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Visa Approved!!! :dance:

Brillit called me yesterday after her 2nd interview. The visa was approved. AP was less than 2 months...

Plans are to have her come in Mid March. I will be going down for Carnaval at the end of February.

link to my story

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Nov 2007 - met online

Feb 2008 - first trip to Colombia to visit

May 2008 - second trip to visit

7/8/2008 - mailed I-129f

7/10/2008 - received in Vt

Oct 2008 - third trip to visit

Dec 3 - Interview date

Dec 3 - Administrative Process

Christmas in Colombia

Jan 22 - AP ended

Apr 10 - POE Miami

Apr 14 - Arrive in Baltimore

May 29 - Married in courthouse

AOS

July 23 - received packets (wife and daughter)

July 27 - NOA

Aug 17 - transferred to California

Aug 26 - biometrics

Sept 3 - AP issued

Sept 10 - EAD approved

Sept 18 - AOS approved (for Brillit)

Sept 21 - RFE for Dayana I-693 med exam & vaccines

Oct 22 - second RFE for med exam info

Dec 4 - AOS approved for Dayana

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Mononoke28
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Congratulations once again to you both!! We're all here for each other and I just like to help as much as others helped me when we were going through the process. Good luck with the rest of you

Mark and Carol
Mark and Carol

Hey Joe, How are you doing? I'm leaving for Cali at 7 am this morning...in a few hours. I'm going a few days early to make sure Carol has everything ready. She has been very good about taking off

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Hi how are you??? What we did was that, my husband waiting to get his shots with the doctor he had to go through with immagration. we were going to have him get all the shots in his hometown since he

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Congrats and good luck with the move to the U.S.!!!

"THE SHORT STORY"

KURT & RAYMA (K-1 Visa)

Oct. 9/03... I-129F sent to NSC

June 10/04... K-1 Interview - APPROVED!!!!

July 31/04... Entered U.S.

Aug. 28/04... WEDDING DAY!!!!

Aug. 30/04... I-485, I-765 & I-131 sent to Seattle

Dec. 10/04... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport stamped)

Sept. 9/06... I-751 sent to NSC

May 15/07... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail

Sept. 13/07... N-400 sent to NSC

Aug. 21/08... Interview - PASSED!!!!

Sept. 2/08... Oath Ceremony

Sept. 5/08... Sent in Voter Registration Card

Sept. 9/08... SSA office to change status to "U.S. citizen"

Oct. 8/08... Applied in person for U.S. Passport

Oct. 22/08... U.S. Passport received

DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!!

KAELY (K-2 Visa)

Apr. 6/05... DS-230, Part I faxed to Vancouver Consulate

May 26/05... K-2 Interview - APPROVED!!!!

Sept. 5/05... Entered U.S.

Sept. 7/05... I-485 & I-131 sent to CLB

Feb. 22/06... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport NOT stamped)

Dec. 4/07... I-751 sent to NSC

May 23/08... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail

Mar. 22/11.... N-400 sent to AZ

June 27/11..... Interview - PASSED!!!

July 12/11..... Oath Ceremony

We're NOT lawyers.... just your average folks who had to find their own way!!!!! Anything we post here is simply our own opinions/suggestions/experiences and should not be taken as LAW!!!!

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Visa Approved!!! :dance:

Brillit called me yesterday after her 2nd interview. The visa was approved. AP was less than 2 months...

Plans are to have her come in Mid March. I will be going down for Carnaval at the end of February.

link to my story

CONGRATS- that is great news!

Joe

K1

11/11/2008 - I-129F Sent

11/13/2008 - I-129F NOA1 issue date

11/17/2008 - Received NOA1 hard copy in the mail

1/23/2009 - Received email stating I was approved (NOA2) on 1/22/2009

1/26/2009 - Recieved NOA2 hard copy in the mail

4/29/2009 - Embassy interview date - was put into AP (given a form with 221(g) box checked)

12/25/2009 - Still stuck in AP- almost 8 MONTHS and counting... :(

12/28/2009 - Embassy finally called my gal for another "interview"

1/14/2010 - VISA APPROVED at the second interview- took about 8 1/2 months of AP

1/21/2010 - Visa delivered by courier- BUT, she opened sealed envelope that was for U.S. Immigration at POE.

Now embassy in Bogota wants us to do the medicals all over again.... nightmare continues.....

2/22/2010 - She went back to Bogota to get labs and medical re-done. Then back to embassy where they finally

re-issued the visa. Is valid until July 13th

7/3/2010 - She made it to the U.S. finally!!! I filed on November 11th 2008 and went thru 8 1/2 months of AP

AOS

12/16/2010 - Sent in packet by Fed Ex to Chicago

1/7/2011 - Notified by email from USCIS packet was received

1/25/2011 - Notified by email we are receiving an RFE

2/4/2011 - Sent translated birth cert in (RFE)

2/9/2011 - Biometrics done

3/1/2011 - EAD/AP card received

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Visa Approved!!! :dance:

Brillit called me yesterday after her 2nd interview. The visa was approved. AP was less than 2 months...

Plans are to have her come in Mid March. I will be going down for Carnaval at the end of February.

link to my story

CONGRATS- that is great news!

Joe

congrats. I have a question if anyone knows it. My fiance faxed the paperwork to bogota on tuesday and I called DOS today and they say there is no evidence of them having it. Does anyone know if they process those papers right away or do they wait or should I tell her to refax it?

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jpcanon   0

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Visa Approved!!! :dance:

Brillit called me yesterday after her 2nd interview. The visa was approved. AP was less than 2 months...

Plans are to have her come in Mid March. I will be going down for Carnaval at the end of February.

link to my story

CONGRATS- that is great news!

Joe

congrats. I have a question if anyone knows it. My fiance faxed the paperwork to bogota on tuesday and I called DOS today and they say there is no evidence of them having it. Does anyone know if they process those papers right away or do they wait or should I tell her to refax it?

Did you guys wait to receive the paperwork (packet) from the embassy, versus using the short cut people mention of faxing in advance of actually receiving it? http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/inde...&cty=Bogota

Thanks,

Joe

K1

11/11/2008 - I-129F Sent

11/13/2008 - I-129F NOA1 issue date

11/17/2008 - Received NOA1 hard copy in the mail

1/23/2009 - Received email stating I was approved (NOA2) on 1/22/2009

1/26/2009 - Recieved NOA2 hard copy in the mail

4/29/2009 - Embassy interview date - was put into AP (given a form with 221(g) box checked)

12/25/2009 - Still stuck in AP- almost 8 MONTHS and counting... :(

12/28/2009 - Embassy finally called my gal for another "interview"

1/14/2010 - VISA APPROVED at the second interview- took about 8 1/2 months of AP

1/21/2010 - Visa delivered by courier- BUT, she opened sealed envelope that was for U.S. Immigration at POE.

Now embassy in Bogota wants us to do the medicals all over again.... nightmare continues.....

2/22/2010 - She went back to Bogota to get labs and medical re-done. Then back to embassy where they finally

re-issued the visa. Is valid until July 13th

7/3/2010 - She made it to the U.S. finally!!! I filed on November 11th 2008 and went thru 8 1/2 months of AP

AOS

12/16/2010 - Sent in packet by Fed Ex to Chicago

1/7/2011 - Notified by email from USCIS packet was received

1/25/2011 - Notified by email we are receiving an RFE

2/4/2011 - Sent translated birth cert in (RFE)

2/9/2011 - Biometrics done

3/1/2011 - EAD/AP card received

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Visa Approved!!! :dance:

Brillit called me yesterday after her 2nd interview. The visa was approved. AP was less than 2 months...

Plans are to have her come in Mid March. I will be going down for Carnaval at the end of February.

link to my story

CONGRATS- that is great news!

Joe

congrats. I have a question if anyone knows it. My fiance faxed the paperwork to bogota on tuesday and I called DOS today and they say there is no evidence of them having it. Does anyone know if they process those papers right away or do they wait or should I tell her to refax it?

Did you guys wait to receive the paperwork (packet) from the embassy, versus using the short cut people mention of faxing in advance of actually receiving it? http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/inde...&cty=Bogota

Thanks,

Joe

We waitedfor the paperwork for a month and it hasnt come yet

so we faxed it on Tuesday after downloading it from the site.

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Anyone have suggestions on best carrier to get paperwork to bogota? cost ? I plan to send some updated back for I-134. Thx

For the last 15 years I have used DHL, and the embassy also uses that, FedEx uses someone else to deliver, not reliable.

Consulate : Bogota, Colombia

Marriage : 1985-10-12

I-130 Sent : 2008-12-22

I-130 Approved : 2009-01-08

Received DS-230 / I-864 : 2008-12-22

Packet 4 Received : 2009-01-14

Interview Date : 2009-02-19 VISA APROBADA

Visa in hand: 2009-02-21 Saturday,61 days

POE Miami 2009-02-25

SS card 2009-03-10

Green card 2009-03-16 GREEN CARD

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I wanted to let everyone know I have returned and Alexandra's visa was approved. She should be with me in Florida on the 9th of Feb. :dance: I will post details of the interview in the embassy area

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jpcanon   0

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I wanted to let everyone know I have returned and Alexandra's visa was approved. She should be with me in Florida on the 9th of Feb. :dance: I will post details of the interview in the embassy area

CONGRATS- I bet that's a relief! Looking forward to the review- I think I'll be there in March, with any luck....

Joe

K1

11/11/2008 - I-129F Sent

11/13/2008 - I-129F NOA1 issue date

11/17/2008 - Received NOA1 hard copy in the mail

1/23/2009 - Received email stating I was approved (NOA2) on 1/22/2009

1/26/2009 - Recieved NOA2 hard copy in the mail

4/29/2009 - Embassy interview date - was put into AP (given a form with 221(g) box checked)

12/25/2009 - Still stuck in AP- almost 8 MONTHS and counting... :(

12/28/2009 - Embassy finally called my gal for another "interview"

1/14/2010 - VISA APPROVED at the second interview- took about 8 1/2 months of AP

1/21/2010 - Visa delivered by courier- BUT, she opened sealed envelope that was for U.S. Immigration at POE.

Now embassy in Bogota wants us to do the medicals all over again.... nightmare continues.....

2/22/2010 - She went back to Bogota to get labs and medical re-done. Then back to embassy where they finally

re-issued the visa. Is valid until July 13th

7/3/2010 - She made it to the U.S. finally!!! I filed on November 11th 2008 and went thru 8 1/2 months of AP

AOS

12/16/2010 - Sent in packet by Fed Ex to Chicago

1/7/2011 - Notified by email from USCIS packet was received

1/25/2011 - Notified by email we are receiving an RFE

2/4/2011 - Sent translated birth cert in (RFE)

2/9/2011 - Biometrics done

3/1/2011 - EAD/AP card received

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jpcanon   0

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Just going over that form and filling out first 2 pages as part of short cut to fax next week to get interview date... Questions I have is:

On question #25 (last question on page 2) asks to list all previous visits she had to U.S. Will they be strict as far as comparing what she writes and to what the DAS Migratorio report actually states? She doesn't have that report yet, but I'd like to use short cut and fax in a couple days- long before she gets that report. Also, she used to (up until recently) have a tourist visa, so her trips to U.S. have been quite numerous over the last 5 years...

THANKS for any help, and more questions to follow..............

Joe

K1

11/11/2008 - I-129F Sent

11/13/2008 - I-129F NOA1 issue date

11/17/2008 - Received NOA1 hard copy in the mail

1/23/2009 - Received email stating I was approved (NOA2) on 1/22/2009

1/26/2009 - Recieved NOA2 hard copy in the mail

4/29/2009 - Embassy interview date - was put into AP (given a form with 221(g) box checked)

12/25/2009 - Still stuck in AP- almost 8 MONTHS and counting... :(

12/28/2009 - Embassy finally called my gal for another "interview"

1/14/2010 - VISA APPROVED at the second interview- took about 8 1/2 months of AP

1/21/2010 - Visa delivered by courier- BUT, she opened sealed envelope that was for U.S. Immigration at POE.

Now embassy in Bogota wants us to do the medicals all over again.... nightmare continues.....

2/22/2010 - She went back to Bogota to get labs and medical re-done. Then back to embassy where they finally

re-issued the visa. Is valid until July 13th

7/3/2010 - She made it to the U.S. finally!!! I filed on November 11th 2008 and went thru 8 1/2 months of AP

AOS

12/16/2010 - Sent in packet by Fed Ex to Chicago

1/7/2011 - Notified by email from USCIS packet was received

1/25/2011 - Notified by email we are receiving an RFE

2/4/2011 - Sent translated birth cert in (RFE)

2/9/2011 - Biometrics done

3/1/2011 - EAD/AP card received

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I wanted to let everyone know I have returned and Alexandra's visa was approved. She should be with me in Florida on the 9th of Feb. :dance: I will post details of the interview in the embassy area

Congrats!!! It feels good doesn't it?

Nov 2007 - met online

Feb 2008 - first trip to Colombia to visit

May 2008 - second trip to visit

7/8/2008 - mailed I-129f

7/10/2008 - received in Vt

Oct 2008 - third trip to visit

Dec 3 - Interview date

Dec 3 - Administrative Process

Christmas in Colombia

Jan 22 - AP ended

Apr 10 - POE Miami

Apr 14 - Arrive in Baltimore

May 29 - Married in courthouse

AOS

July 23 - received packets (wife and daughter)

July 27 - NOA

Aug 17 - transferred to California

Aug 26 - biometrics

Sept 3 - AP issued

Sept 10 - EAD approved

Sept 18 - AOS approved (for Brillit)

Sept 21 - RFE for Dayana I-693 med exam & vaccines

Oct 22 - second RFE for med exam info

Dec 4 - AOS approved for Dayana

Mononoke28 Grand Master

Mononoke28   135

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Just going over that form and filling out first 2 pages as part of short cut to fax next week to get interview date... Questions I have is:

On question #25 (last question on page 2) asks to list all previous visits she had to U.S. Will they be strict as far as comparing what she writes and to what the DAS Migratorio report actually states? She doesn't have that report yet, but I'd like to use short cut and fax in a couple days- long before she gets that report. Also, she used to (up until recently) have a tourist visa, so her trips to U.S. have been quite numerous over the last 5 years...

THANKS for any help, and more questions to follow..............

Joe

Joe,

She needs to be honest on all her paperwork, so if she was here in the US, she needs to write that information down regardless of what her Carta Migratoria may show.

Also, if you're sure the embassy has received her case from the NVC, fax and mail packet 3 ASAP so she can get a March interview. Don't wait for packet 3 to arrive because chances are, it may never show up.

Diana

CR-1

02/05/07 - I-130 sent to NSC

05/03/07 - NOA2

05/10/07 - NVC receives petition, case # assigned

08/08/07 - Case Complete

09/27/07 - Interview, visa granted

10/02/07 - POE

11/16/07 - Received green card and Welcome to America letter in the mail

Removing Conditions

07/06/09 - I-751 sent to CSC

08/14/09 - Biometrics

09/27/09 - Approved

10/01/09 - Received 10 year green card

U.S. Citizenship

03/30/11 - N-400 sent via Priority Mail w/ delivery confirmation

05/12/11 - Biometrics

07/20/11 - Interview - passed

07/20/11 - Oath ceremony - same day as interview

 
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