ryna
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You can get your case# through the automated system. All you need is your USCIS case#
I don't think there is an alternative number besides the one you got.
I've read somewhere on VJ that for K-1 visas, unfortunately, you need to speak to a live person because it is technically a non-immigrant visa and the automated system doesn't handle them. Maybe this has this changed?
Also, I've seen others advise calling the very first thing in the morning. I think NVC is in the Eastern time zone but I'm not sure what the office hours are.
Keep trying, you'll eventually get through. (And auto-redial is your friend if you have it!)
Good luck!
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Thanks...
It's good to know that the online system isn't always reliable. It gives me some hope that I might have something good waiting for me in the mail tomorrow even though I've seen nothing online or in my email.
Of course, VSC still has today to deliver some good news (electronically!) before I leave tomorrow morning.
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Thanks!
Then, I hope I have something waiting for me when I return home next week (and it's not a 25 day old RFE!)
Even better, perhaps it's already moved on past NVC and she'll receive her Packet 3 while I'm here with her (wishful thinking, for sure!)
At least now I know it's possible to be approved without even knowing it.
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Has anyone here ever received a hardcopy of an NOA2 and/or an RFE without receiving the text message and/or email and without seeing a touch or change in status from 'INITIAL REVIEW" on the USCIS website?
I know things can vary from case to case, consulate to consulate, but I'm really scratching my head trying to figure out what could be the problem with so many other quick approvals happening. I have what should be one of the easier cases to look at: no prior marriages for either of us, no kids (and no derivative benefit K2s), no IMBRA issues, etc.. I'm starting to wonder if there's an "undocumented" RFE waiting at the post office for my return home even though I've seen no evidence of it electronically.
I'm starting to feel lost...
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They are going to look into why you haven't received your NOA2.
The rest of that info is only generic information about who can, and can't, request changes. You are the petitioner. It doesn't apply to you.
You are fine (the long wait aside).
Hope you hear soon.
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It looks to me like it's just an acknowledgment of your contact with USCIS:
Type of service requested:
-- Non-Delivery of Other Notice (your NOA2)
All the rest is just Federal Gov't form letter stuff.
I hope this gets some results for you. Best of luck!
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We'll all get our NOA2s within the next few weeks. I know we will and this little amount of delay won't mean a thing years from now...
I'm sure, in my case, that I'm doubly anxious right now because I'm visiting my fiancee until Tuesday and want to get some good news before I leave so we can share it in person.
That and the only thing I have to do during the day while she's at work is surf the web (USCIS & VJ, anyone?) and wait for an email..
Good luck to all of us still waiting!!
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Welcome to the waiting club ya'all. I have been waiting since 02/06/2010 when I received NOA1. Since then no touch and nothingfrom USCIS. it is really frustrating and I have gone to my congressman and Representative. The imm consultant at my rep office called them while I was there about a month ago and till now I have not heard anything.
My advice is for you to do what your mind tells you. You might just be lucky that any of your action will spur them into action
NSH
So sorry to hear this!! I really don't understand it at all. I was OK when I thought the average processing time was 3-4 months. It's not the wait (well, it is) but how can some receive such quick turnaround and others not?
Good luck to you and hope you receive good news soon. Even sooner than the rest of us!
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My NOA1 date is 4/21. I've seen people from the same service center, with the same consulate getting some action, either an RFE of NOA2. My case hasn't been looked at since 4/26... If there's a problem, tell me so we can fix it. If not, ....????
I really am starting to feel like I'm holding a number in the 50s and the sign says "Now Serving: 95"
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Lucky you! I haven't gotten any reply or touches since 4/20/10, when I got my NOA1. I am guessing most of April filers have gotten their NOA2. I am really starting to get worried.
Congratulations!
I got my NOA1 on 4/21 and have seen nothing since. I was thinking things were moving along and wasn't expecting any news until late July or early August. Now, with so many April, May and June filers receiving NOA2s, I'm starting to think there's a problem with mine but I have no RFE that I'm aware of. At the very least, I'm second-guessing everything I decided to send to USCIS as evidence (birth certificate vs. passport, boarding passes but no hotel receipts, only 3-4 pictures together...)
I thought for purposes of the petition, I only had to meet the "met within the past two years", free to and intend to marry requirements (and, of course, being a USC..) I was going to save the overwhelming evidence for the embassy stage (and we have plenty, if we ever get there!)
Good luck. Hope we both hear something soon!
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For the NOA1 and NOA2, I would say no, you don't need to be there to receive them. I'm in a similar situation but for a different reason. I've been away for close to a month with the P.O. holding my mail until my return. I haven't seen any action regarding my case on the USCIS website but now I'm starting to wonder if I've received an RFE while I've been away. (Others with my NOA1 date are receiving NOA2s like crazy right now...) The problem with RFEs is that they have a deadline to respond.
Do you have someone receiving your mail while you're away? If so, they can relay any info to you regarding an RFE. You still may have to return rather quickly to respond but at least you would know about it.
Once you receive your NOA2, NVC will forward everything to the embassy. You only need to send certain things (I-134, original documents, etc.) to your fiancee for the interview.
Good luck!
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Just another thought.. Contact the airline she's flying directly. I'm certain they want no part of an international child abduction when one parent withdraws permission to travel. Anything you can do to deny her boarding will gain you time to take other action.
Best of luck
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Congrats!!
But, I'm seriously considering eating my $455 and filing a new petition. The June petitions have somehow leapfrogged the one's from the earlier months. I know different adjudicators work at different speeds, but there is no logic to this.
(I really am happy for the quick turnarounds people are receiving. Those <30 day timeframes SHOULD be the norm for all petitions.)
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Find the child's passport... no passport, no departure
I agree. No passport for the child, no departure from the U.S.
As far as I know, the U.S. doesn't require explicit permission of both parents for a child to leave but Colombia does require it for the child to return to the U.S. I assume this is the permission he gave her (for the child's return FROM Colombia) but it appears that she has no intention of using it.
Find the child's passport. If you can't find it, report an intended child abduction to the police. Anything you can do to force her to surrender the child's passport.
Good luck..
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Not, not, NOT going to torture myself with the USCIS website today.
VSC is sending out a lot of approvals lately. Here's hoping for a whole lot more and soon! Good luck to everyone!
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Yes, they are required. I think, but am not 100% sure, that it's needed for every place she's lived for more than 1 yr (6mo?) after the age of 16.
You should have a look here:
http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=Colombia&cty=Bogota
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Just got our NOA2 approved e-mail.
Sent Charina a txt message, can't wait for when she wakes up and finds out.
Congratulations!!
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I just received approval text message!!! Here is comes NOA2
Congrats!!!
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The G-325 has to be included in your package from both you the US citizen and your brazilian fiancee.
You also need to included 2 passport size pic from both of you.
The g-325 has to be signed by both.
I sent in two for each of us but after reading the instructions again, I noticed it was only one for each. Not that it should or would hurt. I know I was thinking it was like the two photos required for a U.S. passport application.
From the I-129 Instructions:*
B. Give USCIS a passport-style color photograph of yourself and a passport-style color photograph of your fiancé(e), with both photos taken within 30 days of the date of filing this petition. The photos must have a white background, be glossy, un-retouched and not mounted. The dimension of the full frontal facial image of you and your fiancé(e) in separate photos should be about one inch from your chin to the top of your hair. Using a pencil or felt pen, lightly print the name (and Alien Registration Number, if known) on the back of each photograph.
*These are subject to change at any time. Make sure you use the latest version from the USCIS website.
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Yes, a signed (original signature, not a copy) G-325A , a passport-style photo and a signed letter of intent for BOTH of you. The I-129F petition and a copy of YOUR proof of citizenship (U.S. Birth Certificate, US passport, Naturalization Certificate) DO NOT SEND THE ORIGINAL!! Plus, anything that shows you need the requirement to have met in person sometime within the last two years - airline boarding passes, dated photos, hotel receipts, anything that places the two of you in the same place at the same time.
Good Luck!!
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Congratulations!!
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The problem is the Xbox you have generates PAL signals and the TV you have accepts PAL signals. Everything in the US is (or was) NTSC. Unless the Xbox can change the format of its output signal, you can't use it with a US TV. Actually, here in the US, you can't even use an NTSC TV to receive broadcasts over the air anymore without an ATSC-to-NTSC converter. Everything here changed with the switch to digital transmission last year. (NTSC TVs still work with cable, satellite, games, etc. IF those devices can generate NTSC signals.)
Look through the setup menu for something similar to Video Output or Video Signal and see if NTSC/PAL is a choice. If it can be selected, you can use it with a US TV. (I don't know. I don't have an Xbox.)
As for the smaller electronics - sure, it's safe with the converter. I don't know if it's worth the hassle. You can probably by 120V versions for close to the same amount you'd save by not shipping them.
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I would have this to add about Jus Sanguini and Jus Soli and who is and isn't a "natural-born U.S. Citizen":
Jus Soli citizenship wasn't added until the 14th Amendment, therefore Jus Sanguini is the original form of "natural-born US Citizen." Now, I am not a legal-type but it seems to me that any person whose citizenship is derived by Jus Sanguini cannot be considered anything but a natural-born U.S. citizen.
Natural-born U.S. citizen, Jus Sanguini and Jus Soli
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I don't know about everything you asked, but I wouldn't bother with the TV. Norway uses a completely different broadcast standard than the US and it most likely won't receive anything, irrespective of the voltage. The computer most likely can be switched between 120/230V with a switch on the back so if it's fairly new, it may be worth bringing.
And, I'm not in Texas but here's a link to the Texas Dept of Public Safety driver's license requirements.
http://www.txdps.sta.../driverlicense/
Best of luck on your big move!
Civil Ceremony Before K1 is approved?
in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures
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Don't do it!
A civil ceremony in France most certainly creates a legal marriage that is automatically recognized by the U.S. (sometimes, in some countries, there's a "grey area" regarding religious ceremonies.) This will automatically void any K-1 in process and you'll be required to start again using the CR-1(?) process (married < 2 years.) Even if it worked, and you had no problems at the POE, you don't want any immigration troubles later, even years later, based upon violating the conditions of the K-1. To me, it wouldn't be worth the risk..
Isn't France a Visa Waiver Country? It would be far safer (and, if it is a VWP country, relatively easy) for his family to travel to the US for the "big" ceremony.