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elmcitymaven   9,712

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For a while we were all speeding along, NOA2s and P3s and P4s all around; I though the Embassy staff must be scoffing amphetimines at the pace we were going. And then...

We sent our P3 in nearly three weeks ago and I still have nothing, nada, zilch, a big fat goose egg. Zip. And it got me wondering (which is a very bad thing for a person going through this process to do, because we can dream up no end of disasters which might be visited upon us): is it me, or is it the Embassy? And if it's not me, what is WRONG with London now? Does anyone know if, like some other embassies, they release interview dates in batches, like every fortnight or something? Or do they release interviews more quickly to K visas than us CR-1/IR-1 folk? Or..or...or... :o

I actually had a nightmare last night that I was sitting in the hallway at home, just in front of the letter slot, waiting for the post. The postman opened the slot to speak to me, and I asked him if my P4 had arrived. He said, "Oh, London said to tell you that it'll be about 6 months until you get it. And don't call the DOS or the Extortion Line, because if you do you will never, EVER get the visa." :wacko:

Will someone please tell me to stop worrying and learn to love the Embassy? :innocent:

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we should open a club :lol:

"Daca voi nu ma vreti, io va vreau"

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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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TimsDaisy   0

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Ack! You're killing me! Noooo London slowdown, noooooooo London slowdown!

Any luck getting someone on the phone to give you answers?

I-129F/K1

1-12-07 mailed to CSC

1-22-07 DHS cashes the I-129F check

1-23-07 NOA1 Notice Date

1-26-07 NOA1 arrives in the post

4-25-07 Touched!

4-26-07 Touched again!

5-3-07 NOA2!!! Two approval emails received at 11:36am

5-10-07 Arrived at NVC/5-14-07 Left NVC - London-bound!

5-17-07??? London receives?

5-20-07 Packet 3 mailed

5-26-07 Packet 3 received

5-29-07 Packet 3 returned, few days later than planned due to bank holiday weekend

6-06-07 Medical in London (called to schedule on May 29)

6-11-07 "Medical in file" at Embassy

6-14-07 Resent packet 3 to Embassy after hearing nothing about first try

6-22-07 DOS says "applicant now eligible for interview," ie: they enter p3 into their system

6-25-07 DOS says interview date is August 21

6-28-07 Help from our congressional representative gives us new interview date: July 6

7-06-07 Interview at 9:00 am at the London Embassy - Approved.

7-16-07 Visa delivered after 'security checks' completed

I-129F approved in 111 days; Interview 174 days from filing

Handy numbers:

NVC: (603) 334-0700 - press 1, 5; US State Department: (202) 663-1225 - press 1, 0

*Be afraid or be informed - the choice is yours.*

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Leney   0

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Stop worrying.

Some people are worriers, you should know that by now :P You married one!

Anyhoo, if you just sent packet 3 on April 26th, I wouldn't be tooo terribly freaked out yet though. There were some bank holidays weren't there? I'm sure volume for all this does go up in the spring/summer (especially after hearing the about those kooky Camp America kids trying to get visas and causing a lot of delays at interview time! :P)

I-130 Filed - Sept. 15, 2006

129-F Filed - Oct. 27, 2006

I-130/129F Approved - Jan. 10, 2007

K3/K4 Visas Approved - May 4, 2007

~~~~Hubby and Son PoE Newark - May 27, 2007~~~~

EAD filed for Hubby - June 6, 2007

EAD NOA for Hubby - June 13, 2007

AoS filed for Hubby and Son - June 15, 2007

EAD for Hubby APPROVED! WOW!!!!!! - July 19, 2007

AoS Interview for Hubby and Son in Philadelphia - Friday, September 14, 2007 - APPROVED!

10 Year Green Cards Received!!!! - October 12, 2007

Done until naturalization!

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ajames79   0

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Well...if it makes you feel any better, a lot of the US and ME/NA filers are waiting a hell of a lot longer than UK filers.

isn't that the truth!!

But I know how you guys feel. Waiting sucks!

All You Need Is Love...

*The Beatles*

I am a wife!! Whoa this is weird!

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msu17   0

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Ack! You're killing me! Noooo London slowdown, noooooooo London slowdown!

Any luck getting someone on the phone to give you answers?

Oooh, I like your timeline so far! Thank God NVC sped up! Hope we dont get caught in a London slowdown.

Timeline

AOS

Mailed AOS, EAD and AP Sept 11 '07

Recieved NOA1's for all Sept 23 or 24 '07

Bio appt. Oct. 24 '07

EAD/AP approved Nov 26 '07

Got the AP Dec. 3 '07

AOS interview Feb 7th (5 days after the 1 year anniversary of our K1 NOA1!

Stuck in FBI name checks...

Got the GC July '08

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For a while we were all speeding along, NOA2s and P3s and P4s all around; I though the Embassy staff must be scoffing amphetimines at the pace we were going. And then...

We sent our P3 in nearly three weeks ago and I still have nothing, nada, zilch, a big fat goose egg. Zip. And it got me wondering (which is a very bad thing for a person going through this process to do, because we can dream up no end of disasters which might be visited upon us): is it me, or is it the Embassy? And if it's not me, what is WRONG with London now? Does anyone know if, like some other embassies, they release interview dates in batches, like every fortnight or something? Or do they release interviews more quickly to K visas than us CR-1/IR-1 folk? Or..or...or... :o

I actually had a nightmare last night that I was sitting in the hallway at home, just in front of the letter slot, waiting for the post. The postman opened the slot to speak to me, and I asked him if my P4 had arrived. He said, "Oh, London said to tell you that it'll be about 6 months until you get it. And don't call the DOS or the Extortion Line, because if you do you will never, EVER get the visa." :wacko:

Will someone please tell me to stop worrying and learn to love the Embassy? :innocent:

Oh you have made me feel so much better! I had a nightmare last week that I had filled the detailsin my I-130 wrong, my hyphenated name was backwards my postcode wrong etc etc etc! I waited for 6 hours in a complete flap thinking I had actually read the copy documents then rang my husband in near tears saying don't send. He looked at them and obvioulsy nothing wrong! I then realised it had all been a bad dream!!! Very embarrassed!!!!!!

But at least I'm not alone in the nightmare thing - I am still worried about believing it all though!!

Emma

Married 16th April 2007 - Seattle :)

17th April completing military paperwork (Honeymoon?)

Emma flew back to UK 18th April 2007 :(

Change of name documents arrived for Emma and children

Fedex Em's paper work for I-130 to E in US - 10/05/07

E completed all his paper work - 13/05/07 (I'm impressed!)

Emma had nightmare that all her details were filled out incorrectly and actually spent 6 hours thinking it was real - 13th May !!!!!!

first hiccup - E "out" with work can't get to post office now until 21st May!!!

24th May 2007 - I-130 posted

29th May 2007 - I-130 received at 7am (somebody starts work early!!)

13th June Cheques cleared - one small step but an exciting one!

15th October NOA2 received - 145 days

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elmcitymaven   9,712

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Oh, you all are so awesome!!! :blush: Thanks for the support. Sometimes when you are so close to getting what you want it just seems even harder to wait.

I'm calling the DOS again today, mostly out of curiosity. I'm anxious to know the date because I am supposed attend a conference in my hometown...right when an interview might happen (conference is 18-20 June). Not just that, I might end up getting a job out of this as several of the board members of an institute at a university which shall remain nameless (sorry, don't want to jinx it! ;) ) have expressed interest in me and are urging me to attend. So I am going bonkers waiting...

As an aside, I have had several other dreams where I am typing away at VJ...oh dear. I think I need a holiday!

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Man, I feel your pain. I'm a compulsive worrier too and I hated how vague & inconsistent the embassy is. I didn't WANT to get all worried, but they have so many rules and such little information to give, that it was hard for me sometimes not to worry about whether I'd done everything correctly, and if the time that was passing was due to a heavy workload on them, or because I'd messed something up.

I didn't mess anything up and I'm sure you haven't. The embassy is processing all your stuff in good time, it's just they don't have the courtesy to keep you informed about it!! Grrr!

Don't worry! *hugs* Time is passing right as we speak and your day will come soon!!

I'll be watching for updates!

MY TIMELINE:

MAY 2004: Met Online

NOV 2004: Andy's 1st stay with me in Florida, 3 weeks.

FEB/MAR 2005: Andy's 2nd stay with me in Florida, 1 month

APR/MAY 2005: Andy's 3rd stay with me in Florida, 1 month

OCT 2005-FEB 2006: I stay with Andy in England, 4 1/2 months

* I Proposed on Christmas 2005 & YES!*

MAY-AUG 2006: I stay with Andy in England, 3 1/2 months

AUG 2006: Andy's 4th stay with me in Florida, 3 weeks.

NOV 2006-JAN 2007: Andy's 5th stay with me in Florida, 1 3/4 months

09/05/06: I-129F Packet Sent!!

09/21/06: NOA1 Received.

12/07/06: NOA2 RECEIVED!!! W00t!!!

03/02/07: Sent off final Packet 3 checklist

03/20/07: Received Packet 4 Letter!!!!

INTERVIEW DATE: 04/19/07!!!!

04/19/07 - INTERVIEW SUCCESS! APPROVED!!

04/26/07 - Passport w/ visa arrives via courier

Delta Flight arriving with fiance on 05/04/07!!!

05/04/07 - Home at last!!! w0000000t!!

06/01/07 - Our 'first' wedding at the county clerk's office.

09/19/08 - Andy walked out. That total dumb-a$$.

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Our packet 3 arrived today -- not to my guy's current address, but to his parents's place in Kent!

What's the best way to tell the Embassy they got the wrong address? Email? Phone?

AOS:

02/29/2008 - Wedding Day!

03/29/2008 - Mailed AOS packet to Chicago registered mail

04/04/2008 - Delivered to Chicago Lockbox

04-10-2008 - Check cashed!

04-12-2008 - NOA1s arrive for AP & AOS

04-18-2008 - Biometrics appt letter arrives

04-29-2008 - Biometrics appointment!

04-30-2008 - AOS status shows up online

05-16-2008 - AP status shows up online - both AP & AOS are touched!

06-05-2008 - AP touched and email sent saying AP has been approved

06-12-2008 - AP arrives in the mail

07-10-2008 - Interview letter arrives - interview scheduled for 09/05/08

09-05-2008 - Interview in SF (don't bring your cellphone!) -- approved! Email sent saying card has been ordered!

09-13-2008 - Welcome to the United States letter arrives

09-15-2008 - Green card arrives in the mail! YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY

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