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:dance: congrats Tatabunny :dance:

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06/15/2012 - Mailed N - 400 package to Phoenix

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09/21/2012 - Oath Ceremony :)

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Hi everyone! Naraj has kindly permitted me to post a recent e-mail from him about his Nairobi experience. Thanks Naraj! I has similar frustrations as you with my timeline, but I just put Tanzania as t

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PS -- we also just put his PO Box as his address--then listed his district, zone and town/city. Just do your best to fill it in, we never had any problems. I don't know about anyone else, but my husb

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Welcome to VJ I read your story in your profile and you mentioned that you married your fiance in sept 2010. If that is the case you dont want to file a fiance visa you need to file Cr-1 visa a spousa

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Well, "UG" (not her real name, she's not a cavewoman!) went over to the Nairobi Embassy bright and early the morning of the 5th, only to be told that her printout of the electronic visa form was missing a page, and that she had to go pay some fee at some bank, and then the bank said she had to pay it at the Embassy, and... well, by the time she finished running in circles, they didn't have time to interview her, so she'll be back first thing the morning of the 6th.

(It didn't take me much time to Google up an instructions page for fiancées which explained the whole bank fee thing, but since the Nairobi Embassy tried to MAIL the info packet to her in Uganda, which is a bad idea, and then she had to get a packet from the Kampala Embassy instead, there's the possibility that the packet she got was missing that instructional page, or something!)

Her flight back to Uganda is the 7th, so we need things to move quickly now that she's been delayed a day. :(

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Well, "UG" (not her real name, she's not a cavewoman!) went over to the Nairobi Embassy bright and early the morning of the 5th, only to be told that her printout of the electronic visa form was missing a page, and that she had to go pay some fee at some bank, and then the bank said she had to pay it at the Embassy, and... well, by the time she finished running in circles, they didn't have time to interview her, so she'll be back first thing the morning of the 6th.

(It didn't take me much time to Google up an instructions page for fiancées which explained the whole bank fee thing, but since the Nairobi Embassy tried to MAIL the info packet to her in Uganda, which is a bad idea, and then she had to get a packet from the Kampala Embassy instead, there's the possibility that the packet she got was missing that instructional page, or something!)

Her flight back to Uganda is the 7th, so we need things to move quickly now that she's been delayed a day. :(

Sorry to hear that HI-UG! We actually went to the bank the day before the interview only to be told that we had to pay at the embassy. Before doing the finger printing, we paid $350 (though the receipt had $210, guess its the old fee) and then accomplished everything in the following couple of minutes.

I would advise you go to the embassy page: http://nairobi.usembassy.gov/immigrant_visas/visa-packets.html and crosscheck with the K1 packet to make sure you have every document they want and also, for the affidavit of support, it should be the original from you, not a faxed copy. Download the instructions from the same page too. On some form you dont have to sign, i guess its the DS-230, she will sign after taking the oath.

We got the visa the following day but we actually have to fly back to Nairobi bc our package is missing some documents and it has to be repacked. Its better you get it after a couple of days than having a package missing necessary documents identified at the POE.

Wish you all the best!!

K-1 Visa
Mailed package: 2010-05-21 NOA1: 2010-06-04 NOA2: 2010-08-24 Medical: 2010-09-27 Interview: 2010-09-30 APPROVED!!!! POE: 2010-12-26(JFK)
AOS
Mailed package: 2011-02-05 NOA1: 2011-02-12 Transferred to CSC: 2011-03-16 Biometrics: 2011-03-29 EAD/AP card received: 2011-04-09 GreenCard Received: 2011-04-23
ROC
Mailed package: 2013-01-15 NOA1: 2013-01-18 Biometrics: 2013-02-21 Approved: 2013-07-09 Card production ordered: 2013-07-18 Received: 2013-07-25

N400
Mailed package: 2014-01-16 NOA1: 2014-01-23 Biometrics: 2014-02-13 In-line: 2014-03-14 Interview: 2014-06-10 Oath: 2014-06-25

Passport (Normal)
Mailed package: 2014-07-10 Received: 2014-08-06

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Victory!

She went back this morning.

Whoever she talked to today admitted that she was lied to yesterday, and was supposed to pay at the embassy, not the bank.

They admitted that she was lied to yesterday, and didn't have to bring her medical papers from IOM, and that IOM had sent them yesterday.

And they admitted that their own information had told her to fill out the wrong form (-160 vs. -156 or something, I forget.)

She did have to run out to a cybercafe and print out the RIGHT form...

But after that, they interviewed her. And approved her.

The only downside is that they want her to pick up the Visa at 9am Friday, and her flight back to Uganda was booked for midday Thursday, but once she gets somewhere she can get on-line, I should be able to get that sorted out REAL fast, since the ticket was booked using my frequent flyer miles and the airline looooves me. :)

It's been a good week for VJers in Uganda, huh Taatabunny? :)

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Congrats HI-UG!!! :dance:

K-1
09/09/09 - NOA1 :: 10/20/09 - NOA2 :: 01/11/10 - Interview :: 02/24/10 - POE :: 04/10/10 - Wedding

AOS
05/17/10 - NOA :: 06/08/10 - Transferred to CSC :: 07/02/10 - Biometrics :: 07/16/10 - EAD/AP Approved :: 10/26/10 - AOS Approved

ROC
08/16/12 - NOA :: 09/13/12 - Biometrics :: 04/12/13 - Approved :: 04/19/13 - GC received

Naturalization
08/22/13 - NOA :: 09/20/13 - Biometrics :: 01/30/14 - Interview - Approved :: 02/27/14 - Oath

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Victory!

She went back this morning.

Whoever she talked to today admitted that she was lied to yesterday, and was supposed to pay at the embassy, not the bank.

They admitted that she was lied to yesterday, and didn't have to bring her medical papers from IOM, and that IOM had sent them yesterday.

And they admitted that their own information had told her to fill out the wrong form (-160 vs. -156 or something, I forget.)

She did have to run out to a cybercafe and print out the RIGHT form...

But after that, they interviewed her. And approved her.

The only downside is that they want her to pick up the Visa at 9am Friday, and her flight back to Uganda was booked for midday Thursday, but once she gets somewhere she can get on-line, I should be able to get that sorted out REAL fast, since the ticket was booked using my frequent flyer miles and the airline looooves me. :)

It's been a good week for VJers in Uganda, huh Taatabunny? :)

COngratulations! Sounds like they sent you on a wild goose chase but it all worked out in the end. Yay!

-K-1-

Apr 24th, 2008 - Proposal!!!

Jun 20th, 2008 - I-129F petition sent to VSC

Jun 24th, 2008 - NOA 1 Sent

Jul 10th, 2008 - Touched

Nov 12th, 2008 - APPROVED!!!! YEEEAAAH!!

Nov 14th, 2008 - NVC received petition

Nov 18th, 2008 - Petition leaves NVC

Nov 24th, 2008 - Petition arrives at Nairobi Embassy

Dec 23rd, 2008 - Medical Exam

Jan 7th, 2009 - Interview in Nairobi-- APPROVED!!! Visa in hand same day!

Feb 21st, 2009 - POE, Logan Airport Boston, USA -- forgot to give my fiance his I-94 # (!) Had to go back and get it when we realized

Mar 28th, 2009 - Wedding!

-AOS-

April 27th, 2009 - Mailed AOS & EAD

April 29th, 2009 - Delivered to Chicago Lockbox

May 5th, 2009 - NOA for AOS & EAD

May 30th, 2009 - Completed Biometrics at Boston Office

June 3rd, 2009 - EAD card production ordered

June 10th, 2009 - EAD arrived in mail

July 10th, 2009 - Touched

August 8th, 2009 - RFE = requesting a new I-693

August 21st, 2009 - Completed new medical

August 22nd, 2009 - Mailed RFE priority

August 26th, 2009 - CRIS e-mail: AOS approved!

Sept 3rd, 2009 - Conditional green card arrived in mail!

-ROC-

May 16th, 2011 - Applied to lift conditions at VSC

May 31st, 2011 - NOA, residence status extended for one year

Aug 16th, 2011 - Biometrics

Jan 4th, 2012 - Approved! Card is in the mail :)

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Yayyy!!! So happy for you, and congrats to all of us Ugandans! :dance:

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K-1 Visa
Mailed package: 2010-05-21 NOA1: 2010-06-04 NOA2: 2010-08-24 Medical: 2010-09-27 Interview: 2010-09-30 APPROVED!!!! POE: 2010-12-26(JFK)
AOS
Mailed package: 2011-02-05 NOA1: 2011-02-12 Transferred to CSC: 2011-03-16 Biometrics: 2011-03-29 EAD/AP card received: 2011-04-09 GreenCard Received: 2011-04-23
ROC
Mailed package: 2013-01-15 NOA1: 2013-01-18 Biometrics: 2013-02-21 Approved: 2013-07-09 Card production ordered: 2013-07-18 Received: 2013-07-25

N400
Mailed package: 2014-01-16 NOA1: 2014-01-23 Biometrics: 2014-02-13 In-line: 2014-03-14 Interview: 2014-06-10 Oath: 2014-06-25

Passport (Normal)
Mailed package: 2014-07-10 Received: 2014-08-06

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Thank you for all of your congratulations. We are now back in Kampala and here's the full story:

Travel and Accommodation We took Queens bus (queenscoach.com) from Nakumatt Kampala at 715am on Sunday 26th of September. They are a new bus company with very very good services, we recommend them to anyone who has to make this journey by bus. We booked at the Kenya Youth Hostel, walking distance from the IOM Medical Offices. The hostel was fair with nice staff and somewhat clean facilities. Most importantly for us, it was a very convenient location to IOM.

Medical Exam We had to be at IOM at 730am on Monday morning, so we started walking from the hostel at 7am. It took us less than 10mins to get there and by the time we came the whole place was already crowded with many others waiting for the same exam. At around 8 they had a short counseling session. After counseling they called each person by name to do their blood tests, then xray, exam, then vaccinations. It definitely does take one whole day and the cost for us was $255 ($143 medical exam, $112 vaccinations). We got the results the following day without any problems.

Interview We called the Embassy to schedule an interview on the same day we got the Medical Exam. I had to be very persistent in order to speak with someone, but when I finally got through and told them our coming from Uganda they had no problem scheduling the interview for us the same week. Since it was the last Wednesday of the month we were scheduled for Thursday 7am. At around 730 we were called to turn in all the necessary paperwork. At 8 we were called for fingerprinting. Then at 845 we were called for the interview. I went up to the window with my fiance, but the consular lady told me I could go sit down. During the interview, they asked my fiance these questions:

(1)What is your fiancee's name?

(2) Are you married?

(3) How long have you known your fiancee?

(4) What does she do?

(5) What do you know about your fiancee?

(6) Have you been to the US? (bc my fiance has a visitor's VISA and had come to the US earlier this year to visit my family)

(7) How long were you there?

(8) Any photos of you and your fiancee?

(9) When did you propose?

It took about 10-15 mins, and seems like there are not so many K1 cases that go through Nairobi. We were probably one of two K cases that day. After these questions, she said she knows we were coming from Uganda and that they would try to get it to us by the following day. We were told to come back at 10am, which we did, and at around noon they had the visa ready for us. YAY!

One thing not clear to us is about vaccinations. We got what they told us, but they said my fiance would still have to get booster shots before leaving or at the port of entry. Any insight in this area for us?

Otherwise, we're just so happy to be done with this phase. For those who are still on this journey, please feel free to email us if you have any questions. Sometimes it was very unclear to us and if we can help make it clearer to any of you, we would be more than happy to help!

God bless!

Congrats!!!! :dancing:

Victory!

She went back this morning.

Whoever she talked to today admitted that she was lied to yesterday, and was supposed to pay at the embassy, not the bank.

They admitted that she was lied to yesterday, and didn't have to bring her medical papers from IOM, and that IOM had sent them yesterday.

And they admitted that their own information had told her to fill out the wrong form (-160 vs. -156 or something, I forget.)

She did have to run out to a cybercafe and print out the RIGHT form...

But after that, they interviewed her. And approved her.

The only downside is that they want her to pick up the Visa at 9am Friday, and her flight back to Uganda was booked for midday Thursday, but once she gets somewhere she can get on-line, I should be able to get that sorted out REAL fast, since the ticket was booked using my frequent flyer miles and the airline looooves me. :)

It's been a good week for VJers in Uganda, huh Taatabunny? :)

Congrats :dancing:

November 5, 2010 Interview 7am APPROVED!!!!!! (6months 4weeks 1day) THANK YOU LORD!!!!!

(look at my about me page in my profile if you want to see my entire k1 journey)

AOS Journey:

Feb.4, 2011 Mailed AOS packet

Feb. 7, 2011 Pkt delivered in Chicago

Feb. 10, 2011 Received txt and email of NOA for AOS, EAD, and AP

Feb. 11, 2011 Check cashed for AOS

Feb. 12, 2011 Touched

Feb. 14, 2011 received hard copy of NOA for AOS, EAD& AP

Feb. 18, 2011 received appt letter for biometrics

Feb. 28, 2011 biometrics appt @10am

Feb. 28, 2011 received txt/email AOS case transferred to csc

Mar 1, 2011 AOS Touched

Mar 3, 2011 received hard copy of AOS transfer to csc

Mar 4, 2011 AOS Touched

Mar 28, 2011 Received txt/email saying card production has been ordered. (1month 3eeks 3days)

Mar 28, 2011 Received 2nd txt/email saying we have registered this customer permanent residence status

Mar 29, 2011 Received 3rd txt/email says card production has been ordered.

April 1, 2011 greencard and welcome letter in hand!!

April 5, 2011 received txt/email EAD card production ordered

Will Start Removing Conditions Dec 2012!!!!

Dec. 26, 2012 mailed ROC paperwork

Dec. 28, 2012 NOA for ROC paperwork

Jan. 7, 2013 received bio appt letter

Jan. 24, 2013 bio appt.

June 22, 2013 10yr green card received

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Today is such an awesome day! Oct 6th is a day to remember.... The interview approval started it off (Congrats again HI-UG) and to top it all off I just received my notification that my I-129F petition was approved today!! Katie&Sifa, thanks for all those good vibes... they REALLY WORKED! :)

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Today is such an awesome day! Oct 6th is a day to remember.... The interview approval started it off (Congrats again HI-UG) and to top it all off I just received my notification that my I-129F petition was approved today!! Katie&Sifa, thanks for all those good vibes... they REALLY WORKED! :)

WOW! Congratulations! I remember when we filed in 2008 through the VSC, our petition took 5 months--it was torture! Glad t see things are moving faster!

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-K-1-

Apr 24th, 2008 - Proposal!!!

Jun 20th, 2008 - I-129F petition sent to VSC

Jun 24th, 2008 - NOA 1 Sent

Jul 10th, 2008 - Touched

Nov 12th, 2008 - APPROVED!!!! YEEEAAAH!!

Nov 14th, 2008 - NVC received petition

Nov 18th, 2008 - Petition leaves NVC

Nov 24th, 2008 - Petition arrives at Nairobi Embassy

Dec 23rd, 2008 - Medical Exam

Jan 7th, 2009 - Interview in Nairobi-- APPROVED!!! Visa in hand same day!

Feb 21st, 2009 - POE, Logan Airport Boston, USA -- forgot to give my fiance his I-94 # (!) Had to go back and get it when we realized

Mar 28th, 2009 - Wedding!

-AOS-

April 27th, 2009 - Mailed AOS & EAD

April 29th, 2009 - Delivered to Chicago Lockbox

May 5th, 2009 - NOA for AOS & EAD

May 30th, 2009 - Completed Biometrics at Boston Office

June 3rd, 2009 - EAD card production ordered

June 10th, 2009 - EAD arrived in mail

July 10th, 2009 - Touched

August 8th, 2009 - RFE = requesting a new I-693

August 21st, 2009 - Completed new medical

August 22nd, 2009 - Mailed RFE priority

August 26th, 2009 - CRIS e-mail: AOS approved!

Sept 3rd, 2009 - Conditional green card arrived in mail!

-ROC-

May 16th, 2011 - Applied to lift conditions at VSC

May 31st, 2011 - NOA, residence status extended for one year

Aug 16th, 2011 - Biometrics

Jan 4th, 2012 - Approved! Card is in the mail :)

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Today is such an awesome day! Oct 6th is a day to remember.... The interview approval started it off (Congrats again HI-UG) and to top it all off I just received my notification that my I-129F petition was approved today!! Katie&Sifa, thanks for all those good vibes... they REALLY WORKED! :)

Wow!! that is super fast, congrats AnnieMugaya!! The rest of the process is so fast too.

K-1 Visa
Mailed package: 2010-05-21 NOA1: 2010-06-04 NOA2: 2010-08-24 Medical: 2010-09-27 Interview: 2010-09-30 APPROVED!!!! POE: 2010-12-26(JFK)
AOS
Mailed package: 2011-02-05 NOA1: 2011-02-12 Transferred to CSC: 2011-03-16 Biometrics: 2011-03-29 EAD/AP card received: 2011-04-09 GreenCard Received: 2011-04-23
ROC
Mailed package: 2013-01-15 NOA1: 2013-01-18 Biometrics: 2013-02-21 Approved: 2013-07-09 Card production ordered: 2013-07-18 Received: 2013-07-25

N400
Mailed package: 2014-01-16 NOA1: 2014-01-23 Biometrics: 2014-02-13 In-line: 2014-03-14 Interview: 2014-06-10 Oath: 2014-06-25

Passport (Normal)
Mailed package: 2014-07-10 Received: 2014-08-06

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Thanks everyone! I am really really fortunate. Vermont is still processing people in June. They have been at a stand still for like 3 months-- I can't believe I got so lucky! I'm sure now I'll have tonsss of questions for you all on the next phase of the process :)

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