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dwheels76
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Okay weekends are boring. Here's to all who call and all who are waiting. Okay smile now. Happy Sunday.

Sekhvaruli
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Issued! The interview was on December 2nd, on the 5th SEAC status changed to Administrative Processing and today, on the 7th it says Issued. Now it's carved in stone finally and I am out of any doubt

Lowlie
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I did do a lot of front loading. I even sent them a 25 page child art style book I made (which I let the kids color) that explained our whole story with pictures instead of words.

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mallafri76   1,012

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Alright, so I'm getting really nervous here. My interview is in one week and I'm preparing the documents for that... I'm currently printing out conversations from Facebook, but I feel like crying when I see how much paper I'm using for this, honestly. Can someone tell me if having around 200 pages worth of conversations + emails will be enough? I have over 10k pages of Facebook conversations...

Is it going to be enough or should I print some more and might as well start crying? I promised myself I will plant few trees after I'm done with this process :|

I honestly wouldn't bring that much. The interviewer only have a certain amount of time to go through your evidence, so no need to put too much. I had my interview today and I had brought loads of emails, about 50 pages worth of email logs, lots of phone records and some other stuff. Then I had put together a small binder with a summary of proof, like 10 email conversations, phone records from two separate months, some cards my husband has sent me, log of all my trips to see my husband plus a power of attorney I hold for my husband. You only have this little space to slide the proof through, so it's not like you can fit much. My interviewer only looked at the summary binder I had. I told him I had this other proof too but he never asked to look at it.

Honestly, I think they've already made up their mind after reading the case they got from NVC, and then they just want to ask some more questions in the interview and see a little evidence that you can talk about, to see that their assumption whether to grant a visa or not was correct. They're not gonna read through 200 pages worth of emails, they just wanna see a few samples to get a feel for your relationship.

Met online October 2010


Engaged December 31st 2011


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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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CallMeShams   34

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So had my interview today and got a 221(g) because they need an updated I-864 and police cert, and also another birth cert, because the one I sent was wrong.

They kept my passport though, which I'm hoping is a good thing?!

It is good they took your passport.

Hopefully the Embassy will be reasonable in their review time. They don't seem to give too much attention to a case that received the 221(g) form. Hopefully when it give them the documents, they will follow up in a timely fashion.

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CallMeShams   34

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U are so welcome.

Awesome. Mercies journeys to you both. 2016 looks pretty bright. :goofy:

Awww going to miss you CallMeShams. So happy for you two.

Thank you much Dwheels.

I will be popping in, here and there.

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Green card received in the mail today...exactly 4 weeks from POE n payment....yayyyy

USCIS Step
01/22/15 I130 sent via UPS to Chicago Lockbox
01/23/15 Delivered
01/26/15 NOA1 email and text received.. sent to VSC.
01/27/15 Check cleared.
02/02/15 NOA1 hardcopy received.. priority date 01/23/2015
02/12/15 Approved (17 days from NOA1)
02/17/15 NOA2 email and text received
02/18/15 NOA2 hardcopy received
NVC Step
03/02/15 NVC Received (18 days from NOA2)
03/05/15 Case number assigned (3 days from NVC receipt)
03/06/15 DS261 & AOS billed
03/09/15 Completed DS261
03/25/15 DS261 Reviewed and accepted over the phone
03/26/15 IV fee invoiced
04/08/15 Paid AOS and IV fee
04/09/15 Payment cleared and D260 available.
04/13/15 Documents sent via UPS overnight
04/14/15 Documents received at NVC and DS260 Completed
04/16/15 NVC scanned documents
05/11/15 Checklist over phone
05/13/15 Mailed out corrected AOS via UPS overnight
05/14/15 Checklist documents received at NVC
05/18/15 NVC scanned checklist documents
06/18/15 Flagged for Supervisor review (past 30days review timeframe)
06/29/15 Hubby's Case Complete :rolleyes: , daughter's still pending :(
07/07/15 Baby girl's Case Complete
09/30/15 Interview Scheduled for 11/05/2015
10/01/15 P4 Email received
ConsulateStep
10/14/15 Case shows "ready"
10/22/15 Medical Completed
11/05/15 Interview - APPROVED

11/06/15 Case shows "Administrative Processing"

11/09/15 Case shows "Issued"

11/11/15 Visa Ready for pick up...picked up on 11/13/15

11/19/15 US Entry (POE Atlanta GA)

<p>USCIS Step (for mom)//09/30/2013 I-130 sent via UPS to Chicago Lockbox/10/06/2013 NOA1 email received10/09/2013/ NOA1 hardcopy received with PD 10/02/2013/03/07/2014 Email received that case being transferred/03/10/2014 Hardcopy received, case transferred to VSC/03/17/2014 NOA2 received via email/03/21/2014 NOA2 hardcopy received. NVC Step ../03/25/2014 NVC received case/ 04/25/2014 Case number, IIN and Beneficiary ID# received (Entered in system on 04/24/2014)/05/01/2014 Checked CEAC website and DS-261 available...completed DS-261/05/01/2014 AOS fee invoiced and paid/05/02/2014 AOS documents sent via UPS/05/05/2014 AOS packet delivered and signed for AND AOS fee status shows as paid./05/07/2014 Called NVC and DS-261 accepted. AOS packet not yet showing in system/05/08/2014 IV fee invoiced and paid. IV documents sent via UPS/05/09/2014 IV packet delivered by UPS AND AOS documents entered into system/05/09/2014 IV fee shows paid AND DS-260 available/05/13/2014 Submitted DS-260/05/30/2014 AOS approved (no checklists)/06/05/2014 Case Complete and I did it with no checklists.....YAYYYYY/06/10/2014 Interview Scheduled for 7/15/2014/06/12/2014 P4 received via email.Consulate Step //06/16/2014 Case status shows "In Transit"/06/17/2014 Case status shows " Ready"/06/30/2014 Medical Complete/07/15/2014 Interview-Approved/07/16/2014 Case Status shows "Administrative Processing"/07/17/2014 Case Status shows "Issued" 07/21/2014 Passport ready for pickup/07/23/2014 Visa in Hand<p>

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Congratulations. Sounds like a fast issuance.

CallMeShams, or anybody who recently had a interview at Kingston Embassy how long is a Jamaican police certificate good for, Pirklin say 1 year but they will only accept it if its 3 months or less.

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CallMeShams, or anybody who recently had a interview at Kingston Embassy how long is a Jamaican police certificate good for, Pirklin say 1 year but they will only accept it if its 3 months or less.

Pirklin is correct, see here: http://photos.state.gov/libraries/jamaica/231771/PDFs/2013%20Ask%20the%20U_S_%20Embassy%20-%20Sept%2011.pdf

So should be good for one year from when it was issued.

I think we got ours in August 2015 and we did the interview in November 2015.

Green card received in the mail today...exactly 4 weeks from POE n payment....yayyyy

Excellent. Congrats. Things are moving a long pretty well.

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Pirklin is correct, see here: http://photos.state.gov/libraries/jamaica/231771/PDFs/2013%20Ask%20the%20U_S_%20Embassy%20-%20Sept%2011.pdf

So should be good for one year from when it was issued.

I think we got ours in August 2015 and we did the interview in November 2015.

Excellent. Congrats. Things are moving a long pretty well.

I understand the 1 year, but what i dont understand is she said its good for 1 year but they want accept it if its 3 months or less , someone from jamaica ask a question about police certificate

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Alright, so I'm getting really nervous here. My interview is in one week and I'm preparing the documents for that... I'm currently printing out conversations from Facebook, but I feel like crying when I see how much paper I'm using for this, honestly. Can someone tell me if having around 200 pages worth of conversations + emails will be enough? I have over 10k pages of Facebook conversations...

Is it going to be enough or should I print some more and might as well start crying? I promised myself I will plant few trees after I'm done with this process :|

Do one sheet of paper for each week of communication. Then the whole year will fit in 52 pages. That is more than enough.

Green card received in the mail today...exactly 4 weeks from POE n payment....yayyyy

How about the SS card?

CR-1 Visa

Service Center : California Service Center

Consulate : Georgia

Marriage: 2015-01-11

I-130 Sent : 2015-07-10 - sent from abroad, auto-expedite

I-130 NOA1 : 2015-07-14

I-130 Approved : 2015-08-13 (30 days)

:dancing::dancing::dancing::dancing::dancing::dancing:

Received by NVC: 2015-09-02 (in 20 days after the approval) - no email notification, info obtained over the phone

Case # assigned: 2015-09-10 (in 8 days after the case was received) - no email notification, info obtained over the phone

DS-261 filled: 2015-09-14

AoS fee paid: 2015-09-15

DS-261 reviewed over the phone:2015-09-17

Agent registration email: 2015-09-18

IV fee available: 2015-09-18

IV fee paid: 2015-09-22

IV fee showed paid: 2015-09-23 right before the end of the working day at NVC - at almost midnight EST.

AoS and IV package received: 2015-09-23

DS-260 filled out 2015-09-24

Scan date: 2015-09-24

Now let's get some patience for 3 weeks and hope CC will come without any delays :luv:

Case complete: 2015-10-21 (27 days)

Interview date issued: 2015-10-23

Received by the embassy: 2015-11-12

Interview date: 2015-12-02 (Request to reschedule for the earlier time denied.)

Approved!!!

Visa issued: 2015-12-07

Visa in hand: 2015-12-07

US entry: 2015-12-11

Social Security card arrived only after the visit to SS office, on 01/20

Green Card arrived: 2016-01-27

From NOA-1 to the interview - 141 days (4 months and 18 days)

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I have just got my interview email from the embassy for December 29 2015

But there was no any checklist for what I should bring with me

Our case was expedited after case complete at the NVC

This is the email:

Thanks for your email

We have scheduled your immigrants via appointment on December 29

Bring this email print out with you to access in the embassy

Regards

That's all and there's no any attachment

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I have just got my interview email from the embassy for December 29 2015

But there was no any checklist for what I should bring with me

Our case was expedited after case complete at the NVC

This is the email:

Thanks for your email

We have scheduled your immigrants via appointment on December 29

Bring this email print out with you to access in the embassy

Regards

That's all and there's no any attachment

yaaaay. .... I also did not receive a list just a simple message stating my date of appointment. ... this is surely due to expedite. my talk today is to 13h.

I have just got my interview email from the embassy for December 29 2015

But there was no any checklist for what I should bring with me

Our case was expedited after case complete at the NVC

This is the email:

Thanks for your email

We have scheduled your immigrants via appointment on December 29

Bring this email print out with you to access in the embassy

Regards

That's all and there's no any attachment

yaaaay. .... I also did not receive a list just a simple message stating my date of appointment. ... this is surely due to expedite. my talk today is to 13h.
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yaaaay. .... I also did not receive a list just a simple message stating my date of appointment. ... this is surely due to expedite. my talk today is to 13h.

yaaaay. .... I also did not receive a list just a simple message stating my date of appointment. ... this is surely due to expedite. my talk today is to 13h.

Hey Kimbo, I hope everything goes well on your interview.

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Service Center: Vermont
90 Day Window Opened....08/22/17
I-751 Packet Sent..............08/23/17
NOA1 Dated.......................08/25/17
NOA1 Mailed......................08/30/17
NOA1 Received..................09/02/17
Check Cashed....................08/31/17
Biometrics Mailed...............09/20/17
Biometrics Received..........09/22/17
Biometrics Appointment.....10/03/17
Approved............................09/24/18
 

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90 Day Window Opens...........08/22/18

N-400 Filed (Online)...............08/23/18

Receipt Notice.......................08/24/18

Biometrics Letter Rcvd..........08/31/18

Biometrics Appointment.......09/21/18

In Line For Interview.............05/23/19

Interview Letter Rcvd............05/24/19

Interview................................07/01/19

Oath.......................................07/17/19

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