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J & K   2

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Japan
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I just sent in our I-129F package today. I am excited and a little nervous to finally get this process started. I have been doing a lot of research on this site and with the USCIS for several months. Now that we feel more informed and as comfortable with the process as possible, we signed up for VJ to track our progress.

I mailed in our package using USPS Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation to the Dallas Lockbox. Since I am in Florida it should get forwarded to the Vermont Service Center.

Because Japan is a low fraud country, I hope it goes quickly and smoothly. However, I am not counting on it.

09/13/10 - Sent in I-129F

09/16/10 - NOA1 (Letter Received 09/24/10)
10/03/10 - Only Touch Before Approval
03/30/11 - NOA2 (195 Days from NOA1) (Letter Received 04/04/11)
04/07/11 - NVC Received File
04/12/11 - File Left NVC Sent to Embassy
04/13/11 - File Received by Embassy
04/19/11 - Packet 3 Received
04/20/11 - Packet 3 Sent to Embassy
04/29/11 - Packet 4 Received
06/06/11 - Interview (263 Days from NOA1) APPROVED!!!!
06/09/11 - VISA Received
07/04/11 - POE (Washington D.C. Dulles)
07/25/11 - Married

08/11/11 - Sent in I-485,I-131,I-765
08/17/11 - NOA1
09/12/11 - Biometrics
10/13/11 - EAD and AP Approved
10/22/11 - EAD Card Received
10/26/11 - AOS Interview (APPROVED!)
11/04/11 - Green Card Received

08/13/13 - Sent in I-751

08/20/13 - NOA1

09/24/13 - Biometrics (Bad Fingerprints)

10/17/13 - Redo Biometrics, Walk-In

12/03/13 - NOA2 (Approved!)

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1HappyGuy   45

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Ukraine
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Well congratulations on your first step. Watch for your Notice of Action (NOA1) in a couple of weeks. If you get a Request for Evidence (RFE) respond as soon as possible. Make sure you include the case number they assigned to you and include all documents they request (if any) in your response. Any delays on your part will delay the overall time line.

Next, be patient. You will see little or no action for several months until it gets going, so relax. Use this time to get your home prepared, find stores that carry products from your fiance(ee)'s country as a way of making him/her feel more at home. If you meet other couples like yourself, start forming friendly relationships, but make sure this is a happily married couple.

The busier you keep yourself, the faster the time will go by. Tell your SO the same thing.

Finally, start saving as much money as you can. This is just the first step and each additional step will cost you more money.

Again, congratulations. :dance:

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EllaC   190

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Italy
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Well congratulations on your first step. Watch for your Notice of Action (NOA1) in a couple of weeks. If you get a Request for Evidence (RFE) respond as soon as possible. Make sure you include the case number they assigned to you and include all documents they request (if any) in your response. Any delays on your part will delay the overall time line.

Next, be patient. You will see little or no action for several months until it gets going, so relax. Use this time to get your home prepared, find stores that carry products from your fiance(ee)'s country as a way of making him/her feel more at home. If you meet other couples like yourself, start forming friendly relationships, but make sure this is a happily married couple.

The busier you keep yourself, the faster the time will go by. Tell your SO the same thing.

Finally, start saving as much money as you can. This is just the first step and each additional step will cost you more money.

Again, congratulations. :dance:

Wow, I have to say I'm impressed. I loved what you posted. We filed our petition on Sept. 7, 2010 and this post... is actually helpful. I already feel so relaxed. ;)

27 NOV 2019 - I-129F mailed to Dallas, TX Lockbox

02 DEC 2019 - NOA1

23 MAR 2020 - NOA2

 

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Aztec&Taino   144

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I just sent in our I-129F package today. I am excited and a little nervous to finally get this process started. I have been doing a lot of research on this site and with the USCIS for several months. Now that we feel more informed and as comfortable with the process as possible, we signed up for VJ to track our progress.

I mailed in our package using USPS Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation to the Dallas Lockbox. Since I am in Florida it should get forwarded to the Vermont Service Center.

Because Japan is a low fraud country, I hope it goes quickly and smoothly. However, I am not counting on it.

Best of luck and welcome to the waiting game! :thumbs:

As the other VJ member said, make sure to have LOTS of patience and keep on collecting evidence of your relationship. Also, keep on working and saving money because it is an expensive process!

August 23, 2010 - I-129 F package sent via USPS priority mail with delivery confirmation.

August 30, 2010 - Per Department of Homeland Security (DHS) e-mail, petition received and routed to California Service Center for processing. Check cashed. I-797C Notice of Action by mail (NOA 1) - Received date 08/25/2010. Notice date 08/27/2010.

After 150 days of imposed anxious patience...

January 24, 2011 - Per USCIS website, petition approved and notice mailed.

January 31, 2011 - Approval receipt notice (NOA 2) received by mail. Called NVC, given Santo Domingo case number, and informed that petition was sent same day to consulate.

Called Visa Specialist at the Department of State every day for a case update. Informed of interview date on February, 16 2011. Informed that packet was mailed to fiance on February, 15 2011.

February 21, 2011 - Fiance has not yet received packet. Called 1-877-804-5402 (Visa Information Center of the United States Embassy) to request a duplicate packet in person pick-up at the US consulate in Santo Domingo. Packet can be picked-up by fiance on 02/28.

March 1, 2011 - Medical exam completed at Consultorios de Visa in Santo Domingo.

March 9, 2011 at 6 AM - Interview, approved!

March 18, 2011 - POE together. JFK and O'Hare airports. Legal wedding: May 16, 2011.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

-Henry David Thoreau

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TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   45,288

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Congratulations on getting things rolling, si man.

One specific thing to do is to allocate $1,010 for AOS/EAD/AP (a combined later step) now. Put the funds in a special account and consider it 100% untouchable. One of the most short-sighted things that anyone could do is to let their newly arrived loved one fall out of legal status because "I didn't have the money to file for AOS after we got married."

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Tomoka   0

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Japan
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Congratulations and I wish you the best luck! :yes:

2010-05-01 : I-129F Sent (using Certified Mail )

2010-05-03 : I-129F Received by California USCIS

2010-05-04 : NOA1 issued

2010-05-05 : Touched

2010-05-10 : NOA1 Hardcopy received

2010-07-09 : NOA2 issued (Touched)

2010-07-10 : Touched

2010-07-12 : Touched

2010-07-16 : NOA2 Hardcopy received

2010-07-20 : NVC Letter issued

2010-07-23 : NVC Letter received

2010-07-29 : Packet 3 from the embassy received

2010-08-04 : Medical Examination

2010-08-23 : INTERVIEW-APPROVED!

2010-10-17 : POE

2010-11-13 : Married

2010-12-04 : I-485 Sent (using Certified Mail )

2010-12-08 : I-485 Received by USCIS

2010-12-14 : NOA

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Lucy NY   1

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: United Kingdom
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Congratulations, lots of patience is now needed :thumbs:

Keep as busy as possible and try and see each other at some point as I am sure this helps the waiting game :thumbs:

I129F Petition Sent: End of June '10
NOA1 - 17th July '10
Touches - 23rd July & 3rd October '10
NOA2 - 30th December '10 - A great new yr gift
NVC Rec'd - 4th January '11
NVC Sent - 5th January '11
Embassy Received - 8th January '11
Embassy Recorded - 11th January '11
Packet 3 Forms sent - 11th January '11
Visa Fee Paid - 18th January '11
Packet 3 Forms Logged - 24th January '11
Medical Exam - 10th February '11
Embassy Received Medical Results - 15th February '11
London Consulate K1 Visa Interview - 11th March '11
JFK Port of Entry - 24th March '11

Removal Of Conditions.

Petition Signed for - 26th August 2013

Check Cashed - 11th September 2013

NOA1 -

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Egyptlove Newbie

Egyptlove   0

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Egypt
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Hello,

I am a new member to this sight. I have used it for many months of research as well. We also just filed our papers. They were received in Texas on the 30th of August and re-routed to the Vermont Service Center. They were received there on September 2nd and I was notified by text/e-mail on September 3rd. I received my NOA1 yesterday in the mail! Now I guess it is just a waiting game. I am a little unsure of what to do next and how best to prepare. Any suggestions? I am also wondering if anybody else is trying to plan a wedding and how they are going about it. I am having a hard time trying to plan anything without any kind of certainty about the month that my fiance will arrive.

-E

I-129 F Filed 08.29.2010

NOA1 09.13.2010

"Touched" 10.03.2010

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Ryan H Grand Master

Ryan H   3,812

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: China
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I just sent in our I-129F package today. I am excited and a little nervous to finally get this process started. I have been doing a lot of research on this site and with the USCIS for several months. Now that we feel more informed and as comfortable with the process as possible, we signed up for VJ to track our progress.

I mailed in our package using USPS Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation to the Dallas Lockbox. Since I am in Florida it should get forwarded to the Vermont Service Center.

Because Japan is a low fraud country, I hope it goes quickly and smoothly. However, I am not counting on it.

Good luck and best wishes on your journey! :thumbs:

Our journey:

Spoiler

September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
September 10, 2011: Emailed AOS package
September 12, 2011: IV bill invoiced
September 13, 2011: Paid IV bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 14, 2011)
September 14, 2011: Emailed IV package
October 3, 2011: Emailed checklist response (checklist generated due to typo on Form DS-230)
October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

January 28, 2014: Production of new Green Card ordered

February 3, 2014: New Green Card received; done with USCIS until fall of 2023*

December 18, 2023:  Filed I-90 to renew Green Card

December 21, 2023:  Production of new Green Card ordered - will be seeing USCIS again every 10 years for renewal

 

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patient2010   93

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Nigeria
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Good luck on your journey!!!!

November 5, 2010 Interview 7am APPROVED!!!!!! (6months 4weeks 1day) THANK YOU LORD!!!!!

(look at my about me page in my profile if you want to see my entire k1 journey)

AOS Journey:

Feb.4, 2011 Mailed AOS packet

Feb. 7, 2011 Pkt delivered in Chicago

Feb. 10, 2011 Received txt and email of NOA for AOS, EAD, and AP

Feb. 11, 2011 Check cashed for AOS

Feb. 12, 2011 Touched

Feb. 14, 2011 received hard copy of NOA for AOS, EAD& AP

Feb. 18, 2011 received appt letter for biometrics

Feb. 28, 2011 biometrics appt @10am

Feb. 28, 2011 received txt/email AOS case transferred to csc

Mar 1, 2011 AOS Touched

Mar 3, 2011 received hard copy of AOS transfer to csc

Mar 4, 2011 AOS Touched

Mar 28, 2011 Received txt/email saying card production has been ordered. (1month 3eeks 3days)

Mar 28, 2011 Received 2nd txt/email saying we have registered this customer permanent residence status

Mar 29, 2011 Received 3rd txt/email says card production has been ordered.

April 1, 2011 greencard and welcome letter in hand!!

April 5, 2011 received txt/email EAD card production ordered

Will Start Removing Conditions Dec 2012!!!!

Dec. 26, 2012 mailed ROC paperwork

Dec. 28, 2012 NOA for ROC paperwork

Jan. 7, 2013 received bio appt letter

Jan. 24, 2013 bio appt.

June 22, 2013 10yr green card received

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thongd4me Experienced

thongd4me   69

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Thailand
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I-rrashai-ma-seh!

Banzai!

02/2003 - Met

08/24/09 I-129F; 09/02 NOA1; 10/14 NOA2; 11/24 interview; 11/30 K-1 VISA (92 d); 12/29 POE 12/31/09 Marriage

03/29/-04/06/10 - AOS sent/rcd; 04/13 NOA1; AOS 2 NBC

04/14 $1010 cashed; 04/19 NOA1

04/28 Biom.

06/16 EAD/AP

06/24 Infops; AP mail

06/28 EAD mail; travel 2 BKK; return 07/17

07/20/10 interview, 4d. b4 I-129F anniv. APPROVAL!*

08/02/10 GC

08/09/10 SSN

2012-05-16 Lifting Cond. - I-751 sent

2012-06-27 Biom,

2013-01-10 7 Mo, 2 Wks. & 5 days - 10 Yr. PR Card (no interview)

*2013-04-22 Apply for citizenship (if she desires at that time) 90 days prior to 3yr anniversary of P. Residence

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ameribrit   37

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: United Kingdom
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All the best, for a speedy approval :thumbs:

ROC Timeline

4-26-13------Eligible to file for ROC

6-17-13------Sent off I-751 Package

6-19-13------VSC Received our package. Signed for by K. Fitzgerald

6-24-13------Received NOA in the mail, dated 6-20-13

6-24-13------Check Cashed

7-05-13------Received Biometrics Appointment letter in the mail for 7-18-13

7-18-13------Biometrics done

8-20-13------Case Transferred to CSC for further processing

8-24-13------Transfer notice arrived in the mail today

10-21-13----ROC Approved!

10-25-13----Received approval letter in the mail

10-28-13----Production of 10 Yr Green Card ordered

11-01-13----Card has been mailed!....Received USPS tracking number

11-04-13----10yr Green Card arrived in the mail today....Yay!!

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jrmejia Proficient

jrmejia   31

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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Welcome to the waiting club :)

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"The perfection/respect/credibility of a man decreases by the number of marriages he has had and by the number of kids he has outside his current marriage. ", Quote by Bite YourDust
  • Met on yahoo chat through a friend.
  • April 2010 - Decided to meet in person
  • 06.01.2010 - She flew from Dubai to Philippines for vacationing
  • 06.21.2010 - We met in Philippines
  • 06.24.2010 - Engaged
  • 06.28.2010 - Came back to USA
  • 07.05.2010 - She flew back to Dubai (work)
  • 08.02.2010 - Mailed I129F to VSC
  • 08.03.2010 - Delivered to VSC. Signed by D RENAUD.
  • 08.09.2010 - Check cashed
  • 08.14.2010 - NOA1 (Dated 08/06/2010)!!!!!!!!
  • 08.19.2010 - Touched!
  • 08.27.2010 - Received snail mail that typographical error was fixed.
  • 10.03.2010 - Touched!
  • 11.21.2010 - Visited her for a week in Dubai!
  • 02.14.2011 - NOA2 Approved on St. Valentine day!!!!!!!
  • 02.17.2011 - Packet left from NVC to ABU DHABI (Dubai)
  • 02.19.2011 - NOA2 hard copy received
  • 02.22.2011 - Packet reached ABU DHABI's consulate
  • 03.02.2011 - packet 3 & 4 received by email
  • 03.02.2011 - Confirmation of Interview on 04.14.2011 -
  • 03.07.2011 - Fiancee passed medical exam.
  • 04.14.2011 - K1-Visa Approved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • 04.21.2011 - Picked up Visa !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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