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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Russia
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29 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

And the I-751 is completely omitted.........thanks, Biden.

Waste of time process.

Visa Received : 2014-04-04 (K1 - see timeline for details)

US Entry : 2014-09-12

POE: Detroit

Marriage : 2014-09-27

I-765 Approved: 2015-01-09

I-485 Interview: 2015-03-11

I-485 Approved: 2015-03-13

Green Card Received: 2015-03-24 Yeah!!!

I-751 ROC Submitted: 2016-12-20

I-751 NOA Received:  2016-12-29

I-751 Biometrics Appt.:  2017-01-26

I-751 Interview:  2018-04-10

I-751 Approved:  2018-05-04

N400 Filed:  2018-01-13

N400 Biometrics:  2018-02-22

N400 Interview:  2018-04-10

N400 Approved:  2018-04-10

Oath Ceremony:  2018-06-11 - DONE!!!!!!!

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Russia
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11 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

there are openings for anyone interested

 

https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/careers-at-uscis

Apparently it takes them months just to even reply to applications and interview candidates. But, by all means, people should apply because they need more staff, that is for sure.

🇷🇺 CR-1 via DCF (Dec 2016-Jun 2017) & I-751 ROC (Apr 2019-Oct 2019)🌹

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Info about my DCF Moscow* experience here and here

26-Jul-2016: Married abroad in Russia 👩‍❤️‍👨 See guide here
21-Dec-2016: I-130 filed at Moscow USCIS field office*
29-Dec-2016: I-130 approved! Yay! 🎊 

17-Jan-2017: Case number received

21-Mar-2017: Medical Exam completed

24-Mar-2017: Interview at Embassy - approved! 🎉

29-Mar-2017: CR-1 Visa received (via mail)

02-Apr-2017: USCIS Immigrant (GC) Fee paid

28-Jun-2017: Port of Entry @ PDX 🛩️

21-Jul-2017: No SSN after three weeks; applied in person at the SSA

22-Jul-2017: GC arrived in the mail 📬

31-Jul-2017: SSN arrived via mail, hurrah!

 

*NOTE: The USCIS Field Office in Moscow is now CLOSED as of February 28th, 2019.

 

Removal of Conditions - MSC Service Center

 28-Jun-2019: Conditional GC expires

30-Mar-2019: Eligible to apply for ROC

01-Apr-2019: ROC in the mail to Phoenix AZ lockbox! 📫

03-Apr-2019: ROC packet delivered to lockbox

09-Apr-2019: USCIS cashed check

09-Apr-2019: Case number received via text - MSC 📲

12-Apr-2019: Extension letter arrives via mail

19-Apr-2019: Biometrics letter arrives via mail

30-Apr-2019: Biometrics appointment at local office

26-Jun-2019: Case ready to be scheduled for interview 

04-Sep-2019: Interview was scheduled - letter to arrive in mail

09-Sep-2019: Interview letter arrived in the mail! ✉️

17-Oct-2019: Interview scheduled @ local USCIS  

18-Oct-2019: Interview cancelled & notice ordered*

18-Oct-2019: Case was approved! 🎉

22-Oct-2019: Card was mailed to me 📨

23-Oct-2019: Card was picked by USPS 

25-Oct-2019: 10 year GC Card received in mail 📬

 

*I don't understand this status because we DID have an interview!

 

🇺🇸 N-400 Application for Naturalization (Apr 2020-Jun 2021) 🛂

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Filed during Covid-19 & moved states 1 month after filing

30-Mar-2020: N-400 early filing window opens!

01-Apr-2020: Filed N-400 online 💻 

02-Apr-2020: NOA 1 - Receipt No. received online 📃

07-Apr-2020: NOA 1 - Receipt No. received via mail

05-May-2020: Moved to another state, filed AR-11 online

05-May-2020: Application transferred to another USCIS field office for review ➡️

15-May-2020: AR-11 request to change address completed

16-Jul-2020: Filed non-receipt inquiry due to never getting confirmation that case was transferred to new field office

15-Oct-2020: Received generic response to non-receipt inquiry, see full response here

10-Feb-2021: Contacted senator's office for help with USCIS

12-Feb-2021: Received canned response from senator's office that case is within processing time 😡

16-Feb-2021: Contacted other senator's office for help with USCIS - still no biometrics

19-Feb-2021: Biometrics reuse notice - canned response from other senator's office 🌐

23-Feb-2021: Interview scheduled - notice to come in the mail

25-Feb-2021: Biometrics reuse notice arrives via mail

01-Mar-2021: Interview notice letter arrives via mail  ✉️ 

29-Mar-2021: Passed interview at local office! Oath Ceremony to be scheduled

13-Apr-2021: Oath Ceremony notice was mailed

04-May-2021: Oath Ceremony scheduled 🎆 Unable to attend due to illness

04-May-2021: Mailed request to reschedule Oath to local office

05-May-2021: "You did not attend your Oath Ceremony" - notice to come in the mail

06-May-2021: Oath Ceremony will be scheduled, date TBA

12-May-2021: Oath Ceremony re-scheduled for June 3rd, then de-scheduled same day 😡 

25-May-2021: New Oath Ceremony notice was mailed

16-Jun-2021: Oath Ceremony scheduled 🎆 - DONE!!

17-Jun-2021: Certificate of Naturalization issued

 

🎆 Members new and old: don't forget to fill in your VJ timeline! 🎇 https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Russia
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1 hour ago, Gomast said:

About 10 years ago, my employer did the premium processing for my H1B visa and I think that it’s worth it. The USCIS Responded within 14 days with an RFE. We responded and received an approval within another 14 days. 
 

And now, I have been waiting for a decision on my I-485 since September 2019. I wish there were premium processing on marriage based GC. Or any type of processing. 

It would be very interesting if they ever extended premium processing for family based visas or AOS.  I expect that most people in that boat would do anything they could to scrape up the money to pay for it, so would anything change?

Visa Received : 2014-04-04 (K1 - see timeline for details)

US Entry : 2014-09-12

POE: Detroit

Marriage : 2014-09-27

I-765 Approved: 2015-01-09

I-485 Interview: 2015-03-11

I-485 Approved: 2015-03-13

Green Card Received: 2015-03-24 Yeah!!!

I-751 ROC Submitted: 2016-12-20

I-751 NOA Received:  2016-12-29

I-751 Biometrics Appt.:  2017-01-26

I-751 Interview:  2018-04-10

I-751 Approved:  2018-05-04

N400 Filed:  2018-01-13

N400 Biometrics:  2018-02-22

N400 Interview:  2018-04-10

N400 Approved:  2018-04-10

Oath Ceremony:  2018-06-11 - DONE!!!!!!!

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45 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

It would be very interesting if they ever extended premium processing for family based visas or AOS.  I expect that most people in that boat would do anything they could to scrape up the money to pay for it, so would anything change?

Exactly.  Same principle as expediting.  If everyone does it, there is no net change in the queue.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Wales
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There are a lot of reasons why but there are systemic issues why things take so long and the process is so inefficient.

 

And there are systemic issues why nothing significant will change.

 

The system is an accumulation of changes and updates over many years and has not been fit for purpose for a very long time 

 

Think of it like a car you started with a Model T and you have changed loads of things over the years but it is still fundamentally a Model T

 

So in some respect I feel sorry for the people messing around with it on the other hand they have a life long job

 

Now if it was a car the Company making it would have gone bust a long time ago but this is the Government 

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Myanmar
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21 minutes ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

Honestly I don't understand why K visa recipients and those adjusting from K visas aren't just authorized to work and issued SSNs automatically (if they didn't already have them).

It used to be CBP would stamp K-1s with an EAD at POE.  

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Russia
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1 hour ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

I've never heard of an EAD application during AOS from a K-1 being denied for any reason other than paperwork errors or the underlying AOS being approved or denied before an EAD could be issued (and so rendering the application moot).

My guess is it's another one of those "But it creates jobs!" things where bureaucrats love to bureaucrat.

🇷🇺 CR-1 via DCF (Dec 2016-Jun 2017) & I-751 ROC (Apr 2019-Oct 2019)🌹

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Info about my DCF Moscow* experience here and here

26-Jul-2016: Married abroad in Russia 👩‍❤️‍👨 See guide here
21-Dec-2016: I-130 filed at Moscow USCIS field office*
29-Dec-2016: I-130 approved! Yay! 🎊 

17-Jan-2017: Case number received

21-Mar-2017: Medical Exam completed

24-Mar-2017: Interview at Embassy - approved! 🎉

29-Mar-2017: CR-1 Visa received (via mail)

02-Apr-2017: USCIS Immigrant (GC) Fee paid

28-Jun-2017: Port of Entry @ PDX 🛩️

21-Jul-2017: No SSN after three weeks; applied in person at the SSA

22-Jul-2017: GC arrived in the mail 📬

31-Jul-2017: SSN arrived via mail, hurrah!

 

*NOTE: The USCIS Field Office in Moscow is now CLOSED as of February 28th, 2019.

 

Removal of Conditions - MSC Service Center

 28-Jun-2019: Conditional GC expires

30-Mar-2019: Eligible to apply for ROC

01-Apr-2019: ROC in the mail to Phoenix AZ lockbox! 📫

03-Apr-2019: ROC packet delivered to lockbox

09-Apr-2019: USCIS cashed check

09-Apr-2019: Case number received via text - MSC 📲

12-Apr-2019: Extension letter arrives via mail

19-Apr-2019: Biometrics letter arrives via mail

30-Apr-2019: Biometrics appointment at local office

26-Jun-2019: Case ready to be scheduled for interview 

04-Sep-2019: Interview was scheduled - letter to arrive in mail

09-Sep-2019: Interview letter arrived in the mail! ✉️

17-Oct-2019: Interview scheduled @ local USCIS  

18-Oct-2019: Interview cancelled & notice ordered*

18-Oct-2019: Case was approved! 🎉

22-Oct-2019: Card was mailed to me 📨

23-Oct-2019: Card was picked by USPS 

25-Oct-2019: 10 year GC Card received in mail 📬

 

*I don't understand this status because we DID have an interview!

 

🇺🇸 N-400 Application for Naturalization (Apr 2020-Jun 2021) 🛂

Spoiler

Filed during Covid-19 & moved states 1 month after filing

30-Mar-2020: N-400 early filing window opens!

01-Apr-2020: Filed N-400 online 💻 

02-Apr-2020: NOA 1 - Receipt No. received online 📃

07-Apr-2020: NOA 1 - Receipt No. received via mail

05-May-2020: Moved to another state, filed AR-11 online

05-May-2020: Application transferred to another USCIS field office for review ➡️

15-May-2020: AR-11 request to change address completed

16-Jul-2020: Filed non-receipt inquiry due to never getting confirmation that case was transferred to new field office

15-Oct-2020: Received generic response to non-receipt inquiry, see full response here

10-Feb-2021: Contacted senator's office for help with USCIS

12-Feb-2021: Received canned response from senator's office that case is within processing time 😡

16-Feb-2021: Contacted other senator's office for help with USCIS - still no biometrics

19-Feb-2021: Biometrics reuse notice - canned response from other senator's office 🌐

23-Feb-2021: Interview scheduled - notice to come in the mail

25-Feb-2021: Biometrics reuse notice arrives via mail

01-Mar-2021: Interview notice letter arrives via mail  ✉️ 

29-Mar-2021: Passed interview at local office! Oath Ceremony to be scheduled

13-Apr-2021: Oath Ceremony notice was mailed

04-May-2021: Oath Ceremony scheduled 🎆 Unable to attend due to illness

04-May-2021: Mailed request to reschedule Oath to local office

05-May-2021: "You did not attend your Oath Ceremony" - notice to come in the mail

06-May-2021: Oath Ceremony will be scheduled, date TBA

12-May-2021: Oath Ceremony re-scheduled for June 3rd, then de-scheduled same day 😡 

25-May-2021: New Oath Ceremony notice was mailed

16-Jun-2021: Oath Ceremony scheduled 🎆 - DONE!!

17-Jun-2021: Certificate of Naturalization issued

 

🎆 Members new and old: don't forget to fill in your VJ timeline! 🎇 https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Mexico
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12 hours ago, Mike E said:

Thanks for posting the article.  For those of us waiting on family based cases this won’t help  at all and arguably will make things worse as USCIS is forced to adapt to new processes.  I also don’t see what concrete changes will be done to ensure a 6 month adjudication for cases.  
 

The expansion of premium processing is welcome but doesn’t include family based cases.  
 

And nothing at all for those waiting on NVC and consular processing.  

 

It’s just another disappointment and false hope.  

how will it not help family based cases?

the USCIS portion should be a little quicker

 

 

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Myanmar
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18 minutes ago, Babu Frik said:

how will it not help family based cases?

the USCIS portion should be a little quicker

 

 

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You can’t just say that something that is taking 2+ years today will in the future  take 6 months without saying

 

* how that will happen?

 

* what happens when the metric is missed? Will someone be fired? Will the petitioner get a refund? Will the petitioner get additional compensation?
 

* will this apply to existing cases? If so will cases that have taken more than 6 months  be immediately decided? 
 

In the image you posted you will note I-751 is missing.  So now we know exactly how this magic 6 month cycle time will be accomplished. 
 

This is an outrage.  

 

 

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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6 minutes ago, Mike E said:

You can’t just say that something that is taking 2+ years today will in the future  take 6 months without saying

 

* how that will happen?

 

* what happens when the metric is missed? Will someone be fired? Will the petitioner get a refund? Will the petitioner get additional compensation?
 

* will this apply to existing cases? If so will cases that have taken more than 6 months  be immediately decided? 
 

In the image you poster you will note I-751 is missing.  So now we know exactly how this magic 6 month cycle time will be accomplished. 

 

 

I agree the I-751 is missing, but for all those who loved ones are still absent, the I-129f and I-130 is still a plus.

Honestly, I can deal with a adjustment of status delay provided I could kiss my love good night, every night...

Also, I remember what Pres Regan said, (those nine words of fear), but any hope, or notice is positive.

It will still take as long as it takes, but it is nice to read.... (IMO)

LDRs suck.. but I am sure I'm not alone in this thought!

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Mexico
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15 minutes ago, Mike E said:

You can’t just say that something that is taking 2+ years today will in the future  take 6 months without saying

 

* how that will happen?

 

* what happens when the metric is missed? Will someone be fired? Will the petitioner get a refund? Will the petitioner get additional compensation?
 

* will this apply to existing cases? If so will cases that have taken more than 6 months  be immediately decided? 
 

In the image you posted you will note I-751 is missing.  So now we know exactly how this magic 6 month cycle time will be accomplished. 
 

This is an outrage.  

 

 

it's not the same thing.

I-130 to visa doesn't include I-751 as part of the process, and people married more than 2 years by the time they get their visa don't need it.

It would just benefit people for their initial filing with USCIS. Some are lucky and have had their adjudicated in 6-8 months, but many wait over a year.

 

it's a very small benefit for all that it covers for family based visas, but when people are waiting so long, every month counts.

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