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Looks like no luck for me today...Guess they don't want to approve anymore 1/20 petitions this week.

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1/13/12 - I-129F Petition Submitted to Dallas Lockbox

1/18/12 - Received at Vermont Service Center

1/20/12 - NOA1

1/24/12 - Touched

2/09/12 - Touched

8/02/12 - NOA2 (197 Days After Received at VSC)

8/14/12 - Received at NVC (Assigned Case Number)

8/16/12 - Departed from NVC

8/20/12 - Arrived in US Embassy Kiev

8/28/12 - Information Received from Embassy via mail

9/12/12 - Interview (Approved)

9/19/12 - Visa Received via Elin Ltd. (FedEx)

10/05/12 - POE

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Flipped open the iPad one last time before bed and...... THE EMAIL!!!!!!! Approved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was shaking and crying and best of all got to turn to Andrew and kiss him right away.... On our 3rd

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Just got done with the interview. APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll post a review of how it went later, right now I am desperate to eat something. But it's done! It's finally done.

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Do you think its gotten easier for you as a couple or more difficult as time progresses waiting for visa? I feel like its up and down. I don't think life has paused really, just kind of spinning in a

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The day's not over yet, Paul! I have my fingers crossed for you guys!

Part One: The K-1 Visa Journey:

USCIS Receipt of I-129F: January 24, 2012 | Petition Approval: June 15, 2012 (No RFEs)
Interview: October 24, 2012 - Review | Visa Delivered: October 31, 2012



Part Two: Entry and Adjusting Status:

POE: November 18, 2012 (at SFO) - Review
Wedding: December 1, 2012 | Social Security: New cards received on December 7, 2012.
AOS Package (I-485/I-765/I-131) NOA1: February 19, 2013 | Biometrics Appt.: March 18, 2013
AP/EAD Approved: April 29, 2013 | Card Received: May 6, 2013 | AOS Interview Appt.: May 16, 2013 - Approved Review Card Received: May 24, 2013

Part Three: Removal of Conditions:

Coming Soon...

"When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat." – George Carlin

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Yesterday was 6 months for us. Called to see if I could make a service request (thru tier 2) they said "Ohhhh looks like they're getting closer! They are on January 9th so not too much longer". I was like, "umm....yeah, that would seem exciting if it werent for the fact that they have been on that date for 3 weeks now". She said there is nothing she can do as far as a service request until the system updates to January 13th (our NOA1 is January 12th).

I contacted my congresswoman this week and am waiting to hear back. God I hope we hear something soon....

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Yesterday was 6 months for us. Called to see if I could make a service request (thru tier 2) they said "Ohhhh looks like they're getting closer! They are on January 9th so not too much longer". I was like, "umm....yeah, that would seem exciting if it werent for the fact that they have been on that date for 3 weeks now". She said there is nothing she can do as far as a service request until the system updates to January 13th (our NOA1 is January 12th).

I contacted my congresswoman this week and am waiting to hear back. God I hope we hear something soon....

those answers really worry me as we will be 6 months next Friday... we managed to get a service request last week and will call them back on Monday (the girl said to call back in 10 days if we hear nothing) but I got a feeling we will hear some lame excuse again... it is getting worse and I feel more frustrated each day!

Our (K1) Journey

01-17-2012: I 129F sent

01-24-2012: NOA1 date! => Vermont Service Centre

08-02-2012: NOA2 (195 days!!!)

09-24-2012: interview - Approved!

09-26-2012: visaarrow-10x10.png issued

09-28-2012: visa received by a registeredarrow-10x10.png post

11-01-2012: POE Dublin

11-17-2012: wedding

AOS Journey

11-23-2012: AOS package sent

11-27-2912: package received and signed for at the Chicago office

11-29-2012: case numbers assigned

12-03-2012: Biometrics letter sent to the old addressarrow-10x10.png (never received)

12-10-2012: NOA1 hardcopy for I 765 and I 131

12-15-2012: NOA1 hardcopy for I 485

12-28-2012: biometrics (missed)

01-17-2013: newarrow-10x10.png biometric date

01-25-2013: EAD approval

01-30-2013: EAD production

01-31-2013: EAD mailed

02-02-2013: EAD received

My ROC Journey:

03-20-2015: I751 package sent

03-23-2015: NOA1

03-25-2015: check cashedarrow-10x10.png

07-31-2015: Biometrics ( Biometrics letter sent to the old address never received, missed it on 07/06 and had to have it rescheduled after many phone calls and service requests)

09-07-2015: Card in Production email.

09-09-2015: Card mailed

09-11-2015: Card delivered

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Oh man, brutal stuff...

I drove up to Quebec from my home to visit the lady for the weekend, and bring her back for a 2 months stay. I drove nearly 15 1/2 hours straight yesterday. We checked the site today, since we saw more activity. Apparently, we've been hit with an RFE. I honestly have no idea what we could have missed as I included literally everything I could to prove the relationship. Guess we'll have to wait and see what the letter says when it gets here. Definitely feels like a punch to the gut, even if it does mean that our file has actually been worked on.

This stuff ruins the romantic weekend we had planned, simply because now neither of us will be able to get our minds off of what the RFE might be.

On a side note, my Congressman's office sent a letter to them last Friday. Not sure if there is a correlation between that and this, as I know I'm borderline Jan/Feb filer, but figured it should be mentioned.

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Oh man, brutal stuff...

I drove up to Quebec from my home to visit the lady for the weekend, and bring her back for a 2 months stay. I drove nearly 15 1/2 hours straight yesterday. We checked the site today, since we saw more activity. Apparently, we've been hit with an RFE. I honestly have no idea what we could have missed as I included literally everything I could to prove the relationship. Guess we'll have to wait and see what the letter says when it gets here. Definitely feels like a punch to the gut, even if it does mean that our file has actually been worked on.

This stuff ruins the romantic weekend we had planned, simply because now neither of us will be able to get our minds off of what the RFE might be.

On a side note, my Congressman's office sent a letter to them last Friday. Not sure if there is a correlation between that and this, as I know I'm borderline Jan/Feb filer, but figured it should be mentioned.

oh man sorry about that, I guess we all fear that... Hopefully it will be sth easy :)

Our (K1) Journey

01-17-2012: I 129F sent

01-24-2012: NOA1 date! => Vermont Service Centre

08-02-2012: NOA2 (195 days!!!)

09-24-2012: interview - Approved!

09-26-2012: visaarrow-10x10.png issued

09-28-2012: visa received by a registeredarrow-10x10.png post

11-01-2012: POE Dublin

11-17-2012: wedding

AOS Journey

11-23-2012: AOS package sent

11-27-2912: package received and signed for at the Chicago office

11-29-2012: case numbers assigned

12-03-2012: Biometrics letter sent to the old addressarrow-10x10.png (never received)

12-10-2012: NOA1 hardcopy for I 765 and I 131

12-15-2012: NOA1 hardcopy for I 485

12-28-2012: biometrics (missed)

01-17-2013: newarrow-10x10.png biometric date

01-25-2013: EAD approval

01-30-2013: EAD production

01-31-2013: EAD mailed

02-02-2013: EAD received

My ROC Journey:

03-20-2015: I751 package sent

03-23-2015: NOA1

03-25-2015: check cashedarrow-10x10.png

07-31-2015: Biometrics ( Biometrics letter sent to the old address never received, missed it on 07/06 and had to have it rescheduled after many phone calls and service requests)

09-07-2015: Card in Production email.

09-09-2015: Card mailed

09-11-2015: Card delivered

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We filed Jan 4th, got our NOA1 on Jan 9th and NOA2 on May 25th. However, our Packet 3 never showed up and we were only able to drop that off yesterday, 1 month after the consulate claims to have sent it out to us...

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I caught up on the thread. I hate to hear about London embassy slow downs.

I was hoping to see that Paul Sabi and some of the other jan filers had gotten an approval. Tonight maybe??? I hope!!!! :(

Our K-1 Visa Journey

1/17/12: Mailed Original I129F packet via USPS with signature confirmation to Dallas Lockbox

1/19/12: Packet received at Dallas Lockbox

1/24/12: Received text message notification at 12:47am central time stating packet was received and our case number

1/24/12: Received E-Notification in email that I129F packet was being sent to VSC for initial review

1/27/12: Received NOA1 in US mail

7/12/12: Received text notification at 3:45pm central time stating our case had been updated *APPROVED!*

7/15/12?: Received NOA2 in US mail (not sure of this date)

7/20/12: NVC forwarded case to London Embassy

7/27/12: Fiance received letter from London Embassy stating they'd received our case and instructions for obtaining interview

7/30/12: Fiance mailed DS 156, DS 156K, DS 230, DS 157, DS 2001 to London Embassy

8/20/12: Medical

8/31/12: Called DOS and was told interview date: 10/3/12

9/3/12: Sent email to London Embassy requesting interview date be changed

9/5/12: Received response from London Embassy (via email) stating interview date had been changed to 9/10/12

9/7/12: Received new letter from London Embassy with new interview date & time

9/17/12: Received Visa in the mail

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Yesterday was 6 months for us. Called to see if I could make a service request (thru tier 2) they said "Ohhhh looks like they're getting closer! They are on January 9th so not too much longer". I was like, "umm....yeah, that would seem exciting if it werent for the fact that they have been on that date for 3 weeks now". She said there is nothing she can do as far as a service request until the system updates to January 13th (our NOA1 is January 12th).

I contacted my congresswoman this week and am waiting to hear back. God I hope we hear something soon....

Yes. This process is torment..looks like another disappointing start to the weekend...I'm just so tired of it all.

1/13/12 - I-129F Petition Submitted to Dallas Lockbox

1/18/12 - Received at Vermont Service Center

1/20/12 - NOA1

1/24/12 - Touched

2/09/12 - Touched

8/02/12 - NOA2 (197 Days After Received at VSC)

8/14/12 - Received at NVC (Assigned Case Number)

8/16/12 - Departed from NVC

8/20/12 - Arrived in US Embassy Kiev

8/28/12 - Information Received from Embassy via mail

9/12/12 - Interview (Approved)

9/19/12 - Visa Received via Elin Ltd. (FedEx)

10/05/12 - POE

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So i was just talking to a friend here in Honduras...a former coworker...and he was telling me about how his neighbor just got denied for the K1 visa! The girl is from here and the guy from the US...they've been living together and she is pregnant and so they thought they "had it in the bag" and went for the interview like 2 weeks ago and were denied with no explanation whatsoever as to why! Anybody have any ideas of why they would not be able to get an answer about the denial??! They went to the consulate office here in the northern region today and the people there treated the guy terribly. I haven't talked to the couple since I don't know them but it sounds scary and sad after going through all of this....ugh. Freaked me out a bit. But then again, they are not here on VJ, so they probably didn't have all of the "right answers" like all of us do, right?! ;)

January 3, 2012 Mailed I-129F

January 9, 2012 NOA1

June 11, 2012 NOA2 rec'd 154 days later...

July 5, 2012 NVC rec'd and new case number given

July 9, 2012 Left NVC en route to Honduras! :)

July 13, 2012 Received at Embassy!

Aug. 7, 2012 Interview date and Packet 4 rec'd by email

Oct. 8, 2012 Medical

Oct. 10, 2012 INTERVIEW: APPROVED!!!

Oct. 16, 2012 Visa in hand

Oct. 23, 2012 POE Atlanta

Dec. 30, 2012 Wedding! ;)

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Moved from Process & Procedures to Progress Reports.

Our journey:

Spoiler

September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
September 10, 2011: Emailed AOS package
September 12, 2011: IV bill invoiced
September 13, 2011: Paid IV bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 14, 2011)
September 14, 2011: Emailed IV package
October 3, 2011: Emailed checklist response (checklist generated due to typo on Form DS-230)
October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

January 28, 2014: Production of new Green Card ordered

February 3, 2014: New Green Card received; done with USCIS until fall of 2023*

December 18, 2023:  Filed I-90 to renew Green Card

December 21, 2023:  Production of new Green Card ordered - will be seeing USCIS again every 10 years for renewal

 

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So i was just talking to a friend here in Honduras...a former coworker...and he was telling me about how his neighbor just got denied for the K1 visa! The girl is from here and the guy from the US...they've been living together and she is pregnant and so they thought they "had it in the bag" and went for the interview like 2 weeks ago and were denied with no explanation whatsoever as to why! Anybody have any ideas of why they would not be able to get an answer about the denial??! They went to the consulate office here in the northern region today and the people there treated the guy terribly. I haven't talked to the couple since I don't know them but it sounds scary and sad after going through all of this....ugh. Freaked me out a bit. But then again, they are not here on VJ, so they probably didn't have all of the "right answers" like all of us do, right?! ;)

If I was you I wouldnt listen or worry too much.... Simce you don't know them , your friend cpuld be telling you anything they told him and you don't know what really happened or what kind of proof of being together they had. Being pregnant doesn't mean they are going to get a visa just based on that , they still meed a proof the baby is his etc so relax, you will be fine :)

Our (K1) Journey

01-17-2012: I 129F sent

01-24-2012: NOA1 date! => Vermont Service Centre

08-02-2012: NOA2 (195 days!!!)

09-24-2012: interview - Approved!

09-26-2012: visaarrow-10x10.png issued

09-28-2012: visa received by a registeredarrow-10x10.png post

11-01-2012: POE Dublin

11-17-2012: wedding

AOS Journey

11-23-2012: AOS package sent

11-27-2912: package received and signed for at the Chicago office

11-29-2012: case numbers assigned

12-03-2012: Biometrics letter sent to the old addressarrow-10x10.png (never received)

12-10-2012: NOA1 hardcopy for I 765 and I 131

12-15-2012: NOA1 hardcopy for I 485

12-28-2012: biometrics (missed)

01-17-2013: newarrow-10x10.png biometric date

01-25-2013: EAD approval

01-30-2013: EAD production

01-31-2013: EAD mailed

02-02-2013: EAD received

My ROC Journey:

03-20-2015: I751 package sent

03-23-2015: NOA1

03-25-2015: check cashedarrow-10x10.png

07-31-2015: Biometrics ( Biometrics letter sent to the old address never received, missed it on 07/06 and had to have it rescheduled after many phone calls and service requests)

09-07-2015: Card in Production email.

09-09-2015: Card mailed

09-11-2015: Card delivered

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So i was just talking to a friend here in Honduras...a former coworker...and he was telling me about how his neighbor just got denied for the K1 visa! The girl is from here and the guy from the US...they've been living together and she is pregnant and so they thought they "had it in the bag" and went for the interview like 2 weeks ago and were denied with no explanation whatsoever as to why! Anybody have any ideas of why they would not be able to get an answer about the denial??! They went to the consulate office here in the northern region today and the people there treated the guy terribly. I haven't talked to the couple since I don't know them but it sounds scary and sad after going through all of this....ugh. Freaked me out a bit. But then again, they are not here on VJ, so they probably didn't have all of the "right answers" like all of us do, right?! ;)

You'll probably be fine, but it's always best at this point to go over to your regional forum and see if anyone has any pointers, here's a link to the "Mexico, Latin & South America" forums which seems to be where the Honduras folk seem to hang out.

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