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Hello...Welcome! For those who have just filed your I-129f application with USCIS, this thread has been created for your needs and for you to be with others experiencing different aspects of this journey. This is a place to ask questions and to share experiences. All are here to learn together. Stay patient because this is a long process currently running 12-16 months for your NOA2 or petition approval by USCIS (first stage). Then your petition will be sent to NVC which runs about 6-8 weeks processing (second stage) and finally your interview at the embassy (third stage). Also, do not compare yourself to others....Some will receive NOA-2 faster than others, some will be stuck at NVC for longer and then finally some will receive interviews fairly quickly at embassy. STAY PATIENT! Please create the timeline in your profile. Also note that USCIS goes by "Received date" : Example I-129 F Sent - July 3, 2023 I-129 F Received - July 7, 2023 (NOA-1) I-129 F - Notice Date - June 10, 2023 In this example your NOA-1 should be June 7. This will help you fill out your timeline properly.

Hello...Welcome! For those who have just filed your I-129f application with USCIS, this thread has been created for your needs and for you to be with others experiencing different aspects of this journey. This is a place to ask questions and to share experiences. All are here to learn together. Stay patient because this is a long process currently running 12-16 months for your NOA2 or petition approval by USCIS (first stage). Then your petition will be sent to NVC which runs about 6-8 weeks processing (second stage) and finally your interview at the embassy (third stage). Also, do not compare yourself to others....Some will receive NOA-2 faster than others, some will be stuck at NVC for longer and then finally some will receive interviews fairly quickly at embassy. STAY PATIENT! Please create the timeline in your profile. Also note that USCIS goes by "Received date" : Example I-129 F Sent - June 1, 2023 I-129 F Received - June 3, 2023 (NOA-1) I-129 F - Notice Date - June 6, 2023 In this example your NOA-1 should be June 3. This will help you fill out your timeline properly.

Hello...Welcome! For those who have just filed your I-129f application with USCIS, this thread has been created for your needs and for you to be with others experiencing different aspects of this journey. This is a place to ask questions and to share experiences. All are here to learn together. Stay patient because this is a long process currently running 14-17 months for your NOA2 or petition approval by USCIS (first stage). Then your petition will be sent to NVC which runs about 6-8 weeks processing (second stage) and finally your interview at the embassy (third stage). Also, do not compare yourself to others....Some will receive NOA-2 faster than others, some will be stuck at NVC for longer and then finally some will receive interviews fairly quickly at embassy. STAY PATIENT! Please create the timeline in your profile. Also note that USCIS goes by "Received date" : Example I-129 F Sent - May 1, 2023 I-129 F Received - May 4, 2023 (NOA-1) I-129 F - Notice Date - May 8, 2023 In this example your NOA-1 should be May 4. This will help you fill out your timeline properly. Quote

If your NOA-1 is in April, then you should join the April group below.

Hello...Welcome! For those who have just filed your I-129f application with USCIS, this thread has been created for your needs and for you to be with others experiencing different aspects of this journey. This is a place to ask questions and to share experiences. All are here to learn together. Stay patient because this is a long process currently running 14-17 months for your NOA2 or petition approval by USCIS (first stage). Then your petition will be sent to NVC which runs about 6-8 weeks processing (second stage) and finally your interview at the embassy (third stage). Also, do not compare yourself to others....Some will receive NOA-2 faster than others, some will be stuck at NVC for longer and then finally some will receive interviews fairly quickly at embassy. STAY PATIENT! Please create the timeline in your profile. Also note that USCIS goes by "Received date" : Example I-129 F Sent - April 1, 2023 I-129 F Received - April 3, 2023 (NOA-1) I-129 F - Notice Date - April 7, 2023 In this example your NOA-1 should be April 3. This will help you fill out your timeline properly. Quote

Hello...Welcome! For those who have just filed your I-129f application with USCIS, this thread has been created for your needs and for you to be with others experiencing different aspects of this journey. This is a place to ask questions and to share experiences. All are here to learn together. Stay patient because this is a long process currently running 14-17 months for your NOA2 or petition approval by USCIS (first stage). Then your petition will be sent to NVC which runs about 6-8 weeks processing (second stage) and finally your interview at the embassy (third stage). Also, do not compare yourself to others....Some will receive NOA-2 faster than others, some will be stuck at NVC for longer and then finally some will receive interviews fairly quickly at embassy. STAY PATIENT! Please create the timeline in your profile. Also note that USCIS goes by "Received date" : Example I-129 F Sent - March 1, 2023 I-129 F Received - March 3, 2023 (NOA-1) I-129 F - Notice Date - March 7, 2023 In this example your NOA-1 should be March 3. This will help you fill out your timeline properly.

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Yes i sent you a message on here. Pls check.

Just seeing this are you in the group?

Hello...Welcome! For those who have just filed your I-129f application with USCIS, this thread has been created for your needs and for you to be with others experiencing different aspects of this journey. This is a place to ask questions and to share experiences. All are here to learn together. Stay patient because this is a long process currently running 15-17 months for your NOA2 or petition approval by USCIS (first stage). Then your petition will be sent to NVC which runs about 6-8 weeks processing (second stage) and finally your interview at the embassy (third stage). Also, do not compare yourself to others....Some will receive NOA-2 faster than others, some will be stuck at NVC for longer and then finally some will receive interviews fairly quickly at embassy. STAY PATIENT! Please create the timeline in your profile. Also note that USCIS goes by "Received date" : Example I-129 F Sent - February 2, 2023 I-129 F Received - February 6, 2023 (NOA-1) I-129 F - Notice Date - February 8, 2023 In this example your NOA-1 should be February 6. This will help you fill out your timeline properly.

Yes we are so glad as well! We received EAD a month after filing for AOS and green card 3 months after!

Im in NYC but i sent the AOS to Chicago. I only did biometrics in the city and everything else was done in Chicago at the National benefits center. So im not to sure what the local FO was.

Join the August thread below...At this point look forward to a 2024 wedding date.

Really! Ive seen about 3 ppl on FB who filed AOS in august and received greencard in December. Its the K1 Visa Group on FB. Im not sure the FO but mine went to chicago and moved pretty fast.

Honestly it just depends. I have seen on FB and know personally of ppl who filed for AOS end of 2021 and early 2022 still waiting for GC. Some taking 3-6 months while others waiting 12-15 months. Some get the EAD card really fast and then the GC takes forever.

No Expedite at any stage. When we applied USCIS was about 6-8 months for NOA-2. After that we got stuck at NVC waiting for interview. And once we applied for AOS everything moved super quick. Greencard in 3 months.

Please join the January 2023 Filers.

Hello...Welcome! For those who have just filed your I-129f application with USCIS, this thread has been created for your needs and for you to be with others experiencing different aspects of this journey. This is a place to ask questions and to share experiences. All are here to learn together. Stay patient because this is a long process currently running 15-17 months for your NOA2 or petition approval by USCIS (first stage). Then your petition will be sent to NVC which runs about 6-8 weeks processing (second stage) and finally your interview at the embassy (third stage). Also, do not compare yourself to others....Some will receive NOA-2 faster than others, some will be stuck at NVC for longer and then finally some will receive interviews fairly quickly at embassy. STAY PATIENT! Please create the timeline in your profile. Also note that USCIS goes by "Received date" : Example I-129 F Sent - January 2, 2023 I-129 F Received - January 6, 2023 (NOA-1) I-129 F - Notice Date - January 10, 2023 In this example your NOA-1 should be January 6. This will help you fill out your timeline properly.

So if your file was already at the Paris Embassy then i would keep contacting them. I have heard some horror stories of embassies taking 3-6 months to transfer a file to another embassy. The embassy sends it directly to the other embassy. it does not go back to the states. Now if your case is with NVC its a different story, just contact them. However, if your case was already at the embassy that means NVC decided not to hold the case and there was no backlog so they sent it. Which in my mind means interview dates were available in Paris?

Fill out your timeline and join the thread below. NVC is taking about 8-10 weeks to assign a case number. And then you have to see what availability is at the embassy for interview. Even if everything goes right, you would be cutting it really close with a April wedding.

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Email NVC about 6 weeks from now to get your case number. NVCinquiry@state.gov

The thread is usually created by user @JojoandTomas. I created the topic. Link is below.