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Frips Proficient

Frips   166

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Slovenia
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Congrats....good luck in the rest of the journey

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N-400 Timeline
04/02/19 N-400 Submitted online
04/22/19 Biometrics
11/05/19 Interview (Approved)


ROC Timeline

Service Center: California

08/11/17 I-751 Packet delivered to USCIS

09/18/17 Biometrics Appointment

08/17/18 2nd extension letter (additional 6 months)

11/02/18 New card is being  produced (Approved)

 

NVC
11-04-2014 NVC case receive

05-20-2015 Visa received

10-06-2015 Time to kick back and let it fly

 

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pallino
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We were approved today, thank you so much for your support! Let's start the NVC journey now! My best wishes to everyone

1voice1life
1voice1life

My wife and I submitter sent our I-130 petition today. Wishing you all the best who've already applied or will apply soon. Best of luck

MoonCastle
MoonCastle

Good afternoon. Excited to be sending out our petition by late September. Best of luck to all.

nali Contributor

nali   3

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We are in the same boat, 82 days since NOA1 and no sign yet. Nebraska sucks :clock:

Hi September filers. I've mailed our I-130 forms on September 19th. USCIS received docs on Sept 23rd. I've received a text msg from USCIS on Sept 25th. Received the official I-797 ( I guess this is the NOA1 everyone is referring to) on Sept 29th. I live in California so sent forms to Phoenix, AZ and our docs were sent from there to Nebraska Service Center. My spouse lives abroad and I am a US citizen. Happy for those of you who filed from abroad and got approvals in couple of weeks. From all the blog posts that I've read, I get the impression that Nebraska is one of the slowest to process these types of applications, not to mention they have the most applications about 96K, where CA is at about 13K applications. Anyone out there who got approved from Nebraska in less than 5 months? That is the current estimated processing time.

Sorry for the long post, it is my first time here.

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mallafri76   1,012

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Sweden
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My husband and I sent ours beginning of September and the whole family was hoping for an approval as a Christmas present. After coming across this site, we realised the process is way longer than that. :( Half way there though!

Met online October 2010


Engaged December 31st 2011


heart.gifMarried May 14th 2013 heart.gif



USCIS Stage


September 8th 2014 - Filed I-130 with Nebraska Service Center


September 16th 2014 - NOA1 received


March 2nd 2015 - NOA2 received :dancing:



NVC Stage


March 28th 2015 - Choice of agent complete & AOS fee paid


April 17th 2015 - IV fee paid


May 1st 2015 - Sent in IV application


May 12th 2015 - Sent in AOS and IV documents


May 18th 2015 - Scan Date


June 18th 2015 - Checklist received


June 22nd 2015 - Checklist response sent to NVC


June 25th 2015 - Put for Supervisor Review


Sept 15th 2015 - Request help from Texas US Senator Cornyn and his team


Sept 23rd 2015 - Our case is moved from supervisor review to NVC's team for dealing with Senator requests


Nov 4th 2015 - CASE COMPLETE!!!! :dancing:



Embassy Stage


Dec 16th 2015 - Medical exam


Dec 21st 2015 - Interview


Dec 21st 2015 - 221(g) issued at interview for updated forms


Jan 13th 2016 - Mailed our reply to the 221(g) to the US Embassy, received and CEAC updated the next morning


Jan 20th 2016 - Embassy require more in-depth info on asset for i-864


Feb 1st 2016 - Sent more in-depth info on assets as requested. Received the next morning


Feb 16th 2016 - Visa has been issued :dancing: :dancing: :dancing: :dancing: :dancing:



In the US


April 5th 2016 - POE Newark. No questions asked.


April 14th 2016 - SSN received


May 10th 2016 - First day at my new job :dancing:


May 27th 2016 - Green Card received


June 7th 2016 - Got my Texas driver's license

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1voice1life   11

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Pakistan
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My husband and I sent ours beginning of September and the whole family was hoping for an approval as a Christmas present. After coming across this site, we realised the process is way longer than that. :( Half way there though!

Don't be sad :) you'll get it. We all pray for a speedy process for you :)

We received our case number today and let's begin this NVC journey :D

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OuVisaJourney2012   4

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Cameroon
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Got approved Yesterday. yayyyyy... :dancing: Let the NVC stage Start!! GoodLuck! everyone :)

Started Talking===================: 2012

Met in person====================: May 2013

K-1 (i-129):

USCIS:

Got engaged=====================: May 2013

Filed i-129=======================: Aug 2013

NO1============================: Aug 8, 2013

RFE============================: September 2013

NO2============================: October 15, 2013,

NVC:

Received:

Case#===========================: October 28, 2013

Approved ========================: October 2013

Sent=============================: November 2013

Embassy (Yaounde, Cameroon):

Received=========================: November 2013

Packet 3 (Instructions) ==============: December 2013

Interview=========================: January 28, 2014

RFE ============================: February 2014

2nd RFE=========================: March 2014

Results (Final decision) =============: April 2, 2014 (Denied. CEAC Website still says AP)

IR-1/CR-1 (i-130):

USCIS:

Got married=======================: May 8, 2014

Filed i-130========================: September 9, 2014

NO1=============================: September 11, 2014

Filed Expedite Request==============: October 3, 2014 (Approved)

NO2=============================: November 3, 2014

NVC:

Received=========================: December 22, 2014

Case#:

Filed Expedite Request==============: Feb 11, 2015

(Approved By Embassy-Yaounde, Cameroon

but says case must be completed by NVC first before the can proceed with the request)

Expedite Request Approved==========: February 27, 2015

AOS Invoiced / Received DS-261======: January 30, 2015

AOS Paid online===================: January 30, 2015

IV Invoiced=======================: February 18, 2015

IV Paid Online ====================: February 18, 2015

AOS & IV package sent off===========: February 20, 2015

Scanned date=====================: February 23, 2015

Checklist=========================: March 27, 2015

2nd Scanned date==================: April 3, 2015

Case Complete ====================: April 24, 2015

Appointment Date ==================: Expedited. Date by Embassy. (Tuesday June 23, 2015 at 9a.m )

Sent=============================: May 1, 2015

Embassy (Yaounde, Cameroon):

Received =========================: May 5, 2015

Packet 3 & Packet 4 (Instructions) ======: May 11, 2015

Interview =========================: Tuesday June 23, 2015 at 9a.m


Results===========================: APPROVED!

Visa in hand =====================: July 9, 2015


U.S.A.


Port Of Entry=======================: New York John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport (July 11, 2015)

Applied for SSN====================: July 22, 2015

Received SSN====================: July 27, 2015

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Ms_Ellie Newbie

Ms_Ellie   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Germany
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Hello Everyone,

wow, congrats to all the approvals :) That´s great!

I have a question: I got an email today saying that "there has been a recent processing action taken place" on my case but then the case status is still Initial review. I got this email three months ago already and we received the I-797 in the mail too.
Has anyone else experienced this or something similar?

Best wished, Ellie

08/30/2014 Got married <3

09/15/2014 Sent our I-130 to the Chicago Lockbox

09/18/2014 Chicago received our petition

09/22/2014 Email: Acceptance Confirmation

09/30/2014 Received I-797C, Transferred to Texas Service Center

01/15/2015 Email: RFE (which we never got :angry: )

03/26/2015 Email: RFE (again, which, luckily, we got after 4 days)
03/30/2015 RFE in Mail, sent an answer the same day
04/03/015 USCIS received RFE response

04/20/2015 I-130 Approved!!!!

04/30/2015 Case sent to NVC

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Hello Everyone,

wow, congrats to all the approvals :) That´s great!

I have a question: I got an email today saying that "there has been a recent processing action taken place" on my case but then the case status is still Initial review. I got this email three months ago already and we received the I-797 in the mail too.

Has anyone else experienced this or something similar?

Best wished, Ellie

I got the same email... I think it has to do with the new website finally working.

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Deejunx Contributor

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Indonesia
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Hi Guys,

Congrats to those who have gotten their NOA2 as i'm still waiting for mine. We submitted ours on Sep 18th and gotten an email reply on Sep 23rd indicating the Receipt Number LINxxxx.

It didn't say which location it got sent to.. how did you guys figured out that yours went to California/Nebraska/Chicago, etc..?

Dec-2013: Got married

USCIS

18-Sep-2014: Sent I-130 to Phoenix, AZ Lockbox

23-Sep-2014: Received NOA1 - routed to Nebraska SC

09-Mar-2015: Received RFE (Marriage Cert)

16-Mar-2015: Sent RFE to NSC

17-Mar-2015: NSC Received Docs for RFE

24-Mar-2015: Received NOA2 - Online notification

31-Mar-2015: Received NOA2 - by mail

06-Apr-2015: NVC Received case from USCIS

NVC

15-Apr-2015: Got assigned NVC Case #, IIN #

20-Apr-2015: Submitted DS-261

21-Apr-2015: Received DS-261 / AOS Bill

22-Apr-2015: Paid AOS Bill

24-Apr-2015: AOS Payment processed

29-Apr-2015: NVC updated our account that the petitioner is the agent

06-May-2015: Received IV Fee Invoice

21-May-2015: Sent IV Fee via mail with a cashier's check (Online payment was down)

27-May-2015: Sent Civil & Financial documents to NVC

01-Jun-2015: NVC Cashed the check

08-Jun-2015: NVC Received the documents sent on 5/27

09-Oct-2015: Received RFE for Police Certificate, but n/a for Indonesia. Put on Supervisor's list

17-Nov-2015: Case Complete at NVC

US Embassy

16-Dec-2015: Medical Checkup, ready in 3 days

06-Jan-2016: Interview Date - Approved!

13-Jan-2016: Passport & Visa in hand

xx-xxx-2016: POE (TBD)

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Indonesia
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Hey guys, nevermind. I figured out that mine was sent to the Nebraska service center. I've been reading horrible stories in VJ that Nebraska center takes a very long time to process to get an NOA-2. Most people take 6-7 months. Is this true?

Compared to the ones got sent to California, it seems like a breeze. Is there a way to request for an expedited processing or transferred to another service center?

Dec-2013: Got married

USCIS

18-Sep-2014: Sent I-130 to Phoenix, AZ Lockbox

23-Sep-2014: Received NOA1 - routed to Nebraska SC

09-Mar-2015: Received RFE (Marriage Cert)

16-Mar-2015: Sent RFE to NSC

17-Mar-2015: NSC Received Docs for RFE

24-Mar-2015: Received NOA2 - Online notification

31-Mar-2015: Received NOA2 - by mail

06-Apr-2015: NVC Received case from USCIS

NVC

15-Apr-2015: Got assigned NVC Case #, IIN #

20-Apr-2015: Submitted DS-261

21-Apr-2015: Received DS-261 / AOS Bill

22-Apr-2015: Paid AOS Bill

24-Apr-2015: AOS Payment processed

29-Apr-2015: NVC updated our account that the petitioner is the agent

06-May-2015: Received IV Fee Invoice

21-May-2015: Sent IV Fee via mail with a cashier's check (Online payment was down)

27-May-2015: Sent Civil & Financial documents to NVC

01-Jun-2015: NVC Cashed the check

08-Jun-2015: NVC Received the documents sent on 5/27

09-Oct-2015: Received RFE for Police Certificate, but n/a for Indonesia. Put on Supervisor's list

17-Nov-2015: Case Complete at NVC

US Embassy

16-Dec-2015: Medical Checkup, ready in 3 days

06-Jan-2016: Interview Date - Approved!

13-Jan-2016: Passport & Visa in hand

xx-xxx-2016: POE (TBD)

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yaquelin3   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Guatemala
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Hello everyone im new to the site. I too filed in September 10th for my husband. I got my receipt # September 16th. We have been together almost 5 years but got married in June of this year. We also have an almost 4 yr old son trying on our baby #2. Application was sent to the Vermont office and just yesterday my case got an update and im not quit sure what it means it says "your case transferred to our local USCIS office for processing." Can someone tell me what that means?!

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Frips Proficient

Frips   166

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Slovenia
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it means that they are working on your case.Are you both living abroad? If yes, than NOA2 is maybe on the way.

Good luck!

N-400 Timeline
04/02/19 N-400 Submitted online
04/22/19 Biometrics
11/05/19 Interview (Approved)


ROC Timeline

Service Center: California

08/11/17 I-751 Packet delivered to USCIS

09/18/17 Biometrics Appointment

08/17/18 2nd extension letter (additional 6 months)

11/02/18 New card is being  produced (Approved)

 

NVC
11-04-2014 NVC case receive

05-20-2015 Visa received

10-06-2015 Time to kick back and let it fly

 

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Ms_Ellie Newbie

Ms_Ellie   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Germany
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Hello everyone,

first of all: Happy new year! I hope you´ve all had a great start in 2015 :)
Hopefully this year will be the year we all get to be with our loved ones for good :)

Now, I was wondering, since the USCIS website changed their layout you can´t see the different stages of the case processing anymore (Like before: Acceptance, Initial Review, Decision making,....)
Our case now says "My case was received". We already got the NOA1 though.

I just wanted to see if you guys have different statuses there or if it always says the case was received while they work on it.
Thanks :)

08/30/2014 Got married <3

09/15/2014 Sent our I-130 to the Chicago Lockbox

09/18/2014 Chicago received our petition

09/22/2014 Email: Acceptance Confirmation

09/30/2014 Received I-797C, Transferred to Texas Service Center

01/15/2015 Email: RFE (which we never got :angry: )

03/26/2015 Email: RFE (again, which, luckily, we got after 4 days)
03/30/2015 RFE in Mail, sent an answer the same day
04/03/015 USCIS received RFE response

04/20/2015 I-130 Approved!!!!

04/30/2015 Case sent to NVC

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visa2015   0

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Hi all,

Was wondering if anyone who has filled in Early September 2014 has received their NOA2 yet??

Ours was accepted on Sept 8, 2014. We still haven't heard anything from USCIS since our NOA1. Really hoping that we hear something soon. The waiting is very stressful.

Can anyone share experiences that have filled with Texas Service center and/or London Consulate?

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scarlett_y   0

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Filed: IR-5 Country: Moldova
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Hi all,

Was wondering if anyone who has filled in Early September 2014 has received their NOA2 yet??

Ours was accepted on Sept 8, 2014. We still haven't heard anything from USCIS since our NOA1. Really hoping that we hear something soon. The waiting is very stressful.

Can anyone share experiences that have filled with Texas Service center and/or London Consulate?

Hi,

Our petition was received by USCIS on Sep 8, 2014 and approved on Dec 11.

I called NVC last week, but no case # assigned yet.. Still waiting for e-mail or updates from them...

USCIS

09-06-2014 I-130 Sent

09-11-2014 I-130 NOA1(NSC)
12-11-2014 I-130 NOA2 (3 months)

NVC

12-17-2014 NVC case received

01-15-2015 Sent US Senator the Request to expedite the case

01-23-2015 Case # and Invoice assigned (called NVC)

01-23-2015 Submitted DS-261

01-24-2015 Received E-mail Welcome letter

01-26-2015 Received AOS invoice and paid

01-28-2015 AOS status changed to "Paid"

01-31-2015 Sent both AOS and IV packages to NVC

02-03-2015 Scan Date

02-05-2015 Received e-mail from NVC that docs received on Feb 3

02-10-2015 Submitted DS-260

02-11-2015 Received a letter from Senator dated Feb 5 (request to expedite the case is approved)

02-12-2015 IV status changed to "Ready", called NVC to confirm that the case was sent to the Embassy

US EMBASSY

02-17-2015 Received e-mail from US Embassy that the case was received (IV fee is due during interview)

02-26-2015 Medical exam

02-27-2015 Received Medical exam results

03-05-2015 Interview

03-06-2015 Case status changed to "Visa issued"

03-10-2015 Visa in hand

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