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3 hours ago, SlimLisa said:

Guess I will just write back and forth to myself, since in this blog and the Nebraska service Center blog, everyone was approved and here my husband and I sit and wait.....so miserable

According to https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

You are still within processing time with Nebraska. But if I were you I would be calling everyday. Did you get a RFE? And call recently? Btw I don't know when the time tables were updated last.

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Sent Jan 2nd 2018  PD: Jan 3rd 2018

E-notification: Jan 8th 2018 NOA1 Hard copy: Jan 12th 2018

NOA2: June 28th 2018, new website. Old website: July 17th sent to DOS (finally appeared July 29th, after 206 days after petition sent and stating not found) Emails & texts: nothing. Hard Copy states NoA2 is June 27, 2018.

NOA2: Hard copy: July 2nd 2018

Sent to DOS: New Website: July 18th 2018. Old website July 17th (Case number was finally found after 206 days of submitting petition, appeared on July 29th.)

Received NVC: July 24th 2018, per calling NVC option 5. 

New Case number #: Via email August 21st 2018. While on the phone with the hubby. Case is PIVOT. 

Fees paid August 21st 2018. Marked as paid on August 23rd 2018.

DS-260 filled and submitted:  August 27th 2018

AOS documents filled and submitted: August 29th, 2018

IV Documents: Submitted August 31st, 2018

Case Complete: September 11th 2018 via website 
Received Interview data: From embassy Oct 13, from NVC: Oct 15th.
Interview: originally Nov 27th, rescheduled to Nov 29th.

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Nov 26th 2018 AP.
Interviewed on Nov 29th, was told everything is good, asked for CV / resume, kept passport.

Nov 29th Email submitted.

Nov 30th They sent us an email for a physical copy.

Dec 3rd Submitted. Dec 4th They received.

Dec 7th, 14th,18th, 19th, 20th case was touched.

Dec 21st ready for Pick up. Dec 23rd pick up passport with no visa.  Was told due to holidays they resent passport incase Husband needed it, and to return it back on Jan 9th.

Jan 15th, sent off passport back to Embassy, Jan 16th case updated and received passport. 
Jan 24th case touched. Feb 1st sent email asking if they needed anything from us, replied Feb 5th stating still going thru AP, no change on website. Feb 13th, case was touched. March 5th sent email (not by travel docs) asking what we are waiting on, received auto email, unsure if case touched was touch per auto email.
March 5th, 7th case was touched. Also UStraveldocs passport states "There is no status update available for the passport number submitted"

March 15 Sent message via ustraveldocs about what's going on etc etc.
March 19: reply from Embassy Stating we have been approved and should get visa in 1-2 business days! 

March 20th: Issued!!!!! ViH: March 21st.
POE: Aiming for April 26th. 

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Him: J1 Visa (no 2 home requirement) May 2015-Nov 2016 Officially met: Late July 2015 Started relationship mid-Aug 2015

Business trip B1 (Him): May 2017 - Nov 2017

2nd Business trip (Him): Feb 2018 - May 31st 2018

2nd visit hopefully when he moves to the USA.

ROC (LA, CA Area): sent  April: 12th 2021, Case transferred June 17th. Bios Jan 4th 2022. Ready for schedule interview Jan 5th 2022. Interview scheduled on Jan 11th 2022 for Feb 18th 2022. Approved at interview. Green card sent Feb 23rd 2022. Green Card in hand Feb 28th 2022. 
Next N-400: Submitted May 27th 2023, bios being reused. 

IR-2 (Step daughter, Ukraine): Sent June 7th, 2021 via online. Case was actively being looked at since Nov 2nd 2021. Approval Feb 16. Case sent to NVC Feb 19th 2022. Interview Dec 17, VIH 18th, POE Dec 26th 2022.

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Hello all,

 

I just got my approval today but it is dated for 9/26....

 

My priority date is 1/29/18 and I am in Potomac Service Center.

 

Now I guess we will start the NVC process!

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Guys I have a silly question ,can I use my iPhone to pay the fees and upload whatever NVC needs from me??? Is it possible ???i do have a computer but jus wanna know if it’s posible that’s all..thank you in advance..!!

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On 9/26/2018 at 8:36 AM, SlimLisa said:

Guess I will just write back and forth to myself, since in this blog and the Nebraska service Center blog, everyone was approved and here my husband and I sit and wait.....so miserable

Hang in there. The wait really is unbearable. Good luck!

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1 hour ago, Gods-faith said:

Guys is the Department OF State the same as the National Visa Center? Or is it two different thing?  On the website it shows my case was sent to the Department of State not NVC so I’m confused about that. 

 

Thank you for your response!

Yes, if it shows sent to Department of State it has gone to NVC. I may be wrong, but it appears to me that USCIS is overseen by Homeland Security and NVC is overseen by the Dept of State. 

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On 9/26/2018 at 11:36 AM, SlimLisa said:

Guess I will just write back and forth to myself, since in this blog and the Nebraska service Center blog, everyone was approved and here my husband and I sit and wait.....so miserable

Please keep updating us on your case. Hope to hear some good news soon.

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9 hours ago, Jemera said:

Yes, if it shows sent to Department of State it has gone to NVC. I may be wrong, but it appears to me that USCIS is overseen by Homeland Security and NVC is overseen by the Dept of State. 

Ok, thank you but I need to know for sure lol. 

The people who already have their case sent over after approval will know for sure. 

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1 hour ago, Gods-faith said:

Ok, thank you but I need to know for sure lol. 

The people who already have their case sent over after approval will know for sure. 

Oh! I'm sorry. I was unclear. I have had my case sent to NVC and have recently received CC. Definitely your NVC correspondence says Department of State. I was just unsure about the "oversees" part of my post. I should have left it out.

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Today my petition got approved, and took exactly 12 days to get approved from the time uscis got my response to the rfe. Hang in there guys if your still waiting. 

I have updated my timeline if you are interested in knowing more information. My pd date was January 30. 

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On 9/11/2018 at 5:28 PM, laowainelson said:

Check your NVC case. I just checked mine this afternoon Eastern time and the documents are approved. Just waiting for the consulate appointment information now. This morning it was still pending

 

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Thank you for sharing your screenshot laowainelson. May we please ask how long it took for the status to change from "Submitted" to "Accepted" for both the AOS and IV online submissions? Also, have you received your interview date yet?

 

My wife and I have submitted all our documents through the CEAC online portal and are curious as to how long it'll take get approved and to also receive the embassy interview date. Thanks again!

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53 minutes ago, Goman0206 said:

 

Thank you for sharing your screenshot laowainelson. May we please ask how long it took for the status to change from "Submitted" to "Accepted" for both the AOS and IV online submissions? Also, have you received your interview date yet?

 

My wife and I have submitted all our documents through the CEAC online portal and are curious as to how long it'll take get approved and to also receive the embassy interview date. Thanks again!

Hi,

I submitted our documents on August 31st and got an approval message on September 11th. The actual email did not come through until the morning of September 12th. It seems to be that it takes about 10 days for NVC to process your documents. For us there was one holiday in between August 31st and September 11 (Labor day).

We received our email with our appointment last week, September 26th. Our interview will be on November 1st, a little unfortunate that there are two holidays this month for our consulate. (Chinese National Holiday, 3 business days and Columbus day, 1 business day).

 

We hope to be together by Thanksgiving and I hope your interview gets scheduled soon!

 

 

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3 minutes ago, laowainelson said:

Hi,

I submitted our documents on August 31st and got an approval message on September 11th. The actual email did not come through until the morning of September 12th. It seems to be that it takes about 10 days for NVC to process your documents. For us there was one holiday in between August 31st and September 11 (Labor day).

We received our email with our appointment last week, September 26th. Our interview will be on November 1st, a little unfortunate that there are two holidays this month for our consulate. (Chinese National Holiday, 3 business days and Columbus day, 1 business day).

 

We hope to be together by Thanksgiving and I hope your interview gets scheduled soon!

 

 

Grats on the interview letter! I'm hoping my husband's interview will be around thanksgiving, hopefully before. We want to know our results, but he wont physcally move here till he has a job offer and a few other things are taken care of, assuming he gets approved. If we get denied, I'll be moving there within the year.

I-130 CR1 Timeline  Visa has been issued!!!!!! = ^.^= YAY!

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Service Center - Texas

Sent Jan 2nd 2018  PD: Jan 3rd 2018

E-notification: Jan 8th 2018 NOA1 Hard copy: Jan 12th 2018

NOA2: June 28th 2018, new website. Old website: July 17th sent to DOS (finally appeared July 29th, after 206 days after petition sent and stating not found) Emails & texts: nothing. Hard Copy states NoA2 is June 27, 2018.

NOA2: Hard copy: July 2nd 2018

Sent to DOS: New Website: July 18th 2018. Old website July 17th (Case number was finally found after 206 days of submitting petition, appeared on July 29th.)

Received NVC: July 24th 2018, per calling NVC option 5. 

New Case number #: Via email August 21st 2018. While on the phone with the hubby. Case is PIVOT. 

Fees paid August 21st 2018. Marked as paid on August 23rd 2018.

DS-260 filled and submitted:  August 27th 2018

AOS documents filled and submitted: August 29th, 2018

IV Documents: Submitted August 31st, 2018

Case Complete: September 11th 2018 via website 
Received Interview data: From embassy Oct 13, from NVC: Oct 15th.
Interview: originally Nov 27th, rescheduled to Nov 29th.

AP

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Nov 26th 2018 AP.
Interviewed on Nov 29th, was told everything is good, asked for CV / resume, kept passport.

Nov 29th Email submitted.

Nov 30th They sent us an email for a physical copy.

Dec 3rd Submitted. Dec 4th They received.

Dec 7th, 14th,18th, 19th, 20th case was touched.

Dec 21st ready for Pick up. Dec 23rd pick up passport with no visa.  Was told due to holidays they resent passport incase Husband needed it, and to return it back on Jan 9th.

Jan 15th, sent off passport back to Embassy, Jan 16th case updated and received passport. 
Jan 24th case touched. Feb 1st sent email asking if they needed anything from us, replied Feb 5th stating still going thru AP, no change on website. Feb 13th, case was touched. March 5th sent email (not by travel docs) asking what we are waiting on, received auto email, unsure if case touched was touch per auto email.
March 5th, 7th case was touched. Also UStraveldocs passport states "There is no status update available for the passport number submitted"

March 15 Sent message via ustraveldocs about what's going on etc etc.
March 19: reply from Embassy Stating we have been approved and should get visa in 1-2 business days! 

March 20th: Issued!!!!! ViH: March 21st.
POE: Aiming for April 26th. 

Our Visits

Spoiler

Him: J1 Visa (no 2 home requirement) May 2015-Nov 2016 Officially met: Late July 2015 Started relationship mid-Aug 2015

Business trip B1 (Him): May 2017 - Nov 2017

2nd Business trip (Him): Feb 2018 - May 31st 2018

2nd visit hopefully when he moves to the USA.

ROC (LA, CA Area): sent  April: 12th 2021, Case transferred June 17th. Bios Jan 4th 2022. Ready for schedule interview Jan 5th 2022. Interview scheduled on Jan 11th 2022 for Feb 18th 2022. Approved at interview. Green card sent Feb 23rd 2022. Green Card in hand Feb 28th 2022. 
Next N-400: Submitted May 27th 2023, bios being reused. 

IR-2 (Step daughter, Ukraine): Sent June 7th, 2021 via online. Case was actively being looked at since Nov 2nd 2021. Approval Feb 16. Case sent to NVC Feb 19th 2022. Interview Dec 17, VIH 18th, POE Dec 26th 2022.

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36 minutes ago, laowainelson said:

Hi,

I submitted our documents on August 31st and got an approval message on September 11th. The actual email did not come through until the morning of September 12th. It seems to be that it takes about 10 days for NVC to process your documents. For us there was one holiday in between August 31st and September 11 (Labor day).

We received our email with our appointment last week, September 26th. Our interview will be on November 1st, a little unfortunate that there are two holidays this month for our consulate. (Chinese National Holiday, 3 business days and Columbus day, 1 business day).

 

We hope to be together by Thanksgiving and I hope your interview gets scheduled soon!

 

 

Thanks for the very helpful information! I wish this entire process would move faster for all of us.

 

Is there a reason why the holidays impact the interview date? 

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