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LuFlolady   881

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Just popping in to say hi! hope all is well...we are in the process of researching the N400-Naturaliztion we will start the process in July right after our wedding anniversay

Luflolady

Jan 26th: Mailed I-129F

Jan 29th NOA1

Feb 2nd: Check Cashed

Feb 9th: rcvd hard copy of NOA1

Aug. 28th Notified of RFE being mailed

Sept. 1st received hard copy of RFE in the mail

Sept. 4th mailed response to RFE

Sept. 10th received txt that my response to RFE was received

Oct. 10th Received txt that we were approved (NOA2) 30days after RFE response

Oct. 13th received hard copy of NOA2

Oct. 31st case arrived at NVC

Nov 2nd received case number

Nov. 19th Case is "ready" to schedule an interview

Feb. 14th Interview (2019) APPROVED!!!!!!

 

AOS

July 24th: mailed AOS pkt

July 31st: received txt msg of receipt numbers for all documents

Aug 5th received NOA hard copies dated July 31st

Aug. 9th received Biometrics letter in the mail

Aug. 19th Biometrics appt.

Sept. 20th notified of RFE via website 

Sept. 25th Received hard copy of RFE (copy of BC)

Sept. 27th Sent response to RFE

Sept. 30th Response was delivered

Oct. 2nd... Response to evidence received updated on website

Feb 12, 2020 case is ready to schedule for interview

Feb 12, 2020 New card is being produced (EAD)
Feb 13, 2020 Notification that EAD  and AP was approved

Feb 18,2020 received hard copies of AP and EAD approval

Feb 18,2020 notification AOS interview scheduled and EAD mailed

Feb 20, 2020 received EAD card

Feb 24, 2020 received interview letter (March24th)

Aug 4, 2020 received notification of new interview date(rescheduled because of pandemic)

Sept. 14th new AOS interview
Oct. 30th AOS approval

Nov. 9th New card is being produced
 

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HOORAY7
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Hi everyone in South Africa!  My fiancé and I are almost done in our process, she lives in South Africa and I live in the Seattle Washington area.  It took us 5 months to get our NOA2, so be prepared

SAlove18
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Finally approved!!!! Will update once I’m back in Cape Town. 14 months we are approved 

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We are approved! Will share my experience with you when I get home. Gosh I feel relieved:)

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vistawateraz   28

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LuFlolady! Hope all is well!  We applied for permanent residence last November and will be applying for citizenship in October of 2022. We're celebrating our 3rd anniversary May 4th, what a journey, but worth every single minute!! 

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Redro   4,611

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Happy Freedom Day almal! 

@LuFlolady and @vistawateraz are you planning on applying for retention of SA citizenship?

I always wondered when in the process you're supposed to send in the application... while N400 is pending or before you submit N400 paperwork...

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vistawateraz Contributor

vistawateraz   28

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On 4/27/2022 at 12:41 AM, ROK2USA said:

Happy Freedom Day almal! 

@LuFlolady and @vistawateraz are you planning on applying for retention of SA citizenship?

I always wondered when in the process you're supposed to send in the application... while N400 is pending or before you submit N400 paperwork...

Sorry for the late response. Short answer for us is ... No.

LuFlolady Proficient

LuFlolady   881

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On 4/27/2022 at 3:41 AM, ROK2USA said:

Happy Freedom Day almal! 

@LuFlolady and @vistawateraz are you planning on applying for retention of SA citizenship?

I always wondered when in the process you're supposed to send in the application... while N400 is pending or before you submit N400 paperwork...

I’m super late too and my answer is no as well as my husband was not a SA citizen……

Luflolady

Jan 26th: Mailed I-129F

Jan 29th NOA1

Feb 2nd: Check Cashed

Feb 9th: rcvd hard copy of NOA1

Aug. 28th Notified of RFE being mailed

Sept. 1st received hard copy of RFE in the mail

Sept. 4th mailed response to RFE

Sept. 10th received txt that my response to RFE was received

Oct. 10th Received txt that we were approved (NOA2) 30days after RFE response

Oct. 13th received hard copy of NOA2

Oct. 31st case arrived at NVC

Nov 2nd received case number

Nov. 19th Case is "ready" to schedule an interview

Feb. 14th Interview (2019) APPROVED!!!!!!

 

AOS

July 24th: mailed AOS pkt

July 31st: received txt msg of receipt numbers for all documents

Aug 5th received NOA hard copies dated July 31st

Aug. 9th received Biometrics letter in the mail

Aug. 19th Biometrics appt.

Sept. 20th notified of RFE via website 

Sept. 25th Received hard copy of RFE (copy of BC)

Sept. 27th Sent response to RFE

Sept. 30th Response was delivered

Oct. 2nd... Response to evidence received updated on website

Feb 12, 2020 case is ready to schedule for interview

Feb 12, 2020 New card is being produced (EAD)
Feb 13, 2020 Notification that EAD  and AP was approved

Feb 18,2020 received hard copies of AP and EAD approval

Feb 18,2020 notification AOS interview scheduled and EAD mailed

Feb 20, 2020 received EAD card

Feb 24, 2020 received interview letter (March24th)

Aug 4, 2020 received notification of new interview date(rescheduled because of pandemic)

Sept. 14th new AOS interview
Oct. 30th AOS approval

Nov. 9th New card is being produced
 

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LuFlolady Proficient

LuFlolady   881

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On 4/23/2022 at 8:46 PM, vistawateraz said:

LuFlolady! Hope all is well!  We applied for permanent residence last November and will be applying for citizenship in October of 2022. We're celebrating our 3rd anniversary May 4th, what a journey, but worth every single minute!! 

hey checking on you hope you guys are well.... We celebrated our three year anniversary July 3rd however we cant apply citizenship yet because he has only been a permanent resident since Oct 2020(COVID)  so we will lift conditions instead.....

Luflolady

Jan 26th: Mailed I-129F

Jan 29th NOA1

Feb 2nd: Check Cashed

Feb 9th: rcvd hard copy of NOA1

Aug. 28th Notified of RFE being mailed

Sept. 1st received hard copy of RFE in the mail

Sept. 4th mailed response to RFE

Sept. 10th received txt that my response to RFE was received

Oct. 10th Received txt that we were approved (NOA2) 30days after RFE response

Oct. 13th received hard copy of NOA2

Oct. 31st case arrived at NVC

Nov 2nd received case number

Nov. 19th Case is "ready" to schedule an interview

Feb. 14th Interview (2019) APPROVED!!!!!!

 

AOS

July 24th: mailed AOS pkt

July 31st: received txt msg of receipt numbers for all documents

Aug 5th received NOA hard copies dated July 31st

Aug. 9th received Biometrics letter in the mail

Aug. 19th Biometrics appt.

Sept. 20th notified of RFE via website 

Sept. 25th Received hard copy of RFE (copy of BC)

Sept. 27th Sent response to RFE

Sept. 30th Response was delivered

Oct. 2nd... Response to evidence received updated on website

Feb 12, 2020 case is ready to schedule for interview

Feb 12, 2020 New card is being produced (EAD)
Feb 13, 2020 Notification that EAD  and AP was approved

Feb 18,2020 received hard copies of AP and EAD approval

Feb 18,2020 notification AOS interview scheduled and EAD mailed

Feb 20, 2020 received EAD card

Feb 24, 2020 received interview letter (March24th)

Aug 4, 2020 received notification of new interview date(rescheduled because of pandemic)

Sept. 14th new AOS interview
Oct. 30th AOS approval

Nov. 9th New card is being produced
 

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Confusedtinybird   41

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa (DCF) Country: South Africa
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On 4/27/2022 at 3:41 AM, ROK2USA said:

Happy Freedom Day almal! 

@LuFlolady and @vistawateraz are you planning on applying for retention of SA citizenship?

I always wondered when in the process you're supposed to send in the application... while N400 is pending or before you submit N400 paperwork...

Hi! I just saw this, but  if you are planning on applying for US Citizenship I would go ahead and apply to keep your South African Citizenship. It took a while for ours to come in the mail. You HAVE like last day possible to have it when you take the Oath.

vistawateraz Contributor

vistawateraz   28

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Based on USCIS timelines, it seems like we'll be applying for citizenship before receiving removal of conditions.  I read that once we apply for citizenship, we will basically have an interview that will cover ROC and Citizenship at the same time. Can anyone confirm this?

 

Dan

LuFlolady Proficient

LuFlolady   881

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20 hours ago, vistawateraz said:

Based on USCIS timelines, it seems like we'll be applying for citizenship before receiving removal of conditions.  I read that once we apply for citizenship, we will basically have an interview that will cover ROC and Citizenship at the same time. Can anyone confirm this?

 

Dan

I thought we would be able to apply for citizenship too base don us being married for 3years however he has only been a permanent resident since Oct. 2020 so 2 years in October of this year so unfortunately we have to apply to remove conditions first.....

Luflolady

Jan 26th: Mailed I-129F

Jan 29th NOA1

Feb 2nd: Check Cashed

Feb 9th: rcvd hard copy of NOA1

Aug. 28th Notified of RFE being mailed

Sept. 1st received hard copy of RFE in the mail

Sept. 4th mailed response to RFE

Sept. 10th received txt that my response to RFE was received

Oct. 10th Received txt that we were approved (NOA2) 30days after RFE response

Oct. 13th received hard copy of NOA2

Oct. 31st case arrived at NVC

Nov 2nd received case number

Nov. 19th Case is "ready" to schedule an interview

Feb. 14th Interview (2019) APPROVED!!!!!!

 

AOS

July 24th: mailed AOS pkt

July 31st: received txt msg of receipt numbers for all documents

Aug 5th received NOA hard copies dated July 31st

Aug. 9th received Biometrics letter in the mail

Aug. 19th Biometrics appt.

Sept. 20th notified of RFE via website 

Sept. 25th Received hard copy of RFE (copy of BC)

Sept. 27th Sent response to RFE

Sept. 30th Response was delivered

Oct. 2nd... Response to evidence received updated on website

Feb 12, 2020 case is ready to schedule for interview

Feb 12, 2020 New card is being produced (EAD)
Feb 13, 2020 Notification that EAD  and AP was approved

Feb 18,2020 received hard copies of AP and EAD approval

Feb 18,2020 notification AOS interview scheduled and EAD mailed

Feb 20, 2020 received EAD card

Feb 24, 2020 received interview letter (March24th)

Aug 4, 2020 received notification of new interview date(rescheduled because of pandemic)

Sept. 14th new AOS interview
Oct. 30th AOS approval

Nov. 9th New card is being produced
 

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LuFlolady Proficient

LuFlolady   881

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On 8/2/2022 at 6:25 PM, vistawateraz said:

We definitely got lucky and beat covid restrictions. Can't wait to file the N400!

Good for you guys good luck with naturalization we just file ROC today hoping for a smooth process…..

Luflolady

Jan 26th: Mailed I-129F

Jan 29th NOA1

Feb 2nd: Check Cashed

Feb 9th: rcvd hard copy of NOA1

Aug. 28th Notified of RFE being mailed

Sept. 1st received hard copy of RFE in the mail

Sept. 4th mailed response to RFE

Sept. 10th received txt that my response to RFE was received

Oct. 10th Received txt that we were approved (NOA2) 30days after RFE response

Oct. 13th received hard copy of NOA2

Oct. 31st case arrived at NVC

Nov 2nd received case number

Nov. 19th Case is "ready" to schedule an interview

Feb. 14th Interview (2019) APPROVED!!!!!!

 

AOS

July 24th: mailed AOS pkt

July 31st: received txt msg of receipt numbers for all documents

Aug 5th received NOA hard copies dated July 31st

Aug. 9th received Biometrics letter in the mail

Aug. 19th Biometrics appt.

Sept. 20th notified of RFE via website 

Sept. 25th Received hard copy of RFE (copy of BC)

Sept. 27th Sent response to RFE

Sept. 30th Response was delivered

Oct. 2nd... Response to evidence received updated on website

Feb 12, 2020 case is ready to schedule for interview

Feb 12, 2020 New card is being produced (EAD)
Feb 13, 2020 Notification that EAD  and AP was approved

Feb 18,2020 received hard copies of AP and EAD approval

Feb 18,2020 notification AOS interview scheduled and EAD mailed

Feb 20, 2020 received EAD card

Feb 24, 2020 received interview letter (March24th)

Aug 4, 2020 received notification of new interview date(rescheduled because of pandemic)

Sept. 14th new AOS interview
Oct. 30th AOS approval

Nov. 9th New card is being produced
 

  • 5 months later...
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Confusedtinybird   41

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa (DCF) Country: South Africa
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On 1/22/2023 at 8:20 PM, ashoos said:

Hello Everyone, long time etc etc etc 

 

Wondering if anyone has recently filed to retain SA citizenship with the BI-529 and DHA BI-1664?

Hey! We did several years back. It takes a while to do. Several months.

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vistawateraz Contributor

vistawateraz   28

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Hey everybody!

 

Just checking in to see if anyone has had their I751 approved. We submitted ours in Nov/21 and received an NOA of fingerprints applied to case back in Jan/22, but since then it's been crickets...  We received a 48 month extension for the temp green card, but were curious if we were the only ones waiting... I check the uscis case status page daily, no change..

 

Hope all is well

 

Dan 

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ashoos   34

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2 hours ago, vistawateraz said:

Hey everybody!

 

Just checking in to see if anyone has had their I751 approved. We submitted ours in Nov/21 and received an NOA of fingerprints applied to case back in Jan/22, but since then it's been crickets...  We received a 48 month extension for the temp green card, but were curious if we were the only ones waiting... I check the uscis case status page daily, no change..

 

Hope all is well

 

Dan 


Oh wow that's crazy! 

I had a similar timeline in terms of application time. Applied for I751 in 9/21, didn't get any updates besides to say that Fingerprints were used a couple months after that. Didn't hear anything or see any changes until March 2023, got the notification that the case had been approved and I received my green card a week after that in the mail. 

 

Hoping you won't be waiting too much longer! 

 
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