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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Brazil
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CSC is crazy fast, for some, indeed. Got my approval at USCIS by around the same time frame, 3 weeks or so..

Congrats and good luck because now comes the harder part =p

USCIS

04-SEP-2014 --- Marriage!

08-DEC-2014 --- I-130 Sent

17-DEC-2014 --- NOA1

05-JAN-2015 --- NOA2

 

 

NVC

17-JAN-2015 --- NVC Recieved

02-MAR-2015 --- Case Activated; Filled DS-261

02-MAR-2015 --- AOS Invoiced ; PAID

03-MAR-2015 --- AOS shows "PAID"

13-APR-2015 --- IV Invoiced ; PAID

14-APR-2015 --- IV shows "PAID"

22-APR-2015 --- Completed DS-260

01-MAY-2015 --- Mailed AOS/IV Packet

04-MAY-2015 --- Scan Date

03-JUN-2015 --- Case Complete!

23-JUL-2015 --- INTERVIEW!!! (Approved)

 

 

(ROC)I-751
21-AUG-2017 --- I-751 Sent
22-AUG-2017 --- Check cashed

 

 

 

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
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Congrats to you, but realize that such unfair processing timeline

won't sit well with those that's been stuck for a long time,

so not everyone will be happy for you.

But you didn't have any control over that...so you go enjoy the fast ride.

I do realize that, but I have no control over that so if someone wants to be rude about it, I really couldn't care less. Most everyone here has been very supportive of those who have lucked out regardless of where they are, which is how it should be unless we want this forum to only consist of bad news and sadness.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
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Thank you everyone! I really do hope the best for those of you waiting in limbo... I dont imagine "Look how long soandsuch has to wait" makes it feel better/easier. It's definitely not fair and I hope this means they continue to take action and will consider moving over some of your cases as well.

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I was looking at the CSC approval times yesterday and found that out of the 25 couples listed around the same time we filed, 6 have their NOA2 already. I couldn't believe it. I'm so scared we'll be approved that quickly. My house isn't even on the market yet (although I have my agent coming over tonight to get it listed finally).

Everyone seems to be so excited about moving and wants to go ASAP. I'm legitimately scared. :/ AND I'm only moving 3 hours away!!

2015-03-07: Got engaged (L)

2015-03-30: Sent I-129F to Dallas lockbox

2015-04-14: NOA1 Packet received, sent to CSC

2015-05-07: NOA2 Approved!

2015-06-15: Received Packet 3 by mail

2015-06-17: Sent Packet 3 to Consulate

2015-07-14: Received Packet 4

2015-08-10: Medical in Toronto

2015-08-16: Received medical envelope

2015-08-24: Montreal interview- APPROVED!

2015-08-27: Visa arrives at Loomis location

2015-08-28: Visa in hand!

2015-09-17: Entered USA

2015-10-23: Married!

2016-01-11: Sent AOS Package I-485, I-765, I-131

2016-01-21: NOA1 Package received

2016-02-19: Biometrics

2016-04-01: AOS interview- APPROVED!

2016-04-07: 2 yr cond green card in hand

2018-03-12: sent ROC

2018-03-19: NOA date, 2018-03-24 letter rec'd

2018-05-18: Biometrics appt waived

2019-06-04 New biometrics letter received

2019-06-10 Biometrics

2019-06-18 ROC Approved
2019-06-25 10 year Green Card in hand

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
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I was looking at the CSC approval times yesterday and found that out of the 25 couples listed around the same time we filed, 6 have their NOA2 already. I couldn't believe it. I'm so scared we'll be approved that quickly. My house isn't even on the market yet (although I have my agent coming over tonight to get it listed finally).

Everyone seems to be so excited about moving and wants to go ASAP. I'm legitimately scared. :/ AND I'm only moving 3 hours away!!

Trust me its a bit terrifying at the same time because this means we have even less time to get everything sorted, and it also means I need to go see my fiance much earlier than anticipated. I'm kinda having to replan my entire year right now. However, it's completely worth it and I know it will all work out! I'm super excited to have him here earlier even if it means having to get my ### into gear.

It IS possible for you to hold off the process if you need to. When they send you a NOA2 (or your letter from the embassy that has details on what to send before your interview, not sure which) it should say by what date you need to have all this done. So if you absolutely needed to, you could just delay sending in your info and setting up the interview by a month or two. Research your options a little. But again, it will all work out how it needs to!

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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Lucky those who got approved in just 2 to 3 weeks. Ours got stuck since March 17, no touch at all until now. by the way we are in CSC. Goodluck to your next journey.

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I was looking at the CSC approval times yesterday and found that out of the 25 couples listed around the same time we filed, 6 have their NOA2 already. I couldn't believe it. I'm so scared we'll be approved that quickly. My house isn't even on the market yet (although I have my agent coming over tonight to get it listed finally).

Everyone seems to be so excited about moving and wants to go ASAP. I'm legitimately scared. :/ AND I'm only moving 3 hours away!!

Just because you get your visa quickly doesn't mean you have to move right away. You have up to six months to use it (which, for context, you'd still be immigrating 2 months earlier than TSC person who gets on an airplane the same day they get visa in hand). You are lucky. You have options available to you. Stop looking for something negative in what is a very enviable position.

Meanwhile, I'll be lucky if I *see* my fiance in calendar year 2015, AND we had a (confirmed) USCIS agent in here the other day threatening to make our petitions take longer for daring to complain about TSC.

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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I know we can plan my journey a little easier and believe me, I'm not looking for anything negative. I certainly appreciate the fact we're at CSC. I only wanted to point out everyone seems to want to go ASAP whereas some days I'm downright scared.

OP, congrats. :)

2015-03-07: Got engaged (L)

2015-03-30: Sent I-129F to Dallas lockbox

2015-04-14: NOA1 Packet received, sent to CSC

2015-05-07: NOA2 Approved!

2015-06-15: Received Packet 3 by mail

2015-06-17: Sent Packet 3 to Consulate

2015-07-14: Received Packet 4

2015-08-10: Medical in Toronto

2015-08-16: Received medical envelope

2015-08-24: Montreal interview- APPROVED!

2015-08-27: Visa arrives at Loomis location

2015-08-28: Visa in hand!

2015-09-17: Entered USA

2015-10-23: Married!

2016-01-11: Sent AOS Package I-485, I-765, I-131

2016-01-21: NOA1 Package received

2016-02-19: Biometrics

2016-04-01: AOS interview- APPROVED!

2016-04-07: 2 yr cond green card in hand

2018-03-12: sent ROC

2018-03-19: NOA date, 2018-03-24 letter rec'd

2018-05-18: Biometrics appt waived

2019-06-04 New biometrics letter received

2019-06-10 Biometrics

2019-06-18 ROC Approved
2019-06-25 10 year Green Card in hand

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I know we can plan my journey a little easier and believe me, I'm not looking for anything negative. I certainly appreciate the fact we're at CSC. I only wanted to point out everyone seems to want to go ASAP whereas some days I'm downright scared.

OP, congrats. :)

I'm not sure if everyone wants to move ASAP as they want an answer so that they can start planning the rest of their lives ASAP. That's my biggest concern, personally.

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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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: England
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I know we can plan my journey a little easier and believe me, I'm not looking for anything negative. I certainly appreciate the fact we're at CSC. I only wanted to point out everyone seems to want to go ASAP whereas some days I'm downright scared.

OP, congrats. :)

I think above all, we just want fairness. Just sayin...

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8 months is a lot better than 8 years! Think about all the lawful permanent residents who have petitioned for their spouses and/or children. Some have literally been waiting years! A coworker of mine has been waiting nearly three years for her family to be able to live here. Or, what about those who were denied, paperwork lost, waiting on an RFE response, etc? While I do empathize with those who are being processed at TSC, I do not sympathize with anyone who is stomping their feet and crying :crying: because they have to wait a few extra months. Before you filed, you knew the average wait times, had you done the research (I'm sure you have), so you knew what the process was all about and what you were getting yourself into.

As I said, fingers crossed for those waiting. You WILL receive a response SOON :yes:(relatively speaking).

If you're going to speak relatively then you must realize that what TabeaK is doing IS actually speaking relatively as well. You're just choosing the disaster-scenarios and/or different classes of visas in your yardstick to measure relativity. TabeaK is choosing same petitions filed and average handling of cases. That's fairly manipulative of you, really. And, frankly, insulting. Where was there foot stomping and crying? All TabeaK was asking for was to please stop condescending to her by saying it'll happen "soon", when it actually really won't (relatively to others in her similar situation). That's all.

As for knowing what she was getting herself into? If you read again, you'll notice that she mentions at the time of petition it was 6 months and now it is 8. So no, she was not prepared for an 8 month (and growing) wait.

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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Congrats on all the recent approvals. To this stuck at TSC, I feel your pain.

ROC Timeline!

Service Center : California Service Center

NOA2017-09-01

Biometrics : 2017-09-28

ROC Approved 2019-01-17

 

AOS Timeline!

Marriage : 2015-01-10

AOS/EAD/AP NOA : 2015-01-20

Biometrics : 2015-02-17

EAD/AP Approved : 2015-03-17

NPIW : 2015-06-11

AOS Approved : 2015-11-24

 

K-1 Visa Timeline!

Service Center : Texas Service Center

Transferred? No

Consulate : Frankfurt, Germany

I-129F NOA1 : 2014-03-11

I-129F NOA2 : 2014-08-12

Consulate Received : 2014-09-15

Interview Date : 2014-11-13

Interview Result : Approved

Visa Received : 2014-11-15

US Entry : 2014-12-31

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Netherlands
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After reading all the posts about people getting approved so soon after their petitions were routed to the CSC I wanted so bad to see my fiancé because we don't know how long of a wait we will still have at the TSC. So he just booked a ticket to come here for a month!!!!!!! That will help the wait at least and we can look for wedding rings and plan our wedding. Maybe it will happen in this century.

I-129F Sent: January 20, 2015

I-129F Received: January 21, 2015

NOA1 Text & E-mail Received: January 23, 2015

NOA1 Hardcopy Received: January 31, 2015

NOA2 Message Received July 27, 2015

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