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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa (DCF) Country: Netherlands
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Did anyone get asked by the embassy/consulate to pay for the postage to have the passport/visa/brown envelope sent to you?? May sound like a silly question but its been driving me nuts! :blink:

~Lainie

Feb. 2002 - met online/started talking

Dec.2002 - met IRL, got engaged!

May 2003 - Moved to Holland to live with fiance

Dec.2008 - Got married!

Feb. 23 2009 - DCF Amsterdam Consulate!

Feb. 27 2009 - 130 Approved!

Mar. 27 2009 - Packet 4 rec'd

April 17 2009 - Medical

April 27 2009 -Final Interview--APPROVED!!

April 29 2009 - Received VISA in mail!

June 22 2009 - Flew to NY

Sept 18 2009 - Moved to NC-WooHoo!

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It's standard procedure at most consulates. I found this info on the US Embassy Amsterdam website (I assume you're applying through Amsterdam):

- Passports with visas are returned by Registered Mail - When a consular officer approves your application the Consulate needs a day to print your visa and prepare your immigrant visa package. Your passport with visa and this immigrant visa package are returned to your address in The Netherlands by registered mail. For this purpose you are to bring postage to your interview. You can bring stamps, or you can purchase a registered mail postage sticker with a tracking number, sufficient to mail 0-5 kilos of registered mail within The Netherlands. The sticker has our preferrence.

Immigrant Visa Issuance in Amsterdam

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Australia
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Yes, in Australia we have to provide them with a 3kg Overnight Express mailing bag.

DCF Timeline here

POE Timeline

08/24/2008 POE Seattle

08/29/2008 SSN assigned

09/08/2008 SSN (Card) received

09/29/2008 Green Card received

I-90 Timeline (USCIS error)

11/10/2008 Send I-90 to Texas service center

12/xx/2008 NOA1

01/07/2009 Card production ordered

01/14/2009 Card mailed

01/xx/2009 Card received

I-751 Timeline

06/02/2010 Send I-751 to California service center

06/04/2010 Received at CSC

06/07/2010 NOA1

06/09/2010 Check cashed

07/27/2010 Biometrics

07/28/2010 Touch

09/02/2010 Approved

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa (DCF) Country: Japan
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Yes, in Australia we have to provide them with a 3kg Overnight Express mailing bag.

Same in Japan as well.

We have to bring a prepaid mailing bag to the interview.

Immigration Process (DCF Japan)

08/06/2008 I-130 petition at Tokyo, Japan

08/13/2008 I-130 approved

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| Waited until we were ready to move back

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07/13/2009 IV interview at Tokyo, Japan

07/15/2009 IV(IR-1) in hand

Post-DCF

07/29/2009 POE at Las Vegas

08/17/2009 GC(10yrs) received

Click here for the detailed timeline.

Done with USCIS until

- naturalization in May 2012 or

- GC replacement in February 2019

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa (DCF) Country: Netherlands
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It's standard procedure at most consulates. I found this info on the US Embassy Amsterdam website (I assume you're applying through Amsterdam):

- Passports with visas are returned by Registered Mail - When a consular officer approves your application the Consulate needs a day to print your visa and prepare your immigrant visa package. Your passport with visa and this immigrant visa package are returned to your address in The Netherlands by registered mail. For this purpose you are to bring postage to your interview. You can bring stamps, or you can purchase a registered mail postage sticker with a tracking number, sufficient to mail 0-5 kilos of registered mail within The Netherlands. The sticker has our preferrence.

Immigrant Visa Issuance in Amsterdam

Well we went to the post office yesterday and asked for this 'sticker' they state on the website, the lady practically laughed at us and said its only valid for the day they issue it! so it would be silly to get it that day its useless on monday when we go for the interview! I'm not sure if they do the mail bags others have posted about but before we go on monday we'll have another stop at the post office and see what we can work out! If not I guess we'll have to resort to a buttload of stamps LOL

~Lainie

Feb. 2002 - met online/started talking

Dec.2002 - met IRL, got engaged!

May 2003 - Moved to Holland to live with fiance

Dec.2008 - Got married!

Feb. 23 2009 - DCF Amsterdam Consulate!

Feb. 27 2009 - 130 Approved!

Mar. 27 2009 - Packet 4 rec'd

April 17 2009 - Medical

April 27 2009 -Final Interview--APPROVED!!

April 29 2009 - Received VISA in mail!

June 22 2009 - Flew to NY

Sept 18 2009 - Moved to NC-WooHoo!

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