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Milka   0

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Congratulations and good luck for your further journey!

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Met on October 18, 1996 in a bar called "Calypso" in Richmond, Virginia, during my Au-Pair year

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Quick Facts:
02/23/2006 - sent I 129 to VSC (first step done!) 07/13/2006 - received Visa!
09/22/2006 - civil marriage in New York City
10/05/2006 - sent AOS papers to VSC
12/11/2006 - Welcome Letter and GREEN CARD in Mail!!!!!! Lets' party!!!!!
09/24/2008 - sent Removal of conditions package to VSC
07/02/2009 - received 10 year Green Card! YEAH!!!!! Finally!
2014 - Citizenship

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David-and-Mae Experienced

David-and-Mae   15

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Congratulations! You are now an official member of Compulsive Checker Club having your NOA1 :thumbs: Now, be patient and enjoy reading others experiences... It helps a lot. Good luck on your journey!

Mae

N-400 NATURALIZATION

04/04/2011 - Mailed N-400 to AZ Lockbox

04/06/2011 - Received

04/07/2011 - NOA

04/07/2011 - Check cashed

04/14/2011 - Biometrics appointment in the mail

04/21/2011 - Early Biometrics (was scheduled on May 4, 2011)

05/09/2011 - Case Status Notification - In line for interview and testing

05/10/2011 - Case Status Notification - Interview scheduled

05/14/2011 - Interview Appointment Letter in the mail

06/21/2011 - Interview Appointment Date

06/29/2011 - Case Status Notification - Placed in the oath scheduling que

08/16/2011 - Case Status Notification - Oath ceremony scheduled

09/15/2011 - Oath Taking - good riddance!

09/23/2011 - Applied for Passport

10/08/2011 - Passport in the mail

10/17/2011 - Certificate of Naturalization in the mail -- OFFICIALLY DONE!

"Love is a noble act of self-giving, offering trust, faith, and loyalty.

The more you love, the more you lose a part of yourself, yet you don't become less of who you are;

you end up being complete with your loved ones."

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ready4ONE   5,400

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Congratulations on your first step in the journey! :thumbs:

Don't injure yourself trying to understand the arcane process by which the love of your life will be allowed to come here. Sit back, enjoy the moment, and have some popcorn! :lol:

:pop:

Good luck on your journey!

B and J K-1 story

  • April 2004 met online
  • July 16, 2006 Met in person on her birthday in United Arab Emirates
  • August 4, 2006 sent certified mail I-129F packet Neb SC
  • August 9, 2006 NOA1
  • August 21, 2006 received NOA1 in mail
  • October 4, 5, 7, 13 & 17 2006 Touches! 50 day address change... Yes Judith is beautiful, quit staring at her passport photo and approve us!!! Shaming works! LOL
  • October 13, 2006 NOA2! November 2, 2006 NOA2? Huh? NVC already processed and sent us on to Abu Dhabi Consulate!
  • February 12, 2007 Abu Dhabi Interview SUCCESS!!! February 14 Visa in hand!
  • March 6, 2007 she is here!
  • MARCH 14, 2007 WE ARE MARRIED!!!
  • May 5, 2007 Sent AOS/EAD packet
  • May 11, 2007 NOA1 AOS/EAD
  • June 7, 2007 Biometrics appointment
  • June 8, 2007 first post biometrics touch, June 11, next touch...
  • August 1, 2007 AOS Interview! APPROVED!! EAD APPROVED TOO...
  • August 6, 2007 EAD card and Welcome Letter received!
  • August 13, 2007 GREEN CARD received!!! 375 days since mailing the I-129F!

    Remove Conditions:

  • May 1, 2009 first day to file
  • May 9, 2009 mailed I-751 to USCIS CS
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Well, I mean, it is something isn't it???!

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-Tim

Indeed! Congrats to you (F)

Hi

I noticed in your timeline that you sent your divorce decree. Stupid question, but what did it look like? My fiance is divorced (15 years ago) and he has this 40 page legal document that he considers his divorce decree. He lives in California. Just wondering if there is a one pager that he can apply for. He has no idea and I've never been married so I wouldn't know.

THanks

angel:innocent:

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David-and-Mae   15

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Hi

I noticed in your timeline that you sent your divorce decree. Stupid question, but what did it look like? My fiance is divorced (15 years ago) and he has this 40 page legal document that he considers his divorce decree. He lives in California. Just wondering if there is a one pager that he can apply for. He has no idea and I've never been married so I wouldn't know.

THanks

angel:innocent:

My fiancee's divorce decrees are both 3 pages each. Maybe the 40-page legal document is the divorce decree along with the division of their properties?

N-400 NATURALIZATION

04/04/2011 - Mailed N-400 to AZ Lockbox

04/06/2011 - Received

04/07/2011 - NOA

04/07/2011 - Check cashed

04/14/2011 - Biometrics appointment in the mail

04/21/2011 - Early Biometrics (was scheduled on May 4, 2011)

05/09/2011 - Case Status Notification - In line for interview and testing

05/10/2011 - Case Status Notification - Interview scheduled

05/14/2011 - Interview Appointment Letter in the mail

06/21/2011 - Interview Appointment Date

06/29/2011 - Case Status Notification - Placed in the oath scheduling que

08/16/2011 - Case Status Notification - Oath ceremony scheduled

09/15/2011 - Oath Taking - good riddance!

09/23/2011 - Applied for Passport

10/08/2011 - Passport in the mail

10/17/2011 - Certificate of Naturalization in the mail -- OFFICIALLY DONE!

"Love is a noble act of self-giving, offering trust, faith, and loyalty.

The more you love, the more you lose a part of yourself, yet you don't become less of who you are;

you end up being complete with your loved ones."

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Hi

I noticed in your timeline that you sent your divorce decree. Stupid question, but what did it look like? My fiance is divorced (15 years ago) and he has this 40 page legal document that he considers his divorce decree. He lives in California. Just wondering if there is a one pager that he can apply for. He has no idea and I've never been married so I wouldn't know.

THanks

angel:innocent:

My fiancee's divorce decrees are both 3 pages each. Maybe the 40-page legal document is the divorce decree along with the division of their properties?

Yes, I think all of that is included. Where do we draw the line and should I send the whole darn thing?

Angel

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2) Since you are now at the CSC, you must look at the people who filed at the VSC with contempt....their NOA2 is approved in about 30 days.

You know the logical thing to do would be to distribute the cases more uniformly so that the service centers had closer processing times. I mean, if one service center is overloaded, you'd think they'd try sending more to the one finishing applications in 30 days. I wonder why this hasn't been done.

-Tim

My sentiments exactly. I mean why on earth would Texas and Nebraska be sending their petitions to California?? They should be sent to Vermont!!

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chipsahoy   3

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Aww!! Ive checked your timeline dude and it made me worry about our petition..

We passed our I-129F too this month.. Last Jan. 17 to Nebraska CS too but up to now, we havent heard anything from them.. Its confusing..

You were never a mistake. You were my realization.

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Jennymc11   2

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Congrats! We just sent ours so we are hoping for a NOA1 in the next few days. I have a question... do they send you an email with a case number or is it only regular mail? Then do I go to the USCIS website to track the progress from then on? Thanks:)

Our Timeline:

01/29/2007 NOA1!

02/26/2007 Became officially engaged in Rome:)

05/03/2007 NOA2!!!

07/20/2007 Visa Interview in London! Approved!!

10/04/2007 Small private wedding!

04/19/2008 Big fancy shmancy wedding!

AOS Timeline:

10/18/2007 Sent entire AOS, EAD, AP package to Chicago

10/19/2007 Package received in Chicago- signed for by V Bustamante

10/25/2007 NOA1 for AOS, EAD, and AP.

10/26/2007 Check cashed.

11/28/2007 Biometrics appointment in Denver.

12/17/2007 EAD card production ordered!

12/27/2007 EAD card arrives.

12/31/2007 AP approved.

01/07/2008 AP received.

02/01/2008 AOS interview in Denver. APPROVED!

02/11/2008 Green Card received in mail!

Done until July 09' !

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do they send you an email with a case number or is it only regular mail? Then do I go to the USCIS website to track the progress from then on? Thanks:)

They send the NOA1 via regular mail. Then you go to USCIS site, register there with your case number, and start to obsessively check the status several times each day (or more). :yes: Even though, soon after your case status changes, you will get from 3-11 emails informing you. (Be sure to sign up for email alerts.)

You know the logical thing to do would be to distribute the cases more uniformly so that the service centers had closer processing times. I mean, if one service center is overloaded, you'd think they'd try sending more to the one finishing applications in 30 days. I wonder why this hasn't been done.

You wonder why this hasn't been done? Duh - because LOGIC doesn't exist in this system!

***Nagaraju & Eileen***
K1 (Fiance Visa)
Oct 18, 2006: NOA1
Feb 8, 2007: NOA2
April 13, 2007: INTERVIEW in Chennai -Approved
May 25, 2007: USA Arrival! EAD at JFK
June 15, 2007: Married
AOS (Adjustment of Status)
June 21, 2007: AOS/EAD Submitted
Sept 18, 2007: AOS Interview - APPROVED!!
ROC (Removing of Conditions)
June 23, 2009: Sent in I-751 packet
Sept 11, 2009: APPROVED!!
Sept 18, 2009: Received 10-year Green Card!

Naturalization
July 15, 2010: Sent N-400 packet
July 23, 2010: NOA Notice date
Oct 15, 2010: Citizenship Interview - Passed!
Nov 15, 2010: Oath Ceremony in Fresno, CA
Nov 24, 2010: Did SSN and Applied for Passport
Dec 6, 2010: Passport Arrives
Dec 7, 2010: Sent for Indian Passport Surrender Certificate
Dec 27, 2010: Surrender Certificate Arrives
Jan 3, 2011: Sent for Overseas Citizenship of India Card
March 1, 2011: Received OCI card!

Divorce

Feb 2015:​ Found out he was cheating (prostitutes / escorts)

​May 2015: Divorce Final

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Florence and Tim   0

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Aww!! Ive checked your timeline dude and it made me worry about our petition..

We passed our I-129F too this month.. Last Jan. 17 to Nebraska CS too but up to now, we havent heard anything from them.. Its confusing..

I wouldn't worry. It could just be your local post office is slower, or they were slower mailing it, or something like that. Most likely it is on its way if nothing is wrong with it. I have stuff mailed to my "home address" which isn't where I actually live just because I know the postal system is faster there than my residence (student away at school). I suspect if I had put my address as being at school, I would not receive the NOA1 for at least 5 more days.

-Tim

  • September 17, 2005 - Florence and Tim met in Hong Kong for first time
    May 27, 2006 - Tim left Hong Kong to study in Beijing
    July 8, 2006 - Tim returned to Hong Kong to annoy Florence
    August 8, 2006 - Tim had to go back to school in U.S.
    December 18, 2006 - Tim returned to Hong Kong to spend holidays with Florence
    January 6, 2007 - Florence accepted Tim's begging plea to marry him and had engagement dinner
    January 13, 2007 - Tim had to go back to school again :(
    January 15, 2007 - Started putting together all the documents for the I-129F filing
    January 18, 2007 - Sent to Nebraska Service Center via overnight USPS - expensive :( - but fast :)
    January 24, 2007 - NOA1 Issued
    January 27, 2007 - NOA1 Received by Mail
    May 1, 2007 - Touched
    May 1, 2007 - NOA2
    May 2, 2007 - Touched
    May 13, 2007 - Tim went to HK to visit Florence
    May 22, 2007 - Package sent from NVC to HK Consulate
    June 6, 2007 - Florence received packet 3
    June 8, 2007 - Florence finished filling out packet 3
    June 9. 2007 - Florence went for medical exam and to request police certificate
    June 16, 2007 - Florence got interview scheduling letter from HK Consulate
    July 12, 2007 - Interview at Hong Kong Consulate for Florence, successful
    July 22, 2007 - Florence came to U.S.
    September 15, 2007 - We had our wedding!
    Now working on the AOS papers.

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Florence and Tim   0

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Actually, one other thing, I was wondering how USCIS got time machines before the rest of the world? I didn't send my application till January 18, it didn't get there till January 19, but they received it (according to NOA1) on January 17. I also mailed mine to Nebraska and it got sent to California, where the NOA1 came from. I guess California is just a strange place (some sort of time altering black hole?). I dunno - never been there :)

-Tim

(I think about it more, and most likely, someone didn't know what day it was at work that day so they just kept guessing - some applications received on the 16, 17, 18, 19th depending on what they currently thought - I've done this sort of thing before when filling out dates when it doesn't really matter).

  • September 17, 2005 - Florence and Tim met in Hong Kong for first time
    May 27, 2006 - Tim left Hong Kong to study in Beijing
    July 8, 2006 - Tim returned to Hong Kong to annoy Florence
    August 8, 2006 - Tim had to go back to school in U.S.
    December 18, 2006 - Tim returned to Hong Kong to spend holidays with Florence
    January 6, 2007 - Florence accepted Tim's begging plea to marry him and had engagement dinner
    January 13, 2007 - Tim had to go back to school again :(
    January 15, 2007 - Started putting together all the documents for the I-129F filing
    January 18, 2007 - Sent to Nebraska Service Center via overnight USPS - expensive :( - but fast :)
    January 24, 2007 - NOA1 Issued
    January 27, 2007 - NOA1 Received by Mail
    May 1, 2007 - Touched
    May 1, 2007 - NOA2
    May 2, 2007 - Touched
    May 13, 2007 - Tim went to HK to visit Florence
    May 22, 2007 - Package sent from NVC to HK Consulate
    June 6, 2007 - Florence received packet 3
    June 8, 2007 - Florence finished filling out packet 3
    June 9. 2007 - Florence went for medical exam and to request police certificate
    June 16, 2007 - Florence got interview scheduling letter from HK Consulate
    July 12, 2007 - Interview at Hong Kong Consulate for Florence, successful
    July 22, 2007 - Florence came to U.S.
    September 15, 2007 - We had our wedding!
    Now working on the AOS papers.

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Daniel and Lu   0

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How do we check our process at the USCIS site?

We got our NOA 1 today and I am trying to type the registration # there and it´s not working...

............................Our Timeline.......................................

July 2006- Met on christiancafe.com

October 2006- Daniel came to Brazil!

February 2007- Daniel came to Brazil again and we got engaged!!!

March 20, 2007- Started K1 process: I-129F sent to CSC

March 30, 2007 - Papers received at CSC

April 4, 2007: Check cashed

April 5, 2007 NOA-1!!!

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Daniel and Lu   0

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never mind!! I just figured out...

How do we check our process at the USCIS site?

We got our NOA 1 today and I am trying to type the registration # there and it´s not working...

............................Our Timeline.......................................

July 2006- Met on christiancafe.com

October 2006- Daniel came to Brazil!

February 2007- Daniel came to Brazil again and we got engaged!!!

March 20, 2007- Started K1 process: I-129F sent to CSC

March 30, 2007 - Papers received at CSC

April 4, 2007: Check cashed

April 5, 2007 NOA-1!!!

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