US Immigration from Ireland

I see that VJ has a timeline section for form I-131 (AP) which is has locations down as local field offices rather than the national benefits center. As I understand it, the National Benefits Center is processing the I-131 right now, and not the local field offices? Can someone correct me on this or inform me more as to how this works? I'm going to be filing my application for AP in early November and hoping to have it by August, but judging by the USCIS website 80% are done within 11.5 months. So seems unlikely that I'll have it in time, right? Too big a risk to plan a trip in August? Anyone get their AP recently, when did you first apply? Thanks guys

Hi there,

I've been reading through the forum today and decided to make my own post to get some advice just to ensure my own situation fits. I arrived about a month ago on an ESTA to visit my boyfriend. Last week he proposed and we're discussing how we should proceed. I've pushed my flights back by a bit (still within my 90 days) to give us more time to enjoy the engagement and see what we want to do. We're mainly looking at us getting married and me applying for AOS. I still have a lot going on at home including a job, car, pets etc. that will all have to be considered but just want to see what options are available to me.

I've seen something about a 90 day rule in terms of getting married and some people say its real or that it's not. I'm just wondering if that's a thing I'd rather not overstay my esta and would rather file before it expired. Any advice would be much appreciated. I mainly just want to know would it be ok for us to go ahead with getting married and applying for AOS?

Hi all,

I finally received my form I-797 (NOA2) from the USCIS. I was a little confused though as the form states "The above petition has been approved, and forwarded to the listed consulate. Please contact the consulate with any questions about Visa issuance or if you would now Ike them to forward the petition to a different consulate."

Does this mean my application is not being sent to the NVC? If not, why was my application sent directly to the consulate? The consulate is not stated on the I-797 so does this mean it went to the consulate in my original application?

NOA2 was July 29th, about how long does it take for the consulate to receive my application?

I have contacted the Dublin embassy by e-mail for further clarification but hope to get answers here in the meantime.

Many thanks!

Just created this thread for everyone filing for ROC in September!

My journey has finally ended today, a big thanks to all at visajourney who helped and supported me when I first applied for an IR1 visa. When I joined visajourney I was a lot more active but I have not been posting in a long time although I still availed of the fabulous information this forum provides.

I had my interview today at the Raleigh NC office and it all went smoothly. I arrived 10 minutes early and checked in and then they sent me to the second floor for my interview. I waited about 20 minutes then I was called in for my interview, the officer was very nice and was very pleasant. Basic English test, read a sentence then wrote a sentence before moving on to the civics test.

3 questions only and civics test passed.

1. Name a native American Indian tribe

2. Name the capital of NC

3. Name the capital of the USA

Basic questions followed, like have you ever been a member of a militia or a prison guard. There was approximately 20 questions like this all with the answer "No"

No request was made to see any of the paperwork that I had brought only a quick look at my green card. I was told I passed my interview and that there was a same day oath ceremony downstairs. All told the interview was between 10-15 minutes.

Downstairs for the oath ceremony which started within 5 minutes of me sitting down. I took the oath of allegiance with five others and I was then handed my naturalization certificate.

The most stressful part of the day was wearing long pants in near 100 degree heat, it was great to get back into my shorts once I left the building. The only downside to the day was that no family were allowed attend or view my oath ceremony.

Best of luck to those of you who are still on your journey, hopefully it will end soon for you.