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Mothy   0

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I'm back from the embassy and all went well. I've been appproved! :dance:

It was fairly painless. My wife (USC) came with me this morning and she had no problems getting in. They must have removed the restrictions they had on USCs coming into the embassy with their spouses.

Had one small problem. They wouldn't accept my wife's affidavit of support. She's going to be a grad student and she'll get a stipend that's more than the 125% of the poverty level. However, it won't start for another three weeks and they said that future income couldn't be included. Seems stupid to me. It's only 3 weeks. Must be a pain for others because I'm sure there's lots of people relying on job offers to cover this requirement. Fortunately her mother had filled out an I-864 as a back up and they were happy with that.

All in all an easy morning, took about 2.5 hours from first arriving at the gate to leaving the embassy (getting through security took about 40 minutes of that time). And I didn't need any of the extra information I had brought, like proof of wife's domicile & proof of relationship.

Best of luck to all those still waiting for the interview. If it's as easy as my experience then you have nothing to worry about.

Tim

London DCF Timeline

7th Sept 06: Married in Half Moon Bay, California

8th March 07: Sent I-130

15th March 07: Received NOA1 (via email)

1st May 07: Applied for Police Certificate

31st May 07: Received NOA2

8th June 07: Received Packet 3

8th June 07: Received Police Certificate

11th June 07: Returned Packet 3

27th June 07: Received Packet 4

2nd July 07: Medical in London

21st August 07: Interview at London Embassy (approved!!!)

22nd August 07: Text received by courier service to tell me the visa is on its way

23rd August 07: Visa & MBE (mysterious brown envelope) received

17th September 07: Flying to Boston, MA

20th August 09: Applied for removal of conditions (form I-751)

26th August 09: Received NOA and notification that my conditional residence status was extended for one year.

15th December 09: Received letter approving my removal of conditions.

31st December 09: Received new green card (IR-1)

16th December 10: Mailed N-400 to Texas Lockbox

24th January 11: Biometrics Testing in Boston

21st April 11: Naturalization Interview - Passed!!

16th June 11: Oath Ceremony in Boston

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RosemarieL Rising Star

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Congratulations :dance: . I am glad it went well for you.

17th March 2010 - Started the removal of conditions process

22nd March 2010 - Application received by CSC

30th April 2010 - Biometrics appointment

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Congratulations :dance:

Met while we both in deployment in the middle of nowhere – 15 -06-2006

Got engaged on the quarter deck on one of the newest Navy ship 10 - 03-2007

20-04-2007 the journey begin

I-129F Sent : 22-05-2007

I-129F NOA1 (Receipt) : 25-05-2007

Traveled to stay with Ryan until we get the approval 13-09-2007 to 24-10-2007

I-129F NOA2 (Approved) : 27-09-2007

Package Received By NVC : 04-10-2007

Package Left From NVC : 08-10-2007

Received By Consulate : 12-10-2007

Rec Instructions (Pkt 3) : 15-10-2007

Medical : 26-10-2007

Interview scheduled for: 26-11-2007 Approved

Flaying back to be with my man this time for good 30-11-2007

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Stand_By_Me_Babe   0

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Yay! Thumbs up to you! :thumbs:

Jul 1, 07 - Sent I-130s

Jul 6, 07 - I-130s filed

Jul 9, 07 - NOA1 received

Jul 23, 07 - Sent police certificate application

Aug 23, 07 -Police certificate received

Sep 25, 07- I-130s both approved

Sep 29, 07- Packet 3 received

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Muuuuah   0

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Congratulations

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03-06-10 Mailed N-400

03-17-10 Check cashed

03-19-10 NOA received

03-22-10 Biometrics sent

04-09-10 Biometrics appointment

06-14-10 Interview Date

06-22-10 Received letter for Oath

07-02-10 Oath ceremony

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Sounds like a fairly painless experience.. congratulations! :thumbs:

I haven't posted a review of my interview (August 10th) as there's nothing particularly different that happened to me that hasn't happened to anyone else.

However, one thing people with similar timelines to me and Disco might like to take note of is that at my interview I was asked for a recent statement from my fiancee stating that she still intended to marry me. The reason given was that our I-129F petition was approved over 4 months ago (back in March) and that meant it had technically expired.

I explained that I didn't know that I needed one (although yes folks, the VJ K1 guide does recommend that you have one!) so she asked for my Affidavit of Support. I think as this was signed and notarized by my fiancee back in May/June (and thus within 4 months of the interview) this sufficed as proof of continued intent to marry. However, those of you who's affidavit is going to come from someone other than your spouse-to-be, might like to take note of this..

Just want to make sure we continue to get lots of approvals! :D

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...yeah, I wish!

Timeline:

December 06 - Filed I129F petition with California Service Center

March 07 - Received petition approval notice

April 07 - Applied for Police Certificate through West Midlands police

24 April 07 - Received Packet 3 from London Embassy

1 May 07 - Received receipt for Police Certificate

5 May 07 - Mailed DS-230 Part I, DS-156, DS-156K and DS-157 back to the Embassy

9 May 07 - London Embassy receives forms

9 May 07 - Medical at Bentinck Mansions

1 June 07 - Mailed document checklist

8 June 07 - Received Police Certificate (39 days from receipt)

15 June 07 - Touched by the Embassy

21 June 07 - Interview date confirmed as 10 August 07

22 June 07 - Received Packet 4

10 August 07 - Interview at London Embassy - APPROVED!

...wedding date is 3 September 07!

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