US Immigration from Ireland

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.

Hi all,

Just recently found this forum and figured I'd reach out in order to better understand this process.

A bit about us:

My fiance is a Lithuanian citizen based in Dublin, Ireland.

I, her petitioner, am a US citizen based in Los Angeles.

We have been dating long distance for a few years and decided to move forward with our relationship. We went back and forth regarding who should move and ultimately decided she should move to me. We also decided to do the fiance visa as opposed to the spousal visa as she felt that rushing into a marriage for the sake of papers would freak both her and her parents out. To that point I agree it was the right move as it has given time for our relationship to grow as engaged partners as well as allowed me to bond with her parents.

I submitted the I-129F paperwork on June 7th 2021 and shortly after received a notice in the mail mentioning that the application was received. Since then we have been playing the waiting game watching the processing time grow larger and larger. At this point we try not to look at it as seeing a delay in our relationship and our future is really starting to stress us out.

As we wait I figured I would ask some questions (which I truly appreciate anyone who takes the time to answer):

-Should we have just bit the bullet and gotten married and applied for the spousal visa instead of going through the fiance visa? Would it have been any faster?

-To that point should we just continue to wait or if it is faster does it make any sense to apply through a different means at this point?

-How long after my application is approved is it currently taking for her to get the interview?

-Is it really taking 6-8 months to get approval for work/travel after AOS is submitted?

Luckily she has been using this time to build up her savings but these delays are really gonna just make it so we go through all of that...

Hi everyone! I know we are still in July but thought I would get the ball rolling for fellow August filers to remove conditions on greencard. Can t believe we re here again!