Ah-Jua

For those waiting to get 2nd NOA (Approval) of K-3... I did some
casual research today.

Looking at the past 8 months ONLY... (these are "casual" facts only,
or rather - "Assumptions")

Assumption 1: The average length of time from 1st NOA to 2nd NOA = 3.6
months

Assumption 2: The average length of time from 1st NOA to K-3 Visa
IN-HAND = 4.1 months

Assumption 3: The shortest time was 1.5 months (apprv'd 21 Jun) (Wendy
Owen)
2nd shortest time was 2.25 mos (apprv'd 18 Nov) (A-Lee)

Assumption 4: The longest wait was 5 mos (appv'd 13 Dec) (bba1vol)



Here is my data. Notes on my method of research are at bottom.
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USERNAME___ LENGTH BET. 1ST & 2ND NOA __ DATE OF 2ND NOA
1. Pitani______ 3 months __________________ 13 Dec 02
2. Vch ________ 3.75 mos __________________ 20 Nov 02
3. geofftex ___ 3 mos _____________________ 18 Nov 02
4. James Miles 2.75 mos __________________ 2 Dec 02
5. Johnny&Karen 3.5 mos ___________________ 14 Aug 02
_____________**** Rec'd Visa 15 Sept 02 (4.5 mos)****
6. Wendy Owen _ 1.5 mos ___________________ 21 Jun 02
_____________**** Rec'd Visa 5 Aug 02 (3.75 mos)****
7. Kindia _____ 4.3 mos ___________________ 19 Nov 02
8. Megan ______ 3 mos _____________________ 1 Aug 02
9. Kim C ______ 4 mos _____________________ 18 Nov 02
10. bba1vol ___ 5 mos _____________________ 13 Dec 02
11. Lizzie1977 3.75 mos __________________ 19 Nov 02
12. Mike(Mick3_) 4 mos ____________________ 20 Nov 02
13. A-Lee _____ 2.25 mos __________________ 18 Nov 02
14. Don _______ 4.33 mos __________________ 18 Nov 02
15. Modelfocus 5.4 mos ___________________ 29 Nov 02
16. Ayisha ____ 2.6 mos ___________________ 16 Dec 02
17. Kumar1965 _ 4.6 mos ___________________ 1 Nov 02
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**** PLEASE SEND ME THE DATE YOU GET YOUR K-3 IN *****
**** HAND IF YOU ARE LISTED ABOVE. *****

NOTES ON METHODS OF RESEARCH

** Only included data for those who started their K-3 process after
April 1, 2002.
** Spent 3 hours doing searches and reading on
alt.visa.us.marriage-based
** Also checked the timelines at www.marriagebasedvisas.org for K-3
** Data is scant for what happens after 2nd NOA is rec'd. So far I
cannot find more than 2 people reporting success in the last 8 months.
This leads me to conclude that the process goes farely quickly once
2nd NOA is rec'd. Also concluding that people are pretty much
pre-occupied with their mate once they are re-united and don't "need"
the list anymore, thus do not post their results.
** Data gleaned from a total of 45 cases found on alt.marriage (blah
blah) - but I am sure there are more - this is only a sampling of what
I found during my 3 hours of research.
** It should be noted that this does not include cases that were filed
after April 1, 2002, and for which no approval date could be found.
Their case May have been approved, and I missed it, or they did not
get approval yet. It would be good to take this further and get
complete TIMELINES from the people listed below so that we can also
add a statistic for the percentage of applicants that still have not
received approval and break it out into groups waiting 3 - 5 months,
and 6 - 8 months.

(Here are the names of the other cases for which I did not find
approval or start dates yet. My apologies to anyone I may have missed!

**** PLEASE SEND ME YOUR TIMELINES IF YOU ARE LISTED BELOW *****
(svr@ladysword*delete 2 avoid spam.*com)
venkimani ____ runtbox ______ Brodie Disimone _ Dipty Jardosh
cjRivers _____ Claudia13839 _ Sheryl __________ Paulees
BlackLabel ___ Chdv2001 _____ Light ___________ Ross
Rec __________ Michael P Reilly _______________ mpTran72
sarbpreet_812 Phil Longstaff _________________ Dirar
Jimye5d ______ ccqiu ________ Jean B __________ xhobbs
Ah-jua

Thanks...

-Sue (and Kofi James) Bekoe (Ghana)

TIMELINE:
17-Sept-02 I-130 application sent to NSC
18-Sept-02 Date of Receipt by NSC per 1st NOA for I-130
20-Oct-02 Received 1st NOA for I-130
20-Oct-02 I-129F for K-3 sent to MSC
21-Oct-02 Date of Recipt by MSC per 1st NOA for K-3/I-129F
26-Oct-02 Received 1st NOA for K-3/I-129F

(no word yet from NSC or MSC)

salooni110

thanks for all the helpful info, i hope the k3 doenst take too ong for me, since i am applying for my husband who is in Pakistan.
I noticed in yout timeline that your first NOA for the i130 was recieved quite late, i thought it took 2 to 3 weeks?

chdv2001

hi there! that was very interesting...it gives people like me an idea how long it may take to recieve the 2nd NOA.....and so on......THANKS for a job well done!....i will keep you posted...as of the moment, im still waiting for our 2ndNOA....we are on our 100th day....i think...hehehe...more than 3 months....

my hubby is in manila, philippines. i am here in LA, california

christine

Ah-Jua

salooni110 wrote in message news:...
    > I noticed in yout timeline that your first NOA for the i130 was recieved
    > quite late, i thought it took 2 to 3 weeks?

True, It did take us a long time to get our first NOA. The date
printed on the NOA as the date they rec'd it was not long, only the
date that I rec'd the NOA in the mail. I was REALLY WORRIED. Also, I
knew I had to get the K-3 in the mail immediately once I rec'd the
I-130 NOA... yet it wasn't coming forever.

I had tried calling, but without the case number that you get on that
1st NOA, it is impossible to find out anything. I had called my
congress-people and they said they could do nothing for me until 90
days had passed or something like that.

-Sue (Ah-jua)

chdv2001

hi there! any updates on your research? just wondering coz K3 topic has been kinda quiet....no approvals for awhile...well keep us all posted ok?

im still here waiting for my 2nd NOA or any info regarding our case...its driving me nuts!

I hope our file is still there.....arggggghhhhh!

sunnybjs

Hello, all!!
Yesterday I called Missouri Service Center and I knew the message changed.

It is like as follows;
"On Jan 04, 2003 We mailed notice requesting additional evidence or information in this case.
The notice explained detail what additional material is needed.............."

The problem is my husband moved to different apartmeant Jan 06, 2003 and he afraid missed it.
And he called INS but they don't have any idea.

I feel a little nervous.

We received NOA 1 from MSC : Oct 04, 2003
waited NOA 2 almost 100 days.

Anybody knows about this??
Help me!!
-Sunny, Korea-

Black Label

OCT 15 1ST NOA I-130
OCT 28 1ST NOA I-129F
WAITING.....

Susie

Sep 9 - First NOA date for I-130
Sep 18 - First NOA date for I-129F
Dec 12 - 2nd NOA date for I-129F (approval)
Dec 26 - date of letter from NVC

Jan 8 - still waiting.... Montreal (wrong consulate) still says as of today they have not received the file from NVC which will then have to be forwarded to Vancouver since it was sent to Montreal in error

Susie

Light

Send I-130 in 26th of Aug..
Send I-129F in 15th of Nov..

1st NOA for K3 in 12th of Dec

and Still waiting !!

Dipty Jardosh

Hi,
Like your style of research. The timeline is mentioned in one of the threads but for your easy reference i will mention it here
Marriage - 18th April 2002
Application made to CSC - I-130 03rd June 2002
Application made to Chicago- K3 - 12th June 2002
Approval from CSC - I-130 - 30th Ocotber 2002
Approval from MSC - K3 - 25th November 2002
File reached NVC- 06th December 2002
Forwarded to Mumbai consulate 11th December 2002
Confirmed with the consulate and case no received on 07th January 2003
Have collected the packet 3 for K3 today 09th January 2003 and will submit same tomorrow
As per Mumbai consulate interview is scheduled 2 months after submission of the documents.

Regards