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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Germany
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yes - 30 days. This is the same that I heared from them. But my concern is that the check isn't cashed yet.

Are you certain you wrote the correct amount and other details on the check?

We called them before, what they told us is that they separate the check from the Form.

So the officer that will be working on your case will never really touch the check.

I've heard some people got their case back because of wrong amount in the check.

Call them again, ask why they never cashed the check.

Good luck!

I'm sure about the fee for I-130 ($355) but we issued the check to USCIS and not to the DHS.

05/14/2009 - submitted I-130 to Chicago Lockbox

05/18/2009 - NOA1

08/21/2009 - NOA2 (95 days from NOA1)

09/01/2009 - NVC assigned case no. (11 days from NOA2 incl. 2 weekends)

09/15/2009 - got DS 3032 form from NVC by email

09/17/2009 - sent DS 3032 to NVC by email and by regular mail

09/17/2009 - received and paid AOS fee bill (paid online)

09/18/2009 - NVC accepted DS 3032

09/22/2009 - received and paid IV fee bill (paid online)

09/22/2009 - AOS fee entered into the NVC system

09/22/2009 - received AOS package

09/24/2009 - IV fee entered into the NVC system

09/24/2009 - received IV package

10/02/2009 - sent DS 230 package from Germany to NVC by UPS

10/05/2009 - NVC received DS 230 package

10/06/2009 - DS 230 entered into NVC system

10/09/2009 - sent AOS forms to NVC by USPS express

10/13/2009 - NVC received AOS forms

10/15/2009 - NVC entered AOS forms into their system

10/19/2009 - case complete (49 days)

10/27/2009 - medical exam

10/29/2009 - got notification regarding my interview date

11/03/2009 - got result of my medical exam (everything is ok)

11/03/2009 - case forwarded to embassy

11/05/2009 - case received by embassy

12/21/2009 - interview date (7:30am - 9:15am - approved) - visa in mail on 12/24/2009

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yes - 30 days. This is the same that I heared from them. But my concern is that the check isn't cashed yet.

Are you certain you wrote the correct amount and other details on the check?

We called them before, what they told us is that they separate the check from the Form.

So the officer that will be working on your case will never really touch the check.

I've heard some people got their case back because of wrong amount in the check.

Call them again, ask why they never cashed the check.

Good luck!

I'm sure about the fee for I-130 ($355) but we issued the check to USCIS and not to the DHS.

As per the instructions on the I-130 application, the check was supposed to be made out to the U.S department of homeland security. I don't know if that what is the cause for your delay, but it could be.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Jamaica
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Morning everyone! I started a spreadsheet for us. You can edit it as you move further along in your journey.

Here's the link (also in my siggy)

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=rnB...c7xg&hl=en#

Have a great day!

I-130 Timeline

04/10/09 - I130 Sent

04/14/09 - I130 Received

04/22/09 - Check Cashed

04/22/09 - NOA1 Hardcopy Received

08/13/09 - Touch

08/24/09 - RFE Email

08/27/09 - RFE Hardcopy Received

09/11/09 - Evidence sent to CSC

09/16/09 - Evidence Received by CSC

09/20/09 - Touch...on a Sunday???

09/25/09 - NOA2 Hardcopy Received. Dated 9/18

NVC Timeline

10/01/09 - NVC Case Number Assigned

10/02/09 - DS3023 & I-864 Bill Generated

10/02/09 - Paid I-864 fee online

10/03/09 - DS3032 Emailed

10/13/09 - Sent I-864 Packet

10/14/09 - NVC Received I-864 Packet

10/20/09 - I-864 Received via AVR

10/22/09 - IV Bill Generated

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Morning everyone! I started a spreadsheet for us. You can edit it as you move further along in your journey.

Here's the link (also in my siggy)

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=rnB...c7xg&hl=en#

Have a great day!

Don't have access to your spreadsheet.....

12/07/2009 - POE LAX

12/16/2009 - Received GC in mail

Removal Of Conditions 09-09-2011

09-09-2011 : Mailed ROC packet

09-12-2011 : Packet Arrived CSC (delayed from labor day long weekend)

09-14-2011 : Check Cashed

09-14-2011 : NOA1 dated 09-12-2011

09-19-2011 : Early walk-in Biometrics completed (Original date 10/03/2011)

02-07-2012 : Green Card Approved

02-11-2012 : Green Card Received

Citizenship

09-07-2012 : Mailed N-400 package

09-10-2012 : N-400 Package delivered

09-13-2012 : Check cashed, email and text received with case number

09-14-2012 : Biometrics letter mailed

09-15-2012 : NOA received dated 09-10

09-17-2012 : Biometrics letter received for 09-27

02-25-2013 : Interview Passed - Original interview was 01-07-2013 but was out of country so postponed

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Jamaica
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Ooops! Sorry about that. I modified the security settings so it should be good to go now :thumbs:

I-130 Timeline

04/10/09 - I130 Sent

04/14/09 - I130 Received

04/22/09 - Check Cashed

04/22/09 - NOA1 Hardcopy Received

08/13/09 - Touch

08/24/09 - RFE Email

08/27/09 - RFE Hardcopy Received

09/11/09 - Evidence sent to CSC

09/16/09 - Evidence Received by CSC

09/20/09 - Touch...on a Sunday???

09/25/09 - NOA2 Hardcopy Received. Dated 9/18

NVC Timeline

10/01/09 - NVC Case Number Assigned

10/02/09 - DS3023 & I-864 Bill Generated

10/02/09 - Paid I-864 fee online

10/03/09 - DS3032 Emailed

10/13/09 - Sent I-864 Packet

10/14/09 - NVC Received I-864 Packet

10/20/09 - I-864 Received via AVR

10/22/09 - IV Bill Generated

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Ooops! Sorry about that. I modified the security settings so it should be good to go now :thumbs:

Thanks, works now :) Hopefully we can see some people getting approved now. Thanks for keeping tabs on the April filers

12/07/2009 - POE LAX

12/16/2009 - Received GC in mail

Removal Of Conditions 09-09-2011

09-09-2011 : Mailed ROC packet

09-12-2011 : Packet Arrived CSC (delayed from labor day long weekend)

09-14-2011 : Check Cashed

09-14-2011 : NOA1 dated 09-12-2011

09-19-2011 : Early walk-in Biometrics completed (Original date 10/03/2011)

02-07-2012 : Green Card Approved

02-11-2012 : Green Card Received

Citizenship

09-07-2012 : Mailed N-400 package

09-10-2012 : N-400 Package delivered

09-13-2012 : Check cashed, email and text received with case number

09-14-2012 : Biometrics letter mailed

09-15-2012 : NOA received dated 09-10

09-17-2012 : Biometrics letter received for 09-27

02-25-2013 : Interview Passed - Original interview was 01-07-2013 but was out of country so postponed

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Spain
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Ooops! Sorry about that. I modified the security settings so it should be good to go now :thumbs:

Thanks for putting that together! It looks great...but super overwhelming looking at the number of columns we have to go :blink:

Poco a poco...

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Ooops! Sorry about that. I modified the security settings so it should be good to go now :thumbs:

Thanks for doing this! really hope to see any activity on april filers now, i am sure it is coming :star::star::star::star::star:

I-130

04/07/2009 - I-130 Mailed to Chicago lockbox

08/11/2009 - I-130 NOA2 - APPROVED

NVC

08/19/2009 - NVC Received/Case number assigned

09/22/2009 - Case Completed at NVC

09/24/2009 - Interview Scheduled

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Morning everyone! I started a spreadsheet for us. You can edit it as you move further along in your journey.

Here's the link (also in my siggy)

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=rnB...c7xg&hl=en#

Have a great day!

The Spreadsheet is great Marie thank you so much for taking the time to do. Believing God for all of us to get speedy processing with no RFE'S .

USCIS JOURNEY

Service Center : California Service Center

Consulate : Senegal

Marriage : 06-09-09

I-130 Sent : 04-09-09

I-130 Approved : 08-25-09

NVC JOURNEY

NVC Received: 09-08-09

Case Completed at NVC : 10-23-09

NVC Left : 11-13-09

Completed Medical:12-02-09

Interview Date : 12-17-09 (7:30am)

2nd interview: 12-31-09 Approved

Visa Received : VISA IN HAND!!!01-05-10

POE : 01-06-10 WASH DULLES VERY EASY AND FAST!!

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Ooops! Sorry about that. I modified the security settings so it should be good to go now :thumbs:

Hoi Marie,

Thank you for making the spreadsheet, I could open it before but now i can't open it because its saying something like: making a sreadsheet. Urgh...

Can i copy this link and Igor's list to my account?

I am not really a computer wonder so how can i do that? urgh...

Seems like they are working at the March people to give them their NOA2...hope we get it soon too.

I really hope we don't get a RFE, do they give that often? I did send stuff with our package but you never know what they accept or don't accept in advance can't read their mind ;-)

Take care!

~ OUR TIMELINE ~

01-09-2009 ~ WE GOT MARRIED

04-15-2009 ~ Send away our I-130 and G-325A to Chicago

04-23-2009 ~ NOA1 from California Service Center

04-28-2009 ~ $ 355,- check cashed

07-09-2009 ~ I-130 APPROVED 77 days after NOA1

07-23-2009 ~ NVC received our case and got NVC case #

07-30-2009 ~ payed I-864 bill

07-30-2009 ~ payed IV bill

08-12-2009 ~ Case completed and left NVC

08-14-2009 ~ Consulate received case

08-15-2009 ~ Received package

09-29-2009 ~ Interview > Denied because not having vaccination shots

10-27-2010 ~ Went to Amsterdam Consulate to bring I-601 and paid

10-28-2009 ~ Send out a form to Amsterdam Consulate which they added to my I-601 and they forward it to USCIS Frankfurt

02-18-2010 ~ Received RFE for I-601 stamp is 02-15-2010

04-05-2010 ~ RFE send out for I-601 to USCIS Frankfurt

04-08-2010 ~ RFE received at USCIS Frankfurt

04-29-2010 ~ I-601 APPROVED!!!

05-20-2010 ~ RECEIVED VISA

05-27-2010 ~ in the USA!!! LAX California

06-14-2010 ~ Got my SSN#

06-18-2010 ~ Got my GREENCARD

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Marie the spreadsheet is great, I know most of you are going through NVC and all of that mess. I have put NA on all of the parts that do not apply to our situation. As of yesterday, the London Website shows "As of 11 May 2009 we are processing applications filed on 16 April 2009". That is our filing date. Hopefully we will hear something soon.

08-Nov-2004----Met in Kuwait

23-Dec-2004----Started Dating

14-Jun-2008----Got Married

08-Apr-2009----Sent I-130 to London Embassy

16-Apr-2009----Credit Card Charged

16-Apr-2009----Received NOA1 by email

11-May-2009----Embassy Website shows they are Processing Applications filed on 16 April 2009 Wahoo!!!

18-May-2009----Embassy Website shows they are Processing Applications filed on 16 April 2009, What did they all go on holiday???

28-May-2009----4 RFE's Lots of information required sending tomorrow.

28-May-2009----Embassy Website shows they are Processing Applications filed on 01 May 2009

08-June-2009---NOA2 Wahoo!!!!!!!

11-June-2009---Received Hard Copy NOA2

13-June-2009---Received Packet 3

15-June-2009---Returned Packet 3

17-June-2009---Embassy Received Packet 3, Signed for by KOKO

25-June-2009---Received email from Embassy for Appointment date

26-June-2009---Called and rescheduled Medical from 7 July 2009 to 1 July 2009

01-July-2009---Medical---New Date

07-July-2009---Interview----APPROVED Pending Police Certificate

07-July-2009----Medical---Rescheduled

15-July-2009----SMS Collected Documents

17-July-2009----Delivered to Embassy

21-July-2009----Visa Processed/Put in Passport

23-July-2009----Visa Delivered

23-July-2009----Husband does the "I have a VISA" happy dance!!

26-July-2009-----Holiday in Wales for 2 weeks.

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Just called today and they said applications are taking longer than expected right now due to the work visas. Bummer for us April folks......

12/07/2009 - POE LAX

12/16/2009 - Received GC in mail

Removal Of Conditions 09-09-2011

09-09-2011 : Mailed ROC packet

09-12-2011 : Packet Arrived CSC (delayed from labor day long weekend)

09-14-2011 : Check Cashed

09-14-2011 : NOA1 dated 09-12-2011

09-19-2011 : Early walk-in Biometrics completed (Original date 10/03/2011)

02-07-2012 : Green Card Approved

02-11-2012 : Green Card Received

Citizenship

09-07-2012 : Mailed N-400 package

09-10-2012 : N-400 Package delivered

09-13-2012 : Check cashed, email and text received with case number

09-14-2012 : Biometrics letter mailed

09-15-2012 : NOA received dated 09-10

09-17-2012 : Biometrics letter received for 09-27

02-25-2013 : Interview Passed - Original interview was 01-07-2013 but was out of country so postponed

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Spain
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Just called today and they said applications are taking longer than expected right now due to the work visas. Bummer for us April folks......

What irks me most is that they process the work visas first! I need my husband more than that business needs the employee. 2 months for an employer is nothing. 2 months for all of us is, well, a lot :(.

Thanks for passing on the info - we'd guessed that was the problem, but it's good to have it confimed. At least they aren't all on vacation and there aren't 160,000 apps like in previous years.

*sigh*

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Just called today and they said applications are taking longer than expected right now due to the work visas. Bummer for us April folks......

What irks me most is that they process the work visas first! I need my husband more than that business needs the employee. 2 months for an employer is nothing. 2 months for all of us is, well, a lot :(.

Thanks for passing on the info - we'd guessed that was the problem, but it's good to have it confimed. At least they aren't all on vacation and there aren't 160,000 apps like in previous years.

*sigh*

I agree with you!!! I absolutely don't understand that either! I feel a bit sad too!

I just want to be by my husband! The sooner the better! I miss him so much!

~ OUR TIMELINE ~

01-09-2009 ~ WE GOT MARRIED

04-15-2009 ~ Send away our I-130 and G-325A to Chicago

04-23-2009 ~ NOA1 from California Service Center

04-28-2009 ~ $ 355,- check cashed

07-09-2009 ~ I-130 APPROVED 77 days after NOA1

07-23-2009 ~ NVC received our case and got NVC case #

07-30-2009 ~ payed I-864 bill

07-30-2009 ~ payed IV bill

08-12-2009 ~ Case completed and left NVC

08-14-2009 ~ Consulate received case

08-15-2009 ~ Received package

09-29-2009 ~ Interview > Denied because not having vaccination shots

10-27-2010 ~ Went to Amsterdam Consulate to bring I-601 and paid

10-28-2009 ~ Send out a form to Amsterdam Consulate which they added to my I-601 and they forward it to USCIS Frankfurt

02-18-2010 ~ Received RFE for I-601 stamp is 02-15-2010

04-05-2010 ~ RFE send out for I-601 to USCIS Frankfurt

04-08-2010 ~ RFE received at USCIS Frankfurt

04-29-2010 ~ I-601 APPROVED!!!

05-20-2010 ~ RECEIVED VISA

05-27-2010 ~ in the USA!!! LAX California

06-14-2010 ~ Got my SSN#

06-18-2010 ~ Got my GREENCARD

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Jamaica
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:crying: Thats a major bummer!!! I really miss my husband too and was so excited because the March filers got through really quick...I'm getting low on patience and we have a long way to go ::sigh::

I-130 Timeline

04/10/09 - I130 Sent

04/14/09 - I130 Received

04/22/09 - Check Cashed

04/22/09 - NOA1 Hardcopy Received

08/13/09 - Touch

08/24/09 - RFE Email

08/27/09 - RFE Hardcopy Received

09/11/09 - Evidence sent to CSC

09/16/09 - Evidence Received by CSC

09/20/09 - Touch...on a Sunday???

09/25/09 - NOA2 Hardcopy Received. Dated 9/18

NVC Timeline

10/01/09 - NVC Case Number Assigned

10/02/09 - DS3023 & I-864 Bill Generated

10/02/09 - Paid I-864 fee online

10/03/09 - DS3032 Emailed

10/13/09 - Sent I-864 Packet

10/14/09 - NVC Received I-864 Packet

10/20/09 - I-864 Received via AVR

10/22/09 - IV Bill Generated

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