CaliforniaDream86

Our case took 2 months to get out of AP after docs received.

Ours went through this and then back to AP, then went to issued this morning. The process was about 10 days with all the status changes. 

8 minutes ago, cbro20 said:

 

K, can do without the snark and condescension from both of you. 

 

What was I supposed to do about NOA2 in October? We hadn't any knowledge our I-129 had been approved until receiving the notice letter from the NVC that it had been sent to the embassy in Brazil. We were simply waiting to receive NOA2 as is normal in the process, and it had been under 4 months since NOA1 (received June 21).

 

I can't control the fact that NOA2 was lost in the mail and that the online tracker hadn't updated. We took action as soon as we received correspondence. 

 

Anyway, despite both of your useless responses, I contacted the embassy and our NOA2 doesn't expire until March 17. Thanks!

We didn’t get notice either. The congress office did a request and we found out it was approved and just sitting there for weeks. By the time he could schedule the interview it was past 4 months. I was told to contact the embassy. I sent them an email with the approval notice and expiration date. They said it’s common and the officer will extend it at the interview. Jerusalem consulate which has been outstanding so far. 

21 minutes ago, Pitaya said:

That is from the Montreal consulate?

6 minutes ago, Pitaya said:

Exactly. ^^^ 

 

Is this an attempted thread hijack?

 

Can't tell any info from either of the vacant timelines,

I don’t know what a thread hijack is...?

? I was just trying to be helpful with information I was told. Contact the embassy.

Jerusalem consulate. I first called the NVC and they said to contact embassy. Many ppl can’t get their interview in that 4 month timeframe. We’ve never received correspondence initiated by the embassy and it takes 2-3 weeks for an email response. They were very nonchalant about it when they responded....probably because it happens so frequently.

It’s not bad. My fiancé’s interview was Sept 6. They wanted a new police report and some other documents. We sent it in and arrived Sept 25. His status changed about 4 times in the last week. Went back to AP 3 days ago and this morning it’s Issued. 

Ours is also at this step. I hope it means we’re almost done

I emailed the embassy and the response was that the CO will automatically extend at the time of interview. No other paperwork needed. Email them beforehand.

Here’s my timeline: Separated from ex husband October 2016. I filed for divorce in Feb 2017. Started talking to fiancé August 2017. Ex husband officially moved out October 2017. Served ex husband divorce papers April 2018. Met fiancé July 2018, became pregnant. Divorce official October 2018. Filed petition November 2018. We are in final stages. I don’t think it came up at the interview. 

1 hour ago, MjC772 said:

could you give some clarification here: your house burned down so you received SSDI? 

My mistake it was SDI not SSDI. It was from PTSD. I wasn’t able to work for months after the incident. I’ve always worked, it was a short blip that I didn’t due to the traumatic nature of what happened (California wildfire, came through my city at 2am, lost EVERYTHING). I wrote a 1 page letter explaining the situation accompanied with a letter from my therapist and original payment forms. The only thing they would accept was tax returns. In my case they didn’t care about other income received unless it was claimed on taxes with the latest tax return deciding everything. My other 5+ years I was way over the $26,000 I needed to prove. A family member is a joint sponsor and our case is almost done. I’ve already made the income limit this year.

My fiancé was in AP for 2 months after submitting requested docs. They recently changed status from AP to Ready to Nonimmigrant Visa Application Received. I’m hoping it will finally change to Issued. Waiting in AP is agony.

I got pregnant, did the entire pregnancy and birth by myself. My son is almost 8 months now. Just listen to her and stay positive. It’s going to be hard but support her by sending money and encouraging her. My fiancé takes responsibility for the pregnancy, we both do. We didn’t intend to get pregnant being apart, but here we are a year later into our visa journey. I asked the local congress office to step in and they’ve been wonderful. Our first AP was 2 agonizing months. Now we are at nonimmigrant application received. The only thing we can do is keep waiting and hoping it will be soon.

It means they are working on it and almost done 

Contact the embassy, contact your congressman.

My last 5 years of tax returns I was over the limit by $15,000. My house burned down in 2017 so I received SSDI for part of 2018 and was under the limit for taxable income. My fiancé took the payments to show my SSDI combined with tax returns showing my income when I went back to work. This put me about $8,000 over the income limit. He was given a 221g because they wanted a joint sponsor. The point of this is; it’s up to the CO if they accept your SSDI as valid income or not. For us, they wanted working income and would not look at SSDI payment history (original copies).