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vylex Community Regular

vylex   0

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Case Update: I received an email today to let me know that my EAD card is being processed and I should receive it in the mail within 30 days! Wow, I'm going to be allowed to work soon!

Great news Jezz! What line of work are you going to be looking for?

I-130

02/17/2007 - I-130 Express Mailed to VSC via USPS. (ETA 2/19/2007)

02/22/2007 - I-130 received by VSC.

06/12/2007 - NOA2 approval email received!!!

06/15/2007 - NOA2 letter received in the mail.

NVC

06/19/2007 - NVC receives case and assigns a case number!

08/27/2007 - CASE COMPLETE!!!!

09/06/2007 - Case forwarded to Sydney

09/14/2007 - Wife receives Packet 3. Received NVC letter confirming case forward to Sydney.

10/26/2007 - Interview - VISA GRANTED!!!!! WOOO WOOO!!!!!!

11/18/2007 - Enter the US via LAX (POE). No issues thankfully. 20 minutes of processing.

11/30/2007 - Welcome letter (two of them) received.

12/19/2007 - CR-1 Green Card received.

USCIS - I-751

09/23/2009 - Express Mailed Removal of Conditions application

09/24/2009 - USPS confirmed delivery to VSC

09/29/2009 - Check cashed by USCIS

10/01/2009 - Received NOA I-797C dated 09/25/2009

10/10/2009 - Received Biometric appt letter for 10/29/2009

10/29/2009 - Biometrics taken. Whole process took about 40 min including the wait

12/22/2009 - Approved for ROC!

01/08/2010 - Received text and email: Card production ordered

01/15/2010 - Received Green Card in the mail!

USCIS - N-400

04/22/2011 - Express Mailed Application for Naturalization

04/27/2011 - Check cashed by USCIS

04/28/2011 - Received NOA I-797C dated 04/26/2011

05/27/2011 - Biometrics taken. Process took approx 35 min with wait

07/29/2011 - Received Interview Appt letter scheduled for 09/01/2011 dated 07/26/2011

09/01/2011 - Interview and Oath. Now a USC! The VJ is over!

Rings Proficient

Rings   10

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Good luck Vylex!

Congrats Jezz!

I hope we see the same luck soon *hugs*

TIME LINE 2007

01/12/07-I Fly to Australia

01/25/07-We Got Married!

07/15/07-Point of Entry (K3 Visa)

K3 Time Line for the I-130, I-129F, EAD and AOS

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Lifting Conditions Timeline

11/06/09- Mailed Petition Via USPS Certified Mail

11/09/09- Your item was delivered at 11:08 AM on November 9, 2009 in LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA 92677.

11/12/09- Check Cashed

11/12/09- Return Receipt Arrives in Mail

11/13/09- Touched

11/16/09- NOA Received

11/27/09- Received Appointment Letter

12/18/09- Biometrics

12/21/09- Touched

01/08/10- Card Production Ordered (E-Mail)

01/09/10- Touched

01/14/10- Greencard Received

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hawaiiandreams   0

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Case Update: I received an email today to let me know that my EAD card is being processed and I should receive it in the mail within 30 days! Wow, I'm going to be allowed to work soon!

Great news Jezz! What line of work are you going to be looking for?

Hi there.. I have had my eye on your time line over the past few days.. kind of as a guide on my own I guess...

I was hoping I could ask you a few questions?

I was wondering, did you go ahead and do your medical and get your police certificate ahead of time? Or did you wait until you received instruction to do so in the mail?

Congrats on the interview too, I'm sure all will go well!

I can only hope that your time line moves along as quickly as yours! ;-)

2006

Hubby's application for naturalisation submitted: 2006-01-05

Married in Melbourne: 2006-06-11

I-130 submitted: 2006/07/01

2008

My interview in Sydney! APPROVED!!! 2008-01-22

Entry to the US: 2008-03-17

2009

File for removal of conditions: 2009-12-17

2010

Fingerprinting/biometrics: 2010-01-22

vylex Community Regular

vylex   0

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LOL Jezz! You'll have wide open options!

Hi there.. I have had my eye on your time line over the past few days.. kind of as a guide on my own I guess...

I was hoping I could ask you a few questions?

I was wondering, did you go ahead and do your medical and get your police certificate ahead of time? Or did you wait until you received instruction to do so in the mail?

Congrats on the interview too, I'm sure all will go well!

I can only hope that your time line moves along as quickly as yours! ;-)

Sure fire away...

My wife could only schedule the medical after she received the packet from the Consulate (after case complete at the NVC and then forwarded to the Sydney Consulate).

As for the Police cert, yes go and get that now. It takes about 2 weeks to process.

Also I have started seeing some posts in the NVC / IR1-CR1 forums about Standard Processing going away by Oct 1st. After that all will be Appointment Posts. Basically it means that the USC would have to get all the paperwork (Police cert, marriage cert, birth cert, etc.) from their foreign spouse. At that point it would be best to get all those ready. I am not sure if this will be across the board but a recent post by someone there mentioned the NVC rep told them that.

Good Luck!

-Alex

I-130

02/17/2007 - I-130 Express Mailed to VSC via USPS. (ETA 2/19/2007)

02/22/2007 - I-130 received by VSC.

06/12/2007 - NOA2 approval email received!!!

06/15/2007 - NOA2 letter received in the mail.

NVC

06/19/2007 - NVC receives case and assigns a case number!

08/27/2007 - CASE COMPLETE!!!!

09/06/2007 - Case forwarded to Sydney

09/14/2007 - Wife receives Packet 3. Received NVC letter confirming case forward to Sydney.

10/26/2007 - Interview - VISA GRANTED!!!!! WOOO WOOO!!!!!!

11/18/2007 - Enter the US via LAX (POE). No issues thankfully. 20 minutes of processing.

11/30/2007 - Welcome letter (two of them) received.

12/19/2007 - CR-1 Green Card received.

USCIS - I-751

09/23/2009 - Express Mailed Removal of Conditions application

09/24/2009 - USPS confirmed delivery to VSC

09/29/2009 - Check cashed by USCIS

10/01/2009 - Received NOA I-797C dated 09/25/2009

10/10/2009 - Received Biometric appt letter for 10/29/2009

10/29/2009 - Biometrics taken. Whole process took about 40 min including the wait

12/22/2009 - Approved for ROC!

01/08/2010 - Received text and email: Card production ordered

01/15/2010 - Received Green Card in the mail!

USCIS - N-400

04/22/2011 - Express Mailed Application for Naturalization

04/27/2011 - Check cashed by USCIS

04/28/2011 - Received NOA I-797C dated 04/26/2011

05/27/2011 - Biometrics taken. Process took approx 35 min with wait

07/29/2011 - Received Interview Appt letter scheduled for 09/01/2011 dated 07/26/2011

09/01/2011 - Interview and Oath. Now a USC! The VJ is over!

Rings Proficient

Rings   10

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YAY!!!! *dances*

Application Type: I765, APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION

Current Status: Card production ordered.

On September 28, 2007, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you. If you move before you receive the card, call customer service. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.

TIME LINE 2007

01/12/07-I Fly to Australia

01/25/07-We Got Married!

07/15/07-Point of Entry (K3 Visa)

K3 Time Line for the I-130, I-129F, EAD and AOS

usaCa.gifanimated-hearts.gifaustralC_1xa.gif

Lifting Conditions Timeline

11/06/09- Mailed Petition Via USPS Certified Mail

11/09/09- Your item was delivered at 11:08 AM on November 9, 2009 in LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA 92677.

11/12/09- Check Cashed

11/12/09- Return Receipt Arrives in Mail

11/13/09- Touched

11/16/09- NOA Received

11/27/09- Received Appointment Letter

12/18/09- Biometrics

12/21/09- Touched

01/08/10- Card Production Ordered (E-Mail)

01/09/10- Touched

01/14/10- Greencard Received

hawaiiandreams Explorer

hawaiiandreams   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Australia
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LOL Jezz! You'll have wide open options!

Hi there.. I have had my eye on your time line over the past few days.. kind of as a guide on my own I guess...

I was hoping I could ask you a few questions?

I was wondering, did you go ahead and do your medical and get your police certificate ahead of time? Or did you wait until you received instruction to do so in the mail?

Congrats on the interview too, I'm sure all will go well!

I can only hope that your time line moves along as quickly as yours! ;-)

Sure fire away...

My wife could only schedule the medical after she received the packet from the Consulate (after case complete at the NVC and then forwarded to the Sydney Consulate).

As for the Police cert, yes go and get that now. It takes about 2 weeks to process.

Also I have started seeing some posts in the NVC / IR1-CR1 forums about Standard Processing going away by Oct 1st. After that all will be Appointment Posts. Basically it means that the USC would have to get all the paperwork (Police cert, marriage cert, birth cert, etc.) from their foreign spouse. At that point it would be best to get all those ready. I am not sure if this will be across the board but a recent post by someone there mentioned the NVC rep told them that.

Good Luck!

-Alex

Hey! Thanks for the info Alex..

Will go ahead and get my police certificate sorted..

Did you just email the general Sydney email address to ask to your interview to be pushed forward? You have saved yourselves quite a bit of time there.. it's great..

If you could let me know that would be great because I am going to try and do the same when my time comes :-)

Take care.. and thanks again..

2006

Hubby's application for naturalisation submitted: 2006-01-05

Married in Melbourne: 2006-06-11

I-130 submitted: 2006/07/01

2008

My interview in Sydney! APPROVED!!! 2008-01-22

Entry to the US: 2008-03-17

2009

File for removal of conditions: 2009-12-17

2010

Fingerprinting/biometrics: 2010-01-22

vylex Community Regular

vylex   0

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CONGRATS RINGS (Loke!) !!!!

Hey! Thanks for the info Alex..

Will go ahead and get my police certificate sorted..

Did you just email the general Sydney email address to ask to your interview to be pushed forward? You have saved yourselves quite a bit of time there.. it's great..

If you could let me know that would be great because I am going to try and do the same when my time comes :-)

Take care.. and thanks again..

Yep. Once we got the case complete message that told us the case has been forwarded on a specific date (there will be TWO types of case complete auto messages on the NVC phone system) I waited a week before emailing the consulate to confirm it's arrival.

At that point, they simply returned confirmation and gave me the interview date. After I received that info I asked them if they could give us an earlier date (waitlist) if possible. Well they did! First time, they had an opening the next week LOL! It was too soon. Then they just sent a letter with a new date to my wife for Oct. 26th! I initially asked for late October and they came through.

Just be sure to include the case number, petitioner and beneficiary info with each correspondence. I think it helps speed up replies in my opinion.

I-130

02/17/2007 - I-130 Express Mailed to VSC via USPS. (ETA 2/19/2007)

02/22/2007 - I-130 received by VSC.

06/12/2007 - NOA2 approval email received!!!

06/15/2007 - NOA2 letter received in the mail.

NVC

06/19/2007 - NVC receives case and assigns a case number!

08/27/2007 - CASE COMPLETE!!!!

09/06/2007 - Case forwarded to Sydney

09/14/2007 - Wife receives Packet 3. Received NVC letter confirming case forward to Sydney.

10/26/2007 - Interview - VISA GRANTED!!!!! WOOO WOOO!!!!!!

11/18/2007 - Enter the US via LAX (POE). No issues thankfully. 20 minutes of processing.

11/30/2007 - Welcome letter (two of them) received.

12/19/2007 - CR-1 Green Card received.

USCIS - I-751

09/23/2009 - Express Mailed Removal of Conditions application

09/24/2009 - USPS confirmed delivery to VSC

09/29/2009 - Check cashed by USCIS

10/01/2009 - Received NOA I-797C dated 09/25/2009

10/10/2009 - Received Biometric appt letter for 10/29/2009

10/29/2009 - Biometrics taken. Whole process took about 40 min including the wait

12/22/2009 - Approved for ROC!

01/08/2010 - Received text and email: Card production ordered

01/15/2010 - Received Green Card in the mail!

USCIS - N-400

04/22/2011 - Express Mailed Application for Naturalization

04/27/2011 - Check cashed by USCIS

04/28/2011 - Received NOA I-797C dated 04/26/2011

05/27/2011 - Biometrics taken. Process took approx 35 min with wait

07/29/2011 - Received Interview Appt letter scheduled for 09/01/2011 dated 07/26/2011

09/01/2011 - Interview and Oath. Now a USC! The VJ is over!

Kelli Explorer

Kelli   0

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Thats excellent news Jezz and Rings! Good to see things moving along nicely!

*sits and hopes that mine goes smoothly*

AOS

September 25th 2007-Sent AOS package-recieved 27th.

October 5th-Recieved NOA for AOS & EAD

October 9th-Recieved biometrics app letter

October 22nd-Biometrics app

November 5th-Recieved RFE

November 22nd-Sent evidence

November 27th-Touched-Case resumed

November 30th-Touched

December 17th-Transferred to CSC

January 7th 2008-EAD card ordered

January 16th-EAD card in my hot little hand!

January 22nd-Green card ordered!!!!!

January 28th-Green card in my hand!

vylex Community Regular

vylex   0

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our K-1 visa was approved on Friday!!!! woohoo!

CONGRATS MEOWGIRL!!!!!!! :dance:

When do you plan on flying over?

Kelli, I think you'll be ok with that process. Now that you're here it's a lot easier to deal with filing...even if it is still a PITA dealing with the gov't LOL. :thumbs:

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I-130

02/17/2007 - I-130 Express Mailed to VSC via USPS. (ETA 2/19/2007)

02/22/2007 - I-130 received by VSC.

06/12/2007 - NOA2 approval email received!!!

06/15/2007 - NOA2 letter received in the mail.

NVC

06/19/2007 - NVC receives case and assigns a case number!

08/27/2007 - CASE COMPLETE!!!!

09/06/2007 - Case forwarded to Sydney

09/14/2007 - Wife receives Packet 3. Received NVC letter confirming case forward to Sydney.

10/26/2007 - Interview - VISA GRANTED!!!!! WOOO WOOO!!!!!!

11/18/2007 - Enter the US via LAX (POE). No issues thankfully. 20 minutes of processing.

11/30/2007 - Welcome letter (two of them) received.

12/19/2007 - CR-1 Green Card received.

USCIS - I-751

09/23/2009 - Express Mailed Removal of Conditions application

09/24/2009 - USPS confirmed delivery to VSC

09/29/2009 - Check cashed by USCIS

10/01/2009 - Received NOA I-797C dated 09/25/2009

10/10/2009 - Received Biometric appt letter for 10/29/2009

10/29/2009 - Biometrics taken. Whole process took about 40 min including the wait

12/22/2009 - Approved for ROC!

01/08/2010 - Received text and email: Card production ordered

01/15/2010 - Received Green Card in the mail!

USCIS - N-400

04/22/2011 - Express Mailed Application for Naturalization

04/27/2011 - Check cashed by USCIS

04/28/2011 - Received NOA I-797C dated 04/26/2011

05/27/2011 - Biometrics taken. Process took approx 35 min with wait

07/29/2011 - Received Interview Appt letter scheduled for 09/01/2011 dated 07/26/2011

09/01/2011 - Interview and Oath. Now a USC! The VJ is over!

Moonie Enthusiast

Moonie   0

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Congrats on all the approvals! Hopefully my husband will get his EAD he is ready to get out of this house! I don't blame him either.

11/27/2006 Filed I-129F

12/01/06 received at CSC NOA1

12/09/06 checked cleared

02/28/07 touched!

02/28/07 NOA2 via email 3 of them!!!!

03/01/07 touched

03/09/07 NOA2 received via snail mail

03/20/07 Received email from Sydney that packet 3 should be mailed out tomorrow

03/26/07 Fiance received packet 3

4/26/07 Fiance medical appointment

5/01/07 New date of medical appointment

5/14/07 Fiance interview date!

VISA APPROVED!

6/8/07 My fiance arrives in America

7/14/07 Wedding day!

 
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