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wdm1986   2

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Me too! I'm a Londoner as well :( I hope they are faster than we think they are. I won't expect much from them though.

As for the text notification thing, I filled out a form and put it with my packet and got a text with my receipt number when they sent out the NOA1. Surely if you call USCIS, they can fix it for you.... At least you would think but they can't even process your app in a timely manner and manage not to lose your app or anything in it so hey, what do I know?

Our K-1 Visa Journey

1/17/12: Mailed Original I129F packet via USPS with signature confirmation to Dallas Lockbox

1/19/12: Packet received at Dallas Lockbox

1/24/12: Received text message notification at 12:47am central time stating packet was received and our case number

1/24/12: Received E-Notification in email that I129F packet was being sent to VSC for initial review

1/27/12: Received NOA1 in US mail

7/12/12: Received text notification at 3:45pm central time stating our case had been updated *APPROVED!*

7/15/12?: Received NOA2 in US mail (not sure of this date)

7/20/12: NVC forwarded case to London Embassy

7/27/12: Fiance received letter from London Embassy stating they'd received our case and instructions for obtaining interview

7/30/12: Fiance mailed DS 156, DS 156K, DS 230, DS 157, DS 2001 to London Embassy

8/20/12: Medical

8/31/12: Called DOS and was told interview date: 10/3/12

9/3/12: Sent email to London Embassy requesting interview date be changed

9/5/12: Received response from London Embassy (via email) stating interview date had been changed to 9/10/12

9/7/12: Received new letter from London Embassy with new interview date & time

9/17/12: Received Visa in the mail

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They have some form you could fill out and include with your packet to receive email and text notifications before typy get the hard copy NOA1 in the mail. I can't remember what the form was called but if you look in the guide on here, that's where I found it. I found it in this guide when I put my packet together. Even if the retards can't do it over the phone, I don't see why you couldn't print that off and mail it in?

Our K-1 Visa Journey

1/17/12: Mailed Original I129F packet via USPS with signature confirmation to Dallas Lockbox

1/19/12: Packet received at Dallas Lockbox

1/24/12: Received text message notification at 12:47am central time stating packet was received and our case number

1/24/12: Received E-Notification in email that I129F packet was being sent to VSC for initial review

1/27/12: Received NOA1 in US mail

7/12/12: Received text notification at 3:45pm central time stating our case had been updated *APPROVED!*

7/15/12?: Received NOA2 in US mail (not sure of this date)

7/20/12: NVC forwarded case to London Embassy

7/27/12: Fiance received letter from London Embassy stating they'd received our case and instructions for obtaining interview

7/30/12: Fiance mailed DS 156, DS 156K, DS 230, DS 157, DS 2001 to London Embassy

8/20/12: Medical

8/31/12: Called DOS and was told interview date: 10/3/12

9/3/12: Sent email to London Embassy requesting interview date be changed

9/5/12: Received response from London Embassy (via email) stating interview date had been changed to 9/10/12

9/7/12: Received new letter from London Embassy with new interview date & time

9/17/12: Received Visa in the mail

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sabi   148

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November :( nooo

I didn't say in November, I said by November ;)

Our (K1) Journey

01-17-2012: I 129F sent

01-24-2012: NOA1 date! => Vermont Service Centre

08-02-2012: NOA2 (195 days!!!)

09-24-2012: interview - Approved!

09-26-2012: visaarrow-10x10.png issued

09-28-2012: visa received by a registeredarrow-10x10.png post

11-01-2012: POE Dublin

11-17-2012: wedding

AOS Journey

11-23-2012: AOS package sent

11-27-2912: package received and signed for at the Chicago office

11-29-2012: case numbers assigned

12-03-2012: Biometrics letter sent to the old addressarrow-10x10.png (never received)

12-10-2012: NOA1 hardcopy for I 765 and I 131

12-15-2012: NOA1 hardcopy for I 485

12-28-2012: biometrics (missed)

01-17-2013: newarrow-10x10.png biometric date

01-25-2013: EAD approval

01-30-2013: EAD production

01-31-2013: EAD mailed

02-02-2013: EAD received

My ROC Journey:

03-20-2015: I751 package sent

03-23-2015: NOA1

03-25-2015: check cashedarrow-10x10.png

07-31-2015: Biometrics ( Biometrics letter sent to the old address never received, missed it on 07/06 and had to have it rescheduled after many phone calls and service requests)

09-07-2015: Card in Production email.

09-09-2015: Card mailed

09-11-2015: Card delivered

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I didn't say in November, I said by November ;)

I'm hoping to leave Canada October 1st... not sure why, that's just the date I picked... :P I guess because enough is enough.. in fact I am so tired of waiting, the kids and I are planning to sneak a trip to Texas in for a few weeks over the summer.

I've been reading some different forums and it looks like some people that have May approvals from CSC are still waiting for their file to arrive at NVC. Did they fall into the abyss or what?? I sure hope they find them quickly, and I also hope the VSC files don't follow suit.

However, apparently the good news for the Montreal Consulate is that it appears to be on the ball right now. VJer's have been able to schedule K1 interviews within 4 to 5 weeks. I hope that continues through the next month or so too! PAALLEEAASEE!!! :hehe:

Kimberley and Richard
Service Center : Vermont Service Center
Consulate : Montreal, Canada
2012-01-25 : I-129F Sent
2012-01-27 : VSC Received
2012-01-31 : I-129F NOA1 Notice Date
2012-02-01 : Touch
2012-07-05 : RFE Email (after 161 days)
2012-07-11 : RFE Received in Mail
2012-07-12 : RFE Reply Sent via USPS Overnight
2012-07-13 : RFE Reply Received at VSC at 12:16 PM
2012-07-18 : Case status updated to: "Request for Evidence Response Review"
2012-09-20 : Service Request Submitted with Tier 2 ISO
2012-09-25 : NOA2 Approved after 242 days!!
2013-01-07: Medical
2013-01-22: Interview - Approved! smile.png

My blog and video review of the Montreal Hotel that we stayed in: http://fanatictourist.com/blog/travel-tales/review-le-square-phillips-hotel-and-suites-montreal-canada/

2013-04-30: POE - Sarnia / Pt. Huron

2013-05-06: Made it legal.

2013-06-10: Apply for AOS, EAD and AP

2013-08-27: EAD / AP Received
2013-09-17: Greencard Received

2013-09-28: Wedding! smile.png

2015-06-15: Sent I-751 Application - Removal of Conditions.
2015-11-23: Approved
2015-12-02: 10 yr Green Card Rec'd.

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I'm hoping to leave Canada October 1st... not sure why, that's just the date I picked... :P I guess because enough is enough.. in fact I am so tired of waiting, the kids and I are planning to sneak a trip to Texas in for a few weeks over the summer.

I was hoping to leave September 1st and it was to be like way ahead and possible to do... well at this moment if I am not approved by the end of this coming week I am saying bye bye to that date and saying hello to October 1st... I am hoping this is the last change in dates that I have to make...

Our (K1) Journey

01-17-2012: I 129F sent

01-24-2012: NOA1 date! => Vermont Service Centre

08-02-2012: NOA2 (195 days!!!)

09-24-2012: interview - Approved!

09-26-2012: visaarrow-10x10.png issued

09-28-2012: visa received by a registeredarrow-10x10.png post

11-01-2012: POE Dublin

11-17-2012: wedding

AOS Journey

11-23-2012: AOS package sent

11-27-2912: package received and signed for at the Chicago office

11-29-2012: case numbers assigned

12-03-2012: Biometrics letter sent to the old addressarrow-10x10.png (never received)

12-10-2012: NOA1 hardcopy for I 765 and I 131

12-15-2012: NOA1 hardcopy for I 485

12-28-2012: biometrics (missed)

01-17-2013: newarrow-10x10.png biometric date

01-25-2013: EAD approval

01-30-2013: EAD production

01-31-2013: EAD mailed

02-02-2013: EAD received

My ROC Journey:

03-20-2015: I751 package sent

03-23-2015: NOA1

03-25-2015: check cashedarrow-10x10.png

07-31-2015: Biometrics ( Biometrics letter sent to the old address never received, missed it on 07/06 and had to have it rescheduled after many phone calls and service requests)

09-07-2015: Card in Production email.

09-09-2015: Card mailed

09-11-2015: Card delivered

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P+J   47

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I was hoping to leave September 1st and it was to be like way ahead and possible to do... well at this moment if I am not approved by the end of this coming week I am saying bye bye to that date and saying hello to October 1st... I am hoping this is the last change in dates that I have to make...

Hoping so much that many of us receive approval this week. It needs to be a good week for all of us.

1/13/12 - I-129F Petition Submitted to Dallas Lockbox

1/18/12 - Received at Vermont Service Center

1/20/12 - NOA1

1/24/12 - Touched

2/09/12 - Touched

8/02/12 - NOA2 (197 Days After Received at VSC)

8/14/12 - Received at NVC (Assigned Case Number)

8/16/12 - Departed from NVC

8/20/12 - Arrived in US Embassy Kiev

8/28/12 - Information Received from Embassy via mail

9/12/12 - Interview (Approved)

9/19/12 - Visa Received via Elin Ltd. (FedEx)

10/05/12 - POE

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Hoping so much that many of us receive approval this week. It needs to be a good week for all of us.

Yes, yes it does!!

Kimberley and Richard
Service Center : Vermont Service Center
Consulate : Montreal, Canada
2012-01-25 : I-129F Sent
2012-01-27 : VSC Received
2012-01-31 : I-129F NOA1 Notice Date
2012-02-01 : Touch
2012-07-05 : RFE Email (after 161 days)
2012-07-11 : RFE Received in Mail
2012-07-12 : RFE Reply Sent via USPS Overnight
2012-07-13 : RFE Reply Received at VSC at 12:16 PM
2012-07-18 : Case status updated to: "Request for Evidence Response Review"
2012-09-20 : Service Request Submitted with Tier 2 ISO
2012-09-25 : NOA2 Approved after 242 days!!
2013-01-07: Medical
2013-01-22: Interview - Approved! smile.png

My blog and video review of the Montreal Hotel that we stayed in: http://fanatictourist.com/blog/travel-tales/review-le-square-phillips-hotel-and-suites-montreal-canada/

2013-04-30: POE - Sarnia / Pt. Huron

2013-05-06: Made it legal.

2013-06-10: Apply for AOS, EAD and AP

2013-08-27: EAD / AP Received
2013-09-17: Greencard Received

2013-09-28: Wedding! smile.png

2015-06-15: Sent I-751 Application - Removal of Conditions.
2015-11-23: Approved
2015-12-02: 10 yr Green Card Rec'd.

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really wanted to go help my fiancee moved into a new apartment this august. thanks to uscis, the possibility of that happening is next to 0 right now. :crying:

AOS

10/16/2012 Mailed I-485, I-765, I-131
10/19/2012 NOA1
11/09/2012 Biometrics Apt @ 3pm
12/25/2012 EAD/AP Approval
01/05/2013 Received EAD/AP in mail

06/20/2013 AOS APPROVED!!!!!

LIFTING OF CONDITIONS

3/23/15 Mailed I-751

3/25/15 NOA1

3/28/15 NOA1 Received in the Mail

4/28/15 Biometrics Apt.

11/13/15 ROC Approved

11/18/15 Approval Letter Received

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really wanted to go help my fiancee moved into a new apartment this august. thanks to uscis, the possibility of that happening is next to 0 right now. :crying:

Yes. they succeeded in ruining the summer for many of us. If they can approve some of us this week, it won't be forgiveable but at least tolerable. We have another week like last week again...then God help us all. Because we'll be certain to lose the next week too. We'll have reached new levels of disservice. The 5 months processing time listed on the website is seeming like more of a cruel joke with each passing day. But maybe this will be the week. Hopefully VSC can straighten itself out...enough is enough.

1/13/12 - I-129F Petition Submitted to Dallas Lockbox

1/18/12 - Received at Vermont Service Center

1/20/12 - NOA1

1/24/12 - Touched

2/09/12 - Touched

8/02/12 - NOA2 (197 Days After Received at VSC)

8/14/12 - Received at NVC (Assigned Case Number)

8/16/12 - Departed from NVC

8/20/12 - Arrived in US Embassy Kiev

8/28/12 - Information Received from Embassy via mail

9/12/12 - Interview (Approved)

9/19/12 - Visa Received via Elin Ltd. (FedEx)

10/05/12 - POE

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i dont know what we gonna do if we dont have the approval by this friday. im already at the most depress state i have ever been in my life. i just wanna be with my baby. She gets here July 4th so thats a positive but i dont want her to leave without knowing the status of our petition, at least NVC stage is acceptable by then

AOS

10/16/2012 Mailed I-485, I-765, I-131
10/19/2012 NOA1
11/09/2012 Biometrics Apt @ 3pm
12/25/2012 EAD/AP Approval
01/05/2013 Received EAD/AP in mail

06/20/2013 AOS APPROVED!!!!!

LIFTING OF CONDITIONS

3/23/15 Mailed I-751

3/25/15 NOA1

3/28/15 NOA1 Received in the Mail

4/28/15 Biometrics Apt.

11/13/15 ROC Approved

11/18/15 Approval Letter Received

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i dont know what we gonna do if we dont have the approval by this friday. im already at the most depress state i have ever been in my life. i just wanna be with my baby. She gets here July 4th so thats a positive but i dont want her to leave without knowing the status of our petition, at least NVC stage is acceptable by then

Yes. I feel the same. It's very depressing. I am holding on to a little hope that this week could improve for us..But I just can't shake this bad feeling. I want to so bad. I just don't have a good feeling about things for this week or the week after. But I think it all comes down to us having to operate with so many unknowns. I just wish someone could explain what's going on at VSC right now. Maybe some of the immigration liasons at our Congressman's offices could help us get a clearer picture of what to expect from this point out. This week was literally our last hope to salvage a tolerable processing time. I honestly can deal with 160-165. Heck even 170 wouldn't be ideal but it's better than what we're looking at if they fail us again this week. I just wish it hadn't come down to this. There should have been a better way to appropriate the cases to finish in a timely manner. Hopefully we'll at least see some more activity, it's the lack of approvals that's most disheartening of all.

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1/13/12 - I-129F Petition Submitted to Dallas Lockbox

1/18/12 - Received at Vermont Service Center

1/20/12 - NOA1

1/24/12 - Touched

2/09/12 - Touched

8/02/12 - NOA2 (197 Days After Received at VSC)

8/14/12 - Received at NVC (Assigned Case Number)

8/16/12 - Departed from NVC

8/20/12 - Arrived in US Embassy Kiev

8/28/12 - Information Received from Embassy via mail

9/12/12 - Interview (Approved)

9/19/12 - Visa Received via Elin Ltd. (FedEx)

10/05/12 - POE

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I'm wondering if the workers at vsc ever read these forums or would even care to. If they have any idea what effect their job has on so many of our lives. Be nice to give them an inside look at the people that hang on their work.

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May 9, 11. Met on dating site Filipinacupid

chat 2x a day since

Dec 23, 11. met in Cebu, traveled to Balamban.

Dec 25th 11 asked her fathers permission to marry her in Cebuano. Engaged.

Jan 1, 12. Came home.

Jan 18th 12, I-129f recieved at vsc

Jan 25th 12, first noa

Feb 9 12, touched

July 2, 12 approved

July 7, 12 recieved noa2

July 16th, called nvc recieved case #

Aug 1st, CFO completed

Aug 16th, Interview date and Approved

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I didn't say in November, I said by November ;)

Yeah :) it's too late though :) I want to be in the states by October :) we all have been waiting forever!!

K1 PROCESS
1/14/12 - I-129f sent to Dallas, TX, 1/18/12 - received by VSC
1/20/12 - NOA 1
7/19/12 - NOA 2 - YES AFTER 183 DAYS!!!
7/27/12 - NVC received
8/02/12 - Consulate received
8/23/12 - Medical exam appt
9/06/12 - Interview @ 9am - Approved! smile.png
9/28/12 - POE - Vienna - London - Philly

Wedding - 10/6/12 @ 1:30pm ET

AOS
10/20/12 - AOS sent to Chicago lockbox
10/26/12 - NOA1s for all 3 forms
11/28/12 - Biometrics appointment
12/29/12 - EAD & AP approved
01/08/13 - EAD combo card received

06/28/13 - AOS approved

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I've been reading some different forums and it looks like some people that have May approvals from CSC are still waiting for their file to arrive at NVC. Did they fall into the abyss or what?? I sure hope they find them quickly, and I also hope the VSC files don't follow suit.

Oh no...........that is NOT GOOD to hear!!! Ugh. Tomorrow is 15 days since approval for us so I will be calling NVC again since they told me it can take 15 days for them to arrive.....gosh, if it doesn't get there soon, I don't know what i am going to do! The embassy here has been taking 2 and 3 months just to GIVE the interview DATE! Then it's a wait AFTER that for the actual interview.....ahhhhhhh if that happens, we won't even have the interview before we were planning to be getting married!!! My life is just so totally on hold right now that I feel like I can't even make plans to go do fun things...I know that I can but I have this mental block to planning anything until I know when the next step will be happening.....so I have NOA2 and it's great but it doesn't mean anything at all unless the next step comes along.......

So what can we do at the NVC stage if things take forever? Can congresspeople help out then???

Sooooooo I am sending TONSSSSSSsss of good energy out for all of us this week...for lots of NOA2s and lots of NVC activity!!!

January 3, 2012 Mailed I-129F

January 9, 2012 NOA1

June 11, 2012 NOA2 rec'd 154 days later...

July 5, 2012 NVC rec'd and new case number given

July 9, 2012 Left NVC en route to Honduras! :)

July 13, 2012 Received at Embassy!

Aug. 7, 2012 Interview date and Packet 4 rec'd by email

Oct. 8, 2012 Medical

Oct. 10, 2012 INTERVIEW: APPROVED!!!

Oct. 16, 2012 Visa in hand

Oct. 23, 2012 POE Atlanta

Dec. 30, 2012 Wedding! ;)

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