Hannah96

13 minutes ago, HazeyHaze said:

I'm so sorry to hear this, I hope you're doing fine. Waiting sucks, especially when nobody around you understands and everyone else is just being negative. Our fiances are our rock, but sometimes they just can't calm us down no matter what they say or do. The best thing for us beneficiaries is to find a support group, or at least one person who is going through or has gone through the same thing we are. I have a friend who got married on a K1 visa last year, and she has been a big help to me. She's the reason I am not freaking out. I'd love to pay it forward to someone who needs some emotional support, too, so feel free to ask me questions or talk to me about your worries. I'd be happy to be a friend.

 

It's tough. Waiting and wondering what will happen. But one thing I know for sure is that if you truly know and love your partner, people will be able to tell, so there's no need to worry.

Thank you so much! I know everyone here is going through a tough time. It just really sucks that you have to wait so long for the petition to be approved but the interview will be a month or so after that and you just don't know what is going to happen. Maybe one officer got a really bad day and denies your visa just because he's not a good mood. And I'm happy for everyone who gets approved and their visa at the end but for some reason I'm super scared since I already had a bad experience at embassy. Good thing is we were already engaged so they already 'know' us  .. which was the reason they didn't issue my student visa though. Our mistake. 

Writing that down just helped me 😇 Thank you. My NOA1 is January 23rd so I hope to hear from them in the next 1-2 weeks. 

Good luck to you! I can imagine how nice it is to have someone who already went through all of this. 

18 minutes ago, Roger & Grace said:

I am OK with the "process" of being vetted that we all go through to get our K1 visa.

 

If it was too easy, it does not have value, right?  It angers me to no extent how some walk across into the USA or shipped to "Safe Cities" to instantly have citizenship status... And collect services such as free rent, food, education, legal services, cash etc., (OK, Perhaps another topic for another time or thread.) 

 

So back to present reality 101:

 

I know My Fiance Grace is a nervous wreck at times, especially now she is disappointed questioning me, herself, and the system.  (As well as a lot of OFW in HK saying all this is fake, kidding her, and hard for her to save face and keep saying it will be soon.  And let's face it most of the other females are just jealous, too.) Even some in her family now thinking something is wrong too???  My family is anxious as well?  No one understands the wait period and lack of feedback we all get to a review date.  I am like approve us, give me an RFE even, I'm ready, we have proof of what's needed, I spent time with her we talk every day, etc., and we "fit the profile" to be together with no problems.

 

I am 55, she is 41, we want to get on with our lives together too. 

 

That said... And realizing it's more intense as a Philippina thing.   hahahaha Drama, It's true! And I don't wanna go into Tampo either. (other Pinoy men know EXACTLY what I mean lol )  I am trying to give her assurance it is soon as others around us finally being reviewed, we should be soon!  

 

Any advice to calm her down?  She takes this sooo personally! What do you tell others around you, and especially to your fiance, that it just takes time, please relax?

 

Roger   

Hey, 

I'm like her too .. I'm freaking out and scared that we won't get approved even though we're real and don't have any criminal record. This is one of the toughest times in my life and I'm only 21. My fiancé Michael always tells me that we're fine and that everything will work out because there's no reason to deny our visa at the end. (My student visa got denied last year bc my fiancé was my bank sponsor and we weren't well informed ..) so to be honest, I don't know what to say or do besides telling her how much you love her and just be the stronger one right now. 

I don't have contact to my dad because of my engagement and broke off the contact to the rest of his family because I couldn't handle all their negativity. No one who isn't in our situation will ever understand what we're going through and how this really works. 

And I really hope at the end everything will work out for us all 

32 minutes ago, Miina said:

Correct me if I'm wrong @Foxrup, but 18th is your NOA1 date?

 

The scans that @AkesAngel runs generally go by received date, not NOA1 date. However, VIsaJourney timelines go by NOA1 date.

 

A bit confusing, I know  

Ah okay .. yea that's so confusing. I'm NOA1 January 23rd and I hope to hear from them sooner than my visa journey says. So tired of all this waiting 😩

5 hours ago, keixjil said:

Wow!! Congratulations. Your received date was the 13th

Isn't the 18th his/her .. received date? 

Alright, thank you! (Can't tag you AkesAngel for some reason .. )

I'm super confused right now and this might be a stupid question BUT .. we received the receipt notice on January 30th and on the letter it says 'date of notice January 23rd' (petition was delivered January 19th). Is it right that NOA1 is January 23rd even though we received the letter January 30th? 

Hey guys, 

Does anyone know how realistic the estimated visa journey processing times are? Received NOA1 January 23rd and it says we should get NOA2 between April 21st and 24th .. 

First time I'm being active here   Petition sent January 19th and received NOA 1 January 23rd. Processing times for USCIS California are 3.5 months and visa journey says it will be around April 23rd (3months). So we hope to get NOA2 in April .. please post if you get NOA2 by the time the visa journey calculated it. The whole process is so nerve wrecking.