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November 2014 Filers (I-130 Petition) IR1 / CR1 Spouse Visa Process

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Sweden
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My husband is the USC, and no, we never went to my embassy back then.

Married 2001, conditional resident 2003, permanent resident 2005.Left U.S 2012, abandoned green card 2013.Applied I-130 Nov 2014, approved Dec 2014. DS260 13th Apr 2015. Docs sent 27 Apr. Scan date May 1. Case complete June 4!Interview July 14th, rescheduled to Oct 20th.  Applied for N400 on November 6th, 2018. I'm the immigrant :)

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Hi. I sent my I-130 on november 24,214. I still haven't received anything yet. I'm praying that they don't find any errors or anything missing because I prepared the forms all by myself with no attorney. The only thing I did is use the advice provided by this website. Thank you all for ur help.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Honduras
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Hi. I sent my I-130 on november 24,214. I still haven't received anything yet. I'm praying that they don't find any errors or anything missing because I prepared the forms all by myself with no attorney. The only thing I did is use the advice provided by this website. Thank you all for ur help.

Best wishes on your journey! Hopefully you get your NOA1 this week!

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Colombia
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Hi. I sent my I-130 on november 24,214. I still haven't received anything yet. I'm praying that they don't find any errors or anything missing because I prepared the forms all by myself with no attorney. The only thing I did is use the advice provided by this website. Thank you all for ur help.

They were out for the long weekend holiday.. 11-27-14 to 12--1-14 They are back today.. You should get something from them by the end of the week..Be patient a few

more days. mine took a week with no holidays..

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They were out for the long weekend holiday.. 11-27-14 to 12--1-14 They are back today.. You should get something from them by the end of the week..Be patient a few

more days. mine took a week with no holidays..

After I posted the post about sending the i-130 last Tuesday, I opened my email today and saw a letter from USCIS telling me that my papers were APPROVE!! !! I was soooo happy. I wanted to post something here but I was kind of busy with school. They said I have to wait 7-10 days for the letter to arrive at my house .. :-D

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Best wishes on your journey! Hopefully you get your NOA1 this week!

Thank u sooo much for ur wishes.. hope ur process time speeds up (and everyone else's including mine :-D ) I was so happy to open my email and find an email from them .. I was so excited when I read the message.. one step down.. many to go..

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Honduras
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Thank u sooo much for ur wishes.. hope ur process time speeds up (and everyone else's including mine :-D ) I was so happy to open my email and find an email from them .. I was so excited when I read the message.. one step down.. many to go..

What service center were you sent to?

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Egypt
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After I posted the post about sending the i-130 last Tuesday, I opened my email today and saw a letter from USCIS telling me that my papers were APPROVE!! !! I was soooo happy. I wanted to post something here but I was kind of busy with school. They said I have to wait 7-10 days for the letter to arrive at my house .. :-D

Did your petition get approved, or did it get accepted? There is a big difference between the two.

USCIS

10/11/2014 – Mailed I-130 packet to the Chicago Lockbox
10/14/2014 – I-130 packet signed for
10/15/2014 – Priority date assigned
10/19/2014 – Acceptance confirmation email received
10/20/2014 – Check cashed
10/24/2014 – Received I-797C (NOA1)
10/27/2014 – Faxed the USCIS expedite packet to the Senator's office
10/29/2014 – Expedite request sent to USCIS from the Senator's office on my behalf
11/05/2014 – USCIS approved I-130 petition
11/07/2014 – USCIS sent case to the NVC for processing
11/08/2014 – Received I-797, Approval!!! (NOA2)

NVC

11/11/2014 - Emailed the NVC Expedite Packet to the Senator's office
11/12/2014 - Expedite request sent to NVC from the Senator's office on my behalf
11/12/2014 - NVC received case from USCIS
11/28/2014 - Received confirmation email from NVC, expedite request was received and is being processed
12/09/2014 - NVC Case number assigned
12/10/2014 - NVC Welcome letter email
12/10/2014 - Submitted form DS-261
12/11/2014 - AOS fee invoiced
12/12/2014 - AOS fee submitted
12/15/2014 - AOS fee shows paid
12/16/2014 - Sent AOS and IV packets
12/17/2014 - AOS and IV packets received by NVC
12/17/2014 - Embassy denied expedite without a reason, informed over the phone by Hazel from NVC

12/19/2014 - Received email from NVC confirming AOS and IV packets received, scan date 12/17
12/19/2014 - IV fee invoiced

12/19/2014 - IV fee submitted
12/23/2014 - IV fee shows paid

12/26/2014 - Submitted DS-260
02/17/2015 - Case complete!!! :)
05/04/2015 - Interview date received by phone, scheduled for 06/10/2015

05/08/2015 - Received P4 email

US Embassy Cairo

05/12/2015 - Embassy received case from NVC

06/10/2015 - Interview approved!!! :)

07/20/2015 - Visa received

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What service center were you sent to?

Texas service center

Did your petition get approved, or did it get accepted? There is a big difference between the two.

It was accepted. Why what's the difference? This is what was written on the first sentence "Your case has been accepted and routed to the USCIS Texas Service Center for processing."

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Egypt
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Texas service center

It was accepted. Why what's the difference? This is what was written on the first sentence "Your case has been accepted and routed to the USCIS Texas Service Center for processing."

Accepted means they received your petition and will forwarded to one of the service centers for review/processing.

Approved means they have reviewed you petition, found it to be complete, and have finished all associated processing. Upon the petition being approved, it is then handed off to the NVC to pay the AOS and IV fees and submit the corresponding documents.

USCIS

10/11/2014 – Mailed I-130 packet to the Chicago Lockbox
10/14/2014 – I-130 packet signed for
10/15/2014 – Priority date assigned
10/19/2014 – Acceptance confirmation email received
10/20/2014 – Check cashed
10/24/2014 – Received I-797C (NOA1)
10/27/2014 – Faxed the USCIS expedite packet to the Senator's office
10/29/2014 – Expedite request sent to USCIS from the Senator's office on my behalf
11/05/2014 – USCIS approved I-130 petition
11/07/2014 – USCIS sent case to the NVC for processing
11/08/2014 – Received I-797, Approval!!! (NOA2)

NVC

11/11/2014 - Emailed the NVC Expedite Packet to the Senator's office
11/12/2014 - Expedite request sent to NVC from the Senator's office on my behalf
11/12/2014 - NVC received case from USCIS
11/28/2014 - Received confirmation email from NVC, expedite request was received and is being processed
12/09/2014 - NVC Case number assigned
12/10/2014 - NVC Welcome letter email
12/10/2014 - Submitted form DS-261
12/11/2014 - AOS fee invoiced
12/12/2014 - AOS fee submitted
12/15/2014 - AOS fee shows paid
12/16/2014 - Sent AOS and IV packets
12/17/2014 - AOS and IV packets received by NVC
12/17/2014 - Embassy denied expedite without a reason, informed over the phone by Hazel from NVC

12/19/2014 - Received email from NVC confirming AOS and IV packets received, scan date 12/17
12/19/2014 - IV fee invoiced

12/19/2014 - IV fee submitted
12/23/2014 - IV fee shows paid

12/26/2014 - Submitted DS-260
02/17/2015 - Case complete!!! :)
05/04/2015 - Interview date received by phone, scheduled for 06/10/2015

05/08/2015 - Received P4 email

US Embassy Cairo

05/12/2015 - Embassy received case from NVC

06/10/2015 - Interview approved!!! :)

07/20/2015 - Visa received

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Accepted means they received your petition and will forwarded to one of the service centers for review/processing.

Approved means they have reviewed you petition, found it to be complete, and have finished all associated processing. Upon the petition being approved, it is then handed off to the NVC to pay the AOS and IV fees and submit the corresponding documents.

So which one would be better accepted or approved? Or faster I should say. Which one is faster to speed the process?

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