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hi all..me and my fiance also file k1 visa october 2009...i already receive the letter from USEM that appkication was approved..all i have to do now is go for medical next week...i having problem trying to call the Visa Information Center cause only postpaid can contact there 1909 number...i was hoping to call for schedule of interview..fiance is visiting this february and kinda hoping we can fly back together already if visa will be approved...

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Albania
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Just received text and email from USCIS - APPROVAL NOTICE SENT

YAAAAYYYYYY!!! :dance:

Wishing quick approvals to all...go CSC!

Our K-1 Timeline

10-23-09: I-129F sent to CSC

10-29-09: NOA1

10-30-09: Touch

11-4-09: NOA1 hardcopy received

1-27-10: Touch

1-28-10: Touch

1-28-10: NOA2

2-2-10: NVC received

2-3-10: NOA2 hardcopy received

2-4-10: NVC sent to Tirana

2-8-10: Delivered (per DHL.com)

2-25-10: Packet 3 received

3-6-10: Packet 3 sent

4-19-10: "documentary qualified...waiting in line for an interview appointment" per email inquiry

5-14-10: Notified that packet 4 was mailed (not rec'd), missed medical appt of 5/10, interview 5/24. To be rescheduled.

5-24-10: Medical (canceled)

6-7-10: Interview (canceled)

Medical & Interview postponed due to family emergency

we are patiently waiting...

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Just received text and email from USCIS - APPROVAL NOTICE SENT

YAAAAYYYYYY!!! :dance:

Wishing quick approvals to all...go CSC!

YAAAAY!!! so happy for you!

:dance::dance: CONGRATULATIONS!!! :dance::dance:

Now it's our turn!!! GO GO GO CSC!!! :thumbs:

Our K-1 Visa Journey

2009-10-21 : I-129F Sent

2009-10-23 : I-129F NOA1

2010-01-19 : RFE Hard Copy Received

2010-01-22 : RFE Reply Received by CSC

2010-01-29 : I-129F NOA2

2010-02-04 : NVC Received

2010-02-09 : NVC Left

2010-02-12 : Consulate Received (per DHL website)

2010-02-21 : Interview Scheduled for March 15

2010-02-22 : Packet Received From USEM (Eligibility to Schedule an Interview)

2010-03-02 : Medical Exam

2010-03-15 : Interview APPROVED

2010-03-17 : Visa Picked-up at the USEM

2010-03-19 : CFO Seminar

2010-03-24 : POE - LAX

2010-04-08 : Applied for SSN

2010-04-16 : SSN Received

2010-06-08 : Married

Our AOS Journey

2010-07-09 : AOS Package Sent

2010-07-16 : NOA1 (I-485, I-765 and I-131)

2010-07-26 : Biometrics Appointment Letter Received

2010-08-05 : Biometrics Completed

2010-08-12 : Interview Appointment Letter Received

2010-09-03 : I-512L, Authorization for Parole Received

2010-09-08 : EAD Card Received

2010-09-15 : AOS Interview APPROVED

2010-09-25 : GC Received

Our ROC Journey

2012-07-06 : ROC Package Sent

2012-07-09 : I-751 NOA1

2012-07-18 : Bio Appt Letter Received (for 8/7)

2012-07-25 : Rescheduled Bio Appt Letter Received (for 8/20)

2012-08-20 : Biometrics Completed

2013-03-01 : APPROVED

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Taiwan
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Just received text and email from USCIS - APPROVAL NOTICE SENT

YAAAAYYYYYY!!! :dance:

Wishing quick approvals to all...go CSC!

Congrats! The longest wait is out of the way, hopefully! Now time for the rest of the dance...

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Just received text and email from USCIS - APPROVAL NOTICE SENT

YAAAAYYYYYY!!! :dance:

Wishing quick approvals to all...go CSC!

Oh, congratulations ! I cannot imagine the feeling ! I hope from now on everything it' s gonna be way faster ! :)

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Kenya
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me too.... i am having similar case as urs.....

Our case was touched on 1/6 and then nothing......

I'm so worried and seeing people are approving left & right but not me... :( :( :(

Kalay, I sent you a msg. Did you receive it?

Just received text and email from USCIS - APPROVAL NOTICE SENT

YAAAAYYYYYY!!! :dance:

Wishing quick approvals to all...go CSC!

Congrats!!!

J1 Waiver: April 24, 2009 -- October 1, 2009
K1: October 6, 2009 -- April 29, 2010
AP: April 29, 2010 -- July 28, 2010
Visa: August 03, 2010
POE: August 19, 2010
AOS: September 13, 2010 -- November 10, 2010
Received GreenCard: November 17, 2010



ROC: Mailed packet: 8/10/2012
NOA1: 8/14/2012
Check Cashed: 8/16/2012
Biometrics Appt: 9/10/2012
RFE: 4/08/2013. Request to RFE sent: 4/19/2013
GC Approval Letter Received: 5/03/2013
GC Received: 00/00/00

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Just received text and email from USCIS - APPROVAL NOTICE SENT

YAAAAYYYYYY!!! :dance:

Wishing quick approvals to all...go CSC!

WOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Congratulations!!!! I'm so happy for you :thumbs::dance:

hi all..me and my fiance also file k1 visa october 2009...i already receive the letter from USEM that appkication was approved..all i have to do now is go for medical next week...i having problem trying to call the Visa Information Center cause only postpaid can contact there 1909 number...i was hoping to call for schedule of interview..fiance is visiting this february and kinda hoping we can fly back together already if visa will be approved...

Hi Sylver ... congrats on the NOA2, best of luck on your medical and interview coming up! I hope that you are able to fly back together .. that should be nice :)

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Beth & John
~K-1 Visa Process~
NOA1: October 29, 2009
NOA2: January 21, 2010
Interview Date: April 12, 2010 - APPROVED!
Visa Received: April 26, 2010
POE: May 11, 2010
Wedding: May 21, 2010

~AOS/EAD/AP~
Sent: June 8, 2010
Received at Chicago Lockbox: June 10, 2010
Email/text notification of NOA1: June 16, 2010
Check cashed: June 17, 2010
Case shows up on USCIS website: June 18, 2010
Hard copies of NOA1's arrive: June 18, 2010
Touch on all 3 cases: June 21, 2010
Biometrics letter: Received June 24, 2010, scheduled for July 15, successful walk-in June 30th!
Touch on AOS/EAD cases: July 1, 2010
EAD and AP approval: August 6, 2010
EAD Card Production: August 9, 2010
AP received: August 13, 2010
EAD Card received: August 16, 2010
AOS Interview: August 23, 2010 APPROVED!

~ROC~
Sent: August 7, 2012
Check cashed: August 14, 2012
NOA1: August 10, 2012
Biometrics: September 13, 2012
RFE: April 1, 2013; response mailed April 2, 2013
Approved: April 22, 2013

Green Card Production ordered: June 12, 2013 (email received)

Green Card Received: June 17, 2013

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Russia
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Congrats to everybody, who got NOA2 this week! Sorry, I didn't follow the thread this week and didn't respond at time - my job is complete mess right now and I'm working 12 hours days. The note of warning to everybody, who is going to call to NVC, though. The number is still same: 603-334-0700, but keys combination has changed due to Haiti's issue. Now it's 2-1-5. By the way, I called today at 9 am, got through from the first attempt, spent 7.5 minutes on the call, total. So, maybe it's just morning and low call volume, or it got much easier because they have separated Haiti's calls. At any rate, best of luck to everybody. :) Back to job. :D

Edited by OlegAndSveta

Service Center : California Service Center

Consulate : Moscow, Russia

I-129F Sent : 2009-10-09

I-129F NOA1 : 2009-10-13

I-129F NOA2 : 2010-01-22

NVC Received : 2010-02-02

NVC Left : 2010-02-05

Consulate Received : 2010-02-12

Packet 3 Received : 2010-03-16

Packet 3 Sent : By current rules in Russia, packet 3 should not be sent, but rather brought to the interview.

Packet 4 Received : 2010-03-16

Interview Date : 2010-04-08

Interview Result : Approved

Visa Received : 2010-04-14

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The note of warning to everybody, who is going to call to NVC, though. The number is still same: 603-334-0700, but keys combination has changed due to Haiti's issue. Now it's 2-1-5. By the way, I called today at 9 am, got through from the first attempt, spent 7.5 minutes on the call, total. So, maybe it's just morning and low call volume, or it got much easier because they have separated Haiti's calls. At any rate, best of luck to everybody. :) Back to job. :D

I've been trying off and on for the past three days now :( Noticed the change in the prompts right away, BUT I still cannot get through to a human being!! GRRRR!! I push 2, then 1, then 5, hear nothing for about 15 seconds, then it sends me back to the "You have reached the National Visa Center" message you hear at the very beginning...It is VERY tempting to push 1 (Haiti), but I know better.... ok, so I push 2 again for non-Haiti related issues, then quiet for 5 seconds, then "This service is available 24 hours a day .... blah blah blah", push 5 again, and "I'm sorry for the delay, our operators are assisting other callers, please try again... blah!!!" and over and over and over again! Anyone have any tricks?

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Beth & John
~K-1 Visa Process~
NOA1: October 29, 2009
NOA2: January 21, 2010
Interview Date: April 12, 2010 - APPROVED!
Visa Received: April 26, 2010
POE: May 11, 2010
Wedding: May 21, 2010

~AOS/EAD/AP~
Sent: June 8, 2010
Received at Chicago Lockbox: June 10, 2010
Email/text notification of NOA1: June 16, 2010
Check cashed: June 17, 2010
Case shows up on USCIS website: June 18, 2010
Hard copies of NOA1's arrive: June 18, 2010
Touch on all 3 cases: June 21, 2010
Biometrics letter: Received June 24, 2010, scheduled for July 15, successful walk-in June 30th!
Touch on AOS/EAD cases: July 1, 2010
EAD and AP approval: August 6, 2010
EAD Card Production: August 9, 2010
AP received: August 13, 2010
EAD Card received: August 16, 2010
AOS Interview: August 23, 2010 APPROVED!

~ROC~
Sent: August 7, 2012
Check cashed: August 14, 2012
NOA1: August 10, 2012
Biometrics: September 13, 2012
RFE: April 1, 2013; response mailed April 2, 2013
Approved: April 22, 2013

Green Card Production ordered: June 12, 2013 (email received)

Green Card Received: June 17, 2013

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I've been trying off and on for the past three days now :( Noticed the change in the prompts right away, BUT I still cannot get through to a human being!! GRRRR!! I push 2, then 1, then 5, hear nothing for about 15 seconds, then it sends me back to the "You have reached the National Visa Center" message you hear at the very beginning...It is VERY tempting to push 1 (Haiti), but I know better.... ok, so I push 2 again for non-Haiti related issues, then quiet for 5 seconds, then "This service is available 24 hours a day .... blah blah blah", push 5 again, and "I'm sorry for the delay, our operators are assisting other callers, please try again... blah!!!" and over and over and over again! Anyone have any tricks?

OMG! Never mind ... I kept trying, somewhere along the lines I accidentally pushed a 3, and IMMEDIATELY there was someone on the line! Woot!! Got our case number, they received our packet on 1/27/10 and sent it to Vancouver TODAY!! YAY!!!

WHEW! :thumbs:

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Beth & John
~K-1 Visa Process~
NOA1: October 29, 2009
NOA2: January 21, 2010
Interview Date: April 12, 2010 - APPROVED!
Visa Received: April 26, 2010
POE: May 11, 2010
Wedding: May 21, 2010

~AOS/EAD/AP~
Sent: June 8, 2010
Received at Chicago Lockbox: June 10, 2010
Email/text notification of NOA1: June 16, 2010
Check cashed: June 17, 2010
Case shows up on USCIS website: June 18, 2010
Hard copies of NOA1's arrive: June 18, 2010
Touch on all 3 cases: June 21, 2010
Biometrics letter: Received June 24, 2010, scheduled for July 15, successful walk-in June 30th!
Touch on AOS/EAD cases: July 1, 2010
EAD and AP approval: August 6, 2010
EAD Card Production: August 9, 2010
AP received: August 13, 2010
EAD Card received: August 16, 2010
AOS Interview: August 23, 2010 APPROVED!

~ROC~
Sent: August 7, 2012
Check cashed: August 14, 2012
NOA1: August 10, 2012
Biometrics: September 13, 2012
RFE: April 1, 2013; response mailed April 2, 2013
Approved: April 22, 2013

Green Card Production ordered: June 12, 2013 (email received)

Green Card Received: June 17, 2013

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Filed: Country: Brazil
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Press 3 right away and you'll get an operator. Too bad my phone died (from calling the NVC too much, no less!) as I was confirming his email address and didn't get an update of my status AND my other phone was nowhere to be found :ranting:

Edited by K and L

I-129F Petition Mailed: 26 Oct 2009 ♥ NOA1: 27 Oct 2009 ♥ NOA2: 15 Jan 2010

K-1 VisaNVC: 22-27 Jan 2010 ♥ RdJ receipt: 1 Feb 2010 ♥ Packet 3/4: 12 Feb 2010 ♥ Interview: 4 May 2010

»-(¯`·.·´¯)-> Married (17 Aug 2010) <-(¯`·.·´¯)-«

AOS (I-485)Mailed: 21 Aug 2010 ♥ NOA: 2 Sept 2010 ♥ To CSC: 20 Sept 2010 ♥ Biometrics: 5 Oct 2010 ♥ RFE: 10 -16 Nov 2010 ♥ Approved: 18 Nov 2010

AP (I-131)Mailed: 21 Aug 2010 ♥ NOA: 2 Sept 2010 ♥ Approved: 20 Oct 2010

EAD (I-765)Mailed: 21 Aug 2010 ♥ NOA: 2 Sept 2010 ♥ Biometrics: 5 Oct 2010 ♥ Approved: 20 Oct 2010

ROC (I-751)Mailed: 6 Nov 2012 ♥ NOA: 7 Nov 2012 ♥ Biometrics: 5 Dec 2012 ♥ Approved: 15 May 2013

Naturalization (N-400)Mailed: 03 August 2015 ♥ NOA: 07 August 2015 ♥ Biometrics: 3 Sept 2015 ♥ Interview: 13 Nov 2015 ♥ Oath: 8 Dec '15

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Press 3 right away and you'll get an operator. Too bad my phone died (from calling the NVC too much, no less!) as I was confirming his email address and didn't get an update of my status AND my other phone was nowhere to be found :ranting:

Well, what the heck ... if I had known to press 3 right away, I would have done that the first time .. 3 days ago!! :)

You're going to call them back, riiiight? :)

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Beth & John
~K-1 Visa Process~
NOA1: October 29, 2009
NOA2: January 21, 2010
Interview Date: April 12, 2010 - APPROVED!
Visa Received: April 26, 2010
POE: May 11, 2010
Wedding: May 21, 2010

~AOS/EAD/AP~
Sent: June 8, 2010
Received at Chicago Lockbox: June 10, 2010
Email/text notification of NOA1: June 16, 2010
Check cashed: June 17, 2010
Case shows up on USCIS website: June 18, 2010
Hard copies of NOA1's arrive: June 18, 2010
Touch on all 3 cases: June 21, 2010
Biometrics letter: Received June 24, 2010, scheduled for July 15, successful walk-in June 30th!
Touch on AOS/EAD cases: July 1, 2010
EAD and AP approval: August 6, 2010
EAD Card Production: August 9, 2010
AP received: August 13, 2010
EAD Card received: August 16, 2010
AOS Interview: August 23, 2010 APPROVED!

~ROC~
Sent: August 7, 2012
Check cashed: August 14, 2012
NOA1: August 10, 2012
Biometrics: September 13, 2012
RFE: April 1, 2013; response mailed April 2, 2013
Approved: April 22, 2013

Green Card Production ordered: June 12, 2013 (email received)

Green Card Received: June 17, 2013

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Filed: Country: Brazil
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I didn't know that until you said something about pressing 3 at some point. I experimented to find out where you pressed 3. If you go 2-1-3, you get a prerecorded message and have to re-call. If you go 2-3, it tells you that it doesn't understand what you're trying to do. If you just go 3, you get the operator. :P

I-129F Petition Mailed: 26 Oct 2009 ♥ NOA1: 27 Oct 2009 ♥ NOA2: 15 Jan 2010

K-1 VisaNVC: 22-27 Jan 2010 ♥ RdJ receipt: 1 Feb 2010 ♥ Packet 3/4: 12 Feb 2010 ♥ Interview: 4 May 2010

»-(¯`·.·´¯)-> Married (17 Aug 2010) <-(¯`·.·´¯)-«

AOS (I-485)Mailed: 21 Aug 2010 ♥ NOA: 2 Sept 2010 ♥ To CSC: 20 Sept 2010 ♥ Biometrics: 5 Oct 2010 ♥ RFE: 10 -16 Nov 2010 ♥ Approved: 18 Nov 2010

AP (I-131)Mailed: 21 Aug 2010 ♥ NOA: 2 Sept 2010 ♥ Approved: 20 Oct 2010

EAD (I-765)Mailed: 21 Aug 2010 ♥ NOA: 2 Sept 2010 ♥ Biometrics: 5 Oct 2010 ♥ Approved: 20 Oct 2010

ROC (I-751)Mailed: 6 Nov 2012 ♥ NOA: 7 Nov 2012 ♥ Biometrics: 5 Dec 2012 ♥ Approved: 15 May 2013

Naturalization (N-400)Mailed: 03 August 2015 ♥ NOA: 07 August 2015 ♥ Biometrics: 3 Sept 2015 ♥ Interview: 13 Nov 2015 ♥ Oath: 8 Dec '15

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I didn't know that until you said something about pressing 3 at some point. I experimented to find out where you pressed 3. If you go 2-1-3, you get a prerecorded message and have to re-call. If you go 2-3, it tells you that it doesn't understand what you're trying to do. If you just go 3, you get the operator. :P

LOVE it!

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Beth & John
~K-1 Visa Process~
NOA1: October 29, 2009
NOA2: January 21, 2010
Interview Date: April 12, 2010 - APPROVED!
Visa Received: April 26, 2010
POE: May 11, 2010
Wedding: May 21, 2010

~AOS/EAD/AP~
Sent: June 8, 2010
Received at Chicago Lockbox: June 10, 2010
Email/text notification of NOA1: June 16, 2010
Check cashed: June 17, 2010
Case shows up on USCIS website: June 18, 2010
Hard copies of NOA1's arrive: June 18, 2010
Touch on all 3 cases: June 21, 2010
Biometrics letter: Received June 24, 2010, scheduled for July 15, successful walk-in June 30th!
Touch on AOS/EAD cases: July 1, 2010
EAD and AP approval: August 6, 2010
EAD Card Production: August 9, 2010
AP received: August 13, 2010
EAD Card received: August 16, 2010
AOS Interview: August 23, 2010 APPROVED!

~ROC~
Sent: August 7, 2012
Check cashed: August 14, 2012
NOA1: August 10, 2012
Biometrics: September 13, 2012
RFE: April 1, 2013; response mailed April 2, 2013
Approved: April 22, 2013

Green Card Production ordered: June 12, 2013 (email received)

Green Card Received: June 17, 2013

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