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Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Ukraine
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MARGARITAS FOR EVERYONE !!!! :dance::dance::dance::dance::dance:

Steve & Ksenia

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July 23, 2008 - Married my beautiful Ksenia

Oct 11, 2008 - I-130 Sent

Oct 13, 2008 - I-130 Delivered to Chicago Lockbox

Oct 20, 2008 - Checks cashed by USCIS

Oct 24, 2008 - NOA1 (I-130)

Oct 25, 2008 - I-129F Sent to CSC

Oct 29, 2008 - I-129F Received at CSC

Oct 30, 2008 - NOA1 for I-129F mailed to me - received 11/22/08 because of address change

Oct 31, 2008 - I-130 Touched

Nov 3, 2008 - I-130 Touched

Nov 18, 2008 - I-129F Touched

Nov 20, 2008 - I-130 (for step daughter) Touched

Feb 17, 2009 - Case received by the NVC

Feb 25, 2009 - Received letter from NVC dated Feb 20th saying they had received my approved I-129F

Feb 27, 2009 - Received 2 letters from NVC dated Feb 20th - they had received both approved I-130's

Mar 6, 2009 - Medical for Ksenia & Sasha completed in Kiev. Everything is great.

Mar 9, 2009 - Called NVC and found out our K3 is in "administrative processing"

Apr 6, 2009 - OUT OF A.P. !!! File being sent to Kiev !

May 5, 2009 - K3 interview in Kiev! APPROVED !!!

July 12, 2009 - ARRIVAL IN USA !!!

Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Lebanon
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LET'S CELEBRATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!! FINALLY, we can call it a party and partayyyyyy for real! No more sitting on the side feeling :angry::(:crying::dead: (or whatever other emotions we experienced at a given time while in VSCH!!!)

BREAK OUT THE CHAMPAGNE GLASSES!!!

Narina, Sarita, Georgina help me out with animation (champagne bottle or glasses if possible), or even Jen who has seemed to have mastered the game rather quickly! lol I need to download those suckers so I can stop bugging u and requesting them from u everytime I need one ;)

NVC Journey: Finally OVER APRIL 21, 2009!!! INTERVIEW PASSED 05/12/09; VISA IN HAND 05/20/09

03/05/09: K3 and I 130 both approved! FINALLY after 230 emotionally trying days @ VSC!!

03/06/2009 : NVC Received; 03/09/09 Case Number Assigned; 03/10/09 K3 stuck in AP

03/17/2009 : AOS/IV fee bills generated (by email @ 10:00 p.m.); 03/18/2009 : AOS/IV fee bills paid online

03/27/2009 : AOS/DS 230 package sent to NVC; 04/02/2009 : AOS & DS-230 entered into NVC system

04/14/2009 : Found out K3 was forwarded to the consulate in Leb and CR1 stuck in AP; 04/18/09: K3 delivered

04/20/09: WOOHOO CR1 already out of AP; DS 230/AOS accepted with no RFEs!! Sign in failed on NVC payment site.

04/21/09: MAGIC CASE COMPLETE @ 4:30 P.M. THANK U GOD!!!

04/27/09: Hubby passed his medical; CR1 interview assigned for June 17th By NVC; but changed to MAY 12th after emailing embassy on 05/05/09 )

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Interview Passed 05/12/09!!! Visa in hand 05/20/09!!! POE: 05/23/09

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REUNITED JUST IN TIME FOR MY BDAY AND WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!!!! PRAISE BE TO GOD!

Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Ukraine
Timeline
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No CHAMPAGNE GS ... I want to see all you ladies after a few shots of Tequila !!! :D

Steve & Ksenia

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July 23, 2008 - Married my beautiful Ksenia

Oct 11, 2008 - I-130 Sent

Oct 13, 2008 - I-130 Delivered to Chicago Lockbox

Oct 20, 2008 - Checks cashed by USCIS

Oct 24, 2008 - NOA1 (I-130)

Oct 25, 2008 - I-129F Sent to CSC

Oct 29, 2008 - I-129F Received at CSC

Oct 30, 2008 - NOA1 for I-129F mailed to me - received 11/22/08 because of address change

Oct 31, 2008 - I-130 Touched

Nov 3, 2008 - I-130 Touched

Nov 18, 2008 - I-129F Touched

Nov 20, 2008 - I-130 (for step daughter) Touched

Feb 17, 2009 - Case received by the NVC

Feb 25, 2009 - Received letter from NVC dated Feb 20th saying they had received my approved I-129F

Feb 27, 2009 - Received 2 letters from NVC dated Feb 20th - they had received both approved I-130's

Mar 6, 2009 - Medical for Ksenia & Sasha completed in Kiev. Everything is great.

Mar 9, 2009 - Called NVC and found out our K3 is in "administrative processing"

Apr 6, 2009 - OUT OF A.P. !!! File being sent to Kiev !

May 5, 2009 - K3 interview in Kiev! APPROVED !!!

July 12, 2009 - ARRIVAL IN USA !!!

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Married March 9, 2013
NOA1 I-130 April 12, 2013

Transferred to TSC Nov 27, 2013
APPROVED March 18, 2014 FINALLY ! ! ! !! 11 MONTHS & 6 LONG DAYS FOR MY NOA2
Case shipped from TSC to NVC March 21, 2014
Rec'd NOA2 hard copy March 22, 2014
Case rec'd & Case Number assigned April 1, 2014
AMAZING !!!
PAID IV and AOS fees online April 5, 2014
Fees show paid/DS 260 avail. /DS260 submitted/AOS&IV pkg sent April 9, 2014
FEDEX delivered @ NVC April 11, 2014
Revised AOS pkg delivered April 15, 2014
AOS & IV rec'd& scanned in @ NVC April 15, 2014
Revised AOS scanned April 18, 2014
AOS checklist for income and IV pkg April 30, 2014 (checklist expected due to Lawyers mistakes)
DS260 accepted April 30, 2014
Checklist for Birth cert/police cert May 1, 2014
AOS accepted May 5, 2014

Birth cert scanned MAY 8, 2014

CASE COMPLETE JUNE 4, 2014 CC letter received via email June 11, 2014

INTERVIEW JULY 15, 2014

Waiver finally FedEx'd to Phoenix Lockbox August 21, 2014

WAIVER APPROVED December 17, 2014

Received Instruction Letter via email December 23, 2014

Final Embassy Appointment January 5, 2015 YAY !

Visa ISSUED January 12, 2015

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Posted (edited)

joke of the day;

ok so this girl calls the NVC just for kicks and she gets a live person on the line

so this live person hands a bunch of ####### her way.

The live operators told the girl that the packages take 4-6 weeks to get to the VISA CENTER.

So the girl laughs her A$$ off and askes where the NVC is located. The operator tell her New Hampshire. So the girl starts laughing even more. Vermont to NH. Yea...ok and the operator says " remember it is sent BULK mail" ok, I can send a FED EX letter to my husband and it can get there over night to Costa Rica... by 10am. OK granted thats FED EX but come on..... THe snail mail system ain't that bad.

I thought these people would be a little better to deal with. Do they have to train to know how to dish out BS??? I bet its a 6 week training course. :bonk:

Edited by esposadetucho

Married March 9, 2013
NOA1 I-130 April 12, 2013

Transferred to TSC Nov 27, 2013
APPROVED March 18, 2014 FINALLY ! ! ! !! 11 MONTHS & 6 LONG DAYS FOR MY NOA2
Case shipped from TSC to NVC March 21, 2014
Rec'd NOA2 hard copy March 22, 2014
Case rec'd & Case Number assigned April 1, 2014
AMAZING !!!
PAID IV and AOS fees online April 5, 2014
Fees show paid/DS 260 avail. /DS260 submitted/AOS&IV pkg sent April 9, 2014
FEDEX delivered @ NVC April 11, 2014
Revised AOS pkg delivered April 15, 2014
AOS & IV rec'd& scanned in @ NVC April 15, 2014
Revised AOS scanned April 18, 2014
AOS checklist for income and IV pkg April 30, 2014 (checklist expected due to Lawyers mistakes)
DS260 accepted April 30, 2014
Checklist for Birth cert/police cert May 1, 2014
AOS accepted May 5, 2014

Birth cert scanned MAY 8, 2014

CASE COMPLETE JUNE 4, 2014 CC letter received via email June 11, 2014

INTERVIEW JULY 15, 2014

Waiver finally FedEx'd to Phoenix Lockbox August 21, 2014

WAIVER APPROVED December 17, 2014

Received Instruction Letter via email December 23, 2014

Final Embassy Appointment January 5, 2015 YAY !

Visa ISSUED January 12, 2015

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Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Lebanon
Timeline
Posted
joke of the day;

ok so this girl calls the NVC just for kicks and she gets a live person on the line

so this live person hands a bunch of ####### her way.

The live operators told the girl that the packages take 4-6 weeks to get to the VISA CENTER.

So the girl laughs her A$$ off and askes where the NVC is located. The operator tell her New Hampshire. So the girl starts laughing even more. Vermont to NH. Yea...ok and the operator says " remember it is sent BULK mail" ok, I can send a FED EX letter to my husband and it can get there over night to Costa Rica... by 10am. OK granted thats FED EX but come on..... THe snail mail system ain't that bad.

I thought these people would be a little better to deal with. Do they have to train to know how to dish out BS??? I bet its a 6 week training course. :bonk:

:lol: Sounds like they drank all of our margaritas and champagne and got dizzy lol What better way to start the party than with VSC or NVC jokes. Thank U jen for the little story...Seriously it could reach ALASKA much faster than NH LOLROG...this is all so ironic especially since your congressman already told you your petitions are on their way to NVC and have left VSC today!! They just don't know, WE are VJ suckers soon to be VJ graduates :devil: Isn't it weird how our petitions might be in the same bulk mail she was talking about .......WOWWWWWW WEIRDDDDDDDDDD BUT IN A GOOD WAYYYYYYYY!! :P

NVC Journey: Finally OVER APRIL 21, 2009!!! INTERVIEW PASSED 05/12/09; VISA IN HAND 05/20/09

03/05/09: K3 and I 130 both approved! FINALLY after 230 emotionally trying days @ VSC!!

03/06/2009 : NVC Received; 03/09/09 Case Number Assigned; 03/10/09 K3 stuck in AP

03/17/2009 : AOS/IV fee bills generated (by email @ 10:00 p.m.); 03/18/2009 : AOS/IV fee bills paid online

03/27/2009 : AOS/DS 230 package sent to NVC; 04/02/2009 : AOS & DS-230 entered into NVC system

04/14/2009 : Found out K3 was forwarded to the consulate in Leb and CR1 stuck in AP; 04/18/09: K3 delivered

04/20/09: WOOHOO CR1 already out of AP; DS 230/AOS accepted with no RFEs!! Sign in failed on NVC payment site.

04/21/09: MAGIC CASE COMPLETE @ 4:30 P.M. THANK U GOD!!!

04/27/09: Hubby passed his medical; CR1 interview assigned for June 17th By NVC; but changed to MAY 12th after emailing embassy on 05/05/09 )

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Interview Passed 05/12/09!!! Visa in hand 05/20/09!!! POE: 05/23/09

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REUNITED JUST IN TIME FOR MY BDAY AND WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!!!! PRAISE BE TO GOD!

Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Costa Rica
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Jen, we should just have made a road trip to VT, picked your app up and hand carried it to NH. We could've practiced your espanol on the way. B)

K3 Interview 05/20/2009

POE Atlanta 05/26/2009

EAD NOA1 06/01/2009

EAD NOA2 08/2009

I-485 Sent 04/07/2010

I-485 NOA1 04/16/2010

Biometrics 04/28/2010 (assigned appt. date is 5/17/10, but we did an early walk-in with no problems!)

I-485 Interview 09/13/2010 (originally set for July, but had to reschedule, since we were in Europe then)

Waiting on GC to come in the mail!!!

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Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Albania
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Posted (edited)

I forgot it was weekend party time!!

I'll included my VJ cake recipe

serves 1 (if your on VJ, you don't need to serve more than 1 unless you are very hungry)

Take cake mix of choice, pour a little into microwave plastic ware, add milk or soy milk. Stir. Microwave about a minute.

Take out. Eat.

Alternatives:

Add spoonful of peanut butter to middle and watch it melt when you split open your cake.

Oh I forgot to add I got a letter from NVC today saying they had sent my K3 to Albania. The letter is dated February 20th. My husband has had his packet since Monday.

Edited by mkg265

Sheep: Baa-ram-ewe, baa-ram-ewe. To your breed, your fleece, your clan be true. Sheep be true. Baa-ram-ewe.

Posted

Yea I could have driven to NH in about 7 hours maybe. HMMM 7 hours of only spanish. I might pick up something.. Yes we would have had a good time. I still think you should fly to CR with me. 5 hours of chit chatting . I get so bored on the plane. One time I got to fly on one of those planes that had the personal TV screens for each seat. It was the best thing ever. I watch " Everybody Loves Raymond",, Old Chirstine... and watched a movie... and it had a navigational thing where you could track the flight.

OK I need to VENT for two seconds. I finally told Tucho the news. That phone call was like 5 minutes. He told me he was on his way back to his moms and he would call me in like an hour. So I waited for 3 hours or so and I couldn't take it anymore so I called his moms. His sister put him on the phone. I told him he was killing me because I want to talk with him. He said he wasn't even there that long and he had to wash the motorcycle and he was going to call me later.... Im like.... #######??? I am dying to talk with him and he is so casual about it all. He was excited when I told him at first but was on his way down the mountain... he couldn't talk.... If that was me I'd be on the phone that second. What is it with men???? Steve, chime in at any moment.... this is your que.

Does anyone have windows live messenger? we could get a chat room going and talk real time instead of posting.

Married March 9, 2013
NOA1 I-130 April 12, 2013

Transferred to TSC Nov 27, 2013
APPROVED March 18, 2014 FINALLY ! ! ! !! 11 MONTHS & 6 LONG DAYS FOR MY NOA2
Case shipped from TSC to NVC March 21, 2014
Rec'd NOA2 hard copy March 22, 2014
Case rec'd & Case Number assigned April 1, 2014
AMAZING !!!
PAID IV and AOS fees online April 5, 2014
Fees show paid/DS 260 avail. /DS260 submitted/AOS&IV pkg sent April 9, 2014
FEDEX delivered @ NVC April 11, 2014
Revised AOS pkg delivered April 15, 2014
AOS & IV rec'd& scanned in @ NVC April 15, 2014
Revised AOS scanned April 18, 2014
AOS checklist for income and IV pkg April 30, 2014 (checklist expected due to Lawyers mistakes)
DS260 accepted April 30, 2014
Checklist for Birth cert/police cert May 1, 2014
AOS accepted May 5, 2014

Birth cert scanned MAY 8, 2014

CASE COMPLETE JUNE 4, 2014 CC letter received via email June 11, 2014

INTERVIEW JULY 15, 2014

Waiver finally FedEx'd to Phoenix Lockbox August 21, 2014

WAIVER APPROVED December 17, 2014

Received Instruction Letter via email December 23, 2014

Final Embassy Appointment January 5, 2015 YAY !

Visa ISSUED January 12, 2015

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Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Albania
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Yea I could have driven to NH in about 7 hours maybe. HMMM 7 hours of only spanish. I might pick up something.. Yes we would have had a good time. I still think you should fly to CR with me. 5 hours of chit chatting . I get so bored on the plane. One time I got to fly on one of those planes that had the personal TV screens for each seat. It was the best thing ever. I watch " Everybody Loves Raymond",, Old Chirstine... and watched a movie... and it had a navigational thing where you could track the flight.

OK I need to VENT for two seconds. I finally told Tucho the news. That phone call was like 5 minutes. He told me he was on his way back to his moms and he would call me in like an hour. So I waited for 3 hours or so and I couldn't take it anymore so I called his moms. His sister put him on the phone. I told him he was killing me because I want to talk with him. He said he wasn't even there that long and he had to wash the motorcycle and he was going to call me later.... Im like.... #######??? I am dying to talk with him and he is so casual about it all. He was excited when I told him at first but was on his way down the mountain... he couldn't talk.... If that was me I'd be on the phone that second. What is it with men???? Steve, chime in at any moment.... this is your que.

Does anyone have windows live messenger? we could get a chat room going and talk real time instead of posting.

My husband didn't understand or seem excited either when I told him. Also the concept of you've been approved to move to the next step but no you don't have a visa yet is kind of difficult to explain with limited communications skills. I guess I had been praying for that email since June and it meant more for me.

Sheep: Baa-ram-ewe, baa-ram-ewe. To your breed, your fleece, your clan be true. Sheep be true. Baa-ram-ewe.

Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Ukraine
Timeline
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Actually, I'm a little too broke right now to do some serious partying ... so tonight it's a couple of microwave burritos and a few of these :P

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Steve & Ksenia

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July 23, 2008 - Married my beautiful Ksenia

Oct 11, 2008 - I-130 Sent

Oct 13, 2008 - I-130 Delivered to Chicago Lockbox

Oct 20, 2008 - Checks cashed by USCIS

Oct 24, 2008 - NOA1 (I-130)

Oct 25, 2008 - I-129F Sent to CSC

Oct 29, 2008 - I-129F Received at CSC

Oct 30, 2008 - NOA1 for I-129F mailed to me - received 11/22/08 because of address change

Oct 31, 2008 - I-130 Touched

Nov 3, 2008 - I-130 Touched

Nov 18, 2008 - I-129F Touched

Nov 20, 2008 - I-130 (for step daughter) Touched

Feb 17, 2009 - Case received by the NVC

Feb 25, 2009 - Received letter from NVC dated Feb 20th saying they had received my approved I-129F

Feb 27, 2009 - Received 2 letters from NVC dated Feb 20th - they had received both approved I-130's

Mar 6, 2009 - Medical for Ksenia & Sasha completed in Kiev. Everything is great.

Mar 9, 2009 - Called NVC and found out our K3 is in "administrative processing"

Apr 6, 2009 - OUT OF A.P. !!! File being sent to Kiev !

May 5, 2009 - K3 interview in Kiev! APPROVED !!!

July 12, 2009 - ARRIVAL IN USA !!!

Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Costa Rica
Timeline
Posted
I forgot it was weekend party time!!

I'll included my VJ cake recipe

serves 1 (if your on VJ, you don't need to serve more than 1 unless you are very hungry)

Take cake mix of choice, pour a little into microwave plastic ware, add milk or soy milk. Stir. Microwave about a minute.

Take out. Eat.

Alternatives:

Add spoonful of peanut butter to middle and watch it melt when you split open your cake.

Oh I forgot to add I got a letter from NVC today saying they had sent my K3 to Albania. The letter is dated February 20th. My husband has had his packet since Monday.

How much mix? how much milk? I just bought a six pack of apple tarts from Omaha Steaks (got one a block away and it's 50% off weekend).

K3 Interview 05/20/2009

POE Atlanta 05/26/2009

EAD NOA1 06/01/2009

EAD NOA2 08/2009

I-485 Sent 04/07/2010

I-485 NOA1 04/16/2010

Biometrics 04/28/2010 (assigned appt. date is 5/17/10, but we did an early walk-in with no problems!)

I-485 Interview 09/13/2010 (originally set for July, but had to reschedule, since we were in Europe then)

Waiting on GC to come in the mail!!!

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Im worried because I am happy for this approval but I don't want to give him the wrong idea and have him think he is getting a visa automatically... I hate this language barrier.

I wish I could make sure he understands that he could get denied at the interview. He has been so anit-immigration for a while. he didn't want to talk about it at all. He told me not to say one word about it until they approved him.

Married March 9, 2013
NOA1 I-130 April 12, 2013

Transferred to TSC Nov 27, 2013
APPROVED March 18, 2014 FINALLY ! ! ! !! 11 MONTHS & 6 LONG DAYS FOR MY NOA2
Case shipped from TSC to NVC March 21, 2014
Rec'd NOA2 hard copy March 22, 2014
Case rec'd & Case Number assigned April 1, 2014
AMAZING !!!
PAID IV and AOS fees online April 5, 2014
Fees show paid/DS 260 avail. /DS260 submitted/AOS&IV pkg sent April 9, 2014
FEDEX delivered @ NVC April 11, 2014
Revised AOS pkg delivered April 15, 2014
AOS & IV rec'd& scanned in @ NVC April 15, 2014
Revised AOS scanned April 18, 2014
AOS checklist for income and IV pkg April 30, 2014 (checklist expected due to Lawyers mistakes)
DS260 accepted April 30, 2014
Checklist for Birth cert/police cert May 1, 2014
AOS accepted May 5, 2014

Birth cert scanned MAY 8, 2014

CASE COMPLETE JUNE 4, 2014 CC letter received via email June 11, 2014

INTERVIEW JULY 15, 2014

Waiver finally FedEx'd to Phoenix Lockbox August 21, 2014

WAIVER APPROVED December 17, 2014

Received Instruction Letter via email December 23, 2014

Final Embassy Appointment January 5, 2015 YAY !

Visa ISSUED January 12, 2015

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