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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Nigeria
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Hello everyone!!!!

HAppy New Year all.

As silly as this may sound, does anyone out there have any experiences of stories on whether COs take into consideration who does more of the calling?

I am in this relationship and so far everything is going on well but nothing set in stone yet. Because of the nature of my job, we are better able to communicate at particular times of the day than others. usually when he initiates the call and runs out of minutes, I call back (more convenient and cheaper too; I use rebtel). Now I am the USC and female and I was wondering if some CO will frown at the pattern.

A lot of times he calls but never gets through to me if I am unable to talk at the time. When I see the missed calls I call back when possible and we can end up talking for several hours. Since the call log will show I initiated such a long call, I was wondering if this could count against us in the eventuality that we need it.

GOD has been WONDERFUL!!!
CR-1 (for Husband):
09/15/2012: Got Married
09/26/2012: Mailed I-130 from Nigeria( delayed by customs)
USCIS stage ( 66 days)
10/12/2012: NOA 1
12/17/2012: NOA 2 (case was transferred to NYC office 11/27/12)
NVC stage ( 20 days)
01/08/2013: Case # and IIN assigned ( file arrived NVC mail room 12/20/12)
01/09/2013: AOS invoiced and paid, DS-3032 emailed and mailed.
01/16/2013: IV invoiced &paid. AOS & IV mailed in one package(arrived 01/18).

01/28/2013: Case complete!!!
04/19/2013: Interview; APPROVED!!!!!
05/13/2013: POE; JFK


N-400: (3 months and 12 days)
Filed N-400 : 2011-06-17
Interview: 2011-09-27
Oath Ceremony: 2011-09-30

IR-5 for Mom Entire process took 5 months exactly
USCIS (22days)

mailed I-130 : 2011-09-30
NOA 1: 2011-10-03 (text & email)
NOA 2: 2011-10-25 (text and email)
NVC: (19 days)
Case entered and # assigned: 2011-11-18
NVC Case COMPLETED: 2011-12-07 ( 43 days from NOA 2 and 65 days from NOA 1)
Interview Date(Lagos): 2012-01- 23
Mom was late for interview
New Interview date: 2012-02-29 : VISA APPROVED

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ukraine
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Never heard of such a thing.

FWIW I did ALL the calling since I got the cheap rates. Alla would "ring my phone" if she wanted to talk and then I would call her back. Much cheaper that way. Had anyone asked we would have told them that.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Russia
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  On 1/2/2012 at 10:40 AM, Gary and Alla said:

Never heard of such a thing.

FWIW I did ALL the calling since I got the cheap rates. Alla would "ring my phone" if she wanted to talk and then I would call her back. Much cheaper that way. Had anyone asked we would have told them that.

LOL That's exactly what we did too.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Nigeria
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  On 1/2/2012 at 3:43 PM, catheaven said:

i think this is standard practice when it comes to long distance relationships-- im doubtful it would matter!

:thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: THANKS people!!!! much reassured

GOD has been WONDERFUL!!!
CR-1 (for Husband):
09/15/2012: Got Married
09/26/2012: Mailed I-130 from Nigeria( delayed by customs)
USCIS stage ( 66 days)
10/12/2012: NOA 1
12/17/2012: NOA 2 (case was transferred to NYC office 11/27/12)
NVC stage ( 20 days)
01/08/2013: Case # and IIN assigned ( file arrived NVC mail room 12/20/12)
01/09/2013: AOS invoiced and paid, DS-3032 emailed and mailed.
01/16/2013: IV invoiced &paid. AOS & IV mailed in one package(arrived 01/18).

01/28/2013: Case complete!!!
04/19/2013: Interview; APPROVED!!!!!
05/13/2013: POE; JFK


N-400: (3 months and 12 days)
Filed N-400 : 2011-06-17
Interview: 2011-09-27
Oath Ceremony: 2011-09-30

IR-5 for Mom Entire process took 5 months exactly
USCIS (22days)

mailed I-130 : 2011-09-30
NOA 1: 2011-10-03 (text & email)
NOA 2: 2011-10-25 (text and email)
NVC: (19 days)
Case entered and # assigned: 2011-11-18
NVC Case COMPLETED: 2011-12-07 ( 43 days from NOA 2 and 65 days from NOA 1)
Interview Date(Lagos): 2012-01- 23
Mom was late for interview
New Interview date: 2012-02-29 : VISA APPROVED

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Nigeria
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  On 1/2/2012 at 10:31 AM, ndu26 said:

Hello everyone!!!!

HAppy New Year all.

As silly as this may sound, does anyone out there have any experiences of stories on whether COs take into consideration who does more of the calling?

I am in this relationship and so far everything is going on well but nothing set in stone yet. Because of the nature of my job, we are better able to communicate at particular times of the day than others. usually when he initiates the call and runs out of minutes, I call back (more convenient and cheaper too; I use rebtel). Now I am the USC and female and I was wondering if some CO will frown at the pattern.

A lot of times he calls but never gets through to me if I am unable to talk at the time. When I see the missed calls I call back when possible and we can end up talking for several hours. Since the call log will show I initiated such a long call, I was wondering if this could count against us in the eventuality that we need it.

Most of us here in the US make the calls due to the reasonable prices. I use rebtel as well. My fiance calls and after we talk few minutes, I call him back for longer conversations. There is nothing wrong with that. If a CO asks you say, yes he called me to ask me to call him back or he ran out of credits, so i called him back.

I have seen a post about a CO asking this question and the answer I indicated was sufficient. You keep the line of communication with your man on going and provide them when it becomes needed.

Good luck!:thumbs:

  On 1/2/2012 at 4:19 PM, Rufus2012 said:

When it comes to phone calls, she always calls me. In part because I am such a great catch and she just can't resist me, but I think the fact she pays next to nothing for long distance is part of it too. :)

:dance:

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Nigeria
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Ironically,i call my US fiance more than she calls me,cos she is on my Family n friend List.Its cheapers for me cos i mostly have Free call card on my fones.

She text for free on her tmobile and she wld ask me to call if necessary for a long chat.

I can definately defend that when my interview comes up next week....

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Nigeria
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no worries u will be fine who calls and how long should not be an issue :thumbs:

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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

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

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

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

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Dec. 26, 2012 mailed ROC paperwork

Dec. 28, 2012 NOA for ROC paperwork

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Jan. 24, 2013 bio appt.

June 22, 2013 10yr green card received

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  On 1/2/2012 at 10:31 AM, ndu26 said:

Hello everyone!!!!

HAppy New Year all.

As silly as this may sound, does anyone out there have any experiences of stories on whether COs take into consideration who does more of the calling?

I am in this relationship and so far everything is going on well but nothing set in stone yet. Because of the nature of my job, we are better able to communicate at particular times of the day than others. usually when he initiates the call and runs out of minutes, I call back (more convenient and cheaper too; I use rebtel). Now I am the USC and female and I was wondering if some CO will frown at the pattern.

A lot of times he calls but never gets through to me if I am unable to talk at the time. When I see the missed calls I call back when possible and we can end up talking for several hours. Since the call log will show I initiated such a long call, I was wondering if this could count against us in the eventuality that we need it.

Question? I've seen a lot of ppl use Rebtel. What are their rates to Nija and what is the quality of their calls? I know I can look it up, just being lazy... Lol.

.

Edited by Bisola 2011

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Australia
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I made most of the calls to my USC husband because it was cheaper for me. Didn't even get brought up in interview or anything

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12/09/11 AOS package delivered

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12/22/11 Received letter for Biometrics

01/04/12 Biometrics in Phoenix

01/31/12 Received email update from USCIS saying that we've been scheduled for an interview

02/03/12 Got an email saying card production had been ordered for my EAD...now just to wait for the card...

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Nigeria
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  On 1/2/2012 at 4:19 PM, Rufus2012 said:

When it comes to phone calls, she always calls me. In part because I am such a great catch and she just can't resist me, but I think the fact she pays next to nothing for long distance is part of it too. :)

:no: typical!!!!:D

GOD has been WONDERFUL!!!
CR-1 (for Husband):
09/15/2012: Got Married
09/26/2012: Mailed I-130 from Nigeria( delayed by customs)
USCIS stage ( 66 days)
10/12/2012: NOA 1
12/17/2012: NOA 2 (case was transferred to NYC office 11/27/12)
NVC stage ( 20 days)
01/08/2013: Case # and IIN assigned ( file arrived NVC mail room 12/20/12)
01/09/2013: AOS invoiced and paid, DS-3032 emailed and mailed.
01/16/2013: IV invoiced &paid. AOS & IV mailed in one package(arrived 01/18).

01/28/2013: Case complete!!!
04/19/2013: Interview; APPROVED!!!!!
05/13/2013: POE; JFK


N-400: (3 months and 12 days)
Filed N-400 : 2011-06-17
Interview: 2011-09-27
Oath Ceremony: 2011-09-30

IR-5 for Mom Entire process took 5 months exactly
USCIS (22days)

mailed I-130 : 2011-09-30
NOA 1: 2011-10-03 (text & email)
NOA 2: 2011-10-25 (text and email)
NVC: (19 days)
Case entered and # assigned: 2011-11-18
NVC Case COMPLETED: 2011-12-07 ( 43 days from NOA 2 and 65 days from NOA 1)
Interview Date(Lagos): 2012-01- 23
Mom was late for interview
New Interview date: 2012-02-29 : VISA APPROVED

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Nigeria
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  On 1/2/2012 at 8:24 PM, souleymon said:

Ironically,i call my US fiance more than she calls me,cos she is on my Family n friend List.Its cheapers for me cos i mostly have Free call card on my fones.

She text for free on her tmobile and she wld ask me to call if necessary for a long chat.

I can definately defend that when my interview comes up next week....

:thumbs: Gods' grace next week

GOD has been WONDERFUL!!!
CR-1 (for Husband):
09/15/2012: Got Married
09/26/2012: Mailed I-130 from Nigeria( delayed by customs)
USCIS stage ( 66 days)
10/12/2012: NOA 1
12/17/2012: NOA 2 (case was transferred to NYC office 11/27/12)
NVC stage ( 20 days)
01/08/2013: Case # and IIN assigned ( file arrived NVC mail room 12/20/12)
01/09/2013: AOS invoiced and paid, DS-3032 emailed and mailed.
01/16/2013: IV invoiced &paid. AOS & IV mailed in one package(arrived 01/18).

01/28/2013: Case complete!!!
04/19/2013: Interview; APPROVED!!!!!
05/13/2013: POE; JFK


N-400: (3 months and 12 days)
Filed N-400 : 2011-06-17
Interview: 2011-09-27
Oath Ceremony: 2011-09-30

IR-5 for Mom Entire process took 5 months exactly
USCIS (22days)

mailed I-130 : 2011-09-30
NOA 1: 2011-10-03 (text & email)
NOA 2: 2011-10-25 (text and email)
NVC: (19 days)
Case entered and # assigned: 2011-11-18
NVC Case COMPLETED: 2011-12-07 ( 43 days from NOA 2 and 65 days from NOA 1)
Interview Date(Lagos): 2012-01- 23
Mom was late for interview
New Interview date: 2012-02-29 : VISA APPROVED

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Nigeria
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  On 1/3/2012 at 4:20 AM, Bisola 2011 said:

Question? I've seen a lot of ppl use Rebtel. What are their rates to Nija and what is the quality of their calls? I know I can look it up, just being lazy... Lol.

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8.4 cents per minute. I just like the direct dialing using local numbers I can easily remember and I can link my account to any phone. With my cablevision worldcall, I have to be at home and use the home phone for their service .

Thanks everyone!!!

Edited by ndu26

GOD has been WONDERFUL!!!
CR-1 (for Husband):
09/15/2012: Got Married
09/26/2012: Mailed I-130 from Nigeria( delayed by customs)
USCIS stage ( 66 days)
10/12/2012: NOA 1
12/17/2012: NOA 2 (case was transferred to NYC office 11/27/12)
NVC stage ( 20 days)
01/08/2013: Case # and IIN assigned ( file arrived NVC mail room 12/20/12)
01/09/2013: AOS invoiced and paid, DS-3032 emailed and mailed.
01/16/2013: IV invoiced &paid. AOS & IV mailed in one package(arrived 01/18).

01/28/2013: Case complete!!!
04/19/2013: Interview; APPROVED!!!!!
05/13/2013: POE; JFK


N-400: (3 months and 12 days)
Filed N-400 : 2011-06-17
Interview: 2011-09-27
Oath Ceremony: 2011-09-30

IR-5 for Mom Entire process took 5 months exactly
USCIS (22days)

mailed I-130 : 2011-09-30
NOA 1: 2011-10-03 (text & email)
NOA 2: 2011-10-25 (text and email)
NVC: (19 days)
Case entered and # assigned: 2011-11-18
NVC Case COMPLETED: 2011-12-07 ( 43 days from NOA 2 and 65 days from NOA 1)
Interview Date(Lagos): 2012-01- 23
Mom was late for interview
New Interview date: 2012-02-29 : VISA APPROVED

Filed: Timeline
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  On 1/3/2012 at 5:37 PM, ndu26 said:

8.4 cents per minute. I just like the direct dialing using local numbers I can easily remember and I can link my account to any phone. With my cablevision worldcall, I have to be at home and use the home phone for their service .

Thanks everyone!!!

Omgosh! Really! And I thought I was getting a deal with .30 a minute. Thanks for the info :) Rebtel here I come!!!

Edited by Bisola 2011

*** it shall be done in Gods time, not mans time ***

A thousand years to you are like one day; they are like yesterday, already gone, like a short hour in the night. Psalms 90:4

 
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