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There were 4 approvals for November cases today, along with 1 RFE.

Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

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I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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...approved!

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Well hello to the November filer thread - Part 2.   It's been a while since I posted glad to see Geo, Art, Vogann, and others are more than holding the fort down.   Just loving it

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WE WERE APPROVED TODAY!!!!!!!

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15 minutes ago, geowrian said:

There were 4 approvals for November cases today, along with 1 RFE.

:D i'm glad 

K1 Journey : Service Center: California Service Center + Consulate: Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

USCIS I-129F Receive Date:  January 13th, 2017

USCIS I-129F NOA2 Date:  April 27th, 2017 (105 Active days )

NVC Received: May 19th, 2017

NVC Left : May 26th, 2017

Packet 3 Received : June 12th, 2017

Interview Date : July 28th, 2017  - Approved

AOS Journey: 

AOS package (I 485, I765, I131) sent: Jan 10th, 2018

USCIS Lockbox Chicago received: Jan 12th, 2018

NOA 1 hard copies received: Jan 22nd, 2018

Bio-metric Appointment Letter received: Jan 26th, 2018

Bio-metric Appointment date: Feb 6th, 2018

Interview date: April 23rd, 2018

Approval date: May 20th 2018

 

ROC Journey:

Package sent: 02/25/20

USCIS Lockbox Phoenix received: 02/27/20

Text received with case ; check cashed: 03/04/20

 

 

 

 

 

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4 minutes ago, keixjil said:

:D i'm glad 

Me too. Since April 1st, 64% of all the remaining untouched Nov. filers have been touched. There's still a number of RFE responses needed to be adjudicated, but at least they're making decent progress getting the oldest cases out of the way.

Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

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I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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@geowrian @AkesAngel or anyone who might know...Our December 27th case was approved on April 10th and I was wondering how long email notifications, hard copy of NOA2 takes to arrive, and whether or not there is anything sent my way or his way during the wait for NVC. 

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51 minutes ago, visamountain said:

@geowrian @AkesAngel or anyone who might know...Our December 27th case was approved on April 10th and I was wondering how long email notifications, hard copy of NOA2 takes to arrive, and whether or not there is anything sent my way or his way during the wait for NVC. 

Hello,

 

Your case will be at NVC a couple weeks before they send the approval notice in the mail.  

 

I got text and email notification the same day NVC received my application.

 

I only received a hard copy of my approval notice In the mail one day prior to our application arriving at the embassy.  

 

Just call for your NVC number 2 weeks after approval to get the ball rolling.  I suggest calling at 7:30am EST my call was answered as soon as I finished the prompts.

 

Good Luck.

AOS from K1

Delivered Aug 24

Recieved text notifications Aug 29

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2 hours ago, visamountain said:

@geowrian @AkesAngel or anyone who might know...Our December 27th case was approved on April 10th and I was wondering how long email notifications, hard copy of NOA2 takes to arrive, and whether or not there is anything sent my way or his way during the wait for NVC. 

 

 

1 hour ago, Stephanie B said:

Hello,

 

Your case will be at NVC a couple weeks before they send the approval notice in the mail.  

 

I got text and email notification the same day NVC received my application.

 

I only received a hard copy of my approval notice In the mail one day prior to our application arriving at the embassy.  

 

Just call for your NVC number 2 weeks after approval to get the ball rolling.  I suggest calling at 7:30am EST my call was answered as soon as I finished the prompts.

 

Good Luck.

 

What Stephanie B suggests. That being said though, I always called NVC between 10 and 12am, and I've never waited longer than 5 minutes for anyone to answer my call. It took 13 days for our case to get to the NVC, and 14 days for us to get a case-#. Our physical NOA2 took about a week to reach us, but I wouldn't count on email notifications. However, emails are not all that important either; you will need your physical NOA2 for AOS later on, so even if you are not notified by email, don't worry about it. Also, because these things are sent by USCIS, they will be routed to the petitioner. After that, it depends on how the embassy in your country handles things. In our case, everything from now on will end up in my inbox and at my physical address (I'm the beneficiary). 

 

Good luck with everything and congratulations to your USCIS-approval. 

ROC: 

12/30/2019 package sent to Texas Lockbox via USPS 

12/31/2019 package arrived at Texas Lockbox 

01/02/2020 package signed for

01/04/2020 $680 charged on credit card

01/06/2020 text message and email with case number received

01/09/2020 extension letter received; notice date: 01/03/2020

02/22/2020 biometrics appointment letter received 

03/06/2020 biometrics appointment 

08/09/2021 I-751 approved

08/16/2021 Green Card received

 

Naturalization:

12/29/2020 application filed online and receipt number received 

01/04/2021 hard copy NOA1 received 

02/27/2021 electronic biometric reuse letter received

09/19/2021 interview scheduled - electronic notice received 

09/27/2021 hard copy interview notice received (issue date: 09/21/2021)

10/27/2021 interview (10.40am), approved

11/06/2021 oath ceremony (7.30am) 

 

I AM A U.S. CITIZEN!!!!! 

 

Passport:

11/08/2021 appointment at USPS (2.00pm)

11/16/2021 money order cashed, passport “in process” (locator 69)

12/02/2021 approved and shipped

12/04/2021 passport book delivered

12/13/2021 passport card and NC delivered 

 

 

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Hey guys!!!!

So much prayers and good vibes from everyone.

 

Thank you to all the advice that was given.

My interview is 23 of may at 2pm 

Our wait is over now its been a long 6 months.

May all the fillers be reunited with there loved ones soon.

 

GOD BLESS

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16 minutes ago, kurt&eva said:

Hey guys!!!!

So much prayers and good vibes from everyone.

 

Thank you to all the advice that was given.

My interview is 23 of may at 2pm 

Our wait is over now its been a long 6 months.

May all the fillers be reunited with there loved ones soon.

 

GOD BLESS

Congrats! Please do let us know how it goes! Wishing everyone the best with their next steps :)

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Hi guys!! I just called NVC and got our case number! I didn't even have to wait!! 

• 08.07.2017 --->  I-485, I-765, I-131 Priority Mail

• 08.09.2017 --->  Package received

• 08.15.2017 --->  Received text messages and emails

• 08.15.2017 --->  Checks cashed

• 08.19.2017 --->  Received NOA1 all 3 hardcopies

• 08.25.2017 --->  Received biometrics letter

• 09.01.2017 --->  RFIE

• 09.07.2017 --->  Biometrics appointment

• 09.15.2017 --->  Received RFIE

• 10.05.2017 --->  Sent RFIE Response

• 10.07.2017 --->  USCIS Received RFIE Response

• 10.10.2017 --->  USCIS Status Update: Response to USCIS RFIE was received

• 03.19.2018 --->  Card in production *Day 221*

• 03.21.2018 --->  Card mailed out *Day 223*

• 03.23.2018 --->  Card in hand *Day 224*
• 10.26.2018 --->  Interview schedules *Day 442*

• 12.06.2018 --->  Interview Day

• 12.10.2018 --->  Needing new medical

• 01.03.2019 --->  Mailed new Medical

• 01.04.2019 ---> USCIS received medical

• 01.15.2019 --->  Card is in the mail *Day 523*

• 01.17.2019 --->  Card received *Day 525*

 

https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov/ Have updated info, when the app doesn't update.

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I was wondering if anyone has encountered the issue that we are dealing with regarding the Manila embassy.  We applied for the police clearance certificate from Hong Kong, which they sent directly to the embassy.  However, the Philippine postal service is holding the package and will not deliver it; they told me that the embassy would have to come pick it up.  When I related this to the embassy, they said they had never encountered this before, and they couldn't guarantee that they would even go pick it up.  

 

This is the 2nd certificate that Hong Kong sent to the embassy....we have no idea of what happened to the first one since we weren't provided a tracking number.  When my fiancee went for her interview, everything was fine except for the certificate.  Now we are in limbo, since the certificate is sitting at the post office in Manila but the embassy may not pick it up.  

 

Has anyone else had this issue before?  Since Hong Kong will not send the certificate to the applicant, but only to the embassy, I'm at wit's end as to what to do.  I call the embassy every day and have filed an escalation case, but other than that we are helpless.  Any help from anyone who has dealt with this would be greatly appreciated.

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On 4/6/2017 at 2:37 AM, Ray&Ash said:

Anybody whos case reaching NVC took more than 2 weeks? its been close to 16 days for me now :( Getting a lil anxious now.... 

From what i read, majority got the case number in 2 weeks...

Did you get it yet? Sorry if I missed the post. 

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Case sent from NVC to embassy via DHL...4 business days total at NVC. Embassy transfers at NVC not possible anymore, supposedly. =\

Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

Spoiler

I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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How long will USCIS keep your original documents (50 pages of our life which led to approval on April 10th) on file?  Asking because I never requested mine and didn't know if I should and how long I have before they toss them.  

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2 minutes ago, visamountain said:

How long will USCIS keep your original documents (50 pages of our life which led to approval on April 10th) on file?  Asking because I never requested mine and didn't know if I should and how long I have before they toss them.  

I'm not sure what you mean... USCIS will keep records for as long as they may still be needed. That may even be until after citizenship. But what do you mean that you never requested yours...? Anything you submit with the petitions or visa application may not be returned.

Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

Spoiler

I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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@geowrian when I call USCIS there's always an option to have your original package of all that info for NOA1 to be returned to you.  That's what I'm referring to.  I never requested mine to be returned to me and didn't know how long they keep all of that info filed away in case I want it back. 

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