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I'm not sure if I'm just being impatient-- but, I send my petition 8 days ago and still haven't gotten an email/text receipt! Is this uncommon? I'm seeing a lot of other people's statuses saying they got their text/email notification fairly soon. 

Met for the first time: 7/2015 (Italy) 

Married: 12/20/2017 (California) :luv:

I-130 petition sent to AZ lockbox: 1/29/2018

I-130 received at AZ lockbox: 1/31/2018

Text/Email update: 2/6/2018 

  • Texas Service Center 

NOA1 hard copy: 2/10/2018

  • Receipt Date: 2/5/2018

I-130 APPROVED: 8/1/2018

Sent to US Dept. of State: 8/6/2018

Dept. of State Received: 8/15/2018

NVC Welcome Email: 9/4/2018 (around 20:30 California time)

  • Paid IV and AOS Fees: 9/4/2018

Completed and Submitted AOS Documents: 9/14/2018

Submitted everything to NVC: 9/16/2018

NVC Case Completed: 10/2/2018 

  • Received approval for all AOS and IV documents BUT had to rotate and re-upload husband's passport biographic info page: 9/20/2018

Interview: 11/13/2018 (Naples, Italy)

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Immigration day: 12/13/2018

  • Point Of Entry: SFO
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I might be a bit ahead of myself, but I just sent off my petition for my Spouse on January 2nd as overnight with certified mail and return receipt. Should be there January 3rd by noon, and I'm expecti

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3 hours ago, ad8816 said:

I'm not sure if I'm just being impatient-- but, I send my petition 8 days ago and still haven't gotten an email/text receipt! Is this uncommon? I'm seeing a lot of other people's statuses saying they got their text/email notification fairly soon. 

Actually I got my email and text notification today!!! We are being transferred to the Texas Service Center!!! :D

Met for the first time: 7/2015 (Italy) 

Married: 12/20/2017 (California) :luv:

I-130 petition sent to AZ lockbox: 1/29/2018

I-130 received at AZ lockbox: 1/31/2018

Text/Email update: 2/6/2018 

  • Texas Service Center 

NOA1 hard copy: 2/10/2018

  • Receipt Date: 2/5/2018

I-130 APPROVED: 8/1/2018

Sent to US Dept. of State: 8/6/2018

Dept. of State Received: 8/15/2018

NVC Welcome Email: 9/4/2018 (around 20:30 California time)

  • Paid IV and AOS Fees: 9/4/2018

Completed and Submitted AOS Documents: 9/14/2018

Submitted everything to NVC: 9/16/2018

NVC Case Completed: 10/2/2018 

  • Received approval for all AOS and IV documents BUT had to rotate and re-upload husband's passport biographic info page: 9/20/2018

Interview: 11/13/2018 (Naples, Italy)

 🇺🇸 APPROVED! 🇺🇸

Immigration day: 12/13/2018

  • Point Of Entry: SFO
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17 hours ago, monytchi said:

Good luck to you too! We can commiserate with similar PDs and Nebraska :'D Have you been keeping up with other Nebraska threads? So disheartening to be sent there :'/ 

Yes I have..and it is disheartening, and then I see that a lot of the jan filers are sent to Texas  it makes me jealous<_<. I just feel bad for my kids...that it will take a long time for my husband to get here:( are you able to check your status on the website?...mine comes up as invalid receipt number 

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1 minute ago, Letts said:

Yes I have..and it is disheartening, and then I see that a lot of the jan filers are sent to Texas  it makes me jealous<_<. I just feel bad for my kids...that it will take a long time for my husband to get here:( are you able to check your status on the website?...mine comes up as invalid receipt number 

I just checked my status now on USCIS and it said nothing more than my case was received and sent to Texas. 

Met for the first time: 7/2015 (Italy) 

Married: 12/20/2017 (California) :luv:

I-130 petition sent to AZ lockbox: 1/29/2018

I-130 received at AZ lockbox: 1/31/2018

Text/Email update: 2/6/2018 

  • Texas Service Center 

NOA1 hard copy: 2/10/2018

  • Receipt Date: 2/5/2018

I-130 APPROVED: 8/1/2018

Sent to US Dept. of State: 8/6/2018

Dept. of State Received: 8/15/2018

NVC Welcome Email: 9/4/2018 (around 20:30 California time)

  • Paid IV and AOS Fees: 9/4/2018

Completed and Submitted AOS Documents: 9/14/2018

Submitted everything to NVC: 9/16/2018

NVC Case Completed: 10/2/2018 

  • Received approval for all AOS and IV documents BUT had to rotate and re-upload husband's passport biographic info page: 9/20/2018

Interview: 11/13/2018 (Naples, Italy)

 🇺🇸 APPROVED! 🇺🇸

Immigration day: 12/13/2018

  • Point Of Entry: SFO
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On 2/6/2018 at 2:41 PM, Letts said:

Yes I have..and it is disheartening, and then I see that a lot of the jan filers are sent to Texas  it makes me jealous<_<. I just feel bad for my kids...that it will take a long time for my husband to get here:( are you able to check your status on the website?...mine comes up as invalid receipt number 

It won't work for me either! I called the USCIS customer service and they told me to wait 45 days from my priority date to expect it to be updated on the website for me to check on my case... Whether that's 45 actual days or 45 business days, I don't know, so I'm counting 45 business days to not be disappointed :/ 

I'm still living with my parents while I wait for my husband to move out here and we can finally get on with our lives being independent haha. 

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On 2/4/2018 at 12:02 AM, monytchi said:

Hey Filers!

I sent my petition for my husband: Jan 6th
PD: Jan 10th
Hard copy: Jan 16th

 

I got sent to Nebraska though...I'm envious of your Texas people! :unsure:

Just got my hard copy this past Monday - We got sent to Nebraska too - hugs!

Met: June 2002

Moved to Peru: April 2004

Married: November 2006

Original DCF: June 2015

Original Approval: October 2015

File closed for inactivity: December 2017

Mailed new I-130 to Phoenix Lockbox: Jan 2018

UPS Confirmation of Delivery: 24 Jan 2018

Text/Email confirmation: 31 Jan 2018

Rec'd NOA1: 05 Feb 2018

 

 

 

 

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On 2/3/2018 at 5:31 PM, Dalia said:

Hello everyone, 

 

January 2018 filer here!

Mailed I-130 on 1-26-18

Received by USCIS Phoenix lockbox on 1-29-2018

 

No news yet, so I'm waiting...🤔

Hey guys,

So, today I called USCIS service center and I was transferred to a 2nd IO.

My application was accepted and my Service Center is Texas. Woo hoo!

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On 2/9/2018 at 7:45 PM, Dalia said:

Hey guys,

So, today I called USCIS service center and I was transferred to a 2nd IO.

My application was accepted and my Service Center is Texas. Woo hoo!

Congrats, is this the NOA1 or NOA2? 

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The hubby is currently here on a 6 month i-94 after being gone for 3 month, he's stay was 5.5 months. Time to create more face time proof, so mini vacations on the weekends when he doesn’t have meetings. And now I can officially change my last name with one of our banks since they require him to be here to sign the paper works. Also we plan on opening a credit card with his name and me as an auth user so we can focus on his credit history for when he moves here. He got a SSN on his J1 visit a few years back. And plan on filing married jointly since I think I will have to next year for the amount of days he was in the USA with the combine from 2017 and 2018.  All of his visits to the USA have all been business related.

 

The breakdown of his visits to the USA since we met are listed in my signature but hidden as a spoiler. Yes I thought this time around he was going to be denied since he was taken to secondary the last time he entered, the officer was claiming that his visa was a fake because of the note on it, a higher up told the officer to let him go and stamp it. And the officer that didn't want to let him in wrote the wrong date on his passport but the I-94 on their site said something different. The officer wrote 3 months, and the site stated 6 months, which got fixed at a POE in Seattle nearly 2.5ish months later.  But this time around, he said it was super easy. So if you are able to visit I would, these next few months would have been hell. I seriously thought this last month went by fast but yet really slow when I had realized what day it was.

I-130 CR1 Timeline  Visa has been issued!!!!!! = ^.^= YAY!

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Service Center - Texas

Sent Jan 2nd 2018  PD: Jan 3rd 2018

E-notification: Jan 8th 2018 NOA1 Hard copy: Jan 12th 2018

NOA2: June 28th 2018, new website. Old website: July 17th sent to DOS (finally appeared July 29th, after 206 days after petition sent and stating not found) Emails & texts: nothing. Hard Copy states NoA2 is June 27, 2018.

NOA2: Hard copy: July 2nd 2018

Sent to DOS: New Website: July 18th 2018. Old website July 17th (Case number was finally found after 206 days of submitting petition, appeared on July 29th.)

Received NVC: July 24th 2018, per calling NVC option 5. 

New Case number #: Via email August 21st 2018. While on the phone with the hubby. Case is PIVOT. 

Fees paid August 21st 2018. Marked as paid on August 23rd 2018.

DS-260 filled and submitted:  August 27th 2018

AOS documents filled and submitted: August 29th, 2018

IV Documents: Submitted August 31st, 2018

Case Complete: September 11th 2018 via website 
Received Interview data: From embassy Oct 13, from NVC: Oct 15th.
Interview: originally Nov 27th, rescheduled to Nov 29th.

AP

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Nov 26th 2018 AP.
Interviewed on Nov 29th, was told everything is good, asked for CV / resume, kept passport.

Nov 29th Email submitted.

Nov 30th They sent us an email for a physical copy.

Dec 3rd Submitted. Dec 4th They received.

Dec 7th, 14th,18th, 19th, 20th case was touched.

Dec 21st ready for Pick up. Dec 23rd pick up passport with no visa.  Was told due to holidays they resent passport incase Husband needed it, and to return it back on Jan 9th.

Jan 15th, sent off passport back to Embassy, Jan 16th case updated and received passport. 
Jan 24th case touched. Feb 1st sent email asking if they needed anything from us, replied Feb 5th stating still going thru AP, no change on website. Feb 13th, case was touched. March 5th sent email (not by travel docs) asking what we are waiting on, received auto email, unsure if case touched was touch per auto email.
March 5th, 7th case was touched. Also UStraveldocs passport states "There is no status update available for the passport number submitted"

March 15 Sent message via ustraveldocs about what's going on etc etc.
March 19: reply from Embassy Stating we have been approved and should get visa in 1-2 business days! 

March 20th: Issued!!!!! ViH: March 21st.
POE: Aiming for April 26th. 

Our Visits

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Him: J1 Visa (no 2 home requirement) May 2015-Nov 2016 Officially met: Late July 2015 Started relationship mid-Aug 2015

Business trip B1 (Him): May 2017 - Nov 2017

2nd Business trip (Him): Feb 2018 - May 31st 2018

2nd visit hopefully when he moves to the USA.

ROC (LA, CA Area): sent  April: 12th 2021, Case transferred June 17th. Bios Jan 4th 2022. Ready for schedule interview Jan 5th 2022. Interview scheduled on Jan 11th 2022 for Feb 18th 2022. Approved at interview. Green card sent Feb 23rd 2022. Green Card in hand Feb 28th 2022. 
Next N-400: Submitted May 27th 2023, bios being reused. 

IR-2 (Step daughter, Ukraine): Sent June 7th, 2021 via online. Case was actively being looked at since Nov 2nd 2021. Approval Feb 16. Case sent to NVC Feb 19th 2022. Interview Dec 17, VIH 18th, POE Dec 26th 2022.

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I received text and email confirmation that my I130 was processed and being sent to the Texas servicing center.  I got the NOA on Saturday, February 10, 2018!  My husband and I made copies and are both carrying it in our travel documents for when we cross the border for our weekend visits.

July 2016 - Started Dating

December 17, 2017 - Engaged

January 13, 2018 - Married Canadian Spouse (L)

January 18, 208 - Received Marriage Certificate

January 27, 2018 - Mailed I130

January 31, 2018 - USPS Confirms Delivery of I130 (NOA1)

February 6, 2018 - Text and Email Confirmation - Routed to Texas Service Center

February 10, 2018 - NOA1 Received in the Mail

August 3, 2018 - Petition Approved (NOA2)

August 8, 2018 - NOA2 Received in the Mail

August 14, 2018 - Case sent to Dept. of State (per my USC account at https://my.uscis.gov)

August 22, 2018 - Case received by NVC (per my 9-10 Phone call)

September 13, 2018 - Email from NVC: Notice of Immigrant Visa Case Creation

September 17, 2018 - Paid fees at https://ceac.state.gov/IV

September 23, 2018 - Filed DS261

October 7, 2018 - Submitted Civil Documents

October 17, 2018 - Case Completed at NVC  (per emails and NVC account)

December 17, 2018 - Email Notification that Interview Date is set

January 14, 2019 - Interview Complete

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So, once we've received NOA1, is there anything I need to do besides wait impatiently?

Met: June 2002

Moved to Peru: April 2004

Married: November 2006

Original DCF: June 2015

Original Approval: October 2015

File closed for inactivity: December 2017

Mailed new I-130 to Phoenix Lockbox: Jan 2018

UPS Confirmation of Delivery: 24 Jan 2018

Text/Email confirmation: 31 Jan 2018

Rec'd NOA1: 05 Feb 2018

 

 

 

 

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3 hours ago, KellyCdB said:

So, once we've received NOA1, is there anything I need to do besides wait impatiently?

Pretty much, also plan on maybe seeing each other if possible. What I did was I scanned a copy of our notice and placed it in our online files we both have access to, and placed a copy with original in this binder that I'm placing what ever documents we obtain.

I-130 CR1 Timeline  Visa has been issued!!!!!! = ^.^= YAY!

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Service Center - Texas

Sent Jan 2nd 2018  PD: Jan 3rd 2018

E-notification: Jan 8th 2018 NOA1 Hard copy: Jan 12th 2018

NOA2: June 28th 2018, new website. Old website: July 17th sent to DOS (finally appeared July 29th, after 206 days after petition sent and stating not found) Emails & texts: nothing. Hard Copy states NoA2 is June 27, 2018.

NOA2: Hard copy: July 2nd 2018

Sent to DOS: New Website: July 18th 2018. Old website July 17th (Case number was finally found after 206 days of submitting petition, appeared on July 29th.)

Received NVC: July 24th 2018, per calling NVC option 5. 

New Case number #: Via email August 21st 2018. While on the phone with the hubby. Case is PIVOT. 

Fees paid August 21st 2018. Marked as paid on August 23rd 2018.

DS-260 filled and submitted:  August 27th 2018

AOS documents filled and submitted: August 29th, 2018

IV Documents: Submitted August 31st, 2018

Case Complete: September 11th 2018 via website 
Received Interview data: From embassy Oct 13, from NVC: Oct 15th.
Interview: originally Nov 27th, rescheduled to Nov 29th.

AP

Spoiler

Nov 26th 2018 AP.
Interviewed on Nov 29th, was told everything is good, asked for CV / resume, kept passport.

Nov 29th Email submitted.

Nov 30th They sent us an email for a physical copy.

Dec 3rd Submitted. Dec 4th They received.

Dec 7th, 14th,18th, 19th, 20th case was touched.

Dec 21st ready for Pick up. Dec 23rd pick up passport with no visa.  Was told due to holidays they resent passport incase Husband needed it, and to return it back on Jan 9th.

Jan 15th, sent off passport back to Embassy, Jan 16th case updated and received passport. 
Jan 24th case touched. Feb 1st sent email asking if they needed anything from us, replied Feb 5th stating still going thru AP, no change on website. Feb 13th, case was touched. March 5th sent email (not by travel docs) asking what we are waiting on, received auto email, unsure if case touched was touch per auto email.
March 5th, 7th case was touched. Also UStraveldocs passport states "There is no status update available for the passport number submitted"

March 15 Sent message via ustraveldocs about what's going on etc etc.
March 19: reply from Embassy Stating we have been approved and should get visa in 1-2 business days! 

March 20th: Issued!!!!! ViH: March 21st.
POE: Aiming for April 26th. 

Our Visits

Spoiler

Him: J1 Visa (no 2 home requirement) May 2015-Nov 2016 Officially met: Late July 2015 Started relationship mid-Aug 2015

Business trip B1 (Him): May 2017 - Nov 2017

2nd Business trip (Him): Feb 2018 - May 31st 2018

2nd visit hopefully when he moves to the USA.

ROC (LA, CA Area): sent  April: 12th 2021, Case transferred June 17th. Bios Jan 4th 2022. Ready for schedule interview Jan 5th 2022. Interview scheduled on Jan 11th 2022 for Feb 18th 2022. Approved at interview. Green card sent Feb 23rd 2022. Green Card in hand Feb 28th 2022. 
Next N-400: Submitted May 27th 2023, bios being reused. 

IR-2 (Step daughter, Ukraine): Sent June 7th, 2021 via online. Case was actively being looked at since Nov 2nd 2021. Approval Feb 16. Case sent to NVC Feb 19th 2022. Interview Dec 17, VIH 18th, POE Dec 26th 2022.

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Hi January filer

 

I'm a January filer too

Mailed on 01/12/18

PD: 01/17/2018

Sent to Nebraska service center

Please remember to post any update

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