FranziskaS

Hey,

everyone! I wanted to let you guys know what has happened since I sent in my AOS. They sent me NOA1, cashed the check. So I was hoping everything was ok. Today unfortunately I get an RFE in the mail. The weired thing is that it is for an incomplete medical exam (I-693). well, according to the instructions for the I-485 say, that if you are a k1/k2 and you had the medical within the last year only the vaccination document is required. So after a little research on visa journey it seems to be the case that a lot of k1 have recieved this rfe. Nobody really knows why, but people are assuming that uscis lost e lot of medicals. So for those who still have their medical ahead of them, maybe try to get two copies possibly with origional signatures, if that is even possible. I will probably end up getting a new medical. and why not since all us immigrants are loaded with money, while not being able to work....they really are doing whatever they want with us. Feel bad having made it to the US compared to you guys and having to tell you the rediculousness will continue.

I am glad to hear though that you guys are getting medicals and interviews set up. Will keep you posted about my rfe issue.

Fran

Finally sent my AOS papers Have the Lockbox stamp as proof of delivery, but waiting for NOA1 now. Wednesday my I-94 expires. Again can't start early enough filing papers. Happy holidays everyone.

Congrats to everyone who recently had success with something! I have been in the US since Sept 17th and we got married on Oct. 23rd. Now I am very close to sending in the papers for the AOS which seems a lot easier than the I-129F, if it wasn't for those affidavits of support. Since my husband is still unemployed it is recommended that I get a joint sponser. Which now that Joint sponsor has to send in proof of citizenship. It is my mother in law deperately trying to find her birth certificate. Again, you can't start soon enough with filling out and filing papers!!

I wish everyone else who is still forced to wait on something a hopefully soon to come success.

Happy Holidays

I am sorry to hear about the trouble some of you have to go through. Hope you have enough energy left to stay strong. I have been waiting for my visa in the mail. Called the embassy endless times and wrote them an email that I have a flight on thursday. Today I get a call that my visa is ready, but won't make it to me in time for my flight if they send it out in the mail tomorrow. So I am going on a litle 6 hour road trip each way to pick up my visa. Was depressed in the beginning but noticed really quickly I should be more than happy to be able to get my visa in time for my flight.

I wish everyone else good luck and hope that we soon can all talk about our weddings and aos.

Fran

so i found out what happend to my k1 after it was put in ap after my approval..according to Dos..Nvc lost it.

dos is confused..uscis is confused, and nvc is confused.

my noa2 was not revoked by nvc, or sent back to uscis. why i got that letter after telling me it was in AP i don't know, or the one saying it went to the consuulate is unclear,or the email from nvc saying it went back to csc.

the only trace anyone has of it is when it was sent out august 7th to Nvc. and that nvc got it a week later. now it has vanished into thin air.

DOS resolution specialist and visa specialist have contacted nvc and uscis, there is a service request..my congressman is calling every day as well as my fiance, and the lawyer.

i am sooo peeved right now. it's been a months since my Noa2.....

How on earth can they loose a petition. They better clean up their office and find it. When they find it, maybe you can ask for an expedite, since they screwed up. You'd deserve it!

aww hun *hugs* I wish I could make this easier on you!

me too..espeically for you! what is up with Montreal..this is ridiculous...you shoulda had a date by now for your interview..man..i'd start hitting ppl lol when your that close to sucess!!

*shrug* they finally (after 2 weeks) sent me an email back stating my interview will probably not be in September...like I hadn't figured that out already. I'm trying my best to be optimistic but I'm failing pretty bad at it. Doesn't look like they scheduled any K1 interviews for Sept at all. Ah well, one day right?

Congrats though to everyone who has had their interview and gotten their visa! I'm sooooo happy for you guys!

What a bummer! You'd think they have somewhat of a schedule and at least give you a specific date. Even if it is October or November, it is easier to wait for a date than for an answer no one knows when it will arrive. I thought that's what USCIS specialized in. Hope, you will soon get an answer and can find ways to be optimistic. *hugs*

for anyone who is interested in how my visit at the frankfurt consulate was and how the interview went, can check out the review I wrote. It is attached to my timeline.

Fran

Had my interview yesterday and believe I passed. The consul lady said: ' everything seems to be fine. If we still have a question or need something else from you, we will give you a call. If not, we will send out your visa in 3-4 days! So let's hope they are happy with what I gave them and they will send out my visa!

Congratulations to all others with recent interview and approvals! and hang in there all others still waiting or left in the dark about what is going on. Thinking of you everyday!

Visa in hand since yesterday!!!

:dancing:

Wow. That was fast in the end. Congrats to you. Must be the greatest feeling.

@Kimbear. Hopefully you will soon have an answer. either from your consulate or USCIS. Let's hope from the consulate. Hang in there.

@Vegabond. Congrats. getting little nervous since my interview is next week. My fiance is still unemployed, but I have my soon to be mother in law as a Co-sponsor. hope they don't mind.

@menina. did you see I got my interview on Sept. 2nd. Now I almost caught up with your finance again. Oh and I passed my medical on Aug. 26th. I already bought a ticket for Sept. 17th, praying everything will be ok and that I can make it to my friends wedding on sept. 19th.

so i called nvc today. they said my petition is still in processing..and to call back in another week. the guy didn't seem to be able to tell me what kind of processing. So now i'm wondering if we've hit another roadblock, and are now stuck in AP...wouldn't surprise me in the least..since we were stuck in FBI checks.

i thought things would be better since noa2. it's been over 2 weeks now. and i feel like i'm slowly going nowhere again. sigh.

how are the rest of the march filers doing?

I called NVC today and my case was sent out to the consulate. Yours should be the same way kimbear.

I asked them about the necessity of K1 visa's going to the NVC and her response was that they do not handle

any paperwork for I-129f applications. The reason our K1's go to the NVC is just so they can enter the information into the

computer to switch the case number. Thats it. They do this so they can communicate case information to and from the consulate.

They send an electronic copy, and then send it DHL which she said takes no longer than 5 business days.

Hope that helps some. And to the rest of you who have yet to receive your NOA2 yet, hang in there.

Should be a bit of good news knowing that once that is done you only need a week or less at the NVC.

OMFG i'm totally freaking right now...

i called NVC and they sent back my petition to USCIS..####### ####### #######...and they gave me a phone number to call uscis from out of country and THE NUMBER DOES NOT EVEN WORK ITS DISCONNECTED!!!

we have a lawyer..and i just dont get this..nvc wouldn't tell me anything at all...i dont' even know what to think..i feel like i just got hit by a baseball bat..or car or soemething..

i just told david..he just got a letter saying it was forwarded to the consulate too from nvc..

W T F

Now is the time to call your senator or congressman. I have never heard of this. Especially because NVC does not do anything with K1's.

From my understanding they just pass it on. I do not understand the last line of your post......

david....he just got a letter, saying it was forwarded to the consulate What does that mean?

Are you saying he had a physical letter that states his petition is going to the consulate?

Well that's a good thing.

Elaborate.

I can imagine what nightmare you are going through.

I am really sorry and hope that you will soon find out what is going on.

After my conversation with the consulate and all hope taken away that I could make it to my friends wedding I recieved a letter from my consulate with an interview date on sept 2nd. couldn#t believe it. I already booked a flight for the 17th hoping that everything goes smoothly at the consulate.

fran

congrats mariposa and malamu!!

Yesterday I got what I had hoped to be packet 4 from my consulate. Instead they requested some more documents. They wanted to see copies of all my previous j-1 visa plus the ds-2019. not sure why they couldn't asked for those in packet three. hate when stuff like this slows down the process. at least I had kept all those documents dating back to 2004. except I left half of them in the states.

Not sure anyone can help me with this. in 2007 I got a j-1 visa being a nanny. this visa I extened in 2008. I can't find the ds-2019 issued in 2007. the one I got in 2008 when extending/renewing the visa covers the period from 2007 til 2009. now I am wondering if I need the ds-2019 from 2007? I can't even remember if I still have it, since it should have been in my passport when I renewed my visa in 2008 and maybe the embassy kept it. just driving me crazy

will try to call my consulate today. which is I believe comparable with calling uscis.....

called my consulate yesterday and was happy to speak to a real personen who was able to look up our case. He said I should be fine with what I sent them. I asked him what he thinks how much longer it will take.

Here is what he said:

He asks: "What is your preferred date to get married?"

Me:" 09-09-09" knowing it wasn't really realistic

He just starts laughing. That's when I just wanted to punch him.

He says:" Try a different date."

I go:" how about the 19 of sept" (the date of our best friends wedding)

he laughs again and says:"we don't work on saturdays." (thought he wanted to know when I want to get married)

I say: "why don't you just tell me when the next available appointment is."

He gives me the 17th of september which makes it impossible for me to be at our best friends wedding. Feel bad for them too since I was going to be their photographer for free.

Now I am going to call twice a week (you can only talk to them tuesdays and thursdays between 2-4pm) to see if somebody else cancelled and appointment. unfortunately most people probably don't go through the trouble of cancelling, but just don't show up.

How is everyone else doing?

Fran

congrats mariposa and malamu!!

Yesterday I got what I had hoped to be packet 4 from my consulate. Instead they requested some more documents. They wanted to see copies of all my previous j-1 visa plus the ds-2019. not sure why they couldn't asked for those in packet three. hate when stuff like this slows down the process. at least I had kept all those documents dating back to 2004. except I left half of them in the states.

Not sure anyone can help me with this. in 2007 I got a j-1 visa being a nanny. this visa I extened in 2008. I can't find the ds-2019 issued in 2007. the one I got in 2008 when extending/renewing the visa covers the period from 2007 til 2009. now I am wondering if I need the ds-2019 from 2007? I can't even remember if I still have it, since it should have been in my passport when I renewed my visa in 2008 and maybe the embassy kept it. just driving me crazy

will try to call my consulate today. which is I believe comparable with calling uscis.....

congrats to both of you jomegard and kimbear. happy the wait for you is over.

How you doing Franziska? I see from your timeline that you have returned packet 3. That's good news! You are one step closer to getting the interview. I hope things are going well for you!

I was finally able to see a package being sent to Frankfurt, germany. I got all the forms together to be ready to send the stuff to the embassy. I think it would be great if the embassies would have an electronic system besides just sending out a letter. it would make things a couple of days faster. It was strange to know that they have our petition, but I couldn't really send anything yet. so on friday I got my letter. thought they would send me a packet of stuff, but i just got a letter saying they got our approved petition and that I should go online to see what the next steps are.

I paid little extra postage so I will get notified when they recieve my package. I sent a letter asking for an interview appointment as soon as possible. hope they don't mind. I am still waiting on the affidavit of support from my fiancee. keep thinking what if frankfurt gives me an interview next week and I don't have his mail yet. but pretty sure it won't be that fast. although looking at the timelines of other german's, they got their interview around 2 weeks after packet 4. we'll see.

how are you doing? Saw you got your interview date. congrats maybe in the end we will be on the same timeline again. sept. 1. would be a great date for an interview appointment for me.

fran

congrats to both of you jomegard and kimbear. happy the wait for you is over.

so like..any other marchies still waiting..or is it just me?

we got our NOA2 a week after replying to the RFE am soo happy

@kimbear. I think rainshield is still waiting also. wish there's something we could do to get you guys approved. have you tried to get your senator to find out why it is taking so long?

@kay and nigel. congrats

just called NVC again and was told our case was sent to my consulate today. as weired as this sounds, but things are almost moving too fast now. getting scared I am not prepared enough

:dance: i received my NOA2 in my mailbox today! i had to look at it 3 times to make sure i was reading it correctly! APPROVED looks like they mailed it out 07.21... my notice date is 07.20? (although the valid dates are 07.17.2009 - 11.17.2009). got a touch on 07.17.2009, no email updates and my case status still shows pending. so very happy! now it's time to figure out the next steps! i can't wait to tell my fiance as soon as he wakes up in a couple hours! he is actually visiting me here for 3 weeks arriving monday evening - we will now be celebrating 3 events while he is here: our NOA2 approval, his birthday and our high school reunion!!! good luck to the rest of you march/april filers! yours will be here soon!

congratulations.

congrats to all of you approved ones. still thinking about all the not yet approved ones and wishing their waiting will be over soon.

When they tell you that they have sent it out, lets say they say it was sent on the 27th, you add a day and track it on the DHL tracking by referance, the referance you enter is EXP (2 digits for day) (3 digits for month) yearA

So if they sent it on the 27th your tracking date would actually be the 28th (they send it the day after) and you would track by referance EXP 28 JUL 2009A

thank you. you amaze me. is there anything you don't know? so glad to have found you

So did you find out if they sent yours? There is another one to Rio that was sent out today, so not sure which one is ours. Maybe the one sent today since she told me yesterday, "We sent it out today." If I have to add a day then it would the second one because our reference number would be one day later. Either way I will track both packages to the embassy!

If she told you yesterday that it was "sent off today" then it would be the one today! Congrats!

Franziska, I don't know everything, im just a research guru, I can google up an answer to pretty much anything You think this is good, my fiance thinks I'm a genious just because I read things like the bathroom readers and watch documentaries on TV, so I'm full of useless knowledge lol. If I didn't know what was going on in this process we would be so screwed cuz Wes doesn't understand any of it, he just knows he wants be down there

that's funny. wes then is exactly like mat. he asks me every week when I will be there. Like it is my decision.

menina: on friday I was told that they are still entering our case in the online system and that I can call back mid of next week. I guess we had to seperate and are not box roommates anymore

what website do I track the packet. dhl.com ?? couldn't figure it out.

congrats to you two

When they tell you that they have sent it out, lets say they say it was sent on the 27th, you add a day and track it on the DHL tracking by referance, the referance you enter is EXP (2 digits for day) (3 digits for month) yearA

So if they sent it on the 27th your tracking date would actually be the 28th (they send it the day after) and you would track by referance EXP 28 JUL 2009A

thank you. you amaze me. is there anything you don't know? so glad to have found you

HAHA I was telling my fiance the same thing that we are identical in our timelines. Did you call nVC again Don't want to give you false hope, but I looked up the DHL tracking status, and they sent out a package to Germany yesterday as well as ours to Rio and several other countries. Maybe yours was the one sent to Germany? Good luck!

just talked to them and they told me that they are still putting our case in the system and will then forward it. she said I could call back in the middle of next week. hope they send it out for sure next week.

how can you see the dhl tracking status??

Coming home from the movie theatre, expecting nothing I opened my mailbox and what do I see there staring straight at me?

Case Status Information : Approval Notice sent!

We got our NOA2, YAY!

We're so happy about it. Immediately called my fiancée and we're sitting here grinning at both sides of the phoneline babbling at each other.

--BaWa

congrats

called nvc again. they got our case yesterday. the 22nd. should be so happy that things are moving, just so want to make it to the us by september the 19th (for our best friends wedding and they asked me to take their pictures, they can't afford a photographer and I'd be so sad if I couldn't help them out, also want to be back for my grandparents 60. anniversary dec. 19th in germany and need to get an ap in time for that) and afraid I won't make it. whish our case like others would be on its way to my consulate already. got to keep hoping.

sorry I am whining when others haven't even gotton their noa2 yet.

Don't worry. I just now called NVC and they have received our case on July 22nd and forwarded it today, so I'm sure yours will be going out soon. Try calling tomorrow as I called them a few hours after you did, and they may have sent it by now! Good luck!

that gives me a lot of hope. isn't funny how identical our timelines are. from now on I will call you my box roommate

Coming home from the movie theatre, expecting nothing I opened my mailbox and what do I see there staring straight at me?

Case Status Information : Approval Notice sent!

We got our NOA2, YAY!

We're so happy about it. Immediately called my fiancée and we're sitting here grinning at both sides of the phoneline babbling at each other.

--BaWa

congrats

called nvc again. they got our case yesterday. the 22nd. should be so happy that things are moving, just so want to make it to the us by september the 19th (for our best friends wedding and they asked me to take their pictures, they can't afford a photographer and I'd be so sad if I couldn't help them out, also want to be back for my grandparents 60. anniversary dec. 19th in germany and need to get an ap in time for that) and afraid I won't make it. whish our case like others would be on its way to my consulate already. got to keep hoping.

sorry I am whining when others haven't even gotton their noa2 yet.

I don't think so, I just made extra sheets in word called "DS-230 Question #: Work History past 10 years" or whatever the question was, then made little tables and filled them in, signed it and sent it all back in, much like I did for Question #18, how we met on, for the original applilcation.

that's what I was afraid of. just a little extra work to do the attachments. oh, well, not that bad. got almost everything else together. my fiance got our approval notice today. he was so sweet telling me what was written on the notice about the next steps and so on. and I kept thinking, "I know, honey." might sound strange but he never really knew all the steps our petitions go through. he barely knows vj exists.

good night everyone. when i wake up tomorrow, i expect to see some more approvals