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YEAH well husband stuck in Florida. All flights were canceled due to hurricane. Now we waiting to hear if they will close embassy tomorrow too. We faxed what we needed too. BUT we have the originals. So all I can hope for if they remain open that they understand why she doesnt have the originals and hope they are nice to her as we are not there with her. ARranged for our friend to take her to embassy if hurricane passes. WHAT A MESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Soo sorry to read this, how frustrating. Did they open yesterday? What happened? I would be soo stressed out. :(

Thanks sancruz! I can't believe how nice they were! We got some bad info about not needing to pick up her medical and bringing it to the interview. When my hubbie took her to get the TB read they said they would send it over. So when we got to the interview and they asked about it, they said that we were approved but they had to wait for the medical and it could take up to 6 weeks. But then the lady said, its still early, why don't you run over to the medical place and see if he could get it. So, we waited at the embassy and my hubbie went and got it. They let him back in. We went back to the window and the lady gave us the green approval ticket and marked the visa urgent for production! She was so kind! That and the drama of me having my earphones and charger for phone in my purse (no phone or other electronics mind you), so, the over zealous security peeps sent me outside and,ade me get back in line. So, by the time I got in, my husband said they had already called our name. When they called again they asked why we were late. So, my husband explained what they did at security. But from that point on they were very sweet. Talking to my daughter and asking just a few questions. All of that and we were still finished pretty quick and with great success. She loves dragging her suitcase around. So excited to go with us! Thanks to all who answered questions and cheered us along the process. May you all get the outcome you wish for. I can't wait to bring our little gilr home and introduce her to so many things!

Congrats!

10/10/07 - I-129F sent to VSC

04/30/08 - POE Newark

07/06/08 - Wedding..... I'm Married Yall!!!

I130 for Minor Child

7/26/12 - Sent to Chicago Lockbox

7/30/12 - Priority date

3/15/13 - NOA2!!!!!!!

3/25/13 - NVC received my case

4/08/13 - Emailed ds3032 template

4/09/13 - NVC case number and IIN number generated

4/11/13 - aos fee bill invoiced/paid/and pkg sent

4/12/13 - aos fee paid again after being rejected/ds3032 resent and accepted

4/15/13 - aos pkg delivered/iv bill invoiced and paid

4/16/13 - iv pkg sent express mail/ aos status changed to paid

4/17/13 - iv pkg delivered/ iv status changed to paid.

4/29/13 - Case Complete!

5/10/13 - Interview notice emailed.

6/05/13 - INTERVIEW

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beejay
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I've noticed there have been quite a few people over the last few months who have filed stand alone I-130s for their stepchildren. There is some information about the I-130 process but not specificall

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G-325 is for spouses only.

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I have to agree!!! Beejay is a superstar :star:

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Approved aprroved approved! Just waiting for the production of the visa and the nice lady at the embassy marked her papers urgent so we would get them maybe even by tomorrow! So excited! Now you are next Jamaicagyaldat.

Great! congrats :dance: yeahhh!

Hurricane made them close on Wednesday and Thursday. Hopefully things will get back on track and it should be ready for Tuesday.

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Petitioner LPR upgraded to USC June 22, 2012
August 22, 2012: case complete
October 18, 2012: Interview (APPROVED)
October 26, 2012: Picked up visa from DHL (delay caused by Sandy)
December 15, 2012: POE Atlanta....................became USC July 2016!!!!

Mothers' Journey (My sister is the petitioner)

September 10, 2013: Sent I-130 (UPS next day service)

September 12, 2013: Received text to confirm delivery

September 16, 2013: Received NOA 1

March 22, 2014: Received NOA 2

April 8, 2014: File Received by NVC

May 26, 2015: Interview (approved)..........now LPR (delays caused by 2 RFE)

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Jamaicagyaldat   1

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Nothing has happened. We did not get to go due to hurricane. They closed the embassy and our appointment was canceled. I facebooked the embassy and they replied back with they will be emailing and calling with a new appointment time. As of yet, 10.31.12, we have not heard from them with a new time. We were stressed as we had to send my husband back home from Florida where he got stuck en route. Another plane ticket. BUT you know what it is what it is. As long as my daughter is safe in Jamaica from the hurricane and everyone is acounted for we can deal with the rest. So now I am just waiting...

9/06/05 I-129F sent to Nebraska

01/27/06 Received VISA!!

01/28/06 Flew home to MSP!! (POE)

(To see details go to Our Story)

4/24/06 Mailed AOS package to Chicago

5/4/06 EAD Check Cashed

5/9/06 AOS Check Cashed!!!

6/30/06 Work Permit should have been here but mailman sent it back on accident.

9/07/06 InfoPass appointment to expedite new Work Permit and Fingerprints.

09/09/06 Fingerprints

10/01/06 EAD arrives

12/6/06 AOS Interview!! Done for 2 years.

10/22/08 Received I-751

10/24/08 Cashed check

10/29/08 Received NOA1

06/01/09 Permanent Green Card received and conditions Removed

WE ARE DONE!

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Nothing has happened. We did not get to go due to hurricane. They closed the embassy and our appointment was canceled. I facebooked the embassy and they replied back with they will be emailing and calling with a new appointment time. As of yet, 10.31.12, we have not heard from them with a new time. We were stressed as we had to send my husband back home from Florida where he got stuck en route. Another plane ticket. BUT you know what it is what it is. As long as my daughter is safe in Jamaica from the hurricane and everyone is acounted for we can deal with the rest. So now I am just waiting...

Jamaicagyaldat - so sorry about all of that but you have a great attitude, the most important thing is that everyone was safe and ok. Hopefully yall will get a new interview date really soon and maybe you will be able to go next time. Hope you hear from them soon. Good Luck.

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Nothing has happened. We did not get to go due to hurricane. They closed the embassy and our appointment was canceled. I facebooked the embassy and they replied back with they will be emailing and calling with a new appointment time. As of yet, 10.31.12, we have not heard from them with a new time. We were stressed as we had to send my husband back home from Florida where he got stuck en route. Another plane ticket. BUT you know what it is what it is. As long as my daughter is safe in Jamaica from the hurricane and everyone is acounted for we can deal with the rest. So now I am just waiting...

So sorry to hear this! But you are right, as long as everyone is safe, it's just a matter of time.

Thanks so much for all the good thoughts and congrats for us! We are only three days away from bringing her home! Wishing this to be the same for you all too, very soon! Thanks for all the support and advice along the way everyone!

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Hi everyoone...

I've been lurking here for a while.

On Monday my husband has his interview in Ghana.

We'er still waiting for an interview date for the children.They will be interviewing in Lagos.

Will the children get a date before my husband's interview is completed?

Meaning I was told by NVC that interviews will be scheduled at the beginning of November.

Will they wait for the outcome of his interview therefore spoiling chances for a December date?

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Nothing has happened. We did not get to go due to hurricane. They closed the embassy and our appointment was canceled. I facebooked the embassy and they replied back with they will be emailing and calling with a new appointment time. As of yet, 10.31.12, we have not heard from them with a new time. We were stressed as we had to send my husband back home from Florida where he got stuck en route. Another plane ticket. BUT you know what it is what it is. As long as my daughter is safe in Jamaica from the hurricane and everyone is acounted for we can deal with the rest. So now I am just waiting...

Really sorry to hear that. Oh, the expense and time wasted! Hope you get word soon.

Petitioner LPR upgraded to USC June 22, 2012
August 22, 2012: case complete
October 18, 2012: Interview (APPROVED)
October 26, 2012: Picked up visa from DHL (delay caused by Sandy)
December 15, 2012: POE Atlanta....................became USC July 2016!!!!

Mothers' Journey (My sister is the petitioner)

September 10, 2013: Sent I-130 (UPS next day service)

September 12, 2013: Received text to confirm delivery

September 16, 2013: Received NOA 1

March 22, 2014: Received NOA 2

April 8, 2014: File Received by NVC

May 26, 2015: Interview (approved)..........now LPR (delays caused by 2 RFE)

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I am waiting for three weeks now while my dna kit sits at the embassy. No idea how long it will take for them to call my step kids in jamaica to come do test, then don't know how long to get another apt or what will happen next, my interview was oct 1st. alot of jamaicans in the portal. any knowledge please? waiting sucks

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He is 13 years old.

october first they asked my 14 year old daughter hellllllaaaaa questions about me and my husbend, where he worked, the name, the town and part of us we liveed in, when she saw us last, how much we call, how old i am hellla, then my 10 year old son they asked nothing???? so whatever

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october first they asked my 14 year old daughter hellllllaaaaa questions about me and my husbend, where he worked, the name, the town and part of us we liveed in, when she saw us last, how much we call, how old i am hellla, then my 10 year old son they asked nothing???? so whatever

So sorry they put them through all that! Too bad you couldn't be there with them. I was worried about the DNA too but they just asked, is she your biologicall child and then a few questions about the late birth registration. Hope this gets resolved for you very soon. We fly out tomorrow!! Wish us luck on two flights with a three year old! I'm especially worried about the Miami to Sfo one since its 6 hrs. Hopefully the ipad power will last that long or she will sleep.

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Masha was approved at her interview today!! Flight is schedule for her to come 18th!! Just in time for start of holidays!! So there is an end to this madness! :thumbs:

I-751 Vermont
Mailed 4/03/2012
Check Cashed 4/10/2012
Noa1 4/12/2012 receipt date 4/6/2012
Biometrics 4/19/2012 letter recieved
Biometrics 5/01/2012 done
Tic Toc, Tic Toc, Tic Toc, Tic toc..................................................

5/10/2013 Info pass for another year stamp

Tic Toc, Tic Toc.....................................

Second biometrics letter received 7/6/2013

Tic toc tic toc..........................................................................................

4/10/14 info pass for another year

Tic Toc, Tic toc

3/30/2015 info pass for another year stamp

9/10/2015 Notice for I-751 interview 9/22/2015 Our gov is so efficient just gotta love em in charge of health care!!

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Masha was approved at her interview today!! Flight is schedule for her to come 18th!! Just in time for start of holidays!! So there is an end to this madness! :thumbs:

Yeah! Congrats. That's awesome. So happy for you.

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Hi everyone! Just checked the website and we are approved as of 9/26!!! So it took them exactly one week to approve the case after they received the DNA results from the lab. For those of you who have been asking about DNA, we took the test before we even submitted the I-130 for two reasons. First, I didn't want any surprises at the consulate if you know what I mean. But the main reason we did it is because my husband was never married to the mother of his child and his name was not on the birth certificate. I knew that it would be a long shot for them to approve anything without DNA. I think there's still a chance we could have issues at the consulate, but at that point we'll just repeat the test if needed.

Okay, I need to read up on next steps...

I WANT TO DO THIS!!!

It is my understanding that this is how it goes....

Hubby (here in America) will take a DNA test. The facility will send a kit to the embassy in Nigeria where the kids will go and get their test taken. Then the embassy will send it back to the USA. The facility in the USA will run the tests to see if it is a match and then send the results back to the embassy and a copy to hubby here in the States. Please tell me if this is wrong.

Based on the above assumption, if we haven't even gotten to NVC yet, isn't the embassy in Nigeria going to be like....ummm, who are these people!??!?! since we haven't even gotten to NVC stage yet?

If I'm completely wrong, can you please tell me how you guys did the tests. thanks.

HUSBAND'S CASE

9/17/2011 - sent I-13

09/19/2011 - noa1 received

3/16/2012 - case sent to my local USCIS office for additional processing

4/21/2012 - AP. If we haven't heard from them in SIX MONTHS (omg) we can feel free to call them!!! Thanks!

9/20/2012 - Interview scheduled - October 3!!!!

10/3/2012 - Interview went well but she must look at his A-file more before decision.

10/12/2012 - I-130 APPROVED! APPROVED! APPROVED!

KIDS' CASES

04/20/2012: NOA107/20/2012: instead of an approval, we got thrown into AP. sigh

11/01/2012: Boys' I-130 interview set for November 28, 2012.

11/28/2012: I-130s APPROVED! APPROVED! APPROVED!

NVC

12/14/2012: NVC Received

12/31/2012: Case number/IIN

12/31/2012: DS-3032 sent

01/08/2013: DS-3032 accepted

01/02/2013: AOS bill0

1/03/2013: AOS bill shows PAID

01/04/2013: AOS package sent

01/09/2013: IV bill

01/10/2013: IV bill shows PAID

01/11/2013: IV package sent

01/23/2013: Case complete

02/01/2013: Interview scheduled

US Embassy Lagos

02/22/2013: Embassy received

03/01/2013: Medical

03/20/2013: Interview - was told the boys would have been approved on the spot if they had pics! Errrr :-(

04/15/2013: DNA test

05/15/2013: Emailed embassy BEGGING them to let boys drop off passports for visa insertion. IT WORKED!!!

05/31/2013: Visa in hand

06/02/2013: POE JFK!!!!!!

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Kazulie   132

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I'm so glad to finally see our first aproval!!! and for the rest getting so close!

Quick update on my side of the world:

Hubby and I had his I-130 interview on October 3. Was APPROVED about a week later.

We have switched lawyers and now we will try to get a date with the immigration judge.

I just got a letter in the mail on Friday that now I have to go have an I-130 interview for the BOYS. Not sure what that's all about, but at least we're moving along, people, at least we're moving along!

Hope all of you are well!

HUSBAND'S CASE

9/17/2011 - sent I-13

09/19/2011 - noa1 received

3/16/2012 - case sent to my local USCIS office for additional processing

4/21/2012 - AP. If we haven't heard from them in SIX MONTHS (omg) we can feel free to call them!!! Thanks!

9/20/2012 - Interview scheduled - October 3!!!!

10/3/2012 - Interview went well but she must look at his A-file more before decision.

10/12/2012 - I-130 APPROVED! APPROVED! APPROVED!

KIDS' CASES

04/20/2012: NOA107/20/2012: instead of an approval, we got thrown into AP. sigh

11/01/2012: Boys' I-130 interview set for November 28, 2012.

11/28/2012: I-130s APPROVED! APPROVED! APPROVED!

NVC

12/14/2012: NVC Received

12/31/2012: Case number/IIN

12/31/2012: DS-3032 sent

01/08/2013: DS-3032 accepted

01/02/2013: AOS bill0

1/03/2013: AOS bill shows PAID

01/04/2013: AOS package sent

01/09/2013: IV bill

01/10/2013: IV bill shows PAID

01/11/2013: IV package sent

01/23/2013: Case complete

02/01/2013: Interview scheduled

US Embassy Lagos

02/22/2013: Embassy received

03/01/2013: Medical

03/20/2013: Interview - was told the boys would have been approved on the spot if they had pics! Errrr :-(

04/15/2013: DNA test

05/15/2013: Emailed embassy BEGGING them to let boys drop off passports for visa insertion. IT WORKED!!!

05/31/2013: Visa in hand

06/02/2013: POE JFK!!!!!!

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Jamaicagyaldat   1

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I just hate those awful people. My husbands name is on her birth certificate. We have pictures with her since she was 5. AND they still want a DNA testing.. Are you kidding me!

9/06/05 I-129F sent to Nebraska

01/27/06 Received VISA!!

01/28/06 Flew home to MSP!! (POE)

(To see details go to Our Story)

4/24/06 Mailed AOS package to Chicago

5/4/06 EAD Check Cashed

5/9/06 AOS Check Cashed!!!

6/30/06 Work Permit should have been here but mailman sent it back on accident.

9/07/06 InfoPass appointment to expedite new Work Permit and Fingerprints.

09/09/06 Fingerprints

10/01/06 EAD arrives

12/6/06 AOS Interview!! Done for 2 years.

10/22/08 Received I-751

10/24/08 Cashed check

10/29/08 Received NOA1

06/01/09 Permanent Green Card received and conditions Removed

WE ARE DONE!

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