SteveSandyHill

We can only hope for mid September! Then we might still have a chance to be together in USA by Christmas!

Great list, thanks for taking the time to compile all this information. I believe September to be a reasonable expectation for some NOA2's from June filers as well. We can only hope that is the case. I am being told to not believe what the USCIS webpage as they are showing that they are only in processing for January.

This is an excellent tool to monitor more acuarately the timeline!

This is great! I think the spanish is an excellant opportunity for all the Fiance's & Wives in Columbia to follow the forum! My Fiance speaks limited english (yes she needs to learn)! However at this time going thru the process this is very good for her and I am sure others as well !

I will now attempt to translate, forgive me if I am incorrect in some of the words!

¡Esto es gran! ¡Pienso que el español es una oportunidad de excellant para todo el Novia & Esposas en Columbia para seguir el foro! ¡Mi Novia habla inglés limitado (sí ella necesita aprender)! ¡Sin embargo yendo en este momento thru el proceso que esto es muy bueno para ella y yo! Muchos Gracias mi amigo!

I believe all the Texas Paperwork is being forwarded to California? Not sure, but I have heard that Texas & Nebraska processing centers will be closing soon. You should be able to call the USCIS info. line for an update on these closings. Good luck, we all need some!

Interesting thought, I inquired to my attorney about just that thought on Monday! I asked him specifically if certain countries where processed quicker than others, the reply I got was "not to the best of my knowlage", yet I was also told that it appeared some countries visas went through the USCIS faster than others. So your guess is as good as mine.

It would also appear that the USCIS "pending time for K1 visas" is not accurate per cases he has filed, though Vermont has slowed down, 60 -90 days seems to be more in line with what he has been seeing. Hopefully the process will speed up once we get through the summer months, as they seem to be typically slower, (not to mention they are cutting back from 4 to 2 USCIS processing centers)!

To bring the child in you will need a birth certificate notorized and translated to english.

I suggest you go ahead and get that birth certificate to see whos names are on it.

If the fathers name is on it, then you will need either 1) his approval, or 2) a court to declare you wife has sole custody of the child.

All these things are going to have to be resolved anyway, so might as well get the answers now.

Thanks! I believe you are correct. Yes the fathers name is on it so we need to act quickly to resolve this matter !

I am new here so please bear with me! First off this website is great! loads of information. Hopefully I can get some answers that make sense. I filed the K1 petition through my attorney, it was recieved June 18th, check cashed June 21rst. My question is, my fiance (Barranquilla Colombia) never was married and has a 10 month old daughter. My attorney is telling me that because she was never married and the father is not supporting the child in any way, that she will not need permission from the father. Yet I am reading some postings that are somewhat contradictory to that. If my visa is approved here in Vermont, is it possible that the Bogota Embassy will require the Fathers permission prior to allowing the child to travel on the K1? I am confuesed over this! Yes I will speak more to my attorney as well regarding this topic. Just curios if anyone has been down this road yet! Thank you.

anyone from this site who filed their I-129F this June? ours were mailed june 10. we have received our noa1 already and now waiting for the noa2.

june filers this is our thread.

Hi, filed my 129F on June 15 and was recieved on June 18th I am using an attorney (http://www.arctec.com/) John Roth. Though very expensive, very thorough. When I recieved notification of reciept, I am told the expected wait time for approveal (Vermont) is 30 45 days! I am also hearing the real snag is VPC, time will tell. Like other posters I am hoping Christmas will be here in New York with my Columbian fiance!

I have decided to go with hiring a lawyer, although it is so costly and i feel quite suspicious everytime i speak to one. However, i feel my case is complicated as my fiance is illegal in the country i met him in (UK) - illegal from beginning to end (got smuggled in the back of a lorry type of illegal, fake documents - the whole shebang). My initial consultations with attorneys seemed to me that his status in another country doesn't really matter, especially if he will be doing the interview in his native country, but i still think that gathering the necessary information might be tricky because of his status in the UK. Our relationship has been going on and strong for three years, so there is no problem proving it. The problem is that it occured in a country he was staying illegally. And we plan on being completely honest with all of this information during the process, so i would prefer to have the backing of someone who at least knows better than me.

Anybody have any comments? Lawyer or no lawyer? any good ones to recommend? I might be going with John F Roth http://www.arctec.com/. $1800 (expensive!) but he refunds your money if you dont get the visa (provided you were up front and legitimate with all the information) which i believe is a good sign and deal, especially since he is about 2x as expensive as anybody else.

Hi, I am using John Roth at the moment, yes expensive, yet so far also very professional. They have a timeline as well on there site that allows you to follow your case. I will say That although I retained Mr. Roth 3 months ago, and have yet to speak personally to him. I have been working with one of his assistant's "Chantel" She is very helpful and very professional as weill. She takes the time to explain the details and is very thorough. Before I even retained there firm, she called my fiance at my request, and spoke to her for me in spanish, I thought that was pretty special. So I would reccomend them.