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    I-129F November 2016 Filers - Part 2

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    On 9/11/2017 at 10:36 PM, Chi&Clint said:

    I was K1 November filer 2016. And yes, sounds like the process runs very slowly after October. I think the biggest reason was the gorverment changed the fee, more $200 at the end of the year, so lots of people tried to send the packet before it. And the second, people are afraid of Trump will have some ideas about immigrant and it will effect them, so they filed the file before he became a president. And I guess the third, K1 seems pretty easy, the processing time is still shorter than spouse visa, and people want to reunite with there beloves one quickly. I think thats why lots of people choose K1. 

     

    Just my opinion :D

     

    On 9/13/2017 at 7:36 AM, Anthony and Bobby said:

    Yeah I believe it took almost 90 days for me as well, but not quite. We got NoA1 on November 10 I believe? Then NoA2 at the end of January, so almost!

     

    Reasons that I think delayed it:

     

    1) Some internal stuff, because I guess the Obama admin wanted to make sure a lot of things got done before Trump admin makes big changes on immigration (this is the conspiracy reason lol)

     

    2) Just the amount of holidays that were between November and January.

     

    3) The overwhelming amount of filers because they were trying to avoid the increase in fees.

     

    Good luck with your petition! Feel free to ask us if you have any questions.

     

    Thank you guys! I was hoping for a mindblowing discovery about the delay lol, but I guess this does make sense. :)

    There doesn't seem to be a big increase in filers in November though, that's why I was so confused. But then again, we can't be sure of the actual number of filers as not everyone's on here... Oh well! :) I just hope they hurry up! :wub:

    I-129F November 2016 Filers - Part 2

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    Hi everyone! I hope somebody's still on here! :D

     

    I'm an August 2017 filer (I know, still very far from my approval...), and well, I did a lot of research, let's say, about the processing times for the K1 and all that. What I've noticed is that in October last year it took around 42 days on average for approval, while in November it took more than twice as long on average (94 I believe, according to VJ). Since that's quite a bit of a difference, I was wondering if anyone on here knows what caused the delay? I'm just super curious, especially since approvals lately seem to take longer and longer. Thank you in advance! :) 

    August 2017 I-129F Filers

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    On 9/3/2017 at 7:21 PM, Nikki&pat said:

    No need to be sorry lol :wub: this waiting sucks :( just counting days :jest: okay I have a question what did you guys put in the current employment end date on the I 129f form just left it blank ? Or wrote "present "?

    Day 13 already! :dancing:

     

    Pretty proud of myself for not stressing on here for a week!

    To answer your question, I believe we put in PRESENT as the end date, but as I don't have the final form on my computer, I'm gonna have to check with Geoff, so I'll let you know then! :) 

    August 2017 I-129F Filers

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    23 hours ago, Mike and Wilma said:

    Hi Forke

    Yes last time I did this I used an lawyer as well. I look at it like this. The lawyer has done this more times times than I have and I want to make sure its done correctly. By using a lawyer everything this is done right and your chances of getting a RFE are very low.

    I looked on the NOA1 envelope and the stamped zip code is Phoenix Az , so I'm assuming the petition went to the lockbox in AZ and not TX?

    Yea, I get it. I was just curious. :) Good luck in any case!

     

    As for the mailing address, I just checked (link below) and it looks like you're right. I'm sorry I gave you the wrong info! Ours was mailed from MD, so this does make sense. :) 
    https://www.uscis.gov/forms/forms-information/uscis-phoenix-and-dallas-lockbox-facilities

    August 2017 I-129F Filers

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    12 hours ago, Mike and Wilma said:

    Hi August Peeps!

     

    I paid a lawyer to handle our K1 process, I went to Taiwan on the 14th of this month and got a email from the lawyer saying NOA1 received and when I arrived back home this past Monday (5 days ago) The hard copy was in my mail. NOA1 has two dates on it , Received date August 7th and Notice date August 9th so I don't know which date to go by...Office address says California , but I thought it was Texas? lawyer mentioned something about texas before I sent him all the forms and evidence.

    BTW, this is the 2nd time I filed a 129F , first time was 2005 and we were married for 11 years, now divorced of course. (cant file another petition unless previous marriage is dissolved legally)

    Anyway, my name is Mike and Wilma is my Filipina fiancé currently living and working in Taiwan 

    Based on timelines I seen for Taiwan its NOA1-NOA2 is 4 months then interview 2 months after NOA2.

    Hi Mike! Welcome to the group! :) 

     

    I hope I can help with some of the concerns you seem to have. :)

    All petitions are mailed to the lockbox in Texas, but once they're opened and accepted, they get sent to one of the service centers. There is a service center in Texas, but most K1 petitions are sent to California now (or so I've read somewhere on this forum). Mine's there too! :)

     

    Your NOA1 date is the one under "notice date" on the hard copy. I assume the received date is, well, when they physically received it lol. My received date is the 24th which is when it was delivered according to my tracking number.

    If you don't mind me asking, how come you decided to have a lawyer handle this? I mean, since you went through the whole process before. Or did you do it like that the first time, too?

    august 2017 filers

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted · Edited by forke

    On 8/8/2017 at 8:44 PM, Californiansunset said:

    Not for nothing the USCIS hotline is also called the "misinformation hotline". THey also told everyone of the February filers that used the outdated forms that they were going to return their packages since they needed the new forms. Didn't happen. Everyone who was a few days over the expiry date still had their forms processed just fine without anyone having them get returned. I personally would've not voided the check but just waited it out to see whether they would still accept it. 

    I wish I knew this before... We originally sent our I-129F in June, close to when they stopped accepting the old version of the form. The person on the phone basically told us that ours was too late and won't be accepted, and that we should just mail the new form separately, which we did. We never received a notification of any kind, but they assured us that everything's alright and even told us that our petition should be approved soon a few weeks ago. But as we never received anything back, we kept calling and e-mailing them and finally found out that our petition was either lost or never even reached them at all.

     

    So here we are, back at the beginning. Just mailed the whole thing again 2 days ago. I hope there won't be any problems this time. :)

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