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October 2015 -- I-129F Filers [edited title]

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Ah why did someone tell me about the tracking app! Now I'm obsessing over it! :energy:

Also what does it mean when it says "Pending" on the iPad USCIS app?

Jannina, were are you getting all that detailed info?

I started searching for cases around us and started to keep record of them, thinking it might give me peace of mine...boy was I wrong!!

Now that cases before and after us are being approved or getting an RFE, I am a mess waiting for some change in our status. Every day that passes I get more and more stressed.

And yes in order to keep records you need to be super obsessive. Hahahahaha That's me!!!

I might not even look again until monday and try to be realxed during the weekend. Let's hope I can actually achieve that.

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Alex and I have been friends for 23 years. We met in Mexico City and kept in touch as our friendship grew. On April 28, 2015 everything came into place, we confessed our love for each other and became a couple, and on June 13, 2015 we decided to get married (L)(L)(L) On February 4th, 2021 I became a US citizen. This is the story of our process:

K1 Petition

09-24-2015 I-129F Delivered in Dallas Lockbox / 09-25-2015 I-129F NOA1 received in CSC

09-30-2015 Got NOA1 e-notification / 10-08-2015 Got NOA1 hard copy

11-05-2015 Got NOA2 e-notification / 11-11-2015 Got NOA2 hard copy

12-04-2015 Received NVC letter

02-23-2016 ASC appointment / 02-24-2016 Consulate Interview

02-24-2016 Visa Approved!!! / 02-26-2016 Visa received

03-12-2016 Got to the US POE Orlando

04-01-2016 GOT MARRIED!!!! :dancing:(6 months)

AOS / EAD / AP

05-27-2016 I-485, I-765 & I-13 Sent from RapidVisa to the Chicago Lockbox / 05-31-2016 AOS, EAD and AP Filed at Chicago Lockbox (Day 0)

06-06-2016 NOA1 Receipt date (Day 6) / 06-07-2016 Got NOA1 e-notification (Day 7) / 06-08-2016 Got NOA1 hard copies (Day 😎

06-24-2016 Got Biometrics Appointment letter (Day 24) / 07-05-2016 Biometrics appointment (Day 35)

08-18-2015 EAD and AP Approved (Day 79) / 08-25-2016 EAD /AP combo card delivered (Day 86)

02-06-2017 Green Card was Approved (Day  251)

02-10-2017 GREEN CARD DELIVERED!!!! (Day 255)... :star::star::star: (8 months)

ROC

11-10-2018 I-751 Sent from RapidVisa and Filed at Dallas Lockbox / 11-13-2018 ROC Picked up at Dallas Lockbox (Day 0)

11-16-2018 email and text notification with receipt number, and check cashed (Day 3)

12-17-2018 submitted an e-request for not receiving NOA1 (Day 34)

1-17-2019 Got I-551 stamp on passport for 1 year extension of GC since NOA1 hard copy never arrived (Day 65)

10-21-2019 Got Biometrics appointment letter (Day 342) / 11-01-2019 Biometrics appointment (Day 353)

12-30-2019 Got renewal of I-551 stamp on passport for 1 year extension of GC since NOA1 hard copy never arrived (Day 412)

02-21-2020 Green Card was Approved (Day  461)

02-27-2020 GREEN CARD DELIVERED!!!!  (Day  467 = 15 months)...:star::star::star:

Citizenship

03-04-2020 N-400 Submitted Online

03-26-2020 Original Biometrics appointment (offices closed - COVID-19) (Day 22) 

09-10-2020 Inquiry online (Day 190) / 09-16-2020 NEW Biometrics appointment issued (Day 196)

09-25-2020 Got Biometrics Appointment letter (Day 205)

10-19-2020 Interview notice for interview on December 7 (Day 229) / 12/08/2020 Interview rescheduled for January 12 (Day 279)

01-12-2021 Interview  (Day 314) / 01-14-2021 Got Oath Ceremony notification (Day 316)

02-04-2021 OATH CEREMONY!!!!  (Day 337)... :star::star::star: (11 months)

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Greenbaum
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It will take 7 - 10 days business for NVC to receive your file from USCIS after you receive the NOA2, then another 2 - 5 business days for NVC to get your file in there system and get the case # from

StephenShakeira
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Our I-129F packet was mailed out on Sept. 29th and received today Oct. 1st. I guess that technically makes me an October filer? Thanks for opening this group. My fiance' and I met online via Faceb

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Finally, after lurking on this forum for longer than I dare admit, I'm now officially petitioned for! We got our e-notification Oct 1st and heading for CSC. Good luck to all of us :-)

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Hi Harrisonanna.

How do you know that, there were few NOA2 delivered.? Thanks for ALl

I have the USCIS case tracker app for my smartphone. You can enter hundreds of reference numbers and see the status (and receive a notification alert) of each as they change. There is also a search function you can use by entering a case number and searching up to 500(?) cases after that number to see the status. Each "day" has thousands of statuses so it's a good indication on if they are working on them or not. Good luck.

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I have the USCIS case tracker app for my smartphone. You can enter hundreds of reference numbers and see the status (and receive a notification alert) of each as they change. There is also a search function you can use by entering a case number and searching up to 500(?) cases after that number to see the status. Each "day" has thousands of statuses so it's a good indication on if they are working on them or not. Good luck.

I've downloaded this app and all I see is Received, Pending, or Fee pay (or other status' that are for other non K visa forms)

Does pending mean NOA2? Or on the app does it say that the K1 visa is approved?

Also I can't seem to find any case numbers that are from a different day than mine. My case number doesn't conform to the breakdown provided on VJ (like I have 900 as my workday number!)

Any tips to finding other case numbers that came in a couple days before mine?

My Timeline:

K1 Visa

10/10/2015: I 129F Petition Sent to USCIS ||| 10/13/2015: I 129F Petition Delivered to USCIS ||| 10/16/2015: Received Email/Text NOA1 |||

10/19/2015: Received Hard Copy NOA1 ||| 11/10/2015: Case Approved on USCIS website NOA2 ||| 11/16/2015: Received Hard Copy NOA2 |||

11/24/2015: Petition Received at NVC ||| 11/24/2015: Case # Assigned at NVC ||| 11/27/2015: Case Leaves NVC ||| 11/30/2015: CEAC Status - Ready |||

12/01/2015: Case Delivered to Montreal ||| 12/05/2015: Received Hard Copy of NVC Case # Assignment ||| 12/09/2015: CEAC Status - Ready (Montreal logged Case)

12/10/2015: Received Packet 3 (after emailing Montreal) and submitted packet 3 ||| 12/14/2015: Received Packet 4 and booked interview, and received paper copy of packet 3

12/15/2015: Scheduled Medical in Montreal ||| 01/12/2016: Medical Appointment in Montreal ||| 02/10/2016: Interview in Montreal!!! APPROVED!!!!!!

02/11/2016: CEAC Status: Administrative Processing ||| 02/12/2016: CEAC Status: Issued ||| 02/18/2016: K1 Visa in Hand!!! ||| 03/27/2016: Cross the border at Port Huron, MI and travel to MO for wedding

04/02/2016: Wedding Day!!!

04/06/2016: Arrive at my new home in California ||| 04/13/2016: Applied for SSN ||| 04/21/2016: SSN arrived in mail

AOS/EAD/AP

05/03/2016: AOS/EAD/AP Packet sent to USCIS via Fedex

05/05/2016: AOS/EAD/AP Packet received by USCIS

05/10/2016: AOS/EAD/AP NOA1

05/16/2016: Received NOA1

05/20/2016: Received Biometrics Appointment Letter

05/31/2016: AOS/EAD Biometrics Appointment

06/23/2016: AOS Case Status change to: Ready to be Schedule for an Interview

07/27/2016: Called USCIS and had service request put on EAD for pending longer than 75 days (actually pending 83 days)

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A quick update:

Looking this morning there were quite a few NOA2's delivered last night for receipt numbers close to mine. My date is October 2nd. I had a slough of notifications from my case tracker app. I have about 100 each way of mine with approvals coming on both sides. In the Sept Filer Forum there are still quite a few people waiting but as far as I can tell they have begun approving cases from the first few days of October.

UPDATE to the update:

A few more changed status to approval at exactly 10pm EST. The notifications showed up on my phone one after another. Unfortunately not mine, but they are officially working on "Received September 30th" (my noa1 date was Oct 2)

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:goofy: omg guys...!!!!! NOA2.. were approve!!! thanks god....

sent- sept. 28

noa1 notification- oct. 2

hard copy- oct.10

noa2- oct.30....

Congrats! We have very similar dates. Hopefully ours is right around the corner. :)

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I randomly checked some with receipt date of Oct. 8th, there was ONE already approved. =/

Guess they got real lucky....

Who's this lucky fella? O.o

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I've downloaded this app and all I see is Received, Pending, or Fee pay (or other status' that are for other non K visa forms)

Does pending mean NOA2? Or on the app does it say that the K1 visa is approved?

Also I can't seem to find any case numbers that are from a different day than mine. My case number doesn't conform to the breakdown provided on VJ (like I have 900 as my workday number!)

Any tips to finding other case numbers that came in a couple days before mine?

There are different cases such as EAD, IR1-CR1, Temporary status and so on that are sent to CSC where they are assigned numbers. So for example your case number is WAC123456789 the case next to you might be I130 or EAD. Now every different case has different steps, some cases show payment status while others show they are sent to local office.

As far I am aware, the only two statuses shown for k1 are 'case recieved' and 'case approved'. Case approved means now it would get sent to NVC and you will get your NOA2 in a few days. That's where your journey with USCIS ends.

Our K1 journey Our AOS journey

Sep 30, 2015 - I-129F Petition sent May 17, 2016 - Petition sent (I-485, I-131, I-765)
Oct 08, 2015 - Check cashed May 20, 2016 - Petition received
Oct 08, 2015 - NOA1 Notification May 24, 2016 - NOA1 notification
Oct 13, 2015 - NOA1 hard copy May 28, 2016 - NOA1 Hard copy
Nov 09, 2015 - NOA2 ​ :dancing: June 18, 2016 - Biometrics letter recieved
Nov 19, 2015 - NVC received June 30, 2016 - Biometrics appointment
Nov 19, 2015 - Case number assigned Aug 11, 2016 - AP Approved (Day 87)
Nov 23, 2015 - In transit Aug 11, 2016 - EAD Approved (Day 87)
Nov 25, 2015 - Embassy received
Dec 04, 2015 - Packet 3 Received
Dec 07, 2015 - Documents sent
Jan 06, 2016 - Interview letter received
Jan 28, 2016 - Interview :dancing:
Mar 11, 2016 - Issued :dancing::dancing:
Apr 09, 2016 - POE

Apr xx, 2016 - Got SSN
May 02, 2016 - Marriage

May xx, 2016 - State ID and driving permit

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There are different cases such as EAD, IR1-CR1, Temporary status and so on that are sent to CSC where they are assigned numbers. So for example your case number is WAC123456789 the case next to you might be I130 or EAD. Now every different case has different steps, some cases show payment status while others show they are sent to local office.

As far I am aware, the only two statuses shown for k1 are 'case recieved' and 'case approved'. Case approved means now it would get sent to NVC and you will get your NOA2 in a few days. That's where your journey with USCIS ends.

There are a few more statuses I've seen:

Case recieved

Case Approved

Name Changed (don't know much about this one)

RFE sent

RFE Revieved

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I regret not putting in the enotification stuff in the package ? I read it was only for people who will be sending their packets to the lockbox facility. We sent it through ExpressMail which arrived in Texas at about 11am day after we sent it.. Still waiting on NOA1 ??

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