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TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   44,786

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ecuador
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*** Thread moved from CR-1 Process forum to the CR-1 Case Progress subforum. ***

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01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.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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a+edarwish   2

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Egypt
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Where is your case? NBC can take 14 business days.

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09/03/12 - Introduced through mutual friends, started talking on Facebook
12/25/12 - Married in Egypt
04/15/13 - Filed I-130
04/23/13 - NOA 1
05/31/13 - Second trip to Egypt and actual honeymoon in Sharm El Sheikh (left Egypt 06/29)
08/15/13 - Called USCIS for expedite request.
08/16/13 - Sent emails to both state senators and mailed a letter to state congressman.
08/21/13 - Call from congressman that letter is being forwarded to a different congressman. Mailed letters and evidence of situation in Egypt to senators
08/27/13 - Was told the congressman's office would make an inquiry about our expedite.
08/29/13 - Received e-mail that my congressman's office had filed their own expedite on our behalf on Tuesday and would notify me when they hear anything from the NBC.
08/30/13 - NBC responded to congressional inquiry. Could not give a date of predicted approval, but our inquiry was handed over to the expedite team for review and a decision.
09/04/13 - EXPEDITE APPROVED!
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rudyzn   2

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I submitted an expedite request to the NBC on July 30 2013 (by phone).

Then, by paper on August 15, 2013.

Have not heard back from them since. Tier 2 officer on USCIS hotlines says it's "OK".

So, there...

I submitted my expedite wednesday morning kast week.is it jormal that I still havent gottten a response?

06/10/2013 NOA1 I-130 Priority date (NBC @ Overland Park, KS)
07/30/2013 Requested Expedite Procedure via USCIS Hotline
08/15/2013 Sent a letter to the NBC/MSC regarding Expedite

10/15/2013 Case approved, Notice mailed

10/21/2013 Case shipped to the DHS/NVC

11/xx/2013 Received NOA2 hardcopy

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Penguin_ie Grand Master

Penguin_ie   5,992

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ireland
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What is the reason for expedite?

Military expedites tend to take a few days only. Everything else, it depends on what documentation you sent in, though from posts on here it seems that if the expedite is not approved, you may never hear.

Bye: Penguin

Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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rudyzn   2

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What is the reason for expedite?

Military expedites tend to take a few days only. Everything else, it depends on what documentation you sent in, though from posts on here it seems that if the expedite is not approved, you may never hear.

Just spoke to another VJ member who requested expedite for/because Military deployment.

Took him about 45 days to get news from USCIS (NOA2). Tier 2 never helped him.

So this give us hope.

06/10/2013 NOA1 I-130 Priority date (NBC @ Overland Park, KS)
07/30/2013 Requested Expedite Procedure via USCIS Hotline
08/15/2013 Sent a letter to the NBC/MSC regarding Expedite

10/15/2013 Case approved, Notice mailed

10/21/2013 Case shipped to the DHS/NVC

11/xx/2013 Received NOA2 hardcopy

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NikLR Grand Master

NikLR   13,227

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Canada
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You have to give the NVC their 30 business days for anything ;)


FYI OP is at the NVC and is requesting an expedite so that her husband can be in the USA for the birth of their child.

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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LoveMyTico Mentor

LoveMyTico   999

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Costa Rica
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the birth of a child is not a reason for expedite.... there are many posts regarding this subject. c-sections are not considered non-routine.

I'm not trying to be nasty... I just read another thread about this.... there are so many posters on VJ that think their case is out of the ordinary. Don't be surprised if you never hear anything. I was told by the senators office that expedites are SUPER hard to come by and she only ever saw one get approved.

Maybe by the grace of God you will get a sympathetic adjudicator... and I hope you do....

Married March 9, 2013
NOA1 I-130 April 12, 2013
Transferred to TSC Nov 27, 2013
APPROVED March 18, 2014 FINALLY ! ! ! !! 11 MONTHS & 6 LONG DAYS FOR MY NOA2
Case shipped from TSC to NVC March 21, 2014
Rec'd NOA2 hard copy March 22, 2014
Case rec'd & Case Number assigned April 1, 2014 AMAZING !!!
PAID IV and AOS fees online April 5, 2014
Fees show paid/DS 260 avail. /DS260 submitted/AOS&IV pkg sent April 9, 2014
FEDEX delivered @ NVC April 11, 2014
Revised AOS pkg delivered April 15, 2014
AOS & IV rec'd& scanned in @ NVC April 15, 2014
Revised AOS scanned April 18, 2014
AOS checklist for income and IV pkg April 30, 2014 (checklist expected due to Lawyers mistakes)
DS260 accepted April 30, 2014
Checklist for Birth cert/police cert May 1, 2014
AOS accepted May 5, 2014
Birth cert scanned MAY 8, 2014

CASE COMPLETE JUNE 4, 2014 CC letter received via email June 11, 2014

INTERVIEW JULY 15, 2014

Waiver finally FedEx'd to Phoenix Lockbox August 21, 2014

WAIVER APPROVED December 17, 2014

Received Instruction Letter via email December 23, 2014

Final Embassy Appointment January 5, 2015 YAY !

Visa ISSUED January 12, 2015

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the birth of a child is not a reason for expedite....

Don't be surprised if you never hear anything. I was told by the senators office that expedites are SUPER hard to come by and she only ever saw one get approved.

LMT,

are you talking USCIS or NVC stage? What senator's office? Do you think it helps to contact ours?

I don't agree with the part where you say we should not be surprised if we never hear anything.

If a request is submitted, the least thing a public service should be required to provide is a response.

Yes or No, that simple. Even if with a comprehensible delay.

06/10/2013 NOA1 I-130 Priority date (NBC @ Overland Park, KS)
07/30/2013 Requested Expedite Procedure via USCIS Hotline
08/15/2013 Sent a letter to the NBC/MSC regarding Expedite

10/15/2013 Case approved, Notice mailed

10/21/2013 Case shipped to the DHS/NVC

11/xx/2013 Received NOA2 hardcopy

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LoveMyTico   999

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Costa Rica
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LMT,

are you talking USCIS or NVC stage? What senator's office? Do you think it helps to contact ours?

I don't agree with the part where you say we should not be surprised if we never hear anything.

If a request is submitted, the least thing a public service should be required to provide is a response.

Yes or No, that simple. Even if with a comprehensible delay.

from all that has been posted on here, and from my personal experience, when you submit an expedite, they tell you to wait up to 60 days for a decision. by that time, you might already be in the normal que or the baby might already be born. you can try whatever you want.... but I remember having to bug them back in 09 and finally they told me it was denied. I never got a notice in the mail and if I didn't bug them, I'm sure I would have never knew they denied it.

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Married March 9, 2013
NOA1 I-130 April 12, 2013
Transferred to TSC Nov 27, 2013
APPROVED March 18, 2014 FINALLY ! ! ! !! 11 MONTHS & 6 LONG DAYS FOR MY NOA2
Case shipped from TSC to NVC March 21, 2014
Rec'd NOA2 hard copy March 22, 2014
Case rec'd & Case Number assigned April 1, 2014 AMAZING !!!
PAID IV and AOS fees online April 5, 2014
Fees show paid/DS 260 avail. /DS260 submitted/AOS&IV pkg sent April 9, 2014
FEDEX delivered @ NVC April 11, 2014
Revised AOS pkg delivered April 15, 2014
AOS & IV rec'd& scanned in @ NVC April 15, 2014
Revised AOS scanned April 18, 2014
AOS checklist for income and IV pkg April 30, 2014 (checklist expected due to Lawyers mistakes)
DS260 accepted April 30, 2014
Checklist for Birth cert/police cert May 1, 2014
AOS accepted May 5, 2014
Birth cert scanned MAY 8, 2014

CASE COMPLETE JUNE 4, 2014 CC letter received via email June 11, 2014

INTERVIEW JULY 15, 2014

Waiver finally FedEx'd to Phoenix Lockbox August 21, 2014

WAIVER APPROVED December 17, 2014

Received Instruction Letter via email December 23, 2014

Final Embassy Appointment January 5, 2015 YAY !

Visa ISSUED January 12, 2015

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