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According to DHL, the embassy has our file! WOO!

WE'RE IN TRANSIT! Woo!

Anybody can go jobless at anytime either voluntarily or involuntarily.   Not an issue 

its fine, take your contract, previous tax transcripts and current pay stubs

Mine's gone from "no results" to "shipping information received"! It's not quite movement but it's something!

WE'RE IN TRANSIT! Woo!

WE'RE IN TRANSIT! Woo!

WE'RE IN TRANSIT! Woo!

WE'RE IN TRANSIT! Woo!

Is everybody else repetitively refreshing the DHL thing, too? I want to see movement!

Is everybody else repetitively refreshing the DHL thing, too? I want to see movement!

WE'RE IN TRANSIT! Woo!

WE'RE IN TRANSIT! Woo!

We have a case number! I was honestly surprised since it's been less than two weeks.

Pretty accurate. Mine said "ready" a couple hours later from DHL pickup. so yeah. DEFINITELY better than USCIS.

We have a case number! I was honestly surprised since it's been less than two weeks.

Congratulations!

Approved today! 29 days post response. (I apologize to those of us that follow the same threads and thus have read this a few times now  😇). 

Seems like we do had same adjudicator......WE ARE APPROVED TOO!!! today finally for us too it came same time as you !!!! I am so excited 😍

We have a case number! I was honestly surprised since it's been less than two weeks.

We have a case number! I was honestly surprised since it's been less than two weeks.

Finally! I'm really glad for you, congratulations!

Thanks!
 
So....just got a text message the case was updated. And we were APPROVED!! Finally! I can't stop smiling and crying at the same time! 🎉🎉

Hey Friends…
 
We’ve lurked for some time here on the Visa Journey and learned quite a bit from you all. You’ve given us hope, sometimes reason to (perhaps) be concerned, and most of all, reason to celebrate. Each passing day spent watching our fellow March filers receive their NOA2 notifications has taken us up and down the emotional roller coaster. 50 days, 100 days, 200 days, 230 days and nothing for us.
 
We didn’t use a lawyer. Was this a mistake? We didn’t provide documentation for the app we happened to meet on. Did we really mess up here? We didn’t write separate letters of intent to marry. Could this be the thing that causes an RFE? It’s stressful. But we remained hopeful. We dotted all of our I’s and crossed all of our T’s, then double and triple checked. One thing was for sure: we ALWAYS discussed our concerns with the process as rationally and calmly as possible with one another. We always supported one another through the long wait. We HAD to BELIEVE that it would happen for us. This is just too right for it NOT to happen!
 
But recently (around day 210) our patience began to wear a little. After reading your comments, I decided it was time to call to see if USCIS could give any information. They told me that I would have to call back later - that the process had been prolonged due to the volume of filers. So I gave them 2 more weeks and called five days ago. We became hopeful that, at the very least, SOMEONE would put their hands on our case, as it was “assigned to an officer for a response”. Five days later, on day 230, I was standing at work, got a notification on my watch that our status had been updated, logged in (fully expecting an RFE) and blinked several times at the words "Case Was APPROVED"!
 
As we’ve seen comments recently, we can say that (although it was in the back of our minds), as a same-sex couple, we do not feel we were treated any differently than any other couple. Nor do we feel we were expected to endure any more scrutiny. We just waited - a long time, like the rest.
 
With the longest part of the wait behind us, we look forward to getting on with the next set of tasks on our way to being together. And we want to thank you for giving us hope and sharing your experience! We wish you the absolute best and hope that every RFE, and every other case is decided upon as soon as possible. Have hope and believe - it WILL happen! Best of luck to you all! And now we wait some more, but with bigger smiles!
 
Alom and John

Hang in there, @Knome @Alan&Alex--you'll get yours soon! Our RFE turned around in 10 days so it's not an across-the-board block on same sex couples.