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The end of the beginning - got I-130 approval

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Captain Oates   911

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: England
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As Winston Churchill said -

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

We contacted London early January and they said Carolyn had not lived 2 years in the UK so she must send it to Nebraska-her last residence office. We sent it there and they sent it to California and they sent it back to us in the UK and said file it in London because we are both UK resident. So we filed it in London and they sent it to Nebraska who sent it to California. We could not get a NOA1 until a couple of weeks ago as they would not accept any address outside the UK even though we are officially resident in the UK. When we called to give a US address they said they were minded to cancel it off and send it back so we could file in London - even though London had sent it to them - it had then taken over 2 months to get NOA1 and we were going nuts !

anyway i just got an early morning (California time) email to say we are approved May 1 - hoo-bloody-ray is what I say

My pal Mellie got to this stage and blew up balloons only to have her petition lost !!!!! by NVC and told to start again...luckily she did DCF in Australia - but no way I will relax until I get the visa November time I estimate...

I look forward to the end of the end in Tampa airport when I get the 551 stamp - I know they will lose the green card but i will be there by then...

alan

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simple_male   1

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Bangladesh
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Congratulations!

As Winston Churchill said -

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

We contacted London early January and they said Carolyn had not lived 2 years in the UK so she must send it to Nebraska-her last residence office. We sent it there and they sent it to California and they sent it back to us in the UK and said file it in London because we are both UK resident. So we filed it in London and they sent it to Nebraska who sent it to California. We could not get a NOA1 until a couple of weeks ago as they would not accept any address outside the UK even though we are officially resident in the UK. When we called to give a US address they said they were minded to cancel it off and send it back so we could file in London - even though London had sent it to them - it had then taken over 2 months to get NOA1 and we were going nuts !

anyway i just got an early morning (California time) email to say we are approved May 1 - hoo-bloody-ray is what I say

My pal Mellie got to this stage and blew up balloons only to have her petition lost !!!!! by NVC and told to start again...luckily she did DCF in Australia - but no way I will relax until I get the visa November time I estimate...

I look forward to the end of the end in Tampa airport when I get the 551 stamp - I know they will lose the green card but i will be there by then...

alan

I-130 Timeline with USCIS:

It took 92 days for I-130 to get approved from the filing date

NVC Process of I-130:

It took 78 days to complete the NVC process

Interview Process at The U.S. Embassy

Interview took 223 days from the I-130 filing date. Immigrant Visa was issued right after the interview

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MegDan   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Honduras
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Another congratulations Alan! :D

I-130:

2/13/07 ~ NOA1

5/31/07 ~ NOA2 Approval!

NVC: (Did not use James' shortcuts except for hubby sending DS-230 to me ahead of time!)

6/15/07 ~ Petition rec'vd by NVC

6/18/07 ~ Case # assigned

7/02/07 ~ DS3032/AOS bill generated

7/03/07 ~ COA email sent

7/09/07 ~ AOS bill rec'vd by mail

7/10/07 ~ Paid/Sent AOS bill

7/13/07 ~ Re-sent COA email, 1st email accepted

7/16/07 ~ IV bill generated

7/18/07 ~ AOS bill entered into system

7/28/07 ~ IV bill rec'vd by mail

8/06/07 ~ I864 packet rec'vd by mail

8/08/07 ~ Paid/sent IV bill

8/10/07 ~ Sent I864 to NVC

8/13/07 ~ NVC rec'vd I864

8/16/07 ~ IV bill entered into system

8/20/07 ~ DS230 generated

8/24/07 ~ I864 "approved"

9/01/07 ~ DS230 rec'vd by mail

9/05/07 ~ DS230 sent to NVC

9/07/07 ~ NVC receives DS230

9/11/07 ~ DS-230 in system "The NVC has rec'vd the checklist letter..."

9/24/07 ~ Chklist sent :o/

9/25/07 ~ Chklist being sent to me

9/26/07 ~ Automated msg changes to "checklist letter being sent..."

10/1/07 ~ Checklist letter rec'vd by mail

10/4/07 ~ Sent out checklist letter response to NVC...HUBBY'S BDAY :(

10/10/07~ NVC rec'vd checklist letter response

10/20/07~ CASE COMPLETE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11/07/07~ Case forwarded to embassy

12/05/07~ Interview

Onto the waiver process . . .

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Jamaica
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Congrats!!

Anna (Chicago) and Javon (Jamaica)

USCIS: I-130 Process

10/30/06 - Married to my loving husband

01/06/07 - NOA1 ($190)

05/16/07 - NOA2!!!!!

NVC: CR-1 Process

05/21/07 - NVC recv'd case (per rep @ NVC)

05/29/07 - NVC Assigned Case # (KNG2007******)

06/01/07 - Faxed change of address request to NVC

06/08/07 - NVC confirmed new address

06/18/07 - DS-3032 (Choice of Agent) & AOS (I-864) Fee Bill generated

06/23/07 - Recv'd DS-3032 & AOS Bill via snail mail

07/09/07 - Emailed DS-3032 (Choice of Agent) to NVC

07/19/07 - Mailed AOS Fee Bill ($70) to St. Louis, MO

07/19/07 - Recv'd email from NVC - Choice of Agent was accepted

07/23/07 - IV (DS-230) Fee Bill was generated

08/11/07 - Recv'd IV Fee Bill via snail mail

08/15/07 - Recv'd AOS Packet in the mail

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: South Africa
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Congrats u guys!

Removal of conditions:

I751 sent to CSC via express mail with signature request 12/08/09

Infopass appointment to get one year extension stamped into passport 12/14/09 Issued, no problems

Cheque cashed 12/10/09

I797 Notice of action dated 12/09/2009 received 12/16/09

I797 C Notice of action dated 12/17/2009 received 12/22/09

Biometrics appointment 01/14/2010 11:am

"Touched" 01/15/2010

Email received - Card production ordered 03/22/10

Approval letter received 03/22/10, Decision date 03/18/10

03/24/2010 Approval email

03/27/2010 Card received!

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Netherlands
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Hoo-bloody-ray indeed! Congrats :)

Here's hoping to a smooth ride from now on :yes:

Timeline (2nd):

5/29/2009 - Filing I-751 Removal of conditions

6/01/2009 - CSC received I-751

6/04/2009 - check cashed (fast!)

6/08/2009 - received I-797C (receipt date 6/01)

6/22/2009 - received Biometrics Appt. Notice

7/01/2009 - received rescheduled Appt. Notice

7/23/2009 - Biometr. Appt.

7/24/2009 - A touch, a touch!

8/20/2009 - APPROVED! Oh, glorious day!

8/25/2009 - Card production e-mail received

8/31/2009 - Card received. Error :(

9/05/2009 - Returned green card with evidence of error & I-90

9/16/2009 - received I-797C (receipt date 9/14)

10/27/2009 - Correct card issued

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Mononoke28 Grand Master

Mononoke28   135

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Colombia
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Right on! congratulations!

CR-1

02/05/07 - I-130 sent to NSC

05/03/07 - NOA2

05/10/07 - NVC receives petition, case # assigned

08/08/07 - Case Complete

09/27/07 - Interview, visa granted

10/02/07 - POE

11/16/07 - Received green card and Welcome to America letter in the mail

Removing Conditions

07/06/09 - I-751 sent to CSC

08/14/09 - Biometrics

09/27/09 - Approved

10/01/09 - Received 10 year green card

U.S. Citizenship

03/30/11 - N-400 sent via Priority Mail w/ delivery confirmation

05/12/11 - Biometrics

07/20/11 - Interview - passed

07/20/11 - Oath ceremony - same day as interview

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Geist   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Finland
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Oh man, your crazy situation finally got straightened out :) That's awesome! Good luck on the NVC!

For detailed timeline, see member timeline data.

You have rights antecedent to all earthly governments: rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; rights derived from the Great Legislator of the universe.

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Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms.

--Ron Paul

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MaydayDas   1

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa (DCF) Country: Romania
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Congratulations and good luck with the rest of the process :dance: :dance:

"Daca voi nu ma vreti, io va vreau"

DCF Frankfurt Germany

01/12/2007 I-130 filed in person at the Consulate in Frankfurt

01/17/2007 Faxed the checklist to the Immigrant Visa Unit in Frankfurt

03/29/2007 Got letter from USCIS to provide evidence that our marriage is bona fide

04/02/2007 Sent to USCIS lots of evidence

05/03/2007 I have an unofficial "PETITION APPROVED" ...waiting for confirmation from Consulate

05/07/2007 Received email from USCIS ROME confirming that our petition was approved (why Rome? because we complained to the District Office Rome about the Sub-Office Frankfurt..it took too long for our petition to be approved)...now waiting for the interview letter from the Consulate

05/18/2007 E-mail from IV Frankfurt, our interview was scheduled for May 29th

05/19/2007 Packet 4 in the mail: ja ja ja interview letter

05/29/2007 Interview at 7.30 a.m. APPROVED Thank you, God!

06/01/2007 Visa arrived !

06/03/2007 Mayday on the plane POE Cincinnati

Living in Maryland

06/21/2007 Welcome Notice from USCIS

06/29/2007 Applied for SSN at the local Office

07/07/2007 Green Card arrived

07/09/2007 Another 2 Welcome Letters from USCIS...God, they really love me! :D

07/20/2007 Social Security Card arrived

Living@working in Maryland :)

01/18/2009 PCS-ing to Stuttgart Germany

Feb 2009 Received letter from VSC to start removing conditions.

Getting ready the packet for Removing Conditions I-751

03/12/2009 Mailed the I-751 packet to Vermont Service Center

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LvivLovers   39

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ukraine
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Great news! Good for you and may be the rest of the process not be quite as bad!

Wife's visa journey:

03/19/07: Initial mailing of I-129F.

07/07/11: U.S. Citizenship approved and Oath Ceremony!

MIL's visa journey:

07/26/11: Initial mailing of I-130.

05/22/12: Interview passed!

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