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USCIS : 7 months
Marriage : March 21, 2014
I-130 Sent : April 18, 2014
I-130 NOA1 : April 22, 2014
I-130 Approved: November 14, 2014 ( after two service request) 

NVC: 6 months
Received : December 1, 2014
Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : January 1, 2015
Pay AOS Bill : January 9, 2015
Submit DS-261 : January 7, 2015
Receive IV Bill : January 15, 2015 called after AOS showed paid, they released it overnight)
Pay IV Bill : January 23, 2015
Send IV and AOS: January 29, 2015
Scan date: February 3, 2015
Checklist: March 19, 2015 (only need to send south Africa police report)
Case Complete: June 3, 2015 

EMBASSY: 10 months
Interview appointment letter : December 4, 2015
Interview Date : January 21, 2016 medical wasn't complete
Second interview date: April 4th 2016
Interview Result :APPROVED!!!
Visa Received : 4/13/2016 ( they sent us a email stating our visa was ready for pick up)

USA LIFE
US Entry :4/29/2016 
Social Security : 5/10/2016 (filed from the actual office)
State ID: 5/14/2016
Started working!!: 5/25/2016
Finally paid green card fee: 6/24/2016 ( note said we will receive it within 60 days)
Green card in hand: 7/5/2016 10 year green card we done!! 

1st king born: 6/30/2016

April 2017 update: Marriage still going strong, baby boy getting bigger. Life is good 

 

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Kathryn41
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Please remember that this process if frustrating for everyone. It is alright to vent, but you need to be aware that venting may trigger responses that you don't necessarily want to hear. Freedom of

rowanheather
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I don't think any January 2014 filers have seen a NOA2 yet. From the forums, it looks like those who filed in October/November 2013 are getting NOA2s and moving along to the NVC stage right now.

SKBD
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ahhh man happy for everyone but i really wish i was at VSC right now. NSC is barely starting december! (They sped up so quick and them boom stopped right there..) I have a pd of Jan 17 and the sepera

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I say write and call everyone that you can.

Hi mstee81, i see u have ur interview scheduled for next month, congratulations my friend. You guys have one amazing Christmas to look forward to.

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I may be inquiring on the wrong thread... I am a US Citizen, born and raised. I met my husband through his sister (old college friend of mine) and we were married in Istanbul in May 2014. My husband is from and currently resides in Iran. He has never been to the US and traveled Europe for work before the sanctions were put into place. He has never over stayed a visa.

As soon as I got back to the US I filed his i-130 and it was assigned to the Nebraska office with an acceptance date of June 02, 2014. So far there has been no change to his status on the USCIS website (before the site updated and status viewing was available) and I called Customer Service on 11/24. I have been advised they are working on the May 16 petitions and that I could go online and file an official inquiry as to the delayed processing time. I did that already about three weeks ago and have not yet heard back. I just miss him and feel like this is going to be never-ending. Anyone else experiencing a delay at the Nebraska office or is it because of his nationality?

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mstee81   28

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I may be inquiring on the wrong thread... I am a US Citizen, born and raised. I met my husband through his sister (old college friend of mine) and we were married in Istanbul in May 2014. My husband is from and currently resides in Iran. He has never been to the US and traveled Europe for work before the sanctions were put into place. He has never over stayed a visa.

As soon as I got back to the US I filed his i-130 and it was assigned to the Nebraska office with an acceptance date of June 02, 2014. So far there has been no change to his status on the USCIS website (before the site updated and status viewing was available) and I called Customer Service on 11/24. I have been advised they are working on the May 16 petitions and that I could go online and file an official inquiry as to the delayed processing time. I did that already about three weeks ago and have not yet heard back. I just miss him and feel like this is going to be never-ending. Anyone else experiencing a delay at the Nebraska office or is it because of his nationality?[/quote

On this thread you have ppl who are waiting with PD of January 2014... That's at least 6 months more of waiting on top of what you have done so far. We were all stuck in the extra security checks hold. Each case is unique and one can't say for sure that his nationality is the caus . I would say that they will carefully screen him as he comes from a not so safe part of the world right now. Just pray and start preparing for the next ste .

Hi mstee81, i see u have ur interview scheduled for next month, congratulations my friend. You guys have one amazing Christmas to look forward to.

Thanks!! We are super excited and nervous at the same time. Friday is the big day. Please pray for us.

 
 
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Thank you for the insight, I did not get to read all of the posts in this thread but saw a few and started to feel pretty glum about our future. I guess I expected that the USCIS would follow through on their estimated time of 5 months for the i-130. I really hope everyone in the process ahead of me gets processed first. This is really unfortunate - I know that Iran is certainly not viewed as a friend of the US right now, but hopefully the security checks will be fast.

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Hi everyone,

I have done 3 request all says security pending, talk to the senators tell me the same thing, I sent a letter to NSCFollowup same response security check still pending, only email I did not sent is SCOPSSCATA? I feel so hopeless there’s no light end of this tunnel? I feel really sad! I don’t know how long I have to wait for approval it’s going to be year soon!!

Beside me is there anyone here waiting for approval for Jan?

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Hi everyone,

I have done 3 request all says security pending, talk to the senators tell me the same thing, I sent a letter to NSCFollowup same response security check still pending, only email I did not sent is SCOPSSCATA? I feel so hopeless theres no light end of this tunnel? I feel really sad! I dont know how long I have to wait for approval its going to be year soon!!

Beside me is there anyone here waiting for approval for Jan?

this is truly sad I will keep you in my prayers hoping you get good news soon..
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mstee81   28

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Hi everyone,

I have done 3 request all says security pending, talk to the senators tell me the same thing, I sent a letter to NSCFollowup same response security check still pending, only email I did not sent is SCOPSSCATA? I feel so hopeless theres no light end of this tunnel? I feel really sad! I dont know how long I have to wait for approval its going to be year soon!!

Beside me is there anyone here waiting for approval for Jan?

I will pray for you. Could their be something in the background that's causing the delay? Past visa requests, over stays?
 
 
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mstee81   28

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Thank you so much for all the prayers Empress JA and mstee81 , I really appreciated!

I don’t have any past visa, I just don’t understand!

They check his background at this point too. Depending on the country the check to see if the marriage was done to the stands of that country to ensure that it valid. His name be be the same as some not so good people and they have to make sure he is ok to come. I would call them once a week and keep sending off service requests as well as follow up with the senator's office.

 
 
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mstee81   28

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Thank you, I will do that! Isn’t that going to cost them a lot of money to do a background check on the beneficiary?

I'm not sure but that's what they are doing now.

 
 
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mstee81   28

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Finally after 10 months i got my NOA2, mstee i will definitely pray for a smooth interview for ur hubby.

Congrats!!!! I hope you are able to fly through NVC without any issues. Thank you :) We are really praying that all goes well.

 
 
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