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Two weeks ago we were at our 5 mos point so I phoned USCIS. I was told our 5 mos were not actually up until last week (I can't count apparently) and to phone back and ask to put in a 'service request' once our case was past the 'normal processing period'.

Last week I phoned back and asked to file a service request. I was then put on hold while the agent checked the TSC (supposedly). When she came back on the line she told me that Texas was now processing files from August 16 and that since our case was only 10 days after, we are still within the normal processing period for the TSC and I could not file a service request.

I heard (not sure if it's true) that TSC has stopped allowing service requests because they are pretty much outside of normal processing time for all transferred cases now. In any event, a service request doesn't do much good anyway. All I got in response to mine was a useless letter in the mail saying:

"The status of this service request is:

Your case is still pending. You should receive a notice or decision within 90 days."

USCIS – 171 days
08.03.2010: Sent I-130 (Received at Chicago Lockbox on 08.05.2010 – Priority Date)
08.24.2010: NOA1 – Notice Date (Case transferred from CSC to TSC on 11.02.2010 and back to CSC on 02.07.2011)
02.11.2011: NOA2 – Approved! (hard copy received on 02.17.2011)

NVC – 46 days
02.26.2011: Got NVC case number from AVR (entered on 02.24.2011)
02.28.2011: Called operator to give email addresses and get IIN; emailed beneficiary's change of address and DS-3032; received instruction emails from NVC; AOS fee bill invoiced and paid
03.01.2011: AOS fee shown as "paid"
03.03.2011: DS-3032 accepted; beneficiary's address updated by NVC; IV fee bill invoiced and paid
03.07.2011: IV fee shown as "paid"; AOS and IV packets sent out together via USPS Priority Mail (delivered on 03.09.2011)
03.22.2011: AVR and operator tells us we will receive an RFE
03.26.2011: Received RFE checklist via email (asking for PCCs from China and Taiwan)
03.28.2011: Sent checklist response via USPS Priority Mail (explaining/demonstrating that PCC should not be required)
04.10.2011: AVR message says that checklist response was received on 04.08.2011; sign in failed
04.11.2011: Case completed at NVC!
04.13.2011: Interview date assigned, received Packet 4 via email
04.25.2011: NVC sent case to embassy in London

Embassy – London, United Kingdom
05.23.2011: Medical at Knightsbridge Doctors
05.31.2011: Interview - APPROVED! (301 days from filing)
06.02.2011: Visa in hand
06.07.2011: POE at SFO

Removal of Conditions

04.16.2013: Sent I-751 packet to Vermont Service Center

04.18.2013: I-751 packet received at VSC (check cleared on 05.03)

05.04.2013: Received NOA1 (dated 04.19)

05.11.2013: Received biometrics appointment notice for 06.05.2013 (notice dated 05.08)

05.13.2013: Completed biometrics as a walk-in (would have been out of town for scheduled appointment)

08.21.2013: APPROVED! (Received email update that USCIS has ordered production of new card)

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Well, let's at least hope to get approvals before December

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Alright August Filers... Stealing Loto's idea here made an excel file for all the August Filers... I have given your NOA-1 received date as your priority dates... and lined it up... for the 3 peop

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Yes, it would be fantastic if we were approved under 5 months, Kikapoo! And I had heard of that adjudicating 750,000 petitions before the end of the year. Even more hope that all us August filers ca

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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yea same thing happened to me said i had 3 days left last week when i was actually at almost 6 months .. jsut got off the phone with them now and finally they put in a service request.. I dont think they think that there are forum talking about what they tell us because everytime they say something different .. this guy told me we were transferred to continue to do the necessary checks

07-08-10 Married in Malabon City Philippines-

08-02-10 Husband went back to states-

08-10-10 I-130 NOA1 -

09-19-10 Last touch -

02-14-11 I-130 NOA2 -

03-09-11 NVC Recieved and NVC number -

03-09-11 Paid AOS fee and sent 3032 in email -

03-10-11 AOS fee marked paid -

03-11-11 Email 3032 accepted -

03-11-11 Sent AOS -

03-14-11 AOS Receieved and IV bill generated and paid

03-21-11 IV packet delivered to NVC

03-26-11 rfe(aos)

03-30-11 aos sent

04-08-11 sif..cc

05-12-2011 interview!!! i'msoanxious!!!

05-12-2011 visa approved :)

3-23-11 - 3-24-11 Medical

Passed!!! No problems!

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APPROVED! Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

What your leaving me !!! well Congrats guys !! good luck with NVC

07-08-10 Married in Malabon City Philippines-

08-02-10 Husband went back to states-

08-10-10 I-130 NOA1 -

09-19-10 Last touch -

02-14-11 I-130 NOA2 -

03-09-11 NVC Recieved and NVC number -

03-09-11 Paid AOS fee and sent 3032 in email -

03-10-11 AOS fee marked paid -

03-11-11 Email 3032 accepted -

03-11-11 Sent AOS -

03-14-11 AOS Receieved and IV bill generated and paid

03-21-11 IV packet delivered to NVC

03-26-11 rfe(aos)

03-30-11 aos sent

04-08-11 sif..cc

05-12-2011 interview!!! i'msoanxious!!!

05-12-2011 visa approved :)

3-23-11 - 3-24-11 Medical

Passed!!! No problems!

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Saylin   1,605

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Canada
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APPROVED! Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

Congrats!! kicking.gifkicking.gif

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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APPROVED! Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

CONGRATS!!! :dance:

Wow that took a long time from VSC!

USCIS (204 days)

08-05-10: I-130 package sent USPS Express

08-06-10: Package delivered in Chicago (Received Date) (Priority Date)

08-18-2010: NOA1 (Notice Date) Received text & email with case number, Check Cashed

08-21-10: Hardcopy NOA1

11-02-10 Case Transferred from CSC to TSC

11-03-10 Hardcopy Transfer to TSC Notice

11-24-10 Transferred TSC to USCIS Office

02-14-11 Received e-mail & text for RFE

02-18-11 Hard Copy RFE

02-28-11 Mailed RFE overnight

03-03-11 RFE received by TSC

03-10-2011 NOA2 Approved

03-16-11 TSC mailed package to NVC

03-17-11 Hard Copy NOA2

03-18-01 NVC Received package

NVC (Electronic Processing) (87 days)

03-18-2011 Case number assigned, OPTIN e-mailed

03-21-11 Gave e-mails; received IID# BID#; Submitted DS-261

03-22-11 AOS Invoiced, Sent AOS Payment

03-23-11 AOS shows PAID, e-mailed AOS Package

03-25-11 IV Invoiced, Sent IV Payment

03-28-11 IV Shows PAID

03-30-11 Completed DS-260

04-07-11 OPTIN Accepted; AOS Package resent

04-18-11 Submitted Supporting Documents for IV

04-19-11 Received RFE for AOS

04-23-11 Received False RFE for Missing IV

05-02-11 E-mailed AOS RFE

05-06-11 Resent IV

05-23-11 False RFE for Missing AOS RFE; Resent AOS RFE

06-10-11 SIF

06-13-11 Case Complete

Consulate/Medical

06-14-11 Interview Scheduled for 07-18-11

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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APPROVED! Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

Great news, congratulations. star_smile.gif

USCIS

NOA1 08/19/08

NOA2 01/20/09

NVC

Received 01/26/09

Completed 02/13/09 (19 Days)

Interview Assigned 03/27/09 (6 weeks after NVC completion)

Medical

04/14/09 (Toronto)

Interview

Montreal 05/12/09 (88 days after NVC completion) **APPROVED**

POE

06/16/09 Buffalo

07/02/09 Welcome Letter Received

07/07/09 Applied for SSN

07/10/09 "Card production ordered" email received

07/13/09 SSN received

07/14/09 "Approval notice sent" email received

07/17/09 GREEN CARD received

Removal of Conditions

03/21/11 I-751 mailed to VSC

03/23/11 I-751 received at VSC

03/29/11 Cheque Cashed

03/30/11 NOA1 received (3/24/11)

04/11/11 Biometrics appointment notice received

05/05/11 Biometric appointment

12/13/11 **Approval date** (5 days short of 9 months!)

12/19/11 Approval letter and green card received

Naturalization

05/16/2019 Filed online (estimated completion February 2020)

05/18/2019 Biometrics scheduled

05/21/2019 Receipt notice and biometrics notices posted to online account.05/23/2019 Hard copy of NOA1 received

05/24/2019 Hard copy of biometrics appointment received

06/07/2019 Biometrics appointment (estimated completion January 2020)

12/31/2019 Email received "Interview scheduled"

01/01/2020 Interview date notice posted to online account (02/19/2020)

01/05/2019 Hard copy of interview appointment received

02/19/2020 Interview (**Approved**) and same day Oath Ceremony. 

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Matt and Evieve   1

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What your leaving me !!! well Congrats guys !! good luck with NVC

Ohhhh nooo. I'll still be here waiting for news :)

Thank you!!!

Congrats!! kicking.gifkicking.gif

Thanks Saylin! FINALLY!!!

Congrats Matt and Evieve!!!!!! :star:

Thanks moonandsun! Funny cause Matt and I had a talk about moon and sun. That I'm the moon and he is the sun. Hahaha!

A man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. – Genesis 2:24

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CONGRATS!!! :dance:

Wow that took a long time from VSC!

YEAH! Cause the papers was lined up to 129-F and 129-Fs in VSC now got really lagged, like 6 months!!! So we went through several processes just to locate our files in the 129-F and finally work on them. What a relief!!! We should have been approved months ago if we didn't submit the 129-F. Anyway, there's a reason for everything and the important now is we got approved already! Woooooo!!! :dance:

Great news, congratulations. star_smile.gif

Thanks OBX! :D

A man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. – Genesis 2:24

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Ribs & Beans   19

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Dominican Republic
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APPROVED! Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

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

Now...FLY through NVC! I know you guys are ready!

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  • USCIS scan date - 11/07/2014
  • NVC scan date - 03/06/2015
  • NVC case complete - 08/01/2015
  • Interview scheduled - 09/14/2015
  • Interview - 10/08/2015
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!! :dance: :dance: :dance:

Now...FLY through NVC! I know you guys are ready!

HAHAHA! Thanks!

We were ready since December! LOL!

A man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. – Genesis 2:24

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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Thanks moonandsun! Funny cause Matt and I had a talk about moon and sun. That I'm the moon and he is the sun. Hahaha!

I am the moon, because I am white like the moon. My wife is sun, because she is dark from the sun.

Congrats again!!! See you in the NVC forum.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Nicaragua
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APPROVED! Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

Congrats! :dance: :dance: Kikapoo said FLY through NVC and you can! Stay on top of the paperwork and have everything ready to go. Today my wife got an email from NVC stating that her Choice of Agent had been accepted (we emailed it in) and I checked to see if I could pay the IV fee and bam! there it was. So I immediately paid that and I wouldn't be surprised if I had my second barcode by tomorrow. So I've been at the NVC for 8 Business days and I'm already getting ready to send my DS-230 packet. Hopefully NVC keeps up this pace for myself and everyone else that is there now and getting ready to get there. Don't know about you, but I kinda like moving on to new steps every couple of days instead of every couple of months!

-Michael

USCIS

Married: July 16, 2010

I-30 Sent to Chicago Lock Box: August 9, 2010

Chicago Lock Box confirms receipt: August 12, 2010

NOA 1: August 26, 2010 (two weeks! Not bad!)

NOA 1: Received in mail: August 30, 2010

Transferred to TSC: November 2, 2010

Touched: November 10, 2010

Touched: November 18, 2010

Touched: November 19, 2010

Touched: November 24, 2010

NOA 2: December 23, 2010 (119 Days after NOA 1 Woot! Woot! Merry Christmas!)

TSC ships case to NVC: January 21, 2011 (#######? A MONTH TO SHIP?!)

National Visa Center

NVC Receives Case: January 28, 2011 (Received, but no NVC number assigned yet)

NVC Number Assigned: January 31, 2011 (spoke with operator, emails given, waiting for Invoice Number)

NVC Invoice received: February 1, 2011 (Paid Immediately, petitioner emailed Choice of Agent)

NVC Posted AOS fee payment: February 2, 2011

AOS packet sent to NVC: February 3, 2011

AOS packet delivered to NVC: February 4, 2011

Choice of Agent processed: February 9, 2011

VI Fee Paid: February 9, 2011

VI Fee Processed: February 10, 2011 (Barcode available online)

VI Fee barcode emailed with instructions: February 11, 2011

DS-230 Packet Sent: February 17, 2011

DS-230 Packet Received by NVC: February 22, 2011

DS-230 Packet Processed and sent to Embassy: March 9, 2011

Embassy

Interview Date: April 27, 2011

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Saylin Grand Master

Saylin   1,605

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Canada
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Congrats! :dance: :dance: Kikapoo said FLY through NVC and you can! Stay on top of the paperwork and have everything ready to go. Today my wife got an email from NVC stating that her Choice of Agent had been accepted (we emailed it in) and I checked to see if I could pay the IV fee and bam! there it was. So I immediately paid that and I wouldn't be surprised if I had my second barcode by tomorrow. So I've been at the NVC for 8 Business days and I'm already getting ready to send my DS-230 packet. Hopefully NVC keeps up this pace for myself and everyone else that is there now and getting ready to get there. Don't know about you, but I kinda like moving on to new steps every couple of days instead of every couple of months!

-Michael

Grats on your progress! It's definitely a nice change in NVC compared to USCIS. You have something to do practically every day compared to months of doing nothing.

My Personal Blog - Journey Through Immigration

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Wiki for Canadian Spouses for NVC (electronic processing and online forms)

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