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frodo8404   2

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Well, we had the interview Friday the 21st, my wife said they only asked four questions:

Are you a member of the communist party?

What is your husband's job?

When did your husband first visit China?

When did you marry?

All in Chinese, so my constant reminders to my wife that "the interview is NOT an english test" were for naught. Her english is good, but she heard so many things from friends in China that made her nervous may have affected her english if it had been required.

They didn't want to see any of our "other" info, of course we had everything just in case. The document turn in day was uneventful, which is a good thing!

Thanks to all that have posted good information here, of course I don't believe anything until I SEE the visa, but so far so good!

This website has been a wonderful resource for us!

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frodo8404   2

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I must say that we filed electronic which sped the process, which I or my immigration attorney wouldn't have known if not for this site! I was surprised the attorney wasn't aware, but no matter now. I traveled with all original documents to Guangzhou and I estimate the electronic filing saved at least a month, maybe two, for the process.

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mounir412   101

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Morocco
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congratulations! :thumbs:

Met online : 2009
Married : 07/28/2010

USCIS
Send I-130 : 06/08/2011
Touched : 06/13/2011
got a NOA1 by e-mail and SMS : 06/15/2011
got "I-797C" hard copy of NOA1 : 06/20/2011
got RFE "I-797E" : 10/15/2011
RFE Reply : 12/15/2011
Touched : 12/16/2011
I-130 Approved : 12/20/2011
got "I-797" hard copy of NOA2 : 12/24/2011
Your I-130 was approved in 183 days from your NOA1 date.

NVC
NVC Case Number : 01/13/2012
Pay "$88" AOS Bill and e-mailed DS-3032 : 02/08/2012
Email from NVC, DS-3032 Accepted : 02/09/2012
AOS Fee Shows PAID : 02/09/2012
IV fee invoiced "$404" : 02/10/2012
IV fee invoiced "$230" : 04/18/2012
Pay "$230" IV Bill : 04/30/2012
IV Fee Shows PAID : 05/02/2012
Send AOS and IV packet : 06/09/2012
AOS and IV packet Received : 06/22/2012
Case completed at NVC : 06/29/2012

Interview Date : 08/28/2012 "Denied"

Case Reaffirmed : 07/16/2013

Second interview - Approved : 10/24/2013

Visa Issued : 10/29/2013

Visa in hand : 10/31/2013

For more details please visit my timeline

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X Factor Grand Master

X Factor   1,112

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Congrats! :dance::dance::dance:

Sent I-129 Application to VSC 2/1/12
NOA1 2/8/12
RFE 8/2/12
RFE reply 8/3/12
NOA2 8/16/12
NVC received 8/27/12
NVC left 8/29/12
Manila Embassy received 9/5/12
Visa appointment & approval 9/7/12
Arrived in US 10/5/2012
Married 11/24/2012
AOS application sent 12/19/12

AOS approved 8/24/13

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dan_ling Enthusiast

dan_ling   6

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Filed: IR-2 Country: China
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Congrats on the approval and hope you receive the Visa soon.

Yep, EP is the way to go. Darnell suggested it to me when it was fairly new in 2009 and saved me quite a bit of time.

Good luck and time to get the house in order for your wife to re-decorate.

07/07/09 : Married

08/18/09: I-130 Sent to Chicago

08/20/09: I-130 Received by USCIS

08/25/09: NOA1

09/22/09: NOA2

10/05/09: Received case# and gave emails

10/07/09: Received DS-3032 and AOS email

10/09/09: Sent DS-3032 email to optin electronic filing

10/15/09: Paid both AOS & IV fees

10/16/09: Received email electronic filing accepted

10/18/09: Sent AOS via email

10/23/09: Received email that AOS was accepted and waiting for IV

10/27/09: Sent IV via email

11/10/09: Signon to payment failure

11/19/09: Received email for interview - December 14th

12/14/09: Approved for Visa

12/16/09: Received Visa

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Pitaya Grand Master

Pitaya   2,577

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Congratulations !!! :dance:

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

"Si vis amari, ama" - Seneca

 

 

 

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Darnell Grand Master

Darnell   8,478

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First of all congratulations!

Well if your attorney told you he/she knows the website, probably you would check the website first before you pay check. Lol. Anyway, never heard of electronic file but thank you for your message.

It's a benefit of Immigrant Visa Processing at NVC.

You never went through this.

NVC EP - http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Electronic_Processing

Sometimes my language usage seems confusing - please feel free to 'read it twice', just in case !
Ya know, you can find the answer to your question with the advanced search tool, when using a PC? Ditch the handphone, come back later on a PC, and try again.

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Whoa Nelly ! Want NVC Info? see http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process

Congratulations on your approval ! We All Applaud your accomplishment with Most Wonderful Kissies !

 

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Darnell Grand Master

Darnell   8,478

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This website has been a wonderful resource for us!

Hey ! Congratulations !

Studying yer timeline - I think you could have been finished up at NVC by 10/15.

Can tell us anything about the hold up or delay?

(sometimes ya do wait for documents, it's a pita)

Sometimes my language usage seems confusing - please feel free to 'read it twice', just in case !
Ya know, you can find the answer to your question with the advanced search tool, when using a PC? Ditch the handphone, come back later on a PC, and try again.

-=-=-=-=-=R E A D ! ! !=-=-=-=-=-

Whoa Nelly ! Want NVC Info? see http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process

Congratulations on your approval ! We All Applaud your accomplishment with Most Wonderful Kissies !

 

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frodo8404   2

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Hey ! Congratulations !

Studying yer timeline - I think you could have been finished up at NVC by 10/15.

Can tell us anything about the hold up or delay?

(sometimes ya do wait for documents, it's a pita)

Yep, forgot about that.....apparently the G-325A forms previously filled out and signed had expired (the actual government form date) while in process. Had to fill out and sign new forms to resubmit. That cost some time, due to the wonderfully efficient China post.

Thanks for the help!

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