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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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Hey now!! We all got to be eternal optimists or we would not be looking for love overseas now would we? :rofl:

GWN

I wasnt really looking for love overseas, but I guess a couple of fates had it out for me. One was named EXPENSIVE (maybe Mahal ko :rofl: ) and the other CRUEL I think. Expensive likes to make it cost so damn much to go see my love and Cruel makes it as painful as possible to be away from her.

But Fortunately, I couldnt be happier!!! Wont be long now. Hurry up more August Peeps.

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Our timeline:

9/3/08: Submitted I-129

9/5/08: CSC received

9/8/08: NOA1 date

11/12/08: Requested expedite (promised response by 11/17/08)

11/19/08: Received status info by calling USCIS - Additional info sent

12/4/08: Call from CSC & "Touch"

12/4/08 to 12/22/08: Too many calls & faxes to mention, NO RESPONSE!

12/22/08: NOA2 Approval!

12/30/08: NVC forwarded petition to Embassy in Tokyo

12/31/08: Letter from NVC stating they forwarded petition

1/4/09: Received Letter from NVC

1/7/09: Packet Issued from Tokyo Embassy

4/18/09: Tokyo still unable to grant interview, moved to Philippines.

6/22/09: Our daughter was born (more embassy paperwork)

6/30/09: Reqeusted transfer of case to Manila

8/26/09: Visited embassy in Manila AGAIN, personally requested transfer of case (no record in their system)

11/4/09: Case Transferred from Tokyo to Manila - no notice sent

12/5/09: Notification that Manila received the case.

12/30/09: Interview packet received from Manila

1/25/10: Medical check in Manila (took 4 days)

2/1/10: Interview - requested additional docs,

2/2/10: Additional docs submitted, Embassy kept passports - expect visa soon.

4/5/10: Received Visa FINALLY!

4/12/10: Entry to USA

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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Looks like it's Vermont today, doing its thing.

However, I'm glad to see there are more people who are NOT looking to move to the US the moment they receive their visa. (Or, in other words, those who'd like to play with dates to get it all sorted the way that'd work best for them.)

Could all of the people who are not in a hurry please notify their respective service centers so those of us who ARE in a hurry can step to the front of the line. Just kidding (No, not really).

Happy for all you who got approval. I am sure you will have no problems with your timeline. I believe the 6 months is from Visa issuance to you, so that would be after the final interview, so your probably looking at February or March anyway so + 6 months gives you plenty of time.

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Our timeline:

9/3/08: Submitted I-129

9/5/08: CSC received

9/8/08: NOA1 date

11/12/08: Requested expedite (promised response by 11/17/08)

11/19/08: Received status info by calling USCIS - Additional info sent

12/4/08: Call from CSC & "Touch"

12/4/08 to 12/22/08: Too many calls & faxes to mention, NO RESPONSE!

12/22/08: NOA2 Approval!

12/30/08: NVC forwarded petition to Embassy in Tokyo

12/31/08: Letter from NVC stating they forwarded petition

1/4/09: Received Letter from NVC

1/7/09: Packet Issued from Tokyo Embassy

4/18/09: Tokyo still unable to grant interview, moved to Philippines.

6/22/09: Our daughter was born (more embassy paperwork)

6/30/09: Reqeusted transfer of case to Manila

8/26/09: Visited embassy in Manila AGAIN, personally requested transfer of case (no record in their system)

11/4/09: Case Transferred from Tokyo to Manila - no notice sent

12/5/09: Notification that Manila received the case.

12/30/09: Interview packet received from Manila

1/25/10: Medical check in Manila (took 4 days)

2/1/10: Interview - requested additional docs,

2/2/10: Additional docs submitted, Embassy kept passports - expect visa soon.

4/5/10: Received Visa FINALLY!

4/12/10: Entry to USA

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Thanks everyone! Really glad to see the service centers are cranking them out today!

Timeline:

K-1

07/30/08- I-129F was delivered to Vermont

08/11/08- NOA1

12/14/08- NOA2

02/11/09 Interview (Approved!)

03/07/09 POE at JFK

03/13/09 Married!

AOS

04/08/09- NOA1 for AOS and EAD (we didn't apply for AP)

04/22/09- Case Transferred to CSC

04/24/09- Biometrics Appointment

05/22/09- EAD card production ordered

05/29/09- EAD approval notice sent

06/01/09- EAD arrived in the post

06/18/09- I-485 RFE notice via email

06/25/09- I-485 RFE notice via mail

(They wanted him to redo medical exam- they must've lost it. They also wanted a copy of our marriage certificate, even though we included that in our original submission.)

07/03/09- Medical exam (second one this year grrr!)

07/06/09- I-485 RFE response mailed back to CSC via USPS

07/08/09- I-485 RFE response package delivered at CSC

07/10/09- I-485 Case Processing Resumed (CRIS email)

07/16/09- I-485 Card Production Ordered

07/21/09- I-485 Approval Notice Sent

07/24/09- Green card received in the post!

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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Hey now!! We all got to be eternal optimists or we would not be looking for love overseas now would we? :rofl:

GWN

I wasnt really looking for love overseas, but I guess a couple of fates had it out for me. One was named EXPENSIVE (maybe Mahal ko :rofl: ) and the other CRUEL I think. Expensive likes to make it cost so damn much to go see my love and Cruel makes it as painful as possible to be away from her.

But Fortunately, I couldnt

be happier!!! Wont be long now. Hurry up more August Peeps.

I just want to second that post, I wasn't looking overseas, I wasn't even looking outside of my state (or even town really) but oops, look what happened, and it's absolutely great. I don't like the idea of being viewed as someone who specifically sought out someone from another country, just gives me a creepy image, just like I don't like the term mail order bride, it's like calling someone's future wife a ####### (because it's implied it's a paid service).

But I will say you have to be eternally optimistic to be willing to risk love overseas, especially in a country that has a signficantly weaker economy, we're also going to hear horror stories of people used for green cards and other nightmares, you have to have serious faith and/or optimism to endure the process on it's own, let alone with the helpful concerned friends and family and complete strangers who know your business better than you...

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
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Posted
Looks like it's Vermont today, doing its thing.

However, I'm glad to see there are more people who are NOT looking to move to the US the moment they receive their visa. (Or, in other words, those who'd like to play with dates to get it all sorted the way that'd work best for them.)

Could all of the people who are not in a hurry please notify their respective service centers so those of us who ARE in a hurry can step to the front of the line. Just kidding (No, not really).

Happy for all you who got approval. I am sure you will have no problems with your timeline. I believe the 6 months is from Visa issuance to you, so that would be after the final interview, so your probably looking at February or March anyway so + 6 months gives you plenty of time.

Hahaha, if I could give you my approval first, I would. It's just that with how slow they were doing approvals I made sure to apply to give us enough time in case they went really slowly, or if we received an RFE for any reason.

But the thing with us is that I am the American, but I have been doing my entire undergrad. degree in Wales, which is where I met my fiance two years ago. I will graduate July '09, and we are planning to get married pretty quickly afterwards. So we applied with lots of time and just hoped they wouldn't approve us *too* quickly (because it would kind of suck if he had to move to America like a month early without me, live with my parents, and miss my graduation) but I think this will all still work out.

10-04-2006 Met in Wales

10-12-2006 Started dating; together for 9 months in Wales

3 months in Texas, three months in Italy

02-01-2008 Engaged in Wales

3 months in Spain, 4 months in Texas

08-06-2008 Submitted I-129F (Vermont Service Center)

08-11-2008 I-129F received

08-14-2008 NOA1

08-19-2008 Check Cashed

08-20-2008 NOA1 hard copy received

09-16-2008 Moved to Wales for final year of university (and am back with my fiance)

12-15-2008 NOA2 approval email received!

02-06-2009 Medical evaluation in London

18-03-2009 Interview at London Embassy - APPROVED

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: England
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Posted
Hey now!! We all got to be eternal optimists or we would not be looking for love overseas now would we? :rofl:

GWN

I wasnt really looking for love overseas, but I guess a couple of fates had it out for me. One was named EXPENSIVE (maybe Mahal ko :rofl: ) and the other CRUEL I think. Expensive likes to make it cost so damn much to go see my love and Cruel makes it as painful as possible to be away from her.

But Fortunately, I couldnt

be happier!!! Wont be long now. Hurry up more August Peeps.

I just want to second that post, I wasn't looking overseas, I wasn't even looking outside of my state (or even town really) but oops, look what happened, and it's absolutely great. I don't like the idea of being viewed as someone who specifically sought out someone from another country, just gives me a creepy image, just like I don't like the term mail order bride, it's like calling someone's future wife a ####### (because it's implied it's a paid service).

But I will say you have to be eternally optimistic to be willing to risk love overseas, especially in a country that has a signficantly weaker economy, we're also going to hear horror stories of people used for green cards and other nightmares, you have to have serious faith and/or optimism to endure the process on it's own, let alone with the helpful concerned friends and family and complete strangers who know your business better than you...

I want to "third" that post...we were not looking outisde a 50 mile radius...somehow our online worlds collided and pen pals turned into ... Visa Journey!!

Date I-129F Sent: 8-4-08
Date I-129F NOA1: 8-6-08
Date I-129F NOA2: 12-214-08
Date left NVC: 1-7-09
Packet 3: 1-23-09
Medical appt: 2-20-09
Packet 3 Returned: 3-8-09
Packet 3 Received at Embassy: 3-10-09
Interview Date: 4-24-09! PASSED :)
Visa In Hand: 4-19-09
POE in San Fran: 8-16-09!
Wedding: 09-09-09
Mailed AOS: 10-22-09 :))) (FINally)
AOS signed for: 10-26-09
Check cashed: 10-30-09
NOA I-797 (Register, EAD and Travel) for both guys: 10-30-09
Biometrics: 11-25-09
Travel Docs approved: 12-11-09
EAD Approval: 12-15-09
Travel Docs received: 12-19-09
EAD Cards received: 12-24-09
AOS Interview: 1-14-10 Passed!!
Cards ordered: 1-21-10
Cards arrived: 1-28-10
Mailed I-751: 10-17-2011
NOA I-751: 10/19/2011
Biometrics: 11/21/2011
RFE: 4-6-2012
RFE: Response sent 4/18/2012
NOA: I-797 5/1/2012
Cards arrived: 5/31/2012

N-400 Naturalization mailed: 11-12-15 :luv::joy:

NOA N-400 received: 11-18-15

Biometrics: 12-10-15
Oath/Citizen!: 03/01/2016
We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love. ~Author Unknown

Posted

I wasnt looking for love overseas either, its as easy as reading my signature, hahahahahahaha! Im totaly not guilty of looking for love overseas....

PM me for any AP or AR relating to the NBI

USEM NBI Requirements:

http://manila.usembassy.gov/wwwh3217.html

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Mexico
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Posted

Wow! Congrats to all you August filers! :dance: My hands are itching like crazy now!!! :wacko:

I-129F:

Feb. 12, 2008-I met Aldo while vacationing on the Riviera Maya in Mexico

Aug. 29, 2008-K1 application filed by our attorney

Sept. 2, 2008-NOA1

Dec. 16, 2008-NOA2

Mar. 4, 2009-Interview at Juarez Embassy-visa issued

Apr. 13, 2009-POE JFK Airport, NYC (Temporary 90-day work stamp received)

April 18, 2009-Wedding!!!

AOS:

May 26, 2009-Filed for AOS w/ EAD & AP

June 2, 2009-NOA

June 26, 2009-Transferred to CSC

July 10, 2009-Biometrics taken

July 15, 2009-AP Received (approved July 9)

July 20, 2009-EAD Card received (approved July 8)

Aug. 10, 2009-Green Card Received!

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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I wasnt looking for love overseas either, its as easy as reading my signature, hahahahahahaha! Im totaly not guilty of looking for love overseas....

But Fred, if you looked for love overseas... wouldn't that mean you would be marrying an american instead of a filipino? Definitely not guilty of looking overseas!

Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Croatia
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Hahaha, if I could give you my approval first, I would. It's just that with how slow they were doing approvals I made sure to apply to give us enough time in case they went really slowly, or if we received an RFE for any reason.

But the thing with us is that I am the American, but I have been doing my entire undergrad. degree in Wales, which is where I met my fiance two years ago. I will graduate July '09, and we are planning to get married pretty quickly afterwards. So we applied with lots of time and just hoped they wouldn't approve us *too* quickly (because it would kind of suck if he had to move to America like a month early without me, live with my parents, and miss my graduation) but I think this will all still work out.

Hahah. We timed our petition.... notright, too, it seems. ;) But we're still happy about our NOA2.

I-129F Sent: Aug 20th 2008

Interview Date: April 8th 2009, 10:30 - APPROVED!

K-1 Visa Received: April 9th 2009

POE: Aug 8th 2009, Minneapolis

Wedding: Aug 28th 2009

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Our I-129f was approved in 107 days from our NOA1 date.

Our I-129f was approved in 114 days from our filing date.

Our case spent 52 days being chewed by NVC.

Our interview took 224 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

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AOS, AP, EAD filed: Oct 15th 2009

Biometrics: Nov 24th 2009

AP received: Dec 14th 2009

EAD received: Dec 17th 2009

Green Card received: Dec 18th 2009

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: India
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Posted

I am trying so hard to stay calm and collected, but the last few days, I feel like I live on Igor's list lol, I have checked atleast 7-10 times just today alone! Am I alone here, or are all you guys feeling the excitement!

NOA1: August 29, 2008

NOA2: January 26, 2009,

NVC RECIEVED: January 28, 2009

NVC SENT: February 3, 2009

INDIAN EMBASSY RECIEVED: February 7, 2009

EMBASSY SENT PACKET 3: February 9, 2009

 
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