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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: France
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Hello and Thank you for this helpful thread. From your profile, Laure and Colin, it looks like it took you about 5 months from beginning to end. That's great news for me, since we are also in France. I hope we are lucky enough to be auto-expedited as well. At this point it looks like I will move to the US mid-August, and the my hubby would follow as soon as he has his papers.

I hope all is well for you both!

1. Country USC resides in: France

2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No

3. When did you file the I-130: April 2012

4. How long had you been living abroad: 8.5 years

5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes

6. What is the reason for your residence: work permit/student/tourist/other Married to Frenchman and now have French dual nationality

7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes

8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes

9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Yes. They were meant to be evidence of bona fide relationship, but they also proved the USC was residing in France.

10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? No, I was not aware that I needed to include a cover letter, or I would have done so.

11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Too early to say, haven't received NOA1 yet.

5 months, that's right! It could have been less if we hadn't waited so long for a case number at NVC (36 days) during the holiday season. So 4 1/2 months if you're expedited isvery possible. Less if you're lucky!

CR1 Visa

USCIS STAGE: 16 days No expedite request but USC residing abroad
NVC STAGE: 19 days from case # to case complete
03/27/12: interview at Paris embassy - APPROVED
04/12/12: POE San Diego

ROC
01/15/14: sent I-751 application

05/14/14: received card production notification by e-mail, approval date 05/13

Naturalization

02/01/24: N-400 submitted online; Biometrics reuse notice received immediately online; "case being actively reviewed" after a couple hours

02/09/24: received NOA1 by mail

02/10/24: received biometrics reuse notice by mail

04/08/24: interview scheduled for 05/14. Received "We have taken an action in your case" email.

05/14/24: approved at interview, same-day oath ceremony in San Francisco 🥳 🇺🇸

 

Passport

06/10/24: application submitted at post office for passport book and card, paid for expedited processing and shipping

06/24/24: received email notification that passport was approved, then shipped with tracking number

06/25/24: passport received

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Turkey
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1. Country USC resides in: Turkey

2. USCIS field office or DCF?: NO

3. When did you file I130: April 2012

4. How long has the USC been living abroad: 13 years

5. Do you reside in the country legally: Yes

6. What is the reason for your residence: dual citizenship through marriage

7.did you list your overseas address on I130? yes

8. did you send the package from abroad? yes

9. did you include evidence of your residence abroad in your I130 package? YES, it was included in my relationship evidence (bank accounts with both of us listed, joint property here in turkey, etc)

10. did you mention that you reside abroad in your cover letter? yes included address in Istanbul at top of cover letter

11. Has your case been auto expedited? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Still waiting for our NOA2 but these posts give me hope it will come this week. Recived NOA1 email 13 days ago and hard copy already

12. which Service Centre? CSC

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April 13 2008: Wedding in Istanbul

April 2 2012: Sent I-130 application to Chicago Lockbox from Turkey (no DCF available)

USCIS STAGE:

April 10 2012: NOA1 email notification

April 19 2012: NoA1 hard copy recieved

May 29 2012: I-130 Approved after 1 RFE

NVC STAGE:

June 25 2012: NVC number and IIN assigned

June 26 2012: DS 3032 emailed

July 03 2012: Recieved email and AOS fees invoiced and paid

September 25 2012: NVC case completed

November 6 2012: Interview scheduled

December 13 2012: Interview and Approval

December 17, 2012 POE JFK

December 28, 2012 SSN arrives

N-400 STAGE:

February 23, 2016 N-400 mailed to Texas Lockbox

February 26, 2016 NOA Email

February 26, 2016 Check Cashed

March 3, 2016 NOA hard copy

March 22, 2016 Biometrics

March 24, 2016 In line for an interview

May 6, 2016 Oath Ceremony

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Turkey
Timeline

1. Country USC resides in: Turkey

2. USCIS field office or DCF?: NO

3. When did you file I130: April 2012

4. How long has the USC been living abroad: 13 years

5. Do you reside in the country legally: Yes

6. What is the reason for your residence: dual citizenship through marriage

7.did you list your overseas address on I130? yes

8. did you send the package from abroad? yes

9. did you include evidence of your residence abroad in your I130 package? YES, it was included in my relationship evidence (bank accounts with both of us listed, joint property here in turkey, etc)

10. did you mention that you reside abroad in your cover letter? yes included address in Istanbul at top of cover letter

11. Has your case been auto expedited? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Saw on the website that they have sen me an RFE 13 days after NOA1 which I guess means we were auto expediated but still have to wait and find out what they want

April 13 2008: Wedding in Istanbul

April 2 2012: Sent I-130 application to Chicago Lockbox from Turkey (no DCF available)

USCIS STAGE:

April 10 2012: NOA1 email notification

April 19 2012: NoA1 hard copy recieved

May 29 2012: I-130 Approved after 1 RFE

NVC STAGE:

June 25 2012: NVC number and IIN assigned

June 26 2012: DS 3032 emailed

July 03 2012: Recieved email and AOS fees invoiced and paid

September 25 2012: NVC case completed

November 6 2012: Interview scheduled

December 13 2012: Interview and Approval

December 17, 2012 POE JFK

December 28, 2012 SSN arrives

N-400 STAGE:

February 23, 2016 N-400 mailed to Texas Lockbox

February 26, 2016 NOA Email

February 26, 2016 Check Cashed

March 3, 2016 NOA hard copy

March 22, 2016 Biometrics

March 24, 2016 In line for an interview

May 6, 2016 Oath Ceremony

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Austria
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1. Country USC resides in: Austria

2. USCIS field office or DCF?: Yes, but DCF not possible since USC hadn't resided in Austria for 6 months

3. When did you file I130: February 2012

4. How long has the USC been living abroad: 2 years

5. Do you reside in the country legally: Yes

6. What is the reason for your residence: employment

7.did you list your overseas address on I130? Yes

8. did you send the package from abroad? Yes

9. did you include evidence of your residence abroad in your I130 package? Yes

10. did you mention that you reside abroad in your cover letter? no, did not send cover letter, but i-130 shows joint residence abroad

11. Has your case been auto expedited? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes, 12 days from NOA1 to NOA2

02/14/2012 - I130 sent to Chicago Lockbox
02/17/2012 - I130 arrived at Chicago Lockbox
02/23/2012 - NOA1 email received, case forwarded to CA service center
02/29/2012 - NOA1 hardcopy received
02/29/2012 - NOA2 on USCIS website
03/06/2012 - NOA2 hardcopy received
03/21/2012 - NVC package received
03/21/2012 - DS3032 sent by email/I864 fee paid
03/25/2012 - I-864 sent
04/01/2012 - DS230 sent
04/04/2012 - I-864 accepted
04/10/2012 - RFE for typo (argh), DS230 pt1 resent
04/25/2012 - NVC case complete
05/03/2012 - Interview date assigned (June 4th)
06/04/2012 - Interview - Approved!
06/09/2012 - PoE San Francisco

05/09/2014 - I751 sent to CA serivce center

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Sweden
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My husband is going to put his Swedish address as permanent/current, though he's currently in the US working as of 2 months. We've lived here in Sweden for the past 18 months together, him on a RC. He maintains his residence here just in case we decide for him to return--our Swedish documents attached to I-130 shows this. He's living at a friend's house temporarily in the US now (is looking for work in various different states so may leave anytime), so we'll put down both of these addresses as current on the G-325a, but use our Swedish address (which I live at) as the main permanent address on the top of I-130.

It'll be interesting to see if this will put us in the fast queue or not:). It's worth a shot.

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: India
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Bam! had no idea that there was such a thing as an expedited queue. And I refused to believe that I got an approval in 9 days until I saw this thread indicating that it is a reality!

1. Country USC resides in: India

2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? Yes

3. When did you file the I-130: April 16, 2012

4. How long had you been living abroad: 4 months

5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes

6. What is the reason for your residence: work permit/student/tourist/other - Living with husband on Residency permit (PIO card)

7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes

8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes

9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Yes. They were meant to be evidence of bona fide relationship, but they also proved the USC was residing in India. Like lease agreement and bank statements

10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Just had the "from address listed as India"

11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes, 9 days.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Brazil
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Guys,

Everybody here was expecting to have your petitions send to California Lock box? Or just because you used a address from abroad it went there?

Cos I was expecting to be send to Vermont Center since the address we intent to live is in Boston, but we were sent to California Center, but we used the USC address from abroad.

Do you had any experience with that?

Thanks a lot!

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Paraguay
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It seems that everyone who is filing from abroad gets sent to the California Center. At least, that has been the trend in this thread.

11-19-2011 Married in Paraguay

USCIS - 10 days

01-09-2012 NOA1 email

01-19-2012 NOA2 email (USC living abroad with spouse)

NVC - 33 days

02-08-2012 Case number and IIN assigned (9 days after NVC received)

03-12-2012 Case completed

04-06-2012 Received interview letter in e-mail (25 days after case complete)

Consulate

04-10-2012 Medical in Asuncion

04-30-2012 Interview-APPROVED

05-02-2012 Visa available for pickup

USA

05-10-2012 POE-Bahamas

05-25-2012 Welcome Letter received

05-31-2012 Green Card received

06-08-2012 Applied for SSN at local office

06-16-2012 SSN received

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Brazil
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It seems that everyone who is filing from abroad gets sent to the California Center. At least, that has been the trend in this thread.

So you think it really doesnt matter where you gonna live? But from you are filling from?

Hope so!

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Filed: Country: Denmark
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This thread had been GREAT and given me a lot of hope that this process won't take forever! Thanks for sharing everyone.

1. Country USC resides in: Denmark

2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No

3. When did you file the I-130: April 4, 2012

4. How long had you been living abroad: 5 years

5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes

6. What is the reason for your residence: marriage

7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes

8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes

9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? No. I only included copies of my children's Consular Report of Birth Abroad papers and our marriage certificate (we were married in Denmark).

10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? No, I didn't think to include a cover letter.

11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? It only took 10 days between NOA1 and NOA2 so I would call that auto-expedited.

Married March 17, 2007

USCIS

04/04/2012 Mailed I-130

04/17/2012 NOA1 email

04/27/2012 NOA2 email

NVC

05/07/2012 Received

5/30/2012 Case number and IIN assigned

5/31/2012 Mailed AOS via FedEx

06/06/2012 Mailed DS-320 via FedEx

??? Case complete

??? Received interview letter in mail

Consulate

??? medical

??? Interview

??? POE Washington/Dulles

*filed as USC resident abroad. Have lived in Denmark for 5.5 years. Received auto-expedited trip through USCIS*

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Ok might as well fill this out, but the last thing poses a serious question

1. Country USC resides in: Vietnam

2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No

3. When did you file the I-130: March 31, 2012

4. How long had you been living abroad: 3 years

5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes

6. What is the reason for your residence: work permit/student/tourist/other - Work Permit

7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes

8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes

9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Yes

10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? extensively

11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Here is where the problem lies... NOA1 received March 31... Check of the Website said approved April 9 2012. No NOA2 received by email

So here is my problem. Even though we signed up for email notifications, we have only got one and have yet to receive an NOA2 or any paper copy of anything. I called the call center, which of course brought more questions than answers and so now my question is what to do, It would seem that it has been forwarded to the NVC but there is no way to know and the paper pusher on the phone told me there was only a fax... she also said they would not send anything abroad. hopefully

someone on here will know what is really going on, or what we should do next.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: France
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You give me hope. I just got word that my I-130 was sent to CSC. I'm crossing my fingers for auto-expedition!

Bam! had no idea that there was such a thing as an expedited queue. And I refused to believe that I got an approval in 9 days until I saw this thread indicating that it is a reality!

1. Country USC resides in: India

2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? Yes

3. When did you file the I-130: April 16, 2012

4. How long had you been living abroad: 4 months

5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes

6. What is the reason for your residence: work permit/student/tourist/other - Living with husband on Residency permit (PIO card)

7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes

8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes

9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Yes. They were meant to be evidence of bona fide relationship, but they also proved the USC was residing in India. Like lease agreement and bank statements

10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Just had the "from address listed as India"

11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes, 9 days.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Brazil
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Well, if you read the answers to the survey, you'll see that ALL members who got expedited listed their foreign address on all forms in the I-130 package. So far, it seems to be the key to be expedited.

If you do not include your foreign address, there's just no way you will be expedited.

The only box in the I-130 form where you have to give a US address is "Address where the alien intends to live". We gave my in-laws address and I think others proceded the same way.

Is that the address they would use to send replies? I was told by USCIS that if I didn't put a US address, I wouldn't receive replies.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Brazil
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Is that the address they would use to send replies? I was told by USCIS that if I didn't put a US address, I wouldn't receive replies.

I guess that you get the NOAs in your address abroad. Plz you guys correct me if Im wrong.

The US address its only for where you intent to live, your address its the one they gonna use for replies. You should put the e-notification form in your package too. So you gonna get the replies by email too.

I guess Laurie got her NOAs in France, normally.

BTW, are you applying from Brazil? Me too =)

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I got my NOA's via email and posted to me in Australia.

USCIS Stage - 10 days total from package received to approved

03/09/12 - I-130 package sent

03/12/12 - package received

03/14/12 - NOA1 received via email

03/22/12 - APPROVED - NOA2 received via email - USC living abroad (8 days)

03/27/12 - NOA2 received in mail

NVC Stage - 34 days from case number to case complete - including messy RFE

04/17/12 - Case has arrived at NVC

04/27/12 - Case number received (25 days from approval)- sent DS3032 via email

05/02/12 - AOS bill received via email

05/03/12 - AOS bill paid via portal & DS3032 accepted

05/04/12 - IV bill received and paid. AOS bill appears as PAID.

05/05/12 - IV bill appears as PAID. Still waiting on replacement marriage certificate.

05/11/12 - DS230 and I864 packages (without marriage cert) sent to joint sponsor before being forwarded to NVC

05/16/12 - marriage cert sent direct to NVC

05/17/12 - I864 and DS230 sent to NVC overnight via fedex - received 05/18/12

05/25/12 - checklist for original marriage and divorce certificates - marriage certificate delivered to NVC

05/30/12 - divorce certificate delivered to NVC

05/31/12 - AOS package accepted - thrilled!

06/01/12 - CASE COMPLETE!!!!!! (email received)

06/07/12 - Interview Date Assigned

06/08/12 - emailed Sydney IV to request earlier appointment - approved 07/03/12

07/11/12 - INTERVIEW DATE - APPROVED

10/06/12 - POE LAX (then onto Seattle)

121 DAYS FROM PETITION TO APPROVAL

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