AnaUmo

Cheque was banked today whoop whoop 🙌 

Mine was delivered on the 3rd and I didn't get the text & email until the 6th. I'm sure it's coming very soon for you

Also, welcome to the October 2017 filers forum!

Sounds great! I hope you get your NOA1 soon

I've been waiting to be able to say this for a long time... my fiance sent off our K1 Visa application today!!!!
EXCITING TIMES AHEAD! 
 
& we met exactly 3 years ago today for the first time 

I've seen people get RFEs to submit information that they DID submit the first time.  As if it had been lost at some point in the shuffling.  I've seen others that missed pieces that we believe should have generated RFEs that did not.  Some people submit a lot of information and get RFEs and some send very little and don't.  The most important thing is to submit a complete and accurate petition, don't miss any pieces that are listed on the form, have all the information correct.  As I said, sometimes that is no guarantee as it's possible something might get lost in the paperwork shuffle.  It's not common but it has happened.
 
Complete and accurate petitions seldom generate RFEs.  Follow the guidelines and it's unlikely (although possible) that you'll get the request for more.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/573657-new-k-1-rfe-master-list/

reading this forum and all the reasons for an RFE is definitely starting to scare me now. I  hope i  get the most kindest easy going agent, processor ,GODS  whatever their title is just please be experienced and kind 

Meaning you submitted the wrong date by 2 days for her last visit ? Did you just give the date on like a written document and it didn't match something else you submitted as supporting evidence? 3 weeks tho?? Wow that's rough  Thank you for sharing your experience by the way.

Wow, 3 weeks for something like that. I can understand that it had to be investigated but still wow. Also I just read through your timeline by the way and I'm very happy it all worked out for you and your wife! I'm hoping to be able to say the same soon for my K1 with my fiance

Every case is unique, and people have received RFEs for any number of causes...
Forgot to sign or check a box / fill in a field /whatever Forgot to provide proof of being a USC Insufficient evidence that you met within the past 2 years Insufficient information on how you met and that you did not meet through an IMB (big if you met online first) Missing one or both letters of intent to marry Incorrect or missing passport photos (from either person) Missing or improper divorce decrees Missing or improper court records/dispositions My delay was about a week to get the RFE hardcopy, a day for me to reply to it, 2 days for them to get it, then 2 days for them to issue the NOA2. Others have waited a week or so, and some are waiting 30 or 60+ days. It really depends on the nature of the RFE and the officer's workload/priorities, and if there's anything else they still need to check or have cleared.

Happy birthday to Matt! Steph, I'm sure it will be

Yep,  Do not ever be alone with her anymore, in case of any false domestic violence claim.
As you should know by now, she is probably staging a VAWA case against you by calling the cops on you (Oh she is so scared of you, might served you with restraining order as well).
 
Not sure if you can prevent her from coming back to your house since it is considered marital home. You should consult your divorce attorney for further advice.
 
Another thing, once she figures out she can't get her green card without you (K1 holder has to AOS with the original USC petitioner), she might have a 'change of heart' trying to reconcile with you.
Choose your steps wisely.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

If the marriage has not been consummated at all,  you could get an annulment. You may be one the few people who can actually get it. Otherwise, divorce her.
 
When it comes to her. If she says she wants to come back, do not be alone with her to avoid any type of abuse claims. If she got her green card without an interview (very possible since it's a K1), she will have a REALLY hard time removing conditions. If she has an interview, she will need you to go with her... don't. She will get denied and will be subject to deportation.
 
You've already pulled the I-864, so she won't be able to get far.
 
Other than that, nothing else can be done.

Hi, I met a Filipina, dated her in the Philippines and finally brought her here on a K1 and we got married in February 2017. We waited until our wedding night to consummate but she has hyperthyroidism and asked to wait because she didn't feel like it, so I did, patiently. Months went by and she said she just had no libido anymore so she saw a doctor who could find nothing wrong. Then a gynecologist, who said all was normal, saying it is usually a mental/emotional thing with a woman that young (32). So, she went to a therapist and is supposed to try to get help there but she missed her appointment this week and I suspect it was all just a ruse anyway.
 
This woman is the 2nd Filipina I have sponsored. The first one I met and sponsored over 10 years ago she went all the way to Permanent Status and a baby before she secretely found a very rich man to leave me for. After it was all over, I thought, "They (Filipinas) can't ALL be bad, right? So I went over there and found another who seemed so compatible so I took another chance. I just love Filipina women and have a thing for them, but not anymore.
 
Last Thursday, my wife got her EAD and AP card. We have been waiting for the notice for her AOS interview but it has not come to our Po box yet. On Friday, she started a fight with me, which is very out of character for her.  Then, later that night, I found out she had been talking to my Filipina ex-wife and I confronted her about it and she got really mad, denying it but we argued hotly over it because she said she didn't even have my ex-wife's phone number.  While I was out, she packed a suitcase, and left and then the Police came asking what happened. I told them we had an argument and when I got back, she was gone.
 
The cops said my wife had gone to the Police Station (how? she has no car and can't drive. Who took her?) to say she was scared of me but that there was no physical abuse and since there were no threats or physical harm, there were no charges and nothing more would come of it. So, she has left with no forwarding address. On Saturday, she sent me a text saying she's coming back, but doesn't know when butthat she left because she is so scared of me but I know that's not the truth. I began to dig and found she has been in constant communications with my ex-wife since June 6th, sometimes, hundreds of texts a day to each other. In addition, she's been in phone contact with at least 4 different men. I google the numbers and found them all and they are all single. She is also texting numerous local people I don't know dozens of times a day that I never knew about. We are - or I thought we were - a private couple, just living together but now I see that while alone, she has been very busy texting and making phone calls.
 
I now believe she came here only to get a green card, she must have changed her address on the USCIS website and intercepted the notice of interview for AOS or they just granted it without an interview. She of course never said anything about these people, saying she knows no one here except me. I pay the phone bills and I have access to all the calls and texts made, the phone numbers, to and from, but no content. I never looked at her phone activity because I trusted her fully. Now, I wish I had been more vigilant. Let that be a lesson to all.
 
To me, it all adds up to a scam marriage ....no sex, secret men friends, secretly talking to my ex-wife and then suddenly disappearing right after getting her EAD and right about the time she was supposed to get her AOS interview or approval without an interview.  Her name is not on anything besides the marriage certificate.
 
On Monday, I wrote up a letter officially asking to withdraw my I-864 and hand delivered it to the nearest USCIS office and gave it to a USCIS Immigration Officer who said she'd enter it in the record but I don't really know if she did or not and I don't know if by then it was too late already, she didn't say. Before I went there, I sent the same withdrawal request via express overnight mail to the USCIS addresss we sent the I-131 package too and I sent a copy to the Benefits Center in Missouri. I'm hoping I got it in on time but it doesn't appear so. How can I check that? The current Status says USCIS that as of September 18, 2017, they were ready to schedule and interview and would send a notice with the date but as I said, its now October 6, and it has not arrived in the PO box we put on the I-131, so I rather think she anticipated doing this and changed the address to a place she could intercept it, go on the interview without me, tell them that everything was fine and perhaps USCIS granted the 2 year GC to her without me knowing it.
 
I know I should have not married this woman but I did enter the marriage in good faith but she didn't.  I think it was her plan from the beginning to scam me to get a GC. What should I do? I don't want to be on the hook for her after this. I have a divorce attorney standing by but divorce is the easy part. I want her deported or at least I want out of the I-864 but if I was too late, then I'm screwed. She can't work because of her illness, she has no skills, no job, no money, no car. What are my options? Thanks in advance.
 

So good news! My fiance got our notification via text as well as our case #

I agree. Lol I admit that Matthew isn't as methodical about paperwork as I am but I put pressure on him and we worked through it together (we got on each other's nerves about it quite a few times ). I just hope there won't be any problems. I'm even hoping the wait for the NOA2 will be 3 months at most but that seems very unlikely for now

I have been the one to visit him for the previous times that we've met in person so he's never needed to have one.

Good luck everyone who is just about to start their K1 journey. 
 
Just thought I’d mention that you will know for definite if your petition is being processed by the California Service Center as your NOA1 receipt number will begin with WAC

Hi Everyone *waves* 
 
Thank you for starting this thread. We've just started our journey for our happily ever after. Wishing everyone a super speedy and successful processing.
 
Matt and Steph  

Lol, you killed me with that post 
But hope you are telling them to ask me about the "burden", not about the process. No more questions, please! *jk*
 
Ask @LabOz, guys, he knows his business
 

Hey AnaUmo
Thanks for your reply 😊
Hopefully we can all help and support each other through this process and today will be the last birthday Matt spends alone. 
Looking forward to seeing your progress 
Best wishes 
Steph 
 

Correct, all petitions go to Texas Lock box. They strip the payment and forward petitions to their next stop . All the I-129F's have been going to Cali (CSC) for at least the last 4 years or so.
If there is a problem with the case they may officially Transfer it to another service center. Normally VSC(Vermont) for further back ground checks. Trust me no one wants there petition to go there it's a bit of a black hole
 
Steven