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Nana & Dodo   1

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Yes. I think the listed processing time for K1 at VSC will no longer be 5 months at the next update. It would be almost impossible now. I just hope we can all be done with this by the end of July..

176 days since received date for me (1/18) and 174 from my NOA1 (1/20) It appears likely that I'll be looking at the 180s before approval...VJ Timelines haven't been too lucky today...And tomorrow is Friday.. we know what that means by now...slow down before the weekend.

I was shocked by the number of pending filers from both January and February at VSC lgor's list, and that onlt for VJs, so I can't imagine the total number of pending applicants including applicants from outside VJs who represent the majority of total number !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I-129F Sent: 02/20/12

Received at VSC: 2/27/12

NOA1 Dated: 2/27/12

RFE: 9/04/12

RFE Response: 9/11/12

RFE Response Review: 9/12/12

NOA2 (Text): 9/26/12

NOA2 Hardcopy received: 9/29/12

NVC Received our file: 10/02/12

NVC Sent our file to the embassy: 10/04/12

Embassy received our file: 10/08/12

Package 3 received: 10/15/12

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Flipped open the iPad one last time before bed and...... THE EMAIL!!!!!!! Approved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was shaking and crying and best of all got to turn to Andrew and kiss him right away.... On our 3rd

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Just got done with the interview. APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll post a review of how it went later, right now I am desperate to eat something. But it's done! It's finally done.

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Do you think its gotten easier for you as a couple or more difficult as time progresses waiting for visa? I feel like its up and down. I don't think life has paused really, just kind of spinning in a

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P+J   47

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I was shocked by the number of pending filers from both January and February at VSC lgor's list, and that onlt for VJs, so I can't imagine the total number of pending applicants including applicants from outside VJs who represent the majority of total number !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes..Whatever is going on there right now doesn't seem to be improving. And approvals do come in waves sometimes..But honestly with the backlog they have now...they need consistency in addition to waves..I think there's going to be problems at VSC for a while...they don't even have the resources to address the number of pending files that will have accumulated these previous 2 months...

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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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Cori and Rob   55

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Paul, CSC is now processing March filers, while VSC get stucked with January filers. So frustrated

CSC might be processing March filers, but there are plenty of us CSC February filers who haven't gotten the NOA2 yet. Probably even a few January ones, too. I know they get backlogged, and I know it'll happen when it happens, but the order of how things are processed is frustrating. There is no reason my month should be seeing approvals before yours, and the same with March before us. The slow-poke adjudicators who lag behind the fast ones really need to get reprimanded by their boss!

October 2007- Became friends gaming onlineJanuary 16, 2009- Met in person in UKDecember 25, 2011- Ten visits later, engaged!February 24, 2012- I-129F SentFebruary 29, 2012- NOA 1 ReceivedJuly 13, 2012- RFE email sad.pngJuly 20, 2012-RFE response mailed to CSCJuly 24, 2012-RFE response reviewJuly 26, 2012-NOA2!!!!July 30, 2012-NOA2 Hardcopy ReceivedAugust 3, 2012-NVC received case and forwarded to LondonAugust 6, 2012-Case received by LondonAugust 13, 2012-Packet 3 sent out by consulateAugust 15, 2012-Packet 3 receivedAugust 23, 2012-Mailed affidavit and original forms to Rob via express mailAugust 30, 2012-MedicalSeptember 3, 2012-Packet 3 sent to embassy with DS-2001September 4, 2012-Packet 3 and DS-2001 arrive in LondonSeptember 26, 2012-Packet 4 receivedOctober 11, 2012- lnterview- Result: APPROVEDOctober 18, 2012-Visa in handNovember 15, 2012- POE-ORDNovember 21, 2012- Legal wedding!!November 30, 2012- Applied for SSNDecember 7, 2012- SSN card came in mailDecember 20, 2012- AOS/EAD/AP sent outDecember 27, 2012-AOS/EAD/AP Text/email confirmationDecember 31, 2012-AOS/EAD/AP NOA1 received in mailJanuary 22, 2013-Biometrics appointmentFebruary 15, 2013- EAD/AP approvedFebruary 27, 2013- EAD/AP card arrived in mailApril 6, 2013- Big family wedding!!August 12, 2013-AOS text/email- APPROVED!! <p>May 16, 2015- ROC package sent to CSC August 15, 2015- ROC Approved!
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Update: We received the RFE from Vermont today. My fiance had filed his divorce paper that he received from the county clerk's office. It was stamped and sealed and everything, but apparently they want the "Final Divorce Decree" only. Fortunately he has a copy of it (all 33 pages) and we are sending it back to them by overnight express tomorrow.

The RFE also states that from the date they receive our submission, it will take a minimum of 14 days to process the form, and if we haven't heard from them within 60 days, we may contact them. :bonk::blink::whistle:

Glad it was something easy to fix, like ours! Not to put a damper on anything...... but just so you know (with the way things are going in VSC) we sent ours back within 2 days and it was signed for on the12th May but the response email said they got on the 15th May and it took them til July 2nd to approved it. Now it seems to be in the abyss somewhere, VSC say they sent it directly to Dublin not NVC but we called NVC and they said it has to come to them and can take up to 30days and that VSC can not send it to Dublin, i have no idea where it is or what is happening, so the wait continues......

Interview Monday 27th August 2012

207 days since NOA1.

Tommy arriving Saturday 25th August

Yipee!!!

APPROVED!!!!

Tommy went home 5th Sept

Visa arrived in mail 5th Sept

POE Dublin on Oct 3rd 2012

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P+J   47

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CSC might be processing March filers, but there are plenty of us CSC February filers who haven't gotten the NOA2 yet. Probably even a few January ones, too. I know they get backlogged, and I know it'll happen when it happens, but the order of how things are processed is frustrating. There is no reason my month should be seeing approvals before yours, and the same with March before us. The slow-poke adjudicators who lag behind the fast ones really need to get reprimanded by their boss!

Yes...It's the lack of consistency that is often most frustrating. I'm just hoping we see at least 5 approvals on VJ here today...Don't want to go back to the 1-2 trickling again...

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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OMG!! Just let me tell you all that answers in NVC are no better than VSC, different person, different answers(we just called today again to see where it is)

Really in this whole system at any stage WILL THE RIGHT HAND EVER KNOW WHAT THE LEFT HAND IS DOING!!!! wacko.gif

Interview Monday 27th August 2012

207 days since NOA1.

Tommy arriving Saturday 25th August

Yipee!!!

APPROVED!!!!

Tommy went home 5th Sept

Visa arrived in mail 5th Sept

POE Dublin on Oct 3rd 2012

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Ally_bally   0

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It took us from June 11 to July 5 to get it......I just kept calling every few days...I don't know of anything else you can do. They send them out in batches from CSC to NVC and so it just depends on when they send it and then it takes them a few days to enter them all into the system and assign the new case numbers. Thankfully, ours was sent out to the embassy quickly afterwards and is on its way here! So even though it took forever for our stuff to get to NVC, they didn't make us wait there! Good luck!!! I know how maddening it is to have approval but still not be able to do anything!!! So I think we only have one wait left--for the embassy to assign us the interview date which could take monthsssss more....

I know that many of you out there waiting for NOA2s don't want to hear about us complaining about the wait after NOA2 and I can understand why......but honestly, after getting NOA2 you think that things are actually starting to move and yet they aren't and it's just the same waiting...yea, okay, an approval is great but months more of waiting doesn't make it feel like we are closer to being together and in the US. It's just more of the same insanity of waiting for people to do their jobs. I mean the fact that our embassy tells us that it could take 3 to 4 months just for them to SCHEDULE the interview makes me want to cry....we were planning on an August interview and with that timeline, we will be lucky to have it in October or November....

I guess it will take them almost a month to get our stuff in their system. Well thanks a lot Beth n Tonio for the reply, hopefully ours will be in the system very soon too. And good luck with the interview, you are almost towards the end so just think positive and update us here in our forum :)

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Knope2012   10

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I can't believe it, I really can't. We just got approved!

K1 Visa Timeline

01/13/2012 I-129F sent via USPS

01/16/2012 I-129F delivered

01/17/2012 NOA1 date on USCIS website

01/20/2012 Text and E-Mail Notification of NOA1!

01/20/2012 Check Cashed

01/23/2012 NOA1 Hardcopy

01/23/2012 Called USCIS to report that my fiance's name was misspelled on the NOA1

01/24/2012 Touched

01/26/2012 Received response to report, e-mail states error has been corrected.

02/08/2012 Touched

07/12/2012 NOA2! It took 177 days.

07/17/2012 NOA2 Hardcopy

07/20/2012 NVC received and forwarded to London

07/23/2012 Received in London

07/31/2012 Packet 3 received

08/02/2012 Packet 3 sent

08/16/2012 Medical

10/1/2012 Interview: APPROVED!

10/3/2012 Visa Issued

10/8/2012 Visa delivery

10/24/2012 POE Dublin

11/21/2012 Wedding

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[uSCIS] cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.

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P+J   47

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I can't believe it, I really can't. We just got approved!

Ahhh congrats Knope! I hope I'm not far behind you! Maybe I'll get it on Friday the 13th. A day of luck perhaps? aha

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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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Stu4Lee   66

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I can't believe it, I really can't. We just got approved!

Congrats!!

K-1
NOA1 Nov 25th 2011
NOA2 May 30th 2012 (not a typo, 187 days no RFE)
Left NVC Jun 18th 2012
Medical Jun 28th 2012
Pkt 3 sent Jul 3rd 2012
Pkt 3 rec Jul 9th 2012 (sent before received)
Pkt 4 rec Jul 30th 2012
Interview Jul 30th 2012 (refused for lack of ongoing relationship evidence)
Approved Oct 5th 2012
Visa delivered Oct 10th 2012
POE JFK-NYC Nov 28th 2012
Married Dec 24th 2012

AOS
Package sent Jan 30th 2013
NOA1 Feb 6th 2013
Biometrics Mar 4th 2013
EAD/AP card in production Apr 5th 2013
EAD/AP card in mail Apr 11th 2013
EAD/AP card arrived Apr 13th 2013
SS card arrived Apr 19th 2013

AOS approved Sept 19th 2013 (no interview)

ROC

Package sent Sept 13th 2015

NOA1 Sept 15th 2015

Extension Letter 1yr Sept 15th 2015

Biometrics Oct 15th 2015

RFE Jul 11th 2016

Infopass 1yr extension Aug 26th 2016

RFE response Sept 30th 2016

Interview Mar 15th 2017


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I can't believe it, I really can't. We just got approved!

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!! I am so happy for you! a nice surprise after your fiance left :) no more sadness! :)

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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Jilianne   1

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I can't believe it, I really can't. We just got approved!

Yayyyy! Congratulations :)

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1/04/12 - I-129F Petition Submitted to Dallas Lockbox

1/09/12 - Received at Vermont Service Center

1/10/12 - NOA1

1/13/12 - Touched

5/14/12 - NOA2

5/31/12 - NVC Received

6/04/12 - Sent to Embassy

6/05/12 - Medical completed

6/11/12 - Packet 3 Received

6/15/12 - Packet 3 Sent

7/02/12 - Interview-Approved!

10/13/12 - Wedding!

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kittylondon   47

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I can't believe it, I really can't. We just got approved!

BIG REAL LIFE SMILE ON MY FACE :D congrats!!

K1

10 Jan 2012: I-129F package sent

14 June 2012: NOA2

11 July 2012: Medical

30 July 2012: Interview at London Embassy (Approved!)

13 Aug 2012: Visa Received

1 Sept 2012: POE (Atlanta)

15 Sept 2012: Wedding in New Orleans

AOS

16 Nov 2012: NOA Receipt Date

20 Dec 2012: Biometrics Appointment

16 Jan 2013: EAD & AP approved

25 Jan 2013: EAD & AP Card received

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LeftCoastLady   441

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I can't believe it, I really can't. We just got approved!

Congrats!!!!

Part One: The K-1 Visa Journey:

USCIS Receipt of I-129F: January 24, 2012 | Petition Approval: June 15, 2012 (No RFEs)
Interview: October 24, 2012 - Review | Visa Delivered: October 31, 2012



Part Two: Entry and Adjusting Status:

POE: November 18, 2012 (at SFO) - Review
Wedding: December 1, 2012 | Social Security: New cards received on December 7, 2012.
AOS Package (I-485/I-765/I-131) NOA1: February 19, 2013 | Biometrics Appt.: March 18, 2013
AP/EAD Approved: April 29, 2013 | Card Received: May 6, 2013 | AOS Interview Appt.: May 16, 2013 - Approved Review Card Received: May 24, 2013

Part Three: Removal of Conditions:

Coming Soon...

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