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USCIS2013   22

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IV package Still not scanned! Sent on 19th. 4th business day today :@

Just since a few days this trend changed. Before that EP was going slower than snail mail and a lot of people opted for snail instead. Now EP got better. As someone correctly said it's like changing lanes in traffic lol. Other one gets faster always.

Yes that's what they are saying. That Nvc has had ko affect of the crash. Guess only time will tell!

Really I got checklist and again have to wait for 30 business days this wait is so hard ,Thanks for the info..

NOA 1

Oct 15,2013 - Applied case

Oct 16 ,2013 - Received NOA 1 number

March 7 , 2014 - Transfer To TSC

April 3, 2014 - Approved NOA 1

April 7 ,2014- Shipped to NVC :dancing:

NOA 2

April 16,2014 - NVC received the case. :dancing:

May 15,2014-NVC number and INN . :dance::dance:

May 20,2014 - In process AOS and IV fees.

May21,2014- Status paid for AOS :thumbs:

May 22,2014 - Status paid for IV :thumbs:

May 27,2014 - Completed DS260 form

May 29,2014 - AOS and IV packet sent

May 30,2014- AOS and IV packet delivered thru Fedex.

June 3,2014- Received both packages (Scanned into the system)

July 11.2014- Reviewed both packages.

July 11,2014 - IV package accepted and AOS checklist

July 11,2014 - AOS checklist received (Scanned into system)

July 18,2014-AOS 2nd checklist received (Scanned into system)

Aug 4,2014 -Case completed(By phone).. :dance: :energy:

Aug 8,2014- Got an official email for CC.

Aug 15,2014 - Interview sedule

Sep 16,2014 - Interview date. :no::rolleyes::dance::dance::energy::whistle::whistle::jest::jest::jest::jest:

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CASE COMPLETE as of today! thanks to all for the help and support, Saylin you are an angel! what a great Canada day for me!

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OMG our AOS just turned into N/A too!!!!1

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Case complete!!!!! We received a checklist in error on June 13th, and they finally removed it!(Business day 31). Don't lose hope for those who are still waiting, it's hard but you can all make it t

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USCIS2013   22

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IV package Still not scanned! Sent on 19th. 4th business day today :@

Just since a few days this trend changed. Before that EP was going slower than snail mail and a lot of people opted for snail instead. Now EP got better. As someone correctly said it's like changing lanes in traffic lol. Other one gets faster always.

Yes that's what they are saying. That Nvc has had ko affect of the crash. Guess only time will tell!

Usually they scan most of the packages on friday thats what I oberserved from people postings...

NOA 1

Oct 15,2013 - Applied case

Oct 16 ,2013 - Received NOA 1 number

March 7 , 2014 - Transfer To TSC

April 3, 2014 - Approved NOA 1

April 7 ,2014- Shipped to NVC :dancing:

NOA 2

April 16,2014 - NVC received the case. :dancing:

May 15,2014-NVC number and INN . :dance::dance:

May 20,2014 - In process AOS and IV fees.

May21,2014- Status paid for AOS :thumbs:

May 22,2014 - Status paid for IV :thumbs:

May 27,2014 - Completed DS260 form

May 29,2014 - AOS and IV packet sent

May 30,2014- AOS and IV packet delivered thru Fedex.

June 3,2014- Received both packages (Scanned into the system)

July 11.2014- Reviewed both packages.

July 11,2014 - IV package accepted and AOS checklist

July 11,2014 - AOS checklist received (Scanned into system)

July 18,2014-AOS 2nd checklist received (Scanned into system)

Aug 4,2014 -Case completed(By phone).. :dance: :energy:

Aug 8,2014- Got an official email for CC.

Aug 15,2014 - Interview sedule

Sep 16,2014 - Interview date. :no::rolleyes::dance::dance::energy::whistle::whistle::jest::jest::jest::jest:

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Costa Rica
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My Immigration lawyer mentioned something about being able to claim the Immigration fees on my taxes. Has anyone ever claimed their immigration fees on their taxes? I paid so much money to the US Government and to the lawyer for this process. It would be a nice bonus if its possible.

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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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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Realized that we haven't include a letter of employment in our AOS Packet. Do you think it can help if we send it to NVC before we get checklisted since our case isn't scanned yet?

NVC

06/20/2014 - case received

07/03/2014 - case number and IIN assigned

07/18/2014 - DS-261 Completed

07/19/2014 - AOS fee invoiced and paid

07/24/2014 - AOS Packet Scanned in

08/22/2014 - IV fee invoiced and paid

08/25/2014 - DS-260 Completed

08/27/2014 - IV Packet Scanned in

10/24/2014 - CASE COMPLETE‼️?

11/06/2014 - Medical - DONE❗️

12/01/2014 - Interview @ 6:15am - APPROVED and VISA ISSUED❗️❗️❗️❗️

12/03/2014 - passport ready for pick up

12/08/2014 - Passport with VISA in hand?

12/20/2014 - POE

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Canada
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My Immigration lawyer mentioned something about being able to claim the Immigration fees on my taxes. Has anyone ever claimed their immigration fees on their taxes? I paid so much money to the US Government and to the lawyer for this process. It would be a nice bonus if its possible.

I highly doubt it... But I'm not a tax expert, so who knows.

My Personal Blog - Journey Through Immigration

IR-1/CR-1 Flowchart

Montreal Consulate Pictures/Maps

Wiki for Canadian Spouses for NVC (electronic processing and online forms)

Wiki on NVC Process

Immigration Timeline (Click "Show" to see full immigration timeline)

 

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
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My Immigration lawyer mentioned something about being able to claim the Immigration fees on my taxes. Has anyone ever claimed their immigration fees on their taxes? I paid so much money to the US Government and to the lawyer for this process. It would be a nice bonus if its possible.

I am skeptical of any attorney or accountant making this claim with respect to anything other than a business immigration expense to a corporation or LLC.

Further, the 2014 standard deduction for the married filing jointly status is $12,400. You'd need to have itemized deductible expenses greater than this number to make it worthwhile.

I'm the USC petitioner. My wife is British (now a USC!!!), generally awesome, and amazingly patient.

CR-1

 

USCIS:

09/09/2013 PD
09/10/2013 NOA1
02/25/2014 TRANSFER NSC
03/25/2014 NOA2
03/28/2014 NVC SHIPPED

NVC:
04/11/2014 NVC RECEIVED
05/09/2014 NVC CASE # ASSIGNED
05/15/2014 AOS/IV FEES INVOICED
05/16/2014 AOS/IV FEES PAID
05/19/2014 AOS/IV FEES CLEARED BANK ACCOUNT
05/20/2014 AOS/IV FEES SHOWING PAID
05/22/2014 DS-260 SUBMITTED
05/23/2014 AOS/IV SHIPPED
05/29/2014 AOS/IV DELIVERED
06/03/2014 AOS/IV SCANNED
07/10/2014 IV ACCEPTED
07/15/2014 AOS CHECKLIST
07/16/2014 AOS CHECKLIST SHIPPED
07/18/2014 AOS CHECKLIST DELIVERED
07/22/2014 AOS CHECKLIST SCANNED

09/11/2014 CASE COMPLETE
10/03/2014 INTERVIEW SCHEDULED (11/21/2014)
10/07/2014 INTERVIEW LETTER RECEIVED

10/15/2014 CEAC: IN TRANSIT
 
EMBASSY:
10/08/2014 MEDICAL
10/17/2014 CEAC: READY
10/17/2014 REQUEST INTERVIEW RESCHEDULE WITH EMBASSY
10/23/2014 CEAC: READY STATUS DATE UPDATED
10/25/2014 INTERVIEW RESCHEDULED (10/31/2014)
10/31/2014 INTERVIEW: APPROVED!
10/31/2014 CEAC: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING
10/31/2014 CEAC: ISSUED
11/03/2014 COURIER EMAIL
11/04/2014 VISA IN HAND
 
POE:
11/04/2014 ELIS: IMMIGRATION FEE PAID
11/27/2014 POE: JFK
12/03/2014 ELIS: RECEIVED
12/12/2014 ELIS: OPTIMIZED
12/12/2014 IOE: ACCEPTED
12/15/2014 IOE: PRODUCING
12/16/2014 APPLY FOR SSN CARD
12/18/2014 ELIS: CLOSED
12/18/2014 IOE: MAILED
12/19/2014 IOE: DELIVERED
12/22/2014 RECEIVED SSN CARD
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08/29/2016 90 DAY WINDOW OPENS
09/14/2016 I-751 PACKET MAILED TO VSC
09/15/2016 I-751 PACKET RECEIVED
09/16/2016 NOA DATE
09/20/2016 CHECK CASHED
09/22/2016 NOA RECEIVED
10/01/2016 BIOMETRICS NOTICE DATE
10/07/2016 BIOMETRICS NOTICE RECEIVED
10/17/2016 BIOMETRICS
08/15/2017 APPROVAL NOTICE DATE
08/19/2017 APPROVAL NOTICE RECEIVED
08/21/2017 CARD BEING PRODUCED
08/24/2017 CARD MAILED
08/26/2017 CARD ARRIVED

N-400

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03/27/2018 FILED ONLINE
03/27/2018 PAYMENT POSTED
03/27/2018 NOA
03/31/2018 BIOMETRICS SCHEDULED
04/17/2018 BIOMETRICS
02/22/2019 INTERVIEW SCHEDULED
04/04/2019 INTERVIEW: APPROVED!
04/25/2019 OATH

 

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Filed: EB-1 Visa Country: Kuwait
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Usually they scan most of the packages on friday thats what I oberserved from people postings...

Very interesting observation. My docs were received on June 10th and scanned on June 13th, which was a Friday.

My Immigration lawyer mentioned something about being able to claim the Immigration fees on my taxes. Has anyone ever claimed their immigration fees on their taxes? I paid so much money to the US Government and to the lawyer for this process. It would be a nice bonus if its possible.

I read recently of someone getting fined by the IRS for deducting immigration related costs. "Mentioned something" is hardly good enough when dealing with the IRS. Get it in writing from him before you act upon it.

21-MAR-2014 I-140 + PP sent to USCIS

31-MAR-2014 Petition approved

16-APR-2014 Case shipped to NVC

29-APR-2014 Case received by NVC

23-MAY-2014 Case # assigned

4-JUN-2014 IV Bill invoiced and PAID (AOS Exempt, DS-261 Waived)

6-JUN-2014 DS-260 forms submitted

10-JUN-2014 IV Docs received by NVC

13-JUN-2014 IV Docs matched to case (scanned)

30-JUL-2014 Case Complete, CC email auto-sent one week later

20-AUG-2014 AOS fee changed to N/A (Final clearance for interview scheduling?)

29-AUG-2014 Consular Interview scheduled on Oct 1st. Later rescheduled to Sep 24th. P4 Letter received following business day

14-SEP-2014 CEAC status changed to Ready

15-SEP-2014 Medical results delivered to Embassy by Panel Physician

24-SEP-2014 Consular Interview, went into AP (3rd AP in as many consecutive visa applications)

14-OCT-2014 Visa issued

22-OCT-2014 POE at Dulles Airport, Washington, D.C.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Dominican Republic
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Yayyyu case completeeeee!!!! As of today july 24th 2014!!!! Last scanned date 06/13

USCIS:Service Center : Vermont Service CenterConsulate : Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic12/13/2013: Marriage01/09/2014-Sent I-13001/14/2014: NOA101/22/2014: Sent I-129f01/29/2014: NOA104/01/2014: NOA2 for I-130 and I-129fNVC:05/02/2014: I-130 received at NVC05/06/2014: I-130 Case # and IIN assigned05/07/2014: DS261 available and completed05/07/2014: AoS fee invoiced and paid05/08/2014: AoS packet mailed05/09/2014: AoS packet received and scanned in05/14/2014: IV invoiced05/16/2014: IV fee paid05/16/2014: IV packet mailed05/19/2014: IV packet received05/20/2014: DS260 available and completed05/21/2014: IV packet scanned in06/06/2014:AOS Checklist06/09/2014:AOS Checklist Mailed<p>06/10/2014:AOS Checklist Received 07/24/2014:Case Complete 07/29/14: Interview scheduled for 09/09/14. 07/31/14: recieved interview email

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LoveMyTico   999

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Costa Rica
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I am skeptical of any attorney or accountant making this claim with respect to anything other than a business immigration expense to a corporation or LLC.

Further, the 2014 standard deduction for the married filing jointly status is $12,400. You'd need to have itemized deductible expenses greater than this number to make it worthwhile.

I will be filing HOH for 2014 if my husband is not here by then. I think with my mortgage and other deductions PLUS the fact that I am now unemployed.. It might be worthwhile. I use turbo tax and I don't remember seeing anything about immigration fees but then again, I wasn't looking for it either. So far we have paid the lawyer $5130. for his services ( big joke) all the USCIS fees and all the NVC fees and the waiver fee Approx $6633.. I would love to be able to write these fees off.....

Very interesting observation. My docs were received on June 10th and scanned on June 13th, which was a Friday.

I read recently of someone getting fined by the IRS for deducting immigration related costs. "Mentioned something" is hardly good enough when dealing with the IRS. Get it in writing from him before you act upon it.

I'll check into it for sure . I was just asking to see if anyone else ever did it

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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I will be filing HOH for 2014 if my husband is not here by then. I think with my mortgage and other deductions PLUS the fact that I am now unemployed.. It might be worthwhile. I use turbo tax and I don't remember seeing anything about immigration fees but then again, I wasn't looking for it either. So far we have paid the lawyer $5130. for his services ( big joke) all the USCIS fees and all the NVC fees and the waiver fee Approx $6633.. I would love to be able to write these fees off.....

I'll check into it for sure . I was just asking to see if anyone else ever did it

If at all true, I think it will be for legal services (lawyer's fees and not USCIS fees). Even there, the case is iffy unless you can show that the expense was related to job hunting. All in all, it seems dodgy to me and I would recommend extreme caution.

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Canada
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Finally IV bill was available online yesterday and its been paid. I hope the bill is available online for everyone who got the bill email from NVC on Monday.

Congrats for paying the IV fee last night! :dance: You sent the IV package today!? :wow: That was fast! :thumbs: Not wasting any time! :)

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Naturalization

N-400 Sent: Aug 22, 2017

NOA: Aug 24, 2017

Biometrics: Sept 22, 2017

Interview: Oct 22, 2018 (Approved)

Oath Ceremony: Oct 23, 2018

 

Removing Conditions

I-751 Sent: Aug 22, 2016

NOA1: Aug 25, 2016

Biometrics: Oct 12, 2016

Interview: Oct 22, 2018 (Approved)

 

I-130 Application

NOA1: Oct 4, 2013

NOA2: Apr 11, 2014

NVC Received: Apr 30

Case Number: May 23

DS-261 / AOS Fee: June 5

AOS Package (Scan): June 16

IV Fee: July 18

IV Package (Scan): July 25

DS-260 Form: July 25

AOS Package (Accepted): July 29

Case Complete: Sept 16

Medical Exam: Oct 16

Interview: Nov 10

Visa Received: Nov 19

POE: Nov 20, 2014

 

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
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I will be filing HOH for 2014 if my husband is not here by then. I think with my mortgage and other deductions PLUS the fact that I am now unemployed.. It might be worthwhile. I use turbo tax and I don't remember seeing anything about immigration fees but then again, I wasn't looking for it either. So far we have paid the lawyer $5130. for his services ( big joke) all the USCIS fees and all the NVC fees and the waiver fee Approx $6633.. I would love to be able to write these fees off.....

I'll check into it for sure . I was just asking to see if anyone else ever did it

I'm not an accountant, but my understanding of tax law and practices is that this does not qualify as a deductible expense on a personal tax return.

As far as I'm aware, even a corporation cannot deduct an immigration visa expense unless it is toward a work visa for an employee. Legal costs and fees of permanent residency and naturalization proceedings are not deductible even to a business doing this on behalf of an employee.

I'm the USC petitioner. My wife is British (now a USC!!!), generally awesome, and amazingly patient.

CR-1

 

USCIS:

09/09/2013 PD
09/10/2013 NOA1
02/25/2014 TRANSFER NSC
03/25/2014 NOA2
03/28/2014 NVC SHIPPED

NVC:
04/11/2014 NVC RECEIVED
05/09/2014 NVC CASE # ASSIGNED
05/15/2014 AOS/IV FEES INVOICED
05/16/2014 AOS/IV FEES PAID
05/19/2014 AOS/IV FEES CLEARED BANK ACCOUNT
05/20/2014 AOS/IV FEES SHOWING PAID
05/22/2014 DS-260 SUBMITTED
05/23/2014 AOS/IV SHIPPED
05/29/2014 AOS/IV DELIVERED
06/03/2014 AOS/IV SCANNED
07/10/2014 IV ACCEPTED
07/15/2014 AOS CHECKLIST
07/16/2014 AOS CHECKLIST SHIPPED
07/18/2014 AOS CHECKLIST DELIVERED
07/22/2014 AOS CHECKLIST SCANNED

09/11/2014 CASE COMPLETE
10/03/2014 INTERVIEW SCHEDULED (11/21/2014)
10/07/2014 INTERVIEW LETTER RECEIVED

10/15/2014 CEAC: IN TRANSIT
 
EMBASSY:
10/08/2014 MEDICAL
10/17/2014 CEAC: READY
10/17/2014 REQUEST INTERVIEW RESCHEDULE WITH EMBASSY
10/23/2014 CEAC: READY STATUS DATE UPDATED
10/25/2014 INTERVIEW RESCHEDULED (10/31/2014)
10/31/2014 INTERVIEW: APPROVED!
10/31/2014 CEAC: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING
10/31/2014 CEAC: ISSUED
11/03/2014 COURIER EMAIL
11/04/2014 VISA IN HAND
 
POE:
11/04/2014 ELIS: IMMIGRATION FEE PAID
11/27/2014 POE: JFK
12/03/2014 ELIS: RECEIVED
12/12/2014 ELIS: OPTIMIZED
12/12/2014 IOE: ACCEPTED
12/15/2014 IOE: PRODUCING
12/16/2014 APPLY FOR SSN CARD
12/18/2014 ELIS: CLOSED
12/18/2014 IOE: MAILED
12/19/2014 IOE: DELIVERED
12/22/2014 RECEIVED SSN CARD
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08/29/2016 90 DAY WINDOW OPENS
09/14/2016 I-751 PACKET MAILED TO VSC
09/15/2016 I-751 PACKET RECEIVED
09/16/2016 NOA DATE
09/20/2016 CHECK CASHED
09/22/2016 NOA RECEIVED
10/01/2016 BIOMETRICS NOTICE DATE
10/07/2016 BIOMETRICS NOTICE RECEIVED
10/17/2016 BIOMETRICS
08/15/2017 APPROVAL NOTICE DATE
08/19/2017 APPROVAL NOTICE RECEIVED
08/21/2017 CARD BEING PRODUCED
08/24/2017 CARD MAILED
08/26/2017 CARD ARRIVED

N-400

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03/27/2018 FILED ONLINE
03/27/2018 PAYMENT POSTED
03/27/2018 NOA
03/31/2018 BIOMETRICS SCHEDULED
04/17/2018 BIOMETRICS
02/22/2019 INTERVIEW SCHEDULED
04/04/2019 INTERVIEW: APPROVED!
04/25/2019 OATH

 

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: India
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From one Indian applying dude to another Indian applying dude, could you please update your timeline, dude?

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05-18 Got Married in Mumbai, India



07-11 Mailed i-130 petition


07-17 Received Form I-797C. MSC#


01-03 Case transferred to NSC


03-11 I-130 approved



Total time in USCIS: 8.0 months



03-17 Case recieved at NVC


04-24 Filled out DS 261


05-11 Mailed AOS package


05-17 Mailed IV package


05-19 AOS "scanned" date


05-23 IV package "scanned" date


06-18 Received checklist on AOS


06-19 Mailed checklist response


06-25 IV docs accepted. False checklist on AOS


06-26 new AOS scan date.



"30 business days" will be up on August 7



Approximate time spent at NVC: 5.5 months

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: China
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My Immigration lawyer mentioned something about being able to claim the Immigration fees on my taxes. Has anyone ever claimed their immigration fees on their taxes? I paid so much money to the US Government and to the lawyer for this process. It would be a nice bonus if its possible.

I work at cpa firm, i highly doubted you can deduct the immigration fees.... even you itemize, this fees are not investment expense, if you get unlucky and get audited by IRS, there is possibility to pay penalty, interest, etc.

I'm not expert as I only have 2 years in accounting....so anyone can correct me if i'm wrong

Form I-130
9/9/2013: Married

10/21/2013: APPLICATION SENT

10/23/2013: NOA1

4/1/2014: NOA2

8/14/2014: Case Complete

10/20/2014: POE EXACT A YEAR!

 

Form I-751: Remove the Conditions on Residence

7/27/2016: Application Sent

8/1/2016: NOA1 - CSC 

10/18/2016: Biometrics

12/1/2017: Received RFE

12/7/2017: additional evidence sent and delivered 

2/2/2018: Green card mailed! Status changed! 

Finger Crossed! 

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MoBar65 Rising Star

MoBar65   520

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Filed: EB-1 Visa Country: Kuwait
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I read recently of someone getting fined by the IRS for deducting immigration related costs. "Mentioned something" is hardly good enough when dealing with the IRS. Get it in writing from him before you act upon it.

I'll check into it for sure . I was just asking to see if anyone else ever did it

See post #12 here http://www.trackitt.com/usa-discussion-forums/i485-eb/601038753/does-immigration-expenses-are-tax-deductible

Only way to benefit here is to sue your attorney for callous tax advice. :devil:

21-MAR-2014 I-140 + PP sent to USCIS

31-MAR-2014 Petition approved

16-APR-2014 Case shipped to NVC

29-APR-2014 Case received by NVC

23-MAY-2014 Case # assigned

4-JUN-2014 IV Bill invoiced and PAID (AOS Exempt, DS-261 Waived)

6-JUN-2014 DS-260 forms submitted

10-JUN-2014 IV Docs received by NVC

13-JUN-2014 IV Docs matched to case (scanned)

30-JUL-2014 Case Complete, CC email auto-sent one week later

20-AUG-2014 AOS fee changed to N/A (Final clearance for interview scheduling?)

29-AUG-2014 Consular Interview scheduled on Oct 1st. Later rescheduled to Sep 24th. P4 Letter received following business day

14-SEP-2014 CEAC status changed to Ready

15-SEP-2014 Medical results delivered to Embassy by Panel Physician

24-SEP-2014 Consular Interview, went into AP (3rd AP in as many consecutive visa applications)

14-OCT-2014 Visa issued

22-OCT-2014 POE at Dulles Airport, Washington, D.C.

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