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L & B   12

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I received my case number on 9/17 and my status changed to 'in transit' on 9/22....hopefully yours will be on the way soon!

K-1 Visa Process 

I-129F Sent: 02-24-2015

I-129F Received: 03-03-2015

NOA2: 08-28-2015 (178 days at TSC)

NVC Received: 09-15-2015 

Arrived Consulate: 09-28-2015

Medical in Ankara: 12-10-2015

Interview in Ankara: 01-04-2016 (307 days)

POE: 01-15-2016 (Newark, NJ) 

Civil Ceremony: 01-24-2016

Wedding: 03-12-2016

AOS Process
 I-485, I-765, I-131 Sent: 02-02-2016
I-485, I-765, I-131 Received: 02-04-2016
Biometrics Appointment: 03-04-2016
I-485 Approved: 04-05-2016 (62 days)
GC approved before EAD/AP card
GC Received: 04-13-2016
ROC Process (VSC)
I-751 sent to VSC: 01/05/2018
NOA1: 01/12/2018
Biometrics: 02/22/2018
Case Transferred to NBC: 05/10/2019
Interview and Approval: 08/07/2019
Naturalization (Philadelphia)
N-400 Online Filing: 01/13/2019
NOA1: 01/14/2019
Biometrics: 02/08/2019
Interview and Approval: 08/07/2019
Oath Ceremony: 11/04/2019
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hampguy
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Congratulations to you both!!

KASH2011
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Congrats! Congrats!

Mad & J
Mad & J

Congrats and welcome! Woot, some movement! I'm hoping our case will get sent to NVC this week... Meanwhile I've been checking out form DS-160 and collecting all the info I will need to complete it

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Cristina375   7

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I'm starting to get nervous, got my case number last Thursday, and my petition still is at NVC. Anyone know what can potentially be holding it up? Those of you who have been sent to embassy already, how many days did it take? I've heard that NVC sends to a particular embassy once a week, so hopefully it's Thursday for Dublin, as that can be the explanation .

I got our case number on Sept 7 and the status changed to in transit on Sept 10, so it was quite fast for us. Hope they send your petition soon!

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Thank you... I ended up showing "in transit" last night finally!

Our K-1 journey:

3/2/2015- Petition sent Fedex overnight

3/3/2015- Petition received (NOA1 according to USCIS website)

3/5/2015- Paper NOA1 notice date

9/1/2015- NOA2!! (182 days)

9/4/2015- sent to NVC

9/17/2015- finally got through to NVC and case number assigned

9/24/2015-Status changed to "in transit"

9/29/2015-Dublin Embassy Received

9/29/2015-Packet 3 Received

10/7/2015- Medical scheduled

10/7/2015- Packet 3/readiness sent (Dublin Embassy needs medical complete before readiness is sent)

10/8/2015- Interview scheduled for Oct 29

10/29/2015- Interview, approved! (241 days)

11/9/2015- Visa in hand

12/30/2015- Planned US entry

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We received our case number on Tuesday, do people think I am OK to schedule a medical for a couple of weeks time? Looking at timescales that seems like it should be at the embassy in London by then but wondering what other people have done?

Our petition arrived at the embassy on the 18th we have submitted everything and we chose to do the medical a on the 29th. So far once he has completed that we will wait for pkt 4. I've read about ppl doing their things early and it worked out fine. I wish we would have decided to do the medicals this week so that next week the wait could began but it's cool.

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I received NOA2 last week on 9/22. Will TSC be sending a notification when they ship to NVC?

It took 189 days to approve the NOA2. About how how many weeks does it take them to put in an envelope?

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I finally got notice of our approval tonight! I'm so happy. They received my response to the RFE on 9/11 and I was starting to get bummed out that it was taking so long to hear back from them. I'm so excited to start the next phase of the process.

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I finally got notice of our approval tonight! I'm so happy. They received my response to the RFE on 9/11 and I was starting to get bummed out that it was taking so long to hear back from them. I'm so excited to start the next phase of the process.

Congrats!

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At this point I'd be happy if my case got transferred out of Texas. Aproaching 7 months since NOA1 and nothing yet. It seems the TSC has significantly slowed down from about 3 weeks ago. about 3-4 petitions were being approved a day and now lucky if there is 1, from Igor's list anyway.

Congrats to all those who have been approved so far.

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I have NOA1 date March 17th and have heard nothing. I have called and they know nothing. They just tell me they are behind. My question is, why do I see petitions from 2-3 months ago approved, but march petitions are still below 50% approval. Is there another contact phone number to check on status?

Thanks,

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Ridiculous indeed, my NOA1 is March 4. I dont' want this to become another TSC flaming thread though, there's enough of those.

So they send out ther NOA2 notifications/emails at night? Seems a little odd, but good to know.

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I received NOA2 last week on 9/22. Will TSC be sending a notification when they ship to NVC?

It took 189 days to approve the NOA2. About how how many weeks does it take them to put in an envelope?

Usually less than a week to ship to NVC, but it varies. i don't think we were ever notified. You can keep checking the uscis case tracker, it will update once they've sent it! It changes to 'Your case was sent to the Department of State', or something along those lines.

K1 Visa timeline: Application sent to Visa in hand: 10 months and 4 days (Texas Service Center)

02/26/2015: I-129F Application mailed to Texas lockbox

03/05/2015: NOA1 email notification

08/27/2015: NOA2! (176 days)

09/02/2015: Sent to NVC

09/14/2015: Called NVC and obtained MTL case number

09/18/2015: In Transit to MTL consulate

09/21/2015: Consulate received our file (24 days post-NOA2)

09/24/2015: Sent Packet 3 (unprompted, but CEAC status had updated a second time)

09/29/2015: Packet 4 received, interview scheduled. Still haven't received Packet 3, I advise not to wait for it!

10/09/2015: Received Packet 3 in the mail!

11/09/2015: Medical

12/16/2015: K1 Interview in Montreal (111 days from NOA2, 293 days total): Approved!

12/18/2015: CEAC status changed to Nonimmigrant Ready

12/21/2015: CEAC status changed to Nonimmigrant AP

12/24/2015: CEAC status changed to ISSUED! Merry Christmas!!

12/30/2015: Visa in hand

01/15/2016: POE @ Houlton, ME

01/22/2016: Married! (L)

AOS timeline: Application sent to card in hand: 6 months and 7 days.

01/25/2016: Mailed AOS, EAD & AP applications to Chicago via UPS

01/29/2016: NOA1 email notification x3

02/04/2016: Received NOA1 hard copies x3

02/29/2016: Still haven't received biometrics letter, Filed service request

03/30/2016: After more calls to Tier 2 and 2 service requests, letter still not received, USCIS said no appointment has been scheduled. Reached out to Congressman.

04/06/2016: Biometrics letter finally received thanks to Congressman's inquiry (Appointment scheduled 04/18/2016).

04/18/2016: Biometrics appointment

04/25/2016: Officially outside processing times for EAD/AP. Scheduled Infopass appointment for 05/10.

05/21/2016: Finally received email notice that EAD was approved on 05/19 after numerous service requests, infopass appt and ombudsman inquiry

05/23/2016: Received hard-copy letter notifying me that my AP was approved on the same day as my EAD. No hard-copy for EAD yet.

05/28/2016: Received EAD/AP Combo Card (122 days since filing).

06/21/2016: Received email notification of AOS interview (Appointment scheduled 07/21/2016)

07/21/2016: AOS interview. Approved, but file was missing medical. Local office can't issue GC until they receive medical from DOS.

07/25/2016: USCIS case status changed to New Card Is Being Produced!

08/01/2016: Green card in hand. ROC window opens Apr 29, 2018.

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Ridiculous indeed, my NOA1 is March 4. I dont' want this to become another TSC flaming thread though, there's enough of those.

So they send out ther NOA2 notifications/emails at night? Seems a little odd, but good to know.

March 9 here. Fingers crossed for tonight.

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So we were received in consulate yesterday, and having all documents in order, my fiance sent his readiness and they responded with an interview date of October 19th. He had scheduled his medical for October 14th. Well, later he received a call from the consulate saying they needed to cancel his interview... he needed to have medical results in hand before he sent his readiness! This is the first we heard about that. I suggested he schedule medical as soon as he received his case number, but he thought he needed to wait for packet 3. Now we wait an additional at least 3 weeks :(.Just an FYI for anyone else going through Dublin. Schedule your medical as soon as you get to NVC, because DUB does not even require the case number to schedule it. Just keep in mind the medical is now only good for 6 months there.

Our K-1 journey:

3/2/2015- Petition sent Fedex overnight

3/3/2015- Petition received (NOA1 according to USCIS website)

3/5/2015- Paper NOA1 notice date

9/1/2015- NOA2!! (182 days)

9/4/2015- sent to NVC

9/17/2015- finally got through to NVC and case number assigned

9/24/2015-Status changed to "in transit"

9/29/2015-Dublin Embassy Received

9/29/2015-Packet 3 Received

10/7/2015- Medical scheduled

10/7/2015- Packet 3/readiness sent (Dublin Embassy needs medical complete before readiness is sent)

10/8/2015- Interview scheduled for Oct 29

10/29/2015- Interview, approved! (241 days)

11/9/2015- Visa in hand

12/30/2015- Planned US entry

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I finally got notice of our approval tonight! I'm so happy. They received my response to the RFE on 9/11 and I was starting to get bummed out that it was taking so long to hear back from them. I'm so excited to start the next phase of the process.

Congrats, and welcome to this thread!

Our K-1 journey:

3/2/2015- Petition sent Fedex overnight

3/3/2015- Petition received (NOA1 according to USCIS website)

3/5/2015- Paper NOA1 notice date

9/1/2015- NOA2!! (182 days)

9/4/2015- sent to NVC

9/17/2015- finally got through to NVC and case number assigned

9/24/2015-Status changed to "in transit"

9/29/2015-Dublin Embassy Received

9/29/2015-Packet 3 Received

10/7/2015- Medical scheduled

10/7/2015- Packet 3/readiness sent (Dublin Embassy needs medical complete before readiness is sent)

10/8/2015- Interview scheduled for Oct 29

10/29/2015- Interview, approved! (241 days)

11/9/2015- Visa in hand

12/30/2015- Planned US entry

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