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Congratulations! Hope the rest of your NVC journey moves quickly. :thumbs:

NATURALIZATION
02/15/13 - Mailed N-400
02/19/13 - Received by Phoenix Lockbox (day 01)
02/21/13 - NOA1 issued (day 03)


REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS (WIFE)
02/18/12 - Eligible for Removal of Conditions on Residence
03/23/12 - Mailed I-751 to CSC
03/26/12 - Received by CSC (day 01)
03/31/12 - Received NOA1 (day 06)
05/02/12 - Biometrics done (day 38)
10/23/12 - Received approval email (day 212)
11/01/12 - Received green card (day 221)


IR-2 (STEPDAUGHTER)
06/01/10 - Mailed I-130 petition
06/03/10 - Package delivered to USCIS (day 01)
06/08/10 - NOA1 issued (day 06)
11/03/10 - Received approval email (day 154)
11/08/10 - Received approval notice in mail (day 159)


NATIONAL VISA CENTER (STEPDAUGHTER)
11/08/10 - NVC received case from USCIS
11/09/10 - NVC case # & IIN generated, email addresses given, DS-3032 sent via email & USPS (day 01)
11/16/10 - Received and paid AOS bill (day 08)
11/17/10 - AOS bill marked as PAID; AOS packet express mailed (day 09)
11/19/10 - Received and paid IV bill; DS-3032 accepted (day 11)
11/22/10 - IV bill marked as PAID; IV packet express mailed (day 14)
12/03/10 - Sign-in failed (day 25)
12/09/10 - INTERVIEW SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 10, 2011 @ 6:45AM
12/28/10 - Medical exam done at SLEC Manila - PASSED! (day 40)
01/10/11 - Interview at USEM Manila - APPROVED! (day 53)
01/21/11 - Stepdaughter received passport with IR-2 visa! (day 64)

Posted
:wow: Congrats! :dance:

"The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it."

06/20/2009 - Met online ( I am from Philippines and he's from Wisconsin)

04/26/2010 - Met in Philippines (for 2 weeks)

05/08/2010 - Officially engaged!! ( He sent the engagement ring 09/24/2010 and he proposed to me on bended knee in Philippines with the second part of engagement ring) *melting*

06/18/2010 - I-129F package Sent

06/21/2010 - NOA1

06/24/2010 - Touched

09/23/2010 - Touched (when I contacted the Congressman's office)

11/15/2010 - Touched (hopefully the approval)

11/17/2010 - NOA2 (Received hard copy 11/22/2010)

12/01/2010 - Received a letter from DOS dated 11/29/2010 stating that the petition will be forwared to USE AD within a week and that I will received the packets very soon from embassy.

01/18/2011 - Interview. APPROVED!!! No words can express how happy i am.

01/25/2011 - VISA in hand! YAY!!!

02/20/2011 - POE Chicago (O'hare)

05/14/2011 - Our Wedding day

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: China
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Posted (edited)

cool ! Keep us 'informed', ya?

All are interested to know if the I-129F is 'allowed to go through' or is 'administratively closed'.

Good Luck, which ever way it falls.

*** moving to 'K-3 Spousal Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports' forum ***

Edited by Darnell

Sometimes my language usage seems confusing - please feel free to 'read it twice', just in case !
Ya know, you can find the answer to your question with the advanced search tool, when using a PC? Ditch the handphone, come back later on a PC, and try again.

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Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Philippines
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Posted

I'll let you know what happens. The letter from the NVC is interesting. On the first page (Before your petition can be processed you must pay the Affidavit of Support (AOS) processing fee) On page #2 (1. If the applicant intends to adjust status with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS),

please contact the NVC before making any payments or taking further action.). So there giving me the option of a immigrant visa or a non immigrant visa in those two statements. I'll fight them for a little for the K3 but if i need to I'll give in to there other visa. Ya this K3 visa is a mess now so best just forget it!!!!!!!!!

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: China
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Posted

check the casefile #'s (you have 2)

and try to determine 'for which petition' this is for, ah?

I-130 vs I-129F.

Then

some point tonight or tomorrow, call in to NVC, inquire about status on the I-129F.

Paying Fees is for a CR-1/IR-1 visa.

Good Luck !

Sometimes my language usage seems confusing - please feel free to 'read it twice', just in case !
Ya know, you can find the answer to your question with the advanced search tool, when using a PC? Ditch the handphone, come back later on a PC, and try again.

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Whoa Nelly ! Want NVC Info? see http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process

Congratulations on your approval ! We All Applaud your accomplishment with Most Wonderful Kissies !

 

  • 3 weeks later...
Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Philippines
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Posted

They got the K-3 visa wrapped up in so much red tape now best just forget it. They want the Affidavit of Support in place before the foreign spouse sets foot in the USA. They don't like the 1 year and 9 months you had with the K-3. Years ago they tried to make it illegal for a us person to marry a foreign person. Now there trying to scare us out of it with all the laws they put in place. I really wanted the 1 year and 9 months to see how things go when she is here but they took that away from us now!!!!!! CR-1 here i go.

  • 2 weeks later...
Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Philippines
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Posted

I sent an e-mail saying I intend to adjust status with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services what would be the K-3 visa. Then a few days later I got a letter saying they closed my 129-F. then a few days after that the NVC sent me an e-mail saying The NVC does not process adjustment of status cases. Then I gave the NVC a call and they told me my wife's address is the same as mine so no need for a visa cuz she is in the US so they closed my I-130 also!!!!!!!! When i told the lady that all the e-mails and letters from the NVC had her address in the Philippines she said no her address is in the US and that was it. Don't piss of the NVC trying for the K-3 visa.

  • 4 weeks later...
Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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Posted

I got my case # from the NVC today but never got a txt or e-mail from the CSC. I did find my NOA2 for my 129F and I-130 in the mail today. It was approved a few weeks ago.

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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 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • 4 weeks later...
Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: China
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Posted

I sent an e-mail saying I intend to adjust status with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services what would be the K-3 visa. Then a few days later I got a letter saying they closed my 129-F. then a few days after that the NVC sent me an e-mail saying The NVC does not process adjustment of status cases. Then I gave the NVC a call and they told me my wife's address is the same as mine so no need for a visa cuz she is in the US so they closed my I-130 also!!!!!!!! When i told the lady that all the e-mails and letters from the NVC had her address in the Philippines she said no her address is in the US and that was it. Don't piss of the NVC trying for the K-3 visa.

errata:

1. I-129F's are closed when they travel together from NVC to USCIS (and 99 percent of the time, they do travel together) - see K-3 administratively closed - http://www.visajourney.com/news/2010/02/07/department-of-state-to-close-k-3-visas-if-i-129f-and-i-130-petitions-approved-and-received-together/

2. adjusting status with USCIS usually means 'all is done in USA' - no K-3 visa or even CR-1/IR-1 visa - simply file for AOS with I-130 and I-485 filed concurrently, should yer lass actually reside in USA WITH YOU at the time of filing.

3. I think you should really found out what is what, and what is where - as you've some hope of doing NVC processing (I-864, DS-230) in the next few weeks - hopefully you can suss it all out, figure out what it what - by calling into NVC, getting a supervisor, and inquiring for casefile status on the I-130.

Sure - someone 'said' they closed the I-130 - but if it was closed in error - it'll be YOUR error - and your wife will think you most foolish.

or something equally evil and sinister.

Sometimes my language usage seems confusing - please feel free to 'read it twice', just in case !
Ya know, you can find the answer to your question with the advanced search tool, when using a PC? Ditch the handphone, come back later on a PC, and try again.

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Whoa Nelly ! Want NVC Info? see http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process

Congratulations on your approval ! We All Applaud your accomplishment with Most Wonderful Kissies !

 

Filed: Other Country: China
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Posted

I got the NVC to reopen the visa and they got all the paperwork they need last week. I just love how there policy overrides the LAW!!!!!!!!!! The K3 is part of the life act.

Are you saying you got them to reopen the I-129F for spouse and to proceed with the K3 visa process? If so, how did you accomplish this?

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Thailand
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Posted

Are you saying you got them to reopen the I-129F for spouse and to proceed with the K3 visa process? If so, how did you accomplish this?

There is no paperwork to send to NVC for a K-3. He has to be talking about IR-1/CR-1.

Service Center : Vermont Service Center

Consulate : Bangkok, Thailand

Marriage : 2006-11-08

I-130 Sent : 2008-02-22

I-130 NOA1 : 2008-03-10

I-129F Sent : 2008-04-08

I-129F NOA1 : 2008-04-14

I-129F touched: 2008-05-06

I-130 touched: 2008-05-09

I-129F approved 2008-09-05

I-130 approved 2008-09-05

NVC received 2008-09-12

Pay I-864 2008-10-08

Pay IV bill 2008-10-08

Receive Instruction 2008-11-05

Case Complete 2008-11-18

Medical 2009-01-19/20 passed

Receive Pkt 4 2009-01-30

Interview 221g 2009-02-23

Second interview 2009-03-02 Approved

POE DFW 2009-03-07

Received SS card 2009-03-17

Received GC 2009-04-01

Done for 3 years or 10 years. Haven't decided yet.

(I'm going for the IR-1 and blowing off the K-3. Even if it takes an extra couple months, it's worth it to not have to deal with USCIS again)

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Note:

Please fill out I-130, wait 6 months for approval, then 3 more months for an interview. (Unless of course we've bombed your country into the stone age, then you qualify for expedited processing.)

Welcome to the USA!!!

Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Philippines
Timeline
Posted

Are you saying you got them to reopen the I-129F for spouse and to proceed with the K3 visa process? If so, how did you accomplish this?

I sent an e-mail saying I intend to adjust status with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services what would be the K-3 visa. Then a few days later I got a letter saying they closed my 129-F. then a few days after that the NVC sent me an e-mail saying The NVC does not process adjustment of status cases. Then I gave the NVC a call and they told me my wife's address is the same as mine so no need for a visa cuz she is in the US so they closed my I-130 also!!!!!!!! When i told the lady that all the e-mails and letters from the NVC had her address in the Philippines she said no her address is in the US and that was it. Don't piss of the NVC trying for the K-3 visa.

The K-3 is still law but the NVC policy overides the law!!!!! I dident want to fight with them to much just want my wife here so went the CR-1 visa.

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: China
Timeline
Posted (edited)

'want my wife here' -

denotes

she's not here yet.

I must assume if you were issued an APPROVAL on the I-129F PETITION, then the I-130 petition was approved as well, and further assume the approved I-130 petition has made it's way over to NVC office.

So...

Suggest you pursue the CR-1 visa processing/paperwork

at NVC

with the DS-3032, I-864, DS-230

and hurry hurry .

oh - please note - you 2 case #'s from USCIS - one on the I-130, one on the I-129F

and

TWO case numbers from NVC (not the same as USCIS) - one on the I-130, one on the I-129F.

I'd like to wade through the p|ssing and moaning and try to help you with actual process,

but

I am having problems with yer language and my understanding of same.

Help a fella out? If she's not here in USA, she needs a visa.

If she's in the USA already, then she needs to adjust status.

Pick one or the other - don't mix/match to suit yerself - it's a waste o time and monies.

Edited by Darnell

Sometimes my language usage seems confusing - please feel free to 'read it twice', just in case !
Ya know, you can find the answer to your question with the advanced search tool, when using a PC? Ditch the handphone, come back later on a PC, and try again.

-=-=-=-=-=R E A D ! ! !=-=-=-=-=-

Whoa Nelly ! Want NVC Info? see http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process

Congratulations on your approval ! We All Applaud your accomplishment with Most Wonderful Kissies !

 

 
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