I-130 January 2017 Filers

[TeamShagonna 4]

Just popping in to say hi. CONGRATS to the recent visa approvals. Seeing your posts made me a little teary eyed...so happy for you all! My hubby's interview is on Thursday...anxious is not even the word! I can't wait for it to be over. We are keeping our fingers crossed that we will spend Christmas together.

 

Speaking of which, someone mentioned having already bought their tickets before the interview. We considered it, but thought it was too risky. We are hoping that they will be considerate of the holidays and not take the textbook ten days to return his passport, so he can leave Lagos on 12/20...decisions, decisions! I would hate to have to cancel and rebook the flight. Thoughts?

[Lazybones18 261]

45 minutes ago, TeamShagonna said:

Just popping in to say hi. CONGRATS to the recent visa approvals. Seeing your posts made me a little teary eyed...so happy for you all! My hubby's interview is on Thursday...anxious is not even the word! I can't wait for it to be over. We are keeping our fingers crossed that we will spend Christmas together.

 

Speaking of which, someone mentioned having already bought their tickets before the interview. We considered it, but thought it was too risky. We are hoping that they will be considerate of the holidays and not take the textbook ten days to return his passport, so he can leave Lagos on 12/20...decisions, decisions! I would hate to have to cancel and rebook the flight. Thoughts?

Good choice.

 Hope for the best but prepare for the worst

 

Hope u get approval on spot 

 

Best of luck 

[Pat&Vince 97]

42 minutes ago, TeamShagonna said:

Just popping in to say hi. CONGRATS to the recent visa approvals. Seeing your posts made me a little teary eyed...so happy for you all! My hubby's interview is on Thursday...anxious is not even the word! I can't wait for it to be over. We are keeping our fingers crossed that we will spend Christmas together.

 

Speaking of which, someone mentioned having already bought their tickets before the interview. We considered it, but thought it was too risky. We are hoping that they will be considerate of the holidays and not take the textbook ten days to return his passport, so he can leave Lagos on 12/20...decisions, decisions! I would hate to have to cancel and rebook the flight. Thoughts?

 

 

Hi there,

 

Best of luck for the interview!

 

We bought our airline tickets (my husband will be here for xmas/New Years and we will fly together to the US) when the date of the interview was announced. It didn't seem too risky as we will be flying 30 days after the interview, that took place last Tuesday on DEC 5th.

As I'm typing this, I haven't received the Visa enveloppe and my passport back yet, and it has been 6 days.

 

I'd say that booking a flight 8 days after the interview seems a bit tight perhaps?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Nattie_Bry 102]

1 hour ago, Pat&Vince said:

 

 

Hi there,

 

Best of luck for the interview!

 

We bought our airline tickets (my husband will be here for xmas/New Years and we will fly together to the US) when the date of the interview was announced. It didn't seem too risky as we will be flying 30 days after the interview, that took place last Tuesday on DEC 5th.

As I'm typing this, I haven't received the Visa enveloppe and my passport back yet, and it has been 6 days.

 

I'd say that booking a flight 8 days after the interview seems a bit tight perhaps?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hey!!! Congrats on running past the finish line and waiting to claim your trophy!!!!!

How did your interview go? I am having mine in 10 days. Very anxious indeed..... I check and check the papers and document many many times still cant stop worrying.

[Pat&Vince 97]

5 hours ago, Nattie_Bry said:

Hey!!! Congrats on running past the finish line and waiting to claim your trophy!!!!!

How did your interview go? I am having mine in 10 days. Very anxious indeed..... I check and check the papers and document many many times still cant stop worrying.

 

 

It went really well, fast and easy! A lot less stressful that I had anticipated, everyone was super nice.

 

I had prepared an extensive portfolio with all the bona fide material but I didn't even need to show anything (other than the originals of the civil documents).

 

Today I checked the CEAC website and it said "ready" (for the interview) in the morning. I just checked again and it said "Administrative Processing", my HEART DROPPED! But then after reading the information, it says that if the visa had been approved, it would be printed and sent within 2 days. So that just means they are actually working on it, whew !

 

 

Don't you worry, it will be a very pleasant experience ! 

 

 

 

 

 

[AnIJrny 44]

Hello from DR, all.

Just stopping in to say good luck to all those with interview this week!!

Congrats to the recent NOA2's and CC's

and positive vibes to those still waiting for approvals!!

 

[Pat&Vince 97]

And now CEAC says 

 

"ISSUED"

 

 

Woohooo!!!! :-)   Sorry to brag about it but I had to share it   ;-)

[Joanne & Carlos 0]

My husband and I got our NOA1 January 5, 2017 from Texas Service Center, but we weren't approved until October 26, 2017  It's been 46 days since our NOA2 said they sent our approved petition to the NVC. We've been calling, but they said they still haven't received it and USCIS said they have up to 90 days. This whole process has been insanely long. Happy for everyone that had a speedy process, but I just don't understand how long I we're going to have to wait. I'm from California and my husband is from Spain. 

[manseca 18]

24 minutes ago, Joanne & Carlos said:

My husband and I got our NOA1 January 5, 2017 from Texas Service Center, but we weren't approved until October 26, 2017  It's been 46 days since our NOA2 said they sent our approved petition to the NVC. We've been calling, but they said they still haven't received it and USCIS said they have up to 90 days. This whole process has been insanely long. Happy for everyone that had a speedy process, but I just don't understand how long I we're going to have to wait. I'm from California and my husband is from Spain. 

I feel your pain. But it's been this long, might as well sit back with some wine and enjoy the holiday season either way. We still haven't received our NOA2 and our PD is the 25th January - so I've taken to just basically not caring anymore. It's the only way to get through it all. 

[Adam & Dina 29]

On 05/12/2017 at 5:38 PM, LaurenAndBrent said:

Woohoo! Wonderful news! That's how fast it SHOULD be! My interview was on the same day but I'm still waiting for my status to turn to issued.... I can see they're clearly doing something to my file because the case last updated date changes but no status change as of yet! I'm due to fly on the 15th so let's hope they get a move on 😂

Where do you see the last updated date?

[Adam & Dina 29]

We got CC on 5th Dec - 5 weeks and 2 days after scan date, can't explain how happy we are!! 

 

Just waiting for interview date now.. Anyone know how long London embassy are taking to schedule interviews?

[Nattie_Bry 102]

11 hours ago, Pat&Vince said:

And now CEAC says 

 

"ISSUED"

 

 

Woohooo!!!! :-)   Sorry to brag about it but I had to share it   ;-)

Oh wow congrats!!!! That's exciting especially it's been almost a year since we all got together here and one by one we were approved!!!!! 

Looking forward to it to happen to myself and everyone as well 

[Joanne & Carlos 0]

19 hours ago, manseca said:

I feel your pain. But it's been this long, might as well sit back with some wine and enjoy the holiday season either way. We still haven't received our NOA2 and our PD is the 25th January - so I've taken to just basically not caring anymore. It's the only way to get through it all. 

Ugh I'm sorry, that really sucks. Are you two living together or apart? 

[Yeonin 127]

it's a wrap! waited  45 minutes  for a 5 minutes interview. 💃💃💃💃

[Pat&Vince 97]

12 minutes ago, Yeonin said:

it's a wrap! waited  45 minutes  for a 5 minutes interview. 💃💃💃💃

 

 

Told ya!

 

Welcome to the golden circle of the approved ones  ;-)