Bobbie

hi people!

my fiance just received an email notification from USCIS this evening (USA time), our application has already been approved!

Application Type: I129F, PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On June 20, 2007, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.

For other March Fillers who havent receive their NOA2s, just keep on praying CSC is really doing good job now..

Well, these are the factors i need to consider now;

1 - Prepare documents needed for the medical & interview.

2 - Monitor the schedule online (for those who has extra time, can somebody post again the site add for this..specially the schedule online monitoring tool in USEmbassy - Manila, if not..ill try try search it again)

i really thank God for letting things to fall in the schedule we want it to be..

regards,

dang

:dance: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Additionally, I think it could often be the case that one person of the couple has not met the other's family. How many cases are there that one person travels to the foreign country to meet the SO, and then...of course will often meet the family (or the non USC travels to the US)....My family has not met my fiance, however I have met his family. He has not been to the USA since we met, and my family certainly isn't going to travel to Germany to meet him.... I would add though, my family has tried to incorporate him already, knowing that i am in love with him. My sisters bought him and his son Christmas presents, and my mom sent him travel brochures from the state of montana....saying come on, come visit!! lol....so...but like I said, dont think it can be an issue.

So, I highly doubt this is an issue.

Bobbie

Our waiver is being sent to Bangkok today so everyone please cross their fingers for an approval! Will keep you posted....I'm so nervous

good luck - mine's going to Bangkok too.

Good Luck to BOTH of you, we will have one in Germany in a month or so.

Bobbie

Congratulations!!!

Caro

Thanks everyone, based on your timelines...your time is coming soon!

^5 good news for you and we are all celebrating with you!!

Ps

How did you track your 601?

^5 Me too, opened the email after not looking at it most of the day, too busy working...and wow, CRIS....lyou know who that is...thank you Jebus!

^5 I got an approval today too in the email!!

Approvalitious!!!!!

I think I'm gonna cry.... take time to enjoy the victory...and know, the road is longer......

I just emailed this to Klaus.....he wont be up for a few more hours....

THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD......hey, its enough to keep hanging on!

The last processing action taken on your case

Receipt Number: WACXXXXXXXXX

Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On June 20, 2007, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this

I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please follow any instructions on the

notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.

If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case

status results listed above, or if you have not received a decision from

USCIS within the current processing time listed*, please contact USCIS

Customer Service at (800) 375-5283.

*Current processing times can be found on the USCIS website at

www.uscis.gov under Case Status and Processing Dates.

*** Please do not respond to this e-mail message.

Sincerely,

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

I hate to say it, but I would have wanted to see him crossing the tarmac getting on the big blue jet.

How can someone be so cruel to someone they have lived with for ten years?

I am certain your comment/opinion won't change but it has only been about two years.... (applying for the 10 year green card)

He wants kids, she can't. Thats why Brad and Jennifer Split......but truly, the writer seems to be looking for a breeder, but forgot to get a fertility test (didn't want to seem crass). No offense dude, I can understand the split but I think it speaks volumes (since you didn't tell the whole story). I also think you both are probably better off.

Good Luck

According to THIS uscis.gov article that I saw posted by another person on another thread food stamps are NOT subject to public charge consideration...

I would think that this document would apply...but I am not sure.

Jme3584,

Read the document you've linked carefully.

I read it, and it looks right, but it is from 1999, I don't think I would trust it.

I just graduated from college last year, then spent 6 months working in London, and thus have not made enough back here in the States to show I can support my fiance. I have decided to have my dad co-sponsor. Here's my question:

My dad is self-employed, owning a business, but he does not make most of his money from his business but rather investments and property. Should he still include his tax returns? The issue is that they vary widely from year to year. In 2005, his adjusted income from his business was only just over $4000 because of various changes he was making. In 2004, however, it was over $200,000, and 2006 it should be around $20,000. Will the return for 2005 raise too many red flags?

He is already prepared to show he has about $1.2 million worth of property, with about $300,000 of that owed in mortgages, and has a life insurance policy with a cash surrender value of $100,000 or so. He also has a lot of mutual funds and a hefty retirement.

I am just concerned about filling out too much if it's unnecessary, as then we will just have massive amounts of evidence. And I am paranoid about missing some important piece of evidence and screwing everything up!

REREAD the I-134 form. I think it could be the case your father can just submit his bank account info, . Re-read the instructions on the form.

Bobbie

Well I call one time to the USCIS and am told I'll receive my NOA1 within 45 days of my submission. I call back after the 45 days and am told that not only will I not receive it within that time frame, but it won't even be mailed out until after 60 days. That means I could very well receive it by 75 days or more. And of course they could give me no reason for this delay. Anyone else going through this bull right now. I have the receipt number (made sure to call and get that after 4 weeks) and check my status on the USCIS website daily. This is just maddening.

Chill man... You got bigger battles ahead.

I totally agree, don't loose it in the first lap man, the race is long.

Thank you.

There's so much going on right now between the job hunting and the K1 it's rather overwhelming. We are also closing on a deal I have been working on for over two years and may blow up at any second - two years work down the drain. Thankfully my fiance (I just deleted the word girlfriend haha) is very calm and composed and she always manages to bring me back down to earth. I can't wait to be with her for the weekend tonight.

Hey Success to you on your deal!! Oh and with the fiancee too!

You should be seeing some action in a couple of weeks. Don't be surprised if you don't receive any notice and it's been sent to NVC and forwarded to the consulate. I don't know what the hell is going on at CSC. But I know my case is on it's way to Ukraine. I still don't have my NOA2. The website has not been updated or anything. It's crazy man!

Mine says the same thing, no change, and when I call uscis they say, it wont be done for many months. I did call the NVC once and got "we have no record of that WAC number" but I will all again this week.

Bobbie

What are you guys saying? If it took 5 years you would just hang on.....No Way...I would revolt in the streets, I would protest and run for office. I wouldn't just keep going. I know you mean, I am committed so however long it takes...but don't let this soul sucking process make you forget these are our dollars and we fund this government, fee for service organization. Revolt!

Hi Everyone here,

Am getting bit sad here coz until now i still havent got my noa2, is there any way i could find a way to check our papers status aside from uscis checking online status? our noa1 was march 2 csc

will be glad to hear any suggestion frm u guys

You should fill in your time line with the noa1, it will help the statistics to estimate when you will be done.

Bobbie

I remember it being 3 yrs tax return for employee, atleast the instructions told me that

Self employed people are required to submit the three most recent tax returns. Employed people are not required to submit more than 1 but 3 is a good idea if it will help your case.

USCIS requirements for Affidavit of Support do not come into play until after the visa is issued and AOS is applied for. For now, the sponsor is only satisfying the public charge concern for the Consulate. Those requirements tend to vary by country.

I have been reading this and tried to look to see what Germany required, but I noticed on the Affidavit it says 3 years for a self employed person. It is a bit confussing, they seem to change things just slightly, 100% at consulate, and then 125% of poverty line at AOS. One year of tax returns, three years....

Your SO could go work to line a job up from over there, and go home prior to the interview and begin working.

The info on the G-325A is not very critical, especially for the US Citizen G-325A I would not worry much about it, that is a simple typo.

Make sure that the forms for the visa interview (DS-230, DS-156, DS156K ect) are carefully filled out, and checked a few times though.

Thank you .......I almost threw up when I saw that! I guess they have no real reason to think they are mistakes anyway.....but dang my heart sunk!

Oh My GOd, I can not believe I did this. I am getting things together to send to the SO for his internview if the gods at UCIS ever grant us one. I am looking over the G-325A and I can not believe I put in a wrong date, several times. I missed the length on my job by 10 years, I wrote 87 instead of 97...and the job..well it began like a year or so after...and i put the same for living in this house but i have only owned it for 4 yiears......

what should I do?????/

SOmeone just slap me, slap me hard...

UUUGGGHHHHH

I am sorry that you are going through this. I don't know what to tell you but I can tell you with 100% certainty that he will not change. Oh, I am sure he is genuine and I am positive that he is being sincere when he tells you he will change but the truth is, he has no control over it. There is something wrong with him and the problem is not something that he can fix on his own. I am telling you, as God is my witness, the only chance he has for change is with professional help. And even with professional help, there is no guarantee.

I have been through the exact same thing and I almost died for this so called man who told me time and time again that he would change. He was always very genuine too and I was naive and believed him. When i finally realized that he was not going to change because he just didn't know how, I left him. He ended up taking me into the El Paso desert, made me get out the car, start walking, and then he made me count to 100 because he did not want me to know when he was going to shoot me. After torturing me with his shooting game, he made me get back in the car. He then drove me to his house, handcuffed me to the bed and raped me for 2 days until one night, he fell asleep with the keys on his chest and I was able to grap the handcuff key with my free right hand. I unlocked the handcuffs and ran out of there naked.

Please do not wait around for him to change. Even though he has not hit you yet, be prepared just incase he will one day. This just breaks my heart! I usually do not post personal stuff about my life like this but I felt compelled to do so. I just could not resist the urge.

Magnolia,

Thanks for your post. I hope that this man has had some major intervention so he is not able to do this again. I am so sorry that you had to go through that..... and thank you for opening up that way. I do take this to heart and have been doing my best to listen to my friends and family (and the VJ folks) the past couple of weeks. (It is time to listen now). As one of my dear friends told me today (when I was telling her I'm worried about making another big mistake.... the most recent one being getting married so quickly) she said the big mistake this time would be not getting out of this marriage. She is normally not the type of person to encourage divorce at all - but she has been my backbone in this and has helped me to realize that the way he is treating me is just plain wrong and that this is not what God's plan for marriage is. I DO NOT want to be broken down anymore (although he has been "nice" the last two weeks - although we have had some arguments). I do not want to live with an abusive husband (even if it is emotional or psycological) and I surely don't want to have kids with him if I can help it.

Ok - so I'm sure most of you want an update... I asked him for a separation last night. I needed to leave at one point to get some air/space. He was blocking the front door with both arms (walked around the house trying to block me from entering each room). I grabbed the door handle, ready to go. he didn't move...so I said "On the count of three you will move away from the door and let me out"....and by 2 he moved. Out in the car, I ran out and locked the doors. He ran out after me to the passenger side window... I rolled the window down 10" or so...and he stuck his hand in the door and unlocked it.... I yelled at him to get out and to shut the door. He did...but tried to get in the car and sit down again in the passenger seat later. I Did the counting thing again.... He shut it, and I told him I was going to lock it and that he was going to leave it locked. He did. He begged for more time to talk to me...said he needed to keep talking to me. I told him I'd be back in an hour when the bookstore closed. He asked for 1 more minute (to beg basically).... 2 minutes later I told him to back away from the car b/c I was going to leave. I called before I came home. He had talked to his mom...and seemed to have calmed down. If he hadn't I was going to go to a hotel room. He said we could talk about things in the morning. We slept in separate rooms that night and agreed to discuss it in the morning. So we did.... and didn't get much accomplished. I talked to him again on the phone today (he tried to convince me we could work it out and that he is changed....and wanted a list of reasons why I wanted the separation/divorce... and tried to paint a different picture of the past compared to the details I remember and what happened. He is going to stay with some guy friends for a few days (till he flys back?), and we are going to talk at a coffee shop tonight. I've agreed to pay for a counseling appt. with him next Tuesday with the marriage counselor. I figured it may do him some good to get some good advice from the man one last time. I trust this counselor so far.

I've consulted with two lawyers... so I feel that I know my options pretty well. I could apply for the AOS, and not show up at the interview & him not get approved. I've weighed this.... and it was an option...but only if I want to take a chance that he won't slide back into that angry controller role again. I could get him to sign a post-nup, but as long as I keep my assetts (from before the marriage) in my name, they should remain mine after a divorce anyway. Going on 2 mo. of marriage so far, the courts here are very unlikely to grant him alimony, etc.... and he 'says' that he will go back to his country (I'll purchase the ticket of course). I'm wondering though, whether I should get a legal separation, or if it matters. I know if he is out of the US that more than likely he won't attend court for the divorce. In my state, we must be separated 1 year before the divorce can occur at the courthouse. I can get the legal separation (divorce from bed and board) - if he signs the papers. Or just a plain ol' separation where we just don't live together (he'll be out of country). I'm not sure which I should do.... I guess I'll call up the lawyer for another consultation.... Any suggestions? Has anyone had to deal with this? A USC divorcing the immigrant before AOS?

Just want to say thanks for everyone's opinions. Although there is a chance that he can change... I hope that he can find the right help in Argentina. He's already been pointed in the right direction by counselors, friends, and a very unhappy wife here in the states. I told him he better not treat his next wife, or girlfriend this way. The next time he does that he has no excuse - I hope there is not a next time.

YOU have just saved your own life. Realize this, and pat yourself on the back. You may have also saved his. If he see's this as a wake up call, goes back and does something about it, he may not end up hurting or killing a new wife. Really, this is the best for him too.

Congratulations, tough call, but YOU did it.

Bobbie

Well we got a touch on Friday night .....2nd touch...so....and my VJ time says it could be tomorrow (wouldn't it be nice if it were that easy?)