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mrsemcee   1

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Hey people!!

Well December is my birthday month, and Xmas is looming too....

Almost at case complete, so looks like I for one will be a December interviewee!!!

Who else thinks they'll join me!?

Of course we would all love one in November, but I'd definitely be happy if I got a December interview!!

Let's post here if we get one!!!!!

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Nenita and David   1

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Hey people!!

Well December is my birthday month, and Xmas is looming too....

Almost at case complete, so looks like I for one will be a December interviewee!!!

Who else thinks they'll join me!?

Of course we would all love one in November, but I'd definitely be happy if I got a December interview!!

Let's post here if we get one!!!!!

I'm glad we're not the only one's thinking of this! We're also hoping for a December interview. We've already written off the possibility of November. Truth told, we'll be happy as long as we get one by January - but December would be even better.

I'm a little pessimistic, though. I keep thinking that members of the U.S. Foreign Service (agency that staffs the embassies) will be taking leave in December like many others, leaving the embassy short-staffed and affecting their ability to conduct interviews. In the government agency I work for, we get very little done in December, expecially the last 2 weeks, due to all the vacations scheduled during that time. I don't know if December is also such a time for embassies. Hoping not, but still trying to be realistic.

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Citizenship Timeline

2012-10-31 - Sent N-400

2012-11-02 - NOA1

2012-12-03 - Biometrics

2013-??-?? - Interview

2013-??-?? - Oath

ROC Timeline

2011-11-1 - Sent I-751

2011-11-3 - NOA1

2011-11-25 - Biometrics taken

2012-07-25 (?) - RFE

2012-10-01 - RFE reply received by VSC

2012-10-16 - Approved!

2012-10-18 - GC mailed

2012-10-22 - GC received

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Beth/ Paris Heart   2

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Hey people!!

Well December is my birthday month, and Xmas is looming too....

Almost at case complete, so looks like I for one will be a December interviewee!!!

Who else thinks they'll join me!?

Of course we would all love one in November, but I'd definitely be happy if I got a December interview!!

Let's post here if we get one!!!!!

I'm glad we're not the only one's thinking of this! We're also hoping for a December interview. We've already written off the possibility of November. Truth told, we'll be happy as long as we get one by January - but December would be even better.

I'm a little pessimistic, though. I keep thinking that members of the U.S. Foreign Service (agency that staffs the embassies) will be taking leave in December like many others, leaving the embassy short-staffed and affecting their ability to conduct interviews. In the government agency I work for, we get very little done in December, expecially the last 2 weeks, due to all the vacations scheduled during that time. I don't know if December is also such a time for embassies. Hoping not, but still trying to be realistic.

HO HO HO, I hope Santa bring you all a early Christmas present of a December interview!!! HO HO HO!!

Truly happy!!!

New life, new adventures, and a new attitude.

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Hey people!!

Well December is my birthday month, and Xmas is looming too....

Almost at case complete, so looks like I for one will be a December interviewee!!!

Who else thinks they'll join me!?

Of course we would all love one in November, but I'd definitely be happy if I got a December interview!!

Let's post here if we get one!!!!!

I'm glad we're not the only one's thinking of this! We're also hoping for a December interview. We've already written off the possibility of November. Truth told, we'll be happy as long as we get one by January - but December would be even better.

I'm a little pessimistic, though. I keep thinking that members of the U.S. Foreign Service (agency that staffs the embassies) will be taking leave in December like many others, leaving the embassy short-staffed and affecting their ability to conduct interviews. In the government agency I work for, we get very little done in December, expecially the last 2 weeks, due to all the vacations scheduled during that time. I don't know if December is also such a time for embassies. Hoping not, but still trying to be realistic.

Yes, it's the "use of lose" time of year for fed employees around Xmas...I hope I'm a member of this thread someday though!

Our timeline:

2/88: We met in Sydney, Australia at a youth hostel! He's Finnish, I'm American-both were in our early 20s at the time and fresh out of college (so couldn't afford to visit each other's countries after that!). We had a three-day romance, then went our separate ways. He actually was going to Sydney a week later, but decided at the last minute to cut his trip short in another country and go early. Wow.

1988-1998: Wrote "snail mail" letters/sent Xmas cards, but lived our separate lives. I married someone else, divorced in 2006...he lived with someone for years and then that ended.

10/08: Because of a series of random life events, I Googled my Finn Man and found him (but no link to his email, and the website his name was on was in Estonian so I couldn't even read it!). It took me two weeks to find a link to someone else, who forwarded my email to him (we were both single at the time thankfully!!!!). The email went to his spam folder but he happened to check it that day and responded back to me immediately! This was after 10 years of no contact and almost 21 years of not seeing each other after we first met.

11/08-5/09: We traveled back and forth to visit each other. Love at first (second?) sight!

7/09: Married in Helsinki, Finland...after meeting randomly 21 1/2 years ago and finding each other again!!!!!

8/13/09: I-130 sent!!!!!!!!!

Rest is on my timeline!

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yes we r also hoping the interview in December , best of luck to all of u

USCIS JOURNEY

Service Center : California Service Center

Consulate : Islamabad, Pakistan

Marriage : 2009-03-21

I-130 Sent : 2009-05-28

I-130 NOA1 : 2009-06-03

I-130 Approved : 2009-08-25 ALHAMDULILLAH ALLAH IS GREATEST

I-130 NOA2 hard copy: 2009-08-29

NVC JOURNEY

NVC Received/case number assigned : 2009-09-04

Received DS-3032 / I-864 Bill : 2009-09-11

Pay I-864 Bill 2009-09-11 (online)

Receive I-864 Package : 2009-09-14

Return Completed I-864 : 2009-09-15

Return Completed DS-3032 : 2009-09-12 (by email)

DS-3032 accepted : 2009-09-26

Receive IV Bill : 2009-09-26

Pay IV Bill : 2009-09-26

Receive Instruction Package : 2009-09-29

Login Failed : 2009-10-26

Case Completed at NVC : 2009-10-27

NVC Left : 2009-10-28

Interview date : 2009-12-16 APPROVED ALHAMDULILLAH

Visa Received : 2009-12-24

Port of Entry (Houston):2010-01-28 VerySmooth ALHAMDULILLAH

Welcome notice arrived:2010-02-16

Green Card Arrived : 2010-02-25

Removal of Conditions

I-751 Package sent to VSC : 2011-12-03

NOA1 received : 2011-12-23

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Well I pray also for a Decmeber interview :innocent:

I hope Dona you ll get December interview , we all deserve it

I-130 approved after 62 days

NVC journey

09-18-2009 entered in system NVC

09-22-2009 asigned case number

09-24-2009 mailed and e-mailed my 3032

09-29-2009 AOS shown paid

09-26-2009 recived AOS (AVR)

10-05-2009 accepted DS3032

10-05-2009 invoiced IV bill

10-13-2009 recived by email confirmation DS3032 (STRANGE)

10-16-2009 sent DS230

10-19-2009 AVR said some documents are missing and they are incomplete we got RFE false

10-21-2009 recived email for missing documents-checklist

10-19-2009 delivered DS230 by USPS

10-23-2009 AVR recived checklist

10-29-2009 log in fail - case complete confirmed official by OP

11-10-2009 medical exam passed

11-03-2009 papers forwarded to sarajevo embassy

12-09-2009 INTERVIEW SCHEDULED visa approved

14 December POE

29 December got green card

30 December got driving license

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Munesh and Suz   0

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Our case is complete as of yesterday and NVC said they will start scheduling interviews the first two weeks of November for December. So we're planning for a December interview. The lady said if we don't hear anything by the third week of November, I should call them again. Otherwise, they will be emailing both myself and my husband to let us know when the interview date will actually be.

Are any of you planning on going back to attend the interview with your spouses?

I will be traveling to Guyana for our interview - whenever that is.

Good luck to all of us - lets keep the faith - we all have come a very far way!!!!

Starting over -

I-130

01-08-09 - Mailed I-130

01-09-09 - VSC received I-130 application

01-14-09 - Date of NOA1

01-20-09 - Received NOA1 for I-130

06-17-09 - I-130 Approval

06-22-09 - Received NOA2 for I-130

NVC

07-11-09 - Emailed DS-3032

07-11-09 - Paid AOS Fee $70.00

07-23-09 - DS-3032 Accepted via. Email

08-15-09 - Paid IV Fee $400.00

09-14-09 - Mailed I-864 Package

09-14-09 - Mailed IV DS-230 Package

09-28-09 - Email FROM NVC stating that both forms were incomplete

10-09-09 - NVC Received both forms corrected

10-20-09 - Case Complete at NVC

10-29-09 - CR-1 Interview Date scheduled for 12-23-09

12-23-09 - Placed under Admin Review for six weeks - 2-3-10

01-14-10 - Visa Refused

06-02-10 - USCIS Received the package back from the Embassy

09-18-10 - Hindi Wedding Ceremony

09-28-10 - Recieved Letter from USCIS Stating reasons for revocation

10-01-10 - Returned Package to USCIS will further evidence disputing the reasons the Embassy gave for revocation

11-17-10 - DS 230 and Immigrant Information Sheet returned to the Embassy

12-15-10 - Appointment Letter mailed out setting the interview Date for Feb 7th 2011

02-07-11 - 3rd Interview with the Embassy after USCIS reaffirmed the case

02-09-11 - Visa issued

02-11-11 - Traveled back to the USA - and our journey is finally over! A total of 3.5 years!

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I'm one of you guys... My case was completed last Oct.20 and I already called the NVC and the operator told me that I belong to the December slot, i need to wait until 2nd week of November to know the date of my schedule interview. I really hope that i belong to the first week of December interview in our Embassy here in the Philippines.

May 20, 2009 - I-130 sent

Aug. 21, 2009 - I-130 APPROVED

Sept. 01, 2009 - NVC received & case# assigned

Oct. 19, 2009 - Log-in FAILED (YEPEE!!!!)

Oct. 20, 2009 - Case COMPLETE!!! (confirmed by the NVC operator)

Oct. 27, 2009 - Interview Date assign(By NVC operator)

Nov. 16-17, 2009 - Medical PASSED

Dec. 04, 2009 - INTERVIEW(APPROVED!!!)

Dec. 08, 2009 - Visa pick-up at the Embassy

Dec. 16, 2009 - CFO

Dec. 19, 2009 - My Flight - POE (JFK New York) via NWA

Thank you Lord for guiding me in this journey.

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Im hoping, wishing and most especially praying with fingers, wrists, arms, toes, ankles, legs and eyes crossed that we get an early December interview. If not, then the husband has no choice but to fly to the Philippines to spend Christmas with me here which would cost a lot since airline ticket would cost so much by then and then we hopefully fly back to the US together in January.

Im just storming the heavens with my prayers right now and I have faith it will be heard but ultimately it's God's will be done.

I-130 USCIS CR-1 Visa Journey

01/06/2009 - Marriage

04/25/2009 - I-130 Sent

05/01/2009 - NOA1 Hardcopy

08/28/2009 - NO2 approval :D (can't wait for us to receive the hardcopy!)

09/04/2009 - NOA2 hardcopy

NVC Journey

09/25/2009 - NVC case number assigned FINALLY! provided our email addresses

10/05/2009 - DS-3032/AOS Fee Bill Generated

10/05/2009 - Emailed DS-3032; Mailed DS-3032; Paid AOS Bill

10/07/2009 - AOS shows paid/AOS Cover Sheet Available

10/09/2009 - I-864 Package Sent out

10/19/2009 - NVC Received I-864 package

10/21/2009 - NVC confirmed receipt of completed DS-3032

10/22/2009 - IV fee bill now available (will wait for email before we pay it)

10/23/2009 - Paid IV fee bill

10/26/2009 - IV bill is now posted as paid/IV Cover Sheet Available

10/26/2009 - sent IV packet (the waiting begins!)

10/29/2009 - IV packet delivered to NVC at 9:40am

11/02/2009 - received checklist response as per AVR

11/10/2009 - NVC page sign-in failed!

11/12/2009 - CASE COMPLETE as confirmed by NVC operator

11/13/2009 - Interview date assigned

USEM Journey

11/13/2009 - Appointment letter received

11/16-17 - 2-Day Medical Exam PASSED

12/14/2009 - Interview at 6:30 AM - Visa Approved!

12/16/2009 - Passport delivered by Air 21 before 12 noon.

12/17/2009 - CFO Seminar at 11am

12/20/2009 - POE LAX

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I'm expecting a December interview as well. I was actually expecting and extremely disappointed to not get a November interview. My case completed at NVC on September 25. Someone at the same consulate completed 10 days before me and received a November interview. Surely i'll make the December cut. If not, some poor unsuspecting soul at NVC is going to be unloaded on. :devil: Especially now. I found out yesterday that....wait for it....

I'M GONNA BE A DADDY. My wife is 1 month pregnant. I guess our last night together was a real hum dinger! :whistle: I'll be headed back to El Salvador around the middle of November as soon as the date is assigned. I'm so excited. God is faithful and sovereign. I must always remember that.

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I'm expecting a December interview as well. I was actually expecting and extremely disappointed to not get a November interview. My case completed at NVC on September 25. Someone at the same consulate completed 10 days before me and received a November interview. Surely i'll make the December cut. If not, some poor unsuspecting soul at NVC is going to be unloaded on. :devil: Especially now. I found out yesterday that....wait for it....

I'M GONNA BE A DADDY. My wife is 1 month pregnant. I guess our last night together was a real hum dinger! :whistle: I'll be headed back to El Salvador around the middle of November as soon as the date is assigned. I'm so excited. God is faithful and sovereign. I must always remember that.

Congratulations! I am sure you will make the December cut, especially since it sounds like you just missed the November cut... However, I would not rule out some end of the month interview assignments... They seem to have a lot of case completes that need to be scheduled! Fingers crossed for ya'll

10/14/2000 - Met Aboard a Cruise ship

06/14/2003 - Married Savona Italy

I-130

03/21/2009 - I-130 Mailed to Chicago lockbox

11-30-09: GOT GREEN CARD in mail!!!!!!

Citizenship Process;

1/11/2013: Mailed N400 to Dallas Texas

3/11/2013: interview.. Approved

4/4/2013. : Oath! Now a U.S. citizen!

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How exciting, Abiding!

I'm sending out positive thoughts to all of you!

03/27/2009: Engaged in Ithaca, New York.
08/17/2009: Wedding in Calcutta, India.
09/29/2009: I-130 NOA1
01/25/2010: I-130 NOA2
03/23/2010: Case completed.
05/12/2010: CR-1 interview at Mumbai, India.
05/20/2010: US Entry, Chicago.
03/01/2012: ROC NOA1.
03/26/2012: Biometrics completed.
12/07/2012: 10 year card production ordered.

09/25/2013: N-400 NOA1

10/16/2013: Biometrics completed

12/03/2013: Interview

12/20/2013: Oath ceremony

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Lingladyinred19   13

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waiting for the case complete.. I am sure.. DECEMBER interview.. But I have a problem for this

during that month.. I am already 8 months .. I don't know if they allowed me to travel..

God bless to all of us here..

Timeline for my Mother

April 19, 2013 - submit the form I-130

April 22, 2013 - Receive the NOA1

July 29, 2013 - Approved NOA2 ( 82 working days)

July 30, 2013 - USCIS shipped my documents to NVC

Aug 5, 2013 - Arrived at NVC Building

Aug 13, 2013 - Got the NVC case # via PHONE

Aug 14, 2013 - Got the Invoice # via PHONE

Aug 15, 2013 - Send my DS-3032 via Email

Aug 16, 2013 - AOS Pay

Aug 17, 2013 - Got an email to print the COVER SHEET

Aug 21, 2013 - send the AOS overnight at NVC

Aug 28, 2013 - Accept the DS-3032

Aug 30, 2013 - IV BILL pay and Documents Sent to NVC receive the checklist AOS.

September 19, 2013 Sent back the checklist

September 20, 2013 Sept 26, arrived @ NVC

Sept 30,2013 - already encode to their system

ADVANCE MEDICAL @ St. Luke - SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

CASE COMPLETE AS OF TODAY : OCTOBER 23,2013

NOVEMBER 1 , 2013 -Documents left at NVC - Your case is in transit to the Consular Section. Your interview date was provided to you by the National Visa Center

NOVEMBER 4, 2013 Delivered - Signed for by : CEZAR NARTEA

NOVEMBER 5, 2013 - CEAC Case Creation Date: 13-Aug-2013 Status Updated Date: 05-Nov-2013 Your case is ready for your interview when scheduled at the U.S. Consular section. If you have already scheduled an appointment for an interview, please prepare your documents as directed in your appointment letter and appear at the consulate on the appointed date and time. Otherwise, please wait until you have received interview scheduling instructions.

DECEMBER 09, 2013 INTERVIEW DATE FOR MY MOTHER ( scheduled by NVC)

RESCHEDULED ONLINE for my mother interview early, NOVEMBER 18, 2013 - PASSED THE INTERVIEW!!!

11-18-2013 ceac -AP

11-20-2013 ceac - READY

11-21-2013 ceac - ISSUED

11-25-2013 -2go -- transit

11-26-2013 - VISA ON HAND

12-05-2013 - scheduled fly to USA.

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