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ecce   20

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Israel
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Today, my fiance's visa was finally issued. He went to pick it up and ... (wait for it...I have been wanting to say this for a long time) it is now IN. HIS. HAND. :) :) :)

Like after receiving the NOA2, I am happy, but so mentally and physically exhausted that it won't exactly sink in. For both phases of this process (the petition approval and visa issuance) we were long overdue and got little hints from contacts and congressmen that good news was supposed to be coming soon, but it was dragged out so there were a few sleepless anticipatory nights beforehand.

I think we just had some bad luck. It took 6.5 months to get our NOA2. The binder with the Affidavit of Support and important documents was lost in the mail for a month. At our interview, we were told our visa would be issued in a week. Then we were told it had been issued. Then we were told that was all a mistake. We ended up in AP and it took more than 5 weeks from the interview. We had a wedding on the line the whole time. We fought. Tooth and nail. At every phase.

After all this, my primary feeling is grateful that I get to be in my country with my fiance. But underneath that I am still somewhat angry. We decided to do a k1 even though we were living together in the U.S. before, had other options and could have done it less legally. We had no idea what were getting into. We talked to a bunch of people, but they had all had straightforward 5-6 month k1 journeys. Overall this process has cost us a lot. Thousands of dollars. A year apart. A year of my fertility (hey, I think it should be said). It also came within 2 weeks of costing us our planned wedding. My final dress fitting a couple weeks ago fell just after we'd heard we'd been put into AP by the consulate, and let me tell you, you've never seen a more somber lookin' bride!

All is well in the end, I think, but...wow.

Thanks to everyone for their support throughout. Wishing you all the best.

09/02/10 Mailed I-129F

09/07/10 NOA1

03/17/11 NOA2 approved

06/06/11 Interview. Visa approved. Told we'll get visa in 7-10 days. Lies.

07/12/11 Visa in hand

07/15/11 Arrival in the U.S.

07/21/11 Marriage

07/28/11 Mailed I-485

08/03/11 NOA for I-485

08/29/11 Biometrics

10/17/11 Greencard interview. Approved.

LookyWhatIFound Proficient

LookyWhatIFound   38

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
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Congratulations, enjoy the journey together!!! :dance::dance::dance:

NOA1 - 12/21/15

NOA2 - 04/18/16

NVC Receive - 04/29/16

NVC Welcome - 05/13/16

DS-261 - 05/14/16

AOS, IV PAID - 05/27/16

DS260 done - 06/10/16

Case Transferred to US Embassy in Riga Latvia at the end of October.

If you really want it, you'll find a way!

Jacque and Gerry Enthusiast

Jacque and Gerry   5

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Canada
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Congrats!!! That can't have been easy, but at least you can now join your fiance and have your wedding! :D:dance:

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05/09 - Met playing games online

08/21/09 - Relationship changed to more than friends

10/28/09 - 11/05/09 - Flew to Canada, met in person

12/16/10 - My baby flew into US to visit

01/26/10 - He proposed!!!! <3

03/16/11 - I-129F Packet Sent to Texas lockbox via USPS (2-day)

03/18/11 - confirmed delivery to lockbox via usps

03/22/11 - NOA1 issued

03/24/11 - Received email re: application was received and forwarded to VSC and NOA1 mailed out

03/24/11 - Check cashed

03/28/11 - Received NOA1 hardcopy by mail

03/29/11 - "Touched"

05/05/11 - Baby flew home :(

08/10/11 - NOA2 (07/21/11 - 08/03/11 - possible NOA2 estimated dates)

08/13/11 - NOA2 hardcopy received via mail

08/24/11 - Received email response w/ NVC case #

08/29/11 - Called NVC - advised our case is under additional processing :S

NVC Received : 2011-08-24

NVC Left : 2011-09-02

Consulate Received : 2011-09-08

Packet 3 Received : 2011-09-13

Packet 3 Sent : 2011-09-14

Packet 4 Received : 2011-09-19

Interview Date : 2011-11-03

APPROVED!!!!!!

POE: 12-7-2011

GETTING MARRIED 02-06-2012

TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   45,543

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ecuador
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Behold! Ecce! Congratulations, si man!!! :)

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

JenAndBabs Explorer

JenAndBabs   1

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Ghana
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Congratulations!!!

Psalm 20:5

1/01/2007 - First date

2/04/2010 - I-129F sent

2/08/2010 - NOA1

3/30/2010 - NOA2 Approved!!

4/07/2010 - NVC received

5/12/2010 - Packet picked up/interview date assigned

10/25/2010 - Finally back in Ghana to visit!

11/01/2010 - Interview--mostly positive, but consular officer requires cosponsor

11/24/2010 - 3rd appt.--Finally have all documents in. Result-Administrative Processing! Consulate says they will contact my fiance

05/18/2011 - Admin processing complete! Babs is asked to appear at the embassy on the 25th.

05/25/2011 - En route to the embassy, Babs is robbed on the roadside. His passport and other papers are all stolen. After filling out a police report, he arrives at the embassy a little late, and they allow him in to speak to the CO, even though he has no valid ID. Thank God! The CO gives him another appointment on June 15th, to bring a new passport and also an updated police certificate.

06/14/2011 - New passport (expedited) ready.

06/15/2011 - The CO finds a missing stamp on the new passport. Sends Babs back to the passport office and tells him to return in the afternoon. All is taken care of. VISA APPROVED!!!! PRAISE GOD!!!!

06/24/2011 - Visa pick up date--told to return on the 30th.

06/30/2011 - Babs returns but doesn't get the visa. Back in AP!

10/05/2011 - Embassy brings Babs back with updated medical. Approved!! CO sets pick-up for only 2 days away, so as not to delay him any longer.

10/07/2011 - VISA IN HAND!!

Love Eth Rising Star

Love Eth   14

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Ethiopia
 Timeline
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Congratulations and enjoy your Journey

K-1 Time Line

Service Center:_California Service Center

Consulate: _Frankfurt, Germany

I-129F Sent: _2011-03-20

I-129F NOA1:_ 2011-03-30

I-129F NOA2:_2011-06-18

NVC Received: _2011-07-19

NVC Left:_2011-07-20

Consulate Received:_2011-07-25

Packet 3 Received: _2011-07-28

Packet 3 Sent: _2011-07-29

Packet 4 Received:_ 2011-08-09

Interview Date: _ 2011-08-24

Interview Result:_ Approved(After 3 weeks AP)

Visa Received:_2011-09-21

US Entry:_@ JFK 2011-11-16

Marriage: _2011-12-20

AOS, EAD, AP

Date Filed: _2012-02-07

NOA Date: _2012-02-13

Bio. Appt. Notice recieved_2012-02-17

Bio. Appt.:2012-03-12@ 8:00 AM in Columbus OH

Bio Done:2012-03-05 WALK IN- Columbus OH

State ID: 2012-03-05

DL Permit: 2012-03-08

AOS Transfer: 2012-03-14

AOS Touched @ USCIS: 2012-03-21

EAD/AP Approved & Card Producton: 2012-04-03

EAD/AP on Hand:2012-04-11

AOS_RFE: 2012-09-28

RFE Sent: 2012-11-09

DiZZyLoX Proficient

DiZZyLoX   114

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: England
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Today, my fiance's visa was finally issued. He went to pick it up and ... (wait for it...I have been wanting to say this for a long time) it is now IN. HIS. HAND. :) :) :)

Like after receiving the NOA2, I am happy, but so mentally and physically exhausted that it won't exactly sink in. For both phases of this process (the petition approval and visa issuance) we were long overdue and got little hints from contacts and congressmen that good news was supposed to be coming soon, but it was dragged out so there were a few sleepless anticipatory nights beforehand.

I think we just had some bad luck. It took 6.5 months to get our NOA2. The binder with the Affidavit of Support and important documents was lost in the mail for a month. At our interview, we were told our visa would be issued in a week. Then we were told it had been issued. Then we were told that was all a mistake. We ended up in AP and it took more than 5 weeks from the interview. We had a wedding on the line the whole time. We fought. Tooth and nail. At every phase.

After all this, my primary feeling is grateful that I get to be in my country with my fiance. But underneath that I am still somewhat angry. We decided to do a k1 even though we were living together in the U.S. before, had other options and could have done it less legally. We had no idea what were getting into. We talked to a bunch of people, but they had all had straightforward 5-6 month k1 journeys. Overall this process has cost us a lot. Thousands of dollars. A year apart. A year of my fertility (hey, I think it should be said). It also came within 2 weeks of costing us our planned wedding. My final dress fitting a couple weeks ago fell just after we'd heard we'd been put into AP by the consulate, and let me tell you, you've never seen a more somber lookin' bride!

All is well in the end, I think, but...wow.

Thanks to everyone for their support throughout. Wishing you all the best.

OMG I totally feel you on that fertility tip! Not that I have a foot in the grave or anything but we ain't gettin' any younger! All systems go upon marriage, that's all I gotta say! Congratulations to you! :)

2010 K1 December Filers: December Filers Citizenship Help

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Let's get this Citizenship party started:
Dec 28. 2011 - Sent AOS Forms
May 15. 2012 - Green Card in Hand
Jun 12. 2012 - Our 1st Baby was born! :)

Oct 14. 2014 - ROC approved.
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08/16/2015 - Looking into Citizenship process!

Click Here for a detailed timeline of our K1 Journey.

OBX Mentor

OBX   51

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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Congratulations. star_smile.gif

USCIS

NOA1 08/19/08

NOA2 01/20/09

NVC

Received 01/26/09

Completed 02/13/09 (19 Days)

Interview Assigned 03/27/09 (6 weeks after NVC completion)

Medical

04/14/09 (Toronto)

Interview

Montreal 05/12/09 (88 days after NVC completion) **APPROVED**

POE

06/16/09 Buffalo

07/02/09 Welcome Letter Received

07/07/09 Applied for SSN

07/10/09 "Card production ordered" email received

07/13/09 SSN received

07/14/09 "Approval notice sent" email received

07/17/09 GREEN CARD received

Removal of Conditions

03/21/11 I-751 mailed to VSC

03/23/11 I-751 received at VSC

03/29/11 Cheque Cashed

03/30/11 NOA1 received (3/24/11)

04/11/11 Biometrics appointment notice received

05/05/11 Biometric appointment

12/13/11 **Approval date** (5 days short of 9 months!)

12/19/11 Approval letter and green card received

Naturalization

05/16/2019 Filed online (estimated completion February 2020)

05/18/2019 Biometrics scheduled

05/21/2019 Receipt notice and biometrics notices posted to online account.05/23/2019 Hard copy of NOA1 received

05/24/2019 Hard copy of biometrics appointment received

06/07/2019 Biometrics appointment (estimated completion January 2020)

12/31/2019 Email received "Interview scheduled"

01/01/2020 Interview date notice posted to online account (02/19/2020)

01/05/2019 Hard copy of interview appointment received

02/19/2020 Interview (**Approved**) and same day Oath Ceremony. 

Andy and Pui Rising Star

Andy and Pui   16

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Thailand
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Ecce congratulations!!! :dance:

AOS Journey

11-04-2011 sent AOS to Chicago lockbox

11-07-2011 delivered

11-08-2011 Date on text messages but did not receive until 11-22-2011

11-23-2011 Check cashed.

11-25-2011 Hard copies of NOA1s

12-06-2012 Pui's Brother unexpectly passes away and we make an info pass appointment and receive an emergancy AP so she can return home. Pui leaves for Thailand for 2 weeks.

12-06-2012 Get a text message and email that she received an RFE

12-12-2012 RFE for original birth certificate. I swear we sent it along with a certificate translation of it.

12-20-2012 Pui returns from Thailand.

12-21-2012 We send the RFE back for with original birth certificate along with a new certificate of translation(I had to wait for her to return for her to sign)

12-26-2012 text and email they have received the RFE.

12-29-2012 Appointment for biometrics is 01-23-2012

01-13-2012 AP is approved.

01-23-2012 Biometrics appointment. Later during the evening the text and email saying the EAD is approved.

01-31-2012 EAD/AP combo card arrives.

05-22-2012 Email and text card is in production!

ecce Explorer

ecce   20

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Israel
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Thank you thank you thank you everyone! Couldnta done it without your support.

09/02/10 Mailed I-129F

09/07/10 NOA1

03/17/11 NOA2 approved

06/06/11 Interview. Visa approved. Told we'll get visa in 7-10 days. Lies.

07/12/11 Visa in hand

07/15/11 Arrival in the U.S.

07/21/11 Marriage

07/28/11 Mailed I-485

08/03/11 NOA for I-485

08/29/11 Biometrics

10/17/11 Greencard interview. Approved.

jameugiekaxavilon Proficient

jameugiekaxavilon   25

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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:thumbs: Congratulations!! :thumbs:

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K-1 Journey (I-129F)

09/10/2010 ----- Filing date of I-129 F

09/22/2010 ----- NOA 1

02/22/2011 ----- Case being adjudicated

02/28/2011 ----- RFE, Waiver to file 2nd K-1 petition

03/04/2011 ----- RFE reply sent

03/08/2011 ----- RFE received and being reviewed at USCIS

03/17/2011 ----- NOA2 (I-129F approved)

03/23/2011 ----- NOA2 hard copy received

03/29/2011 ----- NVC received our Case

04/04/2011 ----- NVC letter received and case forwarded to US embassy Manila

04/08/2011 ----- US Embassy Manila received our case (Consulate)

04/15/2011 ----- Paid VISA at BPI

04/16/2011 ----- Received Eligibility Letter from US Embassy Manila dated April 8, 2011

04/25/2011 ----- 1st day of Medical

04/26/2011 ----- 2nd day of Medical (I PASSED!! Thank you Lord!!)

05/13/2011 ----- Interview (221g - Case under Administrative Processing "AP")

08/12/2011 ----- Received an email from the embassy "Case is pending review by a consular officer"

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