Hello my VJ members, i wanna use this opportunity to thank Almighty God for this Success journey so far.. Is GOD al the way!
Firstly I will start my sharing right from the interview, Here it goes:
CO: Good morning.. Oh sorry, Afternoon
ME: afternoon
CO: who is the petitioner?
ME: my Fiance
CO: Name?
ME: I answered
CO: how did you guys meet?
ME: we meet @ bla bla bla.......
CO: do you love her?
ME: yes I do
CO: did you have an engagement party
ME: yes
CO: oh okay...
CO: can I see your engagement pictures?
The album was to big to enter the small hole right infront of her, so I was flipping through while she look at those pictures
CO: wow, wow, wow......
CO: why are you pustrating , is this not marriage?
Now I begin to scare,
ME: no, is an engagement party
Quickly , I showed her our Inviation card where it shows ''engagement party''
The CO left the room for almost 10mins, I guess she went to discuss with her collegue, can't really figure out
Here is the Dangerous of all question and I thank VJers for sharing this before my interview , am sure I would have messed up big time LOL!
CO: DID YOU PAY DOWRY!
Me: confortably , I said NO.
CO: can I have your phone record?
I gave her, and said Congratulation, Welcome to America!
ME: I said, sorry I can't hear you, she repeated her self
And I said Thank you.
Lesson: Body language is the key! And please, don't give them information if not asked, if you can't hear the CO, don't feel ashamed to ask to repeat what he/she just said, ABOVE ALL , GOD is the Key to any interview not only emnassy interview, Job interview.... Mention it! Just pray for DIVINE favor: He will answer you!
PICK UP VISA @ LEKKI:
It was so fast, I entered and gave me No.15, after a while I was called and gave me my passport and a brown envelop. I give God Almighty the Glory! I gave the VISA to HIM...
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The Joy's in the Ride!!!!!!
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Posted 29 February 2012 - 12:00 AM
Congrats & Best Wishes to you both!!!!
"THE SHORT STORY"
KURT & RAYMA (K-1 Visa)
Oct. 9/03... I-129F sent to NSC
June 10/04... K-1 Interview - APPROVED!!!!
July 31/04... Entered U.S.
Aug. 28/04... WEDDING DAY!!!!
Aug. 30/04... I-485, I-765 & I-131 sent to Seattle
Dec. 10/04... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport stamped)
Sept. 9/06... I-751 sent to NSC
May 15/07... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail
Sept. 13/07... N-400 sent to NSC
Aug. 21/08... Interview - PASSED!!!!
Sept. 2/08... Oath Ceremony
Sept. 5/08... Sent in Voter Registration Card
Sept. 9/08... SSA office to change status to "U.S. citizen"
Oct. 8/08... Applied in person for U.S. Passport
Oct. 22/08... U.S. Passport received
DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!!
KAELY (K-2 Visa)
Apr. 6/05... DS-230, Part I faxed to Vancouver Consulate
May 26/05... K-2 Interview - APPROVED!!!!
Sept. 5/05... Entered U.S.
Sept. 7/05... I-485 & I-131 sent to CLB
Feb. 22/06... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport NOT stamped)
Dec. 4/07... I-751 sent to NSC
May 23/08... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail
Mar. 22/11.... N-400 sent to AZ
June 27/11..... Interview - PASSED!!!
July 12/11..... Oath Ceremony
We're NOT lawyers.... just your average folks who had to find their own way!!!!! Anything we post here is simply our own opinions/suggestions/experiences and should not be taken as LAW!!!!
KURT & RAYMA (K-1 Visa)
Oct. 9/03... I-129F sent to NSC
June 10/04... K-1 Interview - APPROVED!!!!
July 31/04... Entered U.S.
Aug. 28/04... WEDDING DAY!!!!
Aug. 30/04... I-485, I-765 & I-131 sent to Seattle
Dec. 10/04... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport stamped)
Sept. 9/06... I-751 sent to NSC
May 15/07... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail
Sept. 13/07... N-400 sent to NSC
Aug. 21/08... Interview - PASSED!!!!
Sept. 2/08... Oath Ceremony
Sept. 5/08... Sent in Voter Registration Card
Sept. 9/08... SSA office to change status to "U.S. citizen"
Oct. 8/08... Applied in person for U.S. Passport
Oct. 22/08... U.S. Passport received
DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!!
KAELY (K-2 Visa)
Apr. 6/05... DS-230, Part I faxed to Vancouver Consulate
May 26/05... K-2 Interview - APPROVED!!!!
Sept. 5/05... Entered U.S.
Sept. 7/05... I-485 & I-131 sent to CLB
Feb. 22/06... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport NOT stamped)
Dec. 4/07... I-751 sent to NSC
May 23/08... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail
Mar. 22/11.... N-400 sent to AZ
June 27/11..... Interview - PASSED!!!
July 12/11..... Oath Ceremony
We're NOT lawyers.... just your average folks who had to find their own way!!!!! Anything we post here is simply our own opinions/suggestions/experiences and should not be taken as LAW!!!!
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angelo gutierrez
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Posted 29 February 2012 - 12:27 AM
Congratulations! 
I-130 (Spouse of USC)
USCIS Stage
July 11 2011: Mailed from APO, AP address
July 16 2011: Delivered in Chicago Lock Box Facility
July 18 2011: Received notification via email with the receipt number NOA 1
July 25 2011: Received NOA1 (hard copy)
August 1 2011: Touched
February 16 2012: Approved!!!! (Received E-Mail from USCIS) NOA 2
It took 213 days before we got our NOA 2
NVC Stage
February 24 2012: NVC received the documents from USCIS
February 24 2012: Sent an email to NVC regarding DS 3032 (Assign an Agent)
February 27 2012: Case number assigned by National Visa Center
February 28 2012: Received an email from NVC telling me that they already received my DS 3032 (Assign an Agent) Now waiting for IIN
February 28 2012: Called NVC and I got my Invoice ID number, they told me to wait for the email before I can pay for it
February 29 2012: Received I-864/DS230 Invoice via E-Mail
February 29 2012: Paid I-864/IN PROCESS
February 29 2012: I-864 mailed from APO address (overseas)
March 1 2012: I-864 showing as PAID on the website
March 5 2012: I-864 Delivered at NVC (Portsmouth, NH)
March 8 2012: I-864 Approved!
April 8 2012: Sent DS 230
April 13 2012: Paid IV Bill (IN PROCESS)/NVC Received DS 230
April 17 2012: IV Bill showing as Paid on the website
May 3 2012: Case Completed (Interview date scheduled for 8th June 2012)
June 8 2012: Interview APPROVED!
USCIS Stage
July 11 2011: Mailed from APO, AP address
July 16 2011: Delivered in Chicago Lock Box Facility
July 18 2011: Received notification via email with the receipt number NOA 1
July 25 2011: Received NOA1 (hard copy)
August 1 2011: Touched
February 16 2012: Approved!!!! (Received E-Mail from USCIS) NOA 2
It took 213 days before we got our NOA 2
NVC Stage
February 24 2012: NVC received the documents from USCIS
February 24 2012: Sent an email to NVC regarding DS 3032 (Assign an Agent)
February 27 2012: Case number assigned by National Visa Center
February 28 2012: Received an email from NVC telling me that they already received my DS 3032 (Assign an Agent) Now waiting for IIN
February 28 2012: Called NVC and I got my Invoice ID number, they told me to wait for the email before I can pay for it
February 29 2012: Received I-864/DS230 Invoice via E-Mail
February 29 2012: Paid I-864/IN PROCESS
February 29 2012: I-864 mailed from APO address (overseas)
March 1 2012: I-864 showing as PAID on the website
March 5 2012: I-864 Delivered at NVC (Portsmouth, NH)
March 8 2012: I-864 Approved!
April 8 2012: Sent DS 230
April 13 2012: Paid IV Bill (IN PROCESS)/NVC Received DS 230
April 17 2012: IV Bill showing as Paid on the website
May 3 2012: Case Completed (Interview date scheduled for 8th June 2012)
June 8 2012: Interview APPROVED!
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Posted 29 February 2012 - 12:37 AM
Congratulations on the successful interview!
"The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!" - Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States, 1945.
"Retreat hell! We just got here!"
CAPT. LLOYD WILLIAMS, USMC
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Posted 29 February 2012 - 12:46 AM
Wow! Wow! Wow! Congrats and thanks for taking the extra time for the review. We had an engagement party as well and plenty of proof of it only being an engagement party. Nice to see a successful interview that had a party. So congrats! Thanks again and welcome to the States!!! You've calmed my nerves slightly... God is good 
*** it shall be done in Gods time, not mans time ***
A thousand years to you are like one day; they are like yesterday, already gone, like a short hour in the night. Psalms 90:4
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Posted 29 February 2012 - 01:39 AM
congrats.. u did cut it close there.. most of the time, engagement includes dowry.. thnx for sharing
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Posted 29 February 2012 - 03:29 AM
Congrats !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted 29 February 2012 - 07:36 AM
Congratulations
REMOVAL OF CONDITION
10-28-2012
F2A for my sister's husband
PD SEPT 27, 2010
CC SEPT 09, 2011
10-28-2012
F2A for my sister's husband
PD SEPT 27, 2010
CC SEPT 09, 2011
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Posted 29 February 2012 - 08:43 AM
Congratulations! Forgive my ignorance, but what is 'pustrating'?
14/01/2012: Mailed off I-129F
20/01/2012: NOA1
19/06/2012: NOA2 (no RFEs)
26/07/2012: Medical
02/10/2012: Interview Date - approved!
25/10/2012: POE - Chicago O'Hare
24/01/2013: Applied for AOS/EAD/AP
19/03/2013: EAD/AP approved
21/03/2013: AOS interview scheduled for 24/04/2013
24/04/2013: Interview - Approved!
11/05/2013: Green Card received.
20/01/2012: NOA1
19/06/2012: NOA2 (no RFEs)
26/07/2012: Medical
02/10/2012: Interview Date - approved!
25/10/2012: POE - Chicago O'Hare
24/01/2013: Applied for AOS/EAD/AP
19/03/2013: EAD/AP approved
21/03/2013: AOS interview scheduled for 24/04/2013
24/04/2013: Interview - Approved!
11/05/2013: Green Card received.
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Posted 29 February 2012 - 09:42 AM
It is nromally a Yoruba traditional greeting that a young man will give to an elderly person by stretching like you ar doing a push up; however for the engagement, the man will lie down completely with the hand strectched to greet the bride's family, and will lay down untill "satisfied" by the family, then will be told to get up, thus officially welcoming him to the family. It is after this that the bride will be brought in. If the his prostrqtes is not allowed, there is no bride..>I have never ssen one rejected though)..LOLCongratulations! Forgive my ignorance, but what is 'pustrating'?
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Posted 29 February 2012 - 09:44 AM
Congrats and wishing you all the very best for the rest of your journey of love and Life!Hello my VJ members, i wanna use this opportunity to thank Almighty God for this Success journey so far.. Is GOD al the way!
Firstly I will start my sharing right from the interview, Here it goes:
CO: Good morning.. Oh sorry, Afternoon
ME: afternoon
CO: who is the petitioner?
ME: my Fiance
CO: Name?
ME: I answered
CO: how did you guys meet?
ME: we meet @ bla bla bla.......
CO: do you love her?
ME: yes I do
CO: did you have an engagement party
ME: yes
CO: oh okay...
CO: can I see your engagement pictures?
The album was to big to enter the small hole right infront of her, so I was flipping through while she look at those pictures
CO: wow, wow, wow......
CO: why are you pustrating , is this not marriage?
Now I begin to scare,
ME: no, is an engagement party
Quickly , I showed her our Inviation card where it shows ''engagement party''
The CO left the room for almost 10mins, I guess she went to discuss with her collegue, can't really figure out
Here is the Dangerous of all question and I thank VJers for sharing this before my interview , am sure I would have messed up big time LOL!
CO: DID YOU PAY DOWRY!
Me: confortably , I said NO.
CO: can I have your phone record?
I gave her, and said Congratulation, Welcome to America!
ME: I said, sorry I can't hear you, she repeated her self
And I said Thank you.
Lesson: Body language is the key! And please, don't give them information if not asked, if you can't hear the CO, don't feel ashamed to ask to repeat what he/she just said, ABOVE ALL , GOD is the Key to any interview not only emnassy interview, Job interview.... Mention it! Just pray for DIVINE favor: He will answer you!
PICK UP VISA @ LEKKI:
It was so fast, I entered and gave me No.15, after a while I was called and gave me my passport and a brown envelop. I give God Almighty the Glory! I gave the VISA to HIM...
By the way, how long did it take you to get your visa from the approval date?
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TheFantastics09
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Posted 29 February 2012 - 10:27 AM
Congratulations you two!! 
**Removal of Conditions: November 2013**
Ever thine, ever mine, ever ours... xoxo
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