Ana_and_Derek

Our RFE was for a document that we overlooked sending with our original submission...dang it. It will take us at least until next week to get the document, but hopefully as soon as we get it sent in, we can get our approval!

I would like to share my experience visiting my fiancé while waiting on our NOA2.

I arrived at the airport in Miami on Oct 4th and was upfront when the agent asked about the purpose of my trip. He asked what I do for a living, how long would I be staying, etc. but seemed a bit weirded out and asked if my fiancé was Brazilian and how we met. I replied and added that we currently have an open petition for a K1 visa. That's when he went just "Oh, okay" and stopped asking questions and stamped my passport without any restriction.

Informed delivery shows me that our RFE letter arrived yesterday, 9 days after receiving notice that we'd be getting an RFE.

We were getting a bit worried about the delay in getting the letter. I ended up calling USCIS Friday and heard the robotic voice message, but after hearing the 30min+ wait time warning, I decided to wait a bit longer before asking someone about it. Good call I guess.

I can't wait to get back home tonight and see what it says. 😟

We got a case update today, I was pretty excited - but when I checked the status, I learned that we got a Request for Evidence.

Did anyone have success with calling to find out what the RFE was for, or will we just have to wait?

There was a form we submitted with our K-1 packet to get email updates. I believe if you sign up on the USCIS website you can also opt into alerts there.

https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do

https://my.uscis.gov/account/applicant

5 hours ago, Alan&Alex said:

Doesn’t look like that list has been updated in years?

Here's a newer one - not too many people updating their status there, but hopefully it will help.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QZLEE9OecLgkFXzE_ChRWqPGW4breSStBXafL2zbGhA/

On 9/21/2018 at 6:09 PM, Alan&Alex said:

The old website lets you search any case. So just increase or decrease your case number in the URL after you search by 1. For example https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/mycasestatus.do?appReceiptNum=WACXXXXXXXX1.  Try https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/mycasestatus.do?appReceiptNum=WACXXXXXXXX0 or https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/mycasestatus.do?appReceiptNum=WACXXXXXXXX2

I really don't know if there is value in doing so. Just something else to obsess over 😄

I should have ignored this...those lucky bucks! Come on, just look at mine already.

The USCIS scan site is interesting though - according to it, < 1% of March petitions have been approved, so we've just got to be patient...easier said than done!

I'm getting excited now as the time gets closer - I've been checking the status every day for the last week. Congrats to the people who have already gotten their approvals, and good luck to everyone else!

Your timeline says "Based on timeline data, your I129f may be adjudicated between May 8, 2018 and May 11, 2018*. ", so hopefully they'll take a look at your file relatively soon!

I think we got our NOA1 today - yay! Looks like we were sent to CSC as well.

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Your case has been accepted and routed to the USCIS California Service Center for processing. Within 7-10 days by standard mail you will receive your official Receipt Notice (Form I-797) with your Receipt Number ###. With the official Receipt Notice (Form I-797) you may visit www.uscis.gov where you can check the status of your case using My Case Status. We suggest you wait until you have received your Form I-797 before checking My Case Status.

From the research I've done, there is no country-by-country breakdown of the approval rates - just all K1 visas as a whole. It'd be nice to see though!

I would leave the apartment field blank. And for #41, I was in the same situation as you. I decided to follow the example I-129F VisaJourney has and I checked no, despite being a US Citizen.