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LucidSofia   59

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So...

On Feb 8th, our file got approved in only 31 days!

So happy, we are waiting to receive the paper NOA2 now for further instructions.

Hope your applications will follow soon.

WOW, congrats!!! did you file from abroad??

Did you send a bunch of evidence and was it neatly organized? I know people say its completely random but I do wonder if the assembly of the packet has anything to do with it.

I'm the beneficiary.

USCIS
02/05/13 - Sent I-130 to Chicago Lockbox
02/14/13 - I-130 delivered
02/19/13 - NOA1 email, routed to NBC smile.png
03/29/13 - NOA2! (38 days from NOA1)
04/03/13 - Shipped to NVC

NVC
04/09/13 - NVC received
04/17/13 - Case number and IIN received
04/17/13 - Sent DS3032 email
04/23/13 - AoS fee invoiced and paid
04/24/13 - Resent DS3032 (Supervisor review), accepted within the hour

04/25/13 - IV fee invoiced

04/30/13 - IV fee paid

04/30/13 - IV and AOS packages sent together

05/02/13 - Packages delivered

05/13/13 - Expedite request sent

05/14/13 - IV packet accepted

05/16/13 - Expedite granted

05/21/13 - Case sent to embassy

Embassy

05/24/13 - Case arrived at embassy (according to DHL)

05/29/13 - Case arrived at embassy (according to embassy) Interview date scheduled!

06/05/13 - Medical

06/14/13 - Interview - APPROVED!

07/22/13 - POE Atlanta

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philhaymes
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Just got NOA2 approved! Finally Got NOA1 from the NBC on Dec 21st (counting as Jan filing because I don't think they'll have done anything over Xmas) Transferred to the Memphis office and approved

justoleme
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Congrats. Welcome to NVC, we have been at NVC since July 31st and still are there, but at least we are out of USCIS. Woopieeeeeee.

Beantown2012
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Hello AKSinghSingh79 I filed my I-130 on 01/03/2013. And now I wait

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: France
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WOW, congrats!!! did you file from abroad??

Did you send a bunch of evidence and was it neatly organized? I know people say its completely random but I do wonder if the assembly of the packet has anything to do with it.

Yes, we do live abroad. But we sent the file when we were on vacation in the US for Christmas.

We didn't send too much evidence:

- a statement of the bank saying we have a joint account,

- a statement from our landlord saying we have a lease together (translating the lease would have been way too long),

- a statement from our electricity company saying we have a common contract

- a tax notice from the french government showing we file jointly.

Also what could have played a role is that we are married since more than 3 years now.

I tried to keep everything simple, logical and easy to understand. But I mostly think it's because the USC lives abroad with me.

I hope I have answered your questions!

09/2008: Met in France
12/2009: Wedding in France
Since then: Living and working together in France

USCIS:
01/15/2013: Got our official NOA1
02/08/2013: Got an email stating our I-130 was approved followed by the snail mail NOA2

NVC:
03/2013: Received the AOS and IV bill ==> Paid all bills and decided to wait before filing the AOS and civil documents for personnal reasons.

10-11/2013: AOS & Civil documents were sent to NVC

12/19/2013: RFE on AOS

01/12/2014: New AOS was sent

02/10/2014: Received appointment letter

Embassy:

03/12/2014: Interview: approved

03/14/2014: CEAC website went from Ready to AP to Issued!

03/18/2014: Visa in hand!

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Yes, we do live abroad. But we sent the file when we were on vacation in the US for Christmas.

We didn't send too much evidence:

- a statement of the bank saying we have a joint account,

- a statement from our landlord saying we have a lease together (translating the lease would have been way too long),

- a statement from our electricity company saying we have a common contract

- a tax notice from the french government showing we file jointly.

Also what could have played a role is that we are married since more than 3 years now.

I tried to keep everything simple, logical and easy to understand. But I mostly think it's because the USC lives abroad with me.

I hope I have answered your questions!

I concur, that's the easiest case to adjudicate I've ever heard of. Also possible factors: no hits on FBI records for people with the same names, clean immigration and criminal records, your file being in a box on the top of the stack. :)

I'm a dual US/Hungarian citizen (both by birth; Hungarian citizenship verification TBA), and my husband is a dual British/Irish citizen (by treaty) from Northern Ireland. We are atheists.

All advice is given pursuant to the Disclaimer that you may read at the bottom of each forum page.

LATEST STEPS:

28 Jun 2013: POE Houston

08 Jul 2013: SSN received (at SSA office)

07 Aug 2013: Green Card received

27 Feb 2014: Whoa, life happened. Planning move "back home" together to Republic of Ireland by end of April.

29 Apr 2014: POE Dublin through Heathrow

15 May 2014: Received formal residency/work permission (GNIB card with Stamp 4, one year renewable) for the ROI

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LucidSofia   59

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Yes, we do live abroad. But we sent the file when we were on vacation in the US for Christmas.

We didn't send too much evidence:

- a statement of the bank saying we have a joint account,

- a statement from our landlord saying we have a lease together (translating the lease would have been way too long),

- a statement from our electricity company saying we have a common contract

- a tax notice from the french government showing we file jointly.

Also what could have played a role is that we are married since more than 3 years now.

I tried to keep everything simple, logical and easy to understand. But I mostly think it's because the USC lives abroad with me.

I hope I have answered your questions!

Yes, that answered my questions, thank you!! :)

I'm the beneficiary.

USCIS
02/05/13 - Sent I-130 to Chicago Lockbox
02/14/13 - I-130 delivered
02/19/13 - NOA1 email, routed to NBC smile.png
03/29/13 - NOA2! (38 days from NOA1)
04/03/13 - Shipped to NVC

NVC
04/09/13 - NVC received
04/17/13 - Case number and IIN received
04/17/13 - Sent DS3032 email
04/23/13 - AoS fee invoiced and paid
04/24/13 - Resent DS3032 (Supervisor review), accepted within the hour

04/25/13 - IV fee invoiced

04/30/13 - IV fee paid

04/30/13 - IV and AOS packages sent together

05/02/13 - Packages delivered

05/13/13 - Expedite request sent

05/14/13 - IV packet accepted

05/16/13 - Expedite granted

05/21/13 - Case sent to embassy

Embassy

05/24/13 - Case arrived at embassy (according to DHL)

05/29/13 - Case arrived at embassy (according to embassy) Interview date scheduled!

06/05/13 - Medical

06/14/13 - Interview - APPROVED!

07/22/13 - POE Atlanta

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So...

On Feb 8th, our file got approved in only 31 days!

So happy, we are waiting to receive the paper NOA2 now for further instructions.

Hope your applications will follow soon.

Congratulations :dance:

We hope we'll be approved as fast as you. We are in the same situation, living in France together :D We also sent the copies of my husband's long stay visas in France.

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lierre   224

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This has just started to appear in red bold print on the USCIS website when i check our case status:

"Expect a 30-45-day delay between when your application or petition is filed and when your information is available in Case Status Online, depending on the volume of applications USCIS receives."

Yup. I just saw this now. Awesome... Should my husband call in to know our case status updates? Like possible RFEs?

So...

On Feb 8th, our file got approved in only 31 days!

So happy, we are waiting to receive the paper NOA2 now for further instructions.

Hope your applications will follow soon.

Wow, the second one! :dance: Congratulations, saralex!!

We live together abroad, too. I sent in bank statements of our joint account, copies of our passports with stamps of where we currently live abroad, pictures... Hope we will be as lucky as you guys are :)

did your case status even have time to be up on USCIS?

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“The fact that we are here and that I speak these words is an attempt to break that silence and bridge some
of those differences between us, for it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence.
And there are so many silences to be broken.”

Audre Lorde

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Yup. I just saw this now. Awesome... Should my husband call in to know our case status updates? Like possible RFEs?

Huh ? Why would you its not 45 days since you filed according to your timeline!

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Just found out some great information (I say that facetiously...). My wife is going to need a police certificate from Canada since she lived there for 1 year. Went on the RCMP site and it says the current processing time for a Canadian Police Cert is 18 WEEKS! Guess it wouldn't matter if we got NOA2 early because Canada will just slow us down :angry:

01/04/2013 - Married in Tokyo

USCIS
01/24/2013 - Mailed I-130
01/30/2013 - NOA1

03/14/2013 - Case transferred to Newark field office

05/16/2013 - NOA2

NVC

06/20/2013 - NVC received file

06/27/2013 - Case Number and IIN assigned

06/28/2013 - DS-3032 email sent

07/02/2013 - Received DS-3032 and I-864 bill

07/02/2013 - Submitted AOS bill payment

07/05/2013 - AOS bill status PAID

07/06/2013 - Mailed AOS package

07/08/2013 - AOS delivered

07/09/2013 - DS-3032 accepted

07/10/2013 - Received IV bill

07/11/2013 - Submitted IV bill payment

07/13/2013 - IV bill status PAID

07/16/2013 - Mailed IV package

07/17/2013 - IV package delivered

08/01/2013 - AOS approved

08/12/2013 - IV approved & Case Complete

Embassy & POE

08/21/2013 - Casefile confirmed at Tokyo Embassy

09/03/2013 - Interview - APPROVED!

09/16/2013 - Paid Immigrant Fee

10/06/2013 - POE via Toronto

01/07/2014 - Green card received

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Hi everyone ,

I filed end of December 2012 , but i am pretty sure it got started in Jan 2013 , cause thats when i recieved the NOA 1 .SO whats the next step now . I filed at phoenix .

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Hi everyone ,

I filed end of December 2012 , but i am pretty sure it got started in Jan 2013 , cause thats when i recieved the NOA 1 .SO whats the next step now . I filed at phoenix .

You're right, Jiggy.

The next step is just to wait. It will take more than one month and will probably take several months. Use the time to read other posts and figure out what the process is. Don't be scared by other people's problems. In fact, don't be scared at all. If they need more information, they will ask you. If you have a question, come back and see if someone else has answered it, and if not, ask it yourself. Thank you for filling out your profile and timeline. :)

I'm a dual US/Hungarian citizen (both by birth; Hungarian citizenship verification TBA), and my husband is a dual British/Irish citizen (by treaty) from Northern Ireland. We are atheists.

All advice is given pursuant to the Disclaimer that you may read at the bottom of each forum page.

LATEST STEPS:

28 Jun 2013: POE Houston

08 Jul 2013: SSN received (at SSA office)

07 Aug 2013: Green Card received

27 Feb 2014: Whoa, life happened. Planning move "back home" together to Republic of Ireland by end of April.

29 Apr 2014: POE Dublin through Heathrow

15 May 2014: Received formal residency/work permission (GNIB card with Stamp 4, one year renewable) for the ROI

For my FULL timeline, see my "About Me" page.


For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love. (Carl Sagan)

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Just found out some great information (I say that facetiously...). My wife is going to need a police certificate from Canada since she lived there for 1 year. Went on the RCMP site and it says the current processing time for a Canadian Police Cert is 18 WEEKS! Guess it wouldn't matter if we got NOA2 early because Canada will just slow us down :angry:

Can you get one from the office local to where she lived? I went in and got mine in person in about 15 minutes. I know Toronto is doing them online now. http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/recordsmanagement/clearance.php

Don't let it go at the results you noted above. You may be able to make it happen faster if you contact an office local to where she lived. There may very well be faster options for you.

ETA: This is of course assuming she has no record at all and doesn't require fingerprints.

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USCIS - 40 DAYS
2012-10-30: FedEx delivered I-130 to Chicago Lockbox Mail Room
2012-11-01: NOA1 by email - MSC
2012-11-02: $420 (x3) debited from our account
2012-11-05: NOA1 hard copies received, Priority Date 2012-10-30
2012-12-11: NOA2

NVC - 26 DAYS
2013-01-02: Rec'd case#, IIN, BIN & OPTIN emails for EP sent
2013-01-03: Submitted DS-261 (x3)
2013-01-07: AOS bills invoiced and paid & OPTIN for EP accepted for each of us
2013-01-08: AOS bills appear as paid & AOS packages sent by email
2013-01-08: IV bill invoiced & paid (kids' only)
2013-01-09: IV bill appears as paid (kids' only)
2013-01-09: IV Package emailed & DS-260 submitted online (kids only)
2013-01-11: AOS received -notified by email
2013-01-11: IV bill invoiced & paid (for me)
2013-01-14: IV bill appears as paid (for me)
2013-01-14: IV Supporting Docs received for kids - notified by email
2013-01-14: IV Package emailed & DS-260 submitted online (me only)
2013-01-18: IV Supporting Docs received for me - notified by email
2013-01-18: Son#1 CASE COMPLETE - Son#2 checklist - saying $ on I-864 don't match tax return (but they do)-resubmitted
2013-01-23: AOS 2nd submission for Son #2 received - notified by email
2013-01-25: My CASE COMPLETE
2013-01-28: ALL 3 OF OUR CASES ARE NOW COMPLETE
2013-02-06: Packet 4 Received by email

MEDICAL ~ CONSULATE ~ POE REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS - 160 DAYS NATURALIZATION
2013-02-13: Medicals 2014-12-17: Delivered to California Lockbox 2015-12-15: Delivered to Phoenix Lockbox
2013-03-06: Interview 2014-12-19: 1 I-751 + 3 Biometrics Fees debited from our account 2015-12-16: Fees charged to Credit Card
2013-03-08: Visas in-hand 2014-12-22: Received NOA1 by mail. Receipt Date: 2014-12-17 2015-12-17: NOA
2013-03-12: Paid USCIS Immigrant Fee 2014-12-24: Received Biometrics Appointment Letter 2016-01-02: Biometrics Letter 2016-01-11: Biometrics
2013-03-14: POE 2015-01-06: Biometrics 2016-02-15: In Line for Interview 2016-02-19: Letter
2013-03-25: SSNs arrived 2015-05-27: Approved 2016-03-22: Interview
2013-04-01: Green Cards arrived 2015-06-03: New Green Cards arrived 2016-04-15: Oath Ceremony

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For your information, I just checked our case status online and it shows initial review "On February 6, 2013, we received this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE". We didn't even receive our NOA1 by mail yet. So maybe, it's not so bad as they say for the 30-45-day delay :yes:

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lierre   224

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Huh ? Why would you its not 45 days since you filed according to your timeline!

Ooh. Calm down, bro. :luv:

We only got the hard copy of NoA1. I don't know if we're one of them lucky ones who filed from abroad that get on that happily "auto-expedited" queue... Or if our petition ends up in a local office.

And well, we may have an RFE in our future, thanks to an innocent mistake I made in filling in forms :(

For your information, I just checked our case status online and it shows initial review "On February 6, 2013, we received this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE". We didn't even receive our NOA1 by mail yet. So maybe, it's not so bad as they say for the 30-45-day delay :yes:

Sucks for me. :( mine still says in red that there is a 30-45 delay.

I'm jelly now. We sent ours 15th and got to them on the 25th.

“The fact that we are here and that I speak these words is an attempt to break that silence and bridge some
of those differences between us, for it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence.
And there are so many silences to be broken.”

Audre Lorde

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Sucks for me. :( mine still says in red that there is a 30-45 delay.

I'm jelly now. We sent ours 15th and got to them on the 25th.

Don't panic, it's not because you can't check your status online that they don't take care of your petition. It's been only 2 weeks since your NOA1. :star:

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Jeisson&Ellie   2

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I'm an I-130 January 2013 filer!! I filed mine the 22nd and got my NOA1 the 5th of Feb but the notice date is Jan 29. Ugh this whole process makes me anxious!! But I'm sooo glad that I'm not the only one doing this. :)

11/10/2012 MARRIED

USCIS STAGE (101days)
01/22/2013 I130 SENT TO NBC
01/28/2013 NOA1 PRIORITY DATE
05/09/2013 I130 TEXT/EMAIL APPROVAL & NOTICE DATE!
05/15/2013 GOT NOA2 HARDCOPY

NVC STAGE (72 DAYS)
05/20/2013 NVC RECEIVED OUR CASE!

06/03/2013 RECEIVED CASE # & IIN, ALSO SENT DS-3032 EMAIL

06/10/2013 AOS INVOICED AND PAID, ALSO RESENT DS-3032 EMAIL- SUPERVISOR REVIEW

06/11/2013 NVC ACCEPTED DS-3032 EMAIL & AOS PAYMENT DEDUCTED FROM BANK ACCOUNT

06/12/2013 SENT AOS USPS EXPRESS MAIL (OVERNIGHT)

06/12/2013 IV BILL INVOICED & PAID

06/14/2013 SENT IV PACKET VIA OVERNIGHT EXPRESS MAIL

06/17/2013 IV PACKET ARRIVED AT NVC

07/03/2013 RECEIVED AOS CHECKLIST

07/06/2013 SENT AOS CHECKLIST VIA OVERNIGHT EXPRESS MAIL

07/08/2013 IV ACCEPTED & AOS CHECKLIST ARRIVED AT NVC

07/31/2013 CASE COMPLETE!!

09/16/2013 BLOOD & MEDICAL EXAMS

09/19/2013 INTERVIEW

09/26/2013 RECEIVED VISA

09/29/2013 POE FORT LAUDERDALE

10/11/2013 RECEIVED SSN

11/09/2013 RECEIVED CONDITIONAL GREEN CARD

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