

Andy's post got me thinking...has anyone heard of a denial coming out of one of the service centers before? I haven't read anything on these boards before about anyone being denied at a service center. Which I hope holds true for everybody.

I got touched on the 3rd, 4th, and on Sunday the 6th! I'm still in Ukraine with my babygirl, so I really hope all these touches lead to some good news for me to give her before I head back to the states. The 8th is my birthday, so I'm hoping USCIS gives me a present!!!

Wow! Thats fantastic!!! And your sweetie is from Ukraine too, just like mine!! Im leaving for Kiev tomorrow, and I tell her all about everyone's progress here (gives her hope for the great things to come!) But your approval will make her especially happy as our timline isnt too much behind yours! Congrats, and good luck!!!!

Congrats!!!! I am really happy that you have an approval!!!

Its good news for the rest of us, because it means things are starting to move at the CSC.

Dont worry about what others say, its just frustration talking because most of us are still waiting for the good news that you have recieved!!! Welcome to VJ, and good luck on the rest of your journey....be sure to keep us posted as to the rest of your progress!!!

Wow that was fast! Is that some kind of record for approval? I dont think I have seen anyone else on the board get it done so quickly!!! I am jealous as heck of course, but congratulations! )) (and I know it was VSC and not CSC, but still!!!)

Im pretty sure the difference in the four and six month periods you mentioned is that an approved I129F is valid for FOUR months to try to get the K1 visa....if a visa is issued, then the visa is valid for SIX months for one entry into the United States.

Hope that helps. Good luck, and congratulations!!!

~Dan

Hello everyone! Im not exactly new here, as I have been following all of your posts over the past several months, but this is my first post.

According to the new IMBRA law, there is a limit to the number of I129F petitions you can file without requesting a waiver. I filed in early 2005 for a different woman whom I was briefly engaged to, but our relationship ended and we did not pursue the visa after the approval of the petition. In February of this year I became engaged again and my fiance' and I filed the I129F petition. We have been very up front in all of our information that was submitted to the USCIS about the last relationship, and we have hid nothing.

I have submitted the written request for the waiver of these limitations, but the description on the RFE was vague as to what it actually needed to include, citing evidence of death or some such information. My Ex didnt die! We just didnt get married! It seems as though my current fiance' and I could be punished with a rejection because of the failure of a previous relationship. Is this really possible???

Is anybody else wrestling with this worry?

Also, the I129F package I sent on February 20th was returned to me with a notice dated February 23rd stating that I had failed to attach my filing fee of 170.00 dollars. However, the check WAS in fact there, and even still in the package as it was returned to me. I thought it to be an innocent mistake at first, and I returned the package without making any changes and recieved a new reciept date of March 13th. AFTER the effective date of IMBRA. Had the USCIS not overlooked my attached payment, I would have been a pre-IMBRA application and not have to worry about the waiver of limitations!!!!

I am still waiting, and its close to my processing time as it is so I dont want to "rock the boat", but I am very concerned! Any advice or words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated!!! ))))

Thanks!