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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: France
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Congratulations! When I first saw that it takes 5 months in the CSC, I was worried but then found out from this forum about the auto expediting and was hopeful. YEAH! Hope it works for your too!

Aniane,

Looks like we are in the same boat. Got the confirmation receipt by email saying the file is going to the CSC.

Hopefully the rest of the process will stay smooth just like this!

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: France
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Congratulations! When I first saw that it takes 5 months in the CSC, I was worried but then found out from this forum about the auto expediting and was hopeful. YEAH! Hope it works for your too!

Aniane,

Looks like we are in the same boat. Got the confirmation receipt by email saying the file is going to the CSC.

Hopefully the rest of the process will stay smooth just like this!

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: France
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Congratulations! When I first saw that it takes 5 months in the CSC, I was worried but then found out from this forum about the auto expediting and was hopeful. YEAH! Hope it works for your too!

Aniane,

Looks like we are in the same boat. Got the confirmation receipt by email saying the file is going to the CSC.

Hopefully the rest of the process will stay smooth just like this!

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Ireland
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Hi everyone, I'm living in Ireland with my husband who's Irish. We just sent our i130 off and so far so good (crossing our fingers!)

1. Country USC resides in: Ireland

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: 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

7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes, I also included my mother's US address which we intend on living when we move.

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, lease agreements from the last 2 years (I hope that's enough!)

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)? Yes

11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? I'm not sure yet but will keep you posted :)

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Brazil
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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 =)

Thanks. I will be filing the E-Notification form as well, so it sounds like I'll be fine.

I'm applying from Brazil as well. I will try to send out this week. Hopefully it goes as smooth as yours has so far.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Spain
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Hi everyone! The expedite stuff does seem to work - much to our delight!

1. Country USC resides in: Spain

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

3. When did you file the I-130: April 24th 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 - Marriage to Spanish Citizen

7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes, as my current address and as the return address on the envelope

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, our current lease agreement

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)? On the cover letter I wrote that I was submitting the i-130 as an original submission from Spain. I also included an Evolution of Relationship letter in which I mentioned we currently live together in Spain. I also wrote on the outside of the envelope I-130 Original Submission from Spain.

11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? YES! We never received the emails, although I filled out the g-1145, so I called USCIS after 10 business days. They received the package on April 27th and the case was approved on May 8th, so although we didn't get the NOAs it was a total of 11 days!

Best of luck to all!

A&J

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: France
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Glad to see this path is still open and you guys are getting your I-130s approved in days!

To answer someone a few pages ago: they DO send your NOAs abroad, don't worry. The call center agents just don't know and most will tell you they don't, which is incorrect.

I kind of miss the good ol'days of filing for the petition/visa, everything went so smoothly for us... now I'm having major post-POE difficulties and it drives me nuts (in a nutshell, CBP misspelled my name at POE, so there's no record of my arrival, and I can't get a social security number/driving license, etc... and still struggling to have it corrected somehow).

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: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: France
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Visa approved today!

Thank you again Laure&Colin for your advices :thumbs:

Wedding 11/25/11

USCIS STAGE:

12/05/11: NOA1

01/03/11: NOA2! No expedite request but USC residing abroad.

NVC STAGE:

01/13/12: NVC received case

02/11/12: I-864 fee and DS3032 received by email

02/11/12: Paid AOS fee and DS3032 sent by email (auto response received immediately)

02/13/12: Choice of agent accepted

02/14/12: AOS fee PAID on payment portal

02/15/12: IV fee invoice received by email

01/15/12: Paid IV fee

04/11/12: Interview Scheduled

05/11/12: Interview at US Embassy in Paris

05/11/12: Got approved! :)

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: France
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Little update: I-130 NOA 1 letter received in the mail yesterday, as well as an email this morning saying the case was approved.

Things are looking speedy so far :-)

Will be back to update things once I get them.

Cheers!

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I got NOA2 in the mail a couple of days ago after receiving it in email on the 3rd of May.

1. Country USC resides in: New Zealand

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

3. When did you file the I-130: March 22, 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)? no

11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes; 41 Days.

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Wow.. 5days from NOA1 to NOA2:

1. Country USC resides in: Singapore

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

3. When did you file the I-130: May 2011 (Routed to the California Service Center on May 15th 2012)

4. How long had you been living abroad: 11 years

5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes

6. What is the reason for your residence: working

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. Our work permit cards

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)? Yes

11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes, 5 days.

USCIS

08 May 2012 : I-130 Sent

14 May 2012 : NOA1/petition received and routed to the California Service Center (email)

16 May 2012 : Touched

19 May 2012 : NOA2 (email)

23 May 2012 : NOA1 (hardcopy)

30 May 2012 : NOA2 (hardcopy)

5 DAYS FROM NOA1

NVC

12 June 2012 : NVC received our case

22 June 2012 : NVC Assigned Case Number

22 July 2012 : Paid DS-230 & AOS

01 Sept 2012 : Sent DS-230 (Approved)

04 Nov 2012 : Sent AOS

29 Nov 2012 : RFE AOS (new signature needed in Blue Ink)

29 Nov 2012: Fedex new AOS with blue ink signature

20 Dec 2012 : NVC Case completed, waiting for interview to be schedule

23 Jan 2013: Embassy received our package

30 Jan 2013: Interview (need Spore COC)

31 Jan 2013: Fly to Spore to apply COC

15 Feb 2013: Submitted (hand carry) COC to embassy - visa approved! Yayyy

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