SilverMonk

9 minutes ago, nfinnity said:

Been lurking on this forum for a few months now, and just wanted to let everyone know that we've received an approval on the new website today!!

No email or text, saw that others had updates this morning, so I checked and we did as well. 

Patience is key. I know it's difficult, but it will come. 😊

 

Old website: January 19

New website: February 2

NOA2: August 3

Whoa, such a big difference between your NoA1 date on the old and the new site. Is that right, two weeks difference?

But congratulations on the approval!!

22 minutes ago, JDY said:

So how can I change mu embassy for nvc process?? Supposly i have to go to cd juarez in mexico right now things are kind of violent there, i would like to change to mexico city where my parents live and they can take care of my kids meanwhile i go to interview. Anyways going to cd juarez I would have to make a stope there and leave kids, can I do that??? Change embassy i. The same country just different city?? I hope this week for all the january filers waiting for visa like me we can get approval! 

I don't think you can go to a different one even if you wanted to. Just like in Brazil, only one consulate in Mexico does the interviews for immigrant visas.

https://mx.usembassy.gov/visas/family-immigration/the-interview/

https://mx.usembassy.gov/visas/fiancee/

Hello all, for all you active members and all lurkers. 

Has any January filer received a RFE? I'm seeing a lot of approvals but no RFEs.

So guys, if you receive a RFE please say so we know what's going on. Because I feel like people don't inform their RFEs until they get their NoA2.

Hello all, 

So long story short, our lawyer forgot to send in my fiancée's (petitioner) proof of citizenship. We were gonna use the passport as the proof but she forgot to include in the packet. She sent in a supplemental packet about 2 weeks when we had our case number. This packet contained the proof of citizenship. But we called this week and a tier one officer said they have no records of a supplemental packet in our file, which obviously upset us tremendously.

So two questions:

First -  I've known that this would require an RFE, but is it ground for a NOID or just the RFE?

Second - Our lawyer also didn't write our names on the back of our passport pictures and printed out our pictures in black and white without on printer paper and without dates and where we were when the picture was taken. Will these two also likely be reasons for RFEs?

Thank in advance to any anyone who might be able to give me some insight.

19 minutes ago, Lucy&Jason said:

Don’t worry they won’t deny your petition. But yes, most likely you will receive an RFE.

My fiancee is the USC petitioner btw.

I really hope so, it's just so frustrating you know? We paid good money for a service thinking it be for the best. Never would we have imagined this happening and them forgetting a crucial document in the process. If my fiancee or myself had filed the petition we would feel more confident.

Thank you for your reply though.

Quick rant!

So our lawyer, back in Jan still, forgot to send in my fiancees proof of citizenship. After we had received our case number she mailed in a supplemental packet to USCIS with my fiancees proof of citizenship and told us not to worry and they everything would be okay.

Today my fiancee decided to call check up on our case and the agent told her that there is no record of a supplemental packet in our file!!! Like really? It's like, now I don't know what to think. At this point I'm gonna be just happy to receive an RFE and no Notice of denial.

Sorry for the rant.

15 minutes ago, JDY said:

I am beneficiary and i have called twiceand they ask me if my petitioner is with me , i have said no and they wont give me any information. 

So they just bluntly say " we can't give you any information"? 

1 minute ago, Greenbaum said:

Yes they can call also. Tell the operator that you are requesting a case number for your K-1. They will ask for the receipt number located on the left top of your I-797 (NOA2) form. Then he/she will either tell you that they have not received your case or you will be asked for the names and dates of birth for each of you.

Oh alright. Cool cool cool cool cool cool. I'll try giving them a call today in case my fiancee is not able to.

Thanks for your help like always!

29 minutes ago, T_P said:

You can totally call USCIS and inquiry about your case. Have the case handy and you should be fine. 

Thanks for the quick reply! I was in doubt if it would be okay for me (beneficiary) to call because I believe I had read on VJ that they'll only give out any information to the petitioner.

Do you know if they'll ask for my fiancee's social security number or some other personal information.

Hey guys, 

I'd like to know., can the beneficiary call to inquire about the case or will they only accept inquiries when the petitioner calls?

6 minutes ago, JayHouser said:

Not yet. I just remember him saying every officer is assigned a case from the beginning and that my service request will go to the specific officer involved in my case

Really?! That's counter productive I think. But it could explain why some cases get adjudicated before others.

What in the world is an ombudsman? Lol and how will he help in this situation @Lucy&Jason? I'm legitimately curious.

36 minutes ago, JayHouser said:

I thought that's the same person? Unless I am mistaken. If it is then I have no idea they didn't give me any real information 

Lol I think there's some kind of confusion here. Let me try to explain better. I know that every case goes to an adjudicator. I just meant to ask if your case is in the hands of your specific adjudicator. 

And you said that everyone's case is technically assigned to an adjudicator, but is that the case? I didn't think it was like that. I thought it was more along the lines of ... An adjudicator goes into where they store the files and brings a stack back to his desk and works on them without them knowing who's file is in the stack until he scans it or does what ever they do.

By the way you said it made me think that our case is assigned to an agent as soon as it gets there lol.

But that's unfortunate, I thought they were gonna be able to tell you if your case was being worked on and stuff.

12 minutes ago, JayHouser said:

Everyone's case is technically assigned to one. It just means the person working on mine specifically will be notified 

I mean yeah that I know, but what I meant to ask is if your case in the hands of the adjudicator that's gonna process your case.

1 hour ago, JayHouser said:

Okay so I put the service request in now for outside normal times. I spoke to a Tier 1 officer who created a service request for me and said it would take 15 to 30 days to hear an answer on why my case is delayed. He couldn't give me any new information unfortunately. I did request to speak to a Tier 2 but was told that Tier 2 would not be able to tell me anything special and that the service request would go directly to the specific officer adjudicating my case and they would give me a better answer then a Tier 2.  I hope that if I do get approved in the next week or so that the service request doesn't cause my case to go to NVC and bounce back to USCIS and be in a black hole because I have seen that happen a few times here.

But does that mean that your case has been assigned to an adjudicator? At least that's good news, right?

13 minutes ago, SilverMonk said:

That's the thing, I did not sign up for that and that isn't checked on my account. Maybe it's an error or something. And July was the first month we received anything of this kind. From Jan to June we did not hear anything from USCIS until all of a sudden they started with these emails. And I'm at day 198 today (going by the old site).

Correction, I checked and I am signed up for the 2 weeks inactivity notification. But these notifications just started to come in this month. And like it happened to you, I know most people have this checked and still arent getting these notifications.

5 minutes ago, IandM1123 said:

I think you get this email because of your account on the new website, you have turned on the notification every 2 weeks.

 

But hey, at least they're doing something on your case though! Also, even though I have mine turned on I never get any single email from them (even when I changed my address 2 months ago) lol still waiting here... 192 days active 😪

That's the thing, I did not sign up for that and that isn't checked on my account. Maybe it's an error or something. And July was the first month we received anything of this kind. From Jan to June we did not hear anything from USCIS until all of a sudden they started with these emails. And I'm at day 198 today (going by the old site).

The email that a lot of people received today, I've received it three times now. But didn't receive it today.

Received it July 2: Said they last took action on my case June 18.
Recehevei it July 16: Said they last took action on my case June 18.
Received it July 30: Said they last took action on my case June 28.

They're doing something with it. I just don't know what they're doing. Seems strange though.

40 minutes ago, AlexisCC said:

Question....if my fiance applied for a visa before to visit and was denied did that need to be reported on the i129-f ? I know it asked other questions if he'd been in the states which he hasnt but he has applied for lottery and tourist before...

Did they ask that tho? Bc I just re read the form and still couldn't find where they asked that question.

24 minutes ago, AlexisCC said:

Question....if my fiance applied for a visa before to visit and was denied did that need to be reported on the i129-f ? I know it asked other questions if he'd been in the states which he hasnt but he has applied for lottery and tourist before...

I just checked here and they don't ask if the person has had a visa denied before. They ask only if someone has applied for a fiancé visa before. Your fiance will be asked about this on his DS-160 though.

57 minutes ago, nikki1992 said:

Hi. Does anyone have a link to instructions specific to the London embassy? I think we have everything sorted already but I just want to make sure we don’t miss anything! We don’t have our NOA2 yet but we sent our RFE back yesterday so hopefully will do soon! Thanks in advance 😊

Your RFE, did you get notified of it on the new site or did you receive it silently in the mail?

18 minutes ago, Lucy&Jason said:

Yes its 12th of January. We sent the packet morning of January 12. Lockbox received it within the day.

Wait really? So on your NoA1 the received date is the 12? I'm just asking bc I didn't know that they were so quick to file it upon receiving it lol. That's actually surprising 

7 minutes ago, Lucy&Jason said:

That’s right.. that’s the only consolation we get as of this moment. 

When is you NoA1 date btw? Your sent date is the same as your NoA1 date on your timeline so I'm just curious as to your date bc it might be the same as mine lol 

1 minute ago, Keniedja said:

Do you have to wait until Rio receives it before you can even schedule the medical?

From what I know, you need to have the visa interview confirmation in hands in order to schedule the medical. At least the physician in Belo Horizonte Will only schedule me in after I already have the interview scheduled. And I believe the physicians here all do the same.

Maybe you should call the doctor you plan on going to and personally ask just to be sure.

Alright, so after reading this post im a little worried about something that I had calmed myself about. The thing is that we hired a lawyer to file out petition and she forgot to include my fiancees proof of citizenship in the packet. Then two weeks later, after we had our case number, she sent in a supplemental packet with the proof of citizenship and told us not to worry because if they need more documents they'll ask before denying. So should we expect an RFE or is there a chance of receiving an intent to deny?

Thanks in advance for any help.

9 minutes ago, Chair_force1 said:

If you take a peek in the December forum, you will see a lot of RFEs popping up for folks who have been waiting 220 + days.  

Oh boy, that's not good. If anything they should sent out RFEs first since they know it takes time for them to send out the Notice and to get it back. So if they know it's gonna delay a couples petition then why send RFEs out even later? I'm saying this bc we forgot some little things in our packet and expect an RFE. So I would want it sooner rather than later since it's gonna delay us in a couple of weeks.