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sweetcakes   0

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Anyone here attended the CFO seminar before visa was issued? They said it was possible and I think it is very practical to get done with it before the issuance of the visa cause it coul save time. But how? :) thanks

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i attended the cfo seminar in cebu while still waiting for the i130 petition to be approved.. and i attended ahead so i can renew my passport with my married name.. all i need to do once i get my visa is to go back to cfo to have the stamp on my passport :)

California Service Center

Consulate : Manila, Philippines

Marriage : 2011-11-26

USCIS

2011-12-14 : I-130 Sent

2011-12-16 : I-130 NOA1

2012-06-12 : NOA2 -i don't know why this came later than nvc case #

NVC

2012-06-07 : NVC Received , DS3032, IIN, BIN, AOS invoiced

2012-06-07 : Sent DS3032 email

2012-06-07 : Paid AOS fee

2012-06-08 : AOS shows PAID

2012-06-13 : Sent AOS package to NVC

2012-06-14 : DS3032 acceptance

2012-06-15 : IV fee invoiced, paid, in process status

2012-06-18 : IV fee shows PAID

2012-06-18 : AOS confirmed delivered via USPS in NVC

2012-06-18 : package IV mailed via USPS

2012-06-19 : NVC received package IV

2012-06-26 : AOS accepted

2012-07-02 : checklist for DS230 form (lacking info)

2012-07-03 : checklist mailed to NVC via USPS ( expected delivery 07-05)

2012-07-13 : case completed

2012-07-16 : medical done

2012-09-05 : interview schedule

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Ryan H   3,812

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Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Progress Reports to Philippines regional forum; topic is country specific.

Our journey:

Spoiler

September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
September 10, 2011: Emailed AOS package
September 12, 2011: IV bill invoiced
September 13, 2011: Paid IV bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 14, 2011)
September 14, 2011: Emailed IV package
October 3, 2011: Emailed checklist response (checklist generated due to typo on Form DS-230)
October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

January 28, 2014: Production of new Green Card ordered

February 3, 2014: New Green Card received; done with USCIS until fall of 2023*

December 18, 2023:  Filed I-90 to renew Green Card

December 21, 2023:  Production of new Green Card ordered - will be seeing USCIS again every 10 years for renewal

 

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Thomas&Cleofe   358

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Anyone here attended the CFO seminar before visa was issued? They said it was possible and I think it is very practical to get done with it before the issuance of the visa cause it coul save time. But how? :) thanks

My wife attended the CFO seminar a month before we even filed her petition.

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reginakrys   33

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Anyone here attended the CFO seminar before visa was issued? They said it was possible and I think it is very practical to get done with it before the issuance of the visa cause it coul save time. But how? :) thanks

I attended the CFO seminar 2 months after we filed, which is 4 months before we got our approval.

If you attend the seminar somewhere in Manila (don't know which one though), it's more practical for you to do it AFTER you have your visa. This is because the office that issues the stickers is located on the same building, so it will save you an extra trip. For us attending the seminar and getting the sticker in Cebu, I don't think it saves time either way because we're going to have to make two separate trips, whether or not we have the visa on hand already.

USCIS

10/01/11 - Filed (2) I-130's

10/04/11 - NOA-1

04/05/12 - NOA-2

Your I-130 was approved in 184 days from your NOA1 date.

NVC

04/23/12 - NVC received both cases (18 days/12 business days from NOA-2)

05/07/12 - Case numbers and IIN's (14 days/10 business days since NVC received)

05/07/12 - Sent out DS-3032 by email; auto-response received

05/08/12 - AOS fee invoiced, paid - "IN PROCESS"

05/09/12 - AOS fee shows as "PAID"

05/10/12 - Spouse's DS-3032 accepted; minor child's rejected = had petitioner call NVC = received verbal acceptance from operator

05/11/12 - Spouse's IV fee invoiced

05/14/12 - Daughter's IV fee invoiced, paid both IV fees - "IN PROCESS"

05/15/12 - Both IV fees show as "PAID"

05/16/12 - Sent both AOS and both IV packages to NVC via USPS (expected delivery: 05/19/12)

05/21/12 - All 4 packages delivered

05/30/12 - Received checklist for daughter's AOS

05/31/12 - Sent response to checklist via USPS (expected delivery: 06/01/12); Spouse's case completed

06/07/12 - Daughter's case completed; waiting for interview date

06/14/12 - P4 received: interview date 07/11/12

Embassy

07/04-05/12 - Medical at SLEC

07/11/12 - Interview: APPROVED!

07/14/12 - Visas on hand

POE: 10/17/12

GC's on hand: 10/31/12

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Hank_   9,174

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In Manila St. Mary's does the sticker right there on site, PRISM you have to go around the corner and a couple blocks down the road to get the sticker.

Hank

"Chance Favors The Prepared Mind"

 

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“LET’S GO BRANDON!”

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In Manila St. Mary's does the sticker right there on site, PRISM you have to go around the corner and a couple blocks down the road to get the sticker.

Does anybody know if there is an expiration date for the CFO; like a rule that says you have to have taken the CFO within a certain period of time before leaving, etc.? My wife took the CFO back in January of this year so she could change her last name on her passport (and they actually did ask for the CFO doc at the DFA; good thing we did the CFO). We just submitted the I-130 in June with DFA, so that CFO completion certificate is gonna be fairly old by the time the visa gets approved. Thanks for any insight.

- Bron (Makati now; Utah later)

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Hank_   9,174

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I checked the sticker and the certificate for my wife and neither has anything printed on them stating an expiring day, only the date issued.

Hank

"Chance Favors The Prepared Mind"

 

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“LET’S GO BRANDON!”

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reginakrys   33

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Does anybody know if there is an expiration date for the CFO; like a rule that says you have to have taken the CFO within a certain period of time before leaving, etc.? My wife took the CFO back in January of this year so she could change her last name on her passport (and they actually did ask for the CFO doc at the DFA; good thing we did the CFO). We just submitted the I-130 in June with DFA, so that CFO completion certificate is gonna be fairly old by the time the visa gets approved. Thanks for any insight.

- Bron (Makati now; Utah later)

No, there is no expiration date for the CFO certificate. Just make sure to keep it somewhere safe.

USCIS

10/01/11 - Filed (2) I-130's

10/04/11 - NOA-1

04/05/12 - NOA-2

Your I-130 was approved in 184 days from your NOA1 date.

NVC

04/23/12 - NVC received both cases (18 days/12 business days from NOA-2)

05/07/12 - Case numbers and IIN's (14 days/10 business days since NVC received)

05/07/12 - Sent out DS-3032 by email; auto-response received

05/08/12 - AOS fee invoiced, paid - "IN PROCESS"

05/09/12 - AOS fee shows as "PAID"

05/10/12 - Spouse's DS-3032 accepted; minor child's rejected = had petitioner call NVC = received verbal acceptance from operator

05/11/12 - Spouse's IV fee invoiced

05/14/12 - Daughter's IV fee invoiced, paid both IV fees - "IN PROCESS"

05/15/12 - Both IV fees show as "PAID"

05/16/12 - Sent both AOS and both IV packages to NVC via USPS (expected delivery: 05/19/12)

05/21/12 - All 4 packages delivered

05/30/12 - Received checklist for daughter's AOS

05/31/12 - Sent response to checklist via USPS (expected delivery: 06/01/12); Spouse's case completed

06/07/12 - Daughter's case completed; waiting for interview date

06/14/12 - P4 received: interview date 07/11/12

Embassy

07/04-05/12 - Medical at SLEC

07/11/12 - Interview: APPROVED!

07/14/12 - Visas on hand

POE: 10/17/12

GC's on hand: 10/31/12

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Tahoma   2,292

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Chinook completed the CFO seminar at PRISM a few days before her Embassy interview.

After she received her visa, she went back to CFO main and got the CFO sticker.

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OP--Yes. Inday completed CFO counseling and guidance session about a week prior to embassy interview. Then, after receiving K-1 visa in hand, Inday went to CFO main office to get CFO "sticker." This route/choice was taken/mae as a personal strategy in order to complete as many tasks possible prior to interview. In short, this allowed another one less thing do to after interview during Inday's busy time of preparing for departure to U.S. --RK

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K-1
May 4, 2006 - We first meet in Singapore
[March 2008 to October 2011] - RK visits Inday in Philippines; multiple visits
April 11, 2010 - RK proposes on Palawan Island; Inday says "Yes! Yes!"
Apr 4, 2011 - I-129F mailed
Apr 11, 2011 - petition received, NOA1, application routed to VSC
Aug 3, 2011 - NOA2! I-129F petition approved!! Yahoo!!!
Aug 10, 2011 - NVC forwards petition to Manila
Aug 17, 2011 - Petition arrives Manila
October 4, 2011 - Medical passed; thank you for answered prayer!
October 12, 2011 - K-1 Visa approved!! Thank you for more prayers anwswered!!
November 24, 2011 - POE! (Thanksgiving Day) Prayers answered!!!! Many Thanks!!!!
Feb 5, 2012 - Wedding Ceremony!

AOS
June 14, 2012 - AOS filed (EAD & AP concurrently filed also); sent via FedEx courier
June 19, 2012 - text notification indicating receipt AOS package
June 25, 2012 - hardcopy AOS, EAD, AP "NOA1"s (I-797C) received
June 29, 2012 - appointment letter for biometrics received (appointment: mid-July)
July 14, 2012 - Biometrics appointment: complete
July 18, 2012 - Case transferred to California Service Center notice received
August 27, 2012 - Combo EAD & AP card received

April 25, 2012 - Permanent Resident card (conditional) received; Yahoo!!! (no interview)

REMOVAL OF CONDITONS
March 28, 2015 - I-751 filed; sent via USPS priority mail, signature upon delivery requested

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Tahoma   2,292

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This route/choice was taken/made as a personal strategy in order to complete as many tasks possible prior to interview. In short, another one less thing do to after interview. --RK

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Yes, this is great info. Nice to know there is no expiry date. My wife did CFO in Cebu to get her name changed on her passport. We will need to get her stamp now.

Is there anything difficult about going to the CFO office to get the stamp? Is it located close to the USEM?

thx

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