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I received a response from Mumbai Consulate. Apparently, they cancelled the K3 interview and kept the CR1 for the CR1 date. The flip was completely unsuccessful. The lesson learned: DO NOT E-MAIL THEM ASKING THEM FOR A FLIP. If your K3 and CR1 happens to be at the Consulate and K3 interview is scheduled before the CR1, simply show up for K3 interview and the chances of you getting CR1 are much higher.

This is not the first time I got smacked for being nice...anyways, two weeks is no biggie. :)

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Good Luck CJ......

I guess your wife can use these two weeks to meet family and friends............

NOA1 May 09 2008

NOA2 Dec 18 2008

Case Complete Feb 03 2009

Medical Feb 16 2009

March 9th 2009.....Got my VISAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I-751 January 13 2011

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Very Sorry to hear this CJ. I was hoping that you it would be able to work out.

CR-1

I-130 NOA 1- 3/20/08

I-I30 touched- 3/26/08

I-130 APPROVED NOA2- 12/11/08

Assigned NVC Case Number- 12/15/08

Generate DS-3032- NA

Generate AOS Bill- 12/18/08

E-mail DS-3032- NA

Mail Hard Copy DS-3032- NA

NVC Accept DS-3032- NA

AOS Bill Marked 'Paid'- 12/31/08

Generate IV Bill- 12/18/08

IV Bill Marked "Paid"- 12/31/08

Send AOS Package- 12/31/08

Send IV Pacakge- 12/31/08

NVC Receive AOS Package- 1/2/09

NVC Receive IV Package- 1/2/09

NVC Case Complete- 1/22/09

Wife Completes Medical- 2/7/09

NVC Schedules CR-1 Case- 2/10/09

Wife Submits documents for K-3 Interview- 2/12/09

NVC Sends Case to Mumbai Consulate- 2/18/09

Case arrives in Mumbai- 2/23/09

Consulate confirms willingness to issue CR-1 on K-3 interview date- 2/23/09

Original K-3 interview, but APPROVED for CR-1 as file arrived in time!!- 2/26/09

Original CR-1 Interview, assumed to be cancelled as not necessary- 3/5/09

POE- New York- 3/7/09

K-3

I-129F NOA 1- 4/11/08

I-129F touched- 5/14/08

I-129F APPROVED NOA2- 12/11/08

I-129F Assigned NVC Case Number- 12/15/08

NVC Send Case to Mumbai Consulate- 12/17/08

Consulate Receives Case- 12/20/08

Consulate Send Packet 3- 12/22/08

Wife Send Packet 3 to Consulate- 12/25/08

Consulate Receive Packet 3- 1/2/09

Consulate Schedules Interview, sends Packet 4- 1/2/09

Wife Receives Packet 4, K-3 Leg Complete- 1/13/09

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I received a response from Mumbai Consulate. Apparently, they cancelled the K3 interview and kept the CR1 for the CR1 date. The flip was completely unsuccessful. The lesson learned: DO NOT E-MAIL THEM ASKING THEM FOR A FLIP. If your K3 and CR1 happens to be at the Consulate and K3 interview is scheduled before the CR1, simply show up for K3 interview and the chances of you getting CR1 are much higher.

This is not the first time I got smacked for being nice...anyways, two weeks is no biggie. :)

Our timelines are almost identical, except for the NVC part. :)

Let that be a lesson about hiring a lawyer.

Service Center : Vermont Service Center

Consulate : Bangkok, Thailand

Marriage : 2006-11-08

I-130 Sent : 2008-02-22

I-130 NOA1 : 2008-03-10

I-129F Sent : 2008-04-08

I-129F NOA1 : 2008-04-14

I-129F touched: 2008-05-06

I-130 touched: 2008-05-09

I-129F approved 2008-09-05

I-130 approved 2008-09-05

NVC received 2008-09-12

Pay I-864 2008-10-08

Pay IV bill 2008-10-08

Receive Instruction 2008-11-05

Case Complete 2008-11-18

Medical 2009-01-19/20 passed

Receive Pkt 4 2009-01-30

Interview 221g 2009-02-23

Second interview 2009-03-02 Approved

POE DFW 2009-03-07

Received SS card 2009-03-17

Received GC 2009-04-01

Done for 3 years or 10 years. Haven't decided yet.

(I'm going for the IR-1 and blowing off the K-3. Even if it takes an extra couple months, it's worth it to not have to deal with USCIS again)

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Note:

Please fill out I-130, wait 6 months for approval, then 3 more months for an interview. (Unless of course we've bombed your country into the stone age, then you qualify for expedited processing.)

Welcome to the USA!!!

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I received a response from Mumbai Consulate. Apparently, they cancelled the K3 interview and kept the CR1 for the CR1 date. The flip was completely unsuccessful. The lesson learned: DO NOT E-MAIL THEM ASKING THEM FOR A FLIP. If your K3 and CR1 happens to be at the Consulate and K3 interview is scheduled before the CR1, simply show up for K3 interview and the chances of you getting CR1 are much higher.

This is not the first time I got smacked for being nice...anyways, two weeks is no biggie. :)

I hope I haven't screwed up but I did exactly what you're telling people not to do. Waithatter even suggested I should wait until the papers arrived at the consulate, but today I couldn't help it. I e-mailed them (i haven't read this thread before). But I still have hopes that things are going to work out fine for me because the papers will arrive there tomorrow or friday.

I didn't know you had this problem in the end of your journey. At least now it's over for you! :) Last year was a long year for most of us!

Our Immigration Timeline:

Form I-130 sent to Chicago - 03/18/08 (Case in VSC)

NOA 1 - 03/26/08

Updates - 04/01/08; 06/16/08; 06/17/08

NOA 2 - 01/23/09

NVC received papers - 01/30/09

NVC generated DS 3032 and AOS bill - 02/02/09

DS 3032 sent by e-mail and snail mail - 02/02/09

NVC replied my e-mail confirming my choice of agent - 02/06/09

AOS bill received - 02/07/09

AOS bill and IV bill paid online - 02/07/09

AOS and IV display the PAID message - 02/11/09

AOS and DS-230 packages sent - 02/11/09

NVC received packages - 02/13/09

NVC sent RFE (mistake on DS-230) - 02/20/09

Form DS-230 re-sent (as requested) - 02/26/09

CASE COMPLETE - 03/05/09

Interview date assigned - 03/10/09

Case forwarded to the embassy - 03/11/09

Medical Examination - 04/08/09

CR1 interview - 04/09/09 - VISA APPROVED!

Visa in hand - 04/??/09

POE - 04/??/09

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails." 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

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Guys this might sound naive to you all as you're all at the completion of your vj but I sent all my i130 stuff to uscis and got noa1 in June, annnd I've sent just the i129f form along with the i130 package.

I'm hoping they send it back to me telling me I can't send it there.... But if they send it back approved do I have to do all the k3 stuff or do I ignore the k3 stuff and continue on with cr1????

I keep asking this question but I'm really not clear on what the heck to do!!!

Maybe I need a dummy guide haha!!!

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Hi,

I just wanted to let anyone know who is interested that it was really easy to flip our interview in Frankfurt. My husband's K-3 interview is scheduled for tomorrow and his CR-1 package arrived in Frankfurt yesterday. After reading this thread, we were going back and forth trying to decide if he should just show up and hope for the best or call and ask. This morning, THEY called HIM. He said the woman he spoke with was very friendly and just said that she was calling to let him know that his CR-1 package showed up. She said he was welcome to keep his August interview date if he wanted, or he could come tomorrow and do his CR-1 interview at the K-3 interview date.

Here is the strange thing. She told him just to bring his passport and a passport photo. He asked, what about the 10 lb box of pictures, boarding passes, notarized copies etc. that my wife has been obsessing about and she said not to worry about it. She also told him to come at 8:30 instead of 7:30. I told him to bring it all anyway and still show up at 7. Worst case is he stands around for an extra hour holding stuff he doesnt need. So, wish us luck!

mrsemcee,

If you mean that you sent the I-129F form in with the I-130 and not with the receipt notice, then I'm not sure what happens. If you sent it in with the receipt notice and it gets approved, I think you can just ignore it if you decide to go with the CR-1.

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