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My wife's visa is approved!

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Boggy1974   124

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Please note: This post has also been submitted in the Consulate Review section for members there benefit.

I am absolutely glad to update the forums on my wife's visa interview experience at the US Embassy, Accra, Ghana. For starters, the interview was quick and went easily. It also helped a lot that I was present for the interview.
We got to the Embassy gates about 45mins before the appointment time of 7:30am. The in-take and processing of the paperwork was the pain in terms of the wait time.
But when my wife was called to window #4, I could see her heart sink. What we had heard is that, that particular CO is the most difficult to deal with. But I was confident we will get an approval because of how meticulously I had put our paperwork together. To my surprise, he was pleasant and professional. Anyway, the CO said hello and we responded and we also asked him how he was doing. We had our 5-yr old daughter with us, so he asked if that was our daughter. We both responded in the affirmative at the same time. The CO kept reviewing the I-864 and other relationship documents (pictures, western union receipts etc etc). Within two minutes or so he asked if we had our daughter's CRBA with us...? I immediately pulled it out of my files. He examined it to make sure it had my wife's name as the mother. He also asked me "how long have you been in the country, and when do I plan on leaving"? I told him on 22nd of Jan and as soon as my wife's visa is issued. There and then, he said: "Mrs. Wilson, all your paperwork looks in order for your visa. Please come back on Friday January 17th for your visa. He handed my wife a blue visa pick-up sheet and said, congratulations!!! Do not make any travel plans until you have your visa in hand"
All in all, he never asked my wife a single interview question!

We both thanked him and walked out in hugging celebrations!!!

Iron Sharpen Iron!

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CanadianMom   45

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Congrats :)

Started dating (online) June 2007

Met November 2007

Engaged August 2008

Married January 2009

He moved to Canada May 2009

Had a baby December 2011

USCIS

Mailed I-130 form-12/28/2013

Cheque cashed- 1/10/2014

NOA1- 1/15/2014

Priority date- 1/07/2014

Email saying our address was changed (we did not change it) 7/4/2014

NOA2-7/7/2014

NVC

NVC Received Case- 7/28/2014

Case number and IIN- 8/11/2014

DS-261 Completed- 8/11/2014

AOS Invoiced- 8/12/2014

AOS Paid- 8/18/2014

AOS and IV packages sent to NVC (EP) 9/12/2014

AOS Scan Date 9/12/2014 or 9/15/2014 (depending on the agent)

IV Scan Date 9/12/2014 or 9/16/2014 (depending on the agent)

DS-261 Accepted and IV Invoice- 9/19/2014 (One week after the price increase :ranting: )

IV fee paid 10/02/2014

DS-260 completed-10/03/2014

CASE COMPLETE- 11/06/2014

Medical- 12/9/2014

Interview- 12/18/2014-APPROVED!

Passport picked up from Embassy by Loomis- 12/19/2014

Passport ready for pick up at Loomis office in Ottawa- 12/22/2014

POE (easy peasy) - 1/3/2015

SS Card Arrived 1/14/2015

Green Card Arrived- 1/31/2015

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Blueberry Pancake   311

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Congratulations, Boggy! :)

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When two people are meant for each other, no time is too long, no distance is too far, no one can ever tear them apart.

USCIS: NVC:

6/21/2013 -Married in Stockholm, Sweden 4/16/2014- Case received at NVC

9/6/2013 -Priority Date 5/13 /2014- Case number and IIN assigned

2/25/2014 -Transferred to NSC 5/20/2014- DS-261 completed

3/31/2014 -Approved 5/21/2014- AOS fee invoiced and paid

5/22/2014- AOS package overnighted to NVC

5/28/2014- AOS scanned into the system

6/20/2014- IV invoice email (but fee still locked on CEAC )

6/23/2014- IV fee finally unlocked and paid.

IV package overnighted to NVC

6/30/2014- IV scanned in. DS260 completed.

7/1/2014- AOS accepted

7/2/2014- False checklist (AOS reviewed)

8/1/2014 False checklist (attorney's G28 reviewed)

8/2/2014 False checklist (NVC not sure why it was generated)

I am the beneficiary. 8/12/2014 CASE COMPLETE!

8/26/2014 Medical

9/2/2014 Interview... APPROVED!!!

9/5/2014 Visa in hand

Removal Of Conditions:

10/29- Package sent to VSC

11/1 - NOA1

11/17- Received biometrics appointment letter

11/30- Biometrics appointment

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