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texcal   9

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Jack, thank you for the information.

Twelve months?!?!?! Jesus! An Immigration attorney told me about 6, and 9 as a maximum. Did you go through consular processing also, or did you file your I-485 concurrently?

I m not sure what you mean with consular processing? If you mean DCF (direct consular filing - filing the I-130 petition at a USCIS office in your and the petitioners country of residence abroad, that case the UK) then your lawyer was right with 6 months. But your spouse would have had to live in the UK too so I assume you go through the normal CR-/IR-1 process through the lockboxes which should be taking about a year.

Also don't think the SSN expedites the process. I assume they ask about it to be able to link you to previous stays and immigration processes in the US. All forms of identification helps them I guess. I have a TIN and a US military ID (I am the benificary) and it doesn't help one bit.

Direct Consular Filing - Frankfurt

03/14/2016 I-130 Sent

03/15/2016 Check cashed

03/16/2016 I-130 NOA1

04/19/2016 I-130 NOA2 (took two! weeks in the mail)

05/17/2016 Got Case# after emailing the Frankfurt Consulate

 

Continued application in 2022…

 

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They asked for it as it is a useful way of identifying applicants and keeping track of them as the number is unique. It has nothing to do with immigration however. At the I-130 petition state, which

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I m not sure what you mean with consular processing? If you mean DCF (direct consular filing - filing the I-130 petition at a USCIS office in your and the petitioners country of residence abroad, that

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Hello Mate, I won't use your name on here but we know each other from Fado in Annapolis. I went back and forth loads of times when I had my fiancée visa in, just using an ESTA. No problems at immigration in the US. Just have return flight booked and make sure you're on it. They used to stamp me in for 3 months at a time.

Boiler Grand Master

Boiler   45,861

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VWP is 90 days max.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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TBoneTX   45,812

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Welcome to the forum, and good luck.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Hello Mate, I won't use your name on here but we know each other from Fado in Annapolis. I went back and forth loads of times when I had my fiancée visa in, just using an ESTA. No problems at immigration in the US. Just have return flight booked and make sure you're on it. They used to stamp me in for 3 months at a time.

Thank you mate. I'm just coming back for 12 days in May, and I'm still a serving member of the British military - I think that alone will provide sufficient evidence that I will be returning.

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Thank you mate. I'm just coming back for 12 days in May, and I'm still a serving member of the British military - I think that alone will provide sufficient evidence that I will be returning.

You'd think so wouldn't you? But I've seen a serving Gurkha denied even though he definitely had to be back as he was only looking for a short holiday before his Op Herrick tour. Slightly different situation as he wasn't a UK Citizen but the principle is the same, don't put too much reliance on your military status.

Having to be back for duty is a plus but only along with everything else that everyone needs, return tickets and proof of ties to the UK.

About a year is as good a guess as any, adjusting in country would have been a better option but too late now.

Might be a delay due to your military history, more to check.

Not if it involves going AWOL

August 2000: We start e-mailing. I'm in Bosnia, she's in Florida

October 29th 2000: She sends me e-mail asking if I would marry her

October 29th 2000(5 seconds later): I say yes

November 2000: She sends me tickets to Orlando for when I get back

December 6th 2000: Return from Bos

December 11th 2000: Fly to Orlando, she meets me at airport

December 22nd 2000: I fly back to UK

January 3rd 2001: She flies to UK (Good times)

Mid February 2001: Pregnancy test Positive

Mid February 2001: She flies back to US

March 2001: Miscarriage, I fly to US on first flight I can get

May 2001: I leave US before my 90 days are up

June 2001: I fly back to US, stopped at airport for questioning as I had only just left

September 2001: Pregnancy test Positive again

September 2001: She falls sick, I make decision to stay to look after her as I am afraid I may have problems getting back in.

April 16th 2002: Our son is born, we start getting stuff together for his passport

March 6th 2003: We leave US for UK as family

Early April 2003: Family troubles make her return to US, I ask Embassy in London about possibilities of returning to US

April 16th 2003: London Embassy informs me that I will be banned from the Visa Waiver Program for 10 years, my little boys first birthday

June 13th 2006: I-129f sent

August 11th 2006: NOA1 Recieved

After our relationship breaks down she admits to me that she had never bothered to start the application process

Sailor1975 Apprentice

Sailor1975   4

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You'd think so wouldn't you? But I've seen a serving Gurkha denied even though he definitely had to be back as he was only looking for a short holiday before his Op Herrick tour. Slightly different situation as he wasn't a UK Citizen but the principle is the same, don't put too much reliance on your military status.

Having to be back for duty is a plus but only along with everything else that everyone needs, return tickets and proof of ties to the UK.

Not if it involves going AWOL

Why on earth would I go AWOL and foresake my pension of 24 years' service? I'm not that desperate!

Anyway, thank you all for providing your experience to me, although I must say that I'm hearing nothing but negativity - is the process really that bad?

Boiler Grand Master

Boiler   45,861

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Long winded, not that bad.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

MacUK Proficient

MacUK   983

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Why on earth would I go AWOL and foresake my pension of 24 years' service? I'm not that desperate!

Anyway, thank you all for providing your experience to me, although I must say that I'm hearing nothing but negativity - is the process really that bad?

Because people have been known to give up everything for their 'American Dream'!

And there's no negativity, just advice to be prepared.

The system will show if you have an immigration petition in the works when you pass through passport control.

They may or may not ask for proof that you'll return home after your trip.

Some people visit many times during the process and never get more than a 'How long will you be staying in the USA? Enjoy your stay'.

Others get asked for proof of ties to their home country.

It's just a case of remembering your 7 P's.

August 2000: We start e-mailing. I'm in Bosnia, she's in Florida

October 29th 2000: She sends me e-mail asking if I would marry her

October 29th 2000(5 seconds later): I say yes

November 2000: She sends me tickets to Orlando for when I get back

December 6th 2000: Return from Bos

December 11th 2000: Fly to Orlando, she meets me at airport

December 22nd 2000: I fly back to UK

January 3rd 2001: She flies to UK (Good times)

Mid February 2001: Pregnancy test Positive

Mid February 2001: She flies back to US

March 2001: Miscarriage, I fly to US on first flight I can get

May 2001: I leave US before my 90 days are up

June 2001: I fly back to US, stopped at airport for questioning as I had only just left

September 2001: Pregnancy test Positive again

September 2001: She falls sick, I make decision to stay to look after her as I am afraid I may have problems getting back in.

April 16th 2002: Our son is born, we start getting stuff together for his passport

March 6th 2003: We leave US for UK as family

Early April 2003: Family troubles make her return to US, I ask Embassy in London about possibilities of returning to US

April 16th 2003: London Embassy informs me that I will be banned from the Visa Waiver Program for 10 years, my little boys first birthday

June 13th 2006: I-129f sent

August 11th 2006: NOA1 Recieved

After our relationship breaks down she admits to me that she had never bothered to start the application process

 

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