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K1 Visa Approved (LOVE SHACK HERE WE COME!)

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JeeplessInSeattle   1

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So, today was the big day. My fiance went into his K1 interview this morning (in Vancouver) at around 10:00 a.m. I spent the next hour putzing around, running meaningless errands. I've been working on making wedding plans but NOT making firm wedding plans. You know, the type of "wedding plans" where you tell friends and family to "save the date, but don't buy your plane ticket yet", where you reserve the pastor for the ceremony but add "I'll let you know when we know if it's a go," and where you put a TOTALLY REFUNDABLE security deposit down on a wedding venue just in case immigration denies the K1 visa and crushes your dreams. Well, included in the wedding plans was that I had not yet decided on two songs...the romantic song where I will walk down the isle (I'm the bride-to-be in this story, BTW) and then a FUN song at the end after the pastor announces us as husband and wife.

So, today while my fiance was in his K1 interview I was running a meaningless errand at the grocery store when I heard THE PERFECT song being played in the store. It's a song that I now know we will play after the pastor annouces us as husband and wife....it's "LOVE SHACK" by the B52s!! I was jazzed when I got home (about finding a song for the wedding) and looked it up on the Internet. After listening to it, I began researching other wedding songs and stumbled across THE PERFECT song that I want my friend to sing during the most important part of our wedding...when I come down the isle. It is called "You For Me - The Wedding Song" by Johnny Gill (you can find it on YouTube). So I was listening to that beautiful song, and JUST as the song was ending and as the notes were trailing off (and I was envisioning that I would be at the alter, standing next to my Johnny), I received a text. I opened it to read the following text from Johnny: "WE DID IT BABE - I'VE BEEN APPROVED!"

At that very moment, I realized how God blessed me with three things: the PERFECT song I had been looking for, the husband I have been waiting all my life for (I'm 52 and have never been married as I've truly waited for God's best for my life), and the confirmation that this marriage IS God's will.

Afterwards, Johnny told me about his experience. Although he was there for about an hour, most of the time was spent with them looking through his paperwork to make sure it was all in order and then giving him instructions on what his next steps were to be. They only asked him a few questions about our relationship. It was quick and painless and we didn't face any of the hurdles that we were afraid we might. So now we will move forward into the next aspects of our journey...moving him to Seattle, getting married, and then filing more paperwork and paying for fees.

Life is too short to NOT play "LOVE SHACK" at your wedding!!!

"Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength" (Isaiah 40:31)

4/27/2011 - Met online via ChristianMingle.com

6/4/2011 - Met in person (yippie ki yay!)

12/27/2011 - He proposed to me on China Beach (Vancouver Island) and was nearly swept away by a big wave!

12/30/2011 - Filed I-129

1/5/2012 - NOA1 text received

1/7/2012 - NOA1 letter received

6/15/2012 - NOA2 approval letter received

7/?/2012 - He got packets and sent them in (sorry...I didn't document the dates!)

8/16/2012 - He took his medical

8/30/2012 - Paid MRV fee - Consulate interview (Vancouver) will be on 10/1/2012

10/1/2012 - Approved for K1 Visa (after very brief interview)...HAPPY DANCE!!

10/27/2012 - POE (Port Angeles, WA)- Zipped through with ZERO problems!

10/28/2012 - Got fiance moved & U-haul unloaded...THANK YOU GOD!!

11/30/2012 - Wedding date set for Nov 30th...counting the days!

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TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   44,679

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Congratulations! :)

*** Thread moved from K-1 Process to K-1 Progress. ***

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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islandgal Rising Star

islandgal   74

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Congrats on you approval.

K1
VSC NOA1 --- March 8, 2012
NOA2 --- October 11, 2012
Visa Approved --- December 17, 2012
POE --- December 22, 2012

AOS
AOS/EAD/AP NOA1 --- March 4, 2013
Biometrics --- April 3, 2013

EAD/AP received --- May 16, 2013

AOS Interview --- August 9, 2013

GC in production --- August 9, 2013

GC received --- August 17, 2013

N400

Approved May, 2018

Oath May, 2018

I130 - Nebraska SC

NOA1 - August 30, 2018

Case approved - August 28, 2019

NVC -

Interview -



I am the USC who brought my fiancé here on a K1,  who's now a USC and is now filing for his mother - whose case just got approved :)

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cazzers Proficient

cazzers   83

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congrats! :dance:

I'm the Beneficiary
N400 April 2017 fillers: https://goo.gl/cp2Uxz
Support group for Romanian-American couples--> https://www.facebook.com/groups/520291304693940/
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NikLR   13,227

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Congrats!!! I know how it feels to find those perfect wedding songs (for me it was Hanging by a moment on piano and Better together by Jack Johnson) and you got a perfect ending to a day of finding perfect songs! YAY!!

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.  - Dr. Seuss

 

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Pitaya   2,577

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:dance: CONGRATULATIONS !!! :dance:

Completed: K1/K2 (271 days) - AOS/EAD/AP (134 days) - ROC (279 days)

"Si vis amari, ama" - Seneca

 

 

 

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at long last   58

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I just love these stories... Happiness always to the two of you. We decided on my first, my last, my everything for right after the ceremony. We have two very dear friends (husband/wife) who will sing the wedding song by Paul Stookey of Peter,Paul and Mary. Funny when we find the perfect song for our individual lives.I get a lump in my throat when I hear our songs.

Terri

Fiance visa

04/28/2011 - I-129F - DENIED

02/18/2012 - I-129F petition filed
02/24/2012 - NOA1
09/04/2012 - NOA2, 193 days
Interview:10/22/2012
POE: 10/26/2012 (245 days)

Removal of Conditions

Filed for ROC - 06/09/2015

NOA1 for ROC - 06/12/2015

Biometrics appointment - 07/17/2015

Approval for ROC - 04/20/2016 (316 days)

Naturalization Process

N-400 Filed 06/10/2016

N-400 NOA1 06/14/2016

N-400 biometrics 06/20/16

N-400 interview 01/23/2017

N-400 Oath ceremony 02/10/2017

Immigration Process took 2116 days.

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X Factor   1,111

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ConGraTuLations :):dance::star:

Sent I-129 Application to VSC 2/1/12
NOA1 2/8/12
RFE 8/2/12
RFE reply 8/3/12
NOA2 8/16/12
NVC received 8/27/12
NVC left 8/29/12
Manila Embassy received 9/5/12
Visa appointment & approval 9/7/12
Arrived in US 10/5/2012
Married 11/24/2012
AOS application sent 12/19/12

AOS approved 8/24/13

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reese1   68

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That was a beautiful story! Congratulations :dance:

Our Journey
6/13/2012 Sent I-129F package
6/14/2012 NOA1 --> California Service Center
9/25/2012 NOA2
10/01/2012 NOA2 Hardcopy received
10/01/2012 NVC Received
10/19/2012 Left NVC
11/30/2012 Picked-up Packet from Local Post Office
01/16/2013 Medical
01/23/2013 Interview - In AP

09/24/2013 Visa picked-up from DOMEX
10/10/2013 POE Ft. Lauderdale

10/28/2013 Applied for Social Security Number

01/01/2014 WEDDING IN LAS VEGAS


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