This Took Place between August 26th to September 4th
After almost going crazy waiting for something, on August 26th an email from the CRIS popped into my e-mail in box.
My heart jumped.
I was racing to click the little msn window before it dissapeared, dying to see my Second Notice Of Action. The email opens...
"Request for Further Evidence".
(This is given to people who didnt complete forms properly, forgot to sign things, things weren't translated properly, forgot evidence, etc... or when the USCIS misplaces it and makes you send it again.)
I broke down and cried for a good 2 minutes or so. This is NOT what I wanted to see. This is the LAST thing I wanted to see. I jumped to the assumption that they lawyer was a wrong choice and that it was stupid to use her.
I told my fiance and he felt really bad, since he was the one who wanted to use the lawyer. The thing is about the Request for Further Evidence email (Or RFE) is that they do not tell you what exactly they want. We had to wait for the hardcopy to come in the mail.
I was so depressed for a few hours. I felt dirty getting an RFE since this process is so simple. Over the days, I kept wondering what it was. Did we miss something? Was there something wrong with our G-325A forms?
On August 27th our petition got touched. Nothing happened.
On August 29th we received the hard copy for the RFE. It was pretty fast thankfully. Now, what they wanted just... made me smack my forehead. Nothing was really missing, nothing was really wrong... just a simple missed box that needed to be checked off either yes or no. THAT IS IT. You think they could call about it instead of wasting paper! Seriously. Sadly, the 29th was a Friday. We had to wait till Monday to send it back.
On the forums I go to, someone suggested that we FedEx back to them. It went to a different address, but I think it's better that it got signed for instead of going to a P.O box and potentially getting lost. My fiance didn't tell me how much it cost to FedEx it, but I'm sure it was at least 15 dollars.
August 31st my fiance FedEx'd the RFE back to them. I'm very thankful it was something so simple. Some people have had really hard to reply to RFEs. Mostly relating to divorce decrees. Another reason I'm thankful that my fiance didn't marry his last girlfriend... this case could have gotten a bit messy because of a divorce decree. But well, it wouldn't have mattered if had married before anyway. It wouldn't have changed my opinion of him.
The RFE was recieved at the California Service center on September 1st. Good to know it got there.
Nothing happened that day or the next day. Well, except my fiance's 34th birthday on September 2nd. I'm sure something from them would have made a good birthday present.
On September 3rd we got an email from USCIS (they're labeled as from CRIS, dont ask why) saying that they received our reply and resumed processing.. That was a very nice thing to see. Our file was also touched that day. I assume they put the reply with the file.
The next day we got another touch. Nothing else happened. Just a touch. It was depressing to see that, because the long weekend started then.
Little did I know that that touch was the magic one.
Steps of a K-1 Visa:
US Petitioner and Foreign Beneficiary Collect Needed DocumentsI-129F Package SentNotice Of Action 1 Received by US PetitionerNotice Of Action 2 Received by US PetitionerCase Forwarded to the National Visa CenterCase Forwarded to the Foreign Beneficiary's US ConsulateCase Received by Foreign Beneficiary's Local US Consulate- Forms and Checklist Sent to Foreign Beneficiary
- Foreign Beneficiary Compiles Needed Forms
- Foreign Beneficiary Sends Completed Forms to US Consulate
- US Consulate Issues Interview Date
- Interview Conducted at the US Consulate
Legend: Strikethrough + Blue show past steps, Bolded + Red shows current step
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