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helwardman   1

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: England
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Hello........

I'm new here, I live in England and my fiancee lives in America and we are planning on getting married next year in America so we will be applying for a K1 visa.

Just a quick question.........can anyone from England who has been through the K1 process please tell me what sort of timescale we can expect to endure. I realise each case is different but it'd just be interesting to hear how long it has taken other couples.

Thank you :D

PS: I've already picked up lots of interesting info on here :)

RosaMystica7 Proficient

RosaMystica7   0

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That depends on where in America your fiance lives. Can you tell us what state? Then we can know which service center the application will have to go to, one is faster than the other.

8/10/08:

---seperated---

K-1 highlights (more details in profile):

11/24/06: NOA1 (Day 3)

12/19/06: NOA2 (Day 28)

2/28/07: Interview: approved! (Day 99)

4/15/07: Married, in a noreaster (Day 146)

AOS highlights (more details in profile, too):

6/20/07: AOS, EAD, and AP mailed

6/26/07: NOA1 (Day 6)

7/14/07: Biometrics (Day 24)

7/23/07: Recieved AOS RFE (dated 7/17) for W-2s, mailed them out the next day (Day 33)

7/27/07: RFE response received, processing resumed (Day 37)

8/14/07: AOS transferred to CSC (Day 45)

8/21/07: CSC received/is processing AOS (Day 52)

8/29/07: Welcome notice mailed! (Day 60)

8/31/07: Card production ordered! (Day 62)

9/11/07: Greencard in hand! (Day 73)

Note to self: lifting of conditions: May 25th, 2009

1daysoon Explorer

1daysoon   0

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: United Kingdom
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as the previous poster said it depends on where the USC lives but an average would be 6-9 months if all runs smooth.....

It is best NOT to book any flights or make plans on a date of marriage as it is hard and costly if things go wrong or you come across a problem and you get held up......

All the best and welcome to VJ

Ange

Here we go again !

Lifting conditions

Oct 14th 08 ..... Mailed the I-751. Back in the system we go

Oct 18th 08 ..... NOA receipt date

Oct 20th 08 ..... Check has been cashed, waiting on the NOA1 and Biometrics appointment now.

Oct 24th 08 ..... NOA arrives in post.

Nov 13th 08 ..... Receive date for Bio-metrics in Atlanta.

Nov 28th 08 ..... Bio-metrics appointment.

Feb 18th 09 ..... Date of decision to remove conditions on permanent residency.

Feb 23rd 09 ..... Received notification on approval ( via snail mail ). Green card on order.

Feb 26th 09 ..... Card production ordered. Pleas wait 30 days ( as per case status on USCIS home page ).

Mar 7th 09 ....... My 10 yr green card arrives.

Apr 22nd 09 ..... Sons 10 yr green card finally arrives( after a nudge at VSC from the USCIS helpline)

Going to take a little break from the immigration stuff.

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Kath Proficient

Kath   0

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Australia
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hi there

welcome to VJ hope when u finally get rolling on your journey that it is a quick an painless one..

take a look at these times lines from the UK...also put in the service centre you will be going through and that will give you an idea on how others have gone and are going...

UK TIMELINES

good luck

kath

REMOVING CONDITIONS

11th Aug 2008 - Mailed I-751 to CSC.

12th Aug 2008 - Application received

14th Aug 2008 - Cheque cashed

18th Aug 2008 - Received NOA-dated the 12th

26th Aug 2008 - Received Biometrics letter

4th Sept 2008 - Biometrics-Detroit-Complete-'Touched'

5th Sept 2008 - 'Touched'

1st Dec 2008 - APPROVED-Card production ordered -112 days

8th Dec 2008 - USCIS mailed approval notice.

8th Dec 2008 - Received my 10 year Greencard in the mail. took 2 days.

Although I have the above date for approval my card actualy states the

2nd December..

RosaMystica7 Proficient

RosaMystica7   0

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She lives in Louisiana... so she'll be sending the petition to TSC (Texas Service Center) so it can be forwarded to CSC (California Service Center)... which, unfortunately, is the slower one of the two centers processing this visa. :( Sorry. :( At the top click on "immigration timelines" and on the left click on "timeline search." Play with that and you'll be able to see the timelines of other UK couples whose petitions were processed at CSC. Good luck on your journey!

8/10/08:

---seperated---

K-1 highlights (more details in profile):

11/24/06: NOA1 (Day 3)

12/19/06: NOA2 (Day 28)

2/28/07: Interview: approved! (Day 99)

4/15/07: Married, in a noreaster (Day 146)

AOS highlights (more details in profile, too):

6/20/07: AOS, EAD, and AP mailed

6/26/07: NOA1 (Day 6)

7/14/07: Biometrics (Day 24)

7/23/07: Recieved AOS RFE (dated 7/17) for W-2s, mailed them out the next day (Day 33)

7/27/07: RFE response received, processing resumed (Day 37)

8/14/07: AOS transferred to CSC (Day 45)

8/21/07: CSC received/is processing AOS (Day 52)

8/29/07: Welcome notice mailed! (Day 60)

8/31/07: Card production ordered! (Day 62)

9/11/07: Greencard in hand! (Day 73)

Note to self: lifting of conditions: May 25th, 2009

Peggy Experienced

Peggy   1

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Canada
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Welcome to VJ :D

PEGGY & ROGER

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K-1/K-2 VISA'S APPROVED IN MONTREAL MAY 2, 2005

K-1/K-2 AOS APPROVED IN ATLANTA MAY 17, 2006

10 year GC Approved - APRIL 16th ,2009 - Peggy and Jonathan's......

Still waiting for our cards...Had to file I-90 as they sent them to the wrong address.

March 9th, 2010, Received GC that has been lost in the mail for 10 months. Still waiting for my son's that is lost as well.

Filed Waiver for my son's 10 year GC and it was approved. He finally received his GC after its been missing for 2 years.

Thanking God this is over for 10 years.

RosaMystica7 Proficient

RosaMystica7   0

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Welcome to VJ :D

Oh, I didn't realize you were new, I missed that part. :blush: What pink_roses said - welcome to VJ! :D

8/10/08:

---seperated---

K-1 highlights (more details in profile):

11/24/06: NOA1 (Day 3)

12/19/06: NOA2 (Day 28)

2/28/07: Interview: approved! (Day 99)

4/15/07: Married, in a noreaster (Day 146)

AOS highlights (more details in profile, too):

6/20/07: AOS, EAD, and AP mailed

6/26/07: NOA1 (Day 6)

7/14/07: Biometrics (Day 24)

7/23/07: Recieved AOS RFE (dated 7/17) for W-2s, mailed them out the next day (Day 33)

7/27/07: RFE response received, processing resumed (Day 37)

8/14/07: AOS transferred to CSC (Day 45)

8/21/07: CSC received/is processing AOS (Day 52)

8/29/07: Welcome notice mailed! (Day 60)

8/31/07: Card production ordered! (Day 62)

9/11/07: Greencard in hand! (Day 73)

Note to self: lifting of conditions: May 25th, 2009

rosyanne Collaborator

rosyanne   0

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: China
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Depend on which service center you guys will go through.

If you lucky... you can finish the entire process in two months...

Steve (WA,US) & Anne (SH,CN)

P1..............2004/10/04

P2..............2005/01/10

P3..............2005/04/07

P4..............2005/08/02

Interview.....2005/09/19

Married.......2005/10/29

Filed I-485...2005/12/17

RFE submit...2006/02/27

Interview......2006/08/31

Fingerprint....2006/09/07

wel letter......2006/09/19

I-551...........2006/10/02

Share my experiences with you, China-->U.S.

Check out my website : Click here

I am not an attorny, but someone did what you are doing or going to do.

m_olask Explorer

m_olask   0

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
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hey :)

lm also going through texas (california). its a little hard to say exactly how long things are going to take as the averages were all skewed by the IMBRA nightmare.

as a very rough guide and if all goes well, its probably about 6 months from very start to end. 3 months to get approved and 3 months for medical and then interview :)

but thats utter rough guides, could be faster, could be slower! each case is different and the speeds can pick up or slow down depending on all kinds of things.

welcome btw and good luck, this site is the best site on the net by far :)

--

15 aug -- K-1 application posted to TSC

17 aug -- TSC receives application

no NOA1, USCIS says no record....

31 oct resubmitted

09 NOV money order cashed

08 NOV NOA1 date, yey! arrived in post 14th nov

 
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