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Hello everyone, Its good to have found this site..most of my queries were answered by most member who had their experiences w/ their journey,thanks to all of you who are patiently answering to those who are in need of answers..Anyway,it's been a more than a month of waiting for a sched to be shown, but still I got no luck..Hope they will release August sched instead , if all July sched are taken.. God bless!

Keep your head up and continue to refresh--I know the waiting experience for me was exhausting. I'm sure an appointment date will show up for you in the next couple of days, and you will be ready to go! Good luck.

02/20/2014 Sent I129F Petition (Texas)

02/28/2014 NOA1

04/08/2014 Alien Registration Number Changed

05/01/2014 NOA2 text and e-mail

05/06/2014 NOA2 Hard Copy Received

05/06/2014 text that USCIS had shipped case to NVC

05/06/2014 Emailed NVC for MNL case number

05/10/2014 NVC Received file

05/13/2014 Called NVC, Received MNL Case Number

05/15/2014 Visa Fee paid at BPI, Roxas City

05/15/2014 Created Profile on US Embassy Manila website (Note: when you set this up, you need to select "immigrant visa" for K1, and you also need your fiancé/e's passport number, passport issuance date, and passport expiration date to set up the profile)

05/15/2014 In Transit to Embassy

05/19/2014 File is at Embassy ('Ready')

06/03/2014 St. Luke's Medical

06/19/2014 Interview 7:30 am--APPROVED!!

07/01/2014 US Passport renewal Scheduled for Number One Son at USEM--Approved!

07/01/2014 Visa in Hand for K1

07/03/2014 CRBA and Passport Scheduled for Number Two Son at USEM--both Approved--no DNA test wow!

07/21/2014 New US Passport received in Capiz for Number One Son

08/12/2014 New US Passport and Birth Abroad Received in Capiz for Number Two Son

10/25/2014 POE Seattle, WA, then on to Albuquerque, NM where I picked up my two kids and mommy

10/28/2014 Applied for SS Number in Single Name

11/05/2014 Received SS Card

11/07/2014 Married!

11/25/2014 Applied for SS Number in Married Name

12/20/2014 Received SS Number in Married Name

12/25/2014 AOS/EAD Application Sent to Chicago Lockbox

12/31/2014 NOA 1 for AOS/EAD

01/28/2015 Biometrics for AOS/EAD

02/01/2015 RFE for Certified Marriage License for I485 AOS

02/11/2015 Received Certified copy of Marriage License in response to RFE (wait, wait)

03/16/2015 EAD Card received in the mail

04/24/2015 Baby Grace born in the USA!

06/11/2015 Interview Waiver letter received for I485 AOS (says wait 6 months for action)

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Keep your head up and continue to refresh--I know the waiting experience for me was exhausting. I'm sure an appointment date will show up for you in the next couple of days, and you will be ready to go! Good luck.

Thanks so much..

MY TIMELINE K1/K2 VISA

04/07/2014 : NOA 2

04/22/2014 : NVC w/ MNL case number

07/30/2014 : Medicals SLEC w/ (2)K2

08/04/2014 : My Psych Evaluation Schedule (due to my Annulment)

08/07/2014 : Psych Interview Passed (received a call from SLEC)

08/08/2014 : My Immunization

08/15/2014 : Pending approved due to CRBA and NBI

09/05/2014 : Applied for CRBA

11/12/2014 : CRBA approved

12/04/2014 : Visa Issued

12/16/2014 : POE-SFO

12/26/2014 : Married

ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS W/ MY K2

03/09/2015 : Packet Sent thru USPS

03/12/2015 : Packet delivered CHICAGO lockbox

04/07/2015: : Done w/ biometrics (early walk-in)

04/13/2015: : Status changed to "Case Ready to be Scheduled for Interview"

05/21/2015 : EAD/AP Approved

05/22/2015 : EAD updated to "Card being ordered to be produced"

05/28/2015 : EAD card mailed to me

05/30/2015 : EAD/AP combo card and notice 1-797 received

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chardmartin, on 04 Jun 2014 - 10:56 PM, said:chardmartin, on 04 Jun 2014 - 10:56 PM, said:

Getting an interview with at the Embassy in Manila has become a joke. I feel like I am fighting for scraps and getting very tired of this game. I have tried the C4C and still nothing. They really need to give up some info on what the problem is and when they are going to fix it. I paid extra money to use Rapid Visa because they were supposed to know these things and they have been great and I would use them again for all my visa needs but even they have no clue what is going on. My Fiancé and I are on the site day in and day out trying to get a date...I have called the Embassy and they are no help. This is the dumbest process I have ever seen.....ok ....I am done with my rant now. Can ANYONE give me any idea of what's going on or when it will be fixed....SOMETHING!!!!

Well it's been said many times but it is really the influx of those who have asked for their cases be expedited because of Yolanda. Some of us here just made it past when Yolanda happened. Our cases took 120 to 140 days to get to USEM for our interview. Those cases that are expedited now are getting approved and sent to USEM in less than 30 days. Then the wait begins for the embassy interview date. Overall, they are getting adjudicated faster then ours did. Seems fair?

Believe me when I say the system is not broken as it was never designed to handle this many applicants. But, having said that when your interview comes up and if you attend with your fiancé then you will experience the hundreds of people who pass through the embassy daily. Some of us petitioners joined our fiancé and experienced first hand what the embassy is facing. It makes one have appreciation and a little more patience.

The best thing that you can do at this time is make sure you have all your paperwork completed and no missing documents. That your CENOMAR, NBI, BC are all current and correct with no spelling errors for names.

BTW, you have learned the hard lesson.... No one can speed their process through USEM to attain a visa earlier than others. It just doesn't happen and I for one am glad that the "line is the line" and there is no butting in. Also, calling the embassy will not get you anymore answers for appointments then what you can get on the web pages as they are looking at the same schedule as you, so it's a waste of your time.

The best tool you have is C4C or Page Monitor for Chrome. Good luck you will be there soon. 1960.gif

http://code.google.com/p/pagemon-chrome-ext/

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Adjustment of Status

AOS March 5, 2014 Submitted AOS with EAD/AP package to Chicago USICS

Delivered March 8, 2014 AOS packaged delivered to USCIS drop box

Accepted March 19, 2014 Text message with receipt numbers

Biometrics April 16, 2014 Biometrics completed

EAD May 23, 2014 Employment Authorization Document approved and went to card production

TD May 23, 2014 Travel Document approved and went for card production

Receipt EAD/AP May 30, 2014 Received combo card EAD/AP

Green Card Approved July 11, 2014 Approved, no interview. Went to card production.

Green Card received July 17, 2014 GC received without interview

Removal of Conditions

Mailed I-751 Dec 16, 2015 Submitted ROC (removal of conditions)

Received Dec 18, 2015 USPS notification of successful delivery

Check Cashed Dec 21, 2015 Check was cashed

NOA-1 Issued Dec 21, 2015 NOA-1 for ROC issued

NOA-1 Issued Dec 26, 2015 NOA-1 Received

Biometrics Appt. Jan 29, 2016 Biometrics Appointment Scheduled [Completed]

 

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