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Wedding early October, NOA1 given January, filed at TSC. Are we screwed?

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nitsirk7562 Enthusiast

nitsirk7562   82

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Can you move your date? What exactly is holding you to this October wedding? I made the same mistake, but I made sure that all my vendors were aware of the situation and all of them allowed me to move the date with no penalty. My October wedding is now a May wedding. Have you talked to your vendors? They're much more likely to be flexible now as opposed to a month before the wedding day.

 

 

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Boiler
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You are over complicating matters, just delay it until you get the visa.

Avery Cates
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Don't make wedding plans before you have the visa. If you're a ninny and do, move the date. Thread solved.

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Can you move your date? What exactly is holding you to this October wedding? I made the same mistake, but I made sure that all my vendors were aware of the situation and all of them allowed me to move

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ChicagoSarah   127

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You are over complicating matters, just delay it until you get the visa.

+1 :yes:

K1 Visa Process AOS Process

Mar 18 2013: I-129F mailed to CSC Nov 15 2013: I-485 with EAD/AP filed at Chicago Lockbox

Sept 19 2013: Interview - Approved!! Jan 25 2014: EAD/AP Card Received

Oct 6 2013: POE - Chicago O'Hare June 2 2014: Permanent Resident Card Received!

Oct 27 2013: Wedding!

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stef_curls   42

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I filed in November of last year at TSC and I am currently predicting my fiance be here as early as October, possibly later.

NEVER make set wedding plans until VISA is i hand. It's just the nature of this game.

NOA1: November 18, 2014 @ TSC

NOA2: June 24, 2015 218 days

Sent to NVC: July 1, 2015

Embassy Case Number Received: July 10, 2015

Sent to embassy: July 16, 2015

Embassy Received: July 20, 2015

Packet 3 Received/DS 160/Readiness Completed: July 22, 2015

Medical: July 24, 2015

Packet 4 Received: August 11, 2015

Interview: September 4, 2015 Approved

Issued: September 8, 2015

Visa in hand:

POE: September 18, 2015

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When filling in your timeline, please understand that all I-129F's are sent to the LOCKBOX in Texas, and then ROUTED (not transferred) to your ASSIGNED service center- the one in Texas "TSC" (not the same as the lockbox!), or the one in California "CSC". If your tracking number starts with WAC, you're at the CSC, you were not transferred! There are no transfers at this time. If your number starts with SRC you're at the TSC and that's where you will serve your entire sentence.USCIS isn't fair.

They don't care about you.

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Want to complain to someone anyway?

*Email the Ombudsman at cisombudsman@HQ.DHS.GOV

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Nobody can possibly tell you if you will make it or not. Approval dates speed up and slow down constantly. My wife's friend filed for AOS 2 months before us and got hers in 3 month, when we filed we waited a year. It's bureaucracy at the best. Destination wedding! Obviously if you are having a big affair type wedding you may want to re-think. You should know if you haven't received approval about a month before there's no way your significant other will get all the stuff done in UK needed that is left.

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Don't make wedding plans before you have the visa.

If you're a ninny and do, move the date.

Thread solved.

November 14th, 2013: She's here!

December 12th, 2013: Picked up marriage license.

December 14th, 2013: Wedding

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raven52   233

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Boiler's post is ""absolutely correct"".,.,. but remember, never break the VJ.com "golden rule" never, ever plan anything, or buy any tickets, until the visa is in your passport! Never.

Just do as Boiler said, he is smart, and straight to the point, and usually right!

I would never consider, a CR-1, giving up your K-1, and starting a 1-2 year journey.,,..,.I would hope you would never consider this!

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*** Thread moved from K-1 Process forum to the K-1 Case Progress subforum. ***

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Honestly you are better off moving the wedding if you see you aren't going to make it then you are to do CR1. Just because you have to start all over and you have to be apart during that process and it takes a long time. But that's just my opinion. Ours is just now on the way to NVC and we submitted ours in August. Honestly there is no way to know for certain. Good luck.

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Hi Guys,

So me and my fiance filed the K1 petition in the new year, thinking we were allowing plenty of time for out wedding in October. Now it seems like the TSC is working on a huge backlog and is still processing the cases from September. We're both panicking that the visa isn't going to be issued in time for our wedding, should we be worried or can I still expect to get the NOA2 in time?

It's very difficult to project actual POE date.

Therefore, it's very stressful if you try to pinpoint the wedding date...as you know by now.

Best thing to do is plan a simple civil marriage ASAP after POE at the court,

which is very easy and quick to do, so that you can get the AOS/EAD/AP processing rolling,

and then take time to schedule a separate wedding ceremony afterwards.

10-04-2013 We met online
11-21-2013 We met in person in Shanghai for 2 weeks

12-13-2013 I-129F packet sent via express

12-19-2013 USCIS NOA #1 (text and email) received

12-24-2013 USCIS assigns Alien Registration Number
12-31-2013 USCIS NOA #1 hard copy received
06-02-2014 USCIS web site shows NOA #2 approval
06-06-2014 USCIS web site shows case sent to NVC

06-xx-2014 Fiancee acquired birth, marriage, and police certificates from local police station (wrong)

06-16-2014 NVC creates case with GUZ### number

06-19-2014 NVC sends case sent to Guangzhou, China
06-24-2014 Received packet 3 express mail from embassy
06-25-2014 Completed DS-160 and paid K1 visa fee

06-26-2014 Mailed packet 3 response back to Embassy

06-26-2014 Requested police certificate from Russian embassy

07-08-2014 Received packet 4 email from Embassy

07-17-2014 Picked up Russian police certificate

07-25-2014 Fiancee medical exam (received MMR & Varicella, but they missed required TD shot)

07-31-2014 Picked up medical exam reports

08-01-2014 Request (correct) birth, marriage, and police certificates from Notarial Service (GongZhengChu)

08-06-2014 Picked up birth, marriage, and police certificates from Notarial Service

08-14-2014 Passed Interview Guangzhou embassy

09-01-2014 Received passport, visa, & sealed envelope

09-13-2014 POE

09-17-2014 Went to CBP office to get (US entry) I-94 updated correctly

09-18-2014 Applied for Social Security Card
09-19-2014 Applied for Marriage License (via online)
09-25-2014 Received Social Security Card
09-30-2014 Picked up Marriage License
10-09-2014 Marriage by Justice of Peace
10-09-2014 Got Certified Marriage Certificate Copies
10-17-2014 Received a letter from SS office that they need the marriage license
10-09-2014 Applied to change the social security card name
10-24-2014 Went back to SS office to provide the marriage certificate documents again!!!
12-09-2014 Submitted AOS, EAD, and AP
12-16-2014 Received 16 emails and 16 text NOA messages
01-05-2015 Received Biometrics appointment letter for (01-12-2015)
01-12-2015 Had Biometrics (fingerprint & picture) - Required Marriage Certificate!!!
02-17-2015 EAD and AP is approved
02-23-2015 Received AP is approval letter
02-25-2015 Received EAD/AP combo card (expires 02/16/2016)
02-27-2015 Applied for SS card name change (they took her SS card)
02-27-2015 Driver's learner permit test was denied since the SS card was given to SS office for name change
03-17-2015 Received SS card with married name
03-17-2015 Started to change all her accounts to married name
03-23-2015 Received potential interview waiver letter
03-27-2015 DMV rejects learner's permit due to "legal status=pending" and vision test failure
04-05-2015 Vision test for learner's permit
04-06-2015 DPS sent us letter that DHS cleared my wife's status to acquire driver's license.
04-10-2015 Passed Driver Learner's Permit
04-22-2015 Received Driver Learner's Permit ID card (expires 02/16/2016)
08-27-2015 Green Card approved
08-31-2015 Received Green Card "Welcome Notice Was Mailed" letter
09-05-2015 Received Green card
10-26-2015 Passed Driver's License Road Test (on 3rd attempt)
11-03-2015 Received Driver's License (expires 02/16/2022)
11-06-2015 Applied to remove conditional work remark on SS card
11-23-2015 Received updated Social Security Card.
- - - - - - - - - - Pending Future Processing - - - - - - - - - -
05-27-2017 File 10 Year Green Card
08-27-2017 2 Year Green Card Expires
05-27-2018 File USC

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Speak to a lawyer, I know what they'll tell you but we cannot say it here.

and what exactly is a lawyer going to say? The same EXACT thing others have said. Never ever make final arrangements for anything until you have a visa in hand. Why waste the money for an attorney?


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and what exactly is a lawyer going to say? The same EXACT thing others have said. Never ever make final arrangements for anything until you have a visa in hand. Why waste the money for an attorney?

Probably not actually.

:innocent:;););)

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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and what exactly is a lawyer going to say? The same EXACT thing others have said. Never ever make final arrangements for anything until you have a visa in hand. Why waste the money for an attorney?

You would be surprized. I know exactly what the easiest way to get into the US is, thanks to lawyers.

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You would be surprized. I know exactly what the easiest way to get into the US is, thanks to lawyers.

Oh yeah? Please share your secrets! I'm sure all of us waiting patiently at TSC would love to know how to get our loved ones here faster! $

Lawyers are a waste of money, period. You can tell yourself otherwise, but they don't know any more about what is really going on with USCIS than the members of this forum do.

NOA1: November 18, 2014 @ TSC

NOA2: June 24, 2015 218 days

Sent to NVC: July 1, 2015

Embassy Case Number Received: July 10, 2015

Sent to embassy: July 16, 2015

Embassy Received: July 20, 2015

Packet 3 Received/DS 160/Readiness Completed: July 22, 2015

Medical: July 24, 2015

Packet 4 Received: August 11, 2015

Interview: September 4, 2015 Approved

Issued: September 8, 2015

Visa in hand:

POE: September 18, 2015

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When filling in your timeline, please understand that all I-129F's are sent to the LOCKBOX in Texas, and then ROUTED (not transferred) to your ASSIGNED service center- the one in Texas "TSC" (not the same as the lockbox!), or the one in California "CSC". If your tracking number starts with WAC, you're at the CSC, you were not transferred! There are no transfers at this time. If your number starts with SRC you're at the TSC and that's where you will serve your entire sentence.USCIS isn't fair.

They don't care about you.

-----------------------------------------------------

Want to complain to someone anyway?

*Email the Ombudsman at cisombudsman@HQ.DHS.GOV

"The Ombudsman provides an impartial and independent perspective to USCIS in an attempt to resolve problems"

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BaronB   42

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Oh yeah? Please share your secrets! I'm sure all of us waiting patiently at TSC would love to know how to get our loved ones here faster! $

Lawyers are a waste of money, period. You can tell yourself otherwise, but they don't know any more about what is really going on with USCIS than the members of this forum do.

Have you consulted a lawyer? They are not a "waste of money" if your case has special issues.

I won't give advice here because I am not qualified to do so. Especially when it comes to the sensitive topic of adjusting status from within the US.

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