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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: South Korea
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Wow, this was a heck of a day...we spent all this week preparing everything...and then forgot to pay the 100 dollar fee for the Visa...go figure. We did no realize until we had already went into the embassy, lucky enough they allowed me to leave and pay...Anyway, after throught the haggle, she is called to the window...so we both go, the lady nicely ask me to have a seat and if she needs anything that she will ask for me. Wow, so anyway my SO is asked a ton of questions about how she met me, my kids, my wife, the amount of money I pay in child support...the consulate was pretty thorough with my life, however my SO answered everyone right away and she finished up. I got called to the window, where I was asked questions about her...know this is the part of the interview that I had not read...anyway, I passed this and we are expecting the Visa by next Friday so that we can get on a plane and come back to the US...

It was a pretty unusual experience for me, I think they wanted to be sure due to our large age difference, as they kept pointing that out to me and her. But thank God we passed. Thanks to everyone else that prayed for us, we needed it for sure.

Feb. 16-Sent 129F to TSC.

Feb. 27-NOA1, received CSC.

Mar. 27-Found VJ, and became disappointed for not being able to use VSC.

Mar. 27-Applied for military expedite and got congressional help.

Mar. 28-touched.

Mar. 29-touched again.

Mar. 30-touched yet again.

Apr. 04-touched another time.

Apr. 05-touched some more.

May 15-touched once again.

May 15-NOA2. 78 days...WOW!!!

May 16-touched???(mail to NVC???).

May 18-Received Hard Copy NOA2.

May 21-NVC receives case!!!

May 23-NVC sends to Seoul!!!

Jun 04-Embassy receives case!!!

Jun 06-Receive Packet 3.

Jun 08-Receive Packet 4.

Jul 06-Interview.

Jul 06-APPROVED VISA

Aug 02-Arrived in US

Oct 29-Married

Soon, real soon for AOS, AP and EAD...just need time from the Army to do it with...

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Nagishkaw   510

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hmm1, (L)

God is good, Amen? :yes: Anyway, words cannot express how utterly thrilled I am for you two ! Reading about your approval and Paula and Minya's approval is like getting a double dose of happiness this morning. I know you were a bundle of nerves, but now that dreaded step is over and you can put all that behind you.

:dance::dancing: CONGRATULATIONS to you and your fiance! :dance::dancing:

Don't just open your mouth and prove yourself a fool....put it in writing.

It gets harder the more you know. Because the more you find out, the uglier everything seems.

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Wow, this was a heck of a day...we spent all this week preparing everything...and then forgot to pay the 100 dollar fee for the Visa...go figure. We did no realize until we had already went into the embassy, lucky enough they allowed me to leave and pay...Anyway, after throught the haggle, she is called to the window...so we both go, the lady nicely ask me to have a seat and if she needs anything that she will ask for me. Wow, so anyway my SO is asked a ton of questions about how she met me, my kids, my wife, the amount of money I pay in child support...the consulate was pretty thorough with my life, however my SO answered everyone right away and she finished up. I got called to the window, where I was asked questions about her...know this is the part of the interview that I had not read...anyway, I passed this and we are expecting the Visa by next Friday so that we can get on a plane and come back to the US...

It was a pretty unusual experience for me, I think they wanted to be sure due to our large age difference, as they kept pointing that out to me and her. But thank God we passed. Thanks to everyone else that prayed for us, we needed it for sure.

I'm VERY happy for you both

9/5/2004 met

7/4/2006 visited for 1 week in Russia (Independence Day!)

12/26/06 three week visit in the U.S.

4/6/07 He came to US for 6 glorious weeks

5/20/07 He returned to Ufa, RU

5/24/07 Mailed I-129F to NSC!!!!!

5/25/07 Received and signed for by F Heinauer, NSC

6/11/07 NOA1 (NEVER received hard copy)

8/23/07 Ramzis comes to America for another visit

10/02/07 Ramzis returns to Russia

11/06/07 NOA2 at LAST!!!

12/17/07 Received at NVC (at last!)

12/18/07 Sent to Moscow Embassy & New NVC Case Number

12/21/07 Received at 11:08 a.m. Moscow Embassy

1/25/08 Received packet from Embassy

03/07/08 Interview 8:00 a.m. Moscow Embassy! VISA APPROVED!!!

03/13/08 Visa in Hand

03/14/08 Flying to U.S. - Detroit POE

03/15/08 Our Wedding Day!

AOS Timeline

3/21/08 - Packet sent to Chicago Lockbox

3/24/08 - Packet received and signed for

3/28/08 - NOA1 received in the mail - EAD & AOS - check cashed

4/15/08 - Biometrics

5/5/08 - AOS interview notice received in the mail (will be in Detroit, June 12, 2008)

6/2/08 - EAD card ordered (CRIS email)

6/5/08 - EAD RECEIVED IN THE MAIL

6/12/08 - Permanent Resident APPROVAL! Green Card on the Way!

6/23/08 - Green Card Received!!!

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Canada
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Congrats! Glad everything went smoothly.

03-30-07 I-129F Mailed

04-09-07 NOA 1

07-27-07 Touched

07-28-07 Received NOA2 approval email

08-06-07 Received letter from NVC

08-20-07 Fiance received Packet 3

08-22-07 Packet 3 sent to Montreal

09-17-07 Emailed Montreal to confirm forms were received

09-18-07 Received email form Montreal with interview date - November 7!!!!

09-19-07 Medical

09-24-07 Received Packet 4

11-07-07 Interview- Approved!!

11-13-07 Received Visa

11-15-07 Dale missed flight to TN due to Customs! :0

11-16-07 Dale flys to TN (take two)

11-30-07 Received SSN

12-08-07 Married

12-23-07 Mailed AOS Package

01-05-08 NOA 1 for AOS

01-17-08 Obtained Tennessee Drivers License

01-18-08 Biometrics for AOS

01-22-08 Notice of AOS transfer to California Service Center

02-20-08 EAD Approved

03-10-08 AOS approved..Welcome to the USA letter received

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Nigeria
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Wow, this was a heck of a day...we spent all this week preparing everything...and then forgot to pay the 100 dollar fee for the Visa...go figure. We did no realize until we had already went into the embassy, lucky enough they allowed me to leave and pay...Anyway, after throught the haggle, she is called to the window...so we both go, the lady nicely ask me to have a seat and if she needs anything that she will ask for me. Wow, so anyway my SO is asked a ton of questions about how she met me, my kids, my wife, the amount of money I pay in child support...the consulate was pretty thorough with my life, however my SO answered everyone right away and she finished up. I got called to the window, where I was asked questions about her...know this is the part of the interview that I had not read...anyway, I passed this and we are expecting the Visa by next Friday so that we can get on a plane and come back to the US...

It was a pretty unusual experience for me, I think they wanted to be sure due to our large age difference, as they kept pointing that out to me and her. But thank God we passed. Thanks to everyone else that prayed for us, we needed it for sure.

Congratulations on a successful interview. :dance::dance::dance:

AOS Timeline......

03/10/2008 - Mailed AOS Appl.

03/13/2008 - NOA Notice Date.

03/15/2008 - NOA's for : I-485, I-131 & I-765

03/16/2008 - Case online.

03/22/2008 - Biometrics assigned date: 04/01/2008, Bio completed early .

03/24/2008 - AOS Touched.

03/27/2008 - RFE Letter : Dated.

03/31/2008 - RFE snail mail rec'd date ( EZ-864 / Missing birth certificate).

04/01/2008 - Mailed RFE response.

04/03/2008 - RFE document delivered to Lees Summit, MO @ 4:03 P.M:

04/07/2008 - AOS Touched, Current status: Response to rfe received, and case processing has resumed.

04/08/2008 - AOS Touched.

05/27/2008 - AOS Touched, received USCIS email indicated case transfered to CSC.

05/29/2008 - AOS Touched.

05/31/2008 - USCIS snail mail stating I-485 has been transferred to CSC to speedup processing.

06/03/2008 - Received email from CSC confirming reception of transferred I-485.

06/03,04,06 - Touched!

08/28/2008 - Green card rec'd in mail.

06/11/2008 - I-131 Approval email received.

06/13/2008 - Received I-765 card ordered email notification.

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lucho562 Proficient

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Colombia
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Congratulations!!!!!!!!

K1

1/22/07: I-129F sent to CSC

1/23/07: I-129F packet received and signed for at 9:45A.M.!!

1/29/07: NOA1

4/27/07: NOA2

5/01/07: NOA2 Hardcopy received

5/10/07: Approval arrives at NVC

5/14/07: Leaves NVC

5/17/07: Arrives at Bogota, Colombia

5/18/07: Packet 3 faxed to Embassy

5/22/07: Packet 3 sent via courier

5/30/07: Wendy receives packet 3 (Good thing we used the shortcut)

6/04/07: Packet 4 received

7/03/07: Medical appt. scheduled

7/05/07: Interview!!!! VISA APPROVED!!!!!!!

7/09/07: Visa in hand!!!

7/11/07: Point of Entry at LAX, complete success!!!!!!!!!!

7/24/07: Married!!!

AOS & EAD

07/27/07: Filed for AOS & EAD

08/02/07: Arrives at Chicago

09/10/07: NOA1

09/11/07: Social Security card in hand

10/12/07: Biometrics appointment

10/25/07: EAD Approved

01/23/08: Interview = APPROVED

02/02/08: Green Card received...10 day turn around, not bad!!!

Removing Conditions

11/12/09: Mailed to CSC!

11/13/09: Arrives at CSC!

11/16/09: NOA1

11/18/09: Check Cashed!

12/14/09: Biometrics

01/07/10: Card Production Ordered (APPROVED)

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~Nini~   2

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Woo! Congratulations! :D

Nini - Vancouver BC, Canada (she's the one who does the forum thing)

Bee - Devon PA, USA (he's the one who gave her the shiny ring)

Getting our sanity tested by bureaucracy since 2007.

Here we go again...

Removal of conditions @ VSC

9/4/2010 - sent!

9/14/2010 - NOA

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Dan&Tiffany   0

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Congrats to you!!

Our Visa Journey

2007

2/13 - I-129F sent to TSC

7/31 - K1 - APPROVED

8/5 - POE @ Dallas/Ft. Worth

8/11 - Wedding!!

10/15 - received Greencard

2009

Got 10-year Greencard

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Bobbie   1

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:dance: congrats!

Bobbie & Klaus

2/23/07 Mailed Package to TSC (G-325A & I-125)

2-25-07 Online PO shows package delivered

3-06-07 NOA on I-129

3-12-07 Touched (I think)

6-8-07 Touched appropriately!

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