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15 minutes ago, kabney110 said:

Approved!

NOA 1 February 8

RFE September 25

RFE returned October 1

NOA 2 October 12

Yaaaay delighted! Please let me be next I don’t want to be left here on my own 😭😭😭😭

1 hour ago, Lucrezia_ITALY said:

We received in the mail the RFE on Oct. 1st.

The day after I overnighted our reply, which got to USCIS on Oct. 3rd and today we got the APPROVAL so in less than a week!

That’s amazing !! Thank you ❤️❤️

2 hours ago, Lucrezia_ITALY said:

YAY!! 😍 finally, after 8months!! I’m so happy and relieved! 

For those still waiting, please hang on, it’s going to happen!!

 

Can someone please tell me what’s in the hard copy of the approval notice? We are leaving for Italy on Sunday and my fiancé will be back to the US only on Nov. 10th.

Is there anything in the approval notice that I would need to know immediately?

Hey great news, did you get approved a few days after they received your rfe reply??

they received ours yesterday , praying we will be approved soon x

1 hour ago, kabney110 said:

They sent an email and text for an update on new site. I'm waiting for a callback on having it FAXed. 171 minutes to go...

I got it an email too they sent it yesterday !! Can’t wait to see what took them so long 🤔

23 minutes ago, kabney110 said:

I call every day to see if anything has been sent...

What do they say when you call  ? I’m gonna try the “can you fax it to us” route today 

5 hours ago, kabney110 said:

I cant take this anymore, my RFE still hasn't been sent, it's been almost a month! I'm 18 days into the 45 days they said to wait, I don't understand what's happening!!! Why is it just sitting there!?!

Call them tomorrow if you can 😥 ours has been sitting there for 15 days now. 

19 minutes ago, americaninlove said:

First time I got this we got the RFE notification the next day. Second time I got it (it had the same date that they last took action as the first time) and nothing happened after that. So my guess is it means nothing...BUT they are definitely waiting on something, so that is better then they just lost your case lol

Yea I feel like something is about to happen. I’ve been sayin the same as your fiancé . Optimistic Irish 😂

I know it’s hurts like hell, nobody understands it like we do, you are going to be approved any minute/day now!!

No rfe to wait for now !!next time you hear,  you’ll be approved !! Can you imagine how good that’s gonna feel. Look how far we’ve come I bet you didn’t think you’d make it this far! 

2 minutes ago, rye_212 said:

I'm in Ireland, three

 

But only at day 154.  So will be following your progress to interview.  Am I overly optimistic in assuming 2 months from NOA2 to interview?

Ahh nice ! No I think that’s well achievable ! I’m on day 210  but my case is taking longer than most for some reason . 

Ireland doesn’t seem to have long wait times for medical and interview , i looked into medical in August and wait time was 3 weeks x 

4 minutes ago, BJ & Christine said:

U have to add 😂😂😂😂 or u can and will be taken serious.. that's why I asked and didn't assume. 😜

My fiance  says that all the time !! I’m joking and he thinks I’m serious 🤡 

3 minutes ago, I.Kat said:

I saw some people in December thread still waiting, in their 280something days 😪 We got approved just last week on our 256th day = IT IS POSSIBLE, you guys, do not lose hope!🌈

Woooow you waited that long and you didn’t even receive an rfe? 

Was your case more complicated than the average do you think? 

Delighted for you anyway ❤️

14 minutes ago, BJ & Christine said:

I really hope ur joking thinking I'm mistaken. 

If ur theory is correct I been sitting here for 1.5 months with a approval and I have never received. Which I know is not the case at. I received the same email on August 15th. 

Oh dear 🤦🏻‍♀️ 

That wasn’t actually my theory .. i was joking 

Its a generic email , got it thank you 

9 minutes ago, BJ & Christine said:

It's a generic email since u have signed up for email/text updates.

No it can’t be .. You must be mistaken ..

I think it means they have actually approved us and our  noa2 is In my fiancée mailbox 🤭

I’m sure it says that somewhere in the small print 🧐🧐

My fiancé read on one of the apps there are 75 people from feb still waiting for approval 

Hey guys day 210 here no updates anywhere but received this email. I remember seeing people posting it before . 

Did anyone get approved or an rfe soon after getting this email?

 They looked at our case 2 weeks ago but we haven’t received an rfe or approval . 

I feel everyone’s pain trust me xx

22 minutes ago, kabney110 said:

Here's the thing, I've had an RFE in draft since August 31st, I've been told that a draft doesn't mean that you will necessarily get an RFE. They begin looking through the file, make a draft of what they're looking for, and may find the information somewhere in your file. They can decide that they don't need it, however it may still take awhile. 

Whhhat!?! So you don’t know if you have an rfe or will be approved ? Call them ! If you don’t get an explanation , call again and speak to someone else !  Have you seen people not get the rfe after all and get approved instead? 

I don’t know what to think anymore , she said we’d have it within 2 week, were you told the same ?

56 minutes ago, MeghanK said:

Gah - Yeah it is not fun that there isn't anyway to know if your petition will move fast or slow. Just an observation, to me it seems like RFEs take a bit longer to get out than approvals, which kind of makes sense considering there's a whole new document that needs to be created by USCIS rather than a standard NOA2. Not suggesting you might be getting an RFE or anything, but just to note. Hang in there, every day you are closer than the last!

Ok  my fiancé rang , we received an rfe sep 10th . They are still drafting the letter apparently. The lady said we should have received in the mail by now so she’s going to call and push it. 

I’m grateful for that info at least. She didn’t have to tell us anything .

I told him to be nice to her not sure if that helped! 

14 minutes ago, MeghanK said:

I'm curious to explore more why some petitions take longer than others, especially the straight forward cases... I've read it's due to how long the background checks take, so out of curiosity does the petitioner have anything that would make a background check more complicated - like a super common name, or maybe having lived outside the U.S. or something?

Nope pretty uncommon name , neither of us have lived anywhere else . Im from Ireland  , a low fraud country.

Pretty sure we haven’t missed anything on the form. If we had why haven’t we received an rfe ??

Day 207 I can’t believe it , no rfe no approval nothing 😥 people from the end of March are getting approved , our case is straight forward no marriage no kids this is so unfair 

Hey guys 

noa1 26th feb old site 

          1st March old site

Day 207 and nothing ☹️ I can’t believe another week and no word

1 minute ago, June1990 said:

 

Lol I remember how the feb forum was, I wouldn’t stop laughing sometimes with the funny comments, now all I have is tears for us who are waiting. I honestly don’t even bother going to the March forum, doesn’t feel I belong there yet lol. Plus seeing all the march people getting approved makes me more emotional as they are even more later dated then we are, still happy for them though but 😩

I know, I was actually fine till I looked on the March forum and saw so many people getting approved !! It’s just that feeling of - what’s wrong with us?! I want to go to the party too lol 

Have mercy on us uscis 💔

8 minutes ago, americaninlove said:

I think this forum has come to a grinding halt. Guess that’s because all the February people are happily over at the August or September NOA2 forums except for the few unlucky souls who have nothing left to say at this point?? This is so depressing. 

I’m still here roaming the hallways👻

Looking for any glimpse of hope . 

This week is our week 

3 hours ago, Alan_G_ said:

Just found out we got out NOA2, dated Sept 4th. Our NOA1 was Feb 28th. 

 

Glad to finally see some progress! I am based in Ireland, is there a section with next steps to take? Also how long doesit usually take for the NVC to have the case, the NOA says allow 30 days, does it usually take that long?

I’m in Ireland too

I THINK you can go ahead and book your medical now without your new case number . That will speed things up . Then you’ll be ready for your interview.  Let me know how things go 

3 minutes ago, Jacobson Francis said:

Day 201 USCIS. 

OLD SITE 21 FEBRUARY 

NEW 23RD FEBRUARY 

APPROVED DATE: 10TH SEPT

 

THANKS EVERYONE. NVC here we come

Yaaay delighted for you!

1 minute ago, June1990 said:

Hey guys so those who are wAiting, non of you have thought to give them a call today or waiting for a few days and see? 

I’m still well within processing times 

feb 26 oldsite

march 1st new

we’ll be approved by the end of this week .

i did look on march filers forum and couldn’t believe all the approvals !! It’s a little upsetting I’m not gonna lie