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Anybody whose NOA2 took 5 months or less?

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missyouhoney   1

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What part of the process r u now? How long did the embassy process take? Am I being näive if I believe that the NOA2 will only take 5 months? Should I stop all our wedding plans now?

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Mal and Meg   12

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Hey well my noa2 took 5 months to come and it may take 2-3 months after that to get your interview and visa



K1 Timeline
07/01/10- K1 Mailed
07/16/10- NOA1 Hardcopy
12/15/10- NOA2 Hardcopy Received
02/16/11- Interview at 10am London Embassy
02/24/11- Visa in Hand
02/27/11- POE - Minneapolis

AOS Timeline
04/22/11- AOS, EAD, AP sent today
04/28/11- AOS, EAD, AP Notice Date
05/04/11- Hard copy of NOA1 for AOS, EAD, AP
05/12/11- Early Biometric walk in(Scheduled for 05/31/2011)
05/12/11- I-485 Case Transferred to CSC
06/13/11- AOS approved, card production ordered
06/20/11- Green Card Recieved

ROC Timeline

04/25/13- ROC package sent

04/26/13- ROC pack delivered

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YuAndDan   153

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Yep less than 30 days NOA 1 to NOA 2 at VSC Aug 2006. Click timeline link below.

You can use the time lines to answer this question.

OUR TIME LINE Please do a timeline it helps us all, thanks.

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Look here: A Candle for Love and China Family Visa Forums for Chinese/American relationship,

Visa issues, and lots of info about the Guangzhou and Hong Kong consulate.

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Aztec&Taino   144

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What part of the process r u now? How long did the embassy process take? Am I being näive if I believe that the NOA2 will only take 5 months? Should I stop all our wedding plans now?

It has been said many times that K1 filers should not make any wedding plans because of the uncertainty of the process. It would be best to just wait and see. Remember that after the K1 visa is granted the beneficiary has up to 6 months to use the visa to enter the US and that you have up to 90 days to get married once the beneficiary enters the US using the K1 visa. This should allow plenty of time for planning a wedding.

Best wishes!

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.

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It is impossible to know how long it will take to get your NOA2, or how long it will take to get your visa. While it's fine to plan your wedding, it would be foolish to plan to a date. Making all your plans around a specific date could lead to heartbreak, lose of money if you are making deposits etc. At best you can always look at various ranges of alternate dates.

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Robert de Bonda   3

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NOA2 rec'd 10/18/10. Took about 3 weeks for the petition to be acknowledged by the embassy as having been received. Package 3 sent in same day as acknowledgement; now in country awaiting interview on Wednesday.

See signature tag below.

7-30-07 - Met in Santa Marta, Colombia

9-19-08 - Engaged

7-13-10 - I-129F sent by USPS Expressmail to VSC;

10-18-10 - NOA2!!!!!!!!!! (Received in hand 10-22-10)

11-12-10 - Sent email to Embassy asking about petition; response "Petition rec'd; send in documents"; sent same day

11-24-10 - Called the Department of State; interview has been scheduled

11-29-10 - Package 3 received by beneficiary

01-19-11 - Interview - VISA APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!

01-27-11 - Passport received; visa in hand

02-08-11 - POE - Fort Lauderdale, Fla MISSED FLIGHT; 02-10-11 - POE second time's the charm. Easy POE. Welcome to the USA.

03-04-11 - Married

AOS

05-08-11 - Mailed out I-485, I-765 & I-131;

05-16-11 - Text & email msgs with Receipt Number

05-17-11 - Applied for Expedited AP as Victoria's mother was very ill; 05-18-11 - Picked up AP document

05-20-11 - Victoria returns to Colombia; NOA1 for all 3 forms arrive

06-03-11 - Text message "Case now updated"; RFE 06-07-11 - RFE arrives for 2010 Tax Return

06-08-11 - Text message "Case now updated"; Post Office returned a letter that was sent by USCIS; 06-09-11 - Issue resolved

06-14-11 - RFE response sent; 06-21-11 - Text message "Case now updated"; RFE response under review

06-29-11 - Text message "Case now updated"; Case transferred to CSC

08-30-11 - Victoria returns to US

08-31-11 - Biometrics done; Text message - "EAD Card Production ordered"

09-11 - Case transferred back from CSC

11-22-11 - Interview in Albany Field Office. AOS APPROVED.

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missyouhoney   1

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NOA2 rec'd 10/18/10. Took about 3 weeks for the petition to be acknowledged by the embassy as having been received. Package 3 sent in same day as acknowledgement; now in country awaiting interview on Wednesday.

See signature tag below.

that was fast! so glad u guys will be together soon.

u guys been lucky. There are many cases in which NOA2 is taking 5 or more months.

I guess i´m just too anxious, it´s not fun been far from the person u love and not to know when u will b together again.

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missyouhoney   1

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It is impossible to know how long it will take to get your NOA2, or how long it will take to get your visa. While it's fine to plan your wedding, it would be foolish to plan to a date. Making all your plans around a specific date could lead to heartbreak, lose of money if you are making deposits etc. At best you can always look at various ranges of alternate dates.

thank you for your answer. I guess this is a test on patience and faithfulness.

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missyouhoney   1

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It has been said many times that K1 filers should not make any wedding plans because of the uncertainty of the process. It would be best to just wait and see. Remember that after the K1 visa is granted the beneficiary has up to 6 months to use the visa to enter the US and that you have up to 90 days to get married once the beneficiary enters the US using the K1 visa. This should allow plenty of time for planning a wedding.

Best wishes!

thank you for your answer. We´ll have to be more patient.

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Since it is so difficult to plan a wedding, giving the uncertainty of dates, my fiance and I are going to have our civil marriage at the courthouse as soon as he can enter the US, and then our actualy "wedding wedding" in 2012, so we can plan for it properly, book the venue we want, and give everyone enough notice to attend!

K-1 Visa Journey

October 1, 2010: I-129F sent

October 5, 2010: I-129F received

October 12, 2010: NOA1 e-mail received, routed to VSC

October 16, 2010: NOA1 hard copy received (dated October 7, 2010)

April 18, 2011: RFE e-mail

April 20, 2011: RFE hardcopy received

April 20, 2011: RFE response sent to VSC

May 2, 2011: E-mail confirming VSC has received RFE response

July 27, 2011: NOA2 e-mail received (9 months, 2 weeks, and 6 days (292 days) after NOA1

July 30, 2011: NOA2 hard copy

August 4, 2011: NVC received case

August 8, 2011: NVC forwarded case to US Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

August 8, 2011: Consulate received case

August 25, 2011: Consulate mailed packet 3

September 3, 2011: Received Packet 3 in US

September 20, 2011: Interview! Not enough information in the system to make a decision

September 26, 2011: K1 visa approved and received via DHL

October 20, 2011: POE at Phoenix, Arizona

October 26, 2011: Married

AOS Journey

11-7-2011 - AOS package sent to lockbox in Chicago, IL

11-9-2011 - AOS package delivered and signed for

11-15-2011 - NOA1 e-mails received (NOA1 date November 10), routed to NBC

11-16-2011 - Check Cashed

11-21-2011 - Hard Copies & Biometrics Appointment Letter Received

11-29-2011 - Biometrics done via walk-in! (Originally scheduled for 12/14/11)

12-2-2011 - Case transferred to CSC

1-17-2012 - EAD/AP Card Production Ordered

1-25-2012 - EAD/AP card received in mail

3-7-2012 - RFE issued

3-19-2012 - RFE response received by CSC

4-4-2012 - Green Card Production!

4-10-12 - GC received in mail

January 3, 2014: ROC

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PaulandBeckyR   1

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Our noa2 took 129 days then 71 to interview

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I-129F SENT: 07/02/2010

I-129F NOA1: 07/12/2010

I-129F NOA2: 11/18/2010

NVC RECEIVED: 11/26/2010

NVC LEFT: 11/26/2010

CONSULATE RECEIVED: 12/04/2010

PACKET 3 SENT: 12/08/2010

APPROVED: 01/28/2011

VISA IN HAND 03/02/2011

P.O.E 07/02/2011

MARRIED 05/03/2011

AOS SENT 02/04/2011

AOS RECEIVED 05/04/2011

NOA RECEIVED 29/04/2011

BIOMETRICS 23/05/2011

EAD APPROVED 01/06/2011

INTERVIEW 07/07/2011

AOS APPROVED 07/07/2011

WELCOME LETTER 07/11/2011

I-751 04/07/2013

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missyouhoney   1

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Since it is so difficult to plan a wedding, giving the uncertainty of dates, my fiance and I are going to have our civil marriage at the courthouse as soon as he can enter the US, and then our actualy "wedding wedding" in 2012, so we can plan for it properly, book the venue we want, and give everyone enough notice to attend!

I guess that´s the wisest thing to do. Thank you for ur answer.

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Channah&Aaron   51

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; Aaron and I will do the same thing..

The wedding date is 08-28-2011 (one year after he proposed me :innocent: )

We will have a wedding with all his family, and in 2012, we'll be having a second wedding in the Netherlands.

This because my grandma thinks it's too far (she is also not a fan of flying) of a flight and she is a lil old. And my sister just got a baby and she and my other sister bought their dream house, so it's better for Aaron and I to have a second wedding in my home country. :blush:

I also take everyone's advice and the date (august 2011) is just a date we hope for. But, ofcourse the I129f process is pretty insecure, we just wait and see when we get our NOA2 notification and then we plan for there!!

:D

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AOS
August 31th, 2011: applied for SS#
September 6th: received SS#
September 26th, 2011: AOS sent
September 30th, 2011: NOA1
October 6th, 2011: NOA1 hard copy
October 26th,2011: Biometrics
October 28th, 2011: case transferred to California for faster processing
December 5th, 2011: received EAD/AP card
February 22nd, 2012: Green card in production
February 27th, 2012: GREEN CARD in hand, yaaay!!!




November 10th, 2013: ROC

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