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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: England
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SKY & BT in the UK have unlimited calling to US landlines or mobiles for 5 pounds/month. I ring hubby a few times and he calls me back...the only catch is you have to hang up before 60min. so we hang up & he calls back for another 60min. If your hubby already has one of these landline providers than he just has to call & ask to add it on.

Married Sept.3,2010

02/11/2011: I130 Sent

02/21/2011: NOA1

06/22/2011: NOA2

06/30/2011: NVC

07/05/2011: DS-3032 email received

07/05/2011: DS-3032 emailed

07/06/2011: AOS Bill received

07/06/2011: AOS Fee Paid

07/09/2011: I864 Sent

07/11/2011: IV Fee Bill received

08/30/2011: IV Fee Paid

09/30/2011: IV Pkg Sent

10/24/2011: RFE (we dragged our feet from here on)

(forget all this for now, let's go on holiday!)

03/13/2012: NVC CASE COMPLETE!!

04/05/2012: Received interview appt email

06/22/2012: Medical @ Knightsbridge

06/29/2012: Interview 8am-Result: Pending

??/??/????: I601 Filed at Lock-Box

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  • 2 weeks later...

I have vonage I pay $12.50 a month for local and long distance and calls to England. If you been with vonage for 12 months call and do a deal.

I have a 0151 number for family to call me. Vongage call it a virtual number thats $5 a month.

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I installed Google Voice on my cell phone. Calling the UK is 2 cents a minute to a land line and 10 cents a minute to a mobile phone. I simply dial the country code and number and the Google Voice app sees that it is an overseas call, jumps in the middle, and dials a local free number for me, then tells me the cost per minute. The app is free but you need a smart phone and have to put a few dollars on the account to make the calls. You can also make them from your laptop.

Google Voice just a few days ago became available in the UK to call the US for 1p a minute. You need 10 pounds to start the service.

K-1 Journey

03-03-2011 - Mailed I-129F application.

03-06-2011 - Packet received in Texas.

03-23-2011 - NOA1 received in mail, dated 03-09-2011.

05-31-2011 - RFE requested. They want better passport pictures of me.

06-06-2011 - Additional passport pics sent.

06-08-2011 - Evidence received and acknowledged. Whew!

06-16-2011 - NOA2 received!

07-20-2011 - Packet 3 Received!

08-01-2011 - Packet 3 returned to Embassy.

08-22-2011 - Packet 4 Received!

09-19-2011 - Interview...APPROVED!

09-23-2011 - Visa in Hand

09-29-2011 - POE LAX

11-11-2011 - Wedding at 11:11pm GMT time.

AOS Journey

12-02-2011 - Mailed in AOS/EAD/AP paperwork.

12-05-2011 - Delivery confirmation per USPS.

12-27-2011 - (3) NOA I-797C received, dated 12-20-2011. Biometrics appt set.

01-10-2012 - Biometrics.

01-20-2012 - Notified of interview appointment for 2-21-2012.

01-31-2012 - EAD and AP approved.

02-08-2012 - EAD/AP card received.

02-21-2012 - AOS interview approved. EAD/AP card confiscated.

03-01-2012 - Green Card in hand!!!

364 days total time!

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Rebtel is how my fiance and I chat on the go.

He's registered my phone number with them, it gives him a local number to call that connects him to me via a number in london. I pick up, let it rest one second, hang up, then call the London number back. It connects me straight back to his call and uses his and my minutes rather than charge us.

Hope that made sense :)

K1 Process:

  • I-192F: NoA 1 received - March 15, 2011
  • I-192F: NoA 2 received - July 6 - Approved in 113 Days!
  • Packet 3 received - August 1-ish
  • Medical - August 19
  • Packet 3 completed and returned - August 24
  • Packet 3 logged at Embassy - September 21
  • Interview: Oct 26, 2011 - Approved!
  • PoE: Atlanta - November 08
  • Civil Ceremony - December 29

Time : 7 months, 8 days

Adjustment of Status Process:

  • Filing AoS - February 17, 2012
  • NoA 1 received - February 23
  • Case transferred to CSC - March 20
  • Biometrics appointment - March 26
  • Wedding - April 6th
  • RFE October 15th, have until January to send in information.
  • Sent back information - December 5th
  • APPROVED! - December 22nd!

Time : 10 months, 6 days

Total Duration of journey : 1 year, 9 months, 8 days.

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We use a prepaid phone card from www.simplink.com, its about 5cent/3p a minute on a land line. I also have AT&T over here and have the international package that costs me about an extra $5 a month and about 8cent a minute.

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