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william_wallace   8

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I sent my fiance documents so she can file the K1. It left the UK last monday and arrived in New York at 12:18pm Wednesday. I was expecting her to get the docs at the very latest Friday. She still hasnt got it, so she phoned USPS and they say its still in customs at New York, ####### is that all about? All thats in it is a copy of my birth cert, divorce decree, letter of intent and my biographic. Why on earth would it be in customs so long?

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Maybe a back log of stuff for Customs to clear.

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2009-08-28 NOA

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william_wallace   8

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Unfortunately, USPS doesn't control the customs process - can't blame this one on them!

Maybe not blame them. But why do customs hold documents for so long? All thats in it is a few papers in a big envelope.

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At least they are not lost... that has been my experience with USPS... they just lose my packages and letters all together!

Unfortunately, USPS doesn't control the customs process - can't blame this one on them!

Maybe not blame them. But why do customs hold documents for so long? All thats in it is a few papers in a big envelope.

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K-1

4/8/2006 - Met online (Lisa in Orlando, Spencer in London)

10/1/2006 - Met in person (Orlando, Key West, Georgia, St.Maarten, St. Thomas and Nassau 10/1-23/2006)

10/18/2006 - Got engaged (somewhere between St. Maarten and Florida)

10/23/2006 - Sent I-129F

10/30/2006 - TSC received I-129F

11/3/2006 - NOA1

11/8/2006 - Touched

11/18/2006 - I-129F was sent to CSC

1/14/2007 - Lisa goes to London & Tenerife to see Spence 1/14-28/2007

1/26/2007 - NOA2 approval!

1/28/2007 - Touched

2/14/2007 - Packet 3 arrived

2/21/2007 - Packet 3 sent

3/01/2007 - packet 4 arrived

3/14/2007 - Medical

3/28/2007 - Interview - APPROVED!

5/4/2007 - POE - Orlando, FL

5/18/2007 - Wedding Day!

5/21/2007 - Apply for SSN

5/29/2007 - Receive SSN in mail

6/27/2007 - Received FL Drivers License!

AOS

6/6/2007 - Mail in packet

6/13/2007 - Received in Chicago

7/20/2007 - Tfr to California

9/28/2007 - APPROVED!!!!!

EAD

6/6/2007 - Mail in packet

6/13/2007 - Received in Chicago

6/28/2007 - Moved to MSC

9/4/2007 - Received the EAD in mail as a surprise!

AP

6/6/2007 - Mail in packet

6/13/2007 - Received in Chicago

6/28/2007 - Moved to MSC

8/29/2007 - Received the AP

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william_wallace   8

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Maybe a back log of stuff for Customs to clear.

Back log at xmas i can understand but its April. It's taken long for this to send than the presents i sent at xmas. Im just cheesed of cause i spent that extra few pounds so that it could be there ASAP. I sent it by airsure.

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william_wallace   8

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get the number and call them........sometimes it can help other times not.......but at least it is something to try my mom has to do that sometimes with her medication that she gets from over seas

My fiance has called them today. USPS say its been sitting in customs since Wednesday.

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get the number and call them........sometimes it can help other times not.......but at least it is something to try my mom has to do that sometimes with her medication that she gets from over seas

My fiance has called them today. USPS say its been sitting in customs since Wednesday.

no no i mean call customs office they have numbers u can call........

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william_wallace   8

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get the number and call them........sometimes it can help other times not.......but at least it is something to try my mom has to do that sometimes with her medication that she gets from over seas

My fiance has called them today. USPS say its been sitting in customs since Wednesday.

no no i mean call customs office they have numbers u can call........

Sorry, picked you up wrong there. Cheers, i think i might just do that.

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I don't think it's a matter of what's in your particular package, but how many other packages are sitting there with yours waiting to be cleared. I'm sure there are literally thousands.

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Maybe a back log of stuff for Customs to clear.

Back log at xmas i can understand but its April. It's taken long for this to send than the presents i sent at xmas. Im just cheesed of cause i spent that extra few pounds so that it could be there ASAP. I sent it by airsure.

If US is anything like the UK end there is always a backlog waiting to be examined.

Most stuff goes through without being checked but if something is pulled out to be checked it takes several days. Last box I sent to the UK got held up for 2 weeks. Why yours should have be singled out, if it has been, you may never know. Might just be random or someone in Customs didn't like the look of it.

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USPS lost our first I-129f package en-route to VSC. It delayed us by 5 weeks and still hasn't surfaced 3 months later. Think incompetence of the UK Post Office times 50, talk about the right hand not knowing what the left one is doing. USCIS are a well oiled machine in comparison. (Although I agree for a change this isn't actually USPS's fault.)

I hope you get a result soon!

Bex xxx

I-129F

12.03.08 ~ NOA1

12.05.08 ~ NOA2

06.06.08 ~ Packet 3

18.06.08 ~ Packet 4

25.06.08 ~ Medical

11.07.08 ~ Interview - Approved!

22.07.08 ~ POE Atlanta

K1 = 3months, 29days

AOS

07.11.08 ~ NOA 1 - AOS, EAD, AP

24.11.08 ~ Transferred to CSC

28.11.08 ~ Biometrics

31.12.08 ~ EAD/AP Approved :)

23.03.09 ~ RFE

06.04.09 ~ RFE response delivered to CSC

22.04.09 ~ Card production ordered

01.05.09 ~ Conditional GC arrived in the mail

Permanent Residence = 5months, 15days

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Lansbury   19

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I have just found out that USPS have it in hand now. Bit of luck it will be there today.

For time sensitive documents if the extra cost doesn't put you of, you might consider Fed Ex or UPS.

When we purchased our US house the papers had to be signed in front of a US notary public, so we had to go to the US Embassy in London. We did that on a Wednesday morning walked to the nearest Fed Ex office and the signed documents were delivered to the title company in Oregon 10.30am the next day.

What to expect at the POE - WIKI entry

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N-400 Timeline

2009-08-21 Applied for US Citizenship

2009-08-28 NOA

2009-09-22 Biometrics appointment

2009-12-01 Interview - Approved

2009-12-02 Oath ceremony - now a US Citizen

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