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Fr8dog   312

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Hello,

As stated I'm new and me and my fiancee are going to attempt the wonderful journey through visa land.

Since I feel it's the polite thing to do I decided to throw a short intro on this forum.

I'm the forgeiner (Netherlands) and girlfriend (still weird to call her fiancee) is the US citizen.

Undoubtely there will be a ton of questions through out the proces. But fear not, I vowe to use the search engine before throwing anything on here.

We've already been ploughing through the forum for the last couple of weeks. So far I think we have a general idea, but we'll see.

Rgrds

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Hello,

As stated I'm new and me and my fiancee are going to attempt the wonderful journey through visa land.

Since I feel it's the polite thing to do I decided to throw a short intro on this forum.

I'm the forgeiner (Netherlands) and girlfriend (still weird to call her fiancee) is the US citizen.

Undoubtely there will be a ton of questions through out the proces. But fear not, I vowe to use the search engine before throwing anything on here.

We've already been ploughing through the forum for the last couple of weeks. So far I think we have a general idea, but we'll see.

Rgrds

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Welcome to the forum, Fr8dog! :)

Do check out the guides too [if you haven't yet]: http://www.visajourney.com/content/guides

and other helpful resources linked on the blue header atop any VJ page. All the best to your immigration journey! :thumbs:

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:energy: N-400 in progess ...

 

 

01/14/2013 Filed I-129f

07/31/2013 I-129f NOA2

11/04/2013 Visa Received

11/21/2013 POE: Honolulu .. Aloha!

01/27/2014 Wedding day! (L)

03/11/2014 Filed I-485, I-131 and I-765

05/31/2014 EAD/AP card received

06/27/2014 Green card received

05/12/2016 Filed I-751

05/25/2016 Check cashed

05/26/2016 NOA (Dated 05/16) Received

06/20/2016 Biometric Appointment

05/07/2017 10-year Green card received

N-400

07/02/2018 Filed N-400 online

07/24/2018 Biometric Appointment

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Welcome to the forum.

Completed: K1/K2 (271 days) - AOS/EAD/AP (134 days) - ROC (279 days)

"Si vis amari, ama" - Seneca

 

 

 

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Fr8dog   312

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Thanks. Would have been nice to find this site about a month ago. As she decided to pop the question (Though I will never admit to that) one week before I left from my last visit and I have a valid B1/B2 visa. Would have made life easier. But I guess we now have to go the long road around. Well we waited this long a couple of more months shouldn't matter

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Welcome to the forums :)

I-129F Petition
Service Center: Texas Service Center
I-129F Sent: 3/17/14
I-129F NOA1: 3/24/14
Alien Registration Number Changed: 3/25/14
I-129F NOA2: 8/25/14
Sent to NVC: 8/28/14
NVC Received: 9/8/14
Case # Assigned: 9/9/14
Left NVC: 9/11/14
Consulate Received: 9/16/14
Packet 3 Received (Instructions/Checklist): 9/19/14
Packet 3 Completed: 9/23/14
Medical Scheduled: 10/15/14
Packet 4 Received (Appointment Date): 10/2/14
Interview Date (Helsinki Consulate): 10/27/14
Interview Result: APPROVED!
Visa Received: 10/31/14
POE/Baltimore (BWI): 12/9/14
Married: 1/12/15
 
Adjustment of Status I-485
Service Center: National Benefits Center
I-485 Sent: 1/24/15
Delivered to Chicago Lockbox: 1/27/15
Check Cashed by USCIS: 2/2/15
NOA 1: 1/30/15
Biometrics Appointment: 3/13/15
Biometrics Completed (USCIS Baltimore) 3/13/15
Letter from DHS Advising of Potentially no Interview Required for our Case: 6/15/15
Case Transferred to Kansas City Missouri Field Office: 1/26/16
RFE Received Wanting a New Vaccination Supplement: 2/4/16
Appointment Scheduled with Civil Surgeon: 2/15/16
Appointment Cancelled due to Weather Conditions: 2/15/16
Appointment Re-Scheduled with Civil Surgeon: 2/16/16
Civil Surgeon Completed I-693 Vaccination Supplement Needed: 2/16/16
RFE Response Sent to Kansas City Field Office via USPS: 2/16/16
Delivered to USCIS Field Office by USPS: 2/19/16
Signed Return Receipt Receipt in Mail from USCIS: 2/22/16
I-485 Notification Application APPROVED - No Interview: 2/23/16
NOA 2 Approval Notice Received Through Mail: 2/27/16
Green Card Sent Through Mail Notification: 2/26/16
Received Card in Mail: 3/2/16
 
Employment Authorization I-765
Service Center: National Benefits Center
I-765 Sent: 1/24/15
Delivered to Chicago Lockbox: 1/27/15
NOA 1: 1/30/15
Biometrics Appointment: 3/13/15
Biometrics Completed (USCIS Baltimore) 3/13/15
EAD Approved: 3/30/15
Received Card in Mail: 4/8/15
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Sent Renewal I-765 to Chicago Lockbox: 1/30/16
Delivered to Chicago Lockbox: 2/3/16
NOA 1: 2/8/16
Biometrics Appointment: 3/2/16
No need to get them done due to getting Green Card
 
Removal of Conditions on Residence I-751
Service Center: Vermont Service Center
I-751 Sent: 1/16/18
Delivered to Center: 1/19/18
 NOA 1: 1/24/18
Case Approved: 4/2/19
GC Received in Mail: 4/15/19
 
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Welcome to VJ!

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Welcome! :)

05-18-2022: Filed N-400 online. Received online NOA and Biometrics re-use.

06-03-2022: Interview scheduled (online notice).

06-10-2022: Interview letter received via USPS.

07-11-2022: Naturalization Interview

Click here for my full timeline of K1, AOS, ROC, and Naturalization
:time:--> http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/

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Welcome! :)

Hi Guys

I have been following VJ forums for quite some time now. And, honestly, the anarchy on this website helped scramble everything that I thought I knew when my husband applied for a green card for me.

@sweetswinks - if I were to write my first post on this forum, I would have chosen the same topic as you did 'New and Confused' :)

My husband and I got married in India on 31st Jan,2014. We had to wait for over a month for the marriage certificate to be issued to us because of lots of local holidays in India around that time. He is a US citizen and he sent i-130 locally in the SFO office on pd 13th March,2014 and we got the NOA1 on 17th March,2014. Our case was transferred to Nebraska and as luck had it, we have been waiting for our NOA2 ever since. I am hopeful that we will have some clarity by mid august as that will mark the approximate work around time of 5 months for fellow Nebraska filers.

Luckily, I had a valid B1/B2 visa so I decided to quit my job in India, take a 2-3 months sabbatical (expecting that I will have a valid work permit by august) and come to US on a tourist visa while my green card application is in process. Thankfully, US immigration officers at the airport let me into US and I have been here for a little over 2 months now and my tourist visa is valid until november end. Now, I have a lot of questions regarding timelines for various milestones of this visa journey and that's what makes me 'New and Confused' ;)

1) If all goes well and there's no RFE and we get NOA2 by mid august, does the applicant gets to decide when he wants to get the interview scheduled?

2) Is there a pattern that Nebraska or other visa centres follow to decide the time gap between NOA2 and the interview?

3) I have heard people say that if the couple already (one a permanent resident or a citizen and the other is visiting like I am) is in the US while GC is in process, the Visa centres take longer to process your application?

4) Where can I check what Nebraska is currently processing? Is there a URL or a list somewhere which I can follow?

Hoping to get some clarity on this thread!!

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Hi Guys

I have been following VJ forums for quite some time now. And, honestly, the anarchy on this website helped scramble everything that I thought I knew when my husband applied for a green card for me.

@sweetswinks - if I were to write my first post on this forum, I would have chosen the same topic as you did 'New and Confused' :)

My husband and I got married in India on 31st Jan,2014. We had to wait for over a month for the marriage certificate to be issued to us because of lots of local holidays in India around that time. He is a US citizen and he sent i-130 locally in the SFO office on pd 13th March,2014 and we got the NOA1 on 17th March,2014. Our case was transferred to Nebraska and as luck had it, we have been waiting for our NOA2 ever since. I am hopeful that we will have some clarity by mid august as that will mark the approximate work around time of 5 months for fellow Nebraska filers.

Luckily, I had a valid B1/B2 visa so I decided to quit my job in India, take a 2-3 months sabbatical (expecting that I will have a valid work permit by august) and come to US on a tourist visa while my green card application is in process. Thankfully, US immigration officers at the airport let me into US and I have been here for a little over 2 months now and my tourist visa is valid until november end. Now, I have a lot of questions regarding timelines for various milestones of this visa journey and that's what makes me 'New and Confused' ;)

1) If all goes well and there's no RFE and we get NOA2 by mid august, does the applicant gets to decide when he wants to get the interview scheduled?

2) Is there a pattern that Nebraska or other visa centres follow to decide the time gap between NOA2 and the interview?

3) I have heard people say that if the couple already (one a permanent resident or a citizen and the other is visiting like I am) is in the US while GC is in process, the Visa centres take longer to process your application?

4) Where can I check what Nebraska is currently processing? Is there a URL or a list somewhere which I can follow?

Hoping to get some clarity on this thread!!

Hi Waiting4LongNow,

It wasn't me that started this thread :)

:time:

If you have questions relating to yout CR1 visa, there is a forum for that visa, and people can help you over here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/110-ir-1-cr-1-spouse-visa-process-procedures/

05-18-2022: Filed N-400 online. Received online NOA and Biometrics re-use.

06-03-2022: Interview scheduled (online notice).

06-10-2022: Interview letter received via USPS.

07-11-2022: Naturalization Interview

Click here for my full timeline of K1, AOS, ROC, and Naturalization
:time:--> http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/

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