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Hello, I got an email from the National Visa Center 21 days ago saying that London will contact my fiancee soon. Is 21 days a long time for them to contact her or does it usually take this long or longer?? 
Thank you

@geowrian thank you for your feedback  
Since I currently have no income, I only submit the I-134 and no additional evidence correct? I was a student therefore I've never had an 'actual' job and have never filed taxes or anything. The only person I'll need the financial evidence from is the co-sponsor? 

Hello  I am a September filer and I'm assuming we will be getting our NOA2 in the next month - to month and a half. I'm currently in the UK with my fiancee therefore I can't earn any income as of right now (but by AOS I will definitely be earning my own income).

I'm going to ask my mom to get the I-134 started so I know we will get it in good timing. What documents are needed for the London interview exactly? I've read that tax transcripts and letter of employment are good enough but is there anything else I could ask for just in case? Also will I only need a birth certificate for proof of citizenship? And I've read that London are very accepting of co-sponsors, is that correct? 

Thank you 

I am an August filer and I recently got my NOA1. The status on my case says that on September 15th, they received my petition. Does anyone have an inference on how long the processing times are? A lot of people estimate that it will be 5-6 months but recently I've seen some posts stating that it's gone up to 9 (without any set backs). My Fiancee's from the UK and our case is being transferred to California Service Center. 

Just looking for some opinions :-) 

@jaybeltisroy Okay, I understand now. I thought that's what you meant. What embassy is their fiance/e going to for the interview? Mine will be going to London

@jaybeltisroy Have they been waiting 6 months for their NOA1 or NOA2? 

Does anyone have an estimate for how long the process will be from sending the petition to getting the visa? We filed our petition in early August. I read that on average it's usually 5-6 months for the overall process but found on one site it should be expected to be looking at a 9-12 month wait 

@Morty @KULtoATL I will definitely wait another week or so. I didn't realize I was now waiting for the actual acceptance of it, I thought I'd still get a NOA1 even though I got an RFE. My petition got denied at first for an outdated form, and I believe @KULtoATLhelped me solve that @Morty I haven't tried the website but I will look into it. Thank you 

@Morty I think it's NOA1? I did some research and I've read you get sent a hard copy telling you your case has been received and reviewed, 10-14 days after sending the petition 

@KULtoATL that's right! I worry and worry. Thank you for your feedback. Let's hope it gets back to me soon! I wasn't aware you could get ahold of them by customer service, so thank you for informing me on that

@KULtoATL I sent mine to the Dallas P.O Box. That could be true. Also, I was thinking it could be due to the labour day weekend, and I'm sure they would have all had the weekend off, so it could be pushed a few days. What do you think? 

I got a RFE 12 days after I originally sent my i129f, and it's now been exactly 10 days since I sent my petition back to USCIS. I read that you should recieve a NOA within 10-14 days after sending it. Should I worry about this or is this normal? 

@June2017UK the G-1145 I had didn't have an expiry date on it, but it was the wrong one because the one on the USCIS was released about 10 days later than the one I sent. I think I got the one I sent to them off of k1approved, not thinking they'd leave something on their website that was expired. Hopefully this fixes the issue. My i-129f was the correct version so I can't think of what else it could be. Thanks for the response

@June2017UK I sent my application on July 31 from the UK, and my mom received it back at her house this last Saturday. I can't understand how we sent the same exact forms yet mine got rejected and sent back to fix the issue??? 

@Scandi @KULtoATL okay I will send the old check then, thanks guys 

@KULtoATL Don't worry, you've been so much help! I listed everything that's included in my petition on my cover photo and listed it in the exact order that everything is in. I've gotten everything sorted today and going to send it to my mom tomorrow  and she's going to get the check sorted out for me again. One more thing, should we send the check that they stamped back to them with the new check as well or leave that out? 

@LabOz yes they returned the whole package and said it can be sent back straight away as soon as the form issue is fixed. The check had a big black stamp on it, they didn't process it yet or anything. 

I did have the up to date i-129f that's provided on the USCIS website but I downloaded it again and started over from scratch with it. I also got the up to date e-notification, I'm updating my cover letter and taking out the g-325a forms from my package 

@LabOz thank you for supplying me with all of this useful information. They said I only needed you redo the outdated form and then I could send it back? So would I really have to print out new copies of our "intent to marry" and stuff? They didn't write anything on those. Only stamped the check, so we will have to send a new one of those 

On item 37 on the i-129f form it asks if my beneficiary has ever been to the US, mine has been. And then item 38 asks if my beneficiary is currently in the US, and if so to complete 38.a - 38.h. 

My fiancee isn't in the US right now, so am I supposed to leave that blank? 

I'm confused because on the instructions from the USCIS website, it says to provide the most recent dates of entry, their immigration status, ect. Do I just leave it blank since they're not in the US?

Also do I have to provide an i-94 to show their US travel history? I've already supplied photocopies of her passport stamps and some boarding passes. We also have photos with my family in the US. I've not seen anthing about anyone including that with their application, but after doing some research someone has said you need to include it 

@KULtoATL I skyped my mom and she read the letter from USCIS. It basically said the application was rejected due to an outdated form, but it didn't state which form. I can only think of it being the g1145 or g325a since I sent that (but I figure they'd just throw that out since they don't need it?). They also sent all the pics I submitted in my binder in an envelope, all folded. Is there any reason why they did that? They didn't say anything else was wrong, just curious. I completely filled out my I-129f again today directly from the pdf from the USCIS website, so if they reject again, I have no clue what could be wrong. 

@KULtoATL it is weird! My e-notification was definitely not the right one. I downloaded it off another visa website and didn't realize there was a new edition. Yes I can try to get a pic. My package was send back to my mom so I'm sending everything to her to send back to USCIS, so I will ask her for a photograph 

@KULtoATL I have just looked at the edition date on my I-129f form and it does say that it's the 04/10/17 edition  I don't understand what else the problem could be

@KULtoATL thank you!! 

@KULtoATL thank you for all the help 😀😀 

@KULtoATL I always thought the expiration date was how you could tell what the latest edition was. My apologies. I'll get the form directly off of the uscis website and fill that out today. Does it say anywhere on the form that it's the 4/10/17 edition? So I can make sure? And do I still need to send the g-325a with that one or should I get rid of those