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I-130 Approved

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SerenityNOW   11

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WOW! That is such fantastic news for you two!!

(But further evidence of the randomness of this process... as a January filer @ the CSC, this is encouraging, but I feel so bad for the people waiting for so much longer ...)

I got my first actual "touch" on April 22, my 5-month anniversary. That could be good news - but I am pretty sure I am going to receive the dreaded RFE. (Just get on with it already! The speculation is wearing me out!)

Before Tuesday, I was one of the ones checking the web site multiple times per day to see 2/19/08 staring at me. 2/19/08. 2/19/08. And on and on. It really does turn us into obsessive-compulsive freaks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See you in the NVC club someday?!?!?

/bb

Hi, get a email from CRIS stating my case is approved, and approval notice was sent on 4/23. There is no touch before approval. We did no expediate . No I-129F either.

I am excited now but also worry about my daughter's case, we filed at the same date in the same mail, but I did not see her NOA2 . Husband will call CSC tomorrow to check.

So, since CSC is handling on Jan. case, how can they put the timeline say they are in Aug.?

Hope USCIS moving quickly .

Lucy

[i am the USC and the wife/stepmother]
The prelude - 2007
November 22 - Married in Bulgaria.
CR-1 - 2008
January 7 I-130 sent - APPROVED in 106 days.
Interview - APPROVED 175 days from NOA-1 date
ROC - 2010-2011
October 5 - I-751 sent APPROVED 111 days from NOA-1 date, no interview.
NATURALIZATION - 2012
APPROVED 79 days.
May 9 - Oath ceremony - in Oakland, CA.
*************Didn't have enough of the immigration process yet!! Starting again with 16-year-old (step)son****************
IR-2 - 2012-2013
---USCIS---
Nov 15 - I-130 sent. NOA-1 received from MSC.
Jan 22 - APPROVED 65 days from NOA-1. Never transferred to field office.
---NVC---
Feb 4 - received @ NVC
Feb 26 - Got NVC Case # and Invoice ID #
----------------------------------slowing down the process a little... stepson can't come till nearly July-----------------------------
March 19 - Sent e-mail Choice of Agent, without scan of DS-3032. Paid AOS fee ($88).
April 1 - Choice of Agent information accepted (10th "working day" to accept).
April 3 - IV invoice appeared. Paid IV fee ($230).
April 11 - Sent IV package and AOS package TOGETHER. Confirmed delivery April 15.

April 26 - Case Complete (10th working day)

May 14 - Interview date assigned (12th working day)

June 5 - Interview in Sofia - VISA GRANTED!!!

June 16 - POE @ SFO. No problems. He's a citizen now!

Oct 4 - US Passport received. (SS card received some time in the summer; had to go to SSA office to obtain)

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moldha01   0

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Wow, that is amazing!! It gives me so much hope to see another January filer! Congratulations!!

1/22/08- Mailed I-130 to Chicago lockbox

2/13/08- NOA1

5/29/08- Touched (changed address online)

5/30/08- Touched

6/04/08- Touched

6/08/08- APPROVED! NOA2 by mail (never showed up online!)

6/16/08- NVC Recieved, Case Number Assigned

6/24/08- Called NVC to get IIN, paid AOS fee online

6/24/08- Emailed DS3032 to NVC

6/30/08- NVC received AOS I-864EZ form

7/13/08- Paid IV fee online

7/15/08- Mailed DS-230

7/31/08- CASE COMPLETE!

8/14/08- Mailed to US Embassy in Dublin

8/19/08- Received Interview Date and Time

9/5/08- Ciaran's Interview!!!

9/9/08- CIARAN IS HERE!!! We will never have to be apart again :)

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Lucy Keeling   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: China
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I would expect NOA2 on you daughter soon. They may have gone through different adjudicators. I would not start to worry yet.

Congrats on the one, I'm sure you'll have the other very soon. :thumbs:

Thanks everyone.

Get another CRIS stating daughter's case approved on 4/25. Thanks Godness.

Apri. 2005 Met in office

12-27-07 Marriage

CR-1

I-130 for Wife

1-06-08 I-130 Mailed

2-08-08 NOA1 from CSC

2-13-08 Case on line

4-23-08 NOA2

NVC

4-29-08 Case number assigned

5-05-08 DS-3032 & AOS generate

5-07-08 DS-3032 send

5-07-08 AOS paid on line, Barcode sheet print out

5-13-08 I-864 mail to NVC

5-14-08 DS-3032 accepted by NVC

5-17-08 Pay IV fee on line

5-xx-08 I-864 accepted by NVC

5-20-08 DS-230 generate and send

5-23-08 DS-230 enter into NVC system, automessage updated

6-04-08 Case completed at NVC

6-09-08 Case left NVC

CR2

I-130 for Daughter

1-06-08 I-130 Mailed

2-08-08 NOA1 from CSC

2-13-08 Case on line

4-25-08 NOA2

NVC

5-02-08 Cased number assigned

5-09-08 DS-3032 & AOS generate

5-08-08 DS-3032 send

5-07-08 AOS paid on line( included under wife's case , no additional fee here ), barcode sheet print

5-13-08 I-864 mail to NVC

5-15-08 DS-3032 accepted by NVC

5-17-08 Pay IV fee on line

5-xx-08 I-864 accepted by NVC

5-20-08 DS-230 generate and send

5-23-08 DS-230 enter into NVC system, automessage updated

6-04-08 Case completed at NVC

6-09-08 Case left NVC

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SerenityNOW   11

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The USCIS randomness continues!!

I just received a letter from them today. I opened it looking for what additional information was requested and it says APPROVED!!!!!

4/22. The day of my only touch beyond entry into the system. No e-mail (yes I am signed up and yes I have received other notices from them... password changes, etc....) And when I log on the system it still says "Current Status: Case received and pending." Go figure.

So yay for me and yay for the CSC but I am so annoyed that there are so many people who applied before me who are still waiting. PLUS I leave for Bulgaria in 2 weeks since I quit my job to go wait with my husband.... I was prepared for everyone else to get through first... processed in order of receipt, right?!?!?! Mine was received Jan 9.

hahaha maybe that's the way to make the process go faster, just totally uproot your life prepared to wait 8 months for USCIS approval and it will come 5 months earlier!

Let's hope this signals an upturn in processing. Shocking beyond belief!!

/bb

[i am the USC and the wife/stepmother]
The prelude - 2007
November 22 - Married in Bulgaria.
CR-1 - 2008
January 7 I-130 sent - APPROVED in 106 days.
Interview - APPROVED 175 days from NOA-1 date
ROC - 2010-2011
October 5 - I-751 sent APPROVED 111 days from NOA-1 date, no interview.
NATURALIZATION - 2012
APPROVED 79 days.
May 9 - Oath ceremony - in Oakland, CA.
*************Didn't have enough of the immigration process yet!! Starting again with 16-year-old (step)son****************
IR-2 - 2012-2013
---USCIS---
Nov 15 - I-130 sent. NOA-1 received from MSC.
Jan 22 - APPROVED 65 days from NOA-1. Never transferred to field office.
---NVC---
Feb 4 - received @ NVC
Feb 26 - Got NVC Case # and Invoice ID #
----------------------------------slowing down the process a little... stepson can't come till nearly July-----------------------------
March 19 - Sent e-mail Choice of Agent, without scan of DS-3032. Paid AOS fee ($88).
April 1 - Choice of Agent information accepted (10th "working day" to accept).
April 3 - IV invoice appeared. Paid IV fee ($230).
April 11 - Sent IV package and AOS package TOGETHER. Confirmed delivery April 15.

April 26 - Case Complete (10th working day)

May 14 - Interview date assigned (12th working day)

June 5 - Interview in Sofia - VISA GRANTED!!!

June 16 - POE @ SFO. No problems. He's a citizen now!

Oct 4 - US Passport received. (SS card received some time in the summer; had to go to SSA office to obtain)

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Lucy Keeling   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: China
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The USCIS randomness continues!!

I just received a letter from them today. I opened it looking for what additional information was requested and it says APPROVED!!!!!

4/22. The day of my only touch beyond entry into the system. No e-mail (yes I am signed up and yes I have received other notices from them... password changes, etc....) And when I log on the system it still says "Current Status: Case received and pending." Go figure.

So yay for me and yay for the CSC but I am so annoyed that there are so many people who applied before me who are still waiting. PLUS I leave for Bulgaria in 2 weeks since I quit my job to go wait with my husband.... I was prepared for everyone else to get through first... processed in order of receipt, right?!?!?! Mine was received Jan 9.

hahaha maybe that's the way to make the process go faster, just totally uproot your life prepared to wait 8 months for USCIS approval and it will come 5 months earlier!

Let's hope this signals an upturn in processing. Shocking beyond belief!!

/bb

Congratulations! Our timeline is very close. Keep in touch. Good luck in NVC.

Lucy

Apri. 2005 Met in office

12-27-07 Marriage

CR-1

I-130 for Wife

1-06-08 I-130 Mailed

2-08-08 NOA1 from CSC

2-13-08 Case on line

4-23-08 NOA2

NVC

4-29-08 Case number assigned

5-05-08 DS-3032 & AOS generate

5-07-08 DS-3032 send

5-07-08 AOS paid on line, Barcode sheet print out

5-13-08 I-864 mail to NVC

5-14-08 DS-3032 accepted by NVC

5-17-08 Pay IV fee on line

5-xx-08 I-864 accepted by NVC

5-20-08 DS-230 generate and send

5-23-08 DS-230 enter into NVC system, automessage updated

6-04-08 Case completed at NVC

6-09-08 Case left NVC

CR2

I-130 for Daughter

1-06-08 I-130 Mailed

2-08-08 NOA1 from CSC

2-13-08 Case on line

4-25-08 NOA2

NVC

5-02-08 Cased number assigned

5-09-08 DS-3032 & AOS generate

5-08-08 DS-3032 send

5-07-08 AOS paid on line( included under wife's case , no additional fee here ), barcode sheet print

5-13-08 I-864 mail to NVC

5-15-08 DS-3032 accepted by NVC

5-17-08 Pay IV fee on line

5-xx-08 I-864 accepted by NVC

5-20-08 DS-230 generate and send

5-23-08 DS-230 enter into NVC system, automessage updated

6-04-08 Case completed at NVC

6-09-08 Case left NVC

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