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Chris and Mariana Explorer

Chris and Mariana   0

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Mariana had her I-129 Interview in COsta RIca yesterday and was approved!!!! SHe pics up her visa on Friday. Home on SAturday.

Extreamely easy!! Only an hour and a half. They asked for the usuall docs ds-156, ds 230, police certs. and birth certificate, Our marriage certificate and the I-134. (when we picked up our pakage 3 they told us we needed the I-864, we questioned them about the I-134 but they said no we needed the I-864, I filled out both not trusting their answer. We were right, we needed the I-134. Don't trust the embassy people, BRING EVERYTHING!!)

She handed them all the required paperwork and said OK you can pick up your visa on Friday. NO Further QUESTIONS, NO need for any proof. No "How did you meet?", nothing. My wife begged them to look at it (she had worked so hard to put it all together.) but they didn't want to see anything else. I think the fact that I have been living with her in COsta Rica since we werer maried pretty much covered all that.

Anyway we are so happy and relieved to be going home. I will post a review under the embassy section later.

Thanks, to everyone on VJ for all your advice and support. I would have gone crazy without this site.

Does anybody know what we do next once in th U.S. Our I130 has been approved but haven't heard anything further, do we file an AOS or what

Good Luck and God Bless,

Chris and Mariana

domini loka Explorer

domini loka   0

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Congratz......enjoy your new life together. Can I ask you a question? Your wife is from Venezuela and you guys were living in Costa Rica....Did you get married in

Costa Rica? Did you guys have your interview in Costa Rica? The reason I ask is because I know someone who wants to avoid the long wait in DR and get married in Costa Rica or Mexico......would she get an interview in Costa Rica?

I 130 mailed 7/3/06 rec'v 7/5/06

I-130 NOA1 7/10/06

129f mailed 7/18/06 rec'v 7/19/06

129f NOA1 7/24/06

I130 NOA2 9/25/06 rec'v paper NOA2 9/30/06

129f NOA2 9/26/06 rec'v paper NOA2 10/01/06

NVC rec'v I130 and case # assig'd 10/01/06

NVC rec'v 129f and case # assig'd 10/04/06

K3 Fowarded to Emabassy 10/05/06

K3 rec'v by Embassy 10/12/06

Medical 10/17/2006

Flight to SDO 10/25/2006

Interview date 10/26/06 APPROVED!!

Returned on 10/28/06

Visa Paasport was Picked up 11/13/06

My hubby entered 11/15/06

POE is JFK

Torture is finally over!!

AOS Process

Laura_and_IanM Rising Star

Laura_and_IanM   0

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CONGRATS on your approval. Now enjoy the rest of your lives together and good luck on the rest of your journey.

LJ (L):dance:

Love is not an EMOTION or FEELING....

That if made from the heart...will outlast ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING!!!!

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TIMELINE

04/29/2006......MARRIED MY VERY OWN CLOWN WOOOHOOOO

Now we are through with immigration until the end of 2008. Please read my timeline to see our process. Remember, patience is a beatuiful thing if you can remember to keep it...I will be damned if we did lol. We are all here on this site for the same reason...lets all help one another...

Chris and Mariana Explorer

Chris and Mariana   0

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Yes, My wife is from Venezuela we met and were mariied in Costa Rica. Neither one of us has residency in Costa Rica, but according to USCIS your Visa should be processed in the COuntry in which you were legally married. COsta Rica embassy was great and fast. We received our interview date 1 week from when when we got our package in Costa Rica (we researched and thanks to this web site had all our docs ready befor the embassy received our package, the medical was done in 2 days). Seems like realatively very few K-3 visa are processed in COsta Rica. Good Luck

Chris

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citizen   0

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congratss to both of u :dance:

My I-130

Mailed 12/09/2006

Received 12/13/2006

NOA 12/27/2006

Touch 05/11/2007

Apprd 05/16/2007

My I-129F

Mailed 12/27/2006

Received 12/29/2006

NOA 01/03/2007

Trsfr to CSC 01/22/07

Touched 01/24/07,01/26/07,01/30/07

Touched 04/19/07, 04/20/07- touch for an RFE

RFE Recd 04/25/07;RFE Sent 04/26/07;CSC RFE Recd 04/27/07

Touched 05/03/07,05/04/07 (case processing has resumed)

Touched 05/07/07, 05/14/07, 05/17/07

Apprd 05/18/07-called Cust Serv, said I129F apprd on 05/16

NVC rcd 05/25/o7

NVC sent to local Consualte 05/30/07

Intrv 07/20/07: Success

Savanphil Veteran

Savanphil   3

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Jamaica
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COngratulations :dance::dance:

12/03/2005: Married

10/13/2006: Interview Approved

10/26/2006: POE: EWR (ARRIVED) [/size]

182 days from filing to Visa in Hand!!![/color]

AOS/EAD

01/22/2007: Sent to The Lockbox.....let the games begin.....again

02/02/2007: NOA1's for both....the waiting game officially begins

02/15/2007: Biometrics appt.

04/11/2007: EAD APPROVED!! YI-HAW

04/21/2007: Received SSN#

05/23/2007: AOS Interview -------> APPROOOOOOVED!!!!!!

05/29/2007: Received Welcome letter

06/04/2007: Green Card in Hand!!!

122 Days from filing AOS to Green Card in Hand!!!

REMOVING CONDITIONS

05/21/2009: Filed to Remove Conditions

6/18/2009: Biometrics Done

09/14/2009: Approved!!!

Citizenship

2/15/2011: Filed N-400

3/28/2011: Biometrics <-- Done

5/09/2011: Naturalization Interview <--- APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5/09/2011: Swearing in Ceremony (We're Done)

MY HUSBAND IS NOW A US CITIZEN

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phatmadame81 Proficient

phatmadame81   0

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CONGRATS :thumbs:

what you do when you lovly couple return to the US is contact NVC and let them know your wife is now here on the K3 and that you want to do AOS here. Then you will file the AOS , someone will be along to help you further or correct me if wrong.

Again, Congrats :thumbs:

I do not wish to share any information about this dead end journey.........I have reached my final destination on this train, and it is time for me to get off.

THIS TOO SHALL PASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"If marriage means you fell in love, does divorce mean you climbed out?"

"You never really know a man until you have divorced him."-Zsa Zsa Gabor

"When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife." Deuteronomy 24:1-2

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." - Helen Keller

"Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life. What is it you would let go of today?" - Mary Manin Morrissey

"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much." - Mother Theresa

jtobster Contributor

jtobster   0

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Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Venezuela
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Congratulations!! That's great news!! I've been staying with my hubby through the whole process too and I hope that helps the interview go as smoothly as yours did!

EAD

11/02/2006-mailed EAD

11/08/2006-NOA1

11/17/2006-transferred to CSC

11/18/2006-*touched*

11/22/2006-*touched*

11/27/2006-*touched*

11/28/2006-*touched*

11/29/2006-Biometrics

01/20/2007-*touched*

01/23/2007-*touched*

02/17/2007-APPROVED!!

I-130

03/15/2006-NOA1

03/24/2006-*touched*

**Come on!!! No touch in 10 months!! WHAT'S GOING ON!!!**

04/25/2007-APPROVED!!!

I-129F

04/14/2006-NOA1

07/03/2006-RFE received

07/04/2006-RFE sent from Venezuela

07/14/2006-RFE email confirmation received

07/18/2006-*touched*

07/21/2006-*touched*

07/26/2006-*touched*

08/31/2006-NOA2!!!!!!!!!!

09/02/2006-*touched* On a Saturday!!

09/14/2006-case received at NVC & case # assigned

09/18/2006-letter sent stating case should be sent to embassy in less than a week

09/22/2006-case sent to embassy!!!

09/25/2006-case received at embassy!!!

10/05/2006-INTERVIEW!!!!! APPROVED!!!

10/06/2006-picked up visa and ran to the airport to catch the next flight out!!! HOME!!!!

Ladylethal Grand Master

Ladylethal   12

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Congratulations !!!

(Puerto Rico) Luis & Laura (Brazil) K1 JOURNEY
04/11/2006 - Filed I-129F.
09/29/2006 - Visa in hand!
10/15/2006 - POE San Juan
11/15/2006 - MARRIAGE
AOS JOURNEY
01/05/2007 - AOS sent to Chicago.
03/26/2007 - Green Card in hand!
REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS JOURNEY
01/26/2009 - Filed I-751.
06/22/2009 - Green Card in hand!
NATURALIZATION JOURNEY
06/26/2014 - N-400 sent to Nebraska
07/02/2014 - NOA
07/24/2014 - Biometrics
10/24/2014 - Interview (approved)

01/16/2015 - Oath Ceremony


*View Complete Timeline

aussiewench Mentor

aussiewench   9

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Australia
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Congratulations Chris and Mariana and well done :thumbs:

Not surprising that you were given wrong information about the affidavit of support from the consulate when you enquired about it, as the giving of wrong or incomplete information seems to happen quite a bit. Glad it all worked out for you and that you had the correct affidavit of support on hand.

All the best to you both for your future.

Lorelle

You can find me on FBI

An overview of Security Name Checks And Administrative Review at Service Center, NVC & Consulate levels.

Detailed Review USCIS Alien Security Checks

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View Timeline HERE

I am but a wench not a lawyer. My advice and opinion is just that. I read, I research, I learn.

snz1802 Proficient

snz1802   0

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Wonderful Wonderful news, Congratulations!!!!!

Happy Happy Dance

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1/12/06 Mail I-129f express mail

1/13/06 TSC rec'd

1/23/06 NOA1 from CSC

1/27/06 - Check cleared

7/10/06 - NOA2

7/14/06- rec'd @ NVC

8/14/06- NVC sent petition to Consulate

8/17/06 - Korean Consulate rec'd Petition

8/23/06 - rec'd packet 3 from Consulate

8/25/06 - sent packet 3 back to Consulate

8/27/06 - got confirmation email from Consulate, they rec'd packet three

8/27/06 - requested interview date via Consulate internet site.

9/1/06 - Checked internet site for interveiw date, it was there

9/25/06 - Interview date - APPROVED

9/28/06 - Visa in Zaeems Hand - YEAHHHHH

1/6/07 - leaving for USA

1/20/07 - Wedding Date

1/20/07 - MARRIED!!!!!

2/10/07 - rec'd certified copy of marriage license

AOS

3/13/07 - AOS package rec'd at Chicago Lockbox

3/20/07 - Rec'd Social Security Card

3/21/07 - Checks Cashed and Case Status online

3/24/07 - NOA1 Rec'd for AOS and EAD

3/27/07 - rec'd Biometrics appt letter - scheduled for 4/20/07 @ 11:00am

4/02/07 - "touched"

4/20/07 - had biometrics appt.

4/21/07 - rec'd letter stating case was transferred to CSC

5/22/07 - rec'd Case Pending at CSC email

6/25/07 - EAD card production ordered

7/7/07 - EAD "touched"

7/7/07 - AOS "touched"

8-6-07 - Rec'd EAD Card in the Mail

5-20-08 - AOS INTERVIEW - APPROVED - PASSPORT STAMPED

7-2-10 - Received 10 year green card in mail

My Le Explorer

My Le   0

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... I think the fact that I have been living with her in COsta Rica since we werer maried pretty much covered all that...

Chris and Mariana

CONGRATS!!!!!!

How did they know that? Your wife told them when she was asked? And how did she prove it? I'm a little bit confused, please enlighten me.

Thanks.

Ladylethal Grand Master

Ladylethal   12

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Brazil
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Congratulations !!!

(Puerto Rico) Luis & Laura (Brazil) K1 JOURNEY
04/11/2006 - Filed I-129F.
09/29/2006 - Visa in hand!
10/15/2006 - POE San Juan
11/15/2006 - MARRIAGE
AOS JOURNEY
01/05/2007 - AOS sent to Chicago.
03/26/2007 - Green Card in hand!
REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS JOURNEY
01/26/2009 - Filed I-751.
06/22/2009 - Green Card in hand!
NATURALIZATION JOURNEY
06/26/2014 - N-400 sent to Nebraska
07/02/2014 - NOA
07/24/2014 - Biometrics
10/24/2014 - Interview (approved)

01/16/2015 - Oath Ceremony


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