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VISA APPROVED!!! We did it!! My husband will be coming home with me after our anniversary/honeymoon! No more goodbyes, no more tears of sadness, no more hogging the bed! SAYLIN, you are a rock star

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CASE COMPLETE! Scan date 6/23!

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I'd like to give a shout-out to all those that have actually taken the time to read the first post and my wiki. Thank you so much, I appreciate you taking the time to do the proper research and learni

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Hey all.

I'm beyond pissed off at the moment. I get social security benefits and I was waiting 30 business days for a response regarding AOS. I GOT an email with a checklist for the income. I called NVC and the operator told me to write N/A as Ss benefits are not taxable income for most recent income. Would that mean that in the future NVC will ask for joint sponsor later on? She said another 30 days from the day of submission. ?

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FedEx is my best friend! I decided to send my packages because EP was slow when I sent my AOS package. :clock:

But... EP may be a little faster now since fewer people are doing EP because we thought EP was slower. :bonk:

EP is cheaper because I sent my AOS and IV packages separately so it cost me $90 to FedEx them. :dead:

If you're doing EP, make sure you double-check your attachments before you send it. You can easily miss some attachment files. Oh, make sure your attachments are not too big or password protected. :idea:

Great, thanks for the tips. I am not doing EP, it seems people still have lot of problems with it. Just saw a post in October filers thread when someone found out after 30 days that their email needs to be sent again.

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I remember someone mentioned in the July NVC thread, that if you open "completed" DS 261 then it will reset the clock.

My question is: on http:.//ceac.state.gov I can see a summary page where DS 261 is listed as completed since I filled it out this evening, AOS status is listed which is in the process of being invoiced, and IV fee which will be available sometime after 3o business days. If I don't click on DS 261 "COMPLETED" I should be fine correct because I still need to track my AOS and IV fee and documents status?

I hope my question makes sense :help::help::help:

I just don't want to do any blunder from my side by clicking DS 261 and re open it accidentally. :bonk::bonk: :bonk:

Yes, you can go to the summary page without any problem, but DO NOT click on where it says "COMPLETED" for the DS-261. I speak from experience. ;)

USCIS

9/23/2013: Sent I-130 petition to Chicago Lockbox through UPS
9/25/2013: I-130 delivered by UPS (Priority Date)

9/26/2013: NOA1

3/04/2014: Transferred to NSC

4/17/2014: NOA2

4/23/2014: Case shipped to NVC

NVC

5/05/2014: Case arrived at NVC

5/29/2014: Case number and IIN received

6/06/2014: DS-261 available and completed

6/09/2014: AOS fee invoiced and paid

6/10/2014: AOS fee shows as "paid"

6/16/2014: Date NVC is going by for DS-261 because I "re-opened" it

6/24/2014: AOS package sent

7/02/2014: AOS package scanned in

8/14/2014: AOS package approved (false checklist email for DS-261)
8/19/2014: DS-261 accepted

8/21/2014: IV fee invoiced and paid

8/22/2014: DS-260 available

8/25/2014: DS-260 submitted

8/25/2014: IV package sent

8/28/2014: IV package scanned

10/23/2014: CASE COMPLETE

CONSULATE
11/03/2014: Interview scheduled

12/01/2014: Medical and biometrics appointments

12/02/2014: Interview
12/02/2014: APPROVED!!!

I-751

11/21/2016: I-751 package sent to CSC

11/28/2016: NOA I-797

12/02/2016: Biometrics appointment issued

12/22/2016: Biometrics appointment

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Great, thanks for the tips. I am not doing EP, it seems people still have lot of problems with it. Just saw a post in October filers thread when someone found out after 30 days that their email needs to be sent again.

That's why I called to make sure they got the email. I figured EP was the lesser of 2 evils lol

27-09-2013: MARRIED :)

USCIS

23-10-2013: Filed I-130 (TSC)
17-05-2014: NOA2 I-130 Approved!

NVC
02-06-2014: Case arrived at NVC
20-06-2014: Case # and IIN assigned
07-07-2014: DS-261 submitted
08-07-2014: AOS fee invoiced
09-07-2014: AOS fee paid

09-07-2014: NVC said they rec'd DS-261
11-07-2014: AOS package emailed

05-08-2014: IV package emailed
03-09-2014: IV fee invoiced
03-09-2014: IV fee paid

04-09-2014: DS-260 completed

09-09-2014: Checklist Received (I-864ez form, income)
12-09-2014: checklist sent (LAST SCAN DATE)
06-11-2014: Case Complete

Last Leg of the Journey

17-11-2014: Medical (Dr Mascarenhas - Toronto)
18-12-2014: Interview (APPROVED :) )

23-12-2014: Visa Received

24-12-2014: POE (Ambassador Bridge, Detroit-about 35mins processing)

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Hi everyone I'm new to this forum ... I'm also waiting to get my case approved but sadly today we got an email from NVC and they said that currently they have tons of applications to be reviewed so that the current time to get my case completed will be at least 60 business days !!! I feel terrible !!! I will keep calling them but still is a long time :-(

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My husband just talked to Oscar at NVC.

He said we should call NVC again if IV invoice doesn't come by next week..

We submitted our DS261 on June 5 and so it will be 2months then.

But my husband said Oscar sounded like he was pretty sure we can pay iv fee next week.

So maybe one more week?

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Well, everyone, (reporting from Westminster, MA tonight on our road trip - going to spend the day in Boston tomorrow... man, when the time comes I'm going to ACE the civics exam for citizenship!) we got our CASE COMPLETE!!!!!! :dance::dance::dance::dance::dance:

I can't believe it! We hadn't heard a word since July 20 or 21 - no false checklists, no real checklists, nothing!

We did EP, so if indeed they've speeded up with that because more people are back to doing snailmail, that could be why we got so lucky...

But here's my theory. I think that somehow our I-129f got through (we filed it months after our I130, when USCIS was completely mired) and they felt like they had to hurry up... the operator I spoke to seemed a bit confused and unable to see the actual dates when things were accepted and/or approved, but she said that our file was just waiting for an interview to be scheduled at the embassy in Canada.

Since I'm on the road and have a certain amount of difficulty checking things online right now, do any of our Canadian friends know: if we get an interview scheduled, is there any protocol to contact them and see if there's any chance that we could reschedule to when we're actually in Montreal anyway? Because that would be sweet!

Either way, I'm so SO happy! What a great surprise!

Sorry to hear that the backup for everyone after us has gotten even worse... I just hope they're trying to "under-promise and over-deliver" and you'll all get case complete soon!

 

Is your timeline updated?


Oath Ceremony Dec 14th, 2018 I am finally a citizen and done with USCIS for good!

 

 

IR-1/CR-1 Visa:                            

Marriage: 2013-08-05                                   I-130 Sent: 2013-10-07                                                 I-130 NOA1: 2013-10-09                               

I-130 transferred to VSC: 2014-03-12        I-130 NOA2: 2014-03-24                                              NVC Received: 2014-04-07 

Case Number and IIN: 2014-05-05             Sent ENROLL email for EP: 2014-05-06                    Gave email addresses to NVC: 2014-05-08             

DS261 submitted: 2014-05-09                    AOS invoiced and paid: 2014-05-12                           DS261 re-submitted - GRRRR! 2014-05-21               

ENROLL conf. email: 2014-06-05               Submitted AOS documents:2014-06-08                    IV fee email received: 2014-06-23 

IV fee available and paid: 2014-06-24       DS260  submitted: 2014-06-26                                   Case Complete: 2014-07-31                                       

Interview: 2014-09-19 APPROVED!!!          Visa in Hand: 2014-09-24 (Loomis depot)                POE (Pac Hwy Crossing, BC) 2014-11-08 

SSN Card arrived (approx) 2014-11-26     Green Card arrived (approx) 2014-12-17 

Removal of Conditions - I-751:

I-751 Mailed (USPS) Aug 10, 2016             NOA: August 17, 2016 (received Aug 23)                  Biometrics Letter Sent: Sept 23, 2016

Biometrics Letter Rec'd: Sept 30, 2016     Walk-In Biometrics Oct 6, 2016                                    Infopass for I-551 stamp Aug 17, 2017   

Service Request: Dec 27, 2017                   SR Response: Jan 10, 2018 (no prediction)              Senator Inquiry: Jan 5, 2018

Senator Resp: Jan 8, 2018 (60 days)         Service Request 2: Mar 8 2018                                   Senator Inquiry 2: Mar 9 2018

SR 2 Response: Mar 12 (security checks) Senator Response 2: Mar 13, 2018                            Approval (via phone!): Mar 14, 2018

New Green Card Arrived: Mar 22, 2018

Naturalization - N-400: 

Submitted N-400 Online: Feb 4, 2018       Denied for Payment Failure: Feb 8, 2018                     Resubmitted N-400 Online Feb 8, 2018

NOA: Feb 8, 2018                                          Biometrics: Feb 26, 2018                                                Interview: Nov 2,2018 (approved)

Oath: Dec 14, 2018

 

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What a joke this whole thing is. I haven't received the 60 day email but that isn't to say it isn't coming.

2013/9/17 - Mailed I-130

2013/9/20 - Received NOA1

2014/2/26 - Transferred to TSC

2014/3/21 - Received email NOA2

2014/3/21 - I-130 Approved

2014/3/26 - Email received File Received

2014/4/02 - NVC received file

2014/5/1 - Case Number and IIN assigned

2014/5/7 - DS-261 available and completed

2014/5/8 - AOS invoice available and paid

2014/5/9 - AOS showing as paid

2014/5/20 - AOS Package sent

2014/6/3 - AOS Scanned and Under Review

2014/6/9 - IV Fee Invoice available and Paid

2014/6/10 - DS-260 available

2014/6/10 - IV package couriered to NVC

2014/6/10 - IV invoice showing Paid

2014/6/11 - DS-260 submitted

2014/6/16 - IV package delivered to NVC

2014/6/20 - IV package scanned

2014/7/11 - Received Checklist for AOS - one tiny thing!

2014/7/15 - Checklist response couriered to NVC by Lawyers

2014/7/18 - AOS Checklist delivered to NVC

2014/7/22 - AOS Checklist scanned in

2014/8/5 - IV Checklist Received

2014/8/20 - Supervisor reviewed Adoption Certificate Checklist and found it acceptable

2014/8/26 - Couriered Singapore Police Certificate to NVC

2014/8/28 - Package delivered to NVC

2014/8/29 - IV checklist scanned in

2014/9/12 - AOS Checklist accepted

2024/10/27 - called NVC to be advised last scanned document is now September 17th, an email I sent early August and they looked at on September 17th.

2014/9/17 - last scanned date. Waiting for a Case Complete.

2014/10/30 - CASE COMPLETE

2014/11/10 - Interview Scheduled

2014/12/23 - Interview - going to try to move up a week but we will see.

2014/12/2 - interview and APPROVED

2014/12/18 - Smooth and quick POE at LAX then onto JFK by domestic

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"We are currently receiving an increased number of approved petitions from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. As a result, we are experiencing increased review times for documents received.

We expect it will be at least 60 days from the date we received your mail before we complete the review of your documents. We will notify you when we review your documents.

We are working to reduce these processing times and we appreciate your patience."

I received this email today,what is this suppose to mean??? Its my 38th day after submitting the ds-261,I was waiting for my IV bill to be invoiced and i received this email.This soooo depressing,how much more time are the nvc people gona take...Did anyone else receive this email??

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Well, everyone, (reporting from Westminster, MA tonight on our road trip - going to spend the day in Boston tomorrow... man, when the time comes I'm going to ACE the civics exam for citizenship!) we got our CASE COMPLETE!!!!!! :dance::dance::dance::dance::dance:

I can't believe it! We hadn't heard a word since July 20 or 21 - no false checklists, no real checklists, nothing!

We did EP, so if indeed they've speeded up with that because more people are back to doing snailmail, that could be why we got so lucky...

But here's my theory. I think that somehow our I-129f got through (we filed it months after our I130, when USCIS was completely mired) and they felt like they had to hurry up... the operator I spoke to seemed a bit confused and unable to see the actual dates when things were accepted and/or approved, but she said that our file was just waiting for an interview to be scheduled at the embassy in Canada.

Since I'm on the road and have a certain amount of difficulty checking things online right now, do any of our Canadian friends know: if we get an interview scheduled, is there any protocol to contact them and see if there's any chance that we could reschedule to when we're actually in Montreal anyway? Because that would be sweet!

Either way, I'm so SO happy! What a great surprise!

Sorry to hear that the backup for everyone after us has gotten even worse... I just hope they're trying to "under-promise and over-deliver" and you'll all get case complete soon!

Congrats! Lucky you. Hope you have a September interview. :)
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Friend of mine got a email from NVC with update of her case, the review process is taking 60 days instead of 30 days.....

"We are currently receiving an increased number of approved petitions from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. As a result, we are experiencing increased review times for documents received.

We expect it will be at least 60 days from the date we received your mail before we complete the review of your documents. We will notify you when we review your documents.

We are working to reduce these processing times and we appreciate your patience."

USCIS
09/20/2013 I-130 NOA1
02/27/2014 Transferred TSC
03/21/2014 I-130 NOA2
03/27/2014 Shipped to NVC

NVC

04/04/2014 NVC Received Case

05/05/2014 NVC Case# & IIS Assigned (EP Enrollment /w Auto Reply)

05/08/2014 Submitted DS-261

05/09/2014 AOS Bill Invoiced & Paid

05/14/2014 AOS Bill shows paid

05/19/2014 IV Bill invoiced & Paid

05/23/2014 IV Bill shows paid & DS-260 Available

05/26/2014 DS-260 Completed

06/04/2014 AOS/IV Packet Sent (EP Confirmation)

06/05/2014 AOS/IV Packet Sent Again

06/20/2014 AOS/IV Packet scanned into system

07/21/2014 Case completed

07/25/2014 Interview scheduled Email received

Consulate

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Can someone please advice.; Who can file an expedite Request with the nvc?. Can the beneficiary do it? or just the US Citizen Petitioner?.

Filed: October 6;2013

NOA2 :April 15, 2014

NVC Received: May 6, 2014

AOS Fees: June 2, 2014

Submitted DS 261: June 8, 2014

AOS Scanned: July 22, 2014

IV Invoice/Paid: August 3, 2014

IV Package shipped: xxxxxxxx

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