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Alabamski Medved   0

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Russia
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Hi,

My name is Noel. I live in Birmingham, Alabama. I work in a pharmacy doing quality control. I went to school at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB) and majored in English. I am engaged to Yelena, a Buryatskaya from Ulan-Ude, Russia. She is 27 y.o. We sent our I-129F package on 1-25-12 and it was received and signed for on 1-27-12. One of my colleagues has successfully brought his fiancee to America and married. So I followed the directions on Visa Journey, government web sites, and had my colleague triple check my documents before I mailed them. Everything looked good. But of course, the real deal is when the U.S. government reviews the documents and is happy with them.

A couple of things that plagued us:

-Yelena had a legal name change, so we had to gather all sorts of documents and have them translated. I used Fox Translate. We included color copies of both international passports (her old name and new name), the official documents from ZAGS with translations, her official tax number document, and a letter of explanation.

-the passport photo we took in Russia was too small. I did not pay enough attention to it, and noticed it when I returned to the States. So I sent Yelena the instructions for getting a new photo which she could send to me digitally. I took it to Walgreen's and they made a huge deal about their not taking responsibility if it was wrong. Finally, I told the manager that I would not hold them responsible to please print it. Well, he said "ok," but the background did not have enough white to fit the 2x2 size. It needed to be blown up. They weren't about to fix it. I went to Wolf Camera and they resized it and printed it for 39 cents, but they didn't cut the photo. I cut it myself and hope I didn't botch it.

Anyway, I'm extremely thankful that this website exists. It is SO helpful and informative. I'm sure I will have many more questions throughout the entire process. Thanks for reading.

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Canada
 Timeline
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Welcome, and good luck on your journey.

K1 - Complete
05/01/2011 - Met online
09/15/2011 - Met in person
11/12/2011 - Became engaged
07/09/2012 - Finally got to put His Ring on my finger
02/04/2013 - Mailed off my documents to my fiance
02/13/2013 - Fiance received my documents
03/30/2013 - I-129F sent
04/05/2013 - NOA 1
07/10/2013 - File Transferred to Texas
07/24/2013 - NOA 2
08/23/2013 - USCIS-NVC - Case number received
08/27/2013 - NVC-Consulate
09/03/2013 - Packet 3
09/04/2013 - Packet 4
09/10/2013 - Medical (Passed)
09/12/2013 - Interview (Approved)
09/17/2013 - Visa in hand
11/02/2013 - Border crossing at Sweetgrass completed
11/05/2013 - Arrived in San Antonio
11/16/2013 - Married in San Antonio

Adjustment of Status

04/25/2014 - AOS packaged mailed to Chicago Lock Box.

05/15/2014 - NoA1 received for Aos and EA. AP rejected.

06/16/2014 - Biometrics appointment

07/07/2014 - EA card now in production.

07/10/2014 - EA Card received. YAY JOB HUNTING

08/13/2014 - Letter received staging possible interview waiver and no action for antoher 6 months

03/03/2015 - Apparently we are still within normal processing times and need to wait 87 days

04/27/2015 - RFE - Renew medical, Send some other documents

05/04/2015 - Medical redone

05/07/2015 - RFE request sent back to USCIS

05/08/2015 - RFE request received at USCIS

05/11/2015 - Green card IN PRODUCTION!!!!

05/11/2015 - Welcome letter Mailed!

05/14/2015 - Welcome Letter Received

05/18/2015 - Green Card Received!! FINALLY!!!!

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X Factor   1,112

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Philippines
 Timeline
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Welcome to VJ :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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FlipgalRN   19

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
 Timeline
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Welcome to Visa Journey! Best of luck to you! good.gif

Our Naturalization Journey (Detailed timeline in About Me section)

01/14/2013 Mailed N-400 to Phoenix, AZ Lockbox
01/18/2013 N-400 fees check cashed
01/18/2013 NOA Received (Biometrics appointment)
02/04/2013 Early Biometrics (Original date 02/14/2013)
02/07/2013 Status changed to in line for interview
02/13/2013 Received 2nd NOA (Interview scheduled)
02/15/2013 Received yellow letter from USCIS to bring DL
03/18/2013 N-400 Interview
03/20/2013 Status changed to in que for Oath ceremony
03/29/2013 Status changed to Oath ceremony scheduled and letter sent
04/01/2013 Received Oath Letter
04/09/2013 Oath Ceremony (N-400 completed in 2 months 3 weeks and 5 days)

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