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wbeem   568

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I cannot believe it! WE GOT APPROVED!!

Omg !!! We were approved !

Congratulations to both of you!

Lee & William

8/2/2014 - Sent I-129F Petition with USPS by Express Mail    8/4/2014 - I-129F delivered to dropbox    8/6/2014 - NOA1 Text/E-Mail received    8/11/2014 - Alien Registration Number Changed (Text/E-Mail) / NOA1 Letter received by Mail    3/16/2015 - NOA2 Text/E-Mail received (224 days)    3/20/2015 - Sent to NVC    3/31/2015 - NVC Received    4/1/2015 - Case Number Assigned       4/7/2015 - NVC Sent to Embassy    4/10/2015 - London Embassy Received    4/11/2015 - Medical     4/15/2015 - Packet 3 Received    4/12/2015 - Packet 3 Sent    4/23/2015 - Packet 4 Received    5/18/2015 - Interview - APPROVED     5/30/2015 - Visa collected from courier    6/1/2015 - POE    6/14/2015 - Wedding 💍💍
 
 
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Hi Mewbear and Dana-Kristen, Absolutely! I plan to hang around and support the remainder of the September filers until we're all approved. I hope that's ok; I don't wanna irk anyone by being presen

wbeem
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Some of us didn't. I fell to pieces. Every day. Several times a day. Right up until we got approved 2 weeks ago. What has made this more difficult is that we braced ourselves for the worst, which at

av8or1
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Ok y'all, 221 days for me. I received the notification tonight, approved. Still doesn't seem real, but I'll take it. I don't want to say much, 'cause I feel for those of you who are still waiting. I'l

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av8or1   246

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Still no approval here. 215 days today. Who else is still waiting? :wow:

9/8/14 - I129F petition sent to the USCIS lockbox via USPS
9/11/14 - Petition received @ USCIS lockbox
9/11/14 - NOA1 Email and text message received
9/15/14 - NOA1 Official notice date
9/18/14 - NOA1 hard copy received
12/9/14 - "Updated" likely because of website repairs, like many of us received
4/20/15 - NOA2 text and email (221 days)

4/29/15 - Sent to the NVC (9 days)

5/8/15 - Arrived at the NVC (9 days)

5/13/15 - Left the NVC (5 days)

5/15/15 - Electronic version arrived at the embassy (2 days)

5/20/15 - Paper copy arrived at the embassy (7 days)

6/4/15 - Status changed to AP (which meant that we could schedule the interview)

6/16/15 - Medical

6/17/15 - K1 APPROVED!!!!

6/30/15 - Passport and sealed envelope delivered via courier

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: United Kingdom
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Still no approval here. 215 days today. Who else is still waiting? :wow:

Me! 203 days here.

(L):) I am the petitioner :)(L)

K-1 Journey:

Petition Sent : 9-18-14

Petition Received: 9-19-14

NOA1: 9-23-14

NOA1 Hardcopy: 9-29-14

RFE: 4-30-15

RFE Response Rec'd: 5-8-15

NOA 2: 5-19-15

NOA2 Hardcopy: 5-26-15

Sent to NVC: 5-29-15

NVC Received : 6-5-15

NVC Case # assigned:6-9-15 (Date received on phone)

Sent to Embassy:6-16-15

Embassy Received:6-19-15

Medical: 6-22-15

Packet 3 Received: Not Received

Packet 3 Sent:6-26-15

Packet 4 Received: Not Received

Interview: 7-27-15 - Approved!!!

POE: 8-20-15

Wedding: 9-12-15

AOS Journey(I-485, I-765, I-131):

Packet Sent: 11-03-2015

Packet Received: 11-04-2015

NOA1: 11-10-2015

Biometrics: 12-01-2015

EAD/AP Approved: 1-25-2016

EAD/AP Mailed:

EAD/AP Received:

AOS Approved: 2-20-16

GC mailed: 2-24-16

GC received:

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sandra3711   52

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Sweden
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Still no approval here. 215 days today. Who else is still waiting? :wow:

Same here. We have the same date.

Congrats on the approvals!

K-1 Journey: 309 days from received to POE (TSC)

 

 

[september 11, 2014] - I-129F received by USCIS

[september 15, 2014] - NOA1
[May 27, 2015] - NOA2
[July 9, 2015] - I N T E R V I E W! (APPROVED!)
[July 13, 2015] - Issued
[July 14, 2015] - Visa in hand
[July 16, 2015] - POE JFK

AOS Journey: 169 days from received to GC in hand (NSC)

Spoiler

[July 17, 2015] - Successfully applied for SSN

[July 18, 2015] - Sent out AOS package

[July 21, 2015] - Received

[July 24, 2015] - NOA1 (3x)

[August 18, 2015] - Biometrics

[september 19, 2015] - EAD/AP approval (63 days)

[september 24, 2015] - EAD/AP Received

[January 6, 2016] - Green Card approved without interview(166 days)

[January 12, 2016] - Received Green Card

ROC journey starts: October 2017

 

 

 

ROC Journey: 419 days (VSC)

[October 30, 2017] - Sent package

[November 3, 2017] - NOA1

[November 18, 2017] - Biometrics letter received

[December 5, 2017] - Biometrics

[December 18, 2018] - Card is being produced (no interview)

[December 22, 2018] - Received Green Card

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: France
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Still no approval here. 215 days today. Who else is still waiting? :wow:

Here.... 216 days !! Aaaaaaaah Im going crazy ???

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Service Center : Texas Service Center (TSC)

I-129F Sent : September 3rd, 2014

I-129F NOA1 : September 10th, 2014

... After 222 days ...

I-129F NOA2 : April 20th, 2015

I-129F NOA2 Hard copy : April 27th, 2015

I-129F NOA2 Sent to NVC : May 8th, 2015

NVC receive our case : May 11th, 2015

NVC attribute case number : May 11th, 2015

Our case left NVC : May 14th, 2015

Our case arrive at Paris Embassy : May 18th, 2015

Packet 3 received : June 5th, 2015

Medical : June 23th, 2015

Interview : June 25th, 2015

Visa received : July 8th, 2015

Departure :

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AirConditioner515   15

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This is seriously beyond pathetic. CSC is what....21 days now? And now new TCS filers are being routed to CSC. So basically any TSC filer from end Aug.-mid/end Mar.(rough dates) is screwed into oblivion.

Someone needs to contact Anonymous again. They made a video about this issue when CSC had this problem back in 2013.

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av8or1   246

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Yeah, it's pretty eff'd up when would-have-been TSC filers from late March onward receive their approvals before we do. Eventually the number of petitions arriving at the CSC will have to result in longer wait times for those petitioners, but as of now, they don't appear to have slowed much....

9/8/14 - I129F petition sent to the USCIS lockbox via USPS
9/11/14 - Petition received @ USCIS lockbox
9/11/14 - NOA1 Email and text message received
9/15/14 - NOA1 Official notice date
9/18/14 - NOA1 hard copy received
12/9/14 - "Updated" likely because of website repairs, like many of us received
4/20/15 - NOA2 text and email (221 days)

4/29/15 - Sent to the NVC (9 days)

5/8/15 - Arrived at the NVC (9 days)

5/13/15 - Left the NVC (5 days)

5/15/15 - Electronic version arrived at the embassy (2 days)

5/20/15 - Paper copy arrived at the embassy (7 days)

6/4/15 - Status changed to AP (which meant that we could schedule the interview)

6/16/15 - Medical

6/17/15 - K1 APPROVED!!!!

6/30/15 - Passport and sealed envelope delivered via courier

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Still no approval here. 215 days today. Who else is still waiting? :wow:

Me! Still waiting!

Same dates as you, actually.

Maybe sometime like....TODAY... they'll process all of us 9/11 receipts.

Anywho...this is about how I feel about now. :bonk:

If we don't hear this week, I've gotta start re-evaluating wedding dates, which I know we're not supposed to plan for, but who the heck is gonna plan an entire wedding in the time between the NOA2 and the 90 days you have once they arrive state-side? I'm supposed to spend the first 7-8+ months of my engagement just NOT planning a wedding? Are you kidding? I shouldn't be punished because I happened to fall in love with someone who wasn't born in the US! WHY ARE YOU RUINING MY WEDDING DREAMS?????

AND!!

We are on a stinkin budget here. Plane tickets get more expensive every day, folks! I'm not made of money! And Andrew won't be able to work for who knows how long once he's here! So we can't afford to just throw together a wedding in 90 days. I live in the South. Weddings are an ordeal. You can't just throw this ####### together. And who wants a thrown-together wedding? I'm still young and romantic and all that good stuff. I want romance! I want pretty dresses and fancy suits and all our friends and family together. Is that so wrong?

Apparently it is. Apparently it's only allowed if you fall in love with a citizen of your own country.

Why is USCIS so MEAN? *sigh*

*end rant*

My apologies. Give me a moment to regain my composure.

ahem.

215 days and counting...

ROC:

11/14/17 I-751 Package mailed (Vermont)

11/15/17 Package delivered

11/17/17 NOA1 date

11/25/17 NOA1 received in mail

 

K1 Visa process:

9/11/14 I-129F Packet Received by USCIS
9/15/14 NOA1 (text)
9/16/14 Status Update: Alien Registration # Changed
5/11/15 NOA2 (8:30 pm text, 238 days since NOA1)

6/09/15 Consulate Received (had to call embassy to check)
6/12/15 Packet Received
6/18/15 Packet Completed (had to call/visit embassy to schedule interview)
7/09/15 Interview Completed- APPROVED!! (after delay for US system errors, and rescheduling/postponing 3 times)

7/16/15 Visa In Hand (told to "come back tomorrow" first two times they said it would be ready)

7/18/15 POE Washington, D.C.

8/1/15 Legally Married
8/13/15 Filed for AOJ (also EAD and Travel)

8/20/15 NOA1 for all 3 filings

9/08/15 Bio Appt

9/26/15 Wedding Ceremony!

10/16/15 EAD and AP Approved

10/23/15 EAD Card Received

11/23/15 AOS Approved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (no interview, no warning- completely unexpected, but so exciting)
 

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Funny. I saw another VJer noting that the USCIS, in all of its wonderful bewilderment, suggested in their RFE to the aforementioned VJer that they include evidence of wedding announcements and plans. Duh...........USCIS get your cr@p together! How in the hell are we supposed to provide such evidence when we are not able to make such arrangements due to the unpredictability of the excessive delays??!?! It'd be ridiculous if it wasn't so S-T-U-P-I-D.

What a load of horseapples.

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9/8/14 - I129F petition sent to the USCIS lockbox via USPS
9/11/14 - Petition received @ USCIS lockbox
9/11/14 - NOA1 Email and text message received
9/15/14 - NOA1 Official notice date
9/18/14 - NOA1 hard copy received
12/9/14 - "Updated" likely because of website repairs, like many of us received
4/20/15 - NOA2 text and email (221 days)

4/29/15 - Sent to the NVC (9 days)

5/8/15 - Arrived at the NVC (9 days)

5/13/15 - Left the NVC (5 days)

5/15/15 - Electronic version arrived at the embassy (2 days)

5/20/15 - Paper copy arrived at the embassy (7 days)

6/4/15 - Status changed to AP (which meant that we could schedule the interview)

6/16/15 - Medical

6/17/15 - K1 APPROVED!!!!

6/30/15 - Passport and sealed envelope delivered via courier

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Me! Still waiting!

Same dates as you, actually.

Maybe sometime like....TODAY... they'll process all of us 9/11 receipts.

Anywho...this is about how I feel about now. :bonk:

If we don't hear this week, I've gotta start re-evaluating wedding dates, which I know we're not supposed to plan for, but who the heck is gonna plan an entire wedding in the time between the NOA2 and the 90 days you have once they arrive state-side? I'm supposed to spend the first 7-8+ months of my engagement just NOT planning a wedding? Are you kidding? I shouldn't be punished because I happened to fall in love with someone who wasn't born in the US! WHY ARE YOU RUINING MY WEDDING DREAMS?????

AND!!

We are on a stinkin budget here. Plane tickets get more expensive every day, folks! I'm not made of money! And Andrew won't be able to work for who knows how long once he's here! So we can't afford to just throw together a wedding in 90 days. I live in the South. Weddings are an ordeal. You can't just throw this ####### together. And who wants a thrown-together wedding? I'm still young and romantic and all that good stuff. I want romance! I want pretty dresses and fancy suits and all our friends and family together. Is that so wrong?

Apparently it is. Apparently it's only allowed if you fall in love with a citizen of your own country.

Why is USCIS so MEAN? *sigh*

*end rant*

My apologies. Give me a moment to regain my composure.

ahem.

215 days and counting...

This! We set a wedding date of September 26th thinking the timeline would be more than enough to get the visa, organize our wedding and be married.. now we are looking at everything happening at once.. so crazy stressful!

Sure, USCIS says not to organize anything, but it's easier said than done. Our entire life is in stand-by waiting for a piece of paper, it's so silly. Our bank accounts are getting drained (which makes me so anxious for when I'll finally have an interview date), some papers they ask at the embassy have to be less than 3 months old (wanting to reduce the wait I've already got everything), etc.. add so much stress.

I was never really interested in a wedding (my SO instisted on it) and I never knew how many things there is to plan, and how expensive it is (and we are having a small wedding with just family!).

Every day I tell myself it's just the matter of one more day, just one more, but it's getting harder and harder to stay optimist.

211 days since our NOA1, over half a year of waiting, waiting, waiting..

Let's hope for tomorrow.. again!

I did my waiting! 9 months of it.. IN TSC!


NOA2 or the story of the Holy Graal.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Slovenia
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Wow so some of you who received their NOA1 from TSC after Sept. 8 (when we received ours) are already seeing NOA2s. We haven't gotten ours yet. Anyone else like this? Obviously they're not exactly working sequentially.

Also, regarding the RFE on the letter of intent, we both signed a single document saying we were to get married within 90 days of her entry, hopefully that's sufficient...right?

217 days and counting...

Edited by mdimatul

Timeline (yyyy-mm-dd)

  • 2014-09-04: I-129F received by USCIS
  • 2014-09-08: Received NOA1 notification via email
  • 2015-04-16: uscis.gov status updated to approved! (219 days since NOA1)
  • 2015-04-20: Received I-797 NOA2 in mail (Notice date 2015-04-16)
  • 2015-04-29: USCIS sends application to NVC
  • 2015-05-07: NVC receives packet
  • 2015-05-13: Package left NVC for consulate
  • 2015-05-18: Consulate receives package
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wbeem   568

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Wow so some of you who received their NOA1 from TSC after Sept. 8 (when we received ours) are already seeing NOA2s. We haven't gotten ours yet. Anyone else like this? Obviously their not exactly working sequentially.

Also, regarding the RFE on the letter of intent, we both signed a single document saying we were to get married within 90 days of her entry, hopefully that's sufficient...right?

They don't work in order, despite what they state on their website. In short, there is no order. At all.

In respect of your letter of intent, if you both signed, one letter will suffice.

Lee & William

8/2/2014 - Sent I-129F Petition with USPS by Express Mail    8/4/2014 - I-129F delivered to dropbox    8/6/2014 - NOA1 Text/E-Mail received    8/11/2014 - Alien Registration Number Changed (Text/E-Mail) / NOA1 Letter received by Mail    3/16/2015 - NOA2 Text/E-Mail received (224 days)    3/20/2015 - Sent to NVC    3/31/2015 - NVC Received    4/1/2015 - Case Number Assigned       4/7/2015 - NVC Sent to Embassy    4/10/2015 - London Embassy Received    4/11/2015 - Medical     4/15/2015 - Packet 3 Received    4/12/2015 - Packet 3 Sent    4/23/2015 - Packet 4 Received    5/18/2015 - Interview - APPROVED     5/30/2015 - Visa collected from courier    6/1/2015 - POE    6/14/2015 - Wedding 💍💍
 
 
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