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If august are getting a few of theirs that would be good right?! As aposed to like them being on May which is what I'm thinking... But we don't know what centers they're at. Mine went directly to nebraska (both I-130 and I-129f)

From reading back we all got lucky to get directly into a service center and not stuck at NBC like everyone else for a long time.

I really hope our times are going to be better. I'm praying for mid-late May.

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You guys will not get transferred cause your files went to the service centers directly from the Lockbox. So it's Lockbox-> Service Center That's the way it used to be up until August 2012 whe

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Ok so it's 6am in Ireland and my phone beeped (I have the USCIS app) We just got approved and are in Post decision! Is this realllllll?

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Lakehouse   293

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For a number of reasons, we had no option but to choose Consular Processing.

I'd also be interested to know what other Canadians on here will be going through Vancouver - seems most of the contributors on here are through Montreal??

best of luck to all!

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July Canadian filer here, who just read this Nov thread. Until now I just kept up with Feb - Oct 2013 but was curious to move forward.

I think Sylea you've already found that DCF doesn't happen in Canada anymore, and that you also have a trip to Montreal in your future:)

One other thing I wanted to point out since you've gone with a lawyer, is that you should remain vigilant about knowing the steps required for the next phase. Reading these threads has identified that lawyers do not necessarily work proactively on each next step, ie they may wait for notifications to come to them from USCIS or NVC instead of calling and requesting certain information in a more timely fashion.

I suggest you guys take some time to get started reading the NVC-stage thread to see where a few weeks can be potentially cut from your processing, and to be prepared with all required documentation.

Read Saylin's first 2 posts in this valuable thread, and bookmark it! luv.gif

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/478133-nvc-filers-february-2014/

Good luck on your journey!

i feel your pain Sylea lol. We live in Northwestern Ontario and there is a consulate in Winnipeg, 3 hrs from us but they only do passports and Birth Abroad. We have to go to Montreal as well.

And here I am in Alberta and have to travel a long way for both my medical and the interviewprotest6wz.gif

I'm still not sure whether to go to Surrey, BC for the medical, then Montreal for the interview, or whether to just take a full week to be in Montreal, as it takes several days after the medical for the results to be made available and ready for the interview. Either option is expensive.

happy travels and good luck to you as well!

"If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you."

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Beneficiary - Applying for CR1/IR1 (but also played the K3 card prior to understanding it may be phased out.)

2013: July 20: I-130 sent (Chicago lockbox)

July 24: I-130 NOA1

July 24: I-129F sent (Dallas Lockbox)

Aug 2: I-129F NOA1

Aug 12: Alien Registration Number was changed, I-129F.

2014: Jan 28/29/30: - 3 transfer notices for I-130 and I-129F.

Feb 3 - Hard copy arrived -Notice of transfer to Texas stating Jan 29th.

Feb 10 - NOA2

Feb 27 - email stating I-130 being sent to NVC from TSC.

March 6 -NVC received our case.

April 7 - CASE NUMBER yay! IIN and BIN obtained and email given.

April 9 - DS261 available and filled in online.

April 9 - AOS not yet payable but visible.

April 10 - email regarding NVC case number and access to DS261 received/ email regarding AOS received and paid.

April 11 - AOS sent by snail mail.

April 14 - AOS arrived per mail tracking.

April 15 - IV bill received via email, IV bill paid/ in process, IV package sent.

April 18 - IV bill showing paid/ DS-260 available and done!

- AOS scanned into their system.

April 21 - IV package arrived per mail tracking.

April 24 - IV scanned into their system.

May 2 - False checklist for IV documents= AOS approval.

May 13 - NVC rep reported ? missing Police certificate via my phone call.

- Supervisor review initiated.

May 14 - Checklist for Police certificate came via email.

- Sent checklisted documentation priority post!

May 15 - Package delivered per mail tracking.

May 19 - Case COMPLETE!! Police certificate found by NVC:)

May 28 - Case complete email arrived.

May 30 - Assigned Interview date!

June 2 - Interview letter arrived via email.

June 11- Medical appointment Surrey, BC

July 8 - Interview in Montreal!! APPROVED!!!!!!!! July 10 - Visa package and passport in hand!! July 23 - POE!!

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You guys who have to travel and are worried about costs- you could try couch surfing! I've done it in a few different countries and never had a bad experience! Just an idea :)

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It's unlikely that any of us will hear anything until atleast may, BUT nothing wrong ith being hopeful, My husband and I are hoping to be back in the staes by august/september, but who knows? lol

Met Online - July, 2009
To see our full timeline see "Spolier"

 

USCIS
Service Center : Nebraska Service Center
Consulate : Dublin, Ireland
Marriage : September, 12th 2012
I-130 Sent : November, 11th 2013
I-130 NOA1: November, 20th 2013
I-130 NOA2 : April, 28th 2014

 

NVC
Shipped to NVC: May 1st, 2014
Case Received: May 13th, 2014
Case Number Assigned: June 6th, 2014
AOS Bill Paid: June 22nd, 2014
AOS Packet sent Express: June 27th, 2014
AOS Packet Received and signed for by "NVISA*: June 30th, 2014
AOS Packet scanned into system: July 3rd, 2014
IV Bill invoiced and paid: August 7th, 2014
DS260 completed: August 8th, 2014
IV Packet sent Express: August 9th, 2014
ATTEMPTED DELIVERY UNITED STATES 16-Aug-14
11:58 NO ANSWER AT ADDRESS (tried to deliver on a saturday) :lol:

IV Packet Received and signed for by *NVISA CENTER*: August 18th, 2014
IV Packet scanned in: 19th August, 2014
AOS Checklist - August 21st, 2014 http://prntscr.com/4gsyod click link to see the checklist
Fixed AOS (I-864a) Sent to NVC - September 8th, 2014
Fixed AOS Received and signed for by *NVISA CENTER*: September 15th, 2014


CASE COMPLETE - 20th October 2014
Medical Scheduled: November 12th
Interview December 23rd (called October 30th)

Interview Changed to December 8th! (Embassy called me!!)

Interview Result: APRROVED! :dance:

Visa in hand: December 11th!


 

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I REALLY hope it's May too. I'm in Australia with my husband and I wanna go home! I'm hoping July isn't even too much of a stretch since sydney is good with interview dates and were gunna be ready with nvc stuff! If we are ready it will shave off time!

It's just the I-130 I'm worried about :(

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It's unlikely that any of us will hear anything until atleast may, BUT nothing wrong ith being hopeful, My husband and I are hoping to be back in the staes by august/september, but who knows? lol

My hub and I have the same hope. We knew it would take a while so we are really hoping that things will be moving by september (we have planned a honeymoon in september and bought our tickets home then, fingers crossed). Good luck to everyone all around! I leave to establish domicile in Seattle in April, so we will be apart from then until September. It sucks things take so long to process but c'est la vie.

Legal Marriage: 10/10/13

Ceremony in Japan: 10/13/13

mailed I-130 from Japan: 11/05/13

Received NOA1 e-mail: 11/15/13

Received NOA1 hard copy: 11/21/2013

**case sent to Nebraska Service Center**

Received NOA2 from website: 05/08/14

Received NOA2 hard copy to foreign address 5/12/14

**177 days from NOA1 to NOA2**

NVC received case 5/21/14

Called to get case number and they couldn't assign it yet: 6/12/2014

Called and talked to supervisor to get assigned case# and IIN (after calling 2x and having trouble with one particular representative saying my case number could not be given yet: 6/24/14

Email from NVC and completed AOS fee payment: 6/27/14

DS-261 completed: 6/27/2014

Mailed AOS package 6/30/14

E-mailed change of embassy request (this is a major setback, they said this was the reason we couldn't pay IV bill): 7/20/2014

Change of embassy request accepted: 10/7/2014 *49 days to get approved embassy change*

**Was told 2x to call back in two weeks to see if IV is available to pay**

AOS Checklist via email, 2 mistakes to fix: 10/7/2014

AOS Corrections mailed: 10/10/2014

IV bill became available and paid: 10/24/2014

IV bill showed as paid in NVC system: 10/27/2014

IV package mailed by husband in France: 10/30/2014

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Who else is with me? I filed at the end of October but I count it as November as that is when ours reached Chicago Lock Box.

November 5th and we still waiting on our NOA2....They are taking too long:(

IR-1/CR-1
Visa Event Date
Service Center: Texas Service Center
Consulate: Dominican Republic
Marriage: 2013-08-13 (L)
I-130 Sent: 2013-11-01
I-130 NOA1: 2013-11-05
I-130 RFE: NO
I-130 Approved: 2014-06-09
National Visa Center
NVC Received: 06/23/14
Received DS-261 / AOS Bill: 07/24/14
Submit DS-261: 07/24/14
Pay AOS Bill: 07/28/14
Send AOS Package: 07/29/14
Received AOS Package: 07/31/14
Receive IV Bill: 09/10/14
Pay IV Bill: 09/10/14
Submit DS-260: 09/12/14
Send IV Package: 08/21/14
Case Completed at NVC: 10/10/14
Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter: 10/16/14
Interview: 11/05/14
APPROVED!!!
Pourt Of Entry: 12/07/14
Social Security Card Received: 12/16/14

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Today makes exactly three (3) months for me waiting on the NOA 2, it sucks.

Service Center - Texas

I -130 sent - October 26, 2013

NOA 1 - November 07, 2013

RFE - May 06, 2014

RFE Hard Copy Received - May 12, 2014 (2 passport size photo for the petitioner)

RFE Sent - May 15, 2014

NOA 2 - May 29, 2014

National Visa Center

NVC Received - 18/06/2014

Fill out DS - 261 Form & submit - 08/07/2014

Pay AOS Fee - 25/07/2014

Send AOS Package - 02/08/2014

NVC Receive AOS Package - 04/08/2014

Receive IV Bill - 28/08/2014

Send IV Package - 28/08/2014

Pay IV Bill - 30/08/2014

Case Complete - October 21, 2014

Interview Date - December 05, 2014 rescheduled from December 29, 2014

Interview Result - Approved

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My hubby and son left Canada for thestates yesterday. I was allowed to cross the border to see them off and seriously bitter @ USCIS. Hardest thing I had to do.

10/28/13-I-130 Sent via USPS to Chicago Lock Box from Abroad

11/01/13-I-130 received at facility

11/12/13-Contacted Chicago Lock box to find info on our petition and was told it is being returned.

11/14/13-Received package back from Lock Box with RFE to resend it with correct filing fee.

(Money Order not drawn on US account)

11/25/13-I-130 Sent via USPS to Chicago Lock Box from Abroad with correct method of payment.

12/06/13-Received NOA1 via Email stating our case has been transferred to Nebraska Service Center.

12/12/13-Checked USCIS site for Case Status. Seen our case is in initial Review.

12/16/13-Received Hardcopy NOA1 in mail.

Feb 5-crossed border to US to see hubs and son off at airport. Flew to CA to establish domicile.

Feb 11-Case touched to update hub's change of address

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July Canadian filer here, who just read this Nov thread. Until now I just kept up with Feb - Oct 2013 but was curious to move forward.

I think Sylea you've already found that DCF doesn't happen in Canada anymore, and that you also have a trip to Montreal in your future:)

One other thing I wanted to point out since you've gone with a lawyer, is that you should remain vigilant about knowing the steps required for the next phase. Reading these threads has identified that lawyers do not necessarily work proactively on each next step, ie they may wait for notifications to come to them from USCIS or NVC instead of calling and requesting certain information in a more timely fashion.

I suggest you guys take some time to get started reading the NVC-stage thread to see where a few weeks can be potentially cut from your processing, and to be prepared with all required documentation.

Read Saylin's first 2 posts in this valuable thread, and bookmark it! luv.gif

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/478133-nvc-filers-february-2014/

Good luck on your journey!

And here I am in Alberta and have to travel a long way for both my medical and the interviewprotest6wz.gif

I'm still not sure whether to go to Surrey, BC for the medical, then Montreal for the interview, or whether to just take a full week to be in Montreal, as it takes several days after the medical for the results to be made available and ready for the interview. Either option is expensive.

happy travels and good luck to you as well!

Thanks for the heads up Lakehouse! Yes, we decided that as we both have busy full time careers, that it was not cost prohibitive for us to hire a lawyer to prepare all the paperwork and assist with the interview prep. So far our experience with the law office we hired has been good. I have been asking lots of questions via email, and the solicitor always replies promptly with lots of info. So far we don't have any concerns that using a lawyer is going to slow anything down. Can't get much slower anyway! LOL

That being said, this site has tons of great information, and I am signed up for email and text alerts when our I130 moves forward and am following our receipt number on the USCIS website. (Noooo...not obsessing at all, haha)

I'm already working on prepping all the information to take to Montreal when we finally get to that stage. As for the medical, I'm hoping there might be a thread on the Canadian forum to glean some info from. I have a couple of chronic health issues, which, while not debilitating, are a concern in terms of what the immigration medical is looking for. I'm fairly confident that they are mostly making sure you don't have any communicable illness nor any illness that might make you a burden in the system.

In any event, my husband and I will take a week in Montreal and treat it as a romantic getaway, to help with the pre interview jitters!

Best of luck to all! :)

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Hi all, November filer here to. And going through Vermont, heaven help us.

Married New York 09/27/13Filed I-130 11/23/13Noa1 11/27/13 VSCNoa2 05/23/14 Case received nvc 6/6/14Case # and IIN 6/27/14AOS and IV invoiced 7/12/14AOS and IV paid 7/14/14DS260 submitted 7/22/14Aos and IV scan date 08/14/14Case complete 10/06/14Medical 9/22/14<p>Interview 11/17/14

POE Philadelphia 12/2/14

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Gee&Cee   41

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Hi there. If you haven't seen this thread, have a look!

"IR1/CR1 Backlog makes the NY Times"

http://www.visajourn...s-the-ny-times/

It is a nice article. You may want to share it with friends, family. Sukie suggested writing to the author!

(Sorry if it's cross posting. Just want to get the world out. This is a good opportunity to generate momentum with the media)

Saylin's wiki: http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process

DS260 Word format (I created based on screenshots Jan/Mar 2014): http://www.mediafire.com/view/?a5xs2cvq92ev9qp

USCIS

NOA1 - 7/24/2013

Transfer to CSC - 1/14/2014

NOA2 - 1/24/2014

NVC

Case Received at NVC - 2/4/2014

Case/ Invoice Numbers Received - 3/12//2014

AOS and IV fees invoiced and paid - 3/14/2014

AOS mailed - 3/20

AOS received at NVC - 3/25

IV docs mailed - 4/1 (meeting with lawyer 4/7)

DS260 submitted - 5/1 (Husband called NVC 5/7 and was told docs/AOS were received and would take 30 days from DS260 submission to complete review)d

Case Complete!!!! - 5/22

Interview scheduled for July 18 - 5/29 APPROVED!!!!!

Review of interview: http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/view-dos-cis-reviews.php?entry=14872

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Hi everyone!

We recived our NOA1 Nov. 4, from Texas SC, I was wondering if this will make any difference??

Wsh you goof luck to all of you!!

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I am really hoping that September petitions will be transferred or approved next month, at least that way I know November petitioners will be hearing something soon. This long wait is really depressing especially when your loved ones come to visit then have to leave without you, not fair.

Service Center - Texas

I -130 sent - October 26, 2013

NOA 1 - November 07, 2013

RFE - May 06, 2014

RFE Hard Copy Received - May 12, 2014 (2 passport size photo for the petitioner)

RFE Sent - May 15, 2014

NOA 2 - May 29, 2014

National Visa Center

NVC Received - 18/06/2014

Fill out DS - 261 Form & submit - 08/07/2014

Pay AOS Fee - 25/07/2014

Send AOS Package - 02/08/2014

NVC Receive AOS Package - 04/08/2014

Receive IV Bill - 28/08/2014

Send IV Package - 28/08/2014

Pay IV Bill - 30/08/2014

Case Complete - October 21, 2014

Interview Date - December 05, 2014 rescheduled from December 29, 2014

Interview Result - Approved

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I am really hoping that September petitions will be transferred or approved next month, at least that way I know November petitioners will be hearing something soon. This long wait is really depressing especially when your loved ones come to visit then have to leave without you, not fair.

When I called USCIS last month, the guy said they were still on Feb' 13 filers. Has ut updated since then??

Met Online - July, 2009
To see our full timeline see "Spolier"

 

USCIS
Service Center : Nebraska Service Center
Consulate : Dublin, Ireland
Marriage : September, 12th 2012
I-130 Sent : November, 11th 2013
I-130 NOA1: November, 20th 2013
I-130 NOA2 : April, 28th 2014

 

NVC
Shipped to NVC: May 1st, 2014
Case Received: May 13th, 2014
Case Number Assigned: June 6th, 2014
AOS Bill Paid: June 22nd, 2014
AOS Packet sent Express: June 27th, 2014
AOS Packet Received and signed for by "NVISA*: June 30th, 2014
AOS Packet scanned into system: July 3rd, 2014
IV Bill invoiced and paid: August 7th, 2014
DS260 completed: August 8th, 2014
IV Packet sent Express: August 9th, 2014
ATTEMPTED DELIVERY UNITED STATES 16-Aug-14
11:58 NO ANSWER AT ADDRESS (tried to deliver on a saturday) :lol:

IV Packet Received and signed for by *NVISA CENTER*: August 18th, 2014
IV Packet scanned in: 19th August, 2014
AOS Checklist - August 21st, 2014 http://prntscr.com/4gsyod click link to see the checklist
Fixed AOS (I-864a) Sent to NVC - September 8th, 2014
Fixed AOS Received and signed for by *NVISA CENTER*: September 15th, 2014


CASE COMPLETE - 20th October 2014
Medical Scheduled: November 12th
Interview December 23rd (called October 30th)

Interview Changed to December 8th! (Embassy called me!!)

Interview Result: APRROVED! :dance:

Visa in hand: December 11th!


 

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