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We Keep Receipts   9,238

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Good Morning VJ, here are my questions for the day:

So our case got expedited throught NVC and has made it to the consulate on the 2nd of September(courtesy of DLH tracking). My wife had her medical today and was told she would get her results on Monday. So far neither of us has heard anything in regards to the interview date. So here we go:

1. She was given paperwork saying she has to bring my original birth certificate to the interview, I haven't heard or seen that anywhere, I thought the passport copy would be sufficient.

2. If the case is expedited, will that been soon, or should I have waited to get the interview scheduled through NVC?

I guess at this point I am just getting anxious. Any and all advice is welcome:)

“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.” – Coretta Scott King

"Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge." -Toni Morrison

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it.

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I don't think they need an original birth certificate from the petitioner but only from the beneficiary. I would bring both to the interview just in case!

You still heard nothing about your interview date? I thought you already called the embassy!

USCIS (I-130)
2011-03-12 -- Married
2011-04-15 -- I-130 sent
2011-04-18 -- I-130 NOA1 received in mail
2011-07-18 -- I-130 NOA2 approved
I-130 NOA2 was approved 91 days from NOA1 date
NVC
2011-08-05 -- NVC received
2011-08-29 -- Case entered into system
2011-08-30 -- Case # received; Exchanged emails; IIN # received
2011-08-31 -- DS-3032 sent via email
2011-09-02 -- Received DS-3032 and AOS bill via emails; AOS fee paid online
2011-09-06 -- DS-3032 accepted; AOS status: PAID
2011-09-07 -- AOS mailed; Received IV bill via email; IV fee paid online
2011-09-08 -- IV status: PAID
2011-09-09 -- IV mailed
2011-09-14 -- AOS reviewed
2011-09-15 -- IV RFE via phone
2011-09-16 -- IV RFE via email; IV RFE mailed
2011-09-22 -- Case completed
2011-10-04 -- Interview date assigned
U.S. Consulate
2011-10-11 -- Case received
2011-10-31 -- Medical checkup
2011-11-22 -- Interview; Approved
2011-11-25 -- Visa received
United States
2011-12-04 -- Port of entry: Seattle, Washington
2011-12-29 -- SSN applied
2012-01-04 -- Welcome notice letter received
2012-01-04 -- SSN card received
2012-01-19 -- Conditional green card received

USCIS (I-751)

2013-09-13 -- I-751 sent

2013-09-16 -- I-751 delivered

2013-09-18 -- Check cashed

2013-09-21 -- I-751 NOA1 received in mail

2013-09-27 -- I-797C, Biometrics appointment letter received

2014-01-13 -- Approved via email

2014-01-21 -- Permanent green card received

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I don't think they need an original birth certificate from the petitioner but only from the beneficiary. I would bring both to the interview just in case!

You still heard nothing about your interview date? I thought you already called the embassy!

I did, but all I got was the same person giving me another number that no one would answer. Then I kept getting an automated service telling me how to apply for the visa:(

I did receive about 3 emails from the consulate. The first one was giving information about what to bring to the interview, I just re-read it and it does say to get my birth certificate. Guess I answered my own question. The second email I emailed them the E-copies of both the AOS and the IV package with the barcoded sheets to prove I paid my fees. They said they have to wait until the hard copies come in the mail to set up the appointment. My last email I sent had a copy of the DHL shipping page showing them our package arrived in KL on the 2nd of September at 12:58pm. I haven't heard anything since...

“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.” – Coretta Scott King

"Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge." -Toni Morrison

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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I did, but all I got was the same person giving me another number that no one would answer. Then I kept getting an automated service telling me how to apply for the visa:(

I did receive about 3 emails from the consulate. The first one was giving information about what to bring to the interview, I just re-read it and it does say to get my birth certificate. Guess I answered my own question. The second email I emailed them the E-copies of both the AOS and the IV package with the barcoded sheets to prove I paid my fees. They said they have to wait until the hard copies come in the mail to set up the appointment. My last email I sent had a copy of the DHL shipping page showing them our package arrived in KL on the 2nd of September at 12:58pm. I haven't heard anything since...

I guess when you ask the government to expedite your case for each step, the government will "expedite" it in days! Since your package already arrived on 9/2, I bet the embassy will get back to you in a week or two.

Since your case was expedited, were you able to send the AOS and IV package to NVC? Or you will bring in during the interview?

USCIS (I-130)
2011-03-12 -- Married
2011-04-15 -- I-130 sent
2011-04-18 -- I-130 NOA1 received in mail
2011-07-18 -- I-130 NOA2 approved
I-130 NOA2 was approved 91 days from NOA1 date
NVC
2011-08-05 -- NVC received
2011-08-29 -- Case entered into system
2011-08-30 -- Case # received; Exchanged emails; IIN # received
2011-08-31 -- DS-3032 sent via email
2011-09-02 -- Received DS-3032 and AOS bill via emails; AOS fee paid online
2011-09-06 -- DS-3032 accepted; AOS status: PAID
2011-09-07 -- AOS mailed; Received IV bill via email; IV fee paid online
2011-09-08 -- IV status: PAID
2011-09-09 -- IV mailed
2011-09-14 -- AOS reviewed
2011-09-15 -- IV RFE via phone
2011-09-16 -- IV RFE via email; IV RFE mailed
2011-09-22 -- Case completed
2011-10-04 -- Interview date assigned
U.S. Consulate
2011-10-11 -- Case received
2011-10-31 -- Medical checkup
2011-11-22 -- Interview; Approved
2011-11-25 -- Visa received
United States
2011-12-04 -- Port of entry: Seattle, Washington
2011-12-29 -- SSN applied
2012-01-04 -- Welcome notice letter received
2012-01-04 -- SSN card received
2012-01-19 -- Conditional green card received

USCIS (I-751)

2013-09-13 -- I-751 sent

2013-09-16 -- I-751 delivered

2013-09-18 -- Check cashed

2013-09-21 -- I-751 NOA1 received in mail

2013-09-27 -- I-797C, Biometrics appointment letter received

2014-01-13 -- Approved via email

2014-01-21 -- Permanent green card received

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We Keep Receipts   9,238

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I guess when you ask the government to expedite your case for each step, the government will "expedite" it in days! Since your package already arrived on 9/2, I bet the embassy will get back to you in a week or two.

Since your case was expedited, were you able to send the AOS and IV package to NVC? Or you will bring in during the interview?

Yes, the thing is I didn't know when you get an expedite request you can do your paperwork at the embassy. So I mailed both AOS and IV packages to NVC before I made the expedite request. Also paid the fees as well, so the embassy already has both packages, I guess I hate not being able to see or do anything else to get her interview. I now have to find a way to get my birth certificate to her since they need an original...

“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.” – Coretta Scott King

"Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge." -Toni Morrison

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Both original birth certificates OK, but at a minimum the beneficiary must be original.

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Good Morning VJ, here are my questions for the day:

So our case got expedited throught NVC and has made it to the consulate on the 2nd of September(courtesy of DLH tracking). My wife had her medical today and was told she would get her results on Monday. So far neither of us has heard anything in regards to the interview date. So here we go:

1. She was given paperwork saying she has to bring my original birth certificate to the interview, I haven't heard or seen that anywhere, I thought the passport copy would be sufficient.

2. If the case is expedited, will that been soon, or should I have waited to get the interview scheduled through NVC?

I guess at this point I am just getting anxious. Any and all advice is welcome:)

Bring everything they list in pk4, also originals of all documents submitted, also evidence of relationship, pic, emails, chats, phone records, etc ...even if you already submitted them before

K-1 TIMELINE11/03/2010 Mailed I-129F Petition to USCIS VSC
11/15/2010 Received NOA1 in the mail
02/04/2011 Requested expediting of case for military deployment
02/11/2011 Expediting request approved
02/22/2011 Received expediting request approval letter in the mail
02/28/2011 NOA2 Document Received in the mail
02/28/2011 NVC received and case # assigned
03/01/2011 Case sent to Embassy
03/04/2011 Case received at the Embassy
03/09/2011 Embassy sent Packet 3 via mail (we did not wait for it, downloaded forms online)
03/15/2011 Sent Packet 3 to the Embassy
03/18/2011 Embassy received Packet 3 in the mail
03/28/2011 Received Packet 4 from Embassy
04/20/2011 Embassy Interview Date (APPROVED)
04/27/2011 POE JFK, NY
AOS/AE/AP TIMELINE
06/24/2011 Mailed the AOS/EA/AP
07/05/2011 Received NOA1's for the AP/AE/AOS dated 06/27/2011
07/08/2011 Received NOA for biometrics appointment
07/25/2011 Biometrics appointment
08/24/2011 Received AP/AE card in the mail
09/08/2011 AOS interview APPROVED
09/09/2011 Card in production
09/19/2011 Green card on hand!

I-130 TIMELINE - STEPDAUGHTER I-751 TIMELINE-WIFE

04/07/2013 Mailed I-130 petition 06/10/2013 Mailed I-751 petition

04/14/2013 Received NOA1 inthe mail 06/19/2013 Received NOA1 in mail

05/04/2013 Requested expediting due to military deployment %

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