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MrLonely   0

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:):D OK........This is what happened today. After work I checked my emials..........I got FIVE (5), pyat, cinco, emails from the CSC ( guess they didn't want me to miss them)!!!!!!!!!! I recieved touches on 9-22, and 9-23 and 9-25 and 9-26!!!!!

The snail mail hasn't arrived yet so I will check it then. I am pretty sure that it's the IMBRA RFE because all the paperwork was filled out correctly and checked by my agent. Let's hope there are no surprises!!!!!

I have been repeatedly in my congressman's office. Thankfully, it is only .75 miles from my house!!!!!

After another second generic response from the CSC to my Congressman's aid, I told her that I did not want to wait another 30 days for a response when August applications were being approved.....I gave to her a second set copies from my application. ( I made triplicates of everything)!!!!!!

Because the response said that an officer was reviewing my file. I told my aid that that was not true because if it was, they would see right away that the process cannot continue until I answered those IMBRA questions!!!!!! So now, I wait for the snail mail hardcopy RFE.

Has any other March member's received their RFE's yet?????????????? Please let me know. I am sure that the pressure from the Congressman's office did it. I told her that I thought that my file was lost.......so she continued to write and call them continuously.

I'll keep everyone posted!!!!!!!

Who would think that it would be celebration time after receiving an email about a stinking RFE????????

Mike :lol::P:D:P

03-21-06 - Petition received at TSC

03-27-06 - NOA1 Transferred to CSC

08-02-06 - TOUCHED

08-03-06 - TOUCHED

08-07-06 - TOUCHED

09-11-06 - 1st meeting with Congressional aid

09-14-06 - 1st letter sent from Congressional aid to CSC.

09-21-06 - 1st generic response from CSC to aid.

09-22-06 - 2nd letter from Congressional aid to CSC.

09-22-06 - touched

09-23-06 - touched

09-25-06 - touched

09-26-06 - touched

09-26-06 - 2nd meeting with Congressional aid

09-27-06 - 3rd meeting with Congressional aid

10-02-06 - 5 emails stating that an RFE was sent out on Sept 30th....

10-03-06 - touched

10-10-06 - received IMBRA RFE

10-11-06 - sent IMBRA RFE to CSC

10-12-06 - CSC receives IMBRA RFE

10-17-06 - touched

10-19-06 - touched

10-20-06 - touched

10-21-06 - touched

10-24-06 - APPROVED

10-26-06 - touched

10-27-06 - touched

11-03-06 - NVC notifies w/letter - receipt of case

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AndyMisiu   0

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I just wanted to say congrats!!! and I hope it's what your looking for. Great job on being persistent and not taking no for an answer!!

06/30/06- sent I-129F petition to VSC.

07/11/06- NOA1 (received in mail)

07/19/06- RFE received in mail, IMBRA

07/28/06- e-mail, IMBRA RFE received at VSC

09/11/06- called VSC, told I'm with an adjudicating officer

09/25/06- called VSC, told to file expedited service, outside 60 days of RFE received date

09/26/06- sent expedited service request to VSC via fax and snail mail

09/26/06- Senators and Congressman making inquiries into my petition

09/29/06- expedited service request approved by VSC director

10/04/06- e-mail NOA2 approved!!!!!!

10/05/06- NVC received

10/06/06- NVC forwarded to Poland Embassy

10/16/06- Packet #3 received

10/17/06- Packet #3 sent to US Embassy Warsaw

10/30/06- Packet #4 received

10/30/06- Interview scheduled for November 22nd!!!

11/30/06- Visa in hand, via DHL!!!!

12/05/06- Ania and I arrive together in the USA

02/11/07- Ania applied for Social Security Card

02/17/07- Ania and I were MARRIED!!!!!!

07/24/07- Social Security Card in hand- after some minor issues and a little procrastination :)

10/14/07- I-485, I-765, and permission to travel mailed to USCIS

10/17/07- Received NOA1

12/17/07- I-485 shipped to California Service Center for faster service

12/17/07- I-765 approved new card should be mailed within 30 days, Advanced parole approved

02/28/08- AOS APPROVED!!!! PERMANENT RESIDENT CARD RECEIVED!!!!! (card received couple weeks after approval)

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Sheriff Uling   3

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LOL!!! It's been a long time coming. Please keep us posted on your development(s) and success stories. I'm still pulling for you and I'm glad to know that you are still in the fight. I love the soon to be Mr. Happy line... That's classic! Cheers!!! - Sheriff Uling

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kitkat1   5

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That's great news Mike - you've done a great job of staying on top of this mess. Here's to a speedy approval the minute you return that RFE!!!

Waiver approved after 10 months. Did NOT use a lawyer

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MrLonely   0

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LOL!!! It's been a long time coming. Please keep us posted on your development(s) and success stories. I'm still pulling for you and I'm glad to know that you are still in the fight. I love the soon to be Mr. Happy line... That's classic! Cheers!!! - Sheriff Uling

"WHY THANK YOU LITTLE PILGRAM"...(my best John Wayne impression - how'd it come across on-line?)

Anyway.....you betcha I never stopped fighting. Love and fear are driving forces that are not to be messed with!!!!!!! When MR. Lonely (a.k.a) Mr. Happy :lol: wants to smile he persists to the end!!!!!!!!! :D

I'll advise any future events......

Mike

03-21-06 - Petition received at TSC

03-27-06 - NOA1 Transferred to CSC

08-02-06 - TOUCHED

08-03-06 - TOUCHED

08-07-06 - TOUCHED

09-11-06 - 1st meeting with Congressional aid

09-14-06 - 1st letter sent from Congressional aid to CSC.

09-21-06 - 1st generic response from CSC to aid.

09-22-06 - 2nd letter from Congressional aid to CSC.

09-22-06 - touched

09-23-06 - touched

09-25-06 - touched

09-26-06 - touched

09-26-06 - 2nd meeting with Congressional aid

09-27-06 - 3rd meeting with Congressional aid

10-02-06 - 5 emails stating that an RFE was sent out on Sept 30th....

10-03-06 - touched

10-10-06 - received IMBRA RFE

10-11-06 - sent IMBRA RFE to CSC

10-12-06 - CSC receives IMBRA RFE

10-17-06 - touched

10-19-06 - touched

10-20-06 - touched

10-21-06 - touched

10-24-06 - APPROVED

10-26-06 - touched

10-27-06 - touched

11-03-06 - NVC notifies w/letter - receipt of case

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Ladylethal   12

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Hope it goes fast for you now. :)

(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

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mozplay   29

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At last! Good for you.. hope it brings you a speedy approval too.

Mo

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CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS - I-130 petition for married sibling
2016

Jul 5 - Receipt date for I-130 petition for my over 21 brother and his wife (both in the UK)

2024

Feb 23 - Sent USCIS a message asking for a processing update

May 6 - Received an email response saying things were progressing normally but that waiting times might be longer

 

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THE OG STORY - From K-1 to Citizenship (a love story)
K-1: Aug 12, 2006 to Jan 17, 2007 - mailed I-129F
AOS: Feb 26, 2007 - Jul 26, 2007
REMOVING CONDITIONS: May 4, 2009 - Oct 3, 2009
CITIZENSHIP: Nov 27, 2012 - May 9, 2013
Note: I immigrated from Canada, not T&T - the timeline is reflective of this.


THE SAGA CONTINUES - IR-5 Story
I-130 for Parents - 2013
Aug ?? - mailed I-130 packages for both mother and father
Sept 10 - NOA1 date
Sept 16 - NOA1s received

2014

Feb 25, 26 & 28 - got emails saying that the cases had been transferred to another office, then to my local office, and then just transferred and are being processed

Mar 17 - got email, attached to one case number only, saying that my A number was changed relating to the I-130 filing

Mar 18 - got emails saying that the petitions are approved http://static-forums.visajourney.com/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png

2020

Mar 20 - N-400 receipt date for my father
2021
Apr 21 - Biometrics appt.

2022
May 2 - Interview

May 20 - Naturalization ceremony
 



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:):D OK........This is what happened today. After work I checked my emials..........I got FIVE (5), pyat, cinco, emails from the CSC ( guess they didn't want me to miss them)!!!!!!!!!! I recieved touches on 9-22, and 9-23 and 9-25 and 9-26!!!!!

The snail mail hasn't arrived yet so I will check it then. I am pretty sure that it's the IMBRA RFE because all the paperwork was filled out correctly and checked by my agent. Let's hope there are no surprises!!!!!

I have been repeatedly in my congressman's office. Thankfully, it is only .75 miles from my house!!!!!

After another second generic response from the CSC to my Congressman's aid, I told her that I did not want to wait another 30 days for a response when August applications were being approved.....I gave to her a second set copies from my application. ( I made triplicates of everything)!!!!!!

Because the response said that an officer was reviewing my file. I told my aid that that was not true because if it was, they would see right away that the process cannot continue until I answered those IMBRA questions!!!!!! So now, I wait for the snail mail hardcopy RFE.

Has any other March member's received their RFE's yet?????????????? Please let me know. I am sure that the pressure from the Congressman's office did it. I told her that I thought that my file was lost.......so she continued to write and call them continuously.

I'll keep everyone posted!!!!!!!

Who would think that it would be celebration time after receiving an email about a stinking RFE????????

Mike :lol::P:D:P

It seems crazy to congratulate you on an RFE!! I can't believe you've been waiting all this time for the IMBRA RFE - that's absolutely ridiculous. I would have lost my cool by now.

'E&K' is in the same situation. His NOA1 is 7 March and still no RFE. See: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=34882

I look forward to reading future posts from Mr Happy! :)

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Congrats~! Now lets all pray for E&K - they have been waiting since March for thier RFE too. Do you think your kind and helpful congressional aid would consider helping someone outside of his own constituancy? Contact E&K if you think there's a chance.

I-129f Journey:

2006-07-17 I-129F sent to CSC

2006-07-24 NOA1 (received)

2006-10-05 RFE (received)

2006-10-06 RFE (returned to CSC)

2006-10-23 NOA2

2007-01-29 Visa Approved!

2007-02-17 Ceremony in Thailand

2007-02-21 POE LAX - Fiance and her daughter enter the USA together, Easy-Peasy!

2007-03-05 Wedding in USA

AOS Journey:

2007-06-07 AOS for spouse and daughter sent

2007-06-16 NOA's arrive, (issued on the 13th)

2007-07-05 Biometrics

2007-07-13 Received RFE (Mailed on July 3rd)

2007-08-06 Returned RFE

2007-10-16 Interview date

2007-10-27 Green Cards Received!

ROC (I-751) Journey:

2009-07-24 Joint I-751 for spouse and daughter sent

2009-08-03 Received NOA1 dated 7/27/09

2009-08-03 Received Receipt and one year extension for wife

2009-08-03 Received "Verification Of Incusion Of A Dependent" for step-daughter

2009-08-27 Biometrics

2009-11-13 Green Cards Received

Citizenship Journey:

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MrLonely   0

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It seems crazy to congratulate you on an RFE!! I can't believe you've been waiting all this time for the IMBRA RFE - that's absolutely ridiculous. I would have lost my cool by now.

'E&K' is in the same situation. His NOA1 is 7 March and still no RFE. See: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=34882

I look forward to reading future posts from Mr Happy! :)

TRUST ME losing my cool did occur many, many times.......I credit this baby step to constant prayer and a few 7 & 7's to mellow me out.......and the hard part hasn't been keeping my cool.....it's been trying to explain to a beautiful wife who has been crying thru her letters to me that she just doesn't understand why?????

What made it absolutely worse, our agent told us back in February that we would be married in 120 days!!!!!!!! If we were told that it would take a year to process........then the let down would not have been that bad!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately, I didn't know (nor did my agent) about the IMBRA when I sent in my application on March 20th!!!!!!!

I have been pm'ing E& K with some info as well.........Gary........my Congressman's aid DID call your Senator's aid and they DID compare notes and he told her that a phone call to the Congressional Liason was extremely important!!!!!!!! So all you members take note about this........if you are speaking to a Congressional Aid.......ask them to call the Congressional Liason and not just send an Email.......My Congressman's aid told to me that when a phone call is made and a conversation takes place.......IT does get attention FAST!!!! Just look at all my touches after I made contact with my aid.......

So Emma.........make sure your aid calls the Congressional Liason at the CSC.........let me know what happens!!!!!

Kit........thanks for all your information as well and support.....it helped alot

Mike :lol: (a.k.a. Mr. Happy)!!!! :D

03-21-06 - Petition received at TSC

03-27-06 - NOA1 Transferred to CSC

08-02-06 - TOUCHED

08-03-06 - TOUCHED

08-07-06 - TOUCHED

09-11-06 - 1st meeting with Congressional aid

09-14-06 - 1st letter sent from Congressional aid to CSC.

09-21-06 - 1st generic response from CSC to aid.

09-22-06 - 2nd letter from Congressional aid to CSC.

09-22-06 - touched

09-23-06 - touched

09-25-06 - touched

09-26-06 - touched

09-26-06 - 2nd meeting with Congressional aid

09-27-06 - 3rd meeting with Congressional aid

10-02-06 - 5 emails stating that an RFE was sent out on Sept 30th....

10-03-06 - touched

10-10-06 - received IMBRA RFE

10-11-06 - sent IMBRA RFE to CSC

10-12-06 - CSC receives IMBRA RFE

10-17-06 - touched

10-19-06 - touched

10-20-06 - touched

10-21-06 - touched

10-24-06 - APPROVED

10-26-06 - touched

10-27-06 - touched

11-03-06 - NVC notifies w/letter - receipt of case

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Kirsten L   0

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Conratulations on that RFE, Mike! It's about darned time!! :thumbs:

Here's hoping that even better news is on its way very, VERY soon! :D

January 2004: Met Laurent at the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris

February 2004: We became an actual couple

January 29th, 2006: I left France to return to the United States--AWFUL to say goodbye!

June 2006: Finally convinced Laurent that a K-1 visa would be more time-effective than trying to get an H-1

August 1st, 2006: The K-1 petition is finally in the mail and on its way to Nebraska...WooHoooo!! And yes, I remembered to attach the check! :-)

August 3rd, 2006: USPS online tracking shows that my petition (sent certified) was received at the NSC at 5:05am

August 14th, 2006: NOA1 received USPS!! (I-129F recv'd at CSC: 8/4; NOA date: 8/10; last touched: 8/11)

October 2nd, 2006: I MISTAKENLY thought we had an approval...False alarm...Back to waiting...

October 3rd, 2006: TOUCHED!!

October 4th, 2006: REALLY AND TRULY APPROVED!!! Email notification lists 10/3 as the NOA2 date.

Later that same day: TOUCHED...AGAIN! Hope that means I'm in a cozy box and moving to NVC this week...

October 10th, 2006: Received official NOA2 via snail mail.

October 19th, 2006: Case received at NVC!! AWESOME!!

October 20th, 2006: Case forwarded to Paris!! DHL says two shipments were headed that way. Must be in there somewhere...

October 27th, 2006: Received official receipt letter from NVC via USPS.

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Muuuuah   0

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Congratulations

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03-06-10 Mailed N-400

03-17-10 Check cashed

03-19-10 NOA received

03-22-10 Biometrics sent

04-09-10 Biometrics appointment

06-14-10 Interview Date

06-22-10 Received letter for Oath

07-02-10 Oath ceremony

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