The Ultimate IR1/CR1 Guide

[Pappu1980 0]

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[Em4oAndKrisi 0]

Google would index pages based on number of links related to given search query not based on title. Since WIKI is internal to VJ, it title of page will not matter anything to Google page rank.

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[ninjarocket 1]

By the way, it's faster by about a week to send the DS3032 by express mail. They take a long time to scan through emails as they are given a lower priority. I tested both. I was able to get both the AOS and IV paid and submitted before the email DS3032 was finally accepted. As proof of this, my case was complete in less than a month: please see my timeline below. Recommending email is therefore not the best advice. I recall others have had a similar experience.

timeline

July 14: I-130 and I29F approved

July 26: NVC acknowledges receipt of both I-130 and I-129F

July 28: DS-3032 and AOS fee bill generated (although dated 2 days earlier when I received the snail mail)

July 29: mailed off $70 AOS fee

July 29: email forwarded DS-3032 from wife (snail mail got there first!)

July 30: spouse mailed off DS-3032 by express mail (UPS) from Philippines

August 4: DS-3032 hard copy received at NVC from Philippines

August 4: AOS fee bill received by NVC (although wrong date was on James' short cut generated bill!)

August 6: AOS generated

August 6: IV bill generated

August 6: send off AOS (I-864EZ) lets hope they accept a non-notarized version with IRS tax transcripts for last 3 years rather than actual tax returns! (there's not even any space to notarize an I-864EZ, so it makes no sense to me)

August 6: paid IV bill online with invoice # obtained from NVC operator (who also told me the online system doesn't work, so I'll just have to see what happens)

August 7: IV bill status is now "paid" and deducted from my bank account

August 7: mail off DS-230 + pile of documents + IV payment receipt + bank statement showing deduction

August 8: AVR says IV bill generated? (online status changed to "unpaid" although paid receipt is right there online. duh!)

August 11: finally they accepted email DS-3032 (hard copy got there one week earlier)

August 13: IV received at NVC (they need to be informed again to reconcile online payment with visa application, grrrrrr)

August 13: online payment system status changed back to "paid" yippee!!!

August 13: receive snail mail IV bill

August 14: AVR says IV payment received August 6

August 14: AOS instructions received by email

August 19: medical appointment (using k3-visa # already at consulate)

August 22: case complete according to operator several days later

August 27: k3-visa interview scheduled for September 16

August 27: expedite request emailed to send I-130 docs to k3-visa interview so that it can be changed to a CR-visa interview

August 27: also mail in expedite request

September 3: still no news on expedite request so ask to speak to supervisor who then has email tracked down and worked on within a couple of hours

September 3: request sent from NVC to embassy to find whether k3 interview can be changed to CR

September 9: MNL accepts expedite request and I-130 package mailed to embassy

September 16: k3/CR interview date: pink slip