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I started this only because the July Filers group has a lot of CSC members and all their posts are making my hopfeully but slightly discourgaing, mainly because I want to be in their shoes, as many of us do, but I figured this would be a better way to keep track of TSC July filers trying to get a decent est. of how things are going at Texas. Best of luck to all!! please feel free to share!!!

Erica & Ross

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Engaged ~ 5.29.2014

Interview ~ 4.24.2015 ~ Approved!!!!

POE Date ~ 5.31.2015

I Do ~ 6.19.2015 :wub:

Sent AOS / EAD /AP ~ 8.22.2015

NOA 1 ~ 8.28.2015

Bio Metrics ~ 9.24.2015

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: New Zealand
Timeline
Posted

Great ! ... I couldn't believe there wasn't a dedicated TSC one but there didn't seem to be an ongoing one anyway. I'm realistic about the differences in the time frame so this makes it easier to get a true comparison. All the best to you guys and let's hope the wait isn't too long. :thumbs:

Mar 2011 - After 5mths denied for lost docs - Attempts to follow up failed. Mar 18 2012 - I-129F sent - No sign of NOA1 but they have banked the check...Jul 24 - Update - USCIS has located our file
Infopass Apt - they sorted through everything - our 2011 and 2012 file keep getting mixed up - getting us a Case# (still waiting) Dec- Infopass Appt- expecting to get a case # in about a week ..Still no Case number

Mar 2013 Infopass - advised file was in a box somewhere,and it would be quicker for us to refile. Life gets in the way... New petition submitted July 2014 .
I-129F Sent : Jul 28 2014
TSC received: Aug 04 2014
I-129F NOA1 : Aug 06 2014
I-129F NOA2 : Feb 25 2015 (NOA2 copy rcd: Mar 02)

Sent to NVC: Mar 09 / Left NVC Apr 1 / Arr Embassy Apr 7 / Pkt 3 Rcd Apr 15 / Medical Apr 17 / Pkt 3 sent May 1 / Interview May 12

Left NZ May 15

Married Aug 10

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Ghana
Timeline
Posted

Obsessively counting down to the approval time. .good luck to y'all

(L)(L)(L)(L)(L)(L)(L)

CR- 1

Interview :  11/15/2016

Result: AP  (form 221 (g))

Correspondence with Embassy: Tons of emails, Facebook posts, tweets, Congressman inquiry

Complaint letter with OIG : 12/29/2016

Case dispatched to diplomatic pouch : 01/11/2017

Case dispatched from diplomatic mail service to NVC : 01/23/2017

Case arrived at NVC: 01/26/2017

NVC sent case to USCIS : 02/09/2017 (system update)

Case receive by USCIS (text & email notification): 03/07/2017

 

Reaffirm Petition Timeline for folks in GHANA.. Please update your information..Thank you!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1k0NXnbJdyEIRR1_Dr4t3yXmsM0tBbq-tZsj0-o3cMV0/edit?usp=sharing

Posted

Have y'all received ARN yet? We haven't. Makes me feel like were just sitting in a random mile high pile on the bottom at someone's desk. Ugh!!!

Erica & Ross

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Engaged ~ 5.29.2014

Interview ~ 4.24.2015 ~ Approved!!!!

POE Date ~ 5.31.2015

I Do ~ 6.19.2015 :wub:

Sent AOS / EAD /AP ~ 8.22.2015

NOA 1 ~ 8.28.2015

Bio Metrics ~ 9.24.2015

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: New Zealand
Timeline
Posted

No we haven't but that's pretty common. I wouldn't worry about it yet... I think you get notified with the NOA2 anyway. Having said that I told myself I wouldn't check my Case Status for at least 3 or 4 months but it's already become an almost daily habit even though I know we're way off. :reading:

Mar 2011 - After 5mths denied for lost docs - Attempts to follow up failed. Mar 18 2012 - I-129F sent - No sign of NOA1 but they have banked the check...Jul 24 - Update - USCIS has located our file
Infopass Apt - they sorted through everything - our 2011 and 2012 file keep getting mixed up - getting us a Case# (still waiting) Dec- Infopass Appt- expecting to get a case # in about a week ..Still no Case number

Mar 2013 Infopass - advised file was in a box somewhere,and it would be quicker for us to refile. Life gets in the way... New petition submitted July 2014 .
I-129F Sent : Jul 28 2014
TSC received: Aug 04 2014
I-129F NOA1 : Aug 06 2014
I-129F NOA2 : Feb 25 2015 (NOA2 copy rcd: Mar 02)

Sent to NVC: Mar 09 / Left NVC Apr 1 / Arr Embassy Apr 7 / Pkt 3 Rcd Apr 15 / Medical Apr 17 / Pkt 3 sent May 1 / Interview May 12

Left NZ May 15

Married Aug 10

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Brazil
Timeline
Posted

I don't know if it's me because I check immigration timeline too much or TSC just slowed down?

K1

June 27, 2014: I-129F packet sent

July 03, 2014: NOA1

January 09, 2015: NOA2 (190 days)

January 14: Sent to NVC

January 16: NOA2 hard copy

April, 6: Medical

April, 7: Interview/Approved

April 29: Visa received (FINALLY)

May 25: POE - Fort Lauderdale, FL

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AOS

August 05, 2015: AOS sent

August 12: NOA1 (e-mail)

September 04: Biometrics

October 20: EAD/AP Approved (no text&email)

October 22: EAD/AP mailed

October 26: EAD/AP delivered

November 27: GC Approved/produced
December 02: GC mailed

December 05: GC Delivered

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Morocco
Timeline
Posted

I don't know if it's me because I check immigration timeline too much or TSC just slowed down?

TSC is terrible. After the transfers, for like 2 weeks they were blasting through March. It looked like they were going to be halfway into April by the middle of September - at first. They are pathetic. It's the middle of September now and they're still poking around with March. Even worse a lot of March filers haven't even received the NOA2 yet. To add insult to injury, the fliers being approved in the April/May category are from CSC and even CSC is dumping cold water on their approval rates. It's pathetic that we pay our government for a service and it takes them months to complete simple tasks that take other countries at most 3 months to complete - by law. I bet it don't take them months to take my taxes though. . .

Service Center : Texas Service Center
Consulate : Morocco
I-129F Sent : 2014-06-07
I-129F NOA1 : 2014-06-11
I-129F NOA2 : 2014-11-21

NVC Received : 2014-12-09

Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned: 2014-12-10

NVC Left: 2014-12-11

Consulate Received: 2014-12-17

Packet 3 Received: 2014-12-29

Interview Date: 2015-01-12

Refusal due to failed drug test, required one year of drug tests

Final Drug Test: 2016-01-21; PASSED

A few days later the embassy called:

PETITION EXPIRED - RETURNED TO USCIS

Service Center : Nebraska Service Center
Consulate : Morocco

Married : May 7, 2016

I-130 Sent : 2016-05-20

I-130 NOA1 : 2016-05-23

Transferred : 2016-10-12

I-130 NOA2 : 2016-11-08

NVC Received : 2016-12-01

Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2016-12-03

Pay AOS Bill : 2016-12-03

Send AOS Package : 2016-12-08

Submit Ds-261 : 2016-12-03

Receive IV Bill : 2016-12-03

Pay IV Bill : 2016-12-30

Send IV Package: 2016-12-08

Checklist: 2017-03-31

Case Completed at NVC2017-05-01

Interview Date: 2017-06-06

Interview Result : Administrative Processing 

 

Visa In Hand: September 28, 2017

POE: October 19, 2017 - JFK

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
Timeline
Posted (edited)

It's pathetic to say that we have just passed two months and it's almost like I am less hopeful each day. This is agonizing. My fiance was here for a month in May - June 2014 and we got engaged then. We filed July 2, and it feels like it's been ages. I stopped looking at the K1 July Filers thread because it makes me feel like a horrible person. I was hopeful a few weeks back when TSC was approving 12-20 petitions a day.. now it seems both service centers have just given up. At some point CSC will be back to one month approvals and TSC will be at 7 or 8 months. Yay!

It's so hard to be happy for others when you are going through something so tough. I don't know - maybe that makes me an awful person. I just couldn't stand seeing another 'I'm approved! Yay!' -.- After a while it just made me bitter and I spent more time complaining to my fiance than anything else. I truly am happy that people are being approved, deep down it's awesome. Everyone has to wait some length of time. I guess it's just frustrating to see people being transferred then almost immediately approved (granted, many of them have hit their 5 months). Then to see the Philippines still being expedited (NOA1: July 1, NOA2: July 28.. what?) I get it, I do.. I just had to rant there for a second.

I just want this over with already. It's been impossible for my fiance and I to plan his actual move because 1. who knows if TSC will get their stuff together and process at five months.. 2. who knows if we will be transferred eventually.. 3. he has to give a 3 month notice period at work.

I fear having him give his notice at NOA2... What if something goes horribly wrong and he is denied at the interview? What if things are delayed at the NVC? Ugh. Too many variables and USCIS doesn't do much to help. Conflicting processing times, no official notice of transfers, hardly any acknowledgement of anything. Our file was last touched July 16 when Luke's ARN was assigned. Since then, nothing. Depressing :(

I have a visit to England planned early November to see him for a week, hopefully that will help. It's way too short of a time to spend with him, but it's what we can work with.

Edited by MeganLuke

Our K-1 at Texas Service Center

I-129F Sent: 07-02-14 (USPS Overnight Express)
I-129F Rcvd: 07-03-14
NOA1: 07-08-14

NOA1 Hardcopy: 07-14-14

ARN Changed: 07-16-14

NOA2: 01-23-15 (199 days)

Sent to NVC: 01-27-15

NOA2 Hardcopy: 01-30-15 (No consulate listed, inquiry opened)

NVC Received: 02-06-15 (Case # assigned)

NVC Sent: 02-19-15

London Embassy Received: 02-23-15

Readiness Submitted: 03-02-2015

Packet 3 Received: 03-03-2015

Packet 4 Received: 03-12-2015

Medical: 03-04-15 (Passed)

Interview: 04-10-2015 (Approved!)

Visa Issued: 04-15-2015

Visa In Hand: 04-21-2015

POE: 05-03-2015

Wedding: July 10, 2015

3,419 miles (L) Distance means nothing when your heart says "I love you"

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: New Zealand
Timeline
Posted

About the Case Status... it is not totally reliable. I have known of many people who have remained in "Initial Review" way after they are married and long gone. It isn't always updated. Being on a thread like this is a good way to assess similar cases with similar time frames, and maybe take a look at the June one to get some idea of how things are moving. Even Igor's list is not always updated. People often don't complete their timeline once they are approved. They get caught up in the excitement of it all and moving on to the next steps and forget about it.

Look forward to the things you have planned... the rest will happen in time and every day is another day closer to your goal.

Mar 2011 - After 5mths denied for lost docs - Attempts to follow up failed. Mar 18 2012 - I-129F sent - No sign of NOA1 but they have banked the check...Jul 24 - Update - USCIS has located our file
Infopass Apt - they sorted through everything - our 2011 and 2012 file keep getting mixed up - getting us a Case# (still waiting) Dec- Infopass Appt- expecting to get a case # in about a week ..Still no Case number

Mar 2013 Infopass - advised file was in a box somewhere,and it would be quicker for us to refile. Life gets in the way... New petition submitted July 2014 .
I-129F Sent : Jul 28 2014
TSC received: Aug 04 2014
I-129F NOA1 : Aug 06 2014
I-129F NOA2 : Feb 25 2015 (NOA2 copy rcd: Mar 02)

Sent to NVC: Mar 09 / Left NVC Apr 1 / Arr Embassy Apr 7 / Pkt 3 Rcd Apr 15 / Medical Apr 17 / Pkt 3 sent May 1 / Interview May 12

Left NZ May 15

Married Aug 10

Posted

Yes it is stressful, and you'd think things would be running smoother now, but they really aren't. My friends just got approved and they sent their petition in March, so it seems somethings at TSC are kind of on track but who knows....

Looking forward to getting to spend two months with my Fiance, just before Christmas is when we will part and were hopeful to get our NOA2 when we are together, wishful thinking!!!!

Only thing we can do is take it day by day... :/ sadly...

Erica & Ross

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Engaged ~ 5.29.2014

Interview ~ 4.24.2015 ~ Approved!!!!

POE Date ~ 5.31.2015

I Do ~ 6.19.2015 :wub:

Sent AOS / EAD /AP ~ 8.22.2015

NOA 1 ~ 8.28.2015

Bio Metrics ~ 9.24.2015

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Ghana
Timeline
Posted

We shall overcome TSC.. :)

(L)(L)(L)(L)(L)(L)(L)

CR- 1

Interview :  11/15/2016

Result: AP  (form 221 (g))

Correspondence with Embassy: Tons of emails, Facebook posts, tweets, Congressman inquiry

Complaint letter with OIG : 12/29/2016

Case dispatched to diplomatic pouch : 01/11/2017

Case dispatched from diplomatic mail service to NVC : 01/23/2017

Case arrived at NVC: 01/26/2017

NVC sent case to USCIS : 02/09/2017 (system update)

Case receive by USCIS (text & email notification): 03/07/2017

 

Reaffirm Petition Timeline for folks in GHANA.. Please update your information..Thank you!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1k0NXnbJdyEIRR1_Dr4t3yXmsM0tBbq-tZsj0-o3cMV0/edit?usp=sharing

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
Timeline
Posted (edited)

The original K-1 July filers thread is more and more like a CSC thread lately.. It's downright depressing. Now it's celebration that they are processing late July petitions. Whhatt? That's 2 months - TSC needs to transfer more cases to even out the time frames apparently! Don't get me wrong - I want everyone to get their approval and not wait.. but this discrepancy hasn't changed much.

Edited by Megan & Luke

Our K-1 at Texas Service Center

I-129F Sent: 07-02-14 (USPS Overnight Express)
I-129F Rcvd: 07-03-14
NOA1: 07-08-14

NOA1 Hardcopy: 07-14-14

ARN Changed: 07-16-14

NOA2: 01-23-15 (199 days)

Sent to NVC: 01-27-15

NOA2 Hardcopy: 01-30-15 (No consulate listed, inquiry opened)

NVC Received: 02-06-15 (Case # assigned)

NVC Sent: 02-19-15

London Embassy Received: 02-23-15

Readiness Submitted: 03-02-2015

Packet 3 Received: 03-03-2015

Packet 4 Received: 03-12-2015

Medical: 03-04-15 (Passed)

Interview: 04-10-2015 (Approved!)

Visa Issued: 04-15-2015

Visa In Hand: 04-21-2015

POE: 05-03-2015

Wedding: July 10, 2015

3,419 miles (L) Distance means nothing when your heart says "I love you"

YVjFm5.png

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Ghana
Timeline
Posted

I started this only because the July Filers group has a lot of CSC members and all their posts are making my hopfeully but slightly discourgaing, mainly because I want to be in their shoes, as many of us do, but I figured this would be a better way to keep track of TSC July filers trying to get a decent est. of how things are going at Texas. Best of luck to all!! please feel free to share!!!

I am glad you started this because you are so right. So many CSC post. I am happy for them but only wish TSC would speed up. It is so frustrating CSC is so much faster and cases being possessed quickly. I can only pray all goes quickly for us at TSC.

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Sent I-129F - July 17, 2014

USCIS Received - July 18, 2014

NOA-1 - July 22, 2014

ARN Changed - July 30, 2014

Touched - November 14, 2014

NOA-2 -

Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Canada
Timeline
Posted

Another July filer here stuck in all the mountains of petitions at the TSC. It's pathetic how long this process takes for us unlucky enough to be assigned to this place. I found out I was pregnant right after we filed our petition, baby due in March. As each day goes by the fear that my fiance won't be here before the baby is born turns more and more into reality. I hope something turns around soon and they start zipping through and approving them at warp speed, but sadly I'm not holding my breath.

Service Center : Texas Service Center

Transferred? No

Consulate : Vancouver, Canada

I-129F Sent : 7-16-2014

I-129F NOA1 : 7-23-2014

I-129F RFE(s) :

RFE Reply(s) :

I-129F NOA2 : 2-12-2014

NVC Received : Not sure, but mailed to them 2-20-15

Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : 3-3-15

NVC Left : Not sure but when I checked website on 3-10-15 it says "In Transit"

Consulate Received : 3-17-15

Packet 3 Received : 3-23-15

Packet 3 Sent : 3-26-15

Packet 4 Received : 3-27-15

Interview Date : 6-23-15

Interview Result : Visa Approved

Second Interview (If Required): N/A

Second Interview Result: N/A

Visa Received : 7-3-15

US Entry : 7-8-15

Marriage : 8-11-15

Mail AOS Packet: 8-28-15

AOS Packet received at Chicago lockbox: 8-31-15

Acceptance Text and Email received: 9-3-15

Check cashed: 9-4-15

NOA1 for all packets received: 9-8-15

Biometrics letter received 9-12-15 with appointment scheduled for 9-25-15

Early walk in Biometrics done: 9-22-15

Status changed to EAD/AP card ordered: 10-22-15

EAD/AP card mailed: 10-26-15

EAD/AP card received: 10-29-15

I-485 Approved: 12-19-15

Green Card Received: 12-21-15

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