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raysn0w   20

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Hi,

 

When I petitioned for my wife she was pregnant with our twins, she has since then given birth.  I only have a receipt number since the case hasn't yet been approved by USCIS, our priority date is 01/27/2017 and our service center is the California Service Center.

 

I called the USCIS to ask about how should I go about including our babies in the petition, they said that I should send a letter to the service center asking for the inclusion of the dependents.

 

I believe we should be receiving an approval letter, fingers crossed, soon since the Cal Service Center is working on cases for Nov 4th, 2016 according to the processing times and my question is should I actually send the letter to USCIS or wait for the case to go over the NVC?

 

Also, if you guys think that I should send the letter are there some guidelines that I need to stick to? It will be helpful if you guys could include a sample letter for me to follow.

 

Thanks for taking the time and reading this.

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nightingalejules   678

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Somebody correct me if I’m wrong but I think you can include your babies after your I-130 is approved. The I-130 is like getting permission to apply for the visa. Once your application is approved it goes to NVC and you actually apply for the visa. To my understanding, that’s when you add the babies.

 

Also, congratulations! My sister just had twins a couple months ago! I west up to meet them 2weeks ago... hope your family is all together soon!

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Is your timeline updated?


Oath Ceremony Dec 14th, 2018 I am finally a citizen and done with USCIS for good!

 

 

IR-1/CR-1 Visa:                            

Marriage: 2013-08-05                                   I-130 Sent: 2013-10-07                                                 I-130 NOA1: 2013-10-09                               

I-130 transferred to VSC: 2014-03-12        I-130 NOA2: 2014-03-24                                              NVC Received: 2014-04-07 

Case Number and IIN: 2014-05-05             Sent ENROLL email for EP: 2014-05-06                    Gave email addresses to NVC: 2014-05-08             

DS261 submitted: 2014-05-09                    AOS invoiced and paid: 2014-05-12                           DS261 re-submitted - GRRRR! 2014-05-21               

ENROLL conf. email: 2014-06-05               Submitted AOS documents:2014-06-08                    IV fee email received: 2014-06-23 

IV fee available and paid: 2014-06-24       DS260  submitted: 2014-06-26                                   Case Complete: 2014-07-31                                       

Interview: 2014-09-19 APPROVED!!!          Visa in Hand: 2014-09-24 (Loomis depot)                POE (Pac Hwy Crossing, BC) 2014-11-08 

SSN Card arrived (approx) 2014-11-26     Green Card arrived (approx) 2014-12-17 

Removal of Conditions - I-751:

I-751 Mailed (USPS) Aug 10, 2016             NOA: August 17, 2016 (received Aug 23)                  Biometrics Letter Sent: Sept 23, 2016

Biometrics Letter Rec'd: Sept 30, 2016     Walk-In Biometrics Oct 6, 2016                                    Infopass for I-551 stamp Aug 17, 2017   

Service Request: Dec 27, 2017                   SR Response: Jan 10, 2018 (no prediction)              Senator Inquiry: Jan 5, 2018

Senator Resp: Jan 8, 2018 (60 days)         Service Request 2: Mar 8 2018                                   Senator Inquiry 2: Mar 9 2018

SR 2 Response: Mar 12 (security checks) Senator Response 2: Mar 13, 2018                            Approval (via phone!): Mar 14, 2018

New Green Card Arrived: Mar 22, 2018

Naturalization - N-400: 

Submitted N-400 Online: Feb 4, 2018       Denied for Payment Failure: Feb 8, 2018                     Resubmitted N-400 Online Feb 8, 2018

NOA: Feb 8, 2018                                          Biometrics: Feb 26, 2018                                                Interview: Nov 2,2018 (approved)

Oath: Dec 14, 2018

 

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raysn0w   20

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@nightingalejules Thanks! they are all well and healthy and I miss them like crazy, and congratulations to your sister and you too!

 

About the i-130, it was my understanding as well that I could just include the babies at the NVC stage, but that lady at the USCIS confused me when she said that I should just send the request for inclusion to them, my fear by doing so is that it could delay the process even more.

 

Thanks again!

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