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August visa bulletin predictions - Will F2A turn current like it did in 2013???

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sbai2000   31

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Hi Sabi2000,

Can I please ask when did you get your NOA2 approved as we filed in the same service center however, me and my husband still waiting for approval. Our priority date is 22/11/2013. Many thanks

Hi Habel - we haven't receiving NOA2 yet. VSC is just useless....

however, my husband did come for a visit ...he arrived on Wednesday and he had no problems coming in. Big relief!

Priority Date - December 2, 2013

USCIS -

12/02/13 : NOA1 (Priority Date)

03/24/15 : Case Transferred from VSC to CSC

03/28/15 : Hard copy of transfer received in mail

04/14/15 : NOA2 ( I-130 Approved) - finally! (informed via text on 4/16/2015)

NVC -

04/29/15 : NVC received the case (informed during phone call to NVC on 5/01/2015

05/08/15 : Case number assigned and IIN (received via phone call on 5/14/2015)

05/12/15 : NVC Welcome letter mailed

05/19/15 : NVC Welcome received in mail

05/29/15 : DS-261 Finally Available on CEAC and completed

05/29/15 : AOS bill Available on CEAC and paid (status: IN PROCESS)

06/02/15 : AOS bill status: PAID

06/15/15 : IV invoice generated (notified by email) but unable to pay on CEAC...waiting...

07/05/15 : IV bill Finally Available on CEAC and paid (status: IN PROCESS)

07/08/15 : IV bill status: PAID

07/08/15 : DS-260 Available

07/12/15 : DS-260 completed and submitted

07/13/15 : AOS and IV package mailed to NVC

07/14/15 : AOS and IV package received by NVC

07/16/15 : Scan Date

07/28/15 : CASE COMPLETE - NO checklist! :dancing::dancing::dancing:London...here we come...!!

08/04/15 : CC Email received...waiting for Interview Letter....

08/11/15 : Interview letter (IL/P4) received ...interview date 9/11/2015! :dancing: :dancing::dancing:

EMBASSY -

08/11/15 : Case Shipped to embassy

08/12/15 : Case Arrived in UK (tracked on DHL website)

08/12/15 : Medical completed

08/14/15 : CEAC showing IN TRANSIT

08/18/15 : CEAC showing READY

09/11/15 : Interview date (initial)

09/08/15 : Interview date (rescheduled on 8/18/2015) - APPROVED :)

xx/xx/15 : Visa in hand
xx/xx/15 : POE....Dulles airport!

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aaron2020
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Absolutely no. What happened last year was unusual. Look at all the VBs for prior months and years. The PD for the F2a category was recently rolled backed by more than a year to reduce the number o

glemette
glemette

All of us F2As are facing the same pain of being away from our love ones. The agony of waiting every month and hoping that the Visa bulletin will move is very stressful. But what can we do? Where

niknak33
niknak33

Look guys, there are not a lot of F2A's left from 2012, they would have retrogressed further if they had been. I honestly believe, if you look at October stats from previous years, they always jump ah

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DeW_DrOpS   21

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Hi Habel - we haven't receiving NOA2 yet. VSC is just useless....

however, my husband did come for a visit ...he arrived on Wednesday and he had no problems coming in. Big relief!

Yeah ... VSC is a pain in a** ..... Mine pd is also Nov 2013..... Still no reply ... If the pd starts moving, I think they will also start processing our petitions .....

I-130 / F-2A



USCIS


November 14 2013 I-130 Sent to Chicago Lockbox


November 15 2013 I-130 Received at Chicago Lockbox Facility


November 18 2013 Email from USCIS about Petition Acceptance (PD Nov 15 2013)


November 19 2013 I 797 NOA 1 received by mail


March 24 2015 Received E Mail and Text Notification about Case transfer to another USCIS Office


March 28 2015 Received Hard copy of Transfer Notice from USCIS


March 31 2015 Case Approved by USCIS


April 1 2015 Received Email and Text message for Case Approval


April 4 2015 Received Hard Copy of NOA2 from USCIS



NVC STAGE


April 16 2015 Case received at NVC


April 24 2015 Case Number and IIN received on Call


April 27 2015 Paid AOS Fees and Submitted DS-261


April 29 2015 Welcome Letter from NVC in Email


May 05 2015 DS-261 reviewed over phone


May 06 2015 AOS & Civil Documents sent to NVC


May 07 2015 Documents received at NVC


May 08 2015 Email from NVC to pay IV Fees


June 08 2015 IV PAID


June 10 2015 Submitted DS-260


July 13 2015 Case Completed


July 29 2015 Finally....Got Interview Date


Sep 18 2015 Interview (Approved)






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Habel   5

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Hi Sabi2000,

Thanks for your response and lets hope they move forward approving petitions for Oct,Nov and Dec as they have not started doing that yet. What surprise me the most is that California Service center approves petitions within max of 2 month from the date they received the application whereas VSC is still sleeping on applications from last year. I am going to the states to see my husband in Dec and I hope the US customs do not ask me a lot of questions as well as denying entry.Enjoy your time with your husband.

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Service Center : Vermont Service Center

Consulate : London, United Kingdom

Marriage (if applicable): 2012/12/27 (Happy day :) )

I-130 Sent : 2013-11-06

I-130 NOA1 : 2013-11-22

I-130 Approved : 2015-04-01 :) (Happy day after waiting for long time)

NVC Received : 2015-04-16 :) (Another joyful day)

Case Number and IIN Received date : 2015-04- 27 (Glory to the lord :) ):

AOS Scan Date: 2015-05-11 (I have been advised to wait 30 days from the date of scan to get case closed)

Case Completed at NVC : 2015-06-04 (Praise the lord almighty :)

Medical Booked: 2015-07-08- Completed

Interview Date: 2015-08-19 (Praise the lord almighty) :)

Interview Result : Visa approved :) Thanks lord

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I got a question for the ladies and gents here. Hope someone can help me out. My husband is my F2A sponsor. When I enter the US in next few months with my IV, he will have a different job in a different state. The job listed on the I-864 ends this August as he starts a tenure track Assistant Prof. position in a different state.

Does this somehow affect my entry? When the CBP officer at the entry asks me basic questions regarding where to send my green card etc and I give him our new address which is obviously different than the one on I-864, what's going to happen? I am going to carry his new job letter and few of his new pay stubs, just incase.

But it makes me nervous just thinking about it, does Mr. Husband need to submit a new I-864 to the consulate? BTW, my IV interview is over, I was under AP, AP was over last month, the consulate asked me to submit passport to issue visa, then realized Oops, can't because, my good old PD from Aug 2012 is not current now. But it will be soon (God willing) and I am nervous that the whole thing might go to AP again if new documents are needed.

Someone shed some light here, please.

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I got a question for the ladies and gents here. Hope someone can help me out. My husband is my F2A sponsor. When I enter the US in next few months with my IV, he will have a different job in a different state. The job listed on the I-864 ends this August as he starts a tenure track Assistant Prof. position in a different state.

Does this somehow affect my entry? When the CBP officer at the entry asks me basic questions regarding where to send my green card etc and I give him our new address which is obviously different than the one on I-864, what's going to happen? I am going to carry his new job letter and few of his new pay stubs, just incase.

But it makes me nervous just thinking about it, does Mr. Husband need to submit a new I-864 to the consulate? BTW, my IV interview is over, I was under AP, AP was over last month, the consulate asked me to submit passport to issue visa, then realized Oops, can't because, my good old PD from Aug 2012 is not current now. But it will be soon (God willing) and I am nervous that the whole thing might go to AP again if new documents are needed.

Someone shed some light here, please.

Don't worry all these documents are already approved, they are not going to ask for a new I-864, and take it easy with Mr. Hiusband.

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So help me help a friend on this. PD 02AUG2013. They are at NVC just did AOS package. I said as it looks they are looking at maybe a year waiting after case complete unless things change drastically on the bulletin.

Am I wrong? I mean dang we got to get through 2012 first.

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So help me help a friend on this. PD 02AUG2013. They are at NVC just did AOS package. I said as it looks they are looking at maybe a year waiting after case complete unless things change drastically on the bulletin.

Am I wrong? I mean dang we got to get through 2012 first.

No guarantees dear. VB could be faster or slower.

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http://ceac.state.gov

^ log in with your case number and pay AoS fee

after paying that wait around a week and log in here http://ceac.state.gov/iv and fill out the ds 260

I try now but I resived this message This case is in the process of termination. Fee payments and online forms can no longer be accepted. If you believe you have received this message in error, or to resume processing of the case, please contact the NVC immediately.

Hi!

As far as I understand you won't be able to log into ceac until your case is invoiced. The NVC will let you know that you have to pay the AOS fee and fill out the choice of agent form by email, of course, if you gave it to them.

By the way, I'm not able to log into ceac either and my PD is Oct 28,2013.

Call NVC as soon as possible ! Tell them that you'll pay the fee and see how they will repsond

After reading MilkaMarjan's message, I too called NVC and asked for Invoice number. They gave me both, Invoice number and Beneficiary Number. Later they said: "But you cannot do anything with it".

So I tried to login with NVC Case Number and Invoice number, but I am too receiving the same termination message.

I think if they invoice it, we must be able to pay it. Are they blocking it purposely ? Is there anything we can do to activate the option ?

Marriage: 2012-11-28

I-130 Sent : 2013-09-23

I-130 NOA1 : 2013-09-24

I-130 NOA2 : 2014-02-06 (Approved)

NVC Received : 2014-02-12

Interview appointment letter : 2015-06-03

Case Completed at NVC : 2015-06-03

NVC Left : 2015-06-17

Packet 3 Received : 2015-03-05

Packet 4 Received : 2015-06-10

Biometrics : 2015-07-14

Interview Date : 2015-07-15

Interview Result : Approved

Visa Received : 2015-07-16

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We finally got CC as of last Friday. We are June 2012 filers so hopefully we get an interview date soon.

congrats...if ur cc last friday , i think you will be included in sept interview. ( but still depends on sept vb) Edited by happywife_08

case completed via phonecall: 17 april 2014

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congrats...if ur cc last friday , i think you will be included in sept interview. ( but still depends on sept vb)

Wow, if that is the case. I am super happy. I rang the NVC and the man on the phone was really nice, previous experiences haven't so great. He informed there will be no need re-do my current police check and just wait for the Sept VB for any news.

Let's see if anything happens in the next 2 weeks. So excited!! Charles Oppenhiem is usually correct with his predictions.

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Wow, if that is the case. I am super happy. I rang the NVC and the man on the phone was really nice, previous experiences haven't so great. He informed there will be no need re-do my current police check and just wait for the Sept VB for any news.

Let's see if anything happens in the next 2 weeks. So excited!! Charles Oppenhiem is usually correct with his predictions.

next week they will start sending interview letters for sept... hope im also included... congrats again ...

case completed via phonecall: 17 april 2014

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congrats NikNak on your CC!!!

Priority Date - December 2, 2013

USCIS -

12/02/13 : NOA1 (Priority Date)

03/24/15 : Case Transferred from VSC to CSC

03/28/15 : Hard copy of transfer received in mail

04/14/15 : NOA2 ( I-130 Approved) - finally! (informed via text on 4/16/2015)

NVC -

04/29/15 : NVC received the case (informed during phone call to NVC on 5/01/2015

05/08/15 : Case number assigned and IIN (received via phone call on 5/14/2015)

05/12/15 : NVC Welcome letter mailed

05/19/15 : NVC Welcome received in mail

05/29/15 : DS-261 Finally Available on CEAC and completed

05/29/15 : AOS bill Available on CEAC and paid (status: IN PROCESS)

06/02/15 : AOS bill status: PAID

06/15/15 : IV invoice generated (notified by email) but unable to pay on CEAC...waiting...

07/05/15 : IV bill Finally Available on CEAC and paid (status: IN PROCESS)

07/08/15 : IV bill status: PAID

07/08/15 : DS-260 Available

07/12/15 : DS-260 completed and submitted

07/13/15 : AOS and IV package mailed to NVC

07/14/15 : AOS and IV package received by NVC

07/16/15 : Scan Date

07/28/15 : CASE COMPLETE - NO checklist! :dancing::dancing::dancing:London...here we come...!!

08/04/15 : CC Email received...waiting for Interview Letter....

08/11/15 : Interview letter (IL/P4) received ...interview date 9/11/2015! :dancing: :dancing::dancing:

EMBASSY -

08/11/15 : Case Shipped to embassy

08/12/15 : Case Arrived in UK (tracked on DHL website)

08/12/15 : Medical completed

08/14/15 : CEAC showing IN TRANSIT

08/18/15 : CEAC showing READY

09/11/15 : Interview date (initial)

09/08/15 : Interview date (rescheduled on 8/18/2015) - APPROVED :)

xx/xx/15 : Visa in hand
xx/xx/15 : POE....Dulles airport!

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next week they will start sending interview letters for sept... hope im also included... congrats again ...

You will be included for sure, you were CC a long time ago. There seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel now. Good luck and keep us informed.

congrats NikNak on your CC!!!

Thank you. Hopefully things move fast for you as well.

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So excited!! Charles Oppenhiem is usually correct with his predictions.

Charles Oppenhiem is the one who publishes the bulletin. So he is the only authentic forecaster. So sites or lawyer can predict VBs.

Marriage: 2012-11-28

I-130 Sent : 2013-09-23

I-130 NOA1 : 2013-09-24

I-130 NOA2 : 2014-02-06 (Approved)

NVC Received : 2014-02-12

Interview appointment letter : 2015-06-03

Case Completed at NVC : 2015-06-03

NVC Left : 2015-06-17

Packet 3 Received : 2015-03-05

Packet 4 Received : 2015-06-10

Biometrics : 2015-07-14

Interview Date : 2015-07-15

Interview Result : Approved

Visa Received : 2015-07-16

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