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cmoore25   4

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So, upon receiving our date on Thursday by email, I emailed the London Embassy back and asked if they might be able to move our date forward. I gave them a timeline of when we had paperwork to them as well as when we had the medical done (and pointed out there were two). I told them about Thanksgiving, and how that is the most important holiday for us to spend together as a couple as that's when we had originally met. I also pointed out that Knightsbridge took 2 weeks to send the paperwork (not our fault) and that if it had been there when it was supposed to we would have made Thanksgiving.

Annnnnd...

They moved his interview date up by 2 weeks! Instead of interviewing on the 21st, he is now interviewing on the 7th!!!!!!!!!!

I'm over the moon right now. I figured asking them to move the date was a shot in the dark - but it worked and they were very, very nice about it!!!

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Barbara J   115

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So, upon receiving our date on Thursday by email, I emailed the London Embassy back and asked if they might be able to move our date forward. I gave them a timeline of when we had paperwork to them as well as when we had the medical done (and pointed out there were two). I told them about Thanksgiving, and how that is the most important holiday for us to spend together as a couple as that's when we had originally met. I also pointed out that Knightsbridge took 2 weeks to send the paperwork (not our fault) and that if it had been there when it was supposed to we would have made Thanksgiving.

Annnnnd...

They moved his interview date up by 2 weeks! Instead of interviewing on the 21st, he is now interviewing on the 7th!!!!!!!!!!

I'm over the moon right now. I figured asking them to move the date was a shot in the dark - but it worked and they were very, very nice about it!!!

Well done and hey congrats on that. See some people are nice hey lol

Divorced !st November 2012.

Married only 2 years 1 month

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diath   6

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Wow, this is awesome. Congrats!!

IR1/CR1 Visa - DCF at London Embassy

April 16, 2013: Mailed out I-130
April 18, 2013: Date Petition filed
May 13, 2013: APPROVED!
May 22, 2013: Case Number received
June 3, 2013: Mailed out DS-230 & DS-2001
June 4, 2013: Medical Exam at Bentick Mansion
Unfortunately I have to re-do it in 6 + weeks as I was diagnosed with pneumonia
June 22, 2013 I traveled to the USA with the plan of returning to the UK, spoke to a Immigration lawyer and he told me to change my status and go the AOS route.
Since 2014 I am a permanent resident.

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Nich-Nick   3,354

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Well done! :thumbs:

England.gifENGLAND ---

K-1 Timeline 4 months, 19 days 03-10-08 VSC to 7-29-08 Interview London

10-05-08 Married

AOS Timeline 5 months, 14 days 10-9-08 to 3-23-09 No interview

Removing Conditions Timeline 5 months, 20 days12-27-10 to 06-10-11 No interview

Citizenship Timeline 3 months, 26 days 12-31-11 Dallas to 4-26-12 Interview Houston

05-16-12 Oath ceremony

The journey from Fiancé to US citizenship:

4 years, 2 months, 6 days

243 pages of forms/documents submitted

No RFEs

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Jewel-8   21

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YAY! Maybe it will work out better anyways!! There might be a cheap fare waiting for you as soon as you get the visa in hand since a lot more people will be staying home compared to how things us to be. :D

Our VisaJourney started July 2009 when I mailed the 129-F

Fiance here February 2010, married 10 days later

GC received in the mail 10-Jun-2010

Able to apply to remove conditions 12-Feb-2012

BABY GIRL BORN JULY 2011!!!

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micmac   6

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very happy to hear that, thats great! Good thing its on a monday too as the weekend hopefully won't slow delivery down!

Service Center : California Service Center

Consulate : London, United Kingdom

I-129F Sent : 2011-02-25

I-129F NOA1 : 2011-03-01

I-129F RFE(s) : 2011-06-04

RFE Reply(s) : 2011-06-07

I-129F NOA2 : 2011-06-17

Packet 3 Received : 2011-08-01

Packet 3 Sent : 2011-08-10

Packet 4 Received : 2011-09-08

Interview Date : 2011-09-26 APPROVED

Visa in Hand : 2011-09-30 9.20am

POE (salt lake city) : 2011-10-06

wedding : 2011-11-01

Its almost over!!!

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Nich-Nick   3,354

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micmac - never thought of that - I see you got your visa in 4 days, did you pay extra or was that regular service?

C-- paying extra doesn't get it any days sooner. It just comes earlier in the day, like 8AM. Regular service would be the same number of days, but maybe morning, maybe afternoon. People who need to go to work might want it early so they don't have to be off all day waiting on it.

England.gifENGLAND ---

K-1 Timeline 4 months, 19 days 03-10-08 VSC to 7-29-08 Interview London

10-05-08 Married

AOS Timeline 5 months, 14 days 10-9-08 to 3-23-09 No interview

Removing Conditions Timeline 5 months, 20 days12-27-10 to 06-10-11 No interview

Citizenship Timeline 3 months, 26 days 12-31-11 Dallas to 4-26-12 Interview Houston

05-16-12 Oath ceremony

The journey from Fiancé to US citizenship:

4 years, 2 months, 6 days

243 pages of forms/documents submitted

No RFEs

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micmac   6

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micmac - never thought of that - I see you got your visa in 4 days, did you pay extra or was that regular service?

Yeah my interview was the monday, and my visa came at around 8.30 I think, on the friday, but I didnt pay extra. I was surprised, I had actually got my mum to wait in for it but I had not left the house when it came. They didnt ask for ID or anything either... haha. Totally not what I expected!

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Service Center : California Service Center

Consulate : London, United Kingdom

I-129F Sent : 2011-02-25

I-129F NOA1 : 2011-03-01

I-129F RFE(s) : 2011-06-04

RFE Reply(s) : 2011-06-07

I-129F NOA2 : 2011-06-17

Packet 3 Received : 2011-08-01

Packet 3 Sent : 2011-08-10

Packet 4 Received : 2011-09-08

Interview Date : 2011-09-26 APPROVED

Visa in Hand : 2011-09-30 9.20am

POE (salt lake city) : 2011-10-06

wedding : 2011-11-01

Its almost over!!!

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So, upon receiving our date on Thursday by email, I emailed the London Embassy back and asked if they might be able to move our date forward. I gave them a timeline of when we had paperwork to them as well as when we had the medical done (and pointed out there were two). I told them about Thanksgiving, and how that is the most important holiday for us to spend together as a couple as that's when we had originally met. I also pointed out that Knightsbridge took 2 weeks to send the paperwork (not our fault) and that if it had been there when it was supposed to we would have made Thanksgiving.

Annnnnd...

They moved his interview date up by 2 weeks! Instead of interviewing on the 21st, he is now interviewing on the 7th!!!!!!!!!!

I'm over the moon right now. I figured asking them to move the date was a shot in the dark - but it worked and they were very, very nice about it!!!

That is terrific news! Congrats!

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Robert&Karen   264

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Ours was moved up one week just by asking. It never hurts to ask!

K-1 Journey

03-03-2011 - Mailed I-129F application.

03-06-2011 - Packet received in Texas.

03-23-2011 - NOA1 received in mail, dated 03-09-2011.

05-31-2011 - RFE requested. They want better passport pictures of me.

06-06-2011 - Additional passport pics sent.

06-08-2011 - Evidence received and acknowledged. Whew!

06-16-2011 - NOA2 received!

07-20-2011 - Packet 3 Received!

08-01-2011 - Packet 3 returned to Embassy.

08-22-2011 - Packet 4 Received!

09-19-2011 - Interview...APPROVED!

09-23-2011 - Visa in Hand

09-29-2011 - POE LAX

11-11-2011 - Wedding at 11:11pm GMT time.

AOS Journey

12-02-2011 - Mailed in AOS/EAD/AP paperwork.

12-05-2011 - Delivery confirmation per USPS.

12-27-2011 - (3) NOA I-797C received, dated 12-20-2011. Biometrics appt set.

01-10-2012 - Biometrics.

01-20-2012 - Notified of interview appointment for 2-21-2012.

01-31-2012 - EAD and AP approved.

02-08-2012 - EAD/AP card received.

02-21-2012 - AOS interview approved. EAD/AP card confiscated.

03-01-2012 - Green Card in hand!!!

364 days total time!

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cmoore25   4

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Thank you guys so much :) I'm going to have a hard time leaving this board for the AOS portion!! You've all been so supportive and helpful!!

Nich-Nick: Good to know that it doesn't come any sooner, just earlier in the day. I thought it'd be like 1-day air vs regular mail.

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