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Slade&Natasha Explorer

Slade&Natasha   7

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa (DCF) Country: Russia
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btw, it's a CR-1 visa

We just scheduled our interview today. Earliest date was Monday (the 30th of January).

Our timeline:

01/11/12 - Submitted I-130s to Moscow USCIS in person

01/12/12 - Had interview with Moscow USCIS officer to establish bonafide marriage

01/12/12 - I-130s approved and passed to US Consulate

01/13/12 - IV Unit in Moscow received approved petition

01/23/12 - We received confirmation that I-130s were approved by USCIS

01/24/12 - We received package notification from post office

01/26/12 - Picked up "package" - notifications from IV Unit with case numbers

01/26/12 - Set interview date online

02/01/12 - Passed medical exams

02/02/12 - Received police record

02/09/12 - Interview... APPROVED!

02/13/12 - Visa delivered

02/23/12 - POE Chicago

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shaka   11

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Russia
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Congrats on the interview date!Good luck!

03/25/2005- got married

USCIS

03/25/2011- I-130 sent in

03/26/2011- NOA-1

09/20/2011- Service Request

09/28/2011- Service Request Reply(extensive background check,allow 6 months...blah-blah..)

10/07/2011- RFE(4 pages)

11/15/2011- RFE reply sent back to USCIS

12/05/2011- reply for RFE showed up in the system (took them 20 days to locate and input in the system...lucky us...)

01/11/2012- NOA2(urrrrraaaaa!!!!)

NVC

01/23/2012-case received(took 12 days...waiting for the case #)

01/27/2012-case # received(but wrong Embassy assigned...has to change)

02/01/2012-invoices are e-mailed to both of us by NVC

02/07/2012-invoices are paid(had to wait due to the wrong assignment of the embassy )

02/14/2012-both packgs are sent in

02/29/2012-checklist for a missing copy of passport(not missing in reality,but either wait 20 days for a review or send it in again,so we sent it in...)

03/09/2012-case complete( could have taken less ,but well..who cares it is complete now!!!)

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Bad_Daddy   2,209

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We just scheduled our interview today. Earliest date was Monday (the 30th of January).

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I just got an email; the interview is set for March 20. So the CR-1 interview wait time is 53 days at the moment in Moscow.

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Slade&Natasha   7

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I just got an email; the interview is set for March 20. So the CR-1 interview wait time is 53 days at the moment in Moscow.

Weird how they let us DCFers schedule our own interviews (often within a week) while US-based petitioners have to settle for pre-scheduled dates 6-8 weeks out. Seems unfair.

Our timeline:

01/11/12 - Submitted I-130s to Moscow USCIS in person

01/12/12 - Had interview with Moscow USCIS officer to establish bonafide marriage

01/12/12 - I-130s approved and passed to US Consulate

01/13/12 - IV Unit in Moscow received approved petition

01/23/12 - We received confirmation that I-130s were approved by USCIS

01/24/12 - We received package notification from post office

01/26/12 - Picked up "package" - notifications from IV Unit with case numbers

01/26/12 - Set interview date online

02/01/12 - Passed medical exams

02/02/12 - Received police record

02/09/12 - Interview... APPROVED!

02/13/12 - Visa delivered

02/23/12 - POE Chicago

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rgfox   10

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Weird how they let us DCFers schedule our own interviews (often within a week) while US-based petitioners have to settle for pre-scheduled dates 6-8 weeks out. Seems unfair.

I have noticed that in general one cannot depend on fairness in life. One gets a week, another gets 8 weeks and neither can argue about the process. Anyway, you were living in Russia for a while and it makes sense the DCFs are handled differently.

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Slade&Natasha   7

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I have noticed that in general one cannot depend on fairness in life. One gets a week, another gets 8 weeks and neither can argue about the process. Anyway, you were living in Russia for a while and it makes sense the DCFs are handled differently.

Probably helped that I work for a Fortune 500 company and that my executive VP requested that USCIS expedite my repatriation. If there's one thing US bureaucrats take seriously, it's Big Business.

Still, I would have thought that LockBox filers would get a chance to schedule their own interviews on the website.

Our timeline:

01/11/12 - Submitted I-130s to Moscow USCIS in person

01/12/12 - Had interview with Moscow USCIS officer to establish bonafide marriage

01/12/12 - I-130s approved and passed to US Consulate

01/13/12 - IV Unit in Moscow received approved petition

01/23/12 - We received confirmation that I-130s were approved by USCIS

01/24/12 - We received package notification from post office

01/26/12 - Picked up "package" - notifications from IV Unit with case numbers

01/26/12 - Set interview date online

02/01/12 - Passed medical exams

02/02/12 - Received police record

02/09/12 - Interview... APPROVED!

02/13/12 - Visa delivered

02/23/12 - POE Chicago

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