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I just want everyone to know that we were approved for our visa today. I'm kind of tired right now, will post more later.

Great news- congtrats! Joe

K1

11/11/2008 - I-129F Sent

11/13/2008 - I-129F NOA1 issue date

11/17/2008 - Received NOA1 hard copy in the mail

1/23/2009 - Received email stating I was approved (NOA2) on 1/22/2009

1/26/2009 - Recieved NOA2 hard copy in the mail

4/29/2009 - Embassy interview date - was put into AP (given a form with 221(g) box checked)

12/25/2009 - Still stuck in AP- almost 8 MONTHS and counting... :(

12/28/2009 - Embassy finally called my gal for another "interview"

1/14/2010 - VISA APPROVED at the second interview- took about 8 1/2 months of AP

1/21/2010 - Visa delivered by courier- BUT, she opened sealed envelope that was for U.S. Immigration at POE.

Now embassy in Bogota wants us to do the medicals all over again.... nightmare continues.....

2/22/2010 - She went back to Bogota to get labs and medical re-done. Then back to embassy where they finally

re-issued the visa. Is valid until July 13th

7/3/2010 - She made it to the U.S. finally!!! I filed on November 11th 2008 and went thru 8 1/2 months of AP

AOS

12/16/2010 - Sent in packet by Fed Ex to Chicago

1/7/2011 - Notified by email from USCIS packet was received

1/25/2011 - Notified by email we are receiving an RFE

2/4/2011 - Sent translated birth cert in (RFE)

2/9/2011 - Biometrics done

3/1/2011 - EAD/AP card received

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Mononoke28
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Congratulations once again to you both!! We're all here for each other and I just like to help as much as others helped me when we were going through the process. Good luck with the rest of you

Mark and Carol
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Hey Joe, How are you doing? I'm leaving for Cali at 7 am this morning...in a few hours. I'm going a few days early to make sure Carol has everything ready. She has been very good about taking off

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Hi how are you??? What we did was that, my husband waiting to get his shots with the doctor he had to go through with immagration. we were going to have him get all the shots in his hometown since he

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Great news- congtrats! Joe

Thanks Joe. I notice in your signature that you are getting an RFE on your AOS; does it ever stop for you? I hope that it's only something minor that you can quickly correct.

Robert

7-30-07 - Met in Santa Marta, Colombia

9-19-08 - Engaged

7-13-10 - I-129F sent by USPS Expressmail to VSC;

10-18-10 - NOA2!!!!!!!!!! (Received in hand 10-22-10)

11-12-10 - Sent email to Embassy asking about petition; response "Petition rec'd; send in documents"; sent same day

11-24-10 - Called the Department of State; interview has been scheduled

11-29-10 - Package 3 received by beneficiary

01-19-11 - Interview - VISA APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!

01-27-11 - Passport received; visa in hand

02-08-11 - POE - Fort Lauderdale, Fla MISSED FLIGHT; 02-10-11 - POE second time's the charm. Easy POE. Welcome to the USA.

03-04-11 - Married

AOS

05-08-11 - Mailed out I-485, I-765 & I-131;

05-16-11 - Text & email msgs with Receipt Number

05-17-11 - Applied for Expedited AP as Victoria's mother was very ill; 05-18-11 - Picked up AP document

05-20-11 - Victoria returns to Colombia; NOA1 for all 3 forms arrive

06-03-11 - Text message "Case now updated"; RFE 06-07-11 - RFE arrives for 2010 Tax Return

06-08-11 - Text message "Case now updated"; Post Office returned a letter that was sent by USCIS; 06-09-11 - Issue resolved

06-14-11 - RFE response sent; 06-21-11 - Text message "Case now updated"; RFE response under review

06-29-11 - Text message "Case now updated"; Case transferred to CSC

08-30-11 - Victoria returns to US

08-31-11 - Biometrics done; Text message - "EAD Card Production ordered"

09-11 - Case transferred back from CSC

11-22-11 - Interview in Albany Field Office. AOS APPROVED.

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Hello everyone,

I know this has probably been asked a million times, I tried to find the answer in this forum, but I was not able to. My wife has a interview at the embassy soon, and according to the instrucions from the embassy, they require you to sumbit a DS-2100 and DS-230. Is this just for K-1 applicants? The way I am interpeting the instuctions is that once DS-2100 and DS-230 is sent the embassy will schedule the interview after..

"APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING: When you have completed the previous steps, the Immigrant Visa (IV) Unit will send you a formal Visa Appointment Package and interview letter. We schedule appointments as they become available. Generally, appointments are scheduled within two months."

But we already have an interview date. Any input provided will the much appreciated thanks!

Yes, you are reading the instructions for K visas, which is the reason why they have to submit these two forms to the embassy before they have an appointment date.

CR/IR visas are completely different because you already sent not only form DS-230 to the NVC, but every single civil document as well before they make an appointment with the embassy. So you're good.

Diana

CR-1

02/05/07 - I-130 sent to NSC

05/03/07 - NOA2

05/10/07 - NVC receives petition, case # assigned

08/08/07 - Case Complete

09/27/07 - Interview, visa granted

10/02/07 - POE

11/16/07 - Received green card and Welcome to America letter in the mail

Removing Conditions

07/06/09 - I-751 sent to CSC

08/14/09 - Biometrics

09/27/09 - Approved

10/01/09 - Received 10 year green card

U.S. Citizenship

03/30/11 - N-400 sent via Priority Mail w/ delivery confirmation

05/12/11 - Biometrics

07/20/11 - Interview - passed

07/20/11 - Oath ceremony - same day as interview

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Hey everyone again, Im still stuck in TSC hell...transfer was supposed to speed up processing, HA! 7 months since my NOA1 and no approval. Anyways, another question for Diana...is the Carta Migratorio needed for my wifes NVC packet or just Pasado Judicial? Its pretty cool that DAS now allows you to get the Pasado Judicial from the internet for FREE! Are they both also needed for her interview? Thanks for your help Diana, I appreciate it!

7/2/10- NOA1

2/9/11- NOA2 (transferred to Texas)

NVC

2/28/11- case number received

3/2/11- Paid AOS bill

3/5/11- Paid IV bill

3/12/11- expedite to Bogota consulate approved!!!

3/14/11- left NVC to Bogota for further processing

3/17/11- received by Bogota, emailed consulate and was told to send DS-230 and DS-2100 (packet 3)

3/18/11- packet 3 emailed to Bogota consulate, email confirmation on March 23

3/31/11- Interview date! Approved!!!!!!

Keep the faith, everything works out for the very best

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Hey everyone again, Im still stuck in TSC hell...transfer was supposed to speed up processing, HA! 7 months since my NOA1 and no approval. Anyways, another question for Diana...is the Carta Migratorio needed for my wifes NVC packet or just Pasado Judicial? Its pretty cool that DAS now allows you to get the Pasado Judicial from the internet for FREE! Are they both also needed for her interview? Thanks for your help Diana, I appreciate it!

Hey there,

You only need to send the Pasado Judicial to the NVC with the DS-230 form. The Carta Migratoria is only for your wife to take to the embassy the day of her interview. The DAS will give it to her in a sealed envelope and the only people who can open it is the embassy, so tell her not to open it or she'll have to get another one.

Diana

CR-1

02/05/07 - I-130 sent to NSC

05/03/07 - NOA2

05/10/07 - NVC receives petition, case # assigned

08/08/07 - Case Complete

09/27/07 - Interview, visa granted

10/02/07 - POE

11/16/07 - Received green card and Welcome to America letter in the mail

Removing Conditions

07/06/09 - I-751 sent to CSC

08/14/09 - Biometrics

09/27/09 - Approved

10/01/09 - Received 10 year green card

U.S. Citizenship

03/30/11 - N-400 sent via Priority Mail w/ delivery confirmation

05/12/11 - Biometrics

07/20/11 - Interview - passed

07/20/11 - Oath ceremony - same day as interview

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thanks Diana!

7/2/10- NOA1

2/9/11- NOA2 (transferred to Texas)

NVC

2/28/11- case number received

3/2/11- Paid AOS bill

3/5/11- Paid IV bill

3/12/11- expedite to Bogota consulate approved!!!

3/14/11- left NVC to Bogota for further processing

3/17/11- received by Bogota, emailed consulate and was told to send DS-230 and DS-2100 (packet 3)

3/18/11- packet 3 emailed to Bogota consulate, email confirmation on March 23

3/31/11- Interview date! Approved!!!!!!

Keep the faith, everything works out for the very best

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Just wanted to say hello! We are filing for a K1 and got our NOA1 on January 31, 2011. Here's hoping for a smooth ride! Thanks ahead of time for everyone's help as I'm sure to ask a million questions along the way :innocent:

Good luck to all who are going through any variation of the visa/citizenship process!!!

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Just wanted to say hello! We are filing for a K1 and got our NOA1 on January 31, 2011. Here's hoping for a smooth ride! Thanks ahead of time for everyone's help as I'm sure to ask a million questions along the way :innocent:

Good luck to all who are going through any variation of the visa/citizenship process!!!

Good Luck!!

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Questions about AOS:HI guyS! hope everyone is doing well....we recieved our NOA1 for the AOS package exactly one week ago...i signed on to the USCIS.gov website and put our MSC# and it is telling me our case can not be found...? does anyone know why??

And we also recieved the hardcopies of the NOA's in the mail but it didn't come with the Biometrics appointment date does anyone know if they also send us something for that in the mail or do we get a text and an email first?

i would really apperciate you guys help i dont know who else to ask these questions. thanks so much! have a great weekend everyone! :)

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Just wanted to say hello! We are filing for a K1 and got our NOA1 on January 31, 2011. Here's hoping for a smooth ride! Thanks ahead of time for everyone's help as I'm sure to ask a million questions along the way :innocent:

Good luck to all who are going through any variation of the visa/citizenship process!!!

Welcome and good luck!

N-400

Feb. 12, 2016 - Sent N-400 to USCIS (3-year rule)

Feb. 19, 2016 - NOA1

Mar. 14, 2016 - Biometrics

June 2, 2016 - Interview - Recommended for Approval

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Questions about AOS:HI guyS! hope everyone is doing well....we recieved our NOA1 for the AOS package exactly one week ago...i signed on to the USCIS.gov website and put our MSC# and it is telling me our case can not be found...? does anyone know why??

And we also recieved the hardcopies of the NOA's in the mail but it didn't come with the Biometrics appointment date does anyone know if they also send us something for that in the mail or do we get a text and an email first?

i would really apperciate you guys help i dont know who else to ask these questions. thanks so much! have a great weekend everyone! :)

We received an appointment letter for biometrics about 2 weeks after the NOA1.

K-1 Timeline

08-10-2007 - We first met

05-08-2009 - I proposed

12-01-2009 - 129F sent

12-04-2009 - NOA-1

12-12-2009 - NOA-1 hardcopy received

03-15-2010 - NOA-2 101 days

03-17-2010 - NVC received petition

03-18-2010 - NVC sent petition to embassy

03-20-2010 - NOA-2 hardcopy received

03-25-2010 - Embassy received petition

03-25-2010 - Embassy mailed out Packet 3

04-09-2010 - Received Packet 3 in the mail

04-12-2010 - Packet 3 faxed to embassy

06-17-2010 - INTERVIEW

06-17-2010 - VISA APPROVED!!!

07-17-2010 - POE in Miami

09-25-2010 - Wedding date!

AOS Timeline

11-03-2010 - Express mailed AOS packet via USPS

11-05-2010 - Chicago Lockbox received packet

11-18-2010 - Received notice for Biometrics appointment

12-13-2010 - Biometrics appointment

12-15-2010 - Petition transferred to CSC

01-27-2011 - Received AP and EAD card in the mail

02-07-2011 - Case transferred to National Benefits Center in Missouri from CSC

02-15-2011 - Received interview letter in the mail dated for March 22nd

03-22-2011 - AOS interview date

03-22-2011 - GREEN CARD APPROVED!!!

03-30-2011 - Received green card in the mail.

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We received an appointment letter for biometrics about 2 weeks after the NOA1.

[color="#4B0082"]THank you! we received our biometrics appointment letter this weekend! :) Feb 22nd![/color]

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wanted to let my Colombian group know that I received the approval for my wifes I-130 yesterday after 7 months and 1 week!!! Off to NVC I go, thank God I am away from the USCIS hellhole!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!! One step closer

7/2/10- NOA1

2/9/11- NOA2 (transferred to Texas)

NVC

2/28/11- case number received

3/2/11- Paid AOS bill

3/5/11- Paid IV bill

3/12/11- expedite to Bogota consulate approved!!!

3/14/11- left NVC to Bogota for further processing

3/17/11- received by Bogota, emailed consulate and was told to send DS-230 and DS-2100 (packet 3)

3/18/11- packet 3 emailed to Bogota consulate, email confirmation on March 23

3/31/11- Interview date! Approved!!!!!!

Keep the faith, everything works out for the very best

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wanted to let my Colombian group know that I received the approval for my wifes I-130 yesterday after 7 months and 1 week!!! Off to NVC I go, thank God I am away from the USCIS hellhole!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!! One step closer

congrats that'd got to be a big weight off your shoulder
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