MightyAtom

call the Nvc see if they have received it yet.

I did call NVC. They were the ones who told me that they had no record of the case, and that until I received the hardcopy there was nothing they could do....

Do people even track if you go back and forth from Canada nowadays? I admit it has been awhile, but last time I went it was just a matter of driving to the check points, answering a few questions and then going right across. Maybe the driver needed to show a drivers licence, but no passports or anything was required....

The USCIS says our application was approved on Nov. 19th, but so far I haven't received any sort of e-mail notice, or more importantly the hardcopy.

Is this unusual? I know quite a few other folks were approved on the same day, so have you all received your hardcopy? I tried calling up the Visa Center today to see if my case had been received, but they didn't have my case number on file and told me that if I didn't have that letter than the website approval didn't really mean very much.

FAR better than 'well, I was sort of drunk, and she was standing at the end of the bar...' like too many people have

Hmmmm....that's pretty much exactly how I met my gal!

Now now....we won't be prejudiced against people who met on the internet if you won't be prejudiced against people who met out at a bar while having a few....

Hello all Japan filers,

I wanted to say hi and to tell you that I got the approval (NOA2) on Nov. 19.

I noticed it when I checked the website because my fience and I didn't get

the email notification from USCIS.

I called him soon and we are so happy. I hope the rest of the process will be done soon.

I hope all Japan filers can get the visa soon.

Miki

Have you guys gotten your hard copy yet? We were approved on the website on the same day, Nov. 19th, but so far no e-mail and no letter....

I have nothing to offer but sympathy.....we are in kind of the same boat, still waiting for our hardcopy of the NO2 which was supposedly sent back in mid-November....but seems to be having an awfully hard time finding its way to our mailbox.

in any case, my first assumption upon seeing no replies would be 'hmm, guess no one knows', not 'I wonder if they don't like people from Japan?'

Well yeah, of course....but still, an "I don't know" would have been appreciated, just to let me know someone had read it...

in my experience, it's exTREMEly rare for someone to go very long without a reply, and for those who do, I doubt it has anything to do with where they come from... I'm happy to answer many questions, but if it's clear to me the person hasn't done the first thing to help themselves - read the guides, or do a basic search, say - then I'd rather not answer; it just seems the height of laziness to expect other people to type out huge long answers that already exist elsewhere, particularly when some of those questions are asked seventeen times a week

that's just me, but I doubt I'm alone there

Not that rare....my first post on VJ (although I had been reading it for awhile) was an honest request for advice, that got zero replies....I was bummed, but....

Here it is!

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...p;#entry1328398

Good luck!!!!

Update: I just called the USCIS and the very helpful lady said I need to live in the USA to petition for a K1

and it is impossible to bring my fiancee over if i currently do not reside in the USA.

That's weird...when I called, I was told it was unusual but certainly not against the rules...

maybe some christmas cards or letters addressed to the both of you.

I live with my fiance now, during the K1 process.

We just sent in photographs, things that listed us as having the same address, photocopies of passport stamps showing us taking trips together....that was about it. We didn't include any letters or e-mails.

Sh1te ...

Using a foreign based address had better not mean a return - we have no current USA address on our i-129-F and we got our NOA1 OK to the UK. We did put a USA address on the i-129F form 'Question 14. Address in the United States where your fiancé(e) intends to live.'

Doesn't it make sense that some people might be living together in other countries and not have a USA mailing address for whatever reason?

Worried now!!!

Yeah, that's what we did too. That's what I meant by "kind of..." I used my Japan address for everything, but put that down as our destination.

And we got our NOA2 approved and all that, soo....

We tried to get this done early too, but were told that there is a specific form in the packet that they will have to bring in to get the police certificate.

Don't know what it means, but it sounds different from the approval notice.

Mine says:

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On November 19, 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.

Did you provide a US based domicile?

Hmmmm....kind of? I used my Mother's address as a permanent residence in the US, and she is going to be our co-sponsor. That probably made a difference.

But the NOA1 came to us here in Japan, and I imagine the NOA2 will come here as well.

Anybody consider that the OP may not have put a US based address on the petition? If the OP used a foreign address this would prompt a return... would it not?

Is DCF available to the OP should they decide to marry abroad?

I live abroad too, in Japan with my fiance, and my I-129F was just approved yesterday without any problems, so they should be OK.

Hi Gill,

I haven't got any email notification from USCIS. So I didn't notice till I checked the online status site.

I thought the email notice was supposed to get when my status was changed or updated, though.

But as long as the website says we are approved, so I think it should be OK.

I hope it helps.

Miki

Yaaayyy!!! I didn't get any e-mail today, but because of this post, I checked up on the USCIS website and....

Approved!!!

Now just waiting for the official letter!

Good to hear the advice on this thread. I posted a similar question regarding address change, but didn't get any response...

I am a July filer as well, and still waiting for the NOA2.

Hopeful bumb....advice anyone?

Hey all!

Unlike many folks, I actually currently live with my finance overseas (in Japan). I have lived here for a couple of years, we met here and have been living together for 2 years. We started the K1 visa journey so we could move back to the US, get married and live there for awhile before deciding what country we want to settle down in.

The problem is, we recently changed apartments, and when I tried to update the new address, I couldn't change it from an overseas address to an overseas address. I called up, and was told that the staff's computer wouldn't allow them to make the change either, and I would have to write a letter to the California service center in order to get it changed.

I am a bit loathe to do this, for fear that it would put a glitch in the process, and make it stretch out even further. We are early July filers, so are hoping to get our NOA2 soon. (The NOA1 arrived just fine at our address in Japan). The post office will forward any mail to our new address, so I don't think it will be a problem. But you never know...

So, what do you think? Is it best just to leave well enough alone, not go through the headache of changing address for a place we don't plan to be in that much longer anyways? That is the way I am leaning, but figured I would gather some advice.

Thanks!

I may be a bit stupid, but I am not really sure how to read those graphs. The California Service Center has been saying that it is processing applications from April 12, 2007 for a couple of months now...do I have to wait for that count down to my date (July 3rd) before I will get processed, or is it pretty meaningless?