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NOA 2 Hardcopy arrives the day after the interview

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TimsDaisy   0

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Can't find the old thread about the May 3 approvals who were waiting the dang hard copies of approval notices (tried search and google, though I'm sure someone else will find it!).

I got home today to find the hard copy of the NOA2 in the mailbox. It arrived a quick 2 months and 4 days after we were approved on May 3 and the day after my fiance had his interview at the London Embassy. Better late than never!

I had tried the "RFE" shortcut to speak to a CSC staffer at the beginning of June (after 30 days elapsed after approval), but nothing came. I finally gave a quick call to my congresswoman's office to see if they could help (mainly because I was scared of facing not just AOS fee increases, but an extra $200 for a "replacement" copy of a document I'd never received to begin with!). And that same day, fwaguy (I think) posted a link to a document published by USCIS fessing up to the computer snafu that left a lot of May approvals without hard copies. I used the email there to send a note saying "what's up?"

I got a call last week from the congressional office saying they heard back from USCIS that the notice was resent on June 27 - which would make sense with today's delivery. So who knows what finally made it mail out, but it's here now, so that's cool.

I-129F/K1

1-12-07 mailed to CSC

1-22-07 DHS cashes the I-129F check

1-23-07 NOA1 Notice Date

1-26-07 NOA1 arrives in the post

4-25-07 Touched!

4-26-07 Touched again!

5-3-07 NOA2!!! Two approval emails received at 11:36am

5-10-07 Arrived at NVC/5-14-07 Left NVC - London-bound!

5-17-07??? London receives?

5-20-07 Packet 3 mailed

5-26-07 Packet 3 received

5-29-07 Packet 3 returned, few days later than planned due to bank holiday weekend

6-06-07 Medical in London (called to schedule on May 29)

6-11-07 "Medical in file" at Embassy

6-14-07 Resent packet 3 to Embassy after hearing nothing about first try

6-22-07 DOS says "applicant now eligible for interview," ie: they enter p3 into their system

6-25-07 DOS says interview date is August 21

6-28-07 Help from our congressional representative gives us new interview date: July 6

7-06-07 Interview at 9:00 am at the London Embassy - Approved.

7-16-07 Visa delivered after 'security checks' completed

I-129F approved in 111 days; Interview 174 days from filing

Handy numbers:

NVC: (603) 334-0700 - press 1, 5; US State Department: (202) 663-1225 - press 1, 0

*Be afraid or be informed - the choice is yours.*

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msu17   0

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Jeeze, they helped me out a lot! Stupid CSC...

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AOS

Mailed AOS, EAD and AP Sept 11 '07

Recieved NOA1's for all Sept 23 or 24 '07

Bio appt. Oct. 24 '07

EAD/AP approved Nov 26 '07

Got the AP Dec. 3 '07

AOS interview Feb 7th (5 days after the 1 year anniversary of our K1 NOA1!

Stuck in FBI name checks...

Got the GC July '08

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TimsDaisy   0

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I know, right?

They document was a reprint because it says "June 27, 2007" under "Notice Date." It also says it's valid from "04/25/2007 to 08/24/2007" which implies we were actually approved before we even knew we were (and that it would have "expired" before we'd have guessed it would have, had we never received the hard copy).

shrug- silly CSC.

I-129F/K1

1-12-07 mailed to CSC

1-22-07 DHS cashes the I-129F check

1-23-07 NOA1 Notice Date

1-26-07 NOA1 arrives in the post

4-25-07 Touched!

4-26-07 Touched again!

5-3-07 NOA2!!! Two approval emails received at 11:36am

5-10-07 Arrived at NVC/5-14-07 Left NVC - London-bound!

5-17-07??? London receives?

5-20-07 Packet 3 mailed

5-26-07 Packet 3 received

5-29-07 Packet 3 returned, few days later than planned due to bank holiday weekend

6-06-07 Medical in London (called to schedule on May 29)

6-11-07 "Medical in file" at Embassy

6-14-07 Resent packet 3 to Embassy after hearing nothing about first try

6-22-07 DOS says "applicant now eligible for interview," ie: they enter p3 into their system

6-25-07 DOS says interview date is August 21

6-28-07 Help from our congressional representative gives us new interview date: July 6

7-06-07 Interview at 9:00 am at the London Embassy - Approved.

7-16-07 Visa delivered after 'security checks' completed

I-129F approved in 111 days; Interview 174 days from filing

Handy numbers:

NVC: (603) 334-0700 - press 1, 5; US State Department: (202) 663-1225 - press 1, 0

*Be afraid or be informed - the choice is yours.*

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msu17   0

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Same with ours... Ugh, stupid CSC!

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AOS

Mailed AOS, EAD and AP Sept 11 '07

Recieved NOA1's for all Sept 23 or 24 '07

Bio appt. Oct. 24 '07

EAD/AP approved Nov 26 '07

Got the AP Dec. 3 '07

AOS interview Feb 7th (5 days after the 1 year anniversary of our K1 NOA1!

Stuck in FBI name checks...

Got the GC July '08

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*JG*   2

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The whole process is flawed. Andre received his packet 3 at his house in Jamaica a FULL month after he had been in the U.S.

Life's just a crazy ride on a run away train

You can't go back for what you've missed

So make it count, hold on tight find a way to make it right

You only get one trip

So make it good, make it last 'cause it all flies by so fast

You only get one trip

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