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6 hours ago, EG&XY said:

No, it is a series of 8 numbers, but the first one may be a letter. It will likely be in red in the lower right hand corner.

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Thanks I got it! I submitted my DS-260, what now? What's next?

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You will need to submit all of the supporting documents. Or did you do that already?

Relationship:     First met 2015, Married since Oct 2016

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2015 Apr - First met and started chatting online (he was in the US on a J-1 visa)

2015 Sep - J-1 visa expires (2 year home stay requirement)

2016 Feb - First trip to China (10 days): met friends and family, celebrated Spring Festival (Chinese New Year), lots of sightseeing (including seeing pandas), and lots of food

2016 Feb 06 - Purchase matching jade necklaces to mark engagement

2016 Jun/Jul - Second trip to China (10 days): lots more sightseeing, food, and time with friends/family

2016 Sep/Oct - Third trip to China (10 days) this time with my parents so that my parents could meet him and his mom, along with lots of sightseeing and food (i'm sure you've picked up on a trend by now :D)

2016 Oct - At the end of the time in China my parents, myself, and Xuan all traveled to Canada (7 days) so that we could get married, but unfortunately his mom couldn't come along with us.

2016 Oct 08 - Wedding day on top of Mount Washington on Vancouver Island, and it had just snowed the night before. (L)(L)

2017 Jan - Fourth trip to China (7 days), you guessed it: food, family, friends, spring festival, ...


The CR-1 Process:    NOA1 - PD 27 Dec 2016 (TSC)

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2016 Dec 21 - Sent I-130 packet (along with G-1145 for e-notification) by USPS priority mail express (1-day), but missed the pick-up so it won't actually leave till the next day

2016 Dec 23 - Delivery confirmed by USPS

2017 Jan 03 - Payment drawn from bank account

2017 Jan 04 - Text and email confirming USCIS receipt of petition, assignment to Texas Service Center for processing and SRC case number

2017 Jan 09 - Received I-797c notice of action by mail (NOA1) with assigned priority date of 27 Dec 2016

2017 ??? ......... just waiting patiently for NOA2 (hopefully by April/May if they ever stop transferring cases from Nebraska)

 

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On 8/2/2017 at 5:46 AM, EG&XY said:

You will need to submit all of the supporting documents. Or did you do that already?

No not yet? But we havent received any letter or notification as such demanding our documents?

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Can someone please enlist (in short) what the process is for obtaining your F3 immigration visa?

 

My grandfather (petitioner and USC) has his friend helping him out and I'm afraid they are not well informed of the process.

We are kind of in a hurry to receive our F3 immigration visas as I'm turning 21 in October!

 

We have completed submitting our DS-260s on 2nd August 2017.

 

I just want to know in short what the procedure is step by step so that I can track my progress.

I tried googling it but because I have 0 knowledge in this field, I couldn't understand it properly.

 

Can someone please dumb down the process for me?

 

Thanks in advance for any help provided :) 

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***** three topics merged and others without replies removed.  Please only post once on the same/ related questions; it is easier for memebers to answer when all info is in one thread, and doesn't clutter the forums. ******

Bye: Penguin

Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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Citizen24   6

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Just now, Penguin_ie said:

***** three topics merged and others without replies removed.  Please only post once on the same/ related questions; it is easier for memebers to answer when all info is in one thread, and doesn't clutter the forums. ******

 I'm sorry for any inconvenience caused, I was just trying to provide complete information to anyone who reads my question to avoid any confusion. 

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4 hours ago, uv1996 said:

No not yet? But we havent received any letter or notification as such demanding our documents?

When you submit the DS-260 the confirmation page (and the status in the online portal) instruct you to submit the supporting documents (benefitiary's civil documents and the affidavit of support with supporting documents). They will not send you a letter asking to submit those. They will not start the review until you have submitted those documents.

 

I assume you will have to submit documents physically by mail (check here: https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/Submit_documents.html). If so they state it can take 11 weeks to review the documents. If they find that something is wrong or missing then they will send you a request to provide the correct/updated documents.

 

If you are eligible for email processing (rather than mail) choose that option as it is faster.

Relationship:     First met 2015, Married since Oct 2016

Spoiler

2015 Apr - First met and started chatting online (he was in the US on a J-1 visa)

2015 Sep - J-1 visa expires (2 year home stay requirement)

2016 Feb - First trip to China (10 days): met friends and family, celebrated Spring Festival (Chinese New Year), lots of sightseeing (including seeing pandas), and lots of food

2016 Feb 06 - Purchase matching jade necklaces to mark engagement

2016 Jun/Jul - Second trip to China (10 days): lots more sightseeing, food, and time with friends/family

2016 Sep/Oct - Third trip to China (10 days) this time with my parents so that my parents could meet him and his mom, along with lots of sightseeing and food (i'm sure you've picked up on a trend by now :D)

2016 Oct - At the end of the time in China my parents, myself, and Xuan all traveled to Canada (7 days) so that we could get married, but unfortunately his mom couldn't come along with us.

2016 Oct 08 - Wedding day on top of Mount Washington on Vancouver Island, and it had just snowed the night before. (L)(L)

2017 Jan - Fourth trip to China (7 days), you guessed it: food, family, friends, spring festival, ...


The CR-1 Process:    NOA1 - PD 27 Dec 2016 (TSC)

Spoiler

2016 Dec 21 - Sent I-130 packet (along with G-1145 for e-notification) by USPS priority mail express (1-day), but missed the pick-up so it won't actually leave till the next day

2016 Dec 23 - Delivery confirmed by USPS

2017 Jan 03 - Payment drawn from bank account

2017 Jan 04 - Text and email confirming USCIS receipt of petition, assignment to Texas Service Center for processing and SRC case number

2017 Jan 09 - Received I-797c notice of action by mail (NOA1) with assigned priority date of 27 Dec 2016

2017 ??? ......... just waiting patiently for NOA2 (hopefully by April/May if they ever stop transferring cases from Nebraska)

 

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19 hours ago, EG&XY said:

When you submit the DS-260 the confirmation page (and the status in the online portal) instruct you to submit the supporting documents (benefitiary's civil documents and the affidavit of support with supporting documents). They will not send you a letter asking to submit those. They will not start the review until you have submitted those documents.

 

I assume you will have to submit documents physically by mail (check here: https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/Submit_documents.html). If so they state it can take 11 weeks to review the documents. If they find that something is wrong or missing then they will send you a request to provide the correct/updated documents.

 

If you are eligible for email processing (rather than mail) choose that option as it is faster.

Thank you so much :) I'll get to this immediately :) thank you!

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