Chris2870

Hopefully that's the first of an avalanche of great news!

My Faye broke down crying last night out of frustration. I had her laughing again in no time but that was a first.

3 minutes ago, rainbow.sprinkle said:

Hello,

 

Great news. See below:

 

Please be informed that the I-129F fiancé petition filed by xxxxxxxxx and xxxxxx was approved by USCIS on August 1, 2017.  An Approval Notice will be mailed to the constituent at xxxxxxx.  The approved I-129F petition has been forwarded to the National Visa Center using FedEx ground shipping.  The FedEx tracking number is7 xxxx.  According to the website atwww.fedex.com, the scheduled delivery date of the package in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is Wednesday, August 9, 2017, by the end of the work day edt.  Your Office and the constituent may track the progress of the package by visiting the website using the tracking number and the ‘Track a Shipment’ link.

  We received this in email from our state senator. still no update in uscis saying that we have been aproved though so don`t rely on the website.

 so happy

Congrats!!!!!!!!

They are good making sure documents are filled out completely and correctly, that's it. I still had to supply supporting evidence and construct the packet.

2 minutes ago, Sam_y_Kyle said:

Did anyone have their K-1 Visa done professionally? I was wondering if that affected when your case was processed due to the appearance of it. 

Had mine done by FiancéVisa still waiting as well 

3 minutes ago, vcpdragon said:

Join the crowd  Hang in there ... maybe good news comes soon. This whole waiting thing is a drop in the bucket compared to what is to come ... unless of course your fiance is Russian ... then maybe two drops in the bucket after diplomats sent home. I am over it ... is what it is takes what it take. 

That's the first thing that crossed my mind when Putin gave them the boot. Hope you're unaffected my friends.

11 minutes ago, amishbaby said:

Is it OK if I join in on the fun over here? My receive date is March 28th but NOA1 is April 3rd. 127 days so far. Going cray! Everyone in March is getting their approvals and I'm sadly patiently waiting and losing my mind. 

Welcome aboard! Love to wait with you.

4 minutes ago, JeniandMatt said:

Didn't know about the varicella but yes the anti cervical vaccine is given in 3 shots. So it is only for women under 24 years of age?

Yes must be finished with series before 25 and since its three shots over 18 months then woman must be 24 or under. I got bored 5 months ago and researched it so I'm going off memory here.

5 minutes ago, JeniandMatt said:

Read that too and i don't know if it's different from each country but from the same person I asked who had just her medical last week she said its just 4. Tdap, Varicella, MMR and influenza

Yes the varicella is a two stage vaccine, the second is given Stateside prior too AOS. Might be a three stage anti-cervical cancer shot given to women under 24 as well, first administered there then remaining Stateside over next year.

Here's the kicker though. If I was immigrating to PH the medical would have to be done in...Singapore! How does that make any sense?

17 minutes ago, Estibaliz said:

It should be, but it's not. Here the visa medical costs 313€ ($370 USD at the current exchange rate), but you have to pay an extra for each vaccine if needed. 

That sucks. I guess the chest X-ray cost 250 in Europe? Other than shots there's not much left.

12 minutes ago, Estibaliz said:

It should be, but it's not. Here the visa medical costs 313€ ($370 USD at the current exchange rate), but you have to pay an extra for each vaccine if needed. 

St Luke's in Manila

$330 paid in PHP, 2 day exam

inclusive of all vaccines, X-rays and in clinic counseling.

Everything's covered at medical in the Philippines as it should be for over $300 USD

2 minutes ago, Estibaliz said:

I completely can relate to that, from the crying to the frustration that comes from the uncertainty and impotence of knowing there's nothing you can do, especially now things are not even a matter of being left behind, but everything getting delayed for everyone.

 

Actually I was just having some (sad) thoughts on the fact we chose the K1 option because, even if more expensive and putting limits to travel and work for a while once there, our first priority was to be together as soon as possible after life preventing us to do so for a long while.

I'm sure that was the main advantage everyone saw on the fiance visa versus the spouse one: saving time.

It turns out now CSC shows the same processing times for both types and someone mentioned today seeing RFE's for i130 petitions for the same March dates they are working for i129's...

So I'm having a moment of weakness and just feeling sad and fooled. Gloomy me thinks that's just our luck, since things were always the hardest longest way for us... Sorry my bad luck was contagious

 

Of course, come to this point it's just a matter of endurance, because these four months have to count and they are not going to waste. And of course, all the months (that amount into years now) waiting, have allowed us to get to a complete understanding of this relationship, with the good and the bad. It turns out to be some kind of double edge sword situation... Knowing the good overcomes the bad by far and the love you share for each other worths everything... But missing someone as much and having to wait when you already lost half of your life alone, that sometimes everything seems dull and unbearable

 

Yep, getting sentimental here. My bad!

Actually I just wanted to say I hope you have a great time visiting and you are back full of energy, love and optimism

BTW, Gary's birthday is in September too 

 

If it wasn't for a ten day waiting period for a marriage license in the Philippines, we would have gone the spousal route. I can't take that long of a vacation at work (ten day max)

1 minute ago, S*UK said:

If you actually have the NOA1 hardcopy to hand you'll find recieved date stated in the letter and NOA1 date written in the top right hand corner.
Seems like you're on the same timeline as we are

I'll double check when I get home and adjust timeline if need be. Thanks

5 minutes ago, Chris2870 said:

Date on NOA1 hardcopy

No idea actually. Hardcopy says 4/10 but email came 4/13. Not sure which is correct 

1 minute ago, S*UK said:

Just saw your timeline and was wondering if the 10th is your NOA1 date or your recieved date? 
If its your recieved date we share the same timeline, my application was recieved 10/4 and NOA1 13/4. USCIS app uses recieved dates

Date on NOA1 hardcopy

3 minutes ago, asaeljethro said:

April 5s, there were 9 of them too lol

 

 

Just wanted to put this out there for those that havent read this update. Got this from the March Thread

 

 

Well  shoot. That just killed the ranting/whining session I had scheduled with myself Friday. Humanitarian trumps Love

19 minutes ago, Estibaliz said:

I'm sure you meant end of August, right? RIGHT?! 

 

Aww, thank you

 

@C and E This was me reading your first post... 

This was me reading your second post... 

I thought you had said they were working on April 4th Received date cases, so I got all excited... It turned out it was still last week of March, as usual. Oh well 

I wad the same way RFE s suck but they are working the 4th.... but no

Just now, Chris2870 said:

That sucks then. What was the date on those?

My # ends in 500+ I can search 500 before my # and still not get to 4/9 petitions 

1 minute ago, asaeljethro said:

yeahhh they were the 129s. strange though, those people didnt probably double check their i129 forms

That sucks then. What was the date on those?

1 minute ago, asaeljethro said:

just checked Case Tracker App for the first time lol. I noticed there was a handful of "Case Rejected Because The Version Of The Form I Sent Is No Longer Accepted" from April 3-5 receive date. that sucks for them

lol thanks for being hopeful. hopefully thats the case

Make sure you only select. 129's a lot of those are 130's and others

5 minutes ago, An&In said:

What App is everyone using? I see there are several. Is it the "USCIS Case Status" by Spinach Mobile? 

Case tracker app

2 minutes ago, C and E said:

Hello all...first to all thanks for the uplifting and sympathetic words after my previous post! For some reason VJ did not alert me that anybody replied so I just saw now. Also thanks to those who explained how the trackers work! I went in there and put in a scan for 500 K1 cases around my received date (April 4). And bad news....an RFE bomb just dropped! 6 in the past few minutes, I wonder if more will come...so far I don't see my case number, but hopefully nobody here on VJ is affected...sorry to anyone who does get one. Praying and wishing and hoping for good news....

I'm still trying to figure that case tracker out lol. I also searched 500 before and never left my date 4/10/17. 

RFE's suck but were they for the 4th?

Just now, spike198 said:

It looks like there is a pretty hefty chunk of us in the first week of April.  Hopefully we all progress to the next level at the same time!

1 minute ago, spike198 said:

It looks like there is a pretty hefty chunk of us in the first week of April.  Hopefully we all progress to the next level at the same time!

That would be awesome!!

1 minute ago, asaeljethro said:

oh man. that sucks. well we just have to be hopeful then.

 

I just saw your timeline, you and I are a few days part between NOA1

Yes we are, I'm kinda trolling your timeline haha