Mel

They have the Netherlands as one of the countries that can be reached through this service however, it did not work for us.

Thanks for the great info! Even if you are charged for the domestic rate it is still far less expensive than international rates!

Nah. I don't think gender makes a difference. I am the USC (female) and our NOA1 date is Sept 1 and NOA2 on Nov 16th (with a RFE). We consider ourselves very fortunate to be approved as quick as we were but I hardly believe that me being a female has anything to do with the processing time.

Hello all! How is everyone?

Keltic Congrats on the baby boy!! Very exciting news.

Em&Ed Good luck on the biometrics tomorrow. I hope everything goes well for you.

Sorry to hear about the house hunting/mortgage issues. I hope the right offer and the perfect home will be in your near future.

I got caught up reading the posts on the situation with Arazia and Harry. What a mess! I wish both of you the best of luck. I know this unusual circumstance must be difficult on you both. As if this process itself was not already difficult enough that adds even more stress to things

Rene and I are still waiting for word that NVC has received our case. We are certainly happy that CSC is finished with it anyway!

Best wishes to everyone!!

Hello all!

I hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Mel

Thank you all!! I wish all of you still waiting the patience to get you through each day. To all of you already approved I hope the rest of our journeys will be quick and as smooth as possible!

Mel

Congrats!!!

Best wishes on the rest of your journey!!

Mel

Hello! How is everyone? Getting ready for Thanksgiving?

We received GREAT news today! We were approved!! The USCIS received our RFE on the 14th and we were approved on the 16th!!! We just received the email today. Thank you all for your well wishes and support.

I hope you all have a great weekend and a Happy Thanksgiving!

Mel

WOOOHOOOO!!!!!!!

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The following is the latest information on your case status

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Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Current Status:

This case has been approved. On November 16, 2006, an approval notice was

mailed. If 30 days have passed and you have not received this notice, you may

wish to verify or update your address. To update your address, please speak to

an Immigration Information Officer during business hours.

If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case status

results listed above, or if you have not received a decision or advice from

USCIS within the projected processing time frame*, please contact the National

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We are so happy!!! We cannot believe it happened!!!!

Mel and Rene

Hi everyone,

Thanks for all of the uplifting replies! We are keeping our fingers crossed with all of the information we sent back. We are considering the RFE a positive step forward

That is wonderful that Mark and Harry will be here for the upcoming holidays! I wish all of you the best thanks for your support!

Mel

We received the RFE via snail mail on November 6th. That really wasn't too bad considering they mailed it on November the 2nd.The request was for additional information on us having met within the last 2 years. It is strange that we received this as we did send a lot of primary evidence with our K1 filing. We sent our RFE reply back today with the original evidence we submitted as well as additional evidence. I agree with you! Atleast it means they are doing something with our case. I cannot complain about that. I hope everyone is having a nice week. Best wishes to all of you!

Mel

WJR,

I sent you a pm with his name. If you have any further questions feel free to send me a pm

Mel

Thank you! That is what our RFE was as well. Your words are encouraging!

Best wishes,

Mel

My fiance and I are going through the same thing. We hired an attorney and received an RFE 2 months after filing. He tried to blame it on IMBRA etc. We just received the RFE today by snail mail. I have no idea why they did not send it to the attorneys office but we are SO HAPPY that USCIS sent it to us. We are now wishing we would have never hired this attorney either. He even posts on his web page that they DON'T receive RFE's. Unbelievable isn't it?

Mel

We received our RFE by snail mail today! We are curious for those of you who have had to do this as well. When you returned your RFE, did you only put the evidence in the envelope provided by USCIS or did you put that envelope into a brown envelope. We are sending quite a lot. What are their specifications on how they receive this information? I thought I read on a post here that you can place the information in a brown envelope but you must mark it a certain way. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Best of luck to all of you!

Mel

wileastmot

I am sure all of the stress will be worth it in the end. Hang in there!

Rene and I received an RFE on November 1 CSC sent us 5 emails and our lawyer has yet to receive the letter to tell us what it is. AAARRGGHH!!! We have reviewed absolutely everything and can think of nothing that we did not include. I have read by a few VJ members that they are notorious for losing things out of your file there. Wish us luck and let us hope that whatever it is can be quickly resolved.

Hope everyone else is doing great and enjoying what is left of the weekend!

Mel

That is what several VJ members have said. It is really unbelievable how they can just "lose" things like that but as we all know there is absolutely nothing that can be done about it. Best of luck to all!

Mel

Thanks! I will let you know when we hear something. I wish the best for you and your SO and hope that your approval comes very soon.

Mel

My fiance and I are afraid that they must have lost something as well. We have been over and over the list or requirements and reviewed the RFE master list and there is nothing we can think of that we did not send. We are impatiently waiting for their reply because as you know they offer absolutely no help over the phone.

Just curious what were the RFE's for? I called the CSC center yesterday and I am the USC and they still could not give me information or any help at all regarding our RFE. I understand your frustration.

Best of luck to you.

Mel

Can anyone tell me what the touches generally indicate after a RFE if anything? Our case was touched on 10/31/06 RFE received via e-mail on 11/01/06 then touched again on 11/02 and 11/03. Any suggestions or advice is helpful. Our attorney is being an azz suggesting that it is an IMBRA RFE although we filed after all the new forms were out. We are now beginning to think we should have NEVER used an attorney at all.

Mel