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Seven more noncontributory posts have been removed.  Restrain yourself, or the thread will be locked.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Mike E
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perhaps CBP agrees with you. 

Cathi
Cathi

I'm not convinced it was actually CBP that called.

JeanneAdil
JeanneAdil

Reading this post  i think of the man who waited for his K1 fiancee at the Atlanta airport and he posted on here he said she sent him a text saying they were refusing her entry and sending her ba

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On 5/28/2022 at 2:15 PM, JeanneAdil said:

Can u update us?

there are different ways to handle the various scenarios depending on what happened and where he is

He is back home and his luggage is still MIA. It has been the worst experience in his life. I plan on traveling to Lagos the second week of June. Thanks for everyone’s concern and helpful feedback. 

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2 hours ago, Shelldb said:

He is back home and his luggage is still MIA. It has been the worst experience in his life. I plan on traveling to Lagos the second week of June. Thanks for everyone’s concern and helpful feedback. 

You need to see the visa page on his passport to see if it says cancelled or refused entry

 

you need to know if he signed any papers at the POE

as u need to know if he now has a bar (a ban for him to enter the US)

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23 hours ago, Shelldb said:

He is back home and his luggage is still MIA. It has been the worst experience in his life. I plan on traveling to Lagos the second week of June. Thanks for everyone’s concern and helpful feedback. 

As someone who was detained for eight hours by British immigration in 2017, I have a bit of personal experience what he must have gone through. Absolutely horrible! In my case it was just a visit and I was ultimately released and allowed to enter so it doesn’t compare.
 

Remember you can get compensation for missing luggage both from the airline and credit card coverage (if you purchased the ticket with a credit card) however you only have twenty days to do so. I have experience with that if you need guidance.

 

I wish you both the best going forward. 

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Just another random guy from the internet with an opinion, although usually backed by data!


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Updates? Did you make it to Nigeria? @Shelldb

Immigration journey is not: fast, for the faint at heart, easy, cheap, for the impatient nor right away. If more than 50% of this applies to you, best get off the bus.

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