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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Gambia
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SOMETHING!!!!

"On November 10, 2010, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)."

OMG, I thought this would never happen. WEEHEE. I'm so happy, I'm crying! :D Soon, I get to be with my baby.

:dance: congrats!!!

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My honey is NIGERIAN and I'm AMERICAN

K1 Journey

07/27/10 Mailed Petition

07/28/10 Petition received at VSC then forwarded to Lewisville, TX (received there 7/29/10)

08/02/10 NOA1 Notice date

08/06/10 Touched

08/07/10 Received NOA1 in mail

08/10/10 Touched

10/03/10 Touched

01/31/11 I-129F Petition APPROVED!!!

02/03/11 Received hard copy of NOA2 (although the envelope is stamped Feb 2...so only one day to get to me :) )

02/07/11 Arrived at NVC

02/07/11 MADE APPOINTMENTS FOR MEDICAL AND INTERVIEW. (Will post actual dates after they occur :) )

02/08/11 Left NVC

02/17/11 Medical

03/01/11 Interview (FH is in AP)

04/12/11 AP COMPLETED!!

04/13/11 FH notified to come to the embassy with his passport!

04/26/11 FH received Visa

04/29/11 FH Arrived in the US!!! JFK POE

06/08/11 MARRIED!

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: India
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SOMETHING!!!!

"On November 10, 2010, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)."

OMG, I thought this would never happen. WEEHEE. I'm so happy, I'm crying! :D Soon, I get to be with my baby.

Congrats, really happy for you.

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I got notification from the Embassy in Bogota today that they have received my petition and that we can send in Packet 3 at any time.

Packet 3 sent.

Now we can wait for the interview date.

7-30-07 - Met in Santa Marta, Colombia

9-19-08 - Engaged

7-13-10 - I-129F sent by USPS Expressmail to VSC;

10-18-10 - NOA2!!!!!!!!!! (Received in hand 10-22-10)

11-12-10 - Sent email to Embassy asking about petition; response "Petition rec'd; send in documents"; sent same day

11-24-10 - Called the Department of State; interview has been scheduled

11-29-10 - Package 3 received by beneficiary

01-19-11 - Interview - VISA APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!

01-27-11 - Passport received; visa in hand

02-08-11 - POE - Fort Lauderdale, Fla MISSED FLIGHT; 02-10-11 - POE second time's the charm. Easy POE. Welcome to the USA.

03-04-11 - Married

AOS

05-08-11 - Mailed out I-485, I-765 & I-131;

05-16-11 - Text & email msgs with Receipt Number

05-17-11 - Applied for Expedited AP as Victoria's mother was very ill; 05-18-11 - Picked up AP document

05-20-11 - Victoria returns to Colombia; NOA1 for all 3 forms arrive

06-03-11 - Text message "Case now updated"; RFE 06-07-11 - RFE arrives for 2010 Tax Return

06-08-11 - Text message "Case now updated"; Post Office returned a letter that was sent by USCIS; 06-09-11 - Issue resolved

06-14-11 - RFE response sent; 06-21-11 - Text message "Case now updated"; RFE response under review

06-29-11 - Text message "Case now updated"; Case transferred to CSC

08-30-11 - Victoria returns to US

08-31-11 - Biometrics done; Text message - "EAD Card Production ordered"

09-11 - Case transferred back from CSC

11-22-11 - Interview in Albany Field Office. AOS APPROVED.

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: England
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just got a letter from the NVC today saying they got my case, and should be forwarding it in about a week to london!

we have a case number! he can look into getting his medical over with! it really does go fast once you get that NOA2... *glee*

02-date forgotten-2008: met online playing a game called lineage 2

06-17-2009: met in person for the first time!

06-26-2009: proposal <3

10-6-2009 through 11-3-2009: lived together for a month

03-24-2010 through 03-30-2010: traveled to meet his family

06-16-2010: started printing paperwork for I-129F package

06-25-2010: mailed off the I-129F package!!!

07-06-2010: NOA1 (according to the paper I hadn't got yet)

07-08-2010: check cashed

07-12-2010: hard copy NOA1 received in the mail

07-12-2010: touched

10-03-2010: touched

10-29-2010: NOA2!

11-08-2010: NVC received our petition

01-01-2011: called embassy as we never got packet 3. got "lost" in the mail. worst 2 months ever!

01-18-2011: medical! passed!

02-18-2011: INTERVIEW! APPROVED!!

03-02-2011: FLIGHT! POE: Dulles Airport!

03-09-2011: marriage certificate/license complete!

05-11-2011: mailed out AOS package (after a long fight getting the varicella vax done, and the medical paperwork completed)

05-13-2011: package delivered

08-11-2011: welcome to the united states notice! green card coming in 3 weeks!

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just got a letter from the NVC today saying they got my case, and should be forwarding it in about a week to london!

we have a case number! he can look into getting his medical over with! it really does go fast once you get that NOA2... *glee*

Congratulations! I just sent in our Packet 3 to the embassy.

7-30-07 - Met in Santa Marta, Colombia

9-19-08 - Engaged

7-13-10 - I-129F sent by USPS Expressmail to VSC;

10-18-10 - NOA2!!!!!!!!!! (Received in hand 10-22-10)

11-12-10 - Sent email to Embassy asking about petition; response "Petition rec'd; send in documents"; sent same day

11-24-10 - Called the Department of State; interview has been scheduled

11-29-10 - Package 3 received by beneficiary

01-19-11 - Interview - VISA APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!

01-27-11 - Passport received; visa in hand

02-08-11 - POE - Fort Lauderdale, Fla MISSED FLIGHT; 02-10-11 - POE second time's the charm. Easy POE. Welcome to the USA.

03-04-11 - Married

AOS

05-08-11 - Mailed out I-485, I-765 & I-131;

05-16-11 - Text & email msgs with Receipt Number

05-17-11 - Applied for Expedited AP as Victoria's mother was very ill; 05-18-11 - Picked up AP document

05-20-11 - Victoria returns to Colombia; NOA1 for all 3 forms arrive

06-03-11 - Text message "Case now updated"; RFE 06-07-11 - RFE arrives for 2010 Tax Return

06-08-11 - Text message "Case now updated"; Post Office returned a letter that was sent by USCIS; 06-09-11 - Issue resolved

06-14-11 - RFE response sent; 06-21-11 - Text message "Case now updated"; RFE response under review

06-29-11 - Text message "Case now updated"; Case transferred to CSC

08-30-11 - Victoria returns to US

08-31-11 - Biometrics done; Text message - "EAD Card Production ordered"

09-11 - Case transferred back from CSC

11-22-11 - Interview in Albany Field Office. AOS APPROVED.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Germany
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just got a letter from the NVC today saying they got my case, and should be forwarding it in about a week to london!

So is that letter any different from the actual NOA2? Does my fiance need to send a copy of such a letter to me for my interview, or just the NOA2 copy as it states in the guides? :help:

K1 timeline

07/01/2010: mailed I-129F

07/12/2010: NOA1

11/10/2010: NOA2

01/04/2011: Pack 3 sent

01/10/2011: Pack 4 received

01/13/2011: interview

01/22/2011: K1 visa in mail

03/29/2011: POE (Houston)

04/30/2011: wedding

AOS, EAD, AP timeline

05/02/2011: mailed I-485, I-765, I-131

05/09/2011: NOA1

05/30/2011: Biometrics

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: England
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So is that letter any different from the actual NOA2? Does my fiance need to send a copy of such a letter to me for my interview, or just the NOA2 copy as it states in the guides? :help:

sorry I missed this til now! it is a separate letter from your NOA2. it has your case number you'll need for the medical and embassy interview. I don't think you need to take an actual copy of it, but it probably wouldn't hurt. just having the number itself should suffice.

02-date forgotten-2008: met online playing a game called lineage 2

06-17-2009: met in person for the first time!

06-26-2009: proposal <3

10-6-2009 through 11-3-2009: lived together for a month

03-24-2010 through 03-30-2010: traveled to meet his family

06-16-2010: started printing paperwork for I-129F package

06-25-2010: mailed off the I-129F package!!!

07-06-2010: NOA1 (according to the paper I hadn't got yet)

07-08-2010: check cashed

07-12-2010: hard copy NOA1 received in the mail

07-12-2010: touched

10-03-2010: touched

10-29-2010: NOA2!

11-08-2010: NVC received our petition

01-01-2011: called embassy as we never got packet 3. got "lost" in the mail. worst 2 months ever!

01-18-2011: medical! passed!

02-18-2011: INTERVIEW! APPROVED!!

03-02-2011: FLIGHT! POE: Dulles Airport!

03-09-2011: marriage certificate/license complete!

05-11-2011: mailed out AOS package (after a long fight getting the varicella vax done, and the medical paperwork completed)

05-13-2011: package delivered

08-11-2011: welcome to the united states notice! green card coming in 3 weeks!

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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SOMETHING!!!!

"On November 10, 2010, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)."

OMG, I thought this would never happen. WEEHEE. I'm so happy, I'm crying! :D Soon, I get to be with my baby.

Congrats! Hopefully, the rest of us July filers whose petitions got "touched" on Oct.3 will be right behind you.

11-30-08 Met on christianpenpals.com
05-27-10 Met for 1st time in person in Philippines
06-02-10 Proposed...She said "yes"!!!
K1:
07-12-10 NOA1 sent

07-17-10 NOA1 received
01-04-11 NOA2 - Finally!!!
01-07-11 NVC received
01-10-11 NVC sent to consulate/embassy (Manila)
01-10-11 NOA2 hardcopy (mail)
01-12-11 Embassy received
01-31-11 Medical Day 1
02-01-11 Medical Day 2: Passed!!!
02-04-11 Interview: Approved! (Thank you, Lord!)
02-10-11 2GO received visa from embassy
02-14-11 Visa in hand (picked up at 2GO branch)
02-17-11 CFO sticker for passport
03-10-11 Arrived in U.S. with my fiancee
05-14-11 Wedding

AOS:
06-13-11 Filed I-485
06-21-11 NOA 1 (Mobile/Email)
07-07-11 Transfer date (California Service Center)
07-22-11 Biometrics
08-12-11 Approved!
08-18-11 Approval and green card received in mail


Psalm 27:14 "Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart. Wait, I say, on the LORD!"

Romans 8:18 "I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us."

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Japan
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Tuesday. Still nothing. I think I am on some subconscious hunger strike. Have not been eating much lately and missing lunches. Maybe I am getting depressed. Does it really move fast after NOA2? July seem very very slow. It is mid-month, I guess I have to lower my expectations to December or the full 150 days. Agony. Pure agony.

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Japan
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I wished postmen worked through weekends. And so do USCIS staff.

It seems rather inefficient that this important method of communication be stumped by weekends. It reminds me about ordering stuff on Amazon - never later in the week or else I'd have to wait an additional two days. Over the weekend, I was catching up on the Hannibal Lector movies and oddly the character played by Anthony Hopkins said 'Good things come to those who wait'.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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Tuesday. Still nothing. I think I am on some subconscious hunger strike. Have not been eating much lately and missing lunches. Maybe I am getting depressed. Does it really move fast after NOA2? July seem very very slow. It is mid-month, I guess I have to lower my expectations to December or the full 150 days. Agony. Pure agony.

I'm pretty sure it does go faster after USCIS. I don't speak from experience, but based on what I've seen on this site, it seems like most people got their interview close to 1 month after approval. Then, it just depends on how long it takes them to issue the visa. For me, it will be 1 or 2 weeks since she's in the Philippines, and they mail it. If she's here by January, I'll be content =).

11-30-08 Met on christianpenpals.com
05-27-10 Met for 1st time in person in Philippines
06-02-10 Proposed...She said "yes"!!!
K1:
07-12-10 NOA1 sent

07-17-10 NOA1 received
01-04-11 NOA2 - Finally!!!
01-07-11 NVC received
01-10-11 NVC sent to consulate/embassy (Manila)
01-10-11 NOA2 hardcopy (mail)
01-12-11 Embassy received
01-31-11 Medical Day 1
02-01-11 Medical Day 2: Passed!!!
02-04-11 Interview: Approved! (Thank you, Lord!)
02-10-11 2GO received visa from embassy
02-14-11 Visa in hand (picked up at 2GO branch)
02-17-11 CFO sticker for passport
03-10-11 Arrived in U.S. with my fiancee
05-14-11 Wedding

AOS:
06-13-11 Filed I-485
06-21-11 NOA 1 (Mobile/Email)
07-07-11 Transfer date (California Service Center)
07-22-11 Biometrics
08-12-11 Approved!
08-18-11 Approval and green card received in mail


Psalm 27:14 "Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart. Wait, I say, on the LORD!"

Romans 8:18 "I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us."

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Japan
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Hi Faith & Andz, 1 month does sound lovely. I'll be at the Malaysia US Embassy, so from what I've read it is issued after 1 working day. I hope that one goes well. I really do hope she gets to be with you by January. I am probably looking at February for mine to complete, but would be flying off April the latest. Did you get to try those Cebu dried mangoes? Those are heavenly like lips.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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Hi Faith & Andz, 1 month does sound lovely. I'll be at the Malaysia US Embassy, so from what I've read it is issued after 1 working day. I hope that one goes well. I really do hope she gets to be with you by January. I am probably looking at February for mine to complete, but would be flying off April the latest. Did you get to try those Cebu dried mangoes? Those are heavenly like lips.

Yea, I'm hoping and praying for it. I hope everything goes well for you, too. From my timeline, I'm only 2 weeks ahead of you (as if that means anything lol), but who knows? Maybe we'll both be done sooner than that. The VSC is unpredictable, but I know with God anything is possible. I didn't get a chance to try those mangoes--only pineapples--but I'll be getting them when I go back to Cebu! Good luck and may God be with you!

11-30-08 Met on christianpenpals.com
05-27-10 Met for 1st time in person in Philippines
06-02-10 Proposed...She said "yes"!!!
K1:
07-12-10 NOA1 sent

07-17-10 NOA1 received
01-04-11 NOA2 - Finally!!!
01-07-11 NVC received
01-10-11 NVC sent to consulate/embassy (Manila)
01-10-11 NOA2 hardcopy (mail)
01-12-11 Embassy received
01-31-11 Medical Day 1
02-01-11 Medical Day 2: Passed!!!
02-04-11 Interview: Approved! (Thank you, Lord!)
02-10-11 2GO received visa from embassy
02-14-11 Visa in hand (picked up at 2GO branch)
02-17-11 CFO sticker for passport
03-10-11 Arrived in U.S. with my fiancee
05-14-11 Wedding

AOS:
06-13-11 Filed I-485
06-21-11 NOA 1 (Mobile/Email)
07-07-11 Transfer date (California Service Center)
07-22-11 Biometrics
08-12-11 Approved!
08-18-11 Approval and green card received in mail


Psalm 27:14 "Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart. Wait, I say, on the LORD!"

Romans 8:18 "I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us."

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