US Immigration from South Korea

It hasn t been an easy journey. When we started our journey we made a mistake with the impatience from a long distance relationship.
But with a detour, we made it to the end

2018-Mar : arrived at SFO with ESTA and denied to enter due to intention to merry

2018-Apr : applied K-1 visa

2018-Dec : Interview for K1 visa, approved

2019-Feb : entered US with K1 visa and married

2019-Jun : filed AOS

2019-Dec : Interviewed and got denied due to the previous attempt to enter with ESTA

2020-Mar : got official letter to denial of AOS

2020-Apr : filed Waiver

2020-Jun : waiver got approved and AOS approved

2020-Jul : obtained green card

2021-Apr : applied for N-400 under INA 319-b

2022-Jul : filed for removing condition and change of address

2022-Sep : N-400 case transferred

2023-Jan : Interview for removing condition and naturalization

2023-Jun : Oath ceremony (ceremony being held only once a year in my area)

Even though USCIS letter didn t mention about bringing guests and contact center said no guests allowed,

everyone brought their guests and there were seats for guests.

I remember that I checked the case tracker, forums and processing time data here almost everyday.
There was countless days I suffered from anxiety and unpredictability.
It still feels surreal to me how far we ve come and how much grow as a family.
All we ever wanted was just being together without any obstacles.
Even though we came down a long way but here we are.
I can t thank you enough all of you sharing valuable information, and showing sympathy.
Sending all hopes and prayers to everyone here waiting for their turns.

Happy 4th of July

I know it will depend on the office and the ceremony but I need your experience and some thoughts.

I will have my oath ceremony on 27th this month in Charleston, South Carolina. My husband is on deployment so he can t come with me. I m asking around my friends if they can come with me to babysit my boy (20months old) while I m in the ceremony. But in case nobody is available, I need to make sure if I can bring my child.

For your information, the ceremony will be held in outdoor venue, and my notice letter doesn t mention anything about guests except interpreters or attorneys. Also, when I had my interview back in January, I asked my officer if I can bring my child and she said yes.

Anybody had similar experience?

i got NOA2 at MAR 15th

and i send to mail at MAY 9 to NVC

to want to know my NVC case nnumber

and they replied at MAY 13th

they said

The National Visa Center (NVC) recently received your immigrant visa petition from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Your petition is now waiting for data entry into our systems.

and i send mail again

i got reply at MAY 18

they said

The National Visa Center (NVC) is unable to assist you with your inquiry. Please redirect your inquiry to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).The National Visa Center (NVC) is unable to assist you with your inquiry. Please redirect your inquiry to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

is that returned to USCIS?

im so confusing

i cant understand whats going on

Hello,

I've recently came across multiple posts here and other immigration forums that shows I-130 & I-485 concurrent filing being approved less then 6 months. I-130 standalone filings, however, seem to be taking around 12 month-ish as usual..

Looking at these cases got me wondering, is concurrent filing generally faster then standalone I-130 filing? Or is this the recent trend at least?

I'm going through I-130 standalone process for my wife (CR-1) and got me curious.

My fianc and I recieved our NOA2 on 2/22. We still have not received any notification from the NVC that our petition has been recieved and we have not yet recieved our case number. We have submitted a few inquiries to the NVC to check for an update and we received the same message each time, informing us know that it can take up to 6 weeks to receive a petition. On the NVC website, it's listed that they are now processing cases that were received on 4/14. We are worried because it has been more than 2 months from our approval date. We also know that our petition will expire after a certain amount of time which is another factor we are worried about. Is anyone experiencing the same delays?