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hi,

im not sure if i am right on this...but... CR1 has to remove conditions within two years, whereas IR1 its instantly at port of entry?? not sure tho

yes, since january...but, it actually goes way back to mid 2009 :blush: because when my husband visited me in the UK in jan this year i was laid up with a poorley back...:o

hes over here again in jan 11 and we are currently plotting how we can get rid of my mother (who is living with me at the moment) for that week :whistle:

At the time of your interview , if you and spouse are already married for 2 or more years, then they give you a IR1 aka greencard. It will be valid for 10 years. After 10 years you must get a new greencard, no interview or nothing, just apply for new greencard because they figure everyones appearence will change over the 10 years and just want to upgrade ur picture on it, same like drivers license. Now if you have NOT been married for 2 years at time of your interview, then u get a CR-1, that is same greencard , same rights and privlages, but only it expires in 2 years from issue. You have to apply to remove the condition. CR=conditional relative. This is to cut down on marriage fraud, thats why they came up with this CR thing. So like you apply to remove the conditional and if everything checks out , for example you are still married and living together etc etc etc then they will give you a new 10 year greencard.They might call you in for another interview, sometimes they dont. Like example, if you have kids born during that 2 years and wen you send in to remove the condition u give them a copy of the baby's birth certificate, then they might not even call you in, u will just get the new greencard in mail.

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zachm611
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huhu not yet im not very good at the waiting game... wish ours could have been sent to VSC or maybe CSC will start processing faster it would be so nice. sigh guess gotta be patient

USUY2010
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Congrats Raffy!! You're case is the envy of everyone else here I think! lol. So happy for you guys!! =]

LADYDARE
LADYDARE

Looks like CSC has started processing I-130 for Sept. My sister's PD is Sept 27th.

OBX Mentor

OBX   51

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OMG I am over the moon right now, just recieved an email from USCIS stating 'On December 1st, 2010, we mailed you a notice that we have approved the I130' OMG I can't believe it, keep reading the email to make sure they are not requesting further evidence, but woo hoo woo hoo :)

:dance: Congratulations.

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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misterbigtoe   45

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yes, since january...but, it actually goes way back to mid 2009 :blush: because when my husband visited me in the UK in jan this year i was laid up with a poorley back...:o

hes over here again in jan 11 and we are currently plotting how we can get rid of my mother (who is living with me at the moment) for that week :whistle:

Truebrit,

Holy sheepshit since '09! That is tough. After so many months, better to have mom out of the neighborhood if you are wanting to be discrete hehehe! Last visit with my wife was about 10 weeks of bliss! But for such a long stay, a hotel was financially out of reach so we stayed in the family apartment. Geez, RT airfare is 1.5 -2K USD and have made 4 trips over there in the last 2 years. Anyway, get along great with her(my other) family and i am as their natural son. Still, it is pretty cozy sharing the apartment with the folks and sister. Mom and Dad have their room and sis shares ours with us and our little boy. Everyone is very respectful of privacy though and discreet :whistle: .They obviously expect us to behave as any newlyweds. We do try to limit playtime :blush: to when everyone else is sleeping as well but there are obviously no secrets in such a small apartment. Hey, You could get Mom an MP3 player loaded with her favorite tunes or audio books!.............just a thought :D

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03/2008--Met while working together in Mongolia
06/21/10--Married in Ulaanbaatar on the Summer solstice
USCIS
09/06/10--I-130 package mailed to USCIS Chicago Lockbox
12/14/10--NOA2 hardcopy rec'd, Dec 09 notice date<APPROVED>86 Days
NVC
12/22/10-NVC / IIN Number issued, AOS bill paid
12/26/10-DS-3032 emailed
January4............IV bill paid, discovered error by preparer
USCIS ROUND 2
01/04/11-- I-130 package for stepson sent express with expedite plea
01/11/11---Congressional expedite plea lodged with USCIS
01/20/11--- Notice date, APPROVED 14 days
NVC ROUND 2
01/26/11--- NVC/IIN Numbers issued, DS-3032 Emailed
02/07/11--- AOS/IV packages fedexed to NVC
02/24/11--- Both Cases Completed at NVC
CONSULAR
04/27/11--- Interview passed
05/29/11--- POE ORD
08/2011--- I-551s arrive

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REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS

04/18/13--- I-751 mailed

09/25/13---ROC approval

Womblina1 Contributor

Womblina1   3

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just when you think things are going to speed up (most of our documentation is ready for NVC) then I find out that my petition is approved but my four year olds has recieved a RFE, OMG i thought they would look at these together, what possible information could we have missed out, when they are identical??? no point starting NVC without hers, as I dont intend leaving her behind arghhhhhhhhh :bonk:

BabaLu Explorer

BabaLu   1

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just when you think things are going to speed up (most of our documentation is ready for NVC) then I find out that my petition is approved but my four year olds has recieved a RFE, OMG i thought they would look at these together, what possible information could we have missed out, when they are identical??? no point starting NVC without hers, as I dont intend leaving her behind arghhhhhhhhh :bonk:

Most of the time it has something to do with the other parent, like proof of consent for the child to leave his/her country on an immigrant visa.

Womblina1 Contributor

Womblina1   3

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Most of the time it has something to do with the other parent, like proof of consent for the child to leave his/her country on an immigrant visa.

Thanks BabaLu, not sure what other proof we can provide, her father has passed away over two years ago and we included the death certificate, would they expect her to take my husband's last name? that is really the only thing that is different.

BabaLu Explorer

BabaLu   1

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Thanks BabaLu, not sure what other proof we can provide, her father has passed away over two years ago and we included the death certificate, would they expect her to take my husband's last name? that is really the only thing that is different.

Oh her name is different, hmmm, you know it could be anything really , but its probably something simple to fix so don't worry ok. Just wait to get the request and just comply. Meanwhile continue on with your case, don't stop and wait til her's is fixed. Even if you have your case complete, that doesn't mean you have to leave her. Atleast have yours done.

Womblina1 Contributor

Womblina1   3

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Oh her name is different, hmmm, you know it could be anything really , but its probably something simple to fix so don't worry ok. Just wait to get the request and just comply. Meanwhile continue on with your case, don't stop and wait til her's is fixed. Even if you have your case complete, that doesn't mean you have to leave her. Atleast have yours done.

Thanks for your advice, really appreciated and has helped calm me a little, wasn't sure whether to hold my petition back until we were together, but you are right, better to get it completed,

raffy Explorer

raffy   7

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Sep. 16: Received texts and Emails NoA

Sep. 20: NoA letter received

Sep. 22: Case shows up online

Sept. 22: Touched (485, 130, 765)

Sept. 23: Touched (485, 130, 765)

Sept. 27: Touched (485, 130, 765

Sept. 30: Touched (130, 765)

Oct.1st: Touched (130, 765)

Otc. 13: Biometrics done!!

Oct.13: Touched (765, 485)

Oct. 30: Interview appointment letter (I485) dated Oct. 25th, interview on Dec. 2nd

Dec. 2nd: Interview approved, got to wait for GC now :)

Dec. 6: Made an infopass appointment and got my passport stamped today :)

raffy Explorer

raffy   7

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Congrats Raffy that's very good news!!! I received my EAD today!! :)

great news!! I'm happy for you!! and thanks by the way :)

I wish I had my ead... I got a drug test done today for a future job (I will start as soon as I have my SS#)...

Once again, congrats!!

rschultz Rookie

rschultz   0

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We got our NOA2 today! I saw that some people who filed in September were getting approved but never thought we'd be so lucky...

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I-130

July 24, 2010 - Wedding in Niger

Sept 10, 2010 - Sent I-130

Sept 13, 2010 - I-130 received

Sept 16, 2010 - Check for I-130 cleared

Sept 19, 2010 - Touched

Sept 20, 2010 - Received hard copy of NOA1 for I-130

Dec 7, 2010 - Received text/email NOA2!!

Dec 11, 2010 - Recieved hard copy NOA2

March 10, 2010 - Received notice of interview appointment for April 7th

April 11, 2011 - Went to interview and given paperwork to do medical exam(after he had requested the docs and they wouldn't give them to him)

April 26, 2011 - Rescheduled interview

April 28, 2011 - Visa approved!!!

STEPCHILDREN

August 7, 2012 - NOA1 received

January 23, 2013 - Email/text notification of approval

truebrit Explorer

truebrit   4

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We got our NOA2 today! I saw that some people who filed in September were getting approved but never thought we'd be so lucky...

congrats :dance:

maybe one day soon for us

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2004 - we met online.

7th May 2007 - filed I-129 paperwork

9th June 2007 - received I-797 notice of action

13th November 2007 - I-129 approved

18th December 2007 Visa and medical interview

12th January 2008- Shipping company arrived

14th January 2008 - landed at Newark Airport.

9th March 2008 - got married(received SSI number)

April 2008 - My things arrived in USA from the UK

9th March 2009 - our 1st Anniversary

14th June 2009 - returned to the UK

9th March 2010 - our 2nd Anniversary - spent apart - so lonely :(

1st September 2010 - filed I-130 (applying for IR1)

11th Sept - Received I-797c address part C error

13th Sept - Resubmitted I-130

24th Sept 2010 received second I-797 NOA status - "initial review"

4th January 2011 - I-130 Approved - moving to NVC!

12th January 2011 - I-130 forwarded to NVC.

31st January 2011 - Notification of LDN number received in the post.

USUY2010 Enthusiast

USUY2010   4

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great news!! I'm happy for you!! and thanks by the way :)

I wish I had my ead... I got a drug test done today for a future job (I will start as soon as I have my SS#)...

Once again, congrats!!

Well consider yourself lucky you already have job offers, I'll have to start job hunting when I get my SSN. :sigh: :P

 
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