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beccaraella   1

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: United Kingdom
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After weeks of gathering all our forms and evidence for the petition, I mailed our i-129f this morning! I thought I'd feel relieved it's finally on its way, but now I'm nervous I've forgotten something, although I checked the package about 50 times and followed all the instructions and advice on VJ ;) Just wondering if anyone else out there sent theirs recently too, as I'm sure I'm driving my fiancé mad with worrying about it all!

Sent I-129F from Australia - 23rd April '12
Delivered to Dallas Lockbox - 2nd May '12
Cheque cashed at USCIS Dallas - 7th May '12
NOA1 Hardcopy received (notice date 4th May '12) - 18th May '12
NOA2 - 3rd August '12 (email notification)
Packet 3 received - 21st August '12
Packet 3 sent to Consulate - 18th September '12 (arrived 19th September '12)
Interview APPROVED! - 25th September '12
POE San Francisco - 23nd November '12
Married - 7th January '13

AOS/EAD/AP paperwork sent - 3rd February '13
NOA for AOS/EAD/AP - 21st February '13
Biometrics taken - 20th March '13

EAD and AP approved - 1st May '13

Application to register Permanent Residence/Adjust Status approved - 6th January '14

Good luck on your visa journey!

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Pitaya   2,577

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After weeks of gathering all our forms and evidence for the petition, I mailed our i-129f this morning! I thought I'd feel relieved it's finally on its way, but now I'm nervous I've forgotten something, although I checked the package about 50 times and followed all the instructions and advice on VJ ;) Just wondering if anyone else out there sent theirs recently too, as I'm sure I'm driving my fiancé mad with worrying about it all!

Welcome to the forum.

Now the wait begins, remember that this visa journey is a marathon, not a sprint. :clock:

Good luck on your visa journey.

Completed: K1/K2 (271 days) - AOS/EAD/AP (134 days) - ROC (279 days)

"Si vis amari, ama" - Seneca

 

 

 

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devotional Apprentice

devotional   4

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Hi! I also just recently sent my I-129F (April 19th 2012). the advise everyone is giving me is just wait and be patient although I'm having a hard time imaging any amount of time passing without thinking about it!

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sabi Proficient

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Ireland
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well done :) the first step behind you now comes the big wait! Don't worry, although it feels like forever now, it will fly by at no time! I can't believe it's been over 3 months for me, it felt like years at the beginning but when I look at it now, it flew by pretty fast... 2 more months and I can be expecting some news, hopefully earlier!Good luck and a speedy approval! :)

P.S. I felt like I forgot about something too but there's no point in stressing out. We will find out if/when we get a RFE. By then think posiitive and keep busy :)

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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Kali & Steven   1

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I just sent mine out on the 21st! Like you, I'm so nervous but hoping there aren't any bumps in the road! (:

12/2008 - Met online

4/07/2009 - Started our relationship!

12/13/2010 - Fiance US visit: 3 weeks

06/02/2011 - UK visit: 3 weeks.

12/14/2011 - US visit: 3.5 weeks

01/01/2012 - Engaged!

04/07/2012 - US visit: 2 weeks.

04/21/2012 - Sent out I-129F!

04/24/2012 - Case accepted

04/26/2012 - NOA1 hard-copy received!

04/27/2012 - Touched

05/21/2012 - UK visit: 5 weeks!!

10/22/2012 - NoA2!!!

10/30/2012 - NVC Received

10/31/2012 - Sent to London

11/01/2012 - Packet 3 received

xx/xx/xxxx - Packet 4 received

xx/xx/xxxx - Interview!

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beccaraella   1

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Thanks for the replies! nice to know others are at the same stage! Hopefully we won't have to wait too long...

Sent I-129F from Australia - 23rd April '12
Delivered to Dallas Lockbox - 2nd May '12
Cheque cashed at USCIS Dallas - 7th May '12
NOA1 Hardcopy received (notice date 4th May '12) - 18th May '12
NOA2 - 3rd August '12 (email notification)
Packet 3 received - 21st August '12
Packet 3 sent to Consulate - 18th September '12 (arrived 19th September '12)
Interview APPROVED! - 25th September '12
POE San Francisco - 23nd November '12
Married - 7th January '13

AOS/EAD/AP paperwork sent - 3rd February '13
NOA for AOS/EAD/AP - 21st February '13
Biometrics taken - 20th March '13

EAD and AP approved - 1st May '13

Application to register Permanent Residence/Adjust Status approved - 6th January '14

Good luck on your visa journey!

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I sent my 129F in Sept 2011 and got approval in Mar 2012. If you forgot something they will send a RFE (Request For Evidence). I got one and had about 3 months to respond with the requested evidence. Got the RFE in Feb, sent everything back and had approval in Mar. As long as you respond promptly it doesn't add much delay. If you get one don't panic and don't rush though, make sure to send exactly what they ask for so you can be approved. Welcome to the waiting game, try to relax (you won't but try lol), it's a long process but I've found it's not so bad just really frustrating and hard not to panic because it's so important.

Service Center: California Service Center

Consulate: Montreal, Canada

9/19/11: I-129F Sent

9/22/11: I-129F NOA1

2/8/12: I-129F RFE

3/5/12: I-129F RFE Reply Sent

(RFE details can be found here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/365210-rfe-primary-vs-secondary-evidence-feed-back-please/)

3/14/12: I-129F NOA2 (Approved!)

3/20/12: NVC Received Petition

3/29/12: Petition Left NVC

4/19/12: Consulate Received Petition

4/30/12: Packet 3 Notification Received by Petitioner in US

5/11/12: Packet 3 Received by Beneficiary in Canada

5/28/12: Packet 3 Returned via DHL

6/5/12: Packet 3 Received by Consulate, said they'd emailed Packet 4 (haven't received)

8/2/12: Consulate Interview at Montreal

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congrats! Goodluck along the way...... :thumbs:

November 5, 2010 Interview 7am APPROVED!!!!!! (6months 4weeks 1day) THANK YOU LORD!!!!!

(look at my about me page in my profile if you want to see my entire k1 journey)

AOS Journey:

Feb.4, 2011 Mailed AOS packet

Feb. 7, 2011 Pkt delivered in Chicago

Feb. 10, 2011 Received txt and email of NOA for AOS, EAD, and AP

Feb. 11, 2011 Check cashed for AOS

Feb. 12, 2011 Touched

Feb. 14, 2011 received hard copy of NOA for AOS, EAD& AP

Feb. 18, 2011 received appt letter for biometrics

Feb. 28, 2011 biometrics appt @10am

Feb. 28, 2011 received txt/email AOS case transferred to csc

Mar 1, 2011 AOS Touched

Mar 3, 2011 received hard copy of AOS transfer to csc

Mar 4, 2011 AOS Touched

Mar 28, 2011 Received txt/email saying card production has been ordered. (1month 3eeks 3days)

Mar 28, 2011 Received 2nd txt/email saying we have registered this customer permanent residence status

Mar 29, 2011 Received 3rd txt/email says card production has been ordered.

April 1, 2011 greencard and welcome letter in hand!!

April 5, 2011 received txt/email EAD card production ordered

Will Start Removing Conditions Dec 2012!!!!

Dec. 26, 2012 mailed ROC paperwork

Dec. 28, 2012 NOA for ROC paperwork

Jan. 7, 2013 received bio appt letter

Jan. 24, 2013 bio appt.

June 22, 2013 10yr green card received

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We filed our I-129f the first week of January. I am thinking that by the time we're finally approved (which hopefully will happen BEFORE I TURN SIXTY!!) I might actually know what AOS stands for, what "biometrics" are, and what all the other Visa slang words actually mean. :)

"Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength" (Isaiah 40:31)

4/27/2011 - Met online via ChristianMingle.com

6/4/2011 - Met in person (yippie ki yay!)

12/27/2011 - He proposed to me on China Beach (Vancouver Island) and was nearly swept away by a big wave!

12/30/2011 - Filed I-129

1/5/2012 - NOA1 text received

1/7/2012 - NOA1 letter received

6/15/2012 - NOA2 approval letter received

7/?/2012 - He got packets and sent them in (sorry...I didn't document the dates!)

8/16/2012 - He took his medical

8/30/2012 - Paid MRV fee - Consulate interview (Vancouver) will be on 10/1/2012

10/1/2012 - Approved for K1 Visa (after very brief interview)...HAPPY DANCE!!

10/27/2012 - POE (Port Angeles, WA)- Zipped through with ZERO problems!

10/28/2012 - Got fiance moved & U-haul unloaded...THANK YOU GOD!!

11/30/2012 - Wedding date set for Nov 30th...counting the days!

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Welcome to the April filers. I swore I would take at least a two week break from the forum after I mailed our I-129F just to calm down a bit but I can't stop myself from checking in every day... Ha Ha. Good luck on your journey.

K-1

04/06/2012: NOA 1
08/13/2012: RFE Notice
09/21/2012: RFE Response Receipt
09/27/2012: NOA 2
10/17/2012: Embassy Received
12/31/2012: Packet 3 Returned
01/31/2013: Interview - Approved
02/07/2013: Visa Received
03/07/2013: POE - LAX

05/03/2013: Married

AOS; EAD; AP

06/03/2013: AOS - NOA 1

06/05/2013: EAD - NOA 1

06/05/2013: AP - NOA 1

06/27/2013: Biometrics

08/03/2013: EAD & AP Approved (Card received 18/12/2013)

08/21/2013: AOS Interview / I-485 Held for Further Review

08/27/2013: AOS Approval Notice

09/06/2013: Green Card Arrival

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beccaraella   1

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Welcome to the April filers. I swore I would take at least a two week break from the forum after I mailed our I-129F just to calm down a bit but I can't stop myself from checking in every day... Ha Ha. Good luck on your journey.

Haha i feel exactly the same!

This forum was so helpful filing the petition, so so helpful! I feel very lucky we found it before we filed to take notice of all the tips posted. However I agree I need to calm down a bit from checking it all the time, as it's making me more nervous than I probably need to be and we have a long wait to go...

Good luck too :)

Sent I-129F from Australia - 23rd April '12
Delivered to Dallas Lockbox - 2nd May '12
Cheque cashed at USCIS Dallas - 7th May '12
NOA1 Hardcopy received (notice date 4th May '12) - 18th May '12
NOA2 - 3rd August '12 (email notification)
Packet 3 received - 21st August '12
Packet 3 sent to Consulate - 18th September '12 (arrived 19th September '12)
Interview APPROVED! - 25th September '12
POE San Francisco - 23nd November '12
Married - 7th January '13

AOS/EAD/AP paperwork sent - 3rd February '13
NOA for AOS/EAD/AP - 21st February '13
Biometrics taken - 20th March '13

EAD and AP approved - 1st May '13

Application to register Permanent Residence/Adjust Status approved - 6th January '14

Good luck on your visa journey!

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Andy & Rena   2

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After weeks of gathering all our forms and evidence for the petition, I mailed our i-129f this morning! I thought I'd feel relieved it's finally on its way, but now I'm nervous I've forgotten something, although I checked the package about 50 times and followed all the instructions and advice on VJ ;) Just wondering if anyone else out there sent theirs recently too, as I'm sure I'm driving my fiancé mad with worrying about it all!

Hi, congratulation!Wish approval will be soon. My fiancee is going to mail our i-129f before end of this month. We want to be sure we have the complete documents before submitting our application. COuld you please list the documents you submitted, if its ok with you we will use it as reference to be sure we submit the complete documents. Thank you so much and wishing that your application will be served soon.

Thank you for the wonderful blessing :-)

5/26/2011 1st Meeting - Manila(yayyyyyyyyyyyyy)

5/26/2011 Got Engaged (He proposed soon as he arrived yayyyyyy :-)

6/11/2011 Flight back to US (sooooooo sad)

6/15/2012 Send the K1 packet

6/18/2012 Received in Dallas Lockbox

6/21/2012 Received NOA1 through email

6/25/2012 Received hardcopy of NOA1

1/03/2013 Received NOA2

1/04/2013 Received hardcopy of NOA2

2/14/2013 INTERVIEW (APPROVED) THANKS TO YOU OOH LORD!!!

NOW WE ARE WAITING FOR DELIVERY OF MY VISA!

Loving you makes life worth living!

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sanyata   16

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After weeks of gathering all our forms and evidence for the petition, I mailed our i-129f this morning! I thought I'd feel relieved it's finally on its way, but now I'm nervous I've forgotten something, although I checked the package about 50 times and followed all the instructions and advice on VJ ;) Just wondering if anyone else out there sent theirs recently too, as I'm sure I'm driving my fiancé mad with worrying about it all!

There is an April Filers thread HERE so we can follow the progress of the folks somewhat on the same time line.

Hi, congratulation!Wish approval will be soon. My fiancee is going to mail our i-129f before end of this month. We want to be sure we have the complete documents before submitting our application. COuld you please list the documents you submitted, if its ok with you we will use it as reference to be sure we submit the complete documents. Thank you so much and wishing that your application will be served soon.

The best source for the I-129F petition is to follow the guides provided at the top of the page. HERE is the one you want.

Good Luck

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K-1

04/06/2012: NOA 1
08/13/2012: RFE Notice
09/21/2012: RFE Response Receipt
09/27/2012: NOA 2
10/17/2012: Embassy Received
12/31/2012: Packet 3 Returned
01/31/2013: Interview - Approved
02/07/2013: Visa Received
03/07/2013: POE - LAX

05/03/2013: Married

AOS; EAD; AP

06/03/2013: AOS - NOA 1

06/05/2013: EAD - NOA 1

06/05/2013: AP - NOA 1

06/27/2013: Biometrics

08/03/2013: EAD & AP Approved (Card received 18/12/2013)

08/21/2013: AOS Interview / I-485 Held for Further Review

08/27/2013: AOS Approval Notice

09/06/2013: Green Card Arrival

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