September 2014 Interviews

[kenanna 39]

Thank you for that tip!! It will save me from yelling a few curse words at the screen on Monday!!

I'm glad the SSN has already arrived :-)

You are most welcome. Hopefully, your husband will have the 9 digit number and it will save your nerves. This is based on info I found on the web. You'd think the would say something to the effect of "If your number is only 7-8 digits long, then do this"...but of course they don't. I won't rest easy until her I-551 arrives in the mail. Happy that your journey is almost over and wish you a happy reunion with your loved one.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/431701-online-165-immigration-fee-payment-problems/

[dirk_diggler 107]

You should get all originals back except PCC, handed to you at the end of the interview, not included in the sealed brown envelope.

Looks like they kept my original marriage certificate...

[juliecabrera 8]

Visa in hand only 3 days after interview My husband is currently at the airport waiting for his flight so we will be seeing each other only 4 days after interview!!

I-130 (California Service Center)

Category: IR-1/CR-1 (France)

Priority Date: June 4th, 2013

2013-03-09: Married

2013-05-29: I-130 Sent

2013-06-04: I-130 Received

2013-06-06: NOA-1 (by email)

2013-12-17: NOA2 approved (checked case status online)

2013-12-27: NOA2 (Hardcopy)

2014-01-31: NVC received case from USCIS

2014-03-12: Case # assigned

2014-03-13: DS-261 completed online & paid AOS fee

2014-03-20: sent AOS package

2014-03-30: NVC ERROR, had to resubmit DS-261 online

2014-04-07: received checklist from NVC, incomplete AOS package

2014-04-24: NVC received re-completed AOS package

2014-05-08: paid IV fee

2014-05-09: IV package sent

2014-05-11: DS-260 completed online

2014-05-15: NVC ERROR, had to resubmit DS-261 & DS-260 online

2014-06-12: Case complete

2014-07-01: Embassy received case

2014-07-31: Medical

2014-08-06: Interview - visa approved!

2014-08-08: Embassy sent visa

2014-08-09: Visa in hand! USCIS Immigrant Fee paid online

2014-08-10: POE JFK airport

[FD&MDVL 58]

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED-

Tonite I can rest a little easier- although passing some of these milestones have also been satisfying...

Our Passport is "ready for pickup"

so Tomorrow (Sunday) - we rest- early start Monday checking out, picking up Visa and bus ride back to SPS. One more night in Honduras- we will go back to the same hotel we were at and spend the day at the pool-- late flight Tuesday night and arrive Wed AM.

It is all kind of surreal and a little disappointing because we will be shy of one family member but- that will not be anywhere near as difficult to solve.

I must admit- I am celebrating -- hard to stop smiling...

what a journey..

[bkghosh 121]

Looks like they kept my original marriage certificate...

My wife's experience was different. She got back the original marriage certificate, PCC and of course her birth certificate at the end of her interview at the Mumbai consulate. She also got back all the other evidences I had submitted - pictures, all the money transfer receipts, gift receipts, tel call records etc.

[dirk_diggler 107]

My wife's experience was different. She got back the original marriage certificate, PCC and of course her birth certificate at the end of her interview at the Mumbai consulate. She also got back all the other evidences I had submitted - pictures, all the money transfer receipts, gift receipts, tel call records etc.

Thanks for the info. Perhaps they made a mistake, will check with them

[bkghosh 121]

Question about flight booking: last time i traveled abroad, i tried to book my flight w a credit card, my husband had, from outside the US. The system would not take it. But now, he no longer has that card. How do we book his flight? Bc if i do it w one of my cards, doesnt the passenger name have to match the name on the card? I have seen some sites say you may to show the card when you get to the airport. When i sent him some original docs, I included one color copy that had on it my passport (my picture page, biodata page?), front and back of my driver's license and a note, written by me, stating my husband's name and saying that he has my permission to use my credit card for his flight. I signed and dated it. I honestly do not know if this will suffice. Does anyone have any suggestions? He will have to travel to Amman, Jordan, for the flight. So, paying in advance, in person would not be an easy feat; it is a long and expensive journey, just to pay at the airport.

I bought my wife's airline ticket with my CC from here in USA. But then sent an email to the local office of the airline in Hyderabad, India to make sure there will not be any problem. They said, as long as the ticket has been issued to her name, there would be no problem. There wasn't.

[ArthurandMarcela 249]

Thank you for that tip!! It will save me from yelling a few curse words at the screen on Monday!!

I'm glad the SSN has already arrived :-)

Happened to me, I didn't know what was wrong...I had to add a 0

[ArthurandMarcela 249]

Visa in hand only 3 days after interview My husband is currently at the airport waiting for his flight so we will be seeing each other only 4 days after interview!!

I-130 (California Service Center)

Category: IR-1/CR-1 (France)

Priority Date: June 4th, 2013

2013-03-09: Married

2013-05-29: I-130 Sent

2013-06-04: I-130 Received

2013-06-06: NOA-1 (by email)

2013-12-17: NOA2 approved (checked case status online)

2013-12-27: NOA2 (Hardcopy)

2014-01-31: NVC received case from USCIS

2014-03-12: Case # assigned

2014-03-13: DS-261 completed online & paid AOS fee

2014-03-20: sent AOS package

2014-03-30: NVC ERROR, had to resubmit DS-261 online

2014-04-07: received checklist from NVC, incomplete AOS package

2014-04-24: NVC received re-completed AOS package

2014-05-08: paid IV fee

2014-05-09: IV package sent

2014-05-11: DS-260 completed online

2014-05-15: NVC ERROR, had to resubmit DS-261 & DS-260 online

2014-06-12: Case complete

2014-07-01: Embassy received case

2014-07-31: Medical

2014-08-06: Interview - visa approved!

2014-08-08: Embassy sent visa

2014-08-09: Visa in hand! USCIS Immigrant Fee paid online

2014-08-10: POE JFK airport

Congrats, I will be arriving on Monday!

[F2A PD 12/2/11 31]

Hey guys, my wifes interview is on wed.

I checked the CEAC site and they touched the case on the 5th of this month.. What do you guys think lol.. Have this been happening to anybody else

[MoBar65 520]

Looks like they kept my original marriage certificate...

Either they made a mistake or you neglected to provide a copy. You could contact the embassy and have them extricate your marriage certificate from the envelope and replace it with a copy. Double check the stack of documents you went home with first... it might got folded somewhere in the stack. DO NOT get curious with the sealed envelope.

[PCOZ 32]

Thank you for that tip!! It will save me from yelling a few curse words at the screen on Monday!!

I'm glad the SSN has already arrived :-)

hi bdrew,

after your interview, how long did it take for you to get your passport and visa back?

[PCOZ 32]

This is how it works if you look at the list from the August 5th bunch you see where it leaves Boston. When we say call NVC and get the date they shipped that' not the DHL date. NVC sends bundles to Boston. It's only when DHL scans into their system in Boston the date cloak is stamped. Usually its 1 to 2 days after the date NVC gives you.

That EXP 05 AUG 2014A has to be precisely on point on order to pull up packages. And than you use a date range usually the day or two before and leave the current date alone.

Now remember just because you see Australia doesn't mean its yours its a guesstimate at best but if the dates line up more than likely.

So probably Monday it will appear and have EXP 06 AUG 2014A or EXP 08 AUG 2014A

dwheels... Hollah!!

You are the best.

I'll be checking and double checking... and then hopefully i can hassle our consulate into an earlier interview.

[MacauPDX 24]

Visa in hand only 3 days after interview My husband is currently at the airport waiting for his flight so we will be seeing each other only 4 days after interview!!

Awsum!!!

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