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r060106   109

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Poland
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I don't even know what dcf means

Then why is your profile marked as DCF?

everyone thinks that you are an DCF because it is what it stays on your profile.

This.

Congratulations, things are becoming strange this few days. I wasnt surprised when I saw DCF on your profile but when you said Chicago lockbox I just have to be.

I was looking at approval around April but with recent approvals without a defined partern who knows I might be next.

Exactly. This and the November filer getting approved are a little unnerving for March-July filers, I would think.

Married in Edinburgh, Scotland: 07-06-2013

I-130 Package Sent to Chicago Lockbox: 09-04-2013

NOA1 from the National Benefits Center: 09-05-2013

I-130 Package Transferred to California Service Center: 02-25-2014

NOA2: 03-05-2014

NVC Received: 03-17-2014

Case # and IIN Assigned: 04-18-2014

DS-261 Generated and Completed: 04-26-2014

AOS Fee Invoiced and Paid: 04-29-2014

IV Fee Invoiced and Paid: 05-01-2014

AOS Fee Shows as Paid: 05-01-2014

IV Fee Shows as Paid: 05-05-2014

AOS and IV Packages Sent via UPS: 05-08-2014

AOS and IV Packages Received: 05-12-2014

AOS and IV Packages Input Into System: 05-14-2014

DS-260 Completed: 05-16-2014

Case Complete: 06-11-2014

Medical Exam: 07-08-2014

Interview in Warsaw, Poland: 08-28-2014 @ 8:30AM - APPROVED!

Visa Package Received: 09-01-2014

POE at Chicago O'Hare International Airport: 09-23-2014

I-751 Package Received: 07-11-2016

NOA1: 07-16-2016

I-751 Biometrics Apointment: 08-01-2016

ROC Approval (during citizenship interview): 12-20-2017

10-Year Green Card Received: N/A due to approved N-400

N-400 Filed Online: 08-28-2017

N-400 NOA1 Date: 08-29-2017

N-400 Biometrics Appointment: 09-22-2017

Status Changed to Interview Scheduled: 09-22-2017

Status Change to Interview Scheduled, read the letter we mailed: 11-15-2017

N-400 Interview: 12-20-2017 - APPROVED!

Oath of Allegiance Scheduled: 12-29-2017

Oath of Allegiance: 01-18-2018 

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I filed at the Chicago lockbox..

r060106
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Then why is your profile marked as DCF? This. Exactly. This and the November filer getting approved are a little unnerving for March-July filers, I would think.

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mounir412   101

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Morocco
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Congratulations!!dancin5hr.gif

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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Petar&Wendy   30

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Serbia
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Congrats!! I am from Puyallup/Tacoma area! How exciting (and hopefully good for us too!)

Sidenote: I am USC living abroad with my husband while we wait for his visa. Our embassy doesn't take visa's anymore so we had to file at Chicago lockbox and now are at NBC. Will they treat us as a DCF or not?

USCIS
09/03/2013 - Sent I-130
09/13/2013 - NOA1

04/23/2014 - I-130 Approval/NOA2

NVC

06/02/2014 - DS -261 & AOS invoice Available

06/03/2014 - AOS invoice paid & DS-261 completed
06/04/2014 - DS-261 received by NVC

06/10/2014 - AOS Package sent
​06/16/2014 - AOS received/scanned by NVC
08/01/2014 - AOS checklist via email*
08/04/2014 - AOS checklist packet sent
08/06/2014 - IV Package sent with AOS barcode coversheet
08/07/2014 - DS-261 reviewed by NVC

08/09/2014 - IV Bill invoiced

08/11/2014 - IV Bill paid
08/12/2014 - AOS checklist scanned at NVC

08/13/2014 - DS-260 Completed online

08/13/2014 - IV Package scanned at NVC

09/09/2014 - AOS checklist hard-copy*

09/11/2014 - "Real" AOS checklist packet sent*

09/15/2014 - "Real" AOS checklist scanned at NVC

10/03/2014 - NVC received emailed expedite request, forwarded to Belgrade Embassy (financial)

10/09/2014 - Belgrade Embassy denied expedite (financial)

10/16/2014 - Emailed expedite request to NVC, forwarded to Belgrade Embassy (NVC error)

10/17/2014 - Expedite ACCEPTED!!! (NVC error)

10/23/2014 - NVC shipped case to BLG

11/07/2014 - Called BLG, inquired about case and received interview date, interview packet was mailed 11/6/14, never received any email
11/13/2014 - Received interview packet, postmarked 11/10/14 even though BLG said sent on 11/6/14

Embassy
11/13/2014 - Medical
11/19/2014 - Interview- APPROVED!!

11/21/2014 - BLG posted visa packet through DHL to Čačak (has tracking number)
11/24/2014 - Visa in hand (picked up in Čačak at DHL)
11/28/2014 - Goodbye Serbia!
11/29/2014 - POE in Seattle

*On 08/01/14 I received a checklist via email and responded right away. Over a month later, on 09/09/14, I received the hard-copy in the mail. Upon reading the hard-copy, I found that NVC made a mistake and emailed me the wrong checklist. I contacted a supervisor at NVC and she instructed me to write a letter of explanation to accompany my "real" checklist response. She also told me this may not help me and that we may be back in line. Lord help us!

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USCHE   3

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Argentina
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Congrats!! I am from Puyallup/Tacoma area! How exciting (and hopefully good for us too!)

Sidenote: I am USC living abroad with my husband while we wait for his visa. Our embassy doesn't take visa's anymore so we had to file at Chicago lockbox and now are at NBC. Will they treat us as a DCF or not?

Same situation as us. Would love to know too! Our Embassy stopped taking them in 2011 and when they did take them the visas were approved in 3 months.

Started dating: August 24, 2007 heart.gif

Married: June 5, 2010

Baby: May 5, 2013 goofy.gif

Filed I 130: November 15, 2013

USCIS

NOA 1: November 21, 2013 (hard copy December 4, 2013)

NOA 2: July 8, 2014

NVC

Case Number assigned: July 8, 2014

AOS Fee Paid: July 9, 2014

IV Cover page received: September 16, 2014

IV Fee Paid: September 16, 2014

DS 260 filled out online and confirmation received: October 13, 2014

Checklist cover letter received: November 4, 2014

Documents sent: November 11, 2013

Documents received at NH: November 13, 2014 (Sent with attn. to DR not CMR)

Note: We filed with the Chicago Lockbox as we cannot do a DCF here in Argentina. dry.png

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emelielindgren   3

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Sweden
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How funny we are moving to puyallup, my husband is from there and I lived there too while studying abroad. We are living in Sweden, and I believe that we are very lucky and that somehow USC who are living abroad gets approved faster sometimes.. Was another august filer from France Approved a month or so ago too.. It got transferred to the NBC after lockbox Chicago and approved there, never got transferred to any other place.. I'm very lucky and happy and don't take this for granted, I hope everyone will be approved soon, they are moving us up on the list of priority now though, USC filing for spouse, they want to bring families together, so I hope they manage to keep their almost 4 months shorter processing time as it's now 7,4 months instead of 11. Cross fingers nvc will be painless now!

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Greece
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How funny we are moving to puyallup, my husband is from there and I lived there too while studying abroad. We are living in Sweden, and I believe that we are very lucky and that somehow USC who are living abroad gets approved faster sometimes.. Was another august filer from France Approved a month or so ago too.. It got transferred to the NBC after lockbox Chicago and approved there, never got transferred to any other place.. I'm very lucky and happy and don't take this for granted, I hope everyone will be approved soon, they are moving us up on the list of priority now though, USC filing for spouse, they want to bring families together, so I hope they manage to keep their almost 4 months shorter processing time as it's now 7,4 months instead of 11. Cross fingers nvc will be painless now!

Since you are filing from overseas, living in Sweden, that is the reason why you got approved faster. I am not 100% sure if Sweden does DCF, which means Direct Consular Filing, but it seems that way.

CR1 Visa

USCIS
08/13/2013 -- I130 Sent
08/14/2013 -- I130 NOA1 (email)
02/20/2014 -- I130 NOA2 (189 days - email)

NVC

02-28-2014 -- NVC received
04-03-2014 -- NVC case number assigned
05-22-2014 -- Case completed!!!!!!!
05-30-2014 -- Interview scheduled for July 16th 2014 08:30am

05-31-2014 -- Interview Letter received
Embassy
06-24-2014 -- Medical
07-16-2014 -- Interview Approved!!!!!
07-21-2014 -- Visa in hand
09-24-2014 -- POE

 

ROC
09-09-2016 -- I-751 sent
09-17-2016 -- NOA received

10-14-2016 -- Biometric appointment

08-07-2017 -- New card ordered
08-10-2017 -- New card mailed ( still no approval letter)

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Argentina
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Since you are filing from overseas, living in Sweden, that is the reason why you got approved faster. I am not 100% sure if Sweden does DCF, which means Direct Consular Filing, but it seems that way.

Wow, I didn't know that...... We are in the same situation however we had to send it to the Chicago lockbox because we cannot do a DCF here in Argentina. We were then directed to the NSC. Do you think it will be fast for us too?

Started dating: August 24, 2007 heart.gif

Married: June 5, 2010

Baby: May 5, 2013 goofy.gif

Filed I 130: November 15, 2013

USCIS

NOA 1: November 21, 2013 (hard copy December 4, 2013)

NOA 2: July 8, 2014

NVC

Case Number assigned: July 8, 2014

AOS Fee Paid: July 9, 2014

IV Cover page received: September 16, 2014

IV Fee Paid: September 16, 2014

DS 260 filled out online and confirmation received: October 13, 2014

Checklist cover letter received: November 4, 2014

Documents sent: November 11, 2013

Documents received at NH: November 13, 2014 (Sent with attn. to DR not CMR)

Note: We filed with the Chicago Lockbox as we cannot do a DCF here in Argentina. dry.png

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r060106   109

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Poland
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Why does your profile say DCF?

Married in Edinburgh, Scotland: 07-06-2013

I-130 Package Sent to Chicago Lockbox: 09-04-2013

NOA1 from the National Benefits Center: 09-05-2013

I-130 Package Transferred to California Service Center: 02-25-2014

NOA2: 03-05-2014

NVC Received: 03-17-2014

Case # and IIN Assigned: 04-18-2014

DS-261 Generated and Completed: 04-26-2014

AOS Fee Invoiced and Paid: 04-29-2014

IV Fee Invoiced and Paid: 05-01-2014

AOS Fee Shows as Paid: 05-01-2014

IV Fee Shows as Paid: 05-05-2014

AOS and IV Packages Sent via UPS: 05-08-2014

AOS and IV Packages Received: 05-12-2014

AOS and IV Packages Input Into System: 05-14-2014

DS-260 Completed: 05-16-2014

Case Complete: 06-11-2014

Medical Exam: 07-08-2014

Interview in Warsaw, Poland: 08-28-2014 @ 8:30AM - APPROVED!

Visa Package Received: 09-01-2014

POE at Chicago O'Hare International Airport: 09-23-2014

I-751 Package Received: 07-11-2016

NOA1: 07-16-2016

I-751 Biometrics Apointment: 08-01-2016

ROC Approval (during citizenship interview): 12-20-2017

10-Year Green Card Received: N/A due to approved N-400

N-400 Filed Online: 08-28-2017

N-400 NOA1 Date: 08-29-2017

N-400 Biometrics Appointment: 09-22-2017

Status Changed to Interview Scheduled: 09-22-2017

Status Change to Interview Scheduled, read the letter we mailed: 11-15-2017

N-400 Interview: 12-20-2017 - APPROVED!

Oath of Allegiance Scheduled: 12-29-2017

Oath of Allegiance: 01-18-2018 

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r060106   109

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Poland
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Weird. Now it's gone.

Married in Edinburgh, Scotland: 07-06-2013

I-130 Package Sent to Chicago Lockbox: 09-04-2013

NOA1 from the National Benefits Center: 09-05-2013

I-130 Package Transferred to California Service Center: 02-25-2014

NOA2: 03-05-2014

NVC Received: 03-17-2014

Case # and IIN Assigned: 04-18-2014

DS-261 Generated and Completed: 04-26-2014

AOS Fee Invoiced and Paid: 04-29-2014

IV Fee Invoiced and Paid: 05-01-2014

AOS Fee Shows as Paid: 05-01-2014

IV Fee Shows as Paid: 05-05-2014

AOS and IV Packages Sent via UPS: 05-08-2014

AOS and IV Packages Received: 05-12-2014

AOS and IV Packages Input Into System: 05-14-2014

DS-260 Completed: 05-16-2014

Case Complete: 06-11-2014

Medical Exam: 07-08-2014

Interview in Warsaw, Poland: 08-28-2014 @ 8:30AM - APPROVED!

Visa Package Received: 09-01-2014

POE at Chicago O'Hare International Airport: 09-23-2014

I-751 Package Received: 07-11-2016

NOA1: 07-16-2016

I-751 Biometrics Apointment: 08-01-2016

ROC Approval (during citizenship interview): 12-20-2017

10-Year Green Card Received: N/A due to approved N-400

N-400 Filed Online: 08-28-2017

N-400 NOA1 Date: 08-29-2017

N-400 Biometrics Appointment: 09-22-2017

Status Changed to Interview Scheduled: 09-22-2017

Status Change to Interview Scheduled, read the letter we mailed: 11-15-2017

N-400 Interview: 12-20-2017 - APPROVED!

Oath of Allegiance Scheduled: 12-29-2017

Oath of Allegiance: 01-18-2018 

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r060106   109

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Poland
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I see.

Married in Edinburgh, Scotland: 07-06-2013

I-130 Package Sent to Chicago Lockbox: 09-04-2013

NOA1 from the National Benefits Center: 09-05-2013

I-130 Package Transferred to California Service Center: 02-25-2014

NOA2: 03-05-2014

NVC Received: 03-17-2014

Case # and IIN Assigned: 04-18-2014

DS-261 Generated and Completed: 04-26-2014

AOS Fee Invoiced and Paid: 04-29-2014

IV Fee Invoiced and Paid: 05-01-2014

AOS Fee Shows as Paid: 05-01-2014

IV Fee Shows as Paid: 05-05-2014

AOS and IV Packages Sent via UPS: 05-08-2014

AOS and IV Packages Received: 05-12-2014

AOS and IV Packages Input Into System: 05-14-2014

DS-260 Completed: 05-16-2014

Case Complete: 06-11-2014

Medical Exam: 07-08-2014

Interview in Warsaw, Poland: 08-28-2014 @ 8:30AM - APPROVED!

Visa Package Received: 09-01-2014

POE at Chicago O'Hare International Airport: 09-23-2014

I-751 Package Received: 07-11-2016

NOA1: 07-16-2016

I-751 Biometrics Apointment: 08-01-2016

ROC Approval (during citizenship interview): 12-20-2017

10-Year Green Card Received: N/A due to approved N-400

N-400 Filed Online: 08-28-2017

N-400 NOA1 Date: 08-29-2017

N-400 Biometrics Appointment: 09-22-2017

Status Changed to Interview Scheduled: 09-22-2017

Status Change to Interview Scheduled, read the letter we mailed: 11-15-2017

N-400 Interview: 12-20-2017 - APPROVED!

Oath of Allegiance Scheduled: 12-29-2017

Oath of Allegiance: 01-18-2018 

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