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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Canada
Timeline
Posted

My fiance and I recently began our visa journey and have found VJ to be a really helpful resource.

Just wanted to stop by the Canadian forum and wish everyone here a speedy and hassle-free visa process.

~ Eka

Our Adventure:

08/2006: Met in World of Warcraft (Horde ftw!)

10/2006: Began communicating outside the game with emails/instant msgs/skype.

01/05/2007: In game proposal.

03/2007: First visit! (Canada)

03/07/2007: In person proposal.

K-1 Progress:

03/30/2007: Filed I-129F

04/09/2007: NOA1

04/13/2007: Touch

07/27/2007: Touch! (legit - no phone calls)

07/28/2007: NOA2! (status updated/email received)

07/30/2007: NOA2 Hard Copy

08/16/2007: Arrived at NVC

08/20/2007: NVC Hard Copy (sent)

08/22/2007: NVC Hard Copy (received)

08/31/2007: Packet 3 (received)

08/31/2007: Packet 3 (sent)

09/05/2007: Email from Consulate with (bad) interview date (Sept 24)

09/05/2007: Email to Consulate requesting (better) interview date (Sept 27)

09/06/2007: Email from Consulate - interview changed to Sept 27!

Medical: September 26 - Passed!

Interview: September 27 - Approved!

POE: September 29

Wedding Date: October 12

Bride-to-be: 'Eka' (Canada) Groom-to-be: 'Pyrrhic' (USA)

Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Canada
Timeline
Posted

Hi and welcome!

K3 Timeline - 2006-11-20 to 2007-03-19

See the comments section in my timeline for full details of my K3 dates, transfers and touches. Also see my Vancouver consulate review and my POE review.

AOS & EAD Timeline

2007-04-16: I-485 and I-765 sent to Chicago (My AOS/EAD checklist)

2007-04-17: Received at Chicago

2007-04-23: NOA1 date (both)

2007-05-10: Biometrics appointment (both - Biometrics review)

2007-06-05: AOS interview letter date

2007-06-13: AOS interview letter received in mail

2007-07-03: EAD card production ordered

2007-07-07: EAD card received! (yay!)

2007-08-23: AOS interview (Documents / Interview review)

2007-08-23: Green card production ordered!!!

2007-08-24: Welcome notice mailed!

2007-08-27: Green card production ordered again... ?

2007-08-28: Welcome notice received!

2007-09-01: Green card received!

Done with USCIS until May 23, 2009!

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
Timeline
Posted

Welcome - you may meet quite a few WoW couples here.

Mo

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Full timeline can be seen in my profile

 

CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS - I-130 petition for married sibling
2016

Jul 5 - Receipt date for I-130 petition for my over 21 brother and his wife (both in the UK)

2024

Feb 23 - Sent USCIS a message asking for a processing update

May 6 - Received an email response saying things were progressing normally but that waiting times might be longer

 

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THE OG STORY - From K-1 to Citizenship (a love story)
K-1: Aug 12, 2006 to Jan 17, 2007 - mailed I-129F
AOS: Feb 26, 2007 - Jul 26, 2007
REMOVING CONDITIONS: May 4, 2009 - Oct 3, 2009
CITIZENSHIP: Nov 27, 2012 - May 9, 2013

Note: I immigrated from Canada, not T&T - the timeline is reflective of this.


THE SAGA CONTINUES - IR-5 Story
I-130 for Parents - 2013
Aug ?? - mailed I-130 packages for both mother and father
Sept 10 - NOA1 date
Sept 16 - NOA1s received

2014

Feb 25, 26 & 28 - got emails saying that the cases had been transferred to another office, then to my local office, and then just transferred and are being processed

Mar 17 - got email, attached to one case number only, saying that my A number was changed relating to the I-130 filing

Mar 18 - got emails saying that the petitions are approved http://static-forums.visajourney.com/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png

2020

Mar 20 - N-400 receipt date for my father
2021

Apr 21 - Biometrics appt.

2022
May 2 - Interview

May 20 - Naturalization ceremony
 



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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Canada
Timeline
Posted

Ya, I met my fiance on WoW too :P Lots of us here!

K1 Visa Journey

Met through an MMORPG: April 2005

Met in person: 9/23/2005

He proposed in front of Buckingham fountain: 8/20/2006

Sent I-129: 12/21/06

NOA1: 12/29/06

Touched: 3/27/06 (Happy belated bday to meee :P)

Received Email that they sent NOA2 yesterday!: 3/28/07

NOA2 in ze mail: 4/2/07

Called NVC to see if they have received the case and they haven't :( 4/13/07 and 4/19/07

NVC sent packet to MTL today! 4/24/07 (took 4 weeks from notice date)

MTL sent packet to my lawyer 5/2/07

Lawyer received Packet 3 finally! 5/17/07

Sent Packet 3 5/22/07

Now on the waiting list for an interview! 5/29/2007

Fiance gets his medical done: 7/16/07

Scheduled for Interview!: 10/24/07

Visa arrives!: 10/26/07

Fiance will be entering US: 1/18/08

Married: 2/4/08

Religious Ceremony: 4/5/08

AOS/EAD

Filling Date for AOS/EAD: 4/19/08

NOA: 5/01/08

Biometrics: 5/21/08

CSC Transfer Date 5/29/08

EAD Approved/Card Ordered 6/30/2008

EAD Card Arrived 7/11/2008

Green Card Production 7/23/2008

Removal of Conditions

Filing Date for RoC: 7/13/2010

Check Cashed: 7/15/2010

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
Timeline
Posted

Welcome aboard!!!

Canadians Visiting the USA while undergoing the visa process, my free advice:

1) Always tell the TRUTH. never lie to the POE officer

2) Be confident in ur replies

3) keep ur response short and to the point, don't tell ur life story!!

4) look the POE officer in the eye when speaking to them. They are looking for people lieing and have been trained to find them!

5) Pack light! No job resumes with you

6) Bring ties to Canada (letter from employer when ur expected back at work, lease, etc etc)

7) Always be polite, being rude isn't going to get ya anywhere, and could make things worse!!

8) Have a plan in case u do get denied (be polite) It wont harm ur visa application if ur denied,that is if ur polite and didn't lie! Refer to #1

Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Canada
Timeline
Posted

WELCOME...CUZ WE ALL KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT!

CUZ WE ALL STARTED HERE...AND COME ALONG WAY!!!!!

GOOD LUCK IN YOUR VJ ADVENTURE!!!

WELCOME...CUZ WE ALL KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT!

CUZ WE ALL STARTED HERE...AND COME ALONG WAY!!!!!

GOOD LUCK IN YOUR VJ ADVENTURE!!!

Posted

Best of luck anc welcome!

CIS Office : Philadelphia PA

08/25/09 I-751 Sent to VSC

08/26/09 Package arrives at VSC

08/31/09 Check is Cashed/Clears

08/27/09 NOA

09/24/09 Biometrics

11/24/09 Approval letter arrives!

Posted

Hee, welcome to VJ and good luck with your process.

My fiance and I met through WoW too. (World of Warcraft, an online role-playing game, for those that are scratching their heads.) Now, here come the geek questions.

Which server do you play on?

And... ALLIANCE OR HORDE? :D

Nini - Vancouver BC, Canada (she's the one who does the forum thing)

Bee - Devon PA, USA (he's the one who gave her the shiny ring)

Getting our sanity tested by bureaucracy since 2007.

Here we go again...

Removal of conditions @ VSC

9/4/2010 - sent!

9/14/2010 - NOA

Filed: Other Country: Canada
Timeline
Posted
Hee, welcome to VJ and good luck with your process.

My fiance and I met through WoW too. (World of Warcraft, an online role-playing game, for those that are scratching their heads.) Now, here come the geek questions.

Which server do you play on?

And... ALLIANCE OR HORDE? :D

Hey cool! I used to play World of Warcraft and Guild Wars! As far as WoW goes... when I was on there, I was Alliance and on the Silverhand server. :D

I know another couple (not on VJ; both are American, but they live in seperate states) who met on WoW as well. They're moving in together this summer and getting married in 2008.

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Canada
Timeline
Posted

Thank you all for the kind welcome. :)

Now, to answer the geek questions ...

We were Horde on Maelstrom. I was an Orc Warlock and my fiance was an Orc Warrior. (That's us in my avatar!)

I use past tense because we actually quit WoW to have more time to concentrate on real life things like work, school, planning and paperwork.

Might pick the characters up again when we are together irl or perhaps try out a new MMO. In the meantime, this visa journey is enough of an epic quest for us!

~ Eka

Our Adventure:

08/2006: Met in World of Warcraft (Horde ftw!)

10/2006: Began communicating outside the game with emails/instant msgs/skype.

01/05/2007: In game proposal.

03/2007: First visit! (Canada)

03/07/2007: In person proposal.

K-1 Progress:

03/30/2007: Filed I-129F

04/09/2007: NOA1

04/13/2007: Touch

07/27/2007: Touch! (legit - no phone calls)

07/28/2007: NOA2! (status updated/email received)

07/30/2007: NOA2 Hard Copy

08/16/2007: Arrived at NVC

08/20/2007: NVC Hard Copy (sent)

08/22/2007: NVC Hard Copy (received)

08/31/2007: Packet 3 (received)

08/31/2007: Packet 3 (sent)

09/05/2007: Email from Consulate with (bad) interview date (Sept 24)

09/05/2007: Email to Consulate requesting (better) interview date (Sept 27)

09/06/2007: Email from Consulate - interview changed to Sept 27!

Medical: September 26 - Passed!

Interview: September 27 - Approved!

POE: September 29

Wedding Date: October 12

Bride-to-be: 'Eka' (Canada) Groom-to-be: 'Pyrrhic' (USA)

 
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