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heo luoi   206

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I can not imagine how cathartic that must have been.

My then fiance now husband had a mini bon fire with all his copies I had send him before he came over and he only came with the very important papers.

We will have a huge bon fire and may roast marshmallows on it once we arrive at citizenship, until then my copies and originals will remain in several

plastic container boxes.

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heo luoi
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Sorry couldn't wait, too relieved to finally get here; hope my notes were cleaned up enough. Exhausting few days freaking about pending interview that took 10mins. They didn't seem to look at a ton o

Ebunoluwa
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Awesome post ! A big Congratulation to you both and wishing you a super happy reunion. This is great advice to keep yourself from insanity during this process : "Controlling what I could and prepared

heo luoi
heo luoi

Both? Ill wait til she comes over to remind her how much more I did Hehe just kidding. Last few days were definitely grueling for the both of us....as I'm sure it has been for others. Hopefully othe

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Ebunoluwa   6,136

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Totally ! :joy:

Spoiler

 

I-129F Sent : 3-31-2014, NOA2: 4-6-2014

NVC Received : some dinkelsberry yehoo in the house of clingons send our petition to the wrong consulate.

Consulate Received : July 30,2014 Transfer to right embassy complete.

Interview Date : Oct 22, 2014

Interview Result : AP , requesting another PC (not expired) and certified divorce decree (was submitted)Stokes interview via phone for petitioner 4 hrs after interview.

Oct 23 email notification visa approved.
Visa Received : Nov. 3 , 2014 VISA IN HAND.

US Entry : Nov. 21, 2014

Marriage : Dec 27, 2014

AOS send : May 12, 2015, received May 14, 2015 USPS priority

Email &text : May 18, 2015, check cashed May 19,2015, return receipt May 21, 2015 stamped USCIS Lockbox, NOA1 (3x) May 22,2015

Biometrics : June 1, 2015 letter received for appointment June 8, 2015, successful walk-in June 1, 2015

RFE : June 12, 2015 for income not meeting guideline. Income does ( ! ) exceed guideline.

RFE response : June 26, 2015 returned with a boat load full of financial evidence.

UPDATE: July 5, 2015 updated on all 3 cases, RFE received June 30, 2015.

Service request : Aug 12, 2015, letter received that it will be processed within 90 days from receipt of RFE.

UPDATE: Aug 24, 2015, EAD card being produced/ordered. ( 102 days from AOS receipt day and 55 days from RFE response received.) Thank you Jesus !

Emails : Aug 24, 2015, EAD approved, EAD card ordered.

I-797 EAD/AP approval notice received : Aug 27, 2015

EAD/AP combo card mailed : Aug 27, 2015, EAD/AP combo card received: Aug 31, 2015

Renewal application send for EAD/AP : May 31,2016 (AOS pending over 1 year). Received June 2, 2016,Notice date June7, 2016, emails,texts, NOA1 hard copy

Service request for pending AOS April 21, 2016, case not assigned yet.
Service request for pending AOS June 14, 2016, tier 2 said performing background checks.
Expedite request for EAD/AP Aug 3, 2016, Aug10 notification >request was received, assigned, completed. RFE letter requesting evidence for expedite, docs faxed Aug18

*Service request for I-485 Aug 3, 2016, Aug11 notification> request was assigned. Service request Dec 2, 2016.
AOS Interview letter received Aug 12, 2016

AOS Interview September 21, 2016.

Second Biometrics appointment letters received for EAD and AOS on Aug 15, 2016 for Aug 17 ( 2 day notice).

Second Biometrics completed Aug 17, 2016

Third Biometrics appointment letter received Aug 19, 2016 for Sept. 1, 2016. WTH ?!

EAD/AP (renewal) approval Aug 22, 2016, NOA2 received Aug 25, 2016

Renewal EAD in production notification text and online, expedite successful 4 days after RFE request response was faxed, Aug25mailed,Aug29received.

Sept. 21 Interview, 2 hour interview, we were separated and asked about 50 questions each for an hour each. IO was firm but professional, some smiles.
Several service requests made, contacted Senator and Ombudsman. Background checks still pending.
July 21, 2017 HOME VISIT.  Went well. Topic thread in AOS forum.
Waiting to skip ROC and get 10 yr GC due to over 2 year while pending AOS
AOS APPROVED Oct. 4, 2017 * Green card in hand Oct 13, 2017 !!!!!

First K1 denied after 16 month of AP. Refiled. We are a couple since 2009. Not a sprint but a matter of endurance.

 

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heo luoi   206

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I'll have to ask if fiance really did get on and register? (I doubt it) but ours went from READY to ISSUED on CEAC in like a day, updated timestamp next day then wknd and hasn't updated since. Exactly week to the interview time, the ustraveldocs page updated from 'Your passport is still at the embassy' to OUT FOR DELIVERY and she got that day. Our visa looks little different than all the ones in the VJ gallery. Actually has my name, our petition number and clear that the petition expiration date was extended so that was reassuring.

Well Done and Congratulations. Great summary of your journey

Be careful in getting your visa AFTER the interview in Vietnam. We messed up and did not read the instructions provided on the White piece of paper. My ba xa had a B1/B2 visa before and they automatically sent it to her, she thought it was the same this time. On K1 visa you have to register for the HCM Consulate on the internet to send the actual passport/visa to you. We missed that one and it cost us 10 days. So read the paper and register.

Good Luck.

Kyle and Linh

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ZaakirahM   28

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My husband recently got approved!

They gave him back all the documents I frontloaded.

So my question too is does he really need to bring everything back with him? He does not want to ship and does not want to pack it in luggage.

I don't know exactly what I will need.

A majority of the paperwork weight is the relationship evidence...for example facebook messages from the past year, viber and skype messages.

The AOS documents, and official forms...I'm sure I can ask him to bring.

But do you think I will need the evidence from the past year?

Or I basically start over with relationship evidence once he is here?

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heo luoi   206

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Update:

Discovercard, did joint accounts vs authorized user.

Mango is another web based language learning site/tool. Its free via membership from most public libraries. It also features English but phonetics from native language which I found a refreshing innovation I've not seen in any of the other alternatives.

Still really annoyed with the married name change but so far it seems localized to BoA and DoT.

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solotime   13

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Congratulations! I'm glad to hear things have worked out.

*We met online in a dating site - 2/10/2015

*We met in person at the Laguindingan Airport - 2/11/2016

*We got engaged! 2/19/2016

*I returned Back home - 2/25/2016

*Filed the I-129F petition - 3/11/2016

*USCIS Received my package 3/14/2016
*USCIS I-129F opened the package - 3/17/2016
*I-129F Petition fee paid $340.00 USD - 3/17/2016
*NOA1 Received in mail - 3/21/2016

*RFE Was issued - 6/08/2016

*Replied to RFE - 6/16/2016

*USCIS Started reviewing my RFE reply - 6/20/2016

*I-129F Petition approved - 6/25/2016

*Received NOA2 in the mail 7/1/2016

*Mailed package out to my Fiancee - 7/20/2016

*NVC case number was created - 7/21/2016

*Case in transit to the Consular Section - 7/21/2016

*Case is ready for setting up interview - 7/26/16

*My package was delivered to my Fiancee - 7/27/2016

*Paid $240.00 USD fee 7/29/2016

*My Fiancee traveled to Manila 8/16/2016

*My Fiancee has taken Medical 8/16/2016

*My Fiancee passed the Medical 8/17/2016

*My Fiancee Passed Interview - 8/22/2016

*I have traveled to the Philippines 9/21/2016

*I had to return home 10/05/2016

*My Fiancee arrived in the United States - 10/05/2016

*My Fiancee and I have finally got married - 11/09/2016

 
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