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Georgia16
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I'm APPROVED!!!!! Just got the text from the app!!! SO happy!!!

Ninaymonkey
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NOA2 APPROVED--- Good Friday for sure..... :joy:

Georgia16
Georgia16

Visa in hand and tickets booked! Feels darn good!

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Approved! :)

Congrats! ? ?

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K1 visa process

2016-02-07: I-129f sent;
2016-02-12: I-129f text received;
2016-04-06: (54 days): NOA2 :dancing:;
2016-04-11: NOA2 hardcopy;
2016-04-25: NVC received;
2016-04-26: Case number received;
2016-05-11: Medical Appointment at Knightsbridge medical, London;

2016-06-24: K1 interview at US embassy in London --> Approved! :dancing:;

2016-08-04: POE at Atlanta airport;
2016-08-22: Got married;

Filing for AOS, EAD and AP from K1 visa

2016-09-09: Filed for AOS;
2016-09-11: AOS package delivered at PO box in Chicago;

2016-09-19: Texts and e-mails received for AOS, EAD and AP;

2016-10-01: Received biometrics appointment notice letter - Appointment has been made for 2016-10-11;

2016-10-11: Biometrics appointment;

2016-11-03: Received approval for AP and EAD;

2016-11-18: Received EAD/AP combo card :dancing:;
2016-11-29: I-485 (AOS) approval date :dancing: ;
2016-12-03: Received I-485 approval notice letter;
2016-12-05: Received a notification that my card is mailed to me;
2016-12-07: Received my Permanent Resident card :dancing:;

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Yesterday, I (the petitioner) received letter from NVC informing me that they forwarded my case to the Embassy. Files says "Ready" at Embassy since Tuesday but have not heard from Embassy. I also sent the package (all the documents needed for the interview) to the beneficiary.

We went ahead and completed the DS-160 form and submitted and scheduled interview (the embassy website says they do not schedule nonimmigrant visa, the applicant has to do that). I found only 3 dates left in May so we took the last one in the month in hopes to hear from embassy by next week and then do medicals in time for the interview. If things do not go according to plan, we will reschedule the interview for June - so far June has a lot more available dates.

It is so confusing because embassies do things differently and there is no forum on my country to refer to. So I hope we did the right thing here. oh well...

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Yesterday, I (the petitioner) received letter from NVC informing me that they forwarded my case to the Embassy. Files says "Ready" at Embassy since Tuesday but have not heard from Embassy. I also sent the package (all the documents needed for the interview) to the beneficiary.

We went ahead and completed the DS-160 form and submitted and scheduled interview (the embassy website says they do not schedule nonimmigrant visa, the applicant has to do that). I found only 3 dates left in May so we took the last one in the month in hopes to hear from embassy by next week and then do medicals in time for the interview. If things do not go according to plan, we will reschedule the interview for June - so far June has a lot more available dates.

It is so confusing because embassies do things differently and there is no forum on my country to refer to. So I hope we did the right thing here. oh well...

Did you tryed to call them in order to get some instructions ? It wouldn't hurt...

Best luck !

AOS - PENDING

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Yesterday, I (the petitioner) received letter from NVC informing me that they forwarded my case to the Embassy. Files says "Ready" at Embassy since Tuesday but have not heard from Embassy. I also sent the package (all the documents needed for the interview) to the beneficiary.

We went ahead and completed the DS-160 form and submitted and scheduled interview (the embassy website says they do not schedule nonimmigrant visa, the applicant has to do that). I found only 3 dates left in May so we took the last one in the month in hopes to hear from embassy by next week and then do medicals in time for the interview. If things do not go according to plan, we will reschedule the interview for June - so far June has a lot more available dates.

It is so confusing because embassies do things differently and there is no forum on my country to refer to. So I hope we did the right thing here. oh well...

You you never know what they want. Some don't want you to book the interview until you have heard from them. I could be they haven't open the sloths for June yet as they want May booked first ... You'll have to wait till you hear from them to see if everything is okay.

 

 

 

 

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Just checked CEAC online and its says Case READY, does this mean US Embassy Manila already received my case? What to do next? Pls help anyone... And my other question is what is packet 3? I have not received anything on mail not even the NVC letter. ? Im so confused.

It's different for different countries, mine has been in "ready" since Wednesday, but in my country I have to wait for "administrative processing" to schedule the interview. As far as I understand "ready" usually means your case it at the embassy, but you don't know if they opened it or not. However, in some countries like Ukraine people can schedule the interview with the "ready" status. Some embassies schedule it for you and you can't select the date. I think you should check local forums for your country, you could also call NVC and ask them if they really sent the documents or try and contact the embassy. Hope everything works out for you!

I'm confused a bit as well, but along the way things are clearing up.

K1:

Service Center: California
I-129F Sent: 2016-02-02
I-129F NOA1: 2016-02-08
I-129F NOA2: 2016-04-08
I-129F NOA2(paper): 2016-04-14

NVC case# assigned: 2016-04-28

In transit: 2016-05-02

Ready 2016-05-04

Administrative processing 2016-05-10

Email from the embassy: 2016-05-11

Medical: 2016-05-12

Interview: 2016-05-25 - approved!

POE: 6/18/2016

SSN received: 07/01/2016

Marriage: 07/15/2016

AOS:

AOS/EAD/AP filed: 07/26/2016

Text/email notifications: 08/02/2016

Check cashed 08/03/2016

NOA1 for AOS/EAD/AP 08/08/2016

Biometrics: 08/25/2016

EAD/AP 10/25/2016

Interview 09/19/2017

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You you never know what they want. Some don't want you to book the interview until you have heard from them. I could be they haven't open the sloths for June yet as they want May booked first ... You'll have to wait till you hear from them to see if everything is okay.

Their system was allowing me to pick a date in June for the interview but I decided to pick the last one available in May.

I am just winging it at this point in hope that I am doing the right thing since the embassy phase is confusing for my country (K-1 must not be popular in this country). I figure the worst case scenario will be having to reschedule the interview dates. I also figured that if they did not allow for you to schedule the interview then the system would have refused but all it asked for was the barcode on the Ds-160 form in order for me to schedule the interview. The other thing is, I was not asked to pay the fee after I scheduled the interview so they may have a different process when it comes to where, when and how you pay the fee.

Urrgh I seriously wish the embassy phase was standard (same) for all embassies.

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Their system was allowing me to pick a date in June for the interview but I decided to pick the last one available in May.

I am just winging it at this point in hope that I am doing the right thing since the embassy phase is confusing for my country (K-1 must not be popular in this country). I figure the worst case scenario will be having to reschedule the interview dates. I also figured that if they did not allow for you to schedule the interview then the system would have refused but all it asked for was the barcode on the Ds-160 form in order for me to schedule the interview. The other thing is, I was not asked to pay the fee after I scheduled the interview so they may have a different process when it comes to where, when and how you pay the fee.

Urrgh I seriously wish the embassy phase was standard (same) for all embassies.

Yeah it is very different. Here you pay first then it ask you if you have gotten the checklist from the embassy (package 3). After you have paid then you are allowed to book the interview :)

I'm sure you will be fine :) When is the date? :D ... Are you ready? :)

 

 

 

 

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Yeah it is very different. Here you pay first then it ask you if you have gotten the checklist from the embassy (package 3). After you have paid then you are allowed to book the interview :)

I'm sure you will be fine :) When is the date? :D ... Are you ready? :)

Oh okay. My fiance is the one going to the interview so I hope he will be ready by then.

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Ahh, this is great! Thanks! Looks like we'll get to schedule our interview ourselves. Does this mean it'll be sooner?? :-D

Yep most people are managing to schedule them for 4 weeks from when they book.

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K-1 Jan 2016 Applicant timeline.

I-129f sent to lock box 7th January 2016.
Delivered 11th January 2016.
NOA1 sent to CSC January 14th 2016.
NOA1 Hard copy January 21st 2016.
RFE email 10th March 2016.
RFE hard copy - 21th March 2016.
RFE Evidence sent- 4th April 2016.
RFE Received by USCIS- 6th April 2016.
NOA2 Received by email dated 18th April 2016.
NOA2 hard copy - April 21st 2016
NVC Recieved- May 9th 2016.
NVC number received- May 9th 2016.
DS-160 filled out - 9th May 2016.
Medical - May 18th 2016
CEAC in Transit - 11th May 2016.
CEAC update embassy received medical- may 24th 2016
Interview- June 15th 2016. - approved!!
POE- July 13th 2016 -Chicago

Married July 18th 2016. (L)

AOS

Package sent- August 18th 2016

Arrived at Chicago Lockbox- August 20th 2016.

NOA 1 - August 25th 2016 (text received 27th).

AP NOA1- 22nd August 2016 (text received 27th).

EAD NOA1- 22nd August 2016 (email received 27th).

NOA1 Hard copies received- September 1st 2016.

Bio-metrics- 20th September 2016.

Request Initial Information for I-485 - October 6th 2016.

RFIE- Affidavit Support information October 11th 2016.

RFIE- Response sent Overnight USPS. October 17th 2016.

RFIE- Delivered October 18th 2016.

RFIE- Received by USCIS October 20th 2016.

EAD- Card Being produced November 17th 2016.

AP- Approved November 17th 2016.

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It's different for different countries, mine has been in "ready" since Wednesday, but in my country I have to wait for "administrative processing" to schedule the interview. As far as I understand "ready" usually means your case it at the embassy, but you don't know if they opened it or not. However, in some countries like Ukraine people can schedule the interview with the "ready" status. Some embassies schedule it for you and you can't select the date. I think you should check local forums for your country, you could also call NVC and ask them if they really sent the documents or try and contact the embassy. Hope everything works out for you!

I'm confused a bit as well, but along the way things are clearing up.

It's different for different countries, mine has been in "ready" since Wednesday, but in my country I have to wait for "administrative processing" to schedule the interview. As far as I understand "ready" usually means your case it at the embassy, but you don't know if they opened it or not. However, in some countries like Ukraine people can schedule the interview with the "ready" status. Some embassies schedule it for you and you can't select the date. I think you should check local forums for your country, you could also call NVC and ask them if they really sent the documents or try and contact the embassy. Hope everything works out for you!

I'm confused a bit as well, but along the way things are clearing up.

Thanks Ree Ren

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Yep most people are managing to schedule them for 4 weeks from when they book.

That's great, thanks!

Are you finding this out on the UK forum?

K1 Progress (L)

NOA 1 19/2/2016

NOA 2 13/4/2016

NVC Received 04/05/2016

Embassy Ready 09/05/2016

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That's great, thanks!

Are you finding this out on the UK forum?

Some of it from here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/588504-medical-to-interview-date-2016-data-only-title-edited/?p=8058841 but anything new I found out is because I chat to people on the January thread that are in the UK. I started reading the February thread because I got an RFE and a lot of you are waiting for NVC around the same date that I got approved. 4 people I speak to have all just booked their appointments and they got June 1st and June 7th. Then there is another person who I speak to and we are both waiting for our case numbers at NVC right now. I'm hoping to hear soon, but most likely it'll be next week. Apparently the DS-160 takes ages, I'd start getting a digital photo https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/passports/photos/photos.html It took me a few hours with my phone and the tool on the official site.

If you need any more advice just let me know. I don't know everything... but I will always try to help as much as I can. We're both in the UK so I'll probably know info that is relevant to you.

K-1 Jan 2016 Applicant timeline.

I-129f sent to lock box 7th January 2016.
Delivered 11th January 2016.
NOA1 sent to CSC January 14th 2016.
NOA1 Hard copy January 21st 2016.
RFE email 10th March 2016.
RFE hard copy - 21th March 2016.
RFE Evidence sent- 4th April 2016.
RFE Received by USCIS- 6th April 2016.
NOA2 Received by email dated 18th April 2016.
NOA2 hard copy - April 21st 2016
NVC Recieved- May 9th 2016.
NVC number received- May 9th 2016.
DS-160 filled out - 9th May 2016.
Medical - May 18th 2016
CEAC in Transit - 11th May 2016.
CEAC update embassy received medical- may 24th 2016
Interview- June 15th 2016. - approved!!
POE- July 13th 2016 -Chicago

Married July 18th 2016. (L)

AOS

Package sent- August 18th 2016

Arrived at Chicago Lockbox- August 20th 2016.

NOA 1 - August 25th 2016 (text received 27th).

AP NOA1- 22nd August 2016 (text received 27th).

EAD NOA1- 22nd August 2016 (email received 27th).

NOA1 Hard copies received- September 1st 2016.

Bio-metrics- 20th September 2016.

Request Initial Information for I-485 - October 6th 2016.

RFIE- Affidavit Support information October 11th 2016.

RFIE- Response sent Overnight USPS. October 17th 2016.

RFIE- Delivered October 18th 2016.

RFIE- Received by USCIS October 20th 2016.

EAD- Card Being produced November 17th 2016.

AP- Approved November 17th 2016.

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