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christinejohn   0

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: France
 Timeline
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Hello all,

According to our timeline our I-130 should have been approved on November 30th. So as suggested, on December 11th my husband called USCIS who almost resented him for calling and told him it's not reached the average time yet so in other words to stop bothering them about it.

I'm surprised nothing is moving but most of all why are there timelines then if USCIS doesn't care about them?

Do any of you have any idea of what could be done next to get answers about our approval?

Thank you for your time and good luck to you all waiting also!

Christine.

Christine & John

Met October 2002 in Australia.

04/07/07 Wedding in New Caledonia.

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I-130:

05/24/07 I-130 sent to CSC

06/27/07 NOA 1

03/10/08 NOA 2

Our I-130 was approved in 291 days from our filing date.

I-129F:

08/22/07 I-129F sent to CSC

09/04/07 NOA 1

03/10/08 NOA 2

Our I-129F was approved in 201 days from our filing date.

Children's I-130:

01/26/08 I-130 sent to CSC

02/20/08 NOA 1

09/10/08 NOA 2 for two of the children.

09/12/08 NOA 2 for the third child.

03/31/08 Arrival in the U.S.

AOS:

I-485, G-325A, I-765, I-131.

05/29/08 AOS sent for Christine and the children.

06/10/2008 NOA 1

07/01/2008 Biometrics

07/18, 23 and 25/08 Physicals

08/30/08 Employment Authorisation (valid for 1 year)

08/30/08 Authorisation for Parole

11/19/08 SSN (valid for work only)

12/04/08 Initial Interview appointment / Rescheduling requested

02/03/09 Interview appointment / very easy, very nice officer, not too many questions, our evidences were enough

02/03/09 Green Card granted for the four of us

02/16/09 Green Cards arrived in the mail

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gogo Proficient

gogo   6

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: China
 Timeline
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hehe, same thing happened to me today =( seems like they are becoming nasty as of late..

I just called them, and now they are so rude.. I asked them I got a local transfer and the notice said I had to wait another 180 days from that LOCAL TRANSFER date.. and she said , "yes you do".. I said "How come?".. she said "That's the way it is.. it is from the local transfer date".. I said "but I already waited 180 days already, and my original application was sent in April".. she said " I know"... she was thinking "so what?"... that's what happens with the recent pay cut they got.. mad.gif mad.gif.. she was like it was my fault in calling her to inquire about my case.. then she had the attitude to ask me "don't be afraid to call USCIS with any more questions"...

I-130 STAGE 1 : 533 days - 1 year 6 months (4/16/2007 to 9/22/2008)

Priority Date I-130 : 4/16/2007 ( 533 days , APPROVED 9/22/2008)
Transferred to local office based on "security checks" : 11/27/2007
wrote hundreds of letters - received letter from FBI Records Management Chief stating no security checks
local office interview : 2/21/2008 - brought my parents too (result : you will get approval within 2-3 weeks)
5/2/2008 - (lawsuit) Writ of Mandamus - OFFICIAL DATE (7/29/2008)
9/22/2008 - CALL AND EMAIL COPY OF APPROVAL NOTICE FROM LAWYER

NVC STAGE 2 : 99 days - 3 months (9/30/2008 to 1/7/2009)
NVC Received : 9/30/2008
Received Packet 3 (I-864/DS-230) : 11/10/2008
NVC says "RFE sent out 12/9/08 for missing documents" : 12/10/2008
CASE COMPLETE - 1/7/2009

CONSULATE STAGE 3 : 96 days - 3 months (1/8/2009 to 4/14/2009)
CLEARED CUSTOMS - 3/10/2009
**APPOINTMENT DATE : 4/14/2009, 7:15AM**
** BLUE SLIP **

AP STAGE 4 : 97 days - 3 months (4/14/2009 to 7/20/2009)
DOS call to receive I-601 (Waiver of Grounds for Inadmissibility - basically denial) from Guangzhou : 6/24/2009

REMOVAL OF I-601 due to my letters to the USCIS Director, Michael Aytes: 6/29/2009
CALL-IN LETTER NOTIFIED : 7/8/2009
CALL-IN LETTER (APPROVAL)!! : 7/16/2009
ALL DONE!! (got both GREEN CARD & SSN CARD) : 10/1/2009

"http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/194075-feel-like-a-cr-1-csc-castaway/page-60" (pages 53-63) for more updates and letter I wrote to Director Michael Aytes and his replies and back and forth..

HER PARENTS - 10 months so far

I-130 Sent In : 1/7/2013

I-130 Approval : 3/28/2013

Transfer to NVC : 6/12/2013

Case Complete : 8/25/2013

"Ready for Interview" (Ready to wait for 1-3 Months, this is official NVC letter transfer date) : 9/9/2013

DHL Tracking : arrived 9/24/2013

P4 Letter : 11/21/2013

Interview Date : 12/9/2013, originally 12/3, stupid lawyer filled out her dad's passport number wrong..

Interview Passed : 12/9/2013

Visa "Issued" on CEAC : 12/10/2013

visaveteran1 Proficient

visaveteran1   33

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Russia
 Timeline
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Hello all,

According to our timeline our I-130 should have been approved on November 30th. So as suggested, on December 11th my husband called USCIS who almost resented him for calling and told him it's not reached the average time yet so in other words to stop bothering them about it.

I'm surprised nothing is moving but most of all why are there timelines then if USCIS doesn't care about them?

Do any of you have any idea of what could be done next to get answers about our approval?

Thank you for your time and good luck to you all waiting also!

Christine.

Call you Senator's office. They all have immigration staffers.

SusieK Proficient

SusieK   3

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
 Timeline
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hehe, same thing happened to me today =( seems like they are becoming nasty as of late..

I just called them, and now they are so rude.. I asked them I got a local transfer and the notice said I had to wait another 180 days from that LOCAL TRANSFER date.. and she said , "yes you do".. I said "How come?".. she said "That's the way it is.. it is from the local transfer date".. I said "but I already waited 180 days already, and my original application was sent in April".. she said " I know"... she was thinking "so what?"... that's what happens with the recent pay cut they got.. mad.gif mad.gif.. she was like it was my fault in calling her to inquire about my case.. then she had the attitude to ask me "don't be afraid to call USCIS with any more questions"...

Yes just spoke to my fellow vj mate who is at work and he just got off phone with them also, yesterday they gave him tons of information (see other post on catching up with the I-130's) and today the woman he got said to him....."oh I am so surprised that you do not have a receipt number yet" lol.......one group of people I would not want to have for my xmas dinner table...

Hang in there and gl to you

When something goes wrong remember this saying "WHEN MAN PLANS, GOD LAUGHS"

www.orlando4obama.com

I-130 JOURNEY BEGINSSent August 28, 2007 to TSC for receipting in CSCReceived NOA1 from VSC December 21, 2007

Notes - earned USCIS skymiles for sure - postmarked from Chicago Lockbox

online finally 2/24/08

touchy feely 2/25/08

touched 2/27/2008 - great RFE requested - just wonderful news to see in your inbox early in the am

3/13 - RFE letter FINALLY received - and document that we sent NOW resent back to VSC grrrrowling

3/19 case resumed processing

3/20 touched

3./21 touched

3/23 Easter bunny touched again

4/01 - APPROVED I-130

4/02 - touched

4/07 - received hard copy approval

NVC JOURNEY BEGINS

4/07 NV Case number assigned

4/08 AOS, DS and all fees paid online

6/09 tax transcript for 2007 just became available -whoot

6/20 NVC receives everything nothing more to give them now just close eyes and pray

6/23 NVC enters into system

6/26 NVC - RFE uggh - wants all three years of Federal tax return listed and they lost originals or so they say - DING DING ROUND TWO

7/25 NVC Case completed whooottttttttt

8/7 Case forward to US EMBASSY LONDON OH YEAHHHHHHHH -

Embassy - case out for delivery to embassy via DHL sneaky us lol

08/10Received

08/19 Medical Exam completed - healthy oh yeah!!!!!!!!

9/26 @8am -Interview - approved VISA IN HAND OMG WHOOT!!! HELLO AMERICA MY LUV

POE- Atlanta then MCO - October 15th with the cat "GIT" on board lol - POE SUPER SWEET

Husband home finally - god what a journey....but after 400+ days we made it

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ColombianoGringo   0

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Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Colombia
 Timeline
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SusieK,

Where is the post that you mentioned? Could you provide a link please?

Thanks,

CG

Married: June 11, 2007 - San Andres Isla, Colombia

I-130

7/27/2007 - Sent I-130 Package to TSC*

7/30/2007 - Received by TSC

8/28/2007 - NOA-1 date - CSC

3/19/2008 - NOA2 date -CSC

I-130 held by USCIS for future AOS

I-129F

7/27/2007 - Sent I-129F Package to TSC*

7/30/2007 - Received by TSC

8/30/2007 - NOA-1 - Fee waived

3/19/2008 - NOA2

4/3/2008 - Received by NVC

4/10/2008 - Received by embassy

4/11/2008 - Faxed packet 3 forms to embassy

4/30/2008 - Appointment date assigned

6/19/2008 - Appointment at Bogota Embassy - APPROVED!!!

No touches except when I called CSC directly to inquire.

8/28/2008 - POE Houston

Still being lazy and waiting to do AOS.

*I-130 and I-129F sent together to TSC per USCIS instructions.

SusieK Proficient

SusieK   3

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
 Timeline
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SusieK,

Where is the post that you mentioned? Could you provide a link please?

Thanks,

CG

sorry hun here ya go.....

Good Day All,

Just a quick update on some news that a fellow VJ received late yesterday from USCIS with regards to I-130's.

First of all, this was obtained from a senior Immigration Officer, which I believed they are called a G-18 or something to that effect. They are now working on clearing up the mess on the I-130's - oh wow - they finally admit it.

Hopefully within the month, they will be up to speed, what that means, is left to ones imagination...but what the jest of the conversation was that they should be back on track by January 2008. This does not mean that previous guidelines will fall into place, but at least the people here posting should have a receipt number to research.

They have hired additional peeps, a majoritity of them are now located at the Chicago Lockbox area to deal with the new applications coming in. HE DID SAY SOMETHING INTERESTING - even though I know this one point, but tjhat dont ever believe what you read on their website DOH!!. But something to the effect and these are his words not mine...that the I-130's prior to December 3rd will be processed at place of origin instead of being transferred to Chicago. Not sure about this one, as there are statements that after August 30th they were going to be sent to Chicago. We all know about misinformation 800 number here, but this guy was pretty high up on the ladder or maybe he was just high, who knows.

But I think it was a bright spot in the mess going on and hopefully some of us will have a receipt number for xmas.

Again, dont bash me for posting but this was the conversation from yesterday to a fellow VJ member,.

Lets keep our thread active with good news yes?

Cheers to all and have a good day (ok try to at least)

When something goes wrong remember this saying "WHEN MAN PLANS, GOD LAUGHS"

www.orlando4obama.com

I-130 JOURNEY BEGINSSent August 28, 2007 to TSC for receipting in CSCReceived NOA1 from VSC December 21, 2007

Notes - earned USCIS skymiles for sure - postmarked from Chicago Lockbox

online finally 2/24/08

touchy feely 2/25/08

touched 2/27/2008 - great RFE requested - just wonderful news to see in your inbox early in the am

3/13 - RFE letter FINALLY received - and document that we sent NOW resent back to VSC grrrrowling

3/19 case resumed processing

3/20 touched

3./21 touched

3/23 Easter bunny touched again

4/01 - APPROVED I-130

4/02 - touched

4/07 - received hard copy approval

NVC JOURNEY BEGINS

4/07 NV Case number assigned

4/08 AOS, DS and all fees paid online

6/09 tax transcript for 2007 just became available -whoot

6/20 NVC receives everything nothing more to give them now just close eyes and pray

6/23 NVC enters into system

6/26 NVC - RFE uggh - wants all three years of Federal tax return listed and they lost originals or so they say - DING DING ROUND TWO

7/25 NVC Case completed whooottttttttt

8/7 Case forward to US EMBASSY LONDON OH YEAHHHHHHHH -

Embassy - case out for delivery to embassy via DHL sneaky us lol

08/10Received

08/19 Medical Exam completed - healthy oh yeah!!!!!!!!

9/26 @8am -Interview - approved VISA IN HAND OMG WHOOT!!! HELLO AMERICA MY LUV

POE- Atlanta then MCO - October 15th with the cat "GIT" on board lol - POE SUPER SWEET

Husband home finally - god what a journey....but after 400+ days we made it

Urge To Race Proficient

Urge To Race   2

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Timeline
Posted (edited)

The VJ timeline is just based on aggregate data from other VJers, and is meant to give you an idea of when you can expect adjudication. It is not in any way tied to the USCIS. That Nov 30 is just a reference for you.

Unfortunately, USCIS seems to be going by I129F dates for K3s, and you filed your I129F in August, so you have not hit the processing times on the USCIS website of 6 months. Also, few VJers who filed I129F in August have been approved, so there is little reason to think they are approving K3s from August. The I129F date they are supposed to use is the received date (officially, this was to keep from penalizing those effected by the receipting delays) but they still appeared to be going by the Notice Date.

Your I130 is over 6 months from sending, so you could try to contact a congressman or senator about that, and they may get something going for you. But, what dates are on your NOA1. You have that as being in late June in your sig. Do you have a received date stating sometime in May or at least 6 months before today on your NOA1? If they don't have the received date listed, they will probably just respond you haven't hit 6 months on that either, and you have to wait until late December for that.

Hello all,

According to our timeline our I-130 should have been approved on November 30th. So as suggested, on December 11th my husband called USCIS who almost resented him for calling and told him it's not reached the average time yet so in other words to stop bothering them about it.

I'm surprised nothing is moving but most of all why are there timelines then if USCIS doesn't care about them?

Do any of you have any idea of what could be done next to get answers about our approval?

Thank you for your time and good luck to you all waiting also!

Christine.

Edited by Urge To Race

03/12/2007 - Married to my beautiful wife

04/16/2007 - Sent I-130 to VSC via USPS Express Mail

05/12/2007 - NOA1 received by snail mail after a loooong wait

05/14/2007 - Sent I-129F for K3 to Chicago Lockbox via USPS Express Mail

10/22/2007 - I129F APPROVED (161 days), I130 APPROVED (188 days)

11/08/2007 - I129F received at NVC, embassy case number generated.

11/13/2007 - I129F forwarded to embassy.

11/18/2007 - 129F petition received at embassy

01/09/2008 - finally, DOS gives me the interview date, April 16, 2007 (ouch)

01/23/2008 - never got packet 4, emailed embassy

04/11/2008 - picked up packet 4, did medical

04/14/2008 - medical report pickup, no problems

04/16/2008 - interview date- APPROVED!!!!!

04/18/2008 - both of us are home at last, POE JFK!

05/21/2008 - sent AOS and EAD

05/27/2008 - received NOA1 for AOS and for EAD

06/02/2008 - received Biometrics appt letter

06/19/2008 - Biometrics appointment scheduled - DONE

06/19/2008 - both AOS and EAD touched because of biometrics

07/29/2008 - EAD approved.

05/13/2009 - AOS Interview - APPROVED!/ Card production ordered email

05/18/2009 - Welcome Letter received

06/12/2009 - Second card production ordered email

06/19/2009 - Approval notice send email

06/22/2009 - Green Card received

04/09/2012 - Applied for Citizenship by Express Mailing N400 to NBC

04/10/2012 - N400 received by USCIS

06/23/2012 - Biometrics appointment

07/27/2012 - Appointment scheduled for N400 interview

09/05/2012 - Interview passed, oath ceremony completed, and Naturalization certificate received.

 
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