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FEBRUARY 2020 K-1 NOA2 to NVC to Embassy

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Well, now I have my answer.  In Transit!  Before everyone chimes in on the current situation, please let me have my moment of happiness! 🙂  

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Hello, Writing to share the good news. We have received an email from the Abu Dhabi Embassy that they will resume interviews for K1 cases starting the 17th September  

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35 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

Unemployment insurance is not a public benefit.  It is insurance paid by the employer......It will not affect your petition.

Will it affect my interview if he is unemployed as of the moment? 😞

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8 minutes ago, Lyn Chazzy said:

Will it affect my interview if he is unemployed as of the moment? 😞

I defer to the Philippines experts regarding sponsorship....

@payxibka @Hank_ @Greenbaum @Cyberfx1024  @geowrian

"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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23 minutes ago, Lyn Chazzy said:

Will it affect my interview if he is unemployed as of the moment? 😞

Since there are no interview possibilities at the moment, it will have no effect right now.  

 

Your have time to see what the future holds between today and when life resumes some form of normalcy. 

YMMV

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25 minutes ago, Lyn Chazzy said:

Will it affect my interview if he is unemployed as of the moment? 😞

Unemployed due to what exactly, the virus, how long has he been unemployed for and was last year's income?

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5 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

Unemployed due to what exactly, the virus, how long has he been unemployed for and was last year's income?

Just today. He worked in is company for 12yrs already. Since his pay is high, his employer said they have to lay off people with high pay rate and told them to file unemployment.

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27 minutes ago, Lyn Chazzy said:

Will it affect my interview if he is unemployed as of the moment? 😞

It won't impact the interview itself, but it can impact the result of the visa being issued.

If he is unemployed at the time of your interview, then it may be an issue. He would not be able to provide a satisfactory I-134 in that case (Manila generally does not consider assets for an I-134, either).

If he finds new employment by the time of the interview, then that would be favorable.

A close family member may be accepted as a co sponsor at Manila.

 

There's not too much of a clear answer because a lot of it depends on what happens in the future. How long will it be until the consulates resume visa services? How long will it take to reschedule the interview? Does he get a new job by then?

Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

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AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

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I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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32 minutes ago, Lyn Chazzy said:

Will it affect my interview if he is unemployed as of the moment? 😞

I suspect that during this period of the pandemic I would hope that the embassies realize the "real world" impact that this virus has had on peoples lives. Hard not to but who knows. We have no idea how this will affect your visa processing as it's still too early to ascertain. These are questions that will have answers to closer to the reopening of the embassies. Let's wait to find out once the embassies open and more directives are issued. Patience is needed now.

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Adjustment of Status

AOS March 5, 2014 Submitted AOS with EAD/AP package to Chicago USICS

Delivered March 8, 2014 AOS packaged delivered to USCIS drop box

Accepted March 19, 2014 Text message with receipt numbers

Biometrics April 16, 2014 Biometrics completed

EAD May 23, 2014 Employment Authorization Document approved and went to card production

TD May 23, 2014 Travel Document approved and went for card production

Receipt EAD/AP May 30, 2014 Received combo card EAD/AP

Green Card Approved July 11, 2014 Approved, no interview. Went to card production.

Green Card received July 17, 2014 GC received without interview

Removal of Conditions

Mailed I-751 Dec 16, 2015 Submitted ROC (removal of conditions)

Received Dec 18, 2015 USPS notification of successful delivery

Check Cashed Dec 21, 2015 Check was cashed

NOA-1 Issued Dec 21, 2015 NOA-1 for ROC issued

NOA-1 Issued Dec 26, 2015 NOA-1 Received

Biometrics Appt. Jan 29, 2016 Biometrics Appointment Scheduled [Completed]

 

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8 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Since there are no interview possibilities at the moment, it will have no effect right now.  

 

Your have time to see what the future holds between today and when life resumes some form of normalcy. 

The Embassy sent me an email with a new schedule on May. Dunno if they will reopen by then

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Just now, Lyn Chazzy said:

The Embassy sent me an email with a new schedule on May. Dunno if they will reopen by then

Let me have a better understanding. The embassy rescheduled your interview or you saw May dates open in ustraveldocs?

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Adjustment of Status

AOS March 5, 2014 Submitted AOS with EAD/AP package to Chicago USICS

Delivered March 8, 2014 AOS packaged delivered to USCIS drop box

Accepted March 19, 2014 Text message with receipt numbers

Biometrics April 16, 2014 Biometrics completed

EAD May 23, 2014 Employment Authorization Document approved and went to card production

TD May 23, 2014 Travel Document approved and went for card production

Receipt EAD/AP May 30, 2014 Received combo card EAD/AP

Green Card Approved July 11, 2014 Approved, no interview. Went to card production.

Green Card received July 17, 2014 GC received without interview

Removal of Conditions

Mailed I-751 Dec 16, 2015 Submitted ROC (removal of conditions)

Received Dec 18, 2015 USPS notification of successful delivery

Check Cashed Dec 21, 2015 Check was cashed

NOA-1 Issued Dec 21, 2015 NOA-1 for ROC issued

NOA-1 Issued Dec 26, 2015 NOA-1 Received

Biometrics Appt. Jan 29, 2016 Biometrics Appointment Scheduled [Completed]

 

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Just now, Greenbaum said:

Let me have a better understanding. The embassy rescheduled your interview or you saw May dates open in ustraveldocs?

I actually scheduled on March 27th but they canceled it. And I received a mail on them rescheduling me on May. 

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My case is officially in transit now. It says my interview date was provided by the NVC. Where do I see that? In an email or a letter in the mail? I know with Covid 19 everything is delayed, just want to make sure I don't miss anything.

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6 minutes ago, StarSeed1 said:

My case is officially in transit now. It says my interview date was provided by the NVC. Where do I see that? In an email or a letter in the mail? I know with Covid 19 everything is delayed, just want to make sure I don't miss anything.

Do you have a copy of the PDF from the first page. If not get a copy and read #8 for your answer.

Spoiler

Adjustment of Status

AOS March 5, 2014 Submitted AOS with EAD/AP package to Chicago USICS

Delivered March 8, 2014 AOS packaged delivered to USCIS drop box

Accepted March 19, 2014 Text message with receipt numbers

Biometrics April 16, 2014 Biometrics completed

EAD May 23, 2014 Employment Authorization Document approved and went to card production

TD May 23, 2014 Travel Document approved and went for card production

Receipt EAD/AP May 30, 2014 Received combo card EAD/AP

Green Card Approved July 11, 2014 Approved, no interview. Went to card production.

Green Card received July 17, 2014 GC received without interview

Removal of Conditions

Mailed I-751 Dec 16, 2015 Submitted ROC (removal of conditions)

Received Dec 18, 2015 USPS notification of successful delivery

Check Cashed Dec 21, 2015 Check was cashed

NOA-1 Issued Dec 21, 2015 NOA-1 for ROC issued

NOA-1 Issued Dec 26, 2015 NOA-1 Received

Biometrics Appt. Jan 29, 2016 Biometrics Appointment Scheduled [Completed]

 

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14 minutes ago, StarSeed1 said:

My case is officially in transit now. It says my interview date was provided by the NVC. Where do I see that? In an email or a letter in the mail? I know with Covid 19 everything is delayed, just want to make sure I don't miss anything.

Per @Greenbaum's excellent tutorial, this part applies to K-1 visas.  NVC does not schedule K-1 interviews.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nfin98c33IEpB0T0FlURERriblYmlm5O/view?usp=sharing

 

 

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"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 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

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

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

______________________________________

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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1 minute ago, Lucky Cat said:

Per @Greenbaum's excellent tutorial, this part applies to K-1 visas.  NVC does not schedule K-1 interviews.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nfin98c33IEpB0T0FlURERriblYmlm5O/view?usp=sharing

 

 

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Thank you, I have gone over the pdf but that clarifies it a bit more for me.

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