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5 minutes ago, LuFlolady said:

Yes it is safe and reliable because when he is approved they will keep his passport and tell him to supply to police clearance later... The only thing I am not sure about is how he would give the embassy the clearance and he lives in CT.... You might want to look further into that but I know there is someone in this forum that supplied the clearance later unfortunately I Cant remember there name. You can also email the embassy  they are pretty good with responding.

Yeah, if he has to do that he'd have to fly back to Joburg and give them the clearance. Which is a bit of a pain but not the end of the world. I will go ahead and look back through this forum and see if I can find there person who had to do it as well. Thank you!! I was beyond stressed and worried but you've helped a lot! 

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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 

Vintage girl
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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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LuFlolady   881

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6 minutes ago, Sydnialexa said:

Yeah, if he has to do that he'd have to fly back to Joburg and give them the clearance. Which is a bit of a pain but not the end of the world. I will go ahead and look back through this forum and see if I can find there person who had to do it as well. Thank you!! I was beyond stressed and worried but you've helped a lot! 

You are welcome good luck! whatever you do attend the interview on your scheduled day

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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20 hours ago, Sydnialexa said:

Yeah, if he has to do that he'd have to fly back to Joburg and give them the clearance. Which is a bit of a pain but not the end of the world. I will go ahead and look back through this forum and see if I can find there person who had to do it as well. Thank you!! I was beyond stressed and worried but you've helped a lot! 

I sent a pm on how we located the police clearance. Still no UBC but we have until May 30. Fingers crossed 

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On 3/4/2019 at 11:09 AM, pretendthisisfun said:

Congratulations!  I'm so happy for the two of you.  We are going for our interview this month and hope to be joining you in celebration very soon.  I was shocked it took so long for your visa to be returned, and certainly appreciate the warning about expecting a quick turnaround.  Have you set a wedding date and made plans?  Are you going to have a celebration back in South Africa for her family and friends?  

We've begun to talk about the wedding,  but no solid date or exact plans yet. As far as a celebration in SA, I went over there this past summer and did something like that with her family already :)

03/30/2018 - Mailed I-129f

04/03/2018 - NOA1 old site

04/05/2018 - NOA1 new site

10/17/2018 - NOA2 (197 days)

11/09/2018 - NVC Received Case

11/13/2018 - NVC Case number received

11/27/2018 - Case sent to embassy

11/30/2018 - Case arrived at embassy (NVC says "Ready")

01/17/2019 - Medical exam completed

02/07/2019 - Interview

02/28/2019 - Visa in Hand 

03/01/2019 - Entered USA

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Hi everyone! 

 

My fiance just got the letter from NVC with our case number, and our status online is Ready.

Do I need to wait for the SA consulate to email me, or can I go ahead and book the interview date online already?

 

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1 hour ago, IsabelleFredrick said:

Hi everyone! 

 

My fiance just got the letter from NVC with our case number, and our status online is Ready.

Do I need to wait for the SA consulate to email me, or can I go ahead and book the interview date online already?

 

Book your date now. You can send them an email requesting packet 3. I did it the same way

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54 minutes ago, Tanya007 said:

Book your date now. You can send them an email requesting packet 3. I did it the same way

Do you have a link where I need to register online before I book interview date? I saw it somewhere, not sure where now :(

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3 minutes ago, MozambiqueSoninha said:

Still waiting :( No news since case complete.  probably another couple months of waiting 

Waiting too😫😫😫😫 and some got case complete 03/01 and are already scheduled for interviews 

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23 minutes ago, IsabelleFredrick said:

Do you have a link where I need to register online before I book interview date? I saw it somewhere, not sure where now :(

https://ceac.state.gov/genniv

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So my fiance went to his interview on the 7th and was.... Approved! How long does it usually take to get everything back so he can finally get here?

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Recently it has been taking two to three weeks if it doesn’t go into administrative processing.  They say 7-10 business days, but that’s what I’ve been seeing.  Good luck and let us know when he gets them!  You are almost there!  

1 hour ago, Sydnialexa said:

So my fiance went to his interview on the 7th and was.... Approved! How long does it usually take to get everything back so he can finally get here?

 

04/25/18  - I-129F sent Overnight Priority USPS to PO Box in Dallas

04/28/18  - USCIS signed for I-129F

05/01/18  -  Electronic NOA1

05/05/18  -  NOA1 hard copy

10/17/18  -  NOA2 

10/22/18  -  NOA2 received

11/14/18  -  NVC received case

11/23/18  -  NVC issued case number

12/11/18  -  NVC in transit

12/27/18  - P3 Received

03/28/19  -  Interview

04/11/19  -  Entry to US

07/07/19  -  Wedding

08/09/19  -  Filed AOS/EAD/AP

08/12/19  -  NOA1

09/04/19  -  Biometric Appointment

10/10/19  -  Notice of Ready For Interview  

12/06/19  -  AP/EAD Approved

12/16/19  -  AP/EAD Card Received

02/27/20  -  AOS Interview Scheduled Text

02/27/20  -  AOS Interview NOA

04/16/20  -  AOS Interview (E-notice of  interview cancellation received 03/31/20)

 

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13 hours ago, Sydnialexa said:

So my fiance went to his interview on the 7th and was.... Approved! How long does it usually take to get everything back so he can finally get here?

Please keep us updated on your status on CEAC website and how long it takes to go to “issued” and how long it takes to actually receive the passport back. 

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I just got our timeline updated but we got our "Ready" status on March 5 and was able to book an interview date for April 25.  We are very relieved to finally have a little more of a concrete timeline.  Shaun applied for his unabridged birth certificate, South African police clearance and his Korean police clearance a few weeks ago.  His Korean pc is ready to be picked up and we paid to have his unabridged bc expedited so everything should be ready in time.  Now we are just finishing up the items requested in Packet 3 and waiting! 

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