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genge   0

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I'm wondering how long everyone else had to wait for their passports? 

My fiance had his interview in Montreal on 08/28, originally he was denied up further review. On the train back about 3 hours later they said they did a second review and we were approved. He overnighted his passport 8/30 (Friday) and the following Monday was a holiday. Tomorrow will be three weeks since they received the passport. The CEAS website is not letting either of us (and a lot of other members of VJ!) check our status and I'm getting nervous! He just sent a general inquiry trough the website today. What does everyone else think? Is anyone else going through anythign similar? Any advise would be appreciated... trying to not freak out. Thank you!!!

geowrian Grand Master

geowrian   22,337

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Why was he originally denied?

 

Requesting the passport here is a good sign.

The delay with Montreal isn't anything unexpected nowadays.

Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

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AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

Spoiler

I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

genge Newbie

genge   0

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4 hours ago, geowrian said:

Why was he originally denied?

 

Requesting the passport here is a good sign.

The delay with Montreal isn't anything unexpected nowadays.

He was originally denied because of his background. He got into some trouble when he was 17... he's 39 now. We were open and honest about it and it didn't show up in the police report, I think that whomever was interviewing us just wanted to make absolutely sure.  I was feeling very confident since they got back to us with the approval within 3 hours of the original meeting... now it's like everything is at a standstill. I wonder why that office is so slow.

geowrian Grand Master

geowrian   22,337

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15 minutes ago, genge said:

He was originally denied because of his background. He got into some trouble when he was 17... he's 39 now. We were open and honest about it and it didn't show up in the police report, I think that whomever was interviewing us just wanted to make absolutely sure.  I was feeling very confident since they got back to us with the approval within 3 hours of the original meeting... now it's like everything is at a standstill. I wonder why that office is so slow.

Gotcha, thanks. So he was denied with a 221(g) while they investigated/confirmed it wasn't an issue, it sounds like.

Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

Spoiler

I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

Ontarkie Grand Master

Ontarkie   14,280

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Montreal is slow when you need to send things even the passport back to them. Hopefully, being that they don't need to review anything just add the visa to his passport it won't be much longer. They are known though to take awhile six weeks is pretty normal but again they don't need to review things so it might be faster. 

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