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Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Colombia
Timeline
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It depends on many things - which service center you get (CSC is much faster than Vermont), what country the spouse is from and what security issues that may exist, how well the package is put together, personal issues, etc. Our initial approvals from CSC came very quickly, but we purchased a pretty good spouse visa kit online (this was before we found VJ) and our paperwork was pretty solid. Plus, I live on the West Coast and we were assigned to CSC. Additionally, my wife has lived legally in the US in the past, already has a US SSN (not that that is necessarily an advantage), and she has never overstayed a visa or had an immigration or legal problem. There are so many factors that even the time lines are just guidelines. Best wishes on your journey.

RickD

IR-1 / CR-1 Visa

Event Date

Service Center : California Service Center

Consulate : Bogota, Colombia

Marriage : 2008-12-18

I-130 Sent : 2009-01-06

I-130 NOA1 : 2009-01-12

I-130 Approved : 2009-02-27

NVC Received : 2009-03-10

Received DS-3032 / I-864 Bill : 2009-03-17

Pay I-864 Bill 2009-03-17

Receive I-864 Package :

Return Completed I-864 : 2009-03-24

Return Completed DS-3032 : 2009-03-19

Receive IV Bill :

Pay IV Bill :

Receive Instruction Package :

Case Completed at NVC :

NVC Left :

Consulate Received :

Packet 3 Received :

Packet 3 Sent :

Packet 4 Received :

Interview Date :

Visa Received :

US Entry :

Comments : 01/26/2009 Touched

Processing

Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 46 days from your NOA1 date.

RickD

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Morocco
Timeline
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I would expect about a year total then

TIMELINE

04/04/2007 K1 Interview from H...w/the devil herself

06/12/2007 Rec'd Notification Case Now Back In Calif. only to expire

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11/20/2007 Married in Morocco

02/23/2008 Mailed CR1 application today

03/08/2008 NOA1 Notice Recd (notice date 3/4/08)

08/26/2008 File transfered fr Vermont to Calif

10/14/2008 APPROVALLLLLLLLLLLL

10/20/2008 Recd hard copy NOA2

10/20/2008 NVC Recd case

11/21/2008 CASE COMPLETE

01/15/2009 INTERVIEW

01/16/2009 VISA IN HAND

01/31/2009 ARRIVED OKC

BE WHO YOU ARE AND SAY WHAT YOU FEEL, BECAUSE THOSE WHO MIND DONT MATTER AND THOSE WHO MATTER DONT MIND

YOU CANT CHANGE THE PAST BUT YOU CAN RUIN THE PRESENT BY WORRYING OVER THE FUTURE

TRIP.... OVER LOVE, AND YOU CAN GET UP

FALL.... IN LOVE, AND YOU FALL FOREVER

I DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT, JUST NOT THE ABILITY

LIKE THE MEASLES, LOVE IS MOST DANGEROUS WHEN IT COMES LATER IN LIFE

LIFE IS NOT THE WAY ITS SUPPOSED TO BE, ITS THE WAY IT IS

I MAY NOT BE WHERE I WANT TO BE BUT IM SURE NOT WHERE I WAS

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ireland
Timeline
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6 months is short for most people- 8-10 months is more usual. Those that told you 2-3 months may be refering to DCF (when you file directly with the embassy, because both the USC and foreign spouse life abroad), which can take as short as one month (6 weeks for me- see my timeline below). Also, after the visa interview, many Pakistanis are stuck in AP (Administrative processing), which can take another several months.

Bye: Penguin

Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: India
Timeline
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Expect 4-6 months for approval, then 1 month for NVC (provided that you follow the shortcuts), then 1-2 months from NVC completion to the interview and given that you are petitioning for your hubby in Pakistan, he is likely to be put on the AP. Please read more on this in the MENA or AP related forums. Keep yourself emotionally, mentally, physically and organizationally prepared, so that it's not a shock when you have to deal with it.

 
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