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Hollyday   122

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Russia
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I want to work at the American Embassy in Costa Rica. They get American and Costa RIcan holidays off. LOL !

That'd be convenient! Lol. In my company a large part of the team is off on European holidays, like Christmas before New Year (we have it after) so i usually just take vacation then because it doesn't make sense for me to stick around. Not much would be happening anyway.

I'm the beneficiary.

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LoveMyTico
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WELL I have been waiting so long to post this message....10:15 pm Post Decision Activity On March 18, 2014, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, F

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Hey people, quit paying attention to the VJ statistics - at this point, it's useless and besides, there are many people not on VJ. I made up my mind yesterday not to worry about this immigration proce

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I think its rude to shun people that have moved onto the next phase. As long as it is only one or two posts and doesn't take the entire board off topic, then what is the harm? I have found the peopl

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Japan
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There are 121 pending March I-130's from this site, per Igor's list. So far, sixty March filers have been transferred. They are working their way toward the end of March, and picking up the transfer rate, but still half of March filers are still waiting.

A pattern has emerged: there is a somewhat shaky correlation between priority date and transfer date, but as usual there are a few anomalies. To early to see if there is a pattern for NOA2 for transferred files.

As for service centers, all of the February filers who have been transferred have been shipped off to NSC.

March filers have been shipped off to all three, but it's too early to see any pattern.

Of those who have updated their timelines, Feb people were transferred to Nebraska (14), Texas (7) and Vermont (1 but this one may be an incorrect entry) starting with Feb 20. Of those transfers, 3 Nebraska and 1 Texas have received NOA2.

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USCIS
03/13/2013: I-130 sent
03/14/2013: Priority Date on I-797C
03/15/2013: Notice Date & Received Date on I-797C (NoA1)
03/17/2013: Acceptance Confirmation email received
03/20/2013: I-797C received in the mail
10/31/2013: Transfer email "to your local USCIS office"; also Notice Date on transfer I-797C
11/01/2013: Transfer email "at a USCIS office"
11/04/2013: I-797C received in the mail; transferred to Nebraska Service Center
12/04/2013: Changed ARN
12/05/2013: NoA2
12/13/2013: Shipped to DoS

NVC
01/06/2014: NVC received
01/08/2014: NVC received (inside building)
02/10/2014: Case#/IIN assigned
02/12/2014: DS-261 available and submitted
02/13/2014: AoS fee available and paid
02/17/2014: AoS package sent (from abroad)
02/20/2014: AoS package delivered
03/20/2014: IV fee available and paid
03/26/2014: IV fee shows Paid and DS-260 is available
03/27/2014: IV package sent and DS-260 submitted
03/31/2014: IV package delivered
04/02/2014: NVC recorded IV package receipt
04/14/2014: Case complete
04/21/2014: Case complete email
04/30/2014: Interview date assigned
06/02/2014: Interview

06/22/2014: PoE

I-751
04/27/2016: Sent to CSC
04/28/2016: NOA1
05/10/2016: Check cashed
05/13/2016: NOA1 Received

06/03/2015: Biometrics

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Costa Rica
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Of those who have updated their timelines, Feb people were transferred to Nebraska (14), Texas (7) and Vermont (1 but this one may be an incorrect entry) starting with Feb 20. Of those transfers, 3 Nebraska and 1 Texas have received NOA2.

Guys,

VJ is fun to look at but you can't go by all that. There are so many people who don't come back and fill in their timelines. Once I get an approval, I doubt I'll come back either. You can see next to their names when the last time they signed on to VJ. That might give you an idea of who is more accurate. Alot of people pop in for 5 seconds and never come back again.

Just sayin..

Maybe tomorrow we will see a bunch of approvals come threw. They all should be rested and ready to work after their 3 day weekend ( lol yea right) maybe they will get approved overtime... ( yea right again)

Married March 9, 2013
NOA1 I-130 April 12, 2013
Transferred to TSC Nov 27, 2013
APPROVED March 18, 2014 FINALLY ! ! ! !! 11 MONTHS & 6 LONG DAYS FOR MY NOA2
Case shipped from TSC to NVC March 21, 2014
Rec'd NOA2 hard copy March 22, 2014
Case rec'd & Case Number assigned April 1, 2014 AMAZING !!!
PAID IV and AOS fees online April 5, 2014
Fees show paid/DS 260 avail. /DS260 submitted/AOS&IV pkg sent April 9, 2014
FEDEX delivered @ NVC April 11, 2014
Revised AOS pkg delivered April 15, 2014
AOS & IV rec'd& scanned in @ NVC April 15, 2014
Revised AOS scanned April 18, 2014
AOS checklist for income and IV pkg April 30, 2014 (checklist expected due to Lawyers mistakes)
DS260 accepted April 30, 2014
Checklist for Birth cert/police cert May 1, 2014
AOS accepted May 5, 2014
Birth cert scanned MAY 8, 2014

CASE COMPLETE JUNE 4, 2014 CC letter received via email June 11, 2014

INTERVIEW JULY 15, 2014

Waiver finally FedEx'd to Phoenix Lockbox August 21, 2014

WAIVER APPROVED December 17, 2014

Received Instruction Letter via email December 23, 2014

Final Embassy Appointment January 5, 2015 YAY !

Visa ISSUED January 12, 2015

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MJP   7

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Japan
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I was responding to the post which said all Feb transfers were to Nebraska.

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USCIS
03/13/2013: I-130 sent
03/14/2013: Priority Date on I-797C
03/15/2013: Notice Date & Received Date on I-797C (NoA1)
03/17/2013: Acceptance Confirmation email received
03/20/2013: I-797C received in the mail
10/31/2013: Transfer email "to your local USCIS office"; also Notice Date on transfer I-797C
11/01/2013: Transfer email "at a USCIS office"
11/04/2013: I-797C received in the mail; transferred to Nebraska Service Center
12/04/2013: Changed ARN
12/05/2013: NoA2
12/13/2013: Shipped to DoS

NVC
01/06/2014: NVC received
01/08/2014: NVC received (inside building)
02/10/2014: Case#/IIN assigned
02/12/2014: DS-261 available and submitted
02/13/2014: AoS fee available and paid
02/17/2014: AoS package sent (from abroad)
02/20/2014: AoS package delivered
03/20/2014: IV fee available and paid
03/26/2014: IV fee shows Paid and DS-260 is available
03/27/2014: IV package sent and DS-260 submitted
03/31/2014: IV package delivered
04/02/2014: NVC recorded IV package receipt
04/14/2014: Case complete
04/21/2014: Case complete email
04/30/2014: Interview date assigned
06/02/2014: Interview

06/22/2014: PoE

I-751
04/27/2016: Sent to CSC
04/28/2016: NOA1
05/10/2016: Check cashed
05/13/2016: NOA1 Received

06/03/2015: Biometrics

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GoLdEnSkY99   54

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We recevied our NOA-2! Now we are beginning the National Visa Center stage...anybody already there and can give us any tips?

Most of the people here are waiting for NOA2.

Read everything here and you can ask questions there too. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/463192-nvc-filers-november-2013/

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

~ Mahatma Gandhi

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: India
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We recevied our NOA-2! Now we are beginning the National Visa Center stage...anybody already there and can give us any tips?

Congratulations! Good luck on the rest of your journey!


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04/11/13 - NOA1 for I-130
12/10/13 - NOA2 for I-130
12/20/13 - Case Received by NVC
01/17/14 - Case # & invoice # assigned (called twice per week)
01/23/14 - DS-261 available & submitted
01/24/14 - AOS payment invoiced
01/28/14 - Paid AOS fee, status "in process"
01/30/14 - AOS Fee status "PAID"
01/31/14 - IV fee invoiced & paid, status "in process"
02/03/14 - AOS Package mailed via USPS w/tracking
02/04/14 - IV Fee status "PAID", DS-260 available.
02/05/14 - DS-260 submitted, IV Package mailed via DHL w/tracking
02/06/14 - USPS tracking confirms AOS package arrived @NVC
02/07/14 - DHL tracking confirms IV package arrived @NVC
02/07/14 - AOS package entered into system
02/10/14 - IV package entered into system
03/04/14 - Checklist received for joint sponsor's I-864 (requesting 2013 tax transcripts)
03/06/14 - Mailed Response to AOS checklist
03/06/14 - Received IV Package FALSE checklist
03/10/14 - USPS tracking confirms AOS checklist response arrived @NVC
03/13/14 - AOS checklist response entered into system
03/28/14 - CASE COMPLETE with checklist for corrected joint sponsor I-864 to be carried to interview.
04/02/14 - Interview Date assigned, May 13, Mumbai!
04/13/14 - Interview complete...221g given requesting I-864a from co-sponsor's spouse
04/16/14 - FedExed I-864a and evidences to Mumbai.

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burnabrenna   19

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We recevied our NOA-2! Now we are beginning the National Visa Center stage...anybody already there and can give us any tips?

Congrats! Check out the monthly NVC filers thread for lots of info, and also check out the wiki page for Montreal NVC EP http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_for_Montreal_Beneficiaries_%E2%80%93_Electronic_Processing_and_New_Online_Forms

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katieflossom   54

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
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We recevied our NOA-2! Now we are beginning the National Visa Center stage...anybody already there and can give us any tips?

Congrats! Can you let us know where your NOA2 came from? (Did you get any notice of a transfer or anything like that?) Did you expedite or are you filing from abroad?

Congrats again!

USCIS (239 days):

04.18.2013 - NOA1

12.13.2013 - NOA2 via email; I-130 approved. Shipped to NVC

NVC (274 days):

12.30.2013 - Arrived at NVC

01.27.2014 - Received case no. & IIN

02.07.2014 - Completed & submitted DS-261 form online

02.13.2014 - Paid AOS bill

02.18.2014 - AOS showing as 'paid'

03.18.2014 - Invoiced for IV bill (finally!)

03.19.2014 - Made payment for IV bill

03.21.2014 - IV bill showing PAID

03.24.2014 - Completed DS-260 online

03.29.2014 - Mailed IV Packet

04.26.2014 - IV packet all approved, false checklist from NVC for AOS packet

05.07.2014 - AOS packet sent

06.12.2014 - AOS packet scanned in (took them THAT LONG to do it)

07.29.2014 - Received checklist via email

07.30.2014 - Sent re-filled AOS form, as per checklist instructions

09.24.2014 - Case Complete (FINALLY)

09.30.2014 - Case leaves NVC

Embassy:

10.29.2014 - Medical

11.04.2014 - Interview in London - APPROVED

11.05.2014 - CEAC - Issued

11.07.2014 - Courier email

11.10.2014 - Passport and visa received via DX courier

In the USA:

12.02.2014 - POE (Denver)

12.24.2014 - ELIS changed to "In Process"

01.05.2015 - Greencard received in mail

ROC:
10.05.2016 - NOA1

12.13.2016 - Biometrics

11.13.2017 - Infopass Appt.

03.30.2018 - Approval

04.05.2018 - Greencard Arrived

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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Congrats! Can you let us know where your NOA2 came from? (Did you get any notice of a transfer or anything like that?) Did you expedite or are you filing from abroad?

Congrats again!

Thank you! Ours was processed at the National Benefits Center. We received nothing during our wait...no transfer, no expedite. My husband filed from the US while I am waiting in Canada. Keep holding on, best to you!

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Bekah   0

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Congrats! Check out the monthly NVC filers thread for lots of info, and also check out the wiki page for Montreal NVC EP http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_for_Montreal_Beneficiaries_%E2%80%93_Electronic_Processing_and_New_Online_Forms

Awesome!! Thank you so much!

Congratulations! Good luck on the rest of your journey!

Thank you!

Most of the people here are waiting for NOA2.

Read everything here and you can ask questions there too. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/463192-nvc-filers-november-2013/

Thanks for the link!

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Germany
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Urgh it's so frustrating to check the timelines and reports. How on earth is it possible that some get an approval after 3-6 month. There are petitioners from august who already received their noa2 end of October. Great for them but honestly it's not fair to those who have been waiting since January etc or even earlier. Why doesn't the uscis work in the right order....guess the fwd to other service centers messed the (probably non existing) order up even more. Just had to vent. Sorry :(

Together since 04/17/2005

Married since 03/30/2012

PD 04/09/2013

Transferred 11/18/2013

Hardcopy of transfer TSC 11/21/2013

Request for evidence 12/14/2013

Hardcopy RFE 12/21/2013

RFE response review 01/27/2014

NOA 2, approval 04/04/2014

PDA/ uscis shipped approved case to DoS for processing...04/07/2014

Waiting continues...

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Aboyum   7

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Mexico
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We recevied our NOA-2! Now we are beginning the National Visa Center stage...anybody already there and can give us any tips?

CONGRATS(:

I'm also in that stage.

you will need tax forms, w2s for the last three years (affidavit of support)

proof of employment (last three paystubs generally)

2 passport pictures of your spouse

marriage certificates

proof of citizenship (birth certificate, passport copy)

plus some DS forms, but depending on situation those can differ.

& a few fees that round out to about 500 to pay all together before you can schedule an interview.

Good Luck with everything!

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adil1988   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: India
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I am April 3 PD. I was wondering if any one who filed in April 2013 got their NOA2 yet or are they still working on March Filers ?

Any Case Transferred to any other service centers ?

Thanks

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