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I got 2 letters in the mail for the I-129. Stating they'd sent it to the consulate and I got an email saying my I-130 has been shipped today. Im a little confused why I got two letters about the I-129, but glad the I-130 has been sent.

10-30-13/ Married in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (L)

3-7-14/NOA1

5-24-14/ Travelled to Volgograd, Russia to see my hubby (L)

9-5-14/ NOA2

10-2-14/ NVC Received

10-16-14/ Case# IIN

10-17-14/ DS-261 completed

10-21-14/ AOS Invoiced and Paid

10-23-14/ mailed AOS & IV packages together

10-24-14/ NVC Recieved - Scan date

10-28-14/ 60 Day email

10-30-14/ Happy 1 year Anniversary- celebrate via skype (L)

11-7-14/ IV Fee Paid

11-10-14/ DS260 Completed

12-16-14/ Case Complete/ NVC Confirmed via phone call/ CEAC shows N/A instead of PAID

12-23-14/ CC email confirmation

12-29-14/ Interview scheduled

12-30-14/ CEAC shows IN TRANSIT/ Received P4 Interview letter

1-12-15/ CEAC shows READY

2-03-15/ Medical

2-05-15 / Interview Moscow

2-05-15/ Approved!!!!

2-05-15/ CEAC shows ISSUED

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Tavotevi   9

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I got 2 letters in the mail for the I-129. Stating they'd sent it to the consulate and I got an email saying my I-130 has been shipped today. Im a little confused why I got two letters about the I-129, but glad the I-130 has been sent.

Thats exactly what i got today, now we wait and see if NVC doesnt cancel our 129! Praying!

130 PD: 3/31/14

129F PD: 4/25/14

!30 Approved: 9/5/14

129F Approved: 9/5/14

NVC Received: Anxiously waiting..

NVC Assigned Case #:

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Tavotevi   9

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Thats exactly what i got today, now we wait and see if NVC doesnt cancel our 129! Praying!

My 130 was shipped yesterday, and my 129 today

130 PD: 3/31/14

129F PD: 4/25/14

!30 Approved: 9/5/14

129F Approved: 9/5/14

NVC Received: Anxiously waiting..

NVC Assigned Case #:

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My 130 was shipped yesterday, and my 129 today

Mine too! Exactly the same! Yay! I had a little hiccup with my address so my receipt for the I-130 wasn't delivered, but I called them today and they said to mark October 12th on my calendar as the date it should be fixed by. But my case was already shipped to NVC, so I think waiting for the official receipt shouldn't be too bad. It put my status back to initial review, but ill keep checking to see if that changes. They will probably mail it before the status changes back. Fingers crossed.

10-30-13/ Married in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (L)

3-7-14/NOA1

5-24-14/ Travelled to Volgograd, Russia to see my hubby (L)

9-5-14/ NOA2

10-2-14/ NVC Received

10-16-14/ Case# IIN

10-17-14/ DS-261 completed

10-21-14/ AOS Invoiced and Paid

10-23-14/ mailed AOS & IV packages together

10-24-14/ NVC Recieved - Scan date

10-28-14/ 60 Day email

10-30-14/ Happy 1 year Anniversary- celebrate via skype (L)

11-7-14/ IV Fee Paid

11-10-14/ DS260 Completed

12-16-14/ Case Complete/ NVC Confirmed via phone call/ CEAC shows N/A instead of PAID

12-23-14/ CC email confirmation

12-29-14/ Interview scheduled

12-30-14/ CEAC shows IN TRANSIT/ Received P4 Interview letter

1-12-15/ CEAC shows READY

2-03-15/ Medical

2-05-15 / Interview Moscow

2-05-15/ Approved!!!!

2-05-15/ CEAC shows ISSUED

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Tavotevi   9

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Mine too! Exactly the same! Yay! I had a little hiccup with my address so my receipt for the I-130 wasn't delivered, but I called them today and they said to mark October 12th on my calendar as the date it should be fixed by. But my case was already shipped to NVC, so I think waiting for the official receipt shouldn't be too bad. It put my status back to initial review, but ill keep checking to see if that changes. They will probably mail it before the status changes back. Fingers crossed.

Mine still says post decision, so i guess now we wait a week or 2 to get case received and case #,

Praying this goes fast ?

130 PD: 3/31/14

129F PD: 4/25/14

!30 Approved: 9/5/14

129F Approved: 9/5/14

NVC Received: Anxiously waiting..

NVC Assigned Case #:

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still waiting.... i had called last month around this time asking about an expedite and the woman said to wait that an expedite wouldn't be beneficial right now and that i have approximately 15 days to hear something about our petition. It's been exactly 6 months PD 3/12/2014 today. My due date is 10/22. I knew hubby wouldn't be here for the birth of our baby girl but its all starting to become real. what a disaster =(

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still waiting.... i had called last month around this time asking about an expedite and the woman said to wait that an expedite wouldn't be beneficial right now and that i have approximately 15 days to hear something about our petition. It's been exactly 6 months PD 3/12/2014 today. My due date is 10/22. I knew hubby wouldn't be here for the birth of our baby girl but its all starting to become real. what a disaster =(

Hang in there. Just be prepared because the NVC portion can take a few months as well. My case was sent to the NVC at the beginning of May and is still there. With any luck maybe you can get the NVC portion expedited. Best thing to do is keep on them because both USCIS and NVC has made mistakes with my case.

Good luck to you.

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Hey everyone,

Not to trod on the those still waiting for USCIS, but since we opened this up to NVC business I have a quick question that I'll bet someone can answer for me. I got the email Friday morning with the NVC welcome letter as an attachment, and I set up the account and filed the DS-261 as soon as I got home from work. The system says that my AOS invoice will appear in 3-5 business days, at which point I can pay it and send in the dossier when the payment posts.

This all makes sense and I have the docs ready. In the meantime, I'm making sure there's nothing on the IV list (item 3 on the document cover sheet that was attached to the welcome email) that we don't have or can't get rapidly.

Wonderful: however, the document cover sheet groups everything together--the AOS requirements are listed under "Financial Documents," while what I think are the IV documents under "Supporting Documents." The directions on the form clearly state "when you send in your documents..." without any mention of them being grouped into two packets.

Waiting for the IV invoice to send the AOS stuff seems wrong, but sending just the AOS stuff with half the bar-coded cover letter checklist missing (i.e. "Supporting Documents") seems like asking for trouble.

Am I missing something obvious here (again)?

Thanks!

I-130 mailed: 03/10/14 (from France to Chicago Lockbox)

I-130 received: 03/12/14 (this is also our priority date)

NOA1 email: 03/16/14 (email sent at 11:40 pm on Sunday!?!)

NOA1 letter: 03/30/14

I-797C: 03/21/14

NOA2 email: 08/09/14 (email sent at 5:45 am on Saturday!?!)

NOA2 letter: 08/13/14

Sent to NVC: 08/19/14 (email notification)

NVC receipt: 09/08/14 (confirmed by phone call)

NVC case #: 09/11/14 (received via email with NVC welcome letter as attachment)

DS-261 done: 09/12/14

--AOS invoice: 09/17/14 (notice via email)

--Invoice paid: 09/18/14

--accepted: 10/1/14 (notice via email)
IV invoice: 10/1/14 (same email)
IV fee paid: 10/4/14
--accepted: 10/8/14 (status changed to "paid" on NVC website)
DS-260 done: 10/9/14
AOS/IV docs
sent: 10/13/14
AOS/IV docs
signed for: 10/17/14
confirmation
email received: 10/18/14 (this email said there will be a 60 day wait before my docs are reviewed)
checklist: 12/11/14 (i864, section 5, one error: "you must enter "1" for yourself...")
New i864 mailed: 12/14/14
Received: 12/18/14 (email notification 12/22/14, with another 60-day warning)
Third N/A: 3/2/15
NVC case
complete: 3/2/15 (confirmed on call to NVC 3/4/15; email received 3/9/15)
Interview date: 4/1/15 (assigned 3/11/15)
APPROVED!!! CEAC status changed to "Issued" on 4/2/15.
Visa and POE
papers in-hand: 4/12/15
POE: 4/16/15 in Minneapolis. Kept my wife and our three-Y.O. waiting in a windowless room with no toilet access for over an hour, then let them through without asking any questions.
But whatever: it's over!!!!! 13 months and 3 days from original priority date.
Green card: Accompanying docs stamped 6/16, but the card did not arrive until 7/2 (approx. 11 weeks after POE).
Now it's really over. Thank you so much to all of you at VJ who helped us through this ordeal.
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Hey everyone,

Not to trod on the those still waiting for USCIS, but since we opened this up to NVC business I have a quick question that I'll bet someone can answer for me. I got the email Friday morning with the NVC welcome letter as an attachment, and I set up the account and filed the DS-261 as soon as I got home from work. The system says that my AOS invoice will appear in 3-5 business days, at which point I can pay it and send in the dossier when the payment posts.

This all makes sense and I have the docs ready. In the meantime, I'm making sure there's nothing on the IV list (item 3 on the document cover sheet that was attached to the welcome email) that we don't have or can't get rapidly.

Wonderful: however, the document cover sheet groups everything together--the AOS requirements are listed under "Financial Documents," while what I think are the IV documents under "Supporting Documents." The directions on the form clearly state "when you send in your documents..." without any mention of them being grouped into two packets.

Waiting for the IV invoice to send the AOS stuff seems wrong, but sending just the AOS stuff with half the bar-coded cover letter checklist missing (i.e. "Supporting Documents") seems like asking for trouble.

Am I missing something obvious here (again)?

Thanks!

You can send the AOS package and NVC at the same time, I didn't. The IV just won't get looked at until after it's paid for.

AOS- tax info, pay stubs

IV- certified copies + photo copies of birth and marriage certificates, 2 passport photos, police certificates and bio page from passport

If you send them together, definitely seperate them and lable them.

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You can send the AOS package and NVC at the same time, I didn't. The IV just won't get looked at until after it's paid for.

AOS- tax info, pay stubs

IV- certified copies + photo copies of birth and marriage certificates, 2 passport photos, police certificates and bio page from passport

If you send them together, definitely seperate them and lable them.

Thanks, TeddyB. That's probably what I'll do.

It really throws me to have one single checklist of documents that actually belong to two separate steps in the process with two sets of docs that will be evaluated separately. That's certainly not the most confusing about the i-130 process, but still.:)

I-130 mailed: 03/10/14 (from France to Chicago Lockbox)

I-130 received: 03/12/14 (this is also our priority date)

NOA1 email: 03/16/14 (email sent at 11:40 pm on Sunday!?!)

NOA1 letter: 03/30/14

I-797C: 03/21/14

NOA2 email: 08/09/14 (email sent at 5:45 am on Saturday!?!)

NOA2 letter: 08/13/14

Sent to NVC: 08/19/14 (email notification)

NVC receipt: 09/08/14 (confirmed by phone call)

NVC case #: 09/11/14 (received via email with NVC welcome letter as attachment)

DS-261 done: 09/12/14

--AOS invoice: 09/17/14 (notice via email)

--Invoice paid: 09/18/14

--accepted: 10/1/14 (notice via email)
IV invoice: 10/1/14 (same email)
IV fee paid: 10/4/14
--accepted: 10/8/14 (status changed to "paid" on NVC website)
DS-260 done: 10/9/14
AOS/IV docs
sent: 10/13/14
AOS/IV docs
signed for: 10/17/14
confirmation
email received: 10/18/14 (this email said there will be a 60 day wait before my docs are reviewed)
checklist: 12/11/14 (i864, section 5, one error: "you must enter "1" for yourself...")
New i864 mailed: 12/14/14
Received: 12/18/14 (email notification 12/22/14, with another 60-day warning)
Third N/A: 3/2/15
NVC case
complete: 3/2/15 (confirmed on call to NVC 3/4/15; email received 3/9/15)
Interview date: 4/1/15 (assigned 3/11/15)
APPROVED!!! CEAC status changed to "Issued" on 4/2/15.
Visa and POE
papers in-hand: 4/12/15
POE: 4/16/15 in Minneapolis. Kept my wife and our three-Y.O. waiting in a windowless room with no toilet access for over an hour, then let them through without asking any questions.
But whatever: it's over!!!!! 13 months and 3 days from original priority date.
Green card: Accompanying docs stamped 6/16, but the card did not arrive until 7/2 (approx. 11 weeks after POE).
Now it's really over. Thank you so much to all of you at VJ who helped us through this ordeal.
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Tavotevi   9

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You can send the AOS package and NVC at the same time, I didn't. The IV just won't get looked at until after it's paid for.

AOS- tax info, pay stubs

IV- certified copies + photo copies of birth and marriage certificates, 2 passport photos, police certificates and bio page from passport

If you send them together, definitely seperate them and lable them.

Passport pics and police certificates? All this time i thought that was until the interview! I should request that from my husband immediately...? Thank you so much for the info!

130 PD: 3/31/14

129F PD: 4/25/14

!30 Approved: 9/5/14

129F Approved: 9/5/14

NVC Received: Anxiously waiting..

NVC Assigned Case #:

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Passport pics and police certificates? All this time i thought that was until the interview! I should request that from my husband immediately...? Thank you so much for the info!

This wiki page is very helpful.http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process

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Hello everyone! I thought I would finally join the March 2014 filers thread. The PD for my husband's I-130 was March 18, and we still have not been approved. I'm starting to get anxious...

11/06: Husband EWI from Mexico
11/08: Started dating

11/11: Husband got deported
1/11/14: Got married
3/13/14-11/2/14: I-130
1/26/15-3/17/15: NVC

5/28/15: INTERVIEW - denied

6/8/15: I-601/I-212 waivers received

11/17/15: I-601/I-212 waivers APPROVED

12/11/15: HUBBY HOME!! :dance:

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Hello everyone! I thought I would finally join the March 2014 filers thread. The PD for my husband's I-130 was March 18, and we still have not been approved. I'm starting to get anxious...

Hello, we are at the same boat. you can see my signature.

USCIS-

Vermont Service Center

01/28/14: NOA1 (Priority Date)

03/24/15: Case Transferred from VSC to CSC

03/28/15: Hard copy of transfer received in mail

07/02/15: NOA2 ( I-130 Approved) - finally after long wait.

07/13/15: NOA2 (I-130 Approved letter hard copy)

NVC -

http://www.visajourn...php/NVC_Process

07/21/15: NVC received the case (informed during phone call to NVC on 07/25/2015)

xx/xx/15: Welcome letter received by e-mail

xx/xx/15: Agent chosen by phone

xx/xx/15: AOS FEE sent my mail

xx/xx/15: IV Invoice received by e-mail

08/xx/15: IV FEE payment sent by mail

xx/xx/15: AOS Package sent to NVC

xx/xx/15 : DS-260 Available and completed

xx/xx/15: Case Completed

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