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CR1 Journey.....Success! Now what??

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valentinasc Community Regular

valentinasc   330

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Congrats! I was just in your wife’s shoes last month! 

 

As soon as I got approved my husband paid the Gc fee online and I received my visa packet 2 days after interview. 

Flew to the states and I received my SS card in the mail a week and a half later and  for the GC it took 21 days after point of entry to get to me :) 

 

Thats it for now but if you have been married for less than 2 years (like in my case) then you need to Remove Conditions 90 days before GC expires and about a year after it file for naturalization 

 

Good luck for now ;)

MY JOURNEY INTO GETTING A FIRST-TIME GREEN CARD, RENEWING A GREEN CARD, AND OBTAINING U.S. CITIZENSHIP:

 

I-130: https://vsjourneyss.wordpress.com/2020/08/23/my-spouse-visa-process-and-timeline-ir1-cr1/ From Colombia 🇨🇴

I-751: https://vsjourneyss.wordpress.com/2020/09/12/i-751-joint-petition-to-remove-conditions-on-residence/. From Japan 🇯🇵 (Military spouse overseas)

N-400: https://vsjourneyss.wordpress.com/2022/08/03/3430/ From Japan 🇯🇵 

 

BLOG:  https://vsjourneyss.wordpress.com/inmigr/   

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shumway1756   304

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Pay the immigrant fee before you travel to the States. The packet from the embassy should explain how to do that. Checking the box for SSN on the DS-260 was also a good option. My wife's SSN and GC both came in the mail exactly 10 days after arrival in the US. Taking off weekends and seeing when they shipped both out, they were both created in just 5 business days after arrival. Of course that's not always the case but it's not taking too long these days.

 

Adjustment of status when the GC is within 90 days of expiring. Definitely don't forget that part!

 

Congrats!

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EM_Vandaveer   2,408

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1 hour ago, shumway1756 said:

Pay the immigrant fee before you travel to the States. The packet from the embassy should explain how to do that. Checking the box for SSN on the DS-260 was also a good option. My wife's SSN and GC both came in the mail exactly 10 days after arrival in the US. Taking off weekends and seeing when they shipped both out, they were both created in just 5 business days after arrival. Of course that's not always the case but it's not taking too long these days.

 

Adjustment of status when the GC is within 90 days of expiring. Definitely don't forget that part!

 

Congrats!

Removal of Conditions, not Adjustment of Status. That said, yes, OP, do not forget that part!

Entry on VWP to visit then-boyfriend 06/13/2011

Married 06/24/2011

Our first son was born 10/31/2012, our daughter was born 06/30/2014, our second son was born 06/20/2017

AOS Timeline

AOS package mailed 09/06/2011 (Chicago Lockbox)

AOS package signed for by R Mercado 09/07/2011

Priority date for I-485&I-130 09/08/2011

Biometrics done 10/03/2011

Interview letter received 11/18/2011

INTERVIEW DATE!!!! 12/20/2011

Approval e-mail 12/21/2011

Card production e-mail 12/27/2011

GREEN CARD ARRIVED 12/31/2011

Resident since 12/21/2011

ROC Timeline

ROC package mailed to VSC 11/22/2013

NOA1 date 11/26/2013

Biometrics date 12/26/2013

Transfer notice to CSC 03/14/2014

Change of address 03/27/2014

Card production ordered 04/30/2014

10-YEAR GREEN CARD ARRIVED 05/06/2014

N-400 Timeline

N-400 package mailed 09/30/2014

N-400 package delivered 10/01/2014

NOA1 date 10/20/2014

Biometrics date 11/14/2014

Early walk-in biometrics 11/12/2014

In-line for interview 11/23/2014

Interview letter 03/18/2015

Interview date 04/17/2015 ("Decision cannot yet be made.")

In-line for oath scheduling 05/04/2015

Oath ceremony letter dated 05/11/2015

Oath ceremony 06/02/2015

I am a United States citizen!

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shumway1756   304

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Just now, EM_Vandaveer said:

Removal of Conditions, not Adjustment of Status. That said, yes, OP, do not forget that part!

Argh! Yes, forgive my mistype. Thanks for correcting that.

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Ngyeu78 Apprentice

Ngyeu78   10

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14 hours ago, bakphx1 said:

Longer term, begin doing what you’ll need to get ROC.  

What does ROC stand for?

Current Timeline:

 

08/26/2020 - Mailed via USPS the form i-751 to Az address

08/28/2020 - Delivered to USCIS

09/02/2020 - Photo Album was rejected and returned.

09/12/2020 - CC payment taken.

09/13/2020 - Received text msg with the Receipt #

09/25/2020 - Received i-751 NOA

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Crazy Cat   41,851

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1 minute ago, Ngyeu78 said:

What does ROC stand for?

Removal of Conditions........it transitions the green card holder from a conditional 2 year green card to a 10 year green card.

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

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Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

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In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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