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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
Timeline
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All, Do Not Give Up Hope! We were just approved (NOA2) on the 19th. 42 days of processing; Philippine beneficiary. Keep your fingers crossed and pray that TSC gets faster in processing. Cheers and good luck everyone!!

Lance and Ann

Service Center : Texas Service Center
Consulate : Jerusalem
I-129F Sent : 2015-01-29
I-129F NOA1 :
2014-02-05
I-129F NOA2 : 2015-03-19
I-129F NOA2 hard copy received: 2015-03-25

USCIS to NVC: 2015-03-26

NVC Received : 2015-04-02

NVC Left : 2015-04-13
Consulate Received :
Interview Date :
Interview Result :
Visa Received :

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
Timeline
Posted (edited)

All, Do Not Give Up Hope! We were just approved (NOA2) on the 19th. 42 days of processing; Philippine beneficiary. Keep your fingers crossed and pray that TSC gets faster in processing. Cheers and good luck everyone!!

Lance and Ann

Yours was likely expedited but congrats anyway! Philippines beneficiary....

Edited by HislittleSecret
Posted

They have been for a while due to the 2013 typhoon and other natural catastrophes.

K1 time line

 


I-129F sent: 12/23/2014
NOA-1: 12/29/2014
NOA-2: 06/05/2015 (158 days)
NOA-2 hardcopy: 06/11/2015 (6 days post NOA-2, 164 days total)
Sent to NVC: 06/16/2015 (11 days post NOA-2, 169 days total)
NVC receive: 06/25/2015 (20 days post NOA-2, 178 days total)
NVC case no: 06/30/2015 (25 days post NOA-2, 183 days total)
NVC left: 07/02/2015 (27 days post NOA-2, 185 days total)
Case Ready: 07/07/2015 (32 days post NOA-2, 190 days total)
submitted DS-160, paid visa fee.: 07/21/2015 (46 days post NOA-2, 204 days total)
Packet 3 sent: 07/25/2015 (50 days post NOA-2, 209 days total)
Pack 4 received: 07/30/2015 (55 days post NOA-2, 214 days total)
Medical: 09/17/2015 Interview: 09/23/2015 (108 days post NOA-2, 268 days total)
Interview Result: Approved Administrative Processing: 09/23/2015
CEAC Status Issued: 09/24/2015
Visa in hand: 09/28/2015
POE: 12/29/2015 Wedding: 01/11/2016


AOS Time Line

 

AOS package mailed: 01/13/2016
AOS package received: 01/20/2016 (day 1)
AOS NOA-1 text/email: 01/23/2016 (day 3), actual NOA-1 date 01/22/2016 (day 2)
AOS Fingerprint fee received: 01/22/2016 (day 2)
AOS check cashed: 01-25-2016 (day 5) Got 6 month NJ driver's license: 01-25-2016
3x NOA-1 hardcopies: 02/03/2016 (day 14)

Biometrics letter: 02/05/2016 (day 16) Biometrics appt (Elizabeth, NJ): 02/17/2016 (day 28)

EAD and AP approved email/txt: 03/29/2016 (day 67)

GC approval email/text: 04/04/2016 (day 74)

I-797 for I-765/I-131 in mail: 04/04/2016 (day 74)

EAD/AP delivered: 04/05/216 (day 75)

GC card being mailed status update: 04/07/16 (day 77)

GC received: 04/11/16 (day 84 post AOS NOA-1)

DONE WITH USCIS FOR 21 MONTHS!

ROC Window opens: 01/04/2018

 

ROC Time Line
ROC package mailed to Vermont 01/04/2018
ROC package received at Vermont 01/08/2018 (day 0)
Check cashed: 01/16/2018 (day 8 )
NOA-1 date: 01/09/2018 (day 1)
NOA-1 received: 01/16/2018 (day 8 )
Biometrics notice received: 02/09/2018 (day 32)
Biometrics appointment: 02/23/2018 (day 46)
Received 18-month extension letter: 08/13/2018 (day 209)
ROC Approved: 03/09/2019 (day 425)
Card Received: 03/16/2019  (day 432)
Filed: Timeline
Posted (edited)

All, Do Not Give Up Hope! We were just approved (NOA2) on the 19th. 42 days of processing; Philippine beneficiary. Keep your fingers crossed and pray that TSC gets faster in processing. Cheers and good luck everyone!!

Lance and Ann

Filipino applicants are expedited. Although, I'm super happy for you (yay!), non-expedites will never be processed in 42 days at this rate. You're situation is unique and does not apply to the majority of TSC filers. I don't want your case to give others false hope is all. Still, congrats! :)

One more thing, why is the consulate on your timeline filled out as ISRAEL if you're a Filipino filer? You should change it, otherwise people won't take your data seriously.

Edited by naija202
  • 3 weeks later...
Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Canada
Timeline
Posted

Well, I'm about 5 weeks into this process... It's discouraging to think how many more weeks I will likely have to wait before our petition is approved, but today I booked my tickets for a 3 week trip to see my fiancée! I'm leaving in a month, it's nice to have something concrete to look forward to! It's going to help a lot with the waiting.

How's everyone holding up?

K1 Visa timeline: Application sent to Visa in hand: 10 months and 4 days (Texas Service Center)

02/26/2015: I-129F Application mailed to Texas lockbox

03/05/2015: NOA1 email notification

08/27/2015: NOA2! (176 days)

09/02/2015: Sent to NVC

09/14/2015: Called NVC and obtained MTL case number

09/18/2015: In Transit to MTL consulate

09/21/2015: Consulate received our file (24 days post-NOA2)

09/24/2015: Sent Packet 3 (unprompted, but CEAC status had updated a second time)

09/29/2015: Packet 4 received, interview scheduled. Still haven't received Packet 3, I advise not to wait for it!

10/09/2015: Received Packet 3 in the mail!

11/09/2015: Medical

12/16/2015: K1 Interview in Montreal (111 days from NOA2, 293 days total): Approved!

12/18/2015: CEAC status changed to Nonimmigrant Ready

12/21/2015: CEAC status changed to Nonimmigrant AP

12/24/2015: CEAC status changed to ISSUED! Merry Christmas!!

12/30/2015: Visa in hand

01/15/2016: POE @ Houlton, ME

01/22/2016: Married! (L)

AOS timeline: Application sent to card in hand: 6 months and 7 days.

01/25/2016: Mailed AOS, EAD & AP applications to Chicago via UPS

01/29/2016: NOA1 email notification x3

02/04/2016: Received NOA1 hard copies x3

02/29/2016: Still haven't received biometrics letter, Filed service request

03/30/2016: After more calls to Tier 2 and 2 service requests, letter still not received, USCIS said no appointment has been scheduled. Reached out to Congressman.

04/06/2016: Biometrics letter finally received thanks to Congressman's inquiry (Appointment scheduled 04/18/2016).

04/18/2016: Biometrics appointment

04/25/2016: Officially outside processing times for EAD/AP. Scheduled Infopass appointment for 05/10.

05/21/2016: Finally received email notice that EAD was approved on 05/19 after numerous service requests, infopass appt and ombudsman inquiry

05/23/2016: Received hard-copy letter notifying me that my AP was approved on the same day as my EAD. No hard-copy for EAD yet.

05/28/2016: Received EAD/AP Combo Card (122 days since filing).

06/21/2016: Received email notification of AOS interview (Appointment scheduled 07/21/2016)

07/21/2016: AOS interview. Approved, but file was missing medical. Local office can't issue GC until they receive medical from DOS.

07/25/2016: USCIS case status changed to New Card Is Being Produced!

08/01/2016: Green card in hand. ROC window opens Apr 29, 2018.

Posted

Well, I'm about 5 weeks into this process... It's discouraging to think how many more weeks I will likely have to wait before our petition is approved, but today I booked my tickets for a 3 week trip to see my fiancée! I'm leaving in a month, it's nice to have something concrete to look forward to! It's going to help a lot with the waiting.

How's everyone holding up?

Almost 2 months in and nothing. Not that I expect it, or that 2 months is bad. It's just knowing that it's likely to be 6 more just for NOA2 that's driving me nuts.

I really can't take much more time off work to visit (I don't want to abuse the really generous leave policy we have, plus I'm trying to save up all of my leave for when he moves here. Don't want to pull a "welcome to the US and thanks for immigrating to a country you've never seen before just for my sake, but errr, gotta run, see you at 5:30!"), and he can't come here and I'm also attempting to save money like crazy as well so........ Yeah. No visits on the horizon, even though I'd desperately want it to be otherwise :(

It also seems like the "good news" we got about the dealing with the backlog/ workload imbalance between the service centers wasn't really good news for us (or dealing with the backlog). They're going to have the Lockbox route new petitions to the service center with the lowest workload from here on out. So basically, we'll still be in the long line they're doing nothing about at TSC and all new filers will go to CSC until the workload balances out. Hooray.

Also, this has basically provided the employees a disincentive to work quickly. The quicker they process applications, the more applications they'll be sent. I don't anticipate this ending well for anyone.

Marriage/ AOS Timeline:

23 Dec 2015: Legal marriage

23 Jan 2016: Wedding!

23 Jan 2016: "Blizzard of the Century", wedding canceled/rescheduled (thank goodness we were legally married first or we'd have had a big problem!) :sleepy:

24 Jan 2016: Small "civil ceremony" with friends and family who were snowed in with us. December was a bit of a secret and people had traveled internationally and knew we *had* to get married that weekend, and our December legal marriage was nothing but signing a piece of paper at our priest's kitchen table, without any sort of vows etc so this was actually a very special (if not legally significant) day. (L)

16 Apr 2016: Filed for AOS and EAD/AP (We delayed a bit-- no big rush, enjoying the USCIS break)

23 Apr 2016: Wedding! Finally! :luv:

27 Apr 2016: Electronic NOA1 for all 3 :dancing:
29 Apr 2016: NOA1 Hardcopy for all 3
29 Jul 2016: Online service request for late EAD (Day 104)
29 Jul 2016: EAD/AP Approved ~3 hours after online service request
04 Aug 2016: RFE for Green Card (requested medicals/ vaccination record. They already have it). :ranting:
05 Aug 2016: EAD/AP Combo Card arrived! (Day 111)
08 Aug 2016: Congressional constituent request to get guidance on the RFE. Hoping they see they have the form and approve!

K-1 Visa Timeline:

PLEASE NOTE. This timeline was during the period of time when TSC was working on I-129fs and had a huge backlog. The average processing time was 210+ days. This is in no way predictive of your own timeline if you filed during or after April 2015, unless CSC develops a backlog. A backlog is anything above the 5-month goal time listed on USCIS's site

14 Feb 2015: Mailed I-129f to Dallas Lockbox. (L) (Most expensive Valentine's card I've ever sent!)

17 Feb 2015: NOA1 "Received Date"
19 Feb 2015: NOA1 Notice Date
08 Aug 2015: NOA2 email! :luv: (173 days from NOA1)

17 Aug 2015: Sent to NVC

?? Aug 2015: Arrived at NVC

25 Aug 2015: NVC Case # Assigned

31 Aug 2015: Left NVC for Consulate in San Jose

09 Sep 2015: Consulate received :dancing: (32 days from NOA2)

11 Sep 2015: Packet 3 emailed from embassy to me, the petitioner (34 days from NOA2).

18 Sep 2015: Medicals complete

21 Sep 2015: Packet 3 complete, my boss puts a temporary moratorium on all time off due to work emergency :clock:

02 Oct 2015: Work emergency clears up, interview scheduled (soonest available was 5 business days away--Columbus Day was in there)

13 Oct 2015: Interview

13 Oct 2015: VISA APPROVED :thumbs: (236 days from NOA1)

19 Oct 2015: Visa-in-hand

24 Oct 2015: POE !

15 Dec 2015: Fiance's mother's B-2 visa interview: APPROVED! So happy she will be at the wedding! :thumbs:

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Posted

Well, I'm about 5 weeks into this process... It's discouraging to think how many more weeks I will likely have to wait before our petition is approved, but today I booked my tickets for a 3 week trip to see my fiancée! I'm leaving in a month, it's nice to have something concrete to look forward to! It's going to help a lot with the waiting.

How's everyone holding up?

Not so well... I thought I could really maintain my sanity during this time period but its just draining me day by day. Two months in this ordeal process and three months since we last seen each other is really kicking my butt. I'm at the point of fumbling the idea of taking a chance of just quitting my job just to be with her and seeing if my mother can be our co-sponsor. I don't even know Laos excepts sponsor to be honest but its beats getting divided by an ocean. Why did i choose to live in Florida LOL hahah

Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Canada
Timeline
Posted

Hi, everybody! Our noa1 12 of February. TSC. Still nothing.

Welcome to VJ! I like this place for venting and sharing info, even if sometimes I think it just makes me more crazy than I would be otherwise. :unsure:

Almost 2 months in and nothing. Not that I expect it, or that 2 months is bad. It's just knowing that it's likely to be 6 more just for NOA2 that's driving me nuts.

I really can't take much more time off work to visit (I don't want to abuse the really generous leave policy we have, plus I'm trying to save up all of my leave for when he moves here. Don't want to pull a "welcome to the US and thanks for immigrating to a country you've never seen before just for my sake, but errr, gotta run, see you at 5:30!"), and he can't come here and I'm also attempting to save money like crazy as well so........ Yeah. No visits on the horizon, even though I'd desperately want it to be otherwise :(

It also seems like the "good news" we got about the dealing with the backlog/ workload imbalance between the service centers wasn't really good news for us (or dealing with the backlog). They're going to have the Lockbox route new petitions to the service center with the lowest workload from here on out. So basically, we'll still be in the long line they're doing nothing about at TSC and all new filers will go to CSC until the workload balances out. Hooray.

Also, this has basically provided the employees a disincentive to work quickly. The quicker they process applications, the more applications they'll be sent. I don't anticipate this ending well for anyone.

Yeah, I get the work thing being a problem. We're lucky because I can cross the border easily being Canadian, and I have a very flexible schedule that allows me to travel (I was in grad school for a long time, now mostly doing freelance stuff). It's not ideal money-wise, but it doesn't seem worthwhile to look for permanent work at this time, considering I'm planning on immigrating sometime this year, TSC willing. My partner, who is the petitioner, only has so many weeks off a year... If we had to rely on her visiting me, we would hardly have seen each other these past few years. Still, I'm probably visiting more than I can really afford. :whistle:

I've been keeping up on this supposed transfer debacle too, it's super frustrating. I was so hopeful when it was first announced, but now I agree with you: it doesn't seem like it will do us any good at all, except maybe that it will stop the "line-cutting" from Filipino expedites for a little while. I've even considered re-filing just so I'd get routed to CSC, but everything is so uncertain that it doesn't seem worth the money or risking losing our place in the line. Who know how long they will keep routing like this? I can just imagine the frustration if I decided to re-file and ended up at TSC anyway!

K1 Visa timeline: Application sent to Visa in hand: 10 months and 4 days (Texas Service Center)

02/26/2015: I-129F Application mailed to Texas lockbox

03/05/2015: NOA1 email notification

08/27/2015: NOA2! (176 days)

09/02/2015: Sent to NVC

09/14/2015: Called NVC and obtained MTL case number

09/18/2015: In Transit to MTL consulate

09/21/2015: Consulate received our file (24 days post-NOA2)

09/24/2015: Sent Packet 3 (unprompted, but CEAC status had updated a second time)

09/29/2015: Packet 4 received, interview scheduled. Still haven't received Packet 3, I advise not to wait for it!

10/09/2015: Received Packet 3 in the mail!

11/09/2015: Medical

12/16/2015: K1 Interview in Montreal (111 days from NOA2, 293 days total): Approved!

12/18/2015: CEAC status changed to Nonimmigrant Ready

12/21/2015: CEAC status changed to Nonimmigrant AP

12/24/2015: CEAC status changed to ISSUED! Merry Christmas!!

12/30/2015: Visa in hand

01/15/2016: POE @ Houlton, ME

01/22/2016: Married! (L)

AOS timeline: Application sent to card in hand: 6 months and 7 days.

01/25/2016: Mailed AOS, EAD & AP applications to Chicago via UPS

01/29/2016: NOA1 email notification x3

02/04/2016: Received NOA1 hard copies x3

02/29/2016: Still haven't received biometrics letter, Filed service request

03/30/2016: After more calls to Tier 2 and 2 service requests, letter still not received, USCIS said no appointment has been scheduled. Reached out to Congressman.

04/06/2016: Biometrics letter finally received thanks to Congressman's inquiry (Appointment scheduled 04/18/2016).

04/18/2016: Biometrics appointment

04/25/2016: Officially outside processing times for EAD/AP. Scheduled Infopass appointment for 05/10.

05/21/2016: Finally received email notice that EAD was approved on 05/19 after numerous service requests, infopass appt and ombudsman inquiry

05/23/2016: Received hard-copy letter notifying me that my AP was approved on the same day as my EAD. No hard-copy for EAD yet.

05/28/2016: Received EAD/AP Combo Card (122 days since filing).

06/21/2016: Received email notification of AOS interview (Appointment scheduled 07/21/2016)

07/21/2016: AOS interview. Approved, but file was missing medical. Local office can't issue GC until they receive medical from DOS.

07/25/2016: USCIS case status changed to New Card Is Being Produced!

08/01/2016: Green card in hand. ROC window opens Apr 29, 2018.

  • 2 weeks later...
Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Nigeria
Timeline
Posted

We filed towards the end of Jan so I feel more connected to the Feb bunch stuck in TSC than those who filed at the beginning of the year. To call this a roller coaster would be an understatement. I've had days where I've found this site to be the biggest blessing... Inspiring words and people who understand the mixed emotion of planning a future without knowing a date. Other days, I've had to step away because the joy of another's quick approval or the ranting frustration as we all realized the rebalancing did nothing to help us all just seemed too much.

I bought a ticket to visit him in July but in the meantime I've tried a new hobby, cleared out my closet to make room for him, and even researched how he'll get a drivers license. Can you call this nesting?

This is hard. This is taking forever. But today, he reminded me that this is TOTALLY worth it. Even on FaceTime with a sketchy connection thousands of miles away... He truly sees me. I can't help but to naturally love him. I'd rather hold the phone and wait, hanging on his words, than to not have found my match living half a world away. In the most adorable accent he says 2 words that rush over me like a calm wind, "it's ok." And you know what? It is. Do you remember why you're waiting?

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
Timeline
Posted

Hello Co-February 2015 TSC filers! Any updates? :)

*K1 Visa Journey*

~Met Online~

~Met In Person~

I-129F Sent: February 25, 2015

I-129F Received: February 26, 2015

NOA1 (Text and Email) Received: March 03, 2015

NOA1 (Hardcopy) Received: March 10, 2015

~Met again in person~

NOA2 (Email) Received: September 30, 2015 (After 211 days!!)

NOA2 (Hardcopy) Received: October 05, 2015

NOA2 Shipped to Department of State (NVC): October 08, 2015

NVC received: October 16, 2015

Case Number Obtained: October 19, 2015

NVC Left: October 19, 2015

Requested for Embassy Change: October 19, 2015

Embassy received: January 12, 2016

CEAC Case created: October 17, 2015

CEAC status 'Ready' to 'Transfer In Progress': November 17, 2015

CEAC Status 'Ready': January 12, 2016

SLEC Medical: January 18-19, 2016 - PASSED!!

Embassy Interview: January 26, 2016 - APPROVED!!!!!

CEAC Case Open-Ready: January 26-27, 2016

CEAC Status 'Administrative Processing': January 28, 2016

CEAC Status 'ISSUED': January 28, 2016

Visa On Hand: February 2, 2016

CFO: February 4, 2016

POE: February 9, 2016 - Chicago

Posted

Hello everyone! I'm a new member and wanted to introduce myself. I don't know if this is the right place to do it but this is my first time writing in a forum ever, as I am usually just an anonymous reader. But I just found this thread and I'm thankful for all the information I got from your posts. It's good to know that my fiance and I aren't the only ones that are frustrated (and we've "only" been waiting for 3 months). Given your information about TSC it seems that we're just as stuck as you are :(

Good luck to all of you! :)

July 2009 First met!

01-05-2014 Got engaged

K-1 Visa

01-28-2015 Petition sent for K-1 visa

02-02-2015 Petition received at Texas Service Center

02-04-2015 NOA1

07-28-2015 NOA2

11-16-2015 K-1 Visa Interview in Frankfurt - approved!!!

11-20-2015 K-1 Visa received

01-17-2016 POE New York - JFK

03-05-2016 Got married!!! ❤

AOS

03-19-2016 AOS/EAD/AP package sent to USCIS Chicago Lockbox

03-24-2016 AOS/EAD/AP package received (NBC)

03-29-2016 AOS/EAD/AP NOA Hardcopy received

04-20-2016 Biometrics Appointment

04-26-2016 RFIE E-mail

04-30-2016 RFIE hardcopy received

05-04-2016 RFIE response sent

05-05-2016 RFIE response delivered and signed for

05-06-2016 RFIE response received at NBC

05-12-2016 RFIE text/email notification RFE response received

06-04-2016 EAD/AP approved

06-09-2016 EAD/AP mailed to me

06-11-2016 EAD/AP Approval Notice hardcopy received

06-16-2016 EAD/AP combo card received

09-08-2016 Requested change of address

09-17-2016 I-485 approved (text/email)

09-17-2016 Green Card in production

09-21-2016 Green Card was mailed to me

09-26-2016 Green Card received in mail

ROC

06-03-2018 NOA I received in mail, dated 05-23-2018 (120 Day notice)

06-19-2018 I-751 package sent to Vermont Service Center via USPS 

06-20-2018 Package was received at Vermont Service Center and signed for by L. Zuchowski

06-21-2018 NOA II - 18 months extension of Green Card (received in mail on 06-25-2018)

06-25-2018 Check cashed

07-16-2018 Biometrics Appointment Notice received (dated 07-06-2018)

07-27-2018 Biometrics Appointment

 
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