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Had a look at our case online yesterday and it said our K3 is approved and they sent the notice 13th September! :dancing: So I guess K3s don't go through IMBRA RFEs after all. (I got conflicting opinions on this).

Our K3 has taken MUCH longer to approve than our 1-130! Or so it seems, anyway.

So now the question is, which will go faster from here. We really want the green card of course, so I can work and meet people etc. when I get there and escape AOS.

Green card is at the IV bill stage...K3 is at the being-sent-to-NVC stage. They're neck and neck, folks! :star:

Vermont Service Center

Consulate : London, United Kingdom

Marriage : 2006-06-03

I-130 Sent : 2006-06-05

I-130 NOA1 : 2006-06-19

I-130 Approved : 2006-08-09

NVC Received : 2006-08-24

Received DS-3032 / I-864 Bill : 2006-09-07

Sent back DS-3032 2006-09-08

Sent Bill for I-864 2006-09-12

Received I-864 2006-09-22

Sent back I-864 2006-09-27

Received IV Bill 2006-09-26

Paid IV Bill 2006-09-27

IV Bill entered into NVC system 2006-10-02

Case Complete - 2006-11-21

K3 - First two dates are only approximate as did not keep exact record. Third date onwards is accurate

I-129f sent 2006-19-07

NOA1 received 10 days or so later.

Approval notice mailed from service centre to us 09/13/2006

Received approval notice two weeks later

Touched 14/09/2006

Case forwarded to London 10/03/2006

Have ignored K3 since then as we want the Green Card. Received a packet from Embassy around 10th Oct but did not note exact date.

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Congratulations on your approval, best wishes for the rest of the Journey :jest::jest::jest: \

Rob and Melinda

I-129F

Filed New I-129F form with IMBRA June 19, 2006

NOA 1 June 26, 2006

Touched July 3, 2006

I-129F Approved by E mail August 21, 2006, Just 63 Days

NOA 2 for I-129F Received in the Mail August 26th, 2006

I-129F at NVC

Case Number assigned at NVC August 29, 2006 MNL2006XXXXXXXXX

NVC sends the I-129F to the Manila Embassy August 29th, 2006

Embassy in Manila Receives I-129F August 31st, 2006

Packet 4 Received by Melinda from Manila Embassy October 1, 2006

Interview at Us Embassy Manila, October 18, 2006

Visa Approved! Interview Completed.

Visa Delivered by DELBROS October 28th, 2006

October 30, 2006 Arrived back in LAX with Melinda, were going to Disneyland!!!

November 6th, 2006, Melinda and I are back home in Winslow Arizona loving Life!

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Had a look at our case online yesterday and it said our K3 is approved and they sent the notice 13th September! :dancing: So I guess K3s don't go through IMBRA RFEs after all. (I got conflicting opinions on this).

Our K3 has taken MUCH longer to approve than our 1-130! Or so it seems, anyway.

So now the question is, which will go faster from here. We really want the green card of course, so I can work and meet people etc. when I get there and escape AOS.

Green card is at the IV bill stage...K3 is at the being-sent-to-NVC stage. They're neck and neck, folks! :star:

I dont know how you figure that K-3s dont go thru IMBRA RFE's....there have been quite a few on here that are going for K-3 and had RFE's due to IMBRA...My hubby and I are one of them. And in fact...several of us if not most, got not only one RFE but we got a duplicate as well..

Anyhow...CONGRATS on your approval...gl on the rest of ur journey

LJ

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That if made from the heart...will outlast ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING!!!!

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Now we are through with immigration until the end of 2008. Please read my timeline to see our process. Remember, patience is a beatuiful thing if you can remember to keep it...I will be damned if we did lol. We are all here on this site for the same reason...lets all help one another...

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:wacko:

Had a look at our case online yesterday and it said our K3 is approved and they sent the notice 13th September! :dancing: So I guess K3s don't go through IMBRA RFEs after all. (I got conflicting opinions on this).

Our K3 has taken MUCH longer to approve than our 1-130! Or so it seems, anyway.

So now the question is, which will go faster from here. We really want the green card of course, so I can work and meet people etc. when I get there and escape AOS.

Green card is at the IV bill stage...K3 is at the being-sent-to-NVC stage. They're neck and neck, folks! :star:

I dont know how you figure that K-3s dont go thru IMBRA RFE's....there have been quite a few on here that are going for K-3 and had RFE's due to IMBRA...My hubby and I are one of them. And in fact...several of us if not most, got not only one RFE but we got a duplicate as well..

Anyhow...CONGRATS on your approval...gl on the rest of ur journey

LJ

Oh, right. I don't remember seeing a K3 who had an RFE, I did look through all the posters but from what I remembered they seemed to all be K1s but obviously I remembered it wrong. I don't know why some K3ers have received RFEs and others like us haven't. It all seems pretty random. :wacko:

Congratulations on your approval, best wishes for the rest of the Journey :jest::jest::jest: \

Rob and Melinda

Thanks!

Vermont Service Center

Consulate : London, United Kingdom

Marriage : 2006-06-03

I-130 Sent : 2006-06-05

I-130 NOA1 : 2006-06-19

I-130 Approved : 2006-08-09

NVC Received : 2006-08-24

Received DS-3032 / I-864 Bill : 2006-09-07

Sent back DS-3032 2006-09-08

Sent Bill for I-864 2006-09-12

Received I-864 2006-09-22

Sent back I-864 2006-09-27

Received IV Bill 2006-09-26

Paid IV Bill 2006-09-27

IV Bill entered into NVC system 2006-10-02

Case Complete - 2006-11-21

K3 - First two dates are only approximate as did not keep exact record. Third date onwards is accurate

I-129f sent 2006-19-07

NOA1 received 10 days or so later.

Approval notice mailed from service centre to us 09/13/2006

Received approval notice two weeks later

Touched 14/09/2006

Case forwarded to London 10/03/2006

Have ignored K3 since then as we want the Green Card. Received a packet from Embassy around 10th Oct but did not note exact date.

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Congratulations on your approval, best wishes for the rest of the Journey :jest::jest::jest: \

Rob and Melinda

Hi Rob and Melinda, I see that you applied for the K3/I-130 just six days before us, so it's interesting for me to read your timeline.

Our I-130 was approved in the same time as yours (ours was 63 days) but for some reason NVC took ages to assign us a case number, like 4-6 weeks, whereas others seemed to get their case number assigned after 2 weeks and yours took just a few days. Don't know why that is. It's all random! Maybe NVC prioritises applications from places whose foreign embassies have a longer wait for an interview, who knows. Just a theory.

Anyway, yours all looks really fast, so congrats!

We are really lucky to get I-130 approval so quick. I've seen others on here who have waited many months for that, poor things.

No rhyme or reason!

Vermont Service Center

Consulate : London, United Kingdom

Marriage : 2006-06-03

I-130 Sent : 2006-06-05

I-130 NOA1 : 2006-06-19

I-130 Approved : 2006-08-09

NVC Received : 2006-08-24

Received DS-3032 / I-864 Bill : 2006-09-07

Sent back DS-3032 2006-09-08

Sent Bill for I-864 2006-09-12

Received I-864 2006-09-22

Sent back I-864 2006-09-27

Received IV Bill 2006-09-26

Paid IV Bill 2006-09-27

IV Bill entered into NVC system 2006-10-02

Case Complete - 2006-11-21

K3 - First two dates are only approximate as did not keep exact record. Third date onwards is accurate

I-129f sent 2006-19-07

NOA1 received 10 days or so later.

Approval notice mailed from service centre to us 09/13/2006

Received approval notice two weeks later

Touched 14/09/2006

Case forwarded to London 10/03/2006

Have ignored K3 since then as we want the Green Card. Received a packet from Embassy around 10th Oct but did not note exact date.

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