Guest jemodurn Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 P2 Approval in 1/30/03. Nothing from GZ for the past 3 weeks. Quesiton: How long is the wait? Any way to check status in GZ? Frank & Frances. Link to comment
AZwolfman Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 GZ will just send you form letter telling you that they will send you notice. You should not expect p3 for a few months. Check our timeline below. Meanwhile, visit your fiancée if possible while you wait. It will be easier for you both if you can. Link to comment
Guest jemodurn Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 New to the this board. Lots of questions... sorry. I dind't even get form letters nor those GUZ###### I don't even know if INS send the approval packet to GZ. Should I write email? Should I call? Who should I talk to? INS or GZ? Thanks. Link to comment
Eric&Yuhui Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 GZ will just send you form letter telling you that they will send you notice. You should not expect p3 for a few months. Check our timeline below. Meanwhile, visit your fiancée if possible while you wait. It will be easier for you both if you can.Gosh.. Been waiting so long since interview, can't even remember what P3 is..... Link to comment
AZwolfman Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 Go ahead and write, call, fax, etc., and collect those form letters for your scrapbook. No, seriously though, these actions that you do - even if you only receive form letters and disinformation - serve to put your timeline into a visual that you can use when sending communications to different officials such as congressmen. Make a note of every action, date, and reaction or reply. Use this to present your arguments when seeking information and/or help from different officials, media, agencies, etc. Link to comment
AZwolfman Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 Gosh.. Been waiting so long since interview, can't even remember what P3 is.....I'm with you Eric, I had to look at my sig to remember. Link to comment
La_Diva Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 Frank! Our I-129F was approved on Nov.16 (NSC) and my P3 letter was dated Jan. 6. As per the up-to-date reports on 001, gals with P2 dated Dec. 1-Dec. 15 (roughly) are receiving P3 these days.. Link to comment
Eric&Yuhui Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 Frank! Our I-129F was approved on Nov.16 (NSC) and my P3 letter was dated Jan. 6. As per the up-to-date reports on 001, gals with P2 dated Dec. 1-Dec. 15 (roughly) are receiving P3 these days..are you guys STILL trying to run statistics and patterns???Good luck Link to comment
chinadave2001 Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 Our P#3 took about three and a half months, during which nobody could tell us anything which was incredibly frustrating... dave Link to comment
manhattanmoon Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 New to the this board. Lots of questions... sorry. I dind't even get form letters nor those GUZ###### I don't even know if INS send the approval packet to GZ. Should I write email? Should I call? Who should I talk to? INS or GZ? Thanks.Not a problem. Welcome to Candle. The service center will send the file (I assume I-129F fiancee - K3 is different) to GZ after it is approved. They will send the petitioner NOA2 that gives the approval date and it may or may not have an A-number. The A-number is not too important to know. If the NOA2 says it has been cabled, it does not make it any faster. GZ will wait the actual file to before sending P3. When the file gets to GZ, it will sit in the mailroom for a while. Then it is entered into the computer and P3 is sent to the beneficiary in China. As I said earlier, it can take several months for the P3 to arrive. Until then, no one can tell you what is happening. When the beneficiary fills out the P3 documents and return them to GZ, they sit in the mailroom for a while. When they are entered into the computer, a request is sent to DOS do begin the pre-clearance (and maybe, background) name check. This has recently been taking 2 ~ 3 months. GZ will then send P4 with the medical exam papers and some more documents to bring to the interview. P4 will also set the interview date and time. Will the beneficiary get a visa after the interview? It was about 50/50 in December and January. Half got their visa, the others got a white slip. Interviews are beginning again on 2/24 - at least that is the earliest one I have seen posted on 001. There are another half-dozen or so in early March. GZ is trying to have all the clearances done prior to these interviews, so we will have to see if visas are actually issued. Hope this helps. The best way to estimate your timeline is to watch 001. P4s being received now are from P3 documents returned in mid November. Figure you timeline will be on the long side. That leaves the possibility to be pleasantly surprised.Don, your lady is one of the luckiest on earth to have such a wonderful, charming and understanding gentleman like YOU! Thank you for all your supoort in this big family. I pray for you for you two. Link to comment
Guest jemodurn Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 THANK YOU ALL VERY VERY MUCH.. You guys are very kind. May God bring good luck to everyone of you. Last question, what is this 001 you guys talk about? I guess I am looking at around 9 month before I can reunite with my lady. I am sure I will visit her often. Grateful Frank & Frances. Link to comment
tparrent Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 I'll add one more timeline - similar to La Diva NOA 2 11/5/02P3 1/6/03 Never receivedP3 1/17/03 Received after resend, returned checklist immediately Now for the interview we are Dreaming of AprilHoping for MayExpecting JuneFearing July Link to comment
Jerry Posted February 28, 2003 Report Share Posted February 28, 2003 We got our first receipt (NOA 1) for K3 in late November and have not heard a thing since. Is this too long? Man this is frustrating. Missouri does not even have live operators!! Link to comment
Guest R2D2 Posted February 28, 2003 Report Share Posted February 28, 2003 Check timeline with Udall, http://members.aol.com/MDUdall/sctimes.htm Link to comment
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